Synonyms for charge
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1. charge(noun)

   an impetuous rush toward someone or something

   "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge"

   Synonyms:
   direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

   Antonyms:
   pay cash, discharge

2. charge, complaint(noun)

   (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense

   "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

   Synonyms:
   direction, ailment, bearing, mission, bang, ill, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

   Antonyms:
   discharge, pay cash

3. charge(noun)

   the price charged for some article or service

   "the admission charge"

   Synonyms:
   direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

   Antonyms:
   pay cash, discharge

4. charge, electric charge(noun)

   the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

   "the battery needed a fresh charge"

   Synonyms:
   direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

   Antonyms:
   pay cash, discharge

5. care, charge, tutelage, guardianship(noun)

   attention and management implying responsibility for safety

   "he is in the care of a bodyguard"

   Synonyms:
   fear, keeping, accusation, commission, electric charge, explosive charge, tutorship, burster, caution, care, concern, complaint, kick, tending, heraldic bearing, billing, cathexis, maintenance, aid, tutelage, forethought, boot, bursting charge, armorial bearing, guardianship, direction, safekeeping, bearing, flush, attention, thrill, rush, precaution, bang, tuition, mission, upkeep

   Antonyms:
   discharge, pay cash

6. mission, charge, commission(noun)

   a special assignment that is given to a person or group

   "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"

   Synonyms:
   military commission, missionary post, accusation, commission, electric charge, delegacy, committal, explosive charge, missionary station, deputation, care, complaint, kick, heraldic bearing, billing, cathexis, tutelage, boot, commissioning, bursting charge, armorial bearing, delegation, guardianship, direction, bearing, missionary work, foreign mission, committee, flush, military mission, thrill, rush, burster, bang, mission, perpetration

   Antonyms:
   discharge, pay cash

7. charge(noun)

   a person committed to your care

   "the teacher led her charges across the street"

   Synonyms:
   direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

   Antonyms:
   pay cash, discharge

8. charge(noun)

   financial liabilities (such as a tax)

   "the charges against the estate"

   Synonyms:
   direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

   Antonyms:
   pay cash, discharge

9. cathexis, charge(noun)

   (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

   "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"

   Synonyms:
   direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

   Antonyms:
   pay cash, discharge

10. bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick(noun)

    the swift release of a store of affective force

    "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"

    Synonyms:
    iron boot, peak, recoil, strike, haste, accusation, thrill, shudder, blossom, commission, electric charge, prime, squawk, belt, explosive charge, blush, fringe, smash, care, hit, knock, bam, complaint, kick, bloom, gripe, heraldic bearing, billing, cathexis, clap, the boot, tutelage, hot flash, eruption, boot, efflorescence, outpouring, bursting charge, smasher, armorial bearing, guardianship, direction, rosiness, kicking, quiver, chill, upsurge, heyday, rushing, frisson, bearing, spate, hurry, tingle, flower, flush, bitch, bang, bash, blast, rush, shiver, burster, iron heel, mission, gush, surge, beef

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

11. charge, billing(noun)

    request for payment of a debt

    "they submitted their charges at the end of each month"

    Synonyms:
    direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

12. commission, charge, direction(noun)

    a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

    "the judge's charge to the jury"

    Synonyms:
    military commission, focus, focal point, accusation, commission, electric charge, management, delegacy, committal, counseling, explosive charge, counselling, deputation, care, steering, complaint, kick, heraldic bearing, billing, cathexis, way, tutelage, centering, boot, commissioning, bursting charge, armorial bearing, delegation, guardianship, direction, focussing, focusing, bearing, guidance, committee, flush, instruction, thrill, rush, burster, bang, mission, counsel, perpetration

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

13. accusation, charge(noun)

    an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

    "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"

    Synonyms:
    direction, bearing, rush, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, accusal

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

14. charge, bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing(noun)

    heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

    Synonyms:
    direction, aim, bearing, comportment, mission, bang, posture, heraldic bearing, presence, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, carriage, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, heading, cathexis, explosive charge, mien, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

15. charge, burster, bursting charge, explosive charge(verb)

    a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

    "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"

    Synonyms:
    direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

16. charge, bear down(verb)

    to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

    "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, weigh down, rouse, overbear, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, press down on, bear down on, blame, load, bear down, commit, drag down, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

17. charge, accuse(verb)

    blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

    "he charged the director with indifference"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, incriminate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, criminate, commit, impeach, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

18. charge, bill(verb)

    demand payment

    "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, placard, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

19. tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck(verb)

    move quickly and violently

    "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

    Synonyms:
    hitch, land, jerk, shoot, flash, scoot, bear down, scud, sprout, hit, consign, excite, commove, commit, blame, film, snap, down, appoint, take, point, pullulate, agitate, load, bill, deplumate, bourgeon, defeat, rouse, buck, saddle, pull, fool away, fritter, kill, lodge, dissipate, dart, frivol away, file, bust, burgeon forth, accuse, level, institutionalize, turn on, pluck, fritter away, inject, vote down, deplume, germinate, shoot down, institutionalise, fool, burden, photograph, charge up, blast, dash, send, go against, spud, rupture, pip, vote out, displume, tear

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

20. appoint, charge(verb)

    assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

    "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, name, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, load, bear down, commit, blame, charge up, nominate, excite, lodge, send, constitute

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

21. charge, lodge, file(verb)

    file a formal charge against

    "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"

    Synonyms:
    accommodate, file away, excite, stick, bear down, consign, blame, register, commove, commit, burden, agitate, appoint, load, point, level, rouse, file, saddle, shoot down, accuse, institutionalise, lodge, bill, deposit, institutionalize, turn on, buck, charge up, shoot, tear, wedge, send

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

22. charge(verb)

    make an accusatory claim

    "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

23. charge(verb)

    fill or load to capacity

    "charge the wagon with hay"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

24. charge(verb)

    enter a certain amount as a charge

    "he charged me $15"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

25. commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge(verb)

    cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

    "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

    Synonyms:
    ship, beam, dedicate, get off, place, put, mail, consign, excite, perpetrate, intrust, send off, commit, blame, station, agitate, appoint, post, bear down, load, point, consecrate, rouse, shoot down, buck, commove, pull, accuse, institutionalise, lodge, give, transport, bill, shoot, devote, direct, level, file, turn on, practice, broadcast, charge up, send out, invest, confide, air, institutionalize, send, entrust, trust, saddle, tear, burden, transmit

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

26. consign, charge(verb)

    give over to another for care or safekeeping

    "consign your baggage"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, load, bear down, commit, blame, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

27. charge(verb)

    pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt

    "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

28. charge(verb)

    lie down on command, of hunting dogs

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

29. agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up(verb)

    cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

    "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

    Synonyms:
    fight, trip out, crusade, excite, institutionalize, disturb, trip, level, shake up, shake, depend upon, get off, commove, commit, rout out, press, agitate, blame, appoint, wake up, stir, wake, load, shift, energise, point, stimulate, consign, hinge on, arouse, drive out, sex, buck, saddle, vex, accuse, institutionalise, tear, lodge, ride, depend on, bill, file, devolve on, budge, hinge upon, energize, bestir, waken, turn on, bear down, wind up, shoot down, charge up, rouse, awaken, burden, shoot, force out, push, foment, campaign, send, stir up, raise up, switch on

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

30. charge(verb)

    place a heraldic bearing on

    "charge all weapons, shields, and banners"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

31. load, charge(verb)

    provide (a device) with something necessary

    "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"

    Synonyms:
    excite, bear down, consign, blame, commove, commit, burden, agitate, lade, appoint, debase, laden, load, point, turn on, rouse, file, saddle, shoot down, accuse, institutionalise, lodge, bill, dilute, level, stretch, institutionalize, adulterate, buck, charge up, shoot, tear, send, load up

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

32. charge, level, point(verb)

    direct into a position for use

    "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"

    Synonyms:
    channelize, excite, taper, bear down, place, tear down, raze, blame, show, commove, commit, burden, bespeak, agitate, betoken, appoint, even out, dismantle, level off, load, point, level, indicate, rouse, sharpen, channelise, file, pull down, shoot down, accuse, head, institutionalise, orient, lodge, manoeuver, bill, designate, manoeuvre, consign, direct, take down, institutionalize, turn on, luff, aim, buck, charge up, repoint, even, shoot, flush, target, tear, send, signal, maneuver, saddle, guide, rase, steer

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

33. charge, saddle, burden(verb)

    impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

    "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, burthen, blame, load, bear down, commit, weight, charge up, excite, lodge, weight down, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

34. charge(verb)

    instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

35. charge(verb)

    instruct or command with authority

    "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

36. blame, charge(verb)

    attribute responsibility to

    "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, fault, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, pick, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, institutionalise, file, bill, find fault, tear, level, burden, load, bear down, commit, blame, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

37. charge(verb)

    set or ask for a certain price

    "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

38. charge(verb)

    cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on

    "charge a conductor"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

39. charge(verb)

    energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge

    "I need to charge my car battery"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

