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| Main Entry: |
iron out
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reconcile a situation |
| Synonyms: | agree, arbitrate, clear up, compromise, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expedite, get rid of*, harmonize, negotiate, put right, reach agreement, resolve, settle, settle differences, simplify, smooth over, sort out, straighten out, unravel |
| Antonyms: | make worse, mess up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | direct physically |
| Synonyms: | deploy, dispense, drive, exercise, guide, handle, manipulate, move, navigate, negotiate, pilot, ply, steer, swing, wield |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | manipulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change to suit one's desire |
| Synonyms: | beguile, conduct, control, direct, engineer, exploit, finagle, finesse, guide, handle, influence, jockey, machinate, maneuver, massage, mold, negotiate, play, play games, pull strings, pull wires, push around, shape, steer, upstage, use |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | mediate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to bring to an agreement |
| Synonyms: | act as middle, arbitrate, bring to terms, conciliate, deal, go fifty-fifty, intercede, interfere, intermediate, interpose, intervene, make a deal, make peace, meet halfway, moderate, negotiate, propitiate, reconcile, referee, resolve, restore harmony, settle, step in, strike happy medium, trade off, umpire |
| Antonyms: | argue, contend, disagree, fight |
| Main Entry: | moderate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mediate, arbitrate |
| Synonyms: | chair, judge, make peace, negotiate, preside, referee, take the chair, umpire |
| Antonyms: | turn over |
| Main Entry: | patch up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | settle differences |
| Synonyms: | adjust, appease, bury the hatchet, compensate, conciliate, make friends, mediate, negotiate, placate, restore, settle*, smooth |
| Antonyms: | argue, bicker, disagree, fight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | settle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | straighten out, resolve |
| Synonyms: | achieve, adjudicate, adjust, appoint, arrange, call the shots, choose, cinch, clean up, clear, clear up, clinch, come to a conclusion, come to a decision, come to an agreement, complete, concert, conclude, confirm, decide, determine, discharge, dispose, end, establish, figure, fix, form judgment, judge, make a decision, make certain, mediate, nail down, negotiate, order, pay, put an end to, put into order, reconcile, regulate, rule, satisfy, seal, set to rights, square, verify, work out |
| Antonyms: | confuse, mix up, unsettle |
| Main Entry: | step in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become involved |
| Synonyms: | arrive, be invited, chip in, come, enter, intercede, interfere, intermediate, interpose, intervene, lend a hand, mediate, negotiate, take action |
| Antonyms: | abandon, leave, wash hands |
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk out of job in protest |
| Synonyms: | arbitrate, be on strike, boycott, go on strike, hit the bricks, hold out, mediate, mutiny, negotiate, picket, quit, refuse to work, resist, revolt, sit down, sit in, slow down, stick out, stop, tie up |
| Notes: | to put up a tent is to pitch it; to take down a tent is to strike it |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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