Nearby Words
sic [sik] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
egg on [eg]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: push to do something
Synonyms: agitate, arouse, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, goad, incite, instigate, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, rally, sic, spur, stimulate, stir up, urge, whip up
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade, hold back, talk out of
Main Entry: literally
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: word for word; exactly
Synonyms: actually, completely, correctly, direct, directly, faithfully, indisputably, letter by letter, literatim, not figuratively, plainly, precisely, really, rightly, rigorously, sic, simply, straight, strictly, to the letter, truly, undeviatingly, undisputably, unerringly, unmistakably, verbatim, veritably
Notes: literally means 'with truth to the letter; exactly' or according to the strictest sense of the word or words, while figuratively means 'by or as a figure of speech; metaphorically', or 'in a descriptive, analogous, but metaphorical sense of the word or words
Antonyms: figuratively, loosely
Main Entry: prod
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: urge, incite
Synonyms: crowd*, egg on, excite, exhort, goad, goose, impel, instigate, jog memory, motivate, move, pique, prick, prompt, propel, provoke, push, remind, rouse, sic, sound, spark, spur, stimulate, stir up, trigger, turn on
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade
Example Sentences
  • Scientists have long sought ways to sic the body's own immune system on cancer cells.
  • The logic of this plan is to whip the boys into an elite vigilante unit, then sic them on the various drug dealers of.
  • Supplement their diet with snails and sic them on the bugs in your orchard.
Main Entry: prompt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: incite, cue
Synonyms: advise, aid, arouse, assist, bring up, call forth, cause, convince, draw, egg on, elicit, evoke, exhort, get, give rise to, goad, help, help out, hint, impel, imply, indicate, induce, inspire, instigate, jog, mention, motivate, move, occasion, persuade, prick*, prod, propel, propose, provoke, refresh, remind, sic, spur, stimulate, suggest, talk into, urge, win over
Antonyms: halt, prevent, stop
Main Entry: spur
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: incite, prompt
Synonyms: animate, arouse, awaken, countenance, drive, egg on, exhort, favor, fire up, goad, goose, impel, instigate, key up, press, prick, prod, propel, push, put up to, rally, rouse, sic, spark, stimulate, stir, trigger, turn on, urge, work up
Antonyms: disapprove, discourage, dissuade
Main Entry: verbatim
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: exactly
Synonyms: accurately, direct, directly, literally, literatim, precisely, sic, to the letter, word-for-word
Antonyms: different
Main Entry: so
Part of Speech: conjunction
Definition: in such a manner
Synonyms: accordingly, afterward, apparently, because, consequently, ergo, exact, hence, indeed, likewise, quite, sic, similarly, then, therefore, thus, too, true, very, well
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