Antonyms for figure out
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : fig-yer; especially British fig-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪg yər; especially British ˈfɪg ər |
- abandon
- abet
- abstain
- agree
- aid
- allow
- assemble
- assist
- be calm
- be honest
- be ignorant
- be vague
- begin
- block
- break
- calculate
- calm
- cancel
- check
- clear up
- combine
- complicate
- compose
- conceal
- confuse
- conjecture
- connect
- cover
- defer
- depart
- destroy
- disallow
- disapprove
- disarrange
- disbelieve
- discard
- discompose
- discourage
- dislodge
- dismiss
- disorder
- disorganize
- disperse
- displace
- disprove
- disregard
- dissuade
- distribute
- disturb
- divide
- doubt
- empty
- encourage
- enlighten
- estimate
- excogitate
- exit
- explain
- fail
- fix
- fold
- forget
- free
- give
- give in
- give up
- go along
- guard
- guess
- guesstimate
- halt
- help
- hesitate
- hide
- ignore
- invalidate
- join
- know
- leave
- let go
- link
- listen
- lose
- measure
- mend
- misconceive
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- mismanage
- misplace
- miss
- mistake
- misunderstand
- mix up
- mystify
- neglect
- not get
- obscure
- overlook
- overtake
- overthrow
- pass
- please
- pose
- protect
- put off
- question
- receive
- refrain
- release
- remove
- scatter
- search
- secrete
- soothe
- spend
- stagnate
- start
- stop
- subtract
- support
- suppress
- surmise
- surrender
- synthesize
- take
- take out
- tangle
- twist
- understand
- unfasten
- unite
- unsettle
- waver
- withdraw
- withhold
- wonder
- worsen
- wrap
- yield
Definition of figure out
Origin :- late 14c., "to represent" (in a picture); see figure (n.). Meaning "to shape into" is early 15c.; "to picture in the mind" is from c.1600; "to make an appearance" is c.1600. Meaning "work out a sum" is from 1833, American English. Related: Figured; figuring.
- As in appraise : verb judge, estimate
- As in infer : verb conclude
- As in number : verb count, calculate
- As in penetrate : verb understand or be understood
- As in augur : verb predict; be an omen of
- As in place : verb identify, recognize
- As in plan : verb think out; prepare in advance
- As in predict : verb express an outcome in advance
- As in reason : verb mentally analyze
- As in reckon : verb add up; evaluate
- As in solve : verb answer, resolve
- As in speculate : verb think about deeply and theorize
- As in think : verb contemplate
- As in understand : verb appreciate, comprehend
- As in unfold : verb make known
- As in work out : verb solve; satisfy
- As in outwit : verb deceive
- As in hypothesize : verb speculate
- As in individualize : verb distinguish
- As in outsmart : verb outwit
- As in outthink : verb outwit
- As in ratiocinate : verb think
- As in clear up : verb explain; resolve
- As in compute : verb calculate, estimate
- As in crack : verb discover meaning, answer
- As in decode : verb decipher
- As in determine : verb discover, find out
- As in discern : verb catch sight of; recognize and understand
- As in distinguish : verb tell the difference
- As in evaluate : verb judge
- As in fathom : verb discern, understand
- As in analyze : verb examine and determine
- As in forecast : verb predict, guess
- As in foretell : verb predict, warn
- As in get : verb understand
- But perhaps, sometime, we may figure out a way of getting them up.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- You figure out that this will cause her to disclose herself—make some sign?
- Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
- She waltzes away, and I scratch my head and try to figure out what this pitch is for.
- Extract from : « The Flying Cuspidors » by V. R. Francis
- But you don't stop to figure out just what your ideals are—exactly what you're fighting for.
- Extract from : « This One Problem » by M. C. Pease
- See if you can figure out why the swing will not move back and forth.
- Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
- “Then you are to blame if the matter does not figure out your way,” he warned her.
- Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
- "You'll have time to figure out that problem in the quiet of 'the jug,'" said Kelley.
- Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
- I could figure out how mother might be able not to see anything but good in Buddy.
- Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
- "We have to figure out some way to get up in the air," said Adams.
