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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | climb |
| Synonyms: | arise, ascend, back, bestride, clamber up, climb onto, climb up on, escalade, escalate, get astride, get up on, go up, jump on, lift, rise, scale, soar, tower, up, vault |
| Antonyms: | alight, dismount, fall |
| Main Entry: | mount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affix, frame |
| Synonyms: | emplace, exhibit, fit, install, place, position, prepare, produce, put in place, put on, set up, show, stage |
| Antonyms: | dismount, unfix |
| Main Entry: | aggravate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to become worse |
| Synonyms: | complicate, deepen, enhance, exacerbate, exaggerate, heighten, increase, inflame, intensify, magnify, mount, rise, rouse, worsen |
| Notes: | to aggravate is to make something worse, while to exacerbate is to increase something's bitterness or harshness aggravate means 'to add to' an already troublesome or vexing matter or condition while irritate means 'to vex, annoy, or chafe' irritate means 'inflame' (originally 'excite, rouse'); aggravate means 'worsen' |
| Antonyms: | alleviate, help, improve, relieve, soothe |
Example Sentences
- They weave through rush-hour traffic, mount pavements and roar down the labyrinthine alleys.
- Month after month, reports mount of the deleterious effects of rising carbon levels.
- If a mount falls ill or even dies, its contrada is out of luck, and out of the race.
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get, stand, or go up |
| Synonyms: | ascend, climb, jump, mount, move upward, pile out, rise, rise and shine, roll out, soar, stand, tower, turn out, wake up |
| Antonyms: | lay, lie, sit |
| Main Entry: | ascend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go up |
| Synonyms: | arise, climb, escalate, float, fly, lift off, mount, move up, rise, scale, soar, sprout, take off, tower |
| Antonyms: | decline, descend, go down, lower |
| Main Entry: | augment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make greater; improve |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, beef up, boost, build, build up, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, pad, piggyback, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten, swell, tag on |
| Antonyms: | decrease, degrade |
| Main Entry: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start |
| Synonyms: | activate, actualize, break ground, break the ice, bring about, bring to pass, cause, commence, create, do, drive, effect, embark on, enter on, enter upon, establish, eventuate, found, generate, get going, give birth to, give impulse, go ahead, go into, impel, inaugurate, induce, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, launch, lay foundation for, lead, make, make active, motivate, mount, occasion, open, originate, plunge into, prepare, produce, set about, set in motion, set up, trigger, undertake |
| Antonyms: | complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish |
| Main Entry: | board |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embark on vehicle |
| Synonyms: | catch, climb on, embus, emplane, enter, entrain, get on, hop on, mount |
| Antonyms: | disembark, get off, leave |
| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase, accelerate |
| Synonyms: | aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, compound, develop, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, heighten, improve, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, strengthen, swell, wax |
| Antonyms: | decelerate, decrease, destroy, ruin |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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