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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go or be with something |
| Synonyms: | associate with, attend, chaperon, come along, conduct, consort, convoy, date, dog*, draft*, drag*, escort, follow, go along, guard, guide, hang around with, hang out*, keep company, lead, look after, shadow, shlep along, show about, show around, spook, squire, stick to, string along, tag along, tailgate, take out, usher |
| Antonyms: | abandon, desert, leave, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay attention; apply oneself |
| Synonyms: | catch, concentrate on, devote oneself, follow, get a load of, hear, hearken, heed, keep one's eye on, lend an ear, listen, listen up, look after, look on, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, occupy oneself with, pay heed, pick up, regard, see to, watch |
| Antonyms: | be lazy, disregard, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | care |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tend to |
| Synonyms: | attend, baby sit, consider, foster, keep an eye on, keep tabs on, look after, mind, mind the store, minister, mother, nurse, nurture, pay attention to, protect, provide for, ride herd on, sit, take pains, tend, treasure, wait on, watch, watch over |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | defend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect |
| Synonyms: | avert, battle, beat off, bulwark, care for, cherish, conserve, contend, cover, entrench, espouse, fend off, fight, fight for, fortify, foster, garrison, guard, guard against, hedge, hold, hold at bay, house, insure, keep safe, look after, maintain, mine, nourish, oppose, panoply, preserve, prevent, provide sanctuary, repel danger, resist, retain, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter, shield, stave off, sustain, take in, uphold, war, ward off, watch, watch over, withstand |
| Antonyms: | abandon, attack, desert, leave, quit, relinquish, resign, surrender |
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, act, arrange, be responsible for, bring about, cause, close, complete, conclude, cook*, create, determine, discharge, do one's thing, effect, end, engage in, execute, finish, fix, fulfill, get ready, get with it, go for it, look after, make, make ready, move, operate, organize, perform, prepare, produce, pull off, see to, succeed, take care of business, take on, transact, undertake, wind up, work, wrap up |
| Antonyms: | defer, destroy, fail, idle, lose, miss, neglect, pass, put off, undo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | do for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | abet, aid, assist, benefact, care for, help out, lend a hand, look after, provide for, steady, support |
| Antonyms: | deny, refuse |
| Main Entry: | farm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce crops, raise animals |
| Synonyms: | bring under cultivation, crop, cultivate, direct, dress, garden, graze, grow, harrow, harvest, homestead, husband, landscape, look after, operate, pasture, plant, plow, ranch, reap, run, seed, sow, subdue, superintend, tend, till, till the soil, work |
| Main Entry: | fend for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take care of |
| Synonyms: | eke out existence, look after, make do, make provision for, provide for, stay alive, subsist, support, survive, sustain |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | guard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect, watch |
| Synonyms: | attend, baby-sit, bulwark, chaperon, chaperone, conduct, convoy, cover, cover up, defend, escort, fend, keep, keep an eye on, keep in view, keep under surveillance, look after, lookout, mind, observe, oversee, patrol, police*, preserve, ride shotgun for, safeguard, save, screen, secure, see after, shelter, shepherd, shield, shotgun, stonewall, superintend, supervise, tend |
| Antonyms: | disregard, forget, ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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