Synonyms of the word

jibe

• n. (nautical) A maneuver in which the stern of a sailing boat or ship crosses the wind, typically resulting…
• v. (intransitive, nautical) To perform a jibe.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To cause to execute a jibe.
• v. (intransitive) To agree.
• n. A facetious or insulting remark, a jeer or taunt.
• v. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks, jeer.
• v. (transitive) To mock, taunt.
• v. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.

agree

• v. (intransitive) To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become…
• v. (intransitive) To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to.
• v. (transitive, Britain, Ireland) To yield assent to; to approve.
• v. (intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange…
• v. (intransitive) To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond.
• v. (intransitive, now always with with) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
• v. (intransitive, grammar) To correspond to in gender, number, case, or person.
• v. (intransitive, law) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

barb

• n. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted…
• n. (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
• n. A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
• n. Armor for a horse, corrupted from bard.
• n. (ornithology) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
• n. (zoology) Several species of freshwater fish of the cyprinid family.
• n. (zoology) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States;…
• n. (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
• n. (zoology) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
• n. (obsolete) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
• n. Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands…
• n. (obsolete) A bit for a horse.
• n. A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their…
• v. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear,…
• v. To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
• v. (obsolete) To shave or dress the beard of.
• v. (obsolete) To clip; to mow.
• n. The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
• n. A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.

be

• v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
• v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
• v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
• v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
• v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from"…
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
• v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are…
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun…
• v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
• v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
• v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate…
• v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
• v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
• v. (with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.
• v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
• v. (often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
• v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense,…
• v. (African American Vernacular, Caribbean, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the…

check

• n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
• n. An inspection or examination.
• n. A control; a limit or stop.
• n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
• n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
• n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
• n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
• n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
• n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
• n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
• n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
• n. A small chink or crack.
• v. To inspect; to examine.
• v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
• v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
• v. To control, limit, or halt.
• v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
• v. To leave in safekeeping.
• v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
• v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
• v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
• v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
• v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
• v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
• v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
• v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
• v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
• v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
• v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
• v. To act as a curb or restraint.
• v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
• n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…

comment

• n. A spoken remark.
• n. (programming) A remark in source code which does not affect the behavior of the program.
• v. (transitive) To remark.
• v. (intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To comment or remark on.
• v. (transitive, software, of code) To insert comments into (source code).
• v. (transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.

correspond

• v. (intransitive, constructed with to) to be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin,…
• v. (intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period…

dig

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole…
• v. (transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
• v. (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
• v. (US, slang, dated) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
• v. (figuratively) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
• v. To thrust; to poke.
• v. (volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball.
• n. An archeological investigation.
• n. (US, colloquial, dated) A plodding and laborious student.
• n. A thrust; a poke.
• n. (Britain, dialect, dated) A tool for digging.
• n. (volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
• v. (slang) To understand or show interest in.
• v. (slang) To appreciate, or like.

equal

• adj. (not comparable) The same in all respects.
• adj. (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
• adj. (obsolete) Fair, impartial.
• adj. (comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
• adj. (obsolete) Not variable; equable; uniform; even.
• adj. (music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
• v. (mathematics) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
• v. To be equivalent to; to match.
• v. (informal) To have as its consequence.
• n. A person or thing of equal status to others.
• n. (obsolete) State of being equal; equality.

fit

• adj. Suitable, proper.
• adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
• adj. In good shape; physically well.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
• adj. Prepared; ready.
• v. (transitive) To be suitable for.
• v. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
• v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape.
• v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
• v. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
• v. (transitive) To equip or supply.
• v. (transitive) To make ready.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
• v. To be proper or becoming.
• v. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
• n. The degree to which something fits.
• n. Conformity of elements one to another.
• n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
• n. (advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
• n. (statistics) goodness of fit.
• n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
• n. A seizure or convulsion.
• n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
• n. A sudden outburst of emotion.
• n. A sudden burst (of an activity).
• v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.

gibe

• n. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt.
• v. (intransitive) To perform a jibe (2, 3).
• v. (intransitive) To agree.
• v. (transitive) To cause to execute a gibe (2, 3).
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to mock.

gybe

• v. (nautical) To change tack with the wind crossing behind the boat. (Mostly used of boats and other small…
• v. (nautical) To shift a fore-and-aft sail suddenly and forcefully from one side to the other, while sailing…
• v. To sneer (see gibe.).
• v. gybe at: to hesitate, vacillate, or balk when faced with a proposal, plan, or course of action. (Obsolete).
• n. The act of gybing.
• n. A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a boat is sailing.
• n. A sudden change in direction or approach; vacillation.
• n. A sneer. (see gibe.).

