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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for, keep up |
| Synonyms: | advance, carry on, conserve, continue, control, cultivate, finance, go on with, guard, keep, keep going, look after, manage, nurture, perpetuate, persevere, preserve, prolong, protect, provide, renew, repair, retain, save, supply, support, sustain, take care of, uphold |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | mind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remember |
| Synonyms: | bethink, bring to mind, cite, recall, recollect, remind, reminisce, retain |
| Antonyms: | forget |
| Main Entry: | own |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | possess; be responsible for |
| Synonyms: | be in possession of, be possessed of, boast, control, dominate, enjoy, fall heir to, have, have in hand, have rights, have title, hold, inherit, keep, occupy, reserve, retain |
| Antonyms: | dispossess, lack, lose, need, not have, sell |
| Main Entry: | possess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have or obtain |
| Synonyms: | acquire, be blessed with, be born with, be endowed with, bear, carry, control, corner the market, corner*, dominate, enjoy, get hands on, get hold of, grab, have to name, hog, hold, latch on to, lock up, maintain, occupy, own, retain, seize, sit on, take over, take possession |
| Antonyms: | dispossess, lose, miss, not have |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | preserve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for, maintain; continue |
| Synonyms: | bottle, can, conserve, cure, defend, evaporate, freeze, guard, keep, keep up, mothball, mummify, perpetuate, pickle, process, protect, put up, refrigerate, retain, safeguard, save, season, secure, shelter, shield, store, sustain, uphold |
| Antonyms: | destroy, hurt, ruin |
| Main Entry: | recall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remember |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awaken, bethink, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, cite, come to one, educe, elicit, evoke, extract, flash, flash on, look back, mind, nail it down, recollect, reestablish, reinstate, reintroduce, remind, reminisce, renew, retain, retrospect, revive, ring a bell, rouse, stir, strike a note, summon, think back, think of, waken |
| Antonyms: | forget |
| Main Entry: | recollect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remember |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awaken, bethink, bring to mind, call to mind, cite, come to one, flash, flash on, look back on, mind, place, recall, recognize, remind, reminisce, retain, retrospect, revive, rouse, stir, summon, waken |
| Antonyms: | forget |
| Main Entry: | remember |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep in mind; summon into mind |
| Synonyms: | bear in mind, bethink, brood over, call to mind, call up, cite, commemorate, conjure up, dig into the past, dwell upon, educe, elicit, enshrine, extract, fix in the mind, flash on, get, go back, have memories, hold dear, keep forever, know by heart, learn, look back, memorialize, memorize, mind, nail down, recall, recognize, recollect, refresh memory, relive, remind, reminisce, retain, retrospect, revive, revoke, ring a bell, strike a note, summon up, think back, treasure |
| Antonyms: | disregard, forget |
| Main Entry: | remind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | awaken memories of something |
| Synonyms: | admonish, advise, bethink, bring back to, bring to mind, call attention, call to mind, call up, caution, cite, emphasize, give a cue, hint, imply, intimate, jog one's memory, make one remember, make one think, mention, note, point out, prod, prompt, put in mind, recall, recollect, refresh memory, remember, reminisce, retain, retrospect, revive, stir up, stress, suggest, warn |
| Antonyms: | forget |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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