" goat "

1: a person or thing taking the blame for others;

  * e.g., " ... an unhappy childhood was the goat he used to rationalize every failure and shortcoming "

•  Synonyms : 

•  fall guy,

•  scapegoat,

•  whipping boy

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to take sudden, violent action against;

  * e.g., " ... He went at his opponent with such fervor, the fight was practically over before it began. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  assail,

•  assault,

•  attack,

•  beset,

•  bushwhack,

•  charge,

•  descend (on or upon),

•  go in (on),

•  jump (on),

•  pounce (on or upon),

•  raid,

•  rush,

•  set on,

•  sic,

•  storm,

•  strike,

•  trash,

•  turn (on)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to start work on energetically;

  * e.g., " ... She went at that project with such enthusiasm, you could tell it was a labor of love. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  attack,

•  dive (into),

•  tackle,

•  wade (in or into)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to make angry;

  * e.g., " ... His contrarian demeanor really gets my goat. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  anger,

•  enrage,

•  incense,

•  inflame,

•  infuriate,

•  ire,

•  mad,

•  madden,

•  outrage,

•  rankle,

•  rile,

•  roil,

•  steam up,

•  tick off

•  Antonyms : 

•  delight,

•  gratify,

•  please

2: to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts;

  * e.g., " ... It really gets my goat when people invade my personal space. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aggravate,

•  annoy,

•  bother,

•  bug,

•  burn (up),

•  chafe,

•  eat,

•  exasperate,

•  frost,

•  gall,

•  get,

•  grate,

•  gripe,

•  hack (off),

•  irk,

•  irritate,

•  itch,

•  nark,

•  nettle,

•  peeve,

•  persecute,

•  pique,

•  put out,

•  rasp,

•  rile,

•  ruffle,

•  spite,

•  vex

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to make angry;

  * e.g., " ... His contrarian demeanor really gets my goat. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  angered,

•  enraged,

•  incensed,

•  inflamed,

•  infuriated,

•  ired,

•  madded,

•  maddened,

•  outraged,

•  rankled,

•  riled,

•  roiled,

•  steamed up,

•  ticked off

•  Antonyms : 

•  delighted,

•  gratified,

•  pleased

2: to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts;

  * e.g., " ... It really gets my goat when people invade my personal space. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aggravated,

•  annoyed,

•  ate,

•  bothered,

•  bugged,

•  burned (up),

•  chafed,

•  exasperated,

•  frosted,

•  galled,

•  got,

•  grated,

•  griped,

•  hacked (off),

•  irked,

•  irritated,

•  itched,

•  narked,

•  nettled,

•  peeved,

•  persecuted,

•  piqued,

•  put out,

•  rasped,

•  riled,

•  ruffled,

•  spited,

•  vexed

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to make angry;

  * e.g., " ... His contrarian demeanor really gets my goat. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  angers,

•  enrages,

•  incenses,

•  inflames,

•  infuriates,

•  ires,

•  maddens,

•  mads,

•  outrages,

•  rankles,

•  riles,

•  roils,

•  steams up,

•  ticks off

•  Antonyms : 

•  delights,

•  gratifies,

•  pleases

2: to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts;

  * e.g., " ... It really gets my goat when people invade my personal space. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aggravates,

•  annoys,

•  bothers,

•  bugs,

•  burns (up),

•  chafes,

•  eats,

•  exasperates,

•  frosts,

•  galls,

•  gets,

•  grates,

•  gripes,

•  hacks (off),

•  irks,

•  irritates,

•  itches,

•  narks,

•  nettles,

•  peeves,

•  persecutes,

•  piques,

•  puts out,

•  rasps,

•  riles,

•  ruffles,

•  spites,

•  vexes

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to make angry;

  * e.g., " ... His contrarian demeanor really gets my goat. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  angering,

•  enraging,

•  incensing,

•  inflaming,

•  infuriating,

•  iring,

•  maddening,

•  madding,

•  outraging,

•  rankling,

•  riling,

•  roiling,

•  steaming up,

•  ticking off

•  Antonyms : 

•  delighting,

•  gratifying,

•  pleasing

2: to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts;

  * e.g., " ... It really gets my goat when people invade my personal space. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aggravating,

•  annoying,

•  bothering,

•  bugging,

•  burning (up),

•  chafing,

•  eating,

•  exasperating,

•  frosting,

•  galling,

•  getting,

•  grating,

•  griping,

•  hacking (off),

•  irking,

•  irritating,

•  itching,

•  narking,

•  nettling,

•  peeving,

•  persecuting,

•  piquing,

•  putting out,

•  rasping,

•  riling,

•  ruffling,

•  spiting,

•  vexing

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to make an effort to do;

  * e.g., " ... Realizing I needed a hobby, I decided to have a go at learning to play an instrument. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  assay,

•  attempt,

•  endeavor,

•  essay,

•  seek,

•  strive,

•  try

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to make an effort to do;

  * e.g., " ... Realizing I needed a hobby, I decided to have a go at learning to play an instrument. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  assayed,

•  attempted,

•  endeavored,

•  essayed,

•  sought,

•  strove,

•  tried

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to make an effort to do;

  * e.g., " ... Realizing I needed a hobby, I decided to have a go at learning to play an instrument. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  assays,

•  attempts,

•  endeavors,

•  essays,

•  seeks,

•  strives,

•  tries

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in;

  * e.g., " ... I'm not sure I ever got the new math "

•  Synonyms : 

•  learn,

•  master,

•  pick up

•  Antonyms : 

•  unlearn

2: to become affected with (a disease or disorder);

  * e.g., " ... don't cough on me—I don't want to get your cold "

•  Synonyms : 

•  catch,

•  come down (with),

•  contract,

•  go down (with),

•  sicken (with),

•  take

•  Antonyms : 

•  miss,

•  overlook,

•  pass over

3: to become the father of;

  * e.g., " ... Abraham was quite old when he got Isaac, his only son "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beget,

•  father,

•  sire

•  Antonyms : 

•  forfeit,

•  lose