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Verbs (28)

tell

v. discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy"

tell, let it be known

v. let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"

tell, assure

v. inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!"

order, say, tell, enjoin

v. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"

evidence, tell, ascertain, demonstrate

v. give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague"

state, say, tell

v. express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"

spin, recount, tell, recite, narrate

v. narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"

separate, differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalize, tell

v. mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

Adverbs (17)

aside, apart, not taken into account

adv. "These problems apart, the country is doing well"

apart, asunder, into pieces

adv. "torn asunder"

separated, apart, away from one another

adv. "These towns are many miles apart"

apart, sky-high, to pieces

adv. "The committee blasted the thesis sky-high"

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

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

Adjectives (7)

detached, isolated, separated, apart

adj. being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling"

isolated, disjunct, apart

adj. marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly

Fuzzynyms (213)

spill, run out

v. flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"

charge, saddle, burden

v. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

adjure, command solemnly

v. command solemnly

apprise, apprize, advise, notify, give notice, send word

v. inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due"

counsel, advise

v. give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"

warn, notify of danger, notify of a risk

v. notify of danger, potential harm, or risk; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"

press, urge, exhort

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

purchase, take, buy

v. obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"

requisition, request formally

v. make a formal request for official services

find, notice, discover, detect, observe

v. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"

catch

v. perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily; "I caught the aroma of coffee"; "He caught the allusion in her glance"; "ears open to catch every sound"; "The dog picked up the scent"; "Catch a glimpse"

spot, spy, descry, espy

v. catch sight of

feel, sense, pick up, perceive

v. to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

avow, avouch

v. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

proclaim, promulgate, exclaim

v. state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"

swan, affirm, avow, swear, assert, aver

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

claim, lay claim to, make a claim to

v. lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"

claim, postulate, contend, affirm strongly, assert strongly

v. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar"

draw, describe, depict

v. represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"

clear up, clarify, elucidate

v. make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

elaborate, expatiate, expound, expatiate on, expatiate upon, elaborate on, elaborate upon, flesh out, dilate on, enlarge on, expand on, dilate upon

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

hold, buy, believe

v. accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

narrate, provide a commentary for

v. provide commentary for a film, for example

spin, recount, tell, recite, narrate

v. narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"

profess

v. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"

label, judge, pronounce

v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

relate, give an account of

v. give an account of; "The witness related the events"

relate

v. have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"

report, describe, report on

v. give information

report, turn in, inform on

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

pass, communicate, pass on, put across, make known, convey, impart

v. transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"

convey, impart

v. make known; pass on, of information

report, turn in, inform on

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

practice, practise, rehearse

v. engage in a rehearsal (of)

give, render

v. bestow; "give homage"; "render thanks"

quote, cite

v. repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"

paraphrase, rephrase, reword

v. express the same message in different words

recap, recapitulate, summarize briefly

v. summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"

orate

v. talk pompously

state, say, tell

v. express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"

swan, affirm, avow, swear, assert, aver

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

claim, lay claim to, make a claim to

v. lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"

claim, postulate, contend, affirm strongly, assert strongly

v. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar"

draw, describe, depict

v. represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"

clear up, clarify, elucidate

v. make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

elaborate, expatiate, expound, expatiate on, expatiate upon, elaborate on, elaborate upon, flesh out, dilate on, enlarge on, expand on, dilate upon

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

hold, buy, believe

v. accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

profess

v. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"

label, judge, pronounce

v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

relate

v. have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"

mark, differentiate, distinguish, be a distinctive feature of

v. be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"

isolate, insulate, set apart, place apart

v. place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"

name, identify, diagnose

v. determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis

diagnose

v. subject to a medical analysis

independent

adj. free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"; "an independent republic"

disjointed

adj. taken apart at the joints; "a disjointed fowl"

separated, spaced

adj. spaced apart

solitary

adj. being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky"

independent

adj. free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"; "an independent republic"

singly, severally, one by one, separately, individually, on an individual basis

adv. apart from others; "taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square"; "the fine points are treated singly"

separated, apart, away from one another

adv. "These towns are many miles apart"

aloof

adv. in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough"

only, alone, solely, exclusively

adv. "He works for Mr. Smith exclusively"

on one's own, independently, without outside help

adv. on your own; without outside help; "the children worked on the project independently"

singly, severally, one by one, separately, individually, on an individual basis

adv. apart from others; "taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square"; "the fine points are treated singly"

aside, apart, not taken into account

adv. "These problems apart, the country is doing well"

Synonyms (19)

brush down, tell off

v. reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"

abstracted, removed

adj. taken out of or separated from; "possibility is...achievability, abstracted from achievement"- A.N.Whitehead

asunder

adj. widely separated especially in space; "as wide asunder as pole from pole"

discrete

adj. constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"

disjoint

adj. having no elements in common

isolated, disjunct, apart

adj. marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly

abstracted, removed

adj. taken out of or separated from; "possibility is...achievability, abstracted from achievement"- A.N.Whitehead

detached, isolated, separated, apart

asunder

adj. widely separated especially in space; "as wide asunder as pole from pole"

discrete

adj. constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"

disjoint

adj. having no elements in common

Antonyms (5)

link, associate, connect, relate, tie in

v. make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"

tell apart

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