| accuse | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. accuse, criminate, impeach, incriminate | bring an accusation against; level a charge against.; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" |
| ~ reproach, upbraid | express criticism towards.; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior" |
| ~ accuse, charge | blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.; "he charged the director with indifference" |
| ~ arraign | accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy. |
| ~ recriminate | return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return. |
| ~ lodge, file, charge | file a formal charge against.; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" |
| v. (communication) | 2. accuse, charge | blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.; "he charged the director with indifference" |
| ~ blame, fault | put or pin the blame on. |
| ~ accuse, criminate, incriminate, impeach | bring an accusation against; level a charge against.; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" |
| ~ asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, denigrate, smirch, sully, smear | charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.; "The journalists have defamed me!"; "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" |
| ~ indict | accuse formally of a crime. |
| charge | | |
| n. (act) | 1. charge | an impetuous rush toward someone or something.; "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge" |
| ~ attack, onrush, onset, onslaught | (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons).; "the attack began at dawn" |
| ~ countercharge | a retaliatory charge. |
| n. (communication) | 2. charge, complaint | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense.; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny" |
| ~ criminal law | the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment. |
| ~ pleading | (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding. |
| ~ accusal, accusation | a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt. |
| ~ bill of indictment, indictment | a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense. |
| n. (possession) | 3. charge | the price charged for some article or service.; "the admission charge" |
| ~ cost | the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
| ~ carrying charge | charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan. |
| ~ depreciation charge | an amount periodically charged to expense or against revenue in compensation for depreciation of property. |
| ~ undercharge | a price that is too low. |
| ~ overcharge | a price that is too high. |
| ~ fare, transportation | the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance. |
| ~ fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs | a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.). |
| ~ agio, agiotage, exchange premium, premium | a fee charged for exchanging currencies. |
| ~ demurrage | a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure. |
| ~ installation charge | the charge for installing something. |
| ~ porterage | the charge for carrying burdens by porters. |
| ~ postage | the charge for mailing something. |
| ~ poundage | a charge based on weight measured in pounds. |
| ~ charge per unit, rate | amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" |
| ~ water-rate | rate per quarter for water from a public supply. |
| ~ surcharge | an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill). |
| ~ service charge, service fee | a percentage of a bill (as at a hotel or restaurant) added in payment for service. |
| ~ stowage | the charge for stowing goods. |
| ~ tankage | the charge for storing something in tanks. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 4. charge, electric charge | the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons.; "the battery needed a fresh charge" |
| ~ electrostatic charge | the electric charge at rest on the surface of an insulated body (which establishes and adjacent electrostatic field). |
| ~ positive charge | having a deficiency of electrons; having a higher electric potential. |
| ~ negative charge | having a surplus of electrons; having a lower electric potential. |
| ~ electrical phenomenon | a physical phenomenon involving electricity. |
| n. (act) | 5. care, charge, guardianship, tutelage | attention and management implying responsibility for safety.; "he is in the care of a bodyguard" |
| ~ protection | the activity of protecting someone or something.; "the witnesses demanded police protection" |
| ~ due care, ordinary care, reasonable care | the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty. |
| ~ foster care | supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home. |
| ~ great care | more attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent persons.; "the pilot exercised great care in landing" |
| ~ providence | the guardianship and control exercised by a deity.; "divine providence" |
| ~ slight care | such care as a careless or inattentive person would exercise. |
| n. (act) | 6. charge, commission, mission | a special assignment that is given to a person or group.; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message" |
| ~ assignment, duty assignment | a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces).; "hazardous duty" |
| ~ fool's errand | a fruitless mission. |
| ~ mission impossible | an extremely dangerous or difficult mission. |
| ~ martyr operation, sacrifice operation, suicide mission | killing or injuring others while annihilating yourself; usually accomplished with a bomb. |
| n. (person) | 7. charge | a person committed to your care.; "the teacher led her charges across the street" |
| ~ dependant, dependent | a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support). |
| n. (possession) | 8. charge | financial liabilities (such as a tax).; "the charges against the estate" |
| ~ levy | a charge imposed and collected. |
| ~ revenue enhancement, tax, taxation | charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government. |
| ~ liabilities | anything that is owed to someone else. |
| ~ incumbrance, encumbrance | a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage). |
