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Verb
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To provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment
amuse
divert
please
delight
interest
charm
cheer
occupy
distract
enthralUK
absorb
beguile
regale
disport
engage
engross
fascinate
involve
solace
immerse
NtRtain
preoccupy
recreate
captivate
comfort
ecstasize
elate
enliven
enthrallUS
gladden
grab
gratify
humourUK
humorUS
indulge
inspire
inspirit
pique
relax
satisfy
slay
stimulate
tickle
crack up
give pleasure to
knock dead
make merry
hold the attention of
more ❯
“Street performers from the world over entertain the crowd whilst buskers provide the soundtrack.”
Verb
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To receive (someone) as a guest and provide them with food and drink
receive
invite
treat
accommodate
ask
dine
feast
feed
have
lodge
serve
welcome
ask over
fete
host
invite over
invite round
NtRtain
play host to
admit
ask round
board
cater for
chaperone
have over
have round
house
nourish
play hostess to
quarter
recreate
room
show hospitality to
wine and dine
be host to
have company of
invite to a party
accommodate visitors
be host
give someone a meal
have visitors
pop for
put up
show hospitality
spring for
throw a party for
ask for a meal
do the honors
give a party
have a do
have a get-together
invite to a meal
pick up the check
more ❯
“Having bar furniture in your house, you will be able to entertain friends and guests more easily.”
Verb
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To consider or give serious or careful thought to
consider
contemplate
support
maintain
ponder
foster
harborUS
harbourUK
hold
imagine
brook
cherish
cogitate
countenance
debate
deliberate
eye
meditate
perpend
question
revolve
ruminate
study
think about
tolerate
turn
weigh
conceive of
NtRtain
suffer
chew over
conceive
heed
kick around
mull over
pore over
recogniseUK
recognizeUS
wrestle with
agree to
approve of
give consideration to
take into consideration
bear in mind
give thought to
muse over
think over
allow yourself to consider
cogitate on
keep in mind
go over
look over
audit
go into
read
test
dig into
sift
search
go through
vet
work over
check over
give something the once-over
oversee
inquire into
inquireUS
overlook
enquireUK
con
prospect
case
look
scope
scrutinate
go over with a fine-tooth comb
skim
assay
recce
subject to an examination
dig
stare
reconnoitreUK
verify
search into
reconnoiterUS
browse
try out
scour
criticizeUS
resolve
interpret
look through
anatomize
record
query
screen
gaze
delve
pry
deal with
criticiseUK
interrogate
run over
supervise
scout
trial
quiz
peer
try
cover
seek
superintend
check up on
scope out
correct
knock
run through
revise
take a look at
put through its paces
check up
run down
separate
take down
put down
divide
sample
break down
frisk
thumb through
determine
prove
pick at
penetrate
pierce
register
summarizeUS
goggle
gawp
cross-examine
comprehend
catechize
gawk
read up on
look at carefully
blink
skim through
glare
look-see
conduct investigations into
check into
experiment with
dip into
stew
find out
conduct an investigation into
open up
reiterate
repeat
sound out
suss out
feel out
give something a going-over
slam
pan
rip
reedit
rave
trash
zap
nitpick
keep track of
summariseUK
give the once-over
poll
run your eye over
stake out
nose around
bad-mouth
put to the test
tackle
figure out
give the once over
try to get to the bottom of
keep a check on
look closely
swipe at
read through
skin alive
write a critique
give one's opinion
take notice of
pay attention to
take apart
enquire about
rake
identify
dissolve
sweep
learn
deconstruct
write about
follow up
examine closely
decompose
parse
make enquiries about
candle
disintegrate
put under a microscope
assimilate
ask
confirm
surf
devour
field-test
look around
epitomizeUS
critique
make inquiry
abstract
pursue
glance through
