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go

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of go

being in a state of fitness for some experience or action

all systems are go

Synonyms of go

fit, prepared, ready, set

Words Related to go

conditioned, primed, ripe

armed, braced, fortified, steeled

qualified, trained

Near Antonyms of go

unqualified, untrained

Antonyms of go

flat-footed, half-baked, half-cocked, underprepared, unprepared, unready

go

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of go

1 a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time

snowboarding is all the go

Synonyms of go

buzz, chic, craze, dernier cri, enthusiasm, fad, fashion, flavor, hot ticket, last word, latest, mode, rage, sensation, style, ton, trend, vogue

Words Related to go

nine days' wonder (also nine day wonder)

new wave

crush, infatuation

fervor, passion

furor, fuss, hullabaloo, to-do, uproar

bandwagon, crusade, cult, movement

novelty, wrinkle

caprice, fancy, whim

Near Antonyms of go

classic, standard

2 active strength of body or mind

a healthy six-year-old full of go

Synonyms of go

beans, bounce, brio, dash, drive, dynamism, energy, esprit, gas, get-up-and-go, ginger, gusto, hardihood, juice, life, moxie, oomph, pep, punch, sap, snap, starch, verve, vigor, vim, vinegar, vitality, zing, zip

Words Related to go

animal spirits, animation, briskness, jauntiness, liveliness, snappiness, spirit, spiritedness, sprightliness, spunk, spunkiness, vibrance, vibrancy, vivaciousness, vivacity

ardor, élan, fervor, fire, passion, zeal

main, metal, mettle, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, stamina, strength

brawniness, fitness, hardiness, huskiness, sturdiness, virility

health, healthiness, soundness, verdure, wellness

Near Antonyms of go

indolence, laziness

debilitation, debility, delicacy, disablement, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, impotence, impotency, infirmity, powerlessness, puniness, slightness, softness, tenderness, weakness

enervation, exhaustion, inanition, prostration

Antonyms of go

lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, torpidity

3 an effort to do or accomplish something

it took several goes to get the car started

Synonyms of go

assay [archaic], attempt, bash [chiefly British], bid, crack, endeavor, essay, fling, offer, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, whack, whirl

Words Related to go

striving, struggle, throes, undertaking

trial and error

4 readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity

a young executive with the go to make this company grow

Synonyms of go

action, aggressiveness, ambition, drive, enterprise, hustle, initiative

Words Related to go

grit, gumption, pluck, snap, spirit, spunk, starch

ambitiousness, killer instinct, overambitiousness

assertiveness, self-reliance

energy, hardihood, pep, vigor, vitality

Near Antonyms of go

inactivity, inertia, passivity

diffidence, faintheartedness, timidity

hesitation, reluctance

indolence, laziness, lethargy

go

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of go

1 to move forward along a course

everything is going according to our plans

Synonyms of go

advance, come, come along, do, fare, forge, get along, get on, go along, go off, march, pace, proceed, progress

Words Related to go

accelerate, fast-forward, speed

approach, near

journey, pass, repair, run, travel, wend

actuate, drive, impel, propel, push

take out

Phrases Synonymous with go

gain ground

Near Antonyms of go

arrest, balk, block, check, detain, halt, hinder, hold back, impede, nip, obstruct, slow (down or up), stem

repress, retard, stunt, suppress

delay, interrupt, stall

cramp, hamper, inhibit

cease, let up, pause

regress

wait

Antonyms of go

remain, stand, stay, stop

2 to leave a place often for another

will go on vacation at the end of the year

decided it would be better to go before she got any angrier

Synonyms of go

bail, bail out, begone, book [slang], bugger off [British slang], bug off, bug out, buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, dig out, exit, get, get off, go off, move, pack (up or off), part, peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, run along, sally (forth), scarper [British], shove (off), step (along), take off, vamoose, walk out

Words Related to go

set out, start, strike out

abscond, decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, mizzle [chiefly British], run away, scat, scram, skip

go out, light out, step out

abandon, desert, forsake, vacate

emigrate

adjourn, remove, retire, retreat, withdraw

Phrases Synonymous with go

beat it, hit the road, pull stakes (or pull up stakes), take a hike (also take a walk), take a powder

Near Antonyms of go

abide, dwell, lodge, remain, settle, stay, tarry

approach, close, near

hit, land, reach

Antonyms of go

arrive, come, show up, turn up

3 to be fitting or proper

at Mardi Gras, just about anything goes

Synonyms of go

befit, beseem [archaic], do, fit [archaic], serve, suit

Words Related to go

satisfy, suffice

function, work

Phrases Synonymous with go

fill the bill (or fit the bill)

4 to be in agreement on every point

your account of how the fire started doesn't go with what she said

Synonyms of go

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

Words Related to go

equal, match, parallel

align (also aline), line up, register

Phrases Synonymous with go

fall in with

Near Antonyms of go

contradict, dispute, gainsay

negate, nullify

clash, conflict, jar

Antonyms of go

differ (from), disagree (with)

