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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"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (6)

stable

adj. maintaining equilibrium

stable

adj. not taking part readily in chemical change

stable

adj. "a peaceful and settled social order"

stable

adj. firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation; "the economy is stable"

stable

adj. resistant to change of position or condition; "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship"; "stable prices"

stable

adj. not subject to emotional instability

Fuzzynyms (262)

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"

sane

adj. mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane"

secure

adj. free from danger or risk; "secure from harm"; "his fortune was secure"; "made a secure place for himself in his field"

stout, stalwart, hardy, sturdy

adj. having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes"

nourishing, satisfying, solid, hearty, substantial

adj. providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day"

sure

adj. physically secure or dependable; "a sure footing"; "was on sure ground"

sure

adj. certain not to fail; "a sure hand on the throttle"

staunch, steadfast, unswerving

adj. firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance"

reliable, dependable

adj. worthy of reliance or trust; "a reliable source of information"; "a dependable worker"

fast, firm, loyal, truehearted

adj. unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends"

true

adj. consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"

eager, ardent, avid, zealous

adj. marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver"

immutable

adj. not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature; "the view of that time was that all species were immutable, created by God"

unfailing, enduring, imperishable, abiding

adj. unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths"

incorruptible

adj. incapable of being morally corrupted; "incorruptible judges are the backbone of the society"

static, unchanging

adj. showing little if any change; "a static population"

calm

adj. (of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas"

fixed, frozen

adj. incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"; "living on fixed incomes"

placid, untroubled

adj. free from turmoil or worries; "untroubled times"

Synonyms (36)

counterbalanced, counter-balanced, counterpoised

adj. brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another

proportionate, harmonious, symmetrical

adj. exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities

poised

adj. marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action; "a gull in poised flight"; "George's poised hammer"

well-balanced

adj. in an optimal state of balance or equilibrium; "a well-balanced wheel"

inactive

adj. not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"

neutral, inert, indifferent

adj. having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"

noble

adj. inert especially toward oxygen; "a noble gas such as helium or neon"; "noble metals include gold and silver and platinum"

at home

adj. "I don't feel entirely settled here"

based

adj. having a base of operations: "a company based in Atlanta"

built-up

adj. peopled with settlers; "the built-up areas"

set, placed, located, situated

adj. situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank"

nonnomadic

adj. not nomadic or wandering; "nonnomadic people"

relocated, resettled

adj. settled in a new location

safe, good, secure, dependable

adj. financially sound; "a good investment"; "a secure investment"

good

adj. in excellent condition: "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"

healthy

adj. financially secure and functioning well; "a healthy economy"

solid

adj. characterized by good substantial quality; "solid comfort"; "a solid base hit"

undamaged

adj. not harmed or spoiled; sound

constant

adj. steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; "a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover"; "constant as the northern star"

permanent, lasting

adj. continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"

steady

adj. not subject to change or variation especially in behavior; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer"

nonvolatilizable

adj. not volatilizing readily; "a nonvolatile acid"

Antonyms (43)

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"

unstable

adj. lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"

volatile, fickle

adj. marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections"

volatile

adj. evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures; "volatile oils"; "volatile solvents"

explosive, unstable

adj. liable to lead to sudden change or violence; "an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"

sick, crazy, disturbed, mad, distracted, unbalanced, brainsick, demented, unhinged

adj. affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"

make stable

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