| Sounds | chaa'rjh | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | barge ... surcharge: 11 rhymes with aarjh... | |
| Meaning | An impetuous rush toward someone or something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Examples |
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| Narrower | countercharge | A retaliatory charge |
| Broader | attack, onslaught, onset, onrush | (military) an offensive against an enemy / enemy (using weapons) |
| Spanish | acometida, acometimiento, carga | |
| Catalan | càrrega, escomesa, escometiment | |
| Verbs | charge | to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle / battle |
| Meaning | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he was arrested on a charge of larceny" | |
| Synonym | complaint | |
| Category | criminal law | The body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment |
| Part of | indictment, bill of indictment | A formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense |
| Narrower | accusation, accusal | A formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person |
| Broader | pleading | (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding |
| Spanish | cargo, cargos, querella | |
| Catalan | càrrec | |
| Verbs | charge | file a formal charge against |
| charge | blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against | |
| Meaning | The price charged for some article or service. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the admission charge" | |
| Narrower | agio, agiotage, premium, exchange premium | A fee charged for exchanging currencies |
| carrying charge | Charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan | |
| demurrage | A charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | |
| depreciation charge | An amount periodically charged to expense or against revenue in compensation for depreciation / depreciation of property | |
| fare, transportation | The sum charged for riding in a public conveyance | |
| fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs | A periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) | |
| installation charge | The charge for installing something | |
| overcharge | A price that is too high | |
| porterage | The charge for carrying burdens by porters | |
| postage | The charge for mailing something | |
| poundage | A charge based on weight measured in pounds | |
| rate, charge per unit | Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis | |
| service charge, service fee | A percentage of a bill (as at a hotel or restaurant) added in payment for service | |
| stowage | The charge for stowing goods | |
| surcharge | An additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill) | |
| tankage | The charge for storing something in tanks | |
| undercharge | A price that is too low | |
| water-rate | Rate per quarter for water from a public supply | |
| Broader | cost | The total / total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor |
| Spanish | importe | |
| Catalan | import | |
| Verbs | charge | set or ask for a certain price |
| charge | enter a certain amount as a charge | |
| charge | demand payment | |
| Meaning | The quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency / deficiency of electrons. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the battery needed a fresh charge" | |
| Synonym | electric charge | |
| Narrower | electrostatic charge | The electric charge at rest on the surface of an insulated body (which establishes and adjacent electrostatic field) |
| negative charge | Having a surplus of electrons | |
| positive charge | Having a deficiency / deficiency of electrons | |
| Broader | electrical phenomenon | A physical phenomenon involving electricity |
| Spanish | carga eléctrica, carga | |
| Catalan | càrrega elèctrica, càrrega | |
| Verbs | charge | energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge |
| charge | cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on | |
| Meaning | Attention and management implying responsibility for safety. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | care, tutelage, guardianship | |
| Narrower | due care, ordinary care, reasonable care | The care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances |
| foster care | supervised / supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home / home | |
| great care | More attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent persons | |
| providence | The guardianship and control exercised by a deity | |
| slight care | Such care as a careless or inattentive person would exercise | |
| Broader | protection | The activity of protecting someone or something |
| Spanish | atención, cuidado, custodia, esmero, tutela | |
| Catalan | compte, cura, custòdia, tutela | |
| Verbs | charge | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to |
| Meaning | A special assignment that is given to a person or group. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "his charge was deliver a message" | |
| Synonyms | mission, commission | |
| Narrower | fool's errand | A fruitless mission |
| mission impossible | An extremely dangerous or difficult mission | |
| suicide mission, martyr operation, sacrifice operation | killing or injuring others while annihilating yourself | |
| Broader | assignment, duty assignment | A duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) |
| Spanish | encargo, encomienda, misión | |
| Catalan | comanda, encàrrec, encomanda, missió | |
| Verbs | charge | impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to |
| charge | instruct or command with authority | |
| charge | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to | |
| Meaning | A person committed to your care. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the teacher led her charges across the street" | |
| Broader | dependant, dependent | A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) |
| Verbs | charge | give over to another for care or safekeeping |
| charge | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to | |
| Meaning | financial liabilities (such as a tax). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the charges against the estate" | |
| Category | tax, taxation, revenue enhancement | Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government |
| Narrower | assessment | An amount determined as payable |
| encumbrance, incumbrance | A charge against property (as a lien or mortgage) | |
| levy | A charge imposed and collected | |
| Broader | liabilities | Anything that is owed to someone else |
| Spanish | carga | |
| Catalan | càrrega | |
| Verbs | charge | enter a certain amount as a charge |
| Meaning | (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge" | |
| Synonym | cathexis | |
| Category | psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology | A set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders |
| Broader | libidinal energy | (psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido |
| Meaning | The swift release of a store of affective force. | |
