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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in jeopardy |
| Synonyms: | be careless, chance, chance it, expose, hazard, imperil, lay on the line, lay open, leave defenseless, leave in the middle, make liable, menace, peril, play into one's hands, put at risk, put in danger, put on the spot, risk, stick one's neck out, subject to loss, threaten, venture |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, comfort, help, save, take care |
| Main Entry: | jeopardize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endanger |
| Synonyms: | be careless, chance, chance it, gamble, hazard, imperil, lay on the line, peril, put at risk, put in danger, put in jeopardy, risk, stake, subject to, tempt fate, threaten |
| Main Entry: | pointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | penetrating, biting |
| Synonyms: | accurate, acid, acute, barbed, boiled down, calling a spade a spade, cutting, in a nutshell, incisive, insinuating, keen, laid on the line, legit, meaty, on the button, on the nose, pertinent, pregnant, right to it, right-on, sarcastic, sharp, short-and-sweet, tart, telling, trenchant |
| Antonyms: | calming, mild, nice, soothing |
| Main Entry: | propose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suggest, present for action |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, advise, affirm, ask, assert, broach, come up with*, contend, counsel, hit on, hold out, introduce, invite, kibitz, lay before, lay on the line, make a motion, make a pitch, move for, name, nominate, offer, pose, prefer, press, proffer, propone, proposition, propound, put forward, put to, put up, recommend, request, set forth, solicit, speak one's piece, spitball, state, submit, tender, urge, volunteer |
| Notes: | one would propound a plan (set forth for consideration something more extensive, substantial), but propose an idea (set forth for consideration) |
| Antonyms: | condemn, deny, oppose, refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give an account of |
| Synonyms: | break a story, chronicle, clue one in, depict, describe, detail, disclose, divulge, express, get off one's chest, give the word, impart, itemize, lay it on the line, let one's hair down, narrate, particularize, picture, present, recite, recount, rehearse, report, retell, reveal, run down, run through, set forth, shoot the breeze, sling, spill, spill the beans, spin a yarn, state, tell, track, verbalize |
| Notes: | both recount and relate mean 'to tell, to give an account of,' but recount adds the semantic component 'in detail' |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | straightforward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, barefaced, candid, direct, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, honorable, just, laid on the line, level, like it is, mellow*, open, outspoken, plain, plain-dealing, pretenseless, right-on, sincere, square-shooting, straight, straight-arrow, talking turkey, truthful, unconcealed, undisguised, undissembled, undissembling, unequivocal, unvarnished, up front, upright, upstanding, veracious |
| Antonyms: | deceitful, devious, dishonest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | propound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | propose |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, advise, affirm, ask, assert, broach, come up with*, contend, counsel, hit on, hold out, introduce, invite, kibitz, lay before, lay on the line, make a motion, make a pitch, move for, name*, nominate, offer, pose, prefer, press, proffer, propone, proposition, put forward, put to, put up, recommend, request, set forth, solicit, speak one's piece, spitball, state, submit, suggest, tender, urge, volunteer |
| Notes: | one would propound a plan (set forth for consideration something more extensive, substantial), but propose an idea (set forth for consideration) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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