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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make cultured; develop |
| Synonyms: | acculturate, acquaint, advance, better, cultivate, edify, educate, elevate, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, ethicize, foster, help forward, humanize, idealize, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, polish, promote, reclaim, refine, sophisticate, spiritualize, tame, uplift |
| Main Entry: | communicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give or exchange information, ideas |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advertise, advise, announce, be in touch, betray, break, broadcast, carry, connect, contact, convey, correspond, declare, disclose, discover, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, get across, get through, hint, impart, imply, inform, interact, interface, keep in touch, let on, let out, make known, network*, pass on, phone, proclaim, publicize, publish, raise, reach out, relate, report, reveal, ring up, signify, spread, state, suggest, tell, touch base, transfer, transmit, unfold, write |
| Antonyms: | bottle up, conceal, cover, keep, keep quiet, suppress, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | counsel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give advice |
| Synonyms: | admonish, advise, advocate, caution, charge, confab, direct, enjoin, exhort, give pointer, give two cents, guide, huddle, inform, instruct, keep posted, kibitz, order, prescribe, prompt, put bug in ear, put heads together, put on to, recommend, reprehend, show the ropes, steer, suggest, teach, tip, tip off, tout, urge, warn, wise one up |
| Notes: | counsel is 'advice, guidance' and a counsel is a lawyer; a council is a deliberative body of people assembled for some purpose and members are councillors (especially in Britain) |
| Main Entry: | declare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known clearly or officially |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, advance, advocate, affirm, allegate, allege, announce, argue, assert, asservate, attest, aver, avow, be positive, blaze, bring forward, certify, cite, claim, confess, confirm, contend, convey, demonstrate, disclose, enunciate, give out, inform, insist, maintain, manifest, notify, pass, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, propound, publish, put forward, reaffirm, reassert, render, repeat, reveal, set forth, show, sound, state, stress, swear, tell, testify, validate, vouch |
| Antonyms: | deny, disavow, retract |
| Main Entry: | direct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give instructions; teach |
| Synonyms: | address, advise, bid, charge, command, deliver, dictate, enjoin, give directions, give orders, inform, instruct, lecture, order, read, tell, warn |
| Antonyms: | misguide, mislead |
| Main Entry: | educate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | teach information, experience |
| Synonyms: | brainwash*, brief, civilize, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, drum into, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, foster, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, let in on, mature, nurture, put hip, put through the grind, rear, school, show the ropes, train, tutor |
| Antonyms: | learn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enlighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain thoroughly; make aware |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, apprise, brief, catechize, cause to understand, civilize, convert, counsel, direct, disclose, divulge, edify, educate, elucidate, give faith, give the lowdown, give the word, guide, illume, illuminate, illumine, imitate, improve, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, inspirit, instruct, let in on, open up, persuade, preach, put on to, reveal, save, school, teach, tell, train, update, uplift |
| Antonyms: | be vague, bewilder, confound, confuse, delude, mislead, obscure, puzzle |
| Main Entry: | familiarize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become acquainted with, knowledgeable about |
| Synonyms: | accustom, adapt, adjust, awaken to, become adept in, become aware of, break the ice, bring into use, case*, check out, coach, come to know, condition, enlighten, gain friendship, get in, get lay of land, get lowdown on, get to know, get together, get with it, habituate, inform, instruct, inure, let down hair, let know, let next to, make conversant, make used to, mix, naturalize, popularize, post, prime, put on to, school, season, tip off, train, use, wont |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fill in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer in writing |
| Synonyms: | advise, apprise, clue, complete, fill out, inform, insert, notify, post, sign, tell, warn, write in |
| Antonyms: | leave blank |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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