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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spend a lot of time at |
| Synonyms: | affect, frequent, habituate, hang about, hang around, hang out*, infest, repair, resort, tarry at, visit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | impose something |
| Synonyms: | administer, apply, bring upon, command, deal out, deliver, dispense, exact, expose, extort, force, force upon, give, give it to, lay down the law, levy, mete out, require, stick it to, strike, subject, visit, wreak |
| Notes: | afflict is generally used with living beings; inflict is generally used with inanimate objects inflict takes 'on,' afflict takes 'with' |
| Main Entry: | remain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stay, wait |
| Synonyms: | abide, be left, bide, bivouac, bunk, cling, continue, delay, dwell, endure, freeze, go on, halt, hang, hang out, hold over, hold the fort, hover, inhabit, keep on, last, linger, live, lodge, make camp, nest, outlast, outlive, pause, perch, persist, prevail, put on hold, remain standing, reside, rest, roost, sit out, sit through, sit tight, sojourn, squat, stand, stay behind, stay in, stay over, stay put, stick around, stop, survive, tarry, visit, wait |
| Antonyms: | depart, forge, go, leave, move |
| Main Entry: | resort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have recourse to; make use of |
| Synonyms: | address, affect, apply, avail oneself of, benefit by, bring into play, devote, direct, employ, exercise, fall back on, frequent, go, go to, haunt, head for, look to, make use of, put to use, recur, recur to, refer to, repair, run, take up, try, turn, turn to, use, utilize, visit |
| Notes: | recourse refers to turning to someone or something for help; resort is something you turn to after all other options have failed (and as a verb means to have recourse!) |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge |
| Main Entry: | see |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accompany, guide |
| Synonyms: | associate with, attend, bear company, call, come by, come over, conduct, consort with, date, direct, drop by, drop in, encounter, escort, go out with, go with, keep company with, lead, look up, meet, pilot, pop in, receive, route, run into, shepherd, show, speak to, steer, stop by, stop in, take out, usher, visit, walk |
| Antonyms: | turn loose |
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss with another |
| Synonyms: | argue, be in contact, canvass, carry on conversation, chew*, collogue, commune, confabulate, confer, confide, consult, contact, deliberate, dialogue, engage in conversation, exchange, go into a huddle, groupthink, have a meet, hold discussion, huddle, interact, interface, interview, join in conversation, keep in touch, negotiate, network*, palaver, parley, reach out, reason, relate, thrash out, touch base, touch*, vent, visit |
| Antonyms: | refrain, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tarry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dawdle, delay |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, dally, drag, drag one's feet, dwell, filibuster, get no place fast, goof around, hang around, hold the phone, lag, linger, lodge, loiter, lose time, pause, poke, procrastinate, put off, remain, rest, sojourn, stall, stay, stick around, stop, stop over, tail, take one's time, temporize, tool*, trail, visit, wait, warm a chair |
| Antonyms: | carry on, complete, finish, go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | travel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | journey on a trip or tour |
| Synonyms: | adventure, carry, cover, cover ground, cross, cruise, drive, explore, fly, get through, go, go abroad, go camping, go into orbit, go riding, hop, jaunt, jet, junket, knock around, make a journey, make one's way, migrate, motor, move, overnight, proceed, progress, ramble, roam, rove, sail, scour, set forth, set out, sightsee, take a boat, take a plane, take a train, take a trip, tour, transmit, traverse, trek, vacation, visit, voyage, walk, wander, weekend, wend |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | wreak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force, cause |
| Synonyms: | bring about, carry out, create, effect, execute, exercise, force upon, inflict, unleash, vent, visit, work, wreck |
| Notes: | wreak means to cause something, especially trouble; wreck means to destroy something |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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