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All cast antonyms

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noun cast

  • keeping — board and lodging; subsistence; support: to work for one's keep.
  • retention — the act of retaining.
  • white — of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
  • original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
  • miscast — to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor): Tom was miscast as Romeo.

verb cast

  • dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
  • repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
  • keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
  • gather — to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
  • receive — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
  • take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • collect — If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
  • guess — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
  • subtract — to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
  • disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
  • withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
  • neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
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