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Etymology
1. act
noun. ['ˈækt'] a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
Synonyms
- official document
- decree
- instrument
- enactment
- edict
- rescript
- legal instrument
- order
- nullity
- fiat
- legislative act
- statute
Antonyms
- finish
- ending
- middle
- death
Etymology
- acte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- acta (Latin)
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- counterattacked
- transact
- subtract
- protract
- overreact
- inexact
- extract
- distract
- contract
- abstract
- retract
- reenact
- medfact
- diffract
- detract
- compact
- unpacked
- repacked
- redact
- interact
- intact
- impact
- exact
- attract
- whacked
- tract
- tracked
- tracht
- stacked
- snacked
2. act
verb. ['ˈækt'] perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).
Synonyms
- dally
- grapple
- reciprocate
- presume
- dispatch
- set about
- start
- hold off
- acquit
- seek
- assay
- disturb
- alternate
- move
- reward
- come to the fore
- deign
- put on airs
- come forward
- dare
- play
- deport
- festinate
- proceed
- queen it over
- take part
- stoop
- romance
- step up
- cope
- finish
- toy
- condescend
- egotrip
- comport
- guard
- hasten
- stampede
- go ahead
- behave
- partner
- misconduct
- look sharp
- interact
- hold back
- go on
- offer
- effect
- create
- deal
- attempt
- take turns
- antagonize
- go about
- rush
- pull
- fetch up
- step forward
- get by
- volunteer
- go
- act on
- commit
- play it by ear
- contend
- wait
- court
- act superior
- try
- repeat
- foresee
- woo
- pay back
- make out
- land up
- misdemean
- prosecute
- forestall
- go along
- go off half-cocked
- plow ahead
- pursue
- lower oneself
- participate
- satisfice
- had best
- attack
- carry
- antagonise
- get around to
- evade
- respond
- coact
- wind up
- repay
- flirt
- rampage
- interrupt
- counter
- take time by the forelock
- make sure
- surprise
- lord it over
- come close
- engage
- react
- sneak
- descend
- manoeuvre
- manage
- solicit
- exert
- aggress
- take
- approach
- use
- manoeuver
- maneuver
- end up
- make do
- finish up
- hurry
- conduct
- force
- perform
- step to the fore
- take care
- do well
- satisfise
- counteract
- keep
- essay
- oppose
- bear
- come out
- misbehave
- go off at half-cock
- perpetrate
- make bold
- anticipate
- race
- begin
- continue
- take over
- make a point
Antonyms
- discontinue
- refrain
- buy
- dishonor
Etymology
- acte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- acta (Latin)
3. act
noun. ['ˈækt'] something that people do or cause to happen.
Synonyms
- effectuation
- disinterment
- departure
- motivating
- disposal
- exhumation
- going
- disposition
- digging up
- equalisation
- sacrifice
- touching
- inactivity
- getting
- speech act
- communicating
- mitsvah
- judgement
- stay
- touch
- residency
- wearing
- legitimation
- equalization
- interference
- stoppage
- event
- production
- acquiring
- running away
- forfeiture
- waste
- causation
- delivery
- residence
- human action
- nonachievement
- derivation
- mitzvah
- motivation
- group action
- obstetrical delivery
- hindrance
- hinderance
- leaving
- distribution
- promulgation
- rejection
- judgment
- egress
- retrieval
- assessment
- implementation
- leveling
- hire
- actuation
- permissive waste
- uncovering
- emergence
- going away
- activity
- communication
- action
- discovery
- propulsion
- wear
- causing
- proclamation
- leaning
- find
- nonaccomplishment
- forfeit
- egression
- assumption
- stop
- human activity
- deed
- abidance
Antonyms
- inactivity
- stand still
- end
- avoid
Etymology
- acte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- acta (Latin)
4. act
verb. ['ˈækt'] behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself.
Synonyms
- dally
- quack
- menace
- relax
- toy
- presume
- storm
- vulgarize
- loosen up
- behave
- sentimentalize
- rage
- ramp
- dawdle
- follow
- footle
- optimize
- frivol
- act reflexively
- piffle
- sauce
- backslap
- swagger
- hugger mugger
- play
- puff up
- pretend
- stooge
- bluster
- act as
- lose it
- do
- optimise
- swell
- swash
- joke
- bend over backwards
- freeze
- romanticize
- wanton
- make
- make as if
- dissemble
- jest
- trifle
- act involuntarily
- vulgarise
- sentimentalise
- bungle
- sentimentize
- fall over backwards
- break down
- sentimentise
Antonyms
- follow
- fall
- ascend
- go
Etymology
- acte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- acta (Latin)
5. sex
noun. ['ˈsɛks'] activities associated with sexual intercourse.
Synonyms
- stimulation
- facts of life
- sexual perversion
- sex activity
- sexual love
- arousal
- zooerastia
- homosexualism
- carnal abuse
- intercourse
- activity
- coitus
- pairing
- sexual practice
- sex act
- bodily function
- foreplay
- coition
- breeding
- bisexuality
- sleeping around
- outercourse
- relation
- sexual activity
- bodily process
- autoeroticism
- sexual intercourse
- congress
- copulation
- heterosexuality
- lovemaking
- coupling
- body process
- bestiality
- carnal knowledge
- perversion
- lechery
- pleasure
- reproduction
- homosexual
- autoerotism
- queerness
- union
- gayness
- straightness
- promiscuousness
- sexual congress
- conjugation
- making love
- zooerasty
- homoeroticism
- procreation
- sexual union
- conception
- heterosexualism
- sexual relation
- love life
- love
- homosexuality
- heterosexual
- promiscuity
- mating
- safe sex
Antonyms
- bisexual
- homosexual
- inactivation
- inactivity
6. act
noun. ['ˈækt'] a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet.
Synonyms
- dramatic composition
- play
- concert dance
- drama
- dramatic work
- opera
- ballet
- dramatic play
Antonyms
- surrender
- convict
- stay in place
- calm
Etymology
- acte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- acta (Latin)
7. act
verb. ['ˈækt'] play a role or part.
Synonyms
- portray
- make
- act out
- support
- re-create
- play
- emote
- reenact
- pretend
- enact
- make believe
- parody
- act as
- playact
- impersonate
- represent
Antonyms
- arrange
- disengage
- wind
- back
Etymology
- acte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- acta (Latin)
8. sex
noun. ['ˈsɛks'] either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided.
Synonyms
- class
- category
Antonyms
- sink
- source
- peristalsis
9. act
verb. ['ˈækt'] discharge one's duties.
Synonyms
- criticize
- criticise
- bank
Antonyms
- hop out
- push
- raise
- pull
Etymology
- acte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- acta (Latin)
10. act
noun. ['ˈækt'] a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program.
Synonyms
- routine
- bit
- number
- show-stopper
- turn
- stopper
- performance
- public presentation
Antonyms
- stop
- close
- go off
- disadvantage
Etymology
- acte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- acta (Latin)