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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"

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Adjectives (10)

familiar

adj. having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"

familiar

adj. well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests"

familiar

adj. "the limits of the known world"

familiar, overfamiliar

adj. taking undue liberties; "young women disliked the overfamiliar tone he took with them"

familiar, unstudied

adj. "lectured in a familiar style"

ordinary, common, familiar

adj. commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"

Fuzzynyms (306)

associate, companion, fellow, comrade

n. a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

brother, buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick

n. a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

friend

n. a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"

Quaker, Friend

n. a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

confidant, intimate, alter ego

n. someone to whom private matters are confided

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"

side by side, abreast, arow

adj. closely related or associated; "a city in which communism and democracy had to live side by side"

cognizant, cognisant, cognizant of

adj. (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit"

conversant

adj. well informed about or familiar with; usu followed by "with": "conversant with business trends"

frequent

adj. coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints"

habitual

adj. made a norm or custom or habit; "his habitual practice was to eat an early supper"; "her habitual neatness"

perennial, recurrent, repeated

adj. recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements"

bold

adj. fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"

accepted, received

adj. widely accepted as true or worthy; "the accepted wisdom about old age"; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist

accustomed

adj. (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to; "accustomed to doing her own work"; "I've grown accustomed to her face"

conventional, ceremonious

adj. rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

conventional

adj. following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"

cordial, genial, affable, amiable

adj. diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host"

commonplace, trivial, banal

adj. obvious and dull; "trivial conversation"; "commonplace prose"

pedestrian, prosaic, prosy

adj. lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"

routine, stock, ready-made, cliched

adj. repeated regularly without thought or originality; "ready-made phrases"

friendly

adj. easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel"

vernacular, common, vulgar, nonliterary

adj. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"

matter-of-fact, prosaic

adj. not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"

regular, steady, habitual

adj. relating to a person who does something regularly; "a regular customer"; "a steady drinker"

customary, habited, habitual, wonted

adj. commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor"

routine, usual, everyday, mundane, quotidian, workaday, unremarkable

adj. found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant

normal, average

adj. conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"

commonplace, trivial, banal

adj. obvious and dull; "trivial conversation"; "commonplace prose"

pedestrian, prosaic, prosy

adj. lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"

routine, habitual

adj. occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals; "made her routine trip to the store"

frequent

adj. frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'";

perennial, recurrent, repeated

adj. recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements"

Synonyms (54)

approximate

adj. very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"

boon, convivial

adj. very close and convivial; "boon companions"

thick, chummy

adj. (used informally) associated on close terms; "a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months"

close-knit, closely-knit

adj. held together as by social or cultural ties; "a close-knit family"; "close-knit little villages"; "the group was closely knit"

confidential

adj. denoting confidence or intimacy; "a confidential approach"; "in confidential tone of voice"

good, dear, near

adj. with or in a close or intimate relationship; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear"

known

adj. apprehended with certainty; "a known quantity"; "the limits of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the world"; "a known criminal"

taken, understood, apprehended

adj. (known)

best-known

adj. most familiar or renowned; "Stevenson's best-known work is probably `Treasure Island'"

better-known, better known

adj. more familiar or renowned than the other of two: "the better known book of the two"

notable, celebrated, illustrious, noted, famed, far-famed, famous, renowned

adj. widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"

identified

adj. having the identity known or established; "the identified bodies were released for burial"

legendary

adj. so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend; "the legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers"

proverbial

adj. widely known and spoken of; "her proverbial lateness"; "the proverbial absentminded professor"; "your proverbial dizzy blonde"

well-known, well known

adj. frequently experienced; known closely or intimately; "a long-familiar face"; "a well-known voice reached her ears"

brash, cheeky, nervy

adj. offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"

self-assertive, bumptious

adj. offensively self-assertive

smart, fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, saucy

adj. improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"

assumptive, assuming, presumptuous

adj. excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"

knockabout, casual, everyday

adj. suited for everyday use; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

folksy

adj. very informal and familiar; "a folksy radio commentator"; "a folksy style"

casual, free-and-easy

adj. natural and unstudied; "using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style"

unceremonious

adj. without ceremony or formality; "an unceremonious speech"

regular, customary

adj. in accord with regular practice or procedure; "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime"

Antonyms (63)

unknown, alien, stranger

n. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

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"

distant

adj. far apart in relevance or relationship; "a distant cousin"; "a distant likeness"

unapproachable, distant, aloof, offish

adj. remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"

reticent, restrained, reserved, unemotional

adj. cool and formal in manner

infrequent

adj. not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper"

strange, unfamiliar

adj. not known or well known; "a name unfamiliar to most"; "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings"

unknown

adj. not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source"

unknown, obscure, unsung

adj. not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war"

infrequent

adj. not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper"

novel, new, fresh

adj. original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"

ignorant, unversed

adj. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate"

unknown

adj. not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source"

special, unusual, extraordinary

adj. not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite"

aberrant, deviant, perverse

adj. markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"

anomalous, anomalistic, anomalistical

adj. deviating from the general or common order or type; "advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe"

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