encapsulate
snoop
balance
outline
browse through
leaf through
look see
glance over
take
sift through
read over
peep
recapitulate
pick apart
report
wade through
reprise
inquisite
ogle
flick through
chart
brief
peek
be absorbed in
inquire about
pilot
intellectualizeUS
contemplate on
synopsize
conduct an enquiry into
take stock
scout out
give something a look-see
rationalizeUS
probe into
pry into
search for
experimentalize
recap
chew
admire
write up
focus
logicalize
poke around
cast an eye over
glim
ideate
make inquiries
shake down
rationaliseUK
intellectualiseUK
epitomiseUK
have a look-see
try on
put on one's thinking cap
build castles in air
boil down
keep in sight
test the waters
get an eyeful
carry out trials on
match up
eagle eye
make a recce of
process
wrap up
take a good look
try on for size
look vacantly
give a tryout
make a trial run
look fixedly
rehearse
practiceUS
revisit
hash
find fault
pick holes
ask about
get down to brass tacks
look round
find out about
ask questions about
unpack a text
traverse
reduce
pore
read intently
sound
redact
censor
make enquiries
fractionate
cut
riffle through
practiseUK
squint
talk about
range over
quest
peg
examine carefully
perlustrate
comb
smoke
have a look at
pass through
conduct an enquiry
plumb
restate
make an observation of
leave no stone unturned
gageUS
triangulate
canvas
interview
solicit
glass
pass under review
look earnestly
sit in
daydream
burrow into
burn up
size
graph
gaugeUK
valuate
crush
roast
grill
hit
request
decompound
take as an example
look at as an example
consider as an example
describe
pound
recollect
riff
flash
riffle
rumble
bone up
seek an answer
squinny
make sense of
rubberneck at
gawk at
grind
concentrate
cudgel one's brains
sleep on it
lucubrate
apprehend
carry out an inquest into
put out a feeler
establish
pulverizeUS
be in a reverie
be lost in contemplation
leaf
pin
bore
gloat
try to see
treat
subject to an inspection
clarify
powder
take the measure of
look upon
map out
consult the archives
look up
ascertain
certify
tally
kick the tires
lay bare
mill
concern itself with
look through narrowed eyes
squint at
give opinion
take a gander
look something up and down
comminute
metabolizeUS
metaboliseUK
speculate on
do tests
substantiate
electioneer
campaign
look up and down
validate
demonstrate
deduce
infer
trawl
bray
tell
hit up
request information
seek information
seek information of
request information of
absorb
grasp
master
give an opinion
pass judgment on
comment upon
beat
ratiocinate
count
ensure
prove out
stack up
wiretap
muckrake
bug
underseek
tap
poke
cudgel
think hard
give much thought to
marvel
think hard about
ask oneself
ask oneself about
follow a line of investigation
put something through its paces
send up a balloon
run something up the flagpole
see how it flies
put something to the test
run it up a flagpole
see how wind blows
run idea by someone
put someone through their paces
put something to the proof
commentate on
broadcast details of
take under consideration
stop to consider
bandy
agitate
dispute
diagnose
read into
listen in
atomize
flick
thumb
test out
linger
procrastinate
chaw
delay
doorstep
spy out
recon
pulveriseUK
make sure of
keep account
conjecture
write an account of
give details of
do research into
put questions to
ask questions of
be all ears
make inquiries about
guess
ventilate
run
ballot
circulariseUK
circularizeUS
apply
conduct experiments
conduct research
carry out trials
do
wade
sift the evidence concerning
search the evidence concerning
make a reconnaissance of
catalogUS
catalogueUK
log
index
file
trace
contrast
do tests on
futz around
road-test
test drive
practice with
put to trial
fool with
carry out tests
mess around
get
make a survey of
look out for
take a shufti round
see how the land lies
look for
find out the lie of the land
make a reconnaissance
track down
run reconnaissance
set eyes on
case the joint
scout around
