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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oppose action, belief |
| Synonyms: | argue, bicker, buck*, buckle down, carry on, combat, conduct, contest, continue, defy, dispute, effect, endure, engage in, exert oneself, fall out, force, further, hammer away, hassle, lay into, light into, maintain, make a stand against, oppose, persevere, persist, prosecute, push forward, put up an argument, repel, resist, row, spare no effort, squabble, stand up to, strive, struggle, support, take on, take pains, tangle with, toil on, travail, traverse, uphold, wage, withstand, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, believe, support, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thrust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push hard |
| Synonyms: | advance, assail, assault, attack, bear down, boost, buck, butt, chuck, chunk, clip, clout, crowd, cut, dig, drive, elbow, embed, fire, force, heave, hump, impale, impel, interject, jab, jam, jostle, lob, lunge, nick, nudge, peg, pierce, pitch, plunge, poke, pour it on, press, prod, propel, punch, push forward, put, railroad, ram, run, shove, sink, sling, smack, stab*, stick, toss, transfix, urge, wham |
| Antonyms: | pull |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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