Collins English Thesaurus Essential. Collins Dictionaries
internment, durance (archaic), restraintcaptor NOUN = jailer or gaoler, guard, keeper, custodiancapture VERB The police gave chase and captured him as he was trying to escape. = catch, arrest, take, bag, secure, seize, nail (informal), collar (informal), nab (informal), apprehend, lift (slang), take prisoner, take into custody, feel your collar (slang) ◼ OPPOSITE: release ▸ NOUN The shooting happened while the man was trying to evade capture. = arrest, catching, trapping, imprisonment, seizure, apprehension, taking, taking captivecar NOUN 1 They arrived by car. = vehicle, motor, wheels (informal), auto (U.S.), automobile, jalopy (informal), motor car, machine 2 (U.S. & Canad.) Tour buses have replaced railway cars. = (railway) carriage, coach, cable car, dining car, sleeping car, buffet car, vancarcass NOUN 1 A cluster of vultures crouched on the carcass of a dead buffalo. = body, remains, corpse, skeleton, dead body, cadaver (Medical) 2 At one end of the camp lies the carcass of an aircraft which crashed in the mountains. = remains, shell, framework, debris, remnants, hulkcardinal ADJECTIVE = principal, first, highest, greatest, leading, important, chief, main, prime, central, key, essential, primary, fundamental, paramount, foremost, pre-eminent ◼ OPPOSITE: secondarycare VERB a company that cares about the environment = be concerned, mind, bother, be interested, be bothered, give a damn, concern yourself ▸ NOUN 1 the orphans who were in her care = custody, keeping, control, charge, management, protection, supervision, guardianship, safekeeping, ministration 2 I chose my words with care. = caution, attention, regard, pains, consideration, heed, prudence, vigilance, forethought, circumspection, watchfulness, meticulousness, carefulness ◼ OPPOSITE: carelessness 3 He never seemed to have a care in the world. = worry, concern, pressure, trouble, responsibility, stress, burden, anxiety, hardship, woe, disquiet, affliction, tribulation, perplexity, vexation ◼ OPPOSITE: pleasure ● care for someone 1 They hired a nurse to care for her. = look after, mind, tend, attend, nurse, minister to, watch over 2 He wanted me to know that he still cared for me. = love, desire, be fond of, want, prize, find congenial ● care for something or someone I don't care for seafood very much. = like, enjoy, take to, relish, be fond of, be keen on, be partial to ● take care of something or someone 1 = look after, mind, watch, protect, tend, nurse, care for, provide for 2 = deal with, manage, cope with, see to, handlecareer NOUN 1 She is now concentrating on a career as a fashion designer. = occupation, calling, employment, pursuit, vocation, livelihood, life's work 2 The club has had an interesting, if chequered, career. = progress, course, path, procedure, passage ▸ VERB The car went careering off down the track. = rush, race, speed, tear, dash, barrel (along) (informal), bolt, hurtle, burn rubber (informal)carefree ADJECTIVE = untroubled, happy, cheerful, careless, buoyant, airy, radiant, easy-going, cheery, breezy, halcyon, sunny, jaunty, chirpy (informal), happy-go-lucky, blithe, insouciant, light-hearted ◼ OPPOSITE: unhappycareful ADJECTIVE 1 One has to be extremely careful when dealing with these people. = cautious, painstaking, scrupulous, fastidious, circumspect, punctilious (formal), chary, heedful, thoughtful, discreet ◼ OPPOSITE: careless 2 He decided to prosecute her after careful consideration of all the facts. = thorough, full, particular, accurate, precise, intensive, in-depth, meticulous, conscientious, attentive, exhaustive, painstaking, scrupulous, assiduous ◼ OPPOSITE: casual 3 Train your children to be careful with their pocket-money. = prudent, sparing, economical, canny, provident, frugal, thriftycareless ADJECTIVE 1 He pleaded guilty to careless driving. = slapdash, irresponsible, sloppy (informal), cavalier, offhand, neglectful, slipshod, lackadaisical, inattentive ◼ OPPOSITE: careful 2 Office workers are notoriously careless about their passwords. = negligent, hasty, unconcerned, cursory, perfunctory, thoughtless, indiscreet, unthinking, forgetful, absent-minded, inconsiderate, heedless, remiss (formal), incautious, unmindful ◼ OPPOSITE: careful 3 With a careless flip of his wrists, he sent the ball on its way. = nonchalant, casual, offhand, artless, unstudied ◼ OPPOSITE: carefulcarelessness NOUN = negligence, neglect, omission, indiscretion, inaccuracy, irresponsibility, slackness, inattention, sloppiness (informal), laxity, thoughtlessness, laxness, remissnesscaress NOUN Margaret held my arm in a gentle caress. = stroke, pat, kiss, embrace, hug, cuddle, fondling ▸ VERB They kissed and caressed one another. = stroke, cuddle, fondle, pet, embrace, hug, nuzzle, neck (informal), kisscaretaker NOUN The caretaker sleeps in the building all night. = warden, keeper, porter (Brit.), superintendent (U.S.), curator, custodian, watchman, janitor, concierge ▸ ADJECTIVE The administration intends to hand over power to a caretaker government. = temporary, holding, short-term, interimcargo NOUN = load, goods, contents, shipment, freight, merchandise, baggage, ware, consignment, tonnage, ladingcaricature NOUN a chalk-drawn caricature of a pop-eyed judge brandishing a gavel = parody, cartoon, distortion, satire, send-up (Brit. informal), travesty, takeoff (informal), lampoon, burlesque, mimicry, farce ▸ VERB Her political career has been caricatured in the newspapers. = parody, take off (informal), mock, distort, ridicule, mimic, send up (Brit. informal), lampoon, burlesque, satirizecaring ADJECTIVE = compassionate, loving, kindly, warm, soft, sensitive, tender, sympathetic, responsive, receptive, considerate, warmhearted, tenderhearted, softhearted, touchy-feely (informal)carnage NOUN = slaughter, murder, massacre, holocaust, havoc, bloodshed, shambles, mass murder, butchery, blood bathcarnal ADJECTIVE = sexual, animal, sexy (informal), fleshly, erotic, sensual, randy (informal, chiefly Brit.), steamy (informal), raunchy (informal), sensuous, voluptuous, lewd, wanton, amorous, salacious, prurient, impure, lascivious, lustful, lecherous, libidinous, licentious, unchastecarnival NOUN = festival, fair, fête, celebration, gala, jubilee, jamboree, Mardi Gras, revelry, merrymaking, fiesta, holidaycarol NOUN = song, noel, hymn, Christmas song, canticlecarouse VERB = drink, booze (informal), revel, imbibe (formal), quaff, pub-crawl (informal, chiefly Brit.), bevvy (dialect), make merry, bend the elbow (informal), roistercarp VERB = find fault, complain, beef (slang), criticize, nag, censure, reproach, quibble, cavil, pick holes, kvetch (U.S. slang), nit-pick (informal) ◼ OPPOSITE: praisecarpenter NOUN = joiner, cabinet-maker, woodworkercarping ADJECTIVE = fault-finding, critical, nagging, picky (informal), nit-picking (informal), hard to please, cavilling, captious, nit-picky (informal)carriage NOUN 1 He followed in an open carriage drawn by six grey horses. = vehicle, coach, trap, gig, cab, wagon, hackney, conveyance (old-fashioned) 2 It costs £10.86 for one litre, including carriage. = transportation, transport, delivery, conveying, freight, conveyance, carrying 3 Her voice is cultured and her carriage is regal. = bearing, posture, gait, deportment, aircarry VERB 1 He carried the plate through to the dining room. = convey, take, move, bring, bear, lift, transfer, conduct, transport, haul, transmit, fetch, relay, cart, tote (informal), hump (Brit. slang), lug 2 The ship can carry seventy passengers. = transport, take, transfer, transmit 3 This horse can't carry your weight. = support, stand, bear, maintain, shoulder, sustain, hold up, suffer, uphold, bolster, underpin 4 Frogs eat pests which carry diseases. = transmit, transfer, spread, pass on 5 Several magazines carried the story. = publish, include, release, display, print, broadcast, communicate, disseminate, give 6 It was this point of view that carried the day. = win, gain, secure, capture, accomplish ● carry on 1 Her bravery has given him the will to carry on. = continue, last, endure, persist, keep going, persevere, crack on (informal) 2 They were yelling and laughing and carrying on. = make a fuss, act up (informal), misbehave, create (slang), raise Cain ● carry something on The consulate will carry on a political dialogue. = engage in, conduct, carry out,