jib

• n. (nautical) A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches…
• n. (nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of…
• n. The projecting arm of a crane.
• n. (metonymically) A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera.
• n. An object that is used for performing tricks while skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, in-line skating,…
• n. (dialectal) The under lip, the mouth, face, nose, or teeth.
• v. (chiefly nautical) To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.
• v. To stop and refuse to go forward (usually of a horse).
• v. (figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.
• n. One who jibs or balks, refusing to continue forward.
• n. A stationary condition; a standstill.

match

• n. (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
• n. Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
• n. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
• n. A marriage.
• n. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
• n. Suitability.
• n. Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
• n. Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
• n. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
• n. An agreement or compact.
• n. (metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly…
• v. (intransitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
• v. (transitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
• v. (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
• v. (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
• v. (obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.
• v. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove…
• n. A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being…

remark

• n. Act of pointing out or attentively noticing; notice or observation.
• n. The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something worth attention…
• n. A casual observation, comment, or statement.
• n. (engraving) Alternative form of remarque.
• v. (intransitive) To make a remark or remarks; to comment.
• v. (transitive) To mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to…
• v. (transitive) To take notice of, or to observe, mentally.
• v. (transitive) To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a…
• n. Alternative spelling of re-mark.
• v. Alternative spelling of re-mark.

sail

• n. (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the…
• n. (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use this power for travel or transport.
• n. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
• n. (dated) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Plural sail.
• n. The blade of a windmill.
• n. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
• n. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
• n. (fishing) A sailfish.
• n. (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids.
• n. Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
• v. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled…
• v. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
• v. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
• v. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
• v. To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
• v. To move briskly.

shaft

• n. (obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
• n. The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
• n. (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
• n. Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed…
• n. A beam or ray of light.
• n. The main axis of a feather.
• n. (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
• n. A long, narrow passage sunk into the earth, either natural or for artificial.
• n. A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.
• n. A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.
• n. (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pediment.
• n. The main cylindrical part of the penis.
• n. The chamber of a blast furnace.
• v. (transitive, slang) To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
• v. (transitive) To equip with a shaft.
• v. (transitive, slang) To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.

shot

• adj. (colloquial) Worn out or broken.
• adj. (of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an…
• adj. Tired, weary.
• adj. Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
• n. The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
• n. (sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
• n. (athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
• n. (uncountable) Small metal balls used as ammunition.
• n. (uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
• n. (referring to one's skill at firing a gun) Someone who shoots (a gun) regularly.
• n. An opportunity or attempt.
• n. A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
• n. (slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
• n. A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle,…
• n. A single serving of espresso.
• n. (photography, film) A single unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent;…
• n. A vaccination or injection.
• n. (US, Canada, baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is…
• n. (US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
• n. (fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
• n. (fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
• n. (fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of shoot.
• v. (transitive) To load (a gun) with shot.
• n. A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
• interj. (colloquial, South Africa) Thank you.

slam

• v. (transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To put in or on a particular place with force and loud noise. (Often followed by…
• v. (transitive) To strike forcefully with some implement.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
• v. (basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.
• v. (intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.
• v. (transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
• v. (transitive) to change providers (e.g. of domain registration or telephone carrier) for a customer without…
• v. to drink off, to drink quickly.
• v. to compete in a poetry slam.
• v. (transitive, drugs, slang) to inject intravenously; shoot up.
• n. (countable) A sudden impact or blow.
• n. (countable) The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
• n. (countable, basketball) A slam dunk.
• n. (countable, colloquial, US) An insult.
• n. (uncountable) The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
• n. A poetry slam.
• n. (Britain, dialect) The refuse of alum works.
• n. (obsolete) A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
• n. (card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
• n. (countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
• v. (transitive, card games) To defeat by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

tally

• adj. (Britain) Used as a mild intensifier: very (almost exclusively used by the upper classes).
• interj. (radio, aviation) Target sighted.
• n. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number;.
• n. Later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
• n. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially…
• n. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
• n. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
• n. A tally shop.
• n. A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
• v. (transitive) To count something.
• v. (transitive) To record something by making marks.
• v. (transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.
• v. (intransitive) To keep score.
• v. (intransitive) To correspond or agree.
• v. (nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
• adv. (obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.