Synonyms and antonyms

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 73237 *** SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS _An Alphabetical List of Words in Common Use, Grouped with Others of Similar and Opposite Meaning_ BY EDITH B. ORDWAY _Author of “The Etiquette of To-Day,” “Handbook of Quotations,” Etc._ NEW YORK GEORGE SULLY AND COMPANY _Copyright, 1913_ BY SULLY AND KLEINTEICH _All rights reserved_ PRINTED IN U. S. A. 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._ D =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._ E =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._ G =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._ H =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._ I =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._ =Influential.= Potent, powerful, controlling; efficacious, persuasive, forcible, guiding, considerable; authoritative. ANT. _Weak, ineffective, inoperative, inconsiderable, unpersuasive._ =Inform.= Quicken, animate, inspire; acquaint, apprise, mention to, notify, advise, tell; educate, enlighten, instruct, impart, communicate. ANT. _Misinstruct, misjudge, deceive, hoodwink, misinform, mystify._ =Information.= Advice, notice, intelligence; knowledge; accusation, complaint, denunciation; instruction, counsel, notification. ANT. _Concealment, mystification, ignorance, occultation._ =Infringe.= Transgress, violate, break, disobey, nullify. ANT. _Preserve, observe, conserve, maintain._ =Infuse.= Instil, inspire, introduce, inculcate, implant, diffuse, shed, steep, soak, water, infiltrate, insinuate, breathe into. ANT. _Strain, dry, drain, divert, retract._ =Ingenious.= Inventive, gifted, able, clever, bright, ready, sagacious, adept, skilful. ANT. _Unskilful, uninventive, slow, unready, unresourceful, unprepared, unapt._ =Ingenuity.= Inventiveness, ingeniousness, acuteness, skill, ability, readiness, faculty, aptitude, cunning, turn, gift, genius. ANT. _Inability, ineptitude, clumsiness._ =Ingenuous.= Artless, open, candid, frank, sincere, straightforward, honest, transparent, guileless, truthful, childlike, naive, noble, generous, honorable. ANT. _Mean, reserved, sly, insincere, disingenuous._ =Ingratiate.= Commend one’s self into favor, insinuate, recommend. ANT. _Alienate, estrange._ =Ingredient.= Element, component, constituent. ANT. _Refuse, residuum, incongruity, counteragent._ =Inherent.= Sticking fast, adhering; essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, native, natural, subjective, innate, intrinsic, inhering, congenital, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, internal, ingrained, inseparable, inwrought. ANT. _Extrinsic, superficial, fortuitous, casual, accidental, external, outward, superfluous, transient, unconnected, supplemental, incidental, subsidiary, superadded; foreign, extraneous, separable, temporary._ =Inherit.= Get as legacy; occupy, possess, enjoy. ANT. _Acquire, earn, gain, squander, bequeath, leave, demise, devise; dissipate, alienate._ =Inheritance.= Inheriting; heritage, patrimony; bequest, possession, legacy. ANT. _Acquisition, purchase, donation; forfeiture, lapse; escheatment, alienation._ =Inheritor.= Heir, successor, legatee, devisee. ANT. _Testator, devisor._ =Inimical.= Antagonistic, hostile, unfriendly; adverse, opposed, contrary, repugnant, noxious, pernicious, hurtful, harmful. ANT. _Friendly, companionable, comradely; unanimous, agreeable, beneficial._ =Iniquity.= Injustice, wickedness, sin, unrighteousness; crime, offense, misdeed, grievance, evil-doing. ANT. _Justice, integrity, virtue, holiness, honesty, uprightness._ =Initiation.= Introduction, entrance, admission; instruction; opening, beginning, inauguration, commencement. ANT. _Termination, completion, finish, fulfilment, outcome._ =Initiative.= Commencement, beginning; power to originate or begin; start, leadership, example. ANT. _Termination, wake, rear; prosecution, progress, perseverance, accomplishment._ =Injunction.= Command, order, mandate, precept, exhortation. ANT. _Disobedience, non-observance, non-compliance, insubordination._ =Injure.= Maltreat, wrong, abuse; harm, damage, spoil, mar, disfigure, wound, cripple, sully. ANT. _Benefit, profit, advantage, advance, repair._ =Injurious.= Wrong, unjust, iniquitous; hurtful, detrimental, pernicious, deleterious, noxious, deadly, mischievous, baneful, fatal, destructive, damaging, ruinous, disadvantageous; libelous, slanderous; prejudicial. ANT. _Helpful, advantageous, beneficial, salutary, profitable._ =Injury.= Blemish, damage, evil, disadvantage, detriment, hurt, loss, wrong, prejudice, injustice, mischief, impairment, outrage, harm. ANT. _Remedy, advantage, amelioration, benefit, service, boon, help, blessing, improvement, utility._ =Injustice.= Wrong, unrighteousness, iniquity, grievance, unfairness, injury. ANT. _Equity, fairness, justice, right, rectitude, integrity, honesty, impartiality, uprightness, lawfulness, righteousness, honor, faithfulness, fair play._ =Inlet.= Opening, entrance, commencement, ingress. ANT. _Outlet, egress, debouchure._ =Inmate.= Occupant, dweller, denizen, inhabitant, tenant, resident. ANT. _Visitor, intruder, foreigner, stranger, traveler._ =Inn.= Hotel, public house, tavern. =Innate.= Inherent, inborn, natural, inbred, native, congenital, organic. ANT. _Unnatural, adventitious, assumed._ =Inner.= Inmost, within, interior, secret, close, vital. ANT. _Outer, outermost, exterior, open._ =Innocence.= Harmlessness, inoffensiveness, innocuousness; sinlessness, purity, stainlessness, simplicity, guilelessness, guiltlessness, blamelessness. ANT. _Guilt, offensiveness, contamination, sinfulness, impurity, guile, corruption._ =Innocent.= Pure, sinless, virtuous, upright, stainless, right, faultless, guileless, clear, clean, blameless, guiltless, harmless, inoffensive, righteous, spotless, immaculate, innocuous. ANT. _Criminal, culpable, immoral, guilty, blameworthy._ =Innocuous.= Harmless, innocent, inoffensive, wholesome, innoxious. ANT. _Hurtful, deleterious, insidious, obnoxious._ =Innovation.= Change, alteration, novelty, reversal. ANT. _Archaism, conservation, maintenance, old fashion, obsolescence._ =Inoculate.= Vaccinate, impregnate, indoctrinate, instil, insert, imbue, ingraft, ingrain. ANT. _Prune, divest; disabuse._ =Inquiry.= Query, interrogation, question, interrogatory; study, investigation, research, exploration, examination, scrutiny; asking, search. ANT. _Guess, intuition, conjecture, assumption, supposition, hypothesis._ =Inquisitive.= Curious, meddlesome, intrusive, searching, prying, inquiring, meddling, peeping, scrutinizing. ANT. _Uninterested, unconcerned, careless, heedless, apathetic, inattentive, indifferent._ =Inroad.= Incursion, foray, raid, irruption, encroachment, trespass, infringement, dragonnade. ANT. _Occupation, sally, retreat, settlement, evacuation, excursion, egress._ =Insane.= Crazy, lunatic, mad, deranged, demented, crazed, delirious. ANT. _Sane, sound, sensible, quiet, composed, sober._ =Insanity.= Delirium, dementia, frenzy, lunacy, mania, aberration, madness, alienation, derangement, monomania, hallucination, craziness. ANT. _Sanity, clearness, rationality, lucidity, good sense, reason, intellect, intelligence._ =Inscribe.= Write, engrave, impress, imprint; address, dedicate; label, letter, mark, delineate. ANT. _Erase, efface, cancel, expunge, obliterate._ =Inscrutable.= Incomprehensible, unsearchable, impenetrable, unintelligible, hidden, mysterious, untraceable, insolvable, profound. ANT. _Obvious, intelligible, explainable, self-evident, familiar._ =Insert.= Set in, place in, introduce. ANT. _Exclude, follow, add._ =Inside.= Within, internally. ANT. _Without, outside, externally._ =Insidious.= Artful, crafty, scheming, cunning, intriguing, tricky, designing; secret, deceptive. ANT. _Straightforward, sincere, undesigning._ =Insinuate.= Push slily, ingratiate; infuse, inculcate; hint, intimate, suggest; introduce, insert. ANT. _Withdraw, extract, retract, alienate._ =Insipid.= Tasteless, stale, flat; spiritless, heavy, stupid, uninteresting, prosaic, tame, prosy, dull, unentertaining, characterless, flavorless. ANT. _Racy, interesting, engaging, piquant, spirited, lively._ =Insist.= Demand, maintain, urge, contend, persist, press, persevere. ANT. _Abandon, surrender, concede, yield, waive, forego._ =Insolence.= Rudeness, contempt, disrespect, contumely; impertinence, pertness, impudence; frowardness, disobedience, insubordination; arrogance, assumption. ANT. _Consideration, deference, modesty, respect, politeness, bashfulness._ =Insolvent.= Bankrupt, penniless, beggared, ruined. ANT. _Solvent, wealthy, flush, flourishing, thriving._ =Inspect.= Examine, scrutinize, investigate, oversee, superintend, supervise, overhaul. ANT. _Overlook, connive, dismiss, glance, pretermit._ =Inspector.= Examiner, critic, visitor, superintendent, censor, supervisor. =Inspiration.= Inhalation; afflatus, obsession; exaltation, enthusiasm, frenzy, impulse, revelation, intuition; insight, genius. ANT. _Study, education, acquirement, learning, elaboration, observation, deduction._ =Instance.= Request, impulse, instigation, incitement; solicitation, importunity, pressure, urgency; illustration, example, citation, case, exemplification, specification; entreaty, point, prompting, persuasion, occurrence. ANT. _Dissuasion, warning, deprecation, reluctance; rule, principle, statement._ =Instant=, _n._ Moment, twinkling, second, minute, flash, trice, jiffy; particular hour or moment. ANT. _Period, time, cycle, duration; eternity, permanence, perpetuity._ =Instant=, _a._ Immediate, instantaneous, quick; pressing, earnest, urgent; current, present, passing. ANT. _Continuous, continual; perpetual, eternal._ =Instantly.= Immediately, forthwith, directly, at once, presently, straightway. ANT. _In the future, after a time._ =Instigate.= Incite, impel, move, urge, prompt, provoke, stimulate, rouse, influence, encourage, persuade, prevail upon. ANT. _Repress, restrain, discourage, withhold, retard._ =Instil.= Infuse, insinuate; implant, enforce, impress, inculcate, import, introduce. ANT. _Extract, remove, eliminate, eradicate, drain, extirpate._ =Instinct=, _n._ Impulse, proclivity, tendency, inclination, prompting, intuition. ANT. _Reason, deliberation, experience, judgment, elaboration, experiment._ =Instinctive.= Natural, spontaneous; impulsive, unreflecting; voluntary, intuitive. ANT. _Rational, cultivated, logical, judicious, reasonable, reasoning._ =Institute=, _v._ Found, establish, originate, appoint, settle, fix; ordain, enact, pass; begin, commence; invest, instal, appoint, induct, organize. ANT. _Subvert, degrade, deprive, disestablish._ =Institution.= Establishment, investiture, custom, practice; college, school, academy, seminary, university. =Instruct.= Teach, inform, train, educate, enlighten, indoctrinate; direct, command, order; acquaint, discipline, initiate. ANT. _Misinform, misguide, mislead, deceive, neglect; brutalize; learn, study._ =Instruction.= Teaching, education, training, schooling, information, discipline, tuition, advice, counsel, direction, precept, order, command, mandate. ANT. _Misguidance, misinformation, misdirection; pupilage, obedience._ =Instrument.= Tool, utensil, implement; agent, medium, machine; document, deed, writing, charter, indenture, record. ANT. _Obstruction, bar, stop, preventive; counteragent, opponent, neutralizer; misapplication, counteraction._ =Instrumentality.= Intervention, medium, means, agency, mediation; use, employment. ANT. _Property, quality, virtue, force, efficacy; non-intervention, spontaneity; counteragency, neutralization._ =Insult=, _n._ Offense affront, indignity, outrage, abuse, rudeness, dishonor, slight, disrespect. ANT. _Respect, homage, compliment, deference._ =Insult=, _v._ Outrage, offend, dishonor, abuse; provoke, mock, ridicule. ANT. _Respect, salute, honor, compliment, flatter, praise._ =Insure.= Make secure; assure; underwrite; provide, warrant, secure, guarantee, stabilitate. ANT. _Imperil, jeopardize, shake, stake._ =Insurgent=, _n._ Rebel, malcontent, mutineer, traitor, rioter. ANT. _Patriot, adherent, supporter; ruler, magistrate._ =Insurgent=, _a._ Rebellious, disobedient, mutinous, unruly, insubordinate, seditious. ANT. _Obedient, loyal, patriotic._ =Insurrection.= Rebellion, revolt, uprising, mutiny, sedition, riot, tumult, anarchy; pronouncement. ANT. _Law, order, peace, subjection, obedience, submission, bondage, subsidence, acquiescence; government, pacification._ =Intact.= Untouched, unhurt, unharmed, uninjured, scatheless; whole, entire, unbroken, undiminished; safe, inviolate, sacred, undefiled, uncorrupted, uncontaminated. ANT. _Defiled, hurt, touched, injured, corrupt, affected, contaminated._ =Integrate.= Unite, combine, consolidate, solidify, incorporate; sum, complete. ANT. _Analyze, dismember, detach, remove, amputate, disintegrate._ =Integrity.= Completeness, entirety, wholeness; honesty, rectitude, virtue, goodness, principle; uprightness, honor, probity, candor, truthfulness, conscientiousness. ANT. _Fraud, meanness, rascality, duplicity, unfairness, underhandedness._ =Intellect.= Reason, mind, sense, brains, understanding; consciousness, instinct; ability, genius, talent. ANT. _Matter, mechanism, force; passion; spirit, soul._ =Intellectual.= Mental, psychological, inventive, learned, cultured; philosophical, metaphysical. ANT. _Illiterate, unlearned, ignorant._ =Intelligence.= Knowledge, information, understanding, apprehension, discernment, acumen, penetration, quickness, brightness, comprehension; news, announcement, tidings, report, rumor, statement, notice, notification, publication, advice, instruction; intellect, spirit. ANT. _Misinformation, misunderstanding; ignorance, concealment, stupidity, misapprehension, dulness, suppression, silence._ =Intelligible.= Clear, plain, understandable, distinct, comprehensible, explainable, familiar, self-evident, obvious. ANT. _Inscrutable, mysterious, hidden, insolvable, impenetrable, unfathomable._ =Intend.= Design, resolve, mean, propose, purpose, contemplate, determine, meditate. ANT. _Venture, risk, hazard, chance._ =Intense.= Close, severe, strict, intent, strained; extreme; forcible, energetic, powerful; ardent, earnest, vehement, excessive, immoderate. ANT. _Relaxed, easy, moderate, forceless, impotent, indifferent, cool, languid._ =Intensity.= Intenseness, closeness, severity, strictness; tension, force, concentration, attention, strain; vehemence, violence, excess; ardor, energy, eagerness, power, vigor, activity, strength. ANT. _Laxity, relaxation, debility, languor, coolness, indifference._ =Intent=, _n._ Purpose, aim, object, design, end, meaning, intention, purport, scope, drift, view. ANT. _Chance, lot, accident, fate._ =Intent=, _a._ Eager, fixed, earnest, close, bent, set. ANT. _Distracted, diverted, indifferent._ =Intention.= Design, purpose, intent, meaning, purport. ANT. _Chance, fortune, luck._ =Intentional.= Deliberate, contemplated, designed, intended, studied, purposed, premeditated. ANT. _Casual, accidental, undesigned, fortuitous._ =Inter.= Bury, entomb, inhume. ANT. _Exhume, disinter._ =Inter-.= The synonyms and antonyms of words beginning with the prefix _inter-_, signifying _between_, _among_, _amidst_, _mutually_, may be obtained by adding this meaning to that of the synonyms and antonyms of the root word, in such cases as are of simple derivation. =Intercede.= Mediate, arbitrate, interpose, plead, make intercession, advocate, interfere. ANT. _Abandon, excuse, incriminate, inculpate._ =Intercept.