rustle up
be taught
juxtapose
surmise
diarize
enumerate
chronicle
minute
take a good look at
familiarize oneself with
hypothesizeUS
suppose
swot up on
bat around or back and forth
hash out
be a ward heeler
differentiate
collate
theorizeUS
soak up
pick up
drink in
listen to
comment on
correlate
presume
assume
suspicion
postulate
daresay
suspect
jot down
put on file
keep up to date with
keep a note of
put on record
keep details of
mark down
note down
keep up with
put on paper
keep a record of
set down
make an inventory of
write down
make a note of
watch over
keep account of
keep in touch with
measure
take classes in
winnow
take a course in
undersee
finger
concoct
parallel
compete
get the hang of
get clued up about
take on board
get the point of
psych out
hazard a guess
hypothesiseUK
make guesses
make suppositions
form theories
call the turn
theoriseUK
dope
head trip
guesstimate
dope out
have a hunch
run it up flagpole
call it
beat one's brains
read between lines
pipe-dream
invent
give your opinion of
write a critique of
hang
place in juxtaposition
stack up against
confront
measure the differences between
set side by side
measure up
balance the differences between
weigh against
stand the pace
segregate
weigh the differences between
oppose
stand the test
weigh against another
set against
put side by side
contrive
pat down
refer to
flip through
outstare
fabricate
construct
glower
manufacture
plough through
bury oneself in
scratch the surface
look intently
stare in wonder
focus on
have a good look
fix on
look hard
rivet on
watch closely
lay eyes on
stare open-mouthed
evolve
develop
frame
educe
derive
think up
make up
cook up
trump up
work out
drum up
vamp up
come up with
more ❯
“Again the retail sector's cynics refused to entertain the idea.”
Verb
▲
To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit
bear
cherish
have
hold
nurse
harbourUK
nurture
foster
harborUS
possess
retain
conceal
hide
maintain
cling to
brood over
hold on to
sustain
consider
imagine
believe
embrace
regard
nourish
care for
feel secretly
preserve
keep alive
feel
cleave to
more ❯
Verb
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To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit
have company
have guests
play host
play hostess
provide hospitality
receive guests
have people over
have people round
hold a party
keep open house
throw a party
have a dinner party
have a lunch party
Verb
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To have space for accommodating a given number of people
sleep
accommodate
hold
house
lodge
harborUS
harbourUK
shelter
fit
provision
contain
provide
rent
bestow
encamp
receive
board
afford
quarter
bunk
take
billet
seat
bear
roof
cater for
put up
take in
have beds for
have room for
have space for
make room for
be big enough for
have capacity for
provide accommodation for
provide lodging for
provide shelter for
provide with accommodation
provide a roof over someone's head
sit
comprise
store
stow
include
have seats for
allow
admit
accept
have room
have a capacity of
be equipped for
have a capacity for
allow entry to
carry
enclose
keep
incorporate
boast
have seating for
more ❯
Verb
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To give great joy, delight or pleasure to
overjoy
content
gladden
gratify
satisfy
amuse
charm
cheer
thrill
pleasure
tickle
divert
enchant
enrapture
rejoice
delectate
allure
attract
exult
fascinate
glory
groove
jubilate
please
ravish
score
send
slay
wow
arride
tickle pink
turn on
hit the spot
go over big
be the ticket
freak out
knock dead
knock out
tickle to death
more ❯
Verb
▲
To meet others socially
socialiseUK
socializeUS
mix
mingle
fraterniseUK
fraternizeUS
interact
hobnob
meet
consort
converse
associate
go out
be sociable
get out
get together
keep company
club
join
league
meet people
party
step out
chum with
get around
hang out
make advances
pal around
run with
be a good mixer
get about
