Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be busy with |
| Synonyms: | absorb, amuse, attend, be active with, be concerned with, busy, divert, employ, engage, engross, entertain, fill, hold attention, immerse, interest, involve, keep busy, monopolize, preoccupy, soak, take up, tie up, utilize |
| Antonyms: | be inactive, be lazy, idle |
| Main Entry: | reproduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make more copies of |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, carbon, clone, copy, do again, dupe*, duplicate, echo, emulate, engross, follow, imitate, knock off, manifold, match, mimeo, mimeograph, mirror, parallel, photocopy, photograph, photostat, pirate, portray, print, reawaken, recount, recreate, redo, reduplicate, reenact, reflect, relive, remake, repeat, replicate, represent, reprint, restamp, revive, stereotype, transcribe, type |
| Antonyms: | abort, destroy, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transcribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transfer to another medium |
| Synonyms: | copy out, decipher, duplicate, engross, interpret, note, record, render, reprint, reproduce, rewrite, set out, take down, tape, tape-record, transfer, translate, transliterate, write out |
| Main Entry: | transfix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold one's attention |
| Synonyms: | bewitch, captivate, enchant, engross, fascinate, hold, hypnotize, mesmerize, palsy, paralyze, petrify, rivet, root, spellbind, stop in one's tracks, stop one dead, stun |
| Antonyms: | bore, look away |
| Main Entry: | write |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put language down on paper |
| Synonyms: | address, author, autograph, bang out, chalk, commit, communicate, comp, compose, copy, correspond, create, dash off, draft, draw up, drop a line, drop a note, engross, formulate, ghost, indite, ink, inscribe, jot down, knock off, knock out, letter, note, note down, pen, pencil, print, push a pencil, put in writing, record, reproduce, rewrite, scrawl, scribble, scribe, scriven, set down, set forth, sign, take down, tell, transcribe, turn out, typewrite, write down, write up |
| Antonyms: | read |
| Main Entry: | enwrap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrap |
| Synonyms: | absorb, captivate, cloak, consume, drape, embosom, embrace, enclose, enfold, engage, engross, enshroud, enthrall, envelop, fascinate, immerse, infold, involve, shroud, soak, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap up |
| Main Entry: | preoccupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | absorb |
| Synonyms: | assimilate, comprehend, consume, digest, engross, follow, get into, get*, grasp, immerse, incorporate, latch onto, learn, monopolize, sense, soak up, take in, understand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | replicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | copy |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, carbon, cartoon, clone, counterfeit, delineate, depict, ditto*, draw, dupe*, duplicate, engrave, engross, fake*, forge, imitate, knock off, limn, manifold, mimeo, mirror, mold, paint, paraphrase, photocopy, photostat, picture, plagiarize, portray, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, represent, reproduce, rewrite, sculpture, simulate, sketch, stat, trace, transcribe |
| Notes: | duplication may be regarded as an activity because one duplicates (makes again) something, but replication is a process in which something is replicated (copied) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spellbind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grip |
| Synonyms: | arrest, catch up, compel, engross, enthrall, fascinate, hold, hypnotize, involve, mesmerize, rivet, transfix |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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