= Stop, cease; arrest, catch; obstruct, interrupt. ANT. _Send, despatch, delegate, forward, commission, interchange._ =Intercourse.= Converse, communication, communion, commerce, connection, correspondence, intimacy, dealing, intercommunication. ANT. _Cessation, suspension, reticence, disconnection, interception._ =Interdict.= Prohibit, forbid, proscribe, inhibit, restrain, stop, debar, disallow. ANT. _Indulge, grant, allow, concede._ =Interest=, _n._ Advantage, benefit, profit, good; part, portion; regards, sympathy, concern, attention, curiosity, selfishness, behalf, share; authority, influence; premium. ANT. _Disadvantage, loss; inattention, unconcern, indifference; disconnection, repudiation._ =Interfere.= Intermeddle, interpose; clash, conflict, intervene, be opposed. ANT. _Withdraw, retract, retire, recede._ =Interior.= Inside, internal, inner, inward, inland. ANT. _Outside, exterior._ =Interloper.= Intruder, meddler, supernumerary. ANT. _Member, constituent._ =Intermediate.= Intervening, interposed, interjacent, included, comprised, middle, moderate. ANT. _Surrounding, enclosing, outside, embracing, circumjacent; extreme; exclusive._ =Interment.= Burial, sepulture, inhumation. ANT. _Exhumation, resurrection._ =Intermission.= Suspension, interruption, stoppage, rest, stop, pause, suspense, respite, interlude, remission, cessation, discontinuance, interval, interregnum. ANT. _Continuity, continuance, constancy, uninterruptedness, permanence, perpetuity._ =Intermit.= Suspend, interrupt, relax, discontinue, break, stop, cease, abate, subside. ANT. _Continue, prosecute; urge, despatch._ =Internal.= Inner, interior, inside; within. ANT. _Outer, exterior, outside._ =Internecine.= Destructive, exterminating, deadly, inextinguishable, irreconcilable, mortal, internecinal. ANT. _Desultory, incursive, marauding, skirmishing, buccaneering, guerilla, freebooting._ =Interpolate.= Introduce, insert, foist in, intercalate; interlard, interweave, import, garble, intersperse, gloss. ANT. _Expunge, erase, expurgate; verify, authenticate; elide._ =Interpose.= Interfere, intercede, interrupt, mediate, meddle, arbitrate, intermeddle. ANT. _Avoid, shun, retire, withdraw, hold aloof, let be, keep clear, stand aside._ =Interpret.= Explain, define, expound, elucidate, unfold, decipher; translate, render, construe; declare, represent, solve. ANT. _Mistake, misconceive, misunderstand, falsify, misinterpret, distort, misrepresent._ =Interpretation.= Exposition, explanation, elucidation; version, construction, rendering, translation; sense, meaning, definition, signification, solution. ANT. _Misinterpretation, misrendering; problem, text, difficulty._ =Interrogate.= Question, ask, examine, inquire of, catechise. ANT. _Affirm, answer, assert, indorse, pronounce._ =Interrupt.= Disturb, stop, hinder, delay, interfere with; separate, disconnect, divide, sever, sunder, cut, dissolve; suspend, discontinue, break off; intersect. ANT. _Continue, prosecute, expedite._ =Interstice.= Crevice, hole, interval, chink, cleft, cranny, gap, crack, fissure, interspace. ANT. _Seam, suture, stop-gap._ =Interval.= Interstice; spell, season, period, term, intermediate time, interim, meantime, intermission, interspace, cessation. ANT. _Continuity, uninterruptedness, simultaneousness._ =Intervention.= Interposition, interference, intrusion, intercession, insinuation; agency, mediation. ANT. _Continuance, non-interference._ =Interview.= Meeting, parley, conference, consultation, colloquy, confabulation. ANT. _Isolation, exclusion, independence, avoidance._ =Intestate.= Unwilled, undevised, unbequeathed. ANT. _Willed, bequeathed, devised._ =Intestine=, _a._ Internal, domestic, interior, inward; civil; subjective. ANT. _External, outward, foreign, federal; objective._ =Intimate=, _n._ Confidant, associate, crony, familiar, companion, friend. =Intimate=, _v._ Suggest, hint, insinuate, allude to, remind of; announce, declare, communicate, tell. ANT. _Conceal, reserve, withhold, repress._ =Intimate=, _a._ Near, close, familiar, friendly, confidential; internal, interior, inward, deep-seated, hearty; thorough, complete, direct, exact; conversant. ANT. _Distant, strange, unfamiliar; superficial._ =Intimidate.= Frighten, alarm, scare, daunt, dismay, threaten, appal, terrify, deter, dishearten. ANT. _Calm, compose; encourage, inspirit, animate, reassure._ =Intolerable.= Insufferable, unendurable, insupportable, unbearable. ANT. _Endurable, comfortable, tolerable, supportable, possible to be borne._ =Intolerant.= Bigoted, unforbearing; extreme. ANT. _Tolerant, forbearing, large-minded, indulgent._ =Intoxication.= Inebriety, inebriation, drunkenness; excitement, infatuation, exhilaration, delirium, bewilderment, hallucination, ecstasy; poison, venom. ANT. _Antidote, sobriety, sanity, gravity, melancholy, depression; abstinence, abstemiousness._ =Intrenchment.= Ditch, dike, fortification, earthwork, moat; defense, protection, shelter, invasion, inroad, encroachment, infringement, trespass. ANT. _Wall, rampart, mole, embankment, mound, bastion; forbearance, deference, respect._ =Intrepid.= Bold, brave, fearless, undaunted, courageous, valorous, unterrified, dauntless, chivalrous, heroic, undismayed, unawed, valiant, doughty. ANT. _Cautious, timid, fearful, cowardly, dismayed, terrified._ =Intricacy.= Complexity, complication, entanglement, perplexity, difficulty, intricateness, obscurity, confusion. ANT. _Directness, obviousness; system, method; disposition, array._ =Intricate.= Involved, perplexed, complicated, entangled, complex; mazy, labyrinthine, tortuous. ANT. _Simple, direct, obvious, plain, uninvolved._ =Intrigue.= Plot, scheme, cabal, conspiracy, machination, artifice, cunning, duplicity, trickery, chicanery, ruse; liaison, amour. ANT. _Insurrection, assault, rebellion, force, violence; sincerity, candor, honesty, openness, straightforwardness._ =Intrinsic.= Inward, internal, essential, real, genuine, true, inherent, native, innate, natural, immanent, inbred, inborn. ANT. _Extrinsic, acquired, apparent, accidental, borrowed, assumed, pretended, added, external, adventitious._ =Introduce.= Lead in, usher in, present, conduct in, commence, make acquainted, make known, begin, preface. ANT. _Come after, succeed, follow; end, conclude._ =Introduction.= Introducing, presentation, ushering in; preface, prelude, preamble, proem, exordium; induction, importation, insertion, commencement, preliminary; portico, gate, vestibule, entrance. ANT. _Eduction, ejection; extraction, exportation, elimination, estrangement; completion, conclusion, end; egress._ =Introductory.= Prefatory, initiatory, preliminary, precursory, preparatory; commendatory. ANT. _Final, conclusive, terminal, valedictory, supplemental; alienative._ =Intrude.= Obtrude, encroach, infringe, trespass, trench, interfere, meddle. ANT. _Withdraw, retire, recede; remove, retract._ =Intrusion.= Encroachment, interference, intruding, obtrusion, infringement. ANT. _Withdrawal, removal, retirement, retraction._ =Intuition.= Apprehension, cognition, perception, beholding; instinct, insight, recognition. ANT. _Information, instruction, learning, experience, acquirement, induction._ =Inundate.= Flood, deluge, overflow, submerge, cover, overwhelm. ANT. _Drain, dry, reclaim, desiccate, parch._ =Invade.= Attack, infringe, violate, encroach on, trench upon; march into, enter in, assault, assail, occupy. ANT. _Abandon, relinquish, vacate, evacuate._ =Invalid=, _a._ Week, feeble, infirm, sick, frail; null, void; unsound, baseless, untrue, unfounded, fallacious. ANT. _Strong, well, healthy, vigorous; sound, legal, constitutional; legitimate, authorized; genuine, true, correct, exact._ =Invalidate.= Nullify, cancel, annul, overthrow, make void. ANT. _Conserve, maintain, establish, confirm, enact, institute._ =Invasion.= Trespass, incursion, irruption, encroachment, inroad. ANT. _Evacuation, abandonment, relinquishment; settlement; retreat._ =Invective.= Satire, sarcasm, diatribe, railing, abuse; obloquy, denunciation, vituperation, reproach, castigation. ANT. _Praise, commendation, encomium, eulogy, panegyric._ =Invent.= Discover, find out, devise, contrive, produce; design, concoct, elaborate; conceive, contrive, fabricate, originate, forge, frame. ANT. _Copy, imitate, reproduce; execute._ =Invention.= Contrivance, construction, device; fiction, fabrication, falsehood; thought, idea. ANT. _Material._ =Inventive.= Ingenious, skilful, clever, adept, resourceful. ANT. _Slow, unskilful, uninventive._ =Inventor.= Contriver, originator, author, creator. ANT. _Destroyer._ =Inventory.= List, catalogue, register, record, enrolment, enumeration. =Inversion.= Reversal, transposition, alteration, deflection, violation, permutation. ANT. _Erectness, verticality; stability, permanence, fixity, state, order, sequence; conservation._ =Invert.= Upset, overthrow, reverse, subvert. ANT. _Restore, set up, make upright._ =Invest.= Clothe, dress, array, endow; attend, surround; lay out. ANT. _Divest, dismantle, unclothe, strip, disrobe; deprive._ =Investigate.= Inquire, examine, test, scrutinize, prove, search, explore, inspect, criticize, discuss, study. ANT. _Conjecture, guess._ =Investigation.= Search, examination, inquiry, research, exploration, inquisition, sifting, scrutiny, study. ANT. _Discovery, clue, indication; solution, thread._ =Investiture.= Installation, induction, investment, habilitation. ANT. _Divestiture, divestment._ =Inveterate.= Long-established, obstinate; malignant, spiteful, virulent; besetting, confirmed, chronic, ingrain, incarnate, habitual, deep-rooted, hardened, accustomed. ANT. _Undeveloped, incipient, unformed._ =Invidious.= Hateful, offensive, odious; unfair, partial, inconsiderate; gratuitous. ANT. _Fair, just, considerate, impartial, due._ =Invigorate.= Strengthen, brace, harden, nerve, refresh, stimulate, animate, exhilarate. ANT. _Weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, deteriorate, relax, unstring, enervate._ =Invitation.= Solicitation, allurement, enticement. ANT. _Rebuff, snub, check, repulse._ =Invite.= Ask, summon, bid, request, solicit, call, attract, entice, persuade, allure; tempt, incite, challenge. ANT. _Repel, forbid, deprecate; exclude, discard._ =Invoke.= Supplicate, implore, solicit, summon, call, beseech, invite, challenge, invocate, appeal to, conjure, imprecate. ANT. _Defy; deprecate, deter; ignore, elude; warn, inhibit._ =Involution.= Complication, entanglement; envelope; implication, mingling. ANT. _Evolution, disconnection, evolvement, extrication, separation._ =Involve.= Envelop, wrap, cover; comprise, embrace, contain; connect, unite, mingle, blend, twine, interweave; implicate, entangle, complicate, embroil, embarrass, include, overwhelm, imply. ANT. _Extricate, remove, disconnect, separate, disentangle, distinguish, explicate._ =Inward.= Secretly, privately; internal, interior, inner; within. ANT. _Outward, external, exterior._ =Iota.= Jot, tittle, particle, atom. ANT. _Whole, mass._ =Irate=, =Irascible=. Hasty, angry, enraged, incensed, choleric, irritable. ANT. _Good-tempered, calm, forbearing, gentle, mild._ =Ire.= Anger, wrath, rage, fury, choler, indignation, resentment, displeasure, vexation. ANT. _Good will, patience, forbearance, mildness, forgiveness, reconciliation, peaceableness._ =Irridescent.= Prismatic; opaline, polychromatous, nacreous. ANT. _Blanched, neutral, colorless, dingy, achromatic._ =Isolate.= Separate, detach, dissociate; insulate. ANT. _Associate, unite._ =Isolation.= Separation, loneliness, segregation, detachment, disconnection, insulation; solitariness, solitude. ANT. _Organization, community, co-membership, connection; continuity, concatenation._ =Issue.= Egress, exit, outlet; delivery; copy, number, edition, impression; event, outcome, result, end, conclusion, consummation, effect, termination; children, offspring, posterity, progeny; antagonism, controversy, contest. ANT. _Cause, principle, influence, action, working, operation; law, system, commencement; ancestry, paternity._ =Iteration.= Recital, repetition, reiteration, recurrence, harping, succession. ANT. _Single statement._ =Itinerant=, _a._ Traveling, wandering, roving, roaming, journeying, unsettled, nomadic. ANT. _Stationary, domestic, settled, fixed, local._ =Itinerary.= Guide, guidebook, schedule. J =Jade=, _v._ Tire, weary, fatigue, exhaust, fag; worry, harass, oppress. ANT. _Refresh, recruit, invigorate, inspirit._ =Jagged.= Notched, indented, uneven, ragged. ANT. _Smooth._ =Jangle=, _n._ Jargon, babel, bickering, wrangle, quarrel, squabble, contention. ANT. _Argument, discourse, debate._ =Jar=, _v._ Shake, agitate; clash, interfere; wrangle, quarrel, contend, bicker, spar, squabble, jangle. ANT. _Agree, harmonize, accord, concur._ =Jargon.= Gabble, gibberish; nonsense, twaddle, flummery, trash, stuff, gabble; slang; lingo, patois. ANT. _Speech, conversation; discourse, oration; literature._ =Jaundiced.= Biased, prejudiced, warped, prepossessed; bilious. ANT. _Unprejudiced, unbiased._ =Jaunty.= Airy, showy, finical, fluttering, gay, fine, bedizened, flighty, fantastic, flaunting. ANT. _Staid, sober, sedate, dignified, demure._ =Jealous.= Envious, suspicious, resentful, covetous, invidious; anxious, apprehensive, solicitous, zealous, watchful. ANT. _Indifferent, genial, unenvious, liberal, self-denying._ =Jealousy.= Suspicion, envy, rivalry, solicitude. ANT. _Vigilance, watchfulness, magnanimity, generousness, friendliness; certainty._ =Jeer=, _v._ Scoff, taunt, jibe, sneer, flout, mock, jest, deride, banter. ANT. _Flatter, compliment, praise; adulate, fawn, cringe._ =Jejune.= Empty, barren, meager, dry, sterile, bare, lean, uninteresting, thin, scant, poverty-stricken, poor, void. ANT. _Full, rich, exuberant, racy, interesting, overwrought, redundant, abundant._ =Jeopardy.= Hazard, peril, risk, danger, venture. ANT. _Security, safety, insurance, provision._ =Jest=, _n._ Joke, witticism, quip, sally, raillery, fun, sport. ANT. _Seriousness, gravity, earnest._ =Jest=, _v._ Joke, sport, rally, banter, ridicule, mock, grin. ANT. _Preach, sermonize._ =Jocose.= Humorous, facetious, witty, droll, funny, comical, jocular, sportive, merry, waggish. ANT. _Melancholy, serious, earnest, grave, lugubrious._ =Jocund.= Joyous, joyful, merry, frolicsome, blithe, jolly, sportive, lively, playful, airy, gay, debonair, jovial, gleeful, careless, blithesome, mirthful, hilarious, sprightly, vivacious. ANT. _Melancholy, dull, sorrowful, grave, mournful, cheerless, rueful, doleful, careworn, woful._ =Join.= Add, attach, annex; connect, couple, link, unite, conjoin, cement; adjoin, be adjacent to, connect with; associate with, confederate, league. ANT. _Separate, disconnect, disjoin, subtract, sever._ =Joint.= Juncture, union; flexure, elbow, knee, articulation. ANT. _Disconnection, continuity, uniformity, solution, disjunction._ =Jollification.= Revelry, conviviality, festivity, revel, carousal, wassail, carouse, fun, carnival. ANT. _Weariness, tedium, tediousness, soberness, monotony._ =Jolly.= Merry, joyous, gay, jovial, mirthful, jocund, sportive, jocular, funny, sprightly, facetious, waggish, blithe, blithesome, cheery, cheerful; portly, bouncing, stout, plump. ANT. _Sad, mournful, cheerless, mirthless, joyless, lugubrious, gloomy, morose._ =Jostle.= Push, crowd, hustle, collide, strike against; shake, incommode, joggle, jog, jolt. ANT. _Clear, lead, convoy, escort, pilot, precede, extricate, attend._ =Jot.= Iota, whit, tittle, particle, atom, grain, bit, mite, scrap, scintilla, cipher, trifle, idea, thought, morsel, fraction. ANT. _World, mass, volume, heap, bulk._ =Journey.