Synonyms of the word

gauge

• n. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
• n. An act of measuring.
• n. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things.
• n. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
• n. (rail transport) The distance between the rails of a railway.
• n. (mathematics, analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector…
• n. (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
• n. (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
• n. (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
• n. (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
• n. That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of…
• n. (firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be…
• n. (slang, by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat…
• n. A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
• v. (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
• v. (transitive) To estimate.
• v. (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
• v. (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
• v. (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
• v. (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

approximate

• adj. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
• adj. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
• v. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
• v. To come near to; to approach.
• v. To estimate.

ascertain

• v. To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
• v. (archaic) To make (someone) certain or confident.

blend

• n. A mixture of two or more things.
• n. (linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.
• v. (transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
• v. (intransitive) To be mingled or mixed.
• v. (obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.

bore

• v. (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
• v. (transitive) To make a hole through something.
• v. (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the…
• v. (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
• v. (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage…
• v. (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
• v. (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
• v. (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
• v. (obsolete) To fool; to trick.
• n. A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
• n. The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its…
• n. A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
• n. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.
• n. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest.
• n. Something that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome affair.
• n. Calibre; importance.
• n. A sudden and rapid flow of tide in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave; an eagre.
• v. simple past tense of bear.

calculate

• v. (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical…
• v. (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
• v. (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
• v. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other…
• v. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of…

caliber

• n. American standard spelling of calibre.

calibre

• n. Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.
• n. The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet, a projectile, or a column.
• n. A nominal name for a cartridge type, which may not exactly indicate its true size and may include other…
• n. Unit of measure used to express the length of the bore of a weapon. The number of calibres is determined…
• n. (figuratively) Relative size, importance, magnitude.
• n. (figuratively) Capacity or compass of mind.
• n. (dated) Degree of importance or station in society.

cipher

• n. A numeric character.
• n. Any text character.
• n. A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram.
• n. A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
• n. (cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into…
• n. Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.
• n. A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods.
• n. A design of interlacing initials: a decorative design consisting of a set of interlaced initials.
• n. (music) A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been…
• n. A hip-hop jam session.
• n. The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.
• n. Someone or something of no importance.
• n. (dated) Zero.
• v. (regional, dated) To calculate.

coalesce

• v. (of separate elements) To join into a single mass or whole.
• v. (of a whole or a unit) To form from different pieces or elements.
• v. (engineering) To bond pieces of metal into a continuous whole by liquefying parts of each piece, bringing…

combine

• v. (transitive) To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
• v. (transitive) To have two or more things or properties that function together.
• v. (intransitive) To come together; to unite.
• v. (card games) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number…
• v. (obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
• n. A combine harvester.
• n. A combination.

commingle

• v. (transitive) To mix, to blend.
• v. (intransitive) To become mixed or blended.

compute

• v. To reckon or calculate.
• v. (informal) To make sense.
• n. (computing, informal) computational power.

conflate

• v. To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.
• v. To mix together different elements.
• v. To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
• adj. (biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
• n. (biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.

criterion

• n. A standard or test by which individual things or people may be compared and judged.

cypher

• n. Alternative spelling of cipher.
• v. Alternative spelling of cipher.

determine

• v. To set the boundaries or limits of.
• v. To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
• v. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
• v. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
• v. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence;…
• v. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
• v. (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
• v. (obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.

diam

• n. apocopic form of diameter.
• n. apocopic form of diamond.

diameter

• n. (geometry) Any straight line between two points on the circumference of a circle that passes through the…
• n. (geometry) The length of such a line.
• n. (geometry) The maximum distance between any two points in a metric space.
• n. (graph theory) The maximum eccentricity over all vertices in a graph.

distance

• n. (countable) The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily)…
• n. Length or interval of time.
• n. (countable, informal) The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.
• n. Remoteness of place; a remote place.
• n. Remoteness in succession or relation.
• n. A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse.
• n. (uncountable, figuratively) The entire amount of progress to an objective.
• n. (uncountable, figuratively) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.
• n. The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.
• v. (transitive) To move away (from) someone or something.
• v. (transitive) To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind.

estimate

• n. A rough calculation or guess.
• n. (construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job will probably…
• n. An upper limitation on some positive quantity.
• v. To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
• v. To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.

figure

• n. A drawing or diagram conveying information.
• n. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially,…
• n. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
• n. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
• n. (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
• n. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
• n. A numeral.
• n. A number.
• n. A shape.
• n. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
• n. A dance figure, a complex dance move^W.
• n. A figure of speech.
• n. (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
• n. (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
• n. (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single…
• n. (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
• v. To solve a mathematical problem.
• v. To come to understand.
• v. (intransitive) To be reasonable.
• v. (transitive) To enter, be a part of.
• v. (obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal;…
• v. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
• v. (obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
• v. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
• v. (obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
• v. (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying…
• v. (music) To embellish.

find

• v. (transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
• v. (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
• v. (transitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
• v. (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
• v. (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
• v. (transitive) To point out.
• v. (transitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
• v. (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To supply; to furnish.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To provide for.
• v. (intransitive, law) To determine or judge.
• v. (intransitive, hunting) To discover game.
• n. Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
• n. The act of finding.

flux

• n. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream.
• n. A state of ongoing change.
• n. A chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.
• n. (physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity) through a given surface, specifically…
• n. (archaic) A disease which causes diarrhea, especially dysentery.
• n. (archaic) Diarrhea or other fluid discharge from the body.
• n. The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
• v. To use flux.
• v. To melt.
• v. To flow as a liquid.
• adj. (uncommon) Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.

fuse

• n. (also fuze in US) A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
• n. (manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.
• n. A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit.
• n. Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.
• n. A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even…
• n. A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
• v. (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
• v. (intransitive) To melt together.
• v. To furnish with or install a fuse.
• v. (organic chemistry) To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that…

gage

• v. (obsolete) To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn.
• v. (archaic) To wager, to bet.
• v. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
• n. Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
• n. (obsolete) Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
• n. US alternative spelling of gauge (a measure, instrument for measuring, etc.).
• v. (US) Alternative spelling of gauge (to measure).
• n. A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) A quart pot.
• n. (archaic, Britain, slang) A pint pot.
• n. (archaic, Britain, slang, metonymically) A drink.
• n. (archaic, Britain, slang) A tobacco pipe.
• n. (archaic, Britain, slang) A chamberpot.
• n. (archaic, Britain, slang) A small quantity of anything.
• n. (slang, dated) Marijuana.

guess

• v. To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
• v. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
• v. (chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
• v. (obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
• n. A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.

immix

• v. To mix or blend.

judge

• n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering…
• n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
• n. A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
• n. A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
• v. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
• v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
• v. (transitive) To form an opinion on.
• v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
• v. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
• v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

length

• n. The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
• n. duration.
• n. (horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
• n. (mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
• n. (cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
• n. (figuratively) Total extent.
• n. Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
• v. (obsolete) To lengthen.

measure

• n. A prescribed quantity or extent.
• n. The act or result of measuring.
• n. Metrical rhythm.
• n. A course of action.
• v. To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
• v. To estimate the unit size of something.
• v. To judge, value, or appraise.
• v. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
• v. (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
• v. To adjust by a rule or standard.
• v. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.

meld

• v. (US) to combine two similar objects into one.
• v. In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.
• n. A combination of cards which is melded.

merge

• v. (transitive) To combine into a whole.
• v. (intransitive) To combine into a whole.
• v. To blend gradually into something else.
• n. A joining together of two flows.

mix

• v. To stir two or more substances together.
• v. To combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate.
• v. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts.
• v. To use a mixer (machine) on.
• v. (music) To combine several tracks.
• v. (music) To produce a finished version of a recording.
• v. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
• n. The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
• n. The result of combining items normally kept separate.
• n. (music) The result of mixing several tracks.
• n. (music) The finished version of a recording.

overestimate

• v. To judge too highly.
• n. An estimation that ends up being too high.

quantify

• v. To assign a quantity to.
• v. To determine the value of (a variable or expression).

reckon

• v. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
• v. To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account;…
• v. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
• v. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by…
• v. (intransitive) To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
• v. To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and…

rub

• n. An act of rubbing.
• n. A difficulty or problem.
• n. In the game of crown green bowls: any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
• n. Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
• v. (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure…
• v. (transitive) To rub something against (a second thing).
• v. (intransitive) To be rubbed against something.
• v. (transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
• v. (dated) To move or pass with difficulty.
• v. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
• v. To hinder; to cross; to thwart.

standard

• adj. Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
• adj. (of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
• adj. Having recognized excellence or authority.
• adj. Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
• adj. (not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
• adj. As normally supplied (not optional).
• n. A principle or example or measure used for comparison.
• n. A vertical pole with something at its apex.
• n. A manual transmission vehicle.
• n. (botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
• n. (shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch…
• n. A large drinking cup.

standardise

• v. To establish a standard consisting of regulations for how something is to be done across an organization.
• v. To make to conform to a standard.
• v. To check for conformance with a standard.

standardize

• v. Alternative spelling of standardise.

thickness

• n. (uncountable) The property of being thick (in dimension).
• n. (uncountable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
• n. (countable) A layer.
• n. (uncountable) The quality of being thick (in consistency).
• n. (uncountable, informal) The property of being thick (slow to understand).

touchstone

• n. A stone used to check the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them to leave a visible trace.
• n. (figuratively, by extension) A standard of comparison or evaluation.

underestimate

• v. (transitive) To perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what…
• n. An estimate or perception that is too low.