unzip

Main Entry:
unzip [uhn-zip]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: open
Synonyms: free, undo, unfasten
Antonyms: close, fasten, zip
Main Entry: attain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: achieve, accomplish
Synonyms: accede to, acquire, arrive, arrive at, bring off, come through, complete, cop, earn, effect, fulfill, gain, get fat, get hands on, get there, get*, glom onto, grasp, hit, latch onto, make it, obtain, procure, promote, pull off, rack up, reach, realize, reap, score, secure, snag, succeed, unzip, win
Notes: obtain means to come into possession of; attain means to gain with effort
Antonyms: abandon, desert, fail, forfeit, give in, give up, lose, miss, surrender
Main Entry: demoralize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: depress, unnerve
Synonyms: abash, blow out, blow up, chill, cripple, damp, dampen, daunt, debilitate, deject, disarrange, disconcert, discountenance, discourage, dishearten, disorder, disorganize, disparage, dispirit, disturb, embarrass, enfeeble, get to, jumble, muddle, nonplus, psych out, rattle, sap, send up, shake, snarl, take apart, take steam out, undermine, unglue, unman, unsettle, unzip, upset, weaken
Antonyms: boost, comfort, encourage, uplift
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: resolve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make up one's mind; find solution
Synonyms: agree, analyze, anatomize, answer, break, break down, choose, clear up, clinch, conclude, deal with, decide, decipher, decree, design, determine, dissect, dissolve, elect, elucidate, fathom, figure, fix, intend, iron out, lick, make a point of, pan out, pass upon, propose, purpose, puzzle out, remain firm, rule, settle, solve, take a stand, undertake, unfold, unravel, untangle, unzip, will, work, work out, work through
Antonyms: mull, question, waver, wonder
Related Words
Main Entry: answer
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Related
Adjectives:
answering, catechetical, conclusive, counter, definitive, forthcoming, respondent, responsive
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Answer.
Synonyms:
-nouns
answer, response, reply, replication, riposte, rejoinder, surrejoinder, rebutter, surrebutter, retort, repartee; rescript, rescription; antiphon, antiphony; acknowledgment; password; echo; counter statement., discovery; solution (explanation); rationale (cause); clue (indication)., Oedipus; oracle; return (record).
-verbs
answer, respond, reply, rebut, retort, rejoin; give for answer, return for answer; acknowledge, echo., explain (interpret); solve (unriddle); discover; fathom, hunt out (inquire) [more]; satisfy, set at rest, determine.
-adjectives
answering; responsive, respondent; conclusive.
-adverbs
because (cause); on the scent, on the right scent.
Antonyms: inquiry
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Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Constant sequent] Effect.
Category: 1. CONSTANCY OF SEQUENCE IN EVENTS
Synonyms:
-nouns
effect, consequence; aftergrowth, aftercome; derivative, derivation; result; resultant, resultance; upshot, issue, denouement; end; development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud., production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance; creature, creation; offspring, offshoot; firstfruits, firstlings; heredity, telegony; premises.
-verbs
be the effect of ; be due to, be owing to; originate in, originate from; rise, arise, take its rise spring from, proceed from, emanate from, come from, grow from, bud from, sprout from, germinate from, issue from, flow from, result from, follow from, derive its origin from, accrue from; come to, come of, come out of; depend upon, hang upon, hinge upon, turn upon., take the consequences, sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
-adjectives
owing to; resulting from; derivable from; due to; caused by; dependent upon; derived from, evolved from; derivative; hereditary; telegonous.
-adverbs
of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently; as a consequence, in consequence; through, all along of, necessarily, eventually.
-phrases
cela va sans dire ["That goes without saying" (French)], "thereby hangs a tale" [Taming of the Shrew].
Antonyms: cause
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