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To contrive of (something) using skill or ingenuity
Manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation
To make secret plans, especially to do something illicit or unlawful
To bring about or cause something to happen
To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods or by trickery
To indulge in fantasies about something desired
To make a false show or pretense of
To ascertain through analysis or investigation
To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications
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Verb
▲
To contrive of (something) using skill or ingenuity
devise
concoct
fabricate
manufacture
construct
create
engineer
design
plan
plot
invent
formulate
frame
orchestrate
scheme
stage-manage
wangle
cook up
excogitate
hatch
improvise
think up
bring about
dream up
effect
procure
becast
cause to happen
come up with
drum up
fashion
forge
form
handle
make
make up
move
project
rig
trump up
vamp
vamp up
work out
hit upon
set up
cast about
lay out
throw together
whip up
develop
conceive
prepare
arrange
put together
produce
organize
US
compose
originate
organise
UK
shape
craft
mastermind
draft
US
draw up
brew
coin
draught
UK
build
outline
evolve
machinate
blueprint
assemble
establish
brainstorm
cast
map out
mould
UK
model
choreograph
discover
mold
US
imagine
turn out
put up
chart
scheme out
strategize about
fix up
institute
pioneer
conspire
lay
budget
calculate
hammer out
generate
spark
conceive of
think of
innovate
fit
fix
work
found
ready
knock off
adjust
spawn
conjure up
get ready
map
cobble together
hit on
sketch
knock together
coordinate
confect
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
erect
purpose
intrigue
adapt
set out
initiate
dope out
cogitate
block out
tailor
knock up
carve out
intend
throw up
raise
ponder
author
ad-lib
propose
envision
marshal
UK
strategize
execute
compile
piece
structure
begin
set
finagle
play it by ear
cultivate
launch
thrash out
work up
rustle up
inaugurate
rig up
make arrangements for
cause
fit together
shape up
marshall
US
aim
connive
beget
strive
plan out
dispose
synthesize
US
seek
think out
anticipate
improv
rear
trace
start
codify
ruminate
rationalize
US
schematize
regulate
array
standardize
US
render
write
manage
schedule
bring into being
envisage
join
spitball
sketch out
knock out
rough out
churn out
make arrangements
fake it
synthesise
UK
constitute
methodize
decide
determine
sort out
spin
grind out
purport
piece together
start up
build up
contemplate
jack up
mean
make uniform
compass
premeditate
tighten up
straighten up
pull together
gear
finesse
feign
introduce
equip
systemize
bear
manipulate
weave
fake
engender
meditate
rationalise
UK
standardise
UK
prefab
draw
figure out
parent
procreate
yield
prep
delineate
line up
reckon on
derive
dream
improvisate
compound
instigate
groom
quarterback
usher in
comp
perform
jury-rig
materialize
US
make provision
put in place
direct
perfect
realise
UK
realize
US
diagram
materialise
UK
make ready
head trip
put on
get up
make do
actualize
think on one's feet
wing it
complete
cut
picture
visualize
US
speculate
visualise
UK
provide
dash off
see to
carry out
get going
effectuate
bring into existence
bring on
see about
bring
fudge together
cobble up
patch together
fly by the seat of one's pants
spark off
jerry-build
run up
make plans
lay the foundations of
put in order
settle on
pencil in
sculpture
make preparations for
prepare for
conceptualize
US
collude
fable
negotiate
process
float
classify
hook
set down
conceptualise
UK
bring forth
uncover
moot
stumble upon
work something out
adumbrate
propagate
batch
mature
narrate
recount
tell
find
detect
harvest
pen
skeleton
rough
relate
plan ahead
mass-produce
bring out
swing
tabulate
order
range
sequence
conceit
ideate
stir up
mix up
slap together
ad lib
cast about for
try to get
be after
try for
look for
invite
hint
aim for
fish for
hunt
solicit
slate
advance
translate into
comprise
carve
sculpt
stamp
hew
unfold
reach an agreement
script
scribe
implement
whip out
eke out
come upon
supply
edit
extemporize
US
plan for
fabulize
combine
categorize
US
rattle off
consider
make up off the top of one's head
counterfeit
elaborate
emerge
occasion
breed
induce
sire
provoke
work on
detail
represent
forecast
revolutionize
US
furnish
outfit
accoutre
fictionalize
US
fictionalise
UK
storify
edify
prefabricate
