put

v

1. place, pose, set, lay; drop, Inf. plop, Inf. plunk, Inf. plank, plump; park, station, post, stand; plant, implant, imbed; perch, mount, deposit; situate, locate, emplace, position, center; dispose, allocate, install, collocate, spot, pinpoint, fix, pin down; assign, relegate, consign.

2. send, shoot, thrust; pierce, plunge, stick, spear, lance; drive, lunge, stab; force, hammer, pound, hit, knock, whack, bang.

3. throw, toss, fling, chuck, flip, pass; hurl, clap, slap, cast; snap, heave, hike, lob, let fly; shy, catapult.

4. subject, sentence, condemn, convict, doom; commit, consign, send, relegate, reduce.

5. impose, inflict, set, subject to; exact, levy, demand, require, necessitate, oblige; tax, burden, charge, fasten upon; enjoin, force, enforce, dragoon, constrain, leave no alternative; bring, visit upon, yoke with, saddle with; administer, bestow, give, prescribe, dose.

6. set before, pose, posit, advance, forward; propose, propound, predicate, postulate, lay down.

7. express, say, utter, pronounce, announce, proclaim, speak; state, declare, assert, avow, affirm, predicate, voice; aver, asseverate, allege, profess, avouch.

8. convert, turn into, make into, interpret; translate, render, transform, transcribe, transliterate, English, anglicize; say, phrase, put in words, couch, express; formulate, present, style, frame, paragraph.

9. attribute, assign, ascribe, lay on, pin on; impute, attach, apply, fix, place, settle upon, put down; saddle with, blame, charge, credit with, accredit to.

10. impel, incite, urge, prompt, motivate, stimulate, animate; compel, move, shove, push, thrust; actuate, cause, start, forward; whip, lash, spur, drive.

11. invest, put money in, risk, speculate, Inf. stake, venture; sink, Inf. plunge, tie up money in, pour money in, buy into; finance, fund, financier, Inf. bankroll; sponsor, back, Inf. angel, put up, support.

12. bet, wager, gamble, risk, chance; take a chance, take a risk, hazard, take a leap in the dark; stake, play, go.

13. estimate, guess, Inf. guesstimate, deem, esteem; rate, assess, appraise, evaluate, valuate; place, set, gauge, measure, value; calculate, count, reckon, account, figure; consider, size up, think, prize, regard.

14. assign, detail, delegate, depute, allocate, tell to do; detach, post, commission, empower; appoint, name, designate.

15. put across

convey, spell out, communicate, make clear, explain, get across; make oneself understood, make [s.t.] perfectly clear.

16. put away

a. discard, throw away, get rid of, rid oneself of, get quit of; Sl. dump, Sl. ditch, Inf. chuck, Sl. eighty-six, cast aside; jettison, throw overboard, Inf. deep-six.b. consume, eat, eat up, ingest, take in, take down; devour, down, get down, tuck in; swallow, gulp, gobble, wolf, bolt, stuff.c. institutionalize, confine, commit, consign, remand.d. kill, do away with, dispose of, execute, slaughter, gas, hang, electrocute, shoot; put an end to, dispatch, finish, slay, put to sleep; Sl. rub out, Sl. waste, Sl. bump off, Sl. wipe out.e. save, put by, lay in, store away, lay away; stow away, cache, hide away, bank, file away; repose, reposit, deposit, Inf. stick away; put aside, squirrel away, save up, treasure, keep, save for a rainy day.

17. put down

a. disparage, deprecate, ridicule, berate, dispraise, disvalue; belittle, denigrate, depreciate, disdain, deride; contemn, despise, hold in contempt, misprize; thumb one's nose at, Sl. dump on, sneer at, curl one's lip at.b. criticize, knock, disapprove, disfavor, look askance at, frown upon; not take kindly to, turn up one's nose at, take a dim view of; object to, discountenance, take exception, think ill of, think little of.c. humiliate, embarrass, mortify, crush; abash, debase, demean, lower, abase; disgrace, shame, make one blush; bring lower, bring down, take down, take down a notch, put a tuck in one's tail; deflate, let down, take the wind out of one's sails.d. squelch, suppress, quash, quell, repress; smash, crush, crack down, clamp down; smother, strangle, gag, throttle, suffocate; drown, extinguish, kill.e. enter, set down, inscribe, book, log; record, register, tabulate, file, catalog, put in writing; write down, mark down, post, note down, jot down.

