All lap up synonyms
lap up
L l verb lap up
- roister β to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- frolic β merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- roll β to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- thrive β to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
- accede β If you accede to someone's request, you do what they ask.
- okay β to put one's endorsement on or indicate one's approval of (a request, piece of copy, bank check, etc.); authorize; initial: Would you OK my application?
- acquiesce β If you acquiesce in something, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do.
- assent β If someone gives their assent to something that has been suggested, they formally agree to it.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- avow β If you avow something, you admit it or declare it.
- groove β a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- charter β A charter is a formal document describing the rights, aims, or principles of an organization or group of people.
- concur β If one person concurs with another person, the two people agree. You can also say that two people concur.
- consent β If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it.
- seal β a member of the U.S. Navyβs special operations forces.
- second β next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- bless β When someone such as a priest blesses people or things, he asks for God's favour and protection for them.
- dig β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- mandate β 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.
- validate β to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- boost β If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
- pronounce β to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- accredit β If an educational qualification or institution is accredited, it is officially declared to be of an approved standard.
- conceive β If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
- credit β If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them.
- deem β If something is deemed to have a particular quality or to do a particular thing, it is considered to have that quality or do that thing.
- posit β to place, put, or set.
- postulate β to ask, demand, or claim.
- presuppose β to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
- swallow β to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
- pardon β kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- overlook β to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- remit β to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- attest β To attest something or attest to something means to say, show, or prove that it is true.
- debunk β If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is.
- underpin β to prop up or support from below; strengthen, as by reinforcing a foundation.
- subscribe β to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- vouch β to support as being true, certain, reliable, etc. (usually followed by for): Her record in office vouches for her integrity.
- settle β to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- authenticate β If you authenticate something, you state officially that it is genuine after examining it.
- warrant β authorization, sanction, or justification.
- check β Check is also a noun.
- witness β to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception: to witness an accident.
- justify β to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- circumstantiate β to support by giving particulars
- double-check β a simultaneous check by two pieces in which the moving of one piece to give check also results in discovering a check by another piece.
- feel β to perceive or examine by touch.
- aver β If you aver that something is the case, you say very firmly that it is true.