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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate with |
| Synonyms: | approach, be in touch with, buzz*, call, check with, connect, get, get ahold of, get in touch with, interact, interface, network*, phone, reach, reach out, relate, speak to, talk, telephone, touch base, visit, write to |
| Antonyms: | avoid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | border on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close to; approximate |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, approach, be like, be similar to, come near, compare, connect, contact, echo, impinge, join, lie near, lie next to, march, match, near, neighbor, parallel, resemble, touch, verge on |
| Antonyms: | not touch |
| Main Entry: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lightly |
| Synonyms: | caress, contact, flick, glance, graze, kiss, scrape, shave, skim, smooth, stroke, sweep, tickle |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange meeting |
| Synonyms: | ask, assemble, bid, collect, contact, convene, convoke, gather, invite, muster, phone, rally, request, ring up, subpoena, summon, telephone |
| Antonyms: | cancel, stop |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to communicate by telephone |
| Synonyms: | beep, blast*, bleep, buzz, contact, get back to, phone, ring, telephone |
| Antonyms: | receive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | communicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give or exchange information, ideas |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advertise, advise, announce, be in touch, betray, break, broadcast, carry, connect, contact, convey, correspond, declare, disclose, discover, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, get across, get through, hint, impart, imply, inform, interact, interface, keep in touch, let on, let out, make known, network*, pass on, phone, proclaim, publicize, publish, raise, reach out, relate, report, reveal, ring up, signify, spread, state, suggest, tell, touch base, transfer, transmit, unfold, write |
| Antonyms: | bottle up, conceal, cover, keep, keep quiet, suppress, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ricochet, hit off of something |
| Synonyms: | bounce, brush, careen, carom, contact, dart, graze, kiss*, rebound, scrape, shave, sideswipe, skim, skip, slant, slide, strike, touch |
| Notes: | a glance captures more than a glimpse; the verb glance takes no object while glimpse does |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate |
| Synonyms: | collaborate, combine, connect, contact, cooperate, get across, get the message, interface, interplay, interreact, join, keep in touch, merge, mesh, network, reach out, relate, touch, touch base, unite |
| Antonyms: | not speak |
| Main Entry: | interchange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | switch, exchange |
| Synonyms: | alternate, bandy, barter, commute, connect, contact, convert, interact, interface, mesh, network, reciprocate, relate, reverse, substitute, swap, trade, transpose |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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