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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commission for responsibility, use |
| Synonyms: | add to payroll, appoint, authorize, book, bring in, bring on board, carry, charter, contract for, delegate, draft, employ, empower, engage, enlist, exploit, fill a position, find help, give a break, give job to, give work, ink, lease, let, make use of, obtain, occupy, pick, place, pledge, procure, promise, put on*, put to work, rent, retain, secure, select, sign on, sign up, sublease, sublet, take on, truck with, utilize |
| Antonyms: | discharge, fire, lay off, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enact, execute |
| Synonyms: | act, carry on, carry out, carry through, conduct, declare, decree, do, draft, draw up, effect, engage in, establish, fix, form, formulate, frame, legislate, pass, perform, practice, prepare, prosecute, wage |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, refuse, refute, veto |
| Main Entry: | nominate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, select |
| Synonyms: | appoint, assign, call, choose, cognominate, commission, decide, denominate, draft, elect, elevate, empower, intend, make, mean, name, offer, present, proffer, propose, purpose, put down for, put up, recommend, slate, slot, specify, submit, suggest, tab, tap, tender, term |
| Notes: | nominate means 'call the name of' (Latin nomen), while denominate means 'to give a name to' |
| Antonyms: | ignore, pass over |
| Main Entry: | outline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sketch out; plan |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, block out, characterize, chart, delineate, describe, draft, lay out, paint, plot, recapitulate, rough out, skeleton, skeletonize, summarize, tell about, trace |
| Main Entry: | paint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | apply colored tint, often to make design |
| Synonyms: | brush, catch a likeness, coat, color, compose, cover, cover up, daub, decorate, delineate, depict, design, draft, draw, dye, figure, fresco, gloss over, limn, ornament, outline, picture, portray, put on coats, represent, shade, sketch, slap on, slather, stipple, swab, tint, touch up, wash |
| Antonyms: | strip |
| Main Entry: | pen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write |
| Synonyms: | autograph, commit to paper, compose, draft, draw up, engross, indict, jot down |
| Antonyms: | speak |
| Main Entry: | plan |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think out; prepare in advance |
| Synonyms: | arrange, bargain for, block out, blueprint, brainstorm*, calculate, concoct, conspire, contemplate, contrive, cook up, craft, design, devise, draft, engineer, figure on, figure out, fix to, form, formulate, frame, hatch, intrigue, invent, lay in provisions, line up, make arrangements, map, meditate, organize, outline, plot, project, quarterback, ready, reckon on, represent, rough in, scheme, set out, shape, sketch, steer, trace, work out |
| Notes: | an elevation is a two-dimensional scale drawing of something as if one were viewing it from one side; a section is a two-dimensional scale drawing of one part or detail of an object or structure; and a plan is a two-dimensional scale drawing showing the view of an object or structure as if one were looking down on it from above |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, scheme |
| Synonyms: | angle, brew*, cabal, cogitate, collude, conceive, concoct, connive, conspire, contrive, cook up, design, devise, draft, finagle, frame, hatch, imagine, intrigue, lay*, machinate, maneuver, operate, outline, project, promote, rough out, set up, sketch, wangle |
| Antonyms: | forget, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | map out; draw |
| Synonyms: | calculate, chart, compute, draft, lay out, locate, mark, outline, put forward |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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