See put in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To deposit in a specified place:
lay1, place, set1, stick. See place, riseTo calculate approximately:
approximate, estimate, place, reckon, set1. See preciseTo establish and apply as compulsory:
assess, exact, impose, levy. See obligation, over, willingTo put up as a stake in a game or speculation:
bet, gamble, lay1 (down), post2, risk, stake, venture, wager. (Informal) go. See gamblingTo seek an answer to (a question):
ask, pose, raise. See askTo utter publicly:
air, express, state, vent, ventilate. Idiom: come out with. See show, wordsTo express in another language, while systematically retaining the original sense:
construe, render, translate. See wordsTo convey in language or words of a particular form:
couch, express, formulate, phrase, word. See words
phrasal verb put away- (Informal)
To eat completely or entirely:
consume, devour, dispatch, eat up. (Informal) polish off. See ingestion - (Informal)
To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully:
destroy, finish (off), kill1, liquidate, murder, slay. (Slang) bump off, do in, knock off, off, rub out, waste, wipe out, zap. See help
phrasal verb put byTo reserve for the future:
keep, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, salt away, save (up), set by. See keep, save
phrasal verb put downTo bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight:
choke off, crush, extinguish, quash, quell, quench, squash, squelch, suppress. Idiom: put the lid on. See continue, win
phrasal verb put forthTo put forward (a topic) for discussion:
bring up, broach, introduce, moot, raise. See start
phrasal verb put forwardTo state, as an idea, for consideration:
advance, offer, pose, propose, propound, set forth, submit, suggest. See offer
phrasal verb put inTo ask for employment, acceptance, or admission:
apply, petition. See seekTo spend or complete (time), as a prison term:
serve. (Informal) do. See timeTo use time in a particular way:
pass, spend. See time- (Nautical)
To come or go into (a place):
come in, enter, go in, penetrate. Idioms: gain entrance (or entry), set foot in. See enter
phrasal verb put offTo offer or put into circulation (an inferior or spurious item):
fob off, foist, palm off, pass off. See honest
phrasal verb put onTo put (an article of clothing) on one's person:
assume, don, get on, pull on, slip into, slip on. See put onTo behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of:
act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, play-act, pose, pretend, sham, simulate. See honest, trueTo take on or give a false appearance of:
affect2, assume, counterfeit, fake, feign, pretend, sham, simulate. Idiom: make believe. See trueTo produce on the stage:
act (out), do, dramatize, enact, give, perform, present2, stage. See performing arts
phrasal verb put outTo cause to stop burning or giving light:
douse, extinguish, quench, snuff out. See continueTo bring to bear steadily or forcefully:
exercise, exert, ply2, throw, wield. See causeTo present for circulation, exhibit, or sale:
bring out, issue, publish. See wordsTo cause inconvenience for:
discomfort, discommode, incommode, inconvenience, trouble. See comfortTo trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations:
aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall2, get, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, provoke, rile, ruffle, vex. Idioms: get in one's hair, get on one's nerves, get under one's skin. See feelings, pain
phrasal verb put throughTo bring about and carry to a successful conclusion:
bring off, carry out, carry through, effect, effectuate, execute. (Informal) swing. See do
phrasal verb put togetherTo create by forming, combining, or altering materials:
assemble, build, construct, fabricate, fashion, forge1, frame, make, manufacture, mold, produce, shape. See make
phrasal verb put upTo raise upright:
erect, pitch, raise, rear2, set up, upraise, uprear. See horizontal, riseTo make or form (a structure):
build, construct, erect, raise, rear2. See makeTo prepare (food) for storage and future use:
can, conserve, preserve. See keepTo provide with often temporary lodging:
accommodate, bed (down), berth, bestow, billet, board, bunk1, domicile, harbor, house, lodge, quarter, room. See protection
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