Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tolerate, endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, bear, brook, go, stand, stomach, swallow, take |
| Main Entry: | encounter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen upon |
| Synonyms: | alight upon, bear, bump into, chance upon, close, come across, come upon, confront, cross the path, descry, detect, espy, experience, face, fall in with, find, front, hit upon, meet, meet up with, rub eyeballs, run across, run into, run smack into, suffer, sustain, turn up, undergo |
| Antonyms: | avoid, evade, retreat, run away |
| Main Entry: | escort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act as a companion, guard |
| Synonyms: | accompany, attend, bear, bring, carry, chaperon, company, conduct, consort with, convoy, date, direct, drag, go with, guide, lead, partner, pilot, protect, route, see, shepherd, show, squire, steer, take out, usher |
| Antonyms: | abandon, desert, drop, leave, lose, maroon, neglect |
| Main Entry: | face |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come up against a situation |
| Synonyms: | abide, accost, affront, allow, be confronted by, bear, beard, bit the bullet, brace, brave, brook, challenge, confront, contend, cope with, countenance, court, cross, dare, deal with, defy, encounter, endure, experience, eyeball, fight, fly in face of, go up against, grapple with, make a stand, meet, oppose, resist, risk, run into, square off, stand, stomach*, submit, suffer, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take on, take the bull by the horns, tell off, tolerate, venture, withstand |
| Antonyms: | hide, retreat, run, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ferry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry across |
| Synonyms: | bear, buck, carry, chauffeur, convey, lug, move across, pack, run, schlepp, send, ship, shuttle, tote, transport |
| Main Entry: | fetch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go get, bring in |
| Synonyms: | back, be sold for, bear, bring, bring back, bring to, buck, call for, carry, conduct, convey, deliver, draw forth, earn, elicit, escort, get, give rise to, go for, gun, heel, lead, lug, make, obtain, pack, piggyback, produce, realize, retrieve, ride, schlepp, sell, sell for, shoulder, tote, transport, truck, yield |
| Antonyms: | free, let go |
| Main Entry: | generate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce, create |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring to pass, cause, develop, effect, engender, form, found, get up, give birth to, give rise to, hatch, inaugurate, induce, initiate, institute, introduce, make, multiply, muster, occasion, originate, parent, perform, procreate, propagate, provoke, reproduce, set up, spawn, whip up, work up |
| Antonyms: | break, destroy |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, allow, bear, brook, consent to, let, permit, put up with, stand, stomach*, suffer, swallow*, take, tolerate |
| Antonyms: | surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue |
| Synonyms: | act, advance, bear, behave, carry on, come about, comport, conduct, deport, endure, execute, go ahead, hang on, happen, hold on, keep on, last, occur, persevere, persist, proceed, ramble, stay, take place |
| Antonyms: | cease, halt, stop |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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