Synonyms: mission, charge, commission
Definition: a special assignment that is given to a person or group
Usage: a confidential mission to London; his charge was deliver a message
Similar words: assignment, duty assignment
Definition: a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
Usage: hazardous duty
Synonyms: charge, care, guardianship, tutelage
Definition: attention and management implying responsibility for safety
Usage: he is in the care of a bodyguard
Similar words: protection
Definition: the activity of protecting someone or something
Usage: the witnesses demanded police protection
Synonyms: charge
Definition: an impetuous rush toward someone or something
Usage: the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary; the battle began with a cavalry charge
Similar words: onrush, onset, onslaught, attack
Definition: (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
Usage: the attack began at dawn
Synonyms: charge, burster, bursting charge, explosive charge
Definition: a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
Usage: this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
Similar words: explosive
Definition: a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
Synonyms: charge, bearing, armorial bearing, heraldic bearing
Definition: heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
Similar words: heraldry
Definition: emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms
Definition: (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
Usage: he was arrested on a charge of larceny
Similar words: pleading
Definition: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
Synonyms: charge, accusation
Definition: an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
Usage: the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
Similar words: assertion, asseveration, averment
Definition: a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
Synonyms: charge, commission, direction
Definition: a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
Usage: the judge's charge to the jury
Similar words: command, bid, bidding, dictation
Definition: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
Definition: request for payment of a debt
Usage: they submitted their charges at the end of each month
Synonyms: flush, kick, boot, charge, bang, thrill, rush
Definition: the swift release of a store of affective force
Usage: they got a great bang out of it; what a boot!; he got a quick rush from injecting heroin; he does it for kicks
Similar words: excitement, exhilaration
Definition: the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
Usage: he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed
Definition: (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
Usage: Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge
Similar words: libidinal energy
Definition: (psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido
Synonyms: charge
Definition: a person committed to your care
Usage: the teacher led her charges across the street
Similar words: dependant, dependent
Definition: a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
Synonyms: charge, electric charge
Definition: the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
Usage: the battery needed a fresh charge
Similar words: electrical phenomenon
Definition: a physical phenomenon involving electricity
Synonyms: charge
Definition: the price charged for some article or service
Usage: the admission charge
Similar words: cost
Definition: the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
Synonyms: charge
Definition: financial liabilities (such as a tax)
Usage: the charges against the estate
Similar words: liabilities
Definition: anything that is owed to someone else
Synonyms: charge
Definition: saturate
Usage: The room was charged with tension and anxiety
Similar words: impregnate, saturate
Definition: infuse or fill completely
Usage: Impregnate the cloth with alcohol
Synonyms: charge
Definition: energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
Usage: I need to charge my car battery
Similar words: supply, render, provide, furnish
Definition: give something useful or necessary to
Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater
Synonyms: charge
Definition: cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
Usage: charge a conductor
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: charge
Definition: set or ask for a certain price
Usage: How much do you charge for lunch?; This fellow charges $100 for a massage
Definition: attribute responsibility to
Usage: We blamed the accident on her; The tragedy was charged to her inexperience
Similar words: impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
Definition: attribute or credit to
Usage: We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare; People impute great cleverness to cats
Synonyms: charge
Definition: instruct or command with authority
Usage: The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem
Similar words: instruct
Definition: give instructions or directions for some task
Usage: She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation
Synonyms: charge
Definition: instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
Similar words: instruct
Definition: give instructions or directions for some task
Usage: She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation
Synonyms: charge, burden, saddle
Definition: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
Usage: He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
Synonyms: charge
Definition: make an accusatory claim
Usage: The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased
Similar words: claim
Definition: assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
Usage: He claimed that he killed the burglar
Definition: file a formal charge against
Usage: The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
Similar words: impeach, incriminate, criminate, accuse
Definition: bring an accusation against; level a charge against
Usage: The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
Definition: to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
Usage: he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork
Similar words: rush
Definition: attack suddenly
Synonyms: charge, level, point
Definition: direct into a position for use
Usage: point a gun; He charged his weapon at me
Similar words: aim, direct, take, take aim, train
Definition: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
Usage: Please don't aim at your little brother!; He trained his gun on the burglar; Don't train your camera on the women; Take a swipe at one's opponent
Synonyms: charge
Definition: fill or load to capacity
Usage: charge the wagon with hay
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Definition: provide (a device) with something necessary
Usage: He loaded his gun carefully; load the camera
Similar words: fill, fill up, make full
Definition: make full, also in a metaphorical sense
Usage: fill a container; fill the child with pride
Synonyms: charge
Definition: place a heraldic bearing on
Usage: charge all weapons, shields, and banners
Similar words: paint
Definition: make a painting
Usage: he painted all day in the garden; He painted a painting of the garden
Synonyms: turn on, rouse, excite, charge, charge up, commove, agitate
Definition: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
Usage: The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
Similar words: trouble, disturb, upset
Definition: move deeply
Usage: This book upset me; A troubling thought
Synonyms: charge
Definition: lie down on command, of hunting dogs
Definition: assume a reclining position
Usage: lie down on the bed until you feel better
Synonyms: tear, shoot, shoot down, buck, charge
Definition: move quickly and violently
Usage: The car tore down the street; He came charging into my office
Similar words: hasten, hotfoot, hie, cannonball along, bucket along, pelt along, belt along, step on it, race, speed, rush, rush along
Definition: move fast
Usage: He rushed down the hall to receive his guests; The cars raced down the street
Synonyms: charge
Definition: pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
Usage: Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?
Similar words: pay
Definition: give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
Usage: I paid four dollars for this sandwich; Pay the waitress, please
Definition: demand payment
Usage: Will I get charged for this service?; We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights
Synonyms: charge
Definition: enter a certain amount as a charge
Usage: he charged me $15
Similar words: debit
Definition: enter as debit
Definition: give over to another for care or safekeeping
Usage: consign your baggage
Similar words: entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit
Definition: confer a trust upon
Usage: The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret; I commit my soul to God
Synonyms: charge, commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, send
Definition: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
Usage: After the second episode, she had to be committed; he was committed to prison
Similar words: transfer
Definition: move from one place to another
Usage: transfer the data; transmit the news; transfer the patient to another hospital