» go
Noun (4 meanings)
Examples:
- “it's my go”,
- “a spell of work”
go is a type of:
- shift, work shift, duty period (noun) - the time period during which you are at work
go is derivationally related to:
2. street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
go is a type of:
- methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA (noun) - a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects
Examples:
- “he took a crack at it”,
- “I gave it a whirl”
4. a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters.
go is a type of:
- board game (noun) - a game played on a specially designed board
Domain of synset - REGION:
Verb (30 meanings)
Examples:
- “How fast does your new car go?”,
- “We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus”,
- “The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect”,
- “The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell”,
- “news travelled fast”
to go is the opposite of:
- to stay in place (verb) - be stationary
ways to go:
- to accompany (verb) - go or travel along with
- to advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on (verb) - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- to angle (verb) - move or proceed at an angle
- to ascend, go up (verb) - travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
- to automobile (verb) - travel in an automobile
- to back (verb) - travel backward
- to bang (verb) - move noisily
- to beetle (verb) - fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
- to betake oneself (verb) - displace oneself
- to billow (verb) - move with great difficulty
- to bounce, jounce (verb) - move up and down repeatedly
- to breeze (verb) - to proceed quickly and easily
- to caravan (verb) - travel in a caravan
- to career (verb) - move headlong at high speed
- to carry (verb) - cover a certain distance or advance beyond
- to circle (verb) - travel around something
- to circle, circulate (verb) - move in circles
- to circuit (verb) - make a circuit
- to circulate (verb) - move around freely
- to come (verb) - cover a certain distance
- to come, come up (verb) - move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
- to crawl, creep (verb) - move slowly
- to cruise (verb) - travel at a moderate speed
- to derail, jump (verb) - run off or leave the rails
- to descend, fall, go down, come down (verb) - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- to do (verb) - travel or traverse (a distance)
- to drag (verb) - move slowly and as if with great effort
- to draw (verb) - move or go steadily or gradually
- to drive, motor (verb) - travel or be transported in a vehicle
- to drive (verb) - move by being propelled by a force
- to ease (verb) - move gently or carefully
- to fall (verb) - descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- to fall (verb) - move in a specified direction
- to ferry (verb) - travel by ferry
- to float (verb) - move lightly, as if suspended
- to float, drift, be adrift, blow (verb) - be in motion due to some air or water current
- to float, swim (verb) - be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- to flock (verb) - move as a crowd or in a group
- to fly (verb) - be dispersed or disseminated
- to fly, wing (verb) - travel through the air
- to follow, travel along (verb) - travel along a certain course
- to follow (verb) - to travel behind, go after, come after
- to forge, spurt, spirt (verb) - move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
- to get around, get about (verb) - move around
- to ghost (verb) - move like a ghost
- to glide (verb) - move smoothly and effortlessly
- to go around, spread, circulate (verb) - become widely known and passed on
- to hiss, whoosh (verb) - move with a whooshing sound
- to hurtle (verb) - move with or as if with a rushing sound
- to island hop (verb) - travel from one island to the next
- to lance (verb) - move quickly, as if by cutting one's way
- to lurch (verb) - move slowly and unsteadily
- to outflank, go around (verb) - go around the flank of (an opposing army)
- to pace (verb) - go at a pace
- to pan (verb) - make a sweeping movement
- to pass, go through, go across (verb) - go across or through
- to pass over, overfly (verb) - fly over
- to play (verb) - move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- to plow, plough (verb) - move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
- to prance (verb) - spring forward on the hind legs
- to precede, lead (verb) - move ahead (of others) in time or space
- to precess (verb) - move in a gyrating fashion
- to proceed, go forward, continue (verb) - move ahead
- to propagate (verb) - travel through the air
- to pursue, follow (verb) - follow in or as if in pursuit
- to push (verb) - move strenuously and with effort
- to raft (verb) - travel by raft in water
- to repair, resort (verb) - move, travel, or proceed toward some place
- to retreat (verb) - move away, as for privacy
- to retrograde (verb) - move in a direction contrary to the usual one
- to return (verb) - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
- to ride (verb) - move like a floating object
- to ride, sit (verb) - sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
- to ride (verb) - sit on and control a vehicle
- to rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise (verb) - move upward
- to roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond (verb) - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- to round (verb) - wind around
- to run (verb) - travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- to run (verb) - move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- to rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it (verb) - move fast
- to scramble (verb) - to move hurriedly
- to seek (verb) - go to or towards
- to shuttle (verb) - travel back and forth between two points
- to sift (verb) - move as if through a sieve
- to ski (verb) - move along on skis
- to slice into, slice through (verb) - move through a body or an object with a slicing motion
- to slither, slide (verb) - to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
- to snowshoe (verb) - travel on snowshoes
- to speed (verb) - travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
- to steamer, steam (verb) - travel by means of steam power