= Travel, transit, expedition, excursion, tour, voyage, trip, pilgrimage. ANT. _Sojourn, tarrying, delay, stop, stay, abiding, stopover._ =Jovial.= Merry, joyous, gay, festive, mirthful, jolly, gleeful, hilarious, genial, convivial. ANT. _Ungenial, gloomy, lugubrious, melancholy, saturnine._ =Joviality.= Merriment, jollity, mirth, hilarity, gaiety, frolic, fun. ANT. _Sadness, seriousness, soberness._ =Joy.= Gladness, delight, pleasure, happiness, transport, felicity, exultation, ecstasy, bliss, rapture, gaiety, hilarity, glee, beatitude, ravishment. ANT. _Sorrow, grief, melancholy, affliction, tears, depression, despondency, pain, misery, trouble, despair._ =Joyful.= Glad, joyous, merry, jubilant, jocund, happy, jolly, jovial, elate, elated, delighted, buoyant. ANT. _Grave, solemn, mournful, sad, melancholy, lugubrious._ =Jubilant.= Rejoicing, exultant, triumphant, joyous, festive, exulting, congratulatory. ANT. _Doleful, sorrowful, remorseful, wailing, penitent, lugubrious._ =Jubilee.= Festival, season of rejoicing, feast, holiday, festivity, revel, carnival, merriment. ANT. _Fast, mourning, humiliation, penitence._ =Judge.= Justice, referee, arbiter, arbitrator, umpire; magistrate, authority; critic, connoisseur. ANT. _Criminal, novice, tyro, ignoramus._ =Judgment.= Discernment, estimate, award, criticism, understanding, discrimination, intelligence, taste, sagacity, penetration, wisdom, brains, prudence, sense; determination, decision, opinion, notion, conclusion; judiciousness, intellect; verdict, sentence, reward, condemnation. ANT. _Argument, speculation, inquiry, proposition, investigation, consideration, evidence, pleading, pronouncement; fickleness, insagacity, impulsiveness._ =Judicial.= Just, well-balanced, deliberative; juridical, forensic. ANT. _Legislative, executive, or administrative; impulsive._ =Judicious.= Discreet, wise, prudent, sagacious, sensible, reasonable, rational, sober, sound, staid, politic, enlightened, well-considered, well-chosen; discerning, thoughtful. ANT. _Silly, imprudent, indiscreet, ill-judged, inexpedient, rash, impolitic, blind, foolish._ =Juggle=, _v._ Cheat, conjure, impose, trick, practice jugglery, deceive, defraud; bamboozle, beguile, swindle, mystify, mislead, overreach. ANT. _Expose, enlighten, undeceive; detect, reveal, correct._ =Jumble=, _n._ Confusion, disorder, hodge-podge. ANT. _Order, system, neatness, arrangement._ =Jump=, _v._ Leap, skip, bound, hop, spring, vault, caper; bounce, jolt, overleap; coincide, agree, accord. ANT. _Walk, pace, promenade; dance._ =Junction.= Joining, union, combination, coalition, connection, linking, coupling; joint, juncture, angle; fastening, attachment; alliance, confederacy. ANT. _Division, separation, disconnection, hiatus, chasm, uncoupling, disunion; continuity._ =Jungle.= Thicket, brake, wilderness, labyrinth, underbrush, entanglement. ANT. _Open, clearing; order, arrangement, system._ =Junior.= Younger; subordinate, less advanced. ANT. _Senior, elder, older; more advanced, superior._ =Jurisdiction.= Right, authority, sphere, judicature, legal power; government, control, sway, administration, magistracy. ANT. _Immunity, exemption, freedom, independence._ =Just.= Upright, righteous, honest, true, conforming to justice; exact, normal, reasonable, due; equitable, fair, impartial, right, rightful, lawful; fair-minded, blameless, honorable, straightforward, virtuous, uncorrupt; accurate, correct; deserved, fit, merited, appropriate, suitable, happy, proper, harmonious. ANT. _Evil, untrue, unjust, dishonest, prejudiced, unfair, unreasonable, partial, unlawful, unequitable; blameworthy, corrupt, dishonorable; inaccurate, incorrect; undeserved, unfit, inappropriate, inharmonious._ =Justice.= Legality, equity, rectitude, fairness, law, lawfulness, right, truth, uprightness, virtue, fair play, faithfulness, impartiality, integrity, righteousness; reasonableness, desert, propriety. ANT. _Injustice, dishonesty, favoritism, partiality, wrong, unlawfulness, unfairness, unreasonableness._ =Justification.= Vindication, defense, exoneration, exculpation; absolution; apology, advocacy, plea, maintenance. ANT. _Censure, condemnation, conviction, implication, crimination, inculpation._ =Justify.= Vindicate, maintain, defend; absolve, clear, exonerate; pardon, exculpate; adjust; excuse. ANT. _Condemn, convict, censure, criminate._ =Justness.= Exactness, propriety, correctness, accuracy, exactitude, strictness, fidelity, nicety. ANT. _Incorrectness, inexactness, slovenliness._ =Juvenile.= Young, youthful, puerile, childish, boyish, girlish, infantine, immature, adolescent. ANT. _Mature, elderly, aged, senile, adult, manly, womanly, superannuated._ =Juxtaposition.= Nearness, contiguity, adjacency, proximity, contact. ANT. _Distance, remoteness, separateness; opposition._ K =Keen.= Sharp; acute; bitter, severe, piercing, stinging; eager, vehement, fierce; prompt, ardent, cutting, biting, sarcastic, penetrating, satirical, shrewd; poignant, acrimonious, caustic; discerning, quick, astute. ANT. _Blunt, dull, languid, blind, indifferent, obtuse, undiscerning, slow, simple._ =Keep.= Retain, hold, reserve, detain, preserve, restrain, withhold, maintain, support, sustain, continue, guard, protect, adhere to, obey, fulfil; celebrate, honor, conduct, commemorate, solemnize; haunt, frequent; observe, perform; conceal, suppress; hinder, prevent, refrain. ANT. _Release, speed, liberate, send, dismiss; neglect, betray, abandon, discard; disregard, disobey, transgress, forsake, desert, forget._ =Keeping.= Charge, guardianship, custody, care; holding, preservation, restraint; maintenance, support, feed, provision; harmony, consistency, congruity, conformity, agreement. ANT. _Neglect, abuse, disregard; abandonment, destruction; non-support, betrayal; disagreement, incongruity._ =Keepsake.= Souvenir, token, remembrancer. =Ken.= Sight, view, cognizance, knowledge, survey, range. ANT. _Ignorance, oversight, inexperience, inobservance._ =Kernel.= Seed, grain; nucleus; core, gist. ANT. _Peeling, meat, shell, husk._ =Key.= Lock opener; clue, guide, solution, explanation; keynote, tonic; wedge, clamp; lever. ANT. _Mystification, confusion, mystery, secret, problem._ =Kick.= Strike or thrust at with the foot; recoil; resist, rebel, spurn, be calcitrant. ANT. _Caress, soothe, flatter, obey._ =Kill.= Murder, massacre, assassinate, butcher, execute, despatch, slay, slaughter, put to death. ANT. _Resuscitate, vivify, reanimate, revivify, quicken, enliven._ =Kin.= Family, birth, blood, consanguinity, descent, race, relationship, kind, kindred, affinity, alliance. ANT. _Strangership, inaffinity, alienage, foreignership._ =Kind=, _n._ Race, family, species, breed, class, genus; character, sort, variety, nature, fashion, description, denomination, designation. ANT. _Dissimilarity, differentiation._ =Kind=, _a._ Benign, indulgent, humane, compassionate, gentle, tender, beneficent, propitious, generous, forbearing, lenient, bounteous, clement, mild, good, obliging, bland, friendly, amicable, philanthropic, charitable, sympathetic, affectionate, tender-hearted. ANT. _Harsh, severe, hard, cruel, unkind, rough, stern, forbidding, austere, crabbed, illiberal._ =Kindle.= Light, ignite, inflame, enkindle, set on fire; excite, arouse, awaken, stir up, stimulate, incite, animate, foment; exasperate, provoke, enrage. ANT. _Quench, suppress, extinguish, allay._ =Kindness=, =Kindliness=. Benevolence, humanity, charity, sympathy, compassion, amiability, good nature; mildness, gentleness, softness. ANT. _Harshness, cruelty, severity, sternness, roughness, austerity._ =Kindred=, _n._ Relationship, consanguinity, affinity; relations, kin, kith and kin, relatives, kinsmen, kinsfolk. ANT. _Disconnection, unrelatedness; strangers, foreigners._ =Kindred=, _a._ Related, cognate, akin, allied, congenial; responsive, sympathetic. ANT. _Unrelated, uncongenial, unallied; different, unresponsive._ =Kingdom.= Empire, monarchy, sovereignty, domain, dominion. =Kingly.= Regal, royal, monarchical, imperial, august, sovereign, noble, splendid, magnificent, imposing, grand, majestic. ANT. _Plebeian, humble, popular, commonplace, simple, vulgar._ =Knack.= Toy, plaything, gimcrack; dexterity, skill, adroitness, facility, aptness, aptitude, expertness, quickness. ANT. _Clumsiness, awkwardness, ineptitude._ =Knave.= Villain, rascal, rogue, scoundrel, cheat, scamp, miscreant, swindler, scapegrace. ANT. _Gentleman, hero; gull, dupe, simpleton._ =Knavish.= Trickish, cheating; mischievous, roguish, waggish; fraudulent, villainous. ANT. _Honest, upright, honorable._ =Knot=, _n._ Tie, bond, intricacy, connection; entanglement, complication; joint; group, band, clique, gang, crew. ANT. _Loosening, unfastening, unraveling, dispersion; solution, simplification; evenness, smoothness; individual._ =Knotty.= Knotted, difficult, intricate, perplexed, tough, hard, complicated. ANT. _Plain, simple, obvious, easy, smooth, uninvolved._ =Know.= Perceive, apprehend, understand; be convinced or assured; acquaint, recognize; distinguish, comprehend. ANT. _Be ignorant or illiterate, overlook, misunderstand, misconstrue._ =Knowing.= Intelligent, skilful, competent, well-informed, proficient, qualified, experienced, accomplished; conscious, percipient, thinking; cunning, expressive, significant; shrewd, astute, discerning, sagacious. ANT. _Simple, innocent, gullible, stolid, silly; dull, stupid, inefficient; unresponsive, non-suggestible._ =Knowledge.= Learning, wisdom, scholarship, science, comprehension, cognition, erudition, intelligence, light, lore, perception recognition, acquaintance, intuition, experience, information, apprehension, notice, understanding, conversance, cognizance, familiarity, instruction, enlightenment; acquirements, attainments. ANT. _Ignorance, illiteracy, unfamiliarity, rudeness, inexperience, misapprehension, misconception, misunderstanding._ L =Labor=, _n._ Toil, exertion, work, effort, task, travail; drudgery, industry, painstaking; burden, duties. ANT. _Ease, indolence, rest, respite, recreation, refreshment, vacation, inactivity, laziness._ =Labored.= Elaborate, studied, highly wrought, overwrought, stiff, heavy. ANT. _Easy, natural, simple._ =Laborer.= Workman, operative, workingman, hand, employee, bread-winner. ANT. _Employer._ =Laborious.= Toilsome, difficult, tiresome, onerous, wearisome, fatiguing, arduous, hard, burdensome, tedious, irksome; industrious, diligent, toiling, assiduous, hard-working, painstaking, sedulous, indefatigable, active. ANT. _Easy, light, simple, facile, feasible; lazy, indolent, indiligent, idle._ =Labyrinth.= Maze, confusion, intricacy, windings; perplexity, complexity, bewilderment, involutions; difficulty. ANT. _Simplicity, calm, perspicacity; insight, understanding._ =Lack=, _n._ Deficiency, want, need, destitution, failure, scantiness, dearth, scarcity, fault, deficit, shortness, insufficiency. ANT. _Plenty, fulness, abundance, supply, sufficiency, competence, satisfaction._ =Laconic=, =Laconical=. Short, epigrammatic, brusk, brief, concise, pithy, sententious, terse, curt. ANT. _Wordy, tedious, prolix, diffuse, prosy, loquacious, garrulous._ =Laggard=, _n._ Loiterer, lingerer, sluggard, saunterer, dawdler, idler. =Laical.= Laic, lay, unprofessional; secular, temporal; civil, non-legal. ANT. _Clerical, professional, theological, sacred, divine, ecclesiastic, ministerial, priestly, canonical, legal, sacerdotal._ =Laity.= Laymen, the people. ANT. _Clergy, professional people._ =Lame.= Hobbling, crippled, limping; inefficient, imperfect, defective; weak, feeble, poor, unsatisfactory, insufficient; halt, faltering, impotent. ANT. _Robust, strong, potent, efficient, cogent, effective, convincing, telling, satisfactory._ =Lament=, _v._ Mourn, bemoan, bewail, deplore, sorrow over, regret, grieve. ANT. _Rejoice, enjoy, hail, welcome._ =Language.= Idiom, speech, dialect, tongue, patois, barbarism, diction, expression, vernacular, vocabulary, mother tongue, phraseology, discourse, conversation, talk; articulation, accents; style, utterance, voice. ANT. _Jargon, gibberish, cry, howl, roar; speechlessness, inarticulateness, muteness, dumbness._ =Languid.= Drooping, indisposed, inanimate, feeble, weak, faint, sickly, pining, weary, listless, heavy, dull, exhausted, heartless; enervated, flagging, spiritless, unnerved, unbraced. ANT. _Strong, vigorous, robust, active, braced, healthy, energetic, animated, alert._ =Languish.= To be languid, pine, droop, sink, faint, decline. ANT. _Luxuriate, thrive, prosper, flourish, bloom._ =Languor.= Feebleness, weakness, faintness, weariness, lassitude, listlessness, heaviness, dulness. ANT. _Strength, vigor, energy, freshness, lithesomeness._ =Lank.= Slender, thin, shrunken, lean, loose, slim, long, lax. ANT. _Plump, fat, chubby, short, full, rounded._ =Lapse=, _n._ Slipping, falling, slip, fault; termination, failure; escheatment, flow, flux, progress, reversion, elapsing; apostasy. ANT. _Stability, fixedness, retention, fixture, stoppage, uprightness; inheritance, possession._ =Large.= Colossal, ample, broad, bulky, extensive, vast, massive, spacious, wide, commodious, enormous, coarse, grand, long, gigantic, immense, huge, great, big, capacious, considerable, abundant; diffuse, comprehensive, profuse, plentiful, populous, copious, liberal; enlightened, catholic. ANT. _Circumscribed, illiberal, contracted, niggardly, sordid, bigoted; small, little, microscopic, mean, minute, tiny, slender, trifling, trivial, diminutive, inconsiderable, slight, infinitesimal, limited, short, insignificant, scanty, petty, narrow, paltry._ =Lash=, _v._ Strike, whip, scourge, flog, beat, tie, fasten; censure, satirize, castigate. ANT. _Soothe, smooth, caress; eulogize, compliment, extol._ =Lassitude.= Languor, weariness, weakness, debility, inertia. ANT. _Energy, strength, robustness, vigor, freshness._ =Last=, _v._ Continue, endure, persist, remain, hold, abide, live. ANT. _End, stop, terminate, depart, fade, cease, fail, die._ =Last=, _a._ Final, hindmost, farthest; next, past; highest or lowest, supreme, utmost; most unlikely, least fit; latest, final, concluding, ultimate. ANT. _First, foremost, opening, introductory, initiatory; ensuing, next, nearest._ =Lasting.= Durable, permanent, unending, enduring, abiding, perpetual. ANT. _Temporary, transient, ephemeral, momentary, occasional, periodic, recurrent._ =Late.= Slow, tardy; deceased, departed; far advanced; recent; not long past; delayed. ANT. _Early, coming, present, future, forthcoming, existing._ =Lately.= Recently, of late, not far past, but just. ANT. _Formerly, remotely, distantly in past or future._ =Latent.= Hidden, secret, invisible, dormant, unobserved, concealed, inapparent, potential, implicit, undeveloped, inherent. ANT. _Visible, explicit, apparent, exposed, developed, active, conspicuous, manifest._ =Lateral.= At the side, oblique; indirect, secondary, resultant, parallel, incidental. ANT. _Direct, primary, immediate, lineal._ =Latter.= Later, modern, more recent; last, final. ANT. _Former, previous, ancient; penultimate._ =Laudable.= Praiseworthy, commendable. ANT. _Blameworthy, execrable._ =Laughter.= Laughing, mirth, merriment, glee; derision, ridicule, contempt. ANT. _Weeping, tears, sorrow, mourning, lamentation; respect, veneration, admiration._ =Launch=, _v._ Hurl, throw, let fly; set afloat; start, propel, move; expatiate, enlarge. ANT. _Recall, repress, retain; ignore, avoid, shun._ =Lavish=, _a._ Profuse, prodigal; superabundant, excessive, extravagant, bountiful, wasteful. ANT. _Sparing, economical, close, niggardly, chary._ =Law.