get out and about
hang around with
have people round
make the rounds
tie up with
rub shoulders
rub elbows
hang about
hang around
knock about
run
knock around
company
consociate
chum
run around
go around
mess around
circulate
hook up
hang round
chum around
travel
sort
network
hang out with
spend time
have dealings
be thick
pal up
be friendly
be thick with
mix with
make friends
hang with
connect
hang
pool
move
accompany
befriend
pal
tie in
gang up
mingle with
run around with
take up with
keep company with
rub elbows with
rub shoulders with
go around with
affiliate
engage
go round
be in
knock around with
schmooze
meet friends
come together with
bring
convoy
attend
bear
carry
associate with
chaperon
conduct
make contacts
fraternize with
intersperse
pal with
hang about, around
clique with
chum together
associate with others
exchange cards
introduce yourself
meet and greet
paint the town red
pal around with
gang up with
go out on the town
consort with others
move around
amalgamate
assort
frequent
be friends
work the room
tie up
work with
come together
spend time with
get in on
line up with
get in with
bunch up
be involved with
swing with
join up with
truck with
go along with
be in cahoots
buddy up
throw in together
string along with
go partners
get into
play footsie with
sympathizeUS
unite
concur
sympathiseUK
be sociable with
club together
socialize with
fall in with
consort with
more ❯
Verb
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To insert or introduce
intromit
accept
bless
buy
concede
enter
grant
harborUS
harbourUK
house
initiate
introduce
let
lodge
okay
permit
receive
shelter
sign
suffer
take
be big on
give access
give the nod
give thumbs up
let in
sign off on
take in
welcome
allow
adopt
integrate
accommodate
embrace
hail
invite in
bring in
countenance
give a hero's welcome
roll out the red carpet
receive gladly
care for
offer friendship to
OK
say hello to
receive favourably
more ❯
Verb
▲
To invite somebody, especially on a date
ask out
accompany
date
invite out
take
take out
treat
go out with
Verb
▲
To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement
flirt with
consider
dabble
mess with
think about
toy with
trifle with
amuse oneself with
dip into
give thought to
potter about with
dabble in
entertain the possibility of
give a thought to
expose yourself to
potter around with
entertain the idea of
play with
flirt
scratch the surface of
tinker with
potter round with
trifle
fiddle
monkey
mess
frivol
toy
play
fool
experiment
fidget
fool with
not be serious
monkey around
play at
fiddle with
muck around
amuse oneself
horse around
play around
play games with
kid around
fool around
potter about
mess around
dally with
monkey with
work superficially
Verb
▲
To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport
busk
perform
play
sing
appear
be on stage
Verb
▲
Costar or act
costar
act
appear
collaborate
perform
star
headline
feature
Verb
▲
To foresee or predict the future occurrence of something
anticipate
expect
forecast
foresee
ascertain
estimate
hypothesiseUK
hypothesizeUS
predict
project
believe
calculate
conjecture
deduce
envisage
envision
fancy
gather
imagine
speculate
theoriseUK
theorizeUS
consider
feel
figure
foretell
posit
postulate
prognosticate
prophesy
reckon
sense
surmise
augur
contemplate
daresay
deem
discern
gaugeUK
gageUS
guess
judge
perceive
presuppose
soothsay
suppose
suspect
think
trust
apprehend
assume
call
determine
divine
espy
forebode
forewarn
portend
presume
reason
visualiseUK
visualizeUS
conclude
plan
premise
presage
prevision
say
see
understand
vaticinate
adumbrate
auspicate
forefeel
foreknow
foreshadow
foretaste
preknow
previse
read
rate
take as read
collect
ween
allow
weigh
maintain
excogitate
ponder
examine
deliberate
analyzeUS
meditate
value
rank
class
analyseUK
cogitate
put
suspicion
brainstorm
establish
put forward
have the feeling
contend
extract
obtain
gain
procure
