All achieve antonyms
a·chieve
A a verb achieve
- commence — When something commences or you commence it, it begins.
- unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
- forfeit — a fine; penalty.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
- imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- unseal — to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed: to unseal a letter; to unseal a tomb.
- begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
- start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- pass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- spend — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- wonder — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- retain — to keep possession of.
- open — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.