CHARGE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CHARGE?

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The synonyms of “Charge” are: buck, shoot, shoot down, tear, agitate, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on, bill, level, point, accuse, commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, send, file, lodge, bear down, consign, load, blame, burden, saddle, appoint, ask in payment, ask, fix a charge, fix a price, impose, levy, put down, debit from, take from, accuse of, indict for, arraign for, entrust, fill, fill up, fill to the brim, stock, suffuse, pervade, permeate, saturate, infuse, imbue, impregnate, inform, infect, inject, instil, inspire, affect, rush, move quickly, storm, stampede, career, push, plough, swoop, dive, lunge, launch oneself, throw oneself, go headlong, attack, assault, assail, open fire on, fall on, set upon, swoop on, descend on, fly at, make an onslaught on, make a raid on, complaint, burster, bursting charge, explosive charge, electric charge, cathexis, billing, care, guardianship, tutelage, commission, mission, armorial bearing, bearing, direction, accusation, bang, boot, flush, kick, thrill, fee, price, tariff, amount, sum, figure, fare, rate, payment, toll, allegation, indictment, arraignment, citation, imputation, protection, safe keeping, keeping, supervision, surveillance, control, handling, ward, protégé, dependant, duty, responsibility, task, job, obligation, assignment, business, concern, function, onus, instruction, directive, order, command, dictate, injunction, exhortation, mandate, bullet, round, shell, shot, casing, offensive, onslaught, offence, drive, thrust, onrush, sortie, sally, foray, raid, invasion, incursion, campaign, insignia, regalia, badge, emblem, ensign, device, coat of arms, arms, escutcheon, shield

Charge as a Noun

Definitions of "Charge" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “charge” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Attention and management implying responsibility for safety.
• A quantity of explosive to be detonated in order to fire a gun or similar weapon.
• A financial liability or commitment.
• (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense.
• A headlong rush forward, typically in attack.
• Heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield.
• The property of matter that is responsible for electrical phenomena, existing in a positive or negative form.
• A person committed to your care.
• An accusation, typically one formally made against a prisoner brought to trial.
• A special assignment that is given to a person or group.
• A thrill.
• Financial liabilities (such as a tax.
• The libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object.
• Request for payment of a debt.
• A person or thing entrusted to the care of someone.
• A pleading describing some wrong or offense.
• A price asked for goods or services.
• A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something.
• An official instruction, especially one given by a judge to a jury regarding points of law.
• Energy stored chemically for conversion into electricity.
• An impetuous rush toward someone or something.
• (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object.
• The price charged for some article or service.
• The quantity of matter responsible for electrical phenomena carried by a body.
• An act or period of storing electrical energy in a battery.
• The swift release of a store of affective force.
• A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time.
• A responsibility or duty assigned to someone.
• The quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons.
• A device or bearing placed on a shield or crest.
• Responsibility for the care or control of someone or something.
• An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence.

Synonyms of "Charge" as a noun (99 Words)

accusation	An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence. Accusations of bribery.
allegation	Statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove. He made allegations of corruption against the administration.
amount	A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent. The amount he had in cash was insufficient.
armorial bearing	A rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily.
arms	Weapons considered collectively. Arms and ammunition.
arraignment	The action of arraigning someone in court. She pleaded not guilty at her arraignment.
assault	A threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped. A sexual assault.
assignment	(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance. A homework assignment.
attack	The act of attacking. Baxter was recalled to the attack.
badge	A small piece of metal, plastic, or cloth bearing a design or words, typically worn to identify a person or to indicate membership of an organization or support for a cause. The car s front badge is much loved by thieves.
bang	A sudden painful blow. The door slammed with a bang.
bearing	Characteristic way of bearing one s body. The Point is on a bearing of 015.
billing	The total amount of business conducted in a given time, especially that of an advertising agency. He shared top billing with his wife.
boot	An instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg. What a boot.
bullet	A pitch thrown with maximum velocity. You can apply your lipstick straight from the bullet but I like to use a brush.
burden	A load, typically a heavy one. The schooner Wyoming of about 6 000 tons burden.
burster	A sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason.
bursting charge	A sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason.
business	Business concerns collectively. Government and business could not agree.
campaign	A race between candidates for elective office. He supported populist campaigns.
care	The provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something. The child is in the care of her grandparents.
casing	The housing or outer covering of something. The casings had rotted away and had to be replaced.
cathexis	The libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object. Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge.
citation	A summons to appear in court. The student s essay failed to list several important citations.
coat of arms	An outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors.
command	The power or authority to command. The corporation has just undergone a change in command.
commission	A work produced in response to a commission. The errors are of omission rather than commission.
complaint	A loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow. There were complaints that the building was an eyesore.
concern	A cause of anxiety or worry. The prospect should be of concern to us all.
control	The activity of managing or exerting control over something. She was goaded beyond control.
dependant	A person who relies on another, especially a family member, for financial support. A single man with no dependants.
device	An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose. Works of strange device.
dictate	A guiding principle. The dictates of fashion.
direction	Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. She set off in the opposite direction.
directive	An official or authoritative instruction. The boss loves to send us directives.
drive	Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver. From the window he could see right down the weedy drive to the front gate.
duty	A task or action that one is required to perform as part of one’s job. It s my duty to uphold the law.
electric charge	A car that is powered by electricity.
emblem	A heraldic device or symbolic object as a distinctive badge of a nation, organization, or family. America s national emblem the bald eagle.
ensign	The lowest rank of commissioned officer in the US and some other navies, above chief warrant officer and below lieutenant. All the ensigns of our greatness.
escutcheon	(nautical) a plate on a ship’s stern on which the name is inscribed.
exhortation	An address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something. No amount of exhortation had any effect.
explosive charge	A chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck.
fare	A passenger paying to travel in a taxi. We should go to Seville but we cannot afford the air fare.
fee	Money paid as part of a special transaction, for example for a privilege or for admission to something. An annual membership fee.
figure	A number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company. Figure 1 shows an ignition circuit.
flush	Denoting a type of toilet that has a flushing device. The bird has a pinkish flush on the breast.
foray	A sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid. The garrison made a foray against Richard s camp.
function	A functional group. Class shame is a function of social power.
guardianship	The position of protecting or defending something. The guardianship of the rural landscape.
handling	The management of someone or something. The handling of prisoners.
imputation	The assignment of a value to something by inference from the value of the products or processes to which it contributes. There are grounds for inquiring into the imputations of misconduct against him.
incursion	An attack that penetrates into enemy territory. The incursion of television into the American living room.
indictment	An accusation of wrongdoing. The book is an indictment of modern philosophy.
injunction	An authoritative warning or order. Injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order.
insignia	A badge worn to show official position. A khaki uniform with colonel s insignia on the collar.
instruction	Detailed information about how something should be done or operated. Our instruction was carefully programmed.
invasion	The spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body. An invasion of locusts.
job	A workplace as in the expression on the job. The barber did a real job on my hair.
keeping	Conformity or harmony. The keeping of dogs.
kick	Chiefly in rugby a player of specified kicking ability. A kick in the head.
levy	An act of levying a tax fee or fine. Police forces receive 49 per cent of their funding via a levy on the rates.
mandate	A document giving an official instruction or command. A mandate to seek the release of political prisoners.
mission	A building or group of buildings used by a Christian mission. By then the mission had journeyed over 3 500 miles.
obligation	The state of being obligated to do or pay something. They are under no obligation to stick to the scheme.
offence	A thing that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right or natural. He took offence at my question.
offensive	An attacking military campaign. The need to launch an offensive against crime.
onrush	A surging rush forward. From the bow she stared at the mesmerising onrush of the sea where it split and foamed.
onslaught	A fierce or destructive attack. In some parks the onslaught of cars and people far exceeds capacity.
onus	An onerous or difficult concern. The onus is on you to show that you have suffered loss.
order	The insignia worn by members of an order of honour or merit. She tried to put her shattered thoughts into some semblance of order.
payment	An act of requiting; returning in kind. Ask for a discount for payment by cash.
price	The odds in betting. House prices have fallen.
protection	Protection money paid to criminals especially on a regular basis. Every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection.
protégé	A person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege’s career.
push	The force used in pushing. The pushing is good exercise.
raid	A rapid surprise attack to commit a crime, especially to steal from business premises. An early morning raid on a bank.
rate	The amount of a charge or payment expressed as a percentage of another amount, or as a basis of calculation. The pace of events accelerated.
regalia	Especially fine or decorative clothing. The Bishop of Florence in full regalia.
responsibility	The proper sphere or extent of your activities. Every right implies a responsibility every opportunity an obligation every possession a duty.
round	A cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg. The doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning.
rush	A sudden thrill or feeling of euphoria such as experienced after taking certain drugs. A rush job.
safe keeping	A ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests.
sally	A brief journey or sudden start into activity. The garrison there made a sally against us.
shell	Something resembling or likened to a shell because of its shape or its function as an outer case. She ll soon come out of her shell with the right encouragement.
shield	A stylized representation of a shield used for displaying a coat of arms. A face shield is sometimes an integral part of a safety helmet.
shot	Tiny lead pellets used in quantity in a single charge or cartridge in a shotgun. He trained at putting the shot.
sortie	A short trip or journey. An early morning sortie into the garden of our hotel.
sum	The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. The sum of two prime numbers.
supervision	The action of supervising someone or something. She let them work without supervision.
surveillance	Close observation of a person or group (usually by the police. He found himself put under surveillance by British military intelligence.
swoop	A swooping or snatching movement or action. Four members were arrested following a swoop by detectives on their homes.
tariff	A list of import or export tariffs. The reduction of trade barriers and import tariffs.
task	A piece of work to be done or undertaken. A new manager was given the task of developing the club s talent.
thrill	An almost pleasurable sensation of fright. A thrill of excitement ran through her.
toll	A charge payable to use a bridge or road. A toll bridge.
tutelage	Teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately. He felt privileged to be under the tutelage of an experienced actor.
ward	The grooves in the bit of a key that correspond to the wards in a lock. I saw them keeping ward at one of those huge gates.

Usage Examples of "Charge" as a noun

• I get a real charge out of working hard.
• The newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving.
• The judge gave a painstakingly careful charge to the jury.
• This cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains.
• The wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary.
• The teacher led her charges across the street.
• The people in her charge are pupils and not experimental subjects.
• He was arrested on a charge of larceny.
• An asset of some £102.7 m should have been taken as a charge on earnings.
• The charges against the estate.
• A cavalry charge.
• Our standard charge for a letter is £25.
• The battle began with a cavalry charge.
• The battery needed a fresh charge.
• He appeared in court on a charge of attempted murder.
• They submitted their charges at the end of each month.
• Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge.
• Smaller charges, fired on three minute fuses lit by hand.
• The babysitter watched over her charges.
• The admission charge.
• His charge was deliver a message.
• The judge's charge to the jury.
• I have therefore laid down the charge which was placed upon me.

Charge as a Verb

Definitions of "Charge" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “charge” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.
• Place a heraldic bearing on.
• Attribute responsibility to.
• Enter a certain amount as a charge.
• To make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle.
• Pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt.
• Store electrical energy in (a battery or battery-operated device.
• Fill or pervade with a quality or emotion.
• Fill or load to capacity.
• Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.
• Give over to another for care or safekeeping.
• Direct into a position for use.
• Provide (a device) with something necessary.
• Rush forward in attack.
• Move quickly and violently.
• Saturate.
• (of a battery or battery-operated device) receive and store electrical energy.
• Formally accuse someone of (an offence.
• Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.
• Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.
• File a formal charge against.
• Make an accusatory claim.
• Make an accusation or assertion that.
• Entrust (someone) with a task as a duty or responsibility.
• Demand payment.
• Load or fill (a container, gun, etc.) to the full or proper extent.
• Energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge.
• Instruct or command with authority.
• Record the cost of something as an amount payable by (someone) or on (an account.
• Blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.
• Set or ask for a certain price.
• Cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on.
• Move quickly and forcefully.
• Rush aggressively towards (someone or something) in attack.
• Formally accuse (someone) of something, especially an offence under law.
• Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
• Assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to.
• Lie down on command, of hunting dogs.