18. put forth

a. assert, propose, present, put forward; submit, bid, insist, contend; argue, hold, maintain.b. issue, emit, bring out, publish; broadcast, advertise, publicize, make known; spread, circulate, propagate, air, broach; write up, break, make public.c. exert, use, exercise, Inf. put out; apply oneself, endeavor, ply, ply the oar, bear down; tax, strain, stress, sweat blood, buckle down.

19. put in

a. interpose, introduce, insert, interpolate, interject, interjaculate; stick in, slip in, throw in, pop in, insinuate, inject, implant.b. spend, expend, pass, use, consume, use up; make use of, utilize, exercise; devote, dedicate, give to, consecrate.c. induct, inaugurate, install, instate, place in office, invest; enthrone, crown, throne, chair, anoint, ordain, ordinate, initiate.

20. put off

a. repel, disgust, offend, revolt; sicken, nauseate, Sl. gross out; disconcert, discomfort, distress, dismay.b. postpone, delay, put over, defer; table, shelve, adjourn, put on ice; suspend, stay, extend, hold over, lay over, stand over; forestall, hold off on, Sl. stall off, play for time.

21. put on

a. don, change into, slip into, dress, get dressed; clothe, apparel, cloak, coat, jacket; attire, garb.b. feign, fake, assume, dissimulate, dissemble; act, play, playact, make believe, pretend; bluff, put on an act, put up a front; affect, go through the motions, profess; make a show of, let on.c. gain, add, increase, grow, fatten, widen, balloon.d. exaggerate, overstate, overdo, stretch the truth; hyperbolize, overreach, overdraw, overestimate, carry too far; Inf. talk big, make much of, lay it on thick.e. produce, present, open a show, mount; perform, stage, dramatize, theatricalize; represent, portray, depict, impersonate.f. kid, joke, josh, jest, jape, Inf. jolly; tease, banter, haze, chaff, ride; Sl. rib, Sl. razz, Inf. needle, rally, Sl. rag.g. fool, befool, dupe, gull; make a monkey out of, make a fool of.

22. put out

a. extinguish, drown, kill, douse, quench; stamp out, snuff out, rub out, blow out.b. publish, issue, print, run, bring out, get out, put forth; publicize, make known, make public, circulate, spread.c. annoy, irritate, harass, give [s.o.] a hard time; aggravate, pester, exasperate, irk, vex, perturb, worry; torment, distress, Sl. bug.d. inconvenience, discommode, incommode, put on the spot; trouble, impose upon, disadvantage, bother, disturb.

23. put through

carry through, conclude, wind up, complete, finish; realize, achieve, accomplish, do, compass; put across, finish up, top off, cap; dispose of, dispatch, execute, effect; terminate, end, close, get done, call it a day; Inf. pull off, bring off, come through with, carry out, bring through.

24. put up

a. can, preserve, Brit. tin, jar, bottle, pot; store, preservatize, conserve.b. accommodate, house, quarter, billet, bunk, bed, room; lodge, board, give one room, give one a bed to sleep on.c. erect, build, raise, set up, make; construct, put together, create, make up, frame, fabricate; produce, form, shape, fashion.d. pay, contribute, ante, Inf. kick in, Inf. fork over; pledge, posit, stake; come up with, Inf. cough up, Sl. shell out; post, pawn, hock, put up as collateral; mortgage, bond, put up bail.

25. put up with

endure, tolerate, suffer, bear, stand; abide, Inf. lump, bide, take, stand for; condone, submit to, resign oneself to, accept, make the best of; swallow, stomach, down, brave, brook.

adj

26. fixed, set, secure, fastened, tight; stuck, glued, fast, cemented; stationary, motionless, static, still, at ease, at rest.

27. worded, phrased, presented, couched, styled; expressed, said, spoken, formulated.