Synonyms and antonyms

Preface

The aim in compiling this book has been to make the list of words in common use concise yet full, and authoritative yet suggestive. Above five thousand leading words are given, and the synonyms and antonyms comprise several thousand more different words.

Actual references may be multiplied by looking up a synonym or antonym, as well as by consulting cognate words, such as the corresponding noun, verb, or adjective.

In some cases common words have been omitted, because they were composed of a root word and a prefix, intensive or privative. Their synonyms and antonyms may be found under the root word.

Occasionally within the lists words closely synonymous or antonymic have been grouped within semicolons.

The part of speech of a word is designated by an abbreviation in such cases as are necessary to save confusion.

Synonyms appear immediately after the leading word; antonyms, after the abbreviation “Ant.” This order is invariable.

In the effort to make this list authoritative, the standard dictionaries and the acknowledged authorities on the subject have been consulted.

E. B. O.

ABBREVIATIONS

a. Adjective.

ad. Adverb.

Ant. Antonym or Antonyms.

conj. Conjunction.

interj. Interjection.

n. Noun.

p.p. Past Participle.

prep. Preposition.

Syn. Synonym or Synonyms.

v. Verb.

SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS

A

=Abandon.= Desert, leave, forsake, depart from, quit, give up, relinquish, discontinue, abdicate, renounce, repudiate, forswear, withdraw from, vacate, surrender, retract, recant, retire from, cast off, abjure, cede, cease, resign, forego, yield, waive, part with, let go, lay down, evacuate, drop, deliver up.

ANT. Claim, cherish, defend, keep, hold, maintain, protect, adopt, uphold, advocate, vindicate, occupy, undertake, prosecute, pursue, follow, seek, guard, favor, retain, support, assert, haunt.

=Abandoned.= Discarded, rejected and the p.p. of the syn. of “abandon”; depraved, corrupt, profligate, wicked, unprincipled, shameless, sinful, hardened, impenitent, lost, demoralized, vicious, dissolute, reprobate, graceless, obdurate, licentious, incorrigible, irreclaimable, bad.

ANT. The p.p. of the ant. of “abandon”; visited, frequented, sociable; virtuous, good, deserving, worthy, commendable, excellent, laudable; reclaimable, penitent; conscientious, correct, upright, righteous, self-controlled, high-principled, steady.

=Abandonment.= Desertion, renunciation, surrender, rejection, abandoning, relinquishment, dereliction; cession, resignation, abnegation, demission, abjuration, abdication, defection, abrogation.

ANT. Solicitude, care, heed, watchfulness, vigilance; hospitality, entertainment, conviviality, welcome, reception; retention, completion, reclamation, support, help, correction, custody, tenacity.

=Abase.= Degrade, reduce, lower, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, sink, humiliate, bring low, cast down, stoop, debase, depress, drop, take down, demean.

ANT. Elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, dignify, uplift, aggrandize.

=Abasement.= Degradation, humiliation, dishonor, degeneracy, shame, depression, reduction, lowering, fall, deterioration, debasement, degeneration, vitiation, perversion, depravation, abjection, disrepute, discredit, subserviency.

ANT. Promotion, exaltation, honor, elevation, aggrandizement, dignity, repute, reputation, standing, supremacy.

=Abash.= Bewilder, confound, disconcert, discompose, confuse, daunt, humble, dishearten, mortify, shame, humiliate, snub, discountenance.

ANT. Embolden, cheer, encourage, animate, uphold, rally, countenance, inspirit, abet, incite, buoy.

=Abate.= Lessen, lower, reduce, diminish, moderate, decrease, decline, ebb, mitigate, subside, suppress, terminate, remove; temper, assuage, alleviate, appease, pacify; remit, allow; relax, slacken; bate, deduct; soothe, soften, qualify, allay, mollify, compose, tranquilize, quiet, quell, calm, dull, blunt; batter down, beat down, demolish, raze.

ANT. Increase, prolong, magnify, foment, enlarge, extend, aggravate, continue, develop, revive, raise, enhance, amplify.

=Abatement.= Subsidence, decline, lowering, reduction, decrease; allowance, discount, rebate, depreciation, drawback; moderation, lessening, mitigation, assuagement, remission, sinking, settling, waning, fading, ebb, evanishment, declension, deduction, diminution.

ANT. Increase, augmentation, enlargement, increment, accretion, development, growth, aggrandizement, dilation, accession.

=Abbreviate.= Shorten, contract, curtail, reduce, abridge, condense, epitomize, compress.

ANT. Lengthen, extend, elongate, dilate, expand, amplify, enlarge, produce, stretch, prolong, expatiate.

=Abbreviation.= Abridgment, contraction, condensation, compend, abstract, epitome, reduction, summary, curtailment, compression.

ANT. Expansion, amplification, expatiation, extension, production, enlargement, dilation.

=Abdicate.= Resign, relinquish office (especially of the throne), surrender, abandon, vacate, forego, renounce, give up, cede.

ANT. Retain, claim, occupy, maintain, usurp, seize, grasp.

=Abdomen.= Belly, paunch, ventral region, visceral cavity.

=Abduct.= Take away (surreptitiously or forcibly), kidnap, run away with, carry off, spirit away, drag away.

ANT. Restore, reinstate, adduct.

=Abduction.= Withdrawal, drawing away, abstraction, kidnapping, seizure, appropriation.

ANT. Adduction, replacement, restitution, restoration, surrender, reinstatement.

=Aberrant.= Wandering, rambling, divergent, deviating, devious, erratic; irregular, abnormal, unusual, exceptional.

ANT. Regular, true, consistent, uniform, consecutive, normal, natural, continuous.

=Aberration.= Wandering, divergence, irregularity, rambling, disconnectedness, hallucination, illusion, delusion, eccentricity, singularity, peculiarity.

ANT. Uniformity, consecutiveness, regularity, progression, continuity, order, type, norm.

=Abet.= Aid, assist, promote, support, sanction, uphold, countenance, encourage, advocate, incite, instigate, embolden, favor, foment, connive at, coöperate with.

ANT. Hinder, impede, obstruct, frustrate, baffle, confound, counteract, deter, discourage, thwart, contradict, disconcert, disapprove, denounce, dissuade, expose.

=Abettor.= Assistant, helper, aid, ally, coöperator, advocate, confederate, accomplice, accessory, adviser, promoter, instigator, associate, coadjutor.

ANT. Opponent, foe, adversary, antagonist, rival, dissuader, detector, baffler, disconcerter.

=Abeyance.= Suspense, suspension, expectancy, waiting, anticipation, dormancy, intermission, quiescence, suppression, expectation.

ANT. Renewal, revival, resuscitation, action, operation, exercise, force, possession.

=Abhor.= Hate, detest, loathe, shrink from, recoil from, shudder at, abominate, despise, dislike, eschew, nauseate, revolt at.

ANT. Crave, desire, enjoy, covet, esteem, like, love, relish, admire, approve, affect.

=Abhorrent.= Odious, offensive, shocking, repugnant, loathsome, revolting, horrible, repellent, repulsive, nauseating.

ANT. Admirable, enjoyable, lovely, estimable, desirable.

=Abide.= Wait for, await, attend; endure, tolerate, bear, suffer; anticipate, watch for, expect; bide, continue, reside, dwell, sojourn, tarry, lodge, rest, stay, inhabit, remain.

ANT. Abandon, shun; resist, reject, avoid; deport, migrate, move, journey, continue, proceed, progress.

=Abiding.= Lasting, continuing, permanent, durable, constant, stable, immutable, changeless, unchanging.

ANT. Ephemeral, fickle, changeable, unsubstantial, perishable.

=Ability.= Power, force, might, efficiency, vigor, skill, energy, dexterity, adroitness, skilfulness, cleverness, ingenuity, talent, aptitude, facility, knack, expertness, readiness, quickness, strength, capacity, qualification, competency, genius, caliber, capability, capableness, faculty, gift, parts.

ANT. Incapacity, weakness, inability, unreadiness, maladroitness, imbecility, impotence, disability, inaptitude, inefficiency, incompetence, disqualification, helplessness, stupidity, folly.

=Abject.= Base, vile, mean, low, despicable, contemptible, worthless, groveling, fawning, beggarly, servile, cringing, miserable, degraded, menial, ignoble.

ANT. Dignified, honorable, exalted, worthy, venerable, illustrious, independent, princely, self-assertive, self-reliant, vain, arrogant, insolent, haughty.

=Abjure.= Renounce, relinquish, reject, forswear, forego, repudiate, disown, give up, retract, revoke, recant, disavow, disclaim, withdraw, take back, deny, apostatize, discard.

ANT. Claim, advocate, acknowledge, profess, vindicate, assert, demand, retain, appropriate, avow.

=Able.= Accomplished, adroit, talented, clever, ingenious, apt, skilful, efficient, capable, fitted, learned, gifted, masterly, telling, vigorous, strong, proficient, competent, versed, practical, endowed, powerful, mighty.

ANT. Incapable, ineffective, unqualified, stupid, inept, weak, inefficient, unskilful, silly, incompetent.

=Ablution.= Washing, bathing, cleansing, lavation, purification, baptism.

ANT. Pollution, defilement, dirt, soilure, contamination, taint, stain, abomination, impurity.

=Abnegation.= Denial, abjuration, renunciation, rejection, surrender, abandonment, disallowance, abstinence.

ANT. Assertion, vindication, license, claim, indulgence, concession; affirmation, allegation, statement, declaration, word, averment, deposition; proposal, proffer.

=Abnormal.= Singular, unnatural, unusual, irregular, peculiar, exceptional, aberrant, erratic, monstrous, preternatural.

ANT. Normal, regular, usual, natural, typical, customary, ordinary, common.

=Aboard.= On board, on the ship, afloat, inside, within.

ANT. Ashore, aground.

=Abode.= Home, house, place, residence, domicile, habitation, dwelling, lodging, quarters, seat.

ANT. Halt, tent, bivouac, perch.

=Abolish.= Abrogate, annul, destroy, repeal, revoke, suppress, terminate, rescind, cancel, nullify, suppress, overthrow, extirpate, remove, prohibit, set aside, end, stamp out.

ANT. Establish, support, sustain, cherish, confirm, continue, restore, revive, reinstate, institute, promote, legalize.

=Abominable.= Hateful, horrible, loathsome, abhorrent, foul, odious, offensive, detestable, impure, execrable.

ANT. Desirable, admirable, enjoyable, pleasing, pure, delectable.

=Abomination.= Offense, horror, shame, wickedness, abhorrence, aversion, disgust, curse, pollution, iniquity, defilement, corruption, nuisance, annoyance.

ANT. Acquisition, enjoyment, gratification, blessing, desire, longing, delight, benefit, pleasure, satisfaction.

=Aboriginal.= Primitive, primeval, primary, pristine, native, original, indigenous, autochthonous.

ANT. Subsequent, imported, exotic, recent, modern, late, novel, fresh, immigrant, adventitious.

=Abortion.= Failure, miscarriage, disappointment, non-success, vain effort, defect, frustration, blunder.

ANT. Success, consummation, completion, realization, perfection, achievement, development, exploit, feat.

=Abound.= Team, swarm, multiply, swell, increase, flow, luxuriate, flourish, prevail, wanton, revel, exuberate.

ANT. Waste, lack, wane, vanish, lessen, decrease, die, decay, fall.

=About.= Concerning, regarding, touching, relative to, with reference to, in regard to; near, surrounding, around; almost, nearly, well-nigh; ready, on the point of, on the eve of; around, hind part before.

ANT. Afar, distant, remote; precisely, exactly.

=Above.= Overhead, aloft, on high; before, previously; higher, having precedence; over, exceeding, beyond, superior, excessive.

ANT. Below, beneath, within; later, subsequently; lower; less, diminished.

=Aboveboard.= Openly, candidly, frankly, sincerely, fairly, ingenuously, unreservedly, guilelessly.

ANT. Secretly, elusively, underhand, deceitfully, wilily.

=Above-named.= Named before, aforesaid, above-mentioned, above-cited, above-described, mentioned above.

ANT. Named below, described below, hereinafter named.

=Abrasion.= Rubbing, friction, wearing away or off, disintegration, attrition.

ANT. Accretion, augmentation, increment; supplement, reinforcement.

=Abreast.= Alongside, side by side, aligned; against, off, opposite to.

ANT. Ahead, astern; behind.

=Abridge.= Abbreviate, shorten, condense, diminish, reduce, contract, cut down, deprive of, divest of, epitomize, compress.

ANT. Amplify, expand, spread out, extend, dilate.

=Abridgment.= Summary, synopsis, compend, analysis, abstract, abbreviation, epitome, outline, compendium, digest.

ANT. Amplification, expatiation, exposition, annotation, paraphrase, expansion, comment.

=Abroad.= Far away, distant, apart, dispersed, aloof, adrift; distracted, confused, dazed, confounded; forth, out of doors.

ANT. Near, close, collected, fast, housed; composed, poised, self-contained; within.

=Abrogate.= Abolish, cancel, set aside, annul, make void, overrule, invalidate, nullify, repeal.

ANT. Enact, confirm, enforce, establish, continue, revive.

=Abrogation.= Repeal, rescinding, annulment, abolition, revocation, voidance, cancelation, setting aside; discontinuance, disestablishment.

ANT. Enactment, institution, establishment; sanction, continuance, confirmation.

=Abrupt.= Sudden, unexpected, hasty, ill-timed, precipitate; steep, precipitous, craggy, rough, rugged, jagged; short, blunt, curt, unceremonious; stiff, cramped, harsh, disconnected.

ANT. Easy, gliding; polished, smooth, undulating; expected, courteous, elegant, complaisant, suave.

=Abscond.= Depart, steal away, decamp, bolt, disappear, run off, hide, withdraw, retreat, escape, elope, slink or sneak off, absent one’s self.

ANT. Show, appear, emerge, issue, present one’s self.

=Absence.= Non-attendance, non-appearance, non-existence, absenteeism; inattention, abstraction, preoccupation, musing; want, lack, privation, defect, deficiency.

ANT. Presence, existence, manifestation, evidence, supply; attention, consideration; immanence, inherency.

=Absent.= Away, gone; abstracted, preoccupied, inattentive, dreaming.

ANT. Present, here; attentive, alert.

=Absolute.= Perfect, complete, supreme, autocratic, authoritative, commanding, independent, unrestricted, unqualified, unlimited, unconditioned, self-existent, self-determined, ideal; despotic, arbitrary, exacting, domineering, tyrannical, imperious, dictatorial, irresponsible; positive, actual, real, veritable, genuine, certain, categorical, unquestionable.

ANT. Related, responsible, conditioned, limited, qualified, restricted, accountable; ductile, humble, lenient, meek, mild, yielding, compliant, complaisant; dubious, contingent, defective, deficient, wanting, lacking, mutilated, incomplete.

=Absolution.= Acquittal, remission, release, deliverance, forgiveness, pardon, shriving, shrift; indulgence, justification.

ANT. Charge, accusation, condemnation, censure, conviction; penance, purgation, fasting, flagellation.

=Absolve.= Acquit, clear, exonerate, forgive, free, liberate, release, pardon, set free, discharge, exempt, exculpate.

ANT. Accuse, condemn, convict, impeach, charge, compel; obligate, oblige, bind.

=Absorb.= Take in, consume, imbibe, swallow, suck up, exhaust; engross, engage, immerse, occupy, arrest, rivet (of attention).

ANT. Give up, disgorge, send out, radiate, throw off, eject; dissipate, distract, disperse.

=Absorption.= Absorbing, imbibing, assimilation, destruction, consumption, exhaustion; engrossment, engagement, occupation, immersion.

ANT. Ejection, rejection, expulsion, discharge; inadvertency, inattention, oversight, disregard.

=Abstain.= Refrain, resist, forbear, desist, deny one’s self, avoid, cease, stop, withhold, give up, relinquish.

ANT. Indulge, wanton, revel, yield to, gratify.

=Abstemious.= Abstinent, sober, moderate, temperate, sparing, frugal, self-denying, continent.

ANT. Sensual, self-indulgent, intemperate, greedy.

=Absterge.= Wipe off, purge, cleanse, purify, scrub, sponge, scour.

ANT. Soil, pollute, begrime, contaminate, bespatter, bedaub.

=Abstersive.= Cleansing, purging, purifying, scouring; detergent, cathartic.

ANT. Corruptive, contaminative, offensive.

=Abstinence.= Temperance, abstemiousness, self-control, self-restraint, self-denial, sobriety, fasting, continence, moderation, frugality.

ANT. Excess, intoxication, self-indulgence, sensuality, wantonness, intemperance, greed, gluttony, revelry, dissipation.

=Abstinent.= Abstaining, fasting; abstemious, sober, temperate, self-restraining, self-denying, continent, austere.

ANT. Sensual, self-indulgent, intemperate, epicurean, dissipated, incontinent, debauched.

=Abstract=, n. Epitome, summary, abridgment, compend, synopsis, syllabus, outline, digest, brief, compendium, gist, drift, contents.

ANT. Amplification, disquisition, exposition, expansion, expatiation.

=Abstract=, v. Appropriate, withdraw, remove, separate, take away, detach, purloin, part, eliminate, distract, discriminate, abridge.

ANT. Add, complete, increase, restore, unite, conjoin, fill up, strengthen, combine.

=Abstracted.= Separated, withdrawn, removed; subtle, refined, abstruse; inattentive, preoccupied, dreaming, absent-minded, oblivious, thoughtless, negligent, indifferent, heedless, absorbed, absent.

ANT. Intelligible, lucid, transparent; attentive, intent, observant, alert, prompt, ready, thoughtful, wide-awake.

=Abstraction.= Disconnection, disjunction, removal, isolation, separation; preoccupation, revery, inattention, absorption, absence; taking, abduction, seizure, stealing, appropriation, purloining; classification, generalization.

ANT. Addition, conjunction, union, restitution, importation, restoration; enumeration, analysis; attention, specification, observation, individualization.

=Abstruse.= Hidden, difficult, recondite, profound, deep, curious, occult, dark, obscure, mystical, hard, vague, indefinite, mysterious, abstract, transcendental.

ANT. Patent, simple, obvious, trite, intelligible, manifest, lucid, clear, easy, plain, popular, superficial.

=Absurd.= Ludicrous, monstrous, nonsensical, preposterous, senseless, ridiculous, foolish, irrational, wild, unreasonable.

ANT. Sensible, rational, reasonable, logical, wise, sagacious, sound, substantial, philosophical, reflective, consistent, true.

=Absurdity.= Unreasonableness, irrationality, foolishness, folly, fatuity, idiocy, extravagance, drivel.

ANT. Reason, possibility; truism, axiom, maxim, adage.

=Abundance.= Profusion, wealth, affluence; flow, flood, overflow; copiousness, fertility, richness, largeness, store, plenty, exuberance, plenteousness.

ANT. Scarcity, deficiency, rarity, scantiness, dearth, failure, poverty.

=Abundant.= Abounding, flowing, plentiful, liberal, bountiful, sufficient, lavish, plenteous, much, copious, replete, full, teeming.

ANT. Rare, scarce, scant, deficient, insufficient, short, niggardly, sparing, impoverished, dry, drained.

=Abuse=, n. Misuse, dishonor, maltreatment, outrage, reviling, obloquy, defamation, insult, disparagement, reproach, ill usage.

ANT. Kindness, praise, deference, respect, honor, good treatment, good usage.

=Abuse=, v. Harm, ill-treat, ill-use, injure, wrong, maltreat, oppress, molest, malign, impose on, ruin, victimize, slander, violate, ravish, defile, disparage, damage, defame, misuse.

ANT. Cherish, protect, regard, shield, respect, care for, tend, benefit; laud, favor, applaud, extol, eulogize, praise; uphold, sustain, vindicate, conserve.

=Abusive.= Insulting, rude, denunciatory, reproachful, injurious, offensive, reviling, insolent, scurrilous, opprobrious.

ANT. Respectful, attentive, laudatory, kind, flattering, courteous, complimentary, obsequious.

=Abut.= Be adjacent, extend, impinge, project, approximate, be contiguous, adjoin; end, border.

ANT. Diverge, recede, return, retreat, recurve.

=Abutment.= Terminal support, buttress.

=Abuttal.= Adjacency, contiguity, nearness, juxtaposition; boundary, terminus, limit, termination.

ANT. Interval, separation, gap, chasm, interspace, fissure, breach.

=Abyss.= Gulf, gorge, deep, chasm, profound, abysm; the pit.

ANT. Surface, abutment, adhesion, contact, contiguity; heaven.

=Academical.= Scholastic, learned, literary, collegiate, classical.

ANT. Illiterate, ignorant, unschooled.

=Academy.= School, seminary, institute, college, gymnasium, high school; scientific body, association of artists.

=Accede.= Consent, assent, acquiesce, comply, agree, accept, concur, approve, coincide.

ANT. Decline, withdraw, refuse, demur, protest, dissent, reject.

=Accelerate.= Hasten, quicken, speed, precipitate, despatch, expedite, hurry, urge, push forward, press on; forward, advance, further.

ANT. Delay, impede, clog, hinder, retard, drag, obstruct.

=Accent=, n. Stress, beat, emphasis, rhythm, pulsation, intonation, cadence, tone, modulation, ictus.

ANT. Monotony, equableness, babble, flow, smoothness.

=Accentuate=, =Accent=, v. Lay stress upon, put the ictus on; emphasize, mark, make prominent.

ANT. Make light of, make insignificant, underestimate, ignore.

=Accept.= Take, receive; admit, agree to, approve, acknowledge, avow; estimate, regard, value, construe.

ANT. Refuse, decline, reject, ignore, disown, repudiate.

=Acceptable.= Welcome, pleasing, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, agreeable, pleasurable, seasonable, desirable, expedient.

ANT. Unpleasant, disagreeable, annoying, grievous, ungrateful, unwelcome.

=Acceptance.= Reception, taking; acknowledgment, approbation, approval, satisfaction, gratification.

ANT. Rejection, refusal, repudiation, exclusion.

=Acceptation.= Meaning, significance, sense, import, interpretation, construction, understanding; approval, adoption, acceptance.

=Access.= Entrance, approach, passage, avenue, entry; admission, admittance, audience, interview; addition, increase, gain; accession; attack, onset, fit, paroxysm.

ANT. Exit, egress, departure; exclusion; repulse, recoil; retirement, retreat; quiescence, inertia, languor, torpor.

=Accessary=, see =Accessory=.

=Accessible.= Easy of access, approachable, affable, conversible.

ANT. Distant, cold, unapproachable, difficult.

=Accession.= Addition, increase, enlargement, extension, augmentation; arrival, influx; attainment (of power).

ANT. Abandonment, decrease, ebb, drain, subsidence, departure, resignation, diminution.

=Accessory=, n. Confederate, assistant, helper, associate, accomplice; detail, accompaniment, subordinate element; companion, partner.

ANT. Foe, rival, adversary, antagonist, opponent, enemy; principal, instigator.

=Accessory=, a. Assisting, aiding, abetting, helping, acceding, additional; supplemental, subservient, subsidiary, subordinate, conducive; accompanying, contributory, auxiliary.

ANT. Essential, inherent; superfluous, irrelevant.

=Accident.= Chance, disaster, happening, hazard, incident, misfortune, calamity, adventure, casualty, mishap, possibility.

ANT. Certainty, provision, plan, intention, appointment, calculation, law, necessity, purpose, preparation.

=Accidental.= Casual, unintended, fortuitous, chance; incidental, immaterial, non-essential; occasional, contingent, adventitious.

ANT. Intended, purposed, prepared, appointed, certain.

=Acclamation.= Applause, cheer, outcry, homage, gratulation, salutation.

ANT. Censure, execration, denunciation, obloquy, sibilation.

=Acclivity.= Rise, incline, ascent, steep, hill, height.

ANT. Decline, declivity, hollow, descent, depth.

=Accommodate.= Oblige, serve, furnish, supply, contain, hold, convenience; adapt, reconcile, adjust, harmonize, suit, conform, arrange.

ANT. Deprive, aggravate, inconvenience, disturb, disoblige; misfit, incommode.

=Accommodating.= Kind, obliging, considerate, unselfish, polite, yielding, conciliatory.

ANT. Rude, churlish, disobliging, inconsiderate, exacting.

=Accompany.= Follow, attend, consort with, go with, escort, convoy.

ANT. Abandon, leave, quit, avoid, discard, desert.

=Accomplice.= Confederate, accessory, abettor, associate, ally, aid, assistant, promoter, coadjutor.

ANT. Rival, enemy, foe, adversary.

=Accomplish.= Complete, finish, achieve, effect, perform, carry out, attain, realize, consummate, execute, perfect, fulfil, do; equip, furnish.

ANT. Fail, mar, spoil, frustrate, defeat, disconcert, destroy.

=Accomplished.= Educated, experienced, practiced, finished, versed, consummate, adroit, expert, apt, skilful, talented, fine, qualified, proficient, polite, elegant; completed, effected, established.

ANT. Unskilled, unfettered, ignorant, unpolished, uncouth, inefficient, incapable, inexpert, incompetent.

=Accomplishment.= Execution, achievement, performance, completion; acquirement, attainment, proficiency, ornament, grace.

ANT. Failure, blunder, folly, stupidity, incompetency, mismanagement, bungling.

=Accord.= Agree, correspond, harmonize; grant, concede, give, yield, deign, vouchsafe, consent, answer.

ANT. Differ, disagree; withhold, deny, refuse.

=Accordant.= Agreeable, suitable, consonant, harmonious, congruous, agreeing, corresponding, conformable.

ANT. Adverse, inconsistent, discordant.

=Accordingly.= Suitably, conformably, agreeably; consequently, therefore, hence, wherefore.

ANT. Conversely, inconsistently, impertinently.

=Accost.= Approach, address, salute, greet, confront, speak to.

ANT. Depart, rebuff, check, repulse, shun, elude, pass, ignore.

=Account=, n. Record, register, inventory; bill, charge; count, calculation, enumeration; statement, description, narration, relation, narrative, recital, chronicle, history; explanation, exposition; consideration, regard, motive, reason; importance, worth, dignity, profit, advantage, benefit.

ANT. Suppression, silence; attempt, project; misannouncement.

=Account=, v. Esteem, regard, deem, judge, think, hold, believe, consider, view; estimate, reckon, rate; explain, solve.

ANT. Underrate, undervalue; disesteem, misestimate; mystify, perplex, darken.

=Accountable.= Responsible, punishable, answerable, liable, amenable; accredited, delegated.

ANT. Independent, absolute, supreme, despotic, autocratic.

=Accouter.= Equip, furnish, dress, fit out, arm, array.

ANT. Despoil, impoverish, denude, strip, bare.

=Accredit.= Credit, authorize, trust, empower, commission, depute.

ANT. Recall, supersede, dismiss, discard; disbelieve, distrust, suspect.

=Accredited.= Authorized, commissioned, sanctioned; confidential, trusted, believed.

ANT. Unauthorized, distrusted, discredited.

=Accretion.= Growth, accumulation, adhesion, coherence, increase.

ANT. Abrasion, disintegration, diminution.

=Accrue.= Result, arise, issue, ensue, follow, proceed, come, increase, augment.

ANT. Cause, occasion; reduce, weaken, abate.

=Accumulate.= Pile, collect, gather up, bring together; store, amass, garner, treasure, husband, lay by, hoard; aggregate.

ANT. Separate, dissipate, disperse, scatter, waste, expend.

=Accumulation.= Collection, heap, mass, accretion, hoard, store.

ANT. Separation, segregation; unit, individual; prodigality, leakage, expenditure.

=Accuracy.= Exactness, precision, nicety, truth, carefulness, correctness, exactitude, fidelity.

ANT. Looseness, slovenliness, incorrectness, error, fallacy, misconception, misstatement.

=Accurate.= Careful, exact, faithful, precise, truthful, correct, rigorous, close, severe, just, unerring.

ANT. Inexact, faulty, inaccurate, defective, loose, careless.

=Accusation.= Charge, indictment, arraignment, impeachment, imputation, crimination, censure.

ANT. Discharge, acquittal, vindication, absolution, approval.

=Accuse.= Charge, indict, arraign, incriminate, impeach, cite, summon, tax, censure, taunt, blame, reproach.

ANT. Discharge, acquit, defend, vindicate, exonerate, pardon, absolve, condone, release.

=Accustom.= Habituate, use, be wonted, harden, familiarize, train, addict, drill, break in, discipline.

ANT. Estrange, wean, alienate, dishabituate.

=Acerbity.= Sourness, acidity, tartness, bitterness, roughness, harshness, acrimony.

ANT. Sweetness, mildness, softness, gentleness, smoothness.

=Ache=, n. Pain, dull or continued pain, anguish, suffering, agony.

ANT. Pleasure, relief, ease, refreshment, delight.

=Achieve.= Accomplish, perform, complete, finish, realize, bring to pass, work out, conclude; obtain, acquire, gain, win, get.

ANT. Neglect, undo, mar, omit; fail of, lose.

=Achievement.= Accomplishment, performance, attainment, completion, consummation; exploit, deed, feat.

ANT. Forfeit, failure, negligence, frustration, blunder.

=Acknowledge.= Recognize, be aware of; admit, concede, allow, accept; confess, avow; express thanks for; own or profess.

ANT. Disclaim, disown, deny, repudiate, ignore, disavow.

=Acme.= Summit, zenith, climax, top, apex, vertex, pinnacle, culmination.

ANT. Base, nadir, depth, ground, foundation, foot, root.

=Acquaintance.= Association, familiarity; friend; intimacy, companionship, experience, knowledge, friendship, fellowship.

ANT. Ignorance, inexperience, unfamiliarity, ignoring.

=Acquiesce.= Assent, concur, yield, comply, submit, agree, consent.

ANT. Object, demur, dissent.

=Acquire.= Gain, earn, win, reap, obtain, attain, achieve, get, secure; master, learn thoroughly.

ANT. Lose, surrender, miss, forego, forfeit.

=Acquit.= Discharge, exonerate, release, absolve, excuse, pardon, exculpate.

ANT. Charge, condemn, sentence, compel, indict, imprison.

=Acquittal.= Discharge, release, deliverance, liberation, absolution.

ANT. Judgment, punishment, penalty, trial, retribution, correction, castigation.

=Acrimony.= Bitterness, sharpness, sourness, tartness, severity, asperity, hardness, rancor, ill-temper, spite, unkindness.

ANT. Gentleness, good nature, kindness, sweetness, courtesy.

=Act=, n. Deed, performance, exploit, accomplishment, achievement, effect, movement, transaction, work.

ANT. Cessation, inertia, quiescence, inaction, rest, repose, quiet, deliberation.

=Act=, v. Work, do, perform, execute; behave; play, feign, pretend, dissemble; operate, have effect; be, realize, actualize.

ANT. Rest, cease, stop, stay; neglect, omit, mar, undo; expose, reveal, vaunt; be quiescent or latent; fancy; endure, suffer.

=Action.= Exercise, motion, movement, deed, performance; agency, force, operation; battle, conflict; gesture; representation, play; subject, plot; lawsuit, case.

ANT. Inertia, torpor, languor; quiescence, rest, passiveness; harmony, truce, peace.

=Active.= Agile, brisk, alert, lively, quick, prompt, ready, spry; industrious, energetic, busy, diligent.

ANT. Dull, idle, indolent, lazy, quiet, slow, stupid.

=Actual.= Real, true, genuine, certain, absolute, positive, veritable, substantial; present, sensible, perceptible.

ANT. Possible, fictitious, supposititious, virtual, theoretical, hypothetical, conjectural.

=Acumen.= Discernment, penetration, keenness, shrewdness, insight, sharpness, sagacity, acuteness.

ANT. Dulness, obtuseness, stupidity, bluntness.

=Acute.= Sharp, pointed, keen, shrewd; violent, intense; high, sudden, severe, distressing; subtile, ingenious, sagacious, discerning.

ANT. Dull, blunt, obtuse, stupid, heavy; chronic; stolid.

=Adaptation.= Adjustment, fitness, conformity, suitableness, aptness, harmony.

ANT. Incompatibility, incongruity, misfit, discord.

=Add.= Sum up, increase, adjoin, append, attach, augment, enlarge, amplify, annex, affix.

ANT. Deduct, subtract, lessen, reduce, remove, diminish.

=Addicted.= Habituated, disposed to, inclined, prone, attached to, devoted, given over to, wedded to.

ANT. Averse, disinclined, unaccustomed, indisposed, divorced from.

=Addition.= Accession, enlargement, increase, extension, accretion, augmentation, adjunct.

ANT. Subtraction, decrease, diminution.

=Address=, n. Courtesy, manners, politeness, tact, ingenuity, dexterity, discretion, adroitness; discourse, harangue, oration, lecture, speech, appeal, request, suit, solicitation.

ANT. Clumsiness, rudeness, stupidity, unmannerliness, folly; refusal.

=Address=, v. Accost, approach, court, greet, hail, salute, speak to.

ANT. Avoid, elude, ignore, shun, cut, pass, overlook.

=Adduce.= Offer, present, advance; cite, quote, introduce, name, mention; allege.

ANT. Withdraw, except, deduct, suppress, retract.

=Adept.= Expert, master, proficient, genius, veteran, professor.

ANT. Novice, tyro, blunderer, inexpert.

=Adequate.= Equal, competent, fitted, qualified, suitable, sufficient, capable, adapted, satisfactory; proportionate, commensurate.

ANT. Inferior, poor, useless, worthless, unfit, incompetent.

=Adhere.= Stick, cling, cohere, hold, cleave; belong, pertain; be attached, fixed, or devoted.

ANT. Part, separate, sunder, sever, give way.

=Adherence.= Tenacity, attachment, constancy, fidelity, devotion, partisanship; adhesion.

ANT. Desertion, separation, disunion, unfaithfulness.

=Adjacent.= Near, close, bordering, adjoining, contiguous, beside.

ANT. Separate, distant, remote, detached, disconnected.

=Adjourn.= Postpone, delay, defer; suspend, interrupt, close, end, dissolve.

=Ant.= Despatch, hasten, conclude, complete, terminate, consummate.

=Adjunct.= Addition, appendage, accessory, aid, advantage, help; colleague, associate.

ANT. Detriment, impediment, hindrance, obstruction, detraction.

=Adjure.= Entreat, beseech, pray, supplicate, implore, beg; swear by.

ANT. Defy, deprecate, remonstrate, dare, expostulate, warn.

=Adjustment.= Arrangement, disposal; settlement, agreement, understanding; fitting, adaptation, conformity; regulation, rectification, accommodation.

ANT. Disturbance, disorder, confusion; dissension, divergence; non-conformity.

=Administer.= Dispense, distribute, supply; direct, manage, control, superintend; offer, proffer, tender.

ANT. Withhold, refuse, retain; betray, mismanage; repulse, rebuff.

=Admiration.= Wonder, approval, love, surprise, astonishment, appreciation, reverence, high regard.

ANT. Disapproval, contempt, dislike.

=Admire.= Honor, esteem, approve, adore, wonder at, venerate, extol, marvel at, applaud, revere, respect.

ANT. Despise, dislike, execrate, hate, abhor, scorn, detest.

=Admissible.= Allowable, lawful, permissible, possible, probable.

ANT. Absurd, preposterous, improper, wrong, unlawful.

=Admission.= Admittance, entrance, access; avowal, acknowledgment, concession, concurrence, allowance.

ANT. Denial, contradiction, rejection, negation.

=Admit.= Receive; accept, acknowledge, own, confess; permit, allow, suffer.

ANT. Exclude, debar; disown, deny; dismiss, reject, repudiate.

=Admonish.= Advise, warn, caution, counsel, censure, rebuke, reprove; forewarn, remind, dissuade; instruct, teach, apprise, acquaint.

ANT. Encourage, urge, countenance, applaud, abet, instigate.

=Admonition.= Caution, warning, advice, counsel, instruction, reminder, hint, reproof, reprehension.

ANT. Applause, encouragement, incitement, urging, instigation.

=Ado.= Trouble, toil, labor, pains; bustle, stir, fuss, noise, turmoil.

ANT. Quiet, calm, composure, tranquillity.

=Adopt.= Appropriate, assume; approve, accept, support, maintain; affiliate, father.

ANT. Reject, discard; renounce, abandon, disclaim; disown, repudiate.

=Adoration.= Worship, devotion, homage, reverence, veneration, idolatry.

ANT. Execration, disesteem, abomination, abhorrence, hatred, detestation.

=Adorn.= Beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament, garnish, illustrate, gild, bedeck, grace, dignify, honor, exalt.

ANT. Mar, spoil, deface, disfigure, deform, denude, strip.

=Adroit.= Dexterous, expert, skilful, apt, handy, quick, clever, ready, deft, ingenious, cunning.

ANT. Clumsy, unskilful, awkward, bungling, unhandy, maladroit.

=Adulation.= Flattery, extravagant compliment, fulsome praise, fawning, sycophancy, blandishment, obsequiousness.

ANT. Defamation, obloquy, ridicule, satire, sarcasm, detraction, aspersion, libel.

=Adumbrate.= Shadow, outline, indicate, hint, trace, delineate; typify, represent, symbolize; darken, obscure, hide, conceal.

ANT. Fulfil, realize, embody; misrepresent; reveal, illumine.

=Advance=, n. Progress, improvement, growth; offer, proposal, overture, tender, proposition; rise, appreciation.

ANT. Regress, return, retrogression; diminution; depreciation.

=Advance=, v. Push or send forward, propel; promote, elevate, dignify, exalt; improve, strengthen, benefit; propose, offer; furnish, lend, loan; increase, augment, raise; proceed, progress; thrive, prosper; accelerate.

ANT. Retard, hinder, withhold, withdraw; suppress, degrade, depress; oppose, recall, weaken, retreat; lessen, diminish.

=Advantage.= Benefit, profit, expediency, favorable opportunity, blessing; behalf, account, interest; privilege, convenience, assistance, utility, service.

ANT. Loss, disappointment, frustration, difficulty, dilemma.

=Advent.= Approach, coming, arrival, accession.

ANT. Departure, exit, exodus, retirement.

=Adventitious.= Accidental, incidental, extrinsic, non-essential, foreign, casual; redundant, superfluous.

ANT. Intrinsic, pertinent, regular, proper, necessary, appropriate.

=Adventure.= Chance, hazard, risk, venture, experiment, trial; event, incident, occurrence, contingency, crisis.

ANT. Matter-of-fact, matter-of-course; prospect; monotony, routine.

=Adventurous.= Bold, daring, venturesome, rash, reckless, headlong; dangerous, perilous, uncertain; fearless, enterprising.

ANT. Timid, nervous, hesitating, cautious, cowardly.

=Adversary.= Foe, enemy, antagonist, opponent, rival, assailant.

ANT. Ally, helper, assistant, accomplice, aider, abettor, accessory.

=Adverse.= Opposite, contrary, conflicting; hostile, injurious, harmful; unlucky, unfortunate, disastrous.

ANT. Favorable, friendly, propitious, fortunate, lucky.

=Adversity.= Calamity, affliction, trouble, disaster, woe, distress, suffering.

ANT. Success, prosperity, advancement, good luck.

=Advert to.= Consider, notice, remark, heed, attend, refer, allude, mention, touch upon; regard.

ANT. Ignore, pass, drop, overlook, omit.

=Advertent.= Mindful, regardful, attentive, watchful, observant, thoughtful, considerate, heedful.

ANT. Thoughtless, heedless, inconsiderate, inattentive.

=Advertise.= Announce, publish, proclaim, declare, circulate, noise abroad; offer for sale; inform, notify, apprise; promulgate.

ANT. Suppress, ignore, hush, conceal; mislead, misinform.

=Advice.= Counsel, suggestion, admonition, instruction, caution; tidings, intelligence, notice; deliberation, care, forethought; recommendation, exhortation, information.

ANT. Remonstrance, restraint, expostulation, prohibition; deception, delusion.

=Advisable.= Judicious, expedient, politic, prudent, desirable, beneficial, profitable; proper, fitting.

ANT. Imprudent, undesirable, inexpedient, improper, detrimental.

=Advocate.= Counsel, lawyer, attorney; defender, promoter, friend, patron, supporter, pleader, maintainer.

ANT. Accuser, impugner, gainsayer, adversary, opponent.

=Affable.= Open, free, frank, unreserved; accessible, familiar; cordial, social, courteous, polite, obliging, urbane, benign, gracious, mild, well-bred; condescending.

ANT. Distant, unapproachable, inaccessible, haughty, contemptuous, supercilious.

=Affair.= Business, concern, function, matter, circumstance, question, subject; event, incident, occurrence, performance; battle, combat, engagement, skirmish, collision, brush, encounter.

ANT. Detail, item, feature, point.

=Affect.= Influence, change, transform, modify, alter; concern, interest, touch, move, impress; crave, yearn, desire, like; assume, adopt, feign, pretend; operate, act on; melt, soften, subdue, overcome.

ANT. Shun, repel, repudiate, spurn, dislike, eschew.

=Affectation.= Airs, mannerism, pretension, pretense, foppery, display.

ANT. Simplicity, artlessness, naturalness, genuineness.

=Affection.= Feeling, passion, attachment, fondness, tenderness, love; propensity, disposition; endearment, devotion, partiality; attribute, quality, characteristic, mark.

ANT. Indifference, repulsion, disaffection, repugnance.

=Affiance.= Trust, confidence, homage, reliance, betrothal, fealty, faith, plighting.

ANT. Disloyalty, distrust, treason, suspicion, infidelity.

=Affiliate.= Associate, adopt, join, connect, incorporate, annex.

ANT. Sever, transplant, separate, disjoin, dissociate.

=Affinity.= Relationship, kin, consanguinity, propinquity; likeness, resemblance, relation, analogy, connection, correspondence; sympathy, attraction.

ANT. Repugnance, discordance, antipathy, antagonism.

=Affirm.= Assert, swear, state, declare, maintain, allege, protest, confirm, ratify, approve, endorse, aver, asseverate, assure, avouch, establish.

ANT. Deny, doubt, demur, contradict, negative, gainsay, impugn, oppose, dispute.

=Affirmation.= Avowal, declaration, statement, assertion, testimony, deposition, confirmation, ratification, approval, endorsement.

ANT. Doubt, denial, contradiction, disputation, disapproval.

=Affix.= Join, annex, attach, fasten, connect to, unite to, append.

ANT. Remove, detach, separate, unfasten.

=Affliction.= Adversity, misfortune, grief, sorrow, distress, tribulation, disaster, trial, misery, calamity, pain, anguish, trouble, hardship.

ANT. Consolation, relief, blessing, gratification, pleasure.

=Affluence.= Wealth, fortune, riches, opulence, abundance, plenty, profusion.

ANT. Want, scarcity, poverty, penury, lack, indigence.

=Afford.= Supply, furnish, contribute, bestow, offer, confer, bear, endure, support, yield, impart, administer.

ANT. Withhold, deny, retain, stint, grudge, withdraw.

=Affray.= Quarrel, tussle, scuffle, scrimmage, collision, brawl, disturbance, fight, rumpus, struggle, contest, strife, encounter, feud, tumult.

ANT. Peace, amity, friendship, good will.

=Affront.= Outrage, insult, abuse, annoyance, displeasure, offense, provocation, wrong, vexation, wound, exasperation, irritation.

ANT. Courtesy, homage, amends, compliment, apology.

=Afire.= Ablaze, burning, ignited, aflame.

ANT. Out, quenched, extinguished.

=Afloat.= Adrift, at sea, abroad, loose; happening, betiding, brewing.

ANT. Moored, anchored, aground, stranded, fixed, steadfast, firm.

=Afoot.= Afloat, preparing, forthcoming, ready, brewing, on hand, astir.

ANT. Unprepared, unprovided for, inactive, sluggish, latent.

=Aforesaid.= Above-mentioned, foregoing, preceding, abovenamed.

ANT. Following, subsequent, subjoined, forthcoming, after-cited.

=Afraid.= Fearful, timid, apprehensive, anxious, alarmed, terrified, frightened.

ANT. Fearless, bold, confident, reckless, venturesome, indifferent, secure, hopeful, audacious.

=Afresh.= Anew, again, newly, frequently, repeatedly, once more.

ANT. Uniformly, connectedly, continuously.

=After.= Subsequent, later; following, behind, rear, back, posterior; concerning, about, for, in relation to; in imitation of, in the pattern of.

ANT. Before, preceding, introducing; in front of; opposite; facing; previous or prior to, afore; in advance; previously, already.

=Again.= Anew, afresh, repeatedly; further, moreover, besides; on the contrary; back, in answer or restitution, in return; once more.

ANT. Once, continuously, uninterruptedly, uniformly.

=Against.= Opposite, across, adverse to, counter to, athwart; facing, fronting, close up to, in contact with; for, in preparation for, in expectation of; in compensation for, in requital of, to match.

ANT. With, for, beside, accompanying, aiding, promoting.

=Agape.= Yawning, open-mouthed; wondering, gazing, dazed, amazed; curious, inquisitive, agog, astare, eager.

ANT. Listless, lukewarm, incurious, indifferent.

=Age.= Duration; period, date, epoch, time; maturity, generation; era, century.

ANT. Infancy, youth, boyhood, childhood; moment, instant.

=Agent.= Actor, doer, operator, promoter, performer; cause, force, power; deputy, factor, attorney, representative, substitute; means, instrument.

ANT. Counteragent, counteractor, opponent, neutralizer; chief, principal; originator, inventor.

=Agglomeration.= Accumulation, heap, pile, mass, conglomeration, cluster.

ANT. Dispersion, division, separation, sifting, dissipation.

=Aggrandize.= Exalt, honor, elevate, dignify, promote, advance, enrich, augment.

ANT. Degrade, impoverish, debase, humiliate, dishonor, lower.

=Aggravate.= Exasperate, provoke, wound, make worse, intensify, embitter, heighten.

ANT. Soothe, assuage, palliate, diminish, conciliate, alleviate.

=Aggregation.= Collection, accumulation, mass, heap, pile, amount, total, sum, result, whole, agglomeration.

ANT. Dispersion, dissipation, separation, division; unit; element, individual, ingredient, item.

=Aggression.= Attack, invasion, encroachment, assault, injury, offense, onslaught, provocation, intrusion.

ANT. Retaliation, repulsion, retreat, resistance, evacuation.

=Aghast.= Dismayed, horrified, terrified, frightened; amazed, astounded, startled, astonished, dumfounded.

ANT. Cool, fearless, indifferent, unmoved, unaffected, unexcited.

=Agile.= Nimble, active, lively, smart, prompt, alert, supple, brisk, quick, ready, sprightly, spry.

ANT. Slow, heavy, clumsy, bulky, awkward, inert, ponderous.

=Agitate.= Disturb, trouble, shake, jar, convulse; excite, rouse, ferment; fluster, hurry, disconcert; discuss, controvert, debate, examine, ventilate, investigate; deliberate, contrive, devise, plan.

ANT. Calm, allay, pacify, smooth, compose, quiet; solve, determine, settle.

=Ago.= Past, gone, since.

ANT. Future, coming, hereafter, hence.

=Agony.= Anguish, torture, torment, distress, throe, pangs, pain, suffering, woe, excruciation.

ANT. Assuagement, comfort, relief, composure, ease, enjoyment.

=Agree.= Accept, assent, approve, comply, consent, concur, admit, accede.

ANT. Contend, disagree, deny; dissent, dispute, protest, oppose, demur, differ; decline.

=Agreeable.= Suitable, proper, appropriate, befitting, accordant, conformable, consonant, welcome, amiable, pleasing, gratifying.

ANT. Unpleasant, disobliging, obnoxious, disagreeable, unwelcome, offensive, inharmonious, unaccommodating.

=Agreement.= Contract, compact, bond, bargain, covenant, harmony, liaison, obligation, undertaking, treaty.

ANT. Promise, understanding, parole; discord, dissension.

=Agriculture.= Farming, husbandry, cultivation of the soil, tillage.

ANT. Fallowness, sterility, unproductiveness, waste.

=Aground.= Ashore, stranded, not afloat; exhausted in resources.

ANT. Afloat, loose, abroad, adrift; flush.

=Ahead.= In front, forward, onward, in advance.

ANT. Abaft, astern, back, behind, aft.

=Aid.= Help, support, assist, serve, befriend, minister to, relieve, succor; supply, give alms to; foster, protect, encourage, favor.

ANT. Oppose, discourage, thwart, baffle, deter, confront.

=Ailing.= Sick, ill, indisposed, unwell, feeble, infirm, weakly, delicate, unhealthy, pining.

ANT. Well, healthy, energetic, strong, vigorous.

=Ailment.= Disease, malady, indisposition, distemper, complaint.

ANT. Health, sanity, convalescence, vigor, recovery.

=Aim.= Direction, course, tendency, bent, proclivity, bearing; intention, purpose, design, scheme; reason; view, scope, drift, mark, goal, point; endeavor, attempt, aspiration, determination.

ANT. Deviation, divergence, deflection, digression, aberration; tangent; venture, leap, fluke, chance, hazard, speculation; neglect, avoidance, carelessness, oversight.

=Air.= Atmosphere, gas; breeze, vapor, zephyr, wind; weather; appearance, aspect, manner, sort, style, way, behavior, carriage, bearing, expression, look, demeanor, mien, fashion; tune.

=Airy.= Aërial, thin, rare, ethereal; light, subtle, sublimated; sprightly, buoyant, vivacious, volatile, jolly, jovial, light-hearted; graceful, lithe, pliant, flexible, showy, jaunty, flaunting, garish; windy, empty.

ANT. Thick, ponderous, heavy, inert, clumsy, dull, sluggish, wooden, slow, cheerless, sullen, doleful, leaden, lugubrious.

=Akin.= Related, allied, homogeneous, cognate, similar, congenial, sympathetic.

ANT. Foreign, alien, hostile, heterogeneous, dissimilar.

=Alacrity.= Readiness, briskness, activity, quickness, willingness, promptness, compliance, cheerfulness, eagerness, gaiety, agility.

ANT. Slowness, reluctance, repugnance, aversion, refusal, shrinking, recoil, disinclination.

=Alarm.= Summons, tocsin, distress signal, war-cry; fear, terror, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, affright.

ANT. Lullaby; confidence, quiet, composure, assurance, courage.

=Alert.= Lively, prompt, ready, prepared, vigilant, wide-awake, bustling, active, brisk, nimble, watchful, sprightly, agile.

ANT. Slow, lazy, absent, oblivious, sluggish, dilatory, drowsy.

=Alien=, n. Foreigner, stranger.

ANT. Citizen, countryman, native, naturalized person.

=Alien=, a. Strange, foreign, hostile, remote, distant, contrasted, contrary, unlike, unconnected.

ANT. Pertinent, essential; domesticated, naturalized; germane, akin, appropriate.

=Alienation.= Estrangement, transfer, conveyance, disaffection, variance, rupture, breach; (relating to the mind) insanity, aberration, delusion, lunacy, delirium, mania, imbecility.

ANT. Confederacy, coalition, alliance, league, union; sanity, soundness, sobriety, rationality.

=Alight.= Perch, settle, drop, lodge; dismount, descend.

ANT. Soar, spring, ascend, start, mount.

=Alike.= Similar, kindred, same, resembling, equivalent, homogeneous, identical, analogous, uniform, akin, allied.

ANT. Different, unequal, dissimilar, unlike, heterogeneous, distinct, various.

=Aliment.= Food, nourishment, subsistence, fare, diet, regimen, nutriment, viands, meat, sustenance.

ANT. Poison, bane; starvation, exhaustion; venom, scourge.

=Alive.= Living, quick, subsisting, animate, alert, active, breathing; sensitive, susceptible; operative; cheerful, joyous; brisk.

ANT. Dead, defunct, lifeless, deceased; inanimate, dull; departed, cold; dispirited.

=All=, n. Whole, totality.

ANT. Part, piece, share, portion.

=All=, a. Whole, entire, complete, total; each, every.

ANT. Some, part.

=Allay.= Repress, restrain, check, subdue, silence, still, hush, soothe, compose, calm, appease, lull, alleviate, mitigate, solace, abate, relieve, palliate.

ANT. Aggravate, arouse, excite, stir, kindle, fan, provoke.

=Allege.= Declare, affirm, claim, maintain, state, asseverate; advance, aver, introduce; profess, cite.

ANT. Contradict, gainsay, refute, deny, disprove, quash.

=Allegiance.= Fealty, loyalty, devotion, homage, faithfulness, obedience.

ANT. Treason, rebellion, sedition, disloyalty, disaffection.

=Allegory.= Parable, fable, myth, story, tale, apologue, metaphor, illustration, simile.

ANT. History, fact, narrative, chronicle, record.

=Alleviate.= Abate, mitigate, reduce, relieve, lessen, assuage, remove, soften, moderate, lighten.

ANT. Augment, increase, heighten, intensify, magnify, aggravate, enhance, embitter.

=Alliance.= Connection, relationship, affinity; confederacy, league, union, treaty, co-partnership, coalition; affiliation, similarity.

ANT. Separation, estrangement, divorce; antagonism, disruption, enmity, hostility, schism, secession.

=Allot.= Divide, apportion, distribute, deal out, dispense; assign, grant, give, appoint, destine.

ANT. Refuse, retain, misdeal, deny, confiscate, appropriate, seize, withhold.

=Allow.= Grant, own, confess, admit; permit, let, authorize; suffer, tolerate, endure; yield, give, grant; approve, sanction, abate, remit.

ANT. Protest, refuse, deny, disapprove, forbid, disallow, reject, withstand, resist.

=Allowance.= Leave, permission, sanction, approval; admission, acknowledgment, assent; commission; qualification, exception; ration.

ANT. Refusal, disapproval, denial; ratification, confirmation.

=Alloy=, n. Admixture, adulteration, deterioration, debasement, disparagement, drawback.

ANT. Genuineness, enhancement, purity, integrity.

=Allude.= Intimate, insinuate, point, refer, suggest, signify, hint, imply, indicate, mention.

ANT. Demonstrate, specify, declare.

=Allure.= Decoy, entice, coax, attract, tempt, inveigle, seduce.

ANT. Dissuade, repel, warn, chill, damp, drive away, deter, alarm, terrify.

=Allusion.= Hint, suggestion, intimation, reference, implication, innuendo.

ANT. Mention, demonstration, specification.

=Ally=, n. Assistant, helper, aider, friend, associate, colleague, partner, accessory, accomplice.

ANT. Opponent, adversary, foe, enemy, antagonist.

=Aloft.= Above, skyward, heavenward, overhead, in the air.

ANT. Beneath, earthward, below.

=Alone.= Solitary, sole, single, isolated.

ANT. Accompanied, associated.

=Along.= Lengthwise, onward, forward; together, beside, simultaneously.

ANT. Across, sidewise or sideways, lateral; apart, tandem.

=Aloof.= Apart, distant, away, off.

ANT. Close, near, together, unitedly.

=Aloud.= Distinctly, audibly, vociferously, clamorously, sonorously.

ANT. Softly, silently, inaudibly.

=Also.= As well, likewise, too, similarly, withal, besides, in addition, in like manner.

ANT. Nevertheless, notwithstanding, on the contrary, but, yet, in spite of, on the other hand.

=Alter.= Change, turn, vary, modify, shift, substitute, remodel, transform, convert.

ANT. Conserve, perpetuate, preserve, arrest, solidify, retain.

=Alteration.= Change, variation, modification, shifting, mutation.

ANT. Changelessness, identity, fixity, permanence.

=Altercation.= Dispute, contention, controversy, difference, quarrel, wrangle, dissension.

ANT. Concord, agreement, compromise, reconciliation, unanimity, harmony, consonance.

=Alternate.= Reciprocal, every other one, one after another, in turn, interchangeable, mutual.

ANT. Continuous, successive, consequent, proximate, sequent.

=Alternative.= Choice, option, preference, election, pick, resource.

ANT. Compulsion, quandary, necessity; fixity, changelessness.

=Although.= Albeit, even if, supposing, grant that.

ANT. Yet, notwithstanding.

=Altitude.= Height, elevation, loftiness, ascent, eminence.

ANT. Depth, declivity, descent, abasement.

=Altogether.= Collectively, conjointly, wholly, quite, completely, totally, utterly, entirely, thoroughly, fully, in the mass.

ANT. Partially, piecemeal, by instalments, partly, incompletely, by halves, wanting; individually, separately.

=Altruism.= Philanthropy, unselfishness, public spirit, devotion to others, self-sacrifice, self-forgetfulness, generosity.

ANT. Selfishness, self-indulgence, worldliness, meanness; egoism.

=Always.= Ever, forever, eternally, for aye, evermore, everlastingly, perpetually; uniformly, invariably, generally, habitually.

ANT. Now, momently, instantly, suddenly; sometimes, occasionally.

=Amalgamate.= Mix, commingle, unite, combine, blend, compound, incorporate, join, fuse, consolidate.

ANT. Disintegrate, decompose, disperse, separate, dissipate, analyze.

=Amaranthine.= Of the amaranth; fadeless, imperishable, undying, immortal, perennial; purplish, amethystine.

ANT. Ephemeral, perishable, mortal, fading.

=Amass.= Accumulate, heap up, collect, gather, hoard, store up.

ANT. Disperse, divide, scatter, spend, squander, waste, dissipate; portion, distribute, parcel.

=Amateur.= Lover, votary, devotee; beginner, neophyte, novice, tyro, dilettante.

=Amazement.= Astonishment, bewilderment, wonder, marvel, stupefaction, confusion, perplexity, awe.

ANT. Anticipation, calmness, coolness, familiarity, preparation, stoicism, self-possession, steadiness, composure.

=Amazing.= Astonishing, astounding, wonderful, surprising, marvelous, prodigious, strange, miraculous, stupendous, extraordinary.

ANT. Common, familiar, trivial, commonplace, frequent, hackneyed, usual, customary.

=Ambagious.= Winding, devious, sinuous; tortuous, indirect, evasive, circuitous; diffuse, dull, tedious; dubious, enigmatical, vague.

ANT. Direct, straight, frank, open, simple, straightforward, plain, clear, lucid, unmistakable.

=Ambassador.= Minister, envoy, legate, deputy, plenipotentiary.

=Ambient.= Surrounding, encompassing, enfolding, circling, investing.

ANT. Penetrating, infiltrating, permeating, intervening.

=Ambiguous.= Doubtful, dubious, uncertain, indefinite, vague, obscure, indistinct, equivocal, enigmatical.

ANT. Obvious, plain, clear, lucid, unmistakable.

=Ambition.= Emulation, rivalry, aspiration, competition, opposition.

ANT. Contentment, moderation, indifference, satisfaction.

=Amelioration.= Amendment, improvement, promotion, bettering, elevation.

ANT. Degeneration, deterioration, injury, detriment.

=Amenable.= Liable, responsible, answerable, accountable; open, impressible, pliant, docile.

ANT. Obstinate, irresponsible, independent, autocratic.

=Amend.= Improve, mend, repair, ameliorate, reform, correct, rectify.

ANT. Harm, corrupt, spoil, debase, aggravate.

=Amends.= Compensation, atonement, expiation, recompense, indemnity.

ANT. Insult, injury, fault, offense.

=Amenity.= Softness, mildness, suavity, gentleness, refinement, amiability.

ANT. Austerity, ungraciousness, discourtesy, moroseness.

=Amiable.= Agreeable, gentle, good-natured, pleasing, winsome, attractive, charming, lovable.

