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compass
Synonyms and Antonyms of compass
- a young go-getter who lost his moral compass in the course of his quest for fame and fortune
- within the compass of my voice
- within the compass of the city walls
Synonym Discussion of compass
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- the entire range of human experience
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- a performance that ran the gamut of emotions
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- your concerns lie beyond the narrow compass of this study
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- the book covers the entire sweep of criminal activity
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- as time went on, the scope of the investigation widened
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- within that restricted orbit they tried to effect social change
compass
Synonyms and Antonyms of compass
- attempting more than his modest abilities could compass
accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry off, carry out, commit, do, execute, follow through (with), fulfill (or fulfil), make, negotiate, perform, perpetrate, prosecute, pull off, put through
bring about, effect, effectuate, implement
engage (in), practice (also practise)
go through
- the great age of exploration, when ships of sail compassed the earth
circle, circuit, circumnavigate, circumvent, encircle, girdle, girth, orbit, ring, round
- a mysterious isle, compassed by treacherous seas
- The concept that the earth is billions of years old is one that the average mind struggles to compass.
appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, comprehend, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand
pick up on
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