superstruct
reconstruct
carpenter
study
deliberate
lay on
throw
have
finish
consummate
pattern
achieve
accomplish
fulfill
US
fulfil
UK
describe
crank out
get
obtain
endow
appoint
image
weigh
connect
systematise
UK
categorise
UK
systematize
US
think ahead
make it up
extemporise
UK
mint
sew
weld
pull strings
find a way
hatch a plot
fangle
steer
chalk out
give birth
give forth
break open
come out
bang out
perpend
settle
smooth the way
fill in
fit out
bargain for
figure on
fix to
rough in
lay in provisions
cogitate on
kick off
issue
spearhead
modernize
US
catalyze
US
give rise to
come out with
father
commence
aspire
resolve
assemble hastily
set up hastily
erect hastily
lay plans
come to an agreement
agree to
come to terms
set stage
make plans for
iron out
agree on
come to terms about
pull things together
toss off
be the inventor of
mind
modernise
UK
catalyse
UK
revolutionise
UK
bring to pass
induct
start out
ring in
patch up
sew up
join up
patent
endeavor
US
endeavour
UK
educe
give birth to
set in motion
focus
slapdash
jam
punt
mull over
start off
open up
put in motion
run
attempt
angle
try
angle for
be the mother of
be the father of
do offhand
make fitting
elevate
be eager
wish
hope
essay
want
target
foster
mix
make hastily
put together hastily
prepare roughly
prepare hastily
make roughly
put together roughly
simulate
zoom in on
look
set your sights on
zero in on
do off the top of your head
rely on your wits
learn
invoke
administrate
mobilize
US
conduct
get off
programme
UK
program
US
await
attend
take care
expect
brace
spoof
conjure
grasp
imbibe
master
affect
sham
whomp up
allow
destine
concert
mount
timetable
mobilise
UK
orient
dissemble
dissimulate
evoke
assimilate
acquire
stage
deal with
be responsible for
get together
take care of
lick into shape
be in charge of
get off the ground
look after
straighten out
budget for
summon
practice
US
guard
pick up
call
take steps
take precautions
make provision for
lay the groundwork
take measures
practise
UK
forearm oneself
take up
make-believe
call up
produce as by magic
make a pretence of
give the appearance of
make a show of
prime
make preparations
train
warm up
be prepared
whittle
chisel
hammer
base
install
US
engrave
enact
plant
instal
UK
influence
chip
style
guide
bring together
beat
legislate
muster
ground
etch
predicate
authorize
US
decree
configure
authorise
UK
pound
transform
convert
malleate
portray
control
depict
lead
gather
sculp
modify
remodel
grow
condition
rough-hew
knead
collect
levy
slash
inscribe
root
recruit
turn
pass
become
incise
tool
beat into shape
place
secure
trim
invest
beat out
ratify
make a drawing of
start to build
hang
copy
do
gather together
call to arms
lay down
score
sway
put something in place
ply
align
jockey
lay plans for
collate
define
architect
mass produce
anthologize
accumulate
amass
link
mill
machine
cobble
put out
balance
commission
give structure to
release
ax
US
hold
stroke
strike
prune
axe
UK
block
draw up a layout of
make a map of
draw up a plan of
make a representation of
thumb
finger
die-cast
embark on
lay foundation
station
roughhew
pat
crystallise
UK
smooth
rally
enlist
pump out
corroborate
lodge
ordain
empower
conscript
accommodate
doctor
conform
crystallize
US
suit
trot out
draw together
charter
delegate
designate
change
press
mass
implant
domiciliate
inculcate
moor
get something working
get moving
present
germinate
paint
limn
depute
illustrate
rendezvous
alter
profile
caricature
pencil
exercise
rest
rebuild
refashion
remake
mutate
forgather
sign up
declare
do drawings
graph
mark out
make a diagram
crayon
make a drawing
make a diagram of
mark
prompt
precipitate
give
imitate
decorate
emulate
follow
metamorphose
kindle
trigger
promote
inspire
hinge
transpose
transmute
restyle
refit
transfigure
hash out
enkindle
pursue
call together
depend
multiply
lead to
result in
net
earn
vary
translate
hack
touch off
center
US
stem
sanction
pay
return
reap
gross
make over
emanate
stay
prop
centre
UK
afford
gain
bestow
draw on
sow the seeds of
wage
administer
proclaim
dictate
follow through with
confirm
carry off
carry through
pull off
engage in
put through
approve
slice
grave
spring
fructify
dissect
sunder
divide
dissever
indent
insculpt
stipple
cleave
pare
traced back to
use as a basis
have its origin in
bring in
cut in slices
round up
more ❯
“The real miracle, though, is that you could
contrive
a way to have a food crisis.”
Verb
▲
Manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation
manage
arrange
compass
engineer
finagle
finesse
frame
machinate
maneuver
US
manipulate
mastermind
negotiate
wangle
manoeuvre
UK
succeed
achieve
angle
cogitate
develop
effect
elaborate
execute
jockey
pass
project
shift
swing
wrangle
engineer a way
find a way
succeed in
swing it
work it
carry out
hit upon
play games
plot
devise
scheme
plan
conspire
fix
organize
US
direct
orchestrate
intrigue
design
work
rig
organise
UK
pull strings
stage-manage
conduct
control
set up
pull wires
connive
handle
choreograph
exploit
coordinate
collude
superintend
supervise
come up with
steer
hatch
originate
conceive
create
put together
bring off
operate
regulate
run
think up
administer
influence
think of
oversee
lay plans
preside over
put up
be in charge of
wheel and deal
fix it
get
fiddle
cause
bring about
invent
hustle
initiate
forge
promote
generate
one-up
beguile
lobby
bluff
instigate
work out
dream up
author
cook up
mount
mobilize
US
concoct
pull off
encompass
stage
be the brains behind
have the bright idea of
play
trump up
concert
construct
plant
scam
put on
cook
con
mobilise
UK
upstage
doctor
fix up
put through
put over
put one over
lead
govern
rule
pilot
command
administrate
steward
marshal
UK
marshall
US
keep
overlook
sway
funnel
channel
have control of
have a handle on
guide
trailblaze
navigate
spearhead
take charge of
drive
quarterback
take control of
carry on
coxswain
beacon
point
more ❯
“Where other managements would somehow
contrive
to squeeze double the number of rooms within the same confines, they always seems to go in the opposite direction, as though trying to see how few rooms he can incorporate.”
Verb
▲
To make secret plans, especially to do something illicit or unlawful
plot
conspire
connive
machinate
scheme
intrigue
collude
compass
put up
cabal
plan
manoeuvre
UK
complot
collaborate
wangle
devise
maneuver
US
be in cahoots
hatch a plot
finagle
angle
cogitate
abet
lay plans
participate in a conspiracy
form a conspiracy
consort
operate
cook up
work hand in glove
get in bed with
be in cahoots with
coconspire
hatch
be hand in glove
frame up
take part in a conspiracy
help
assist
frame
diddle
work together
set up
fraternize
US
cooperate
make secret plans
be in league with
hatch a plan
foster
keep in countenance
countenance
be in collusion
sympathize
US
sympathise
UK
fraternise
UK
work closely
aid and abet
get together
join together
confederate
collogue
wire
promote
hatch treason
work against
be an accessory
work something out
put out a contract
design
wheel and deal
engineer plans
conceive a plan
formulate plans
hatch plans
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bring about or cause something to happen
effect
achieve
accomplish
carry out
conduct
enact
realise
UK
realize
US
attain
enforce
execute
implement
bring off
carry off
carry through
launch
engineer
perform
administer
bring about
organise
UK
organize
US
perpetrate
make
fulfil
UK
complete
fix
consummate
do
cause
effectuate
bring
administrate
finalise
UK
finalize
US
pull off
generate
initiate
manage
provoke
put in place
create
discharge
fulfill
US
produce
succeed in
arrange for
call forth
finish
give rise to
occasion
bring to pass
conclude
originate
render
set up
actuate
engender
precipitate
start
cause to happen
cause to occur
make happen
wreak
run
kindle
beget
breed
bring on
catalyse
UK
catalyze
US
draw on
induce
invoke
prompt
spawn
work
yield
actualize
begin
put across
result in
translate into
turn out
turn the trick
promote
advance
further
contribute
instigate
lead to
drive
trigger
spur
spark
activate
foment
play a part in
culminate in
elicit
be instrumental in
instill
US
inspire
instil
UK
play a role in
contribute to
affect
conduce
bear
set off
amount to
conduce to
bring forth
add up to
undertake
make for
apply
arrange
succeed
finish off
encourage
add to
foster
impel
incite
have a hand in
establish
stimulate
be a factor in
open the door for
spark off
be conducive to
arouse
stir up
push forward
cultivate
set in motion
influence
introduce
employ
enable
be responsible for
end in
have a part in
make possible
be the cause of
trigger off
kickoff
forward
help
be partly responsible for
whip up
evoke
put in motion
have the effect of
oil the wheels of
bring out
touch off
spell
enkindle
be at the bottom of
procure
entail
finish in
draw out
impose
put into effect
follow out
put into action
provide the means for
put through
follow up
put into practice
go through with
put into operation
follow through
lead
live up to
make it
bear out