40. charge(verb)

    saturate

    "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

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1. charge

   Arraign is an official word; a person accused of crime is arraigned when he is formally called into court, the indictment read to him, and the demand made of him to plead guilty or not guilty; in more extended use, to arraign is to call in question for fault in any formal, public, or official way. One may charge another with any fault, great or trifling, privately or publicly, formally or informally. Accuse is stronger than charge, suggesting more of the formal and criminal; a person may charge a friend with unkindness or neglect; he may accuse a tramp of stealing. Censure carries the idea of fault, but not of crime; it may be private and individual, or public and official. A judge, a president, or other officer of high rank may be impeached before the appropriate tribunal for high crimes; the veracity of a witness may be impeached by damaging evidence. A person of the highest character may be summoned as defendant in a civil suit; or he may be cited to answer as administrator, etc. Indict and arraign apply strictly to criminal proceedings, and only an alleged criminal is indicted or arraigned. One is indicted by the grand jury, and arraigned before the appropriate court.

   Synonyms:
   accuse, arraign, censure, cite, impeach, indict, prosecute, summon

   Antonyms:
   acquit, condone, discharge, excuse, exonerate, forgive, overlook, pardon, pardon, release, set free

   Preposition:
   Arraign at the bar, before the tribunal, of or for a crime; on or upon an indictment.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. charge

   Synonyms:
   direct, enjoin, advise, admonish, arraign, inculpate, entrust, commit, load, accuse, impeach, attack, assault, impute, carry

   Antonyms:
   clear, free, discharge, acquit, liberate

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1. charge(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   load, burden, freight, lade

2. charge(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   intrust, put in one's keeping or care

3. charge(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   ascribe, impute, lay, put, bring home to, lay to one's door, lay to one's charge

4. charge(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   accuse, arraign, impeach, inculpate, criminate, indict, tax, call to account, take to task, inform against

5. charge(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   command, order, bid, require, enjoin

6. charge(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   attack, assault, fall upon, bear down upon, set on

7. charge(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   make an onset, make a charge

8. charge(n.)

   Synonyms:
   load, lading, cargo, freight, burden, what is carried

9. charge(n.)

   Synonyms:
   trust, care, custody, ward, management

10. charge(n.)

    Synonyms:
    commission, duty, office, employment

11. charge(n.)

    Synonyms:
    order, injunction, direction, mandate, precept, command

12. charge(n.)

    Synonyms:
    instruction, exhortation

13. charge(n.)

    Synonyms:
    accusation, crimination

14. charge(n.)

    Synonyms:
    cost, expense, outlay, expenditure

15. charge(n.)

    Synonyms:
    price, sum charged

16. charge(n.)

    Synonyms:
    onset, onslaught, assault, attack, encounter

17. charge(n.)

    Synonyms:
    10. (Her.) bearing

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1. charge(n)

   Synonyms:
   accusation, complaint, allegation, indictment, imputation, crimination, impeachment, arraignment, gravamen (burden of a charge), trust, ward, custody, care, responsibility, oversight, obligation, commission, management, onset, attack, assault, onslaught, fusillade, tutelage

2. charge(v)

   Synonyms:
   impose, load, encumber, exhort, enjoin, adjure, instruct, commit, intrust, debit, accuse, indict, tax, impute, criminate, arraign, attack, assault

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1. List of paraphrases:

   al-qaem, load, accusation, responsible, qaim, burden, chargé, indictment, charges, qaem, fee, loaded, prosecution, tasked, existing, loading, debit, charging, fees, expenses, upload, costs, imputation, instructs, mandated, expense, cost, responsibility, royalty, cargo, levy, charged, al-qaim, loads, borne, fresh, accuse, accountable, office

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How to use charge in a sentence?

1. Peter Ubel:

   There was no coordination, one person would be in charge of measuring my blood pressure. Another would come in when the alarm went off, and they never thought, 'Gee if the alarm goes off, I should also do blood pressure.'.

2. Whitfield Growdon:

   We don't take our charge lightly. We don't want to collapse the health care system, but we do want to be able to advocate for our patients and feel like our thoughts and rational ideas are being considered.

3. Wicha Mahakun:

   The accused colluded to violate criminal law. The deal never happened. There was no government-to-government deal, the NACC has resolved to charge former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and Poom Sarapol, former deputy commerce minister, a total of 21 ministers and private sector employees.

4. Sophia Dembling:

   Put an extrovert in charge of extroverts, and that leader is less likely to listen to suggestions and more likely to compete for attention and feel threatened by their team members.

5. Steven Molo:

   How could that be twisted into a criminal charge?

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