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someone English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word someone once they have reached the level A1 – Beginner. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning someone meaning

What does someone mean?

Definitions in simple English

someone Determiner

— some person I heard someone at the door. You should ask someone who knows more about it. I'm hoping to meet someone special at the dance.

someone

— noun (= person) a human being there was too much for one person to do

Synonyms someone synonyms

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someone English » English

somebody

anyone

anybody

some

person

one

who

individual

any

something

some one

whoever

a

soul

whatever

some people

other

mortal

so and so

human

another

“Mr So-and-so”

you

whomever

whom

whichever

which

what’s-his-name

what

we

watchmen

unit

to attach oneself

this and that

the others

someone’s

some others

sentinel

rest

respectively

personage

part

paint a sullen picture

paint a sombre picture

paint a somber picture

paint a seamy picture

paint a saturnine picture

paint a morbid picture

paint a lugubrious picture

paint a grim picture

Topics someone topics

What do people use someone to talk about?

Language and thought Want Ask permission

Give permission

• What words refer to giving someone permission to do something?
  give permission agree to allow authorize consent to give your consent grant permission let permit say someone can do something not stand in someone's way sanction suffer give someone the go-ahead okay something give someone the green light give leave
• What words refer to allowing something to happen by not making any effort to prevent it?
  let allow not stand in someone's way unchecked
• What words refer to allowing someone to do whatever they want?
  give someone complete freedom give someone a free hand give someone carte blanche give someone the run of
• What words refer to permission to do something?
  permission authorization consent clearance someone's say-so license green light the okay the go-ahead

Person Life Die

Kill

• What general words refer to killing someone?
  kill murder assassinate bump off do away with finish someone off take someone's life dispatch dispose finish eliminate liquidate commit murder waste zap slay snuff send to Davy Jones locker lynch silence terminate
• What words describe the manner of killing someone?
  shoot gun down blow someone away stab stab someone to death butcher behead decapitate beat someone to death asphyxiate choke garrote strangle suffocate throttle smother stifle crucify drown electrocute hang hanging poison stone starve
• What words refer to the government killing someone because they committed a crime?
  execute put someone to death sentence someone to death capital punishment the death penalty capital offence capital crime punishable by death execution condemned be on death row
• What words refer to trying to kill someone?
  attempted murder attempt on someone's life

Language and thought Want Influence

Compel

• What words refer to forcing someone to do something?
  compel blackmail browbeat bully (v) coerce constrain drive force someone to do something use force force something on insist impel impose your will on make someone do something oblige press pressure put pressure on push use strong-arm tactics use strong-arm methods under duress be breathing down someone's neck
• What words refer to a situation forcing someone to do something?
  force make someone do something drive compel someone to do something leave someone with no choice leave someone with no option be condemned to

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Angry

• What words refer to feeling angry for a long time?
  boil burn chafe fume fuss mope seethe simmer smolder stew sulk sullen bear a grudge hold a grudge against have something against have it in for hold something against someone there is no love lost between
• What words refer to causing someone to feel angry?
  anger (v) make someone angry make someone mad aggravate antagonize chafe cross someone disturb embitter enrage exasperate gall incense infuriate insult (v) irk madden needle nettle offend cause offense peeve perturb pique provoke rankle rile vex make your blood boil make you sick get someone going get someone's back up wind someone up be like a red flag to a bull

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Save from trouble

• What words refer to saving someone from trouble?
  save save someone's life rescue (v) come to someone's rescue mount a rescue release come to the aid of preserve life cover defend deliver ensure someone's safety extricate free guard harbor hide insurance insure keep preserve protect ransom recover retrieve safeguard safekeeping safety salvage screen secure someone's safety grant asylum shelter shield spare pick up (a survivor) get someone out of bail out throw someone a lifeline grant safe conduct
• What words refer to saving yourself?
  make it to safety get to safety avoid break bypass dodge duck elude escape evade evasion flee shake shy away from sidestep give someone the slip

Language and thought Want Influence

Control

• What words refer to controlling someone or something?
  control be in control manipulate pull strings call the shots be in the driver's seat steer regulate govern dominate monopolize have a monopoly have a stranglehold have a hold over wrap someone around your finger hold sway be the boss be domineering oppress keep someone down repress walk all over
• What words refer to being under someone's control?
  be under someone's control be in someone's power be under someone's spell be at someone's mercy be a doormat

Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Happy

• What words refer to causing someone to feel happy?
  make someone happy cheer someone up comfort console delight gladden please satisfy put someone in a good mood make someone's day raise someone's spirits lift someone's spirits

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad

• What words refer to causing someone to feel sad?
  sadden aggrieve disappoint depress discourage distress grieve hurt sober (v) sting torment make someone sad make someone unhappy get someone down break someone's heart drive someone to despair
• What do people say when something bad happens and they want to say they are sad about it?
  it's a pity it's a shame too bad unfortunately sadly regrettably it's unfortunate it's sad more's the pity unhappily I'm sorry sorry to hear sorry (that) wish that ... not (something hadn't happened) tragically feel sorry for someone