| ~ assessment | an amount determined as payable.; "the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership" |
| n. (motive) | 9. cathexis, charge | (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object.; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge" |
| ~ depth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis | a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud.; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis" |
| ~ libidinal energy | (psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido. |
| n. (feeling) | 10. bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill | the swift release of a store of affective force.; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" |
| ~ excitement, exhilaration | the feeling of lively and cheerful joy.; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" |
| n. (communication) | 11. billing, charge | request for payment of a debt.; "they submitted their charges at the end of each month" |
| ~ asking, request | the verbal act of requesting. |
| ~ presentment | a document that must be accepted and paid by another person. |
| n. (communication) | 12. charge, commission, direction | a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something.; "the judge's charge to the jury" |
| ~ bid, bidding, command, dictation | an authoritative direction or instruction to do something. |
| ~ misdirection | an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge. |
| n. (communication) | 13. accusation, charge | an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence.; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving" |
| ~ assertion, asseveration, averment | a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary). |
| ~ countercharge | a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser. |
| n. (artifact) | 14. armorial bearing, bearing, charge, heraldic bearing | heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield. |
| ~ annulet, roundel | (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle.; "a hollow roundel" |
| ~ chevron | an inverted V-shaped charge. |
| ~ fleur-de-lys, fleur-de-lis | (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris. |
| ~ heraldry | emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms. |
| ~ ordinary | (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields. |
| n. (artifact) | 15. burster, bursting charge, charge, explosive charge | a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time.; "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains" |
| ~ explosive | a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck. |
| ~ shot | an explosive charge used in blasting. |
| ~ undercharge | an insufficient charge. |
| ~ rocket fuel, rocket propellant, rocket propellent | an explosive charge that propels a rocket. |
| v. (competition) | 16. bear down, charge | to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle.; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork" |
| ~ rush | attack suddenly. |
| v. (possession) | 17. bill, charge | demand payment.; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" |
| ~ account, calculate | keep an account of. |
| ~ levy, impose | impose and collect.; "levy a fine" |
| ~ tithe | exact a tithe from.; "The church was tithed" |
| ~ assess | charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine. |
| ~ undercharge | charge (someone) too little money. |
| ~ surcharge | charge an extra fee, as for a special service. |
| ~ invoice | send an bill to.; "She invoiced the company for her expenses" |
| ~ charge | enter a certain amount as a charge.; "he charged me $15" |
| v. (motion) | 18. buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear | move quickly and violently.; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" |
| ~ belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, hasten | move fast.; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" |
| ~ dash, scoot, scud, dart, flash, shoot | run or move very quickly or hastily.; "She dashed into the yard" |
| ~ rip | move precipitously or violently.; "The tornado ripped along the coast" |
| v. (social) | 19. appoint, charge | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to.; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" |
| ~ assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| ~ depute, deputise, deputize | appoint as a substitute. |
| ~ name, nominate, make | charge with a function; charge to be.; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" |
| ~ authorise, empower, authorize | give or delegate power or authority to.; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers" |
| ~ accredit | provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials. |
| ~ create | invest with a new title, office, or rank.; "Create one a peer" |
| v. (communication) | 20. charge, file, lodge | file a formal charge against.; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" |
| ~ accuse, criminate, incriminate, impeach | bring an accusation against; level a charge against.; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" |
| ~ impeach | charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office.; "The President was impeached" |
| v. (communication) | 21. charge | make an accusatory claim.; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased" |
| ~ claim | assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing.; "He claimed that he killed the burglar" |
| ~ tax | make a charge against or accuse.; "They taxed him failure to appear in court" |
| ~ complain | make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge.; "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client" |
| v. (contact) | 22. charge | fill or load to capacity.; "charge the wagon with hay" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ charge | saturate.; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety" |
| ~ burden, burthen, weight, weight down | weight down with a load. |
| ~ freight | load with goods for transportation. |
| v. (possession) | 23. charge | enter a certain amount as a charge.; "he charged me $15" |
| ~ debit | enter as debit. |
| ~ bill, charge | demand payment.; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" |