come to understand
interpret
evolve
develop
read into
account
set
be of the conviction
elicit
classify
add up
boil down
look upon
grant
wonder
take as a hypothesis
educe
muse
regard as
number
class as
see as
ruminate
read between lines
cast
scheme
look on as
take to be
study
cerebrate
form opinion
take something read
settle
take something as given
take something for granted
the way one sees it
pretend
spark
dream
admit
moralizeUS
draw inference
arrive at
reach conclusion
take it as read
view as
take for
estimate as
deduct
define
see as being
set a figure on
think of as being
regard as being
look on as being
class as being
form an impression of
view as being
put two and two together
hold to be
interpret as
advance
propose
submit
comment
read between the lines
select
survey
chance
conceive to be
set store by
believe to be
feel to be
calculate to be
imagine to be
air
volunteer
propound
moot
reflect on
build castles in air
kick around
head trip
make guesses
make suppositions
form theories
run it up flagpole
chew over
beat one's brains
review
pipe-dream
weigh up
happen upon
characterizeUS
characteriseUK
describe
conceive of
pronounce
pontificate
sermonizeUS
preach
take to mean
explain
editorializeUS
rate as
form the opinion
rank as
fall for
evoke
acquire
receive
editorialiseUK
weigh in
attain
moraliseUK
sermoniseUK
milk
drag
wring
wrest
extort
pull
secure
evince
distillUS
assay
elaborate
arrive
reach
formulate
trace
follow
express an opinion
distilUK
put together
bring forth
draw out
think out
bring out
come out
dwell
debate
mind
concentrate
brood
intellectualiseUK
stew
process
enumerate
cipherUS
sum
outline
budget
tax
cypherUK
noodle around
put on one's thinking cap
use one's head
be lost in thought
lucubrate
rack one's brains
mull
logicalize
puzzle over
perpend
cudgel one's brains
sleep on it
sort out
ideate
intellectualizeUS
chew
be in a brown study
run over
think through
set a figure
calculate roughly
look into
take the measure of
more ❯
Verb
▲
Throw a party for someone
fête
honorUS
honourUK
welcome
lioniseUK
lionizeUS
treat
make much of
wine and dine
hold a reception for someone
kill the fatted calf for someone
bring out the red carpet for someone
recognizeUS
celebrate
festival
commemorate
holiday
praise
feast
congratulate
recogniseUK
roll out the red carpet
hold reception for
fete
Verb
▲
To divert one's mind or attention (to something else)
distract
divert
disturb
sidetrack
agitate
trouble
abstract
amuse
bewilder
confound
confuse
deflect
detract
madden
puzzle
torment
beguile
derange
discompose
disconcert
draw
engross
occupy
perplex
absorb
addle
befuddle
call off
engage
fluster
frenzy
harass
mislead
stall
throw off
turn aside
unbalance
draw away
put off
turn away
call away
catch flies
lead away
mix up
cause to lose concentration
lead astray
more ❯
Verb
▲
To sing or play a serenade (for someone)
serenade
court
croon
divert
regale
sing
Verb
▲
To treat with great care, attention or indulgence
indulge
pamper
spoil
coddle
cosset
baby
mollycoddle
overindulge
cocker
humorUS
humourUK
pet
spoon-feed
dandle
favourUK
feather-bed
mother
nanny
nurse
nursemaid
overparent
wet-nurse
allow
cater
delight
favorUS
foster
nourish
oblige
pander
pander to
please
regale
tickle
treat
fawn on
give in to
give in
go along
spoil rotten
wrap in cotton wool
go easy on
kill with kindness
take care of
make a fuss of
wait on hand and foot
more ❯
Verb
▲
To entertain with, or partake in, a feast
feast
banquet
consume
devour
eat
binge-eat
overindulge
dine
dine on
gorge
gorge on
hoover
indulge
indulge in
junket
overindulge in
regale
binge on
gollop
gormandiseUK
gormandizeUS
gourmandize
partake of
shift
shovel down
snarf
stuff down
cram in
eat your fill
gobble
pack away
partake
put away
stuff
stuff oneself with
stuff yourself
tuck into
wine and dine
wolf down
fare sumptuously
get outside of
pig oneself on
pig out on
eat sumptuously
eat to your heart's content
