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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persuade |
| Synonyms: | allure, attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, coax, convince, enchant, fascinate, seduce, set at ease, unarm, urge, win over |
| Main Entry: | enforce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put a rule, plan in force |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, administer, administrate, apply, carry out, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, crack down, demand, dictate, discharge, dragoon, drive, effect, egg on, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort, force upon, fortify, fulfill, goad, hound, impel, implement, impose, incite, insist on, invoke, lash, lean on, make, necessitate, oblige, perform, press, prosecute, put into effect, put screws to, reinforce, require, sanction, spur, strain, stress, strong-arm, support, urge, whip, wrest |
| Antonyms: | abandon, disregard, drop, forego, forget, give up, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | enjoin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order, command |
| Synonyms: | adjure, admonish, advise, appoint, bid, call upon, caution, charge, counsel, decree, demand, dictate, direct, forewarn, impose, instruct, ordain, prescribe, require, rule, tell, urge, warn |
| Main Entry: | entreat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plead with |
| Synonyms: | appeal to, ask, beg, beseech, blandish, coax, conjure, crave, enjoin, exhort, implore, importune, invoke, pester, petition, plague, pray, press, request, supplicate, urge, wheedle |
| Antonyms: | answer, command, demand |
| Main Entry: | expedite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happen faster |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, assist, cut the red tape, dispatch, facilitate, fast track, forward, grease wheels, hand-carry, hand-walk, handle personally, hasten, hurry, precipitate, press, promote, quicken, railroad, run interference, run with the ball, rush, shoot through, speed, speed up, urge, walk it through |
| Antonyms: | block, cease, check, delay, halt, hinder, slow, stop |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate to do something |
| Synonyms: | apply, bear down, bear hard on, bind, blackmail, bring pressure to bear upon, burden, cause, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, concuss, conscript, constrain, contract, demand, draft, drag, dragoon, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impose, impress, inflict, insist, limit, make, move, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, occasion, order, overcome, pin down, press, pressure, pressurize, put screws to, put squeeze on, require, restrict, sandbag, shotgun, strong-arm, urge, wrest, wring |
| Antonyms: | let go |
| Main Entry: | get |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | convince, induce |
| Synonyms: | argue into, beg, bring around, coax, compel, draw, influence, persuade, press, pressure, prevail upon, prompt, provoke, sway, talk into, urge, wheedle, win over |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
| Main Entry: | goad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | egg on, incite |
| Synonyms: | animate, annoy, arouse, bully, coerce, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, fire up, force, goose, harass, hound, impel, inspirit, instigate, irritate, key up, lash, move, needle, press, prick*, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, put up to, rowel, sic, sound, spark*, spur, stimulate, sting*, tease, thrust, trigger, turn on, urge, whip*, work up, worry |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speed something; hurry |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, bolt, bound, burn, bustle, clip, cover ground, dash, dispatch, expedite, express, flee, fly, gallop, get cracking, get the lead out, goad, haste, hie, hustle, leap, make haste, make tracks, move quickly, not lose a minute, pace, plunge, precipitate, press, push, quicken, race, run, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shake a leg, skip, sprint, spurt, step on it, step up, take wing, tear, trot, urge, waste no time, whip around |
| Notes: | haste is overly eager speed while hasten is to act or move at high speed |
| Antonyms: | go slow, lag, linger, loiter, procrastinate, rest, tarry |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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