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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balance; think of together |
| Synonyms: | agree, assimilate, associate, average, be commensurate, compare, consider, correspond to, correspond with, equalize, even, hold, level, liken, make equal, match, offset, pair, paragon, parallel, regard, relate, represent, similize, square, tally, treat |
| Antonyms: | disagree, imbalance, unliken |
| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make equal; cause to have equilibrium |
| Synonyms: | accord, adjust, attune, cancel, collate, come out, come out even, compensate, correspond, counteract, counterbalance, equalize, equate, even, harmonize, level, make up for, match, neutralize, nullify, offset, oppose, pair off, parallel, poise, readjust, redeem, set, square, stabilize, steady, tie, weigh |
| Antonyms: | disproportion, overbalance, unbalance |
| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make equal numerically |
| Synonyms: | adjust, audit, calculate, compute, count, enumerate, equate, estimate, figure, settle, square, sum up, tally, total |
| Antonyms: | unbalance |
| Main Entry: | compare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liken, equate |
| Synonyms: | allegorize, approach, approximate to, assimilate, balance, be in the same class as, be on a par with, bear comparison, bring near, come up to, compete with, connect, correlate, distinguish between, draw parallel, equal, equate, hold a candle to, identify with, link, make like, match, notice similarities, parallel, put alongside, relate, resemble, show correspondence, stack up with, standardize, tie up, vie |
| Notes: | compare emphasizes the similarities between or among things, though not losing sight of the differences; contrast emphasizes the differences |
| Main Entry: | connect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine, link |
| Synonyms: | affix, ally, associate, attach, bridge, cohere, come aboard, conjoin, consociate, correlate, couple, equate, fasten, get into, hitch on, hook on, hook up, interface, join, join up with, marry, meld with, network with, plug into, relate, slap on, span, tack on, tag, tag on, tie in, tie in with, unite, wed, yoke |
| Antonyms: | disconnect |
| Main Entry: | equal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make even, be even with |
| Synonyms: | agree, amount to, approach, balance, be commensurate, be identical, be level, be tantamount, break even, come up to, compare, comprise, consist of, coordinate, correspond, emulate, equalize, equate, equipoise, equiponderate, keep pace with, level, live up to, match, measure up, meet, parallel, partake of, rank with, reach, rise to, rival, run abreast, square with, tally, tie, touch |
| Antonyms: | disproportion, imbalance, unmatch, vary |
| Main Entry: | equalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make the same; balance |
| Synonyms: | adjust, commeasure, communize, compare, coordinate, democratize, emulate, equal, equate, establish, even, even up, handicap, level, match, parallel, regularize, rival, smooth, socialize, square, standardize, trim |
| Antonyms: | disproportion, imbalance, unmatch, vary |
| Main Entry: | level |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make even |
| Synonyms: | equalize, equate, even, even off, even out, flatten, flush, grade, lay, make equal, make flat, mow, plane, press, roll, smooth, smoothen, straighten, surface |
| Antonyms: | jag, rough up |
| Main Entry: | liken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compare |
| Synonyms: | allegorize, approach, approximate to, assimilate, balance, be in the same class as, be on a par with, bear comparison, come up to, correlate, distinguish between, draw parallel, equal, equate, identify with, link, make like, match, notice similarities, parallel, put alongside, relate, resemble, show correspondence |
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