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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act in answer to something |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, act in response, answer, answer back, be in touch with, behave, come back, come back at, come in, counter, feedback, feel for, field the question, get back to, get in touch, react, reciprocate, rejoin, reply, retort, return, talk back |
| Notes: | respond suggests a quick reaction while reply implies a return commensurate with the original demand or question |
| Antonyms: | ask, question, request |
| Main Entry: | salute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | greet; honor |
| Synonyms: | accost, acknowledge, address, bow, call to, congratulate, hail, pay homage, pay respects, pay tribute, present arms, receive, recognize, snap to attention, speak, take hat off to, welcome |
| Main Entry: | sign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write name |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, authorize, autograph, confirm, endorse, initial, ink, inscribe, put John Hancock on, put John Henry on, rubber-stamp, set one's hand to, signature, subscribe, witness |
| Main Entry: | submit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | comply, endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, agree, appease, be submissive, bend, bow, buckle, capitulate, cave, cede, concede, defer, eat crow, fold, give away, give ground, give in, give way, go with the flow, grin and bear it, humor, indulge, knuckle, knuckle under, kowtow, lay down arms, obey, put up with, quit, relent, relinquish, resign oneself, say uncle, stoop, succumb, surrender, throw in the towel, toe the line, tolerate, truckle, withstand, yield |
| Antonyms: | disobey, fight, resist |
| Main Entry: | take it |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accept, endure |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, agree, bear with, bite the bullet, capitulate, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, face the music, go along with, grin and bear it, hang tough, live with, play the game, put up with, sit still for, stand for, stick it out, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take, take one's lumps, take one's medicine, tolerate |
| Main Entry: | thank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express gratitude |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, be grateful, be indebted, be obligated, be obliged, bless, bow down, give thanks, kiss*, praise, say thank you, show appreciation, show courtesy, show gratitude, smile on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unmask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, announce, bare, bring out into the open, bring to light, come out with, confess, disclose, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, leak, let cat out of the bag, make known, make public, show, tell, unclothe, uncover, unearth, unveil |
| Main Entry: | yield |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grant, allow |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, agree, assent, bow, break, comply, concede, concur, consent, defer, fail, fit in, go along with, go with the flow, permit, play the game, surrender, toe the line, toe the mark, waive |
| Antonyms: | counter, disallow, disapprove, veto |
| Main Entry: | abide by |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accept |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, agree to, concede, consent to, submit to |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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