ANT. Crusty, hateful, sullen, surly, crabbed, cruel, unlovely, gruff, disagreeable, ill-tempered.

=Amicable.= Cordial, kind, friendly, harmonious, peaceable, propitious, favorable, sociable, amiable.

ANT. Unkind, cold, distant, hostile, adverse, unfriendly.

=Amid.= Among, between, in the midst of, betwixt, surrounded by.

ANT. Outside, without, beyond, afar from, away from.

=Amiss.= Wrong, improper, faulty, incorrect, inaccurate, inopportune.

ANT. Correct, right, faultless, perfect, effective, true.

=Amount=, n. Sum, total, aggregate, whole; effect, substance, purport.

ANT. Portion, instalment, part; failure, deficiency.

=Ample.= Liberal, large, spacious, plentiful, copious, lavish, exuberant, bountiful, generous.

ANT. Niggardly, stingy, scant, mean, narrow, insufficient.

=Amplify.= Augment, enlarge, expand, expatiate, increase, develop, widen, dilate, extend.

ANT. Abbreviate, condense, reduce, abridge, amputate, epitomize, summarize.

=Amusement.= Diversion, sport, play, fun, entertainment, merriment, pastime, game, frolic, relaxation.

ANT. Weariness, disgust, satiety, tedium, monotony, strenuosity.

=Analogy.= Likeness, relation, resemblance, similitude, comparison.

ANT. Unlikeness, incongruity, disproportion, disagreement.

=Analysis.= Separation, dissection, investigation, partition.

ANT. Synthesis, composition, aggregation, combination, coherence.

=Anarchy.= Misrule, disorder, lawlessness, violence, confusion.

ANT. Law, order, government, control, organization, subjection.

=Anatomy.= Analysis, dissection; skeleton; dismemberment.

ANT. Synthesis, organization, union, construction; body.

=Ancient.= Old, antique, antiquated, obsolete, primeval, aged.

ANT. Modern, young, fresh, new, juvenile, upstart.

=Ancillary.= Auxiliary, helping, instrumental; subsidiary, subordinate, subservient.

ANT. Alien, adverse, redundant, obstructive, impertinent, irrelative, counteractive.

=Angelic.= Seraphic, celestial, pure, ethereal, adorable, rapturous, heavenly, divine, spiritual.

ANT. Demoniac, demoniacal, diabolical, hellish, fiendish, foul.

=Anger.= Fury, ire, offense, passion, choler, indignation, rage, temper, vexation, displeasure, animosity, wrath, resentment.

ANT. Patience, self-control, self-restraint, forbearance, leniency, mildness, forgiveness, giveness, charity, love.

=Angry.= Provoked, indignant, exasperated, irritated, wrathful, furious, resentful, mad, passionate, sulky, piqued, galled.

ANT. Calm, unresentful, peaceful, self-controlled, good-tempered, forgiving, lenient.

=Anguish.= Agony, torture, torment, pang, acute distress, extreme suffering.

ANT. Ease, pleasure, relief, solace, assuagement, ecstasy.

=Animal.= Brute, beast, living organism, sentient being; fauna.

ANT. Man; vegetable; angel; inanimate object, substance; soul, spirit.

=Animate.= Enliven, vivify, quicken, invigorate, revive, stimulate, waken, rouse, excite, provoke, encourage, inspire, elate.

ANT. Deaden, discourage, deter, depress, dishearten, stifle.

=Animation.= Life, vitality, spirit, vivacity, energy, exhilaration, sprightliness, courage, force, buoyancy, vigor, liveliness.

ANT. Dulness, deadness, spiritlessness, inertness, stolidity.

=Animosity.= Hatred, enmity, malignity, antipathy, aversion, acrimony, strife, bitterness, hostility, dissension, malice, anger.

ANT. Congeniality, unanimity, friendship, companionship, harmony, concord, regard, alliance, kindness, sympathy.

=Annals.= Chronicles, records, registers, rolls, archives.

ANT. Romance, tradition, hearsay, legend, lays.

=Annex.= Add, affix, attach, adjoin, append, subjoin, tag, join, unite, connect.

ANT. Detach, disconnect, withdraw, separate, remove, disengage.

=Annihilation.= Extermination, obliteration, eradication, destruction; non-existence; oblivion, non-being, eternal blank; Nirvana.

ANT. Perpetuation, immortality; genesis, evolution, development.

=Annotation.= Note, comment, remark, observation, gloss, scholium, explanation, illustration, elucidation.

ANT. Narrative, text, assertion, proposition, statement.

=Announce.= Proclaim, publish, report, herald, make known, state, reveal, tell, declare, communicate, promulgate, circulate, enunciate.

ANT. Suppress, secrete, hide, cover up, conceal, bury, withhold.

=Announcement.= Notice, proclamation, declaration, advertisement, notification, manifesto, promulgation.

ANT. Suppression, concealment, secrecy, equivocation, ambiguity, insinuation.

=Annoyance.= Trouble, discomfort, vexation, torment, infliction, nuisance, irritation.

ANT. Gratification, delight, ease, pleasure, relief.

=Annual=, n. Yearly publication, year-book, annals; plant living but a year.

ANT. Perennial, biennial, triennial; exotic.

=Annul.= Cancel, abrogate, recall, repeal, revoke, countermand, reverse, rescind, abolish, nullify, supersede, invalidate.

ANT. Conserve, confirm, maintain, enact, establish.

=Anomalous.= Abnormal, unnatural, irregular, peculiar, exceptional, aberrant, unusual, singular, eccentric, erratic.

ANT. Normal, regular, usual, ordinary, common, wonted.

=Anon.= Soon, shortly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, directly, ere long; afterward, presently, again.

ANT. Herewith, now; already, previously.

=Anonymous.= Nameless, unacknowledged, of unknown authorship.

ANT. Identified, authorized, authenticated, attested, signed.

=Answer=, v. Reply, rejoin, respond; be accountable, responsible, or liable, go surety; correspond, be similar; do, serve, suit, pass; refute, defend; satisfy, fulfil.

ANT. Challenge, defy, question, interrogate, query, summon.

=Answerable.= Refutable, responsible, amenable, liable, accountable; corresponding, correlative, suitable, proportionate.

ANT. Independent, irresponsible, irrefutable; unsuitable, dissimilar, different.

=Antagonism.= Opposition, contradiction, hostility, animosity, enmity.

ANT. Amity, alliance, association.

=Antecedent=, a. Preceding, previous, prior, foregoing, anterior, precursory.

ANT. Subsequent, posterior, sequent, following.

=Antedate.= Date before the true time; anticipate, forestall, foretaste.

ANT. Postdate, follow, succeed, supervene.

=Anticipate.= Forestall, expect, foretaste, antedate, forecast, apprehend, hope for, look forward to.

ANT. Postdate, follow; reflect upon, recall, recollect, remember; despair of, doubt, dread, fear.

=Anticipation.= Expectation, prospect, hope, trust, contemplation, abeyance, foreboding, apprehension, presentiment; prescience, prevision, forethought.

ANT. Realization, consummation, despair, enjoyment, surprise, doubt, dread, wonder, fear.

=Antipathy.= Repugnance, repulsion, aversion, detestation, abhorrence, hatred, hostility, loathing.

ANT. Attraction, affinity, congeniality, sympathy, harmony.

=Antiquated.= Quaint, obsolete, bygone, ancient, archaic, old-fashioned.

ANT. Modern, modish, new, recent, stylish, fashionable, fresh.

=Antiquity.= Ancient times, eld, early days; ancients, people of early days; great age; (pl.) relics of ancient days, archeology.

ANT. Modernity; futurity, eventuality, posterity; the present, to-day.

=Anxiety.= Perplexity, apprehension, care, concern, solicitude, worry, dread, trouble, foreboding, misgiving, eagerness, diffidence.

ANT. Ease, confidence, contentment, apathy, acquiescence, calmness, nonchalance, assurance.

=Apathy.= Stoicism, calmness, composure, lethargy, unconcern, indifference, insensibility, immobility, quietude, phlegm, stillness.

ANT. Fury, frenzy, susceptibility, sensitiveness, anxiety, excitement, agitation, feeling, passion, vehemence, emotion.

=Ape=, v. Mimic, imitate, counterfeit, copy, affect, personate, represent.

ANT. Vary, modify, change.

=Aperture.= Opening, hole, gap, rift, chasm, loophole, orifice, cleft.

ANT. Closure, blank wall; seclusion, imperviousness.

=Apex.= Acme, vertex, pinnacle, summit.

ANT. Base, nadir, foot, root.

=Aphorism.= Adage, maxim, proverb, saying, dictum, apothegm, saw.

ANT. Lecture, disquisition, discourse, sermon.

=Apiece.= Each, individually, severally, distributively, separately.

ANT. Together, collectively, synthetically, in the aggregate.

=Apocalyptic.= In or from “The Revelation of St. John the Divine”; prophetic, mystical, mysterious; manifesting, revealing, unveiling.

ANT. Concealing, obscuring, shrouding, eclipsing.

=Apocryphal.= Unauthentic, uncanonical, legendary, fictitious, false, equivocal, doubtful, spurious.

ANT. Palpable, authorized, accepted, authentic, genuine, current, verified, attested.

=Apology.= Plea, excuse, defense, confession, acknowledgment, justification, vindication, explanation, extenuation.

ANT. Charge, censure, imputation, condemnation, insult, complaint, offense, wrong.

=Apostate.= Renegade, turncoat, backslider, deserter, pervert, traitor.

ANT. Adherent, supporter, zealot, dogmatist, fanatic.

=Apothegm.= Saying, dictum, proverb, aphorism, precept, byword.

ANT. Sermon, discourse, tirade, harangue.

=Appall.= Terrify, frighten, dismay, shock, daunt, alarm, affright.

ANT. Reassure, embolden.

=Apparel.= Clothes, dress, raiment, attire, costume, habit, guise, garments, robes, vesture, wardrobe, equipment, trappings.

ANT. Nudity, deshabille, rags, tatters.

=Apparent.= Seeming, probable, likely, obvious, conspicuous, manifest, clear, patent, evident, plain, legible, specious.

ANT. Real, hidden, dubious, improbable, doubtful, unimaginable, unsupposable, minute.

=Appeal.= Address, invoke, entreat, implore, supplicate, sue, petition.

ANT. Protest, defy, abjure, disdain, deprecate, repudiate.

=Appearance.= Semblance, look, show, pretense, guise, fashion; arrival, advent, apparition; demeanor, air, complexion, manner.

ANT. Disappearance, evanition, departure, vanishing.

=Appease.= Calm, pacify, soothe, quell, mollify, mitigate, lull; propitiate, placate, satisfy, reconcile.

ANT. Aggravate, exasperate, provoke, inflame, incense, excite.

=Appellation.= Epithet, title, description, designation, name.

ANT. Anonymousness, namelessness.

=Appendage=, =Appendix=. Attachment, addition, adjunct, supplement.

ANT. Main body, original, whole, total.

=Appertain.= Belong, inhere, adhere, regard, concern, touch, relate.

ANT. Be remote, far-fetched, or forced, have no bearing upon.

=Appetite.= Longing, craving, desire, relish, gust, zest, liking.

ANT. Aversion, loathing, repugnance, antipathy, disgust.

=Applause.= Praise, approbation, commendation, compliment, plaudit, acclamation, éclat, clapping of hands.

ANT. Denunciation, censure, blame, sibilation, vituperation, hissing.

=Appliances=, n. pl. Means, instruments, appointments, appurtenances, tools, adjuncts, equipment; resources, steps, measures, ways; contrivances.

=Applicable.= Fit, appropriate, suitable, pertinent, apt, proper, relevant, germane; adjustable.

ANT. Irrelevant, useless, unavailable, impertinent.

=Applicant.= Petitioner, solicitor, suitor, candidate, aspirant.

=Apply.= Use, employ, exercise, appropriate; execute, carry out, practice; devote, engage, dedicate; request, petition.

ANT. Divert, misuse, discard, divorce.

=Appoint.= Determine, establish, fix; assign, allot, designate; nominate, name, create; equip, supply, furnish; direct, command, decree, enjoin, impose, require, ordain.

ANT. Reserve, cancel, disarrange, reverse, withhold, retain, undo, suspend, recall, withdraw.

=Appointment.= Assignation, assignment, agreement, arrangement; meeting, tryst; station, position, office, place; decree, command, order, edict, ordinance, mandate, requirement, law.

=Apportion.= Appoint, allot, appropriate, divide, distribute, share, grant, dispense, assign, deal.

ANT. Retain, collect, consolidate, receive, gather, divert.

=Apposite.= Apt, pertinent, suitable, seasonable, apropos, fit, applicable, adapted.

ANT. Untimely, irrelevant, unfitting, impertinent, misplaced.

=Appraise.= Estimate, prize, value, rate, fix a price for, survey, assess, assize.

ANT. Undervalue, discard, misprize; discount, rebate, allow.

=Appreciate.= Estimate justly, value highly, esteem, prize, raise the value of; recognize, respect.

ANT. Undervalue, misjudge, ignore, misconceive; depreciate, disdain.

=Apprehend.= Arrest, seize, take, catch, capture; imagine, conceive, regard; perceive, realize, understand, appreciate; fear, forebode.

ANT. Miss, lose, misunderstand, ignore, misconceive.

=Apprehension.= Arrest, capture; understanding, intelligence, mind, reason; notice, cognizance; conception, imagination; knowledge, discernment, perception, sense; opinion, fancy, sentiment, notion, fear, suspicion, anxiety.

ANT. Escape, non-detection; sensibility, emotion; apathy, lethargy; illiteracy, stupidity, stolidity; confidence, nonchalance.

=Apprise.= Give notice, inform, tell, publish, advise, acquaint.

ANT. Deceive, mislead, hoodwink, mystify.

=Approach=, v. Advance, draw near, bring near, go near, push; broach, address confidentially; resemble closely, be like, similar, or equal.

ANT. Diverge, retreat, go back; retard, restrain; be unlike.

=Approbation.= Praise, commendation, approval, liking; support, consent, sanction, indorsement, concurrence, assent.

ANT. Censure, protest, denial, disapproval, dissatisfaction.

=Approve.= Praise, commend, sanction, support, encourage, authorize.

ANT. Disparage, condemn, disown, repudiate, dislike.

=Approximation.= Approach, nearness, similarity, likeness, contiguity, resemblance, propinquity, neighborhood.

ANT. Remoteness, variation, distance, difference, divergence.

=Appurtenant.= Belonging, connected, appended, attached, coordinate.

ANT. Isolated, detached, unallied, independent.

=A priori.= Theoretically; necessarily, apodictically, constitutionally, absolutely, primordially, inductively.

ANT. A posteriori; practically, according to experience; deductively from facts.

=Apropos.= Opportune, seasonable, apposite, timely, apt, suitable.

ANT. Inopportune, irrelevant, untimely, inapt, unsuitable.

=Aptitude.= Disposition, knack, endowment, tendency, inclination, fitness, suitability, bias, propensity.

ANT. Unreadiness, unskilfulness, repugnance, incongruity.

=Arbiter.= Umpire, judge, referee; controller, master, lord.

ANT. Appellant, claimant, litigant, disputant.

=Arbitrary.= Despotic, autocratic, tyrannical, overbearing, peremptory; capricious, wilful, fanciful; imperious, dictatorial.

ANT. Considerate, lenient, obliging, equitable.

=Arbitration.= Mediation, intercession, interposition, intervention; arbitrament, umpirage, trial, judgment, decision.

ANT. Litigation, contention, disputation, appeal, dissension.

=Ardent.= Passionate, fervent, intense, vehement, fierce, fiery; hot, burning; zealous, enthusiastic, strenuous.

ANT. Cool, cold, indifferent, torpid, apathetic, dispassionate, phlegmatic.

=Argument.= Reasoning, proof, evidence, controversy, discussion, debate; subject, topic, theme, thesis; summary, abstract, outline.

ANT. Assertion, assumption; dogma.

=Aridity.= Dryness, parchedness, sterility, unfertility, barrenness; dulness, indifference, torpidity, insensibility.

ANT. Moisture, fertility, verdancy, luxuriance, productivity.

=Arise.= Ascend, mount, get up, stand up; rebel, revolt; result, eventuate.

ANT. Descend, dismount; submit, cower; cause, instigate.

=Aristocracy.= Government of nobles; nobility, peerage, gentry.

ANT. Democracy; people, populace, masses, rabble.

=Arm=, v. Equip, array, furnish, gird, accouter, provide; fortify, cover, protect, guard; prepare.

ANT. Divest, disarm; expose.

=Army.= Soldiery, legion, armament, forces, host, phalanx, troops.

ANT. Individual; citizens.

=Aromatic.= Fragrant, spicy, balmy, redolent, odoriferous, ambrosial.

ANT. Scentless, malodorous, fetid, offensive, noisome, rank.

=Arouse.= Excite, provoke, instigate, stimulate, animate, kindle, warm, whet, summon, awaken.

ANT. Allay, mitigate, moderate, still, quiet, assuage, quell.

=Arraign.= Accuse, charge, indict, impeach, denounce; prosecute.

ANT. Acquit, discharge, condone, release.

=Arrange.= Settle, determine, adjust; dispose, group, marshall, rank, range, distribute, place; plan, contrive, project, devise, construct, organize.

ANT. Confuse, disturb, jumble, disperse, disorder, derange.

=Array=, n. Order, parade, show, exhibition, collection, arrangement, line of battle, disposition.

ANT. Disorder, confusion, jumble.

=Arrest.= Apprehend, capture, seize, detain, hold, take prisoner; stop.

ANT. Liberate, free, dismiss, release, discharge; expedite.

=Arrival.= Advent, coming; comer, person or thing arrived.

ANT. Departure, going.

=Arrive.= Reach, get to, come; attain, touch, overtake; happen.

ANT. Depart, set out or forth, be gone.

=Arrogant.= Haughty, insolent, proud, lordly, disdainful, supercilious, self-important, egoistic, overbearing, dogmatic, imperious.

ANT. Humble, diffident, polite, bashful, servile, considerate.

=Art.= Craft, business, calling, employment, trade; practical knowledge; creation of beauty; skill, dexterity, sagacity, aptitude, cleverness, ingenuity; cunning, artifice, deceit, guile.

ANT. Misrepresentation, caricature; candor, simplicity; incompetency, inability.

=Article.= Thing, substance, commodity; part, portion, particular, point, item, member; essay, paper, monograph, brochure.

ANT. Nothing, nullity, cipher; totality, entirety, unity, integer.

=Articulate.= Join, unite, connect, fasten together; enunciate, utter distinctly, pronounce.

ANT. Disperse, separate, rend, dissect, disjoin, disconnect; whisper; render mute, silence, muzzle.

=Artifice.= Cunning, craft, machination, stratagem, guile, device, contrivance, cheat, imposture, trick, ruse, maneuver, wile.

ANT. Fairness, frankness, candor, openness, sincerity, truth, honesty, artlessness, ingenuousness, simplicity.

=Artificial.= Unnatural, factitious; feigned, counterfeit, fictitious, spurious, sham; affected, forced, strained.

ANT. Natural, genuine, spontaneous, transparent, artless, unaffected.

=Artist.= Designer, contriver, skilled workman, artisan; mechanic, operative; painter; sculptor, carver; master, master-hand.

=Ascend.= Rise, mount, soar, aspire, go up, tower.

ANT. Descend, fall, sink.

=Ascendancy.= Power, authority, sway, dominion, rule, mastery, control, government, influence.

ANT. Subordination, servility.

=Ascertain.= Determine, establish, settle, fix, define, verify; discover, find out, get at.

ANT. Guess, surmise, suppose, presume, conjecture.

=Ascetic.= Austere, rigid, severe, self-denying, abstinent, stern, puritanical.

ANT. Lenient, indulgent, epicurean, pampered, mild, tolerant.

=Ascribe.= Impute, attribute, assign, refer, charge, set down.

ANT. Dissociate, exclude; deny, refuse; disconnect.

=Ask.= Request, petition, solicit, entreat, beg, beseech, supplicate, require of, crave, demand.

ANT. Refuse, reject, deny; command, claim, exact, extort, enforce, insist.

=Aspect.= Air, mien, look, countenance, expression, feature, bearing; state, attitude, posture, condition, appearance; direction, outlook, prospect.

=Asperity.= Acrimony, sourness, sharpness; sternness, severity, bitterness, sullenness, ill-temper; roughness, unevenness.

ANT. Sweetness, pleasantness; gentleness, mildness; smoothness.

=Asperse.= Slander, calumniate, traduce, vilify, attack, abuse, blemish, besmirch, vituperate, disparage, censure, slur, malign.

ANT. Eulogize, vindicate, clear, defend, extol, praise, shield.

=Aspiration.= Pronouncing with the rough breathing; yearning, longing, ardent desire, craving, spiritual ambition.

ANT. Apathy, inertia, indifference, dulness, aversion, repudiation, avoidance.

=Assault.= Attack, invasion, charge, onset, onslaught, aggression.

ANT. Resistance, defense, repulsion, retaliation, undermining.

=Assemble.= Gather, collect, convene, congregate, meet, come together.

ANT. Disperse, scatter, dismiss.

=Assembly.= Concourse, company, gathering, congregation, assemblage, meeting, convocation, throng; congress, parliament, legislature, synod, diet, council, convention; ball, dance, dancing party.

ANT. Dispersion, dismissal, disunion, disruption.

=Assent=, n. Acquiescence, acknowledgment, approval, concurrence, approbation, accord, consent, agreement, compliance.

ANT. Disagreement, dissent, difference, protest, declension.

=Assertion.= Asseveration, protestation, allegation; position, statement, word, declaration; vindication, defense, maintenance.

ANT. Denial, contradiction, abandonment, protest, disavowal, retraction, repudiation, confutation, abjuration.

=Assess.= Tax, value, appraise, estimate, compute, fix, assign, determine, impose.

ANT. Discount, rebate, allow.

=Assiduous.= Diligent, industrious, untiring, indefatigable, devoted, constant, attentive, painstaking, laborious, persistent, active.

ANT. Indolent, remiss, inattentive, lazy, desultory, inconstant.

=Assignment.= Appointment, allotment; specification, fixing, determination, offer, presentation; transfer, allowance.

ANT. Withdrawal, refusal; acceptance, reception.

=Assimilate.= Make similar, cause to resemble; digest, appropriate, incorporate, absorb.

ANT. Contrast, reject, separate, segregate.

=Assist.= Help, aid, succor, relieve, support, befriend, serve; speed, sustain, promote, further, coöperate with, patronize.

ANT. Hinder, oppose, antagonize, prevent, resist, counteract.

=Associate=, n. Companion, comrade, chum, friend, helpmate, partner, colleague, coadjutor, accomplice, ally, consort, confederate, peer.

ANT. Antagonist, enemy, foe, opponent, rival, stranger, opposer.

=Association.= Federation, fellowship, alliance, companionship, society, union, partnership, lodge, company, confederacy, corporation, fraternity, club.

ANT. Solitude; disintegration; independence, separation, disunion, estrangement, disruption, avoidance; individuality.

=Assortment.= Arrangement, allotment, distribution; set, class, group, parcel, collection; variety, miscellany.

ANT. Disarrangement, displacement, misplacement; conglomeration.

=Assuage.= Soothe, pacify, mitigate, ease, alleviate, abate, calm.

ANT. Excite, inflame, provoke, aggravate, exasperate.

=Assume.= Arrogate, feign, pretend, take, usurp, accept, affect, appropriate, claim.

ANT. Waive, allow, surrender; doff; concede, grant, abandon, resign; demonstrate, prove, argue.

=Assumption.= Presumption, hypothesis, theory, postulate, conjecture; acceptance of, responsibility for; usurpation, arrogance, haughtiness, conceit, lordliness, impudence, effrontery.

ANT. Truth, fact; timidity, distrust, misgiving, consternation.

=Assurance.= Confidence, effrontery, presumption, assumption, arrogance, impudence, self-reliance, boldness, assertion; pledge.

ANT. Doubt, distrust, hesitancy, misgiving, timidity, confusion, dismay, shyness.

=Astonish.= Amaze, startle, surprise, astound, stupefy, stagger.

ANT. Encourage, embolden, assure.

=Astute.= Keen, discerning, acute, sagacious, shrewd, sharp, cunning, subtle, discriminating, knowing, perspicacious, crafty.

ANT. Stupid, unintelligent, imbecile, dull, idiotic, shortsighted, shallow.

=Atrocious.= Infamous, outrageous, nefarious, villainous, diabolical, heinous, flagrant, horrible.

ANT. Humane, noble, honorable, admirable, chivalrous, generous.

=Attachment.= Adherence, friendship, regard, tenderness, love, esteem, affection, devotion, inclination, union.

ANT. Alienation, aversion, coolness, distance, estrangement, indifference, antipathy, animosity, dislike, enmity, divorce.

=Attack=, v. Assault, storm, assail, invade, charge, rush upon, spring upon; censure, criticize; combat, besiege, beset.

ANT. Withstand, defend, resist, support, shield, aid, uphold, shelter, vindicate, protest.

=Attain.= Achieve, accomplish, gain, master, secure, earn, obtain, win, acquire, accomplish.

ANT. Lose, fail of, forfeit, give up, abandon, let go, miss.

=Attainment.= Winning, getting, accomplishing, securing; erudition, acquirement, wisdom, accomplishment, mental resources, information, learning, enlightenment.

ANT. Inspiration, intuition, genius; ignorance.

=Attempt.= Try, undertake, seek, endeavor, essay, attack, strive.

ANT. Abandon, shun, drop, dismiss, neglect.

=Attendance.= Presence; persons present; train, retinue; ministration, service, waiting on.

ANT. Absence; non-attendance; neglect, abandonment.

=Attention.= Care, notice, observation, consideration, watchfulness, alertness; study, reflection, application; respect, courtesy, politeness, civility, regard; courtship, devotion, wooing.

ANT. Indifference, carelessness, heedlessness, abstraction, distraction, absence of mind; neglect, preoccupation, ignoring.

=Attenuate.= Rarefy, thin, reduce, diminish, make slender, slim, or spare, lessen.

ANT. Amplify, dilate, swell, develop, enlarge, broaden, expand, increase.

=Attest.= Bear witness, certify, indorse, corroborate, support, authenticate; invoke, adjure; prove, show, manifest, exhibit.

ANT. Controvert, contradict, disprove, deny, upset, refute; conceal; vitiate.

=Attire.= Dress, apparel, robes, garments, habiliments, habit, raiment, uniform, costume, livery.

ANT. Nudity, nakedness.

=Attitude.= Position, pose, posture, situation, standing, aspect.

ANT. State, condition, essence; amorphism.

=Attraction.= Drawing, allurement, lure, fascination, charm, enticement, witchery, grace.

ANT. Repulsion, aversion, disinclination, repugnance.

=Attribute=, n. Quality, property, characteristic, peculiarity, mark.

ANT. Essence, substance, nature, being.

=Attribute=, v. Ascribe, assign, impute, refer, charge, connect, associate.

ANT. Separate, sever, sunder, disconnect, deny, dissociate.

=Audacious.= Bold, daring, fearless, courageous, venturesome, intrepid, dauntless; presumptuous, forward, assuming, impudent, impertinent, insolent.

ANT. Timid, cowardly, cautious; unenterprising; retiring.

=Augur=, v. Foretell, portend, predict, presage, prophesy, divine, prognosticate, betoken.

ANT. Demonstrate, establish, settle, prove, warrant, calculate.

=August.= Awful, imposing, majestic, stately, grand, regal, kingly, princely, noble, dignified.

ANT. Mean, common, vulgar, beggarly, commonplace, paltry.

=Auspicious.= Successful, fortunate, lucky, happy, prosperous; propitious, promising, opportune, favorable.

ANT. Hopeless, abortive, unpromising, unsatisfactory, discouraging.

=Austere.= Severe, hard, stiff, stern, uncompromising, unrelenting, ascetic, rigid, formal.

ANT. Affable, kindly, indulgent, genial, bland, mild, tender.

=Authentic.= Genuine, trustworthy, veritable, accepted, authorized, certain, accredited, sure, true, reliable, original, legitimate.

ANT. False, fictitious, spurious, unauthorized, apocryphal, fabulous, counterfeit.

=Author.= Creator, maker, contriver, originator, inventor; writer, composer.

ANT. Destroyer, demolisher, spoiler, annihilator.

=Authority.= Power, government, empire, dominion; supremacy, control, influence, interest; order, precept, sanction, liberty, warranty; expert, master, connoisseur.

ANT. Anarchy, license, insubordination, misrule, lynch law; embargo, restriction, hindrance, proscription, prohibition, injunction, interdiction; weakness, wrong, usurpation.

=Autocratic.= Absolute, unlimited, tyrannical, oppressive, disdainful, overbearing, arrogant.

ANT. Subordinate, dependent, responsible, constitutional.

=Automatic.= Self-moving, self-acting.

ANT. Voluntary, free, optional.

=Auxiliary=, n. Assistant, helper, confederate, aid, ally, accessory, promoter, subordinate.

ANT. Opponent, antagonist, hinderer, opposer.

=Available.= Serviceable, useful, profitable, beneficial, advantageous.

ANT. Useless, inappropriate, irrelevant, inoperative.

=Avaricious.= Grasping, sordid, greedy, covetous, miserly, stingy.

ANT. Liberal, bountiful, extravagant, wasteful, prodigal, unselfish.

=Avenge.= Punish, retaliate, revenge, vindicate.

ANT. Forgive, pardon, overlook, condone, waive, forego, remit.

=Avenue.= Access, entrance, entry, approach, passage; alley, walk, street, road; route, channel.

=Aver.= Assert, declare, say, protest, affirm, asseverate, allege.

ANT. Deny, contradict, disavow.

=Average.= Medium, medial, middling, ordinary, tolerable, moderate, mediocre, passable.

ANT. Extreme, excessive, perfect, extraordinary, excellent.

=Aversion.= Dislike, hatred, repugnance, disgust, loathing, antipathy, abhorrence, detestation, unwillingness.

ANT. Sympathy, congeniality, ardor, eagerness, avidity, love, desire, affection.

=Avidity.= Eagerness, longing, desire, yearning; rapacity, craving, greediness.

ANT. Apathy, indifference, coldness, aversion, loathing.

=Avoid.= Quit, shun, abandon, escape, elude, withdraw, forsake, dodge.

ANT. Seek, court, approach, accost, address, affect.

=Avouch.= Assert, affirm, declare, protest, profess, asseverate.

ANT. Deny, contradict, gainsay.

=Avow.= Confess, own, acknowledge, admit, profess, proclaim, testify.

ANT. Disavow, repudiate, deny, contradict, disclaim, ignore.

=Awaken.= Rouse, kindle, excite, provoke.

ANT. Allay, quiet, subdue.

=Award.= Grant, allot, accord, distribute, assign, decree, determine.

ANT. Refuse, withhold, retain, misappropriate, deny.

=Aware.= Conscious, sensible, cognizant, knowing, apprised, mindful.

ANT. Unconscious, ignorant, insensible.

=Awe.= Fear, dread, reverence, veneration, terror, wonder.

ANT. Contempt, familiarity, irreverence, disrespect, insolence.

=Awful.= Dread, grand, imposing, majestic, noble, portentous, appalling, august, alarming, horrible, frightful, shocking, terrible.

ANT. Commonplace, contemptible, despicable, vulgar, undignified.

=Awkward.= Clumsy, bungling, ungainly, uncouth, rough, unskilful.

ANT. Clever, skilful, handy, dexterous, adroit. =Awry.= Oblique, slanting, twisted, crooked, distorted, athwart.

ANT. Straight, direct, true, right.

=Axiom.= Truism, postulate, self-evident proposition, necessary truth.

ANT. Paradox, sophism, contradiction, nonsense, absurdity.

=Azure.= Blue, sky-color, cerulean.

B

=Babble.= Chatter, prattle, jibber; prate, gossip, tattle; tell secrets, blab, blurt out; murmur.

ANT. Hush, suppress; enunciate.

=Babel.= Tumult, disorder, clamor, confusion, discord, din, pother.

ANT. Silence; articulation, distinctness, enunciation; monotony.

=Back=, a. and ad. Remote, hindmost, in the rear; again, return.

ANT. Near, foremost, in advance.

=Back=, v. Support, aid, second, sustain, assist; retire, retreat, withdraw; move backward, cause to go backward.

ANT. Fail, disappoint; advance, push.

=Backbiter.= Slanderer, defamer, traducer, calumniator, detractor, cynic.

ANT. Advocate, upholder, defender, vindicator.

=Backslider.= Recreant, apostate, renegade, deserter, abjurer.

ANT. Confessor, zealot, bigot, adherent.

=Backward.= Averse, indisposed, reluctant, loath, unwilling, hesitating, wavering; dull, slow, stupid, stolid; late, tardy.

ANT. Forward, eager, willing, ready, prompt; quick, bright; previous, antecedent, prior.

=Bad.= Evil, wicked, depraved, abandoned, corrupt, immoral, unfair, unprincipled, villainous; pernicious, mischievous, hurtful, injurious, detrimental, unwholesome; unlucky, unfortunate; sad, unwelcome, distressing, disappointing; sorry, mean, shabby, vile, wretched, abominable; poor, imperfect; serious, hard, severe.

ANT. Good, perfect, right, holy, beautiful, pleasant.

=Baffle.= Frustrate, thwart, defeat, circumvent, checkmate, undermine; bewilder, perplex, confound, disconcert.

ANT. Aid, assist, advance, encourage, promote.

=Balance.= Poise, hold in equilibrium; weigh, compare, estimate; neutralize, counteract, compensate; equalize, square, adjust.

ANT. Upset, cant, tilt, overbalance, subvert.

=Bald.= Bare, hairless; treeless, unsheltered, naked, verdureless; unadorned, prosaic, dull, vapid, tame, inelegant; literal, unvarnished; mere, unsupported, uncorroborated.

ANT. Adorned, periwigged; forested, shaded; bright, elegant, rhetorical; ornate, polished, witty, scintillating.

=Baleful.= Harmful, hurtful, injurious, baneful, pernicious, deadly, ruinous.

ANT. Innocent, beneficial, salutary, advantageous.

=Balk.= Frustrate, defeat, foil.

ANT. Aid, promote, instigate.

=Banish.= Dismiss, drive out, eject, expel, exile, ostracize, evict, expatriate.

ANT. Welcome, admit, protect, domesticate, harbor.

=Banquet.= Feast, treat, regalement, entertainment, festivity, carousal, cheer.

ANT. Fast, starvation, abstinence.

=Banter=, n. Badinage, irony, raillery, ridicule, satire, chaff, mockery, jeering, derision.

ANT. Discourse, discussion.

=Barbarous.= Brutal, atrocious, cruel, inhuman, merciless, savage, barbaric, barbarian.

ANT. Civilized, humane, polite, refined, tender, delicate, cultured, elegant, nice, courtly.

=Bare.= Nude, naked, unclothed, exposed; sheer, simple, mere; bald, unadorned, meager; poor, destitute, indigent, empty.

ANT. Dressed, protected; rich, luxurious, costly.

=Bargain.= Agreement, contract, stipulation, transaction; purchase, speculation, haggling, getting, proceeds; cheap purchase.

ANT. Loss, misprofit; cheat.

=Barren.= Sterile, childless, unprolific; unfertile, unproductive; uninstructive, ineffectual.

ANT. Productive, fertile, luxuriant, fecund; profitable, useful.

=Barrier.= Obstruction, hindrance, obstacle, bar, barricade, rampart; restraint, restriction.

ANT. Thoroughfare, entrance, admittance, opening, passage.

=Base.= Cheap, worthless, inferior; vulgar, humble, unknown; mean, contemptible, servile; shameful, scandalous, vile.

ANT. Noble, honored, exalted, pure, valued, lofty, esteemed, refined.

=Bashful.= Modest, shy, retiring, reserved, diffident.

ANT. Bold, forward, pert, impudent, confident, conceited, egoistic.

=Basis.= Base, foundation, groundwork.

ANT. Apex, top, superstructure.

=Bathe.= Wash, lave, cover, flood, immerse, suffuse.

ANT. Dry, expose.

=Battle=, n. Fight, contest, skirmish, combat, encounter, bout, engagement, strife, action, conflict.

ANT. Armistice, truce, concord.

=Bauble.= Trifle, toy, plaything, trinket, gimcrack, knickknack.

ANT. Valuable, jewel, ornament, decoration, gem, possession.

=Bays.= Crown, wreath, garland, chaplet; honors, renown, plaudits, praise, glory, applause.

ANT. Disgrace, contumely, stigma, brand.

=Beach.= Shore, strand, margin, sands, marge, rim, coast, seashore, seaboard.

ANT. Ocean, sea, deep, main.

=Beacon=, n. Signal fire, mark, sign, guide, light, flame.

ANT. Shadow; dark; will-o’-the-wisp, ignis fatuus.

=Beam=, v. Shine, emit rays, beacon, gleam, glitter, be radiant.

ANT. Die out, grow dark, go out.

=Bear.= Support, sustain, hold up, carry; have, hold, possess; suffer, undergo, endure, tolerate, submit to; permit, allow; maintain, cherish, harbor; be responsible for; produce, yield, give birth to; generate.

ANT. Drop, drag; release, give up; protest, resist, rebel, resent, reject.

=Bearing.= Behavior, deportment, demeanor, appearance, aspect, position, carriage, mien, air; relation, connection; patience, endurance; direction, course, aim; effect, force, meaning, scope; producing; bed, socket.

ANT. Misbehavior; disconnection, independence, irrelevancy; pendency, suspension; diversion, deflection; inanity, absurdity.

=Beat.= Strike, thrash, flog, cudgel, pound, scourge, whip, batter, smite, pommel, overcome, chastise, conquer, defeat, castigate, bruise, bastinado, belabor, switch, spank, worst, vanquish.

ANT. Soothe, stroke, caress, pat, shield, protect, mollify, heal.

=Beatific.= Ravishing, enrapturing, enchanting, transporting, ecstatic.

ANT. Tormenting, disgusting, obnoxious.

=Beatitude.= Bliss, felicity, blessedness.

ANT. Suffering, tribulation, pain, dolor.

=Beautiful.= Handsome, lovely, charming, fair, pretty, graceful, exquisite, beauteous, bewitching, attractive, picturesque, comely.

ANT. Hideous, repulsive, ugly, deformed, frightful, ghastly, grim.

=Because.= Since, inasmuch as, for, as.

ANT. Yet, notwithstanding, however, although, nevertheless.

=Beckon.= Signal, sign, call by gesture, nod.

ANT. Ignore, repulse.

=Become.= Suit, adorn, fit, set off, be appropriate to; get or grow to, turn to, change into; befall, bechance, happen to.

ANT. Disagree, clash, mismatch.

=Becoming.= Befitting, beseeming, fit, graceful, proper, neat, suitable, congruous, worthy.

ANT. Unseemly, indecent, derogatory, unsuitable.

=Befall.= Happen, occur, chance, betide.

ANT. Impend, threaten, loom.

=Befitting.= Decent, becoming, suitable, proper, appropriate, expedient.

ANT. Compulsory, obligatory; improper, inexpedient.

=Before.= Preceding, in front of; prior to, previous; in advance of, ahead of; hitherto; above, in a former place or previous passage; formerly, of old, already; under the judgment or control of.

ANT. Behind, after, subsequently, later.

=Beg.= Beseech, pray, ask, request, supplicate, solicit, sue, implore, importune.

ANT. Require, demand, extort, exact, insist; refuse.

=Beggar.= Mendicant, supplicant, pauper, suitor, applicant.

ANT. Bestower, giver, benefactor.

=Beggary.= Want, penury, indigence, destitution.

ANT. Riches, wealth, affluence, abundance, plenty.

=Beginning.= Origin, commencement, fountain, source, spring, start, opening, initiation, arising, outset, rise, inception, inauguration.

ANT. End, finish, fulfilment, outcome, conclusion, termination, result, effect, expiration, completion.

=Beguile.= Cheat, deceive, befool; amuse, entertain, cheer, solace.

ANT. Enlighten, advise; weary, bore.

=Behavior.= Conduct, deportment, manners, breeding, carriage, bearing, action, demeanor, life.

ANT. Misconduct, misdemeanor.

=Behest.= Command, injunction, charge, precept.

ANT. Option, liberty.

=Behind.= Back, astern, rearward.

ANT. Before, in front of.

=Behold.= See, look, discern, gaze, scan, observe, contemplate.

ANT. Ignore, miss, wink, overlook, disregard, connive.

=Behoof.= Advantage, profit.

ANT. Loss, detriment, disadvantage.

=Being.= Reality, existence, actuality; essence, inmost nature, substance, life, vital principle, root, heart.

ANT. Nonentity, nullity, non-existence.

=Beleaguer.= Besiege, beset, blockade, invest; compass, block up, surround, obstruct, environ.

ANT. Abandon; conquer, subdue.

=Belief.= Trust, confidence, conviction, credence, persuasion, reliance, assurance; dogma, creed, tenets, opinion, view; credit, acceptance, assent, currency.

ANT. Distrust, denial, discredit, dissent, rejection, disavowal.

=Belligerent.= Warlike, contending, conflicting, hostile, rival, opposed, adverse, antagonistic, pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome.

ANT. Peaceful, friendly, forbearing, pacific, neutral.

=Belonging=, n. Quality, gift, endowment, attribute; property, goods, estate, chattel, possession; appendage, appurtenance, accessory.

=Belonging=, a. Related, connected, appertaining, congenial, cognate, accompanying.

ANT. Alien, optional, independent, irrelevant.

=Below.= Under, beneath, underneath, hereinafter.

ANT. Above, beforementioned, previously.

=Bend.= Curve, twist, crook, bow, deflect, deviate, diverge, twine; influence, persuade, incline, submit.

ANT. Straighten, stiffen, direct; resist, break, crush.

=Beneath.= Below, under, underneath; unworthy of, unbefitting.

ANT. Above, superior to; over, aloft.

=Benediction.= Benison, blessing, beatitude; gratitude, thanks, praise; benefit, grace, boon.

ANT. Curse, censure, execration, ingratitude.

=Benefactor.= Patron, supporter, upholder, friend, contributor.

ANT. Destroyer, enemy, oppressor, brute.

=Beneficence.= Charity, bounty, liberality, benevolence.

ANT. Malevolence, hatred, stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness.

=Benefit.= Boon, service, advantage, profit, favor, blessing.

ANT. Evil, loss, damage, calamity, injury, privation.

=Benevolence.= Kindness, humaneness, charitableness, good will, altruism, beneficence, liberality, philanthropy, benignity, bounty, humanity, sympathy, munificence, generosity, unselfishness, kind-heartedness.

ANT. Malevolence, malignity, selfishness, stinginess, unkindness, brutality, churlishness, barbarity, illiberality, self-seeking, niggardliness, harshness.

=Benign.= Kind, gracious, amiable, gentle, friendly, benevolent, humane, obliging, good.

ANT. Hateful, harsh, brutal, churlish.

=Bequeath.= Will, leave, devise; hand down, transmit, impart.

ANT. Withhold, alienate, disinherit.

=Bereavement.= Deprivation, loss, destitution, affliction, forlorn condition, desolation.

ANT. Blessing, compensation, reparation, consolation, restitution, restoration, substitution.

=Bereft.= Stripped, despoiled, deprived.

ANT. Endowed, blessed, enriched, compensated.

=Beseech.= Beg, implore, pray, ask, solicit, entreat, petition, importune.

ANT. Grant, requite, confer; disdain, defy.

=Beset.= Surround, circle, hem in, besiege, beleaguer; embarrass.

ANT. Defend, defy, repel.

=Beside.= Near, close together; aside from; out of.

ANT. Far, distant.

=Besides= or =Beside=. Except, save, distinct from; moreover, furthermore, else, beyond that.

ANT. Apart, separate from; exclusively; finally.

=Bestow.= Give, present, award, grant, confer; place, stow, store.

ANT. Receive; seize, appropriate, usurp; disperse, throw away.

=Bet.= Stake, wager, pledge.

ANT. Plan, calculate, dispose.

=Betide.= Happen, bechance, befall, come to pass, occur, take place.

ANT. Result, be destined or doomed.

=Betimes.= Seasonably, in good time or season.

ANT. Inopportune, late, tardy, unseasonable.

=Betoken.= Signify, denote, indicate, represent, imply, prove, show, augur; presage, prefigure, foretell, portend.

ANT. Mask, hide, mislead, belie, misrepresent.

=Betray.= Reveal, expose, divulge, deliver up, deceive; manifest, show, indicate; lure, ensnare, entrap, beguile; seduce, ruin, corrupt.

ANT. Protect, preserve, foster, cherish, conceal, suppress, guard.

=Betrothal.= Engagement, plighting, affiancing.

=Better.= Amend, ameliorate, improve, correct, advance, reform.

ANT. Make worse, degrade, wreck, weaken, cripple, impair, injure.

=Between.= Amid, among, betwixt.

ANT. Outside, beyond, without.

=Bewail.= Bemoan, lament, sorrow, grieve.

ANT. Rejoice, joy, exult.

=Beware.= Take care, be cautious, be wary, look out, mind.

ANT. Be reckless, careless; neglect, ignore.

=Bewilderment.= Confusion, embarrassment, daze, maze, perplexity, mystification.

ANT. Enlightenment, self-possession, calmness, discernment, perspicacity.

=Bewitch.= Charm, enchant, fascinate, captivate.

ANT. Repulse, avoid, recoil, annoy, harass.

=Beyond.= Over, across, remote, farther than, before; yonder, above, exceeding.

ANT. Beside, near, at hand, close; behind, back; below, less than.

=Bias.= Bent, inclination, tendency, leaning, proneness, proclivity, propensity, partiality, predilection.

ANT. Repulsion, reaction, repugnance.

=Bicker.= Wrangle, quarrel, dispute, squabble.

ANT. Agree, sympathize, understand, harmonize.

=Bidding.= Command, order, direction, appointment, mandate; offer, bid, proposal.

ANT. Request, solicitation; refusal, rebuff.

=Bide.= Dwell, stay, reside, wait, tarry, remain; endure, bear.

ANT. Depart, go, move, migrate; resist, rebel, protest.

=Big.= Large, great, wide, bulky, huge, gross, fat; proud, arrogant, haughty, pompous.

ANT. Small, little, least, thin, narrow; humble, subservient, unassuming.

=Bigot.= Zealot, fanatic, dogmatist, devotee.

ANT. Skeptic, liberal, apostate, proselyte, doubter, agnostic.

=Bigoted.= Intolerant, opinionated, prejudiced, dogmatical, narrow-minded, one-sided.

ANT. Liberal, broad-minded, open to conviction.

=Bill.= Account, charge, score, amount due, reckoning; draft of law; poster, placard, advertisement.

=Bind.= Fetter, tie, fasten, shackle, restrict, restrain, secure; compel, oblige, engage.

ANT. Free, loose, set free, untie.

=Birth.= Family, parentage, origin, source, lineage, nativity, descent, extraction, race; rise.

ANT. Death, extinction.

=Bit.= Part, piece, fragment, morsel.

ANT. Whole, mass, aggregation.

=Biting.= Gnawing, sharp, severe, sardonic, censorious, piercing, sarcastic, trenchant.

ANT. Pleasant, gentle, soothing, genial, flattering.

=Bitter.= Harsh, caustic, cutting, savage, acidulous, acrimonious, irate, sharp, sour, stinging, pungent, virulent.

ANT. Sweet, honeyed, nectared, luscious, dulcet, saccharine.

=Blacken.= Slander, malign, defame, daub, bespatter, befoul, asperse, traduce, vilify, decry, calumniate.

ANT. Clear, eulogize, vindicate, whiten, whitewash.

=Blackguard.= Rascal, scoundrel, villain.

ANT. Gentleman.

=Blame.= Censure, rebuke, chide, reprove, reproach, condemn, vituperate, reprobate, reprehend, dispraise.

ANT. Approve, praise, exonerate, acquit, exculpate.

=Blameless.= Pure, innocent, irresponsible, without fault.

ANT. Guilty, implicated, blameworthy, faulty.

=Blanch.= Bleach, whiten, whitewash.

ANT. Blacken, stain, dye, darken, color.

=Bland.= Soft, gentle, mild, affable, gracious, tender, benign, courteous, complaisant.

ANT. Harsh, abrupt, rough, biting, savage, severe, impolite.

=Blandishment.= Flattery, coaxing, fascination, wheedling, attraction, charm, fawning, cajolery.

ANT. Bluntness, unmannerliness, roughness, scolding, severity, sternness.

=Blank.= Bare, drear, bleak, void, empty; utter, pure, simple, mere, unqualified, unmitigated; amazed, astonished, confused, disconcerted.

ANT. Full, replete; complex; modified, qualified; composed, controlled, self-possessed, cognizant, intelligent.

=Blasphemy.= Profanity, sacrilege, impiety, swearing.

ANT. Reverence, godliness, veneration.

=Blast.= Shrivel, destroy, blight, kill, ruin, wither, annihilate; explode, rend, burst.

ANT. Restore, expand, swell.

=Blazon.= Exhibit, show off, blaze, blare, trumpet, proclaim, publish.

ANT. Conceal, hush, cover, hide, suppress, shroud, bury.

=Bleach.= Blanch, whiten.

ANT. Blacken, darken, soil, stain.

=Bleak.= Windy, exposed, bare; cold, chill, raw, desolate, comfortless, cheerless.

ANT. Sheltered, protected, warm, balmy, cheerful, comfortable.

=Blemish.= Blot, spot, flaw, fault, imperfection, stain; defacement, tarnish, disfigurement, disgrace, defect, dishonor, stigma, taint.

ANT. Purity, unsulliedness, honor, integrity, wholeness.

=Blend.= Mix, unite, fuse, merge, mingle, amalgamate, combine, coalesce, harmonize.

ANT. Separate, run, dissociate, divide.

=Bless.= Delight, gladden, make happy, thank, glorify, exalt, praise, extol, felicitate, cheer.

ANT. Curse, anathematize, sadden, grieve.

=Blessing.= Benediction, benison; good, benefit, happiness, profit, boon, gain; glory, praise, gratitude.

ANT. Malediction, curse; bereavement, impoverishment, calamity, deprivation, disaster, damage, detriment.

=Blight.= Pestilence, withering, blast, destruction.

ANT. Development, maturity.

=Blind.= Sightless, unseeing, eyeless, undiscerning, ignorant, unconscious, uninformed.

ANT. Clear-sighted, far-seeing, discerning, penetrating, conscious, keen, aware, sensitive.

=Blink.= Wink, ignore, connive, overlook.

ANT. Notice, note, mark.

=Bliss.= Blessedness, happiness, joy, ecstasy, rapture, felicity, beatitude.

ANT. Torment, woe, suffering, misery, accursedness.

=Blithe.= Merry, joyous, cheerful, gay, lively, airy, sportive, blithesome, mirthful, jocund, elated, vivacious, joyful.

ANT. Dejected, heavy, dull, sullen.

=Block.= Obstruct, arrest, stop, fill.

ANT. Free, open, clear.

=Blockhead.= Dunce, dolt, stupid fellow, numskull, ninny, simpleton, ignoramus, dullard, booby.

ANT. Sage, adept, savant, philosopher, schoolman, luminary.

=Blood-thirsty.= Cruel, savage, ferocious, murderous, bloody, bloody-minded, gory, barbarous, inhuman, ruthless, sanguinary.

ANT. Humane, kind, merciful, mild, tender, compassionate.

=Bloom=, n. Blossom, flower, flowering, efflorescence; flush, freshness, prime, vigor, glow; delicacy, innocence.

ANT. Decay, decadence, blight, blast, roughness, toughness, ghastliness, superannuation, cadaverousness, coarseness.

=Bloom=, v. Blossom, bud, flower, germinate, sprout, blow, develop.

ANT. Blight, be blasted, wither.

=Blooming.= Flourishing, flowering; young, beautiful, fair, fresh.

ANT. Fading, waning, old, unsightly, deformed, blasted, withered.

=Blot.= Sully, spot, tarnish, spoil, discolor, pollute, stain, erase, blur, blotch, smear, smutch, obliterate.

ANT. Cleanse, clear, whiten, blanch; perpetuate, preserve.

=Blot out.= Erase, cancel, expunge, obliterate, efface, destroy, wipe out.

ANT. Restore, replace.

=Blow=, n. Knock, thump, stroke, box, buffet, calamity, cuff, cut, concussion, disaster, lash, misfortune, rap, shock, stroke, wound, affliction, blast, gale, gust; disappointment.

ANT. Relief, comfort, blessing, consolation, assuagement.

=Bluff.= Abrupt, blunt, inconsiderate, open, rough, unmannerly, uncivil, blustering, bold, brusque, coarse, discourteous, frank, impolite, plain-spoken, rude.

ANT. Bland, courteous, genial, polite, refined, reserved, urbane, polished.

=Blunder.= Error, mistake, misunderstanding, fault, slip, oversight, inaccuracy, delusion.

ANT. Accuracy, correctness, truthfulness, exactness, ratification, foresight, achievement, success, correction.

=Blunt=, a. Obtuse, dull, pointless, edgeless, brusk, abrupt, plain, informal, stupid, stolid.

ANT. Sharp, keen, acute, sensitive, polished, courteous, refined.

=Blunt=, v. Subdue, numb, harden, dull, make dull, deaden, paralyze, stupefy; moderate, allay, mitigate, assuage.

ANT. Quicken, sharpen, instigate, excite, stimulate, animate, vitalize.

=Blush=, n. Bloom, color, reddening, carnation, complexion; shame, confusion, guiltiness.

ANT. Pallor; innocence, purity, unconsciousness; boldness, effrontery.

=Bluster.= Storm, rage, insult, roar, swagger, vaunt, boast.

ANT. Cringe, whine, whimper.

=Boast.= Vaunt, brag, swagger, magnify, make much of, swell, bluster, triumph, glory, vapor.

ANT. Whine, cringe; minimize, apologize.

=Bodily.= Corporeally; completely, wholly, altogether, entirely, collectively, unitedly.

ANT. Spiritually, ghostly; piecemeal, partially, gradually, fragmentarily.

=Body.= Material or physical substance; carcass, corpse; trunk, stem, bulk, main part; person, individual, mortal, creature, being; company, society, corporation; system; consistency, substance; ashes, form, dust, frame, remains, clay.

ANT. Intellect, intelligence, soul, spirit, mind; branch, limb; world, universe; mass, conglomeration.

=Boil.= Bubble, rage, effervesce, explode, fume.

ANT. Calm, subside, cool, recover.

=Boisterous.= Loud, unrestrained, stormy, noisy, furious, violent, clamorous.

ANT. Quiet, silent, unostentatious, mild, gentle, peaceful, calm, serene, self-possessed.

=Bold.= Courageous, fearless, adventurous, brave, intrepid, dauntless, audacious, daring, valiant.

ANT. Timorous, fearful, retiring, shy, bashful.

=Bolster.= Support, prop, help, sustain, aid, buoy, patch, defend, maintain.

ANT. Depress, fail, relax.

=Bombast.= Bluster, pomposity, fustian, braggadocio, rhodomontade.

ANT. Modesty, humility, veracity, moderation, temperance.

=Bond.= Tie, fastening, manacle, fetter; compact, obligation, security.

ANT. Option, freedom, parole, honor, discretion.

=Bondage.= Servitude, slavery, imprisonment, captivity, incarceration, subjection, serfdom, confinement, thraldom.

ANT. Liberty, freedom, manumission, independence.

=Bondsman.= Slave, serf, captive, vassal, prisoner.

ANT. Freeman, gentleman, master, lord.

=Bonny.= Fair, pretty, pleasant, handsome, shapely, buxom.

ANT. Homely, ugly, unseemly, deformed, ill-favored.

=Bonus.= Premium, douceur, boon, benefit.

ANT. Fine, penalty, discount, mulct.

=Booby.= Dunce, idiot, numskull.

ANT. Wiseacre, solon, oracle.

=Bookish.= Pedantic, studious, learned, erudite, educated.

ANT. Illiterate, ignorant.

=Boor.= Rustic, clown, lout, peasant, countryman, plowman, swain, bumpkin.

ANT. Gentleman, courtier.

=Boorish.= Rude, rustic, clownish, loutish, ungainly, awkward, coarse, rough, gawky.

ANT. Polite, civil, polished, urbane, courtly, affable, gracious.

=Bootless.= Useless, unavailing, unprofitable, profitless, vain.

ANT. Effectual, profitable, useful, effective.

=Booty.= Plunder, prey, spoil, pillage, loot.

ANT. Restitution, fine, forfeiture, confiscation, penalty.

=Border.= Edge, limit, boundary, brink, rim, verge, enclosure, confine, band.

ANT. Land, tract, interior, center, space, substance.

=Bore.= Pierce, perforate, penetrate, drill; weary, plague, trouble, vex, worry, annoy.

ANT. Delight, gratify, please.

=Bosom.= Breast, heart, affection; hollow, depths, midst, inmost recesses; retreat, retirement, quiet, privacy.

ANT. Surface, exterior, expanse; manner, deportment, demeanor.

=Both.= Twain, two.

ANT. Either, each, every, neither, none, not any, no one.

=Bother.= Worry, pester, perplex, harass, plague, tease, vex, molest, annoy, excite.

ANT. Aid, assist, calm, quiet, compose.

=Bottom.= Deep, profound, base, foot; foundation, basis, groundwork; valley, meadow; ship, vessel; seat; grounds, lees, sediments; stamina, power of endurance.

ANT. Top, height, acme, apex, summit, crown, brow; surface.

=Bound=, v. Skip, leap, frisk, jump, spring; confine, limit, circumscribe, terminate, restrict, restrain.

ANT. Hobble, limp, crawl, creep, shamble; enlarge, open, extend, spread out.

=Boundary.= Margin, limit, confines, border, bound, frontier, line, marge, verge, termination, term, barrier, bourn, edge, enclosure, landmark; circumference.

ANT. Land, region, estate, interior, territory; center, citadel; inside.

=Boundless.= Unlimited, illimitable, unbounded, measureless, infinite.

ANT. Narrow, restricted, confined, circumscribed.

=Bountiful.= Liberal, generous, benevolent, unselfish, munificent.

ANT. Miserly, selfish, stingy, niggardly.

=Bounty.= Liberality, gift, generosity, charity, benefaction, benignity, benevolence, munificence, donation; premium, reward, bonus.

ANT. Closeness, stinginess, niggardliness, miserliness.

=Bower.= Recess, arbor, retreat, alcove, summerhouse.

ANT. Open place.

=Brag.= Boast, vaunt, bully, swagger.

ANT. Cringe, whine, whimper.

=Braid.= Bind, weave, plait, tie.

ANT. Unbind, dishevel.

=Branch.= Member, bough, limb, shoot, arm, twig, scion, offshoot, ramification; section, department, division; article, part, portion; tributary; derivative line, cognate stock.

ANT. Trunk, stock, stem; race, family, house.

=Brand=, v. Denounce, mark, stigmatize, disgrace.

ANT. Honor, decorate, distinguish.

=Brandish.= Flourish, wield, whisk, shake, wave.

ANT. Suspend, stay, arrest.

=Bravado.= Boasting, bragging, bluster.

ANT. Diffidence, reserve, concealment, modesty.

=Brave.= Fearless, heroic, undaunted, undismayed, adventurous, bold, courageous, daring, dauntless, gallant, intrepid, valiant, venturesome, doughty, chivalrous, chivalric, splendid, courteous.

ANT. Afraid, cringing, fearful, shrinking, timid, timorous, frightened, cowardly, faint-hearted, pusillanimous, churlish, discourteous, fearsome.

=Brawny.= Muscular, strong, powerful, athletic, sinewy, herculean, robust, stout.

ANT. Weak, fragile, delicate, feeble, effeminate, lean.

=Breach.= Break, rupture, opening, fracture, flaw, fissure, rent; violation, infringement, non-observance; quarrel, difference, variance, dissension, schism, alienation.

ANT. Integrity, wholeness, flawlessness, completeness; reconciliation, healing; conservation, observance; inviolateness; union, fidelity, amalgamation.

=Break.= Fracture, rend, part, sever, shatter, smash, shiver; weaken, impair, enfeeble, enervate; tame; make bankrupt; dismiss, discard, degrade, cashier; mitigate, assuage; interrupt, stop, cut short; open, unfold; destroy, sunder, burst, rive, crack, crush, demolish, rupture, split, transgress.

ANT. Fasten, join, mend, secure, unite, weld, attach, bind, solder, heal, piece, conjoin, rejoin; protect, conserve; encourage, strengthen, preserve; observe, obey.

=Breast.= Bosom, heart, affection, conscience.

=Breathless.= Out of breath; lifeless, dead; exhausted, eager, absorbed, attentive, fascinated; astonished, astounded, bewildered.

ANT. Calm, collected, cool, composed; indifferent, uninterested.

=Breed=, n. Lineage, race, pedigree, progeny, stock, line, family, extraction, strain.

ANT. Ancestor, source, original, origin.

=Breed=, v. Bring forth, bear, beget, produce; nurture, foster, nourish; discipline, educate, instruct, train, teach, school; occasion, originate, generate, procreate, propagate, cause, evolve.

ANT. Destroy, extirpate, stifle, extinguish.

=Breeding.= Discipline, instruction, education, nurture, training, schooling; manners, deportment.

ANT. Ill manners, misbehavior; ignorance, illiteracy.

=Brevity.= Shortness, terseness, conciseness, compression, pithiness, succinctness, pointedness; abbreviation, abridgment.

ANT. Prolixity, diffuseness, verbosity, length, protraction, elongation, extension, tediousness.

=Brew.= Concoct, compound, mix, hatch, foment, excite; prepare, collect, gather, grow; threaten, impend; form.

ANT. Disperse, break, spoil, mar, miscompound.

=Bridle=, v. Restrain, curb, control, govern, check; bristle, ruffle; master, moderate, compress, repress.

ANT. Relax, loosen, give vent, liberate, discharge; soothe, calm.

=Brief.= Short, concise, succinct.

ANT. Long, tedious, diffuse.

=Bright.= Shining, resplendent, luminous, glowing, lustrous, beaming, gleaming, glistening, blazing, flaming, flashing, radiant, ruddy, refulgent, brilliant, dazzling, sparkling, scintillating, burnished; lucid, clear, transparent, pellucid, lambent, cloudless, limpid; glorious, famous, illustrious; intelligent, acute, discerning, keen, ingenious; auspicious, promising, propitious, favorable, inspiring; cheerful, merry, lively, happy, animated.

ANT. Opaque, dull, dark, gloomy, black, ebon, shadowy, rayless, sunless, murky, cloudy, overcast, pitchy, lurid; obscure, mysterious, enigmatical, mystic, unintelligible, occult, recondite, abstruse, cabalistic, transcendental; disheartening, discouraging, dismal, cheerless; ignorant, unlettered, untaught, imbecile, rude, benighted; foul, infamous, horrible, damnable, vile, infernal, wicked, sullen, atrocious, dejected.

=Brilliant.= Bright, radiant, flashing, lustrous, glorious, luminous, effulgent, beaming, sparkling; illustrious, distinguished, celebrated, famous, renowned, eminent.

ANT. Dark, dull, stupid, gloomy; notorious, infamous; obscure, insignificant.

=Bring.= Bear, fetch, convey; conduct, guide, lead, attend, accompany, convoy; obtain, gain, procure, produce; induce, prevail upon.

ANT. Remove, export, send, exclude, debar, transport, abstract, subtract.

=Brisk.= Lively, quick, vivacious, active, alert, animated, prompt, sprightly, nimble, spry, agile.

ANT. Slow, heavy, dull, sluggish, indolent, inactive, unenergetic, stagnant.

=Bristling.= Full, crowded, swarming, stocked, multifarious, multitudinous; bristly, standing on end like bristles; ruffled, roughened, corrugated, bespined; bridled, angered, offended.

ANT. Smooth, soothed, allayed; prone; bare, nude, scant, devoid, vacant.

=Brittle.= Fragile, crumbling, shivery, frail, easily broken.

ANT. Tough, stout, strong, hardy.

=Broach.= Open, pierce, tap; suggest, hint, approach, break; utter, publish, proclaim, give out; originate, propound.

ANT. Repress, cork, bottle, secrete, conceal, hide.

=Broad.= Wide; large, ample, extensive, vast, spacious, capacious; liberal, tolerant, free, hospitable; spread, diffused, open; gross, vulgar, indecent, coarse.

ANT. Narrow; contracted, restricted, confined, limited; prejudiced, illiberal, bigoted, reserved; veiled, enigmatical, shrouded, shaded; refined, delicate, sketchy; specific, pointed.

=Broil.= Affray, quarrel, contention.

=Brook.= Tolerate, bear, suffer, endure, abide, submit to, undergo, permit.

ANT. Resist, resent, reject.

=Brotherhood.= Fraternity, fellowship, association, sodality, society.

=Browbeat.= Bully, intimidate, bulldoze, overawe.

ANT. Rally, support.

=Bruise.= Pommel, crush, squeeze, break, pound, batter, deface.

ANT. Heal, soothe.

=Brunt.= Shock, attack, impulse, onslaught, onset, assault.

ANT. Repulse, resistance, endurance.

=Brutal.= Brutish, animal, beastly, bestial; savage, ferocious, cruel, harsh, uncivil, rude, rough, gruff, impolite, brusque; sensual, carnal.

ANT. Humane, self-controlled, civilized, enlightened, elevated, noble, refined, intelligent, grand.

=Bubble.= Toy, trifle, fancy, conceit, dream, vision, froth, trash.

ANT. Prize, treasure, reality, substance, jewel, good, advantage.

=Buffoon.= Wag, clown, jester, mountebank, harlequin, droll, punch, fool.

ANT. Wit, genius, pedant, philosopher.

=Build.= Make, form, shape, figure, model; construct, erect, raise.

ANT. Demolish, overthrow, destroy.

=Building.= Architecture, edifice, structure, fabric, pile, erection.

ANT. Ruin, demolition, dilapidation, dismantlement.

=Bulk.= Magnitude, size, volume, mass; greatness, amplitude, massiveness; majority, major part, most, principal part; dimension.

ANT. Portion, section, atom, particle; diminution, tenuity, contraction, dismemberment, disintegration.

=Bulwark.= Rampart, fortress, fortification, stronghold, intrenchment, bastion, parapet, citadel.

ANT. Siege, bombardment, cannonade, boarding, storming.

=Bungler.= Botcher, clown, fumbler, clumsy workman, novice.

ANT. Adept, adroit, master, artist, proficient workman, professor.

=Buoy=, v. Float, support, sustain; elevate, inspire, assure, animate, cheer.

ANT. Sink, drown, depress, swamp; crush, betray, fail, deject, overcome.

=Buoyant.= Light; cheerful, hopeful, sprightly, vivacious, joyous, blithesome, jocund, sportive, jubilant, elastic, floating.

ANT. Heavy, dejected, depressed, moody, joyless, cheerless, desponding.

=Burden.= Load, weight; cargo, freight; capacity, tonnage: impediment, incubus, grievance, trial, trouble, affliction, sorrow; chorus, refrain; topic, drift, tenor, point, substance.

ANT. Ease, lightness; facility, airiness, light-heartedness; consolation, assuagement, alleviation, liberation, mitigation.

=Burial.= Interment, sepulture, entombment, burying.

ANT. Exhumation, disinterment.

=Burlesque.= Parody, travesty, caricature, ridicule, farce.

ANT. Classic, history, fact.

=Burn.= Char, consume, cremate, scorch, set on fire, singe, ignite, incinerate, kindle, blaze, cauterize, glow, smolder.

ANT. Smother, stifle, subdue, extinguish, cool, put out; subside, glimmer, lower, pale.

=Burnish.= Brighten, polish, make to glisten, glaze, gloss.

ANT. Dull, bedim, cloud, scratch, abrade.

=Burst.= Break, open, explode, blow up, rend, split, crack, discharge, shatter, disrupt.

ANT. Cohere, hold, stand, stick together, adhere.

=Bury.= Inter, cover up, entomb, inearth, inhume, inurn; shroud, conceal, secrete, hide; immure, confine; cancel, compose, hush, cover with oblivion.

ANT. Resurrect, exhume, disinter, excavate, expose, resuscitate; publish, announce, advertise.

=Business.= Employment, craft, trade, commerce, handicraft, traffic, transaction, work, vocation, job, affairs, avocation, profession, occupation, calling, concern, duty, office, interest.

ANT. Stagnation, leisure, inactivity.

=Bustle.= Activity, stir, commotion, excitement, haste, hurry, energy, eagerness, flurry.

ANT. Idleness, inactivity, vacation, stagnation, quiet, indolence, indifference, unconcern.

=Busy.= Engaged, employed, occupied; diligent, industrious, active, working, sedulous; brisk, stirring, bustling, agile, spry, nimble; meddling, officious.

ANT. Idle, lazy, indolent, slothful.

=But.= Save, except, furthermore, barely, besides, however, just, only, notwithstanding, though, unless, yet, still, merely, nevertheless, provided, moreover.

=Buxom.= Bonny, blithe, shapely.

ANT. Lean, slender, ill-shaped.

=Buy.= Purchase, bargain, acquire; bribe, corrupt, pervert, suborn, subsidize.

ANT. Sell, hawk, retail, vend.

=By.= Through, with; at, on; from, according to; near, close by; past; along, over; before, in the sight of, in the name of; per, at.

C

=Cabal.= Confederacy, conspiracy, conclave, combination, faction, crew, junto, gang, coterie, plot, political intrigue, league.

=Cadaverous.= Bloodless, pallid, pale, wan, ghastly, deathlike, ashy.

ANT. Rosy, blushing, sanguine, incarnadine.

=Cage=, v. Imprison, immure, confine, incarcerate.

ANT. Liberate, free, dismiss, unbar.

=Caitiff.= Rascal, miscreant, villain, wretch, coward, sneak, traitor, scoundrel, vagabond.

ANT. Gentleman, patriot, philanthropist.

=Cajole.= Coax, wheedle, flatter, fawn upon, blandish; deceive, entrap, beguile, inveigle, impose upon.

ANT. Scold, chide, warn.

=Calamitous.= Disastrous, unfortunate, unlucky, adverse, untoward, deplorable, ruinous, inauspicious, wretched, distressing, grievous, ill-starred, troublous, hapless, ill-omened.

ANT. Fortunate, auspicious, felicitous, propitious, favorable, advantageous.

=Calamity.= Disaster, misfortune, catastrophe, mishap, trial, trouble, affliction, adversity, distress, hardship, ill luck, visitation.

ANT. Blessing, boon, advantage, good fortune, benefaction.

=Calculate.= Number, reckon, sum up, count, compute, account, estimate, enumerate, rate; consider, deem, apportion, investigate.

ANT. Guess, risk, chance, conjecture, stake.

=Calculating.= Wary, cautious, scheming, crafty, cool, hard, selfish; careful, circumspect, sagacious, farsighted.

ANT. Shortsighted, improvident, rash, careless.

=Calculation.= Reckoning, computation; expectation, anticipation, prospect; foresight, forethought, caution, wariness, discretion, prudence, deliberation.

ANT. Omission, carelessness, imprudence, indiscretion, inconsideration.

=Caliber.= Diameter, gage, capacity; faculty, scope, talent, ability, gifts, parts, endowment.

ANT. Smallness, thinness; imbecility, incapacity, puerility.

=Call.= Cry, bellow, clamor, ejaculate, scream, roar, shout, shriek, bawl, yell, exclaim, vociferate; invite, summon, send for, bid; assemble, convene, muster; elect, ordain, appoint; invoke, appeal to.

ANT. Be silent, hush, list, listen, harken, be still; ignore; disperse; disdain, defy.

=Calm.= Composed, peaceful, placid, quiet, still, tranquil, self-possessed, serene, undisturbed, dispassionate, sedate, collected, imperturbable, unruffled.

ANT. Frantic, frenzied, passionate, furious, raging, stormy, violent, boisterous, agitated, excited, fierce, turbulent, wild, heated, wrathful, disturbed.

=Calumniate.= Slander, traduce, defame, vilify, revile, asperse.

ANT. Praise, commend, vindicate, laud, honor, eulogize; shield.

=Calumny.= Slander, aspersion, defamation, detraction, abuse, obloquy.

ANT. Vindication, justification; eulogy, panegyric.

=Camp.= Encampment, bivouac.

=Cancel.= Obliterate, scratch out, erase, efface, expunge, cross off; abolish, abrogate, nullify, annul, revoke, rescind, make void, repeal.

ANT. Confirm, enact, perpetuate, approve, enforce, uphold, sustain, maintain, establish, record, write.

=Candid.= Honest, open, straightforward, transparent, unbiased, artless, frank, guileless, ingenuous, naive, sincere, impartial, innocent, unprejudiced, aboveboard, simple, truthful, unsophisticated, fair.

ANT. Deceitful, designing, foxy, sharp, shrewd, crafty, artful, sly, tricky, subtle, adroit, cunning, insincere, diplomatic, intriguing, wily.

=Candidate.= Aspirant, solicitant, petitioner, canvasser, claimant, solicitor.

ANT. Non-competitor; resigner, abandoner, abjurer.

=Canvass.= Debate, discuss, dispute, agitate; examine, investigate, scrutinize, sift, study, consider; solicit votes from, apply for.

ANT. Admit, pass, misexamine, allow, ignore, disregard.

=Capability.= Capacity, ability, skill, power, competency, efficiency, caliber, force, faculty, scope, brains, talent.

ANT. Dulness, inability, inaptitude, difficulty, awkwardness.

=Capacity.= Space, magnitude, volume, dimensions, extent, size, tonnage, caliber; faculty, gift, talent, genius, competency, capability, discernment, cleverness, skill, aptitude; sphere, office, province, character, function.

ANT. Restriction, narrowness, contractedness, incapacity; incompetency, inefficiency, inability.

=Capital=, n. Metropolis; large letter; stock, sum invested; head of a column or pillar; mental, physical, or financial resources.

=Capital=, a. Chief, principal, essential, leading, cardinal; fatal, forfeiting life; excellent, prime, first-class, first-rate, consummate, high, important.

ANT. Subordinate, inferior, unimportant, minor; defective, mean.

=Capitulate.= Surrender, yield, submit, stipulate.

ANT. Resist, contend, struggle.

=Caprice.= Vagary, freak, whim, fancy, crotchet.

ANT. Purpose, plan, determination, conviction, seriousness.

=Capricious.= Wayward, fanciful, freakish, whimsical, inconstant, uncertain, fitful, fickle, changeable.

ANT. Firm, inflexible, unswerving, constant, decided, serious.

=Captious.= Carping, hypercritical, censorious; crabbed, snappish, touchy, cross, snarling, acrimonious, contentious; insidious, ensnaring.

ANT. Appreciative, commendatory, complimentary, encouraging, flattering, laudatory, approving.

=Captivate.= Charm, enchant, fascinate, enamor, bewitch, please highly, lead captive, win, catch.

ANT. Disenchant, disillusionize; disgust.

=Captivity.= Thraldom, confinement, duress, imprisonment, bondage, subjection, slavery, servitude, durance.

ANT. Freedom, liberty, independence.

=Capture.= Seize, catch, arrest, apprehend, make captive; prize.

ANT. Liberate, free, release; acquit.

=Care.= Anxiety, trouble, solicitude, concern, vigilance, worry, charge, caution, attention, heed, forethought, management, perplexity, watchfulness, wariness, precaution, oversight, prudence.

ANT. Indifference, heedlessness, negligence, oversight, remissness, slight, recklessness, disregard, carelessness, inattention.

=Career.= Course, line of achievement, passage, race, flight, procedure, conduct, progress, active life, success.

=Careful.= Thoughtful, provident, considerate, reflective, heedful, diligent, pensive, regardful, contemplative.

ANT. Careless, thoughtless, improvident, unthinking, heedless, inconsiderate, rash, wanton, idle, dreamy, trifling.

=Caress=, v. Embrace, fondle, kiss, pet, pamper, coddle, court, flatter.

ANT. Vex, tease, affront, annoy, provoke, persecute.

=Cargo.= Freight, load, goods, lading, consignment, merchandise.

=Caricature.= Imitation, mimicry, parody, travesty, burlesque, exaggeration, extravaganza, takeoff, farce, monstrosity.

ANT. Portraiture, resemblance, representation, reproduction.

=Carnage.= Massacre, bloodshed, slaughter, havoc, butchery.

ANT. Deliverance, ransom, quarter, redemption.

=Carnal.= Sensual, fleshly, lustful, lascivious; natural, unregenerate, earthly, temporal.

ANT. Spiritual, ethereal, refined, pure, exalted, temperate, self-controlled.

=Carnival.= Festival, revel, masquerade, rout.

ANT. Fast, retirement, Lent, penance, mortification.

=Carol.= Sing, warble, chirp, twitter, chant, whistle, hum; hymn.

ANT. Whine, lament, dirge, cry, croak, weep, groan, moan.

=Carousal.= Feast, festival, banquet, revel, debauch, wassail, orgies.

ANT. Fast, abstinence, starvation; temperance, moderation; self-denial.

=Carp.= Cavil, find fault, object to, pick flaws, challenge, censure, hypercriticize.

ANT. Concede, admit, compliment, approve, applaud, acquiesce, assent.

=Carpet.= Covering for floor; table or board (metaphorical), consideration, consultation.

ANT. Shelf (metaphorical), rejection, oblivion, disposal.

=Carry.= Convey, move, transport, lift, bring, bear, transmit, support, sustain, take; impel, urge, push forward; signify, infer, involve, implicate.

ANT. Drop, let go, throw down, fall under, shake off; retard, impede; leave, be separate from.

=Case.= Box; covering, sheathe; state, condition, plight, predicament; instance, example, occurrence; circumstance, event, contingency; suit, action, process, trial, cause; question, subject of discussion; form, inflection.

ANT. Hypothesis, supposition, fancy, theory, conjecture; generalization, principle, universality.

=Cash.= Coin, money, specie, currency, capital.

ANT. Paper money, greenbacks, bills.

=Cast.= Hurl, throw, pitch, fling, drive, thrust, sling, toss; shed, lay aside; calculate, compute, reckon; found, form; direct, turn; assign, appoint, allot; impart, shed, diffuse, communicate.

ANT. Raise, elevate, erect; accept, approve, retain, carry; miscalculate; break, dismember, dissipate.

=Caste.= Grade, rank, order, lineage, dignity, respect.

ANT. Abasement, degradation, disrepute, taboo, reproach, ostracism.

=Castigate.= Whip, flagellate, cane.

ANT. Reward, encourage, caress, pat.

=Casual.= Accidental, incidental, fortuitous, chance, contingent.

ANT. Regular, certain, fixed, ordinary, periodic, systematic.

=Casuistry.= Sophistry, fallacy, quibble; refinement.

ANT. Reason, common sense, conscience.

=Catalogue.= List, register, index, enrolment, entry, record, roll, inventory, schedule.

ANT. Non-registration, obliteration, oblivion, forgetfulness; non-entry, oversight, omission.

=Catastrophe.= Revolution, disaster, mishap, misfortune, calamity, cataclysm, blow, visitation.

ANT. Victory, triumph, benefit, ovation, success, felicitation, blessing.

=Catch.= Grasp, seize, clutch, capture, clasp, secure, snatch, take, arrest, ensnare, entrap, grip, lay hold; comprehend, apprehend, understand.

ANT. Lose, miss, fail of, let go, give up, release, restore.

=Categorical.= Plain, absolute, distinct, positive, declaratory, affirmative.

ANT. Obscure, ambiguous, dubious, hypothetical, contingent, mystical, enigmatical.

=Category.= Class, division, order, rank; universal aspect, primitive relation.

ANT. Essence, truth, being, substance, nature.

=Causality.= Causation, potentiality, eventuality, operativeness.

ANT. Counteractivity, barrenness, sterility; finality.

=Cause.= Agent, origin, source, creator, spring; reason, power; designer, antecedent, originator, author, producer; condition, principle.

ANT. Effect, result, end, production, issue, accomplishment, development, consequence, creation, fruit, event, outcome, outgrowth.

=Caution.= Care, heed, wariness, circumspection, forethought, discretion; warning, admonition, advice, counsel.

ANT. Temerity, heedlessness, unguardedness, improvidence, imprudence.

=Cavalier=, a. Arrogant, haughty, overbearing, insolent, disdainful.

ANT. Courteous; subservient, servile; civil, polite.

=Cavil.= Carp, object, censure.

ANT. Approve, allow, concede.

=Cavity.= Opening, gap, aperture, hole, fissure.

ANT. Obstruction, filling.

=Cease.= End, finish, desist, leave off, quit, stop, refrain, abstain, discontinue, pause, terminate.

ANT. Begin, commence, continue, originate, inaugurate, start, set going, set in operation.

=Celebrated.= Famous, renowned, distinguished, famed, illustrious, eminent, glorious, notable, exalted.

ANT. Obscure, unknown, unnotable, mean, insignificant, inconspicuous.

=Celebration.= Solemnization, observance, commemoration, laudation, praise, commendation.

ANT. Oblivion, desuetude, non-observance.

=Celebrity.= Fame, renown, reputation, glory, honor, repute, eminence, distinction; person of note, “lion.”

ANT. Obscurity, ignominy, disgrace, contempt, meanness; infamy; oblivion.

=Celerity.= Rapidity, speed, haste, velocity, swiftness, fleetness, despatch.

ANT. Slowness, tardiness, inertness.

=Celestial.= Heavenly, angelic, supernal, ethereal, atmospheric, immortal, seraphic, divine, godlike.

ANT. Earthly, terrestrial; human, mortal; infernal.

=Censure.= Blame, disapproval, reproach, disapprobation, reprimand, condemnation, remonstrance, rebuke.

ANT. Praise, approval, eulogy, commendation, encouragement.

=Center.= Middle, midst.

ANT. Perimeter, rim, bound, circumference, boundary.

=Central.= Convenient, medial, accessible.

ANT. Remote, inaccessible, inconvenient.

=Centralize.= Concentrate, collect, localize.

ANT. Disperse, distribute.

=Ceremonial=, n. Ritual, rites, formalities, etiquette.

=Ceremonial=, a. Ritualistic, formal, official, ministerial, pompous, sumptuous, scenic, functional.

ANT. Private, unostentatious, undramatic, unimposing, unassuming.

=Ceremonious.= Stately, lofty, courtly; formal, studied, punctilious; prim, precise.

ANT. Brusk, blunt, supercilious, plain, simple.

=Certain.= Sure, infallible, positive, undeniable, unfailing; assured, fixed, regular, established; true, accurate, unmistakable.

ANT. Dubious, irregular, undecided, doubtful, exceptional, casual.

=Certainty.= Assurance, conviction, confidence, positiveness.

ANT. Hesitation, doubt, misgiving, conjecture, indecision.

=Certify.= Acknowledge, avow, declare, prove, inform, assure, attest.

ANT. Disavow, misinform, disprove.

=Cessation.= Stop, pause, abeyance, suspension, lull, respite.

ANT. Incessancy, continuity, continuance.

=Chafe.= Vex, irritate, gall, rub, chagrin, tease, worry, harass, annoy, fret; rage, fume; nettle, exasperate, anger.

ANT. Soothe, coax, calm, console, humor; submit, endure, succumb.

=Chaff.= Banter, badinage, nonsense, frivolity; refuse, trash.

ANT. Sense, reason, pith, gist, seriousness, substance.

=Chagrin.= Humiliation, shame, mortification, confusion, discomposure, dismay, disappointment.

ANT. Delight, glory, exultation, triumph, rejoicing.

=Challenge=, v. Dare, brave, defy; demand, require, claim; object to, take exceptions.

ANT. Pass, allow, grant, concede, permit; retract, retreat.

=Champion.= Defender, protector, vindicator; hero, winner, chief, victor, combatant.

ANT. Renegade, traitor, deserter, coward; adversary, opponent.

=Chance.= Hazard, casualty, accident, luck, fortune.

ANT. Law, sequence, purpose, design, intention, causation, certainty.

=Change=, n. Transformation, variation, transition, conversion, innovation, diversion, novelty, variety, vicissitude, alteration, transmutation.

ANT. Fixity, identity, constancy, uniformity, firmness, permanence, persistence, steadiness.

=Change=, v. Alter, transform, vary, turn, veer, shift, qualify, modify, exchange, diversify, convert, metamorphose, substitute.

ANT. Continue, endure, stay, hold, keep, retain, abide, remain, persist.

=Changeless.= Stationary, undeviating, immovable, reliable, consistent.

ANT. Fluctuating, vacillating, capricious, variable, plastic.

=Character.= Mark, figure, sign, symbol, emblem, letter; constitution, nature, disposition, turn, cast, bent; temperament, moral qualities, personality, traits, habits; person, individual; repute, reputation.

ANT. Anonymousness; disrepute; vagueness; indefiniteness.

=Characteristic.= Attribute, peculiarity, trait, sign, indication, mark, feature, distinction, singularity, property, idiosyncrasy.

ANT. Nondescript, generality, miscellany, commonness.

=Charge=, v. Load, freight, burden; intrust; impute, ascribe; accuse, impeach, incriminate, arraign, indict; command, order, require, bid; attack, assault.

ANT. Free, acquit, liberate, discharge.

=Charitable.= Benign, bountiful, liberal; lenient, mild, considerate.

ANT. Selfish, harsh, exacting, revengeful, churlish, censorious.

=Charity.= Benevolence, liberality, bounty, generosity, philanthropy.

ANT. Harshness, ill will, malignity, malevolence.

=Charlatan.= Quack, mountebank, impostor, pretender, humbug, cheat.

ANT. Victim, dupe, gull.

=Charm.= Spell, incantation, enchantment; fascination, attraction, allurement; witchery, sorcery, magic, necromancy.

ANT. Fear, repulsion, disenchantment, disillusion.

=Chary.= Careful, cautious, wary; frugal, sparing, saving, reluctant.

ANT. Liberal, lavish, profuse, extravagant.

=Chase.= Pursue, track, hunt, follow, prosecute; emboss, enchase.

ANT. Flee, shun, elude, evade; abandon, relinquish.

=Chaste.= Pure, spotless, immaculate, modest, virtuous, simple, refined, classic, elegant.

ANT. Corrupt, impure, flashy, gaudy; coarse, inelegant.

=Chasten.= Discipline, chastise, subdue, afflict, punish, soften, try.

ANT. Indulge, pamper, spoil, demoralize.

=Chattels.= Goods, wares, effects, furniture.

ANT. Freehold.

=Cheap.= Common, inexpensive, mean, worthless, vile, paltry, low-priced, poor, indifferent.

ANT. Rare, costly, expensive, high, precious.

=Cheat=, n. Fraud, trick, artifice, swindle, deceit, fiction, imposture.

ANT. Truth, reality, fact, honesty, authenticity, certainty, openness, sincerity.

=Check=, v. Restrain, curb, stop, bridle, hinder, impede, inhibit; reprove, chide, reprimand, rebuke.

ANT. License, indulge, allow, loose, liberate, abet, instigate.

=Cheer=, n. Gladness, joy, gaiety, mirth, merriment, cheerfulness, happiness, hope, conviviality, plenty, hospitality.

ANT. Gloom, dearth, sullenness, niggardliness, unsociableness.

=Cheerful.= Glad, lively, mirthful, animated, jocund, jolly, blithe, buoyant, merry, joyous.

ANT. Gloomy, dejected, unhappy, lifeless, dull, depressing, melancholy, joyless, dispiriting.

=Cherish.= Foster, nurture, protect, shelter, treasure, comfort, cheer.

ANT. Abandon, afflict, check, discourage.

=Chief=, a. Head, important, excellent, high, principal, consummate.

ANT. Subordinate, minor, inferior.

=Chieftain.= Captain, commander, general, leader, chief.

ANT. Vassal, minion, adherent, retainer, attendant, follower.

=Childish.= Puerile, weak, infantine; silly, foolish, trivial, trifling.

ANT. Manly, strong, wise, sagacious; important, momentous.

=Chimerical.= Visionary, imaginary, unreal, dreamy, fanciful, fabulous.

ANT. Real, actual, substantial, veritable.

=Chivalrous.= Knightly, gallant, gentlemanly, heroic, valiant, spirited.

ANT. Dastardly, recreant, sneaking.

=Choice=, n. Option, preference, alternative, selection, election, free will.

ANT. Necessity, compulsion; refusal; force; fate, predestination.

=Choice=, a. Select, dainty, rare, valuable, cherished, exquisite, precious.

ANT. Common, ordinary, despicable, cheap, inferior.

=Choose.= Select, pick out, cull, prefer, elect.

ANT. Cast away, reject, decline, refuse, leave, throw aside.

=Chronicle.= Annals, records, register, memorials, archives, history.

ANT. Legend, romance, tradition.

=Cipher.= Zero, nothing, nonentity, naught; character, symbol, device, monogram; secret character, private alphabet; nobody, person of no account.

ANT. Infinity; somebody, celebrity, star, notability, colossus.

=Circular.= Round, annular, spherical, ring-shaped.

ANT. Linear, direct, straight.

=Circulate.= Move in a circle; diffuse, spread, disseminate, promulgate, propagate, publish, notify; travel.

ANT. Suppress, hush, cease, stagnate; center, monopolize, appropriate.

=Circumference.= Periphery, circuit, boundary, outline, enclosure.

ANT. Center, interior.

=Circumlocution.= Verbosity, prolixity, wordiness, diffuseness, periphrasis, redundance, tautology.

ANT. Brevity, compression, condensation, shortness, succinctness, terseness, compactness, conciseness, directness, plainness.

=Circumscribe.= Define, limit, delineate, enclose, confine, restrict.

ANT. Distend, dilate, expand, amplify, enlarge, extend.

=Circumspect.= Cautious, wary, heedful, attentive, careful, prudent, watchful, scrupulous, vigilant.

ANT. Careless, reckless, incautious, heedless, unwary.

=Circumstance.= Event, situation, occurrence, position, detail, incident, feature, accompaniment, particular, point, item, condition.

ANT. Deed, case, transaction, business, affair.

=Cite.= Call, summon, name, select, refer to, quote, mention.

ANT. Discard, dismiss, dispute, contradict, reject, challenge, disprove.

=Citizen.= Inhabitant, dweller, townsman, burgher, resident, subject, denizen.

ANT. Foreigner, alien, exile, visitor, tramp, transient, tourist, sight-seer.

=Civilization.= Culture, cultivation, refinement, amelioration, humanization.

ANT. Demoralization, savagery, barbarism, rudeness.

=Claim=, n. Assertion, requisition, demand, call; title, privilege, right, pretension.

ANT. Disclaimer, surrender, abjuration, waiver.

=Claim=, v. Demand, ask, require, call for, assert, insist, request, maintain, pretend.

ANT. Repudiate, waive, concede, forego, abjure.

=Clamor=, n. Noise, uproar, hubbub, outcry, vociferation, exclamation.

ANT. Silence, reticence, acquiescence; repression, stifling.

=Clandestine.= Secret, private, furtive, stealthy, underhand, sly, surreptitious, hidden.

ANT. Open, aboveboard, sincere, frank.

=Class.= Company, grade, order, rank, caste, clan, circle, association, club, clique, coterie, set.

=Classical.= Refined, elegant, polished, chaste, pure.

ANT. Corrupt, barbarous, uncouth, debased, inelegant.

=Classification.= Grouping, disposition, arrangement, distribution, category, genus, designation, order, species, nature, character; homogeneity.

ANT. Individuality, speciality, singularity, distinction, heterogeneity.

=Clause.= Portion, section, passage, paragraph, stipulation, article, chapter, provision.

ANT. Document, instrument, writing.

=Clean=, a. Pure, neat, clear, spotless, cleansed, untarnished, upright.

ANT. Foul, impure, untidy, hampered, unclean.

=Cleanse.= Purify, wash, clean, disinfect, lave, scour, sponge, scrub, sweep, wipe, rinse, dust, purge.

ANT. Defile, pollute, stain, deprave, sully, taint, befoul, contaminate, corrupt, vitiate.

=Clear=, a. Pure, bright, transparent, free, serene, unclouded, obvious, manifest, pellucid, unadorned, plain, distinct, evident, lucid, intelligible, explicit, straightforward, perspicuous.

ANT. Mysterious, unintelligible, vague, opaque, foggy, dim, cloudy, dubious, turbid, ambiguous.

=Clever.= Gifted, expert, capable, apt, bright, ingenious, quick-witted, skilful, adroit, dexterous, intellectual, happy, smart, talented, keen, knowing, intelligent, quick, sharp.

ANT. Foolish, slow, stupid, idiotic, thickheaded, witless, bungling, awkward, dull, ignorant, clumsy, senseless.

=Climax.= Acme, top, summit, culmination, height, consummation, zenith, head.

ANT. Base, floor, nadir, anticlimax, depth; bathos.

=Cling.= Stick, cleave, fasten, hold, adhere.

ANT. Drop, relax, swerve, let go.

=Close.= Packed, condensed, compressed, narrow, restricted, solid; secret, reserved; niggardly.

ANT. Ample, wide, open, spacious, patent, public, advertised; open-handed, free, liberal.

=Clownish.= Rude, rustic, boorish, awkward, clumsy, bucolic, cloddish.

ANT. Polite, affable, civil, urbane.

=Clumsy.= Awkward, inexpert, uncouth, bungling, unskilful, unwieldly.

ANT. Neat, skilful, clever, expert, adroit, dexterous, workmanlike.

=Coalesce.= Blend, mix, harmonize, unite, consolidate, combine, adhere.

ANT. Disagree, sunder, separate, sever.

=Coalition.= League, union, alliance, confederacy, combination, compact, amalgamation.

ANT. Disruption, rebellion, disagreement, sedition, mutiny.

=Coarse.= Of large fibers, crude, rough, gross; indecent, indelicate, unrefined, unpolished, vulgar, common, ordinary.

ANT. Fine, choice, delicate, gentle.

=Coax.= Wheedle, flatter, cajole, fawn, allure, seduce, circumvent.

ANT. Coerce, impel, drive, intimidate.

=Coerce.= Impel, restrain, inhibit, force, compel, drive, check, intimidate.

ANT. Persuade, coax, permit, urge, induce, tempt.

=Coexistent.= Contemporary, concurrent, coincident, simultaneous.

ANT. Preceding or succeeding.

=Cogent.= Forcible, powerful, effective, irresistible, convincing, conclusive, persuasive, potent, urgent.

ANT. Weak, feeble, powerless, ineffectual.

=Cogitate.= Meditate, think, reflect, consider, ponder, contemplate.

ANT. Dream, idle, wish.

=Cognizance.= Knowledge, observation, notice, recognition, experience.

ANT. Ignorance, oversight, neglect.

=Coherent.= Compact, consecutive, close, logical, consistent.

ANT. Rambling, loose, discursive, aberrant.

=Coincidence.= Chance, fortuity, harmony, agreement, casualty, concurrence, contemporaneousness.

ANT. Design, purpose, asynchronism, anachronism, difference.

=Cold.= Frigid, chilly, frosty, icy, polar, wintry; dull, lifeless, unimpassioned, sluggish, apathetic, indifferent, spiritless.

ANT. Hot, warm, ardent, impassioned, fiery, burning, fervid, vehement, passionate.

=Colleague.= Associate, coadjutor, collaborator, helper, companion, partner, assistant, ally, confederate.

ANT. Opponent, rival, antagonist, competitor.

=Collect.= Gather, glean, amass, garner, muster, congregate, assemble, convoke, accumulate.

ANT. Distribute, dispense, divide, assort, deal.

=Collision.= Clash, shock, impact, concussion, encounter, contact, opposition, conflict.

ANT. Divergence; concord, harmony, agreement, coincidence, concert, unity, amity, unison.

=Colloquy.= Dialogue, conversation, talk, discourse, consultation, conference.

ANT. Babel, tumult, outcry, clamor; silence, taciturnity.

=Collusion.= Connivance, accompliceship, confederacy.

ANT. Frustration, betrayal, exposure.

=Color.= Hue, tint, tinge, shade, complexion; pigment, paint; pretense, speciousness, varnish, appearance, semblance, excuse, makeshift.

ANT. Paleness; transparency, openness.

=Combat.= Conflict, encounter, battle, struggle, contest, contention.

ANT. Truce, surrender, mediation.

=Combination.= Association, connection, union; alliance, league; mixture, compound.

ANT. Division, disruption, analysis, dissolution.

=Comfortable.= Agreeable, satisfactory, pleasant, convenient, commodious, snug, genial.

ANT. Miserable, distressed, forlorn, wretched, cheerless.

=Comic.= Laughable, droll, funny, comical, farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous.

ANT. Serious, solemn, grave, tragic, melancholy.

=Command.= Order, direct, bid, instruct, charge, enjoin; rule, govern.

ANT. Beg, petition, supplicate, entreat; obey, yield, comply.

=Commemorate.= Celebrate, observe, perpetuate.

ANT. Forget, abolish, ignore.

=Commence.= Begin, start, inaugurate, undertake.

ANT. Finish, conclude, terminate.

=Commend.= Approve, encourage, applaud, praise.

ANT. Blame, condemn, censure, denounce.

=Comment.= Remark, observe, explain, note, expound, interpret, illustrate.

ANT. Confuse, obscure, mystify, confound, misrepresent.

=Commerce.= Trade, traffic, business, exchange.

ANT. Embargo, inactivity, boycott.

=Commit.= Assign, confide, trust, relegate, entrust, consign.

ANT. Omit, let pass, disregard, misconsign.

=Commodious.= Ample, spacious, convenient, comfortable, suitable.

ANT. Narrow, cramped, ill-contrived.

=Commodity.= Staple, ware, stock, produce, article.

ANT. Drug, refuse.

=Common.= Ordinary, habitual, everyday, familiar, frequent; coarse, vulgar, mean, low.

ANT. Exceptional, scarce, refined, rare.

=Commotion.= Excitement, disturbance, agitation, turmoil, tumult, disorder.

ANT. Quiet, tranquillity, calm, subsidence, pacification.

=Communicate.= Divulge, impart, disclose, tell, announce, publish.

ANT. Secrete, suppress, conceal, withhold, reserve; repress; disavow.

=Communion.= Fellowship, intercourse, participation.

ANT. Alienation, exclusion, deprivation, ostracism.

=Community.= Aggregation, society, commonwealth, neighborhood; fraternity, similarity, sympathy, homogeneity.

ANT. Hostility, animosity, heterogeneity.

=Commute.= Exchange, replace, barter, compensate, mitigate, modify, lessen, diminish.

ANT. Disallow; charge; increase, enlarge.

=Compact=, n. Agreement, bond, contract, treaty, covenant.

ANT. Promise, intention.

=Compact=, a. Dense, close, solid, firm, compressed; concise, terse, pithy, short, brief, laconic, compendious, succinct, sententious.

ANT. Diffuse; sparse, straggling; broadspread, unshapely; prolix, verbose.

=Companion.= Associate, partner, mate, comrade, colleague.

ANT. Rival, antagonist, adversary.

=Companionable.= Sociable, pleasant, affable, genial, friendly, agreeable.

ANT. Reserved, haughty, distant, cold, solitary, inaccessible.

=Company.= Concourse, gathering, crowd, throng, meeting, multitude, assembly, conclave, conference, congregation, convention, convocation.

ANT. Privacy, retirement, solitude, dispersion, loneliness, seclusion.

=Compare.= Collate, estimate, declare similar, liken, parallel.

ANT. Contrast, disconnect, pit, distinguish.

=Compass.= Surround, enclose; effect, achieve, consummate, complete.

ANT. Expand, liberate; fail, bungle, mismanage.

=Compassion.= Pity, sympathy, condolence, kindness, clemency, mercy.

ANT. Cruelty, antipathy, retaliation, vindictiveness.

=Compatible.= Consistent, accordant, congruous, congenial, harmonious.

ANT. Hostile, adverse, impossible, destructive, contradictory.

=Compel.= Force, oblige, make necessary, coerce, constrain, necessitate.

ANT. Hinder, prevent, delay, block, hamper, encumber.

=Compensation.= Recompense, reward, requital, satisfaction, reparation, amends, indemnification.

ANT. Damage, injury, deprivation.

=Compete.= Contend, rival, strive, struggle.

ANT. Share, participate.

=Competence.= Ability, capableness; sufficiency, enough, adequacy.

ANT. Inability, weakness; poverty, want, indigence.

=Competition.= Rivalry, emulation, contest.

ANT. Alliance, co-partnership.

=Complacent.= Pleased, satisfied, contented, amiable, pleasant, affable.

ANT. Morose, austere, unmannerly.

=Complain.= Murmur, grumble, remonstrate, find fault, repine, lament, grieve, expostulate.

ANT. Approve, commend, applaud, congratulate, rejoice.

=Complement.= Fulfilment, totality, counterpart, supply, correlative.

ANT. Deficit, abatement, deficiency.

=Complete=, a. Perfect, finished, total, whole, entire; concluded, consummated, ended; adequate, exhaustive, thorough.

ANT. Partial, inadequate, imperfect, unfinished.

=Complex.= Confused, involved, mixed, entangled, complicated, composite, manifold, mingled, intricate, obscure.

ANT. Direct, obvious, plain, uniform, simple, homogeneous, unraveled.

=Complexion.= Face, feature, appearance, look, hue, character, indication.

ANT. Heart, core; reticence, concealment, inexpression.

=Compliance.= Yielding, submission, acquiescence, docility, obedience.

ANT. Resistance, repulsion, refusal.

=Compliment.= Flattery, praise, homage, commendation, encomium.

ANT. Insult, contempt, discourtesy.

=Complimentary.= Commendatory, flattering, laudatory.

ANT. Disparaging, abusive, defamatory, denunciatory.

=Component.= Constituent, factor, element, ingredient.

ANT. Compound, entirety, sum, aggregate.

=Comport.= Conduct, behave, demean; accord, agree, harmonize.

ANT. Contrast, militate, differ; misdemean, misconduct.

=Compose.= Compile, construct, constitute; soothe, allay, calm; write.

ANT. Analyze, dissect; irritate, excite; criticize.

=Composition.= Formation, making; compound, mixture; arrangement, union, combination; writing, invention; agreement, compromise.

ANT. Examination, analysis, criticism; disturbance; segregation.

=Composure.= Tranquillity, calm, repose, self-possession, serenity.

ANT. Restlessness, perturbation.

=Compound=, n. Mixture, combination, amalgamation, coalescence, synthesis.

ANT. Analysis, dissolution, resolution.

=Comprehend.= Understand, conceive, grasp; include, enclose, embrace.

ANT. Misunderstand, misconstrue; except, exclude.

=Comprehension.= Conception, understanding, perception, apprehension, capacity, intellect, reason, mind, intelligence.

ANT. Idiocy, nescience, misunderstanding, misconception.

=Comprehensive.= Ample, wide, inclusive, extensive, capacious, compendious.

ANT. Narrow, shallow, restricted.

=Compress.= Condense, squeeze, contract, epitomize, abridge.

ANT. Expand, diffuse, dilate.

=Comprise.= Include, involve, contain, comprehend, embrace, imply.

ANT. Except, bar out, omit, reject.

=Compromise.= Adjust, arbitrate, settle; engage, pledge, commit; implicate, involve, endanger.

ANT. Contend, fight; repudiate, disallow; exonerate, extricate.

=Compulsion.= Force, coercion, constraint, control.

ANT. Coaxing, persuasion, inducement.

=Compunction.= Regret, remorse, contrition, penitence.

ANT. Assurance, self-complacency, satisfaction.

=Compute.= Number, calculate, reckon, count; value, estimate, appraise.

ANT. Guess, conjecture, surmise.

=Comrade.= Companion, compeer, colleague, associate, partner, friend.

ANT. Opponent; stranger, alien.

=Concatenation.= Connection, continuity; series, chain, succession.

ANT. Intermission, severing, disconnection.

=Concave.= Hollow, depressed, excavated.

ANT. Convex, protuberant, tumular.

=Conceal.= Hide, suppress, secrete, disguise.

ANT. Reveal, expose, make manifest, lay bare, confess, publish, divulge.

=Concede.= Surrender, admit, resign, yield, allow.

ANT. Refuse, claim, contend, contradict, deny, contest.

=Conceit.= Notion, whim, vagary, idea, abstraction, affectation, imagination.

ANT. Reality, fact, substance; simplicity, humility.

=Conceited.= Egoistical, opinionated, vain.

ANT. Simple, unassuming, unaffected.

=Conceive.= Imagine, apprehend, believe, design, think, understand.

ANT. Express, produce, execute.

=Concentrate.= Convene, assemble, congregate, muster, centralize.

ANT. Scatter, disperse, dispense, dismiss.

=Concern.= Interest, anxiety, solicitude; affair, matter, institution.

ANT. Indifference, carelessness, disregard.

=Concerning.= About, regarding, in relation to, respecting, in respect to, relative to, of.

ANT. Disregarding, omitting.

=Concert.= Agreement, harmony, concord, concordance, combination, union, association.

ANT. Opposition, disagreement, discord.

=Concession.= Surrender, grant, boon, acknowledgment, admission.

ANT. Refusal, denial, withdrawal.

=Conciliate.= Win, gain, pacify, reconcile, propitiate.

ANT. Alienate, irritate, estrange, lose, antagonize.

=Concise.= Succinct, condensed, terse, pregnant, pointed, brief, short, laconic.

ANT. Prolix, verbose, diffuse, discursive, rambling, pointless.

=Conclave.= Assembly, synod, cabinet, council, bureau.

ANT. Throng, mob, populace, concourse, crowd.

=Conclude.= Close, end, terminate, finish; decide, determine.

ANT. Begin, commence, undertake, initiate; prolong, protract.

=Conclusion.= End, termination, finale, finis.

ANT. Commencement, beginning, initiation.

=Conclusive.= Final, decisive, positive, definitive, indisputable.

ANT. Dubious, vague, uncertain, problematical, theoretical, indeterminate.

=Concoct.= Brew, prepare, compound, mix.

ANT. Spoil, upset, overbrew.

=Concoction.= Compound, brew, mixture; scheme, fiction.

ANT. Rawness, crudity; simplicity.

=Concomitant.= Attending, coincident, attendant, synchronous.

ANT. Antecedent; diverse, unconnected; subsequent.

=Concord.= Harmony, agreement, friendship, unanimity, accord.

ANT. Variance, animosity, discord.

=Concourse.= Assembly, throng, crowd, mob, assemblage, gathering, multitude.

ANT. Conclave, cabal, cabinet; desert, solitude.

=Concrete.= Solid, firm, compact; complex, conglomerate; individualized, specific, particular.

ANT. Loose, shifting, yielding, unresisting; abstract, general.

=Concur.= Approve, harmonize, agree; help, combine, conspire.

ANT. Disagree, dissent, part, differ, disapprove, separate.

=Concussion.= Collision, encounter, crash, impact, percussion.

ANT. Inter-divergence; escape; tangency; failure, missing.

=Condemn.= Blame, censure, denounce, convict, sentence, reprove, doom.

ANT. Acquit, exonerate, absolve, pardon, justify, praise, approve.

=Condense.= Concentrate, abridge, shorten.

ANT. Expand, amplify, enlarge.

=Condescend.= Deign, vouchsafe, stoop.

ANT. Scorn, spurn, disdain.

=Condescension.= Graciousness, favor.

ANT. Arrogance, haughtiness, pride.

=Condign.= Adequate, deserved, merited, suitable, meet, just.

ANT. Unmerited, inadequate; excessive or scant.

=Condiment.= Sauce, seasoning, preserve, pickle, relish, appetizer.

=Condition.= Situation, case, circumstances, plight; rank, estate, grade; proviso, consideration, stipulation.

ANT. Concession, adaptation; relation, dependence.

=Conditionally.= Provided, provisionally, hypothetically, contingently.

ANT. Absolutely, positively, categorically.

=Condole.= Console, commiserate, sympathize.

ANT. Congratulate, rally, exhilarate.

=Condone.= Pardon, overlook, forgive.

ANT. Atone, expiate, satisfy.

=Conduce.= Subserve, promote, forward, advance, contribute to, aid.

ANT. Defeat; counteract, neutralize.

=Conduct.= Lead, direct, guide, convoy, escort; command, govern; manage, regulate; rule, superintend.

ANT. Mislead; mismanage; follow.

=Confection.= Candy, cake, condiment, concoction, sweetmeat.

=Confederacy, Confederation.= Alliance, league, treaty, union, coalition, federation, compact.

ANT. Secession, disruption, disunion.

=Conference.= Discourse, conversation, talk; interview, colloquy, parley, consultation; convention, convocation, meeting.

ANT. Silence; monologue; dispersion.

=Confess.= Acknowledge, admit, disclose, own, allow, grant, concede, avow.

ANT. Deny, conceal, repudiate, disavow, hide, dissemble.

=Confession.= Admission, avowal, acknowledgment; creed, doctrines, tenets, catechism, subscription.

ANT. Heresy, apostasy, protest, refutation, renunciation, abjuration.

=Confide.= Trust, rely, lean, hope, depend, believe, put confidence in.

ANT. Doubt, mistrust, disbelieve, disprove, despair of.

=Confident.= Assured, sure, positive, certain; bold, presumptuous, impudent, sanguine.

ANT. Dubious, doubtful, undecided, vacillating.

=Confidential.= Intimate, secret, private; trusty, faithful.

ANT. Public, patent, open; treacherous, insidious, traitorous.

=Configuration.= Outline, shape, form, contour.

ANT. Shapelessness, indeterminateness; distortion, deformity.

=Confine=, v. Limit, bound, imprison, restrict, circumscribe, enclose.

ANT. Widen, expand, liberate, unfasten, loosen, extend, dilate.

=Confirm.= Sanction, uphold, assure, establish, strengthen, substantiate, settle, corroborate.

ANT. Shatter, weaken, upset, annul, abrogate, cancel, destroy, shake.

=Confiscate.= Forfeit, seize, escheat, condemn, sequestrate.

ANT. Release, restore, refund.

=Conflagration.= Fire, arson, ignition, incendiarism, combustion.

ANT. Extinction, quenching; smoldering.

=Conflict.= Contest, battle, struggle, encounter; clashing, interference, disagreement, discord.

ANT. Amity, reconciliation, pacification, arbitration.

=Conform.= Agree, consent, harmonize, comply, correspond, comport.

ANT. Dissent, disagree; antagonize, secede; vary, differ.

=Confound.= Confuse, perplex, bewilder, mystify; surprise, astonish, astound, startle; destroy, ruin, overwhelm; disconcert, abash, shame.

ANT. Clear, set right, arrange, enlighten; save, protect; calm, console, soothe, restore.

=Confront.= Oppose, threaten, encounter, challenge, face, intimidate.

ANT. Encourage, abet, countenance.

=Confuse.= Mingle, confound; derange, disturb, perplex, embarrass, obscure, mortify.

ANT. Arrange; relieve, assist, allay; calm, restore.

=Congeal.= Freeze, convert to ice, benumb.

ANT. Melt, thaw, dissolve.

=Congenial.= Kindred, similar, sympathetic, suited, natural, proper, agreeable.

ANT. Disagreeable, abhorrent, unnatural, alien, dissimilar, unsuited, unsympathetic.

=Congenital.= Coeval, connatural, innate, inherent, ingenerate.

ANT. Unnatural, assumed, extraneous, acquired, artificial, adventitious.

=Congeries, Congestion.= Conglomeration, aggregation, accumulation, plethora, repletion.

ANT. Dissipation, diffusion, clearance, dispersion.

=Congratulate.= Felicitate, compliment, rejoice with.

ANT. Console, condole with, commiserate.

=Congregate.= Assemble, collect, meet, convene, gather, throng.

ANT. Disperse, disappear, separate, part, scatter.

=Congregation.= Assembly, meeting, audience, conference.

ANT. Dispersion, dismissal.

=Congress.= Parliament, conclave, cabinet, council, assembly, legislature, synod, convention, conference.

ANT. Cabal, sedition, uprising, mob; intrigue.

=Congruous.= Accordant, agreeing, harmonious, coherent, suitable, consistent, proper, appropriate.

ANT. Discordant, heterogeneous, inharmonious, improper, unsuitable.

=Conjecture=, n. Supposition, surmise, guess, hypothesis, theory, notion, divination.

ANT. Calculation, inference, deduction, proof; fact, surety, certainty, security.

=Conjuncture.= Combination, concurrence; emergency, crisis, exigency, juncture.

ANT. Provision, preparation, arrangement.

=Connection.= Conjunction, combination, union, association, dependence.

ANT. Independence, disjunction, dissociation, dissolution.

=Conquer.= Overcome, subjugate, master, vanquish, subdue, rout, defeat, overpower, overthrow, prevail over, reduce, win, surmount, worst, checkmate, beat, crush, down, discomfit.

ANT. Surrender, capitulate, cede, forfeit, fly, yield, retreat, withdraw, retire, submit, succumb, fall, lose, resign, fail.

=Conquest.= Victory, subjugation, triumph.

ANT. Defeat, failure, surrender, submission.

=Conscience.= Moral sense, intuition, integrity, principle.

ANT. Irresponsibility, laxity, undutifulness, unscrupulousness.

=Conscientious.= Scrupulous, exact, upright, high-principled, honest, honorable, equitable, incorruptible, fair, faithful.

ANT. Lax, unprincipled, unscrupulous, reprobate, dishonorable, faithless.

=Conscious.= Sensible, cognizant, aware, intelligent, advised, apprised, assured, sure, certain, informed; thinking, reflecting, rational, intellectual.

ANT. Insensible, unaware, ignorant, dead, cold, deaf; irrational, thoughtless.

=Conscription.= Drafting, impressment.

ANT. Volunteering, enlistment.

=Consecrate.= Dedicate, ordain; sanctify, hallow.

ANT. Desecrate, defile.

=Consecutive.= Sequent, continuous, orderly, following.

ANT. Disordered, rambling, discursive, illogical.

=Consent.= Assent, approve, agree, yield, comply, acquiesce.

ANT. Refuse, resist, decline, dissent.

=Consequence.= Result, issue, sequel, effect, outgrowth, event, end, upshot; importance, dignity, moment.

ANT. Cause, occasion, origin; axiom, postulate, premise, antecedence; insignificance, paltriness.

=Consequential.= Following, resulting, coherent, cogent, connected; pompous, self-conceited, arrogant, vainglorious.

ANT. Incoherent, illogical; affable, accessible, humble, considerate.

=Conservation.= Protection, perpetuation, preservation, maintenance.

ANT. Neglect, exposure, destruction, abolition.

=Conservative.= Stationary, traditional, opposed to change.

ANT. Radical, progressive, changeable, transitional, modifiable, innovating.

=Consider.= Think, ponder, meditate, reflect, investigate, weigh, deliberate, observe, attend, regard.

ANT. Guess, conjecture, ignore, chance, hazard.

=Considerate.= Kindly, thoughtful, reflective, careful, prudent, deliberate, serious, charitable, forbearing, cautious.

ANT. Rash, careless, imprudent, thoughtless, rude, selfish, overbearing, injudicious.

=Consignment.= Custody, commission, delegation; sending, shipping.

ANT. Miscommitment.

=Consistency.= Density, solidity, compactness, coherence; agreement, congruity, correspondence, uniformity, harmony, invariableness.

ANT. Tenuity, subtility, volatility; incoherence, incongruity, contrariety, contradiction.

=Console.= Comfort, condole with, sympathize, encourage, soothe, assuage, solace.

ANT. Distress, grieve, disturb, annoy, sadden, trouble, wound, hurt.

=Consolidate.= Solidify, harden, condense, compress, compact; thicken, strengthen, solder, cement, fuse; conjoin, combine.

ANT. Dissolve, melt, vaporize, weaken, dissipate, sublimate, pulverize; dissect, disjoin.

=Conspicuous.= Visible, apparent, discernible, plain, clear, perceptible, noticeable; eminent, distinguished, prominent, famous, noted, manifest.

ANT. Invisible, microscopic, hidden, imperceptible, unseen; ordinary, mediocre, commonplace.

=Conspiracy.= Intrigue, treason, cabal, plot, machination, combination; sedition.

ANT. Legislation, congress, parliament, synod.

=Constant.= Fixed, immutable, invariable, unchanging, permanent, perpetual; resolute, firm, steady; persevering, assiduous; incessant, unbroken, continuous; faithful, true, loyal, devoted.

ANT. Irregular, exceptional, casual, incidental, fickle, faithless, broken, treacherous, untrustworthy, false.

=Consternation.= Amazement, terror, alarm, dismay, panic, bewilderment.

ANT. Fearlessness, boldness, composure, presence of mind.

=Constituent.= Elector, patron, voter, supporter, sender; ingredient, component, element.

ANT. Representative, nominee; constitution, system, compound, whole.

=Constitution.= Organization, formation; quality, character, temperament, peculiarity, characteristic; charter, law.

ANT. Conspiracy, rebellion, tyranny, anarchy, despotism, destruction, disorganization; disposition, mood, frame of mind, temper.

=Construct.= Build, erect, invent, form, shape, combine.

ANT. Demolish, overthrow, destroy, derange.

=Construction.= Building, erection, composition, fabrication; structure, formation, form, figure; explanation, version, rendering, interpretation.

ANT. Dislocation, dismemberment, dissolution; misunderstanding, misconception.

=Consult.= Deliberate, take counsel, confer, advise with, canvass, question, consider, regard.

ANT. Dictate, counteract, contradict.

=Consume.= Eat up, devour; destroy, lavish, dissipate, waste, spend.

ANT. Discard, reject, throw aside; preserve, replenish, supply, provide.

=Consummate=, a. Perfect, excellent, supreme, finished, complete.

ANT. Common, faulty, defective, ordinary, mediocre.

=Consummation.= Achievement, attainment, completion, termination, accomplishment, fulfilment, realization, close, finish, finale.

ANT. Beginning, attempt, inception, initiation, source, origin.

=Consumption.= Expenditure, use, waste, extinction, destruction.

ANT. Development, increase, growth, enlargement, augmentation.

=Contact.= Touch, junction, contiguity, closeness, union.

ANT. Adjacence, proximity; separation, distance, isolation.

=Contagion.= Infection; contamination, taint, pestilence, corruption.

ANT. Prevention; antisepsis, disinfection.

=Contain.= Include, embody, comprehend, comprise, embrace; restrain, hold.

ANT. Omit, exclude, drop, discharge; yield, give way.

