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To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

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Verb group 2

Assess 84% connected

To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Assess 84% connected

To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Contextual alternative 1

Review 84% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

ad editorial 2026 08 professional 50% interchangeable

A review can be descriptive as well as evaluative, so the terms are not always interchangeable.

Manner of action 51

Accept 76% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Adjudge 76% connected

To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Anticipate 76% connected

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Appraise 76% connected

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Approve 76% connected

To show to be real or true; to prove.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ascribe 76% connected

To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a boo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assess 76% connected

To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assign 76% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Attribute 76% connected

To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Believe 76% connected

To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arg…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Calculate 76% connected

To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Censor 76% connected

One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Choose 76% connected

To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Conceive 76% connected

To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Consider 76% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Critique 76% connected

The art of criticism.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Decline 76% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disapprove 76% connected

To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprov…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Essay 76% connected

An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Estimate 76% connected

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Examine 76% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Expect 76% connected

To wait for; to await.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fail 76% connected

To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Forecast 76% connected

To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Grade 76% connected

A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of fl…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Impute 76% connected

To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Measure 76% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Praise 76% connected

To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prejudge 76% connected

To judge before hearing, or before full and sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand.

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Prove 76% connected

To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the conte…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Range 76% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rank 76% connected

Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rate 76% connected

To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Refuse 76% connected

To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reject 76% connected

To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Review 76% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Score 76% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stand 76% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Standardize 76% connected

To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis.

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Test 76% connected

A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

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Think 76% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

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Try 76% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

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Value 76% connected

The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; wor…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 4

Cerebrate 76% connected

To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cogitate 76% connected

To engage in continuous thought; to think.

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Think 76% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Assessable 74% connected

Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Assessable 74% connected

Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Assessment 74% connected

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Assessment 74% connected

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Appraise 92% connected

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Assess 92% connected

To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Judge 92% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Measure 92% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Value 92% connected

The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; wor…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Near synonym 2

Assess 94% connected

To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

ad editorial 2026 08 academic 80% interchangeable

Often interchangeable with evaluate, although evaluate more strongly suggests applying explicit criteria.

Judge 86% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

ad editorial 2026 08 general 58% interchangeable less formal

Broader and sometimes more subjective than evaluate.

Stronger synonym 1

Robust 92% connected

Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.

evaluating evidence 62% interchangeable stronger

Remains sound under testing or changing assumptions.

Formal equivalent 1

Appraise 88% connected

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

ad editorial 2026 08 professional 66% interchangeable more formal

Common in formal review, valuation and performance contexts.

Academic alternative 6

Credible 84% connected

Capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy.

evaluating evidence 55% interchangeable

Believable because it is supported and trustworthy.

Reliable 84% connected

Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy.

evaluating evidence 55% interchangeable

Produces consistent results.

Valid 84% connected

Strong; powerful; efficient.

evaluating evidence 55% interchangeable

Measures or represents what it is intended to.

Related word 2

Analyse 82% connected

Alt. of Analyser

ad editorial 2026 08 academic 24% interchangeable less formal softer

Academic work often requires both, but they answer different questions.

Measure 76% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

ad editorial 2026 08 academic 18% interchangeable

Measurement can support evaluation but does not by itself provide an evaluative judgement.

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