Synonyms of "Charge" as a verb (81 Words)

accuse	Blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against. He was accused of favouritism.
accuse of	Blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.
affect	Connect closely and often incriminatingly. Will the new rules affect me.
agitate	Cause to be agitated excited or roused. Agitate the water to disperse the oil.
appoint	Furnish. They appointed a day in May for the meeting.
arraign for	Accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy.
ask	Require or ask for as a price or condition. I asked him to call the manager.
ask in payment	Require as useful, just, or proper.
assail	Make a concerted or violent attack on. Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week.
assault	Attack in speech or writing. He pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer.
attack	Launch an attack or assault on begin hostilities or start warfare with. I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed.
bear down	Move while holding up or supporting.
bill	Send a bill to someone. We shall be billing them for the damage caused.
blame	Put or pin the blame on. The inquiry blamed the train driver for the accident.
buck	Of a horse to perform a buck. The shares bucked the market trend.
burden	Cause (someone) worry, hardship, or distress. She walked forwards burdened with a wooden box.
career	Move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way. The cars careered down the road.
charge up	Direct into a position for use.
commit	Refer a parliamentary or legislative bill to a committee. The treaty commits each party to defend the other.
commove	Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.
consign	Send to an address. Consign your baggage.
debit from	Enter as debit.
descend on	Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.
dive	Move quickly or suddenly in a specified direction. A bullet passed close to his head and he dived for cover.
entrust	Assign the responsibility for doing something to (someone. You persuade people to entrust their savings to you.
excite	Cause to be agitated excited or roused. Gould was excited by these discoveries.
fall on	Lose one’s chastity.
file	File a formal charge against. File one s fingernails.
fill	Fill or meet a want or need. I filled the bottle with water.
fill to the brim	Eat until one is sated.
fill up	Occupy the whole of.
fix a charge	Make fixed, stable or stationary.
fix a price	Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.
fly at	Pass away rapidly.
go headlong	Go through in search of something; search through someone’s belongings in an unauthorized way.
imbue	Fill soak or imbue totally. His works are invariably imbued with a sense of calm and serenity.
impose	Impose something unpleasant. The decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others.
impregnate	Soak or saturate (something) with a substance. An atmosphere impregnated with tension.
indict for	Accuse formally of a crime.
infect	(of a negative feeling or idea) take hold of or be communicated to (someone. The panic in his voice infected her.
inform	Act as an informer. They were informed that no risk was involved.
infuse	Soak (tea, herbs, etc.) in liquid to extract the flavour or healing properties. Her work is infused with an anger born of pain and oppression.
inject	Take by injection. He injected new life into the performance.
inspire	Give rise to. The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well.
instil	Put (a substance) into something in the form of liquid drops. She was told how to instil eye drops.
institutionalise	Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
institutionalize	Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution. He was institutionalized in a school for the destitute.
launch oneself	Smoothen the surface of.
level	Become level or even. He levelled a pistol at us.
levy	Seize (property) to satisfy a legal judgement. Levy a fine.
load	Fill or place a load on. Load a car.
lodge	Be a lodger stay temporarily. The variety is high yielding but it has mostly lodged.
lunge	Make a lunge. McCulloch raised his cudgel and lunged at him.
make a raid on	Engage in.
make an onslaught on	Engage in.
move quickly	Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment.
open fire on	Cause to open or to become open.
permeate	Spread or diffuse through. An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration.
pervade	Be present and apparent throughout. The sense of crisis which pervaded Europe in the 1930s.
plough	Clear snow from a road using a snowplough. The students are ploughing through a set of grammar exercises.
point	Insert points in written text of Semitic languages. Her behavior points to a severe neurosis.
push	Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby. She believed he was pushing their daughter too hard.
put down	Formulate in a particular style or language.
rouse	Cause to be agitated excited or roused. He was roused by the drunken men in the street.
rush	Cause to move fast or to rush or race. How much did they rush you for this heap.
saddle	Put a saddle on a horse. Saddle the horses.
saturate	Supply (a market) beyond the point at which the demand for a product is satisfied. Japan s electronics industry began to saturate the world markets.
send	Send a message or letter. Send your document as a PDF attachment.
set upon	Put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state.
shoot	Of a plant or seed send out buds or shoots germinate. Guy shoot their hats off.
shoot down	Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing.
stampede	Cause people or animals to stampede. Don t let them stampede us into anything.
stock	Fit a rifle or other firearm with a stock. Stock the larder with meat.
storm	Attack by storm attack suddenly. Commandos stormed a hijacked plane early today.
suffuse	Cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across. His whole frame suffused with a cold dew.
swoop	Seize or catch with a swooping motion. Armed police swooped on a flat after a tip off.
swoop on	Seize or catch with a swooping motion.
take from	Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.
tear	Fill with tears or shed tears. Her eyes were tearing.
throw oneself	Organize or be responsible for.
turn on	To break and turn over earth especially with a plow.

