Synonyms of the word

treat

• v. (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
• v. (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
• v. (transitive) To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To entreat or beseech (someone).
• v. (transitive) To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
• v. (transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to;…
• v. (transitive) To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
• v. (transitive) To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in…
• v. To provide something special and pleasant.
• n. An entertainment, outing, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
• n. An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
• n. (obsolete) A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
• n. (obsolete) An entreaty.

address

• n. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
• n. Act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech.
• n. Manner of speaking to another; delivery.
• n. Attention in the way one addresses a lady.
• n. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
• n. (obsolete) Act of preparing oneself.
• n. A description of the location of a property.
• n. (by extension) The property itself.
• n. (computing) A location in computer memory.
• n. (Internet) An Internet address; URL.
• n. An email address.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To prepare oneself.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To direct speech.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To aim; to direct.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or make ready.
• v. (transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
• v. (reflexive) To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
• v. (transitive, archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.
• v. (transitive) To direct, as words, to (anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. to (any…
• v. (transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by…
• v. (transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
• v. (transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
• v. (transitive) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
• v. (transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech…
• v. (transitive, formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To refer a location in computer memory.
• v. (golf, transitive) To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).

affect

• v. (transitive) To influence or alter.
• v. (transitive) To move to emotion.
• v. (transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
• v. (transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
• v. (transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display…
• n. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
• n. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.
• n. (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion,…

aliment

• n. (now rare) Food.
• n. (figuratively) Nourishment, sustenance.
• n. (Scotland) An allowance for maintenance; alimony.
• v. (obsolete) To feed, nourish.
• v. To sustain, support.

alimentation

• n. feeding, being fed; the provision of food and other necessities.

broach

• n. A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel.
• n. (masonry) A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
• n. Alternative spelling of brooch.
• n. A spit for cooking food.
• n. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
• n. (architecture, Britain, dialect) A spire rising from a tower.
• n. A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
• n. The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
• n. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
• v. (transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
• v. (transitive) To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something).
• v. (intransitive) To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
• v. (transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually…
• v. (transitive) To be overcome or submerged by a wave or surge of water.

cater

• v. (transitive) To provide food professionally for a special occasion.
• v. (transitive, often with to) To provide things to satisfy a person or a need, to serve.
• n. (obsolete) A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.
• v. (obsolete) To cut diagonally.
• n. (card games, dice games) The four of cards or dice.

cover

• n. A lid.
• n. A hiding from view.
• n. A front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
• n. A top sheet of a bed.
• n. A cover charge.
• n. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
• n. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
• n. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square;…
• n. (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
• n. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
• n. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
• n. (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods…
• n. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
• n. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story.
• n. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
• n. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
• adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
• adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
• v. (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
• v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
• v. To deal with.
• v. To be enough money for.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
• v. (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
• v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
• v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect…
• v. To provide insurance coverage for.
• v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
• v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
• v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.

dainty

• n. (obsolete) Esteem, honour.
• n. A delicacy.
• n. (Canada, Prairies and northwestern Ontario) A fancy cookie, pastry, or square served at a social event…
• n. (obsolete) An affectionate term of address.
• adj. (obsolete) Excellent; valuable, fine.
• adj. Elegant; delicately small and pretty.
• adj. Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating.

deal

• n. (obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.
• n. (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
• v. (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
• v. (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
• v. To distribute cards to the players in a game.
• v. (baseball) To pitch.
• v. (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
• v. (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To take action; to act.
• v. (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
• v. (transitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
• v. (intransitive) To be concerned with.
• v. (intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.
• n. (archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing.
• n. The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
• n. A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction.
• n. Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
• n. An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
• n. (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
• n. (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
• n. (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
• n. (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
• n. (countable, archaic) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity…
• adj. Made of deal.

delicacy

• n. The quality of being delicate.
• n. Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting…
• n. Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
• n. Frailty of health or fitness.
• n. Refinement in taste or discrimination.
• n. Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.

gift

• n. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
• n. A talent or natural ability.
• n. Something gained incidentally, without effort.
• n. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
• v. (transitive) To give as a gift or donation.
• v. (transitive) To give away, to concede easily.

give

• v. (transitive, may take two objects) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or…
• v. (transitive, may take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
• v. (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
• v. (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
• v. (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
• v. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
• v. (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
• v. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
• v. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
• v. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
• v. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
• v. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout,…
• v. (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
• v. (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
• v. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
• v. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
• v. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
• v. To be going on, to be occurring.
• n. (uncountable) The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

goody

• interj. Used to indicate pleasure or delight.
• n. (informal) A small amount of something good to eat.
• n. (informal) Any small, usually free, item.
• n. (Ireland) Pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices.
• n. (obsolete) goodwife, a 17th-century puritan honorific.
• n. (informal) Protagonist or hero.
• n. An American fish, the lafayette or spot.

handle

• n. The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
• n. An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
• n. (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more…
• n. (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience,…
• n. (slang) A name, nickname or pseudonym.
• n. (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. (See also pot and…
• n. (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol. (Called a sixty in Canada.).
• n. (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
• n. (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional…
• n. (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components…
• v. (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
• v. (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
• v. (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
• v. (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
• v. (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
• v. (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
• v. (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
• v. (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
• v. (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
• v. (intransitive) To use the hands.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).