Social behavior Relationships

Know someone

• What words refer to knowing someone?
  know someone
• What words refer to knowing someone, but not knowing him well?
  know someone by sight be acquainted with be acquaintances don't know well we've met
• What words refer to knowing about someone, whom you have not met?
  know someone's name know of someone have heard the name have heard of someone have heard about someone

Person Healthy

Treat disease

• What words refer to treating someone who is sick or injured?
  give someone treatment treat treatment medical treatment therapy therapeutic medical procedure rehabilitation medical aid first aid go to the aid of
• What words refer to trying to find out what is wrong with a sick person?
  diagnose prognosis draw/take a sample examine a patient take an x-ray do a test test for lab report take someone's temperature take someone's blood pressure take someone's pulse check-up take a sample specimen
• What words refer to curing someone?
  cure make someone better heal fix healing rehabilitate

Language and thought Want Influence

Advise

• What words refer to giving someone advice?
  advise say someone should do something give advice recommend urge offer advice advocate commend counsel present promote propose recommend a course of action guide instruct submit make a motion exhort
• What words refer to asking for advice?
  ask someone's advice seek advice consult ask for advice request advice turn to for advice
• What words refer to doing what someone advises?
  take someone's advice follow someone's advice listen to advice act on someone's advice accept advice adopt

Work and occupation Work Difficult, impossible

Advantage

• What words indicate that something gives one person an advantage over others?
  give someone an advantage give someone the edge be to someone's advantage be in someone's favor favor (v)
• What words indicate that something gives someone a disadvantage?
  be to someone's disadvantage be against

Person

• What words refer to a person when you aren't sure who the person is?
  someone somebody

Person Life Marriage

Romantic love

• What words refer to doing something with someone you love?
  date go out with see someone ask out ask someone for a date
• What words refer to problems between people who love each other?
  hurt someone break someone's heart grow apart break up

Language and thought Think Remember

Remind

• What words refer to reminding someone of something they must do or something they should know?
  remind jog someone's memory refresh someone's memory prompt be a reminder reminder
• What words refer to reminding someone of a person or something that happened in the past?
  remind be a reminder bring back memories take someone back drag up rake up evoke evocative make someone think of

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Worried

• What words refer to causing someone to feel worried?
  worry someone alarm (v) bother concern (v) cause someone concern disturb trouble (v) bother prey on your mind cause concern be a cause for concern weigh on your mind disquiet
• What words refer to helping someone stop worrying?
  reassure reassuring reassurance put your mind at rest put someone at their ease put someone out of their misery

Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Blame

• What words refer to blaming someone for something?
  blame someone for something blame something on someone say something is somebody's fault put the blame on lay the blame on apportion blame hold someone responsible
• What words refer to saying that someone is not to blame for something?
  exonerate give someone the benefit of the doubt

Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Laugh

• What words refer to causing someone to laugh?
  make someone laugh amuse crack someone up have someone in hysterics have someone in stitches tickle ticklish

Social behavior Behavior Good, moral

Reputation

• What words refer to hurting someone's reputation?
  harm someone's reputation damage someone's reputation give someone a bad name bring someone into disrepute discredit bring discredit on

Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Proud

• What words refer to something or someone you are proud of?
  be someone's pride and joy be the pride of be a credit to
• What words refer to stopping someone from behaving proudly by criticizing them?
  put someone in their place wipe the smile off someone's face cut someone down to size

Social behavior Behavior Polite

Crazy

• What words refer to causing someone to feel or act crazy?
  drive someone crazy drive someone nuts drive someone mad drive someone round the bend

Social behavior Behavior

Change behavior

• What words refer to trying to change someone's behavior?
  change someone discipline train reform someone influence have a good/bad influence on someone turn someone toward/away from something

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Trouble

Suffer

• What words refer to suffering?
  suffer ache for someone be afflicted with agonize endure feel horrible have a hard time be hurting be in pain feel pain feel rotten undergo go through put up with be subjected to be in the grip of be in the throes of
• What words refer to suffering because of something you have done?
  suffer pay for pay the penalty for count the cost cost someone dearly stew in your own juice know to your cost find out to your cost at a cost to
• What words refer to causing someone to suffer?
  distress (v) give someone a hard time hurt inflict put someone through subject to torment (v) torture (v)

Physical actions Move Travel

Way, route

• What refer to telling someone the way?
  tell someone the way give someone directions show someone the way direct
• What refer to asking someone the way?
  ask someone the way ask for directions

Physical actions Move Pursue

Escape

• What words refer to escaping from someone who is chasing you?
  get away give someone the slip throw someone off the scent slip through someone's fingers shake off make a clean getaway elude evade avoid capture dodge sidestep cover your trail/tracks
• What words refer to helping someone escape?
  get someone out spring liberate

Physical actions Move Not moving

Wait

• What words refer to making someone wait?
  keep someone waiting make someone wait delay
• What words refer to refusing to wait patiently and going ahead of other people instead?
  cut in line cut in front of someone cut someone off jump the queue push in

Grammar Part of speech Pronouns

Indefinite pronouns

• What pronouns express indefinite reference of a person?
  person who someone anyone everyone no one each one whoever

