Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"

make, make up

v. put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"

draw, make

v. make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?"

make, do

v. create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"

make, produce

v. create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"

make, drive to

v. compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat"

make, create

v. make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"

make, establish, lay down

v. institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"

cause, make, do, give rise to

v. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

make, build, construct

v. make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"

make, reach, get to, progress to

v. reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"

make, have, get

v. achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"

make, effect, do, carry out

v. act so as to bring into existence; "effect a change"

form, make, constitute

v. to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"

fix, make, cook, ready, prepare

v. prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

throw, make, hold, give, have

v. organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"

cause, make, have, stimulate, get, induce

v. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

make, gain, clear, take in, realize, pull in, bring in, earn

v. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

Adverbs (11)

past, by

adv. "every hour, a train goes past"

aside, away, by, in reserve

adv. "Put aside some money"

aside, by, apart, on one side, set to one side

adv. "She put her sewing by when he entered"

Adjectives (10)

creamy

adj. of the color of cream; "creamy translucent pebbles"

cream, creamy, soupy

adj. (thick)

beating, throbbing, pulsating

adj. expanding and contracting rhythmically as to the beating of the heart; "felt the pulsating artery"; "oh my beating heart"

side, bye, by

adj. located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch"

Fuzzynyms (247)

design, devise, make up

v. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

chart, plan in detail

v. plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"

draw

v. elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter"

frame, outline, compose, draw up

v. make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"

map

v. make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; "map the surface of Venus"

make, create

v. make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"

make, produce

v. create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"

devise, get up, prepare, organize

v. arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

complete, carry out, execute, fulfill, fulfil, accomplish, carry through

v. put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

reach, pull off, accomplish, attain, achieve

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

visit, bring down, inflict, impose, cause to be endured

v. impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

manufacture, make up, invent, fabricate, cook up

v. make up something artificial or untrue

shape, form, forge, mold, mould

v. make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"

manufacture, construct, fabricate

v. put together out of components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"

fashion, forge

v. make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

model, simulate, reenact, re-enact

v. create again

pattern, form a pattern

v. form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

arrive, get in, make it, go far

v. succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"

touch, match, equal, rival

v. be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"

mix, blend, meld, combine, fuse, merge, conflate, commingle, immix, coalesce

v. mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"

draft, outline, rough

v. draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"

draft, draught, blueprint

v. make a blueprint of

form, organize

v. create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"

hold, keep, maintain

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

have, own, possess, have possession of

v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

hold, have, have got

v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

organize

v. cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

tackle, challenge with a tackle

v. seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball

coax, palaver, blarney, wheedle, cajole, sweet-talk, inveigle

v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"

assure, convince

v. assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"

turn, convert, convince, win over

v. make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"

pressure, force, coerce

v. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"

influence, charm, tempt

v. induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"

pull, pull in, draw in, attract

v. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"

beg, implore, pray

v. call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"

thrust, force

v. impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"

push, force

v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

buy, bribe, corrupt, pay a bribe to

v. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"

lure, tempt, entice

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

allure, tempt

v. dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"

entrance, capture, charm, trance, bewitch, enchant, enamour, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, fascinate

v. attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"

bid, invite

v. ask someone in a friendly way to do something

restrain, constrain, encumber, cumber

v. hold back

press, urge, exhort

v. force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"

fire, arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

reach, get to, attain

v. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"

carry

v. cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green"

catch, grab, take hold of

v. take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"

continue, proceed, go forward, move ahead, travel onward

v. move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

drive, pull

v. of a car; "The van pulled up"

drive, motor

v. travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"

cast, ramble, swan, stray, range, drift, vagabond, wander, roam, rove

v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

reach, pull off, accomplish, attain, achieve

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

realize, actualize

v. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"

take, acquire, assume, take on

v. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

find, get, receive, obtain

v. receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

come through, succeed

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

poke, jab, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

hit, cause to move by striking

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

hit

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

net, clear, yield as net profit

v. yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"

draw, take out, withdraw

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

draw, reap

v. get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

fair, pale, fairish

adj. (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion";

bleached, faded, washed-out, washy

adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"

light

adj. (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; "light blue"; "light colors such as pastels"; "a light-colored powder"

foggy, brumous, hazy, misty

adj. filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning"

painful

adj. causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"

bitter

adj. one of the four basic taste sensations; sharp and disagreeable; like the taste of quinine

sorrowful

adj. experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13

back, backward, in the opposite direction, fro, in the reverse direction

adv. "He faced backward"

late, belatedly, tardily, later than usual, later than expected

adv. later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday"

