score

n

1. record of points, reckoning, tally, sum, amount, number, count, computation, calculation.

2. amount due, bill, check, Inf. tab; fee, charge, price; dun, demand for payment.

3. notch, nick, groove, nock, hole, gouge; cut, incision, slit, gash, scotch, slash; crenation, crenelation, crenature, crenel; indentation, indent, dent, dint; chip, flaw, defect.

4. scores

multitude, host, mass, crowd, throng, crush, Sl. mess, horde; drove, bevy, herd, pack, flock, swarm, school, shoal; army, legion, band, team, troop, company, group, party, body.

5. reason, basis, cause, ground, grounds; inducement, inspiration, impetus, incentive; instigation, incitement, provocation.

6.Informal.a. situation, status, point of progress; story, Inf. latest, scoop.b. successful move or remark, good hit, coup, master stroke; great idea, bright thought; triumph, victory, conquest; knockout, win, Sl. killing.

7. settle a score

retaliate, return like for like, give tit for tat, give a blow for a blow, give measure for measure or pound for pound; give [s.o.] a dose or taste of his own medicine, pay [s.o.] back in his own coin, pay back in kind, repay.

v

8. make a point, earn a point or points; earn, make, get, Sl. hit, Sl. cop, Sl. bag, Sl. catch.

9.Often score up

reckon, calculate, compute, tally, figure, give a figure to, put a figure on; add up, tally up, sum up, total up, figure up; count, enumerate, numerate, number.

10. notch, nick, nock, gouge; cut, make a cut in, chip; cut into, incise, slit, split, gash, slash; scrape, scratch, scarify; chisel, carve.

11. berate, censure, criticize, reproach, rebuke, reprove, Inf. jump on, Inf. dress down; denounce, belittle, minimize, put down, Inf. knock.

12. achieve, attain, realize; gain, get, obtain, procure, win, earn, wrest.