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implicated
[im-pli-keyt] 
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implicate
[im-pli-keyt]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imply, involve |
| Synonyms: | accuse, affect, associate, blame, charge, cite, compromise, concern, connect, embroil, entangle, frame, hint, impute, include, incriminate, inculpate, insinuate, lay at one's door, link, mean, mire, name, pin on, point finger at, relate, stigmatize, suggest, tangle* |
| Antonyms: | defend, pardon, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place blame for wrongdoing, fault |
| Synonyms: | allege, apprehend, arraign, arrest, attack, attribute, betray, blame, blow the whistle, brand, bring charges, censure, charge, cite, complain, criminate, denounce, file claim, finger*, frame, hang something on, hold accountable, impeach, implicate, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict, lay at door, let have it, libel, litigate, lodge complaint, name, pin on, point finger at, prosecute, recriminate, serve summons, slander, slur, sue, summon, tax |
| Antonyms: | absolve, exculpate, exonerate, praise, vindicate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in jeopardy |
| Synonyms: | blight, cop out, discredit, dishonor, embarrass, endanger, explode, expose, give in, hazard, imperil, implicate, jeopardize, mar, menace, peril, prejudice, put under suspicion, risk, ruin, sell out, spoil, weaken |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect, save |
| Main Entry: | concerned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | involved with |
| Synonyms: | active, affected, attentive, caring, down with, implicated, in on, interested, mixed up, privy to, solicitous |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, inattentive, uncaring, unconcerned, uninvolved |
| Main Entry: | denounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, attack |
| Synonyms: | accuse, adjudicate, arraign, blacklist, blame, boycott, brand, castigate, censure, charge, charge with, criticize, damn, declaim, decry, denunciate, derogate, dress down, excoriate, expose, finger*, hang something on, impeach, implicate, impugn, incriminate, indict, inveigh against, knock, ostracize, proscribe, prosecute, rap, rat, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, revile, scold, show up, skin*, smear, stigmatize, take to task, threaten, upbraid, vilify, vituperate |
| Antonyms: | approve, commend, compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | embroil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve in dispute; complicate |
| Synonyms: | cause trouble, compromise, confound, confuse, derange, disorder, disturb, disunite, encumber, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, implicate, incriminate, involve, mire, mix up, muddle, perplex, snarl, tangle, trouble |
| Antonyms: | exclude, uncomplicate |
| Main Entry: | enmesh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve in a situation |
| Synonyms: | box in, catch, drag into, draw in, embroil, ensnare, entangle, entrap, hook, implicate, incriminate, lay a trap for, lay for, make party to, net, snare, snarl, tangle, trammel, trap |
| Antonyms: | exclude, leave out |
| Main Entry: | entangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve, mix up |
| Synonyms: | bewilder, burden, catch, clog, come on, complicate, compromise, confuse, corner, dishevel, duke in, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, enchain, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fetter, hamper, hook, impede, implicate, intertangle, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knot, lead on, mat, muddle, perplex, puzzle, ravel, rope in, set up, snag, snare, snarl, swindle, tangle, trammel, trap, twist, unsettle |
| Antonyms: | disentangle, exclude, explain, untangle, untwist |
| Main Entry: | entrap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | capture, involve |
| Synonyms: | allure, bag*, beguile, benet, box in, catch, decoy, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, hook, implicate, inveigle, lay for, lead on, lure, net, reel in, rope in, seduce, set up, snare, suck in, tempt, trap, trick |
| Antonyms: | clear, disentangle, exclude, free, liberate, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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