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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be of use; use |
| Synonyms: | account, advantage, answer, be adequate, benefit, fill, fulfill, meet, profit, satisfy, serve, suffice, work |
| Main Entry: | benefit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, enhance |
| Synonyms: | advance, advantage, aid, ameliorate, assist, avail, be good for, better, build, contribute to, do for one, do the trick, favor, fill the bill, further, improve, make a killing, make it, pay, pay off, profit, promote, relieve, serve, succor, work for |
| Antonyms: | handicap, harm, hinder, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be sufficient |
| Synonyms: | answer, avail, be adequate, be enough, be good enough for, be of use, be useful, give satisfaction, pass muster, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute, work towards an end |
| Synonyms: | avail, befall, chance, come, concur, conduce, develop, eventuate, fall out, fare, happen, incline, lead to, occur, persevere, persist, proceed, result, serve, tend, transpire, turn, turn out, wax, work out |
| Main Entry: | hack it |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to succeed |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, avail, be successful, bring home the bacon, carry off, come out on top, come through, cut it, cut the mustard, deliver the goods, get to the top, hit the mark, make a go of it, make it, make the cut, make the grade, prevail, pull it off, score, win |
| Main Entry: | oblige |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do a favor or kindness |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, aid, assist, avail, bend over backward, benefit, come around, contribute, convenience, don't make waves, favor, fill the bill, fit in, go fifty-fifty, gratify, grin and bear it, help, indulge, make a deal, make room, meet halfway, please, profit, put oneself out, roll with it, serve, swim with the tide, take it, toe the mark |
| Antonyms: | be mean |
| Main Entry: | profit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gain; get or give an advantage |
| Synonyms: | aid, avail, be of advantage, benefit, better, capitalize on, cash in on, clean up, clear, contribute, earn, exploit, help, improve, learn from, make a haul, make a killing, make capital, make good use of, make it big, make money, make the most of, pay, pay off, promote, prosper, put to good use, realize, reap the benefit, recover, score, serve*, stand in good stead, take advantage of, thrive, turn to advantage, use, utilize, work for |
| Antonyms: | lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | promote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, advance |
| Synonyms: | advertise, advocate, aid, assist, avail, back, befriend, benefit, bolster, boost, build up*, call attention to, champion, contribute, cooperate, cry*, develop, encourage, endorse, espouse, forward, foster, further, get behind, hype*, improve, nourish, nurture, patronize, plug*, popularize, propagandize, publicize, puff, push, push for, recommend, sell, serve, speak for, speed, sponsor, stimulate, subsidize, succor, support, uphold, urge, work for |
| Antonyms: | condemn, discredit, dishonor, hurt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | satisfy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer, persuade |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, appease, assuage, assure, avail, be adequate, be enough, be sufficient, come up to, complete, comply with, conform to, convince, dispel doubt, do, equip, fill, fulfill, furnish, get by, induce, inveigle, keep promise, make good, make the grade, meet, observe, pass muster, perform, provide, put mind at ease, qualify, quiet, reassure, score, sell, serve, serve the purpose, suffice, tide over, win over |
| Antonyms: | dissuade, fail, frustrate |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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