make short work of
stuff your face
pig out
stuff one's face
make a pig of oneself on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Adapt, tailor
suit
adapt
adjust
fashion
accommodate
fit
tailor
modify
acclimate
acclimatiseUK
acclimatizeUS
condition
conform
doctor
edit
proportion
put
shape
customiseUK
customizeUS
design
equip
gear
tally
amuse
change
fill
quadrate
readjust
reconcile
revise
tailor-make
make appropriate for
make appropriate to
make fitting for
make fitting to
fit in
be cut out for
toe the mark
axUS
axeUK
more ❯
Verb
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(colloquial) To poke fun at or make fun of
fun
banter
make fun of
tease
jibe
mock
poke fun at
taunt
be sarcastic about
caricature
chaff
deride
divert
flip
fool
gag
gibe
goof on
guy
haze
jape
jeer
jeer at
jest
jibe at
jive
joke
jolly
josh
kid
lampoon
laugh at
make a monkey of
make jokes about
make sport of
mess around
mimic
parody
poke mullock at
prank
pull someone's chain
pull someone's leg
quip
quiz
rag
rag on
rally
razz
rib
satiriseUK
satirizeUS
scoff at
send up
sling off at
smoke
take the mickey out of
twit
wind up
wisecrack
amuse
laugh
burlesque
crack
scorn
sneer at
treat contemptuously
raspberry
treat with contempt
pillory
laugh to scorn
stay
ridge
bone
pull your leg
crack jokes
misguide
bluff
sucker
misinform
snooker
gaff
hornswoggle
have
humbug
snow
gammon
buffalo
juggle
burn
travesty
catch
imitate
do
suck in
fake out
string along
ape
copy
take off
mime
distort
pervert
misrepresent
do a takeoff of
disparage
sheikhUK
do an impression of
sheikUS
impersonate
exaggerate
twist
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Noun
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Form of entertainment
disport
play
recreation
amusement
frolic
merriment
fun
pleasure
relaxation
entertainment
sport
diversion
enjoyment
distraction
fun and games
leisure
game
pastime
jollies
rec
R and R
divertissement
refreshment
restoration
delight
frolicking
rollicking
dalliance
games
relief
high jinks
tomfoolery
buffoonery
escapade
antic
enthusiasm
leisure pursuit
monkeyshines
pursuit
waggery
knavery
antics
mischief
revel
trick
sideline
fling
jape
fooling around
ploy
idyll
idyl
binge
rough and tumble
practical joke
rag
dido
stunt
clowning
fad
joke
thing
shines
roguery
capriccio
gag
shavie
shenanigans
roughhousing
obsession
craze
fooling
gambado
fancy
whim
roughhouse
kick
exuberance
rowdiness
run
scramble
giggles
cavorting
passion
frolics
revels
rest
bug
mania
respite
decompression
source of fun
adventure
clowning about
clowning around
requiescence
assuagement
reclining
dance
hop
cavort
skip
leap
rout
cakewalk
hoax
quiz
leg-pull
goak
cutup
pranks
capers
rough-and-tumble
gambade
lightness
put-on
freak
wind-up
rib
rig
caprice
spoof
prat
mischievous act
hotfoot
shine
monkeying
clownery
hijinks
slapstick
piece of mischief
exploit
laugh
giggle
didoes
foolish behaviour
monkey business
drollery
skylark
hobbyhorse
monkey tricks
rough play
rough-housing
practical jokes
misbehaviourUK
boisterousness
misbehaviorUS
horsing around
joviality
shenanigan
specialtyUS
bag
whimsy
art
quest
shot
vagary
craft
weakness
schtick
amateur interest
leisure interest
specialityUK
favourite occupation
favorite occupation
pleasurable pastime
labor of love
pet topic
excitement
joy
thrill
glee
joyfulness
merriness
jocularity
gleefulness
cheeriness
cheerfulness
festiveness
vibrancy
vivacity
vim
high spirits
vividness
vigorUS
rapture
vitality
sunniness
liveliness
perkiness
light-heartedness
zest
felicity
jesting
laughter
nonsense
mirthfulness
gladness
vigourUK
energy
solace
ebullience
brightness
riot
buoyancy
rejoicing
wantonness
silliness
roguishness
friskiness
lightheartedness
foolishness
jocoseness
jocundity
exhilaration
humorousness
funniness
facetiousness
jocosity
jolliness
comedy
blithesomeness
mischievousness
blitheness
rascality
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