5 to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction

the highway goes right along the river

Synonyms of go

bear, extend, head, lead, lie, run

Words Related to go

cross, cut, pass

course, follow, span, traverse

6 to eventually have as a state or quality

she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop

the room went dark

Synonyms of go

become, come, get, grow, run, turn, wax

Words Related to go

alter, change, metamorphose, modify, mutate, transfigure, transform, transmute

Near Antonyms of go

abide, be, continue, linger, remain, stay

7 to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

watched the building go after the demolition crew detonated the charges

Synonyms of go

buckle, cave (in), collapse, crumple, founder, give, go out, implode, tumble, yield

Words Related to go

deflate, flatten, melt, melt down

break, break down, conk (out), crash, die, fail, give out, stall

burst, shatter, smash, splinter, split

crack, crumble, pop, snap

Phrases Synonymous with go

give way

Near Antonyms of go

inflate, rise, swell

8 to have or be in a usual or proper place

these plates go in this cabinet

Synonyms of go

belong

Words Related to go

place, stay

fit (in)

9 to lose bodily strength or vigor

when you get old, your eyesight starts to go

Synonyms of go

decay, droop, emaciate, fade, fail, flag, lag, languish, sag, sink, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither

Words Related to go

break down, wear out

yield

degenerate, deteriorate, rot, run down

Near Antonyms of go

convalesce, rally, rebound, recover, recuperate

gain

10 to make one's way through, across, or over

I went the length of the street before finding an empty parking space

Synonyms of go

course, cover, cross, cut (across), follow, navigate, pass (over), perambulate, peregrinate, proceed (along), track, transit, travel, traverse

Words Related to go

hike, traipse, tramp, tread, walk

ride, run

crisscross

11 to occur within a continuous range of variation

selling prices for houses in that neighborhood generally go between one and two million

Synonyms of go

range, run, vary

Words Related to go

alternate, fluctuate, move, shift

change, mutate

extend, reach, stretch, sweep

12 to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event

to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round

Synonyms of go

bet, gamble, lay, play, put, stake, wager

Words Related to go

bid, offer

adventure, chance, hazard, speculate, venture

endanger, imperil, jeopardize

13 chiefly Southern & Midland to have in mind as a purpose or goal

I didn't go to fire the gun—it just went off

Synonyms of go

aim, allow [chiefly Southern & Midland], aspire, calculate, contemplate, design, intend, look, mean, meditate, plan, propose, purport, purpose

Words Related to go

dream, hope, wish

consider, debate, mull (over), ponder

attempt, endeavor, strive, struggle, try

plot, scheme

accomplish, achieve, effect, execute, perform

Phrases Synonymous with go

figure on

14 to come to an end

we were having so much fun that the evening just came and went

Synonyms of go

break off, break up, cease, close, conclude, dead-end, determine, die, discontinue, elapse, end, expire, finish, halt, lapse, leave off, let up, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up, wink (out)

Words Related to go

desist (from), lay off (of), refrain (from)

give over [British], knock off, pack (up or in)

break down, conk (out), cut out, stall

pause, stay, suspend

abate, peter (out), wind down

Phrases Synonymous with go

bite the dust

Near Antonyms of go

draw out, extend, prolong, protract

Antonyms of go

continue, hang on, persist

15 to have enough money for

I think I can go for the new car after all

Synonyms of go

afford, swing

Words Related to go

cover

expend, finance, outlay, pay (for), pony up, spring (for)

pick up, purchase, take

acquire, get, obtain, procure, secure

bid, offer

bankroll, endow, subsidize, underwrite

16 to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I can't go the smell of that rotting food for one more minute

Synonyms of go

abide, absorb, accept, bear, bide [chiefly dialect], brook, countenance, endure, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, sweat out, take, tolerate, wear [British]

Words Related to go

allow, permit, suffer, swallow

reconcile (to)

acquiesce, agree (with or to), assent (to), capitulate, consent (to), respect, submit (to), yield (to)

Phrases Synonymous with go

live with, lump (it), stand for, tough out (it)

Near Antonyms of go

decline, dismiss, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, turn down

combat, contest, fight, oppose, resist

avoid, bypass, circumvent, dodge, elude, escape, evade, miss

abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)

17 to stop living

her grandmother went peacefully last night

Synonyms of go

check out, conk (out), croak [slang], decease, demise, depart, die, drop, end, exit, expire, fall, flatline, kick in [slang], kick off [slang], part, pass (on), pass away, peg out [chiefly British], perish, pop off, step out, succumb

Words Related to go

predecease

consume, disappear, dry up, fade, fail

Phrases Synonymous with go

bite the dust, buy it (or buy the farm), give up the ghost, kick the bucket, snuff it [British]

Near Antonyms of go

come to, revive

linger

be, exist, subsist

flourish, prosper, thrive

Antonyms of go

breathe, live

18 to turn out as planned or desired

we tried very hard to get the food cooperative to go, but it never really worked out

Synonyms of go

click, come off, deliver, go over, pan out, succeed, work out

Words Related to go

catch on

flourish, prosper, thrive

cook, percolate

Phrases Synonymous with go

bear fruit, catch fire, deliver the goods, do the trick, go like clockwork

Near Antonyms of go

languish

flounder, struggle

decline, sink, skid, slip, slump, wane

crash, crater, crumble, flame out

choke, crack up, miscarry, misfire

fall down, go under

implode, self-destruct

Antonyms of go

bomb, collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, founder, miss, strike out, wash out

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