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| Synonyms | bang, boot, rush, flush, thrill, kick | |
| Broader | exhilaration, excitement | The feeling of lively and cheerful joy |
| Spanish | emoción, entusiasmo, excitación | |
| Catalan | emoció, entusiasme, excitació | |
| Verbs | charge | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused |
| Meaning | request for payment of a debt. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "they submitted their charges at the end of each month" | |
| Synonym | billing | |
| Narrower | presentment | A document that must be accepted and paid by another person |
| Broader | request, asking | The verbal / verbal / verbal act of requesting / requesting / requesting |
| Spanish | cargo, facturación | |
| Catalan | càrrec, facturació | |
| Verbs | charge | pay with a credit card |
| charge | enter a certain amount as a charge | |
| charge | demand payment | |
| Meaning | A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the judge's charge to the jury" | |
| Synonyms | commission, direction | |
| Narrower | misdirection | An incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge |
| Broader | command, bid, bidding, dictation | An authoritative direction or instruction to do something |
| Spanish | encargo, encomienda | |
| Catalan | encàrrec | |
| Verbs | charge | instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence |
| charge | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to | |
| Meaning | An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving" | |
| Synonym | accusation | |
| Narrower | countercharge | A charge brought by an accused person against the accuser |
| Broader | assertion, averment, asseveration | A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) |
| Verbs | charge | blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against |
| charge | make an accusatory claim | |
| Meaning | heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing | |
| Narrower | annulet | (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle |
| chevron | An inverted V-shaped charge | |
| fleur-de-lis, fleur-de-lys | (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris | |
| ordinary | (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields | |
| roundel | (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle | |
| Broader | heraldry | emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms |
| Verbs | charge | place a heraldic bearing on |
| Meaning | A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains" | |
| Synonyms | burster, bursting charge, explosive charge | |
| Narrower | rocket fuel, rocket propellant, rocket propellent | An explosive charge that propels a rocket |
| shot | An explosive charge used in blasting | |
| undercharge | An insufficient charge | |
| Broader | explosive | A chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck |
| Spanish | carga explosiva | |
| Verbs | charge | provide (a device) with something necessary |
| Meaning | To make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle / battle. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | bear down | |
| Broader | rush | attack suddenly |
| Spanish | arremeter, cargar, embestir | |
| Catalan | atacar, carregar, envestir, escometre | |
| Nouns | charge | an impetuous rush toward someone or something |
| charger | formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle | |
| Meaning | blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody with something | |
| Model | They want to charge the prisoners | |
| Example | "he charged the director with indifference" | |
| Synonym | accuse | |
| Entailed by | arraign | Call before a court to answer an indictment |
| Narrower | accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate | Bring an accusation against |
| blame, fault | put or pin the blame on | |
| defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch | Charge falsely / falsely or with malicious intent | |
| indict | accuse / accuse formally / formally of a crime | |
| Spanish | acusar, culpar, incriminar | |
| Catalan | acusar, incriminar, processar | |
| Nouns | charge | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense |
| charge | an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence | |
| Meaning | demand payment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody something | |
| Example | "Will I get charged for this service?" | |
| Synonym | bill | |
| Entailed by | overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook | rip off |
| Narrower | assess | Charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine |
| invoice | Send an bill to | |
| levy, impose | impose and collect | |
| surcharge | Charge an extra fee, as for a special service | |
| tithe | exact a tithe from | |
| undercharge | Charge (someone) too little money | |
| Broader | account, calculate | Keep an account of |
| Similar to | charge | Enter a certain amount as a charge |
| Spanish | cargar, cobrar | |
| Catalan | carregar, cobrar, facturar | |
| Nouns | charge | request for payment of a debt |
| charge | the price charged for some article or service | |
| Meaning | Move quickly and violently. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | tear, shoot, shoot down, buck | |
| Narrower | rip | Move precipitously or violently |
| Broader | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it | Move fast |
| Similar to | dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot | Run or move very quickly or hastily |
| Spanish | arrancar, arremeter, cargar, despedir, disparar, sacudirse | |
| Meaning | Assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody something | |
| Model | They charge him to write the letter | |
| Example | "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" | |
| Synonym | appoint | |
| Narrower | accredit | Provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials |
| create | invest with a new title, office, or rank / rank | |
| delegate, designate, depute, assign | Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | |
| depute, deputize, deputise | appoint as a substitute | |
| empower, authorise, authorize | Give or delegate power or authority to | |
| name, nominate, make | Charge with a function | |
| Spanish | acusar, designar, nombrar | |
| Catalan | acusar, anomenar, designar, nomenar | |
| Nouns | charge | attention and management implying responsibility for safety |
| charge | a special assignment that is given to a person or group | |
| charge | a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something | |
| charge | a person committed to your care | |
| Meaning | file a formal charge against. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" | |
| Synonyms | lodge, file | |
| Narrower | impeach | Charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office |
| Broader | accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate | Bring an accusation against |
| Spanish | empapelar | |
| Nouns | charge | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense |
| Meaning | make an accusatory claim. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased" | |