Person Body condition

Tired

• What words refer to something making someone tired?
  tire out wear out exhaust tire do someone in it nearly killed me take it out of weary fatigue drain tax wear someone down work someone to death

Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Notice

• What words refer to noticing something?
  notice spot become aware detect note perceive observe conscious of catch someone's eye take note
• What words refer to not noticing something?
  not notice miss overlook fail to notice escape someone's notice unnoticed go unnoticed
• What words refer to trying to get someone to notice something?
  call attention to bring something to someone's attention point out

Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Attention

• What words refer to paying attention to something?
  pay attention to devote attention to turn your attention to focus on concentrate on give something/someone your undivided attention attend to
• What words refer to making someone pay attention to something?
  draw attention to call attention to bring something to someone's attention point out focus attention on highlight
• What words refer to trying to stop someone from paying attention to something?
  distract someone's attention divert attention distracted distraction diversion

Language and thought Think Opinion

Approve of something

• What words refer to approving of something?
  approve meet with someone's approval agree with believe in condone endorse be for be in favor of okay (v) give it your okay pass sanction subscribe sustain think something is right uphold value (v) think something is right
• What words refer to looking at someone in a disapproving way?
  give someone a disapproving look give someone a dirty look frown look askance

Language and thought Want

Offer

• What words refer to offering to give something to someone?
  offer someone something offer something to someone
• What words refer to offering someone money for something you want?
  offer someone (money) for something make an offer bid

Language and thought Emotion Feel good Happy

Relaxed

• What words refer to causing someone to feel relaxed?
  relax someone put someone at ease make someone feel at home

Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Interested

• What words refer to causing someone to feel interested?
  interest get someone interested entertain stimulate stir appeal to attract someone's interest attract someone's attention interestingly hold your attention rekindle interest revive interest

Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Confident

• What words refer to causing someone to feel confident?
  encourage boost someone's morale raise someone's confidence
• What words refer to feeling less confident?
  demoralize shake someone's confidence lose confidence

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Dislike

• What words refer to disliking something?
  don't like dislike (v) take a disliking to take an instant dislike to have a healthy dislike for not be fond of not keen on not be crazy about not think much of not be someone's cup of tea not be to your taste not be to your liking not be your thing not be your type have no time for not take kindly to don't care for look down on turn up your nose at be unhappy with hold in disfavor feel unfavorable toward be displeased with
• What words refer to causing someone to dislike something?
  displease offend repel trouble upset put someone off turn someone against

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Afraid

• What words refer to causing someone to feel afraid?
  frighten give someone a fright frighten the life out of someone alarm (v) cow (v) give someone the creeps daunt intimidate petrify rattle (v) scare spook startle terrify terrorize unnerve make your hair stand on end make your blood run cold

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Shy, timid

• What words refer to helping someone to not be shy?
  bring someone out of their shell bring someone out put someone at ease

Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Facial expression

• What words refer to a facial expression?
  expression look face countenance facial expression the look on someone's face
• What words refer to making an expression on your face?
  make a face get an expression on your face have an expression on your face give someone (an expression)
• What words refer to starting to smile?
  break into a smile someone's face lights up

Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Cry, tear

• What words refer to making someone cry?
  make someone cry reduce someone to tears bring tears to someone's eyes tearful tearjerker

Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group

Invite

• What words are used of causing people to meet together?
  invite extend an invitation invite over ask someone to something assemble bring together call up call together call a meeting collect convene gather mobilize muster rally request someone's presence round up summon bid someone come

Social behavior Behavior

Admire someone

• What words refer to admiring a person?
  admire be an admirer of accept approve of esteem (v) hold in someone in high esteem look up to have a high opinion of hold someone in high regard respect respectful think highly of think well of hold in honor
• What words refer to admiring someone very much?
  idolize revere worship put someone on a pedestal hero-worship

Social behavior Behavior Self-controlled

Mistake

• What words refer to mistaking one thing or person for another?
  mistake something confuse mix someone up with get something mixed up muddle
• What words refer to causing someone to make a mistake?
  trip someone up catch someone out

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Relief

• What words refer to relieving someone?
  relieve someone's suffering bring relief give relief allay alleviate assuage ease someone's load lighten someone's load mitigate bring respite soften the blow soothe

Physical actions Posture

Stand

• What words refer to causing someone to stand?
  stand someone up raise someone to their feet help someone up

Physical actions Move Accompany

Follow

• What words refer to following someone?
  follow follow someone around tag along follow on come behind come after go last
• What words refer to following someone closely?
  be on someone's tail be on someone's heels tailgate be right behind

Physical actions Move Pursue

Set free

• What words refer to setting someone free?
  set someone free let someone go let someone out release free deliver discharge emancipate excuse liberate loose ransom redeem spring unbind unbridle unchain unfetter unhand unharness unleash unshackle untie set at liberty

Person Body Internal organs

Heart

• What words refer to listening to the heart beating?
  take someone's pulse listen to someone's heartbeat feel for a pulse

