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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare for saleability |
| Synonyms: | advertise, cheapen, degrade, depreciate, develop as business, lessen, lower, make bring returns, make marketable, make pay, make profitable, make saleable, market, sell |
| Main Entry: | cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | betray, hinder |
| Synonyms: | backtalk, block, bollix, buck, crab, cramp, crimp, deny, double-cross, flummox, foil, foul up, frustrate, have bone to pick, impede, interfere, knock props out, louse up, obstruct, oppose, resist, sell out, sell*, snafu, stab in the back, stonewall, stump, stymie, take on, take wind out of sails, thwart |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, assist, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do business |
| Synonyms: | bargain, barter, bicker, buy and sell, dicker, hammer out deal, handle, horse trade, knock down price, negotiate, sell, stock, swap, trade, traffic, treat, work out deal |
| Antonyms: | deny, refuse |
| Main Entry: | deceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mislead; be dishonest |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat, beat out of, beguile, betray, bilk, buffalo, burn, cheat, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, cross up, defraud, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, entrap, fake, falsify, fleece, fool, gouge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook*, humbug, impose upon, lead on, outwit, play joke on, pull fast one, put on, rob, scam, screw, sell, skin, suck in, swindle, take advantage of, take for, take for ride, take in, take to cleaners, trick, victimize |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dispose of |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw away |
| Synonyms: | adios, bestow, chuck, deep six, destroy, discard, dump, eighty-six, eliminate, file in circular file, get rid of, give, jettison, junk*, kiss off, kiss*, make over, part with, relinquish, scrap, sell, transfer, unload |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | double-cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to deceive or betray someone |
| Synonyms: | beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, con, cross, deceive, defraud, double deal, dupe, four-flush, hoodwink*, humbug, illude, juggle, mislead, scam, sell, sell down the river, sell out, sell out, split, stab in the back, swindle, take in, trick, two-time, two-time |
| Antonyms: | be open, tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | effect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out, accomplish |
| Synonyms: | achieve, actualize, actuate, begin, bring about, bring off, bring on, buy, carry through, cause, complete, conceive, conclude, consummate, create, do a number, do one's thing, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, draw on, effectuate, enact, enforce, execute, fulfill, generate, get across, get to, give rise to, implement, induce, initiate, invoke, make, make it, make waves, perform, procure, produce, pull it off, put across, realize, render, secure, sell, turn out, turn the trick, unzip, yield |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
| Antonyms: | fail, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | fetch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go get, bring in |
| Synonyms: | back, be sold for, bear, bring, bring back, bring to, buck, call for, carry, conduct, convey, deliver, draw forth, earn, elicit, escort, get, give rise to, go for, gun, heel, lead, lug, make, obtain, pack, piggyback, produce, realize, retrieve, ride, schlepp, sell, sell for, shoulder, tote, transport, truck, yield |
| Antonyms: | free, let go |
| Main Entry: | flatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compliment excessively |
| Synonyms: | adulate, beslaver, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up*, butter up, cajole, cater to, charm, con, court, fawn*, get next to, glorify, grovel, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, massage, oil, overpraise, play up to, praise, rub the right way, salve, sell, snow*, soft-soap, soften*, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, toady, wheedle, work on, work over |
| Antonyms: | belittle, castigate, condemn, criticize, denounce, insult, offend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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