= Code, canon, edict, decree, order, mandate, legislation, ordinance, rule, regulation, jurisprudence, enactment, command, commandment, economy, formula, polity, principle, statute; mode, method, sequence, adjudication, jurisdiction. ANT. _Misrule, anarchy, disorder, insubordination, rebellion; caprice, chance, irregularity, accident, casualty._ =Lawful.= Conformable to law, legitimate, competent, constituted, authorized; legal, constitutional, rightful, regular; permissible, orderly, right, allowable, fair. ANT. _Illegal, impermissible, unlawful, wrong._ =Lawless.= Contrary to law, illegal; unrestrained, unregulated; wild, rebellious, savage, disorderly. ANT. _Peaceful, law-abiding, loyal, civilized, honest, tractable, well-disposed._ =Lawyer.= Counselor, attorney, counsel, advocate. ANT. _Client._ =Lax.= Slack, vague, unconfined; dissolute, licentious; incoherent; unprincipled, loose, remiss, flabby. ANT. _Concise, strict, rigid, coherent, compact; conscientious, principled._ =Lay.= Put, place, establish, deposit, arrange, spread, dispose, set down; allay, prostrate. ANT. _Raise, erect, lift up; excite, disorder, disarrange._ =Lazy.= Shirking, idle, inactive, slothful, slow, sluggish. ANT. _Industrious, energetic, active, assiduous._ =Lead=, _n._ Guidance, direction, initiative, control; precedence, priority, preëminence. ANT. _Following, submission, subordination; inferiority._ =Lead=, _v._ Guide, conduct, direct, counsel; precede, draw, induce, entice, allure; convoy; commence, inaugurate; persuade, influence. ANT. _Follow; dissuade, mislead, misguide; leave, abandon._ =Leader.= Guide, conductor; director, chief, head. ANT. _Follower, disciple._ =League.= Alliance, compact, coalition, confederacy, confederation, bond, combination, union. ANT. _Neutrality; divorce, disruption, disunion, secession, disconnection, alienation, dissolution._ =Lean=, _v._ Incline, deviate, bend, rest, rely on; conform; tend, depend, hang; slope; repose, confide. ANT. _Support, raise, erect, stabilitate, rise, straighten._ =Lean=, _a._ Slender, spare, meager, thin, lank, gaunt, skinny, bare, scant, barren, mean; shriveled, emaciated, bony, scraggy. ANT. _Fat, plump, brawny, well-conditioned, obese, stout._ =Leaning.= Tendency, proclivity, propensity, bias, liking, partiality, inclination. ANT. _Loathing, aversion, repugnance, avoidance, dislike._ =Leap=, _v._ Jump, vault, spring, bound, hop, bounce. ANT. _Walk, dive, swim, run._ =Learn.= Acquire, imbibe, attain, collect, know, gather, understand, study. ANT. _Forget, lose; teach, instruct._ =Learned.= Erudite, versed, well-informed, scholarly, skilled, literary, conversant, read. ANT. _Ignorant, unlearned, illiterate, unscholarly._ =Learner.= Pupil, scholar, student, disciple, novice. ANT. _Teacher, professor, authority, adept, master, doctor._ =Learning.= Knowledge, erudition, skill, literature, science, lore, letters, education, culture, tuition, acquirements, attainments, scholarship. ANT. _Ignorance, illiteracy, boorishness, stupidity; inspiration, revelation._ =Least.= Smallest, shortest, lowest, most unimportant, meanest, last. ANT. _Greatest, longest, noblest, highest, most important, first, principal, main, leading, preëminent._ =Leave=, _v._ Quit, abandon, give up, forego, resign, surrender, forbear; cease, stop, desist; depart, go from; bequeath. ANT. _Persist, stay, hold, retain; continue; arrive._ =Legal.= Authorized, legitimate, constitutional, licit, lawful, allowable. ANT. _Illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional, lay, illegitimate._ =Legend.= Chronicle; myth, fable; inscription, motto; hearsay, fiction. ANT. _Fact, history, truth, verity._ =Legible.= Distinct, plain, apparent, discernible, clear, manifest, decipherable, well-written. ANT. _Illegible, cryptographic, cabalistic, undecipherable, obscure._ =Legitimate.= Lawful, valid; authorized, real, genuine, licit, allowable, normal, standard. ANT. _Illegitimate, unallowable, unfair, unauthorized, illicit, false._ =Leisure.= Freedom, ease, vacation, convenience; opportunity, retirement, spare time. ANT. _Occupation, employment, absorption, work, labor, constraint, engagement, business, toil._ =Leisurely.= Deliberate, convenient, easy, sauntering. ANT. _Hurried, hasty, difficult, speedy, industrious, assiduous, eager, precipitate, expeditious._ =Lend.= Let, afford, furnish, loan, advance, grant. ANT. _Refuse, withhold, retain, appropriate, withdraw; recall._ =Lengthen.= Elongate, stretch, extend, prolong. ANT. _Shorten, contract, confine, narrow._ =Lengthy.= Long, drawn out, tedious, verbose, diffuse, prolix. ANT. _Concise, comprehensive, laconic, short, brief, condensed, succinct, compact._ =Lenient.= Merciful, mild, relaxing, assuasive, softening, compassionate. ANT. _Harsh, cruel, hard, severe, stern._ =Lessen.= Diminish, reduce, decrease, abate, lower, impair, degrade, weaken. ANT. _Increase, enlarge, extend, develop, heighten, multiply, strengthen, spread, enhance._ =Lesson.= Instruction, precept, doctrine, study; reproof, warning, rebuke, lecture, homily. ANT. _Misguidance, misinformation, deception._ =Let.= Permit, allow, suffer; rent, lease, hire out; assign, grant, give, contract. ANT. _Prevent, hinder, check, thwart; refuse, deny, withhold, withdraw._ =Lethal.= Fatal, deadly, mortal, poisonous, venomous, baneful, noxious. ANT. _Remedial, wholesome, salutary, vital, invigorating, restorative._ =Lethargy.= Drowsiness, torpor, swoon, trance, stupor, oblivion; indifference. ANT. _Alertness, liveliness, vigilance, wakefulness, life, activity, quickness; eagerness, attention, interest._ =Letter.= Epistle; mark, character; note, communication, message, missive; (_pl._) erudition, learning. =Level=, _n._ Plane; surface, floor; rank, standard, degree, position; ground; horizontality, equality, platform. ANT. _Unevenness, acclivity, inequality, verticality, declivity._ =Level=, _v._ Smooth, flatten, even; overthrow; aim, direct; plane, raze, equalize. ANT. _Roughen, furrow, graduate, grade._ =Level=, _a._ Flat, horizontal, even, plane, smooth. ANT. _Rough, uneven, broken, rolling, undulating, hilly._ =Levity.= Inconstancy, unsteadiness, thoughtlessness, frivolity, fickleness; flightiness, volatility. ANT. _Gravity, earnestness, seriousness, sobriety, dignity, importance._ =Levy=, _v._ Raise, collect, assess, seize, exact; attack; tax, impose, muster. ANT. _Pay, forego, surrender, reimburse, repay, liquidate._ =Liable.= Accountable, bound, responsible, answerable, subject, exposed, obnoxious; amenable. ANT. _Irresponsible, refractory, independent, autocratic._ =Libel=, _n._ Lampoon, satire, defamation, detraction, slander, calumny, traducement. ANT. _Retraction, vindication, apology; puff, praise, encomium, advocacy, panegyric._ =Liberal.= Generous, munificent, beneficent, large, free, catholic, unselfish, unrestrained, tolerant; ample, profuse. ANT. _Mean, grasping, greedy, niggardly, avaricious; narrow-minded, bigoted, prejudiced, inadequate, contracted, scanty._ =Liberate.= Deliver, set free, disengage, release. ANT. _Confine, imprison, arrest; sentence, doom, condemn._ =Libertine.= Rake, debauchee, dissolute person, profligate. ANT. _Ascetic, anchorite._ =Liberty.= Emancipation, choice, freedom, license, independence, leave, permission, exemption; privilege, franchise, immunity. ANT. _Slavery, captivity, servitude, serfdom, compulsion, necessity, constraint, imprisonment, oppression, thraldom, superstition, obligation._ =License=, _n._ Permission, leave, privilege, right, warrant; laxity, disorder, anarchy, lawlessness. ANT. _Obligation, constraint, compulsion, submission, necessity, restraint, restriction, moderation, temperance._ =License=, _v._ Permit, authorize, let. ANT. _Prohibit, restrain, forbid, constrain, inhibit, interdict, withhold, withdraw; annul, disallow._ =Licentious.= Excessive, abusive; unrestrained, uncurbed, unruly, lawless, immoral, lewd, riotous, ungovernable, wanton, lax, dissolute, profligate, loose, sensual, impure, unchaste, lascivious. ANT. _Temperate, strict, moderate, controlled, self-controlled, ascetic, austere, sober, self-denying, puritanic, renunciatory._ =Licit.= Lawful, legal. ANT. _Illegal, illicit, unlawful, unlicensed, unauthorized, illegitimate, improper, forbidden._ =Lie=, _n._ Untruth, fiction, fable, deception, falsehood, falsification; delusion, illusion. ANT. _Truth, verity, reality, fact; veracity, exactness, precision, principle, honesty, sincerity._ =Lie=, _v._ Utter a lie; rest, recline, be situated; abide, remain, continue; exist, belong, consist; lodge, sleep. ANT. _Rise, stir, move, walk, be active, go, change, run._ =Life.= Being, soul, spirit; affairs; animation, vivacity, energy, vigor, living being; biography. ANT. _Death, mortality, decease, lifelessness, annihilation, non-existence; lethargy, coma, stupor; demise, departure, dissolution._ =Lift=, _v._ Raise, elevate; exalt, improve; steal. ANT. _Lower, sink, depress, let descend; reduce, degrade, humble; crush, overwhelm; hurl, dash, fling, throw._ =Ligament.= Bandage, bond, connection, ligature, strap, girth, band, brace, tie; tying, binding. ANT. _Fracture, disconnection, dislocation, disruption, severance, laceration, splinter, rupture, break._ =Light=, _n._ Gleam, shine, glitter, flame, blaze, illumination, incandescence, glow, flash, flare, sparkle, twinkle, flicker, glare, glimmer, glistening, sheen, luster, shimmer, shining, scintillation, day; open view, publicity; enlightenment, knowledge, information; prosperity, joy, happiness, felicity. ANT. _Dark, gloom, darkness, dimness, blackness, dusk, shade, shadow, gloominess, obscurity; extinction, night, tenebrosity, death; confusion, mystification, ignorance, misunderstanding, illiteracy, blindness, nescience._ =Light=, _a._ Bright, clear, white; unweighty, imponderable, portable, easy, volatile, insubstantial, buoyant; small, trifling, inconsiderable, moderate, insignificant; porous, spongy; unsteady, fickle, frivolous, unsettled; empty, slight, vain, capricious, thoughtless. ANT. _Weighty, ponderous, oppressive, grievous, burdensome; onerous, difficult, laborious, hard; dejected, depressed, despondent; dull, inert, inactive._ =Like=, _v._ Be pleased with, approve, enjoy, love, relish, esteem, fancy, affect. ANT. _Dislike, hate, loathe, detest, abhor, abominate._ =Like=, _a._ Resembling, similar; equal; probable, likely; disposed to, inclined toward; correspondent. ANT. _Different, dissimilar, counterpart; improbable, unlikely; disinclined, indisposed._ =Likelihood.= Probability, semblance, appearance, verisimilitude. ANT. _Improbability, inconceivability, impossibility, unlikelihood; distinction, difference, uncertainty, contrariety; inconsistency._ =Likely.= Probable, presumable, reasonable, apt, credible, conceivable, conjectural. ANT. _Unlikely, doubtful, incredible, dubious, improbable, questionable, unreasonable._ =Likeness.= Resemblance, similarity; guise; portrait, similitude, correspondence, copy, imitation, image, representation, effigy, picture. ANT. _Unlikeness, disparity, dissimilarity, inequality; original._ =Likewise.= Also, moreover, too, besides. ANT. _Otherwise._ =Liking.= Inclination, pleasure, desire, preference, approval, affection, fondness, taste, partiality. ANT. _Dislike, disrelish, abhorrence, hatred, loathing, repugnance, aversion._ =Limit.= Boundary, termination, restriction, confine, enclosure, border. ANT. _Expanse, space, interior, center, tract, land; void._ =Limitless.= Boundless, illimitable, immeasurable, vast, immense, infinite, interminable, unrestricted, unhindered, unobstructed. ANT. _Bounded, limited, restricted, circumscribed, defined, restrained, hindered, prevented, hampered, obstructed, conditioned._ =Limpid.= Clear, transparent, lucid, pellucid, pure, translucent, bright, crystal. ANT. _Turbid, foul, muddy, opaque, dark, black._ =Line=, _n._ Thread, cord, hawser, rope; boundary, contour, outline; family, race; track, railroad, course, method; continuity, sequence, succession. ANT. _Breadth, width; expanse, space, deviation, divergency, variation; discontinuance._ =Lineage.= Ancestry, family, descendants, house, breed, race, descent, progeny. ANT. _Ancestor, source, ancestry, origin, founder, progenitor._ =Lineament.= Profile, form, feature, mark, outline. ANT. _Face, aspect, countenance, visage, front, expression._ =Linear.= Direct, straight, rectilinear, lineal. ANT. _Zigzag, wandering, divergent, crooked, hooked, incurvate._ =Linger.= Lag, saunter, tarry, delay, halt, stop, hesitate, wait, pause. ANT. _Hasten, speed, push on, go, press forward, advance, progress._ =Liquid=, _a._ Fluid, flowing, fluent, running, melting, liquescent; mellifluous, soft, limpid, clear. ANT. _Solid, hard, congealed, insoluble, solidified, concrete; harsh, discordant._ =List.= Roll, catalogue, schedule, inventory, record, register, index. ANT. _Non-registration._ =Listen.= Harken, hear, attend, hark, heed, list. ANT. _Ignore, scorn, neglect, slight, be deaf to._ =Listless.= Indifferent, spiritless, heedless, careless, languid, uninterested; indolent, vacant, supine, torpid. ANT. _Interested, eager, earnest, spirited, careful, heedful, thoughtful, alert, attentive, absorbed, curious, engaged, active._ =Literal.= Unimaginative, matter-of-fact; real; accurate, correct, exact, grammatical, positive, verbal, close, plain, actual; word by word, specific. ANT. _General, free, liberal, metaphorical._ =Literary.= Learned, bookish, literate, lettered, erudite, scholarly, well-read, studious, instructed, educated. ANT. _Illiterate, unlettered, unscholarly._ =Literature.= Books, literary productions or works, publications, writings, belles-lettres; study, lore, reading, scholarship, attainment; inspiration, genius, intuition, the divine afflatus; science, learning, letters, erudition. =Lithe.= Pliant, flexible, limber, supple, elastic, agile, flexile. ANT. _Stiff, tough, inelastic, inflexible, unresponsive, hard, resistant._ =Litter.= Clutter, disorder, untidiness, rubbish. ANT. _Order, cleanliness, arrangement, tidiness, system, method._ =Little.= Small, diminutive; insignificant, contemptible; short, brief; inefficient, weak, slight; narrow, mean, illiberal; pigmy, scanty, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, petty, paltry, dwarf, puny. ANT. _Great, big, large, huge, monstrous, enormous, long, developed, bulky, full; important, momentous, grave, serious, considerable, significant; colossal._ =Live=, _v._ Have life; abide, dwell, reside; survive, remain, last; enjoy; feed, subsist; vegetate, grow, continue, behave, act, exist, breathe. ANT. _Die, perish, depart, decay, wither, fade, vanish, fail, demise, drop, languish, expire, decline, faint, sink, fall._ =Live=, _a._ Alive, living, active, vigorous, earnest, energetic, animate. ANT. _Defunct, inanimate, dead, moribund, deceased, departed, gone._ =Livelihood.= Support, maintenance, sustenance, subsistence; substance, living. ANT. _Beggary, want, starvation, penury, inanition._ =Liveliness.= Sprightliness, animation, gaiety, vivacity, smartness, briskness, activity. ANT. _Slowness, torpor, stupidity, dulness, insensibility, listlessness, languor, inertness._ =Lively.= Quick, nimble, smart, active, alert, sprightly, brisk, animated, prompt, earnest, energetic, strong, vivacious, gleeful, blithe, airy, gay, jocund, keen, eager, vivid, spirited, vigorous. ANT. _Lifeless, dull, torpid, inanimate, inert, insensate, listless, languid, indifferent._ =Livery.= Release, deliverance; clothing, food, uniform, peculiar garb; ration, boarding; dependence, servitude, badge, retinue. =Living=, _n._ Subsistence, estate, existence. ANT. _Want, starvation, privation, beggary, dearth, insufficiency, paucity, poverty, indigence._ =Living=, _a._ Active, lively, vigorous; issuing, flowing; quickening, invigorating; burning, ignited; vegetating, growing. ANT. _Dead, perishable, decaying, perishing, departed, inanimate, vanishing, deceased, defunct, withered._ =Load.= Burden, charge, weight, pack, lading, incubus, clog, encumbrance, cargo, freight, drag, oppression, pressure. ANT. _Support, solace, alleviation, lightness, refreshment, emptiness._ =Loan=, _n._ Advance, mortgage, hypothecation. ANT. _Foreclosure, recall, resumption._ =Loath=, _a._ Averse, unwilling, reluctant; backward, indisposed, disinclined. ANT. _Eager, ardent, zealous, enthusiastic, anxious, desirous, impatient, impetuous, earnest, forward, fervent._ =Loathe=, _v._ Abominate, execrate, abhor, dislike, detest, hate. ANT. _Desire, like, long for, love._ =Locality.= Position, location; town, village, city; situation, place, habitat. =Locate.= Place, set; designate, define; establish, settle, lodge, fix, dispose. ANT. _Remove, leave, disestablish, dislodge, displace._ =Lock=, _n._ Clasp, catch, bar, bolt, fastening, hasp, hook, latch. =Locomotion.= Movement, travel, passage, migration. ANT. _Rest, abode, stoppage, remanence, fixture, stationariness, permanence._ =Lodge=, _v._ Rest, remain, shelter, stay, abide, stop. ANT. _Remove, travel, pass on, go, move, journey._ =Lofty.= Tall, sublime, exalted, dignified, stately, majestic, sublime, proud, haughty, elevated, towering, high, eminent. ANT. _Low, stunted, ordinary, unimposing, unassuming, undignified, depressed._ =Logical.= Dialectical, reasonable, coherent, consistent, sound, argumentative, close, discriminating. ANT. _Illogical, unsound, inconsistent, unreasonable, incoherent, undiscriminating, fallacious, inconclusive._ =Lonely=, =Lonesome=. Forlorn, forsaken, dreary, wild, desolate, secluded, solitary, depressed, alone, retired. ANT. _Frequented, populous, companioned; cheerful, festive, gay, bustling, animated._ =Long=, _a._ Drawn out, protracted, extended; continued; lingering; distant, far away; extensive, far-reaching. ANT. _Short, brief, curtailed, contracted, abbreviated, condensed, concise._ =Look=, _n._ Appearance, aspect; manner; glance, sight, view. =Look=, _v._ Behold, see, stare, scan, contemplate, view, glance, descry, watch, discern, gaze, regard, inspect, survey; consider; seem, appear; face, front, take notice; expect, anticipate. ANT. _Be blind or unseeing; overlook, miss, pass, neglect._ =Loose=, _a._ Unbound, untied, free, unattached, unfastened, unconstrained; vague; liberal, unchaste, dissolute; unconnected, rambling; lax; detached, flowing, scattered, sparse; inexact. ANT. _Tight, close; bound, tied, fastened, secured; thick, compact, dense; accurate, exact, strict, logical, scientific; conscientious, self-controlled, firm, rigorous._ =Loquacity.= Garrulity, talkativeness. ANT. _Taciturnity, silence, unresponsiveness._ =Lordly.= Imperious, noble, honorable; proud, haughty, lofty, majestic, magnificent. ANT. _Humble, mean, servile, ignoble, lowly, meek, dishonorable, abject._ =Lordship=, _n._ Manor; dominion, power, authority; rule, jurisdiction. ANT. _Subjection, subordination, homage, submission, subservience._ =Lore.= Knowledge; instruction, wisdom, advice, counsel. ANT. _Ignorance, illiteracy, inexperience, folly, imprudence._ =Lose.= Part with, deprive of; destroy, waste, squander, wander, miss, ruin; fail of. ANT. _Keep, retain, hold, obtain, grasp, recover, preserve, treasure, hoard, save, husband, economize, guard, utilize._ =Loss.= Failure, destruction, privation; defect, harm; waste; squandering, deprivation, forfeiture; detriment, ruin, defeat, injury, damage, disadvantage. ANT. _Restoration, recovery, reimbursement, retention, preservation, hoarding, guarding; utilization; gain, aggrandizement, augmentation, advantage, acquisition, profit, benefit, increment, earnings._ =Lot.= Chance, accident, fate, fortune, hazard; destiny, doom, allotment, apportionment; portion, division, part, parcel, land. ANT. _Law, arrangement, design, purpose, plan, prearrangement._ =Loud.= Noisy; clamorous, boisterous, vociferous; obstreperous, turbulent, blustering; ostentatious, gaudy. ANT. _Gentle, subdued, soft, quiet, silent, inaudible; whispering, murmuring; rustling._ =Love=, _n._ Friendship, liking, tenderness, regard, fondness, devotion, affection, attachment, attraction, charity, courtship; good will; kindness, delight, inclination; benevolence. ANT. _Antipathy, hatred, enmity; alienation, dislike, disaffection, estrangement, bitterness, coldness, repugnance, infidelity; desertion._ =Lovely.= Beautiful, charming, delightful, delectable, enchanting, lovable, amiable; pleasing, winning, sweet, admirable. ANT. _Hateful, hideous, ugly, homely, unattractive, unlovely, plain, gawky, unamiable, unlovable._ =Low.= Sunken; quiet; small; submissive, humble; mean, vulgar, base, ignoble, dishonorable; moderate; feeble, weak; plain, simple; reasonable, cheap, abject, servile, slavish, degraded, vile, groveling; deep; reverent; dejected, depressed, dispirited. ANT. _High, tall, lofty, elevated, exalted; eminent, noble, illustrious, rising, strong, influential; honorable; elaborate, ornate; notable; costly, expensive, precious, dear; arrogant, haughty, proud, masterly, lordly; high, loud, violent; irreverent, sacrilegious, blatant; elated, excited; intensified._ =Lower=, _v._ Depress, sink, reduce, diminish, humble; let down, drop; degrade, disgrace, debase; lessen. ANT. _Raise, exalt, elevate, hoist; increase, aggrandize._ =Lower=, _a._ Inferior. ANT. _Higher, superior, more influential._ =Lowering.= Gloomy, threatening, sullen; cloudy, overcast, murky, dark. ANT. _Clear, bright, light; vaporless._ =Lowly.= Low, humble, unimportant, meek, modest; mean, unpretending, mild. ANT. _Lofty, eminent, proud, arrogant, lordly, haughty, elevated; supercilious, conceited, pretentious._ =Loyal.= Faithful, true, constant, devoted, staunch, trusty, obedient, submissive. ANT. _Inconstant, untrue, traitorous, mutinous, seditious, insurgent, insubmissive, rebellious, disobedient, unfaithful, disaffected, dastardly._ =Loyalty.= Allegiance, fidelity, fealty, faithfulness, constancy. ANT. _Treason, treachery, unfaithfulness, disloyalty; sedition, rebellion, inconstancy, insurrection._ =Lucid.= Luminous, transparent, sane, reasonable; shining, resplendent, bright; clear; radiant, brilliant; limpid, lucent; distinct, intelligible, perspicuous, sober, sound. ANT. _Dark, opaque, muddy, black, somber, turbid, obscure; indistinct, unintelligible, mystifying, insane, unsound, confused, involved; illegible._ =Luck.= Chance, hap, fate, fortune, hazard, casualty, accident; success, good fortune. ANT. _Rule, law, causation, purpose, design, certainty; fate._ =Luckless.= Unfortunate, unsuccessful, unlucky, ill-fated, unprosperous, ill-starred, unpropitious, unhappy. =Lucky.= Fortunate, successful, auspicious, prosperous, happy, favored, blessed. =Lucrative.= Profitable, gainful, paying, remunerative. ANT. _Disadvantageous, unremunerative, unprofitable, useless, fruitless, vain, unproductive._ =Lucre.= Gain, profit, riches, pelf, emolument, greed, mammon. ANT. _Loss, poverty, failure, privation._ =Lucubration.= Nocturnal study, meditation, speculation, cogitation. ANT. _Idleness, dulness, stupidity, torpor, vacuity._ =Ludicrous.= Laughable, comic, burlesque, droll, sportive, ridiculous, comical, odd, funny, farcical, absurd. ANT. _Grave, serious, important, momentous; sad, sorrowful, melancholy, tragic, mournful, lugubrious._ =Lugubrious.= Mournful, woful, pitiable, doleful, sad, sorrowful, melancholy, complaining. ANT. _Ludicrous, droll, ridiculous, comic, witty, jovial, absurd, funny, laughable, comical._ =Lull=, _v._ Compose, calm, quiet, soothe, hush, tranquilize, still. ANT. _Excite, aggravate, incite, stimulate, exasperate, provoke, inflame._ =Luminous.= Shining, brilliant, bright; illuminated; enlightened, intelligent, clear, intelligible. ANT. _Dark, black, gloomy; unintelligible, unintelligent, involved, mixed, confused._ =Lunacy.= Derangement, mania, craziness, insanity, madness, aberration. ANT. _Sanity, intellect, reason, rationality, lucidity, intelligence, brains; mind; self-control._ =Lunatic=, _n._ Insane person, maniac, madman. ANT. _Philosopher, sage, luminary, savant, scholar, scientist, intellectual person._ =Lunatic=, _a._ Insane, mad, crazy, cracked, deranged. ANT. _Sane, rational, intelligent, reasonable, reasoning, intellectual, knowing, sound._ =Lure=, _n._ Enticement, decoy; allurement, bait, temptation, attraction. =Lure=, _v._ Allure, entice, decoy, tempt, attract, inveigle, seduce. ANT. _Warn, guide, alarm, premonish, ward, instruct, conduct, guard; extricate, save._ =Lurid.= Yellow, pale, wan, dismal, ghastly, gloomy, murky, lowering. ANT. _Bright, luminous, radiant, clear._ =Lurk.= Lie hid, lie in wait, hide, skulk. ANT. _Rise, spring, emerge, appear, reveal._ =Luscious.= Sweet, delicious, fulsome, cloying, savory, delightful, pleasing, grateful; sugary, honeyed; rank, nauseous, unctuous. ANT. _Sour, sharp, tart, bitter, pungent, acid._ =Luster.= Brilliancy, brightness, splendor, glitter; renown, distinction, glory; gleam, radiance, resplendence; eminence, repute, celebrity, honor. ANT. _Darkness, tenebrosity, blackness, gloom, obscuration; detraction, derogation, infamy, disrepute, dishonor, notoriety._ =Lustration.= Washing, purification, cleansing; lustrum. ANT. _Defilement, contamination, infection, desecration; soiling, pollution._ =Lustrous.= Bright, shiny, gleaming, luminous, brilliant, radiant. ANT. _Dark, black, gloomy._ =Lusty.= Stout, strong, vigorous, robust, healthful, able, lively, sturdy; bulky, large, fat. ANT. _Weak, infirm, feeble, incapable, ailing, effete, listless, invalid, powerless, convalescent._ =Luxuriant.= Exuberant, excessive, rank, abundant, profuse, plentiful, plenteous. ANT. _Delicate, frail, scanty, scarce, feeble._ =Luxuriate.= Grow exuberantly, feed luxuriously; flourish, indulge; revel, wanton; delight, indulge to excess. ANT. _Toil, slave, drudge, labor, work; pine, waste, droop, decay, languish._ =Luxurious.= Voluptuous, epicurean, sensual, intemperate, effeminate, self-indulgent. ANT. _Austere, ascetic, hard, painful, self-denying, self-controlled, temperate, restrained, restricted._ =Luxury.= Voluptuousness, epicurism, effeminacy, sensuality; dainty, delicacy, gratification; pleasure, enjoyment, delight; treat, animalism. ANT. _Stoicism, asceticism, self-denial, austerity, hardship; spirituality._ =Lying=, _a._ False, mendacious, untruthful, untrue; recumbent. ANT. _Truthful, true, veracious, upright, honest, accurate, exact; erect._ M =Macerate.= Weaken, soften; attenuate, make lean, waste, wear away; harass, mortify, torture; steep, soak, digest. ANT. _Fatten, replenish, repair, pamper, swell._ =Machinate.= Plan, contrive, devise, plot, scheme, harm. ANT. _Think aloud, speak out, be artless; counterplot, compete; expose, defeat, baffle._ =Machination.= Plot, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, stratagem, design, trick, artifice, contrivance, scheme. ANT. _Detection, counteraction, overthrow, baffling, defeat, exposure, defiance, challenge; conflict, competition._ =Machine.= Engine, instrument; tool, puppet; organization, machinery, system, supernatural agency. =Maculate=, _a._ Blotched, defiled, impure, spotted, blurred, corrupt, unclean, mottled. ANT. _Unspotted, spotless, speckless, pure, clean, immaculate._ =Mad.= Crazy, insane; excited, inflamed, furious, rabid, angry; distracted, lunatic, delirious, crazed, deranged, demented, maniac; enraged, raging; exasperated, provoked, incensed, wrathful; wild, infatuated; frenzied, frantic, raving. ANT. _Sane, sound, sensible, quiet, composed, sober, unexcited._ =Madden.= Make mad, enrage; irritate, provoke, inflame, infuriate. ANT. _Calm, pacify, assuage, mesmerize; heal, soothe, restore._ =Madness.= Insanity, craziness, derangement, mania, aberration; frenzy, fury, rage, delirium. ANT. _Sanity, calmness, rationality, soberness, reason._ =Magazine.= Warehouse, receptacle, storehouse, depository, repository; periodical. =Magic.= Sorcery, witchcraft, conjuration, necromancy, enchantment, incantation; fascination, witchery, charm. =Magisterial.= Stately, pompous, august, lordly, dignified, lofty, official, imperious, proud, domineering, haughty, despotic, arrogant, dogmatical; dictatorial, consequential, imposing, authoritative. ANT. _Submissive, docile, undignified, unimposing, unassuming, modest._ =Magistrate.= Judge; civil _or_ police officer, chief official. ANT. _Citizen, prisoner, civilian, subject._ =Magnanimity.= Generosity, disinterestedness, greatness, heroism, nobleness, forbearance. ANT. _Meanness, pettiness, paltriness, spitefulness, spleen._ =Magnanimous.= Great, elevated, generous, lofty, noble, courageous; brave, dauntless, heroic, illustrious; unselfish, exalted, chivalrous, high-minded, honorable. ANT. _Mean, small, ignoble, base, selfish, cowardly, cringing; mediocre; parsimonious, carping._ =Magnificent.= Glorious, grand, majestic, splendid, admirable, superb, sublime; imposing, gorgeous, stately, showy; august, dignified. ANT. _Petty, mean, paltry, little, flat, beggarly, ordinary, small-minded, tawdry, unimposing, tame._ =Magnify.= Enlarge, augment, increase, amplify; laud, extol; exaggerate; celebrate, glorify, bless, praise. ANT. _Diminish, curtail, contract, palliate, extenuate, decry._ =Magniloquent.= Pompous, grandiloquent, bombastic, declamatory, stilted, high-flown, turgid, inflated, boastful. ANT. _Simple, vernacular, unaffected, plain-spoken._ =Magnitude.= Extent, size; grandeur, greatness; importance; volume, dimension, mass; consequence; sublimity, loftiness. ANT. _Smallness, diminutiveness, littleness, meagerness; insignificance, meanness, unimportance._ =Maid.= Maiden, girl, damsel, virgin, lass. ANT. _Matron, married woman._ =Maim.= Disable, cripple, mangle, mar, mutilate, disfigure, lame. ANT. _Restore, strengthen, invigorate, mend._ =Main=, _a._ Bulk, majority, body, principal, trunk, chief, leading, most important, first, cardinal, capital; necessary, vital, essential, indispensable, requisite; huge, enormous; absolute, entire, mere, direct. ANT. _Subordinate, non-essential, auxiliary, minor, tributary, inferior._ =Main=, _n._ Ocean, mainland, continent; main conduit or pipe; force, power, might, strength; gross, majority. ANT. _Bay, gulf; island; inability, weakness; tributaries; minority._ =Mainly.= Chiefly, principally; largely, greatly, mightily, absolutely, primarily, entirely. ANT. _Secondarily, subordinately; partially, somewhat, slightly._ =Maintain.= Uphold, assert, vindicate, allege, support, sustain; defend, continue; supply; provide; affirm. ANT. _Retract, deny, withdraw; fail, turn traitor to._ =Maintenance.= Sustenance, support, vindication, defense, justification, provisions, subsistence, livelihood. =Majestic.= August, sublime, magnificent, regal, royal, pompous, stately, dignified, elevated, imperial, princely, grand, imposing. ANT. _Low, humble, mean, sordid, groveling; plebeian, vulgar, common; unassuming._ =Majesty.= Dignity, power, authority, loftiness, stateliness, augustness, grandeur, elevation. ANT. _Meanness, paltriness; humility._ =Majority.= Superiority, seniority; eldership, priority; bulk, preponderance. ANT. _Minority, inferiority, juniority._ =Make.= Produce, falsify; find; acquire; travel over; cause; esteem, suppose, represent; compel, force; be; amount to; attain, reach, arrive at; manage, interfere; proceed, tend, move, go; contribute, increase, accrue, constrain, bring about, occasion, require; shape, fabricate, construct, fashion, frame, manufacture, perform, do; become, compose, constitute, create, establish, effect, execute, reach, get, render. ANT. _Abolish, demolish, annihilate, break, disintegrate, unmake, undo; destroy, defeat, mar, disestablish, miss, lose, fail of; upset; misrepresent, mismanage; hesitate, stop; decrease, diminish._ =Maker.