score
nail it
clinch
wrap up
rack up
sew up
make the grade
fulfill your potential
make good
get done
perfect
deliver on
make good on
do one proud
gain fulfillment
satisfy
follow through with
bring to fruition
get there
reach
prosecute
compass
meet
negotiate
follow
observe
commit
transact
act upon
hit
chalk up
clock up
notch up
exercise
honor
US
secure
act out
obey
acquire
strike
honour
UK
take care of
take care of business
deliver the goods
abide by
arrive at
polish off
round off
top off
be true to
pursue
keep
act on
pass
dispatch
heed
earn
deal with
land
conquer
seize
carry to completion
fill
authorise
UK
bag
acquit oneself of
authorize
US
come through
put in force
comply with
adhere to
keep to
conform to
crown
follow through on
do the trick
bring to completion
wind up
be true
be faithful
do justice to
act in accordance with
be faithful to
be as good as
stick to
put the finishing touches to
put the final touches to
nail
find
stage
tick
swing
present
cut
make work
bring home the bacon
hack
refine
polish
actionize
tackle
follow up on
stand by
dispose of
play out
cap
be engaged in
ply
put on
go that route
serve
engage
exact
determine
put over
do the job
sail through
respond to
operate
work on
exert
process
run with the ball
do to a turn
earn one's wings
be done with
inflict
do to a T
make short work of
get out of the way
reify
start in on
action
take action on
incarnate
grasp
make real
bring to bear
serve out
bring into effect
bring into play
deal out
legislate
declare
net
wrest
gain
win
snag
ring up
log
materialize
US
reorganise
UK
make concrete
materialise
UK
reorganize
US
corporealize
draft
US
decree
reach the summit of
put finishing touch on
idealise
UK
bring to perfection
idealize
US
get someplace
latch onto
form
formulate
keep faith with
fulfill one's potential
make hay
make a reality
put it over
put the tin lid on
do a bang-up job
provide
ratify
sanction
draught
UK
supply
give
draw up
wage
proclaim
lay down
engage in
approve
furnish
dictate
confirm
dispense
come across
deliver
have
hand over
impart
drop
come up with
close
end
stop
terminate
cease
halt
culminate
lapse
wrap
elapse
expire
settle
shutter
quit
discontinue
break off
scratch
fold
hang up
scrub
let up
come to a conclusion
bring to a conclusion
bring to a close
round up
break up
close out
dead-end
come to an end
round out
knock off
come to a close
leave off
wink out
bring to an end
shut down
set the seal on
pack in
more ❯
Verb
▲
To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods or by trickery
manipulate
trick
cheat
con
deceive
dupe
finagle
fool
hoodwink
mislead
swindle
bamboozle
beguile
defraud
delude
hoax
jockey
sway
bilk
entrap
impress
outmaneuver
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
scam
wangle
bias
bluff
snooker
stiff
sucker
trap
gaslight
double-cross
rip off
string along
do a number on
play games
pull strings
pull wires
set up
stage-manage
suck in
take for a ride
lead up the garden path
pull a fast one on
twist around your little finger
ensnare
bait
snow
decoy
inveigle
shaft
lead on
play
rope in
pull a swifty on
fleece
take to cleaners
hook
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
put someone up to something
seduce
lure
entice
charm
enchant
entrance
tempt
take in
attract
hypnotize
US
bewitch
dazzle
woo
blind
captivate
spellbind
mesmerize
US
win over
gull
sweet-talk
soft-soap
cozen
gammon
catch
gaff
hornswoggle
have
diddle
misguide
humbug
spoof
allure
juggle
solicit
misinform
burn
buffalo
betray
butter up
befool
stick
fake out
have on
finesse
take advantage of
exploit
play for a sucker
take
impose on
gyp
mesmerise
UK
shave
put one over on
flimflam
chisel
rook
hypnotise
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
To indulge in fantasies about something desired
dream
fantasise
UK
fantasize
US
daydream
contemplate
imagine
envision
visualise
UK
visualize
US
muse
romanticise
UK
romanticize
US
fancy
crave
hanker
idealise
UK
idealize
US
long
lust
pine
woolgather
picture
aim for
aspire to
build castles in air
conceive of
conjure up pictures
desire to
hanker after
hope for
hunger for
live in a dream world
long for
pipe dream
seek to
thirst after
thirst for
wish for
wish to
yearn for
have as one's aim
have as one's goal
ideate
set one's heart on
set your sights on
sigh
envisage
conceive
project
think
figure
perceive
see
vision
image
conceit
hallucinate
fantasy
feature
romance
moon
pretend
conjure up
indulge in fantasy
build castles in Spain
build castles in the air
indulge in fancy
indulge in wool-gathering
head trip
trip out
see visions
make-believe
