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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | settle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to rest; fall |
| Synonyms: | alight, bed down, decline, descend, flop, immerse, land, lay, light, lodge, perch, place, plop, plunge, put, repose, roost, seat, set down, settle down, sink, sit, submerge, submerse, subside, touch down |
| Antonyms: | move |
| Main Entry: | settle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make one's home |
| Synonyms: | abide, colonize, dwell, establish, hang up one's hat, inhabit, keep house, live, locate, lodge, move to, park, put down roots, reside, set up home, squat, take root, take up residence |
| Antonyms: | depart, leave, move |
| Main Entry: | abide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | live in a certain place |
| Synonyms: | bide, bunk out, bunk, crash*, dwell, hang out*, inhabit, lodge, nest, perch, reside, room, roost, settle, squat, stay |
| Antonyms: | depart, go, leave, migrate, move, reject, resist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make, become suitable for something |
| Synonyms: | accord, accustom, adapt, adjust, agree, attune, bend over backwards, comply, compose, conform, coordinate, correspond, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, fit, go by the book, go with the flow, harmonize, integrate, make consistent, modify, play the game, proportion, reconcile, settle, shape up, suit, tailor, tailor-make, tune |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, unsuit |
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform service |
| Synonyms: | afford, aid, arrange, assist, avail, benefit, bow, comfort, convenience, defer, favor, furnish, gratify, help, humor, indulge, oblige, pamper, please, provide, serve, settle, submit, suit, supply, support, sustain, yield |
| Antonyms: | bar, block, frustrate, hinder, impede, limit, obstruct, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | achieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off, bring to pass, cap, carry out, carry through, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, earn wings, effect, effectuate, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, get done, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, see through, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out |
| Notes: | achieve means 'to bring to a successful conclusion' (literally French 'to bring to a head') and accomplish means 'to perform fully'; the completion of achievement is more comprehensive |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, miss |
| Main Entry: | adjudicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formally judge |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, arbitrate, decide, determine, mediate, referee, settle, umpire |
| Antonyms: | defer, dodge, ignore, not judge |
| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or make prepared, adapted |
| Synonyms: | acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, alter, arrange, compose, conform, dispose, do as Romans do, doctor*, fiddle with, fine-tune, fit, fix, fix up, get act together, get it together, grin and bear it, habituate, harmonize, make conform, modify, order, quadrate, reconcile, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, settle, suit, swim with the tide, tailor, tailor-make, tune |
| Antonyms: | confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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