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| Main Entry: |
managed
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trained |
| Synonyms: | coached, counseled, driven, educated, groomed, guided, handled, influenced, instructed, persuaded, primed, taught, urged |
| Antonyms: | undisciplined, uneducated, wild |
| Main Entry: | prejudiced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | biased |
| Synonyms: | bigoted, blind, closed-minded, discriminatory, doctrinaire, dogmatic, extreme, hidebound, illiberal, inclined, influenced, intolerant, intransigent, leaning, narrow, narrow-minded, one-sided, opinionated, partisan, preconceived, predisposed, prepossessed, presupposing, racist, sexist, xenophobic |
| Antonyms: | generous, impartial, open-minded, receptive, unbiased |
| Main Entry: | urged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pressed |
| Synonyms: | adjured, advised, allured, asked, begged, charged, coaxed, coerced, commanded, desired, exhorted, forced, implored, influenced, lured, motivated, moved, prompted, requested, solicited, wheedled |
| Main Entry: | actuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start a function or action, motivate |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on, energize, excite, fire up, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, key up, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, put up to, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on, work into lather, work up |
| Notes: | when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence) to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions |
| Antonyms: | impede, stop |
| Main Entry: | affect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence, affect emotionally |
| Synonyms: | act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
| Main Entry: | bias |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to favor |
| Synonyms: | distort, incline, influence, make partial, prejudice, prepossess, slant, sway, twist, warp, weight |
| Notes: | a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts |
| Antonyms: | be fair, be impartial, be just |
| Main Entry: | brainwash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force to believe or do things |
| Synonyms: | alter, catechize, condition, convert, convince, educate, indoctrinate, influence, instill, persuade, proselytize, teach |
| Main Entry: | bribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request silence, action, or inaction for money |
| Synonyms: | approach, buy, buy back, buy off, coax, corrupt, do business, entice, fix*, get at, get to, grease palm, influence, instigate, lubricate, lure, make a deal, oil palm, pay off, pervert, reward, seduce, soap, square, suborn, sugar, sweeten the pot, take care of, tamper, tempt, tip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | budge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dislodge from staid position |
| Synonyms: | bend, change, change position, convince, give way, inch, influence, locomote, move, persuade, propel, push, remove, roll, shift, slide, stir, sway, yield |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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