- Extract from : « Project Mastodon » by Clifford Donald Simak
- I have never been able to concentrate my mind to study and figure out problems.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
Synonyms for figure out
- accept
- accomplish
- account
- achieve
- acquire
- add
- add up
- add up to
- adduce
- adjudge
- adumbrate
- affect
- aggregate
- amount
- analyze
- announce
- answer
- anticipate
- appraise
- appreciate
- apprehend
- approximate
- arrange
- arrive at
- ascertain
- assay
- assess
- associate
- assume
- attain
- audit
- augur
- auspicate
- baffle
- bamboozle
- bargain for
- be afraid
- be aware
- be conscious of
- be effective
- be with it
- beat
- beat a dead horse
- beat one's brains
- become clear
- behold
- believe
- bespeak
- betoken
- bewilder
- block out
- blueprint
- bode
- boil down to
- brainstorm
- break
- bring off
- brood
- build castles in air
- calculate
- call
- call it
- call the shot
- call the shots
- call the turn
- cap
- cast
- cast up
- catch
- catch on
- catch on to
- categorize
- cerebrate
- certify
- characterize
- cheat
- check
- check out
- chew over
- cipher
- circumvent
- clarify
- class
- classify
- clear
- clear up
- cogitate
- cognize
- collate
- collect
- come
- come across
- come out
- come to terms
- complete
- comprehend
- compromise
- compute
- computer
- con
- conceive
- conclude
- concoct
- confab
- confuse
- conjecture
- consider
- conspire
- construct
- construe
- contemplate
- contrive
- cook up
- count
- count heads
- count noses
- count off
- crack
- crack the code
- craft
- criticize
- croak
- cryptanalyze
- crystal ball it
- crystal-ball
- crystal-ball divine
- cut ice
- deal with
- deceive
- decide
- decipher
- declare
- decode
- decrypt
- deduce
- deduct
- deem
- defeat
- defraud
- deliberate
- demarcate
- demonstrate
- derive
- describe
- descry
- design
- detect
- determinate
- determine
- develop
- devise
- diagnose
- diagnosticate
- difference
- differentiate
- dig
- discern
- disclose
- discover
- discrepate
- discriminate
- disentangle
- display
- dissolve
- distinguish
- divide
- divine
- divulge
- do
- dope
- dope out
- draft
- draw
- draw conclusion
- draw from
- draw inference
- dupe
- elaborate
- elucidate
- end run
- engineer
- enlighten
- enumerate
- envision
- espy
- establish
- esteem
- estimate
- evaluate
- evolve
- examine
- excogitate
- explain
- explicate
- expose
- expound
- extricate
- eye
- fake out
- fathom
- figure
- figure in
- figure on
- figure out
- finagle
- find out
- find the solution
- finger
- finish
- fiture
- fix
- fix to
- focus
- follow
- foot
- forebode
- forecast
- foreknow
- foresee
- foreshadow
- forespeak
- foretell
- forewarn
- form
- formulate
- fox
- frame
- gain
- gather
- gauge
- generalize
- get
- get a load of
- get across
- get answer
- get down to brass tacks
- get into one's head
- get over
- get right
- get something done
- get the hang of
- get the idea
- get the picture
- get the point
- get through
- get to the bottom
- get wise to
- glean
- go
- go well
- goose
- grade
- grasp
- guess
- guesstimate
- gull
- gyp
- handle
- happen
- harbinger
- hash
- hatch
- have
- have a hunch
- have in mind
- have knowledge of
- have one's number
- hazard a
- hazard a guess
- head trip
- hear
- herald
- hit
- hit upon
- hoax
- hold
- hoodwink
- hypothesize
- ideate
- identify
- identify with
- illuminate
- illustrate
- imagine
- impress
- in the cards
- include
- indicate
- individualize
- individuate
- induce
- infer
- inspect
- intellectualize
- interpret
- intrigue
- intuit
- invent
- investigate
- iron out
- jip
- judge
- juke
- keep tabs
- ken
- kick around
- know
- label
- lay in provisions
- lead astray
- learn
- lick
- line up
- logicalize
- look at
- look over
- look upon
- make a dent
- make arrangements
- make book
- make clear
- make distinction
- make out
- make plausible
- make reasonable
- make sense of
- manipulate
- map
- mark
- mark off
- master
- measure
- meditate
- memorize
- mislead
- mull
- mull over
- muse
- nail
- name
- note
- notice
- number
- numerate
- observe
- omen
- organize
- outdo
- outfox
- outgeneral
- outguess
- outjockey
- outline
- outmaneuver
- outsmart
- outthink
- overreach
- pan out
- part
- peg
- penetrate
- perceive
- philosophize
- pick out
- pick up
- pierce
- pinpoint
- pipe-dream
- place
- plan
- plot
- plumb
- ponder
- portend
- possess
- predetermine
- prefigure
- presage
- present
- presume
- presuppose
- price
- price out
- probe
- proclaim
- prognosticate
- project
- promise
- prophesy
- prosper
- psych
- psych out
- publish
- pull off
- put
- put on one's thinking cap
- put one's finger on
- put over
- put together
- put two and two together
- puzzle
- puzzle out
- qualify
- quarterback
- rack one's brains
- rank
- rate
- ratiocinate
- rationalize
- reach agreement
- reach conclusion
- read
- read between lines
- read into
- ready
- realize
- reason
- receive
- reckon
- reckon on
- recognize
- reflect
- regard
- register
- rehash
- remark
- remember
- represent
- resolve
- result
- reveal
- review
- revolve
- rough in
- rubberneck
- ruminate
- run
- run down
- run into
- run it up flagpole
- run to
- savvy
- scheme
- scrutinize
- secern
- see
- see coming
- see handwriting on wall
- see it coming
- see something coming
- see the light
- see through
- seize
- select
- sense
- separate
- set apart
- set at
- set in context
- set off
- set out
- settle
- severalize
- shape
- show
- sift
- signalize
- signify
- single out
- singularize
- sink in
- size
- size up
- sketch
- soak in
- solve
- soothsay
- sort out
- sound
- specify
- speculate
- spell out
- spot
- square
- steer
- stew
- stop to consider
- straighten out
- study
- succeed
- sum
- suppose
- surmise
- survey
- suspect
- swindle
- swing
- syllogize
- sympathize
- tag
- take account of
- take in
- take meaning
- take measure
- take one's measure
- take under consideration
- tale
- talk game
- tally
- telegraph
- tell
- tell apart
- tell between
- tell from
- test
- think
- think of
- think out
- think through
- thresh out
- tick off
- tidy
- tolerate
- top
- tot
- tot up
- total
- tote
- tote up
- touch
- trace
- translate
- trick
- tumble
- turn out
- turn over
- uncover
- understand
- unearth
- unfold
- unlock
- unravel
- unriddle
- unscramble
- untangle
- up
- use one's head
- valuate
- value
- vaticinate
- verify
- view
- weigh
- win
- wonder
- work
- work out
- worst
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