Usage Examples of "Charge" as a verb

• I don't advise anyone to charge that barricade.
• They charge the calls to their credit-card accounts.
• The plan is to charge headlong at the enemy.
• A pennant argent, charged with a cross gules.
• Charge all weapons, shields, and banners.
• Charge the wagon with hay.
• How much do you charge for lunch?
• Will I get charged for this service?
• The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem.
• The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks.
• The air was charged with menace.
• Henry charged up the staircase.
• Opponents charged that below-cost pricing would reduce safety.
• This fellow charges $100 for a massage.
• The room was charged with tension and anxiety.
• Charge a conductor.
• She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance.
• The shaver can be charged up and used while travelling.
• The tragedy was charged to her inexperience.
• He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend.
• He charged me $15.
• Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?
• He charged his weapon at me.
• Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150.
• He charged the director with indifference.
• He charged me five dollars for the wine.
• The committee was charged with reshaping the educational system.
• They filed a lawsuit charging fraud and breach of contract.
• I need to charge my car battery.
• The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased.
• The suspect was charged with murdering his wife.
• They were charged with assault.

Associations of "Charge" (30 Words)

acceptor	An acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor. He hoped to make the most of being one of the first acceptors of bitcoin in the Sydney marketplace.
appropriation	A deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner. The appropriation accounts.
bank	Do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank. He operated a bank of switches.
bill	A poster or handbill. The bill for their meal came to 17.
billing	Request for payment of a debt. Faster more accurate order fulfilment and billing.
buck	Of a horse to perform a buck. The yung filly bucked.
budgetary	Of or relating to a budget. Tight budgetary constraints.
cash	Exchange for cash. I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail.
cost	An amount that has to be paid or spent to buy or obtain something. The tunnel has been built at no cost to the state.
deposit	Money deposited in a bank or some similar institution. The deposits of salt on the paintwork.
disbursement	The payment of money from a fund. They established a committee to supervise the disbursement of aid.
dollar	A United States coin worth one dollar. The dollar coin has never been popular in the United States.
due	A payment that is due e g as the price of membership. He had paid trade union dues for years.
expenditure	The use of energy, time, or other resources. Work is the expenditure of energy.
expense	Charge something to an expense account. I can expense the refreshments.
fare	A range of food of a particular type. Traditional Scottish fare.
fee	Make a payment to (someone) in return for services. Fee the steward.
installment	A part of a broadcast serial.
invoice	Send an invoice to someone. She invoiced the company for her expenses.
levy	An act of levying a tax fee or fine. There will be powers to levy the owner.
overcharge	Charge (someone) too high a price for goods or a service. Large generators can overcharge batteries.
payable	Subject to or requiring payment especially as specified. A check payable to John Doe.
payment	The action or process of paying someone or something or of being paid. A compensation payment of 2500.
rates	A local tax on property (usually used in the plural.
receivable	Awaiting payment. Accounts receivable.
remittance	The action of sending money in payment or as a gift. Remittance may be made by credit card.
surcharge	Mark a postage stamp with a surcharge. The air was surcharged with tension.
tax	Pay tax on something especially a vehicle. The Land Rover slowly disintegrates and no one has bothered to tax it.
unpaid	Engaged in as a pastime. The soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers.
warranty	Justification or grounds for an action or belief. You have no warranty for such an audacious doctrine.