Thesaurus
charge
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of CHARGE
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to establish or apply as a charge or penalty <charges a restocking fee for returned merchandise>
Related Words dock, excise, mulct, penalize, tax; extort, shake down, wrest, wring; bleed, fleece, gouge, milk, skin, squeeze; coerce, compel, force; inflict, wreak; set; reapply, reimpose, relay
Near Antonyms abate, diminish, lessen; forgive, release; condone, disregard, excuse, gloss (over), gloze (over), ignore, pardon
Antonyms remit
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to give a task, duty, or responsibility to <we're charging you with the care of your little sister while we're gone for the evening>
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to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority <charged the soldier to keep watch over the prisoner>
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to make a claim of wrongdoing against <he has not yet been charged with any crime>
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to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained <charge a blast furnace with iron ore>
Related Words drench, flood, glut, swamp; bloat, bulk; crowd, crush, mat, press, ram, shove, squash, squeeze; refill, refresh, reload, repack, replenish; overcharge, overfill, overflow, saturate; honeycomb, penetrate
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to take sudden, violent action against <plans to charge the enemy's fortification at daybreak>
Synonyms assail, assault, beset, bushwhack, charge, descend (on or upon), go in (on), jump (on), pounce (on or upon), raid, rush, set on, sic (also sick), storm, strike, trash, turn (on)
Related Words bum-rush, gang up (on), mob, swarm; mug, rob; ambuscade, ambush, surprise (also surprize), waylay; blitz, bomb, bombard, nuke; barrage, cannon, cannonade; bang away (at), batter, buffet, plaster; beleaguer, besiege, press; harry, loot, pillage, plunder, ravage, sack; foray, invade, overrun; envelop, flank
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to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings of <the players are going into this game still charged from their upset victory the week before>
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