Person Sense, perceive See

Show, let someone see

• What words refer to showing something to someone?
  show let someone see let someone have a look present produce flash

Person Sense, perceive See

Visible

• What words indicate that something happens where people can see it?
  in full view of in front of in front of someone's eyes before someone's eyes in the open exposed to view unhidden within view

Person Sense, perceive Hear

Quiet

• What words refer to making something or someone quieter?
  quiet someone down silence (v) hush muffle turn down shut someone up

Person Life Sexual relations

Attract sexually

• What words refer to attracting someone sexually?
  attract be attractive to appeal to tempt seduce draw lure act sexy excite turn someone on titillate flirt flirtatious
• What words refer to wanting to have sex?
  sex drive desire lust (v) want someone lustful libido horny randy

Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Ignore

• What words refer to ignoring someone?
  ignore not pay any attention to pay no attention to not take any notice of take no notice of don't mind me/her/them shrug off not want to know take someone for granted avoid refuse to acknowledge don't greet
• What words refer to ignoring someone by rudely pretending not to see them?
  pretend not to notice pretend not to see look right through snub cut someone dead shut out

Language and thought Want Request

Agree to do something

• What words refer to agreeing to do something?
  agree to do something accept approve a plan consent to give your consent grant someone's request jump at the chance jump at the opportunity OK something give your OK say yes give something the thumbs up take on
• What words indicate that you are doing something that someone has asked you to do?
  at someone's request at the request of

Language and thought Want Influence

Suggest

• What words refer to formally suggesting something to a person in authority?
  propose recommend put forward put something before someone submit present
• What words refer to suggesting someone for a job?
  suggest recommend nominate propose put someone's name forward

Language and thought Want Ask permission

Prevent

• What words refer to preventing someone from doing something.
  prevent someone from keep someone from avert avoid check frustrate nip in the bud obviate pre-empt pre-emption prevention prohibit stave off stop stopping constrain impose hinder impede limit overcome prevail

Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Like, love

• What words refer to liking something?
  like have a liking for adore enjoy be fond of proud of someone fancy something have a fancy for take a fancy to care for have affection for admire look up to think highly of approve pleased admire appeals to you be to your liking go down well savor (v) luxuriate be happy with feel good toward feel good about
• What words refer to liking someone?
  like be fond of be attached to have a soft spot for see something in someone a man/woman after your own heart

Language and thought Emotion Feel good Happy

Calm

• What words refer to causing someone to feel calm?
  calm someone calm someone down soothe

Language and thought Emotion Feel good Interested

Excited

• What words refer to causing someone to feel excited?
  excite get someone excited thrill give someone a thrill animate stir up exhilarate

Language and thought Emotion Feel good Interested

Uninterested, bored

• What words refer to feeling uninterested in something?
  not be interested lack interest be bored (with) be fed up with be tired of don't care (about) can't be bothered your heart's not in it be cool towards show no interest express no interest leave someone cold
• What words refer to feeling very uninterested?
  could care less couldn't care less be bored to tears be bored stiff be bored out of your mind someone's eyes glaze over

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Disappointed

• What words refer to causing someone to feel disappointed?
  disappoint dash someone's hopes demoralize devastate discourage dishearten disillusion dissatisfy jilt let someone down frustrate

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Upset

• What words refer to causing someone to feel upset?
  upset someone agitate churn me up inside discomfit discompose disconcert distract distress disturb hurt hurt someone's feelings perturb pressure (v) rattle stir unsettle

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Nervous

• What words refer to causing someone to feel nervous?
  make someone nervous fluster unsettle unnerve psych out put someone on edge

Social behavior Relationships Disunity

Alone

• What words refer to feeling lonely because someone you love is not there?
  miss want to see someone feel lonesome long for someone

Social behavior Behavior

Love

• What words refer to loving someone?
  love (v) like attached care about cherish be close feel friendly toward favor hold in favor feel favorable toward be fond of wish someone well hope things turn out well for someone be partial to be enshrined in your heart

Social behavior Behavior Do good to

Help

• What words refer to helping someone?
  help be of help help out with someone's help aid (v) come to someone's aid assist be of assistance support lend a hand do your bit rally round

Social behavior Behavior Do good to Altruistic, selfless

Use a person

• What words refer to using a person?
  use someone take advantage of exploit take liberties manipulate wrap/twist someone around your little finger

Social behavior Government Government functions

Represent

• What words indicate someone who is representing another person?
  as someone's representative on someone's behalf on behalf of for

Social behavior Law Justice

Discriminate, be unfair

• What words refer to one person causing another to be unfair?
  bias someone against prejudice someone against

Social behavior Conflict Fight

Defend

• What words refer to defending someone from attack?
  defend come to someone's defense in defense of in someone's defense guard protect safeguard shield stand up for stick up for

Social behavior Conflict War

Defeat

• What words refer to defeating an army or enemy in war?
  defeat annihilate beat conquer crush humble kayo lick master nip outmaneuver overcome overpower overwhelm prevail over rebuff reduce rout seize subdue subject subjugate thrash trample tread triumph vanquish whip bring someone to his knees scatter gain ground give someone a beating

