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Thesaurus Me
(be)
To be: is/are/am/was/were/be/been/being
Useful optional synonymous alternatives:
abide
act
agree
amount to
approach
balance
be alive
be present
be there
befall
bend
break even
breathe
commensurate as
commensurate to
commensurate with
continue
coordinate
correspond
direct
do
endure
equal
equi + __________
equipoise
exist
fit
go
go on
happen
have being
have place
hold
impress
inhabit
is tantamount to
last
lead
live
match
meet
move
obtain
occur
parallel
persist
point
prevail
relate
remain
rest
rise
rival
run
spirit
square with
stand
stay
stream
subsist
survive
tally
tie
touch
walk to
yield to
arrow back upon
arrow down to
arrow even with
arrow over to
arrow up to
beam over to
break over to
extend over to
go over to
head over to
lateral over to
lead over to
level over to
light over to
measure over to
parallel over to
path over to
put over to
reach over to
ride over to
run over to
shine over to
stretch over to
trace over to
track over to
trail over to
wash over to
zip over to
zoom over to
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Thesaurus Me
(suggest)
To suggest: suggest/suggests/suggested/suggesting
Useful optional synonymous alternatives:
admonish
advance
advert
advocate
allude
assert
bid
broach
claim
clue
conclude
confess
confide
confirm
conject
connote
convey
counsel
declare
define
demonstrate
denote
establish
estimate
evoke
exhort
explain
express
fancy
fashion
form
forward
guess
guesstimate
herald
hint
hypothesize
imply
indicate
infer
insinuate
intimate
justify
lead one to
manifest
mention
move to
note
nullify
obscure
observe
offer
place
point
portray
pose
posit
predict
present
presume
proclaim
promise
propose
prove
put
put forward
recommend
refer
reiterate
remark
report
represent
reveal
say
shadow
shape
show
signify
state
steer
submit
surmise
suspect
table
theorize
tip/tip off
trumpet
typify
zero to
zero with
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Thesaurus Me
(give)
To give: give/gives/gave/given/giving
[with second meaning,“surrender,” in bold]
Useful optional synonymous alternatives:
accord
admit
afford
allocate
allot
allow
ante up
award
bestow
betray
break down
bring
cater
cede
collapse
commit
confer
consign
contract
contribute
deign
deliquesce
deliver
devote
dish
dispense
dole
ease
enable
entrust
equip
extend
favor
furnish
grant
hand over to
hand to
impart
indulge
issue
lay upon
lend
lend to
let have
line
loosen
manifest
meed
offer
produce
proffer
provide
put on
ration
recede
relax
relent
relinquish
remit
render
retreat
return
set forth
share
sink
slacken
stake
supply
sustain
tender
transfer
transmit
vouchsafe
yield
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Thesaurus Me
(show)
To show: show/shows/showed/shown/showing
Useful optional synonymous alternatives:
advert
affirm
argue
array
attest
bare
bear out
bear witness to
bespeak
bring
bring to light
certify
chart
confirm
corroborate
demonstrate
depict
describe
disclose
dispense
display
draw
establish
evidence
evince
exhibit
explain
expose
express
figure
flourish
front
graph
hint at
illustrate
indicate
inform
instruct
intimate
lavish
lay
lay bare
lay out
lend
manifest
model
offer
parade
picture
point out
present
prove
render
represent
return
reveal
sell
set
set forth
share
showboat
showcase
showroom
sport
spread
stage
submit
substantiate
supply
table
teach
tender
trot out
uncover
unfold
unfurl
unveil
validate
vaunt
wave
yield
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Thesaurus Me
(have)
To have: have/has/had/having
Useful optional synonymous alternatives:
accept
acquire
admit
assert
asseverate
aver
bear
bring
carry
compass
contain
control
corner
deliver
dominate
drag
draw
enjoy
gain
get
get hands on
get hold of
grab
grasp
haul
have in hand
heave
hold
include
keep
land
latch on to
lock down
lock in
lock out
lug
maintain
obtain
occupy
own
pick up
possess
press
procure
pull
push
receive
retain
schlep
secure
seize
shove
take
take in
teem with
tote
tow
tug
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Thesaurus Me
(do)
To do: do/does/did/done/doing
Useful optional synonymous alternatives:
accomplish
achieve
act
administer
arrange
bring about
bring off
carry out
carry through
cause
close
complete
conclude
concoct
conduct
create
determine
discharge
drive
effect
elbow
end at
end by
end with
endeavor
enforce
execute
exert
finish
fulfill
furnish
grind
implement
instigate
knee in
look after
make
muscle
operate
organize
pain
perform
prepare
proceed
produce
pull off
push
realize
see it/things through to
see to
serve
slog
strive
succeed
take care of
task
toil
transact
travail
trouble
try
undertake
work
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Thesaurus Me
(try)
To try: try/tries/tried/trying
Useful optional synonymous alternatives:
aim
aspire
attack
attempt
avail
bid
chance on
chance to
dab
dare to
endeavor
essay
exert
fling
float
fly
go for
jab
lasso
make for
partake
pursue
push
sample
seek
shoot for
stab at
struggle
tackle
take a shot at
target
turn to
undertake
venture
wing it
wing things