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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk over with another |
| Synonyms: | altercate, argue, bounce off, canvass, compare notes, confabulate, confer, consider, consult with, contend, contest, converse, debate, deliberate, descant, discept, discourse about, dispute, dissert, dissertate, examine, exchange views on, explain, figure, get together, go into, groupthink, hash over, hold forth, jaw, kick about, knock around, moot, put heads together, reason about, review, sift, take up, thrash out, toss around, ventilate, weigh |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
| Main Entry: | mentioned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noticed |
| Synonyms: | brought up, cited, communicated, considered, declared, discussed, intimated, made known, named, quoted, referred to, revealed, specified, spoken of, suggested, told, voiced |
| Main Entry: | address |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak to a formal gathering |
| Synonyms: | approach, bespeak, call, deliver speech, deliver talk, discourse, discuss, get on a soapbox, give speech, give talk, greet, hail, lecture, memorialize, orate, pitch, pontificate, root for, sermonize, spiel*, spout, stump, take the floor, talk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | agitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disturb, trouble someone |
| Synonyms: | alarm, argue, arouse, bug up, bug*, burn up, confuse, craze*, debate, discompose, disconcert, discuss, dispute, disquiet, distract, disturb, egg on, examine, excite, ferment, flurry, fluster, get to, incite, inflame, make flip, move, perturb, psych, push buttons, rouse, ruffle, spook, stimulate, stir, trouble, turn on, unhinge, upset, ventilate, work up, worry |
| Antonyms: | calm, not bother, quiet, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bring up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate, mention in conversation |
| Synonyms: | advance, advert, allude to, broach, discuss, introduce, moot, move, offer, point out, propose, put forward, raise, raise a subject, refer, submit, tender, touch on, ventilate |
| Main Entry: | commune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate, experience with another |
| Synonyms: | confer, confide in, contemplate, converse, discourse, discuss, mediate, muse, parley, ponder, reflect |
| Main Entry: | consult |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask, confer |
| Synonyms: | argue, ask advice of, be closeted with, brainstorm*, call in, cogitate, collogue, commune, compare notes, confab, confabulate, consider, debate, deliberate, discuss, examine, flap, groupthink, huddle, interrogate, interview, kick ideas around, negotiate, parlay, pick one's brains, powwow, put heads together, question, refer to, regard, respect, review, seek advice, seek opinion of, take a meeting, take account of, take counsel, talk over, toss ideas around, treat, turn to |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | controvert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oppose, argue |
| Synonyms: | break, challenge, confound, confute, contest, contradict, counter, debate, deny, disconfirm, discuss, disprove, dispute, oppugn, question, rebut, refute, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, forbear, harmonize, make peace, restrain |
| Main Entry: | deal/deal with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | handle, manage |
| Synonyms: | act, approach, attend to, behave, behave toward, clear, concern, conduct oneself, consider, control, cope with, direct, discuss, get a handle on something, hack it, handle, have to do with, live with, make a go of it, make it, oversee, play, review, rid, see to, serve, take, take care of, treat, unburden, use |
| Antonyms: | mismanage |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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