Synonyms of the word

denounce

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
• v. (transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension,…
• v. (transitive) To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression;…
• v. (transitive) To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.

announce

• v. (transitive) To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
• v. (transitive) To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.

betray

• v. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously…
• v. To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
• v. To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make…
• v. To disclose or discover, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
• v. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
• v. To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
• v. To show or to indicate something not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.

brand

• n. (obsolete, rare) A conflagration; a flame.
• n. (archaic or poetic) A piece of burning wood or peat, also a glowing cinder.
• n. (Scotland, Northern England) A torch used for signaling.
• n. (archaic) A sword.
• n. A mark of ownership made by burning, e.g. on cattle, or to classify the contents of a cask.
• n. A branding iron.
• n. A name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a product or service, or its provider.
• n. A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
• n. Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style, manner.
• n. The reputation among some population of an organization, of the products sold under a particular brand…
• n. Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
• v. (transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to…
• v. (transitive) To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
• v. (transitive) To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
• v. (transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).
• v. (transitive, marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.

criticise

• v. To evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults.
• v. To find fault (with something).

criticize

• v. To find fault (with something).
• v. To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.

denote

• v. (transitive) To indicate; to mark.
• v. (transitive) To make overt.
• v. (transitive) To refer to literally; to convey meaning.

grass

• n. (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes…
• n. (countable) Various plants not in family Poaceae that resemble grasses.
• n. (uncountable) A lawn.
• n. (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
• n. (countable, slang) An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.
• n. (uncountable, physics) Sharp, closely spaced discontinuities in the trace of a cathode-ray tube, produced…
• n. (uncountable, slang) Noise on an A-scope or similar type of radar display.
• n. The season of fresh grass; spring.
• n. (obsolete, figuratively) That which is transitory.
• v. (transitive) To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).
• v. (transitive or intransitive, slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals…
• v. (transitive) To cover with grass or with turf.
• v. (transitive) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.
• v. (transitive) To bring to the grass or ground; to land.

inform

• v. (archaic, transitive) To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).
• v. (transitive) To communicate knowledge to.
• v. (intransitive) To impart information or knowledge.
• v. To act as an informer; denounce.
• v. (transitive) To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with…
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To direct, guide.
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
• adj. Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

knock

• n. An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
• n. An impact.
• n. (figuratively) criticism.
• n. (cricket) a batsman's innings.
• n. (automotive) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by…
• n. (cycling) Synonym of hunger knock.
• v. (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
• v. (transitive, dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, dated) To bump or impact.
• v. (colloquial) To denigrate, undervalue.
• v. (soccer) To pass, kick a ball towards another player.
• v. (slang, dated, Britain) To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.

label

• n. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
• n. A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
• n. (music) A company that sells records.
• n. (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
• n. (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
• n. (heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
• n. (obsolete) A tassel.
• n. A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
• n. A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
• n. (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
• n. In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
• v. (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
• v. (transitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
• v. (biochemistry) To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of…
• v. (biochemistry) To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance…

mark

• n. (heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
• n. (heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
• n. (heading) Indicator of position, objective etc.
• n. (heading) Attention.
• v. To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.
• v. To indicate in some way for later reference.
• v. To take note of.
• v. To blemish, scratch, or stain.
• v. To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
• v. To keep account of; to enumerate and register.
• v. (Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having…
• v. (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a…
• v. (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
• v. (singing) To sing softly, and perhaps an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during…
• n. A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
• n. (now historical) An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver),…
• n. Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and…
• n. A mark coin.
• v. (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march (said to be easier to pronounce while giving a command).

rat

• n. (zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
• n. (informal) A term indiscriminately applied to numerous members of several rodent families (e.g. voles…
• n. (informal) A person who is known for betrayal; a scoundrel; a quisling.
• n. (informal) An informant or snitch.
• n. (slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
• n. Scab.
• n. (north-west London, slang) Vagina.
• n. A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
• v. (usually with “on” or “out”) To betray someone and tell their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn…
• v. (of a dog, etc.) To kill rats.
• n. (regional) A scratch or a score.
• n. (nautical, regional) A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn…
• v. (regional) To scratch or score.
• v. (regional, rare, obsolete) To tear, rip, rend.

shit

• n. (countable, uncountable, colloquial, vulgar) Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
• n. (countable, colloquial, vulgar, in the plural, definite) (the shits) diarrhea.
• n. (countable, colloquial, vulgar) An instance of defecation.
• n. (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Rubbish; worthless matter.
• n. (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Stuff, things.
• n. (uncountable, colloquial, vulgar, definite) (the shit) The best of its kind.
• n. (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Nonsense; bullshit.
• n. (countable, vulgar, colloquial) A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
• n. (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) (in negations) Anything.
• n. (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) A problem or difficult situation.
• n. (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) A strong rebuke.
• n. (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) any recreational drug, usually cannabis.
• adj. (vulgar, colloquial) Of poor quality; worthless.
• adj. (vulgar, colloquial) Nasty; despicable.
• adv. (vulgar, colloquial, sometimes by extension) Resembling the color of feces.
• v. (intransitive, vulgar, colloquial) To defecate.
• v. (transitive, vulgar, colloquial) To excrete (something) through the anus.
• v. (transitive, vulgar, colloquial) To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.
• v. (transitive, vulgar, colloquial, Australia) To annoy.
• interj. (vulgar) Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered…
• interj. (vulgar) To show displeasure or surprise.

shop

• n. An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but…
• n. A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
• n. A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
• n. Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
• n. A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
• n. An establishment where a barber or beautician works.
• n. An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
• n. (figuratively, uncountable) Discussion of business or professional affairs.
• v. (intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention…
• v. (transitive) To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).
• v. (transitive, slang, chiefly Britain) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an…
• v. (transitive, Internet slang) Shorthand for photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
• interj. (dated) Used to attract the services of a shop assistant.

snitch

• v. (transitive) To steal, quickly and quietly.
• v. (transitive) To inform on, especially in betrayal of others.
• v. (slang, transitive) To contact or cooperate with the police for any reason.
• n. A thief.
• n. An informer, usually one who betrays his group.
• n. (Britain) A nose.
• n. A tiny morsel.

stag

• n. An adult male deer.
• n. A colt, or filly.
• n. (by extension, obsolete) A romping girl.
• n. An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox).
• n. An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
• n. One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium,…
• n. The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
• n. (usually attributive) An unmarried male, a bachelor; a male not accompanying a female at a social event.
• n. A social event for males held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends…
• n. A stag beetle (family Lucanidae).
• v. (intransitive, Britain) To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
• v. (transitive) To watch; to dog, or keep track of.
• adv. Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.

stigmatise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stigmatize.

stigmatize

• v. (transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.