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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move something forward, often quickly |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, achieve, bring forward, come forward, conquer, continue ahead, continue on, dispatch, drive, elevate, forge ahead, gain ground, get ahead, get green light, get there, get with it, go ahead, go forth, go forward, go great guns, go places, go to town, hasten, launch, make headway, make the scene, march, move on, move onward, move up, press on, proceed, progress, promote, propel, push ahead, push on, quicken, send forward, skyrocket, speed, step forward, storm |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
| Antonyms: | back down, halt, hesitate, recede, retreat, retrogress, stop, turn, withdraw, yield |
| Main Entry: | arrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to a destination |
| Synonyms: | access, alight, appear, attain, barge in, blow in, bob up, breeze in, bust in, buzz*, check in, clock in, disembark, dismount, drop anchor, drop in, enter, fall by, fall in, get to, hit town, hit*, land*, make it, make the scene, pop in, pop up, pull in, punch the clock, reach, report, roll in, show, show up, sign in, sky in, take place, turn up, visit, wind up at |
| Antonyms: | depart, disappear, go, leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assemble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | congregate |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, agglomerate, amass, bring together, bunch, bunch up, call, call together, capture*, collect, come together, convene, convoke, corral*, flock, gang up, gather, group, hang around, hang out*, huddle, lump, make the scene, meet, meet up, mobilize, muster, rally, reunite, round up, scare up, summon, unite |
| Antonyms: | disperse, scatter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be present at |
| Synonyms: | appear, be a guest, be at, be present, be there, bob up, catch, check in, clock in, come to light, drop in, frequent, go to, haunt, make an appearance, make it, make the scene, pop up, punch in, punch the clock, ring in, show, show up, sit in on, time in, turn up, visit |
| Antonyms: | be absent |
| Main Entry: | attend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accompany |
| Synonyms: | be associated with, be connected with, bear, catch, follow, issue from, make the scene, occur with, result from |
| Main Entry: | come |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, approach |
| Synonyms: | appear, arrive, attain, be accessible, be at disposal, be convenient, be handy, be obtainable, be ready, become, blow in, bob up, breeze in, burst, buzz*, check in, clock in, close in, draw near, drop in, enter, fall by, fall in, flare*, get, get in, happen, hit, hit town, make it, make the scene, materialize, move, move toward, near, occur, originate, pop in, pop up, punch in, punch the clock, reach, ring in, roll in, show, show up, sign in, sky in, spring in, turn out, turn up, wind up at |
| Antonyms: | depart, go, leave, recede, retreat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | congregate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assemble, come together |
| Synonyms: | besiege, bunch up, collect, concentrate, congress, convene, converge, convoke, corral, flock*, forgather, gang around, gang up, gather, hang out*, make the scene, mass, meet, meet up, muster, pack, raise, rally, rendezvous, round up, swarm, teem, throng |
| Antonyms: | divide, scatter, separate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flaunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make an exhibition, show off |
| Synonyms: | advertise, air, boast, brandish, break out, broadcast, declare, disclose, display, disport, divulge, expose, fan it, flash, flash about, flourish, gasconade, grandstand, hotdog, let it all hang out, make a scene, parade, proclaim, put on an act, reveal, roll out, show and tell, showcase, smack with, sport, spring on, streak, throw weight around, trot out, vaunt, wave around, whip out |
| Notes: | one flaunts (makes much of) something of one's own (wealth, good looks, education) while one flouts (disregards or violates) something outside oneself (convention, law, regulation); to flaunt is to show off and to flout is to treat with contempt or disregard with smugness |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, refrain |
| Main Entry: | gather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come or bring together |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, aggregate, amass, assemble, associate, bunch up, capture, choose, close with, cluster, collect, concentrate, congregate, convene, converge, corral, crowd, cull, draw, draw in, flock, forgather, gang up, garner, get together, group, hang around, hang out*, heap, herd, hoard, huddle, make the scene, marshal, mass, meet, muster, pick, pile up, pluck, poke*, pour in, punch*, rally, reunite, round up, scare up, scrape together, show up, stack up, stockpile, swarm, throng, unite |
| Notes: | garner means to amass or acquire or reap; gather means to assemble or get together |
| Antonyms: | allot, deal, disperse, distribute, divide, scatter, separate, spread |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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