Social behavior Conflict War

Weapon, shoot

• What words refer to using a weapon?
  archery draw a pistol draw a sword draw a bow fit an arrow raise a gun aim load stab hurl a spear swing an ax drop a bomb stick a knife into someone bludgeon whip (v)
• What words refer to shooting a weapon?
  shoot (a gun) shoot at someone shot shell fire launch aim volley

Work and occupation Finance Dishonest financial practices

Steal

• What words refer to stealing something from a person?
  rob mug pickpocket pick someone's pocket snatch someone's purse

Physical actions Posture

Sit

• What words refer to causing someone to sit?
  seat someone show someone to their seat

Physical actions Move Pursue

Catch, capture

• What words refer to catching someone and not letting them leave?
  capture round up take someone prisoner recapture
• What words refer to the police catching a criminal?
  arrest get take someone into custody apprehend detain

States Time Relative time Right time

Delay

• What words refer to something delaying someone?
  delay make someone late hold someone up keep detain

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Unsure

• What words refer to making someone unsure about something?
  make someone unsure make someone uncertain cause doubt cause uncertainty it makes you wonder raise doubts

Grammar Case Semantically similar events

With, be with

• What words indicate a person who accompanied the person who is the subject of the clause?
  with be accompanied by company in someone's company in someone's presence contact along with together with

Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations But

Instead

• What words indicate that something is true of one person instead of another person?
  instead in someone's place for on someone's behalf

Person Body Head

Mouth

• What do people do to their mouth?
  wipe cover gag someone

Person Body functions

Sweat

• What words describe the smell of sweat?
  smell sweaty smelly stink body odor natural smell of sweat smell of old people smell of someone who never bathes

Person Sense, perceive

See

• What words refer to doing something so that someone can't see?
  blindfold blind dazzle block someone's view

Person Sense, perceive

Hear

• What words refer to being able to hear something?
  can hear can make out within someone's hearing within earshot catch get

Person Sense, perceive Hear

Listen

• What words refer to listening to something?
  listen listen to listen for hear someone out lend an ear tune in audit give an ear to heed pay attention to prick up your ears be all ears attend to get an earful hearken

Person Healthy

Cause of disease

• What words refer to causing someone to be sick?
  make someone sick spread sickness infect be infectious be contagious communicable

Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Fever

• What words refer to measuring someone's fever?
  take someone's temperature

Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Lose consciousness

• What words refer to causing a person to regain consciousness?
  bring someone around resuscitate

Person Healthy Treat disease

Medicine

• What words refer to giving medicine?
  medicate apply medicine/ointment give a shot inject someone with vaccinate immunize inoculate administer prescribe medicine apply a bandage massage rub something in

Person Healthy Treat disease

Hospital

• What words refer to being a patient in a hospital?
  go to the hospital have someone in stay in the hospital hospital stay admit discharge

Person Life Marriage

Arrange a marriage

• What words refer to asking someone to marry you?
  ask someone to marry you propose pop the question proposal

Person Life Sexual relations

Sexual immorality

• What words refer to tempting someone to have sex outside of marriage?
  seduce get someone into bed seductive seduction make advances make a pass at sexual harassment

Person Life Stage of life Baby

Care for a baby

• What words refer to cleaning a baby?
  change someone's diaper diaper nappy bathe baby powder baby lotion

Person Life Die

Life after death

• What words refer to caring for the spirit of a dead person?
  offer a sacrifice pray for the dead keep someone's memory alive

Language and thought Think

Learn

• What words refer to learning something?
  learn acquaint acquire ascertain conclude dawn on deduce determine discover examine experience figure out find get (the answer) glean grasp (mentally) gain (knowledge/understanding) look something up master obtain perceive pick someone's brain pick up (a subject) question (v) realize recognize reflect study get an education

Language and thought Think Opinion

Believe

• What words refer to believing that something is true?
  believe faith trust accept confidence give credence to consider count on rely on reliance depend on dependence swear by take for granted bet on bank on buy take at face value store stock take someone's word for it cling to be convinced be dogmatic follow heed receive think something is true

Language and thought Think Opinion Believe

Trust

• What words refer to not trusting someone?
  not trust distrust be suspicious of be suspicious of view someone with suspicion

Language and thought Think Opinion

Agree with someone

• What words refer to when two people agree?
  agree agreement concur accede think the same think alike hold the same view be of the same mind be of like mind like-minded be in accord be of one accord be united be in the same place be together on something be with someone coincide in our thinking

Language and thought Think

Remember

• What words refer to causing someone to think of or remember something?
  remind bring up prompt jog someone's memory jog your mind

Language and thought Want Request

Refuse to do something

• What words refer to refusing to do something?
  refuse refusal flatly refuse refuse point-blank not agree to will not say no decline shake your head turn down dig your heels in slam the door in someone's face draw the line at have none of

Language and thought Want Influence

Insist

• What words refer to insisting that someone do something?
  insist be insistent at someone's insistence put your foot down demand be adamant won't take no for an answer won't hear of maintain be resolute

Language and thought Want Influence

Warn

• What words refer to warning someone?
  warn forewarn admonish advise against discourage someone from doing something dissuade