- to step (verb) - shift or move by taking a step
- to step, tread (verb) - put down or press the foot, place the foot
- to step (verb) - move with one's feet in a specific manner
- to stray, err, drift (verb) - wander from a direct course or at random
- to swap (verb) - move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science
- to swash (verb) - make violent, noisy movements
- to swim (verb) - move as if gliding through water
- to swim (verb) - travel through water
- to swing (verb) - change direction with a swinging motion
- to taxi (verb) - travel slowly
- to trail, shack (verb) - move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
- to tram (verb) - travel by tram
- to transfer, change (verb) - change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- to travel (verb) - undergo transportation as in a vehicle
- to travel, journey (verb) - travel upon or across
- to travel, move around (verb) - travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge
- to travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass (verb) - move past
- to travel purposefully (verb) - travel volitionally and in a certain direction with a certain goal
- to travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip (verb) - move very fast
- to trundle (verb) - move heavily
- to turn, move around (verb) - pass to the other side of
- to walk, take the air (verb) - take a walk
- to walk (verb) - use one's feet to advance
- to weave, wind, thread, meander, wander (verb) - to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- to wend (verb) - direct one's course or way
- to wheel, roll (verb) - move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
- to whine (verb) - move with a whining sound
- to whish (verb) - move with a whishing sound
- to whisk (verb) - move quickly and nimbly
- to whistle (verb) - move with, or as with, a whistling sound
- to withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back (verb) - pull back or move away or backward
- to zigzag, crank (verb) - travel along a zigzag path
- to zoom (verb) - move with a low humming noise
to go is derivationally related to:
- change of location, travel (noun) - a movement through space that changes the location of something
- locomotion, travel (noun) - self-propelled movement
- locomotion, motive power, motivity (noun) - the power or ability to move
- locomotive, locomotor (adjective) - of or relating to locomotion
- motion, movement, move (noun) - the act of changing location from one place to another
- movement, motion (noun) - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
- mover (noun) - someone who moves
- traveler, traveller (noun) - a person who changes location
see also:
- to abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off (verb) - run away
- to advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on (verb) - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- to climb, climb up, mount, go up (verb) - go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- to continue, go on, carry on, proceed (verb) -
- to descend, fall, go down, come down (verb) - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- to elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along (verb) - pass by
- to go around, spread, circulate (verb) - become widely known and passed on
- to go out (verb) - go out of fashion
- to move out (verb) - move out of one's old house or office
- to rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise (verb) - move upward
- to set, go down, go under (verb) - disappear beyond the horizon
- to sink, settle, go down, go under (verb) - go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
- to travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass (verb) - move past
- to withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back (verb) - pull back or move away or backward
Verb group:
Examples:
- “We should go farther in this matter”,
- “She went through a lot of trouble”,
- “go about the world in a certain manner”,
- “Messages must go through diplomatic channels”
to go is a way to:
ways to go:
- to steamroller, steamroll (verb) - proceed with great force
- to venture, embark (verb) - proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
- to work (verb) - proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
to go is derivationally related to:
- procedure, process (noun) - a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
- proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings (noun) - (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
Examples:
- “Go away before I start to cry”,
- “The train departs at noon”
to go is the opposite of:
- to come, come up (verb) - move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
to go is a way to:
ways to go:
- to shove off, shove along, blow (verb) - leave
to go is derivationally related to:
Examples:
- “He became annoyed when he heard the bad news”,
- “It must be getting more serious”,
- “her face went red with anger”,
- “She went into ecstasy”,
- “Get going!”
to go is a way to:
- to change state, turn (verb) - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
ways to go:
- to break (verb) - come into being
- to run (verb) - change from one state to another
- to settle (verb) - become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
- to sober up, sober (verb) - become sober after excessive alcohol consumption
- to sober up, sober (verb) - become more realistic
- to take (verb) - be seized or affected in a specified way
- to take effect (verb) - go into effect or become effective or operative
- to work (verb) - arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
see also:
- to gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground (verb) - obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- to overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master (verb) - get on top of
- to progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up (verb) - develop in a positive way
5. be awarded; be allotted.
to go
Examples:
- “The first prize goes to Mary”,
- “Her money went on clothes”
Examples:
- “the story or argument runs as follows”,
- “as the saying goes...”
to go is a way to:
- to be (verb) - have the quality of being
7. stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.