= Creator, former, manufacturer, builder, constructor; author, composer, writer, compiler. ANT. _Destroyer, exterminator, annihilator._ =Make up.= Collect; constitute, form; reconcile, settle, adjust, compose; make good, compensate; supply, furnish, provide; determine. ANT. _Distribute, disperse, scatter; pi; default._ =Mal-= or =Male-=. A prefix denoting _ill_. For words thus compounded and not found here, see the synonyms and antonyms of the root word, from which derivatives may be readily chosen. =Malady.= Disorder, distemper, disease, sickness, ailment, illness; complaint, indisposition. ANT. _Health, sanity, vigor, robustness, soundness._ =Malediction.= Curse, cursing, execration, imprecation, denunciation, anathema. ANT. _Benediction, blessing, praise, compliment._ =Malefactor.= Evil-doer, culprit, felon, criminal, convict, outlaw. ANT. _Benefactor, hero._ =Malice.= Spite, ill will, malevolence, grudge, pique, bitterness, animosity, malignity, rancor, maliciousness, virulence. ANT. _Good will, benevolence, kindliness._ =Manacle=, _n._ Handcuff, shackle, fetter. =Manacle=, _v._ Handcuff, shackle, fetter, bind, chain. ANT. _Unbind, unfetter, unchain._ =Manage.= Direct, govern, control, wield, order, contrive, concert, conduct, transact; administer, regulate, supervise, superintend, handle, rule. ANT. _Mismanage, misgovern, misconduct, upset, misuse, derange; let go._ =Manageable.= Tractable, governable, controllable, tamable, docile. ANT. _Unmanageable, untamable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, difficult, impracticable, impossible, refractory._ =Management.= Conduct, administration, government, guidance, direction, care, charge, contrivance, intrigue; skill, address; economy, treatment, superintendence, surveillance; negotiations, dealings, transactions. ANT. _Misconduct, maladministration, mismanagement._ =Manager.= Director, superintendent, supervisor, comptroller, governor, overseer, conductor; economist. ANT. _Workman, follower, workingman, employee._ =Mandate.= Command, commission, order, charge, precept, injunction, requirement, edict. ANT. _Petition, request, entreaty, suggestion._ =Maneuver= (=Manœuvre=), _n._ Management; stratagem, artifice, scheme, plan, trick, ruse, intrigue; evolution, movement; operation, tactics, contrivance. ANT. _Countermovement, defeat, check, bafflement, counteraction, detection, neutralization._ =Maneuver=, _v._ Perform an evolution, move; scheme, plot, intrigue, manage, contrive. ANT. _Counteract, play up to, check, checkmate._ =Mangle.= Cut, bruise, mutilate, lacerate, maim, hack, tear; destroy, mar, spoil; polish, calender, smooth, press. ANT. _Restore, heal._ =Manhood.= Virility, maturity; humanity; courage, resolution, bravery, hardihood, fortitude, manliness, manfulness. ANT. _Womanhood, femininity; effeminacy; cowardliness, cowardice, delicacy._ =Mania.= Insanity, derangement, madness, lunacy, aberration, alienation, delirium, frenzy. ANT. _Sanity, health, soundness; poise, self-control._ =Maniac.= Lunatic, madman, insane, bedlamite. =Manifest=, _a._ Open, clear, evident, apparent, visible, conspicuous, plain, obvious; patent, palpable, unmistakable, distinct, indubitable. ANT. _Hidden, indistinct, inconspicuous, occult, latent, obscure, confused, hazy, foggy._ =Manifest=, _v._ Reveal, declare, evince, make known, disclose, discover, display, show, exhibit, evidence, expose. ANT. _Hide, cover, conceal._ =Manifold.= Various, duplicate, multiplied; numerous, many, multitudinous; diverse, multifarious; sundry. ANT. _Few, rare, limited, scarce, scant; uniform, facsimile._ =Mankind.= Man; humanity, humankind; men; society. ANT. _Womankind; childhood; divinity, deity, Heaven, God; earth, world, universe, nature, creation; cattle, animals, minerals, vegetables._ =Manly.= Bold, daring, valorous, courageous, undaunted, hardy, dignified; intrepid, heroic, vigorous, firm, noble, chivalrous; mature, masculine, manlike. ANT. _Womanly, childlike; timid, womanish, childish, unmanly, boyish, weak, dastardly, cowardly; effeminate._ =Manner.= Mode, custom, habit, deportment, fashion, air, look, mien, aspect, appearance; behavior, conduct; method, form, style. ANT. _Being, action, proceeding, life, work, performance, project, business._ =Mannerism.= Characteristic, peculiarity, uniformity, self-repetition, self-consciousness, affectation, idiosyncrasy, specialty. ANT. _Unaffectedness, simplicity, naturalness, character, genuineness._ =Mannerly.= Civil, complaisant, respectful, courteous, polite, urbane, refined, well-behaved, ceremonious, well-bred. ANT. _Rude, coarse, unmannerly, rough, impolite, uncivil, boorish._ =Manufacture=, _n._ Making, production, fabrication; product, composition, construction, manipulation, molding. ANT. _Use, consumption, employment, wear._ =Manumission.= Release, emancipation, liberation, deliverance, enfranchisement, dismissal, discharge. ANT. _Slavery, capture, subjugation; restraint, repression, coercion._ =Manumit.= Release, liberate, enfranchise, free, emancipate. ANT. _Enslave, capture, subjugate, enthral._ =Many.= Frequent, manifold, diverse, divers, sundry, numerous, multiplied, various, abundant, multifarious. ANT. _Few, rare, scarce, infrequent, scanty._ =Mar.= Injure, mark, spoil, ruin, blemish, damage, disfigure, deface, hurt, harm, impair, maim, deform. ANT. _Make, mend, restore, improve, reinstate, enhance, repair, conserve._ =Marauder.= Plunderer, robber, ravager, pillager, outlaw, bandit, brigand, freebooter, rover, invader. ANT. _Guard, sentry, keeper, steward, ranger, outpost._ =Margin.= Border, edge, brim, lip, rim, brink, verge, confine, limit, skirt, boundary, extremity; loophole, profit, interest, leeway. ANT. _Center, main, space; limitation, stringency, restriction._ =Marine.= Naval, nautical, maritime; oceanic, salt-water, pelagic. ANT. _Terrene, fresh-water, terrestrial, land._ =Marital.= Connubial, nuptial, hymeneal, conjugal, wedded, matrimonial. ANT. _Single, unwedded, celibate._ =Maritime.= Marine, oceanic, nautical. ANT. _Terrene, land._ =Mark=, _n._ Impress, stamp, vestige, impression, imprint, track, evidence, proof, characteristic, badge, indication; distinction, eminence, importance. ANT. _Effacement, obliteration, erasure, plainness._ =Mark=, _v._ Remark, notice, regard, heed, show, betoken, characterize, denote, stamp, imprint, impress, brand; label, designate, observe, stigmatize, signalize, specify, specialize; decorate. ANT. _Overlook, ignore, omit; mislabel, misindicate, mismark._ =Marked.= Noted, notable, prominent, remarkable, eminent, distinguished, conspicuous. ANT. _Ordinary, mean, commonplace, everyday, undistinguished._ =Marriage.= Matrimony, wedlock, wedding, espousal, nuptials, conjugal union, spousal, union. ANT. _Divorce, celibacy, virginity, bachelorhood, widowhood, maidenhood._ =Marrow.= Medulla, pith, essence, quintessence; gist, substance, cream, kernel. ANT. _Excrescence, surplusage, redundancy, superfluity; surface, exterior; amplification; body, volume, mass._ =Marsh.= Fen, swamp, quagmire, morass, bog, slough. ANT. _Solid ground._ =Marshal=, _v._ Order, arrange, direct, guide, lead, rank, array, dispose, draw up; herald. ANT. _Disarray, misguide, disarrange, disorder._ =Martial.= Warlike, military, soldierly, brave. ANT. _Peaceful, unmilitary, unwarlike._ =Martyrdom.= Martyrlike state; torture, torment, persecution; confession. ANT. _Denial, retraction; abjuration, renegation._ =Marvel=, _n._ Wonder, prodigy, miracle; surprise, astonishment, amazement, admiration; portent, phenomenon. ANT. _Commonplace, imposture, cipher, farce, trifle._ =Marvelous.= Wonderful, astonishing, surprising, strange, improbable, incredible; miraculous, stupendous, extraordinary, wondrous, supernatural, portentous, prodigious. ANT. _Commonplace, everyday, regular, normal, customary, natural, anticipated, current, calculated, expected._ =Masculine.= Male, manly, virile, manlike; strong, robust, powerful, bold, hardy, courageous. ANT. _Feminine, womanly, womanlike, female; effeminate, womanish._ =Mask=, _n._ Cover, disguise, pretext, subterfuge, screen; revel, frolic, evasion, pretense, ruse, plea; redoubt; domino, blind, veil; hypocrisy. ANT. _Truth, nakedness, candor, verity, openness; exposure, detection, unmasking._ =Mask=, _v._ Disguise, cover, hide, protect, conceal, veil, shroud, screen. ANT. _Expose, unmask, discover, detect._ =Mass.= Quantity, sum, bulk, magnitude, body, size, main part, majority; aggregate, whole, totality; heap, assemblage, combination, concretion. ANT. _Fragment, section, portion, bit, morsel, minority, segment._ =Massacre=, _v._ Murder, butcher, kill, slaughter, slay. ANT. _Preserve, spare, rescue, restore._ =Massive.= Compacted, weighty, heavy, massy, ponderous, bulky, huge, immense, vast, solid, colossal. ANT. _Slight, slender, frail, airy; petty, small, light._ =Master=, _n._ Ruler, director, manager, leader, employer, owner, governor, superintendent, commander, captain; teacher, instructor, tutor; adept; possessor, proprietor; professor, head, chief. ANT. _Servant, slave, pupil, employee, subject, learner, student._ =Master=, _v._ Conquer, subdue, vanquish, overcome; acquire, learn. ANT. _Yield, fail, surrender, succumb._ =Masterly.= Imperious, domineering, arbitrary, despotic; skilful, clever, expert, dexterous, adroit; finished, excellent, artistic, consummate. ANT. _Humble, obedient, compliant, rude, clumsy, bungling._ =Mastery.= Authority, dominion, supremacy; victory, triumph, preëminence, ascendency, superiority; acquirement, attainment, acquisition; skill, dexterity, cleverness, ability. ANT. _Subservience, tutelage, submission, guidance, obedience, inexpertness, ignorance; defeat, failure, surrender._ =Masticate.= Grind, chew. ANT. _Bolt, gobble, swallow._ =Match=, _n._ Equal, mate; contest; union, marriage; competition, trial; companion; pair. ANT. _Superior, inferior; disparity, mismatch, oddity, inequality._ =Match=, _v._ Mate, rival, oppose, equal; correspond; adapt, fit, suit; marry; harmonize; join, couple, combine. ANT. _Fail, exceed, surpass, preponderate; separate, dissociate._ =Matchless.= Unequaled, peerless, unparalleled, incomparable, inimitable, consummate, exquisite, excellent, surpassing, unrivaled. ANT. _Common, ordinary, mediocre, everyday, commonplace, general._ =Mate=, _n._ Companion, associate, compeer, match, equal; fellow, intimate; assistant, subordinate; peer. ANT. _Stranger; superior, inferior; principal, chief, head._ =Material=, _n._ Substance, solidity, weight, stuff, matter. ANT. _Work, production, design; spirit, purpose._ =Material=, _a._ Corporeal, physical; important, essential; momentous, vital, weighty; bodily. ANT. _Spiritual, sublimated, incorporeal, evanescent, ethereal._ =Matrimony.= Marriage, wedlock. ANT. _Celibacy, virginity._ =Matron.= Wife, widow, dame; housekeeper, head nurse; dowager. ANT. _Girl, maid, maiden, virgin, spinster, miss, lass._ =Matter.= Substance, body, material, constituency; concern, affair, business; trouble, difficulty; amount, portion, space; sense, significance, moment; import, importance; topic, subject, question; thing, event. ANT. _Immateriality, incorporeality, spirituality; mind, soul, spirit, intellect; animus, zeal, temper._ =Mature.= Ripe, perfect, ready, perfected, completed, full-grown. ANT. _Raw, crude, blighted, immature, undeveloped, unripe._ =Matutinal.= Morning, dawning, early, waking. ANT. _Vesper, evening, late, waning, twilight._ =Maudlin.= Tearful, sentimental, weak, silly; drunken; intoxicated, inebriated, tipsy, muddled. ANT. _Dry, sober, sensible, unsentimental, unromantic._ =Mawkish.= Nauseous, disgusted, squeamish; insipid, flat, stale, sickly, disgusting, loathsome, maudlin. ANT. _Sensible, savory, fine, sound, palatable, pungent._ =Maxim.= Principle, axiom, proverb, aphorism, apothegm, adage, saying, saw, dictum, precept, rule. ANT. _Sophism, quibble, absurdity, enigma, paradox._ =Maximum.= Greatest; climax, zenith, apex, acme, culmination, completion, utmost, ultimate. ANT. _Minimum, least; morsel, fragment; initiative, commencement; decrease, wane; incompletion, abortion._ =Maybe=, _ad._ Perhaps, possibly, haply, mayhap. =Maze.= Labyrinth, intricacy; bewilderment, uncertainty, perplexity; embarrassment. ANT. _Clue, elimination, explication; solution._ =Meager.= Thin, lean, lank, poor, gaunt, starved, hungry, emaciated, barren, scanty. ANT. _Stout, brawny, fat, chubby; abundant, fertile, copious._ =Mean=, _n._ Middle, medium, average, intermediate point; (_pl._) resources, property, revenue; media. ANT. _Extreme, excess, exorbitance, enormity, extravagance; poverty, end, purpose, object._ =Mean=, _v._ Purpose, intend, design; signify, import, indicate, denote, express. ANT. _Do, perform, execute; say, state, enunciate, declare._ =Mean=, _a._ Ignoble, abject, beggarly, wretched, degraded, degenerate, vulgar, vile, servile, menial, groveling, slavish, dishonorable, disgraceful, shameful, despicable, contemptible, paltry, sordid. ANT. _Noble, kingly, heroic, princely, exalted, generous, eminent, honorable, spirited, liberal, masterly, worthy, bountiful, munificent._ =Meaning.= Purpose, aim, intention, import, design, object; sense, explanation, significance, interpretation, force, purport, acceptation. ANT. _Statement; proceeding; affidavit, declaration._ =Meanness.= Stinginess, illiberality, sordidness, vileness, penuriousness, niggardliness, abjectness, baseness; destitution, poverty, lowness, scantiness, smallness, rudeness, selfishness. ANT. _Nobleness, generosity, unselfishness, liberality, large-heartedness._ =Measure=, _n._ Dimension, capacity, quantity, amount; moderation, restraint; extent, limit, proportion, degree; rule, gage, standard; meter. ANT. _Bulk, mass; segment, section, portion; immensity, infinity._ =Measureless.= Unlimited, infinite, immeasurable, immense, boundless, limitless, vast, unbounded. ANT. _Circumscribed, finite, limited, bounded, restricted._ =Mechanic.= Artificer, artisan, handicraftsman, hand, craftsman, operative, workman. ANT. _Artist, designer, planner, architect, constructor._ =Mechanical.= Approximate, empirical; machine-made; automatic, involuntary, blind; habitual, unreflective, spontaneous, effortless, unimpassioned. ANT. _Labored, feeling, self-conscious, forced, spirited, appreciative, lifelike, lively, animated, impassioned._ =Meddle.= Interfere, handle, disturb; intrude, interpose, intervene, intercede; mediate, arbitrate. ANT. _Withdraw, retire, remove, recede, retreat._ =Meddlesome.= Meddling, intrusive, officious; pragmatical, interfering; impertinent, obtrusive. ANT. _Unobtrusive, modest, unofficious, shy, retiring, unassuming, reserved._ =Mediate=, _v._ Intervene, reconcile, interpose, intercede, arbitrate. ANT. _Retire, withdraw, let be, leave, abandon._ =Mediation.= Interposition, intercession, intervention, arbitration, interference, adjustment, reconciliation. ANT. _Indifference, neutrality; non-interference._ =Mediator.= Reconciler, intercessor, interceder, advocate, umpire, propitiator. =Medicament.= Remedy, specific, medicine, cure, relief, help, restorative. ANT. _Irritant, infection, aggravation, hurt, disease._ =Medicate.= Drug, treat, heal, cure. ANT. _Harm, infect; catch, contract._ =Medicine=, _n._ Drug, physic, remedy, medicament; antidote, corrective, salve, cure; therapeutics. ANT. _Poison, virus, bane; aggravation._ =Mediocre.= Moderate, indifferent, ordinary, mean, medium, average, middling, commonplace. ANT. _Superior, inferior, extraordinary, distinguished, distinctive._ =Mediocrity.= Inferiority, average, moderate or middle state, medium; moderation; commonplace, mean; sufficiency. ANT. _Excellence, superiority, distinction, brilliance, rarity._ =Meditate.= Consider, ponder, revolve, study, weigh, plan, contrive, devise, scheme, purpose, intend; contemplate, muse, reflect, think, cogitate. ANT. _Execute, enact, complete, consummate._ =Medium=, _n._ Middle, mean; moderation, average; proportion; mediator, intermediary; means, agency, instrumentality. =Medium=, _a._ Middle, mean, middling, intermediate, medial, mediocre, central. ANT. _Outer, extreme, distant, remote._ =Medley.= Mixture, jumble, miscellany, potpourri, hodge-podge; tumult, confusion, litter, diversity, complexity. ANT. _Order, harmony, simplicity; arrangement, classification, assortment, disposition, grouping._ =Meed.= Merit, reward, recompense; worth, desert; guerdon, premium, prize, award, remuneration; gift, present. ANT. _Penalty, punishment, brand, stigma, amercement._ =Meek.= Submissive, yielding, unassuming, gentle; mild, patient, humble; lowly, modest. ANT. _Bold, arrogant, proud, self-assertive, irritable, presumptuous, high-spirited._ =Meet=, _v._ Join; confront, encounter; be present; perceive, experience, suffer; equal, satisfy; assemble, congregate; harmonize, agree, unite; fulfil, comply, gratify, answer. ANT. _Miss, escape, elude; be absent; avoid, separate, vary, diverge, decline, part, disagree; disappoint, fall short, fail._ =Meet=, _a._ Suitable, fit, proper, appropriate, qualified, convenient. ANT. _Inappropriate, unfit, inconvenient, unsuited, improper._ =Meeting.= Conference, assembly, company, convention, congregation, junction, union, confluence; interview, encounter; assemblage, concourse, gathering. =Melancholy=, _n._ Melancholia; depression, dejection, brooding, gloominess. ANT. _Happiness, gladness, sanity, merriment, mirth, cheer, hopefulness._ =Melancholy=, _a._ Sad, dispirited, low-spirited, down-hearted, unhappy, hypochondriac, heavy, doleful, afflictive; dejected, depressed, disconsolate, gloomy, sorrowful, moody, desponding; grave, somber, dark. ANT. _Happy, cheerful, gladsome, sprightly, lively, merry, mirthful, blithesome, gleeful._ =Mellifluous.= Smooth, honeyed, sweet, mellow, euphonious, silvery, dulcet. ANT. _Raucous, hoarse, discordant, harsh, rough, broken, abrupt._ =Mellow.= Ripe, soft, tender; subdued, delicate; genial, jovial. ANT. _Unripe, hard, green, acid, sour; harsh, glaring; discordant._ =Melodious.= Musical, agreeable, harmonious, dulcet, sweet, tuneful, rhythmical, concordant, mellifluous. ANT. _Discordant, harsh, dissonant, raucous, jarring, inharmonious._ =Melody.= Harmony, rhythm, air, tune, music, song, sweetness of sound, descant, theme, unison, symphony. ANT. _Discord, jarring, dissonance, harshness, discordance._ =Melt.= Liquefy, fuse, thaw, mollify, soften; be dissipated, run, blend, flow, dissolve. ANT. _Harden, combine, consolidate, unite, crystallize._ =Member.= Organ, limb; constituent, part; clause, phrase; essential; portion, component. ANT. _Whole, body, entirety, aggregate, sum, totality, community, society, association, organization, constitution._ =Memoir.= Memorial, biography, record, narrative, chronicle, register. =Memorable.= Important, illustrious, remarkable, extraordinary, signal, distinguished, famous, celebrated, great, conspicuous, prominent. ANT. _Ordinary, trivial, commonplace, insignificant, mediocre._ =Memorial.= Monument, record, memorandum, memento, souvenir. ANT. _Silence, oblivion; non-observance; erasure._ =Memory.= Remembrance, recollection, reminiscence; fame, renown, reputation; monument; retrospection, retrospect; perpetuation, retention. ANT. _Oblivion, oversight, unmindfulness, obliviousness, forgetfulness._ =Menace=, _n._ Threat, evil intention, denunciation, threatening. ANT. _Good will, benediction, blessing, kindness; protection._ =Mend.= Help, amend, emend, correct, rectify; repair, improve, reform, better, restore, ameliorate. ANT. _Impair, damage, spoil, corrupt; harm, deteriorate, pervert._ =Mendacity.= Lying, deceit, falsehood, untruth, duplicity, lie, untruthfulness, deception; prevarication. ANT. _Truth, honesty, rectitude, uprightness, veracity, accuracy, exactness._ =Menial.= Servile, mean; domestic; dependent, attendant. ANT. _Noble, independent, autocratic, supreme, superior._ =Mental.= Intellectual, spiritual, metaphysical, subjective, psychological, psychical, intelligent. ANT. _Physical, corporeal, objective, bodily._ =Mention=, _n._ Reference, allusion, notice, remembrance, hint, communication, observation, declaration. ANT. _Omission, silence, suppression, forgetfulness, neglect._ =Mention=, _v._ Speak of, notice, announce, observe, remark, hint, declare, tell, state, report, disclose, allude to, name, refer to. ANT. _Suppress, omit, be silent about, forget, silence, drop, neglect, disregard, slight._ =Mercantile=. Commercial, traffic, business; wholesale, retail; interchangeable, marketable. ANT. _Professional; unmercantile, unmarketable, stagnant, unprofitable._ =Mercenary.= Paid, hired, hireling, venal; greedy, sordid, avaricious, selfish. ANT. _Generous, unselfish, lavish, prodigal, liberal, philanthropic, benevolent._ =Merchandise.= Wares, commodities, goods; trade, traffic, commerce; stock. =Merchant.= Trader, shopkeeper, dealer, tradesman, trafficker; importer. ANT. _Shopman, salesman, retailer, pedler, huckster._ =Merciful.= Compassionate, tender, humane, gracious, kind, mild, clement, benignant, lenient, pitiful, forgiving; tender-hearted. ANT. _Remorseless, pitiless, inexorable, unrelenting, severe, cruel, hard, illiberal._ =Mercy.= Compassion, grace, favor, helpfulness, clemency, forbearance, tenderness, forgiveness, gentleness, pardon, blessing, pity, kindness, mildness, lenity, benevolence, benignity, lenience, leniency. ANT. _Harshness, rigor, severity, sternness, penalty, justice, vengeance, revenge, punishment, hardness, cruelty, implacability, ruthlessness, inhumanity, brutality, exaction._ =Mere.= Unmixed, pure, absolute, unqualified, simple, bare, unaffected; unadulterated. ANT. _Compound, mixed, impure, blended, combined, adulterated._ =Meridian=, _n._ Midday, noon, zenith, height, culmination, summit, apex, pinnacle, acme. ANT. _Midnight, antipodes, depth, profundity, base, depression, nadir._ =Merit=, _n._ Desert, worth, excellence, reward, approbation; worthiness, credit, goodness. ANT. _Worthlessness, error, unworthiness, demerit, weakness, imperfection, fault._ =Merry.= Gay, jovial, sportive; cheerful, happy; blithe, lively, sprightly, vivacious, mirthful, gleeful, joyous, jocund, hilarious. ANT. _Gloomy, sad, disconsolate, dismal, moody, dejected._ =Message.= Notice, word, communication, missive, letter, intimation. ANT. _Interception, silence, non-communication, neglect._ =Messenger.= Carrier, harbinger, intelligencer, courier, forerunner, herald, precursor. =Metaphysical.= Mental, intellectual, psychological, abstract, general, ideal, psychical, subjective, rational, abstruse, conceptual. ANT. _Physical, substantial, physiological, material, practical, objective, palpable, external._ =Method.= Order, system, rule, way, manner, mode, course, arrangement, process, means, regularity. ANT. _Disorder, experimentation, guesswork, conjecture, attempt, empiricism._ =Midst.= Middle, center, heart; thick; press; burden. ANT. _Circumference, rim, surface, border, outside, perimeter._ =Mien.= Aspect, manner, bearing, look, carriage, deportment, appearance. ANT. _Character, disposition, nature, constitution, personality._ =Might.= Force, energy, power, means, resources; strength, capacity, ability. ANT. _Weakness, feebleness, infirmity, impotence; inability, inefficiency, incapability; want, lack._ =Mild.= Gentle, pleasant, clement, kind, soft, bland; moderate, placid, tender, genial, meek. ANT. _Harsh, fierce, savage, rough, wild, violent, merciless, severe._ =Mind.= Understanding, intellect, soul; opinion, judgment, belief; choice, inclination, liking, intent, will; courage, spirit; remembrance, memory, recollection; reason, brain, sense, consciousness, disposition, intelligence, thought, instinct. ANT. _Body, matter, brute force, brawn, limbs, material substance, members; feelings, emotions, heart, affections, sensibilities; conduct; forgetfulness, obliviousness._ =Mindful.= Regardful, attentive, heedful, observant, thoughtful, careful. ANT. _Inattentive, regardless, careless, forgetful, oblivious, absent-minded._ =Mingle.= Combine, join, confuse, compound, mix; unite, associate; intermarry; blend, amalgamate. ANT. _Separate, sever, segregate, dissolve, sift, sort, classify, analyze._ =Minister=, _n._ Delegate, official, ambassador; clergyman, priest, parson, ecclesiastic, preacher, divine, vicar, curate; envoy. ANT. _Monarch, master, superior, principal; layman; government._ =Minor=, _a._ Inferior, less important, smaller, less, junior, unimportant, younger. ANT. _Major, greater, older, senior, elder, main, important._ =Minute.= Small, tiny, slender, diminutive, slight, little; precise, particular, detailed, critical, circumstantial, exact, fine, comminuted, specific; inconsiderable; microscopic. ANT. _Monstrous, great, enormous, grand, huge; general, abstract, broad, comprehensive; inexact, superficial._ =Miraculous.= Supernatural, super-physical; wonderful, awesome. ANT. _Natural, ordinary, scientific._ =Mis-.= A prefix used in the sense of _amiss_, _wrong_, _ill_. Words to which this prefix but adds this meaning are omitted here, and their synonyms and antonyms may usually be readily found by reference to the root words. =Misanthropy.= Cynicism, hatred, egoism. ANT. _Philanthropy, benevolence, altruism, humanitarianism._ =Miscellany.= Mass, mixture, collection, medley, jumble, variety, hodge-podge, diversity. ANT. _Selection, system, arrangement, order, group, assortment, classification._ =Mischief.= Damage, harm, hurt, injury, detriment, evil, ill; mishap, trouble. ANT. _Benefit, good, blessing, profit, gratification, compensation, favor._ =Miser.= Niggard, skinflint, curmudgeon, churl. ANT. _Spendthrift, profligate._ =Miserable.= Abject, forlorn, pitiable, wretched, mean; worthless, despicable, contemptible; unfortunate, unlucky. ANT. _Comfortable, happy, respectable, contented, cheerful, easy._ =Misery.= Unhappiness, wretchedness, woe; calamity, disaster, misfortune. ANT. _Happiness, contentment, ease, comfort, pleasure, enjoyment._ =Misfortune.= Adversity, failure, ill luck, hardship, harm, ill, affliction, calamity, blow, disaster, disappointment, trial, tribulation, sorrow, ruin, distress, stroke, misery, reverse, mischance, visitation, chastening, trouble, chastisement, misadventure, bereavement, mishap. ANT. _Consolation, blessing, boon, happiness, joy, prosperity, relief, triumph, success, comfort, good fortune, gratification, good luck, pleasure._ =Mission.= Message, errand, commission, deputation; embassy; ministry, legation; trust, office. ANT. _Assumption, usurpation, self-appointment; faithlessness, betrayal._ =Mist.= Fog, vapor; obscuration, cloudiness, perplexity, bewilderment, haze. ANT. _Clarity, brightness; perspicuity, revelation, clearness, discernment, insight, understanding; lucidity._ =Mob.= Rabble, masses, dregs of the people, the vulgar, populace, crowd, canaille, lower classes. ANT. _Élite, aristocracy, nobility, nobles, patricians._ =Mobile.= Movable, excitable, inconstant, changeable, fickle; variable, ductile, sensitive. ANT. _Immovable, firm, set, steady, unvarying, unchangeable, inexorable._ =Model.= Mold, copy, design, example, image, imitation, standard, type, representation, pattern, prototype, facsimile, original, archetype; norm. ANT. _Imitation; work, production, execution; accomplishment._ =Moderate=, _a._ Sparing, temperate, frugal, calm, mild; limited, restrained, reasonable; dispassionate, controlled; abstinent, sober; austere, ascetic. ANT. _Immoderate, intemperate, luxurious, excessive, extravagant._ =Modern.= New, novel, modish, fashionable, present, late, extant, recent. ANT. _Past, ancient, antiquated, old, antique, obsolete, former._ =Modesty.= Humility, lowliness, humbleness, meekness, shyness, reserve, coldness, bashfulness, backwardness, constraint, timidity, unobtrusiveness, coyness. ANT. _Frankness, freedom, impudence, indiscretion, self-conceit, sauciness, abandon, arrogance, confidence, egoism, assumption, assurance, boldness, forwardness, haughtiness, loquacity, pertness, pride, vanity, self-sufficiency, openness, effrontery._ =Moment.= Instant, twinkling, consequence, weight, consideration, force, value, signification, avail; second, trice. ANT. _Age, period, decade, century, generation; insignificance, unimportance, triviality._ =Monarch.= Ruler, sovereign; king, prince, emperor, queen. ANT. _Subject, peer, plebes._ =Money.= Coin, cash, currency, gold, funds, property, specie, silver, bills, bullion, notes, capital. =Monopoly.= Exclusiveness, possession, privilege, appropriation, engrossment, preëmption. ANT. _Community, partnership, competition, free trade; participation, sharing; communism; socialism._ =Monotonous.= Unvarying, uniform, wearisome, dull, tedious, same, unison, humdrum, undiversified; similar, like. ANT. _Varied, changed, diversified; harmonic; lively; divergent, variant._ =Monster.= Prodigy, enormity, marvel, portent; monstrosity, wonder; demon, fiend, dragon, sphinx, colossus, leviathan; ogre. ANT. _Pigmy, dwarf, elf; angel, beauty, cherub._ =Monstrous.= Abnormal, extraordinary, prodigious, portentous, marvelous, unnatural; vast, immense, colossal, stupendous; shocking, horrible, hateful, terrible, hideous. ANT. _Beautiful, small, reasonable, little, shapely, regular, fair, pretty, comely; ordinary, familiar, natural; charming, lovely._ =Moral=, _a._ Dutiful, right, virtuous, just, worthy, ethical; intellectual, spiritual, religious, pious, righteous, ideal. ANT. _Immoral, wrong, sinful, unjust, unworthy, vicious, gross; irreligious, impious, sensual; physical, bodily, carnal._ =Moreover.= Besides, further, in addition; also, likewise, in addition to. ANT. _Finally, lastly._ =Morose.= Gruff, gloomy, crusty, crabbed, acrimonious, severe, snappish, sullen, surly, churlish, dogged, ill-humored, ill-natured, sulky. ANT. _Bland, gentle, benignant, good-natured, kind, loving, pleasant, sympathetic, genial, amiable, friendly, tender, indulgent, complaisant, mild._ =Mortal.= Deathlike; deadly, destructive, poisonous; vulnerable, vital; human, perishable, ephemeral, transient, transitory. ANT. _Immortal, undying, everlasting, eternal, divine, celestial, life-giving, perennial._ =Motherly.= Maternal, motherlike, parental; kind, loving, affectionate. ANT. _Paternal, fatherlike, fatherly; harsh, unloving, unkind, hateful._ =Motion.= Movement, change, action, act, passage, move, process, transit, transition. ANT. _Quiescence, quiet, rest, repose, stillness, immobility._ =Motive.= Incentive, incitement, inducement, reason, spur, stimulus, cause; object, purpose; argument, conviction; impulse, prompting. ANT. _Deed, achievement, execution, action, attempt, project; deflector, preventive, dissuasion, deterrent._ =Mourn.= Lament, grieve, regret, rue, bewail, sorrow. ANT. _Exult, joy, rejoice, be joyful, triumph, make merry._ =Mournful.= Lugubrious, heavy, sad, sorrowful, grievous, calamitous. ANT. _Joyful, jubilant, gladsome, cheerful, happy, pleasant, joyous._ =Move.= Stir, agitate, trouble, affect, persuade, actuate, impel, prompt, instigate, incite, offer, induce. ANT. _Stop, stay, arrest, prevent, deter; calm, appease, deflect._ =Movement.