act - Similar and Opposite Words
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something that people do or cause to happen
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- abidance
- acquiring
- action
- activity
- actuation
- assessment
- assumption
- causation
- causing
- communicating
- communication
- delivery
- departure
- derivation
- digging up
- discovery
- disinterment
- disposal
- disposition
- distribution
- effectuation
- egress
- egression
- emergence
- equalisation
- equalization
- exhumation
- find
- forfeit
- forfeiture
- getting
- going
- going away
- group action
- hinderance
- hindrance
- hire
- implementation
- inactivity
- interference
- judgement
- judgment
- leaning
- leaving
- legitimation
- leveling
- mitsvah
- mitzvah
- motivating
- motivation
- nonaccomplishment
- nonachievement
- obstetrical delivery
- permissive waste
- proclamation
- production
- promulgation
- propulsion
- recovery
- rejection
- residence
- residency
- retrieval
- running away
- sacrifice
- speech act
- stay
- stop
- stoppage
- touch
- touching
- uncovering
- waste
- wear
- wearing
Noun
a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
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Noun
a short performance that is part of a longer program
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More specific
Noun
a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
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Related
Verb
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
Synonyms
More specific
- act
- act as
- act involuntarily
- act reflexively
- backslap
- bend over backwards
- bluster
- break down
- bungle
- dally
- dawdle
- fall over backwards
- follow
- footle
- freeze
- frivol
- hugger mugger
- jest
- joke
- loosen up
- lose it
- make
- make as if
- menace
- optimise
- optimize
- piffle
- play
- presume
- puff up
- quack
- rage
- ramp
- relax
- romanticize
- sauce
- sentimentalise
- sentimentalize
- sentimentise
- sentimentize
- snap
- stooge
- storm
- swagger
- swash
- swell
- toy
- trifle
- vulgarise
- vulgarize
- wanton
Also See
Verb
pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
Verb
play a role or part
Verb
perform on a stage or theater
Verb
behave unnaturally or affectedly
Verb
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
Synonyms
More specific
- acquit
- act on
- act superior
- aggress
- alternate
- antagonise
- antagonize
- anticipate
- approach
- assay
- attack
- attempt
- bear
- begin
- behave
- carry
- coact
- come close
- come forward
- come out
- come to the fore
- commit
- comport
- condescend
- conduct
- contend
- continue
- cope
- counter
- counteract
- court
- create
- dally
- dare
- deal
- deign
- deport
- descend
- dispatch
- disturb
- do well
- effect
- egotrip
- end up
- engage
- essay
- evade
- exert
- festinate
- fetch up
- finish
- finish up
- flirt
- force
- foresee
- forestall
- get around to
- get by
- go
- go about
- go ahead
- go along
- go off at half-cock
- go off half-cocked
- go on
- grapple
- guard
- had best
- hasten
- hold back
- hold off
- hurry
- interact
- interrupt
- keep
- land up
- look sharp
- lord it over
- lower oneself
- make a point
- make bold
- make do
- make out
- make sure
- manage
- maneuver
- manoeuver
- manoeuvre
- misbehave
- misconduct
- misdemean
- move
- offer
- oppose
- participate
- partner
- pay back
- perform
- perpetrate
- persist in
- play
- play it by ear
- plow ahead
- presume
- proceed
- prosecute
- pull
- pursue
- put on airs
- queen it over
- race
- rampage
- react
- reciprocate
- repay
- repeat
- respond
- reward
- roma
Opposite / Antonyms
Verb
be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
Verb
have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
Synonyms
Noun
something that people do or cause to happen
Synonyms
More generic
More specific
- abidance
- acquiring
- action
- activity
- actuation
- assessment
- assumption
- causation
- causing
- communicating
- communication
- delivery
- departure
- derivation
- digging up
- discovery
- disinterment
- disposal
- disposition
- distribution
- effectuation
- egress
- egression
- emergence
- equalisation
- equalization
- exhumation
- find
- forfeit
- forfeiture
- getting
- going
- going away
- group action
- hinderance
- hindrance
- hire
- implementation
- inactivity
- interference
- judgement
- judgment
- leaning
- leaving
- legitimation
- leveling
- mitsvah
- mitzvah
- motivating
- motivation
- nonaccomplishment
- nonachievement
- obstetrical delivery
- permissive waste
- proclamation
- production
- promulgation
- propulsion
- recovery
- rejection
- residence
- residency
- retrieval
- running away
- sacrifice
- speech act
- stay
- stop
- stoppage
- touch
- touching
- uncovering
- waste
- wear
- wearing
Noun
a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
Synonyms
Noun
a short performance that is part of a longer program
Synonyms
More generic
More specific
Noun
a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
Synonyms
More generic
Related
Verb
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
Synonyms
More specific
- act
- act as
- act involuntarily
- act reflexively
- backslap
- bend over backwards
- bluster
- break down
- bungle
- dally
- dawdle
- fall over backwards
- follow
- footle
- freeze
- frivol
- hugger mugger
- jest
- joke
- loosen up
- lose it
- make
- make as if
- menace
- optimise
- optimize
- piffle
- play
- presume
- puff up
- quack
- rage
- ramp
- relax
- romanticize
- sauce
- sentimentalise
- sentimentalize
- sentimentise
- sentimentize
- snap
- stooge
- storm
- swagger
- swash
- swell
- toy
- trifle
- vulgarise
- vulgarize
- wanton
Also See
Verb
pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
Verb
play a role or part
Verb
perform on a stage or theater
Verb
behave unnaturally or affectedly
Verb
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
Synonyms
More specific
- acquit
- act on
- act superior
- aggress
- alternate
- antagonise
- antagonize
- anticipate
- approach
- assay
- attack
- attempt
- bear
- begin
- behave
- carry
- coact
- come close
- come forward
- come out
- come to the fore
- commit
- comport
- condescend
- conduct
- contend
- continue
- cope
- counter
- counteract
- court
- create
- dally
- dare
- deal
- deign
- deport
- descend
- dispatch
- disturb
- do well
- effect
- egotrip
- end up
- engage
- essay
- evade
- exert
- festinate
- fetch up
- finish
- finish up
- flirt
- force
- foresee
- forestall
- get around to
- get by
- go
- go about
- go ahead
- go along
- go off at half-cock
- go off half-cocked
- go on
- grapple
- guard
- had best
- hasten
- hold back
- hold off
- hurry
- interact
- interrupt
- keep
- land up
- look sharp
- lord it over
- lower oneself
- make a point
- make bold
- make do
- make out
- make sure
- manage
- maneuver
- manoeuver
- manoeuvre
- misbehave
- misconduct
- misdemean
- move
- offer
- oppose
- participate
- partner
- pay back
- perform
- perpetrate
- persist in
- play
- play it by ear
- plow ahead
- presume
- proceed
- prosecute
- pull
- pursue
- put on airs
- queen it over
- race
- rampage
- react
- reciprocate
- repay
- repeat
- respond
- reward
- roma
Opposite / Antonyms
Verb
be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
Verb
have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
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