English noun: charge | |||
1. | charge (act) an impetuous rush toward someone or something | ||
Samples | The wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary. The battle began with a cavalry charge. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | attack, onrush, onset, onslaught | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | countercharge | ||
2. | charge (communication) (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense | ||
Samples | He was arrested on a charge of larceny. | ||
Synonyms | complaint | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pleading | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accusal, accusation | ||
Part meronym | bill of indictment, indictment | ||
Domain category | criminal law | ||
3. | charge (possession) the price charged for some article or service | ||
Samples | The admission charge. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cost | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | agio, agiotage, carrying charge, charge per unit, demurrage, depreciation charge, exchange premium, fare, fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs, installation charge, overcharge, porterage, postage, poundage, premium, rate, service charge, service fee, stowage, surcharge, tankage, transportation, undercharge, water-rate | ||
4. | charge (phenomenon) the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons | ||
Samples | The battery needed a fresh charge. | ||
Synonyms | electric charge | ||
Broader (hypernym) | electrical phenomenon | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | electrostatic charge, negative charge, positive charge | ||
5. | charge (act) attention and management implying responsibility for safety | ||
Samples | He is in the care of a bodyguard. | ||
Synonyms | care, guardianship, tutelage | ||
Broader (hypernym) | protection | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | due care, foster care, great care, ordinary care, providence, reasonable care, slight care | ||
6. | charge (act) a special assignment that is given to a person or group | ||
Samples | A confidential mission to London. His charge was deliver a message. | ||
Synonyms | commission, mission | ||
Broader (hypernym) | assignment, duty assignment | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | fool's errand, martyr operation, mission impossible, sacrifice operation, suicide mission | ||
7. | charge (person) a person committed to your care | ||
Samples | The teacher led her charges across the street. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dependant, dependent | ||
8. | charge (possession) financial liabilities (such as a tax) | ||
Samples | The charges against the estate. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | liabilities | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | assessment, encumbrance, incumbrance, levy | ||
Domain category | revenue enhancement, tax, taxation | ||
9. | charge (motive) (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object | ||
Samples | Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge. | ||
Synonyms | cathexis | ||
Broader (hypernym) | libidinal energy | ||
Domain category | analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis | ||
10. | charge (feeling) the swift release of a store of affective force | ||
Samples | They got a great bang out of it. What a boot!. He got a quick rush from injecting heroin. He does it for kicks. | ||
Synonyms | bang, boot, flush, kick, rush, thrill | ||
Broader (hypernym) | excitement, exhilaration | ||
11. | charge (communication) request for payment of a debt | ||
Samples | They submitted their charges at the end of each month. | ||
Synonyms | billing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | asking, request | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | presentment | ||
12. | charge (communication) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something | ||
Samples | The judge's charge to the jury. | ||
Synonyms | commission, direction | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bid, bidding, command, dictation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | misdirection | ||
13. | charge (communication) an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence | ||
Samples | The newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving. | ||
Synonyms | accusation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | assertion, asseveration, averment | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | countercharge | ||
14. | charge (artifact) heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield | ||
Synonyms | armorial bearing, bearing, heraldic bearing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | heraldry | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | annulet, chevron, fleur-de-lis, fleur-de-lys, ordinary, roundel | ||
15. | charge (artifact) a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time | ||
Samples | This cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains. | ||
Synonyms | burster, bursting charge, explosive charge | ||
Broader (hypernym) | explosive | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | rocket fuel, rocket propellant, rocket propellent, shot, undercharge | ||
English verb: charge | |||
1. | charge (competition) to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle | ||
Samples | He saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork. | ||
Synonyms | bear down | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | rush | ||
2. | charge (communication) blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against | ||
Samples | He charged the director with indifference. | ||
Examples | They want to charge the prisoners | ||
Synonyms | accuse | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accuse, asperse, besmirch, blame, calumniate, criminate, defame, denigrate, fault, impeach, incriminate, indict, slander, smear, smirch, sully | ||
3. | charge (possession) demand payment | ||
Samples | Will I get charged for this service?. We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights. | ||