play-act
give free rein to the imagination
conceptualize
US
conceptualise
UK
dream up
think of
think up
depict
fantasize about
dream about
make believe
see in your mind's eye
gush
rhapsodize
US
view
swoon
rhapsodise
UK
form a picture of
form a mental picture of
conjure up an image of
see in one's mind
stargaze
apprehend
evoke
consider
divine
create
realize
US
realise
UK
dream of
call to mind
make up
bring to mind
be in a brown study
conjure up a mental picture of
plan
represent
portray
appreciate
conjure up a picture of
create in your mind
concoct
stare into space
languish
mope
brood
frame
be lost in thought
be unrealistic
yearn
scheme
be inattentive
believe
suppose
be in cloud cuckoo land
be miles away
predict
anticipate
conjecture
guess
surmise
cook up
be in a reverie
propose
expect
foresee
intend
have your head in the clouds
suspect
reckon
grasp
objectify
regard
behold
materialize
US
survey
externalize
US
mean
gather
assume
externalise
UK
materialise
UK
infer
interpret
sentimentalize
US
look upon
lie
exaggerate
conjure
sentimentalise
UK
reflect
object
be under the impression
think it conceivable
be inclined to think
think likely
be of the view
trump up
be of the opinion
think it likely
have an idea
be economical with the truth
view through rose-tinted glasses
make up stories
tell stories
look at through rose-colored glasses
let your imagination run away with you
stretch the truth
think romantically
think about
call up
get the picture
conjure up an picture of
form a mental image of
picture in one's mind's eye
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make a false show or pretense of
affect
counterfeit
fake
feign
pretend
sham
simulate
act
assume
bluff
dissemble
fabricate
profess
put on
imitate
pass for
playact
make like
play at
aspire to
give the appearance of
make a show of
do a bit
make a pretence of
make out like
go through the motions of
lay it on thick
put up a front
masquerade
dissimulate
pose
posture
impersonate
ape
mimic
adopt
put on an act
do
put it on
take on
make believe
mock
play
kid
disguise
make out
mirror
falsify
ditto
play-act
take off
act like
do like
put on a front
parody
caricature
lie
spoof
purport
travesty
play possum
act out
let on
send up
make-believe
pretend to be
fake it
put on a false front
pass oneself off as
burlesque
cheat
copy
malinger
front
deceive
invent
mislead
parrot
strike
mime
cloak
claim
veil
whitewash
devise
mask
concoct
reproduce
conceal
hide
misrepresent
camouflage
masquerade as
pose as
personate
monkey
four-flush
pass off as
go like
dress up
put on airs
cover up
pass off
shuck and jive
put up a smoke screen
go through the motions
do an impression of
hoax
allege
echo
co-opt
pull
swing the lead
pretend to have
copycat
emulate
put up a front of
posture as
seem to be
profess to have
cop
profess to be
act as if
scheme
orchestrate
forge
exhibit
construct
manufacture
design
assume the role of
affect the role of
mess
stage
showboat
make as if
display
internalize
US
take up
internalise
UK
be hypocritical
claim falsely
fake out
be deceitful
grandstand
attitudinize
delude
mimeo
defraud
peacock
develop
embody
satirize
US
phony up
show
become
reflect
parallel
repeat
give appearance of
put on act
make show of
show off
lampoon
resemble
borrow
equivocate
lift
pirate
feature
prevaricate
suggest
create
exaggerate
steal
phoney
UK
favour
UK
phony
US
crib
favor
US
fence
put on a false display
lay on
come to have
double as
turn into
behave affectedly
assume an attitude
play a part
follow in footsteps
model after
do likewise
do an impression
pattern after
try to be like
suppress
obscure
strike an attitude
knock off
conjure up
gloss over
mock up
disguise yourself
strike a pose
cop an attitude
play the part of
take off as
minimize
US
veneer
varnish
downplay
do a take-off
sugarcoat
airbrush
secrete
extenuate
screen
guy
hoke
satirise
UK
de-emphasize
keep quiet about
hush up
keep a lid on
draw a veil over
sweep under the carpet
minimise
UK
keep dark
keep secret
be dishonest about
soft-pedal
sweep under the rug
stonewall
shroud
doublespeak
cover
pussyfoot
be dishonest
double-talk
hide one's feelings
follow
match
look like
be like
take after
correspond to
remind one of
be similar to
smack of
bear a resemblance to
come near
be the very picture of
bear resemblance to
look a lot like
duplicate
represent
make up
bring to mind
follow the example of
be not unlike
have a look of
put one in mind of
bear semblance to
appear like
fib
approximate
portray
depict
epitomize
US
personify
misstate
typify
epitomise
UK
double
hatch
model yourself on
