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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change; make different |
| Synonyms: | adapt, alter, assort, convert, diversify, mismatch, mismate, modify, transform, variegate, vary |
| Antonyms: | allow, leave |
| Main Entry: | dissent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
| Synonyms: | argue, balk, break with, buck, contradict, decline, demur, differ, disaccord, discord, divide, fly in the face of, object, oppose, pettifog, protest, put up a fight, put up an argument, refuse, say no way, say not a chance, say nothing doing, shy, stickle, vary, wrangle |
| Notes: | dissent is, literally, 'feel or think differently' and dissident means 'sit apart, disagree' |
| Antonyms: | agree, approve, assent, authorize, concur, consent, endorse, ratify, sanction |
| Main Entry: | diverge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be different from; be at odds |
| Synonyms: | argue, conflict, contrast, depart, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, disapprove, dissent, oppose, stray, swerve, turn aside, vary, wander |
| Antonyms: | agree, concur |
| Main Entry: | diversify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spread out; branch out |
| Synonyms: | alter, assort, change, expand, mix, modify, transform, variegate, vary |
| Antonyms: | conform, stay same, unvary |
| Main Entry: | divide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree, alienate |
| Synonyms: | break up, cause to disagree, come between, differ, disaccord, dissent, disunite, estrange, part, pit against, separate, set against, set at odds, sow dissension, split, vary |
| Antonyms: | agree, convince, persuade |
| Main Entry: | fluctuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vacillate, change |
| Synonyms: | alter, alternate, be undecided, blow hot and cold, ebb and flow, flutter, go up and down, hem and haw, hesitate, oscillate, rise and fall, seesaw, shift, swing, undulate, vary, veer, vibrate, wave, waver, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | hold, persist, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | span, stretch |
| Synonyms: | connect, cover, extend, fit, give access, lead, make, range, reach, run, spread, vary |
| Main Entry: | metamorphose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | convert, transform |
| Synonyms: | age, alter, be reborn, change, commute, develop, diverge, mature, mutate, remake, remodel, reshape, ripen, transfigure, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transubstantiate, vary |
| Antonyms: | stagnate |
| Main Entry: | modify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter, change |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, become, convert, correct, customize, doctor, mutate, recast, redo, refashion, reform, remodel, reorganize, repair, reshape, revise, rework, shift gears, switch over, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute, turn, turn one around, turn over new leaf, turn the corner, turn the tables, tweak*, vary |
| Antonyms: | leave alone, stagnate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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