Synonyms (190)

tinted

adj. having or given a shade of color; esp a pale shade; often used in combination: "amber-tinted"

touched, tinged

adj. having come into contact

amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown

adj. of a medium to dark brownish yellow color

amethyst

adj. of a moderate purple color

auburn, reddish-brown

adj. (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; "auburn hair"

gilt, gold, golden, aureate, gilded

adj. having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"

avocado

adj. of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado

azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue

adj. of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather"

bay

adj. (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color

beige

adj. of a light greyish-brown color

bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome

adj. having two colors; "a bicolor flower"; "a bicolored postage stamp"

blae

adj. of bluish-black or grey-blue

blue, bluish, light-blue, dark-blue

adj. of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke"

blushful, rosy, blush-colored, blush-coloured

adj. of blush color; "blushful mists"

bottle-green

adj. of a dark to moderate greyish green color

bronze, bronzy

adj. of the color of bronze

brown, brownish, dark-brown

adj. of a color similar to that of wood or earth

buff

adj. of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather

canary, canary-yellow

adj. having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow

caramel, caramel brown

adj. having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown

carnation

adj. pink or pinkish

chartreuse

adj. of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur

chestnut

adj. (of hair) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair"

coral

adj. of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color

watercress, cresson, cress green

adj. of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green

dun

adj. of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; "the dun and dreary prairie"

earth-colored, earthlike, earth-coloured

adj. earth colored; of something having a color of soil or earth; "a range of earthlike colors"

fuscous

adj. of something having a dusky brownish grey color

green, greenish, light-green, dark-green

adj. of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green fields"; "green paint"

hazel

adj. of a light brown or yellowish brown color

honey, honey-colored, honey-coloured

adj. having the color of honey

hued

adj. used in combination; having a given hue: "rosy-hued"

khaki

adj. of a yellowish brown color

lilac, lavender

adj. of a pale purple color

magenta

adj. of deep purplish red

maroon

adj. of dark brownish to purplish red

mauve

adj. of a pale to moderate greyish violet color

motley, multicolor, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured, multicolour

adj. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"

mosstone, moss green

adj. of a moderate somewhat dull yellow-green color

mousy, mouse-colored, mouse-coloured

adj. of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse; "a mousy brownish-grey color"; "mousy hair"; "mouse-colored hair"

ocher, ochre

adj. of a moderate orange-yellow color

olive-brown

adj. of a brown color with a greenish tinge

olive-drab

adj. of a light brownish green color

olive

adj. of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

orange, orangish

adj. of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange

peacock-blue

adj. of bright greenish blue

pea-green

adj. of a moderate slightly yellowish-green color

pink, pinkish

adj. of a light shade of red

purple, violet, purplish

adj. of a color intermediate between red and blue

red, carmine, crimson, ruby, cerise, cherry, scarlet, blood-red, cherry-red, ruby-red

adj. of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

red, reddish

adj. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"

rose, roseate

adj. of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn"

rose-red

adj. of a deep slightly bluish red color

russet

adj. of brown with a reddish tinge

rust, rusty, rust-colored, rust-coloured

adj. having the brown color of rust

sage, sage-green

adj. of the grey-green color of sage leaves

sea-green

adj. of the color of the sea; bluish green

snuff, snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-brown, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown

adj. snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown

sorrel, brownish-orange

adj. of a light brownish color

stone, stone-gray

adj. of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

straw-color, straw-colored, straw-coloured

adj. having the color of dry straw

tan

adj. of a light yellowish-brown color

tangerine

adj. of a strong reddish orange color

tawny

adj. of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather

ultramarine

adj. of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color

umber

adj. of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments

vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, Chinese red

adj. of a vivid red to reddish-orange color

yellow, yellowish

adj. of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

yellow-green

adj. of a color midway between yellow and green

coagulate, coagulated, clotted, curdled, grumous, grumose

adj. transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"

dense

adj. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"

gelatinous, gelatinlike, jellylike

adj. thick like gelatin

heavy

adj. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"

stringy, ropey, ropy, thready

adj. forming viscous or glutinous threads

viscous, syrupy

adj. having a relatively high resistance to flow

thickened

adj. made thick in consistency; "flour-thickened gravy"; "dust-thickened saliva"

cadenced, cadent

adj. marked by a rhythmical cadence; "the cadenced crunch of marching feet"

jazzy

adj. resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm)

swinging, tripping, lilting, swingy

adj. characterized by a buoyant rhythm; "an easy lilting stride"; "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping singing measure"

measured, metrical, metric

adj. the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

periodic

adj. recurring at regular intervals

syncopated

adj. stressing a normally weak beat

parenthetic, parenthetical

adj. qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses; "parenthetical remarks"

peripheral

adj. related to the key issue but not of central importance; "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues"

secondary

adj. depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection"

supplementary, supplemental

adj. added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes"

Antonyms (28)

undo, unmake

v. deprive of certain characteristics

destroy

v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

destroy

v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

level, dismantle, take down, pull down, raze, rase, tear down

v. tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

dissuade, deter

v. turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"

lose, make a loss, lose money, fail to profit

v. fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year"

expend, spend

v. pay out; "spend money"

mistake, confuse, misconstrue, confound, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, take amiss

v. interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

make creamy by beating

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