| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accuse |
| Synonyms: | arraign, blame, blow the whistle on, censure, criminate, drag into court, finger*, hang something on, impeach, impugn, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, involve, peg, point the finger at, reprehend, reproach, tax, turn on, whistle-blow |
| Antonyms: | exculpate, exonerate, free |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | load, tax |
| Synonyms: | afflict, burden, choke, clog, commit, cram, crowd, cumber, encumber, entrust, fill, heap, impregnate, instill, lade, pack, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pile, ram, saddle, saturate, suffuse, transfuse, weigh |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order something done |
| Synonyms: | adjure, ask, bid, command, direct, enjoin, entrust, exhort, instruct, request, require, solicit, tell, warn |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask a price |
| Synonyms: | demand, fix price at, impose, levy, price, require, sell for |
| Antonyms: | pay |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay with credit card |
| Synonyms: | book, buy on credit, chalk up, cuff, debit, encumber, go into hock, incur debt, nick, paste, put on account, put on one's card, put on the cuff, put on the tab, receive credit, run up |
| Antonyms: | pay by check, pay cash |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
accusable, accusative, accusatory, accused, accusing, anapologetical, criminatory, denunciatory, imputable, imputative, in custody, in detention, in the house of detention, in the lockup, in the watch, inexcusable, recriminatory, suspected, under a cloud, under surveillance, under suspicion, unjustifiable, unpardonable, vicious
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| Main Entry: | accredit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attribute responsibility or achievement |
| Synonyms: | ascribe, assign, charge, credit, refer |
| Main Entry: | accuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place blame for wrongdoing, fault |
| Synonyms: | allege, apprehend, arraign, arrest, attack, attribute, betray, blame, blow the whistle, brand, bring charges, censure, charge, cite, complain, criminate, denounce, file claim, finger*, frame, hang something on, hold accountable, impeach, implicate, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, lay at door, let have it, libel, litigate, lodge complaint, name, pin on, point finger at, prosecute, recriminate, serve summons, slander, slur, sue, summon, tax |
| Antonyms: | absolve, exculpate, exonerate, praise, vindicate |
| Main Entry: | adjure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | command |
| Synonyms: | beseech, charge, entreat, implore, obligate, order, require, supplicate |
| Notes: | abjure is 'swear off' or 'swear away' and adjure is 'command earnestly'; abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath |