Thesaurus / sic
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synonyms for sic
- precisely
- plainly
- actually
- completely
- simply
- directly
- truly
- really
- correctly
- direct
- faithfully
- rightly
- straight
- strictly
- verbatim
- indisputably
- letter by letter
- literatim
- not figuratively
- rigorously
- to the letter
- undeviatingly
- undisputably
- unerringly
- unmistakably
- veritably
- then
- very
- well
- thus
- quite
- too
- indeed
- apparently
- therefore
- hence
- accordingly
- afterward
- because
- consequently
- ergo
- exact
- likewise
- similarly
- true
- prompt
- propel
- motivate
- goad
- remind
- provoke
- spur
- stimulate
- sound
- impel
- prick
- crowd
- exhort
- move
- excite
- pique
- trigger
- push
- spark
- rouse
- instigate
- egg on
- turn on
- goose
- jog memory
- stir up
- urge
- draw
- persuade
- inspire
- propel
- spur
- motivate
- induce
- convince
- indicate
- elicit
- arouse
- suggest
- provoke
- cause
- stimulate
- help
- assist
- prick
- propose
- get
- hint
- move
- exhort
- goad
- refresh
- impel
- remind
- imply
- evoke
- mention
- jog
- occasion
- advise
- prod
- instigate
- aid
- bring up
- egg on
- call forth
- give rise to
- help out
- talk into
- win over
- arouse
- propel
- drive
- trigger
- push
- spark
- stir
- stimulate
- urge
- awaken
- rouse
- prick
- favor
- exhort
- goad
- impel
- countenance
- press
- rally
- animate
- prod
- instigate
- egg on
- turn on
- work up
- goose
- fire up
- key up
- put up to
- agitate
- arouse
- drive
- encourage
- excite
- exhort
- goad
- incite
- instigate
- pique
- prick
- prod
- prompt
- propel
- rally
- spur
- stimulate
- urge
- whip up
- stir up
- prod
- tease
- coerce
- harass
- hound
- provoke
- force
- propel
- move
- sting
- thrust
- arouse
- prompt
- animate
- whip
- exhort
- irritate
- sound
- encourage
- trigger
- worry
- instigate
- urge
- prick
- bully
- needle
- excite
- lash
- inspirit
- press
- spark
- spur
- annoy
- drive
- impel
- push
- stimulate
- turn on
- work up
- goose
- rowel
- fire up
- key up
- put up to
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- check
- depress
- please
- halt
- bore
- pull
- discourage
- stop
- leave alone
- suppress
- repress
- praise
- block
- soothe
- aid
- deaden
- prevent
- quiet
- lull
- calm
- dissuade
- surrender
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Quoting Accurately With Sic
You may not see "sic" regularly, but it is helpful to know what "sic" means whenever you do encounter it, especially in professional writing.
READ MOREQuoting Accurately With Sic
You may not see "sic" regularly, but it is helpful to know what "sic" means whenever you do encounter it, especially in professional writing.
READ MOREHow to use sic in a sentence
Title—And next folowyng begynnith an amerowse compleynte made at wyndesore in the laste May tofore Novembre (sic).
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERMists or hoar frosts on the tenth of March betokens (sic) a plentiful year, but not without some diseases.
NOTES AND QUERIES, NUMBER 194, JULY 16, 1853VARIOUSSic utere tuo ut alienum non la is not merely a legal maxim, but it is a grand doctrine of life.
THIRD CLASS IN INDIAN RAILWAYSMAHATMA GANDHII teached him to drive de cows an' sheeps, an' I sic'd him on de dogs when dey got 'streperous.
SLAVE NARRATIVES: A FOLK HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATESVARIOUSEfter hearin' him, it fair knocked the stories on the heid aboot him bein' oot to smash the hame, an' religion an' sic like.
THE UNDERWORLDJAMES C. WELSHDammit, hae ye nae common sense, swearin' an' jokin' about sic a thing!
THE UNDERWORLDJAMES C. WELSHMistress Jean she was makin' the elder-flower wine; "And what brings the Laird at sic a like time?"
THE BOOK OF HUMOROUS VERSEVARIOUSNa, na, Leeby; dinna let me ever think o' sic a thing this month.
A WINDOW IN THRUMSJ. M. BARRIE"It'll be a warnin' to ye, Sam'l, no to be in sic a hurry i' the futur," said Sanders.
AULD LICHT IDYLLSJ. M. BARRIE"That has 'Sic transit vita' on it," she said hurriedly, lest she should be forestalled.
QUEENSLAND COUSINSELEANOR LUISA HAVERFIELDWORDS RELATED TO SIC
- animate
- annoy
- arouse
- bully
- coerce
- drive
- encourage
- excite
- exhort
- fire up
- force
- goose
- harass
- hound
- impel
- inspirit
- instigate
- irritate
- key up
- lash
- move
- needle
- press
- prick
- prod
- prompt
- propel
- provoke
- push
- put up to
- rowel
- sic
- sound
- spark
- spur
- stimulate
- sting
- tease
- thrust
- trigger
- turn on
- urge
- whip
- work up
- worry
- animated
- annoyed
- aroused
- bullied
- coerced
- drove
- encouraged
- excited
- exhorted
- fired up
- forced
- goosed
- harassed
- hounded
- impelled
- inspirited
- instigated
- irritated
- key up
- lashed
- moved
- needled
- pressed
- pricked
- prodded
- prompted
- propelled
- provoked
- pushed
- put up to
- roweled
- sicced
- sounded
- sparked
- spurred
- stimulated
- stung
- teased
- thrust
- triggered
- turned on
- urged
- whipped
- worked up
- worried
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