trump up
take as a model
take as an example
take as a pattern
have earmarks of
come close to
follow suit
tell untruth
pattern yourself after
tell a white lie
be the spitting image of
let on like
be the spit of
be a dead ringer for
have signs of
follow in the footsteps of
be the image of
take a leaf out of someone's book
have the look of
play the part
be the picture of
create out of thin air
imagine
suppose
replicate
clone
dream up
coincide
relate
style oneself on
fool
ham
play to the gallery
put on a pretense
approximate to
be consistent with
coincide with
adopt the style of
assume the role
sound like
seem like
have the hallmarks of
be not dissimilar to
have all the hallmarks of
remind you of
put you in mind of
make one think of
reiterate
image
fudge
act as though
symbolise
UK
signify
exemplify
glass
symbolize
US
correspond
illustrate
have on the appearance of
take on the appearance of
rip off
pattern oneself on
follow in someone's steps
take as a role model
model
incarnate
disguise as
follow example
make like a
pass as
purport to be
assume the character of
represent oneself as
disguise oneself as
assume character
pass yourself off
act a part
fake being
take the part of
play a role
mask as
behave like
take leaf out of book
more ❯
Verb
▲
To ascertain through analysis or investigation
determine
ascertain
discern
discover
establish
deduce
detect
figure out
find out
identify
learn
verify
work out
fathom
figure
find
perceive
uncover
add up
conceive
confirm
intuit
notice
observe
pick up
realise
UK
realize
US
recognise
UK
recognize
US
see
sense
spot
unearth
catch on
come upon
descry
diagnose
divine
get
get to know
have a hunch
read
size up
come to know
fathom out
make out
locate
distinguish
ferret out
track down
turn up
hit upon
nose out
dredge up
root out
dig up
pinpoint
run down
scare up
scout up
hit on
dig out
hunt down
rout out
hunt up
know
rummage
suss out
pick out
place
pin down
finger
catch
catch on to
tumble to
get a fix on
comprehend
differentiate
grasp
name
understand
reveal
apprehend
twig
discriminate
disclose
pick up on
appreciate
decide
diagnosticate
separate
isolate
determinate
judge
ID
bring to light
expose
encounter
put one's finger on
cognize
savvy
sniff out
single out
get on to
stumble on
select
difference
secern
hear
substantiate
validate
tell apart
assimilate
tag
register
smell out
flag
demarcate
wise up to
come across
get the picture
dig
get wise to
make certain
point out
button down
espy
contrast
unlock
search out
tell between
note
tell
suss
hunt out
label
behold
describe
dope out
have an aha moment
run to earth
analyze
US
get wind of
light upon
specify
smoke out
cotton on to
make sense of
wise up
take in
put a name to
peg
puzzle out
meet with
get the drift of
check
mark
remember
decide on
make certain of
tab
achieve
acquire
attain
gain
obtain
settle on
analyse
UK
rumble
set apart
make
elicit
interpret
extract
follow
glean
sight
tell the difference between
decide between
make a distinction between
think of
look up
reckon
get wind of the fact
get wise to the fact
come up with
get the message
make a distinction
conceive of
become aware
unmask
latch on to
compass
strike
trace
grok
apperceive
chance on
piece together
happen upon
get to the bottom of
cotton to
get the hang of
become cognizant of
learn of
trip over
make head or tail of
figure something out
zero in on
corroborate
fix
disinter
list
mention
check out
scent out
put the finger on
know by sight
mark out
retrieve
double-check
make up your mind on
check up on
make sure
edge out
run to ground
penetrate
estimate
extricate
signalize
US
characterize
US
collate
divide
singularize
sift
individuate
qualify
classify
part
categorize
US
recall
clinch
be sure
keep up with
recollect
take notice
follow the scent of
become acquainted with
define
distinguish between
call to mind
trace back
decipher
tell from
set off
mark off
sort out
localise
UK
hook
localize
US
nail down
pierce
be certain
take notice of
construe
get one's head around
get the point of
get it
infer
get the idea of
draw a distinction between
discern a difference between
stumble across
light on
decode
home in on
bring into the open
tumble into
bring to mind
choose
lay hands on
get at
stumble upon
look for
know for certain
be on to
set at variance
nominate
seize
differentialize
designate
categorise
UK
individualise
UK
signalise
UK
characterise
UK
individualize
US
antithesize
US
discrepate
antithesise
UK
indicate
be aware of
become aware of
become conscious of
see through
associate
set in context
strike on
pronounce
tell the difference
set off
discern a difference
see a difference
draw a distinction
peach
glimpse
investigate
tap
exhibit
delve
spark
see the light
spotlight
show
root
root up
take the wraps off
fish out
uproot
ferret
know what's what
split hairs
debunk
explore
identify problem
gather
make a diagnosis
tell which is which
receive
be told of
be advised
find out about
be made aware
be informed of
be told
be informed
get wind
be given to understand
be notified of
be made aware of
be led to believe
have
tumble
hear tell
get word
have on good authority
track
get the drift
get wise
catch on to the fact
arrive at
brainstorm
ponder
think up
problem-solve
conjure up
dream up
rack brains
find an answer to
think through
think out
find a solution to
absorb
digest
accept
take on board
take
cotton on
acknowledge
unravel
be conscious of
envisage
master
get the idea
latch onto
imagine
latch on
soak up
be cognizant of
take to mean
get your head round
imbibe
conclude
be wise to
think
translate
crack
process
have knowledge of
respect
integrate
see daylight
get the point
regard
admit
familiarize oneself with
drink in
absorb mentally
get into
make of
grant
concede
allow
confess
own
feature
believe
untangle
disentangle
be aware
explain
envision
fancy
figure it to be
get the message about
get the picture about
take up
soak in
celebrate
proclaim
break
witness
declare
picture
view
incorporate
get one's mind around
tap into
ingest
catch the drift
get the gist
parse
ken
take meaning
take on
have a handle on
click with
wrap one's mind round
explicate
image
vision
visualise
UK
visualize
US
identify with
empathize with
sympathise with
relate to
agree with
sympathize with
empathise with
pick up what someone is putting down
see the light about
wrap one's mind around
be familiar with
be au fait with
be with it
have information
see the point of
become conscious of the fact that
become aware of the fact that
be aware of the fact that
be conscious of the fact that
unriddle
read between the lines
see into
have knowledge
be conscious
accept the validity of
acknowledge the validity of
commiserate with
be able to see
admit the validity of
understand what's what
understand the situation
work out what's going on
unscramble
unfold
become conscious
make sense
get a grip
get clued up about
perceive the meaning of
throw light on
break down
have experience of
clear up
make heads or tails of
be schooled
feel certain
be read
be learned
be versed
get through one's head
settle
have down pat
assume
surmise
derive
extrapolate
reason
suppose
presume
suspect
expect
feel
come to the conclusion
take it
draw the inference
flash
copy
pin
look-see
get down pat
get down cold
feel in one's bones
get vibrations
profess
affirm
agree
yield
acquiesce
accede
cooperate with
fess up
acquiesce in
avow
bow to
agree to
approve of
certify
concur with
accede to
attest to
own up to
'fess up
defer to
let on
come clean
open up
subscribe to
take an oath
cop a plea
come out of closet
own up
go along with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications
customize
US
personalise
UK
personalize
US
modify
tailor
adapt
alter
convert
fashion
design
tailor-make
custom-make
make to order
make specially
change
adjust
remodel
revamp
doctor
revise
improve
reshape
amend
reconstruct
transform
shape
rework
refashion
vary
restyle
redesign
redo
tweak
reform
edit
reorganize
US
refine
fit
reorganise
UK
suit
condition
reconcile
remake
recast
renovate
correct
accommodate
make adjustments to
make alterations to
make over
conform
put
readjust
reorient
rehabilitate
remould
UK
reorientate
permute
remold
US
fix up
rebuild
square
acclimatize
US
acclimate
rectify
fix
tune
transmute
transfigure
turn
rearrange
repair
quadrate
acclimatise
UK
renew
permutate
upgrade
do up
bring up to code
individualize
US
individualise
UK
arrange
metamorphose
redevelop
better
attune
enhance
ameliorate
mend
regulate
mould
UK
make
rejig
overhaul
revolutionize
US
mold
US
mutate
transmogrify
evolve
reorder
update
refurbish
restore
reconstitute
shift
recondition
modernize
US
regenerate
diversify
develop
revolutionise
UK
recalibrate
modernise
UK
shift gears
make better
switch over
hot rod
cut
style
proportion
dial back
phony up
make changes to
correct mid-course
fine tune
make different
qualify
size
measure
dispose
gear
emend
prepare
bend
remedy
restructure
trim
put in position
put in place
meliorate
make appropriate to
make fitting to
make appropriate for
make fitting for
uplift
reclaim
enrich
rehab
custom-build
dovetail
fit in
cure
resolve
debug
redecorate
perfect
red-pencil
help
shape up
touch up
spruce up
bring up to date
add to
brighten up
become
cut to fit
make to measure
make improvements to
morph
retool
transubstantiate
reshuffle
alchemize
rehash
translate
diverge
transpose
metamorphosize
modulate
interchange
affect
denature
refit
warp
rejigger
reconfigure
cook
transfer
commute
switch
redraft
make innovations
turn over new leaf
turn the tables
turn the corner
stir up
change completely
sing different tune
turn upside down
turn around
tamper with
differentiate
specify
make distinctive
give a personal touch to
set
calibrate
balance
order
settle
normalize
US
align
coordinate
redress
jigger
organize
US
normalise
UK
grade
harmonize
US
sharpen
twiddle
organise
UK
focus
tighten
troubleshoot
harmonise
UK
straighten
sort
fine-tune
tune up
bring into line
fiddle with
make good
put right
set right
patch up
see to
make conform
put in working order
set to rights
customise
UK
rewrite
rephrase
reword
move
rescript
replace
progress
copy-edit
swap
polish
right
redraw
manipulate
change around
retouch
exchange
clean up
sort out
move around
render
substitute
rebrand
temper
trade
moderate
reverse
juggle
realign
advance
emendate
go over
shake up
change round
remix
scrub
rethink
compose
reschedule
redeploy
redistribute
clarify
shuffle
grow
veer
rejuvenate
redispose
expand
push
fluctuate
swing
invert
go
appropriate
download
downlink
apply
alternate
recreate
familiarize
US
redact
do again
accustom
vacillate
regroup
freshen up
reset
enlarge
censor
relocate
flip-flop
habituate
reproduce
scan
blue-pencil
spread
transition
merge
swap round
produce new version
deal with
pay dues
control
review
manage
turn about
do over
truck
become different
tidy up
iron out
process
familiarise
UK
straighten out
find your feet
play around with
jiggle around
reacclimate
methodize
metastasize
metamorphize
pattern
distort
contort
segue
rationalize
US
deform
plan
subedit
deconflict
pass
transit
transmutate
barter
re-form
reposition
remove
position
expurgate
bowdlerize
US
remap
re-present
displace
spring-clean
govern
blend
plot
budge
switch round
bowdlerise
UK
make an alteration
make an adjustment
compare
scrutinise
UK
scrutinize
US
reexamine
launder
reuse
rationalise
UK
reinforce
transplant
dislocate
pull
predispose
tamper
restate
return to
revitalize
US
revivify
mix up
restitute
resurrect
go through
brush up
look over
bone up
bear upon
impinge upon
have an impact on
juggle around
become clearly visible as
reenforce
remaster
shade
overturn
discuss
repeat
reiterate
go back to
paraphrase
tone
clear up
revitalise
UK
influence
make right
pick up
set straight
pivot
say again
state differently
inflect
doctor up
re-create
reassemble
clean up your act
set the record straight
put in order
get with it
change gradually
raise
elevate
lift
break
digress
drift
say differently
restart
make a clean sweep
clear out
clean out
break with past
change drastically
cause revolution
tone down
reduce
lower
curb
lessen
play down
restrain
innovate
put in other words
express differently
put differently
put another way
slip
check
backtrack
revert
inverse
integrate
retract
make a change
alter dramatically
deviate
make up for
assimilate
condense
orientate
match
do over again
do from scratch
go back to the beginning
start again
start over
make far-reaching changes in
acquaint
initiate
introduce
domesticate
acculturate
back
swerve
snap
break with the past
double back
compute
comply
assemble
undergo a change
treat
row back
correspond
crunch
annotate
shorten
abridge
get used
get your bearings
familiarize with
become accustomed to
become naturalized
get accustomed
get used to
become seasoned
find one's way around
come to accept
familiarize oneself with
come to terms with
learn to live with
make consistent
do a U-turn on
handle
concoct
work on
orient
approve
play oneself in
learn about
about-face
do an about-turn on
change direction
flip-flop on
eat your words
yo-yo on
change gears on
take care of
make ready
act on
work
analyse
UK
draft
US
finish
splice
publish
assign
strike out
boil down
set up
prepare for publication
draught
UK
analyze
US
amplify
check over
report
delete
fly speck
compile
write over
discard
excise
feature
butcher
make up
massage
prescribe
proofread
classify
optimise
UK
administer
act with
attend to
effect
crack
calculate
encrypt
decrypt
hack
add a rider to
make conditional
add reservations to
make additions to
mix
variegate
decipher
maneuver
US
optimize
US
manoeuvre
UK
perform on
mine
post
store
transmit
declassify
compress
scrape
filter
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