| v. (possession) | 24. charge, commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, send | cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" |
| ~ transfer | move from one place to another.; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" |
| ~ hospitalise, hospitalize | admit into a hospital.; "Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high" |
| v. (possession) | 25. charge, consign | give over to another for care or safekeeping.; "consign your baggage" |
| ~ pledge | give as a guarantee.; "I pledge my honor" |
| ~ hock, pawn, soak | leave as a guarantee in return for money.; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" |
| ~ check | hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping.; "Check your coat at the door" |
| ~ check | consign for shipment on a vehicle.; "check your luggage before boarding" |
| ~ entrust, intrust, confide, commit, trust | confer a trust upon.; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" |
| v. (possession) | 26. charge | pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt.; "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?" |
| ~ pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" |
| v. (motion) | 27. charge | lie down on command, of hunting dogs. |
| ~ lie down, lie | assume a reclining position.; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" |
| v. (emotion) | 28. agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" |
| ~ hype up, psych up | get excited or stimulated.; "The children were all psyched up after the movie" |
| ~ disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| ~ bother | make nervous or agitated.; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" |
| ~ pother | make upset or troubled. |
| ~ electrify | excite suddenly and intensely.; "The news electrified us" |
| v. (creation) | 29. charge | place a heraldic bearing on.; "charge all weapons, shields, and banners" |
| ~ artistic creation, artistic production, art | the creation of beautiful or significant things.; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
| ~ paint | make a painting.; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden" |
| v. (contact) | 30. charge, load | provide (a device) with something necessary.; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| ~ recharge, reload | load anew.; "She reloaded the gun carefully" |
| v. (competition) | 31. charge, level, point | direct into a position for use.; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" |
| ~ aim, take aim, train, direct, take | point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" |
| ~ point | be positionable in a specified manner.; "The gun points with ease" |
| v. (communication) | 32. burden, charge, saddle | impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" |
| ~ overburden | burden with too much work or responsibility. |
| ~ bear down | exert a force or cause a strain upon.; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class" |
| ~ flood out, deluge, overwhelm | charge someone with too many tasks. |
| ~ command, require | make someone do something. |
| ~ adjure | command solemnly. |
| v. (communication) | 33. charge | instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ instruct | give instructions or directions for some task.; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation" |
| v. (communication) | 34. charge | instruct or command with authority.; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem" |
| ~ instruct | give instructions or directions for some task.; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation" |
| v. (cognition) | 35. blame, charge | attribute responsibility to.; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" |
| ~ ascribe, attribute, impute, assign | attribute or credit to.; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" |
| v. (cognition) | 36. charge | set or ask for a certain price.; "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage" |
| ~ set, determine | fix conclusively or authoritatively.; "set the rules" |
| v. (change) | 37. charge | cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on.; "charge a conductor" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ charge | energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge.; "I need to charge my car battery" |
| v. (change) | 38. charge | energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge.; "I need to charge my car battery" |
| ~ charge | cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on.; "charge a conductor" |
| ~ recharge | charge anew.; "recharge a battery" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (change) | 39. charge | saturate.; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety" |
| ~ impregnate, saturate | infuse or fill completely.; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" |
| ~ charge | fill or load to capacity.; "charge the wagon with hay" |
| complain | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" |
| ~ hen-peck, nag, peck | bother persistently with trivial complaints.; "She nags her husband all day long" |
| ~ backbite, bitch | say mean things. |
| ~ grizzle, yammer, yawp, whine | complain whiningly. |
| ~ gnarl, grumble, murmur, mutter, croak | make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath.; "she grumbles when she feels overworked" |
| ~ grouch, grumble, scold | show one's unhappiness or critical attitude.; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load" |
| ~ protest | utter words of protest. |
| ~ repine | express discontent. |
| ~ beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, squawk, holler, crab | complain.; "What was he hollering about?" |
| ~ inveigh, rail | complain bitterly. |
| ~ bemoan, bewail, deplore, lament | regret strongly.; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" |
| ~ report | complain about; make a charge against.; "I reported her to the supervisor" |
| ~ bleat | talk whiningly. |
| v. (communication) | 2. complain | make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge.; "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client" |
| ~ charge | make an accusatory claim.; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased" |
