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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically held by force |
| Synonyms: | bound, caged, confined, enslaved, ensnared, imprisoned, in custody, incarcerated, incommunicado, jailed, locked up, penned, restricted, subjugated, under lock and key |
| Antonyms: | free, independent, loose |
| Main Entry: | unavoidable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound to happen |
| Synonyms: | certain, compulsory, fated, impending, ineluctable, ineludible, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, inexorable, locked up, necessary, obligatory, open and shut, set, sure, unescapable |
| Antonyms: | avoidable, escapable |
| Main Entry: | booked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrested |
| Synonyms: | charged, imprisoned, jailed, locked up, taken into custody, under arrest |
| Antonyms: | free, liberated |
| Main Entry: | acquire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obtain or receive |
| Synonyms: | access, achieve, amass, annex, attain, bring in, buy, catch, collect, cop, corral*, earn, gain, gather, get, get hands on, get hold of, grab, have, hustle, land, latch onto, lock up, pick up, procure, promote, rack up, scare up, secure, snag*, take, take possession of, wangle, win |
| Notes: | a person or thing is the subject of (acquire) the acquiring process; a person or thing is the object or goal of (accrue) the accruing process |
| Antonyms: | fail, forfeit, forgo, lose, relinquish, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affirm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare the truth of something |
| Synonyms: | assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, cross heart, declare, guarantee, have a lock on, ice*, insist, lock up, maintain, nail down, okay, predicate, profess, pronounce, put on ice, ratify, repeat, rubber-stamp, say so, set, state, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down, testify, vouch, witness |
| Antonyms: | deny, negate, nullify, veto |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make certain |
| Synonyms: | cinch, clinch, complete, confirm, ensure, guarantee, have a lock on, ice*, insure, lock, lock on, lock up, make sure, nail down, put on ice, seal, secure, set |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate; restrict |
| Synonyms: | compel, confine, constrain, detain, engage, enslave, force, hamper, hinder, hogtie, indenture, lock up, necessitate, oblige, prescribe, put half nelson on, put lock on, require, restrain, restrict, yoke |
| Antonyms: | allow, free, let, permit, set free |
| Main Entry: | cage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in enclosure |
| Synonyms: | close in, confine, coop up, enclose, envelop, fence in, hem, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lock up, mew, pen, restrain, shut in, shut up |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, let out, release |
| Main Entry: | coop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine |
| Synonyms: | cage, close in, corral, detain, enclose, fence in, hem in, hold captive, hold prisoner, impound, imprison, incarcerate, intern, keep, lock up, pen, put under lock and key, shut in, shut up, trap |
| Notes: | a coop is a cage or enclosure; a co-op is a cooperative organization |
| Antonyms: | set free |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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