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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perforate, prick |
| Synonyms: | bore, cut, drill, jab, pierce, poke, puncture, stab, stamp |
| Antonyms: | close |
| Main Entry: | riddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perforate, permeate |
| Synonyms: | bore, corrupt, damage, honeycomb, impair, infest, mar, pepper, pervade, pierce, pit, puncture, spoil |
| Main Entry: | sink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall in, go under |
| Synonyms: | bore, bring down, capsize, cast down, cave in, couch, decline, demit, depress, descend, dig, dip, disappear, drill, drive, droop, drop, drown, ebb, engulf, excavate, fall, flounder, force down, founder, go down, go to the bottom, immerse, lay, let down, lower, overturn, overwhelm, plummet, plunge, put down, ram, regress, run, sag, scuttle, set, settle, shipwreck, slope, slump, stab, stick, stoop, submerge, subside, swamp, thrust, tip over, touch bottom, wreck |
| Antonyms: | float, rise |
| Main Entry: | stare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gape, watch |
| Synonyms: | beam*, bore*, eagle eye, eye, eyeball, fix, focus, gawk, gaze, glare, glim, goggle, lay eyes on, look, look fixedly, ogle, peer, rivet, rubberneck, take in |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pierce to drain |
| Synonyms: | bleed, bore, broach, draft, drain, draw, draw forth, draw off, draw out, drill, empty, lance, milk, mine, open, penetrate, perforate, pump, riddle, siphon, spear, spike, stab, unplug, unstopper, use, utilize |
| Main Entry: | tire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhaust, weary |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bore, burn out, bush, collapse, crawl, debilitate, deject, depress, disgust, dishearten, dispirit, displease, distress, drain, droop, drop, enervate, ennui, exasperate, fag, fail, faint, fatigue, flag, fold, give out, go stale, grow weary, harass, irk, irritate, jade, nauseate, overburden, overstrain, overtax, overwork, pain, pall, peter out, poop out, prostrate, put to sleep, sap, sicken, sink, strain, tax, vex, weaken, wear, wear down, wear out, wilt, worry, yawn |
| Antonyms: | activate, energize, fire up, invigorate, refresh |
| Main Entry: | turn off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disgust |
| Synonyms: | alienate, bore, disenchant, disinterest, displease, irritate, lose one's interest, make one sick, nauseate, offend, put off, repel, sicken |
| Antonyms: | appeal, cheer, delight, enchant, fascinate |
| Main Entry: | weary |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make tired |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bore, burden, cause ennui, cloy, debilitate, depress, disgust, dishearten, distress, drain, droop, drowse, enervate, enfeeble, exasperate, exhaust, fade, fag, fail, fall off, fatigue, flag, glut, grow tired, harass, have had enough, irk, jade, leave one cold, lose interest, make discontented, nauseate, oppress, overwork, pain, plague, sap, sicken, sink, strain, take it out of, tax, tire, tire out, try the patience of, tucker out, vex, weaken, wear down, wear out, weigh |
| Notes: | to be wary is to be cautious or watchful; weary means fatigued or tired |
| Antonyms: | activate, energize, enliven |
| Main Entry: | well |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | water hole |
| Synonyms: | abyss, bore, chasm, depression, derivation, fount, fountain, fountainhead, geyser, hole, inception, mine, mouth, origin, pit, pool, repository, reservoir, root, shaft, source, spa, spout, spring, springs, watering place, wellspring |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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