Synonyms | bill | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | account, calculate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | assess, impose, invoice, levy, surcharge, tithe, undercharge | ||
Verb group | charge | ||
4. | charge (motion) move quickly and violently | ||
Samples | The car tore down the street. He came charging into my office. | ||
Synonyms | buck, shoot, shoot down, tear | ||
Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | rip | ||
Verb group | dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot | ||
5. | charge (social) assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to | ||
Samples | He was appointed deputy manager. She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance. | ||
Examples | They charge him to write the letter | ||
Synonyms | appoint | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accredit, assign, authorise, authorize, create, delegate, depute, depute, deputise, deputize, designate, empower, make, name, nominate | ||
6. | charge (communication) file a formal charge against | ||
Samples | The suspect was charged with murdering his wife. | ||
Synonyms | file, lodge | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody with something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accuse, criminate, impeach, incriminate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | impeach | ||
7. | charge (communication) make an accusatory claim | ||
Samples | The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | claim | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | complain, tax | ||
8. | charge (contact) fill or load to capacity | ||
Samples | Charge the wagon with hay. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody with something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | burden, burthen, freight, weight, weight down | ||
Verb group | charge | ||
Antonyms | discharge | ||
9. | charge (possession) enter a certain amount as a charge | ||
Samples | He charged me $15. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | debit | ||
Verb group | bill, charge | ||
10. | charge (possession) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution | ||
Samples | After the second episode, she had to be committed. He was committed to prison. | ||
Synonyms | commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, send | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | transfer | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | hospitalise, hospitalize | ||
11. | charge (possession) give over to another for care or safekeeping | ||
Samples | Consign your baggage. | ||
Synonyms | consign | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | commit, confide, entrust, intrust, trust | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | check, check, hock, pawn, pledge, soak | ||
12. | charge (possession) pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt | ||
Samples | Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pay | ||
Antonyms | pay cash | ||
13. | charge (motion) lie down on command, of hunting dogs | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | lie, lie down | ||
14. | charge (emotion) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | ||
Samples | The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks. | ||
Synonyms | agitate, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disturb, trouble, upset | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bother, electrify, hype up, pother, psych up | ||
Antonyms | calm, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, quiet, quieten, lull | ||
15. | charge (creation) place a heraldic bearing on | ||
Samples | Charge all weapons, shields, and banners. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | paint | ||
Domain category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | ||
16. | charge (contact) provide (a device) with something necessary | ||
Samples | He loaded his gun carefully. Load the camera. | ||
Synonyms | load | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fill, fill up, make full | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | recharge, reload | ||
17. | charge (competition) direct into a position for use | ||
Samples | Point a gun. He charged his weapon at me. | ||
Synonyms | level, point | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | aim, direct, take, take aim, train | ||
Verb group | point | ||
18. | charge (communication) impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to | ||
Samples | He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend. | ||
Synonyms | burden, saddle | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody with something. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | command, require | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | adjure, bear down, deluge, flood out, overburden, overwhelm | ||
19. | charge (communication) instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | instruct | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
20. | charge (communication) instruct or command with authority | ||
Samples | The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | instruct | ||
21. | charge (cognition) attribute responsibility to | ||
Samples | We blamed the accident on her. The tragedy was charged to her inexperience. | ||
Synonyms | blame | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ascribe, assign, attribute, impute | ||
22. | charge (cognition) set or ask for a certain price | ||
Samples | How much do you charge for lunch?. This fellow charges $100 for a massage. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | determine, set | ||
23. | charge (change) cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on | ||
Samples | Charge a conductor. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Verb group | charge | ||
24. | charge (change) energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge | ||
Samples | I need to charge my car battery. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | recharge | ||
Verb group | charge | ||
25. | charge (change) saturate | ||
Samples | The room was charged with tension and anxiety. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | impregnate, saturate | ||
Verb group | charge | ||