All charge synonyms
char·gé
C c noun charge
- mugging — a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
- onset — a beginning or start: the onset of winter.
- outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- sortie — a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- instruction — machine instruction
- injunction — Law. a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.
- behest — an authoritative order or earnest request
- bidding — an order; command (often in the phrases do or follow the bidding of, at someone's bidding)
- dictate — If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
- mandate — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- precept — a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.
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- conduct — When you conduct an activity or task, you organize it and carry it out.
- handling — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- management — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
- oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
- running — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
- superintendence — a district or place under a superintendent.
- supervision — the act or function of supervising; superintendence.
- intendance — an administrative department, especially one in the government system introduced by the French statesman Richelieu during the 17th century, or the officials in charge of it.
- superintendency — a district or place under a superintendent.
- charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- charge d'affaires ad interim — Also called chargé d'affaires ad interim. an official placed in charge of diplomatic business during the temporary absence of the ambassador or minister.
verb charge
- accuse — If you accuse someone of doing something wrong or dishonest, you say or tell them that you believe that they did it.
- indict — (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial: The grand jury indicted him for murder.
- allege — If you allege that something bad is true, you say it but do not prove it.
- arraign — If someone is arraigned on a particular charge, they are brought before a court of law to answer that charge.
- incriminate — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
- blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- impeach — to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
- involve — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
- criminate — to charge with a crime; accuse
- finger — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- impugn — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- impute — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- peg — a female given name, form of Peggy.
- reprehend — to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.
- reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- tax — a tax levied according to the value of the property, merchandise, etc., being taxed.
- blow the whistle on — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
- point the finger at — to accuse or blame
- turn on — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- rush — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- storm — Theodore Woldsen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh n] /ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr ˈvɔlt sən/ (Show IPA), 1817–88, German poet and novelist.
- assault — An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.