=Contaminate.= Taint, defile, corrupt, sully.

ANT. Cleanse, purify.

=Contemn.= Despise, scorn, disdain, slight.

ANT. Venerate, respect.

=Contemplate.= Meditate, study, ponder, survey, reflect; intend, design.

ANT. Overlook, waive, abandon; execute, complete, do.

=Contemptible.= Despicable, abject, base, worthless, mean, low.

ANT. Respectable, venerable; worthy, estimable, important, grave.

=Contend.= Strive, fight, struggle, combat; debate, argue, dispute; affirm, assert, maintain, claim.

ANT. Concede, allow, surrender.

=Content.= Satisfied, pleased, easy, willing, resigned, gratified.

ANT. Reluctant, unwilling, unsatisfied, rebellious, discontent.

=Contention.= Strife, dissension, quarrel, rupture, dispute, debate, controversy, altercation.

ANT. Peace, amity, harmony, concord, reconciliation.

=Contingent=, a. Casual, happening, fortuitous, dependent, incidental, provisional, uncertain.

ANT. Independent, absolute, positive, uncontrolled, uninfluenced, unaffected.

=Continual.= Incessant, ceaseless, invariable, perpetual, constant, uninterrupted, unbroken, unremitting, continuous.

ANT. Exceptional, irregular, casual, contingent, intermittent, interrupted, suspended.

=Continually.= Constantly, perpetually, ever, always, repeatedly, frequently, continuously.

ANT. Occasionally, rarely, sometimes.

=Continue.= Remain, endure, persist; abide, stay, tarry; persevere, be constant or steadfast.

ANT. Stop, cease, fail, pause.

=Contract=, n. Compact, stipulation, agreement, arrangement, bargain, covenant, pact, obligation, pledge, engagement, bond.

ANT. Promise, parole, assurance, understanding, assumption.

=Contract=, v. Narrow, abbreviate, abridge, lessen, reduce, compress; shrivel, shrink; agree, stipulate, bargain.

ANT. Expand, amplify, dilate; reverse, cancel, abandon.

=Contradict.= Deny, gainsay, dispute, impugn, controvert; oppose, counteract, annul, thwart, abrogate.

ANT. Maintain, argue, confirm, state, affirm, endorse.

=Contrary.= Opposite, opposed, adverse, counter; conflicting, contradictory, antagonistic, repugnant; perverse, obstinate, stubborn, headstrong.

ANT. Compatible, agreeing, kindred, compliant, submissive; consistent.

=Contrast=, v. Differentiate, discriminate, oppose, compare.

ANT. Resemble, be like or similar, liken, harmonize.

=Contribute.= Add, give, coöperate, assist, subscribe, supply.

ANT. Refuse, withhold, deny.

=Contribution.= Donation, offering, gift, subscription, subsidy, aid, assistance.

ANT. Withholding, retention, reservation.

=Contrive.= Plan, design, devise, invent, project, form, frame, scheme, plot, consider; manage, make out; concert, adjust.

ANT. Hit, chance, venture, bungle, hazard; mismanage, miscontrive.

=Control=, v. Direct, manage, rule, command, sway, superintend; hinder, repress, restrain, curb, check.

ANT. License, free; neglect, abandon; mismanage, misconduct.

=Controversy.= Dispute, altercation, contention, disagreement.

ANT. Agreement, unanimity, coincidence.

=Contumacy.= Obstinacy, stubbornness, perverseness, pertinacity, obduracy; disobedience, insolence.

ANT. Docility, tractableness, flattering, fawning, servility.

=Contumely.= Obloquy, reproach, opprobrium, insolence, abuse, contempt, scorn, disdain, arrogance.

ANT. Regard, consideration, adulation, obsequiousness.

=Convene.= Assemble, meet, congregate, summon, master, collect.

ANT. Dismiss, disperse, disband, dissipate.

=Convenient.= Suitable, fit, appropriate, proper, adapted; advantageous, commodious, comfortable, useful, serviceable.

ANT. Inconvenient, useless, awkward, superfluous; inopportune.

=Convention.= Assemblage, conference, meeting, concourse, session, synod, congress, convocation; treaty, compact.

ANT. Recess, dissolution, prorogation; dispersion, scattering; promise, understanding, parole.

=Conventional.= Usual, customary, ordinary, habitual, regular, wonted, prevalent, social, everyday; stipulated.

ANT. Unusual, erratic, extraordinary; legal, compulsory.

=Conversant.= Familiar, skilled, acquainted, proficient, versed.

ANT. Strange, ignorant, unversed, unlearned.

=Conversation.= Converse, communion, intercourse, parley, talk, chat, conference, communication, discourse, colloquy, dialogue.

ANT. Speech, oration, harangue, soliloquy, apostrophe, monologue, silence, taciturnity.

=Converse=, a. Opposite, reverse, contrary, counter, contradictory.

ANT. Identical, one, same, indistinguishable; direct, primary.

=Conversion.= Alteration, transmutation, change, transformation.

ANT. Permanence, identity, persistence, conservation.

=Convertible.= Equivalent, interchangeable, identical; reversible.

ANT. Variant, contrary, incommensurate.

=Convey.= Take, transfer, move, change, carry, shift, transmit, transport, remove, consign, relegate.

ANT. Retain, preserve, hold, cling to, possess.

=Conviction.= Belief, assurance, persuasion; confutation, refutation; proof, detection.

ANT. Doubt, disbelief, misgiving; vindication, justification.

=Convince.= Persuade, satisfy, enlighten, indoctrinate, inoculate.

ANT. Mislead, mystify, perplex, puzzle, unsettle, upset; turn, convert.

=Convivial.= Social, festive, hospitable, jovial, jolly, companionable, gay.

ANT. Inhospitable, unsocial, unneighborly, churlish; abstemious, ascetic, austere.

=Convocation.= Convention, congress, assemblage, council, synod.

ANT. Dispersion, disruption, dismission, dismissal.

=Convolution.= Coil, involution, spiral, twist, contortion.

ANT. Unfolding, evolution, unraveling, explication.

=Convoy.= Escort, guard, attendance, protection.

ANT. Capture, betrayal, onset, onslaught, hold up.

=Convulse.= Disturb, shake, agitate.

ANT. Calm, compose, soothe, assuage.

=Cool.= Somewhat cold, chilling, frigid, freezing; unimpassioned, composed, collected, unruffled, self-possessed, sedate, placid, quiet; indifferent, unconcerned, apathetic.

ANT. Hot, warm, burning, heated, excitable, ardent, eager.

=Coöperate.= Assist, abet, help, conspire, concur, co-labor.

ANT. Oppose, thwart, rival, counteract, conflict, hinder, defeat, frustrate.

=Coördinate.= Equal, equivalent, proportionate, commensurate, tantamount, equipollent.

ANT. Subordinate; disparate, extraneous; inferior, superior.

=Copy.= Portraiture, facsimile, duplicate, imitation, likeness, image, transcript, counterfeit.

ANT. Model, original, pattern, example, prototype, archetype, exemplar.

=Cordial.= Earnest, warm, hearty, ardent, affectionate, sincere, invigorating, refreshing, pleasing, grateful.

ANT. Cool, formal, ceremonious, distant, reserved, disinclined.

=Corner.= Angle, bend, crotch, knee; nook, recess, niche, retreat.

ANT. Abutment, protrusion, prominence, convexity, projection.

=Corollary.= Inference, conclusion, deduction, consequence.

ANT. Problem, proposition.

=Corporal, Corporeal.= Fleshly, bodily, material, physical.

ANT. Spiritual, mental, intellectual, moral, ethereal, immaterial.

=Corps.= Body of troops, division of army, squadron, band, company.

ANT. Aggregate, army, host, mass, force, organization.

=Corpse.= Remains, dead body, cadaver, carcass, dust.

ANT. Soul, spirit, individual, personality, mentality.

=Corpulent.= Fat, fleshy, plump, obese, portly, round, stout.

ANT. Lean, thin, attenuated, emaciated, slight, slender, frail.

=Correct.= True, exact, accurate, proper, faultless, right.

ANT. False, untrue, wrong, inexact, inaccurate, fallacious, defective.

=Corrective.= Regulative, preventive, alterative, preservative, rectifying, modifying, improving, reformatory.

ANT. Confirmative, stimulative, intensitive, provocative, conducive.

=Correlation.= Interrelation, correspondence, apposition, interdependence, mutuality, reciprocation, interchange, reciprocity.

ANT. Contradiction, independence, opposition, inconsistency, incongruity.

=Correspond.= Agree, suit, match, fit, tally, harmonize, answer, correlate, stand counter; communicate, write.

ANT. Vary, disagree, clash, jar; ignore, disregard, neglect.

=Correspondence.= Adaptation, agreement, congruity; writing, letter, despatches, communication.

ANT. Conversation; withdrawal, non-intercourse; incongruity, discord, disagreement.

=Corroborate.= Strengthen, establish, sustain, support, confirm.

ANT. Weaken, confute, rebut, invalidate, shake, enfeeble, overthrow.

=Corrode.= Consume, eat away, waste, impair, rust, canker, wear, crumble.

ANT. Renew, restore.

=Corrupt=, v. Defile, pollute, infect, taint, vitiate, demoralize, contaminate, debase, spoil, deteriorate.

ANT. Cleanse, purify, better, correct, ameliorate.

=Corruption.= Decay, decomposition, pollution, defilement, infection, contamination, adulteration; depravity, immorality, laxity, wickedness; dishonesty, bribery.

=Cost.= Price, worth, expenditure, expense, charge, disbursement, outlay; preciousness, richness, splendor; loss, damage, pain.

=Costume.= Dress, livery, robes, uniform.

ANT. Disguise, incognito; nudity, nakedness.

=Council.= Cabinet, bureau, chamber, conclave, synod, convocation, meeting, conference, parliament, consultation, convention.

ANT. Cabal, league, conspiracy; multitude, mob.

=Counsel.= Advice, consultation, opinion, suggestion, recommendation, instruction, caution, admonition; deliberation, forethought; plan, design, scheme; purpose; lawyer, barrister, attorney.

=Count.= Compute, reckon, add, tell, estimate, number, enumerate, sum, calculate.

ANT. Guess, conjecture, surmise, think, fancy.

=Countenance=, v. Approve, support, sanction, help, aid, abet, encourage, patronize, befriend, assist, favor.

ANT. Oppose, confront, discourage, browbeat, face, compare, disparage.

=Counter.= Contrary, opposed, opposite, against.

ANT. Accordant with, coincident, consonant.

=Counteract.= Oppose, foil, baffle, thwart, hinder, rival, resist, defeat, cross, frustrate, neutralize.

ANT. Aid, coöperate, subserve, promote, advance, assist.

=Counterfeit=, n. Forgery, fraudulent copy, cheat, artifice, pretense, sham, fabrication.

ANT. Exposure, detection; verity, fact, truth, reality.

=Countermand.= Abrogate, annul, revoke, rescind, recall, make void.

ANT. Order, command, bid, charge, enjoin, direct, instruct.

=Counterpart.= Duplicate, copy; correlative, complement, supplement, obverse; match, mate, tally, twin.

ANT. Antithesis, contradiction, contrast.

=Countervail.= Balance, compensate, make up, counterbalance, offset.

ANT. Overthrow, unbalance, weigh down.

=Countryman.= Rustic, agriculturist, farmer, swain, yeoman, laborer, peasant, husbandman; clown, boor.

ANT. Citizen, townsman; alien.

=Couple=, v. Link, unite, connect, join, clasp, tie, yoke, buckle, pair, splice, button; marry, wed.

ANT. Loose, part, separate, detach, isolate, unclasp; divorce.

=Courage.= Bravery, valor, fearlessness, spirit, heroism, fortitude, hardihood, boldness, daring, mettle, pluck, resolution, intrepidity.

ANT. Cowardice, timidity, fear, dread, terror, dismay, consternation.

=Course.= Route, way, road, track, race; direction, bearing, progress, process; career; succession, order, regularity; deportment, conduct; series, system.

ANT. Deviation; disorder, discursion; hindrance, error.

=Court=, v. Woo, flatter, seek, invite, solicit.

ANT. Avoid, shun, repudiate, repel, antagonize.

=Courtesy.= Politeness, affability, urbanity, civility, complaisance.

ANT. Rudeness, incivility, churlishness, ungraciousness.

=Courtly.= Polished, elegant, polite, ceremonious, formal, respectful.

ANT. Undignified, unrefined, coarse, awkward, boorish, plebeian.

=Covenant.= Agreement, stipulation, bond, compact, contract, bargain, arrangement, concordant, pact, treaty.

ANT. Promise, understanding, assurance, parole.

=Cover=, v. Hide, conceal, overspread, overlay, secrete, cloak, veil, screen, mask, shroud, disguise; invest, clothe, wrap; protect, shelter, shield, guard, defend; comprehend, comprise, embrace; balance, compensate, countervail.

ANT. Expose, reveal, produce, exhibit; betray, divulge; omit, exclude.

=Covet.= Desire, long for, wish for, aim after, aspire to.

ANT. Dislike, despise; undervalue.

=Covetous.= Eager, avaricious, desirous, greedy, grasping, acquisitive, rapacious.

ANT. Liberal, unselfish, generous, bountiful.

=Coward.= Craven, recreant, dastard.

ANT. Hero, champion; daredevil, desperado.

=Coy.= Bashful, shy, modest, reserved, retreating, shrinking.

ANT. Bold, forward, impertinent, pert, brazen, flippant.

=Crack.= Split, break, chop, rend, cleave, snap; craze, madden.

ANT. Mend, unite, repair; restore, heal.

=Craft.= Skill, ability, power, talent, dexterity, aptitude, tact; artifice, shrewdness, guile, deception, cunning, deceit; art, trade, employment, vocation, calling; vessel.

ANT. Inaptitude, tactlessness; fairness, openness, candor, sincerity, frankness, ingenuousness, straightforwardness.

=Cramp.= Restrain, hinder, check, confine, hamper, clog, fetter, cripple.

ANT. Free, liberate, loose, expand, ease, relieve, extricate.

=Crash.= Jar, uproar, clash, rending, noise, clang, resonance.

ANT. Murmur, whisper; silence.

=Crassitude.= Grossness, thickness, density, corpulence, obesity.

ANT. Tenuity, agility, activity; spareness, slightness.

=Crave.= Intreat, beg, beseech, implore, supplicate, desire, long for, hunger for, yearn.

ANT. Demand, insist, require.

=Crazy.= Shattered, broken, tottering; distracted, mad, lunatic, insane, delirious, cracked, demented, deranged.

ANT. Sound, robust, vigorous, sane, whole.

=Create.= Form, produce, make, originate, cause, occasion, appoint, constitute; beget, engender, generate; imagine, compose, fashion, design.

ANT. Destroy, demolish, annihilate.

=Creature.= Created being, being, animal, man, person; dependent, vassal, parasite; wretch, miscreant.

ANT. Chimera, ghost, hallucination, fantasy, phantom, conceit, crotchet.

=Credence.= Belief, trust, faith, acceptance, confidence, reliance.

ANT. Denial, distrust, disbelief, doubt, skepticism.

=Credentials.= Diploma, missive, title, warrant, vouchers, certificates, testimonials.

=Credible.= Probable, possible, reliable, trustworthy, likely.

ANT. Improbable, unlikely, incredible, unreliable, untrustworthy.

=Credit.= Trust, belief, faith, confidence, credence, reliance; reputation, influence, power; esteem, regard; loan, securities.

ANT. Insecurity; distrust; shame, disgrace, censure.

=Credulity.= Gullibility, credulousness, simplicity.

ANT. Skepticism, suspiciousness, incredulity, shrewdness.

=Creed.= Belief, catechism, confession, articles of faith, tenets, dogmas, doctrines.

ANT. Protest, abjuration, disbelief, recantation, retraction.

=Crestfallen.= Downcast, dispirited, dejected, disheartened, depressed, desponding, low-spirited, down-hearted.

ANT. Exuberant, elated, confident, inspirited.

=Crew.= Gang, set, band, horde, crowd, mob, throng.

ANT. Supercargo; bevy, galaxy, cream, élite.

=Crime.= Offense, misdeed, wrong, felony, sin, iniquity, misdemeanor, enormity, transgression, wickedness, delinquency.

ANT. Good deed, well-doing, exploit, achievement, duty, service, benefit, benefaction, heroism.

=Criminal=, a. Immoral, iniquitous, sinful, unlawful, wicked, wrong, vile, nefarious, culpable, abominable, illegal, vicious.

ANT. Virtuous, moral, innocent, just, honorable, praiseworthy, lawful, legal, right, meritorious.

=Criminate.= Charge, accuse, arraign, impeach.

ANT. Acquit, absolve, extricate.

=Cripple=, v. Weaken, disable, impair, break down, cramp, curtail.

ANT. Renovate, strengthen, augment, liberate, ease, expedite.

=Criterion.= Standard, test, rule, touchstone, measure, canon, proof.

ANT. Eye, glance; intention, conjecture.

=Critic.= Judge, censor, reviewer, connoisseur; caviller, carper; arbiter, savant.

ANT. Artist, author, writer, performer, maker, poet, composer.

=Critical.= Accurate, nice, exact; decisive, crucial, determining, important; dangerous, hazardous, imminent, momentous, dubious, precarious.

ANT. Inexact, loose, undiscriminating; unimportant, inconclusive; safe, sure, settled, decided, retrieved, redressed.

=Criticism.= Censure, stricture, animadversion, review, critique.

ANT. Approbation, praise, approval.

=Criticize.= Examine, estimate, judge, discuss, analyze, anatomize, scan, animadvert.

ANT. Survey, overlook, slur, skim, slight, neglect.

=Crooked.= Bent, curved, bowed; distorted, twisted, wry, askew, deformed, disfigured; perverse, contumacious, capricious; dishonest, unfair, unscrupulous, knavish, deceitful, tricky.

ANT. Straight, linear, upright, direct, honest, straightforward.

=Cross.= Fretful, petulant, peevish, snappish, touchy, morose, ill-natured, sullen, snarling, cynical, sour, out of humor, captious, crabbed, sulky.

ANT. Amiable, genial, good-tempered, good-natured, blithesome, charming, winsome, attractive, benign.

=Crowd.= Throng, multitude, concourse, press, horde, herd, host, rabble, mob, populace.

ANT. Cream, élite, bevy, constellation, galaxy; solitude, solitariness.

=Crown=, n. Diadem, coronet, garland, chaplet, wreath, laurel, bays; reward, honor, distinction, dignity; summit, crest, top, head, brow, apex.

ANT. Base, bottom, floor, foot, pedestal, foundation, sole; infamy, shame.

=Crown=, v. Complete, consummate, conclude, seal, achieve, accomplish.

ANT. Mar, spoil, frustrate, fail.

=Crucial.= Severe, trying, searching, decisive, critical, momentous, strategic.

ANT. Superficial, indifferent, mild, lenient, lax, unimportant.

=Crude.= Raw, immature, unripe; coarse, unrefined; undigested, unconsidered, unpolished, uncouth, awkward.

ANT. Mature; refined, sensitive; well-considered, finished, classical, highly wrought, elaborate.

=Cruel.= Inhuman, merciless, unfeeling, dire, ruthless, pitiless, relentless, savage, brutal, ferocious, blood-thirsty, sanguinary; severe, sharp, bitter, hard.

ANT. Gentle, mild, merciful, humane, forbearing, generous.

=Crush.= Pound, crumble, demolish, overpower, squeeze, compress, bruise, shatter, raze, pulverize.

ANT. Consolidate, compact, amalgamate, solidify, stabilitate.

=Culmination.= Zenith, success, consummation, acme, completion, apex.

ANT. Failure, downfall, defeat, descent, decline.

=Culpable.= Blameworthy, blamable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty, wrong.

ANT. Innocent, blameless, laudable, praiseworthy.

=Culprit.= Criminal, delinquent, felon, malefactor, offender.

ANT. Hero, example, pattern, model, saint, upright man.

=Cultivate.= Till; fertilize; improve, refine, train, discipline, develop; study, pursue, investigate; nourish, foster, cherish, promote.

ANT. Neglect, blight, blast; uproot, eradicate, extirpate; stifle, abandon, prevent, discourage.

=Cunning.= Craft, artifice, deceit, intrigue, subtlety, chicane.

ANT. Candor, guilelessness, sincerity.

=Cupidity.= Longing, greed, lust; covetousness, avarice, acquisitiveness, stinginess.

ANT. Prodigality, liberality, generosity, extravagance.

=Curb.= Restrain, check, control, repress, bridle.

ANT. Indulge, emancipate, loose, release, free, liberate.

=Cure=, n. Remedy, antidote, restorative, corrective, help, specific; healing, restoration, convalescence, alleviation, renovation.

ANT. Complaint, contagion, disease, ailment; aggravation, confirmation; inoculation.

=Curiosity.= Inquisitiveness, wonder, marvel, rarity, celebrity; inquiry, investigation, scrutiny, research.

ANT. Indifference, heedlessness, disregard, abstraction; apathy.

=Curious.= Prying, meddling, inquisitive, searching, scrutinizing; rare, singular, strange; elegant, finished.

ANT. Indifferent, uninterested; trite, common, usual.

=Current.= Common, general, prevalent, present, floating, popular, ordinary, vulgar.

ANT. Obsolete, rejected, exploded; private, secret; confined.

=Curse=, n. Execration, malediction, anathema, denunciation; scourge, plague, torment, affliction, trouble; imprecation, ban, oath.

ANT. Blessing, benediction, joy, crown; prosperity, welfare, luck, success.

=Cursory.= Hasty, superficial, desultory, careless, slight, rapid.

ANT. Elaborate, searching, minute, profound.

=Custody.= Care, keeping, protection; confinement, duress, imprisonment.

ANT. Neglect, betrayal, exposure, desertion; liberation discharge.

=Custom.= Usage, habit, fashion, practice, rule; form, formality, observance; patronage; duty, tax.

ANT. Law, regulation, command; disuse, non-observance, desuetude.

=Cutting.= Sharp, keen; sarcastic, severe, satirical, wounding, piercing, trenchant, stinging, sardonic, cruel.

ANT. Mild, soothing, flattering, indulgent, consoling, gratifying.

=Cynical.= Censorious, churlish, carping, cross, peevish; derisive, contemptuous, scornful, pessimistic, misanthropic.

ANT. Genial, lenient; optimistic, philanthropic.

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=Dainty.= Exquisite, choice, rare, refined; savory, palatable, delicious, toothsome, tasty, epicurean; fastidious, luxurious.

ANT. Common, dirty, vulgar, coarse, defiled, nasty, foul, filthy.

=Damage.= Hurt, injury, detriment, loss, mischief, impairment.

ANT. Benefit, compensation, advantage, blessing, reparation.

=Danger.= Peril, risk, hazard, venture, insecurity, liability, jeopardy.

ANT. Safety, security, precaution, defense.

=Daring.= Adventurous, fearless, risky, brave, courageous, dauntless, intrepid, valorous.

ANT. Cautious, timid, wary, fearful.

=Dark.= Black, swarthy, opaque, obscure, shadowy, lurid, sunless, murky, cloudy, overcast, ebon, pitchy, secret; mysterious, enigmatical, unintelligible, occult, abstruse; gloomy, disheartening, cheerless, dismal; ignorant, rude, untaught, benighted; wicked, foul, horrible, damnable, vile, atrocious, infernal; joyless, mournful, sad, sorrowful.

ANT. White, fair, light, radiant, bright, clear, buoyant, plain, brilliant, glaring, crystalline, transparent, dazzling, luminous, illumed; happy, joyful, festive.

=Darling.= Sweetheart, love, pet, favorite, idol, dear.

=Dash.= Strike, hurl, cast, throw, drive, send, speed, dart; alloy, adulterate; suffuse, overspread, color; disappoint, ruin, frustrate; surprise, abash.

ANT. Raise, erect, reinstate; creep, crawl; fulfil, realize, effect.

=Dastard.= Coward, craven, recreant.

ANT. Hero, champion; daredevil.

=Data.= Facts, basis, grounds, postulates, premises, given conditions.

ANT. Conjectures, assumptions, inferences, deductions.

=Date.= Time, era, epoch, period, age.

ANT. Non-duration; eternity.

=Daub.= Smear, plaster, sully, begrime, soil, deface, defile.

ANT. Embellish, decorate; cleanse, whiten.

=Daunt.= Terrify, alarm, intimidate, appal, frighten off, tame.

ANT. Rally, inspirit, encourage.

=Dauntless.= Valiant, fearless, intrepid, bold, indomitable, unconquerable, valorous, chivalrous, heroic, brave, daring.

ANT. Cowardly, timid, cautious, fearful, afraid, faint-hearted, shrinking.

=Dawn.= Appear, begin, open; break, grow light, rise.

ANT. Wane, set, sink, close.

=Dazzle.= Daze, blind; astonish, surprise, overpower, bewilder, confuse.

ANT. Enlighten, illumine, illuminate; make clear, instruct.

=Dead.= Lifeless, breathless, inanimate, deceased, defunct, departed; dull, cold, frigid, inert, indifferent; tasteless, insipid, flat; insensible, heavy, unconscious, spiritless, still, torpid.

ANT. Quick, live, living, animate, alive, stirring, vivacious.

=Deadly.= Mortal, fatal, destructive, noxious, murderous, malignant, pernicious, baneful, venomous.

ANT. Vital, wholesome, life-giving.

=Deaf.= Hard of hearing; dull, insensible, heedless; inexorable, averse, disinclined; inaudible.

ANT. Acute, listening, attentive, willing, susceptible.

=Deal.= Bargain, chaffer, trade, traffic, do business; distribute, allot, divide, share, mete out.

ANT. Close, stop, fail; collect, gather, glean, muster.

=Dear.= Costly, high-priced, expensive, precious; beloved, valued.

ANT. Cheap, common, inexpensive; hated, abhorred.

=Dearth.= Lack, want, scarcity, poverty.

ANT. Plenty, abundance, luxury.

=Death.= Decease, dying, dissolution, departure, exit, expiration.

ANT. Life, birth, rise, vitality, growth, activity.

=Debar.= Exclude, bar out, stop, prevent, prohibit, restrain, hinder.

ANT. Admit, enclose, embrace; allow, indulge, permit, entitle.

=Debase.= Degrade, deprave, corrupt, alloy, deteriorate, lower, impair.

ANT. Raise, enhance, exalt, honor, purify, improve, ameliorate.

=Debate=, n. Discussion, dispute, controversy, contention, altercation, contest.

ANT. Compliance, surrender, withdrawal of opposition.

=Debatable.= Dubious, doubtful, uncertain, disputable, problematical.

ANT. Sure, certain, incontestable, self-evident.

=Debauch.= Seduce, corrupt, vitiate, defile.

ANT. Purify, elevate.

=Debility.= Infirmity, weakness, languor, exhaustion, feebleness.

ANT. Vigor, strength, nerve, energy, tone, vitality.

=Debt.= Liability, obligation, default, claim, score.

ANT. Liquidation, assets, accommodation, credit.

=Debtor.= Borrower, mortgagor.

ANT. Creditor, lender, mortgagee.

=Decay=, v. Corrupt, putrefy, decompose, rot, spoil, molder, wither, perish.

ANT. Flourish, luxuriate, expand, vegetate, grow, increase.

=Deceit.= Fraud, deception, cheating, artifice, imposition, guile.

ANT. Honesty, openness, fair dealing, frankness, truth, verity.

=Deceive.= Cheat, dupe, delude, beguile, fool, trick, impose upon, disappoint, mislead, circumvent, entrap.

ANT. Enlighten, guide, disabuse, deliver.

=Deception.= Craft, cunning, lying, fraud, hypocrisy, trickery, delusion, duplicity, deceitfulness, falsehood, prevarication.

ANT. Candor, honesty, sincerity, truth, veracity, guilelessness, frankness, simplicity.

=Decide.= Determine, settle, conclude, close, terminate, end, resolve.

ANT. Waver, hesitate, vacillate, fluctuate, be irresolute.

=Decipher.= Reveal, explain, unravel, unfold.

ANT. Puzzle, mystify.

=Decision.= Determination, sentence, conclusion, judgment; firmness, resolution.

ANT. Vacillation, vagueness, uncertainty.

=Decisive.= Conclusive, positive, final, definitive, indisputable.

ANT. Vague, hypothetical, indeterminate, dubious, problematical.

=Deck.= Adorn, dress, ornament.

ANT. Strip, despoil; deform, deface.

=Declaim.= Recite, speak, debate, harangue.

ANT. Study, compose, elaborate.

=Declamation.= Harangue, effusion, debate, oratory, elocution.

ANT. Hesitation, stammering.

=Declaration.= Assertion, affirmation, avowal; publication, proclamation, official announcement.

ANT. Denial; concealment; recantation, disavowal, retraction.

=Declare.= Announce, publish, advertise, reveal, proclaim.

ANT. Suppress, withhold, conceal.

=Decline.= Fall, decay, decadence, degeneration; refusal, rejection, repudiation.

ANT. Rise, advancement, improvement; acceptance.

=Declivity.= Fall, slope, descent.

ANT. Ascent, rise.

=Decoction.= Concoction, mixture, mess.

ANT. Rawness. crudity.

=Decompose.= Analyze, dissolve, resolve; decay, putrefy, become corrupt.

ANT. Compound, mix, organize, compose.

=Decorate.= Adorn, embellish, improve.

ANT. Spoil, mar, denude, deface.

=Decorum.= Dignity, order, propriety, seemliness.

ANT. Disorder, disturbance, unseemliness.

=Decrease.= Lessen, diminish, subside, want, dwindle, curtail, retrench, reduce, lower.

ANT. Increase, grow, augment, expand.

=Decree.= Decision, determination, law, edict, mandate, manifesto.

ANT. Suggestion, request, hint.

=Decrepit.= Weak, infirm, tottering, aged.

ANT. Strong, youthful.

=Decry.= Disparage, detract, depreciate, denounce, abase, traduce.

ANT. Extol, praise, eulogize, laud.

=Dedicate.= Devote, hallow, sanctify, consecrate; address, inscribe; assign, apply, set apart.

ANT. Desecrate, misuse, alienate.

=Deduce.= Infer, draw, derive, conclude.

ANT. Induce, state, conjecture, guess, anticipate, foresee.

=Deed.= Performance, act, action, exploit; reality, fact, truth; document, instrument.

ANT. Omission, failure, invalidation, reversal, recall; undoing.

=Deep.= Profound; difficult, mysterious, hard, intricate; penetrating, sagacious, astute, intelligent, discerning, shrewd; heartfelt, intense, thorough.

ANT. Shallow; superficial, artless, undesigning; indifferent.

=Default.= Neglect, failure, omission; want, destitution, lack; lapse, forfeit, delinquency, absence.

ANT. Satisfaction; appearance, plea; maintenance, supply; presence.

=Defeat.= Overthrow, frustration, discomfiture.

ANT. Success, triumph, victory.

=Defect.= Fault, flaw, imperfection; omission, want, shortcoming.

ANT. Emendation, perfection; supply, sufficiency.

=Defense.= Apology, justification, vindication; shelter, shield, protection, guard, resistance, rampart, fortress, safeguard, bulwark.

ANT. Surrender, betrayal, exposure, hazard; challenge.

=Defer.= Delay, postpone, procrastinate, adjourn, put off; yield to, respect.

ANT. Hasten, hurry, expedite, quicken, overdrive; slight, disregard.

=Deference.= Respect, consideration, esteem, veneration, homage.

ANT. Disrespect, contumely, impudence, defiance, disobedience.

=Defile.= Contaminate, spoil, pollute, vitiate, infect, taint, befoul.

ANT. Purify, cleanse, disinfect, wash, hallow, sanctify.

=Definition.= Description, exposition, comment, explanation, interpretation, rendering, translation.

ANT. Misstatement.

=Deformity.= Ugliness, malformation, distortion, disfigurement, abnormity, hideousness.

ANT. Grace, beauty, regularity, symmetry.

=Defrayment.= Payment, settlement, liquidation, discharge.

ANT. Failure, insolvency, repudiation, embezzlement, nonpayment.

=Defy.= Challenge, dare, provoke, scorn, brave.

ANT. Dread, cower, shrink, shun.

=Degeneracy.= Degradation, deterioration, growing worse, decay, decline; inferiority, meanness.

ANT. Improvement, advancement.

=Degree.= Grade, rank, step, station, stage, quality, standing; measure, interval, space.

ANT. Mass, magnitude, size, numbers.

=Dejected.= Disheartened, discouraged, depressed, downcast, despondent, gloomy, melancholy, low-spirited.

ANT. Cheerful, elated, gay, blithe, inspirited, joyous, jovial, merry.

=Delay.= Postponement, procrastination; hindrance, impediment.

ANT. Hurry, despatch, quickening, urgency; assistance, furtherance.

=Delegate=, n. Substitute, proxy, representative, legate, deputy.

=Delegate=, v. Depute, commission, appoint, empower, constitute, ordain.

ANT. Relegate, recall, supersede, remove.

=Deleterious.= Destructive, noxious, deadly, poisonous; hurtful, harmful, injurious, pernicious, unwholesome.

ANT. Wholesome, healthy, beneficial, sanitary, salubrious, nutritious.

=Deliberate=, v. Meditate, ponder, debate, confer, consider, reflect, consult, weigh, cogitate.

ANT. Shelve, dismiss, discard, put aside; hazard, chance, risk.

=Deliberate=, a. Cautious, careful, wary; well-advised, purposed, studied; slow, leisurely; intentional, earnest, unbiased.

ANT. Facetious, playful; irresolute, hesitant, faltering, vacillating; impulsive, rash, hasty; prejudiced.

=Delicacy.= Dainty, morsel, tidbit, relish; refinement, luxury, nicety, elegance; frailty, weakness; fastidiousness, scrupulousness; purity, sensibility.

ANT. Necessaries, commons, fare; coarseness, roughness, rudeness; vigor, strength; grossness.

=Delicious.= Dainty, savory, delightful, luscious, exquisite.

ANT. Nauseous, repulsive, bitter, loathsome, unpalatable, acrid.

=Delight.= Joy, gladness, charm, rapture, transport, satisfaction, pleasure, ecstasy, happiness, enjoyment, bliss.

ANT. Pain, suffering, sorrow, misery, discomfort, dejection, melancholy, discontent, trouble, distress, depression.

=Delightful.= Agreeable, congenial, grateful, pleasant, refreshing, welcome, satisfying, delicious, acceptable, pleasurable.

ANT. Miserable, depressing, disappointing, horrible, melancholy, painful, woful, wretched, mournful, saddening.

=Delineate.= Describe, figure, represent, sketch, draw, portray, depict, paint.

ANT. Caricature, misrepresent, exaggerate.

=Delinquent.= Offender, culprit, criminal, miscreant, malefactor.

ANT. Worthy, model, paragon, pattern, beau ideal.

=Deliver.= Free, liberate, release; save, rescue; give, hand over, transfer; yield, grant, resign, surrender; pronounce, declare, speak; discharge, deal.

ANT. Confine, capture; suppress, retain; withdraw, betray; appropriate.

=Deluge.= Inundation, flood, overflow, rush, cataclysm.

ANT. Drought, dearth, aridity; mist, moisture; subsidence, ebb, abatement.

=Delusion.= Error, fallacy, illusion, hallucination, trick, snare, fraud, deception, imposture.

ANT. Fact, certainty, verity, actuality, truth, reality.

=Demand.= Require, ask, call for, insist, exact, challenge.

ANT. Request, petition, supplicate; disclaim, forego, waive.

=Demarcation.= Outline, sketch, limit, boundary, division, enclosure, separation, distinction.

ANT. Openness, space, expanse, extent.

=Demean.= Behave, comport, act, conduct one’s self.

ANT. Misbehave.

=Demerit.= Fault, delinquency, misdeed, failure.

ANT. Credit, merit, worth, excellence, desert.

=Democratic.= Popular, representative, republican, radical.

ANT. Imperial, aristocratic, regal, oligarchical, autocratic, despotic, tyrannical, constitutional, conservative.

=Demolish.= Overthrow, destroy, overturn, raze, ruin.

ANT. Restore, repair; build, construct, make.

=Demonstration.= Exhibition, exemplification; manifestation, illustration; evidence, proof, certainty, conclusion, consequence, induction, inference, deduction.

ANT. Concealment, secrecy; theory, supposition.

=Demoralize.= Corrupt, deprave, vitiate, undermine, subvert.

ANT. Stimulate, impel, promote, incite, reassure, animate, uplift.

=Demure.= Sedate, staid, modest, prudish, discreet.

ANT. Lively, vivacious, facetious, wanton, wild.

=Denial.= Refusal; contradiction, negation, disavowal.

ANT. Affirmation, avowal, admission, concession.

=Denizen.= Citizen, subject, inhabitant, dweller, sojourner.

ANT. Foreigner, alien, traveler, stranger, transient.

=Denomination.= Name, designation, description, appellation, class, sect, school.

ANT. Misnomer.

=Denounce.= Brand, defame, stigmatize, decry; accuse; menace, threaten; proscribe, vituperate.

ANT. Eulogize, applaud, uphold, vindicate.

=Dense.= Thick, slow, compact, solid, close, thickset.

ANT. Sparse, thin, scattered; quick, intelligent, clever, alert, ready.

=Denunciation.= Censure, arraignment; threat, menace; exposure.

ANT. Vindication, defense, apology, plea, excuse.

=Deny.= Refuse, withhold; contradict, gainsay; renounce, abjure, disown.

ANT. Affirm, grant, accept, concede; indulge, yield, admit.

=Depart.= Leave, go, start, sally, retire, disappear, vanish, bid farewell; die, decease.

ANT. Arrive, alight; stay, remain, cling.

=Department.= Division, section, portion; function, office, duty, station; province, branch, line.

ANT. Organization, whole, body.

=Dependent.= Hanging, resting, contingent, conditioned, relying, subject, relative.

ANT. Independent, free, absolute, irrespective.

=Depict.= Portray, draw, paint, delineate.

ANT. Caricature, parody.

=Deplorable.= Lamentable, pitiable, sad, mournful, disastrous, calamitous, grievous, distressing, melancholy.

ANT. Acceptable, felicitous, happy, welcome, glad, joyous, beneficent, pleasing.

=Deportment.= Conduct, carriage, behavior, demeanor, character.

ANT. Misbehavior, misconduct.

=Depose.= Dethrone, debase, degrade, dismiss, oust, displace.

ANT. Enthrone, install, initiate, elevate, exalt, invest with power.

=Deprecate.= Regret, disapprove, lament; intercede, expostulate.

ANT. Rejoice in, approve; invoke, imprecate, curse.

=Depreciate.= Disparage, decry, undervalue, detract, underestimate.

ANT. Appreciate, value, esteem.

=Depredation.= Robbery, pillage, plunder, spoliation, theft, invasion, trespass, havoc, encroachment.

ANT. Restitution, compensation, restoration, amends, reparation.

=Depression.= Lowering, degradation, abasement, perversion, depreciation, dejection, discouragement; hollow, valley, decline.

ANT. Elevation, raising, exaltation, promotion, amelioration, preferment, prominence, eminence.

=Deprive.= Bereave, rob, divest, strip, despoil, dispossess, depose; prevent, hinder.

ANT. Endow, enrich, invest, compensate, present, indemnify.

=Deputy.= Lieutenant, agent, representative, envoy, legate, substitute, vicegerent, proxy, delegate.

ANT. Master, principal, governor, chief, sovereign, ruler.

=Derangement.= Disorder, confusion, disarrangement; disturbance, discomposure; madness, lunacy, insanity, mania, delirium, alienation, aberration.

ANT. Order, arrangement, regulation; calmness; sanity, poise, rationality.

=Derision.= Scorn, contempt, ridicule, mockery, contumely, scoffing.

ANT. Admiration, respect, reverence, regard, esteem, veneration.

=Derivation.= Source, origin, genesis, fountain, descent, root, etymology.

ANT. Result, issue, termination, effect, application, use.

=Derogate.= Detract, depreciate, disparage, compromise, lessen.

ANT. Esteem, value, overestimate, enhance, extol.

=Descendant.= Offspring, posterity, progeny, stock, family, lineage, scion, branch, issue.

ANT. Ancestry, progenitor, origin, root, source, founder, parent.

=Describe.= Trace, draw, portray, mark out, represent, depict, recount, narrate, illustrate, define, explain, characterize.

ANT. Caricature, misrepresent, distort; mystify, perplex, confuse.

=Descry.= Perceive, discern, recognize, discover, espy, see, behold, detect, find out.

ANT. Overlook, miss, neglect.

=Desecrate.= Profane, pollute, pervert, abuse, secularize, prostitute.

ANT. Hallow, sanctify, respect, esteem, dedicate, devote.

=Desert.= Solitude, wild, wilderness, waste.

ANT. Oasis, pasture, meadow.

=Deserter.= Renegade, turncoat, recanter, backslider, abjurer, traitor, apostate.

ANT. Adherent, devotee, supporter, bigot, disciple, ally.

=Deserve.= Merit, earn, win, be entitled to.

ANT. Forfeit, lose, miss, fail of.

=Desideratum.= Very desirable thing, requisite, want, essential.

ANT. Superfluity, surplus, perquisite.

=Design=, n. Intention, purpose, aim, end, scheme, proposal, project, object, plan, device, purport, meaning, drift, scope, mark; delineation, sketch, artifice, drawing, draft; invention, contrivance; cunning, guile.

ANT. Execution, performance, structure, construction, issue, result; candor, openness, sincerity; chance, accident.

=Design=, v. Intend, plan, prepare, project, contrive, scheme, purpose, mean, propose; draw, delineate, sketch; contemplate, outline, plot.

ANT. Risk, guess, conjecture, chance; misconceive, misinterpret, misrepresent.

=Designate.= Specify, particularize; describe, define, denominate, name, call, style, christen, dub; appoint, allot.

ANT. Misname, miscall; generalize; misrepresent.

=Desirable.= Eligible, expedient, advantageous, beneficial, advisable, valuable, profitable, enviable, proper, judicious.

ANT. Inexpedient, disadvantageous, harmful, inadvisable, evil.

=Desire.= Appetite, inclination, longing, proclivity, craving, impulse, hankering, coveting, propensity, wish; aspiration, will.

ANT. Loathing, disgust, aversion, hate, repugnance, horror.

=Desolate=, a. Bereaved, comfortless, forlorn, cheerless, lonely, solitary; uninhabited, forsaken, unfrequented, waste, dreary, wild.

ANT. Peopled, colonized, developed, cultivated; populous, crowded, frequented.

=Despair.= Desperation, discouragement, hopelessness, despondency.

ANT. Courage, hope, expectation, anticipation, assurance, confidence, elation, cheer, trust, hopefulness, encouragement.

=Despatch=, v. Expedite, speed, accelerate, quicken, hasten; kill, slay.

ANT. Delay, retard, impede, obstruct; preserve, save, spare.

=Desperate.= Wild, reckless, despondent, hopeless, wretched, forlorn, lost; heroic, extreme, defiant; precipitate, headlong, frantic.

ANT. Cautious, timid, shy; hopeful, promising, propitious.

=Despise.= Contemn, scorn, slight, disdain, spurn.

ANT. Respect, esteem, venerate, regard, revere.

=Despoil.= Strip, denude, ravage; rob, plunder, pillage, devastate.

ANT. Adorn, enrich, rehabilitate.

=Despotic.= Tyrannical, absolute, imperious, autocratic, arrogant.

ANT. Conciliatory, humane, merciful; constitutional, democratic, representative.

=Destination.= Aim, end, object, purpose, design; goal, harbor.

ANT. Action, movement; initiation, project, effort.

=Destiny.= Fate, lot, doom, star, fortune, necessity, end, predestination.

ANT. Choice, will, freedom, volition, free will.

=Destructive.= Ruinous, injurious, pernicious, deleterious, baneful, detrimental, hurtful, noxious.

ANT. Constructive, restorative, beneficial, wholesome, preservative.

=Desuetude.= Disuse, non-observance, obsolescence.

ANT. Use, custom, practice, exercise, operation.

=Desultory.= Rambling, irregular, capricious, wandering, roving, discursive, cursory, erratic, spasmodic, unsystematic.

ANT. Methodical, continuous, periodical, diligent, exact, untiring, persevering, earnest, serious, settled, consecutive.

=Detail.= Account, narrative, recital; detachment; individual, particular, item, specialty, element, point, component.

ANT. Totality, whole, generality, aggregation, mass, bulk.

=Detention.= Hindrance, retaining, restraint, stopping.

ANT. Relinquishment, abandonment, letting go, release, liberation.

=Deter.= Hinder, discourage, prevent, restrain, withhold, terrify, scare, dishearten, dissuade.

ANT. Incite, provoke, allure, tempt, seduce, prompt, persuade.

=Deteriorate.= Impair, degrade, debase; decline, degenerate.

ANT. Ameliorate, promote, advance, rectify.

=Determine.= Settle, adjust, decide; ascertain, verify; influence, lead, incline; resolve.

ANT. Vacillate, waver, unsettle, doubt.

=Detest.= Abominate, abhor, execrate, loathe, shrink from.

ANT. Like, approve, appreciate, praise, love.

=Dethrone.= Depose, uncrown, drive out of power, cause to abdicate.

ANT. Crown, enthrone, exalt.

=Detract.= Depreciate, disparage, lessen, derogate, calumniate, slander, defame, decry, vilify.

ANT. Enhance, augment, increase, flatter, compliment.

=Detriment.= Loss, damage, injury, harm, evil, prejudice, disadvantage, impairment, inconvenience.

ANT. Enhancement, remedy, augmentation, improvement, repair, reinstatement.

=Develop.= Evolve, unfold, educe, disclose, unravel, exhibit, expand, enlarge; open, grow, mature.

ANT. Envelop, wrap, conceal, contract, compress; stunt, dwarf, hinder, prevent.

=Deviate.= Digress, wander, deflect, veer, diverge; depart, err, stray, swerve; differ, vary.

ANT. Cohere, coincide; accompany, continue, remain; advance; converge; agree, assimilate.

=Device.= Contrivance, invention, design, project, plan, scheme, expedient, resource; wile, artifice, stratagem, evasion, fraud; emblem, symbol, type.

ANT. Fortune, luck, hazard, hit; openness, frankness, candor.

=Devious.= Erratic, wandering, deviating, crooked, circuitous, misleading, treacherous, roundabout.

ANT. Direct, plain, straightforward, frequented.

=Devise.= Plan, design, contrive, imagine, scheme, project, concoct; bequeath, leave.

ANT. Mismanage, miscontrive; inherit.

=Devoid.= Void, wanting, empty, destitute, vacant, unprovided for.

ANT. Full, supplied, provided, replete, furnished, abundant, plentiful, sufficient.

=Devolve.= Transfer, consign, convey, demise, devise, deliver; impose, place, attach, commission, charge, depute; fall, pass, be transferred.

ANT. Deprive, withhold, recall, cancel, alienate, skip, pass, miss.

=Devotion.= Dedication, consecration, piety, religion, sanctity, holiness, worship, adoration; attachment, affection, love; ardor, earnestness, zeal, eagerness, self-sacrifice.

ANT. Impiety, profanity, sacrilege, irreverence; aversion, alienation, antipathy, indifference, apathy.

=Devour.= Consume, gorge, eat ravenously, swallow; destroy, annihilate, waste, swallow up, expend.

ANT. Disgorge, vomit; save, conserve.

=Dexterity.= Aptitude, skill, expertness, readiness, adroitness.

ANT. Ineptitude, inability, weakness, awkwardness, clumsiness.

=Diadem.= Crown, chaplet, fillet, wreath, tiara, circlet.

=Diagnosis.= Investigation, determination, analysis.

ANT. Misjudgment, error.

=Diagnostic.= Symptom, feature, sign, cue, indication, mark, index.

ANT. Development, consummation, crisis, head, formation.

=Dialect.= Language, phraseology, tongue, speech, provincialism, idiom, accent.

=Dialogue.= Conversation between two people, colloquy, discourse, tête-à-tête.

ANT. Monologue, soliloquy, apostrophe, oration.

=Dictate.= Direct, ordain, command, prescribe, order, bid, require, decree; utter; prompt, suggest, enjoin, instruct.

ANT. Follow, repeat, obey, answer; accept.

=Dictation.= Injunction, precept, command, rule, maxim, direction, utterance.

ANT. Consultation, conference, council; advice, recommendation.

=Dictatorial.= Imperious, imperative, domineering, arbitrary, absolute, unlimited, authoritative, unrestricted, overbearing.

ANT. Condescending, supplicatory, affable, suppliant, unassuming, persuasive.

=Diction.= Expression, language, phrase, phraseology, style, verbiage, vocabulary, wording.

ANT. Provincialism, barbarism, solecism.

=Dictionary.= Lexicon, word-book, glossary, vocabulary.

=Didactic.= Instructive, perceptive, moral, directive, educative.

ANT. Unsound, misleading, erroneous, uninstructive, pernicious.

=Die.= Expire, decease, depart; wither, perish, decay, decline, fade; cease, vanish, disappear; sink, faint, fall; subside.

ANT. Live, recover, be born; survive, exist; originate, develop, grow, strengthen, flourish, luxuriate, vegetate.

=Diet.= Food, victuals, nourishment, aliment, nutriment, provision, viands, rations, fare, subsistence; assembly, parliament, congress.

ANT. Starvation, fasting, abstinence, fast; gluttony, omnivorousness.

=Difference.= Contrast, diversity, variation, variety, discrepancy, disagreement, disparity, distinction, divergence, unlikeness.

ANT. Agreement, uniformity, unity, consonance, identity, likeness, resemblance, harmony, sameness, similarity.

=Differentiate.= Discriminate, individualize, distinguish, particularize, specify, segregate, identify.

ANT. Generalize, classify, confuse, amalgamate.

=Difficult.= Arduous, exhausting, severe, onerous, trying, toilsome, hard, laborious; intricate, involved, obscure, enigmatical; unmanageable, reserved, opposed, unamenable.

ANT. Easy, facile, trifling, slight, trivial, pleasant, light; simple, plain, clear, manifest; approachable, amenable, pliant.

=Diffident.= Modest, doubtful, reluctant, hesitating; bashful, timid, shy, self-distrustful.

ANT. Bold, aggressive, forward, arrogant, self-conceited.

=Diffuse=, a. Prolix, loose, copious, rambling, verbose, longwinded, diluted.

ANT. Epigrammatic, laconic, terse, condensed.

=Digest.= Methodize, systematize, arrange, classify, codify; study, ponder, consider, contemplate, meditate, con; master, assimilate.

ANT. Confound, complicate, disorder, derange, disturb; reject, refuse.

=Dignified.= Stately, noble, grand, majestic, self-respecting, imposing, decorous, august, lofty, exalted, pompous.

ANT. Stunted, low, mean, unimposing, depressed, ordinary, self-accusing.

=Dignify.= Advance, promote, exalt, ennoble, prefer; grace, honor, adorn; elevate, aggrandize.

ANT. Humiliate, debase, degrade.

=Digress.= Deviate, ramble, wander; differ.

ANT. Proceed, advance; harmonize, agree.

=Dilapidation.= Ruin, decay, disintegration, downfall, demolition.

ANT. Construction, reparation; soundness, solidity; fabrication, building.

=Dilate.= Stretch wide, expand, enlarge, widen, distend.

ANT. Compress, compact, restrict, narrow, condense, concentrate.

=Dilatory.= Slow, loitering, tardy, procrastinating, dawdling, lagging, lingering, sluggish.

ANT. Prompt, vigilant, alert, eager, earnest.

=Diligence.= Industry, assiduity, activity, perseverance, application, attention, care, heed.

ANT. Neglect, carelessness, idleness, inertness, inattention, desultoriness.

=Dim.= Obscure, dark, covered, hidden, dusky, indistinct, uncertain.

ANT. Bright, clear, manifest, light.

=Dimension.= Measurement, bulk, mass, extent; (pl.) size, capacity, amplitude, massiveness, greatness.

ANT. Segment, section, portion, part.

=Diminish.= Lessen, reduce, decrease, abate, subside, shorten, dwarf, retrench.

ANT. Augment, amplify, increase, magnify, expand.

=Din.= Racket, clamor, noise, uproar.

ANT. Crash, explosion; silence.

=Dingy.= Dirty, dull, soiled, tarnished, dim, obscure, somber.

ANT. Bright, burnished, radiant, glittering, gleaming, luminous.

=Dip.= Immerse, plunge, inundate, soak, steep, drown, submerge.

ANT. Dry, drain, parch; air, ventilate, evaporate, vaporize.

=Diplomacy.= Negotiation, indirection, tact, artful management, contrivance, circumvention; embassage, ministry, ambassadorship.

ANT. Dismissal, congé, recall; candor, naïveté, ingenuousness; mismanagement, maladministration; self-defeat.

=Diplomatic.= Prudent, wise, tactful, astute, politic, sagacious, judicious, discreet.

ANT. Blundering, tactless, injudicious.

=Direct=, a. Unswerving, straight, rectilinear, undeviating.

ANT. Meandering, crooked, roundabout, circuitous.

=Direction.= Course, tendency, aim, bearing; oversight, management, control, superintendence, conduct; order, command; address, superscription.

ANT. Deviation, aberration; miscontrol.

=Directly.= Straightly, immediately, forthwith, soon, speedily, instantly, promptly, presently, quickly, straightway, at once.

ANT. Secondarily, by-and-by; remotely, obliquely, circuitously.

=Dirge.= Requiem, elegy, lament, wake, threnody, coronach.

ANT. Anthem, Te Deum, jubilate, pæan, jubilee, halleluiah.

=Dirt.= Filth, uncleanness, dung, foulness, meanness, filthiness, defilement.

ANT. Cleanness, purity, ablution; innocence, spotlessness.

=Dis-.= The prefix dis- has usually a negative, sometimes an intensive, force. Therefore, for words beginning with it look under the antonyms of the root words. When its force is intensive, however, they will be found under the synonyms of the root words. Only a few of derived significance are here given.

=Disability.= Unfitness, inability, incompetence, incapacity, disqualification.

ANT. Merit, fitness, recommendation, qualification, capability.

=Disabuse.= Undeceive, set right, correct, enlighten, inform, rectify.

ANT. Deceive, delude, hoodwink.

=Disappoint.= Frustrate, foil, defeat, baffle, disconcert, mortify, vex, betray, tantalize.

ANT. Fulfil, realize, satisfy, gratify, encourage, verify, support.

=Disaster.= Misfortune, mishap, reverse, calamity, catastrophe.

ANT. Blessing, benefit, good fortune, profit, gain, boon.

=Disburse.= Spend, expend, consume, waste, use, lay out, pay.

ANT. Save, economize, hoard, husband.

=Discern.= Observe, discriminate, distinguish, perceive, see, descry, behold, espy, discover, penetrate, differentiate.

ANT. Overlook, neglect, miss.

=Discernible.= Discoverable, perceptible, visible, apparent, conspicuous, palpable, plain, manifest, evident.

ANT. Obscure, minute, invisible, microscopic, impalpable.

=Discernment.= Sagacity, perception, discrimination, brightness, astuteness, insight, intelligence, perspicacity, penetration, acuteness, judgment, ingenuity.

ANT. Blindness, inattention, dulness, density.

=Discharge=, v. Unburden, unload; expel, eject; shoot, fire; release, exonerate, acquit, liberate, free; dismiss, discard, cashier; remove, destroy; perform, execute, observe.

ANT. Confine, charge, load, burden, contain; detain, check, delay, stop; preserve; ignore.

=Disciple.= Follower, student, believer, pupil, learner, scholar, supporter, adherent, votary.

ANT. Master, teacher, professor, leader, rabbi.

=Discipline.= Training, teaching, drill, exercise; control, regulation, subjection, government; punishment, correction, coercion, chastisement.

ANT. Laxity, latitude, negligence; reward, encouragement; disorganization, mutiny, rebellion, confusion, disorder.

=Discomfit.= Defeat, overpower, conquer; foil, disconcert.

ANT. Encourage, rally, aid, assist.

=Disconcert.= Frustrate, balk, defeat, thwart, baffle; discompose, embarrass, disturb, upset, perplex, abash, confuse, bewilder.

ANT. Assist, countenance, encourage, compose, calm, appease, pacify, tranquilize.

=Disconsolate.= Inconsolable, sorrowful, heart-broken, comfortless, melancholy, desolate, forlorn, sad.

ANT. Joyous, cheerful, glad, merry, jovial, happy, blithe.

=Discordance.= Disagreement, discord, dissonance, conflict, opposition.

ANT. Accordance, harmony, concord.

=Discover.= Find, detect, discern, ferret out, invent, expose, ascertain, descry, disclose, betray, indicate, manifest.

ANT. Hide, conceal, cover, secrete, bury, suppress, withhold.

=Discreet.= Discerning, wise, sagacious, prudent, cautious, judicious, considerate, circumspect.

ANT. Foolish, heedless, reckless, silly, imprudent, undiscerning, unrestrained.

=Discrepancy.= Dissonance, discord, discordance, difference, variation, disagreement.

ANT. Agreement, harmony, correspondence.

=Discrimination.= Acuteness, penetration, sagacity, discernment, shrewdness, insight.

ANT. Dulness, shortsightedness.

=Discursive.= Reasoning, argumentative; roving, wandering, rambling, desultory, inconsequent.

ANT. Orderly, coherent, continuous; condensed, succinct, concise; strategic.

=Discuss.= Debate, argue, reason, agitate, deliberate upon, consider.

ANT. Confound, obscure; assert, dogmatize.

=Disdain=, n. Contempt, scorn, disregard, haughtiness, arrogance.

ANT. Reverence, respect, esteem, considerateness, humility.

=Disease.= Infirmity, ailment, distemper, complaint, illness, sickness, malady, indisposition, unsoundness, affection.

ANT. Health, strength, robustness, soundness, sturdiness, vigor; convalescence; sanity, salubrity.

=Disgust=, n. Distaste, loathing, dislike, repugnance, aversion, abhorrence.

ANT. Partiality, desire, liking, relish, fondness.

=Dismal.= Dark, gloomy, cheerless, dull, dreary, melancholy, lonesome, somber, sad, doleful, funereal; horrible, terrible, frightful.

ANT. Cheerful, bright, inviting, cordial, gay, propitious, promising.

=Dismay.= Affright, terrify, appal, alarm, intimidate, daunt.

ANT. Rally, inspirit, assure, encourage, hearten.

=Dismember.= Disintegrate, mutilate, separate, rend asunder, sever.

ANT. Integrate, incorporate; constitute, construct.

=Dismiss.= Banish, discard, discharge, remove.

ANT. Recall, welcome.

=Disparage.= Depreciate, decry, undervalue, underrate; defame, reproach.

ANT. Appreciate, overestimate, extol, praise, exaggerate.

=Dispel.= Drive away, disperse, dissipate, banish, scatter.

ANT. Collect, summon, accumulate.

=Dispensation.= Apportionment, allotment, distribution; administration; exemption; system, scheme, plan, régime.

ANT. Retention, restriction, reservation, injunction, prohibition; enforcement.

=Disperse.= Dispel, scatter, separate; diffuse, spread, disseminate.

ANT. Gather, collect, concentrate; recall, summon.

=Display.= Expand, unfold, extend, uncover, open, spread; exhibit, show, parade.

ANT. Conceal, hide, wrap, dissemble, suppress.

