| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange, manage desired goal |
| Synonyms: | adjust, contrive, dispose, dress, fit, fix, make, make up, order, prepare, ready, straighten, succeed, wangle |
| Antonyms: | fail, mismanage |
| Main Entry: | harden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accustom |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, acclimatize, adapt, adjust, blunt, brutalize, callous, callus, case-harden, climatize, coarsen, conform, deaden, develop, discipline, dull, embitter, habituate, indurate, inure, make callous, numb, paralyze, render insensitive, roughen, season, steel, stiffen, strengthen, stun, stupefy, teach, train |
| Antonyms: | be intolerant, indulge, spoil |
| Main Entry: | harmonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correspond, match |
| Synonyms: | accord, adapt, adjust, agree, arrange, attune, be in unison, be of one mind, blend, carol, chime with, cohere, combine, compose, cooperate, coordinate, correlate, fit in with, integrate, orchestrate, proportion, reconcile, reconciliate, relate, set, sing, suit, symphonize, synthesize, tune, unify, unite |
| Antonyms: | clash, disagree, fight |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, build |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, adjust, arrange, assemble, beget, brew, bring about, cause, compose, conceive, constitute, construct, cook, cook up, dash off, draw on, dream up, effect, engender, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, generate, get ready, give rise to, hatch, initiate, invent, knock off, lead to, manufacture, mold, occasion, originate, parent, prepare, procreate, produce, put together, secure, shape, spawn, synthesize, tear off, throw together, whip, whip out |
| Antonyms: | crush, destroy, raze, ruin |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calculate, judge |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, align, appraise, assess, average, beat, blend, bound, calibrate, caliper, check, check out, choose, compute, delimit, demarcate, determine, dope out, estimate, evaluate, even, eye*, figure, fit, gauge, gradate, grade, graduate, level, limit, line, look over, mark, mark out, mete, pace off, peg, plumb, portion, quantify, rank, rate, read, reckon, regulate, rhyme, rule, scale, shade, size, size up, sound, square, stroke, survey, tailor, take account, time, value, weigh |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
| Main Entry: | modify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter, change |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, become, convert, correct, customize, doctor, mutate, recast, redo, refashion, reform, remodel, reorganize, repair, reshape, revise, rework, shift gears, switch over, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute, turn, turn one around, turn over new leaf, turn the corner, turn the tables, tweak*, vary |
| Antonyms: | leave alone, stagnate |
| Main Entry: | negotiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bargain, discuss |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adjudicate, adjust, agree, arbitrate, arrange, bring to terms, bury the hatchet, come across with, compose, concert, conciliate, confer, connect, consult, contract, covenant, cut a deal, deal, debate, dicker, haggle, hammer out a deal, handle, horse trade, intercede, make a deal, make peace, make terms, manage, mediate, moderate, network, parley*, referee, settle, step in, stipulate, swap, transact, treat, umpire, work out a deal, work out* |
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange, organize |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, align, alphabetize, array, assign, catalogue, class, classify, codify, conduct, control, dispose, distribute, establish, file, fix, formalize, furnish, group, index, lay out, line, line up, locate, manage, marshal, methodize, neaten, normalize, pattern, place, plan, put away, put to rights, range, regiment, regularize, regulate, right, routine, set guidelines, set in order, settle, sort out, space, standardize, streamline, systematize, tabulate, tidy |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Antonyms: | disorder, disorganize, mess up, mix up, muddle |
| Main Entry: | organize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange, systematize |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, be responsible for, catalogue, classify, codify, combine, compose, constitute, construct, coordinate, correlate, create, dispose, establish, fashion, fit, form, formulate, frame, get going, get together, group, harmonize, lick into shape, line up, look after, marshal, methodize, mold, pigeonhole, put in order, put together, range, regulate, run, see to, set up, settle, shape, standardize, straighten, straighten out, tabulate, tailor, take care of, whip into shape |
| Antonyms: | destroy, disarrange, disorder, disorganize |