happening

• v. present participle of happen.
• adj. (slang, of a place) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
• adj. (slang, of a person or product) Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
• n. Something that happens.
• n. A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.

impact

• n. The striking of one body against another; collision.
• n. The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
• n. (chiefly medicine) A forced impinging.
• n. A significant or strong influence; an effect.
• v. (transitive) To compress; to compact; to press or pack together.
• v. (transitive, proscribed) To influence; to affect; to have an impact on.
• v. (transitive) To collide or strike.

initiate

• adj. (obsolete) Unpractised; untried; new.
• adj. (obsolete) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
• n. A new member of an organization.
• n. One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
• v. (transitive) To begin; to start.
• v. To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
• v. To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
• v. (intransitive) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.

interact

• n. A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.
• v. To act upon each other.

kickshaw

• n. A dainty or delicacy.
• n. A trinket or gewgaw.

nourishment

• n. The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.
• n. Something that nourishes; food.

nutriment

• n. A source of nourishment; food.
• n. Something that promotes growth or development; a nutrient.

nutrition

• n. (biology) The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.

occurrence

• n. Actual instance when a situation arises.

occurrent

• adj. Current, actual, occurring.
• n. (now chiefly philosophy) An event, something that occurs.

plow

• n. (US) Alternative spelling of plough.
• v. (US) Alternative spelling of plough.

ply

• n. A layer of material.
• n. A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up yarn or rope.
• n. (colloquial) Plywood.
• n. (artificial intelligence, game theory) In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn", or one move made…
• n. (now chiefly Scotland) State, condition.
• v. (transitive) To bend; to fold.
• v. (intransitive) To flex.
• v. (transitive) To work at diligently.
• v. (intransitive) To work diligently.
• v. (transitive) To use vigorously.
• v. (transitive) To travel over regularly.
• v. (transitive) To persist in offering something to.
• v. (transitive) To press upon; to urge importunately.
• v. (transitive) To employ diligently; to use steadily.
• v. (nautical) To work to windward; to beat.

present

• adj. Relating to now, for the time being; current.
• adj. Located in the immediate vicinity.
• adj. (obsolete) Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting.
• adj. (obsolete) Not delayed; immediate; instant.
• adj. (dated) Ready; quick in emergency.
• adj. (obsolete) Favorably attentive; propitious.
• adj. Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the…
• adj. Attentive; alert; focused.
• n. The current moment or period of time.
• n. The present tense.
• n. A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other…
• n. (military) The position of a soldier in presenting arms.
• v. To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
• v. (transitive) To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop…
• v. (transitive) To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To charge (a person) with a crime or accusation; to bring before court.
• v. (reflexive) To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.
• v. (transitive) To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.
• v. (transitive) To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.
• v. (transitive) To put on, stage (a play etc.).
• v. (transitive, military) To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.
• v. (reflexive) To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.
• v. (intransitive, medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom.
• v. (intransitive, medicine) To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the…
• v. (intransitive, with "as") To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender).
• v. (transitive) To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).
• v. (transitive) To give a gift or presentation to (someone).
• v. (transitive) To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow.
• v. (transitive) To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.
• v. (transitive) To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.

process

• n. A series of events which produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.
• n. (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical…
• n. A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
• n. (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
• n. (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate,…
• n. (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
• n. (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
• n. (computing) A task or program that is or was executing.
• v. (transitive) To perform a particular process.
• v. (transitive) To think an information over, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept…
• v. To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer…
• v. (chiefly Britain) To walk in a procession.

provide

• v. To make a living; earn money for necessities.
• v. To act to prepare for something.
• v. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
• v. To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
• v. To furnish (with), cause to be present.
• v. To make possible or attainable.
• v. (obsolete, Latinism) To foresee.
• v. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.

react

• v. (transitive) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact.
• v. (physics) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force.
• v. (chemistry, intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two…
• v. (chemistry, transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.

regale

• n. A feast, meal.
• v. (transitive) To please or entertain (someone).
• v. (transitive) To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To feast (on, with something).
• v. (figuratively, transitive) To entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh.

respond

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
• v. (intransitive) To act in return; to exhibit some action or effect in return to a force or stimulus; to…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
• v. (transitive) To satisfy; to answer.
• n. A response.
• n. A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
• n. (architecture) A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost…

supply

• v. (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
• v. (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
• v. (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
• v. (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
• v. (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
• v. (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office;…
• n. (uncountable) The act of supplying.
• n. (countable) An amount of something supplied.
• n. (in the plural) provisions.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual…
• n. Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
• adv. Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.

sustenance

• n. Something that provides support or nourishment.

touch

• v. Primarily physical senses.
• v. Primarily non-physical senses.
• v. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
• v. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
• v. (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
• v. To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
• v. To perform, as a tune; to play.
• v. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
• n. An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
• n. The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
• n. The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
• n. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
• n. A little bit; a small amount.
• n. The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
• n. A relationship of close communication or understanding.
• n. The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
• n. (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
• n. (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
• n. (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
• n. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
• n. (obsolete) A brief essay.
• n. (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
• n. (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
• n. (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument…
• n. (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion…
• n. The children's game of tag.
• n. (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
• n. (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
• n. (Britain, plumbing, dated) tallow.

victuals

• n. plural of victual.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of victual.