| Narrower | complain | make a formal accusation |
| tax | make a charge against or accuse / accuse | |
| Broader | claim | assert or affirm strongly |
| Spanish | acusar, cargar | |
| Nouns | charge | an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence |
| Meaning | Fill or load to capacity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "charge the wagon with hay" | |
| Narrower | burden, burthen, weight, weight down | weight down with a load |
| freight | Load with goods for transportation | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | discharge | Remove the charge from |
| Similar to | charge | saturate |
| Spanish | cargar | |
| Catalan | carregar | |
| Meaning | Enter a certain amount as a charge. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Example | "he charged me $15" | |
| Broader | debit | Enter as debit |
| Similar to | charge, bill | demand payment |
| Spanish | cargar, cobrar | |
| Catalan | cobrar | |
| Nouns | charge | request for payment of a debt |
| charge | financial liabilities (such as a tax) | |
| charge | the price charged for some article or service | |
| Meaning | Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonyms | commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send | |
| Narrower | hospitalize, hospitalise | Admit into a hospital / hospital |
| Broader | transfer | Move from one place to another |
| Spanish | enviar, ingresar, institucionalizar, internar | |
| Catalan | enviar, ingressar, institucionalitzar, internar | |
| Meaning | Give over to another for care or safekeeping. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Synonym | consign | |
| Narrower | check | hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping |
| check | consign for shipment on a vehicle | |
| pawn, soak, hock | Leave as a guarantee in return for money | |
| pledge | Give as a guarantee | |
| Broader | entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit | confer a trust upon |
| Spanish | consignar | |
| Catalan | carregar, consignar | |
| Nouns | charge | a person committed to your care |
| Meaning | pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?" | |
| Broader | pay | Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services |
| Opposite | pay cash | pay (for something) with cash |
| Nouns | charge | request for payment of a debt |
| Meaning | lie down on command, of hunting dogs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | lie down, lie | assume a reclining position |
| Spanish | echarse | |
| Meaning | Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" | |
| Synonyms | agitate, rouse, turn on, commove, excite, charge up | |
| Narrower | bother | make nervous or agitated |
| electrify | excite suddenly and intensely | |
| hype up, psych up | Get excited or stimulated | |
| pother | make upset or troubled | |
| Broader | disturb, upset, trouble | Move deeply |
| Opposite | calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still | make calm or still |
| Spanish | agitar, emocionar, excitar, revolver | |
| Catalan | emocionar, excitar, regirar | |
| Nouns | charge | the swift release of a store of affective force |
| Meaning | place a heraldic bearing on. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "charge all weapons, shields, and banners" | |
| Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | The creation of beautiful or significant things |
| Broader | paint | make a painting / painting |
| Nouns | charge | heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield |
| Meaning | Provide (a device) with something necessary. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | load | |
| Narrower | recharge, reload | Load anew |
| Broader | fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense |
| Spanish | cargar | |
| Nouns | charge | a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time |
| Meaning | direct into a position for use. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "He charged his weapon at me" | |
| Synonyms | level, point | |
| Broader | aim, take, train, take aim, direct | Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards |
| Similar to | point | Be positionable in a specified manner |
| Spanish | apuntar | |
| Catalan | apuntar | |
| Meaning | impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Example | "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" | |
| Synonyms | saddle, burden | |
| Narrower | adjure | command solemnly |
| bear down | Exert a force or cause a strain / strain upon | |
| overburden | burden with too much work or responsibility | |
| overwhelm, deluge, flood out | Charge someone with too many tasks | |
| Broader | command, require | make someone do something |
| Spanish | cargar, encargar, silla de montar | |
| Catalan | carregar, encarregar | |
| Nouns | charge | a special assignment that is given to a person or group |
| Meaning | instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | instruct | Give instructions or directions for some task |
| Nouns | charge | a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something |
| Meaning | instruct or command with authority. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Example | "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem" | |
| Broader | instruct | Give instructions or directions for some task |
| Spanish | mandar | |
| Nouns | charge | a special assignment that is given to a person or group |
| Meaning | Attribute responsibility to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" | |
| Synonym | blame | |
| Broader | impute, ascribe, assign, attribute | Attribute or credit to |
| Spanish | culpar | |
| Catalan | culpar | |
| Meaning | Set or ask for a certain price. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | determine, set | Fix conclusively or authoritatively |
| Spanish | cobrar | |
| Catalan | cobrar | |
| Nouns | charge | the price charged for some article or service |
| Meaning | Cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "charge a conductor" | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Similar to | charge | energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge |
| Nouns | charge | the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency / deficiency of electrons |
| Meaning | energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "I need to charge my car battery" | |
| Narrower | recharge | Charge anew |
| Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish | Give something useful or necessary to |
| Similar to | charge | Cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on |
| Spanish | cargar | |
| Catalan | carregar | |
| Nouns | charge | the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency / deficiency of electrons |
| charger | a device for charging or recharging batteries | |
| Meaning | saturate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The room was charged with tension and anxiety" | |
| Broader | impregnate, saturate | infuse or fill completely |
| Similar to | charge | Fill or load to capacity |
| Spanish | cargar | |
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