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open up

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  • verb intransitive, transitive To open.
  • verb intransitive To reveal oneself; to become communicative.
  • verb intransitive To commence firing weapons.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
  • verb make available
  • verb open up an area or prepare a way
  • verb become available
  • verb cause to open or to become open
  • verb talk freely and without inhibition
  • verb become open

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synonyms (188)

Words with the same meaning

  1. acknowledge
  2. admit
  3. admit everything
  4. advance
  5. aid
  6. air
  7. allow
  8. appear
  9. avow
  10. bare
  11. branch
  12. branch out
  13. breach
  14. break the seal
  15. bring before
  16. bring forward
  17. bring to light
  18. bring up
  19. broach
  20. chink
  21. clear the way
  22. cleave
  23. come clean
  24. come forth
  25. commend to attention
  26. concede
  27. confess
  28. cop a plea
  29. crack
  30. crevasse
  31. cut
  32. cut loose
  33. cut open
  34. deploy
  35. develop
  36. disclose
  37. discover
  38. dismask
  39. dispart
  40. disperse
  41. display
  42. divaricate
  43. divide
  44. divulge
  45. draw the veil
  46. ease
  47. expand
  48. expedite
  49. explain
  50. expose
  51. extend
  52. facilitate
  53. fan
  54. fan out
  55. fissure
  56. flare
  57. fly open
  58. give out
  59. give way to
  60. go all out
  61. go flat out
  62. go unrestrained
  63. grant
  64. grease
  65. grease the ways
  66. grease the wheels
  67. hasten
  68. have no secrets
  69. help along
  70. impart
  71. incise
  72. introduce
  73. launch
  74. lay bare
  75. lay before
  76. lay open
  77. let daylight in
  78. let go
  79. let loose
  80. let on
  81. let out
  82. loose
  83. lubricate
  84. make a motion
  85. make clear
  86. make known
  87. make public
  88. make way for
  89. manifest
  90. materialize
  91. moot
  92. move
  93. offer a resolution
  94. oil
  95. ope
  96. open
  97. open fire
  98. open the way
  99. out with it
  100. outspread
  101. outstretch
  102. overgrow
  103. overrun
  104. own
  105. own up
  106. part
  107. pave the way
  108. plead guilty
  109. pose
  110. postulate
  111. prefer
  112. prepare the way
  113. propose
  114. proposition
  115. propound
  116. put forth
  117. put forward
  118. put it to
  119. put out
  120. quicken
  121. raise the curtain
  122. ramify
  123. recommend
  124. remove friction
  125. rent
  126. reveal
  127. rift
  128. rip
  129. rive
  130. run interference for
  131. run wild
  132. separate
  133. set before
  134. set forth
  135. show
  136. show up
  137. simplify
  138. slit
  139. smooth
  140. smooth the way
  141. soap the ways
  142. speak out
  143. speak up
  144. speed
  145. spill
  146. spill it
  147. spit it out
  148. splay
  149. split
  150. spraddle
  151. sprangle
  152. sprawl
  153. spread
  154. spread like wildfire
  155. spread out
  156. spring open
  157. start
  158. strip bare
  159. submit
  160. suggest
  161. swing open
  162. take a stand
  163. tap
  164. tear
  165. tear open
  166. tell all
  167. tell the truth
  168. throw open
  169. unbar
  170. unblock
  171. uncloak
  172. unclog
  173. uncover
  174. undrape
  175. unfold
  176. unfurl
  177. unjam
  178. unkennel
  179. unmask
  180. unpack
  181. unroll
  182. unscreen
  183. unsheathe
  184. unshroud
  185. unveil
  186. unwrap
  187. ventilate
  188. widen

hypernyms (13)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. afford
  2. arise
  3. come up
  4. give
  5. innovate
  6. introduce
  7. mouth
  8. speak
  9. talk
  10. utter
  11. verbalise
  12. verbalize
  13. yield

hyponyms (20)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. breach
  2. break open
  3. click open
  4. establish
  5. found
  6. gap
  7. jimmy
  8. lance
  9. launch
  10. lever
  11. prise
  12. prize
  13. pry
  14. reopen
  15. set up
  16. unbar
  17. unbolt
  18. uncork
  19. unlock
  20. unseal

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