verb
1.
to come into possession of
hoped to get a fortune from his invention
Synonyms: acquire, annex, chalk up, compass, gain, have, land, obtain, pick up, procure, pull, secure, win
Related Word: educe, elicit, evoke, extort, extract, ||promote; accept, receive; clutch, grab, grasp, take; accomplish, achieve, effect; capture, carry; draw
Idioms: come by
Contrasted words: abnegate, eschew, forbear, forgo, give up, sacrifice; abandon, forsake, renounce
2.
Synonyms: earn 1, acquire, bring in, ||drag down, draw down, gain, knock down, make, win
3.
Synonyms: become 1, come, ||come over, go, grow, run, turn, wax
Related Word: achieve, attain, effect, realize
Idioms: get to be, turn out to be
4.
Synonyms: contract 1, catch, come down (with), sicken (with or of), take
5.
Synonyms: father 1, beget, breed, procreate, progenerate, sire
6.
Synonyms: prepare 1, fit, fix, make, make up, ready
Related Word: arrange, order, right; adjust, coordinate, organize
7.
Synonyms: catch 1, bag, capture, collar, ||cotch, nail, prehend, secure, take
8.
Synonyms: affect , carry, impress, influence, inspire, move, strike, sway, touch
Related Word: bend, bias, dispose, predispose, prompt
Contrasted words: benumb, deaden, numb; blunt, dull, harden
9.
Synonyms: nonplus 1, beat, buffalo, stick, stump
Related Word: bother, distress, disturb, perturb, upset; discomfit, disconcert, embarrass
10.
Synonyms: irritate , aggravate, burn (up), exasperate, gall, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out, rile
Idioms: try one's temper
Contrasted words: calm, compose, cool, lull, soothe, subdue
11.
Synonyms: learn 1, master, pick up
Idioms: get into one's head
12.
Synonyms: memorize , con, learn
13.
Synonyms: induce 1, argue (into), bring around, convince, draw, persuade, prevail (on or upon), prompt, talk (into), win (over)
Related Word: provoke; beg, coax, press, pressure, urge
14.
Synonyms: reach 4, contact
15.
Synonyms: come 1, arrive, ||blow in, get in, reach, show, show up, turn up