install
verb
1 install
Set up for use:
— Install the washer and dryer.
synonyms: instal, put in, set up.
Roget 755:
commission,
delegate,
depute;
consign,
assign;
charge;
intrust,
entrust;
commit,
commit to the hands of;
authorize
etc.
(permit)
760.
put in commission,
accredit,
engage,
hire,
bespeak,
appoint,
name,
nominate,
return,
ordain;
install,
induct,
inaugurate,
swear in,
invest,
crown;
enroll,
enlist;
give power of attorney to.
employ,
empower;
set over,
place over;
send out.
be commissioned,
be accredited;
represent,
stand for;
stand in the stead of,
stand in the place of,
stand in the shoes of.
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Roget 883:
celebrate keep,
signalize,
do honor to,
commemorate,
solemnize,
hallow,
mark with a red letter.
pledge,
drink to,
toast,
hob and nob†.
inaugurate,
install,
chair.
rejoice
etc.
838;
kill the fatted calf,
hold jubilee,
roast an ox.
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Dutch: installeren, opzetten
2 install
Put into an office or a position:
— The new president was installed immediately after the election.
synonym: instal.
3 install
Place.
synonyms: establish, instal, set up.
Roget 184:
place,
situate,
locate,
localize,
make a place for,
put,
lay,
set,
seat,
station,
lodge,
quarter,
post,
install;
house,
stow;
establish,
fix,
pin,
root;
graft;
plant
etc.
(insert)
300;
shelve,
pitch,
camp,
lay down,
deposit,
reposit†;
cradle;
moor,
tether,
picket;
pack,
tuck in;
embed,
imbed;
vest,
invest in.
billet on,
quarter upon,
saddle with;
load,
lade,
freight;
pocket,
put up,
bag.
inhabit
etc.
(be present)
186;
domesticate,
colonize;
take root,
strike root;
anchor;
cast anchor,
come to an anchor;
sit down,
settle down;
settle;
take up one's abode,
take up one's quarters;
plant oneself,
establish oneself,
locate oneself;
squat,
perch,
hive,
se nicher [Fr.],
bivouac,
burrow,
get a footing;
encamp,
pitch one's tent;
put up at,
put up one's horses at;
keep house.
endenizen†,
naturalize,
adopt.
put back,
replace
etc.
(restore)
660.
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Moby thesaurus: allocate, anoint, assign, base, bring up, broach, build, build in, chair, christen, collocate, connect, constitute, crown, deploy, dispose, effect, effectuate, emplace, enlist, enroll, enthrone, establish, fit, fix, float, form, found, get a fix, ground, home in on, inaugurate, incept, induct, initiate, instate, institute, introduce, invest, launch, lay the foundation, lift up, localize, locate, materialize, navigate, ordain, organize, pin down, pinpoint, pitch, place, place in office, plant, position, put, put in, put in place, put up, raise, realize, ring in, seat, set, set agoing, set on foot, set up, settle, sign on, sign up, situate, spot, start going, start up, throne, triangulate, turn on, usher in, vest, zero in on ... show more.
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