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check

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of check

1 the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount

diners at that temple of gastronomy often look shocked when they receive the check

Synonyms of check

Words Related to check

invoice, receipt

account, reckoning, record, statement

charge, cost, damage, expense, fee, figure

2 a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition

made a careful check of the antique table before buying it

Synonyms of check

audit, checkup, examination, going-over, inspection, look-see, review, scan, scrutiny, survey, view

Words Related to check

analysis, assay, close-up, deconstruction, dissection

exploration, investigation, probe, research, study

inquisition, interrogation

once-over, perusal

recheck, reinspection, resurvey

observation, surveillance, watch

checkout, test-drive, trial run

3 a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due

request a detailed check from the company before sending any money

Synonyms of check

account, bill, invoice, statement, tab

Words Related to check

receipt, reckoning

document, ledger, record

charge, cost, expense, fee, price, rate, toll

4 a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance)

handed over a check for his coat

Synonyms of check

coupon, pass, pasteboard, ticket

Words Related to check

certificate, note, token, voucher

5 something that limits one's freedom of action or choice

the judiciary is intended to be a check on the executive and legislative branches of government

Synonyms of check

circumscription, condition, constraint, curb, fetter, limitation, restraint, restriction, stricture

Words Related to check

exception, proviso, qualification, reservation, stipulation, strings

ban, prohibition, proscription

Near Antonyms of check

freedom, latitude

6 an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure

the network of fine checks on the surface would indicate that the painting is quite old

Synonyms of check

chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure, rift, split

Words Related to check

craze, hairline

fracture, rupture

breach, gap, opening

cut, gash, incision, slit

7 the stopping of a process or activity

the announcement of bad news gave a sudden check to the celebration

Synonyms of check

arrest, arrestment, cease, cessation, close, closedown, closure, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, expiration, finish, halt, lapse, offset, shutdown, shutoff, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, termination

Words Related to check

mop-up, phaseout

abeyance, break, interruption, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, standstill, suspension

Near Antonyms of check

extension, persistence, prolongation

Antonyms of check

continuance, continuation

check

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of check

1 to be in agreement on every point

their story of what happened checks with the report of the eyewitness

Synonyms of check

accord, agree, answer, chord, cohere, coincide, comport, conform, consist, correspond, dovetail, fit, go, harmonize, jibe, rhyme (also rime), sort, square, tally

Words Related to check

equal, match, parallel

align (also aline), line up, register

Phrases Synonymous with check

Near Antonyms of check

contradict, dispute, gainsay

negate, nullify

clash, conflict, jar

Antonyms of check

differ (from), disagree (with)

2 to bring (something) to a standstill

a tree finally checked the skidding car

Synonyms of check

arrest, bring up, catch, draw up, fetch up, halt, hold up, pull up, stall, stay, still, stop

Words Related to check

baffle, balk, block, blockade, bottleneck, clog, dam, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, obstruct, snag, stem

conclude, cut off, end, terminate

call, discontinue, suspend

choke off, rein (in), repress, squash, squelch, stanch (or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn back

Near Antonyms of check

carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep (on), keep up, persist, run on

advance, fare, go along, march, move, proceed, progress, wend

actuate, budge, drive, goad, impel, propel, push, spur, stir

3 to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)

check your enthusiasm a bit, and think before you marry someone you just met

Synonyms of check

bridle, constrain, contain, control, curb, govern, hold, inhibit, keep, measure, pull in, regulate, rein (in), restrain, rule, tame

Words Related to check

bottle (up), choke (back), hold back, mince, muffle, pocket, repress, sink, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, swallow

arrest, interrupt, stop

block, hamper, handcuff, hinder, impede, obstruct

gag, muzzle, silence

Near Antonyms of check

liberate, loose, loosen, unleash

air, express, take out, vent

Antonyms of check

Synonym Discussion of check

restrain, check, curb, bridle mean to hold back from or control in doing something. restrain suggests holding back by force or persuasion from acting or from going to extremes.

- restrained themselves from laughing

check implies restraining or impeding a progress, activity, or impetus.

- trying to check government spending

curb suggests an abrupt or drastic checking.

- learn to curb your appetite

bridle implies keeping under control by subduing or holding in.

- bridle an impulse to throw the book down

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