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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guarantee; make secure |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assure, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, effect, establish, guard, insure, lock on, lock up, make certain, make safe, make sure, nail down, okay, protect, provide, put on ice, safeguard, secure, set out, warrant |
| Notes: | insure and ensure mean 'to make certain,' but only insure can mean 'indemnify against loss' |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
| Synonyms: | affirm, angel, answer for, assure, attest, aver, back, bankroll, be surety for, bind oneself, certify, confirm, cosign, endorse, ensure, evidence, evince, get behind, give bond, grubstake, guaranty, insure, juice*, maintain, make bail, make certain, make sure, mortgage, pick up the check, pick up the tab, protect, prove, reassure, secure, sign for, stake, stand behind, stand up for, support, swear, testify, vouch for, wager, warrant, witness |
| Notes: | guarantee is from Old French garant 'a warrant,' while warranty is from Old North French warantie, derived from warant 'a warrant.' Both garant and warant came from Frankish (the West Germanic language spoken in the 400s and 500s in the region of ancient Gaul that became France), represented by Old High German weren 'to confirm, warrant.' Guarantee is a general term for a representation regarding a good's quality and performance - and warranty is the legal term for the document; the person to whom it is issued is the warrantee with the issuer being the warrantor |
| Antonyms: | break |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attend, tend |
| Synonyms: | baby-sit, be attentive, behold, care for, discern, discipline, ensure, give heed to, govern, guard, have charge of, keep an eye on, listen up, look, make certain, mark, mind the store, note, notice, observe, oversee, perceive, regard, ride herd on, see, sit, superintend, supervise, watch |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give word that something will be done |
| Synonyms: | accede, affiance, affirm, agree, answer for, assent, asservate, assure, bargain, betroth, bind, commit, compact, consent, contract, covenant, cross heart, declare, engage, ensure, espouse, guarantee, hock, insure, live up to, mortgage, obligate, pass, pawn, pledge, plight, profess, say so, secure, stipulate, string along, subscribe, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down, take an oath, undertake, underwrite, vouch, vow, warrant |
| Antonyms: | break, renege |
| Main Entry: | safeguard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect |
| Synonyms: | assure, bulwark, conserve, cover, defend, ensure, fend, guard, insure, look after, preserve, ride shotgun, save, screen, secure, shield, watch over |
| Antonyms: | endanger, harm, hurt, injure, lay open |
| Main Entry: | secure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obtain |
| Synonyms: | access, achieve, acquire, annex, assure, bag*, buy, capture, catch, chalk up, cinch, come by, ensure, gain, get, get hold of, grasp, guarantee, have, hook, insure, land, lock, lock up, make sure, pick up, procure, rack up, take, win |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, give up, lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | secure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect, make safe |
| Synonyms: | assure, bulwark, cover, defend, ensure, fend, guarantee, guard, insure, safeguard, screen, shield |
| Antonyms: | endanger, harm, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | warrant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guarantee, justify, authorize |
| Synonyms: | affirm, answer for, approve, argue, assert, assure, attest, avouch, back, bear out, call for, certify, claim, commission, contend, declare, defend, delegate, demand, empower, endorse, ensure, entitle, excuse, explain, give grounds for, guaranty, insure, license, maintain, necessitate, permit, pledge, privilege, promise, require, sanction, secure, sponsor, stand behind, state, stipulate, swear, take an oath, undertake, underwrite, uphold, vindicate, vouch for, vow |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | mind |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
branular, cacophrenic, cerebral, conative, endowed with reason, ghostly, hyperactive, ideogenous, immaterial, intellectual, mental, meshuge, metaphysical, multanimous, nooscopic, philonoetic, preconscious, primal, psychagogic, psychal, psychical, psychogenic, psychological, psychotropic, rational, self, spirituel, strung, subjective, subliminal, unbalanced, unstable, wud
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