cadge

beg, bum, mooch, panhandle

calculate

compute, reckon, cipher, figure

call

convene, convoke, muster, summon

calm

tranquil, placid, serene, halcyon, peaceful

campaign

crusade, drive, push

caprice

whim, whimsy, vagary, freak

care

charge, custody, keeping, supervision, trust

careful

heedful, mindful, observant, watchful

careless

heedless, thoughtless, inadvertent

caress

cuddle, fondle, pet

caricature

burlesque, parody, travesty, satire, lampoon

casuistry

fallacy, sophistry, spuriousness, speciousness, sophism

catalyst

ferment, leaven, leavening, yeast

catch

enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, snare, tangle, trap

cause

reason, occasions, antecedent

celebrity

hero, luminary, name, notable, personage

center

focus, headquarters, heart, hub, seat

certain

inescapable, inevitable, sure, unavoidable

certainty

certitude, assurance, conviction

chafe

abrade, excoriate, fret, gall

chance

random, casual, haphazard, desultory

charge

freight, imbue, impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate, suffuse

charm

beguile, bewitch, captivate, enchant, entrance, fascinate

choice

altenative, option, preference, selection, election

choose

select, elect, pick

chronic

confirmed, habitual, inveterate

circle

coterie, set, clique

circumference

circuit, compass, perimeter, periphery

citizen

national, subject

claim

pretense, pretension, title

clean

antiseptic, cleanly, immaculate, spotless

clear

limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent

clever

ingenious, shrewd

cliche

bromide, commonplace, platitude, truism

close

immediate, near, nearby, nigh, proximate

clothe

cloak, drape, mantle, robe

coagulate

clot, congeal, curdle, jell, jelly, set

coarse

gross, indelicate, vulgar, obscene, ribald

cold

artic, chilly, cool, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy

collision

concussion, crash, impact, jar, jolt, shock

comfort

console, solace

comfortable

cozy, snug, restful

comment

observation, remark

commit

consign, entrust, confide, relegate

complex

complicated, intricate, involved, tangled, knotty

conceit

amour-propre, egoism, egotism, narcissism, vanity [HUMILITY]

condemn

damn, doom, sentence

confer

consult, parley, treat

confidence

assurance, aplomb, self-confidence, self-possession

confirm

corroborate, substantiate, authenticate, validate, verify

conflict

contest, combat, fight, affray

confuse

addle, befuddle, discombobulate, fuddle, muddle, throw

conjecture

surmise, guess, speculate, infer

consider

deem, regard, account, reckon

conspiracy

plot, machination, collusion, intrigue, cabal

contain

hold, accommodate

contaminate

befoul, foul, poison, pollute, taint

contemporary

contemporaneous, simultaneous, synchronous, concurrent, coincident, concomitant

continual

continuous, constant, ceaseless, incessant, perpetual, eternal, perennial, interminable

contract

condense, compress, constrict, shrink

contrary

balky, perverse, wayward, ornery

convert

metamorphose, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute

cool

composed, collected, unruffled, nonchalant, impertubable, detached

correct

rectify, remedy, redress, reform, revise, amend

corrupt

debase, debauch, deprave, pervert, vitiate

count

import, matter, signify, weigh

couple

pair, brace, yoke

crisis

crossroad, exigency, head, juncture, pass

critical

captious, censorious, faultfinding [UNCRITICAL]

criticize

blame, reprehend, censure, condemn, denounce

crowd

crush, flock, horde, mob, press, throng

crude

native, raw

cruel

fierce, ferocious, barbarous, inhuman, savage, vicious

crush

mash, pulp, smash, squash

cry

weep, wail, keen, whimper, sob, blubber

cure

heal, remedy

curious

inquisitive, snoopy, nosy