| denounce | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. denounce | speak out against.; "He denounced the Nazis" |
| ~ criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock | find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws.; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" |
| ~ fulminate, rail | criticize severely.; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies" |
| ~ condemn, decry, excoriate, objurgate, reprobate | express strong disapproval of.; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" |
| v. (social) | 2. brand, denounce, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize | to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful.; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" |
| ~ label | assign a label to; designate with a label.; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'" |
| v. (communication) | 3. denounce | announce the termination of, as of treaties. |
| ~ announce, denote | make known; make an announcement.; "She denoted her feelings clearly" |
| v. (communication) | 4. betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on | give away information about somebody.; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ sell out | give information that compromises others. |
| case | | |
| n. (event) | 1. case, example, instance | an occurrence of something.; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ humiliation, mortification | an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect.; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another" |
| ~ bit, piece | an instance of some kind.; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck" |
| ~ time, clip | an instance or single occasion for some event.; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip" |
| n. (state) | 2. case, event | a special set of circumstances.; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" |
| ~ circumstance | a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity. |
| n. (act) | 3. case, causa, cause, lawsuit, suit | a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.; "the family brought suit against the landlord" |
| ~ civil suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant. |
| ~ class-action suit, class action | a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group. |
| ~ countersuit | a suit brought against someone who has sued you. |
| ~ criminal suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant. |
| ~ moot | a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise.; "he organized the weekly moot" |
| ~ bastardy proceeding, paternity suit | a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined). |
| ~ legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. case | the actual state of things.; "that was not the case" |
| ~ fact | a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. case | a portable container for carrying several objects.; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage" |
| ~ baggage, luggage | cases used to carry belongings when traveling. |
| ~ briefcase | a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books. |
| ~ cardcase | a small case for carrying business cards. |
| ~ cigarette case | a small flat case for holding cigarettes; can be carried in a purse or a pocket. |
| ~ compact, powder compact | a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse. |
| ~ container | any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another). |
| ~ dispatch box, dispatch case | case consisting of an oblong container (usually having a lock) for carrying dispatches or other valuables. |
| ~ glasses case | a case for carrying spectacles. |
| ~ gun case | a case for storing a gun. |
| ~ kit | a case for containing a set of articles. |
| ~ letter case | case for carrying letters. |
| ~ locket | a small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace. |
| ~ pillbox | a small case for holding pills. |
| ~ portfolio | a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather.; "he remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio" |
| ~ quiver | case for holding arrows. |
| ~ shoe | (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time. |
| ~ sleeve | small case into which an object fits. |
| ~ billfold, notecase, wallet, pocketbook | a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money. |
| ~ watch case | the metal case in which the works of a watch are housed. |
| ~ writing desk | a portable case containing writing materials and having a writing surface. |
| n. (person) | 6. case | a person requiring professional services.; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ client | a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer. |
| ~ patient | a person who requires medical care.; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly" |
| ~ referral | a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group.; "the patient is a referral from Dr. Bones" |
| ~ charity case, welfare case | a case for a welfare worker. |
| n. (person) | 7. case, guinea pig, subject | a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation.; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| n. (communication) | 8. case | a problem requiring investigation.; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir" |
| ~ problem | a question raised for consideration or solution.; "our homework consisted of ten problems to solve" |
| n. (communication) | 9. case | a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument.; "he stated his case clearly" |
| ~ argument, statement | a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true.; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true" |
| n. (quantity) | 10. case, caseful | the quantity contained in a case. |
| ~ containerful | the quantity that a container will hold. |
| n. (communication) | 11. case, grammatical case | nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence. |
| ~ grammatical category, syntactic category | (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties. |
| ~ nominative, nominative case, subject case | the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb. |
| ~ oblique, oblique case | any grammatical case other than the nominative. |
