charge Synonyms
Another word for charge
• noun (Context 1)
A price asked for goods or services.
"The museum offers free admission, though there is a small fee for the special exhibition."
• verb (Context 2)
To demand an amount as a price from someone for a service rendered or goods supplied, or to record a cost to an account.
"The local repair shop does not bill for an initial diagnostic estimate."
• noun (Context 3)
A formal accusation made against a suspect that they have committed a specific offense or crime.
"The prosecutor decided to drop the accusation after new evidence came to light."
• verb (Context 4)
To formally accuse someone of something, especially an offense under law.
"Authorities decided to accuse the executive with financial fraud following the audit."
• verb (Context 5)
To store electrical energy in a battery or battery-operated device.
"Please remember to recharge your laptop overnight before the presentation."
• noun (Context 6)
Responsibility for the care, supervision, or control of someone or something; or a person or thing entrusted to someone's care.
"She was placed in care of organizing the annual regional conference."
• verb (Context 7)
To rush forward rapidly and forcefully.
"The excited children began to rush down the hallway as soon as the bell rang."
• noun (Context 8)
The property of matter that is responsible for electrical phenomena, existing in positive or negative forms, or the amount of electricity stored in a battery.
"Protons carry a positive electrical electricity, whereas electrons carry a negative one."
• noun (Context 9)
A headlong, forceful rush forward, typically to attack or compete.
"The visiting team led a late assault in the final quarter to win the championship."
• verb (Context 10)
To entrust someone with a task as a duty or responsibility.
"The committee was charged with reviewing the university's curriculum standards."
Opposites of charge
The opposite of charge shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: