Synonyms of the word

rig

• n. (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
• n. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
• n. (US) A large truck such as a semi-tractor.
• n. The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
• n. (informal) A costume or an outfit.
• n. (slang, computing) A computer case, often modified for looks.
• n. An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
• n. (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
• v. (transitive) To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
• v. (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
• v. (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
• v. (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
• n. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.
• n. (obsolete) A wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.
• n. (obsolete) A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
• n. (obsolete) A blast of wind.

appurtenance

• n. An appendage added to something else.
• n. (in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
• n. The thing to which another pertains.
• n. (law) Minor property (such as an outhouse) that passes with the main property when it is sold.
• n. (grammar) A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.

attire

• n. (clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
• n. (heraldry) The single horn of a deer or stag.
• v. To dress or garb.

carriage

• n. The act of conveying; carrying.
• n. Means of conveyance.
• n. A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
• n. (Britain) A rail car, especially one designed for the conveyance of passengers.
• n. (now rare) A manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing, gait.
• n. (archaic) One's behaviour, or way of conducting oneself towards others.
• n. The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.
• n. (US, New England) A shopping cart.
• n. (Britain) A stroller; a baby carriage.
• n. The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid…
• n. (archaic) That which is carried, baggage.

cheat

• v. (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
• v. (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
• v. (transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
• v. (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
• v. To beguile.
• n. Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
• n. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition;…
• n. The weed cheatgrass.
• n. A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
• n. (video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat…

chisel

• n. Gravel.
• n. (usually in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.
• n. A cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end…
• v. (intransitive) To use a chisel.
• v. (transitive) To work something with a chisel.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.

dress

• n. (countable) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part…
• n. (uncountable) Apparel, clothing.
• n. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
• n. A dress rehearsal.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To prepare oneself; to make ready.
• v. To adorn, ornament.
• v. (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting…
• v. (transitive) To treat (a wound, or wounded person).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.
• v. (transitive) To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone).
• v. (intransitive) To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.
• v. (intransitive) Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other of the trousers.
• v. To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
• v. (transitive) To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).
• v. (transitive) To bolt or sift flour.
• v. (military, transitive, intransitive) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to…
• v. To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.

equip

• v. (transitive) To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever…
• v. (transitive) To dress up; to array; accouter.
• v. (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.

equipage

• n. (uncountable) Equipment or supplies, especially military ones.
• n. (obsolete) Military dress; uniform, armour etc.
• n. A type of horse-drawn carriage.

fasten

• v. To attach or connect in a secure manner.
• v. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.

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.

fix

• n. A repair or corrective action.
• n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
• n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
• n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
• n. A determination of location.
• n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
• v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
• v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
• v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
• v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
• v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
• v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
• v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
• v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
• v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
• v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…

formation

• n. Something possessing structure or form.
• n. The act of assembling a group or structure.
• n. (geology) A rock or face of a mountain.
• n. (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division,…
• n. (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon…
• n. (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
• n. The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
• n. The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.

fraud

• n. (law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
• n. Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
• n. The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
• n. A person who performs any such trick.
• n. (obsolete) A trap or snare.
• v. (obsolete) To defraud.

garb

• n. Fashion, style of dressing oneself up.
• n. A type of dress or clothing.
• n. (figuratively) A guise, external appearance.
• v. (transitive) To dress in garb.
• n. (heraldry) A wheat sheaf.
• n. A measure of arrows in the Middle Ages.

gear

• n. (uncountable) equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
• n. Clothing; garments.
• n. (obsolete) goods; property; household items.
• n. (countable) a wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices…
• n. (countable) a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio…
• n. (countable) a configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of…
• n. (slang) recreational drugs, including steroids.
• n. (uncountable, archaic) stuff.
• n. (obsolete) business matters; affairs; concern.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
• v. (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear…
• v. (engineering, intransitive) To be in, or come into, gear.
• v. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
• adj. (mostly British (Scouse)) great or fantastic.

getup

• n. (chiefly US, informal) A costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual.
• n. (informal) A fight or altercation.
• n. (publishing) Layout and production style, as of a magazine.
• n. Alternative form of get-up-and-go.

manipulate

• v. (transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the hands.
• v. (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something.
• v. (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose.
• v. (transitive) To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that…

motortruck

• n. (dated) A truck (motor vehicle).

outfit

• n. A set of clothing (with accessories).
• n. Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
• n. Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
• n. (informal) A business or firm.
• n. (sports) A sports team.
• n. (statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.
• v. (transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.

paraphernalia

• n. (plural only) Miscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity;…
• n. (archaic) Things a woman owns, apart from her dowry.

price

• n. The cost required to gain possession of something.
• n. The cost of an action or deed.
• n. Value; estimation; excellence; worth.
• v. To determine the monetary value of (an item), to put a price on.
• v. (obsolete) To pay the price of, to make reparation for.
• v. (obsolete) To set a price on; to value; to prize.
• v. (colloquial, dated) To ask the price of.

rigging

• n. Dress; tackle; especially (nautical), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing…
• n. Similar supporting material for construction work.
• v. present participle of rig.

secure

• adj. Free from attack or danger; protected.
• adj. Free from the danger of theft; safe.
• adj. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
• adj. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
• adj. Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
• adj. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
• adj. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly…
• adj. Overconfident; incautious; careless.
• v. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
• v. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against…
• v. To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
• v. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.

semi

• n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada) A semi-detached house.
• n. (US) A semitrailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler.
• n. A semifinal.
• n. (slang) A partial erection.

set

• v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
• v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
• v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
• v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
• v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
• v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
• v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
• v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
• v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify.
• v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
• v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
• v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
• v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
• v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
• v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
• v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
• v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
• v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
• v. To place or fix in a setting.
• v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
• v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
• v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
• v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
• v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
• v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
• v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
• v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
• v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
• v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
• n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
• n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
• n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
• n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
• n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
• n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
• n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
• n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
• n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
• n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
• n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
• n. A young oyster when first attached.
• n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
• n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
• n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
• n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
• adj. Fixed in position.
• adj. Rigid, solidified.
• adj. Ready, prepared.
• adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
• adj. Prearranged.
• adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
• adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
• n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
• n. A rudimentary fruit.
• n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
• n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
• n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
• n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
• n. An object made up of several parts.
• n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
• n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
• n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
• n. The scenery for a film or play.
• n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
• n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
• n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
• n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
• n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
• n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
• n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
• v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.

swindle

• v. (transitive) To defraud (someone).
• v. (intransitive) To obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
• n. An instance of swindling.

tackle

• n. (nautical) A system of ropes and blocks used to increase the force applied to the free end of the rope.
• n. (fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
• n. (uncountable, informal) By extension, any piece of equipment, particularly gadgetry.
• n. (sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as…
• n. (American football, rugby, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
• n. (countable) Any instance in which one person forces another to the ground.
• n. (American football) The offensive positions between each guard and end: offensive tackle; a person playing…
• n. (American football) The defensive positions between two ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that…
• n. (slang) A man's genitalia.
• v. To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming…
• v. To face or deal with attempting to overcome or fight down.
• v. (sports) To attempt to take away a ball.
• v. (American football, rugby) To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
• v. (Singapore Colloquial English) To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.

truck

• n. A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun-carriage.
• n. The ball on top of a flagpole.
• n. (nautical) On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of…
• n. (countable, uncountable, US, Australia) A semi-tractor ("semi") trailer; (Britain) a lorry.
• n. Any motor vehicle designed for carrying cargo, including delivery vans, pickups, and other motorized vehicles…
• n. A garden cart, a two-wheeled wheelbarrow.
• n. A small wagon or cart, of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or (obsolete) pulled by an animal,…
• n. A pantechnicon (removal van).
• n. (Britain, rail transport) A flatbed railway car.
• n. A pivoting frame, one attached to the bottom of the bed of a railway car at each end, that rests on the…
• n. The part of a skateboard or roller skate that joins the wheels to the deck, consisting of a hanger, baseplate,…
• n. (theater) A platform with wheels or casters.
• n. Dirt or other messiness.
• v. (intransitive) To drive a truck.
• v. (transitive) To convey by truck.
• v. (intransitive, US, slang, 1960s) To travel or live contentedly.
• v. (intransitive, US, slang, 1960s) To persist, to endure.
• v. (intransitive, film production) To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
• v. (transitive, slang) To fight or otherwise physically engage with.
• v. (transitive, slang) To run over or through a tackler in American football.
• v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate.
• v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To give in; give way; knuckle under; truckle.
• v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To deceive; cheat; defraud.
• v. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To tread (down); stamp on; trample (down).
• v. (transitive) To trade, exchange; barter.
• v. (intransitive) To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.
• v. (intransitive) To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.
• n. (obsolete, often used in plural sense) Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
• n. (historical) The practice of paying workers in kind, or with tokens only exchangeable at a shop owned…
• n. (US) Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).
• n. (usually with negative) Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.
• adj. Pertaining to a garden patch or truck garden.

turnout

• n. attendance; crowd.
• n. (US) a place to pull off a road.
• n. (rail transport, chiefly US) a place where moveable rails allow a train to switch tracks; a set of points.