Synonyms of the word

buttonhole

• n. A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
• n. (chiefly Britain) a flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
• v. To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.

beg

• v. (intransitive) to request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
• v. (transitive) to plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
• v. (transitive) to assume, in the phrase beg the question.
• v. (proscribed) to raise a question, in the phrase beg the question.
• v. (law, obsolete) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
• n. a provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey.
• abbr. (knitting) beginning.

hole

• n. A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.;…
• n. (heading) In games.
• n. (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
• n. (figuratively) A weakness, a flaw.
• n. (informal) A container or receptacle.
• n. (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged…
• n. (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
• n. (slang anatomy) An orifice, in particular the anus.
• n. (Ireland, idiomatic, particularly in the phrase "get one's hole") Sex, or a sex partner.
• n. (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
• n. (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel.
• n. (figuratively) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
• n. (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
• v. (transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface).
• v. (transitive, by extension) To destroy.
• v. (intransitive) To go into a hole.
• v. (transitive) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
• v. (transitive) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
• v. simple past tense of hele.
• adj. Obsolete form of whole.

lobby

• n. An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
• n. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
• n. A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
• n. (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
• n. (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
• n. A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
• n. A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a…
• n. (informal) scouse (from lobscouse).

solicit

• v. To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
• v. To woo; to court.
• v. To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.
• v. To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.
• v. To make a petition.
• v. (archaic) To disturb or trouble; to harass.
• v. To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
• v. (obsolete, rare) To disturb; to disquiet.

tap

• n. A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
• n. A device used to dispense liquids.
• n. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
• n. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
• n. (mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die…
• n. A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
• n. An interception of communication by authority.
• v. To furnish with taps.
• v. To draw off liquid from a vessel.
• v. To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
• v. To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
• v. To intercept a communication without authority.
• v. (mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
• v. (card games, board games) To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already…
• n. Device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
• v. To strike lightly.
• v. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
• v. To make a sharp noise.
• v. To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
• v. (slang, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
• v. (combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
• v. (combat sports, transitive) To force (an opponent) to submit.
• v. To put a new sole or heel on.
• n. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
• n. tap dance.
• n. (computing) The act of touching a touch screen.
• n. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel;…
• n. (military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring…
• n. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard…