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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure bad situation |
| Synonyms: | bear, beard, challenge, confront, court, dare, defy, face, face off, fly in the face of, go through, outdare, risk, stand up to, suffer, support, take on, venture, withstand |
| Antonyms: | break down, capitulate, complain, dodge, fear, give up, hide, run away, skip |
| Main Entry: | contend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue |
| Synonyms: | affirm, allege, assert, aver, avow, blast, charge, claim, come at, cross, debate, defend, dictate, dispute, enjoin, fly in face of, gang up on, go at, have at, have bone to pick, hold, insist, jump on, justify, lace into, lay into, let have it, light into, lock horns with, maintain, mix, mix it up, prescribe, put up argument, report, rip*, say, set to, sock it to one, stick it to, take on, tell, urge, vindicate, warrant, zap |
| Antonyms: | cede, give in, give up, surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contradict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be at variance with |
| Synonyms: | belie, buck, call in question, challenge, confront, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, cross, dare, deny, differ, disaffirm, disclaim, disprove, dispute, fly in the face of, gainsay, have bone to pick, impugn, negate, negative, oppose, refuse to accept, repudiate, take on, thumbs down, traverse |
| Antonyms: | OK, accept, agree, approve, concede, confirm, corroborate, reconcile, sign, verify, vouch |
| Main Entry: | counter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer, respond in retaliation |
| Synonyms: | backtalk, beat, bilk, buck, circumvent, contravene, counteract, counterwork, cross, dash, disappoint, fly in the face of, foil, frustrate, have bone to pick, hinder, hit back, match, meet, offset, oppose, parry, pit, play off, resist, respond, retaliate, return, ruin, take on, thumbs down, vie, ward off |
| Main Entry: | defy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge, frustrate |
| Synonyms: | baffle, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, flout, fly in face of, foil, front, gibe, hang tough, hurl defiance at, ignore, insult, make my day, mock, oppose, outdare, provoke, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, scorn, slight, spurn, stick fast, stick*, take one on, thwart, venture, violate, withstand |
| Antonyms: | give in, obey, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disobey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard rules; refuse to conform |
| Synonyms: | balk, be remiss, break rules, contravene, counteract, dare, decline, defy, desert, differ, disagree, evade, flout, fly in face of, go counter to, ignore, infringe, insurrect, misbehave, mutiny, neglect, not heed, not listen, not mind, object, overstep, pay no attention to, rebel, recalcitrate, resist, revolt, revolution, revolutionize, riot, rise in arms, run riot, set aside, shirk, strike, take law into own hands, transgress, violate, withstand |
| Antonyms: | conform, go along, obey, oblige, regard, submit |
| Main Entry: | dissent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
| Synonyms: | argue, balk, break with, buck, contradict, decline, demur, differ, disaccord, discord, divide, fly in the face of, object, oppose, pettifog, protest, put up a fight, put up an argument, refuse, say no way, say not a chance, say nothing doing, shy, stickle, vary, wrangle |
| Notes: | dissent is, literally, 'feel or think differently' and dissident means 'sit apart, disagree' |
| Antonyms: | agree, approve, assent, authorize, concur, consent, endorse, ratify, sanction |
| Main Entry: | face |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come up against a situation |
| Synonyms: | abide, accost, affront, allow, be confronted by, bear, beard, bit the bullet, brace, brave, brook, challenge, confront, contend, cope with, countenance, court, cross, dare, deal with, defy, encounter, endure, experience, eyeball, fight, fly in face of, go up against, grapple with, make a stand, meet, oppose, resist, risk, run into, square off, stand, stomach*, submit, suffer, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take on, take the bull by the horns, tell off, tolerate, venture, withstand |
| Antonyms: | hide, retreat, run, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | negate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contradict, countermand |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, belie, blackball, break with, cancel, cancel out, controvert, countercheck, cross*, deny, ding, disaffirm, disallow, disprove, dump*, fly in the face of, frustrate, gainsay, impugn, invalidate, kill, negative, neutralize, nullify, oppose, put down, quash, rebut, redress, refute, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, stonewall, traverse, turn down, turn thumbs down, undo, vitiate, void |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, permit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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