Examples:
- “Service runs all the way to Cranbury”,
- “His knowledge doesn't go very far”,
- “My memory extends back to my fourth year of life”,
- “The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets”
to go is a way to:
- to be (verb) -
ways to go:
- to come (verb) - extend or reach
- to go far, go deep (verb) - extend in importance or range
- to radiate, ray (verb) - extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
to go is derivationally related to:
- extent (noun) - the distance or area or volume over which something extends
see also:
Verb group:
Examples:
- “The inauguration went well”,
- “how did your interview go?”
9. be abolished or discarded.
to go
Examples:
- “These ugly billboards have to go!”,
- “These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge”
10. be or continue to be in a certain condition.
to go
Example:
- “The children went hungry that day”
to go is a way to:
- to be (verb) - have the quality of being
Examples:
- “She went `Mmmmm'”,
- “The gun went `bang'”
to go is a way to:
- to cause to be perceived (verb) - have perceptible qualities
ways to go:
- to bang (verb) - to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
- to bleep (verb) - emit a single short high-pitched signal
- to blow (verb) - make a sound as if blown
- to blow (verb) - sound by having air expelled through a tube
- to boom, boom out (verb) - make a deep hollow sound
- to boom, din (verb) - make a resonant sound, like artillery
- to buzz, bombinate, bombilate (verb) - make a buzzing sound
- to chatter, click (verb) - click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- to chime (verb) - emit a sound
- to chug (verb) - make a dull, explosive sound
- to clang, clangor (verb) - make a loud noise
- to clangor, clangour (verb) - make a loud resonant noise
- to clank (verb) - make a clank
- to click, tick (verb) - make a clicking or ticking sound
- to clop, clump, clunk, plunk (verb) - make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- to crack (verb) - make a very sharp explosive sound
- to crash (verb) - make a sudden loud sound
- to drone (verb) - make a monotonous low dull sound
- to drum, beat, thrum (verb) - make a rhythmic sound
- to glug (verb) - make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle
- to guggle (verb) - make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle
- to gurgle (verb) - make sounds similar to gurgling water
- to honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot (verb) - make a loud noise
- to hum, thrum (verb) - sound with a monotonous hum
- to lap, swish, swosh, swoosh (verb) - move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
- to make noise, resound, noise (verb) - emit a noise
- to patter, pitter-patter (verb) - make light, rapid and repeated sounds
- to ping (verb) - make a short high-pitched sound
- to pink, ping, knock (verb) - sound like a car engine that is firing too early
- to pop (verb) - make a sharp explosive noise
- to rattle (verb) - make short successive sounds
- to resonate, vibrate (verb) - sound with resonance
- to resound, echo, ring, reverberate (verb) - ring or echo with sound
- to ring, peal (verb) - sound loudly and sonorously
- to ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle (verb) - flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- to roll (verb) - emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
- to rumble, grumble (verb) - make a low noise
- to rustle (verb) - make a dry crackling sound
- to skirl (verb) - make a shrill, wailing sound
- to snap, crack (verb) - make a sharp sound
- to snarl (verb) - make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise
- to splash, splosh, slosh, slush (verb) - make a splashing sound
- to splat (verb) - give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact
- to squelch (verb) - make a sucking sound
- to tap, rap, knock, pink (verb) - make light, repeated taps on a surface
- to thud, thump (verb) - make a dull sound
- to tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat (verb) - make a sound like a clock or a timer
- to ting (verb) - make a light, metallic sound
- to tinkle, tink, clink, chink (verb) - make or emit a high sound
- to trump (verb) - produce a sound as if from a trumpet
- to twang (verb) - sound with a twang
- to tweet, twirp (verb) - make a weak, chirping sound
- to whish (verb) - make a sibilant sound
- to whistle, sing (verb) - make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
- to whistle (verb) - make whistling sounds
- to whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr (verb) - make a soft swishing sound
to go is derivationally related to:
Examples:
- “The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in”,
- “Does this old car still run well?”,
- “This old radio doesn't work anymore”
to go is the opposite of:
- to malfunction, misfunction (verb) - fail to function or function improperly
ways to go:
- to cut (verb) - function as a cutting instrument
- to double (verb) - do double duty
- to roll (verb) - begin operating or running
- to run (verb) - be operating, running or functioning
- to service, serve (verb) - be used by
to go is derivationally related to:
- operant (adjective) - having influence or producing an effect
- operation, procedure (noun) - a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
- operation, functioning, performance (noun) - process or manner of functioning or operating
- running, operative, functional, working (adjective) - (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
Verb group:
Examples:
- “The money had gone after a few days”,
- “Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest”
Examples:
- “The speech has to go through several more drafts”,
- “run through your presentation before the meeting”
15. continue to live through hardship or adversity.
to survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
Examples:
- “We went without water and food for 3 days”,
- “These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America”,
- “The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents”,
- “how long can a person last without food and water?”
ways to go:
- to live out (verb) - live out one's life
- to perennate (verb) - survive from season to season, of plants
- to stand up, hold up, hold water (verb) - resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
to go is derivationally related to:
to go entails:
Verb group:
16. pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action.
to go
Examples:
- “How is it going?”,
- “The day went well until I got your call”
to go is derivationally related to:
see also:
- to collocate with, construe with, cooccur with, co-occur with, go with (verb) - go or occur together
17. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
to die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
Examples:
- “She died from cancer”,
- “The children perished in the fire”,
- “The patient went peacefully”,
- “The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102”
to go is the opposite of:
- to be born (verb) - come into existence through birth
to go is a way to:
- to change state, turn (verb) - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
ways to go:
- to abort (verb) - cease development, die, and be aborted
- to buy it, pip out (verb) - be killed or die
- to drown (verb) - die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
- to fall (verb) - die, as in battle or in a hunt
- to predecease (verb) - die before
- to starve, famish (verb) - die of food deprivation
- to succumb, yield (verb) - be fatally overwhelmed
- to suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate (verb) - be asphyxiated
to go is derivationally related to:
- Death (noun) - the personification of death
- dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed (noun) - someone who is no longer alive
- death (noun) - the act of killing
- death, decease, expiry (noun) - the event of dying or departure from life
- death (noun) - the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
- death (noun) - the absence of life or state of being dead
- death, last (noun) - the time at which life ends
- passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release (noun) - euphemistic expressions for death
see also:
- to die back, die down (verb) - suffer from a disease that kills shoots
- to die down (verb) - become progressively weaker
- to die out, die off (verb) - become extinct
Verb group:
Examples:
- “Where do these books belong?”,
- “Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government”,
- “Where do these books go?”
to go is a way to:
- to be (verb) -
19. be ranked or compare.
to go
Example:
- “This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go”
to go is a way to:
- to compare (verb) - be comparable
Examples:
- “I start at eight in the morning”,
- “Ready, set, go!”
Example:
- “Can I go now?”
ways to go:
- to bluff, bluff out (verb) - deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
- to castle (verb) - move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
- to check (verb) - decline to initiate betting
- to draw, cast (verb) - choose at random
- to manoeuver, maneuver, manoeuvre, operate (verb) - perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
- to open (verb) - make the opening move
- to serve (verb) - put the ball into play
- to stalemate (verb) - subject to a stalemate
- to trump, ruff (verb) - play a trump
to go is derivationally related to:
- go, spell, tour, turn (noun) - a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- move (noun) - (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
to go entails:
- to play (verb) - participate in games or sport
Verb group:
- to move, make a motion (verb) - propose formally
22. be contained in.
to go
Example:
- “How many times does 18 go into 54?”
23. be sounded, played, or expressed.
to go
Example:
- “How does this song go again?”
Examples:
- “This flavor will blend with those in your dish”,
- “This sofa won't go with the chairs”
Examples:
- “This door goes to the basement”,
- “The road runs South”
to go is a way to:
- to be (verb) -
Example:
- “This piece won't fit into the puzzle”
to go is a way to:
- to fit (verb) - conform to some shape or size
ways to go:
- to joint (verb) - fit as if by joints
- to tessellate (verb) - fit together exactly, of identical shapes
to go is derivationally related to:
- fit (noun) - the manner in which something fits
- fitting, try-on, trying on (noun) - putting clothes on to see whether they fit
Verb group:
27. go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way.
Example:
- “Who rifled through my desk drawers?”
to go is a way to:
- to search (verb) - subject to a search
28. be spent.
to go
Example:
- “All my money went for food and rent”
Example:
- “I plumped for the losing candidates”
30. stop operating or functioning.
to fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
Examples:
- “The engine finally went”,
- “The car died on the road”,
- “The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town”,
- “The coffee maker broke”,
- “The engine failed on the way to town”,
- “her eyesight went after the accident”
to go is a way to:
- to change (verb) - undergo a change
ways to go:
- to blow out, burn out, blow (verb) - melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
- to crash, go down (verb) - stop operating
- to malfunction, misfunction (verb) - fail to function or function improperly
- to misfire (verb) - fail to fire or detonate
to go is derivationally related to:
- breakable (adjective) - capable of being broken or damaged
- breakdown, equipment failure (noun) - a cessation of normal operation
- failure (noun) - loss of ability to function normally
Verb group:
- to break (verb) - render inoperable or ineffective
- to die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it (verb) - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life