=Disposition.= Arrangement, location, placing, grouping; management, control, regulation, direction; tendency, inclination, propensity; temper, character, nature, humor; willingness; distribution.

ANT. Confusion, inversion, disorder; mismanagement, laxity; antipathy, repulsion; obstinacy; mood; agglomeration, collection.

=Disputant.= Litigant, debater, arguer, controversialist, competitor, claimant.

ANT. Advocate, auxiliary, partner.

=Dispute=, v. Quarrel, wrangle; debate, argue, discuss, agitate, ventilate; impugn, deny, contradict, oppose, contest.

ANT. Allow, concede, grant, forego, relinquish.

=Disquisition.= Treatise, dissertation, discourse, essay, discussion.

ANT. Effusion, tirade, diatribe, rhodomontade.

=Dissect.= Anatomize, scrutinize, analyze, explore, investigate, examine, sift.

ANT. Integrate, organize, compound, grasp; comprehend, discern, diagnose.

=Dissemble.= Conceal, disguise, cloak, hide, restrain, smother.

ANT. Reveal, confess, manifest, expose, vaunt, profess.

=Dissent.= Differ, disagree, decline.

ANT. Assent, consent, agree.

=Dissertation.= Disquisition, discussion, treatise.

=Dissipate.= Scatter, vanish, disperse, disappear, waste, squander.

ANT. Hoard, save, gather, conserve.

=Dissociate.= Separate, sever, disjoin, divide, part, sunder, disconnect.

ANT. Associate, join, affiliate.

=Dissolute.= Abandoned, corrupt, loose, profligate, reprobate, dissipated.

ANT. Upright, honest, conscientious, self-controlled.

=Distance.= Remoteness, space, interval; absence, separation; reserve, coldness, stiffness.

ANT. Proximity, contiguity, nearness, presence, neighborhood, contact.

=Distend.= Dilate, extend, spread, stretch.

ANT. Contract, narrow, constrict, condense.

=Distil.= Drop, extract, separate; percolate, emanate, drip.

ANT. Condense, retain; suck; hold.

=Distinct.= Separate, definite, different, clear, plain, unmistakable.

ANT. Blurred, dim, indefinite, confused, conjoined, obscure.

=Distinguish.= Discern, perceive, tell, discriminate; differentiate; characterize, mark; separate, divide; signalize, make famous or celebrated.

ANT. Confound, miss, confuse.

=Distinguished.= Illustrious, famous, celebrated, noted, eminent, marked, conspicuous, supreme, extraordinary, consummate.

ANT. Obscure, inconspicuous, hidden; infamous, notorious.

=Distortion.= Deformity, twist, perversion, falsification, misrepresentation, sophistry, corruption.

ANT. Regularity, shapeliness, symmetry; right, truth, verification, rectification.

=Distract.= Divert, perplex, confuse, disconcert, bewilder, confound, derange, craze.

ANT. Unite, fix, compose, concentrate, collect.

=Distraction.= Confusion, perplexity, abstraction, disturbance, perturbation, agitation; inattention; absence, frenzy, madness; alienation, aberration; delirium, mania, derangement, lunacy.

ANT. Attention, composure, self-possession, tranquillity.

=Distress=, n. Affliction, calamity, adversity, misery, perplexity, misfortune; agony, suffering, anguish; privation, destitution, poverty, indigence.

ANT. Consolation, relief, assuagement, alleviation; boon, blessing, pleasure.

=Distribute.= Dispense, scatter, allot, apportion, grant, appoint.

ANT. Restrict, retain, collect, gather, hold, reserve, keep.

=District.= Region, tract, territory, province, circuit, quarter.

=Disturb.= Agitate, shake, stir, disorder, confuse, derange; molest, annoy, plague, trouble, vex, worry; interrupt, hinder.

ANT. Soothe, quiet, assist, compose, pacify; arrange, order.

=Diversion.= Detour, deviation, divergence; recreation, amusement, enjoyment, pastime.

ANT. Directness, business, procedure, continuity, task, labor.

=Diversify.= Vary, change, alter, modify; variegate, streak, spot.

ANT. Settle, fix, stereotype, arrest.

=Diversity.= Difference, dissimilitude, variation, unlikeness, divergence, dissonance, heterogeneousness, multiformity.

ANT. Identity, similarity, uniformity, consonance, homogeneousness, coincidence.

=Divest.= Dismantle, strip, unclothe, undress, unrobe, deprive.

ANT. Clothe, invest, shroud, indue, encumber.

=Divide.= Sever, part, separate, disunite, sunder; alienate, estrange; distribute, allot, apportion, assign, share, dispense.

ANT. Unite, commingle, collocate, congregate, convene.

=Divination.= Magic, foretelling, augury, prophecy, presage, prediction.

ANT. Investigation, study; information; analysis.

=Divorce=, v. Separate, part, sunder, alienate, disunite.

ANT. Marry, wed, betroth, consort.

=Do.= Accomplish, achieve, bring to pass, complete, effect, realize, discharge, perpetuate, perform, commit, consummate, actualize; execute, finish, fulfil; work out, transact.

ANT. Neglect, ruin, spoil, defeat, destroy, mar, miscarry, fail, frustrate, baffle, omit, come short.

=Docile.= Manageable, amenable, compliant, gentle, tame, submissive, yielding, tractable, pliable, obedient.

ANT. Obstinate, firm, inflexible, stubborn, self-willed, wilful, determined, dogged, resolute, opinionated.

=Doctrine.= Tenet, dogma, opinion, belief, precept, principle, teaching, creed.

ANT. Duty, practice, action, conduct, operation, application.

=Dogmatic.= Arrogant, authoritative, imperious, domineering, positive, self-opinionated, doctrinal, magisterial, dictatorial.

ANT. Practical, active, modest, diffident, vacillating, considerate.

=Domestic.= Private, family, familiar, homelike.

ANT. Public, foreign, alien, strange.

=Domicile.= Home, abode, house, residence, mansion, dwelling.

ANT. World, wilderness; estrangement, migration, travel, exile.

=Dominance=, =Domination=. Superiority, lordship, mastery, sway, supremacy, command, ascendancy, government.

ANT. Servility, subjection, inferiority, weakness, minority, subordination.

=Domineer.= Lord, tyrannize, dictate, bully, swagger.

ANT. Submit, yield, bow, defer, patronize, succumb; resist, contend.

=Dominion.= Government, domination, supremacy, sway, dominance, control, authority, domain, territory, sovereignty.

ANT. Submission, subjugation, servitude.

=Doom=, n. Condemnation, fate, sentence, judgment, destiny, verdict.

ANT. Liberation, respite, escape, acquittal, discharge.

=Dormant.= Sleeping, latent, inert, quiescent.

ANT. Active, operative, vigilant, awake, alert.

=Doubt=, n. Distrust, skepticism, disbelief, suspicion, suspense, hesitation, incredulity, irresolution, misgiving, unbelief, perplexity, uncertainty.

ANT. Conviction, certainty, assurance; belief, confidence; determination, resolution, resolve.

=Downwards.= Below, beneath, down.

ANT. Upwards, above, aloft.

=Drag.= Draw, pull, haul, bring.

ANT. Carry, push, propel, raise.

=Drain.= Empty, exhaust, draw, strain, dry.

ANT. Fill, supply, replenish, moisten, drench.

=Draw.= Haul, lead, pull, drag, lure, entice, attract, incline, induce.

ANT. Repel, repulse, rebuff, alienate, estrange, reject.

=Dread=, n. Fear, terror, awe, apprehension, horror, alarm.

ANT. Confidence, courage; familiarity.

=Dream.= Reverie, fancy, vision, delusion, conceit, hallucination, romance, trance, vagary.

ANT. Fact, reality, realization, verity, certainty, substance.

=Dreary.= Dismal, gloomy, dark, lonesome, solitary, cheerless.

ANT. Cheerful, bright, promising, inviting.

=Dress.= Clothing, garments, apparel, garb, array, uniform, attire, costume, raiment, habiliments, vesture, robes, habit, vestments.

ANT. Nakedness, disarray, nudity, bareness, deshabille, exposure, undress.

=Drift=, n. Direction, bearing, course; aim, purpose, intention, scope, tendency, design; rush, impulse, current; heap, mass.

ANT. Aimlessness, vagueness, aberrancy, indefiniteness.

=Drink.= Swallow, imbibe, quaff, drain, absorb, suck in.

ANT. Pour, exude, disgorge, water, moisten.

=Drive.= Impel, propel, compel, push, thrust, urge; repulse, repel, resist; ride.

ANT. Draw, attract, invite, summon.

=Droll.= Whimsical, comical, ludicrous, funny, ridiculous, odd, queer, facetious.

ANT. Sober, solemn, tragic, funereal.

=Droop.= Languish, sink, decline, flag, pine, wither, fade, wilt.

ANT. Prosper, revive, rally, flourish, raise, luxuriate.

=Drown.= Sink, immerse, swamp, overwhelm, overflow, inundate, deluge, flood, overcome, overpower.

ANT. Dry, drain, air, ventilate, expose.

=Dry.= Arid, parched; thirsty, craving drink; barren, meager, dull, dreary, tedious, plain; severe, sarcastic, sharp, keen.

ANT. Moist, fresh, juicy; lively, entertaining; fulsome, florid.

=Due.= Proper, fitting, suitable, appropriate, becoming; owing, obligatory.

ANT. Improper, unsuitable, independent; unfair, extravagant, deficient.

=Dull.= Heavy, stupid, unintelligent, apathetic, insensible, callous, dead; inert, lifeless, inactive, slow, torpid; blunt, obtuse; gloomy, sad, dismal; dim, obscure; wearisome, dreary, tedious.

ANT. Bright, light, sparkling, brilliant, quick, interesting, lively, keen, witty, cheery, inviting, entertaining.

=Dumb.= Speechless, mute, silent, still, inarticulate.

ANT. Talkative, chatty, loquacious.

=Duplicate.= Copy, counterpart, facsimile, imitation, likeness, replica, reproduction, double, transcript.

ANT. Original, pattern, prototype, archetype, model.

=Duplicity.= Deceit, deception, circumvention, guile, artifice, hypocrisy, fraud, dishonesty.

ANT. Candor, straightforwardness, frankness, sincerity, honesty.

=Duration.= Continuance, term, period, protraction, prolongation (in time).

ANT. Brevity, momentariness; infinity, eternity.

=Duty.= Office, responsibility, obligation, function, business, accountability, right, righteousness.

ANT. Immunity, freedom, license, exemption, dispensation.

=Dwell.= Live, reside, rest, stop, stay, abide, lodge, sojourn.

ANT. Visit, migrate, hasten, flit, roam, depart, travel.

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=Eager.= Impatient, anxious, desirous, longing, yearning, ardent, enthusiastic, earnest, animated, fervent, impetuous, vehement.

ANT. Torpid, sluggish, slow, backward, belated, late, tardy.

=Earn.= Acquire, merit, win, get, gain, procure, deserve, achieve, obtain, realize.

ANT. Waste, lose, spend, forfeit, squander.

=Earnest.= Eager, zealous, fervent; steady, intent, fixed; sincere, serious, true; important, momentous.

ANT. Indifferent, irresolute, sportive, jesting, flippant.

=Ease.= Facility, knack, readiness, expertness, easiness, satisfaction, contentment, comfort, repose, refreshment, relief.

ANT. Perplexity, irritation, annoyance, constraint, disquiet, trouble, vexation, difficulty, uneasiness, awkwardness, worry.

=Easy.= Quiet, comfortable, tranquil, compliant, facile, complacent, submissive; unaffected, natural, smooth; moderate, affluent.

ANT. Disturbed, uncomfortable, hard, difficult, anxious, exacting.

=Ebb.= Retire, recede, abate, decrease, subside, wane, sink.

ANT. Flow, swell, increase, flood, inundate, deluge.

=Eccentric.= Irregular, abnormal, uncommon, peculiar, singular, wayward, strange, aberrant, erratic, whimsical.

ANT. Normal, conventional, common, usual, regular, customary.

=Echo.= Resonance, repetition, reverberation, imitation, answer.

ANT. Sound, voice, original, tone, noise, speech.

=Eclipse=, n. Obscuration, dimming, obscurity, hiding, shrouding, concealment, vanishing, extinction, obliteration, annihilation, destruction.

ANT. Illumination, enlightenment, revelation; perpetuation; radiation; unveiling, discovery.

=Economics.= Science of wealth, public or political economy; household management, household economy, housewifery.

=Economize.= Save, husband, retrench, manage frugally, be frugal or prudent, practice economy, avoid waste; develop resources, utilize.

ANT. Waste, misuse, sacrifice, be lavish, profuse, or extravagant; squander, dissipate.

=Economy.= Thrift, thriftiness, frugality, providence, good husbandry; management, arrangement, regulation, administration; plan, system, established order, dispensation.

ANT. Prodigality, wastefulness, extravagance, lavishness.

=Ecstasy.= Transport, rapture, inspiration, fervor, frenzy, emotion, delight, enthusiasm, happiness.

ANT. Coolness, dulness, ennui, weariness, tedium, indifference.

=Edge.= Border, margin, brink, rim, brim, verge; sharpness, keenness, intensity, animation, zest.

ANT. Center, interior; dulness, bluntness, flatness; inertness, inactivity.

=Edible.= Eatable, esculent, wholesome, culinary.

ANT. Poisonous, deleterious, harmful, dangerous, noxious, uneatable.

=Edict.= Decree, command, order, proclamation, mandate, ordinance.

ANT. Hoax, canard; request, wish.

=Edifice.= Building, tenement, fabric, structure.

ANT. Ruin, heap, demolition, destruction.

=Edify.= Build up, enlighten, improve, stimulate, strengthen, nurture.

ANT. Defile, debase, mislead, misguide, pervert, corrupt.

=Edit.= Revise, correct, prepare for the press, annotate, emend; bring out; conduct, manage.

ANT. Distort, pervert, falsify, garble, mutilate.

=Educate.= Discipline, teach, instruct, train, nurture, breed, develop.

ANT. Dwarf, stunt, hinder; pervert, corrupt.

=Education.= Training, teaching, tuition, instruction, schooling, discipline, cultivation, breeding, development, nurture, information, knowledge, learning, reading, study.

ANT. Ignorance, illiteracy, nescience, blindness, darkness.

=Educe.= Draw out, extract, elicit, evolve, produce.

ANT. Adduce, cite, allege, quote, advance, name, mention; apply, insert, deposit, bestow.

=Efface.= Obliterate, erase, blot out, destroy, cancel, eradicate, expunge.

ANT. Restore, revive, delineate, imprint, portray, replace, reinstate, renew.

=Effect=, n. Result, consequence, event, issue; force, efficiency, validity, weight, power; purport, drift, tenor, meaning; fact, reality, truth; impression, appearance, ensemble; (pl.) chattels, goods, commodities, property, movables.

ANT. Cause, motive, source, incentive; origin.

=Effect=, v. Cause, produce, accomplish, change, achieve, create, execute, perform, realize, compass, effectuate, consummate, fulfil.

ANT. Obviate, frustrate, prevent, mar, hinder; deter, deflect.

=Effective.= Adequate, competent, effectual, sufficient; potent, cogent, efficacious, forcible, energetic, powerful; active, efficient, operative; conducive; serviceable, able, talented.

ANT. Weak, futile, nugatory, inconducive, inoperative, inadequate, impotent, incompetent, powerless.

=Effectuate.= Accomplish, effect, execute, achieve, secure, fulfil.

ANT. Prevent, hinder, abolish, defeat, nullify, stifle, blight.

=Effeminate.= Feminine, womanly, delicate; womanish, feeble, unmanly, timorous, enervated, soft, weak, emasculated.

ANT. Strong, manly, masculine, virile, manlike, vigorous, hardy, robust.

=Effervesce.= Boil, bubble, froth, foam, ferment, sparkle; express irrepressible emotion.

ANT. Subside; acquiesce, refrain, bear, brook, digest.

=Effete.= Barren, unfruitful; decayed, spent, exhausted, worn, wasted, decrepit.

ANT. Vigorous, fertile, prolific, productive, exuberant, luxuriant, rank.

=Efficacious.= Effectual, effective, active, operative, powerful, adequate, cogent.

ANT. Insufficient, inadequate, ineffectual.

=Efficacy.= Power, potency, force, competency, strength, effectiveness, vigor, energy, usefulness.

ANT. Inefficacy, incompetency.

=Efficiency.= Power, strength, capability, virtue, energy, usefulness, productiveness, effectiveness; attentiveness, aptitude, skill, ingenuity, competence, inventiveness, readiness, ingeniousness, faculty, cleverness, genius, acuteness.

ANT. Weakness, inability, incompetence, unproductivity; inattention, awkwardness, absence of mind, thoughtlessness, preoccupation, distraction, laziness, stupidity.

=Efficient.= Operative, active, potent, efficacious, effective, effectual; able, skilled, ready, energetic, proficient, competent.

ANT. Inactive, impotent, ineffective, abortive; dull, inert, indolent, sluggish, senseless, stupid.

=Effigy.= Image, representation, figure, statue, likeness; dummy.

ANT. Caricature, misrepresentation, distortion; bust, portrait.

=Efflorescence.= Flowering, blooming, blossoming, budding; outburst; bloom, luxuriance.

ANT. Deflorescence, fading, waning, blasting, withering; nudity, bareness, denudation; absorption, desiccation.

=Effluence.= Emanation, flow, effusion, efflux; issue, outpouring; emission, discharge; abundance, overflow.

ANT. Influx, infusion, refluence, ebb; exhaustion; absorption, retention.

=Effluvium.= Exhalation, emanation, malaria, miasma, stink, noxious vapor.

ANT. Ventilation, scent, disinfectant; zephyr, aroma, balm.

=Effort.= Endeavor, attempt, trial, exertion, struggle, essay, strain, striving, stretch.

ANT. Failure, frustration, futility, weakness, deficiency, misadventure; ease, inactivity, spontaneity, facility.

=Effrontery.= Assurance, impudence, audacity, shamelessness, presumption, hardihood, boldness, brass; insolence, sauciness.

ANT. Modesty, coyness, shyness, diffidence, sensitiveness, shrinking, timidity, bashfulness.

=Effulgence.= Brilliancy, splendor, luster, brightness, radiance, refulgence, glory, flame, luminosity, resplendence.

ANT. Darkness, tenebrosity, obscuration, gloom, opaqueness, shade.

=Effuse=, a. Profuse, poured forth freely, lavish, prodigal, copious, abundant, effluent.

ANT. Dry, scanty, sparing, meager, thin.

=Effusion.= Outpouring, effluence, discharge, emission; abundance; speech, address, oration; waste, shedding, spilling.

ANT. Infusion, absorption; essay, reading, document, instrument; influx; retention.

=Effusive.= Lavish, generous, profuse, prodigal, gushing; spread widely, diffused.

ANT. Sparing; taciturn, laconic, curt, brief.

=Egoism.= Selfishness, self-assurance, self-conceit, self-consciousness, self-confidence, self-esteem, conceit, vanity, self-assertion, self-praise, self-admiration, self-love, self-exaltation.

ANT. Self-abnegation, deference, self-forgetfulness, diffidence, bashfulness, humility, modesty, self-distrust, shyness, unobtrusiveness, considerateness, unostentatiousness.

=Egregious.= Surpassing, extraordinary, remarkable, enormous, monstrous, outrageous, tremendous, prodigious, peculiar; flagrant, gross.

ANT. Ordinary, usual, commonplace, mediocre, everyday.

=Egress.= Exit, way out, departure, going out, outlet; sally.

ANT. Entrance, avenue, approach, inlet; inroad, incursion, invasion.

=Either.= One or the other of two; each, both.

ANT. Neither, not any one of two.

=Ejaculation.= Exclamation, cry, utterance; expletive.

ANT. Silence, speechlessness, dumfounderment; drawl; oration, speech.

=Eject.= Cast out, emit, vomit, void, evacuate; expel, dismiss, discharge, oust; reject, banish, throw aside, cast away.

ANT. Retain, absorb; accept, receive, house, store, admit, accommodate, welcome; introduce, inject.

=Eke out.= Add to, supply, increase, stretch, raise, augment, help.

ANT. Stint, drain, withhold, diminish, exhaust.

=Elaborate.= Improve, refine, develop, mature, execute, forge, prepare, concoct, work upon, labor over.

ANT. Slight, neglect, disregard, overlook; miscontrive, mismanage; chance, hit, guess, conjecture, extemporize.

=Elapse.= Pass, slip, glide away, lapse; intervene.

ANT. Wait, abide, halt, hold; continue, endure; grasp, seize.

=Elastic.= Flexible, springy, resilient, extensile, ductile, buoyant; alterable, modifiable; rebounding, recoiling.

ANT. Rigid, tough, inflexible; crystallized, unchangeable; dull, inert.

=Elated.= Cheered, excited, exhilarated, animated, flushed, inspirited, inflated.

ANT. Depressed, dejected, discouraged, dispirited, humiliated, abashed, confounded.

=Elder.= Senior, older, more ancient, earlier born; superior; precedent.

ANT. Younger, junior, juvenile.

=Elect=, a. Picked, selected, chosen, choice; appointed, delegated; redeemed, saved; élite, accepted.

ANT. Rejected, doomed, reprobate; abandoned, depraved.

=Election.= Selection, preference, choice; appointment by vote; alternative, free will, freedom, power to choose; discrimination, discernment, distinction; predestination.

ANT. Postponement; rejection, reprobation, abandonment.

=Electric.= Charged with electricity, relating to electricity; inspiring, inspiriting, stimulating; lightninglike, swift, flashing, thrilling, stirring, exciting.

=Electrify.= Charge with electricity, render electric; rouse, excite, thrill, stir, astonish, astound, amaze, appal.

ANT. “Kill” (of something charged, from which the electricity is suddenly removed); disconnect, sever (of apparatus for carrying electricity); stupefy, soothe, deaden, calm, mesmerize.

=Elegance.= Grace, beauty, propriety, symmetry; polish, politeness, refinement, gentility, gracefulness, taste.

ANT. Deformity, awkwardness, coarseness, rudeness, disproportion.

=Elegant.= Graceful, well-formed, symmetrical, lovely, handsome, comely, refined, tasteful, ornamental, accomplished, polished.

ANT. Awkward, deformed, ill-proportioned, misshapen, ungraceful, hideous, coarse, rude.

=Elegy.= Dirge, threnody, lament, jeremiad, requiem, coronach, funeral song; serious or melancholy poem.

ANT. Pæan, jubilee, halleluiah, anthem.

=Element.= Constituent, component, ingredient, part, principle, atom; (pl.) rudiments, outlines, essential parts.

ANT. Whole, mass, aggregate, total, totality, gross, sum, amount.

=Elementary.= Simple, uncompounded, rudimentary, primary; physical, material, natural; ultimate, component, constituent.

ANT. Compounded, collective, aggregate, developed, organized; immaterial, incorporeal, impalpable.

=Elevate.= Raise, lift up, exalt, promote, advance, aggrandize; improve, dignify, ennoble, refine, inspire, greaten; animate, elate, cheer, excite, exhilarate.

ANT. Lower, degrade, debase, depress, demean, humble, humiliate.

=Elevation.= Raising, elevating; promotion, aggrandizement, exaltation; dignity, refinement, improvement; amelioration; hill, height, altitude, superiority, eminence, loftiness, tallness.

ANT. Degradation, debasement, depression, decline, fall, depth; deterioration, inferiority; shortness, stuntedness.

=Elicit.= Draw out, evoke, educe, call forth, bring out, deduce, bring to light; express, extract, evolve, worm out, extort.

ANT. Insert, implant, introduce, inoculate, inject, infuse, instill, incorporate, insinuate; suggest.

=Eligible.= Desirable, preferable, worthy of choice, qualified, capable, suitable, prime, choice.

ANT. Worthless, ordinary, indifferent, unprofitable, undesirable.

=Elimination.= Expulsion, exclusion, discharge, removal, rejection, eradication, erasure, riddance, obliteration.

ANT. Inclusion, retention; approval; preservation, conservation.

=Elision.= Omission, ejection, ellipsis, abridgment, excerption.

ANT. Insertion, inoculation, introduction, implantation; inclusion; augmentation.

=Elliptical.= Contracted, abbreviated; suggestive, latent, allusive; significant, pregnant; defective, incomplete.

ANT. Explanatory, categorical, full; expository, declaratory, enunciative.

=Elocution.= Speech, power of expression, utterance, delivery, declamatory art; eloquence, oratory.

ANT. Reading, lection.

=Elongation.= Protraction, extension, production, drawing out, continuation; withdrawal, distance.

ANT. Apocope, elision, curtailment, abridgment, contraction.

=Eloquence.= Oratory, graceful utterance, appropriate expression, impassioned speech.

ANT. Verbosity, wordiness, prolixity, tediousness; grandiloquence, bombast, fustian.

=Elucidate.= Explain, illustrate, clear, make manifest, unfold, make plain, expound.

ANT. Confuse, mystify, obscure, puzzle, bewilder, befog.

=Elucidation.= Explanation, exposition, illustration, demonstration; comment, annotation, commentary, gloss, scholium.

ANT. Mystification, confusion; obscurity, ambiguity.

=Elude.= Escape, avoid, shun, slip away; baffle, foil, thwart, disappoint, disconcert, balk, frustrate, evade, mock.

ANT. Meet, encounter, confront; dare, defy; court, invite, challenge.

=Elusive, Elusory.= Evasive, delusive, equivocating, deceptive, fraudulent, fallacious, deceitful, illusory; shuffling, shifting, slippery, fugitive; shadowy, unsubstantial, intangible.

ANT. Persistent, staple, certain, solid; true, sure, unequivocal.

=Em-=, or =en-=. A prefix meaning in or into, sometimes interchangeable with in-. The form em- is used before words beginning with p, b, or m. The prefix has also a causal force. Words beginning with this prefix, whose original meaning is simply the meaning of the root word plus that of the prefix, are omitted here, for their synonyms and antonyms may be readily formed from those of the root word.

=Emaciation.= Leanness, lankness, thinness, tenuity, attenuation, wasting, gauntness, skinniness, meagerness.

ANT. Obesity, fatness, corpulence.

=Emanate.= Flow forth continuously, issue, arise, spring, proceed, emerge.

ANT. End, terminate, culminate, eventuate, cease; dry up.

=Emancipate.= Free, enfranchise, liberate, rescue, release, manumit, unfetter, unchain, disenthrall, set free.

ANT. Subjugate, enslave, enthrall, bind; disqualify, incapacitate.

=Embalm.= Preserve, cherish, enshrine, keep; scent, perfume, make fragrant; treasure, store, consecrate.

ANT. Abandon, desecrate, expose, vulgarize, violate, profane.

=Embargo.= Prohibition, ban, restraint, hindrance, restriction; detention, stoppage.

ANT. Permit, permission, release, discharge, congé, liberation, dismissal.

=Embark.= Ship; engage, enlist, put in, invest; launch, enter, start.

ANT. Land, arrive, anchor, disembark, go ashore.

=Embarrass.= Entangle, perplex, make intricate or difficult; distress, trouble, harass, hamper, confuse, disconcert, clog, puzzle, abash, confound, encumber.

ANT. Extricate, relieve, disentangle, liberate, deliver; expedite, facilitate, accelerate, assist; calm, compose, tranquilize.

=Embellish.= Adorn, decorate, ornament, deck, beautify.

ANT. Detract, diminish, derogate from, strip, destroy, denude.

=Embezzle.= Appropriate, steal, purloin, peculate; falsify, forge, counterfeit.

ANT. Square, clear, balance; restore, refund, retrieve.

=Embitter.= Make bitter, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, enrage, anger, madden; molest, provoke, excite.

ANT. Alleviate, soothe; compose, quiet, pacify; sweeten; delight, please, comfort.

=Emblem.= Figure, image, sign, symbol, token, type, attribute; device, cognizance, representation; badge, mark, signal.

ANT. Disguise, decoy, incognito, ruse, blind, domino, mask.

=Embody.= Incorporate, make corporeal, concentrate, compact, integrate, combine, collect; systematize, codify; comprehend, include, embrace, comprise, contain.

ANT. Analyze, dismember, disband, disintegrate, dissipate.

=Embolden.= Encourage, animate, reassure, inspirit, incite, urge, stimulate.

ANT. Intimidate, frighten, alarm, deter, overwhelm, discourage.

=Embosomed.= Concealed, enveloped, surrounded, encircled, enfolded.

ANT. Exposed, open, unconcealed, revealed.

=Embrace.= Clasp, hug, press; seize, welcome, accept; comprehend, include, cover, contain, embody, take in.

ANT. Cast off, reject; exclude, except.

=Embroider.= Embellish, enrich, emboss, adorn with needlework.

ANT. Darn, botch, patch, repair.

=Embroil.= Implicate, entangle, ensnarl, involve; disturb, perplex, confuse, distract, trouble.

ANT. Extricate, separate, remove; compose, pacify, arrange, calm.

=Embryo.= Germ, rudiment, nucleus, origin.

ANT. Development, completion, maturity, fulfilment.

=Emendation.= Amendment, correction, rectification, reformation, improvement.

ANT. Error, defect, fault, incorrectness, inaccuracy.

=Emerge.= Rise, issue, emanate, escape; appear, become visible.

ANT. Disappear, sink; retreat, abscond, recede; enter; depart.

=Emergency.= Exigency, urgency, necessity, crisis, difficulty, extremity, strait; juncture, turn of events; unforeseen occasion; embarrassment, difficulty, casualty.

ANT. Rescue, deliverance, solution, provision, arrangement, anticipation, foresight, climax.

=Emigration.= Removal, exodus, migration from, colonization; departure.

ANT. Immigration, migration to or into; settlement, sojourn, abode, stay; domiciliation, domestication.

=Eminence.= Prominence, projection, elevation, protuberance, hill, high point; distinction, celebrity, reputation, renown, repute, fame, preferment; note, conspicuousness; superiority.

ANT. Debasement, degradation, lowliness, decline; infamy, disgrace, shame, obloquy, opprobrium, scandal.

=Eminent.= High, lofty, elevated; celebrated, distinguished, prominent, illustrious, remarkable, renowned, conspicuous, famous, reputed.

ANT. Mediocre, worthless; infamous, notorious; egregious, outrageous.

=Emission.= Ejection, expulsion, issue; issuance, putting into circulation.

ANT. Injection, admission, entrance.

=Emit.= Eject, expel, throw out; issue, decree, discharge; put into circulation.

ANT. Inject; retain, withhold.

=Emollient.= Softening, laxative, balsamic, soothing, palliative.

ANT. Irritant, astringent, irritating, galling.

=Emolument.= Gain, pay, profit, remuneration, wages, salary, income, hire, stipend, lucre, compensation; advantage, benefit; gratuity, perquisite.

ANT. Loss, damage, waste; disadvantage.

=Emotion.= Feeling, passion, excitement, agitation, sensibility, perturbation, tremor, trepidation.

ANT. Indifference, insensibility, impassiveness, stoicism, imperturbability.

=Emphasis.= Stress, force, ictus; weight, significance, impressiveness.

ANT. Elision, monotony, uniformity.

=Emphatic.= Significant, expressive, strong, forcible, positive, energetic, decided, distinct, unequivocal, earnest, important, special.

ANT. Mild, ordinary, usual, unimportant, commonplace, unnoticeable, cool, unimpassioned, undemonstrative.

=Empire.= Dominion, supremacy, sovereignty, authority, government, command, control, sway, rule, kingdom.

ANT. Independence, insurrection, anarchy, mutiny, sedition, uprising.

=Empiric, Empirical.= Tentative, experimental, provisional, hypothetic, experiential; quackish.

ANT. Regular, scientific, uniform, constant, inductive, categorical.

=Employ.= Engage, call, hire, use, engross, busy, exercise; apply, enlist, entrust, occupy, economize.

ANT. Discard, dismiss, misuse.

=Employment.= Business, vocation, pursuit, calling, profession, craft, trade, occupation; service, agency, office, employ; application, engrossment.

ANT. Leisure, laziness, indolence; recreation, vacation.

=Empower.= Commission, authorize, warrant, qualify; enable, encourage; delegate, sanction, direct.

ANT. Hinder, prevent, discourage, disqualify, disable; recall, revoke, withdraw.

=Empty=, a. Void, without contents, vacant, unoccupied; destitute, devoid; unsupplied, unfurnished, unfilled; unsatisfactory, vain, hollow, unsubstantial; desolate, waste, deserted, uninhabited; senseless, weak, frivolous; clear, unencumbered, unobstructed, vacuous, untenanted, evacuated; silly, idle, deficient.

ANT. Full, occupied, inhabited, colonized, obstructed, encumbered; cultivated, informed, well-instructed, sensible, experienced; significant, important, forcible, substantial.

=Emulation.= Rivalry, desire to excel, exceed, or surpass, competition; jealousy, envy, contention; vying, aspiration, contest.

ANT. Stagnation, inactivity, dulness; contempt, disregard, disdain, disaffection; abandonment, resignation, discouragement.

=Enable.= Empower, strengthen, qualify, make capable, capacitate, invigorate.

ANT. Weaken, disqualify, incapacitate, disable, hinder.

=Enact.= Decree, establish by law, ordain; play, personate, represent, act, feign, dissimulate; pass.

ANT. Abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, repeal, rescind, expunge.

=Enamor.= Charm, captivate, fascinate, inflame with love, enslave, endear, bewitch, enchain.

ANT. Disenthrall, repel, estrange, disgust, disenchant, horrify.

=Encamp.= Bivouac, pitch, settle, quarter, camp.

ANT. March, decamp, retire, retreat, advance, charge.

=Enchain.= Bind with chains, fetter, manacle, enslave.

ANT. Loose, liberate, manumit, extricate, free.

=Enchant.= Charm, fascinate, bewitch, enamor, captivate, win, catch, lead captive; enrapture, ravish, transport, beatify, delight.

ANT. Repel, estrange, disgust, horrify, shock, alienate.

=Enchantment.= Incantation, fascination, charm, conjuration, necromancy, magic, witchery, sorcery, spell; delight, rapture, ravishment, transport, bliss.

ANT. Disillusionment, repulsion, shock, alienation.

=Encircle.= Surround, encompass, environ, gird, enclose; embrace, fold, clasp; hem in, beset, circumscribe.

=Enclose.= Encompass, encircle, shut, include, environ, envelop, wrap, circumscribe.

=Enclosure.= Space enclosed, compass, circle; yard, compound; fence, ring, limit, park, field, boundary, precinct.

ANT. Space, waste, desert, wild, open, prairie, wilderness, stretch, void, clearing.

=Encomium.= Eulogy, praise, eulogium, panegyric, commendation, laudation, pæan, compliment, good word.

ANT. Invective, taunt, vituperation, obloquy, vilification, slander.

=Encompass.= Encircle, enclose, gird, hem in, surround, circumscribe.

=Encounter.= Meet, confront, face, withstand; assault, combat, engage, fight, attack, contend, compete with; fall upon.

ANT. Elude, avoid, escape, shun, miss, flee, frustrate.

=Encourage.= Inspirit, animate, embolden, hearten, incite, stimulate; cheer, comfort, console; support, countenance, reassure; advance, further; foster, abet, aid, help, patronize; prompt, urge.

ANT. Deter, discourage, dishearten, dissuade; depress, deject; provoke, incite, exasperate; retard, hinder, prevent.

=Encroach.= Intrude, trespass, infringe, invade; creep, advance stealthily; transgress.

ANT. Respect, recognize, observe; protect; refrain.

=Encumber.= Clog, load, impede, obstruct, hinder, burden, overload; embarrass, perplex, involve, entangle, complicate.

ANT. Free, liberate; assist, aid, help; relieve, straighten.

=Encumbrance.= Load, impediment, hindrance; debt, claim, liability.

ANT. Aid, assistance; relief; cancelation.

=End=, n. Limit, outcome, period, extremity, extent, bound, conclusion, boundary, completion, close, effect, expiration, finish, finis, finale; issue, goal, intent, fulfilment, purpose, point, result, termination, terminus; utmost, uttermost; accomplishment, achievement; cessation, consummation, design, consequence; fragment, scrap, remnant.

ANT. Commencement, origin, beginning, source, spring, start, fountain, arising, inception, opening, initiation, outset, rise.

=End=, v. Cease, break off, close, complete, conclude, stop, quit, desist, terminate, finish, expire, wind up; destroy, kill, put to death.

ANT. Begin, commence, initiate, start, open; restore, revivify.

=Endanger.= Hazard, risk, peril; commit, compromise, expose to danger, jeopardize.

ANT. Protect, shield, save, defend, cover, screen, preserve.

=Endear.= Make dear, attach, secure the affection of, gain; conciliate.

ANT. Estrange, alienate, embitter, antagonize.

=Endeavor=, v. Attempt, essay, try, strive, undertake, make effort, labor, aim, exert one’s self.

ANT. Neglect, omit, abandon, drop, dismiss, pass by, let go, give up, throw away, up, or over, overlook.

=Endless.= Interminable, boundless, limitless, infinite, immeasurable, illimitable; everlasting, perpetual, eternal, unending, without end; incessant, ceaseless, uninterrupted, continual, continuous; immortal, deathless, undying, imperishable.

ANT. Limited, brief, temporary, periodic, transient, fugitive, finite, ephemeral, transitory, temporal.

=Endow.= Furnish with dowry, enrich, endue, put on, invest, present, furnish, qualify, supply, clothe.

ANT. Denude, deprive, divest, spoliate, strip, impoverish, despoil.

=Endowment.= Grant, gift, bequest, bounty, present, largess, boon; property, fund, revenue; talent, faculty, power, quality, capability, aptitude, parts, genius, qualification, ability; attainment, provision, benefaction.

ANT. Poverty, lack, incapacity, impoverishment, spoliation.

=Endure.= Suffer, submit, bear, tolerate, allow, sustain, support, undergo, abide, afford, brook; experience; continue, remain, persist, be permanent.

ANT. Fail, sink, succumb, surrender, yield, break down, despair, droop, faint, fall, falter, give out, give up.

=Enemy.= Adversary, competitor, foe, opponent, rival, antagonist.

ANT. Abettor, ally, friend, accomplice, supporter, helper, accessory, associate, companion, familiar, confidant, adherent.

=Energetic.= Vigorous, active, forcible, powerful, effective, potent, efficacious, efficient, able, capable.

ANT. Weak, languid, faint, drooping, pining, exhausted, feeble; listless, spiritless, inactive.

=Energy.= Agility, activity, force, power, potency, strength, intensity, vigor, might, efficacy, efficiency; spirit, animation, life, manliness, animal spirits, zeal.

ANT. Indolence, slowness, sloth, clumsiness, lassitude, inactivity, sluggishness, heaviness, inertness, laziness.

=Enervate.= Unnerve, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, effeminate; break, paralyze; incapacitate.

ANT. Invigorate, strengthen, harden, nerve, brace, empower.

=Enfeeble.= Enervate, weaken, debilitate, unnerve.

ANT. Strengthen, nerve, invigorate, brace.

=Enfold.= Envelop, wrap, enclose, embrace, encircle, encompass.

ANT. Disclose, unwrap, develop, reveal, expose.

=Enforce.= Urge, impress, compel, constrain, oblige, force, require, exact, exert, strain.

ANT. Relax, abandon, remit, waive, forego.

=Enforcement.= Inculcation, execution, sanction, constraint, compulsion.

ANT. Relaxation, abandonment, remission.

=Enfranchise.= Endow with franchise or suffrage; free, emancipate, release, qualify, manumit.

ANT. Disenfranchise, disqualify.

=Engage.= Promise, bind, pledge, commit; plight, affiance, betroth; enlist, induce to serve; attract, allure, gain, win, entertain; arrest, fix, occupy, busy, employ, engross; encounter, attack, fight with, battle with; contend, struggle, contest; involve; stipulate, agree; adopt.

ANT. Decline, refuse, withdraw, extricate, disengage, dismiss, discard; retreat, retract.

=Engagement.= Promise, stipulation, contract, obligation, assurance, pledge; betrothal, affiancing; employment, occupation, business, vocation; combat, battle, contest, fight, encounter, action, conflict.

ANT. Release, liberation; dismissal; excuse.

=Engaging.= Attractive, winning, charming, pleasing, interesting, delightful.

ANT. Repulsive, unattractive, disagreeable.

=Engender.= Beget, generate, create, breed, produce, cause, occasion, propagate.

ANT. Stifle, destroy, extinguish. blight, prevent, neutralize.

=Engrave.= Carve, cut, chisel, imprint, cut in, infix, grave, impress deeply; sculpture, stereotype.

ANT. Erase, obliterate, wear out, efface, destroy; carve in relief.

=Engross.= Absorb, engage, monopolize, engulf, occupy, forestall; copy.

ANT. Distract, disperse, dissipate, scatter, vanish.

=Enhance.= Heighten, swell, raise the price of, advance; augment, increase; aggrandize.

ANT. Undervalue, depreciate, disparage, detract, underestimate.

=Enigmatic, Enigmatical.= Obscure, puzzling, hidden, mysterious, perplexing, unintelligible, ambiguous, recondite, incomprehensible, mystical, occult.

ANT. Plain, clear, manifest, self-evident, lucid, explanatory, open, intelligible.

=Enjoin.= Urge, admonish, advise, order, direct, command, bid, require; prohibit, restrain; commission, ordain, oblige, prescribe.

ANT. Dissuade; remit, absolve, exonerate; recall, dispense with, disqualify.

=Enjoy.= Possess; delight in, like, be pleased with.

ANT. Dislike, loathe, endure, tolerate, lose, disrelish.

=Enjoyment.= Pleasure, delight, happiness, gratification; fruition; possession; satisfaction, gladness, felicity.

ANT. Misery, wretchedness, grief, affliction, suffering, calamity.

=Enlarge.= Amplify, augment, increase, extend, expand, magnify; make greater, ennoble; dilate, descant, expatiate; swell, grow.

ANT. Contract, narrow, reduce, diminish, restrict, lessen, curtail.

=Enlighten.= Illuminate, light up; inform, teach, edify, make intelligent, instruct.

ANT. Darken, obscure; mystify, mislead, perplex, confound.

=Enlist.= Enroll, register, incorporate, enter, embody, record, chronicle, muster.

ANT. Erase, expunge, withdraw, dismiss, disband, muster out.

=Enliven.= Amuse, quicken, animate, rouse, invigorate, inspire, inspirit, cheer, delight, gladden, exhilarate.

ANT. Depress, dispirit, subdue, sober, moderate, oppress, weary, paralyze, deaden, tire, stupefy.

=Enmity.= Hatred, hostility, malice, rancor, animosity, antagonism, acrimony, bitterness, ill will, malevolence, spite, malignity, maliciousness, opposition, asperity, aversion, hate, discord.

ANT. Friendship, love, affection, esteem, cordiality, amity, alliance, concord, agreement, regard, harmony, sympathy, kindliness, kindness.

=Ennoble.= Dignify, elevate, exalt, ameliorate, enlarge, make great.

ANT. Debase, degrade, deteriorate, depress, deprave, corrupt, vitiate.

=Enormity.= Depravity, atrocity, wickedness, villainy, outrageousness, heinousness, nefariousness, abomination, perpetration, sin.

ANT. Innocence, righteousness, guilelessness, inoffensiveness.

=Enormous.= Huge, vast, immense, immoderate, inordinate, abnormal, exceptional, monstrous, gigantic, colossal, prodigious, elephantine; heinous, depraved, nefarious.

ANT. Trivial, insignificant, ordinary, average, diminutive, moderate.

=Enough.= Sufficient, plenty, satisfactory, ample, abundant.

ANT. Insufficient, short, inadequate, scant, ill-supplied, bare.

=Enrage.= Exasperate, provoke, irritate, madden, incite, incense, inflame, infuriate, excite, aggravate, anger.

ANT. Soothe, conciliate, allay, tame, quiet, mollify, appease, pacify, tranquilize.

=Enrapture.= Enchant, entrance, enravish, delight, transport, beatify, satisfy, please, gladden, fascinate, bewitch, captivate, charm, attract, enamor, enslave.

ANT. Disgust, nauseate, repel, torment, torture, horrify.

=Enrich.= Aggrandize, enhance, endow, augment, store, supply; adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish; fertilize.

ANT. Impoverish, rob, denude, fleece, reduce, beggar, despoil, strip.

=Enroll.= Enlist, register, record, chronicle, embody, list, catalogue.

ANT. Erase, expunge, withdraw.

=Enrolment.= Registration; register, record.

ANT. Omission; withdrawal; erasure.

=Enshrine.= Treasure, preserve, cherish, embalm, consecrate.

ANT. Lose, misplace, expose, destroy, desecrate.

=Enslave.= Captivate, charm, enthral, subjugate, master, dominate, bewitch, delight, fascinate.

ANT. Repel, disgust, alienate; free.

=Ensue.= Follow, result, eventuate, succeed, befall, accrue, happen, take place, supervene; issue, arise, spring, come.

ANT. Precede, herald, introduce; forewarn, threaten, premonish, caution.

=Entail.= Transfer, transmit, fix, devolve, involve, bequeath, demise, leave, induce, necessitate.

ANT. Prevent, obviate, nullify; neutralize; estrange, alienate, supersede.

=Entangle.= Implicate, involve, compromise, entrap, knot, perplex, embarrass, confuse, intertwist, interweave, intertwine.

ANT. Straighten, extricate, disentangle, unravel, deliver.

=Enter.= Go or come into; pierce, penetrate; begin, commence; enroll, inscribe, chronicle, note, register, record; engage in; embark, enlist, join; invade.

ANT. Depart, leave, issue, quit, vacate; go out; finish, end; withdraw from, retire, resign.

=Enterprise.= Adventure, undertaking, effort, attempt, essay, endeavor, trial, experiment; energy, activity, readiness, willingness; progress.

ANT. Routine, monotony, humdrum, matter-of-fact, unprogressiveness; caution, inactivity.

=Enterprising.= Venturesome, adventurous, daring, audacious, bold; prompt, alert, active, energetic, efficient, spirited, strenuous, eager, zealous, stirring; progressive, speculative.

ANT. Timid, cautious, inactive, fearful, cowardly; conservative; wary, prudent, discreet, anxious, careful, thoughtful; indolent, unenterprising, inactive, unready, laggard.

=Entertain.= Amuse, interest, divert, cheer, delight, recreate, beguile, please, occupy, gratify, enliven, disport; consider, ponder; lodge, treat hospitably, cherish, harbor, hold, receive.

ANT. Annoy, tire, bore, disturb, weary, distract, disquiet; refuse, reject, deny, debar, exclude, eject.

=Entertainment.= Delight, diversion, amusement, cheer, enjoyment, pastime, fun, merriment, pleasure, recreation, sport, hospitality, frolic, reception, lodging.

ANT. Weariness, work, toil, ennui, labor, fatigue, disturbance; refusal, rejection.

=Enthrone.= Crown, instal, exalt, elevate, invest with power.

ANT. Dethrone, depose, debase, degrade.

=Enthusiasm.= Ardor, earnestness, excitement, inspiration, frenzy, vehemence, warmth, ecstasy, passion, zeal, rapture, eagerness, devotion, fervency, fanaticism, fervor, intensity, transport.

ANT. Indifference, caution, calmness, prudence, timidity, policy, coldness, dulness, calculation, lukewarmness, deadness, callousness.

=Entice.= Lure, attract, seduce, coax, persuade, wheedle, cajole, delude, entrap, decoy, inveigle, lead astray, induce.

ANT. Warn, hinder, deter, repel, admonish, caution, make aware.

=Entire.= Whole, complete, perfect, unimpaired, unbroken, undiminished, undivided; full, integral, thorough, solid, unalloyed, plenary; unmixed, sheer, mere, unmitigated, pure; total, absolute.

ANT. Partial, incomplete, broken, impaired, alloyed, limited, divided, defective, mixed; relative.

=Entitle.= Name, designate, denominate, call, style, characterize; christen; enable, fit, empower, qualify.

ANT. Disable, disqualify.

=Entity.= Being, essence, existence.

ANT. Nonentity, chimera, phantom, fantasy, hallucination.

=Entomb.= Bury, inter, inhume.

ANT. Exhume, disinter.

=Entrance.= Approach, doorway, opening, door, entry, ingress, gate, gateway, inlet, portal, access, admission, admittance, entrée, introduction, penetration, avenue, adit; beginning, commencement, initiation.

ANT. Departure, egress, refusal, exit, withdrawal, ejection, exclusion, expulsion, rejection.

=Entreat.= Beg, supplicate, solicit, beseech, implore, pray, appeal, petition, adjure, crave, importune, enjoin, urge.

ANT. Command, insist, bid, enjoin, charge, direct; grant, heed, hear, answer, respond.

=Entry.= Entrance, ingress, access; avenue, passage, hall, inlet; minute, note, record, register, memorandum; initiation, beginning.

ANT. Egress, exit, departure; outlet, vent; misrecord, falsification, blank, omission; conclusion, quittance, disposal.

=Entwine.= Interlace, weave, entwist, wreathe together or round.

ANT. Disentwine, dissever, untwist.

=Enumerate.= Compute, reckon, numerate, number, tell, cite, estimate, recount, specify, detail, calculate, rehearse, recapitulate.

ANT. Mingle, jumble, confuse; miscount, misreckon, miscalculate.

=Enunciate.= Announce, proclaim, declare; pronounce, syllable; state, propound, articulate, relate, utter, publish, promulgate.

ANT. Mutter, babble, stammer.

=Envelop=, v. Wrap, surround, encircle, fold, encompass, cover, hide.

ANT. Expose, unwrap, reveal, extract; develop.

=Envenom.= Poison, taint, vitiate, infect, pollute; embitter; enrage, provoke, exasperate, irritate, madden, inflame.

ANT. Purify, disinfect; delight, please, gratify.

=Envious.= Jealous, suspicious, grudging.

ANT. Friendly, kindly, well-disposed, trustful, contented, satisfied.

=Environ.= Surround, encircle, encompass, gird, belt, enclose, envelop; invest, besiege, hem in, beset.

=Envoy.= Messenger (in diplomatic service); ambassador, minister, legate, plenipotentiary.

ANT. Scout, spy, orderly (as messengers in military service).

=Envy.= Malice, ill will; jealousy, hate, spite, hatred, grudging; chagrin, discontent, mortification.

ANT. Admiration, good will, regard, esteem, benevolence; aspiration, emulation.

=Ephemeral.= Transient, momentary, daily, diurnal, fleeting, fugitive, brief, evanescent, transitory.

ANT. Permanent, immortal, eternal, lasting, enduring, perpetual, abiding, persistent, perennial.

=Epigrammatic.= Pointed, terse, laconic, concise, graphic.

ANT. Diffuse, prolix, pointless, copious, circumlocutory, verbose, periphrastic.

=Epitome.= Summary, compend, abstract, curtailment, reduction.

ANT. Expansion, extension, amplification, dilation.

=Equable.= Even, uniform, steady, regular, proportionate, smooth, easy, invariable.

ANT. Variable, fitful, irregular, disjointed, desultory, uneasy.

=Equal.= Like, equivalent, identical, tantamount; uniform, regular, even, steady; proportionate, commensurate; impartial, unbiased; competent, fit, adequate, sufficient; fair, equitable, just.

ANT. Dissimilar, unsteady, incommensurate, irregular, disproportionate; incompetent, inadequate; unjust, unfair; variable, disparate.

=Equality.= Likeness, uniformity, identity, evenness, equableness, sameness of rank.

ANT. Dissimilarity, difference.

=Equanimity.= Composure, calmness, tranquillity, steadiness, serenity.

ANT. Impatience, perturbation, restlessness, disquiet.

=Equip.= Accouter, arm, provide, furnish, fit out, supply, dress, array, garnish, arrange, invest, clothe.

ANT. Divest, denude, dismantle, despoil, derange.

=Equipage.= Carriage, retinue, vehicle, attendance, procession, suite, train; equipment, furniture, baggage, effects.

=Equipment.= Accouterments, apparatus, furnishings, dress, rigging, trappings, gear, outfit, provisions, equipage, arms, supplies.

=Equitable.= Upright, just, impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced, reasonable, fair, right, proper, honest, even-handed, proportionate.

ANT. Unfair, unjust, unreasonable, partial, prepossessed, prejudiced, biased.

=Equity.= Justice, right, uprightness, rectitude, fairness, impartiality, fair play, honesty, integrity.

ANT. Injustice, corruption, dishonesty, partiality, unfairness, prejudice.

=Equivalent.= Equal, equipollent, tantamount; synonymous, interchangeable, equiponderant.

ANT. Unequal, incommensurate, uneven, unbalanced.

=Equivocal.= Ambiguous, indefinite, enigmatical, dubious, uncertain, doubtful, questionable, perplexing, indeterminate, indistinct, suspicious.

ANT. Evident, clear, plain, direct, manifest, obvious, indubitable, unquestionable, perspicuous, unambiguous, lucid, distinct, certain, indisputable.

=Eradicate.= Abolish, extinguish, exterminate, extirpate, uproot, destroy, annihilate, excise.

ANT. Cherish, encourage, instil, propagate, implant, inculcate, inspire, foster.

=Erase.= Efface, expunge, cancel, obliterate, blot out, scratch out.

ANT. Mark, delineate, write, inscribe, imprint, engrave.

=Erect=, a. Upright, standing, elevated; bold, undaunted, firm.

ANT. Leaning, lying, supine; groveling, abject; mean, servile, cowardly.

=Erect=, v. Raise, uplift, place or set upright, build, construct; exalt, elevate, magnify; establish, institute, form, found, plant.

ANT. Lower, incline, slant; subvert, depress, remove, destroy, demolish; debase, degrade.

=Err.= Deviate, wander, ramble, rove; mistake, misjudge, blunder; sin, fall, lapse, trip, offend, trespass, misapprehend, stray, stumble, go astray.

ANT. Succeed, prosper; correct, rectify.

=Errand.= Message, mandate, commission, mission, charge, delegation.

ANT. Misannouncement, misdelivery.

=Erratic.= Wandering, nomadic, roving, rambling; planetary, moving; irregular, eccentric, abnormal; desultory, aberrant, flighty, changeful, capricious.

ANT. Static, stationary; undeviating, steady, regular, normal; unalterable, methodical, calculable.

=Erring.= Sinful, fallible, liable to err, wandering, misguided, misled.

ANT. Virtuous, good, upright.

=Error.= Blunder, mistake, misapprehension, oversight, inaccuracy; sin, fault, offense, transgression, iniquity, trespass, delinquency, misdeed, shortcoming, wrongdoing; deception, fallacy, untruth, falsity, hallucination.

ANT. Truth, correctness, accuracy; correction, soundness, rectification; exactness, verification.

=Erudition.= Knowledge, learning, lore, scholarship, letters.

ANT. Illiterateness, duncedom, sciolism, ignorance, stupidity.

=Eruption.= Explosion, outbreak, outburst; sally, sudden excursion; discharge, eructation, exsufflation, ejection.

ANT. Absorption, swallowing, engulfing, engrossment, irruption, inburst; consumption, devouring.

=Escape.= Avoid, shun, evade, flee from, elude; pass unobserved; abscond, fly, hide.

ANT. Incur, encounter, meet, confront; suffer.

=Esoteric.= Private, secret, acroamatic, inner, inmost; abstruse, profound; special, advanced.

ANT. Exoteric, public, popular; rudimentary, primary, elementary.

=Essence.= Nature, quintessence, substance, vital part, element; volatile part, extract; perfume; scent, odor; being, existence, entity, life.

ANT. Accident; property; garb, clothing, surroundings.

=Essential.= Vital, necessary, indispensable, requisite, important; volatile, pure, diffusible, highly rectified; innate, inherent, immanent, leading.

ANT. Accidental, induced, imported, adventitious; quantitative, qualitative; promotive, redundant, regulative, superfluous.

=Establish.= Fix, settle, make steadfast; decree, enact, ordain; institute, originate, constitute, found, plant, organize, form; place, secure, set up; confirm, sanction, ratify, approve; verify, prove, substantiate; fulfil, carry out, make good; endow; demonstrate.

ANT. Unsettle, supplant, disestablish, break up, subvert, upset; misstate, refute, confute; guess, conjecture, presume, suppose, surmise.

=Estate.= State, condition; rank, position; property, possessions, fortune, effects; class, division, order; lands, demesne, domain, freehold.

ANT. State, country, chattels, community, waste, goods, effects.

=Esteem=, n. Estimate, favor, regard, respect, estimation; admiration.

ANT. Aversion, hatred, dislike, contempt, abhorrence, antipathy, repugnance, loathing.

=Esteem=, v. Estimate, hold, regard, prize, value, think, appreciate, deem, calculate, consider; price; believe, affect; revere, honor, respect, admire, venerate, love, like.

ANT. Disregard, depreciate, undervalue, dislike, misprize, underrate, decry.

=Estimable.= Appreciable, calculable, computable; worthy, excellent, good, deserving, meritorious; amiable, lovable, delectable, praiseworthy.

ANT. Unworthy, bad, indelectable, unamiable; undeserving, unlovable.

=Eternal.= Immortal, perpetual, fadeless, perennial, unfailing, imperishable, endless, everlasting, ever-living, interminable, never-ending, never-fading, unceasing, timeless, undying, unending, unfading; infinite.

ANT. Ephemeral, transient, fleeting, mortal, temporal, transitory, evanescent, sublunary.

=Etiquette.= Manners, breeding, fashion, conventionality.

ANT. Misobservance, nonconformance, boorishness, rudeness, singularity.

=Euphonious.= Euphonic, mellifluous, clear, musical, silvery, sweet-toned, melodious, harmonious, mellow.

ANT. Harsh, discordant, dissonant.

=Euphuism.= Purism, finical style, fastidious delicacy, affected elegance, high-flown diction, pompous or extravagantly ornate diction; affectation, factitiousness, pedantry, highflying (used of language).

ANT. Simplicity, vernacular, mother tongue, bluntness, naturalness, rusticity.

=Evacuate.= Empty; eject, expel, excrete, throw out, discharge, void; quit, leave, forsake, desert, abandon, withdraw from, relinquish.

ANT. Seize, occupy, hold, fill.

=Evaporate.= Vaporize, disperse in vapor; disappear, evanesce, vanish; exhale, emit in vapor; turn to vapor; melt, colliquate, liquefy, dissolve, distil.

ANT. Consolidate, compact, solidify, crystallize, indurate.

=Evasion.= Prevarication, equivocation, quibbling, subterfuge, shuffling, sophistry, tergiversation, disingenuousness; shift, quibble, fencing.

ANT. Answer, counter-argument, grappling; straightforwardness; challenge.

=Even.= Smooth, level, flat, plane; equal, uniform, calm, steady, unruffled; fair, just, equitable; plain, flush; well-balanced.

ANT. Variable, uneven; abrupt, inclined, rugged.

=Event.= Circumstance, chance, incident, fortune, result, possibility, sequel, outcome, fact, episode, end, contingency, case, issue, consequence; occurrence, adventure, accident.

ANT. Cause, antecedent, operation, inducement, contribution, convergence, tendency, predisposition.

=Eventful.= Stirring, memorable, signal, momentous, important, critical, remarkable, marked, noted, notable.

ANT. Ordinary, unmarked, eventless, uninteresting, unimportant, characterless, trivial.

=Ever.= At any time; always, perpetually, continually, evermore, eternally, aye, for aye, forever, at all times; constantly, incessantly.

ANT. Never.

=Everlasting.= Endless, unending, perpetual, incessant, ceaseless, continual, uninterrupted, unceasing, interminable, eternal, constant, never-ending, never-ceasing; imperishable, undying, never-dying, deathless, immortal, ever-living; infinite.

ANT. Ephemeral, transient, transitory.

=Every.= All, any, both, either, each.

ANT. None, no one, not any one.

=Evict.= Dispossess, eject, throw out.

ANT. Reinstate, admit; locate, lodge, settle.

=Evidence.= Testimony, ground of belief, proof; manifestation, attraction, testimony, averment, deposition, declaration, appearance, sign, token, indication, exemplification, illustration.

ANT. Surmise, conjecture; counter-evidence; refutation, disproof; concealment, misindication, suppression, fallacy.

=Evident.= Patent, clear, palpable, manifest, transparent, visible, perceptible, obvious, open, conspicuous, apparent, distinct, discernible, indubitable, overt, plain, unmistakable, tangible; indisputable, incontrovertible.

ANT. Doubtful, uncertain, questionable, dubious; hidden, concealed, secret, undiscovered, obscure, latent, unseen, unimagined, unknown; covert, dark, invisible; impenetrable, occult, impalpable, imperceptible, unthought of.

=Evil=, a. Ill, noxious, deleterious, wrong, bad, hurtful, mischievous, sinful, unhappy, adverse, unpropitious, harmful, wicked, corrupt, unfair, notorious, miserable, sorrowful.

ANT. Wholesome, right, virtuous, beneficial, holy, pure, felicitous, happy, fortunate, joyous, welcome, grateful, worthy, good, honorable.

=Evince.= Prove, show, evidence, exhibit, manifest, demonstrate; establish; indicate, display.

ANT. Suppress, negative, disprove, conceal.

=Evoke.= Summon, call forth; excite, arouse, elicit, rouse, provoke, educe, produce; eliminate, extract.

ANT. Allay, stifle, stop, silence, prevent, seal.

=Exactly.= Precisely, accurately, strictly, nicely.

ANT. Loosely, inaccurately, incorrectly, differently.

=Exaggerate.= Overstate, strain, overcharge, stretch, overcolor; amplify, enlarge, magnify, overdraw, heighten, overpaint, overestimate.

ANT. Disparage, attenuate, palliate, understate, underestimate, minimize, mitigate, qualify, soften, modify.

=Examine.= Inspect, observe, investigate, scrutinize, consider, study; canvass, test, inquire into, search into, look into; weigh, ponder, criticize, prove, discuss, overhaul, explore.

ANT. Conjecture, guess; discard, slur; misconsider, misinvestigate.

=Example.= Model, pattern, ideal, archetype, exemplar, standard, sample, specimen, type, warning, ensample, exemplification, prototype; copy, illustration, instance; issue, development.

ANT. Stock, material, substance, law, rule, case, system, character, principle, quality.

=Excavate.= Hollow, dig, scoop out, cut, trench; discover, disinter.

ANT. Inter, inhume, bury; conceal; fill, level.

=Except=, prep. Excepting, without, saving, unless, exclusive of.

=Except=, v. Exclude, save, bar; segregate, negative.

ANT. Include, reckon, count, state, classify, propound, admit, affirm.

=Exception.= Exclusion, omission, non-inclusion; objection; affront, offense; unusual case, anomaly; qualification, separation.

ANT. Rule, class; statement, proposition.

=Exceptionable.= Undesirable, objectionable.

ANT. Unobjectionable, desirable, exemplary.

=Exceptional.= Irregular, rare, unusual, uncommon, unnatural, peculiar, anomalous, abnormal, aberrant, exceptive.

ANT. Common, usual, normal, ordinary, regular.

=Excess.= Surplus, waste, extravagance, wastefulness, superfluity, lavishness, exorbitance, superabundance, dissipation, intemperance, profusion, prodigality, redundance; increase, debauchery.

ANT. Frugality, economy; dearth, deficiency, defect, want, shortcoming, lack, need, poverty; failure, destitution, inadequacy, insufficiency, scantiness; temperance, sobriety.

=Excessive.= Superabundant, disproportionate, undue, exuberant, superfluous; immoderate, intemperate, extreme; violent, vehement; enormous, exorbitant, overmuch, inordinate, unreasonable, extravagant.

ANT. Insufficient, scant, inadequate, lacking, wanting, deficient.

=Excitability.= Sensibility, sensitiveness; irritability, irascibility, passionateness.

ANT. Immobility, hebetude, composure; insensitiveness, imperturbability.

=Excommunicate.= Dismiss, expel, denounce, proscribe, anathematize, exscind; exclude, banish, bar, eject, blackball.

ANT. Admit, readmit, enroll, inaugurate.

=Excrescence.= Tumor, protuberance; superfluity, useless appendage; redundancy.

ANT. Eradication, extirpation, excision, levigation, exsection.

=Excruciate.= Torture, torment, rack, agonize.

ANT. Soothe, please, tranquilize.

=Exculpate.= Absolve, exonerate, acquit, clear, set right, vindicate; defend, release.

ANT. Charge, implicate, inculpate.

=Excursion.= Trip, ramble, tour, jaunt, journey, expedition.

=Excusable.= Pardonable, venial.

ANT. Inexcusable, unpardonable.

=Excuse=, v. Pardon, forgive, absolve, acquit, exonerate, exculpate; extenuate, justify; free, exempt, release, let off; overlook, regard indulgently, condone; remit, vindicate, defend, mitigate.

ANT. Charge, condemn, inculpate, convict, sentence; exact, accuse.

=Execrable.= Detestable, cursed, loathsome, accursed, villainous, hateful, abominable, damnable, diabolical, odious, abhorrent; offensive, disgusting, nauseous, obnoxious, repulsive, revolting, vile.

ANT. Desirable, respectable, laudable, eligible.

=Execration.= Curse, malediction, ban, anathema, imprecation of evil; detestation, abhorrence, horror, loathing, abomination; denunciation.

ANT. Benediction, blessing.

=Execute.= Administer, perform, enforce, carry out, do.

ANT. Fail, be lacking, disappoint.

=Exemplary.= Laudable, praiseworthy, excellent, correct, estimable, worthy, virtuous; patternlike, close, faithful, exact, scrupulous, assiduous, punctilious, rigid, punctual, rigorous; worthy of imitation, fit for a pattern.

ANT. Detestable, objectionable, exceptionable.

=Exemplify.= Illustrate, show by example; manifest, embody, exhibit, represent.

ANT. Belie, betray, misrepresent, falsify.

=Exempt=, v. Relieve, set free, release, grant immunity to, excuse, exonerate, except.

ANT. Subject, render liable, bind, oblige; expose.

=Exempt=, a. Free, irresponsible, liberated, clear, absolved, privileged, unamenable.

ANT. Liable, subject, amenable, responsible.

=Exemption.= Immunity, privilege, exception, release, freedom from liability; dispensation, license.

ANT. Liability, amenableness, responsibility, subjection, obligation.

=Exercise=, n. Application, drill, employment, exertion; practice, training; occupation, use; performance, operation, act, activity, action.

ANT. Inaction, idleness, relaxation, rest, inactivity; ease, recreation.

=Exertion.= Use, exercise; effort, endeavor, struggle, trial, attempt, stretch, strain; labor, toil.

ANT. Relaxation, rest, recreation.

=Exhalation.= Evaporation; vapor, fume, steam, smoke, fog, reek; mist, damp, effluvium.

ANT. Inhalation, exsiccation, absorption.

=Exhale.= Emit, breathe out, give out, evaporate; vaporize.

ANT. Inhale, breathe in, inspire.

=Exhaust.= Drain, empty, expend, spend, waste, consume, squander, lavish, dissipate, destroy; prostrate, cripple, weaken, debilitate, enervate, disable, wear out, weary.

ANT. Fill, replenish, augment, refresh, invigorate.

=Exhibit.= Show, display; manifest, express, disclose, indicate, make known, evince; offer, present, propose; betray; demonstrate, illustrate.

ANT. Conceal, mask, hide, secrete, suppress.

=Exhibition.= Sight, representation, pageant, display, manifestation, show.

=Exhilarate.= Cheer, enliven, inspire, inspirit, stimulate, animate, elate, gladden; rejoice, delight, please.

ANT. Depress, unnerve, unhinge, dispirit.

=Exhort.= Urge, stimulate, persuade, incite, encourage; advise, counsel, enjoin.

ANT. Dissuade, warn, deprecate, remonstrate.

=Exigency.= Demand, urgency, need, necessity, requirement, want; pressure, crisis, emergency, juncture, quandary; conjuncture, pass, pinch, strait.

ANT. Provision, rule, supply, course, preparation.

=Exile=, n. Banishment, expulsion, ostracism, proscription, expatriation; separation, isolation; banished person.

ANT. Welcome, return; remaining; cherishing, fostering, retaining.

=Exile=, v. Banish, expatriate, ostracize, expel, proscribe, relegate.

ANT. Welcome, reinstate, domesticate, domiciliate.

=Existence.= Being, subsistence; entity, essence, creature, thing; life, animation; continuation, duration.

ANT. Nonentity, non-existence, chimera.

=Expand.= Open, spread out; dilate, enlarge, stretch, distend; swell, diffuse, extend, increase; develop, unfold, amplify.

ANT. Contract, curtail, condense, restrict, attenuate.

=Expanse.= Extent, stretch, expansion; firmament, sky, canopy, vault, welkin; vast, void, space, breadth.

ANT. Limit, enclosure, confine, bound.

=Expatiate.= Rove, range; dilate, enlarge, descant, be copious, launch out, amplify.

ANT. Contract, summarize, condense, epitomize.

=Expect.= Await, look for; anticipate, rely upon, count upon, reckon or calculate upon, look forward to; look for, forecast, forebode, foresee.

ANT. Welcome, greet, hail, recognize; realize.

=Expectation.= Anticipation, expectance, prospect, expectancy; reliance, confidence, assurance, presumption; trust, hope.

ANT. Recollection, remembrance, retrospect; distrust, despair, discouragement.

=Expediency.= Fitness, propriety, suitableness, desirableness, advisability; advantage, utility, profit, usefulness; profitableness, advantageousness; interest.

ANT. Disadvantage, detriment, inutility, inexpediency.

=Expedition.= Haste, speed, celerity, despatch, alertness, promptness, alacrity, quickness; enterprise, undertaking; march, voyage.

ANT. Delay, tardiness, procrastination.

=Expend.= Disburse, spend, lay out; use, exert, consume, employ; waste, exhaust, spread, scatter, dissipate.

ANT. Save, economize, husband.

=Expense.= Expenditure, outgo, cost, outlay; price, charge, payment.

ANT. Income, gain, proceeds, return, profit, product, receipts.

=Expensive.= Dear, costly, high-priced; lavish, wasteful, extravagant; valuable, rich.

ANT. Cheap, worthless, poor; economical.

=Experience=, n. Actual observation, feeling, or presentation; practice, experimental knowledge; experiment, trial, proof, test, knowledge, habit.

=Ant.= Anticipation, expectation.

=Experience=, v. Feel, undergo, prove by trial, endure, suffer, be subject to; try, encounter.

ANT. Evade, escape, lose, miss.

=Experienced.= Practiced, versed, accomplished, able, qualified, instructed, thoroughbred; familiar, skilled, accustomed, conversant.

ANT. Inexperienced, strange, unpracticed.

=Experiment.= Trial, test, assay, examination, proof, touchstone, ordeal; observation, investigation, experimentation; illustration, exemplification.

ANT. Hypothesis, conjecture, assumption.

=Explain.= Elucidate, expound, interpret, unfold, clear up, make plain; account for, make intelligible, give the reasons for, solve, warrant, trace to causes, justify; teach, decipher.

ANT. Mystify, bewilder, obscure, darken, misinterpret.

=Explanation.= Elucidation, interpretation, exposition, illustration, description, explication; solution, warrant, justification, account, key; mutual understanding; sense.

ANT. Confusion, misinterpretation, mystification, obscuration.

=Explicit.= Express, clear, plain, definite, positive, unambiguous, unreserved, categorical, determinate; detailed, declaratory, unobscure, stated.

ANT. Ambiguous, doubtful, indefinite, uncertain, vague, implied, implicit, indeterminate; hinted, suggestive, obscure.

=Exponent.= Index, indication, example, type, representative, illustration, specimen; advocate, interpreter, propounder.

ANT. System, creed, principle, opinion.

=Export=, v. Send out, carry out, send abroad, ship, produce.

ANT. Import; consume.

=Exposed.= Unprotected, defenseless, unguarded, endangered.

ANT. Guarded, defended, protected.

=Expostulate.= Object, dissuade, remonstrate.

ANT. Abet, coincide, agree, confirm.

=Express=, v. Squeeze out; utter, declare, assert, speak; represent, indicate, show, signify, exhibit, denote, intimate; send by express.

ANT. Suppress, repress, conceal.

=Express=, a. Explicit, clear, definite, plain, determinate, positive, categorical; exact, accurate, faithful, true, close, precise; special, particular; swift, rapid, fast; specific, pointed, direct.

ANT. General; vague; leisurely; inaccurate, inexact, approximate.

=Expression.= Squeezing out; assertion, statement, utterance, declaration; phrase, mode of speech, term; general tone, pervading effect, look, cast of countenance; lively representation; modulation, feeling, execution; indication.

ANT. Suppression, restraint, repression; face, features, lineament; falsification, misstatement, solecism, enigma.

=Expunge.= Erase, efface, obliterate, cancel, blot out, delete.

ANT. Mark, write, trace, delineate.

=Exquisite.= Nice, accurate, delicate, discriminating, exact, refined; precious, valuable, select, choice, rare, excellent; perfect, complete, matchless, consummate; keen, poignant, acute, intense; delicious.

ANT. Common, coarse, ordinary; unrefined.

=Extemporaneous.= Improvised, unpremeditated, extempore, impromptu, extemporary, offhand.

ANT. Prepared, studied, premeditated, read, written, elaborated; rehearsed, recited.

=Extend.= Stretch, reach; prolong, continue, lengthen, protract; expand, dilate, enlarge, widen, augment, increase; diffuse; impart, give, offer, yield; amplify, avail, apply.

ANT. Contract, restrict, curtail, limit, narrow, reduce, condense; miss, fail.

=Extent.= Expanse, amplitude, extension; volume, bulk, magnitude, size; stretch, reach, compass, length; degree, distance, quantity.

ANT. Limitation, diminution, restriction.

=Extenuate.= Lessen, diminish, reduce; palliate, mitigate, excuse, qualify, apologize for.

ANT. Enhance, aggravate, heighten.

=Exterior=, a. Outward, external, outer, outside, superficial; foreign, extrinsic, from without.

ANT. Inner, internal, domestic, inward.

=Exterminate.= Eradicate, overthrow, uproot, expel, extirpate, annihilate, banish, destroy, remove, root out, wipe out.

ANT. Augment, breed, cherish, develop, increase, populate, replenish, settle, plant, foster, propagate, colonize, build up, beget.

=Extermination.= Extirpation, annihilation, eradication, abolition, destruction, extinction, excision, elimination.

ANT. Settlement, replenishment, augmentation, colonization, population, propagation, increase.

=External.= Outward, outer, exterior, outside, superficial; foreign, extrinsic; visible, apparent; manifest, palpable.

ANT. Inner, internal, intestine, inmost, hidden, non-apparent.

=Extinction.= Destruction, annihilation, extirpation, extermination, abolition; extinguishment; stifling, death, suffocation, cessation, obsolescence.

ANT. Inception, origination, birth, course, life, operation, action, exercise, continuance, prosperity, survival.

=Extinguish.= Quench; destroy, suppress, put down; extirpate, abolish, eradicate, kill, annihilate, put out.

ANT. Replenish, replant, implant, cherish, propagate, promote, invigorate, establish, confirm, secure.

=Extort.= Exact, wrest, wrench, wring out, force; despoil, express, fleece, squeeze out, extract.

ANT. Coax, cheat, wheedle, cajole.

=Extortionate.= Oppressive, exacting, severe, hard, harsh; exorbitant, close-fisted, rigorous, monstrous, preposterous.

ANT. Liberal, bountiful, indulgent, fair, moderate, reasonable.

=Extract=, n. Selection, excerpt, passage, citation, quotation.

=Extract=, v. Draw, pull, take out; derive, select, quote, cite; determine, find; educe, elicit, gather, collect, extort.

ANT. Insert, replace, incorporate, restore, reinsert, impose.

=Extraneous.= Foreign, extrinsic; non-pertinent, not germane, unessential, superfluous; unconnected, alien, unrelated, adventitious, ascititious.

ANT. Intrinsic, vital, internal, connected, essential.

=Extraordinary.= Unusual, remarkable, uncommon, singular, signal, egregious, rare, extra; unwonted, peculiar, wonderful, unprecedented, marvelous, prodigious, monstrous, preposterous, strange.

ANT. Common, usual, frequent, wonted, unremarkable, unimportant, ordinary.

=Extravagance.= Excess, exorbitance, enormity, unreasonableness, preposterousness; wildness, folly, absurdity, irregularity; prodigality, lavish expenditure, profusion, waste.

ANT. Carefulness, economy, frugality, saving, provision, prudence, foresight.

=Extravagant.= Excessive, inordinate, unreasonable, preposterous, exorbitant; wild, foolish, absurd, irregular; lavish, profuse, wasteful, spendthrift, prodigal.

ANT. Sound, sober, consistent, fair, rational, economical, frugal, careful, regular, usual.

=Extreme.= Utmost, farthest, uttermost, outermost; greatest, highest; last, final, ultimate; extravagant, immoderate, excessive, unreasonable; remote, terminal, distant, most violent.

ANT. Initial, primal, judicious, moderate.

=Extremity.= End, verge, termination, edge, border, extreme, utmost point; close, conclusion.

ANT. Beginning, commencement, opening, center, origin, bulk, body.

=Exudation.= Ooze, drip, percolation, excretion, secretion.

ANT. Absorption, parching, aridity.

=Exultant.= Exulting, jubilant, triumphant, elated, joyous, transported.

ANT. Mournful, dispirited, depressed.

=Exultation.= Elation, joy, triumph, delight, transport, ecstasy.

ANT. Mourning, depression.

F

=Fable.= Story, myth, legend, allegory, apologue; plot, action, series of events; fiction, falsehood, lie, untruth, fabrication, forgery, invention, figment; romance, parable, novel.

ANT. History, fact, narrative.

=Fabric.= Building, structure, edifice, pile; texture, make, workmanship, conformation; manufactured cloth, woven stuff; work, construction, tissue, web.

ANT. Destruction, dismantlement, demolition, fragment, wreck, tatters, ruin, shreds, rags.

=Fabricate.= Build, frame, construct; make, manufacture; forge, invent, coin, feign; form, falsify, produce, devise, misrepresent.

ANT. Demolish, tear, spoil, dismember, destroy, narrate, lacerate, copy, represent, repeat, portray.

=Fabulous.= Invented, fabricated, feigned, unreal, coined, fictitious; incredible, pretended, imaginary, false, monstrous.

ANT. Real, actual, historic, authentic, fair, true, reasonable.

=Facetious.= Witty, jocose, jocular, humorous, waggish, funny, comical, pleasant, droll; gay, merry, sportive, lively, entertaining, sprightly; playful.

ANT. Matter-of-fact, heavy, dull, grave, serious, saturnine, somber, lugubrious.

=Facile.= Docile, easy, mild, courteous, affable, complaisant, approachable; pliant, pliable, ductile, flexible, yielding, tractable, manageable, compliant; ready, dexterous; indulgent, weak, irresolute, characterless.

ANT. Resolute, sturdy, obstinate, determined, inflexible, crusty, self-willed, self-reliant, independent.

=Facility.= Easiness, ease; readiness, dexterity, expertness, ability, knack; condescension, urbanity, affability, civility, complaisance, politeness; pliancy, flexibility, ductility; appliance, convenience, means, advantage, resource; quickness, adroitness.

ANT. Effort, awkwardness, labor, difficulty.

=Fact.= Occurrence, event, deed, incident, act, performance, circumstance; reality, actuality, certainty, truth.

ANT. Fiction, supposition, unreality, falsehood, chimera, lie, delusion, invention, hallucination, romance.

=Factious.= Turbulent, refractory, seditious, rebellious, recalcitrant, litigious, adversative, malcontent.

ANT. Genial, complaisant, agreeable, loyal, harmonious, public-spirited, sympathetic, cooperative, auxiliary.

=Factitious.= Artificial; euphuistic, affected, finical, cramped, conventional, spurious.

ANT. Natural, genial, unaffected, pure, genuine, truthful.

=Fade.= Vanish, evanesce, disappear, pass away; decline, languish, droop, decay, wither; lose color, grow dim, blanch, bleach, fall, sink, dwindle, pale, change, set, etiolate, fail.

ANT. Rise, increase, bloom, grow, flourish, endure, abide, last, stand.

=Fag.= Droop, sink, grow weary, flag; drudge, toil; do menial service, tire, fatigue, jade, exhaust; work, slave.

ANT. Idle, lounge, dawdle; strike; bask.

=Fail.= Fall short, be insufficient, be deficient; decline, sink, decay, wane, fade, break, give out; cease, disappear, become extinct; miss, miscarry, be unsuccessful, miss fire, be frustrated; omit, neglect; break, become insolvent, suspend payment; trip, lose.

ANT. Succeed, exceed, surpass, achieve, abound, yield, excel.

=Faint.= Weak, exhausted, worn, listless, languid, wearied, dim, feeble, fatigued, faint-hearted, faded, faltering, half-hearted, irresolute, purposeless, timid, ill-defined, indistinct; unenergetic; obscure, inconspicuous.

ANT. Prominent, marked, glaring; resolute, sturdy, vigorous, strong, fresh, hearty, daring, energetic; clear, brilliant, bright, conspicuous.

=Fair.= Spotless, unspotted, unblemished, unstained, untarnished; white, light, blond; handsome, comely, beautiful; pleasant, clear, cloudless, unclouded; favorable, prosperous; promising, hopeful; open, distinct, plain, unobstructed, unencumbered; frank, honest, ingenuous, candid, noble, honorable, upright, impartial; reasonable, proper, equitable, just; passable, tolerable, above mediocrity; serene.

ANT. Lowering, dull, foul, ugly, disfigured, fraudulent, unfair, dishonorable.

=Faith.= Creed, doctrine, assurance, belief, confidence, assent, credence, opinion, trust, credit, reliance.

ANT. Distrust, disbelief, dissent, doubt, incredulity, infidelity, misgiving, skepticism, unbelief, suspicion, rejection.

=Faithful.= Firm, loyal, devoted, stanch, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, unwavering, incorruptible; attached; accurate, close, consistent, correspondent, exact, equivalent.

ANT. Inaccurate, inexact; faithless, false, fickle, untrue, wavering, untrustworthy, capricious.

=Fall.= Drop, descend, sink; lapse, droop, gravitate; fall down, be prostrated; be lowered, be depressed; decrease, decline, be diminished, die away, sin, err, transgress, trip, trespass; die, perish; empty, be discharged, flow; happen, befall, come; become, get; pass, be transferred; be dropped, be uttered carelessly.

ANT. Rise, soar, mount, recover, climb, ascend.

=Fallacy.= Illusion, deception, deceit, delusion, mistake, misapprehension, error, misconception; sophism, sophistry, paralogism, deceitful argument.

ANT. Truth, logic, proof, postulate, argument, verity, fact, axiom, soundness.

=Fallible.= Erring, uncertain, ignorant, weak, frail, imperfect.

ANT. Certain, infallible, unerring, omniscient.

=Fallow.= Pale red or pale yellow; untilled, unsowed, neglected; inert, inactive, dormant; quiescent, idle, uncultivated, unproductive.

ANT. Cultivated, tilled, productive, worked, sown, prolific, operative, fruitful.

=False.= Untrue, mendacious, unveracious, lying; dishonest, perfidious, treacherous, faithless, disloyal, dishonorable, disingenuous, double-tongued, false-hearted, double-faced, two-faced; untrustworthy, untruthful, unreliable, truthless; spurious, counterfeit, forged, not genuine, feigned, sham, hypocritical, make-believe; incorrect, improper, erroneous, unfounded, wrong; fallacious, deceptive, deceiving, deceitful, delusive, misleading, disappointing; sophistical, mock, bogus, fabricated, unfaithful.

ANT. True, sound, correct, authentic, real, genuine, candid, conclusive, honorable, faithful.

=Falsehood.= Falsity, lie, fabrication, untruth, fiction, fib; imposture, counterfeit, cheat; fallacy, error, sophistry, forgery, deception.

ANT. Truth, verity, correctness, fact, genuineness, honesty, honor, reality, authenticity.

=Falsify.= Misrepresent, counterfeit, belie, misstate, garble; disprove, show unsound; violate; mistake, misinterpret, betray.

ANT. Verify, rectify, correct, check, certify, justify, expose, declare, exhibit, publish.

=Falter.= Hesitate, stutter, stammer; fail, quiver, tremble, totter; waver, be undecided, show weakness; halt, slip, dubitate, demur, flinch, vacillate.

ANT. Proceed, speed, flow, run, discourse, determine, persevere, resolve.

=Fame.= Celebrity, honor, laurels, distinction, notoriety, renown, reputation, repute, glory, eminence, credit; report, tidings, rumor, bruit, news.

ANT. Silence, suppression, hush; dishonor, discredit, humiliation, infamy, shame, obscurity, contempt, contumely, disgrace, disrepute, ignominy, oblivion.

=Familiar.= Conversant, well-acquainted, well-versed; intimate, close, near, friendly, fraternal, cordial, amicable; social, accessible, sociable, affable, kindly, courteous, civil, companionable, conversible; unceremonious, unconstrained, free, easy, informal; well-known; household, frank, everyday, accustomed.

ANT. Uncommon, rare, extraordinary, strange, unaccustomed, unacquainted, new, unfamiliar, inconversant.

=Famous.= Celebrated, renowned, distinguished, remarkable, far-famed, eminent, noted, illustrious, glorious.

ANT. Unknown, unsung, inglorious, obscure, forgotten.

=Fanatic.= Enthusiast, zealot, visionary, bigot.

ANT. Skeptic, unbeliever, cynic.

=Fanaticism.= Intolerance, superstition, bigotry, credulity; enthusiasm, frenzy.

ANT. Skepticism, cynicism, indifference, freethinking, latitudinarianism; disbelief, profanity; disregard, coldness.

=Fanciful.= Fantastic, grotesque, visionary, imaginative, chimerical; unreal, eccentric, quaint, imaginary, freakish, erroneous, humorsome, capricious, fitful, erratic, whimsical, absurd.

ANT. Ordinary, usual, regular, commonplace, real, accurate, literal, prosaic, reasonable, sensible, solid, sure, true, sound, calculable, calculated; natural, sober, truthful, correct.

=Fancy.= Imagination, whim, vagary, caprice, belief, conceit, conception, desire, humor, idea, image, inclination, mood, liking, predilection, supposition; thought, notion.

ANT. Certainty, fact, reality, truth, verity, actuality; object, subject, thought, law, order; aversion, horror.

=Farcical.= Droll, absurd, ridiculous, ludicrous; comic, funny, nonsensical, pantomimic.

ANT. Grave, serious, tragic, solemn, dismal, ghastly, funereal.

=Fare.= Go, travel, journey, pass; prosper, be treated, prove, happen, turn out, be situated; be entertained, feed; live, speed, do.

ANT. Toil, fast, fail, droop, sink, faint, drop, falter, halt.

=Farewell.= Adieu, good-by, valedictory, leave-taking, congé, departure, parting.

ANT. Salutation, welcome, greeting.

=Fashion.= Form, shape, figure, cut, make, model, cast, mold, pattern, appearance, configuration, conformation; way, manner, sort, method; usage, custom, style, mode, conventionality; gentility; guise, character, practice, ceremony.

ANT. Person, work, speech, dress; derangement, formlessness, shapelessness; outlandishness, strangeness, eccentricity.

=Fast=, a. Fixed, fastened, close, tight; firm, immovable; steadfast, constant, stanch; fortified, strong, impregnable; profound, sound, deep; swift, quick, fleet, rapid; wild, reckless, thriftless, dissipated, thoughtless, extravagant; secure, stable, unyielding, unswerving; accelerated; gay.

ANT. Insecure, loose, slow, tardy, steady, sober, virtuous.

=Fasten.= Secure, bind, tie, attach; join, unite, connect, hold together; hold compact, affix, annex, grapple, fix.

ANT. Undo, loose, sever, relax, remove, unfasten, detach.

=Fastidious.= Dainty, squeamish, difficult, overnice, overdelicate, queasy, critical; overrefined, censorious, particular, punctilious.

ANT. Indulgent, uncritical, easy; coarse; omnivorous.

=Fat.= Unctuous, greasy, fatty, oily; plump, fleshy, obese, corpulent, portly, pursy; coarse, heavy, dull, sluggish, stupid; rich, profitable, lucrative; productive, fertile, fruitful; luxuriant, brawny; stout; oleaginous.

ANT. Lean, slender, attenuated, emaciated, barren, poor, scant; marrowless; anatomical.

=Fatal.= Deadly, mortal, lethal; destructive, calamitous, baleful, ruinous, mischievous, baneful, pernicious; fateful.

ANT. Beneficial, wholesome, vitalizing, restorative, salubrious, nutritious, slight, superficial, harmless.

=Fate.= Destiny, destination, inevitable necessity, fatality; lot, doom, predetermined event; destruction, death; final event, ultimate destruction; fortune, end.

ANT. Will, choice, decision, independence, freedom.

=Fathom=, v. Sound; divine, penetrate, reach, comprehend, understand; gage, pierce, measure, probe.

ANT. Survey, glance, scan, miss, skin, graze, overlook.

=Fathomless.= Bottomless, profound, abysmal.

ANT. Superficial, shallow, skin-deep.

=Fatigue=, n. Weariness, exhaustion, lassitude; labor, hardship, toil; languor, enervation.

ANT. Freshness, vigor, indefatigability, activity.

=Fatigue=, v. Harass, weary, tire, jade, exhaust, fag.

ANT. Inspirit, refresh, enliven, animate.

=Fatuity.= Foolishness, imbecility, idiocy; folly, madness, absurdity, infatuation.

ANT. Wisdom, sense, soundness, sobriety, discernment.

=Fault.= Defect, blemish, imperfection, flaw, weakness, failing, frailty; misdeed, misdemeanor, offense, trespass, wrong, transgression, delinquency, indiscretion; slip, error, lapse; failure, omission, want, drawback.

ANT. Perfection, sufficiency, correctness, completeness.

=Faultless.= Without blemish, perfect; innocent, guileless, blameless, sinless, spotless, immaculate, guiltless, stainless; complete, correct, accurate.

ANT. Incomplete, imperfect, incorrect, defective, inaccurate, corrupt, faulty, erroneous.

=Faulty.= Bad, defective, imperfect; blamable, blameworthy, culpable, reprehensible.

ANT. Correct, complete, perfect, accurate; irreproachable, blameless, unassailable.

=Favor=, n. Kindness, grace, countenance, friendliness, good will; benefit, good deed, friendly turn; patronage, championship, support; letter, communication, epistle; gift, present; decoration, knot, rosette; permission, leave, pardon; advantage, preference, boon; concession, predilection, civility, regard, condescension.

ANT. Refusal, denial, prohibition, disfavor, withholding, withdrawal, frown, disapproval, injury, discountenance.

=Favor=, v. Befriend, countenance, patronize, encourage; approve, regard with favor; facilitate, be propitious to; support, help, aid, assist; humor, indulge, extenuate, palliate, ease, spare; resemble, look like.

ANT. Refuse, deny, disapprove, withdraw, withhold, prohibit, discountenance, injure, harm.

=Favorable.= Kind, friendly, propitious, willing, auspicious; conducive, contributing; beneficial, advantageous, convenient, suitable, fit; permissive, indulgent, concessive, partial, fond, liberal.

ANT. Reluctant, unpropitious, unfavorable, impartial.

=Favorite.= Dear, beloved, pet, darling.

=Favoritism.= Partiality, invidiousness.

ANT. Odium, prejudice; impartiality.

=Fawn upon.= Flatter, wheedle, cajole, cringe, palaver, slaver.

ANT. Insult, deride, defy, censure, dare, satirize, rebuke, reprimand.

=Fealty.= Homage, loyalty, allegiance; fidelity, faithfulness, honor, good faith, devotion.

ANT. Disloyalty, treachery, infidelity, disaffection, shame, dishonor.

=Fear.= Dismay, alarm, horror, awe, apprehension, dread, terror, fright, panic, tremor, timidity, trepidation, trembling, affright, consternation, disquietude, misgiving, anxiety, solicitude, concern; veneration, reverence.

ANT. Courage, confidence, assurance, fearlessness; trust, boldness; fortitude.

=Fearful.= Afraid, apprehensive; timid, nervous, timorous, faint-hearted, cowardly; dreadful, terrible, frightful, dire; awful; shocking, terrific, horrible; hesitating.

ANT. Venturesome, audacious, bold, confident, consolatory, inspiriting, assuring; attractive, alluring, hopeful, inviting.

=Feasible.= Manageable, possible, permissible, practicable, contrivable.

ANT. Impossible, unallowable, impracticable.

=Feast.= Treat, banquet, regalement, entertainment, carousal; festival, holiday; delight, enjoyment.

ANT. Starvation, scarcity, want, lack, bareness, scantiness.

=Featly.= Neatly, cleverly, dexterously, adroitly.

ANT. Clumsily, bunglingly, hardly.

=Feature.= Lineament, cast of the face; fashion, make, aspect, appearance, conformation; prominent part, outline; characteristic, trait, point, mark, item, component, element, indication, portion, sign.

ANT. Whole, system, countenance; arrangement, case; misindication, misinformation, falsification; blind, mask, disguise; excrescence.

=Federation.= Uniting, federating, confederation, union, league, allying, alliance, coalition, federal compact, confederacy, combination.

ANT. Secession, disunion, sedition, mutiny, disruption.

=Fee.= Pay, reward, recompense, compensation, remuneration; feud, fief, fee-simple, unconditional tenure.

=Feeble.= Weak, not strong, enervated, debilitated, infirm, languid, sickly, languishing, declining, frail, drooping; faint, imperfect, dim; without vigor, lacking intensity; wretched, poor, dull, forceless, puny, enfeebled, nerveless; incomplete, vain, fruitless; scanty, pitiable.

ANT. Strong, robust, active, successful, effective; abundant; powerful, muscular; forcible, cogent, telling; violent, vehement, ardent; lusty, hale, vigorous, hearty.

=Feed.= Give food to, supply, contribute to, provide for; nourish, cherish, sustain; eat, take food, take nourishment; sustain life, subsist.

ANT. Starve, refuse, deny, withhold, take away; impoverish, steal from; diet, abstain, refrain.

=Feel.= Perceive, have feeling; be perceived; be moved, be excited, be stirred, be wrought up, be impressed; touch, handle; experience, suffer, or enjoy; be affected by, be moved by; prove, sound, try, put to the test.

ANT. Be hard or callous, insensate, apathetic, dull, numb, imperceivable, indifferent, unsusceptible, or stoical.

=Feeling.= Sense of touch; sensation, perception by touch; sensibility, emotion, sentiment, affection, passion, impression; tenderness, susceptibility; contact; pathos; consciousness, sensitiveness.

ANT. Callousness, insensibility, imperturbability, inexcitability, coldness, insensateness.

=Feign.= Invent, imagine, devise, forge, fabricate; counterfeit, affect, assume, simulate, pretend to.

ANT. Detect, test, unmask, refute, verify, substantiate.

=Felicitous.= Fit, appropriate, apt, pertinent, seasonable, opportune, well-timed, happy, skilful, ingenious; prosperous, successful, fortunate, lucky, auspicious, propitious; timely, joyous.

ANT. Unhappy, unfortunate, inauspicious, untimely, inopportune, disastrous, sad.

=Felicity.= Bliss, blessedness, happiness; aptness, aptitude, fitness, propriety, felicitousness, suitableness; success, luck, fortune.

ANT. Ill luck, bad fortune, sorrow, unhappiness, disaster, misfortune; sadness, mourning, melancholy.

=Fell=, a. Inhuman, cruel, barbarous, relentless, ruthless, implacable, unrelenting, pitiless, malignant, malicious, malign, savage, ferocious, bloody, blood-thirsty; direful, merciless, remorseless, fierce, truculent.

ANT. Generous, chivalrous, lenient, humane, propitious.

=Fell=, v. Prostrate, level, bring to the ground, hurl down, knock down; cut down, hew down, lay low; hem; demolish, subvert, waste, bare.

ANT. Plant, erect, support; stock, upraise, rear, propagate.

=Fellow.= Associate, companion, comrade; equal, peer, compeer; mate, match, counterpart; adherent, colleague, member; correlative, tally; partner, friend.

ANT. Foe, opponent, antagonist, stranger, mismatch, opposite.

=Fellowship.= Companionship, familiarity, intimacy, brotherhood, acquaintance; participation, partnership, joint interest; converse, intercourse, communion; sociability, affability, kindliness; association, company; membership, society.

ANT. Severance, disconnection, dismemberment; non-intercourse.

=Felonious.= Malignant, malign, malicious, nefarious, infamous, heinous, atrocious, cruel, felon; perfidious, traitorous, disloyal, base.

ANT. Legal, constitutional, rightful, regular; legitimate, legalized; permissible, allowable; just, proper.

=Feminine.= Female, womanish, womanly, effeminate; delicate, tender, modest, soft.

ANT. Robust, manly; indelicate, unfeminine; rough, rude; masculine.

=Fen.= Marsh, swamp, bog, moor, morass, quagmire.

=Fence=, v. Enclose, guard, fortify, defend, circumscribe, protect; elude, parry, stave.

ANT. Open, disenclose; receive, catch, suffer.

=Ferment=, n. Yeast, leaven, fermentation; agitation, commotion, tumult; fever, heat, glow.

=Ferment=, v. Set in fermentation; excite, agitate, heat; seethe, concoct, brew; warm, chafe; effervesce, rankle, fester.

ANT. Damp, cool; dissipate; subside, evaporate, disperse; heal.

=Fertile.= Prolific, fecund, breeding, bearing; fruitful, productive, rich, plenteous, luxuriant, exuberant, teeming; causative, conducive; pregnant; fraught, ingenious, inventive.

ANT. Poor, sterile, barren, unproductive, ineffective, inconducive, fruitless, inoperative, uninventive, unimaginative.

=Festive.= Convivial, jovial, joyous, gay, merry, mirthful, festival.

ANT. Solitary, deserted, ascetic, gloomy.

=Fetid.= Stinking, offensive, rank, rancid, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, foul, strong-smelling, corrupt.

ANT. Inodorous, fresh, perfumed, scented, balmy.

=Fetter=, n. Chains, bondage, custody, durance, duress, manacles, irons, shackles, imprisonment, handcuffs, gyves, bonds.

=Fetter=, v. Shackle, clog, hamper, trammel; chain, bind, tie, confine, restrain, encumber; manacle, hinder, impede.

ANT. Free, liberate, accelerate, expedite.

=Feud.= Contest, controversy, dispute, enmity, hostility, quarrel, strife, dissension, affray, animosity, bitterness, broil, contention, brawl, fray; antipathy.

ANT. Friendliness, congeniality, sympathy, clanship, pacification, reconciliation, sociality, neighborliness.

=Fever.= Heat, flush, excitement, agitation, ferment; ardor, fervor, broil, passion.

ANT. Coolness, iciness, frigidity; composure, indifference.

=Few.= Not many, small in number, hardly any, scarcely any; scant, rare, lacking.

ANT. Many, abundant, numerous.

=Fiber.= Strength, sinews, thews, toughness; thread, staple, pile, filament.

ANT. Laxity, debility, flabbiness.

=Fickle.= Wavering, unsteady, unstable, inconstant, variable, vacillating, volatile, mercurial, fitful, changeable, irresolute, unsettled, capricious, fanciful, unreliable, mutable; veering, restless, shifting.

ANT. Sober, orderly, reliable, calculable, well-regulated, uniform, steady, trustworthy.

=Fiction.= Fable, falsehood, myth, invention, novel, romance, figment, story, fabrication, legend, allegory, apologue; creation.

ANT. History, fact, literalness, reality, truth, verity, certainty.

=Fictitious.= Feigned, imaginary, invented, unreal, purely ideal, fanciful; false, counterfeit, spurious, supposititious.

ANT. Real, true, historical, genuine, authentic, veritable.

=Fidelity.= Faithfulness, devotedness, devotion, truth, loyalty, true-heartedness, fealty, adherence to duty; accuracy, closeness, exactness, truthfulness, precision, attachment, honesty, allegiance, integrity.

ANT. Disloyalty, treachery, untruthfulness, disaffection, inaccuracy, infidelity, inexactness.

=Field.= Tract of land; battle-field, scene of war; surface, expanse, range, scope; province, department, region, realm, domain; ground, arena; room, opportunity.

ANT. Circumscription, constraint; interdiction, exclusion, debarment.

=Fierce.= Ravenous, infuriate, barbarous, fell; vehement, turbulent, passionate, uncurbed, untamed, raging; furious, savage, ferocious, fiery, violent, wild, impetuous; uncultivated, untrained.

ANT. Gentle, harmless, kind, patient, submissive, sweet, tender, docile, affectionate, mild, peaceful, tame; calm.

=Fiery.= Hot, ardent, heated, fervid, flaming, glowing; impetuous, vehement, fierce, passionate, impassioned; irascible, choleric, excited, enkindled, hot-blooded, irritable.

ANT. Cold, icy, frigid, chilly; indifferent, phlegmatic, passionless, unimpassioned, mild, tame; extinguished, quenched.

=Fight=, n. Combat, conflict, contest, battle, struggle, engagement, encounter, action, affair, fray, affray, brush; broil, riot; spirit, fighting temper; resistance, disposition to struggle, contention.

ANT. Pacification, reconciliation.

=Figurative.= Typical, representative, emblematical; metaphorical, tropical; flowery, florid, ornate; poetical, rhetorical, symbolical.

ANT. Literal, prosaic, unpoetical, unmetaphorical.

=Figure=, n. Form, shape, configuration, conformation, outline; image, likeness, representation, effigy; appearance; pattern, design; metaphor, trope; diagram, drawing; price; symbol, type, emblem; digit, number, numeral, character; aspect, delineation, condition, illustration.

ANT. Misrepresentation, deformity, disfigurement.

=Figure=, v. Adorn, variegate, diversify; represent, signify, typify, symbolize; imagine, image, conceive, picture, represent; calculate, compute, cipher; appear, act, perform; show off, cut a dash.

ANT. Disfigure, harm, destroy; miscalculate, mistake.

=File.= Rasp, smooth, finish; place on file; polish; perfect, refine, improve.

ANT. Roughen, jag, acuminate, denticulate, barb, notch, cusp.

=Fill.= Make full, fill up; pervade, occupy; dilate, expand, stretch, distend; store, supply, furnish, replenish, stock; satisfy, content, sate, satiate, cloy, pall; occupy, hold, fulfil, perform; become full, be filled; gorge, appoint, glut; stuff; rise; swell, grow, increase.

ANT. Exhaust, drain, dissatisfy, deprive, stint, vacate; misappoint; subside, ebb, evaporate, shrink, diminish.

=Filter.= Strain, ooze, percolate, exude, transude; refine, distil, leak; purify, cleanse, depurate, defecate, clarify.

ANT. Muddle, disturb, befoul, thicken.

=Filthy.= Dirty, nasty, foul, defiled, unclean, squalid; impure, corrupt, gross; dingy, unsanitary, unwholesome.

ANT. Pure, sweet, healthy, clean, sanitary, wholesome.

=Final.= Latest, last, eventual, ultimate; decisive, conclusive, definitive; terminal; definite, developed.

ANT. Initiative, open, progressive, continuous, incipient, current, unconcluded, inchoate, inaugural, nascent, rudimental.

=Find.= Discover, fall upon, light upon, meet; obtain, get, procure, gain, arrive at, attain to; observe, remark, perceive, notice, discover; detect, catch; supply, furnish, provide, contribute; determine judicially, declare by verdict; confront, ascertain, experience, invent.

ANT. Withdraw; miss, lose, elude, withhold, overlook, miscontrive.

=Fine=, n. Forfeit, penalty, forfeiture, mulct, amercement.

=Fine=, a. Minute, small, comminuted, little; slender, capillary, delicate; thin, tenuous, subtile, attenuated; light, keen, sharp; exquisite, nice, refined; excellent, superior, very good; brilliant, accomplished; beautiful, handsome, splendid, elegant; clear, pure, unadulterated; gay, showy, garish, flashy, filmy, artistic, choice, finished, high, grand, noble, generous, honorable, pretentious, pretty, ostentatious; presumptuous, casuistical.

ANT. Rough, mean, petty, unfinished; illiberal, unimposing, paltry; modest, unaffected, affable; plain-spoken, categorical; unanalytical, unreflective; coarse, great, heavy, huge, immense, large, rude, stout, thick, blunt, big, clumsy.

=Finery.= Gewgaws, trinkets, ornaments, trimmings, tawdriness, decorations, trappings, bedizenment, tinsel, trash, dressiness.

ANT. Ornament, dress, decoration, adornment; chasteness, sobriety, simplicity.

=Finical.= Fastidious, dainty, overparticular, squeamish, overnice, affected, elegant; dandyish, foppish, spruce.

ANT. Effective, unaffected, practical, energetic, real, genuine, natural; outspoken, blunt, coarse, rude.

=Finish=, v. Accomplish, execute, complete, perform, achieve, do, get done; perfect, polish, elaborate; end, terminate, close, conclude, put an end to; shape.

ANT. Start, commence, begin; fail, undertake; miscontrive, botch, mar, mismanage.

=Finished.= Perfect, artistic, refined, high.

ANT. Inartistic, incomplete, poor, rude, coarse, unfinished.

=Finite.= Bounded, limited, conditioned, contracted, restricted, terminated.

ANT. Infinite, unlimited, unbounded.

=Fire.= Blaze, burning, conflagration, flame, combustion; discharge; heat, ardor, fervor, violence, force, passion, impetuosity, fervency, intensity, animation, vigor, spirit, enthusiasm; light, luster, radiance, splendor; vivacity, inspiration, imagination; torture, affliction, trouble, bitter trial, persecution.

=First.= Foremost, leading; chief, highest, principal, capital; elementary, primary, rudimentary; earliest; primitive, primeval, pristine; in the first place, at the outset, in the beginning, first and foremost; original, onmost.

ANT. Subsequent, secondary, subordinate, subservient, lowest, unimportant, last, hindmost.

=Fit=, a. Competent, fitted, qualified; suitable, appropriate, apt, apposite, meet, seemly, becoming, befitting, proper, good, decent, convenient, fitting, decorous, adapted, congruous, peculiar, particular, prepared, adequate, calculated, ripe, right, contrived, expedient.

ANT. Awkward, misfitting, ungainly, ill-suited, inappropriate, unseemly, unprepared, unsuitable, inadequate, miscalculated, miscontrived, improper, unfit, inexpedient.

=Fitful.= Variable, irregular, impulsive, spasmodic, unstable, fickle, whimsical, fanciful, capricious, fantastic, humorsome, odd; eventful, checkered; restless, inconstant, mutable, desultory, unequal.

ANT. Regular, equable, orderly, systematic, calculable.

=Fix.= Set, place, establish, plant, fasten, make firm; attach, tie, connect; determine, define, appoint, limit, settle; rivet, direct steadily, adjust; solidify, consolidate; link, locate, root, secure; decide.

ANT. Displace, unsettle, remove, disarrange, uproot, transplant, transfer, weaken, shake, disestablish, reverse, disturb, change, unfix.

=Flaccid.= Limber, lax, drooping, flabby, soft, limp, yielding, relaxed, inelastic, pendulous.

ANT. Firm, braced, plump, muscular, chubby, brawny, vigorous, strong, powerful.

=Flag=, n. Flagstone; streamer, banner, colors, standard, pennon, pennant, ensign, gonfalon.

=Flag=, v. Hang loose, droop; languish, faint, decline, pine, sink, succumb, grow weak, become dejected; pall, grow stale, lose interest, weary, tire; give in.

ANT. Freshen, flourish; persevere, hold, brace up, struggle, persist, battle, recruit, recover.

=Flagitious.= Atrocious, heinous, flagrant, scandalous, villainous, corrupt, abandoned, profligate; enormous, monstrous, disgraceful, nefarious, aggravated.

ANT. Creditable, honorable, noble, meritorious, justifiable, distinguished, extenuated, excusable, pardonable.

=Flaring.= Flaming, glaring, conspicuous, bright, gaudy, overcolored, flaunting, flashy, ostentatious, showy, tawdry.

ANT. Subdued, toned, harmonized, dull, dim, dingy, neutral, dowdy, colorless.

=Flat=, a. Level, horizontal; even, plane, smooth; low, prostrate, laid low; dull, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, frigid, tame, prosaic, uninteresting; pointless; vapid, tasteless, insipid, stale, dead, jejune; peremptory, absolute, positive; downright, mawkish.

ANT. Animated, exciting, interesting, thrilling, sensational, emotional, melodramatic.

=Flaunt.= Wave ostentatiously, insolently, brazenly, or boldly; display, vaunt, flourish, toss, disport, boast; flout, flounce, flutter, parade, figure.

ANT. Conceal, suppress, retire, skulk, recede, hide, shrivel, collapse, furl.

=Flavor.= Taste, savor, relish, zest, smack, gusto; aroma, essence, subtle quality, spirit, soul; odor.

ANT. Insipidity, tastelessness, inodorousness, mawkishness, scentlessness, flatness.

=Flexible.= Pliable, pliant, limber, lithe, supple, crooked; affable, tractable, compliant, docile, gentle; elastic; easy, indulgent, ductile, flexile, yielding.

ANT. Tough, rigid, inelastic, hard, inflexible, inexorable.

=Flicker.= Quiver, flutter, falter, waver, glimmer, bicker, shimmer, scintillate.

ANT. Stream, blase, beam, shine, gleam.

=Flight.= Flying, soaring, volitation, mounting, fleeing, departure; flock; volley, shower; escape, evasion, disappearance; stampede, hegira, exodus.

ANT. Recurrence, return, reappearance; repose, perching, alighting.

=Flimsy.= Gauzy, poor, transparent, thin; trifling, trivial, inane, puerile; weak, shallow, superficial, slight, unsubstantial; feeble, frivolous, foolish, light, trashy.

ANT. Solid, sound, irrefragable, cogent, substantial.

=Flinch.= Wince, swerve, recoil, blench, shrink, draw back.

ANT. Dare, face, bare, meet, endure, challenge, defy.

=Fling.= Throw, cast, toss, hurl, dart, pitch, chuck; prostrate, overthrow, throw down; wince, flounce; jeer, sneer, gibe, scoff, flaunt, taunt; emit, ejaculate.

ANT. Snatch, grasp, hold, keep, retain, arrest, catch.

=Flippant.= Fluent, voluble, glib, talkative, nimble of speech; impertinent, pert, malapert, forward, bold; superficial, saucy, thoughtless.

ANT. Servile, considerate, obsequious, flattering, deferential; accurate; complimentary, respectful.

=Float.= Waft, swim, be buoyed up; bear up, buoy up; spread, prevail.

ANT. Sink, drown, die, vanish, founder.

=Flock=, n. Brood, bevy, herd, lot, group, pack, swarm, set, hatch, drove, covey, litter; collection, company, congregation.

=Flock=, v. Herd, congregate, assemble, throng, crowd, troop.

ANT. Disperse, scatter, separate, segregate, distribute, rout.

=Flood=, n. Deluge, abundance, inundation, overflow, freshet; downrush, multitude.

ANT. Drought, drain, ebb, scarcity, subsidence.

=Florid.= Flowery; flushed, rubicund; ornate, rhetorical, figurative, embellished; overwrought, sanguine, meretricious.

ANT. Pallid, exsanguine; bloodless, anemic, unadorned, bare, sober, nude, chaste.

=Flounder.= Struggle, toss, wallow, tumble, flounce; roll, blunder, bungle.

ANT. Emerge, course, career, speed, rise, skim, flourish.

=Flourish.= Thrive, grow; prosper, succeed, be successful; vapor, boast, brag, vaunt, bluster, show off; attain one’s prime, be in vigor; brandish, wave; speed, triumph.

ANT. Fail, decline, fade, arrest, founder, miscarry; sheath, ground.

=Flow.= Stream, run, pour, roll on, sweep along; melt, liquefy, be molten; issue, emanate, proceed, come, grow, arise, follow, spring, result; glide, wave, undulate, float, waver, abound, be full, flood, deluge, overflow; career, progress, course.

ANT. Halt, stick, stop, hesitate, fail, stickle, stint, beat, recoil, ebb, regurgitate; stagnate.

=Flower=, n. Blossom, bloom; best part; prime, vigor; figure, expression; perfection, acme, ornament, pride, gem, cream.

ANT. Deformity, disappointment, blot, abortion; blight; scum; dregs.

=Flowing.= Running; fluent, copious, smooth; abundant, exuberant, easy, eloquent.

ANT. Dry, dribbling, meager, strained, labored, difficult, unready, forced.

=Fluctuate.= Veer, waver, swerve, vacillate, vary, undulate, oscillate, hesitate.

ANT. Abide, adhere, persist, stand fast, stay, stick, hold fast.

=Fluctuation.= Oscillation, undulation, unsteadiness, variation, change, shifting, rise and fall, inconstancy, hesitation, wavering, vacillation.

ANT. Steadiness, firmness, steadfastness, constancy, stability, fixedness, stolidity; persistence, perseverance, pertinacity, obstinacy, tenacity.

=Fluency.= Smoothness, flowing quality, liquidness; copiousness, affluence, command of language, readiness of speech.

ANT. Solidity, density, compactness, hardness; difficulty, slowness; paucity.

=Flurry=, v. Excite, agitate, disconcert, confuse, disturb, perturb, hurry, ruffle, worry, fluster.

ANT. Soothe, compose, quiet, calm, mesmerize.

=Flutter.= Hover, flap, flirt; palpitate, tremble; flaunt; fluctuate, waver, oscillate, vacillate, be inconstant, be unsteady; flit, quiver, flicker.

ANT. Perch, roost, nestle, settle, subside, collapse, rest, repose, pause, sink, lull.

=Flux.= Flow, flowing; mutation, change, shifting, transition; fusion, melting; solvent; motion, progression, substitution, transmutation.

ANT. Stagnation, stillness, identity, invariableness, immutability, arrestation, crystallization.

=Focus.= Center; standpoint; convergence, rendezvous, nucleus.

ANT. Circle, dispersion, divergence, dissipation.

=Foggy.= Misty, hazy; confused, dazed, bewildered, muddy, muddled; absent, stupid, obscure.

ANT. Alert, alive, awake; lucid, clear, bright; shrewd, sharp.

=Foible.= Frailty, weakness, failing, defect, imperfection, infirmity, fault, weak point; peccadillo.

ANT. Crime, atrocity, sin, enormity.

=Foil=, n. Contrast, background, set off; rapier; enhancement, setting; elucidation.

ANT. Eclipse, outshining, extinction, overshadowing.

=Foist.= Impose, thrust; falsify, counterfeit, palm, pass.

ANT. Expose, detect, verify, authenticate.

=Fold=, v. Double, enfold, enwrap, envelop, wrap, embrace, enclose.

ANT. Unfold, expose, disengage.

=Follow.= Attend, accompany, result, pursue, succeed, chase, go after, come after, copy, ensue, heed, imitate, observe, obey, practice; shadow.

ANT. Avoid, elude, precede, quit, disobey, cause, produce, shun, abandon.

=Follower.= Pursuer; attendant, retainer, supporter, dependant, companion, associate; adherent, disciple, pupil, partisan; imitator, copier.

ANT. Leader, teacher, rival, antagonist, opponent.

=Folly.= Foolishness, imbecility, fatuity, stupidity, shallowness, dulness; absurdity, extravagance, infatuation, unwisdom, imprudence, nonsense, indiscretion; slip, lapse, misstep; madness, misconduct, silliness, weakness.

ANT. Wisdom, sanity, sense, prudence, judgment, sobriety.

=Foment.= Bathe; excite, instigate, stimulate, brew, encourage, promote, abet, stir up; fan, cherish, propagate.

ANT. Allay, extinguish, extirpate, quench, discourage.

=Fond.= Foolish, silly, weak, absurd, empty, vain, senseless, baseless; doting, affectionate, loving, attached, enamored, devoted.

ANT. Averse, unloving, unaffectionate, strong-minded, rational, austere, sensible, well-grounded, undemonstrative.

=Fondle.= Caress, coddle, blandish, pet; dandle; spoil, indulge.

ANT. Worry, annoy, tease, chafe, irritate, ruffle.

=Fondness.= Delusion, folly, silliness, weakness, absurdity; tenderness, doting; liking, preference, partiality, predilection, affection; relish, appetite.

ANT. Repulsion, aversion, dislike, antipathy; hatred, contempt; harshness, brutality, loathing.

=Food.= Aliment, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, viands, sustenance, victuals, provender, regimen, pabulum, fodder, diet, forage, feed, fare; bread, meat, provisions, cheer, commons, rations, subsistence.

=Fool.= Idiot, natural; dolt, witling, driveler, blockhead, simpleton, dunce; buffoon, harlequin, droll, punch, antic, jester, clown.

ANT. Wise man, adept, expert, scholar, master.

=Foolish.= Senseless, idiotic, silly, weak, daft, simple, irrational, insensate, shallow, brainless, witless; unwise, unreasonable, absurd, ridiculous, preposterous, indiscreet, imprudent; puerile, idle, trivial, trifling, contemptible, vain, childish; injudicious, objectionable, imbecile, nonsensical; crazed.

ANT. Sensible, sane, clear-sighted, deep, strong-minded, sound, sagacious, wise, prudent, judicious, eligible, calculating, advisable.

=Footing.= Foothold; foundation, basis, groundwork; standing, rank, grade, status, state, condition; settlement, establishment; sum total.

ANT. Dislodgment, ousting, unstableness.

=Foppish.= Dandyish, vain, coxcombical, dressy, dandified.

ANT. Unassuming, modest, dowdy, unaffected, clownish, slovenly.

=Foray.= Inroad, irruption, raid, invasion, incursion; sally, escapade, dragonnade.

ANT. Flight, retreat, recall, stampede, decampment.

=Forbear.= Abstain, avoid, withhold, refrain, forego; stop, desist, pause, cease, stay, hold, break off, give over; be tolerant, endure, be patient; shun, decline; omit; spare, tolerate, put up with.

ANT. Seek, indulge, gratify, yield, grant, bestow; continue, advance, progress; rebel, resist.

=Forbidding.= Repulsive, repellent, unpleasant, odious, abhorrent, disagreeable, offensive; deterrent, prohibitory.

ANT. Attractive, seductive, permissive, alluring, encouraging.

=Force=, n. Strength, power, energy, might, vigor; efficacy, efficiency, potency, validity, virtue, cogency, agency; compulsion, violence, constraint, coercion, enforcement; army, troop, legion, battalion, host, squadron, phalanx; instrumentality, dint, vehemence, pressure.

ANT. Weakness, feebleness, inefficiency, counteraction, neutralization, debility, inconclusiveness, pointlessness.

=Fore=, a. Anterior, preceding, antecedent, prior, previous, former, foregoing; front, face; advanced, leading, head, foremost, first.

ANT. Posterior, subsequent, following; rear, back, hindmost, last.

=Forefather.= Progenitor, ancestor, father.

ANT. Descendants, progeny.

=Forefend.= Avert, prevent, ward off, hinder, keep off, forbid; stave, obviate.

ANT. Remedy, rectify, cure, mend, redress.

=Forego.= Relinquish, resign, renounce, surrender, cede, yield, abandon, give up, part with, let go; waive, drop, abjure.

ANT. Claim, assume, seize, grasp, retain, vindicate.

=Foreign.= Alien, external, exterior, outward, strange, exotic, from abroad; extraneous, extrinsic, adventitious, irrelevant; outlandish.

ANT. Domestic, congenial, native, relative, germane.

=Forerunner.= Precursor, herald, harbinger, foregoer, avant-courier; prelude; prognostic, sign, omen, premonition; predecessor.

ANT. Successor, follower; postlude; fulfilment.

=Foresee.= Foreknow, forecast, have prescience of; predict, anticipate, foretell, forebode, divine.

ANT. Remember, recollect, recall, reflect.

=Foretell.= Prognosticate, foreshow, foreshadow, betoken, portend, augur, bode, forebode, presage; predict, prophesy; pre-indicate, forewarn.

ANT. Recite, narrate, detail; recollect, remember.

=Forethought.= Foresight, anticipation, precaution, forecast, provision, prudence.

ANT. Delay, procrastination.

=Forever.= Always, perpetually, eternally, everlastingly, ever, endlessly, evermore, aye.

ANT. Never, at no time.

=Forfeit=, =Forfeiture=. Loss, fine, mulct, amercement, confiscation, penalty; damages.

ANT. Bribe, premium, douceur, compensation, gratuity, reward, remuneration.

=Forge.= Beat, hammer out, fabricate, frame, form; devise, invent, coin; falsify, counterfeit; work, produce, elaborate, feign, make falsely, shape.

ANT. Shatter, batter, shiver, blast, fuse, detect, expose; misconstrue, misshape, misfabricate; verify.

=Forgery.= Counterfeit; falsification, fraudulent imitation.

ANT. Attestation, verification, signature; genuineness.

=Forget.= Consign to oblivion, overlook; slight, neglect, cease to care for; unlearn, pretermit, obliterate.

ANT. Acquire, learn, recollect, remember, retain, treasure, mind.

=Forgetful.= Apt to forget; negligent, inattentive, careless, heedless, neglectful, mindless.

ANT. Attentive, retentive, careful, mindful.

=Forgetfulness.= Aptness to forget; failure of memory; negligence, inattention, carelessness, heedlessness; oblivion.

ANT. Retentiveness, recollection, recalling.

=Forgotten.= Unremembered, bygone, slighted, overlooked, obsolete, neglected, disregarded.

ANT. Remembered, present, treasured, cherished, guarded, regarded.

=Forlorn.= Deserted, forsaken, solitary, abandoned, lost, friendless; wretched, miserable, pitiable, destitute, desolate; helpless, comfortless, disconsolate, wobegone; hapless, luckless; lone, lonesome.

ANT. Supported, cherished, attended, protected, befriended, cheered.

=Form=, n. Shape, figure, configuration, mold, fashion, cast, cut; mode, method, formula, formulary, ritual; manner, system, sort, kind, order; regularity, arrangement; shapeliness, ceremony, formality, ceremonial; conventionality, etiquette; pattern, model; mere appearance, empty show.

=Form=, v. Shape, mold, fashion, constitute, arrange, frame, construct, contrive, conceive, make, produce, create, devise, invent, compose, dispose, combine.

ANT. Deform, dislocate, distort, derange, disintegrate, dismember, dissipate, disorganize, analyze.

=Formal.= Express, explicit, positive, strict, official; regular, set, methodical, fixed, rigid, stiff; ceremonious, precise, punctilious, starched, prim, exact; essential, constitutive; external; complete, shapely, sufficient, affected, correct, stately, dignified, pompous.

ANT. Incomplete, irregular, informal, incorrect, inadequate, easy, unassuming, unceremonious.

=Formalism.= Rigidity, parade, ceremoniousness, pomposity, externalism, punctilio.

ANT. Simplicity, unaffectedness, unostentatiousness, unceremoniousness.

=Formality.= Custom, established mode; ceremony, etiquette, conventionality, mere form; parade, affectation, punctiliousness, stateliness.

ANT. Informality; unceremoniousness, unconventionality; originality.

=Formation.= Creation, production; composition, constitution; arrangement, disposal, combination, disposition; construction, shape, structure.

=Former.= Anterior, antecedent, previous, prior, preceding, foregoing; quondam, late, old-time; past, bygone, foregone, previous; first-named, first-mentioned; earlier, ancient.

ANT. Subsequent, succeeding, posterior, latter, modern, coming, future.

=Formidable.= Terrible, redoubted, tremendous, dangerous; awful, alarming, terrifying, discouraging, appalling, serious, horrible, dreadful, fearful, shocking.

ANT. Light, trivial; feeble, harmless, contemptible, powerless, despicable, weak, helpless.

=Forthwith.= Instantly, directly, immediately, without delay, instantaneously.

ANT. Hereafter, soon, by-and-by, presently.

=Fortification.= Fort, stronghold, fortress, fastness, castle, citadel; bulwark, fortified place.

=Fortify.= Protect, surround; reinforce, brace, stiffen, strengthen; confirm, corroborate; garrison, intrench.

ANT. Weaken, dismantle; invalidate.

=Fortitude.= Endurance, heroism, resolution, courage; firmness, patience; bravery; calmness, resignation, hardihood, composure, stoicism.

ANT. Impatience, timidity, flinching, irritation, faintness, delicacy, effeminacy, womanishness, childishness.

=Fortuitous.= Accidental, casual, contingent, chance, incidental, undesigned.

ANT. Purposed, planned, designed; anticipated, foreseen.

=Fortunate.= Favored, lucky, successful, prosperous, happy, felicitous, propitious, auspicious, favorable, advantageous, providential.

ANT. Miserable, unhappy, unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate, wretched, woful, fallen, infelicitous, broke, crushed.

=Fortune.= Chance, accident, luck, hap, casualty, fortuity; livelihood; estate, substance, property, possessions; wealth, affluence, riches, opulence; destiny, fate, destination, doom, star, lot; issue, result, event; success.

ANT. Design, purpose; misfortune, ill luck, poverty; inception, cause, failure.

=Forward=, a. Onward, progressive, advancing; front, fore, anterior; ready, prompt, eager, willing, zealous, earnest; presumptuous, confident, bold, impertinent, pert, assuming, flippant; early, premature; obtrusive, anxious, self-assertive.

ANT. Tardy, reluctant, retiring, backward, slow, modest, indifferent.

=Forward=, v. Support, foster, advance, promote, further, encourage, aid, favor, help; hasten, accelerate, quicken, speed, hurry, despatch, expedite; transmit, send on, ship.

ANT. Retard, delay, prevent, hinder, frustrate.

=Foul.= Impure, nasty, dirty, unclean, squalid, filthy, tarnished, soiled, stained, polluted, sullied; disgusting, loathsome, offensive, noisome; dishonorable, unfair, sinister, underhanded; base, scandalous, infamous, vile, wicked, dark, abominable, detestable, disgraceful, shameful; vulgar, coarse, low; abusive, insulting, scurrilous; thick, turbid, muddy; stormy, cloudy, rainy; entangled, tangled.

ANT. Pure, uncorrupt, unstained, undefiled, uncontaminated, unsullied, stainless, fair, unspotted, spotless, unpolluted, holy.

=Found=, v. Base, set, fix, place, ground, rest; build, construct, raise, erect; establish, institute, originate, plant, set up; cast, mold; endow, root.

ANT. Uproot, subvert, supplant, disestablish.

=Foundation.= Base, groundwork, basis, bottom, footing; establishment, settlement; endowment; institution, origin, rudiments, ground, substratum, underlying principle.

ANT. Disestablishment; superstructure; demolition, ruin, overthrow.

=Founder.= Originator, institutor, establisher, planter; molder, caster; author.

ANT. Subverter, destroyer.

=Fountain.= Spring, well, jet; source, origin, original cause, first principle.

=Fraction.= Part, portion, fragment, piece, bit, scrap, section.

ANT. Whole, total, amount, sum, aggregate.

=Fractious.= Cross, captious, petulant, testy, peevish, fretful, irritable, waspish, snappish; pettish.

ANT. Good-humored, blithesome, agreeable, complaisant, genial.

=Fragile.= Brittle, easily broken, frangible; infirm, frail, weak, feeble, delicate, slight.

ANT. Tough, hardy, stout, strong.

=Fragment.= Remnant, fraction, scrap, chip, detached part, bit, piece, morsel.

ANT. Bulk, body, whole, mass.

=Fragrance=, =Fragrancy=. Redolence, perfume, aroma, balminess, incense, grateful odor or smell, pleasant scent.

=Fragrant.= Aromatic, redolent, spicy, balmy, odoriferous, perfumed, sweet-scented, odorous, sweet-smelling.

ANT. Inodorous, scentless, fetid.

=Frail.= Fragile, brittle, frangible; weak, feeble, infirm; irresolute, erring, mutable.

ANT. Resolute, lasting, virtuous; tough, hardy, strong, stout.

=Frame=, n. Framework, skeleton, carcass, framing; form, structure, system, fabric, constitution, scheme; condition, state, temper, mood.

=Frame=, v. Construct, build, put together; form, compose, make, constitute; invent, devise, plan, contrive; fabricate, forge.

=Franchise.= Right, privilege; exemption, immunity; freedom.

ANT. Obligation, disability, disqualification, liability, jurisdiction.

=Frank.= Open, ingenuous, free, sincere, candid, artless, frank-hearted, without disguise, unreserved; familiar, honest, outspoken, easy, plain.

ANT. Close, reserved; disingenuous.

=Frantic.= Furious, raving, raging, mad, wild, infuriate, frenzied, distracted; maniacal.

ANT. Sane, sober, calm, collected, cool, unruffled, composed.

=Fraternity.= Association, circle, society, company, brotherhood, sodality, league, clan; brotherliness.

=Fraternize.= Harmonize, sympathize, consort, concur; associate with, coöperate with; coalesce.

ANT. Renounce, abjure, forswear; ostracize.

=Fraud.= Duplicity, deceit, deception, dishonesty, treason, artifice, trick, cheat, imposture, swindle, treachery, imposition.

ANT. Good faith, honesty, truth, uprightness, fairness, integrity.

=Fraught.= Filled, stored, laden, freighted, charged, abounding, pregnant, big; loaded, teeming.

ANT. Devoid, divested, exempt, empty, wanting, poor, scant.

=Freakish.= Whimsical, erratic, capricious, odd, fanciful, humorsome; sportful, frisky, joking, mirthful.

ANT. Sober, steady, demure, unwhimsical, unfanciful, reliable, consistent, equable, uniform.

=Free=, a. Independent, at liberty, unrestrained; released, emancipated, delivered, liberated; exempt, clear, allowed, permitted, open; unobstructed, unimpeded, unrestricted; frank, ingenuous, candid, artless, unreserved, sincere, frank-hearted; generous, liberal, bountiful, hospitable, charitable, munificent, open-handed; prodigal, lavish, immoderate; ready, eager, willing, prompt; gratuitous, spontaneous; loose, lax; familiar, unconstrained, easy, informal; detached, playing, operating, unoccupied, unhindered, unconditional, untrammeled, careless, unconfined, bounteous.

ANT. Bound, shackled, subservient, restricted, obstructed, clogged; occupied; impeded, unlawful, compulsory, biased, subject, liable, amenable; conditional, qualified; stingy, niggardly.

=Freedom.= Independence, liberty; scope, range, play, free swing; franchise, immunity, privilege; license, laxity, looseness, familiarity.

ANT. Slavery, serfdom, servitude; imprisonment, captivity.

=Frenzy.= Madness, rage, fury, insanity, raving, distraction, lunacy, derangement, mania, delirium, aberration of mind; fanaticism, fire.

ANT. Calm, composure, collectedness, coolness, sanity, sobriety, equanimity.

=Frequent=, a. Oft-repeated; common, usual, everyday; many, repeated, recurrent, general, numerous, continual.

ANT. Few, solitary, scanty, rare, casual.

=Fresh.= New, recent, novel; renewed, revived; blooming, flourishing, unfaded, unwilted, unwithered, well-preserved; unimpaired, undecayed; rosy, ruddy, fair, delicate, fresh-colored; well, hearty, florid, vigorous, healthy, hardy, strong; unworn, unwearied, unexhausted, unfatigued; vivid, lively, keen, unabated; unsalted; pure, cool, refreshing, sweet, health-giving, bracing; brisk, stiff, strong; raw, uncultivated, unpracticed, untrained, unskilled, inexperienced; young, untried, modern.

ANT. Old, stale, weary, jaded; former; stagnant, impaired; original, ordinary, tarnished, faded, decayed, pallid, sickly, putrid, moldy, musty, fusty.

=Fretful.= Touchy, peevish, petulant, testy, snappish, waspish, splenetic, spleeny, captious, irritable, ill-humored, ill-tempered; fractious, impatient, discontented.

ANT. Patient, contented, forbearing, meek, resigned, unmurmuring.

=Friction.= Attrition, abrasion, resistance, confrication, rubbing; grating, contact.

ANT. Lubrication, non-contact, detachment, isolation.

=Friend.= Confidant, intimate, associate, companion; ally, confrère, fellow-adherent; favorer, encourager, well-wisher, advocate, patron, adherent, defender, supporter; acquaintance, familiar, chum, messmate, coadjutor.

ANT. Opponent, foe, adversary, antagonist, enemy.

=Friendly.= Companionable, genial, neighborly, cordial, affectionate, brotherly, fond, favorable, kind, kindly, loving, well-disposed, social, tender, affable, accessible, sociable, amicable, complaisant, hearty, sincere.

ANT. Adverse, estranged, ill-disposed, unfriendly, antagonistic, unkind, inimical, alienated, distant, disaffected, frigid, hostile, cold, indifferent, contentious, belligerent, bellicose.

=Friendship.= Affection, good will, devotion, attachment, amity, comity, consideration, favor, friendliness, love, regard, esteem, admiration.

ANT. Hostility, hatred, enmity, feud; contempt, disdain; antipathy.

=Frighten.= Alarm, affright, intimidate, scare, terrify, daunt, appall, browbeat, depress, dismay.

ANT. Calm, soothe, comfort, ease; reassure, encourage.

=Frightful.= Terrible, fearful, terrific, dire, dread, dreadful, horrid, horrible, awful, shocking, hideous, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, alarming; ugly, monstrous.

ANT. Pleasing, fair, attractive, encouraging, lovely, beautiful.

=Frigid.= Cold, dull, cool, uninteresting, lifeless, unanimated, tame, spiritless; formal, prim, stiff, forbidding, chilling, rigid, freezing, repulsive, repellent; inanimate, passionless, distant.

ANT. Warm, ardent, impassioned; vehement, zealous.

=Frisk.= Leap, skip, hop, frolic, jump, romp, gambol, wanton, dance, sport, play.

ANT. Lie, ruminate, roost, mope, sulk, rest, repose.

=Frisky.= Gay, lively, sportive, playful, coltish, wanton, frolicsome.

ANT. Demure, sedate, pensive, meditative.

=Fritter.= Slice, break, shiver, shatter; dribble, waste, dissipate, idle.

ANT. Husband, economize, cultivate, provide, be frugal.

=Frivolous.= Trivial, worthless, light, trifling, silly, petty, idle, flimsy, childish, puerile, foolish, trashy.

ANT. Serious, earnest, important, grave.

=Frolic=, n. Gambol, lark, escapade, prank; fun, pleasantry, drollery; merriment, merry-making; play, game, festivity, sport, entertainment, gaiety, spree.

ANT. Study, engagement, occupation, purpose, undertaking.

=Frolicsome.= Gay, lively, frisky, sportive, playful, frolic, merry, joyous; wanton, festive.

ANT. Grave, serious, laborious, earnest, studious.

=Froward.= Contrary, fractious, perverse, contumacious, refractory, untoward, unyielding, ungovernable, wayward, disobedient, peevish, cross, captious, petulant.

ANT. Docile, amenable, favorable, agreeable, obedient, ductile.

=Frugal.= Provident, economical, careful, choice, saving, chary, thrifty, unwasteful, sparing; parsimonious, abstinent, abstemious, temperate.

ANT. Profuse, lavish, luxurious, extravagant, prodigal, intemperate, self-indulgent.

=Frugality.= Parsimony, thrift, providence, prudence, economy, sparing, miserliness, parsimoniousness, scrimping.

ANT. Liberality, luxury, opulence, waste, wealth, extravagance, bounty, affluence, abundance, riches.

=Fruit.= Harvest, crop, product; production, result, effect, consequence, outcome; offspring, issue, young; produce, reward, outgrowth.

ANT. Seed, cause, origin, operation, growth.

=Fruitful.= Productive; prolific, fertile, fecund; abundant, rich, plentiful, plenteous; pregnant, fraught, causative, successful, effectual, useful.

ANT. Unproductive, sterile, barren, fruitless, useless, abortive, ineffectual.

=Fruition.= Fulfilment, enjoyment; reaping, attainment, use, possession.

ANT. Loss, disappointment, non-attainment.

=Fugacious.= Transitory, transient, evanescent, fugitive, ephemeral, fleeting.

ANT. Persistent, perennial, permanent, perpetual.

=Fulfil.= Accomplish, effectuate, effect, realize, execute, consummate, complete, perfect; obey, observe, perform, do, discharge, keep, adhere to, comply with; meet, satisfy, answer, fill, fill out; verify, achieve.

ANT. Neglect, ignore; falsify, disappoint; render abortive; overlook, disregard, slight.

=Fulminate.= Explode, detonate; utter denunciations, thunder, fulmine, hurl threats; clamor, roar, denounce, vociferate.

ANT. Laud, panegyrize, eulogize.

=Fulsome.= Gross, excessive, offensive, extravagant, nauseous, disgusting, repulsive, coarse, ribald, questionable, loathsome, sickening, fawning.

ANT. Chaste, sober, delicate, nice, temperate, moderate.

=Fume=, v. Smoke, reek, emit vapor, exhale; rave, rage, chafe, storm, bluster, fret, flare up, be in a rage.

ANT. Acquiesce; smile; submit, accede, consent, concur.

=Function=, n. Exercise, performance, execution, discharge; employment, office, duty, business, occupation, part, province; character, capacity, operation, administration, power.

ANT. Usurpation, misdemeanor, misconduct, maladministration.

=Functionary.= Office-holder, official, officer, servant, personage, incumbent.

=Fund.= Stock, capital; supply, store; foundation, permanent fund; money, means, resources; investment.

ANT. Expenditure, outlay, disbursement.

=Fundamental.= Essential, radical, primary, organic, constitutional, indispensable, principal, important.

ANT. Secondary, unimportant, non-essential, ascititious, adventitious.

=Funereal.= Mournful, sad, lugubrious, woful, dark, plaintive, somber, melancholy, funeral, gloomy, dismal, sepulchral, solemn, deathlike.

ANT. Joyous, festive, funny, stirring, lively, ridiculous, farcical.

=Funny.= Ludicrous, droll, comical, farcical, sportive, humorous, amusing, laughable, diverting, jocose, ridiculous.

ANT. Tedious, dull, mournful, lugubrious, grave, serious, dismal, sad, lamentable.

=Furbish.= Burnish, polish, rub, scour, brighten.

ANT. Dull, tarnish, cloud.

=Furnish.= Provide, supply; fit, equip, fit up; afford, give, bestow, contribute, present, purvey, yield.

ANT. Withhold, withdraw; dismantle; retain, keep.

=Furtive.= Secret, sly, clandestine, stolen, stealthy, surreptitious, secretive.

ANT. Open, public, undisguised, unconcealed, unreserved.

=Fuse.= Melt, liquefy, smelt; intermix, amalgamate, blend, commingle, intermingle; coalesce.

ANT. Disunite, diffuse, disamalgamate, disincorporate.

=Fuss=, n. Hurry, worry, ado, fidget, bustle, flurry, stir, agitation, excitement, tumult.

ANT. Quiet, peace, sedateness, calm, composure, tranquillity.

=Futile.= Trifling, frivolous, trivial; worthless, valueless, vain, idle, unprofitable, profitless, unavailing, fruitless, bootless, ineffectual; weak, ineffective, useless, nugatory.

ANT. Cogent, effective, potent, powerful, useful, substantial, solid.

=Future.= Forthcoming, coming, advenient.

Ant. Past, gone, bygone.

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=Gabble=, n. Prate, jargon, stuff, jabber, rattle, twaddle, chatter, gibber, gibberish, babble, gab, gossip, palaver, prattle, cackle.

ANT. Speech, conversation, eloquence; reticence, taciturnity; mincing, mouthiness, euphuism, grandiloquence.

=Gabble=, v. Prate, prattle, chatter, cackle, rattle, jabber, gossip, palaver.

ANT. Drone, drawl, murmur.

=Gag.= Silence, stifle, muzzle, muffle, hush.

ANT. Evoke, provoke, inspire, animate.

=Gage=, n. Measure, standard; dimensions, estimate; security; challenge, defiance.

=Gage=, v. Measure, estimate, fathom, probe.

ANT. Survey, conjecture, observe, view, scan, guess, mismeasure.

=Gain=, n. Profits, earnings, increase, gainings; emolument, lucre, money-making; blessing, profit, advantage, good, benefit.

ANT. Loss, detriment, damage, privation, injury.

=Gain=, v. Get, acquire, win, earn, obtain, procure, secure, carry, achieve; conciliate, enlist, persuade, prevail upon, win over, gain over, bring over; reach, attain, arrive at; profit; benefit, realize, reap.

ANT. Lose, forfeit, suffer.

=Gainful.= Advantageous, profitable, beneficial; lucrative, paying, productive, remunerative, winning.

ANT. Unprofitable, disadvantageous, detrimental, injurious, losing, gainless.

=Gallant=, a. Gay, fine, magnificent, well-dressed, showy, splendid; courageous, brave, valiant, valorous, intrepid, chivalrous, fearless, bold, daring, high-spirited; noble, lofty, honorable, magnanimous, high-minded; attentive, polite, courteous; amorous; heroic.

ANT. Cowardly, discourteous, churlish.

=Gambol.= Frisk, frolic, romp, caper, leap, hop, skip, jump, sport.

ANT. Droop, tire, weary, flag.

=Game=, n. Sport, play, amusement, pastime; plan, scheme, stratagem, strategy, adventure, enterprise, measure, undertaking; quarry, prey; recreation, frolic, diversion.

ANT. Toil, study, duty, labor; weariness, flagging; business.

=Garb.= Dress, clothes, habit, apparel, raiment, garments, vesture, costume, attire, habiliment; uniform, vestments.

ANT. Undress; rags, tatters, shreds; nudity, nakedness.

=Garble.= Mutilate, falsify, corrupt, misrepresent, misquote, pervert; cook, dress, color, distort.

ANT. Quote, cite, extract, recite, report verbatim.

=Garnish=. Adorn, embellish, decorate, deck, grace, beautify, ornament, prank, set off, trick out; furnish, furbish.

ANT. Strip, dismantle, denude, bare, deprive, divest.

=Garrulity.= Loquacity, babble, loquaciousness, babbling, talkativeness, prattle, prate; verbosity, chatter.

ANT. Reticence, taciturnity, laconism, reserve, silence.

=Garrulous.= Chattering, loquacious, verbose, talkative.

ANT. Taciturn, speechless, laconic, reserved, reticent, silent.

=Gaud.= Trinket, finery, gewgaw, trumpery, whim, gimcrack, toy, bauble, trifle.

ANT. Ornament, gem, decoration, jewel, valuable.

=Gaudy.= Flaunting, garish, glittering, tawdry, tinsel, flashy, showy, overdecorated, loud; bespangled, fine, gay, meretricious.

ANT. Rich, simple, handsome, chaste.

=Gaunt.= Lean, lank, thin, meager, emaciated, slender, attenuated, spare; grim, savage, hungry.

ANT. Docile, tractable, well-fed, tame, sleek.

=Gawky.= Awkward, clownish, ungainly, clumsy, raw, boorish, rustic, green, uncouth, loutish.

ANT. Neat, handy, graceful, handsome.

=Gay.= Showy, bright, fine, brilliant, dashing; gaudy, flaunting, flashy, garish, tawdry, glittering, tinsel; merry, lively, jovial, cheerful, gleeful, blithe, sportive, airy, gladsome, frolicsome, jolly, hilarious, light-hearted; sprightly, smart, festive, pleasuresome.

ANT. Heavy, sad, grave, dull, dowdy, somber, melancholy.

=Gaze=, v. Stare, scan, behold, regard, contemplate, view, gloat, glower.

ANT. Wink, ignore, overlook, ogle, glance, disregard.

=General=, a. Ordinary, universal, common, commonplace, customary, everyday, public, prevalent, familiar, normal, popular, habitual, frequent, usual.

ANT. Singular, uncommon, exceptional, rare, unknown, infrequent, unusual; particular, special.

=Generality.= Universality; bulk, mass, body, majority.

ANT. Section, minority, exception, individuality.

=Generate.= Beget, procreate, engender, breed, propagate; produce, form, make, cause, bring about, originate.

ANT. Stifle, extinguish, terminate, annihilate.

=Generation.= Procreation; production, formation; offspring, progeny, succession of descendants; family, stock, race, breed; contemporaries; period, epoch, age, era, lifetime; origination.

ANT. Perpetuity, eternity, immortality; posterity.

=Generic.= General, common, collective, racial, comprehensive.

ANT. Particular, personal, specific, individual.

=Generous.= Liberal, noble, magnanimous, bountiful, free, munificent, open-handed, disinterested, open-hearted, chivalrous, honorable.

ANT. Avaricious, covetous, greedy, parsimonious, penurious, petty, rapacious, stingy, close, illiberal, ignoble, mean, miserly, niggardly, churlish, selfish.

=Genial.= Fostering, cheering, enlivening, encouraging, inspiriting; cordial, hearty; cheerful, pleasant, merry, mirthful, jovial, warm, balmy, festive, joyous, revivifying, rejuvenating, restorative.

ANT. Cold, cutting, harsh, deleterious, noxious, deadly, destructive, blighting, lethal, ungenial.

=Genius.= Bent, turn, aptitude, aptness, faculty, capacity, endowment, talent, gift; ingenuity, invention, sagacity, intellect, brains, parts, wit, inspiration, creative or inventive power; adept, proficient, master, master hand; nature, character, disposition, constitution, characteristic; spirit, tutelary deity, guardian angel; cleverness, inventiveness, skill, creativeness, giftedness, ideality, talents.

ANT. Stupidity, senselessness, folly, dulness, imbecility, obtuseness, stolidity, inanity.

=Genteel.= Refined, polite, courteous, civil, polished, well-bred, gentlemanly or ladylike; fashionable, stylish, elegant; graceful, refined, aristocratic, cultivated, cultured.

ANT. Rude, clownish, uncultivated, ill-bred, boorish, uncultured, plebeian, unfashionable, unpolished, inelegant.

=Gentle.= Mild, bland, moderate, kind, tender, compassionate, indulgent, meek, soft, lenient, humane, clement, merciful, tender-hearted, gentle-hearted; tame, docile, peaceable, calm, peaceful, tranquil, tractable, pacific, quiet; light, zephyrlike; noble, high-born, well-born; cultivated, refined, courteous, well-bred, polished; placid, amiable.

ANT. Rough, rude, coarse, fierce, savage; uneven, uncut; boisterous; shaggy, ragged, disordered; harsh, uncivil, offensive; tempestuous, stormy; inclement.

=Genuine.= Pure, uncorrupt, unalloyed, unadulterated, true, authentic, real, veritable; native, unaffected, sincere; sound, natural.

ANT. Spurious, adulterated; fictitious; apocryphal, counterfeit, false, artificial.

=Germ.= Embryo, ovule, seed-bud; origin, source, first principle; nucleus, seed, bud.

ANT. Fruit, result, development, product, produce, issue, outgrowth.

=Germane.= Related, akin, cognate, allied; pertinent, relevant, appropriate, apposite, fitting, suitable; kindred, homogeneous.

ANT. Foreign, alien, irrelevant, unconnected.

=Germinate.= Bud, shoot, vegetate, sprout, push, burst forth, put forth, spring up.

ANT. Rot, decay, spoil, die, putrefy, corrupt.

=Get.= Attain, earn, achieve, acquire, obtain, procure, receive, win, secure, gain.

ANT. Abandon, lose, forfeit, surrender, forego.

=Ghastly.= Pale, wan, cadaverous, deathlike; grim, dismal, hideous, terrible, horrible, frightful, shocking, grisly; spectral, pallid.

ANT. Blooming, fresh, ruddy, comely, buxom, seemly.

=Ghost.= Spirit, soul; apparition, specter, sprite, phantom, shade, departed spirit; vision.

ANT. Body, organism, animal.

=Gibe.= Sneer, scoff, taunt, flout, jest, jeer, ridicule, deride, mock, rail at.

ANT. Salute, compliment.

=Giddy.= Dizzy, vertiginous; inconstant, fickle, changeable, unsteady, mutable, unstable, vacillating, irresolute; careless, heedless, wild, reckless, headlong, thoughtless, light-headed, flighty; whirling, hare-brained, beetling, flighty.

ANT. Slow, ponderous, stationary; earnest, thoughtful, steady; low, wary, unelevated, circumspect.

=Gift.= Bequest, benefaction, donation, boon, grant, present, largess, bribe, bounty, gratuity; endowment, talent, genius, faculty, power, capacity, capability, ability, turn, forte; donation, douceur, offering, alms, allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, dower, legacy, demise.

ANT. Reservation, refusal, purchase; inanity, stupidity, forfeit, penalty, fine, surrender; earnings, wages, remuneration, compensation; reward, guerdon.

=Gigantic.= Vast, huge, colossal, enormous, giant, prodigious, Herculean, Cyclopean, immense, tremendous.

ANT. Puny, feeble, dwarfish, petty, insignificant, pigmy.

=Girdle.= Gird, bind round; surround, encircle, encompass, enclose, embrace, shut in; belt, hem, environ, engirdle, begird.

ANT. Disclose, open, disencircle, expand, ungird, disengirdle.

=Girl.= Damsel, lass, lassie, miss, maiden, maid, virgin, young unmarried woman.

=Gist.= Essence, pith, core, marrow, substance, kernel, main point, force, ground, foundation.

ANT. Surplusage, additament, redundancy, environment; accessories; clothing, garb; excess, overplus.

=Give.= Deliver, bestow, supply, grant, cede, confer, communicate, impart, furnish; produce, yield, surrender, concede, present, afford, spare, accommodate with; pay, exchange; permit, allow, vouchsafe, deign; utter, pronounce, render; occasion, cause; devote, apply, addict, give up; sink, bend; retreat, give way, recede, retire.

ANT. Withhold, withdraw, refuse, retain, grasp, fail, restrain, deny, take back, remove, recall; take, receive, accept; hold, support.

=Glad.= Rejoiced, pleased, gratified, delighted, happy, well-contented; cheerful, joyous, joyful, gladsome, elated, jocund, playful, light-hearted, cheery, animated; exhilarating, pleasing, bright, gratifying; blithesome, gleeful.

ANT. Unhappy, sad, sorrowful, disastrous, sorry, dismal, disappointed, discontented, uneasy.

=Gladden.= Delight, cheer, exhilarate, bless, rejoice, gratify, make glad.

ANT. Grieve, disappoint, depress, dispirit, trouble, wound, afflict, sadden, displease.

=Glare.= Glitter, glisten, dazzle, flare, gleam, sparkle; glower, look fierce; beam, shine, glow, ray, radiate.

ANT. Shimmer, scintillate, waver, glimmer, smolder, burn fitfully, flash, flicker, glister; obscure, darken.

=Glassy.= Vitreous; crystal, crystalline, transparent, gleaming, lucent, brilliant, shining; smooth, polished, glacial, glabrous, brittle, pellucid, limpid, glossy, silken.

ANT. Rough, uneven, pliant, rugged, tough, opaque, turbid, muddy, dull, dark.

=Glaze=, v. Set glass; calender, polish, burnish, gloss, furbish; become glassy, grow dim; vitrify.

ANT. Roughen, corrugate, rumple, crumple, wrinkle, furrow.

=Glimpse=, n. Glance, glimmering, sight, inkling, flash, survey, trace, tinge.

ANT. Observation, scrutiny, investigation, inspection, exposure, analysis, examination.

=Gloom.= Obscurity, darkness, dimness, gloominess, cloud; dejection, sadness, depression, despondency, melancholy; gloaming, twilight, shadow, obscuration, dulness, cloudiness.

ANT. Light, radiance, clearness, daylight, brightness.

=Glorify.= Extol, exalt, magnify, bless, honor, praise; brighten, make illustrious, elevate, ennoble, adorn; laud, signalize, aggrandize, panegyrize.

ANT. Debase, depress, abuse, abase, defame, degrade, decry, censure, blame, rebuke.

=Glorious.= Illustrious, renowned, celebrated, eminent, famed, famous, distinguished, conspicuous; resplendent, splendid, radiant, bright, brilliant; noble, lofty, exalted, supreme, high, excellent, consummate.

ANT. Mean, debased, undistinguished, disgraced, unknown, dishonorable, inglorious.

=Glory.= Honor, renown, celebrity, fame, praise; splendor, luster, brightness, brilliancy, pride, effulgence; gloriousness, nobleness, exaltation, grandeur; radiance, state, pomp, parade, magnificence.

ANT. Obscurity, cloud, ignominy, dishonor, degradation, disgrace, shame.

=Gloss=, n. Interpretation, comment, note, explanation, scholium, commentary, annotation; pretext, pretense, specious plea; luster, polish, shine, sheen; distortion, misinterpretation, perversion, twist, plea, speciousness.

ANT. Haze, nebulousness; truth, literalness, representation, reality, verity, actuality, solution, exposition.

=Glowing.= Shining, hot, intense, ardent, excited, fiery, fervid, fervent.

ANT. Cool, languid, dispassionate, dull, apathetic, chilling.

=Glut=, n. Repletion, superabundance, surplus, overplus, redundancy, overstock, superfluity.

ANT. Scarcity, want, scantiness, dearth, failure, drainage, exhaustion.

=Glut=, v. Cloy, sate, satiate, pall, surfeit; gorge, cram, stuff, fill, overfeed, make replete.

ANT. Empty, void, disgorge, eject, discharge, vomit.

=Gluttony.= Voracity, greed, gormandizement, deglutition.

ANT. Abstinence, abstemiousness, temperance, frugality.

=Go.= Move, pass, proceed, advance, progress; walk, travel, journey, fare; depart, set out, leave; reach, extend; contribute, concur, tend, avail; eventuate, turn out; be esteemed, be reckoned; accept, approve, endure, tolerate, swallow, bear; stir, budge.

ANT. Stand, stay, come, remain, rest, endure, persist, lack, abide, fail.

=Good=, n. Benefit, gain, advantage, utility, profit; welfare, weal, prosperity, interest; virtue, righteousness, excellence; abundance, riches; boon, blessing, mercy.

ANT. Hurt, loss, detriment, injury, evil, disadvantage, ill, calamity, affliction, infliction, curse.

=Good=, a. Advantageous, serviceable, profitable, useful, beneficial; suitable, fit, convenient, proper, well-adapted; upright, virtuous, worthy, pious, dutiful, righteous, religious; excellent, valuable, precious, sterling, admirable, capital; kind, humane, benevolent, friendly, favorable, gracious, merciful, obliging, well-disposed; fair, unblemished, untarnished, unsullied, immaculate, honorable, unimpeached; cheerful, lively, social, genial, companionable; able, skilful, expert, ready, dexterous, well-qualified; competent; pleasant, gratifying, agreeable; considerable; real, true, serious, unfeigned; right, complete, sound, propitious, efficient, sufficient, valid, actual, reputable, just.

ANT. Bad, wrong, evil, ill, wicked, depraved, imperfect, unsound, vicious, profane, niggardly, unpropitious, unserviceable, unsuitable, inefficient, incompetent, inadequate, invalid, fictitious, supposititious, inconsiderable, mean, disreputable, disgraceful; baneful, mischievous, pernicious, injurious, hurtful; abandoned, corrupt, immoral, unprincipled, dishonest, unfair, villainous; unfortunate, unlucky, unhappy; unwelcome, sad, depressing, discouraging, distressing; wretched, sorry, abominable; inferior, defective; severe, serious, hard, heavy.

=Good-by.= Farewell, adieu.

ANT. Salutation, welcome, hail, greeting.

=Good-humored.= Cheerful, buoyant, placid, amiable, good-natured, good-tempered.

ANT. Cross, ill-humored, ill-natured, unamiable, petulant, fretful, peevish.

=Goodly.= Graceful, comely, beautiful, good-looking; pleasant, happy, agreeable, desirable; excellent, fair, fine; considerable.

ANT. Unpleasant, undesirable, inconsiderable, uncomely, ungainly, clumsy, awkward.

=Gorgeous.= Showy, glittering, splendid, shining, magnificent, resplendent, fine, rich, superb, dazzling; costly, grand, strong.

ANT. Poor, naked, dingy, bare, threadbare, cheap; grimy, soiled; dull, obscure, dim.

=Govern.= Manage, reign over, direct, command, control, rule, sway, influence, mold, restrain, curb, moderate, guide, supervise, conduct; regulate, steer, bridle.

ANT. Be subject, obey, submit, comply, yield; misrule, misdirect, misconduct.

=Grace.= Favor, kindness, condescension, love, benignity, good will; piety, devotion, sanctity, devoutness, faith, holiness, religion; mercy, pardon, forgiveness; elegance, polish, accomplishment, refinement; beauty, symmetry, comeliness, gracefulness, ease; short prayer; excellence, charm.

ANT. Disfavor, deformity, pride, unkindness, gawkiness, awkwardness, inelegance.

=Graceful.= Beautiful, comely, elegant, stately, easy, natural, becoming, flowing, rounded, sinuous.

ANT. Awkward, homely, uncouth, ugly, plain, gawky, ungraceful.

=Graceless.= Depraved, degenerate, corrupt, reprobate, dissolute, profligate, lost, abandoned, hardened, obdurate, shameless, incorrigible, wicked, irreclaimable; ungraceful, scampish, vicious, worthless.

ANT. Graceful, virtuous, upright, conscientious, worthy; gracious, tender-hearted.

=Gracious.= Benevolent, benign, kind, favorable, benignant, compassionate, friendly, merciful, tender, lenient, condescending, mild, gentle; affable, familiar, civil, polite, easy, courteous, beneficent.

ANT. Haughty, discourteous, ungracious, ill-disposed, churlish, unfriendly, impolite.

=Gradation.= Progress, progression, succession; graduation, precedency, arrangement, ordination, standing, rank, degree, stage, tier.

ANT. Equality, uniformity, fraternity; abruptness, break, hiatus.

=Gradual.= Regular, progressive; slow, approximate; continuous, unintermittent, step by step, gradational.

ANT. Sudden, momentary, instantaneous, periodic, intermittent, recurrent, broken, discontinuous, disconnected.

=Grand.= Stately, lordly, princely, august, exalted, majestic, elevated, illustrious, eminent, dignified, great, high; magnificent, glorious, superb, splendid, lofty, noble, sublime; principal, chief, main, leading, supreme; large, imposing, important, eventful, pompous, gorgeous.

ANT. Little, undignified, unimposing, inferior, petty, paltry, secondary, unimportant, insignificant, mean, common, beggarly, contemptible, small.

=Grandeur.= Greatness, vastness, loftiness, elevation, immensity; state, dignity, majesty, stateliness, pomp, augustness, splendor; magnificence, display, ostentation.

ANT. Meanness, paltriness; humiliation, shame, disgrace.

=Grandiloquence.= Bombast, fustian, turgidity; verbosity, pomposity, mouthiness, grandiosity, antiloquence, stiltedness, euphuism.

ANT. Simplicity, naïveté, unaffectedness; vernacular.

=Grant.= Yield, admit, concede, allow; give, bestow, confer, deign, vouchsafe; convey, transfer; allot, accord, cede, impart.

ANT. Withhold, withdraw, reserve, resume, deny, refuse.

=Graphic.= Vivid, lively, picturesque, well-drawn, striking, telling; illustrative, pictorial, descriptive, forcible, feeling; described.

ANT. Undescriptive, unillustrative, unpicturesque; hazy, obscure, indefinite.

=Grasp.= Clasp, gripe, seize, grip, grapple, catch, clutch, clinch, lay hold of; hold, retain, comprehend.

ANT. Loose, lose, abandon, relinquish, surrender, release, miss, misunderstand.

=Grateful.= Obliged, thankful, indebted, beholden; agreeable, acceptable, pleasing, pleasant, delightful, gratifying, welcome, charming, satisfying; delicious, savory, nice, cordial, luscious, refreshing, invigorating; comforting, soothing, alleviating.

ANT. Unpleasant, unacceptable, disobliged, ungrateful, disagreeable.

=Gratification.= Satisfaction, indulgence; enjoyment, delight, pleasure, fruition; reward, recompense.

ANT. Pain, dislike, disappointment, abstinence, stinting, discipline, inurement, abnegation.

=Gratify.= Please, delight, gladden; indulge, satisfy, humor, fulfil.

ANT. Displease, dissatisfy, stint, deprive, deny, discipline.

=Gratitude.= Thankfulness, obligation, gratefulness.

ANT. Thanklessness, ingratitude, ungratefulness, unthankfulness, resentment, oblivion, indignation.

=Gratuitous.= Free, voluntary, uncompensated, groundless, unwarranted, unsought, unnecessary; spontaneous, baseless, unrecompensed.

ANT. Compulsory, involuntary, obligatory, necessitated, warranted, well-founded; unwilling, enforced, enjoined.

=Grave=, a. Important, weighty, serious, cogent, momentous; sober, sedate, thoughtful, staid, solemn; plain, subdued, quiet, silent; sad, pressing, demure, somber, aggravated, heavy.

ANT. Joyous, merry, unimportant, facetious, ridiculous, trivial, light, frivolous, futile, trifling, petty, slight.

=Great.= Large, big, vast, huge, bulky, ample, immense, gigantic, enormous; much, excessive, high; numerous, countless; considerable, important, weighty; distinguished, eminent, exalted, prominent, excellent, elevated, celebrated, noted, famed, illustrious, famous, renowned; august, grand, dignified, noble, sublime, majestic, lofty; generous, magnanimous, chivalrous, high-minded; sumptuous, rich, magnificent; difficult, onerous, hard, burdensome, grievous; chief, principal, main, leading, grand; superior, preëminent; protracted, noticeable.

ANT. Little, narrow, scanty, puny, few, short, mean, ignoble, weak, unimportant.

=Greediness.= Avidity, hunger, voracity, ravenousness, gluttony; eagerness, longing, greed, intense desire; grasping, avarice, rapacity, selfishness.

ANT. Generosity, prodigality, benevolence.

=Greedy.= Voracious, ravenous, insatiable, gluttonous, insatiate, rapacious; eager, desirous; selfish, grasping, avaricious; hungry.

ANT. Abstemious, abstinent, contented, apathetic, indifferent; generous, unselfish.

=Grief.= Bitterness, misery, agony, anguish, heartache, heartbreak; trial, grievance; melancholy, sadness, sorrow, trouble, tribulation, woe, mourning, affliction, distress, regret.

ANT. Happiness, joy, elation, delight, hilarity, exultation, cheer, mirth, gaiety.

=Grievance.= Hardship, wrong, injury, burden, oppression; affliction, trial, sorrow, grief, distress, woe; complaint, trouble, injustice.

ANT. Congratulation, boon, benefit, rejoicing, privilege, alleviation, riddance, disburdenment.

=Grieve.= Afflict, pain, hurt, distress, sadden, agonize; sorrow, mourn, lament, suffer, bewail; burden, annoy, wound, complain, deplore.

ANT. Ease, soothe, console, please, rejoice, exult, alleviate, gratify, content, satisfy.

=Grievous.= Sad, heavy, distressing, afflictive, painful, deplorable, lamentable; hurtful, injurious, noxious, mischievous, detrimental, calamitous; atrocious, heinous, outrageous, intolerable, dreadful, flagrant, aggravated; sorrowful, baleful, burdensome, unhappy, disastrous.

ANT. Pleasant, joyous, delightful, glad, consolatory, acceptable, welcome, grateful, light, trivial, trifling.

=Grim.= Fierce, ruthless, cruel, savage, ferocious; frightful, horrible, hideous, dire, horrid, appalling, terrific, dreadful; ugly, ghastly, sullen, stern.

ANT. Mild, attractive, benign, placid, docile.

=Gross.= Great, large, big, bulky; dense, thick; coarse, rough, rude, unrefined, unseemly, unbecoming; indelicate, sensual, impure, vulgar, low, broad; enormous, flagrant, shameful, outrageous, grievous; palpable, manifest, glaring; whole, total, entire, aggregate; vicious, animal, bloated.

ANT. Partial, component; net; refined, pure; elegant, delicate, subtle.

=Grotesque.= Fantastic, whimsical, fanciful, droll, odd, unnatural, strange, wild, bizarre, extravagant; ludicrous, absurd, ridiculous, antic, burlesque; quaint, old, archaic, distorted, caricatured.

ANT. Classic, chaste, graceful, fine, severe, regular, fashionable, symmetrical, typical, formal, normal.

=Ground.= Basis, base, groundwork, support, foundation; sod, soil, clod, earth, loam, turf; region, territory, country, land, domain; estate, acres, field; motive, consideration, reason, cause, account, inducement; premise, plea.

ANT. Superstructure, statement, argument, inference, deduction; product, development, result, effect; ocean, sea, deep, main, waters.

=Grounded.= Rooted, established, initiated, inaugurated, trained, prepared, fixed, set; indoctrinated.

ANT. Ungrounded, unprepared, uninitiated, baseless, unfounded, groundless, unauthorized.

=Groundless.= Vain, supposititious, unfounded, false, baseless, fanciful, chimerical, gratuitous.

ANT. Well-founded, authoritative, substantial, actual, authentic.

=Group.= Cluster, collection, assemblage, order, bunch, knot, class, clump, assembly, collocation.

ANT. Individual, crowd, isolation, medley, confusion; dispersion, distribution, scattering.

=Grovel.= Creep, crawl, sneak, be prone, fawn, cringe, lie, grub, wallow.

ANT. Soar, aspire, mount, rise, domineer, intimidate, dictate, browbeat.

=Grow.= Enlarge, increase, swell, expand, extend, augment; vegetate, shout, sprout, germinate; advance, wax, progress, improve; adhere; raise, produce, cultivate; accrue, become, develop, amplify.

ANT. Diminish, recede, contract, fail, stop, die, wane, decline, subside, ebb, decay, depreciate, crumble, weaken.

=Grudge=, n. Hatred, pique, rancor, spite, malice, malevolence; grievance, aversion, dissatisfaction, discontent, refusal.

ANT. Welcome, satisfaction, approval, contentment, benefaction, complacency, bestowal.

=Guardian.= Warden, keeper, protector, defender, preserver; custodian, conservator.

ANT. Pupil, ward; traitor, betrayer; charge, minor.

=Guess.= Conjecture, divine, surmise, mistrust, suspect; find out, solve, penetrate, fathom; suppose, think, believe, fancy, imagine; hazard, risk.

ANT. Examine, prove, investigate, establish, demonstrate, deduce, elaborate, illustrate.

=Guide=, n. Director, conductor, pilot; mentor, monitor, adviser, instructor, counselor; clue, key; itinerary.

ANT. Follower, disciple, imitator, pupil.

=Guide=, v. Lead, conduct, pilot; direct, rule, manage, regulate, govern, control, steer; superintend, influence, train.

ANT. Mislead, misconduct, misdirect, mismanage, misregulate, misguide, miseducate, betray, deceive, impose upon, disappoint, cheat.

=Guile.= Cunning, craft, subtlety, artifice, artfulness, deceit, duplicity, deception, fraud, wiles, trickery; treachery, insidiousness, hypocrisy.

ANT. Frankness, simplicity, honesty, candor, generosity, sincerity, truth, veracity.

=Guilt.= Guiltiness, culpability, criminality; wrong, offensiveness, wickedness, ill desert, iniquity, sin, offense.

ANT. Sinlessness, innocence, purity, godliness, righteousness.

=Guise.= Aspect, appearance, garb, dress, form, shape, figure, manner, mode, fashion; practice, habit, custom; semblance, plea, demeanor, mien.

ANT. Character, person, individual, sentiment, disposition, opinion, life, mind, soul, self.

=Gumption.= Shrewdness, discernment, sagacity, skill, cleverness, ability, capacity, power, penetration, common sense.

=Gush=, v. Burst, stream, flow, rush, spout, pour out, flow out; sentimentalize, be overeffusive.

ANT. Drip, drop, filter, ooze, percolate, dribble, drain, strain, trickle.

=Gust.= Taste, relish, zest, liking; pleasure, enjoyment, delight, delectation, gratification; turn, fancy, favor; blast, squall; fit, outburst, burst, paroxysm; puff, breeze, gale.

ANT. Calm, tranquillity, subsidence, composure, restraint, zephyr; insipidity, tastelessness.

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=Habiliment.= Dress, garments, clothes, apparel, vesture, raiment, habit, costume, vestment, garb, robes, uniform, clothing.

ANT. Undress, nudity, bareness, deshabille, divestment.

=Habit.= Condition, constitution, temperament; way, manner; dress, garb, habiliment; habituation, familiarity, association, inurement; routine, rule, custom, fashion, practice, system, habitude, use, usage, wont.

ANT. Dishabituation, inexperience, inconversance, desuetude, disuse, breach, infringement, disusage.

=Habitation.= Abode, dwelling, lodging, domicil, headquarters, quarters, dwelling-place.

=Habitual.= Usual, customary, wonted, common, accustomed, regular, ordinary, familiar, everyday, perpetual.

ANT. Irregular, extraordinary, unusual, occasional, exceptional, rare.

=Haggard.= Wild, wayward, intractable, refractory, unruly, untamed; gaunt, lean, spare, meager, worn, wasted, raw-boned; attenuated, wrinkled, ghastly, hollow-eyed.

ANT. Sleek, smug, plump, chubby, comely, sightly, pretty.

=Hail.= Accost, address, salute, greet, welcome, call, speak, signal.

ANT. Ignore, avoid, pass, cut, disdain, insult, rebuff.

=Halcyon.= Calm, quiet, placid, still, peaceful, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, palmy, serene, happy, golden, balmy.

ANT. Stormy, tempestuous, troublous, boisterous, blustering, turbulent, violent.

=Hale.= Healthy, sound, strong, robust, hearty, hardy, well.

ANT. Feeble, sickly, weak.

=Half=, n. Bisection, dimidiation, moiety.

ANT. Integrity, total, whole, entirety, sum, amount, aggregate, quantity, number.

=Hallow.= Consecrate, dedicate, sanctify, devote, make holy; reverence, venerate, honor, respect, pay homage to, enshrine.

ANT. Desecrate, profane, execrate, blaspheme, abominate.

=Halt.= Stop, hold, stand, pull up; limp, hobble; rest, falter, hamper, stammer, demur, dubitate, pause, stand still, hesitate.

ANT. Advance, flow, speed; determine, decide, conclude, finish.

=Hamper.= Hinder, fetter, entangle, shackle, clog, encumber, restrain, impede.

ANT. Free, liberate, loose; expedite, hasten, speed, accelerate.

=Hand.= Palm and fingers; side, direction, part; skill, dexterity, talent, ability, faculty; handiwork, workmanship; management, course; agency, share, intervention, participation; laborer, workman, operative, artificer, artisan, craftsman, employee; possession, power, control; index, pointer, indicator; chirography, handwriting; influence; handful, bunch.

ANT. Employer.

=Handle.= Touch, feel, take; manage, use, wield; treat, discuss, discourse; deal with; operate, manipulate.

ANT. Drop, bungle, mismanage, botch, spoil, mar.

=Handsome.= Comely, stately, well-formed, fine-looking; easy, graceful, becoming, appropriate; generous, liberal, noble, magnanimous, disinterested; ample, sufficient, large, plentiful; beautiful, pretty, lovely, elegant.

ANT. Uncomely, ill-looking, ungenerous, illiberal, ugly, unsightly, ghastly.

=Handy.= Dexterous, adroit, skilful, skilled, ready, clever, expert; convenient, near, at hand.

ANT. Remote, inconvenient, unwieldy, cumbrous, awkward, useless, unhandy.

=Hang.= Rest, lean, depend, poise, suspend; attach, incline, drop, decline, droop; execute; drape, adorn; dangle, be suspended, adhere, rely, stick, cling; hover, float, play; attend.

ANT. Stand, recline, lean, lie; prop, support, uphold.

=Happen.= Chance, occur, befall, bechance, betide, fall, come to pass, fall out, take place, supervene.

ANT. Miss, omit, fail, pass, spare, pass by, neglect, discard.

=Happiness.= Delight, joy, pleasure, satisfaction, comfort, bliss, triumph, mirth, gaiety, ecstasy, gladness, rejoicing, rapture, contentment, merriment, blessedness, felicity, cheer, enjoyment, well-being, light-heartedness, cheerfulness, brightness; beatitude, prosperity.

ANT. Grief, sorrow, anguish, trouble, mourning, misfortune, affliction, disaster, woe, agony, distress, torture, torment, melancholy.

=Happy.= Gay, glad, joyous, cheerful, blessed, delighted, joyful, jolly, successful, rejoicing, blissful, lucky, merry, fortunate, rejoiced, jocund, buoyant, felicitous, bright, blithesome, sunny, cheering, cheery, sprightly, delightful, smiling, mirthful, pleased, prosperous, rapturous; light-hearted, blest, gladdened, charmed; ready, expert, apt, skilful, adroit, able, dexterous; seasonable, opportune, befitting, pertinent, well-timed; auspicious, propitious, favorable.

ANT. Unlucky, unfortunate, unsuccessful, infelicitous, sorrowful, sorry, dull, lugubrious, disappointed, desponding, unhappy.

=Harangue.= Speech, public or formal address, oration; bombast, declamation, tirade, screed; effusion, rant.

ANT. Mumble, drawl, insinuation, suggestion, stammering, reasoning, blandiloquence, stuttering.

=Harass.= Fatigue, tire, weary, annoy, exhaust; vex, plague, worry, distress, trouble, molest, disturb, torment, harry; jade, tease, irritate, chafe, harrow, pester, perplex.

ANT. Relieve, refresh, comfort, solace, soothe, animate, inspirit.

=Harbinger.= Herald, forerunner, precursor, announcer.

ANT. Reporter, narrator, follower, attendant, historian, relator.

=Harbor=, n. Asylum, refuge, shelter, cover, retreat, sanctuary, resting-place; port, haven, destination, home, anchorage.

ANT. Labor, toil, peril, exposure, roving, wandering, voyage, roaming, pilgrimage.

=Harbor=, v. Shelter, lodge, protect; entertain, indulge, foster, cherish; secrete; accommodate, encourage.

ANT. Eject, expel, discard, discourage, stifle, exclude, banish, dismiss.

=Hard.= Firm, solid, compact, impenetrable, rigid, unyielding; difficult, embarrassing, knotty, puzzling, intricate, perplexing; laborious, arduous, toilsome, wearying, fatiguing; unkind, insensible, cruel, oppressive, rigorous, severe, exacting, inflexible, obdurate, callous, unfeeling, unsympathetic; grievous, distressing, painful, calamitous, unpleasant, disagreeable; inclement, stormy, cold, severe, tempestuous; harsh, sour, acid, rough; coarse, unpalatable; unfavorable, unprosperous, unpropitious; stiff, unnatural, forced, constrained, ungraceful; excessive, intemperate; inexplicable, flinty, dense, stubborn, hardy, hardened.

ANT. Soft, fluid, liquid, elastic, brittle, easy, penetrable, mild, lenient, tender, ductile, simple, uninvolved, intelligible, perspicuous.

=Harden.= Indurate, make hard; habituate, inure, season, form, train, accustom, discipline; fortify, strengthen, steel, nerve, brace; scar, make callous, make obdurate; consolidate, compact.

ANT. Disinure, relax, enervate, debilitate, soften, dishabituate, melt, mollify, vaporize, colliquate.

=Hardihood.= Firmness, fortitude, resolution, mettle, pluck, manhood, courage, bravery, boldness, intrepidity, audacity, decision, determination; effrontery, assurance, brass.

ANT. Weakness, effeminacy; timidity, fear; indecision; cowardice.

=Hardly.= Scarcely, barely, just; severely, rigorously, unkindly, roughly, cruelly; merely, narrowly.

ANT. Fully, amply, easily, abundantly, largely.

=Hardship.= Toil, fatigue, weariness; grievance, suffering, trial, affliction, trouble, misfortune, calamity, burden, hardness; annoyance, infliction, endurance.

ANT. Pleasure, amusement, alleviation, recreation, gratification, relief, assuagement, facilitation, treat, boon.

=Hardy.= Bold, intrepid, resolute, brave, daring, valiant, heroic, manly, stout-hearted, courageous; strong, robust, firm, lusty, stout, healthy, rigorous, hale, sound, hearty; inured, vigorous.

ANT. Weak, uninured, irresolute, delicate, debilitated, tender, fragile, frail, infirm.

=Harm.= Injury, hurt, detriment, mischief, damage, prejudice, disadvantage; evil, criminality, wrong, wickedness; misfortune, ill, mishap.

ANT. Benefit, boon, amelioration, improvement, compensation, reparation, remedy, healing.

=Harmless.= Innocuous, innocent, innoxious, gentle, inoffensive; unhurt, unharmed, uninjured.

ANT. Noxious, hurtful, nocuous, savage, cruel, deadly, mischievous, violent, pernicious, destructive.

=Harmonious.= Concordant, harmonic, consonant; melodious, tuneful, musical, dulcet, mellifluous; correspondent, consistent, symmetrical, congruent; friendly, cordial, amicable, fraternal, brotherly, neighborly; accordant, proportioned, uniform, peaceful, agreeable.

ANT. Discordant, incongruous, unshapely, harsh, disproportioned, unmelodious, sharp, grating, riotous, unfriendly, unpeaceful, quarrelsome.

=Harmony.= Concord, amity, accordance, unison, consent, unanimity, unity, accord, agreement, uniformity, symmetry, union, conformity, consonance, congruity, concurrence, consistency.

ANT. Hostility, separation, discord, warfare, battle, variance, conflict, disagreement, disunion, dissension, contention, antagonism, contest, controversy, schism, opposition, incongruity, difference, inconsistency, disproportion.

=Harsh.= Rough, sour, crabbed, tart, hard, biting, sharp, corrosive, caustic; grating, discordant, jarring; morose, severe, stern, austere, acrimonious, ill-natured, unkind, unfeeling; rude, uncivil, blunt, ungracious, gruff, brutal, bearish; abusive, rigorous, rancorous.