Language and thought Want

Ask permission

• What words refer to asking permission to do something?
  ask ask someone's permission

Language and thought Want Ask permission

Free to do what you want

• What words refer to freeing someone?
  free someone set free liberate emancipate

Language and thought Want Offer

Accept

• What words refer to accepting an offer?
  accept be acceptable to be receptive to take take up take someone up on something

Language and thought Emotion

Feel bad

• What words refer to causing someone to feel bad?
  get someone down

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Lonely

• What words refer to feeling lonely?
  feel lonely feel alone feel isolated feel abandoned miss someone

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Shock

• What words refer to causing someone to feel shocked?
  shock come as a shock horrify stun shake knock someone for a loop drop a bombshell outrage rock scandalize traumatize

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Jealous

• What words refer to causing someone to feel jealous?
  make someone jealous arouse jealousy

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sorry

Ashamed

• What words refer to feeling ashamed?
  be shamed be ashamed feel ashamed feel disgraced can't look someone in the face lose face

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Angry

Annoyed

• What words refer to causing someone to feel annoyed?
  annoy antagonize bug exacerbate exasperate frustrate gall harass hassle irritate nag needle nettle pester piss someone off much to my annoyance it ticks me off it hacks me off get on your nerves get under your skin drive you crazy drive you nuts drive you up the wall

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Confused

• What words refer to confusing one thing for another?
  confuse mix someone up with mix people up get something mixed up with get things mixed up

Language and thought Communication Say True

Tell the truth

• What words refer to telling the truth without hiding anything?
  honest to be honest in all honesty frank candid direct straightforward tell someone straight

Language and thought Communication Say Speak with others

Call

• What words refer to calling someone?
  call holler at yell to yell at get someone's attention

Language and thought Communication Say

Criticize

• What words refer to criticizing someone or something?
  criticize be critical be a critic of critique accuse attack launch into an attack on badmouth belittle blame carp cavil censure cite charge decry denounce deprecate deride disparage gibe harangue judge lay into mock rake someone over the coals recriminate reprehend reproach ridicule scoff speak evil of tear down (someone) voice your disapproval

Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Gossip

• What words refer to gossiping?
  gossip talk about someone behind their back bitch about slag off bad-mouth start a whispering campaign tattle stab in the back tell tales start a rumor spread rumors spread an evil report slander

Language and thought Communication Say

Promise

• What words refer to allowing someone to not do what he promised?
  release someone from a promise

Social behavior Relationships Know someone

Meet for the first time

• What words refer to meeting someone for the first time?
  meet (for the first time) introduce someone introduce oneself introduce each other be introduced

Social behavior Relationships Disunity

Unfriendly

• What words describe someone who is unfriendly?
  unfriendly cold inhospitable hostile antagonistic give someone the cold shoulder

Social behavior Social activity Social event

Celebrate

• What words refer to celebrating?
  celebrate commemorate honor do something in someone's honor mark in celebration of

Social behavior

Behavior

• What words refer to the way a person behaves?
  behavior antics conduct character manner demeanor characteristic air bearing behavior carriage comportment course custom dealing deportment doings etiquette existence life manners mien trait way of life the way someone acts

Social behavior Behavior Good, moral Patient

Bad-tempered

• What words describe someone who refuses to talk because they are angry?
  sullen surly sulky sulk be in a sulk give someone the silent treatment

Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Despise someone

• What words refer to despising someone?
  despise disdain disregard rebuff reject repudiate scoff scorn shun slight sneer at snub spurn be contemptuous of hold in contempt feel contempt for feel superior think someone is worthless think poorly of feel superior to look down on spit on be cliquish turn up your nose at

Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Humble

• What words refer to one person causing another to be humble?
  to humble someone humiliate debase

Social behavior Behavior Do good to

Do evil to

• What words refer to doing evil to someone?
  do evil to harm hurt offend offense hurt someone's feelings damage impair hit hard work against be a serious blow to be detrimental to at the expense of to the detriment of

Social behavior Behavior Do good to Help

Hinder

• What words refer to opposing someone?
  hinder hinder someone from oppose opposition stand in opposition to be antagonistic

Social behavior Behavior Do good to Share with

Care for

• What words refer to caring for someone?
  care for take care of meet someone's needs

Social behavior Behavior Honest

Deceive

• What words refer to acting in such a way that someone is led to believe something false?
  deceive fool take in defraud cheat fleece bilk swindle hustle dupe hoodwink foist upon palm off on outwit outmaneuver finagle slip one over on put something over on con lay a trap for lure beguile delude trick entrap ensnare pull the wool over someone's eyes play a trick on play a practical joke on send on a fool's errand make a fool of mislead

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Chance

Lucky

• What do people say when they hope someone will be lucky?
  wish someone luck good luck best of luck

Social behavior Law Judge, render a verdict

Acquit

• What words are used of the action of acquitting a person?
  acquit declare not guilty declare innocent find not guilty clear clear name clear of charges clear someone's record prove innocence set free release

Social behavior Law Justice

Deserve

• What words indicate that someone deserves the problems they are having?
  deserve had it coming get what you deserve serve someone right get your just deserts get what was coming to you your punishment fits the crime

Social behavior Conflict Fight

Betray

• What words refer to betraying someone to his enemies?
  betray double-cross stab in the back sell out sell someone down the river

Daily life Food Eat

Bite, chew

• What words refer to biting someone?
  give someone a bite sink your teeth into snap at

Work and occupation Finance Share wealth

Give, donate

• What words refer to giving something to someone?
  give give away donate let someone have offer spare

Work and occupation Finance Dishonest financial practices

Cheat

• What words refer to cheating someone?
  cheat chisel deceive defraud fraud greed impose yourself on maneuver scheme swindle take someone trick

Work and occupation Business organization

Work for someone

• What words refer to firing an employee?
  fire someone send packing dismiss show the door to give the sack to lay off discharge let go

Physical actions Posture

Lie down

• What words refer to causing someone to lie down?
  lay someone (down/somewhere)

Physical actions Posture

Bow

• What words refer to bowing?
  bow bow down bow to/before someone

Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Walk

• What words refer to causing someone to walk?
  take someone for a walk walk the dog

Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Walk with difficulty

• What words refer to causing someone to stumble?
  trip someone

Physical actions Move Manner of movement Steady, unsteady

Balance

• What words refer to feeling like you are going to fall?
  dizzy giddy vertigo dizziness someone's head is swimming

Physical actions Move Move in a direction Move down

Fall

• What words refer to causing someone to fall?
  knock down push over trip knock someone to the ground bring down

Physical actions Move Accompany

Guide

• What words refer to guiding someone?
  guide lead show usher shepherd take the lead lead on lead the way show the way show someone to a place blaze a trail conduct escort precede go before marshal

Physical actions Move

Pursue

• What words refer to pursuing someone?
  run after chase in pursuit pursue be on someone's heels chase after go after give chase come after be after hunt

Physical actions Move Pursue

Prevent from moving

• What words refer to preventing someone from moving by holding them?
  hold hold down restrain pin someone down seize

Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Push

• What words refer to pushing something with your finger or a stick?
  poke give something a poke prod jab dig someone in the ribs

Physical actions Move something Take somewhere

Send

• What words refer to sending something?
  send sent with have someone take have something delivered

States Quantity

Enough

• What words indicate that there is enough of something for what you need?
  be enough do suffice cover last meet someone's needs get by afford to

States Quantity Enough

Need

• What words refer to something that is needed?
  someone's needs necessity requirement need (n)

States Quality Hot

Cold

• What happens to people when they get cold?
  shiver be blue with cold goose pimples goosebumps gooseflesh someone's teeth are chattering frostbite frostbitten freeze to death die of cold

States Quality Type, kind Compare

Like, similar

• What words indicate that someone or something makes you think of another person or thing because they are similar?
  remind someone of be reminiscent of echo

States Quality Good Right, proper

Compatible

• What words refer to people being incompatible?
  not be suited be wrong for not be right for not be someone's type

States Time Relative time

Before

• What words refer to doing something before someone else does it?
  do something first be first beat someone to it ahead of be ahead of your time

States Time Relative time Before

At the same time

• What words refer to two people that lived at the same time?
  contemporary be a contemporary of someone be contemporaries

States Location Be at a place

Absent

• What words indicate that something or someone is not in a particular place?
  be absent not be here not be around be out not be in be away missing be off not be at not be there absence be gone not present be away nowhere to be found out of sight truant absent without leave AWOL missing in action not show up make yourself scarce minus someone be lacking lose elsewhere somewhere else

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Agent-oriented modalities

Can't

• What words describe a person's inability to do a job?
  can't do something not be able to do something cannot be incapable of not be capable of be unable to do something someone's inability to do something incompetent unqualified unfitted untrained not be equipped be ill-equipped powerless

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods Unsure

Seem

• What words indicate that something seems to be a certain way, but you are unsure?
  seem appear look sound give the impression have a (certain) look come across as show signs of strike someone as have all the hallmarks of an air of give the impression

Grammar Name

Name of a person

• What words are used to indicate a person's name?
  someone's name is be called be known as named

Examples someone examples

How do I use someone in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Someone who knows English well must have written this.

Bob was looking for someone to talk with.

Someone stole my passport.

Someone must have taken my umbrella by mistake.

Someone must have left it there.

I'll arrange for someone to pick you up at your home.

Someone stole my wallet.

I heard someone scream.

Someone has taken my shoes by mistake.

Someone must have left the water running.

Can someone answer the telephone?

I was walking down the street when suddenly someone tapped me on the shoulder.

Someone stepped on my foot on the train.

An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his field, and how to avoid them.

You don't marry someone you can live with - you marry the person whom you cannot live without.

Hold on, someone is knocking at my door.

Try as you might, but you cannot force a belief onto someone else, much less your own self.

Are you meeting someone here?

A family should not spend all of its money to keep someone alive on a machine.

I entered someone else's room by mistake.

I heard someone in the crowd outside the station call my name.

