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| Main Entry: |
go
 [goh] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spirit, vitality |
| Synonyms: | activity, animation, bang, birr, drive, energy, force, get-up-and-go, hardihood, life, moxie*, oomph, pep, potency, push, snap*, starch, tuck, verve, vigor, vivacity, zest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, proceed physically |
| Synonyms: | abscond, approach, beat it, bug out, cruise, decamp, depart, escape, exit, fare, flee, fly, get away, get going, get lost, get off, hie, hightail, hit the road, journey, lam, leave, light out, make a break for it, make for, make one's way, mosey, move, move out, near, pass, progress, pull out, push off, push on, quit, repair, retire, run along, run away, set off, shove off, skip out, split*, take a hike, take a powder, take flight, take leave, take off, travel, vamoose, wend, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | stay, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | operate, function |
| Synonyms: | act, carry on, click*, continue, flourish, maintain, make out, move, pan out, perform, persist, prosper, run, score, succeed, thrive, work |
| Antonyms: | break |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- All you need is a brain and maybe some paper and ink and off you go.
- Sometimes you have to go backward before you can clearly see how to move forward.
- Once you broke down the inner fortification of the canon and then moved on to the other fortifications, it's not easy to go back.
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | span, stretch |
| Synonyms: | connect, cover, extend, fit, give access, lead, make, range, reach, run, spread, vary |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute, work towards an end |
| Synonyms: | avail, befall, chance, come, concur, conduce, develop, eventuate, fall out, fare, happen, incline, lead to, occur, persevere, persist, proceed, result, serve, tend, transpire, turn, turn out, wax, work out |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree, harmonize |
| Synonyms: | accord, be adapted for, be designed for, belong, blend, chime, complement, conform, correspond, dovetail, enjoy, fit, jibe, like, match, mesh, relish, set, square, suit |
| Antonyms: | disagree, mismatch |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die, collapse |
| Synonyms: | bend, break, cave, conclude, consume, crumble, decease, decline, demise, depart, deplete, devour, dissipate, drop, exhaust, expend, expire, fail, finish, fold up, fritter, give, pass away, pass on, perish, run through, spend, squander, succumb, terminate, use up, waste, weaken, worsen, yield |
| Antonyms: | be born, create |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elapse |
| Synonyms: | be spent, expire, flow, lapse, pass, pass away, slip away, transpire, waste away |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, allow, bear, brook, consent to, let, permit, put up with, stand, stomach*, suffer, swallow*, take, tolerate |
| Antonyms: | surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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