ANT. Smooth, lenient, melodious, genial, kindly, suave, bland, gentle.

=Harvest.= Fruit, crop, increase, yield, result, return, proceeds, product, growth, ingathering, harvest-feast, harvest-festival, harvest-time, harvest-home.

=Haste.= Despatch, celerity, speed, promptitude, quickness; hurry, precipitation, vehemence, precipitance; expedition, excitement, heedlessness, swiftness.

ANT. Delay, slowness, tardiness, coolness, reflection, moderation, steadiness.

=Hasten.= Expedite, despatch, accelerate, speed, hurry, hustle, quicken, precipitate, press on, urge forward; haste, make haste; urge, press.

ANT. Retard, impede, obstruct, demur, halt, hesitate.

=Hasty.= Quick, swift, fleet, fast, rapid, brisk, speedy; cursory, slight, hurried, superficial; headlong, rash, reckless, precipitate, indiscreet, thoughtless; passionate, touchy, irritable, petulant, waspish, excitable, fiery, hot, irascible, peppery, fretful; impetuous, crude, incomplete, immature, undeveloped.

ANT. Tardy, slow, leisurely, careful, reflective, developed, complete, matured, elaborate, thoughtful, deliberate.

=Hateful.= Malignant, malevolent, malign; abominable, detestable, odious, execrable, abhorrent, horrid, shocking, accursed, damnable; loathsome, disgusting, nauseous, foul, repulsive, offensive, vile, obnoxious, revolting, repugnant; heinous.

ANT. Lovely, loveable, desirable, delightful, attractive, enticing, enjoyable, tempting, pleasant.

=Hatred.= Enmity, dislike, hostility, anger, abhorrence, aversion, spite, revenge, grudge, ill will, malice, antipathy, resentment, animosity, malignity, repugnance, rancor, detestation, malevolence.

ANT. Friendship, love, benevolence, charity, beneficence.

=Have.= Hold, occupy, own, possess, be in possession of, regard, consider, esteem; wish, require, desire; obtain, get, acquire, receive, gain; be obliged, be under necessity; take, accept; bear, bring forth; feel, entertain, enjoy, keep.

ANT. Want, need, lose, discard, forego, miss, reject, covet, desire.

=Havoc.= Ravage, devastation, destruction, desolation, waste, ruin; carnage, slaughter; demolition, wreck.

ANT. Conservation, enrichment, enhancement, augmentation, development, prosperity, productiveness, luxuriance.

=Hazard=, n. Chance, peril, venture, risk, casualty, accident, contingency, danger, jeopardy, fortuity.

ANT. Safeguard, protection, security, surety, certainty, necessity, plan, assurance, safety; warrant, calculation, law.

=Hazy.= Foggy, misty, nebulous, filmy, gauzy, cloudy, murky, gloomy.

ANT. Clear, crystalline, diaphanous, transparent, bright, luminous, shining.

=Head.= Top, summit, acme; front, fore part; rise, commencement, source, origin, beginning; chief part, principal part; person, individual; chief, chieftain, leader, commander, master, superintendent, director; first place; understanding, mind, thought, intellect; topic, subject; class, section, department, category, division; seat of the brain; crown, ruler, crisis, gathering, culmination, leadership, guide.

ANT. Tail, bottom, foot, follower, servant, retainer, subordinate, subordination, inferiority, body, bulk, substance, continuation.

=Heal.= Cure, remedy, restore; reconcile, compose, soothe, harmonize, settle; be cured, get well; repair, assuage, cicatrize.

ANT. Harm, hurt, wound, pierce, ulcerate.

=Healthy.= Healthful, sanitary, hearty, hygienic, well, vigorous, strong, sound, wholesome, hale, salutary, salubrious, invigorating, bracing.

ANT. Unhealthy, noxious, pernicious, insalubrious; ill, sickly, unhealthful, weak, diseased, feeble, wasted, emaciated, fainting, failing, unsound, worn, frail, fragile, exhausted, delicate.

=Heart.= Organ of circulation; interior, center, essence, core, kernel; disposition, mind, will, inclination, intent, passion, purpose; spirit, courage, firmness, fortitude, resolution; love, affection, feeling, emotion; conscience, character, moral nature; nucleus, hardihood, life, benevolence.

ANT. Hand, action, aspect, exterior, manifestation, deed, conduct, timidity.

=Heart-broken.= Forlorn, disconsolate, inconsolable, miserable, wretched, desolate, cheerless, comfortless, in despair, broken-hearted, wobegone.

ANT. Cheerful, hopeful, trusting.

=Heartily.= Cordially, zealously, sincerely, earnestly.

ANT. Half-heartedly, insincerely, indifferently.

=Hearty.= Earnest, warm, cordial, sincere, true, deep, profound, heartfelt, unfeigned; active, zealous, vigorous, energetic, animated; healthy, hale, sound, strong, well, robust; abundant, full, heavy; nourishing, rich, nutritious; honest, genuine.

ANT. Delicate, infirm, unhealthy, cold, insincere, hollow, dissembling, deceptive, deceitful, hypocritical, false.

=Heat.= Warmth, high temperature; excitement, flush, vehemence, impetuosity, passion, violence, fever; ardor, earnestness, fervor, zeal; contest, race, struggle; intensity, ebullition.

ANT. Coolness, indifference, calmness, subsidence, composure, reflection.

=Heathenish.= Heathen, pagan, Gentile; cruel, savage, inhuman, ferocious; unconverted, unChristian, unbelieving, uncivilized.

ANT. Christian, believing, refined, civilized, polished.

=Heave.= Lift, hoist, raise, elevate; breathe, exhale; throw, toss, hurl, fling, send; uplift, upraise, subelevate.

ANT. Dash, sink, lower, detrude, precipitate.

=Heaven.= Firmament, sky, welkin, empyrean; Paradise, bliss, Elysium; felicity, transport, ecstasy, happiness, rapture, transcendent delight.

ANT. Gehenna, limbo, abyss, Hades, Tartarus, Avernus, infernal regions; misery, agony, torment, remorse.

=Heavenly.= Celestial, divine, angelic, seraphic, cherubic, godlike, saintly, sainted, blessed, holy, beatific, beatified, glorified, blest; enrapturing, ravishing, rapturous, transporting, ecstatic, delightful, blissful, golden.

ANT. Demoniacal, diabolical, foul, hideous, fiendish, hellish, infernal; terrene, human, terrestrial.

=Heavy.= Weighty, ponderous, oppressive, grievous, severe, burdensome, cumbersome, afflictive; dull, sluggish, inert, inactive, stupid, torpid, indolent, slow, lifeless, inanimate; dejected, depressed, sorrowful, sad, gloomy, despondent, melancholy, disconsolate, crushed, downcast, crestfallen; onerous, difficult, laborious, hard; tedious, weary, tiresome, wearisome; loaded, encumbered, burdened; miry, muddy, clayey, cloggy, soggy, ill-raised; tempestuous, stormy, strong, violent, energetic, boisterous; impenetrable, stolid; loud, deep, roaring; dense, dark, gloomy, cloudy, lowering; thick.

ANT. Light, trifling, trivial, agile, active, joyous, brisk, alleviative, quick, consolatory, buoyant, inspiriting, animating.

=Hector.= Threaten, bully, menace; vex, tease, annoy, worry, fret, irritate, provoke, harass, harry; swagger, bluster, boast, vaunt.

ANT. Cower, shrink, hide, abscond, skulk.

=Heed.= Observe, regard, notice, mind, attend, harken to, listen to, obey, care, be wary or cautious.

ANT. Slight, ignore, disregard, neglect, omit, overlook.

=Heedful.= Observing, regardful, watchful, careful, cautious, attentive, wary, provident, circumspect, mindful.

ANT. Heedless, careless, unobserving, thoughtless, unobservant, inattentive, negligent, regardless, unmindful, neglectful, remiss, inconsiderate, precipitate, reckless, headlong, rash.

=Height.= Altitude, elevation; eminence, summit, top, apex, acme; hill, mountain; exaltation, stature, dignity, loftiness, grandeur; tallness, culmination, crisis.

ANT. Depth, lowness, depression, base, littleness, abasement; profundity.

=Heighten.= Elevate, raise; magnify, exalt, ennoble; increase, enhance, augment, improve; aggravate, intensify; color, exaggerate, vivify, amplify, lift up.

ANT. Lower, diminish, depress, abase, deteriorate, temper, tone, modify, qualify, extenuate.

=Heinous.= Flagrant, flagitious, infamous, villainous, nefarious, wicked, atrocious, enormous, monstrous; hateful, detestable, odious, abominable, execrable.

ANT. Excellent, laudable, distinguished, praiseworthy, justifiable, meritorious, excusable.

=Help.= Foster, aid, assist, encourage, succor, uphold, sustain, support, abet, coöperate, second, stand by, befriend, remedy, prevent, avoid, promote, relieve.

ANT. Obstruct, incur, resist, aggravate, oppose, thwart, discourage, withstand, counteract.

=Hereditary.= Ancestral, patrimonial; transmitted, inherited; lineal.

ANT. Conferred, acquired, won, achieved.

=Heresy.= Heterodoxy, error, unsound doctrine, schism, unorthodoxy.

ANT. Orthodoxy, catholicity; convention, prevailing belief.

=Heretic.= Dissenter, schismatic, nonconformist, heresiarch.

ANT. Orthodox believer, fanatic, adherent.

=Heritage.= Inheritance, entailment, legacy, bequest, portion, patrimony, estate.

ANT. Wages, acquisition, merit, compensation.

=Hermetically.= Secretly, mysteriously, mystically, occultly, emblematically, symbolically; air-tight, closely.

ANT. Loosely, misfittingly; openly.

=Heroic.= Brave, valiant, courageous, bold, daring, intrepid, fearless, dauntless, noble, magnanimous, gallant; epic; violent, extreme, desperate, extravagant; undaunted, chivalrous, romantic.

ANT. Dastardly, cowardly, cravenly, fearful, timorous.

=Hesitate.= Doubt, pause, delay, demur, waver, vacillate; falter, stammer; dubitate, scruple.

ANT. Decide, run, flow, determine, precipitate.

=Heterodox.= Unsound, unorthodox, heretical, freethinking.

ANT. Sound, orthodox.

=Heterogeneous.= Unlike, variant, various, confused, conglomerate, mingled, mixed, discordant, miscellaneous, dissimilar, non-homogeneous; alien, strange, different, opposed, contrary, contrasted.

ANT. Homogeneous, identical, like, same, pure, uniform, similar, alike, accordant, congruous.

=Hew.= Cut, chop, hack; smooth, fashion, form; mold, model, engrave, carve, sculpture, turn.

ANT. Leave intact.

=Hibernal.= Wintry, brumal, arctic, glacial, frigid.

ANT. Summery, balmy, zephyrous, halcyon, tropical.

=Hide.= Conceal, secrete, mask, dissemble, protect, store, disguise, screen, cover, burrow, ensconce; suppress, shelter, withhold, cloak, veil, bury, inter, entomb, overwhelm.

ANT. Expose, disclose, discover, exhume, show, tell, raise, reveal, unveil, unmask, uncover, exhibit, confess, betray, avow, divulge, disinter, make known, lay bare, lay open, publish, advertise, manifest, promulgate, admit; strip.

=Hideous.= Frightful, dreadful, appalling, horrible, ghastly, terrible, horrid, grim, shocking, grisly; unshapely, ugly, monstrous.

ANT. Graceful, beautiful, attractive, captivating.

=High.= Prominent, superior, distinguished, preëminent; dignified, great, admirable; recondite, abstruse, occult, profound, dark, obscure, transcendental; proud, haughty, arrogant, supercilious, lordly; boastful, ostentatious, bragging, vainglorious; despotic, domineering, overbearing, tyrannical; turbulent, violent, strong, tumultuous, boisterous; extreme; complete, full; dear; shrill, acute, sharp, high-pitched; northerly, southerly; early, primeval; capital, principal; strong-flavored; noble, exalted, steep, tall, towering, uplifted, elevated, eminent, lofty.

ANT. Low, base, degraded, inferior, mean, short, stunted, depressed, dwarfed, ignoble.

=Hinder.= Delay, embarrass, oppose, prevent, stay, stop, retard, hamper, impede, baffle, encumber, check, bar, clog, counteract, frustrate, foil, interrupt, obstruct, resist, thwart, block, balk, debar.

ANT. Quicken, hasten, speed, accelerate, expedite, enable, facilitate, promote.

=Hinge.= Turn, depend, hang, be dependent; move, work, rotate, circulate.

ANT. Halt, jar, grate, precipitate, abrade; give, fail.

=Hire.= Engage, commission, rent, employ; bribe, buy up; lease, let.

ANT. Buy, purchase.

=History.= Annals, chronicle, recital, memoir, narrative, record, register, story, account, archives, narration, muniment, memorial, autobiography, biography.

ANT. Fiction, fable.

=Hit.= Strike; reach, attain, win, secure, gain; suit, accord with; clash, collide; succeed, be successful; chance, hazard, touch, mistake.

ANT. Fail, err, miss, mischance, swerve, deflect, overshoot.

=Hitch.= Catch, get stuck or impeded; go by jerks; fasten, unite, connect, tie, attach; bar, stick, stickle, jam.

ANT. Run, glide, slide, rotate, flow, continue.

=Hoard.= Store, deposit, save, garner, husband, hive, accumulate, amass, treasure.

ANT. Waste, squander, dissipate, scatter.

=Hoarse.= Husky, raucous; grating, rough, harsh, low, guttural, gruff.

ANT. Melodious, rich, mellow, sweet, mellifluous.

=Hoary.= Hoar, white, gray, silvery, frosty.

ANT. Dark, raven, jet, black.

=Hoax.= Deceive, cheat, impose upon; befool, bamboozle, trick, dupe.

ANT. Guide, enlighten, inform, undeceive, direct, regulate, correct.

=Hobby.= Nag, hobby-horse; pursuit, whim, amusement, specialty, idiosyncrasy.

ANT. Nuisance, horror, aversion, incubus, bugbear, scarecrow.

=Hold.= Possess, retain, have, occupy; clasp, grasp, clutch, clinch; restrain, confine, imprison, detain; bind, fasten, unite, connect; stop, stay, arrest, suspend, withhold; support, maintain, sustain, continue, prosecute; embrace, entertain, cherish; heed, regard, consider, notice, judge, esteem, count, reckon, deem; contain, admit; celebrate, solemnize; assemble, convene; cohere, adhere, cling, stick, cleave; be firm, be fast, persist, last, endure; be derived; think, be of opinion, believe; stand, be true.

ANT. Drop, surrender, fail, abandon, desert, release, forego, vacate, concede, break, cease; speed, accelerate; give, dispense; disperse.

=Hollow=, a. Empty, void, vacant, vacuous, cavernous; insincere, false, faithless, hypocritical, treacherous, deceitful, false-hearted, pharisaical; artificial, concave, insubstantial, flimsy, transparent, senseless, unsound; deep, low, rumbling.

ANT. Full, solid, firm, sincere, well-stored, strong, true, sound, genuine, substantial.

=Holy.= Hallowed, sacred, consecrated, blessed, devoted, set apart; righteous, saintly, spiritual, devout, saintlike, godly, religious, heavenly-minded, pious, pure; reverend, sanctified, divine.

ANT. Cursed, polluted, unsanctified, unconsecrated, unhallowed, wicked, worldly, abominable, common, impure, unholy, secular, profane, evil.

=Homage.= Fealty, allegiance, devotion, loyalty, fidelity; reverence, obeisance, respect, deference, duty, service, honor; worship, adoration; affiance, submission, veneration.

ANT. Treason, rebellion, defiance, insubordination, disaffection.

=Home.= Habitation, hearth, residence, house, abode, dwelling, domicil, fireside, hearthstone, ingleside.

=Homely.= Domestic, homelike; plain, coarse, uncomely, inelegant, homespun; rather ugly.

ANT. Handsome, beautiful, courtly, refined, elegant.

=Honest.= Honorable, fair, open, straightforward, equitable; upright, virtuous, conscientious, just, true, faithful, trusty, reliable, trustworthy; genuine, thorough; decent, reputable, respectable, creditable, suitable, proper; chaste; truthful, ingenuous, sincere, frank, unreserved, candid, good.

ANT. Lying, unscrupulous, mendacious, untrue, deceitful, dishonest, false, hypocritical, fraudulent, disingenuous, perfidious, faithless, treacherous, unfaithful, traitorous; dishonorable, improper, wrong, insincere, vicious.

=Honesty.= Integrity, uprightness, probity, justice, fairness, equity, honor, fidelity, faithfulness; truth, truthfulness, veracity; genuineness, thoroughness; chastity, virtue; sincerity, candor, frankness, openness, unreserve, ingenuousness; straightforwardness, rectitude.

ANT. Insincerity, trickery, dishonesty, guile, fraud, deception, unfairness, chicanery.

=Honor.= Veneration, reverence, respect, homage, deference, civility; dignity, elevation, distinction; majesty; reputation, repute, fame, esteem, credit, glory, consideration; integrity, probity, rectitude; pride, nobility, eminence, high-mindedness, spirit, self-respect, grandeur, renown.

ANT. Contempt, irreverence, disrespect, slight, obscurity, demoralization, degradation, debasement, disgrace, cowardice, infamy, dishonor.

=Honorable.= Honest, upright, high-minded, illustrious, noble, great, just, fair, trustworthy, conscientious, virtuous, estimable, reputable, right, proper, creditable, equitable.

ANT. Dishonorable, dishonest, false, treacherous.

=Honorary.= Unofficial, nominal, gratuitous, titular, unremunerative.

ANT. Professional, official, remunerative, jurisdictional.

=Hoot.= Shout; cry like an owl; denounce, hiss, execrate, cry down, decry, sibilate.

ANT. Salute, welcome, cheer, honor, acclaim, eulogize.

=Hope.= Trust, confidence, faith, reliance; expectancy, expectation, possibility; dependence; anticipation, prospect, longing, vision, desire.

ANT. Despair, despondency, distrust, abandonment, disbelief, abjuration.

=Horizontal.= Plain, flat, level, even, plane.

ANT. Vertical, inclined, uneven, slanting, sloping, hilly, broken, irregular, rough, rolling, rugged.

=Horrible.= Horrid, frightful, terrible, terrific, alarming, dire, portentous, appalling, horrific, horrifying, formidable, awful, harrowing, dreadful, hideous, fearful; abominable, ghastly, detestable, hateful, direful.

ANT. Lovely, desirable, enjoyable, attractive, beautiful, fair, pleasant, amiable.

=Horror.= Fright, alarm, dread, fear, consternation, terror, affright, dismay, panic; abomination, abhorrence, detestation, disgust, hatred, shuddering, antipathy; shrinking.

ANT. Love, attraction, enticement, allurement.

=Horse.= Steed, charger, stallion, gelding, mare, colt, pony, nag, courser, barb, filly, palfrey; cavalry, horsemen; stand, support, frame.

=Hospitable.= Generous, liberal, bountiful, open, kind, unconstrained, unreserved, receptive, large-minded; sociable, neighborly, charitable.

ANT. Unsociable, exclusive, retired, recluse, unneighborly, churlish.

=Host.= Entertainer; innkeeper, landlord; army, legion; multitude, horde, throng, number, assemblage.

ANT. Handful, sprinkling, group, knot, corps, section; guest, traveler, boarder, lodger.

=Hostage.= Sponsor, bail, surety.

ANT. Dictator, conqueror.

=Hostile.= Inimical, unfriendly; adverse, opposite, contrary, repugnant, opposing, opposed.

ANT. Friendly, kindly, amicable, neighborly, cordial, congenial.

=Hostility.= Enmity, animosity, hatred, unfriendliness, ill will; opposition, repugnance, variance, contrariety.

ANT. Companionship, congeniality, sympathy, harmony, fellow-feeling, concord, alliance, kindliness, friendship.

=Hot.= Burning, fiery, scalding, heated, very warm; irascible, impetuous, excitable, passionate, hasty, furious, violent; ardent, fervent, vehement, eager, glowing, animated, fervid; biting, pungent, sharp, acrid, peppery, stinging, piquant, high-flavored; choleric.

ANT. Cold, frigid, cool, arctic, chilled, chilly, boreal, bleak, wintry, frosty, icy; apathetic, unresponsive, unfeeling, stoical, passionless, uninspiring, dull, dead, indifferent, unconcerned.

=Huge.= Immense, enormous, colossal, vast, bulky, stupendous, gigantic, elephantine, Herculean, Cyclopean, large, great, monstrous, prodigious.

ANT. Petty, pigmy, puny, undersized, small, minute.

=Human.= Cosmical, ethnical, anthropological, rational, civilized.

ANT. Inhuman, beastly, irrational, animal, brutish.

=Humane.= Kind, benevolent, benignant, accommodating, tender, compassionate, charitable, sympathetic, gentle, clement, kind-hearted; tender-hearted; elevating, refining, cultivating, rational, spiritual, humanizing; benign, merciful, gracious, pitying, human, forgiving.

ANT. Barbarous; inhuman, unkind, cruel, unmerciful.

=Humanity.= Mankind; benevolence, kindness, philanthropy, tenderness, sympathy, charity, humaneness, good nature; human spirit, rationality, reason, culture; man, compassion, sensibility.

ANT. Unkindness, cruelty, inhumanity, irrationality, bestiality, barbarity.

=Humanize.= Soften, make humane; civilize, cultivate, refine, polish, improve, enlighten, reclaim, educate; ameliorate, christianize.

ANT. Barbarize, degrade, debase, brutalize, depress.

=Humble.= Meek, modest, unassuming, unobtrusive, lowly, unpretending, submissive, small, poor, low; obscure.

ANT. High, lofty, assuming, pretentious, proud, boastful, arrogant, eminent.

=Humid.= Damp, wet, moist, vaporous, dank, spongy.

ANT. Dry, arid, moistureless, parched.

=Humor=, n. Disposition, temper, bent, propensity, bias, predilection; mood, frame of mind, fancy, caprice, whim, freak, vagary, crotchet; pleasantry, fun, jocularity, wit, facetiousness.

ANT. Nature, personality, mind, purpose, will, seriousness.

=Humorous.= Facetious, jocular, jocose, funny, comical, sportive, comic, ludicrous, pleasant, witty.

ANT. Grave, serious, sober, matter-of-fact, solemn, sad.

=Hurry=, n. Flutter, flurry, precipitation, confusion, bluster, bustle, agitation, perturbation; haste, despatch, celerity, expedition, quickness, promptness.

ANT. Slowness; composure.

=Hurry=, v. Haste, hasten, move quickly; urge, speed, expedite, despatch, accelerate.

ANT. Delay, retard, slow down; loiter, saunter, move slowly.

=Hurt=, n. Damage, harm, injury, mischief, disadvantage, detriment, wound.

ANT. Benefit, pleasure.

=Hurt=, v. Injure, harm, damage, impair, mar; pain, wound; grieve, afflict, bruise.

ANT. Heal, soothe, console, repair, benefit, compensate, reinstate.

=Hurtful.= Harmful, injurious, mischievous, detrimental, deleterious, disadvantageous, baneful, noxious, prejudicial, pernicious, baleful.

ANT. Helpful, beneficial, advantageous, wholesome, salubrious, good, sanative, remedial.

=Hybrid.= Mixed, impure, mongrel, mule, half-breed.

ANT. Pure, unmixed, thoroughbred.

=Hypocrisy.= Formalism, Pharisaism, cant, pietism, sanctimoniousness, assumed piety; deceit, deception, dissimulation, false profession, imposture; sanctimony, pretense, sham, affectation.

ANT. Sincerity, transparency, truth, honesty, genuineness, candor, frankness, openness, ingenuousness, truthfulness.

=Hypocrite.= Deceiver, impostor, pretender, cheat, dissembler; Pharisee, formalist.

ANT. Saint, believer, Christian; dupe, bigot, fanatic, simpleton.

=Hypocritical.= Canting, Pharisaical, sanctimonious; insincere, dissembling, false, hollow, faithless, deceitful, unctuous, smug, smooth, mincing.

ANT. Candid, truthful, sincere, plain-spoken, transparent, genuine.

=Hypothesis.= Scheme, speculation, system, supposition, conjecture, guess, surmise, theory.

ANT. Certainty, demonstration, evidence, fact, proof, discovery.

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=Idea.= Concept, conception, impression, judgment, plan, opinion, purpose, conceit, design, fancy, pattern, thought, theory, belief, image, imagination, notion, supposition, ideal, apprehension, fantasy, model, sentiment, archetype; doctrine, understanding; fiction.

ANT. Object, form, subject; substance, fact, actuality, reality.

=Ideal=, n. Idea, archetype, original, model, standard, prototype.

ANT. Fact, performance, reality, practice, act, accomplishment, achievement, action, realization, attainment, development, doing, incarnation, embodiment, execution.

=Ideal=, a. Mental, conceptional, intellectual, notional, creative, spiritual, poetical, supposititious, unreal, fictitious, imaginary, fanciful, imaginative, chimerical.

ANT. Physical, material, visible, tangible, historical, substantial, real, actual, palpable.

=Ideality.= Imagination, conception, invention, fancy, creativeness, genius.

ANT. Imitation, uninventiveness, copyism, unimaginativeness; literality.

=Identical.= Same, selfsame, not different; particular.

ANT. Different, separate, contrary.

=Identify.= Prove identical, make identical, confound; unite, integrate, incorporate, recognize, verify.

ANT. Divide, disunite, confound, confuse, overlook, mistake.

=Identity.= Sameness, unity, oneness, union, personality, individuality, convertibility.

ANT. Difference, separateness, distinctness, contrariety, plurality.

=Idiocy.= Imbecility; foolishness, fatuity, irrationality; aberration, insanity; stupidity, folly, senselessness, incapacity.

ANT. Intelligence, sagacity, wisdom, capacity, brilliancy, astuteness, acuteness, sense, common sense, soundness; sanity, judgment.

=Idiom.= Specialty, phrase, turn, peculiarity, characteristic.

ANT. Barbarism, solecism.

=Idiosyncrasy.= Peculiarity, idiocrasy; constitution, temperament, specialty, characteristic, individuality, singularity, eccentricity.

ANT. Community, universality, generality.

=Idiot.= Fool, natural, imbecile.

ANT. Sage, authority, luminary.

=Idle.= Unbusied, unused, leisure; useless, ineffectual, fruitless, bootless, unavailing, vain, abortive, futile; trifling, trivial, unimportant, trashy, foolish, unprofitable; waste, empty; indolent, inert, lazy, slothful, unoccupied, vacant, inactive, sluggish, unemployed.

ANT. Active, busy, diligent, industrious, employed, working; occupied; tilled; filled, populated; assiduous.

=Idolize.= Deify; adore, worship, reverence, venerate.

ANT. Loathe, abominate, execrate, abhor.

=Ignoble.= Plebeian, vulgar, untitled, baseborn, low, mean, rustic, peasant; worthless, insignificant, contemptible; dishonorable, disgraceful, inferior, unworthy; humble.

ANT. Honorable, eminent, exalted, noble, lordly, illustrious, grand, notable.

=Ignominious.= Dishonorable, infamous, disgraceful, shameful, scandalous, disreputable, opprobrious; despicable, base, deserving ignominy, contemptible.

ANT. Honorable, creditable, reputable, estimable, worthy.

=Ignominy.= Dishonor, disgrace, discredit, shame, infamy, disrepute, contempt, obloquy, opprobrium, scandal, abasement, odium; reprobation, reproach.

ANT. Credit, honor, reputation, glory, luster, distinction, renown.

=Ignoramus.= Smatterer, novice, wiseacre, dunce, simpleton, dullard, greenhorn, numskull.

ANT. Savant, sage, luminary.

=Ignorance.= Illiteracy, stupidity, nescience, blindness, darkness.

ANT. Knowledge, wisdom, sense, learning, erudition.

=Ignorant.= Illiterate, unlearned, unlettered, unskilled, untaught, untutored, uneducated, ill-informed, uninstructed, uninformed.

ANT. Educated, learned, instructed, sage, wise, skilled, cultured, trained, well-informed, cultivated.

=Ignore.= Disregard, neglect, overlook, not recognize; set aside, reject; disown, repudiate.

ANT. Own, notice, recognize, mark, visit, avow, claim.

=Ill=, n. Wickedness, depravity, evil; misfortune, calamity, affliction, misery, harm, pain.

ANT. Good, blessing, fortune; righteousness, integrity, honor.

=Ill=, a. Bad, evil, unfortunate, unfavorable; wicked, wrong, iniquitous, naughty; sick, ailing, diseased, disordered, poorly, indisposed; cross, crabbed, surly, peevish, hateful, malicious; ill-favored, ugly.

ANT. Well, strong, good, vigorous, healthy, robust, hearty, hale.

=Ill-bred.= Impolite, uncivil, uncourteous, uncourtly, uncouth, unpolished, rude, ill-behaved, ill-mannered.

ANT. Polite, well-behaved, civil, refined, courteous.

=Illuminate.= Light, illumine, illume; enlighten, make wise, instruct, inspire; emblazon, irradiate.

ANT. Darken, obscure, bedim, mislead, delude.

=Illusion.= Delusion, hallucination, deception, error, fallacy, mockery, fantasy, phantasm, chimera; dream, vision, myth.

ANT. Body, substance, form, reality, actuality, essence.

=Illusive.= Delusive, deceptive, deceitful, fallacious; visionary, unreal, disappointing, fugitive, erroneous, false, imaginary, illusory, chimerical.

ANT. Substantial, real, true, satisfactory, solid, permanent.

=Illustrate.= Elucidate, explain, exemplify, make clear; interpret, demonstrate, represent, embody, paint, image; adorn with pictures.

ANT. Obscure, misinterpret, confuse, mystify, darken, misrepresent.

=Illustrious.= Glorious, splendid, brilliant, bright, radiant; famous, famed, noted, renowned, distinguished, celebrated, eminent, signal, remarkable, conspicuous; deathless, noble.

ANT. Ignominious, disgraceful, infamous, inglorious, disreputable.

=Ill will.= Malevolence, unkindness, malice, enmity, hatred, hate, rancor, envy, grudge, uncharitableness, ill nature; antipathy, dislike, aversion.

ANT. Good will, benevolence, beneficence.

=Im-= or =In-=. This prefix, which is regularly in-, and which becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial, means in, into, on, or among, or denotes the negative not, or, occasionally, has a simple intensive meaning. Such words as begin with this prefix without modification of the combined meaning of the prefix and root word, will be easily derived from the antonyms and synonyms of the root words. Others of more derived meaning are found here.

=Image.= Statue; idol, object of worship; likeness, effigy, figure, resemblance, similitude, representation, picture; trope, metaphor; idea, copy, conception, fiction, shadow, vision.

ANT. Person, original, substance, subject, object, reality, truth, verity.

=Imagery.= Phantasm, phantom, vision, dream; tropes, figures of speech, poetry, fancy, illustration, metaphor, similitude.

ANT. Prose, statement, fact.

=Imagination.= Conception, invention, ideality, fancy, fantasy, creative power; esemplastic faculty; idea, notion; contrivance, scheme, device, plot; illusion.

=Imaginative.= Inventive, creative, plastic, poetical, esemplastic, poetic; conceptive, romantic, ideal, original.

ANT. Unimaginative, unpoetical, prosaic, unromantic, literal, uninventive, matter-of-fact.

=Imagine.= Conceive, think, image, fancy, picture; devise, contrive, frame, project, invent, create, mold; suppose, assume; deem, apprehend, believe; surmise, understand, fabricate, presume.

ANT. Represent, exhibit, depict, prove, demonstrate, verify, substantiate.

=Imbecile=, a. Weak, feeble, helpless, infirm, decrepit; foolish, witless, idiotic, driveling, fatuous.

ANT. Shrewd, clever, sagacious.

=Imbecility.= Weakness, debility, feebleness, infirmity, helplessness; foolishness, childishness, idiocy, fatuity, dotage, senility.

ANT. Strength, energy, virility, vigor, power.

=Imbibe.= Absorb, take in, suck in, swallow up; receive, gather, gain, acquire, get, pick up; assimilate, learn.

ANT. Discard, reject, renounce, disavow, abjure, repudiate.

=Imitate.= Copy, follow, pattern after; mimic, ape, mock, impersonate, take off; burlesque, travesty, parody; represent, resemble, portray, depict, repeat, counterfeit.

ANT. Misrepresent, caricature, alter, vary, distort, remodel, differentiate, dissimilate, modify.

=Imitative.= Imitating, copying, mimicking, aping, apish, caricaturing, unoriginal, servile.

ANT. Original, creative, inventive.

=Immaculate.= Spotless, unspotted, stainless, unsullied, unsoiled, untainted, unblemished, untarnished, clean, pure, undefiled; innocent, guiltless, sinless, faultless, fair, holy, saintly; virgin, unpolluted.

ANT. Impure, corrupt, sinful, contaminated, defiled, polluted, tainted, spotted.

=Immanent.= Intrinsic, inherent, internal, indwelling; empirical; innate, subjective, congenital, ingrained, natural, implicit.

ANT. Emanant, transitive, developed, projective, exsilient, phenomenal, explicit, accidental, transcendental, transeunt.

=Immaterial.= Incorporeal, unbodied, unfleshly, spiritual, supersensible; unimportant, insignificant, unessential, non-essential, trivial, trifling.

ANT. Material, physical, important, corporeal, essential.

=Immature.= Unripe, crude, raw, green, unformed, unprepared, imperfect, rudimentary, unfinished; premature, hasty, unseasonable, untimely; undeveloped.

ANT. Ripe, complete, developed, mature, finished.

=Immeasurable.= Illimitable, unbounded, boundless, limitless, measureless, immense, infinite; vast, unfathomable.

ANT. Finite, limited, circumscribed, restricted, shallow, bounded.

=Immediate.= Proximate, close, near, next; direct, unmediated; instantaneous, instant, present; contiguous.

ANT. Distant, remote, mediate, future.

=Immediately.= Presently, this instant, straightway, directly, forthwith, at once, now, right off, instantly, without delay.

ANT. Hereafter, by-and-by, after a while, sometime.

=Immemorial.= Olden, ancient, hoary, archaic, primitive, remote, time-honored, primordial.

ANT. Recent, modern, late, fresh, upstart.

=Immerse.= Dip, plunge, submerge, sink, douse, duck, bury; soak, steep, macerate, drown, inundate, overwhelm.

ANT. Dry, drain, parch, ventilate, air, ground, strand.

=Immigration.= Migration, colonization, settlement.

ANT. Exodus, emigration.

=Imminent.= Impending, hovering, threatening.

ANT. Improbable, doubtful, unexpected, unlikely, contingent, chimerical, problematical; warded, staved, escaped.

=Immunity.= Freedom, exemption, release, exoneration; prerogative, privilege, right, liberty, charter, franchise; dispensation.

ANT. Liability, obligation, jurisdiction, impost, amenability, burden.

=Imp.= Sprite, hobgoblin, demon, devil, flibbertigibbet, scamp, brat.

ANT. Cherub, angel.

=Impact.= Impulse, shock, impression, stroke; collision, contact, striking, impinging; application.

ANT. Isolation, separation, interval, removal, avoidance, non-contact, shave.

=Impair.= Deteriorate, vitiate, injure, harm, make worse; lessen, diminish, decrease; enervate, weaken, enfeeble; reduce, damage.

ANT. Enhance, improve, repair, augment, better, increase.

=Impassioned.= Passionate, vehement, impetuous, animated, exciting, glowing, intense, fervid, fervent, warm, ardent, zealous; spirited.

ANT. Cool, impassive, unimpassioned, apathetic, indifferent.

=Impatience.= Uneasiness, disquietude, restlessness; haste, vehemence, eagerness, precipitation, impetuosity; heat, violence of temper, irritability, irritableness.

ANT. Patience, calmness, endurance, composure, leniency, submission, forbearance, long-suffering.

=Impediment.= Bar, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, difficulty, clog, encumbrance, stumbling-block, check.

ANT. Assistance, aid, benefit, help, relief, succor, advantage; aidance, support, furtherance.

=Imperative.= Commanding, authoritative, peremptory; binding, obligatory; urgent, irresistible, dictatorial, inexorable, compulsory.

ANT. Indulgent, lenient, supplicatory, mild, optional, discretional, entreative.

=Imperial.= Belonging to an empire, kingly, regal, sovereign, royal; majestic, grand, magnificent, exalted, great, noble, supreme, consummate, superb.

ANT. Ignoble, servile, slavish, beggarly, mean, paltry.

=Imperious.= Magisterial, dictatorial, despotic, domineering, tyrannical, overbearing, lordly, haughty, arrogant, authoritative, exacting.

ANT. Yielding, compliant, submissive, gentle, mild, docile, ductile.

=Impetuous.= Fierce, vehement, violent, furious, passionate, precipitate, hasty, headlong, over-zealous, reckless, rash, excitable.

ANT. Careful, slow, deliberate, thoughtful, reflective, leisurely.

=Implement.= Utensil, tool, appliance, instrument.

ANT. Labor, work, science, art, agriculture, manufacture.

=Implicate.= Entangle, enfold, involve, connect, associate, compromise, charge, incriminate.

ANT. Disconnect, extricate, acquit, dissociate.

=Implication.= Entanglement, involution; inference, conclusion; intricacy, complication; concealment, latency; allusion, insinuation, innuendo, adumbration.

ANT. Arrangement, system, orderliness; manifestation, expression, exposition, demonstration, production.

=Implicit.= Understood, implied, inferred, tacit; unreserved, unhesitating, firm, steadfast, unshaken, undoubting; involved.

ANT. Expressed, explicit, developed, stated, plain, specific, unambiguous.

=Imply.= Involve, import, include, signify, mean, indicate, suggest, hint, denote.

ANT. Express, declare, state, pronounce.

=Import=, n. Meaning, sense, purport, drift, signification, gist, spirit, bearing, tenor, intention.

ANT. Statement, proceeding.

=Import=, v. Bring into; purport, denote, imply, betoken, signify, mean; concern, be of significance to; introduce.

ANT. Export, banish, exile, send abroad.

=Importance.= Consequence, moment, weight, significance, momentousness, import, concern; avail; self-importance, pomposity.

ANT. Nothingness, insignificance, unimportance, immateriality.

=Important.= Grave, weighty, momentous, serious, material, significant; influential, prominent, pompous, self-important, consequential; expressive, leading, main, relevant, considerable, essential, great, dignified.

ANT. Insignificant, trivial, inconsiderable, irrelevant, secondary, petty, mean, uninfluential, minor, unimportant.

=Importunate.= Urgent, pertinacious, pressing, teasing, busy, solicitous, overurgent, overentreative.

ANT. Modest, diffident, self-reliant, self-respecting.

=Importune.= Urge, entreat, press, solicit, dun, beset, pester, tease, worry, trouble.

ANT. Surrender, sacrifice, abandon; grant, bestow.

=Impose.= Put, set, lay, place; appoint, enjoin, prescribe; obtrude, palm off, pass; inflict, subject.

ANT. Remove, disburden, unload, free; hold up, arrest, disclose.

=Imposing.= Stately, august, majestic, grand, noble, commanding, impressive; striking, effective, dignified.

ANT. Petty, undignified, unimposing, insignificant, paltry, puny.

=Imposition.= Imposing, putting, placing, laying; burden, levy, tax, constraint, oppression, injunction; deception, fraud, artifice, trickery, imposture, cheating; presumption, exaction, encroachment.

ANT. Sanction, warrant, authority; truth, verity, fact, certainty, verification, genuineness, authenticity, honesty.

=Impost.= Tax, duty, custom, excise, levy, toll, tribute, rate; imposition.

ANT. Revenue, proceeds, exemption, immunity.

=Impostor.= Deceiver, pretender, cheat, hypocrite, knave, charlatan, mountebank, rogue, Pharisee, trickster, dissembler.

ANT. Guide, enlightener, detector, undeceiver.

=Imposture.= Cheat, trick, deception, imposition, fraud, ruse, delusion, dodge, artifice, wile, deceit, stratagem, hoax.

ANT. Truth, fact, verity, reality.

=Impotence.= Disability, incapacity, incompetence, powerlessness, weakness, inefficiency, infirmity, frailty, imbecility, inability, incapability, helplessness, disqualification.

ANT. Capacity, vigor, qualification, ability.

=Impoverish.= Make poor or indigent, exhaust, deplete, rob, beggar, fleece, denude.

ANT. Enrich, aggrandize, augment, store, enhance, endow.

=Impregnable.= Invincible, unassailable, invulnerable, immovable, inexpugnable, secure, tenable, irrefragable.

ANT. Pregnable, weak, exposed, defenseless, expugnable.

=Impregnate.= Fecundate, imbue, infuse, tincture, saturate, fill, fertilize; mix, combine, insert, steep, vivify, teach.

ANT. Remove, evolve, extricate, separate, destroy, quench, extinguish, be studious, learn.

=Impression.= Printing, stamping, imprinting; stamp, impress, brand; mark; sensation, effect, influence; notion, idea, opinion, fancy.

ANT. Concept, apprehension, comprehension.

=Impressive.= Affecting, touching, moving, stirring, powerful, striking, overpowering; forcible, solemn, imposing, important.

ANT. Weak, feeble, vapid, tame, unimpressive, dry, insignificant.

=Improve.= Mend, gain, become better, get on, gain ground; increase, rise, be enhanced; better, amend, ameliorate, rectify; progress; avail one’s self of, use, make productive; correct, reform.

ANT. Debase, deteriorate, vitiate, spoil, mar, impair, injure, depress.

=Improvement.= Amending, bettering, amelioration, amendment, progress, efficiency, proficiency, advancement, use, betterment; increase, correction.

ANT. Degeneracy, retrogradation, degeneration, debasement, deterioration, retrogression.

=Impudence.= Assurance, boldness, impertinence, pertness, rudeness, sauciness, effrontery, forwardness, incivility, insolence, presumption, officiousness, intrusiveness.

ANT. Bashfulness, humility, diffidence, meekness, lowliness, modesty, submissiveness; coyness, obsequiousness, subserviency, abasement.

=Impugn.= Attack, assail, contradict, oppose, resist, gainsay, controvert, deny, blame.

ANT. Declare, state, allege, approve, commend, defend, repel; propose, propound, confront, face.

=Impulse.= Thrust, push, impetus; passion, instinct, proclivity, inclination, appetite; motive, influence, incitement, instigation, incentive, force, sudden thought.

ANT. Deliberation, premeditation, rebuff, repulse.

=Impulsive.= Propulsive, impelling, moving; hot, quick, rash, hasty, passionate; wayward, impressible.

ANT. Discreet, hesitating, reluctant, timid, calculating, wary, cautious.

=Impute.= Ascribe, refer, charge, attribute, imply, insinuate.

ANT. Withdraw, retract, recall; clear, justify, acquit.

=Inane.= Empty, void; worthless, trifling, vacuous, vain, puerile, frivolous; pointless, feeble, vapid, characterless.

ANT. Significant, pointed, powerful, sensible, forcible.

=Inanition.= Emptiness, vacuity, inanity; vanity, folly, puerility, worthlessness, frivolousness; exhaustion, starvation.

ANT. Fulness, repletion, plethora; significance, meaning.

=Inaugurate.= Install, invest, induct; celebrate; commence, begin, initiate, originate.

ANT. Divert, deprive, conclude, terminate.

=Inauguration.= Investiture, installation, induction, consecration, institution, initiation; commencement, formal opening, beginning, origination.

ANT. Dismissal, discharge; valediction, valedictory; close, conclusion, end, termination.

=Incandescence.= White heat, incalescence, glow.

ANT. Iciness, refrigeration, congelation, crystallization.

=Incantation.= Sorcery, charm, enchantment, spell, magic, conjuration, witchcraft, witchery, necromancy; recitation, invocation.

ANT. Evocation, exorcism.

=Incarnation.= Embodiment, impersonation, manifestation, exemplification, personification.

ANT. Disembodiment, abstraction, spiritualization.

=Incendiarism.= Arson; conflagration.

ANT. Extinction, quenching, annihilation.

=Incense=, v. Enrage, exasperate, irritate, provoke, inflame, anger, excite, heat, chafe, sting, nettle, gall.

ANT. Allay, soothe, pacify, appease, conciliate, mollify.

=Incentive.= Inducement, incitement, spur, impulse, stimulant, goad, motive, cause, encouragement, rousing, excitation.

ANT. Deterrent, prohibition, warning, discouragement, dissuasion.

=Inception.= Beginning, inauguration, commencement.

ANT. Ending, finis, conclusion, termination.

=Incessant.= Ceaseless, continual, unceasing, unremitting, perpetual, constant, everlasting, eternal, uninterrupted, unintermittent.

ANT. Periodic, occasional, intermittent, interrupted.

=Incidence.= Impact, stroke, impingement.

ANT. Reflection, resilience, rebound.

=Incident=, n. Event, occurrence, circumstance, chance, accident, fact, adventure, casualty.

ANT. Cause, antecedent, reason, tendency, inducement, influence.

=Incident=, =Incidental=, a. Happening, liable; belonging, pertaining, appertaining, natural, relating; falling, impinging; casual, occasional, pertinent, fortuitous, concurrent, concomitant, accidental.

ANT. Regular, systematic, disconnected, independent, irrelative, inherent, essential, immanent, invariable, uniform.

=Incipient.= Beginning, inchoate, commencing, embryonic.

ANT. Final, terminal.

=Inclemency.= Harshness, severity, rigor, roughness, boisterousness, storminess, tempestuousness.

ANT. Clemency, mildness, leniency, gentleness.

=Inclement.= Harsh, tyrannical, cruel, unmerciful, severe, rigorous, stormy, rough, boisterous.

ANT. Benign, clement, mild, genial, merciful.

=Inclination.= Inclining, slope, leaning, slant; trend, verging, obliquity; disposition, predilection, bent, bias, proclivity, proneness, tendency, leaning, aptitude, propensity; desire, wish, fondness, liking, partiality; aptness, attachment, affection.

ANT. Tangency, disinclination, divergence, ineptitude, inaptness, dislike.

=Incline=, v. Slant, lean, slope; trend, verge, tend; be disposed, have a desire or propensity; dispose, predispose, turn, bias; bend, bow; bear, dip, induce, prompt.

ANT. Deter, restrain, check; ascend, rise; indispose, disincline.

=Include.= Hold, contain; comprise, embody, comprehend, embrace, take in.

ANT. Exclude, leave out.

=Inclusive.= Enclosing, encircling; including, comprehending, embracing; comprehensive, additive, implied.

ANT. Exclusive, excepted; adversative, opposite, contrary, antithetical.

=Income.= Revenue, profits, gains; proceeds, pay, allowance.

ANT. Expenditure, disbursement, outlay, expense.

=Incongruous.= Inconsistent, unsuitable, absurd, conflicting, discordant, discrepant, repugnant, mismated, incompatible, inapposite, contrary, contradictory, inappropriate, inharmonious, ill-matched, irreconcilable, mismatched.

ANT. Consistent, harmonious, suitable, accordant, agreeing, compatible.

=Increase=, n. Accession, growth, extension, augmentation, addition, enlargement, expansion, increment; product, produce, gain, profit; offspring, issue, progeny, descendants.

ANT. Deduction, detraction, diminution, contraction, loss, waste, detriment, curtailment, reduction, expenditure, impoverishment.

=Increase=, v. Advance, heighten, pile up, enhance, aggregate, dilate, magnify, spread, augment, greaten, enlarge, raise; extend, prolong; aggravate, intensify; grow; multiply, be fruitful.

ANT. Decrease, lessen, diminish, decline, abate, lower, reduce, curtail, retrench.

=Inculcate.= Infuse, impress, enforce, instil, implant, ingraft, urge, teach.

ANT. Insinuate, suggest, abjure, disavow, denounce.

=Incumbent.= Obligatory, binding, devolving; lying, leaning, reclining, resting, weighing down, prone; coercive, indispensable, urgent; threatening, impending.

ANT. Optional, discretional, elective, voluntary.

=Incur.= Contract, become liable to; bring on; meet, run.

ANT. Avoid, shun.

=Incursion.= Inroad, raid, invasion, irruption, descent, foray, sally, encroachment.

ANT. Encampment, retreat, abode, settlement.

=Indebted.= Owing, obliged, beholden, under obligation.

ANT. Disobliged, unbeholden.

=Indeed.= Truly, really, verily, positively, absolutely, in fact, veritably, certainly, in truth; strictly, in point of fact.

ANT. By no means, not at all.

=Indefatigable.= Unwearied, untiring, persevering, persistent, assiduous, sedulous, unremitting, never-tiring, unflagging; incessant, indomitable.

ANT. Idle, indifferent, indolent.

=Indelible.= Ineffaceable, indestructible, ingrained, indefeasible, irreversible, persistent.

ANT. Mutable, evanescent, transient, effaceable.

=Indemnify.= Secure, save; compensate, remunerate, reimburse, requite; satisfy.

ANT. Fine, mulct, amerce.

=Indicate.= Show, denote, mark, betoken, signify, point out, designate, specify; evidence, evince, betray, manifest, declare.

ANT. Conceal, misdirect, falsify, misindicate, negative, contradict.

=Indication.= Indicating sign, mark, note, index, symptom, token, hint, suggestion, manifestation; evidence, demonstration, proof, prognostic.

ANT. Silence, surmise, misdirection, undemonstrativeness, misguidance, misindication.

=Indictment.= Indicting, presentment; accusation, charge, impeachment, arraignment, crimination.

=Indifference.= Neutrality, impartiality, disinterestedness; unconcern, apathy, coolness, negligence, carelessness, inattention, heedlessness; triviality, insignificance, unimportance; inferiority; insensibility, composure.

ANT. Importance, interest, significance, weight, gravity, affection, ardor, eagerness.

=Indifferent.= Neutral, unbiased, impartial, disinterested; cool, unconcerned, unmoved, cold, inattentive, apathetic, dead, regardless, heedless, unmindful; equal, all the same, all one, just the same; passable, tolerable, ordinary, middling, mediocre, rather poor; lukewarm, careless.

ANT. Anxious, careful, susceptible, sympathetic, sensitive.

=Indigent.= Poor, needy, destitute, necessitous, reduced, penniless, moneyless, distressed, insolvent, in want; impecunious, straitened.

ANT. Wealthy, moneyed, rich, affluent, opulent.

=Indignation.= Resentment, anger, ire, wrath, fury, rage, exasperation, choler; denunciation, displeasure, protestation.

ANT. Gratification, admiration, approval, applause, complacency.

=Indignity.= Insult, outrage, affront, slight, dishonor, abuse, disrespect, contumely, reproach, opprobrium, obloquy; rudeness, contemptuousness, ignominy, disgrace.

ANT. Deference, compliment, honor, respect.

=Indiscriminate.= Undistinguishing, undiscriminating; mixed, confused, mingled, promiscuous, indistinguishable; ill-assorted, undiscerning.

ANT. Careful, sorted, select, discerning.

=Indisposed.= Averse, disinclined, unwilling, reluctant, backward, loath; ill, ailing, sick.

ANT. Prompt, willing, eager, desirous, inclined; healthful, sound.

=Indite.= Compose, write, dictate, pen; prompt, suggest, word, describe, phrase.

ANT. Transcribe, copy, imitate, duplicate.

=Individual=, n. Person, personage, character, some one; unit, single instance; personality.

ANT. Species, genus, family, kind.

=Individual=, a. Particular, special, separate, single, unique, one; peculiar, personal; positive, decided, unconventional, independent, specific, indivisible, singular, identical, idiosyncratic.

ANT. General, common, collective, plural, universal.

=Individuality.= Personality, distinct existence; character, decision, self-direction, originality, self-determination, uniqueness.

ANT. Generality, mediocrity.

=Indolence.= Laziness, sloth, inertness, idleness, sluggishness, slothfulness.

ANT. Activity, energy.

=Indomitable.= Unyielding, unconquerable, invincible; untamable, irrepressible, indefatigable.

ANT. Effortless, feeble, languid.

=Indorse.= Superscribe; sanction, approve, vouch for, confirm, ratify; accept.

ANT. Protest, repudiate, renounce, abjure, cancel.

=Induce.= Influence, impel, move, prompt, instigate, persuade, actuate, urge, incite, spur, prevail upon; cause, produce, effect, bring on.

ANT. Prevent, disincline, dissuade, deter, hinder, restrain.

=Induction.= Introduction, installation, inauguration, institution; conclusion, inference, generalization, inductive method; collection, collation, application.

ANT. Statement, hypothesis; deduction; subtraction; principle, class, law, proposition, argumentation, discourse.

=Indulge.= Gratify, yield, satisfy; humor, pamper, favor; allow, permit, suffer, cherish, foster, harbor; spoil, revel, grovel.

ANT. Thwart, deny, disappoint, discard, contradict, renounce, counteract, mortify, abjure, discipline.

=Indulgence.= Gratification, humoring, pampering; leniency, kindness, tenderness, favor, liberality.

ANT. Abstinence, self-sacrifice, repression, restraint.

=Indulgent.= Yielding, compliant; lenient, mild, clement, tolerant, gentle, kind, tender, forbearing.

ANT. Harsh, severe, rough, austere, self-controlled, abstinent.

=Industrious.= Diligent, active, busy, assiduous, engaged, employed, sedulous, occupied, laborious, hard-working; brisk, persistent, persevering.

ANT. Lazy, shiftless, idle.

=Industry.= Diligence, labor, application, assiduity, attention, constancy, exertion, intentness, patience, perseverance, persistence, sedulousness, pains, effort, activity, toil.

ANT. Idleness, inattention, neglect, negligence, sloth, remissness, changeableness, indolence, inconstancy, inactivity, fickleness, ease, indiligence.

=Ineffable.= Unspeakable, indescribable, inexpressible, unutterable; inconceivable, unsurpassable, undeclarable, exquisite, perfect.

ANT. Common, trivial, superficial, vulgar, commonplace, conversational, colloquial, obvious.

=Inert.= Inactive, lifeless, dead, passive, motionless; dull, indolent, torpid, lazy, idle, supine, sluggish, slothful; heavy, dormant.

ANT. Active, alert, brisk, energetic, quick, vigorous.

=Inevitable.= Necessary, unavoidable, infallible, certain, fixed, irresistible.

ANT. Uncertain, avoidable, indeterminate.

=Infamy.= Dishonor, shame, disgrace, discredit, ignominy, opprobrium, scandal, obloquy, abasement; villainy, disgracefulness, wickedness, atrocity, shamefulness; despair, degradation.

ANT. Honor, reputation, renown, glory, celebrity.

=Infantile.= Young, childish, tender; babyish, weak; childlike, babylike; puerile, imbecile.

ANT. Manly, vigorous, mature, robust.

=Infatuation.= Folly, stupefaction, foolishness, prepossession, obsession; fatuity, hallucination, madness, self-deception.

ANT. Sagacity, soundness, wisdom, sanity, clear-sightedness.

=Infection.= Contagion; contamination, taint, bane, pest, poison, corruption, defilement, vitiation, pollution.

ANT. Purification, disinfection, antidote, antisepsis.

=Infectious.= Contagious, catching, pestilential, pestiferous; contaminating, corrupting, defiling, polluting, poisoning, vitiating.

ANT. Wholesome, sanative, beneficial, antiseptic.

=Infer.= Deduce, conclude, gather, collect, consider probable; derive, argue.

ANT. State, enunciate, assume, guess, conjecture, propound, anticipate, prognosticate.

=Inference.= Conclusion, deduction, corollary, consequence; generalization, induction.

ANT. Statement, proposition, enunciation.

=Inferiority.= Subordination; deficiency, imperfection, minority, poverty, subjection, servitude, depression; mediocrity.

ANT. Superiority, eminence, excellence, majority, elevation, independence, mastery, exaltation.

=Infernal.= Hellish; diabolical, devilish, fiendish, demoniacal, satanic, atrocious, nefarious, dark, accursed, abominable.

ANT. Angelic, cherubic.

=Infest.= Throng, overrun, beset, swarm in; disturb, plague, annoy, tease, harass, trouble, molest, torment, worry, pester.

ANT. Comfort, refresh, regale, gratify.

=Infidel.= Unbeliever, disbeliever, atheist, denier, freethinker, deist, skeptic, heretic.

ANT. Believer, pietist, devotee, Christian.

=Infidelity.= Unbelief, disbelief, skepticism; faithlessness, unfaithfulness, disloyalty.

ANT. Fidelity, belief, faith, religiousness, credulity, credulousness; faithfulness, loyalty.

=Infinite.= Absolute, illimitable, limitless, boundless, interminable, eternal, unlimited, unmeasured, measureless, unfathomable, unconditioned, numberless, unbounded, immeasurable, innumerable, countless.

ANT. Brief, bounded, relative, short, limited, finite, restricted, transient, transitory, small, little, evanescent, circumscribed, measurable, moderate, narrow, shallow; infinitesimal.

=Infinitesimal.= Minute, atomic, microscopic, inappreciable, inconspicuous, undiscernible, infinitely small.

ANT. Enormous, vast, infinite, immeasurable.

=Infinitude=, =Infinity=. Boundlessness, vastness, immensity; infiniteness; eternity, absoluteness, self-determination, self-existence.

ANT. Relativity.

=Infirm.= Weak, feeble, frail, debilitated, enfeebled, weakened; faltering, wavering, irresolute, vacillating; unsound, unstable, insecure; decrepit, lame, failing, impotent.

ANT. Sound, forcible, firm, strong, sure, cogent, healthy, healthful.

=Infirmity.= Weakness, decrepitude, debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty; foible, fault, failing, defect; disease, malady, unsoundness.

ANT. Strength, vigor, unhealthfulness, soundness.

=Inflame.= Excite, stimulate, incite, enkindle, rouse, animate, inspirit, work up, fire; irritate, exasperate, anger, nettle, provoke, enrage, incense, madden, infuriate; fan, embitter.

ANT. Quench, extinguish, allay, cool, pacify, quiet.

=Inflate.= Distend, expand, swell, bloat, blow up; puff up, make conceited; increase, enlarge.

ANT. Exhaust, empty, flatten, squeeze, compress.

=Inflated.= Distended, swollen, bloated; tumid, turgid, bombastic, stilted, declamatory, rhetorical, sophomorical, high-flown; pompous.

ANT. Simple, plain, unaffected, concise, laconic, explicit, brief.

=Inflection.= Bend, bending, curvature, flexure, crook; variation, declension, conjugation, comparison; flexion.

ANT. Straightness, directness, rectilinearity.

=Inflict.= Impose, lay on, put on; afflict.

ANT. Spare, remove, alleviate, suspend.

=Infliction.= Imposition, inflicting; punishment, judgment; grievance, trouble, nuisance.

ANT. Remission, sparing; pleasure, gratification; accommodation, condoning.

=Influence=, n. Authority, ascendency, control, predominance, sway; reputation, weight of character, credit; influx, inflow; effect, causation, impulse, affection, power, weight, prestige.

ANT. Inefficiency, ineffectiveness, inefficacy, nullity, inoperativeness, neutrality.

=Influence=, v. Induce, incite, incline, persuade, move, stir, actuate, sway, compel, urge, instigate, prompt, lead, impel, excite, drive, draw, direct, bias.

ANT. Prevent, restrain, retard, deter, discourage, impede, inhibit, hinder, dissuade.