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try on
| Main Entry: |
try on
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evaluate |
| Synonyms: | appraise, audition, check out, demonstrate, experiment, fit, inspect, practice, probe, prove, sample, scrutinize, taste, test, try out, wear |
| Main Entry: | array |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dress in fine clothes |
| Synonyms: | attire, bedeck, clothe, deck, deck out, decorate, dog out, drape, dud, dude up, fit, fit out, garb, outfit, suit up, tog, try on, turn out, wrap |
| Main Entry: | audition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test of ability |
| Synonyms: | audience, demo, hearing, reading, trial, try on, tryout |
| Main Entry: | essay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | try, attempt |
| Synonyms: | aim, bid, dry run, effort, endeavor, exertion, experiment, hassle, labor, one's all, one's level best, shot*, striving, struggle, test, toil, travail, trial, try on, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack, work |
| Antonyms: | idleness, pass |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | experiment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | investigate, test |
| Synonyms: | analyze, assay, diagnose, examine, explore, fool with, futz around, mess around, play around with, practice with, probe, prove, put to the test, research, sample, scrutinize, search, shake down, speculate, study, try, try on, try on for size, try out, venture, verify, weigh |
| Main Entry: | substantiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back up a statement, idea |
| Synonyms: | actualize, affirm, approve, attest to, authenticate, bear out, check out, check up, complete, confirm, corroborate, debunk, demonstrate, establish, incarnate, justify, manifest, materialize, objectify, personify, prove, ratify, realize, reify, support, test, try, try on, try out, validate, verify |
| Antonyms: | break, disprove |
| Main Entry: | test |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine, quiz |
| Synonyms: | analyze, assay, assess, check, confirm, demonstrate, experiment, experimentalize, give a tryout, inquire, investigate, look into, make a trial run, match up, prove, prove out, put to the test, question, run idea by someone, run it up a flagpole, see how it flies, see how the wind blows, send up a balloon, shake down, stack up, substantiate, try, try on, try on for size, try out, validate, verify |
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test |
| Synonyms: | R and D, analysis, assay, attempt, audition, check, crack*, dry run, effort, endeavor, essay, examination, experience, experiment, experimentation, fling*, go*, hassle*, investigation, lick*, probation, proof, research and development, shakedown, shot*, showcase, stab*, striving, struggle, test run, testing, trial and error, trial run, try, try on, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack, workout |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endeavor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to achieve something |
| Synonyms: | aim, all*, best shot, crash project, dry run, effort, enterprise, essay, exertion, fling, full blast, full court press, full steam, go, header, labor, lick*, old college try, one's all, one's level best, push, shot*, stab*, striving, struggle, toil, travail, trial, try, try-on, undertaking, venture, whack, whirl*, work |
| Notes: | an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort |
| Antonyms: | idleness, laziness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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