| n. (state) | 12. case | a specific state of mind that is temporary.; "a case of the jitters" |
| ~ frame of mind, state of mind | a temporary psychological state. |
| n. (person) | 13. case, character, eccentric, type | a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities).; "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" |
| ~ adult, grownup | a fully developed person from maturity onward. |
| n. (communication) | 14. case, face, font, fount, typeface | a specific size and style of type within a type family. |
| ~ type | printed characters.; "small type is hard to read" |
| ~ type family | a complete set of type suitable for printing text. |
| ~ unicameral script | a script with a single case. |
| ~ bicameral script | a script having two distinct cases. |
| ~ constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font, typewriter font | a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter). |
| ~ proportional font | any font whose different characters have different widths. |
| ~ cartridge font, font cartridge | any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer. |
| ~ black letter, gothic | a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries. |
| ~ bold, bold face, boldface | a typeface with thick heavy lines. |
| ~ italic | a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right. |
| ~ raster font, screen font | the font that is displayed on a computer screen.; "when the screen font resembles a printed font a document may look approximately the same on the screen as it will when printed" |
| ~ helvetica, sans serif | a typeface in which characters have no serifs. |
| n. (body) | 15. case, sheath | an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part. |
| ~ theca | outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects. |
| ~ lorica | a hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example). |
| ~ medullary sheath, myelin sheath | a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers. |
| ~ neurilemma, neurolemma | thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber. |
| ~ covering, natural covering, cover | a natural object that covers or envelops.; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" |
| ~ husk | outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds. |
| n. (artifact) | 16. case, casing, shell | the housing or outer covering of something.; "the clock has a walnut case" |
| ~ boot | protective casing for something that resembles a leg. |
| ~ gear box, gear case, gearbox | the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed. |
| ~ grandfather clock, longcase clock | a pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case. |
| ~ housing | a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component. |
| ~ jacket | the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition. |
| n. (artifact) | 17. case, casing | the enclosing frame around a door or window opening.; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" |
| ~ doorway, room access, door, threshold | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close.; "he stuck his head in the doorway" |
| ~ framework | a structure supporting or containing something. |
| ~ window | a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air. |
| n. (artifact) | 18. case, compositor's case, typesetter's case | (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers.; "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters" |
| ~ printing | the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution. |
| ~ receptacle | a container that is used to put or keep things in. |
| n. (artifact) | 19. case, pillow slip, pillowcase, slip | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow.; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" |
| ~ bed linen | linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases). |
| n. (artifact) | 20. case, display case, showcase, vitrine | a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home. |
| ~ container | any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another). |
| ~ trophy case | a case in which to display trophies. |
| v. (perception) | 21. case | look over, usually with the intention to rob.; "They men cased the housed" |
| ~ inspect | look over carefully.; "Please inspect your father's will carefully" |
| v. (contact) | 22. case, encase, incase | enclose in, or as if in, a case.; "my feet were encased in mud" |
| ~ pack | arrange in a container.; "pack the books into the boxes" |
| ~ box, package | put into a box.; "box the gift, please" |
| ~ sack | put in a sack.; "The grocer sacked the onions" |
| ~ crate | put into a crate; as for protection.; "crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum" |
| ~ inclose, shut in, close in, enclose | surround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
| grievance | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. grievance, grudge, score | a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation.; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" |
| ~ bitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment, gall | a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will. |
| n. (communication) | 2. grievance | an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice. |
| ~ allegation | (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law).; "an allegation of malpractice" |
| n. (communication) | 3. grievance | a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action. |
| ~ complaint | an expression of grievance or resentment. |
| lawsuit | | |
| accuse | | |
| complain | | |
| prosecute | | |
| v. (social) | 1. prosecute | conduct a prosecution in a court of law. |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (social) | 2. prosecute | bring a criminal action against (in a trial).; "The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson" |
| v. (social) | 3. engage, prosecute, pursue | carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ practice, commit | engage in or perform.; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness" |
| ~ close | engage at close quarters.; "close with the enemy" |
| ~ politick | engage in political activities.; "This colleague is always politicking" |
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