When we are with a person we don't want to be seen with, we often meet someone we know.

Is it right for a doctor to decide when someone should die?

If you can't come, send someone in your stead.

I've got to hang up now. Someone is waiting to use the phone.

All you can do is trust in someone.

She screamed with horror as someone took hold of her arm.

Could you send someone up to make the bed?

Movie subtitles

Do you know someone who lives here?

But I'm not someone that anyone would like at first sight.

Someone I sort of know.

Even though I appreciate it, I already have someone I like. There's no room for you.

But someone do something!

Someone must break this chain asunder.

If someone wins, the fighting will end.

Someone?

The Portuguese knew they were eating someone else's lunch along with their spices.

I shall bury the golden plates, father, and perhaps one day someone very special will find them.

Do you know how to baptize someone into the Church?

Someone obviously doesn't like me, and they're trying to set me up.

Someone framed me. They wrapped my shirt around some food, hid it in the woods.

She was someone who could have become your Daughter-in-law.

Someone's hacking this in from somewhere!

Forgive me, General, but I refuse to continue to debate with someone who compares our troops to Cossacks!

We're not made to live this way. You'll find someone else to lease the farm.

Someone who's half-half.

You love someone else.

You marry someone with the same religion and background.

You needed someone.

No one can know what's going on inside someone's head and she didn't want to be here anymore and now she's getting her wish.

Someone's gonna catch us.

What if bouncy castles are someone's trigger?

When you date someone in secret, because you don't want to be seen with them in public.

Yeah, it's like. it's fun to ride, until someone sees you on it.

A catcher's a kid who catches bags of PBJs that someone throws over the fence into the yard.

We get someone on the outside, usually a junior high kid.

Screws are busting someone!

Yeah, but now that we're running it, we can do it right, with epi-injector sites and fair prices, because the way Frankie and Mickey were doing it, someone was bound to get hurt, and not just the allergic kids.

Someone from the embassy - Amnesty or someone.

Do you have any idea how we might get in touch with someone from the British Government?

I've met someone.

Go back to the shop where you bought it from, right, and ask someone there to help you, they'll help you.

If he sees someone in danger, he's going to rescue them or die trying, you know?

Someone framed me.

Someone else can replace you to go to WOC.

Then, you better hurry up and find someone to replace you. The villa that my hyeong went to, there were some people who knew beforehand, right?

News and current affairs

Europe would be a lot better off if someone told the public the truth.

To say that someone has learned something is to endorse what they say they have learned as true.

But punishing someone criminally for being an anti-Semite and a racist propagandist raises troublesome issues that different countries approach in different ways.

No court should convict someone lightly because of the views he espouses in the public sphere.

When one hears of the unsuitability or ethnocentricism of human rights, what are these human rights that someone in a developing country can do without?

At the most simplistic level: in a world with perfect information, bankruptcy would not exist - why, indeed, would anyone lend to someone who they knew would not repay them?

Someone with such contempt for the democratic rights of his own people is unlikely to champion them abroad.

But Berlusconi is also a master of ambiguity, someone who appeals to liberal values while pursuing an anti-liberal, populist, and corporatist agenda.

He may lower oil prices for someone close to him, like Belarus' dictator Alexander Lukashenko, and insist on a market price for someone else, but that's basically all he can do.

Thus, any state intervention in the economy must make someone worse off.

NEW HAVEN - People frequently ask me, as someone who has written on market speculation, where the next big speculative bubble is likely to be.

For someone using cannabis routinely, the dose carried in the body is higher than imagined.

We simply have a sense that sharing with someone who has trusted us is the right thing to do.

MOSCOW - Most people who know of me think of me as an information-technology expert, someone who probably lives in California and invests in edgy Internet start-ups.

Feeding a girl is seen as effectively looking after someone else's property.

This means that someone - a husband or mother-in-law - had taken the decision not to send the young woman to the hospital, instead keeping her in inhuman suffering for nearly a week.

How can someone with less legitimacy than Arafat escape this justification of violence?

As someone born in the old Soviet Union, I know firsthand the despair and brutality of such attempts.

I say this as someone who created significant capital and, having done so, changed her occupation in order to cultivate morality in politics.

Perhaps only someone who comes from one of the post-Soviet states can conceive of politics in terms of original principles in the manner of Rawls.

Daughters, who live with their in-laws after they marry, are viewed as amanat - someone else's property.

Again, someone needs to tell Obama that imports create jobs, too, and that his emphasis on promoting US exports alone is bad economics.

Indeed, I can attest from personal experience that to debate her is to encounter someone who is absolutely certain of facts that must exist somewhere in a parallel universe.

To those who think that this is the case, Chavez is not an innovator but someone who is merely squandering Venezuela's oil wealth in the same way that governments did following the oil shocks of the 1970's.

Efforts to do so usually ended disastrously. As someone born in the old Soviet Union, I know firsthand the despair and brutality of such attempts.

It will, of course, be important who wins the presidency: a candidate expected to continue Bush's foreign policy or someone ready for a new beginning.

Nor is there any prospect that someone else will intervene in Sudan to make an arrest.