= Motion; compulsion, stimulation, incitement, agitation, arousing, instigation. ANT. _Stoppage, stay, pause, calm, quiet._ =Much.= Great; long; considerable; abundant; far; ample, plenteous. ANT. _Little, small, scarce, few, scanty, near; narrow._ =Multiplication.= Teeming, multiplicity, multitude, increase, plurality, reproduction, augmentation, swarming, multifariousness, multitudinousness. ANT. _Diminution, division, subtraction, reduction; extinction; rarity, scantiness; unity, singularity._ =Multitude.= Throng, crowd, assembly, assemblage, commonalty, swarm, populace; host, rabble, mob, concourse. ANT. _Individual, solitude; aristocracy; oligarchy; scantiness, paucity, scarcity._ =Mundane.= Worldly, terrestrial, earthly; sublunary; secular, temporal. ANT. _Unworldly, spiritual, celestial, eternal, supramundane, stellar, solar, lunar._ =Munificent.= Bounteous, bountiful, liberal, generous; beneficent, free, lavish, extravagant. ANT. _Small, niggardly, saving, sparing, mean, close._ =Musical.= Melodious, harmonious, tuneful, symphonious, mellifluous, rhythmical. ANT. _Discordant, inharmonious, harsh, raucous, unmelodious._ =Mute.= Silent, dumb, speechless; voiceless; still, unpronounced; unresponsive; taciturn. ANT. _Talkative, chattering, garrulous, vocal, speaking, loquacious, loud, noisy._ =Mutual.= Common, correlative, reciprocal, joint, interchangeable. ANT. _Detached, distinct, disunited, separate, severed, sundered, unshared, unreciprocated, unrequited, disconnected._ =Mysterious.= Abstruse, enigmatical, dark, mystical, occult, obscure, secret, transcendental, unknown, unfathomable, mystic, hidden, inexplicable, inscrutable, cabalistic, incomprehensible, recondite. ANT. _Clear, plain, apparent, manifest, bright, light, explainable, simple, comprehensible, obvious, easy, revealed, understood._ =Mystic.= Unknowable, obscure, mysterious; allegorical, enigmatical; transcendental; cabalistic, symbolical. ANT. _Familiar, simple, ordinary, commonplace, obvious, plain._ =Myth.= Fable, tradition, legend; parable, invention, fiction, allegory; falsehood, lie. ANT. _Truth, fact, history, narrative, incident._ N =Nabob.= Millionaire, Crœsus, viceroy, governor, Dives. ANT. _Beggar, suppliant._ =Naked.= Nude, bare; defenseless, unprotected, destitute; manifest, undisguised; simple, mere, plain; unclothed, undraped, denuded; uncolored, unvarnished. ANT. _Robed, draped, veiled, dressed, shrouded, muffled; protected, sheltered; colored, varnished, qualified._ =Name=, _n._ Appellation, denomination, cognomen, designation, surname, title, style, epithet. =Name=, _v._ Call, indicate, designate, specify, mention, denominate, style, nominate. ANT. _Miscall, misname, misindicate; be nameless or anonymous; hint, suggest, shadow, intimate, imply._ =Narrate.= Relate, tell, recount, describe, detail, rehearse, report, recite. ANT. _Misrepresent, mistake; suppress, conceal._ =Narrative.= Narration, recital, account, rehearsal, relation, description, story, tale, history. =Narrow.= Not wide, straitened, limited, without margin; bigoted, illiberal; parsimonious, niggardly, selfish; close, scrutinizing, exact; slender, spare, thin, contracted, cramped. ANT. _Wide, broad, ample, expanded, thick; generous, benevolent; unlimited; liberal._ =Nascent.= Embryo, rudimental, budding, incipient. ANT. _Grown, developed, mature; aged; confirmed, set._ =Nasty.= Filthy, foul, dirty, offensive, damp, disgusting, disagreeable, wet; indecent, obscene. ANT. _Pleasant, sweet, agreeable, savory, nice, pure._ =Nation.= People, race, stock; realm, community, state, commonwealth. =Native.= Innate, natal, natural, original, indigenous. ANT. _Alien, artificial, foreign, unnatural, acquired, assumed._ =Natural.= Native; essential, normal, regular, intrinsic, cosmical, spontaneous, original, artless, ingenuous; kind, affectionate; genuine, unaffected. ANT. _Abnormal, monstrous, unnatural, improbable, adventitious, fictitious, coarse; artful, affected._ =Nature.= Creation, universe; essence, constitution; kind, sort, character, quality; temper, disposition, mood; mind, intelligence; vitality. ANT. _Thing, subject, object, man, being, creature, monstrosity, unnaturalness; art, fiction, romance, invention._ =Naught.= Nothing, cipher, zero. ANT. _Anything, everything, aught._ =Naughty.= Mischievous, perverse, froward; bad, corrupt, worthless, good-for-nothing; refractory, wicked. ANT. _Good, worthy, well-behaved, tractable, pure, docile, innocent._ =Nausea.= Seasickness, loathing, disgust, qualm; repugnance, aversion. ANT. _Enjoyment, taste, delight, relish._ =Nautical.= Marine, maritime, naval, oceanic. =Near=, _ad._ Nigh, not remote, almost, nearly, well-nigh, intimately, closely. =Near=, _a._ Nigh, close, adjacent, adjoining, approximate; imminent, impending, forthcoming, approaching; familiar, dear, intimate; immediate; literal, accurate; narrow, parsimonious; short; proximate, contiguous, present, ready. ANT. _Distant, remote, far; reserved, uncordial, cool, stiff; indistinct, obscure, future._ =Nearly.= Almost, well-nigh, intimately, closely, approximately. ANT. _Quite, entirely, distantly, remotely._ =Neat.= Trim, tidy, prim, precise, spruce, clean, cleanly, orderly, natty, dapper, nice. ANT. _Negligent, slack, slovenly, slouchy, dirty, soiled, disorderly, dowdy, untidy, rough, unkempt, rude, uncared for._ =Necessary.= Essential, inevitable, needful, infallible, undeniable, indispensable, required, requisite, unavoidable. ANT. _Optional, useless, contingent, worthless, casual, non-essential, needless._ =Necessitate.= Force, compel, coerce, make necessary, oblige, constrain, make, drive, impel. ANT. _Persuade, convince, induce, tempt, coax, allure; liberate, release._ =Necessity.= Need, requirement, want, compulsion, fate, fatality, requisite, destiny, essential, emergency, extremity, exigency, indispensableness, urgency, unavoidableness, sine qua non. ANT. _Choice, contingency, doubt, option, freedom, uncertainty, fortuity, doubtfulness, dubiousness, possibility._ =Need.= Exigency, emergency, extremity, strait, distress, indigence, penury. ANT. _Competence, affluence, choice, wealth, luxury, profuseness; superfluity, uselessness, dispensableness; casualty, accident; contingency, freedom._ =Needful.= Requisite, needy, necessitous, distressful, essential, indispensable. ANT. _Contingent, casual, unnecessary, unessential, discretional, optional, needless._ =Needless.= Unnecessary, useless, superfluous, groundless, gratuitous. ANT. _Needful, useful, helpful, obligatory._ =Nefarious.= Wicked, abominable, iniquitous, execrable, atrocious, impious. ANT. _Noble, honorable, admirable, laudable; benevolent, generous, humane._ =Negation.= Denial, disavowal, disclaimer, contradiction. ANT. _Assertion, declaration, deposition, avowal, affirmation, allegation, protestation, claim._ =Negative=, _a._ Denying, indirect, unaffirmative, privative, disclaiming. ANT. _Positive, direct, assertive, attributive, affirmative, declarative._ =Neglect=, _n._ Negligence, failure, omission, disregard, oversight, indifference, remissness, slight, thoughtlessness, slackness, default, carelessness, disrespect, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, scorn. ANT. _Care, attention, notice, regard, esteem, consideration, respect._ =Negotiate.= Transfer, sell, pass, arrange, treat, bargain, trade, communicate, transact, effect, perform. ANT. _Stop, quash, mismanage, misconduct._ =Neighborly.= Kind, civil, social, friendly, near, adjoining, adjacent, neighboring, friendly, attentive. ANT. _Individual, solitary, personal, distant, remote, unkind, uncivil, unfriendly._ =Nerve.= Steadiness, firmness, fortitude, self-command, resolution, strength, courage, pluck, endurance, coolness, presence of mind. ANT. _Weakness, cowardice, timidity, feebleness, nervelessness._ =Nervous.= Excitable, agitated, annoyed, irritable, weak, fearful; strong, vigorous, spirited, nervy, forceful. ANT. _Self-possessed, self-controlled, poised, calm, composed; dull, inert, phlegmatic, sluggish._ =Neutral.= Neuter, undecided, indifferent, unpronounced, uninterfering, negative, impartial, unavowed, unaffiliated. ANT. _Interested, interfering, positive, partial, active, allied, avowed, declared._ =Neutralize.= Render neutral, invalidate, counteract, counterbalance, countervail, render inoperative. ANT. _Enhance, intensify, aggravate._ =New.= Fresh, modern, novel, late, recent, juvenile, upstart, young, new-fangled, youthful, new-fashioned. ANT. _Old, antique, ancient, old-fashioned, aged, elderly._ =News.= Information, tidings, intelligence, advice, word, report, account, announcement, rumor. ANT. _Ignorance, silence, nonpublication, suppression; misintelligence, misreport._ =Nice.= Exquisite, accurate, correct, precise, particular, punctilious, squeamish, finical, effeminate, silly, exact, critical, definite, strict, fastidious, cautious, scrupulous; discerning, discriminating; fine, minute, refined, delicate, dainty, pleasant, agreeable. ANT. _Coarse, rude, rough, inaccurate, blind, undiscriminating, unscrupulous, incautious, undiscerning, careless, negligent, disagreeable, nauseous._ =Nicety.= Fastidiousness, accuracy, scrupulousness, delicacy, precision, daintiness, subtlety, distinction, exactness. ANT. _Coarseness, roughness, inaccuracy, rudeness._ =Niggardly.= Avaricious, covetous, parsimonious, miserly, sordid, sparing, penurious, stingy. ANT. _Generous, bountiful, copious, ample, profuse, abundant, bounteous, plentiful, munificent._ =Nimble.= Alert, brisk, bustling, lively, prompt, quick, speedy, swift, spry, agile, sprightly, active. ANT. _Clumsy, dilatory, dull, heavy, inert, inactive, slow, unready, sluggish._ =Nobility.= Greatness, dignity, superiority, nobleness, eminence, elevation, worthiness; family, rank, title, birth; aristocracy, peerage, patrician class. ANT. _Obscurity, meanness, serfdom, paltriness, plebeianism._ =Noble.= Honorable, worthy, dignified, elevated, superior, sublime, great, eminent, stately. generous, liberal, free, aristocratic, patrician, illustrious, grand, lordly, renowned, magnificent, knightly. ANT. _Ignoble, plebeian, paltry, vulgar, baseborn, low-born, rustic, peasant, contemptible, unworthy, mean._ =Nobody.= No person, no one, not anybody, cipher, nonentity. ANT. _Somebody, notability, celebrity, colossus, star._ =Nocturnal.= Nightly, dark, tenebrose, gloomy. ANT. _Daily, diurnal, solar, brilliant, light._ =Noise.= Cry, outcry, clamor, din, clatter, uproar; rumor, report, rattle, tumult. ANT. _Music, melody, harmony; silence, hush, stillness, voicelessness._ =Noiseless.= Silent, quiet, inaudible. ANT. _Noisy, uproarious, turbulent, clamorous, boisterous, brawling, tumultuous, loud._ =Noisome.= Noxious, insalubrious, unwholesome, mischievous, destructive, nocuous, hurtful, pestilential, harmful. ANT. _Wholesome, salutary, salubrious, beneficial._ =Noisy.= Loud, clamorous, stunning, boisterous, turbulent. ANT. _Noiseless, subdued, inaudible, whispering; melodious, tuneful._ =Nominal.= Literal, verbal, titular; formal, avowed, pretended, ostensible, supposititious. ANT. _Veritable, essential, intrinsic, actual, substantial, important, real, serious, true._ =Nominate.= Name, specify, appoint, designate, entitle. ANT. _Suggest, withdraw, reject, indicate, cancel, deprive, recall._ =Nonsense.= Folly, silliness, absurdity, trash, inanity, platitude, pretense. ANT. _Sense, wisdom, fact, truth, gravity, reason, science._ =Normal.= Regular, ordinary, natural, standard, usual, typical, recognized, common. ANT. _Exceptional, abnormal, uncommon, singular, unusual, monstrous, irregular, peculiar, rare, unprecedented, remarkable, unnatural._ =Notable.= Plain, evident, noted, noticeable, distinguished, memorable, extraordinary, conspicuous, manifest; notorious. ANT. _Ordinary, mean, commonplace, everyday, undistinguished, unimpressive, insignificant._ =Note.= Memorandum, comment, remark, record, scholium; account, catalogue, bill; heed, observation; reputation, distinction, celebrity, fame, repute, renown. ANT. _Misindication, misrepresentation, misleader._ =Notice=, _n._ Observation, regard, cognizance, information, advice, news, intelligence, intimation, announcement, premonition, instruction, warning, attention, consideration. ANT. _Oversight, disregard, neglect, slight, ignorance, connivance, omission, heedlessness, misinformation._ =Notice=, _v._ Mark, observe, note, heed, regard, perceive, see, remark, mention, comment on, attend, mind. ANT. _Overlook, disregard, misjudge, neglect._ =Notification.= Information, notice, declaration, publication, announcement, advertisement. =Notify.= Intimate, declare, publish, announce, acquaint, warn, apprise, communicate, inform. ANT. _Withhold, conceal, suppress, misinform, misreport._ =Notion.= Idea, conception, apprehension, sentiment, judgment, opinion, belief, impression, estimation, conceit, conviction. ANT. _Misconception, misapprehension, frustration, falsification._ =Notorious.= Distinguished, conspicuous, remarkable, famous, celebrated, noted, renowned. ANT. _Suspected, reputed, reported._ =Notwithstanding=, _conj._ Still, however, although, but, nevertheless, howbeit, yet, though. =Notwithstanding=, _prep._ Despite, in spite of. =Nourish.= Feed, foster, cherish, nurse, tend, support, maintain, train, educate, promote. ANT. _Starve, blight, destroy, kill._ =Nourishment.= Nutrition, nutriment, food, aliment, provision, sustenance. ANT. _Poison, venom, bane, starvation, exhaustion._ =Novel=, _a._ New, recent, modern, fresh, strange, uncommon, rare, unusual, fantastic, odd, upstart, new-fangled. ANT. _Venerable, ancient, old-fashioned, time-honored._ =Noxious.= Noisome, injurious, hurtful, pernicious, unwholesome, deadly, poisonous. ANT. _Wholesome, salutary, beneficial, healthful, salubrious._ =Nucleus.= Kernel, core, center. ANT. _Exterior, face, appearance._ =Nudity.= Nakedness, exposure, bareness. ANT. _Clothing, dress, vestment, drapery._ =Nugatory.= Trifling, vain, insignificant, futile, ineffectual, unavailing, trivial, worthless, useless, null. ANT. _Important, potent, momentous, efficacious, successful, grave, serious, satisfactory._ =Nuisance.= Annoyance, plague, pest, affliction, bane, trouble. ANT. _Pleasure, delight, benefit, blessing, gratification._ =Nullify.= Revoke, annul, cancel, abolish, render void, abrogate, neutralize, repeal. ANT. _Enact, confirm, perpetuate, establish, stabilitate._ =Numb.= Enfeebled, destitute, torpid, benumbed, insensible, paralyzed, deadened. ANT. _Alive, alert, sensitive, keen, lively, animated, attentive._ =Number=, _n._ Aggregation, multitude, collection, numeral, numerous, quantity. ANT. _Scarcity, fewness, paucity._ =Number=, _v._ Count, enumerate, calculate, tell, compute, reckon, estimate. ANT. _Guess, hazard, conjecture; lump, mass._ =Numberless.= Innumerable, infinite, countless. ANT. _Few, scarce, rare, infrequent._ =Numerous.= Many, abundant, diverse, multifarious, manifold, sundry. ANT. _Few, scarce, rare, infrequent._ =Nuptial.= Wedding, marriage, hymeneal, espousal, connubial, bridal. ANT. _Bachelor, virgin._ =Nurse=, _v._ Nourish, cherish, foster, attend, manage, train, educate, teach, feed, nurture. ANT. _Starve, kill, destroy; neglect._ =Nurture.= Nourish, nurse, tend, cherish, educate, train, feed. ANT. _Neglect, deprive, disregard, slight._ =Nutriment.= Aliment, food, sustenance, nourishment, sustentation, subsistence, nutrition. ANT. _Starvation, detriment, exhaustion, poison, decay, inanition._ =Nutrition.= Nutriment, feeding, sustentation. ANT. _Poison, venom._ O =Oath.= Curse, imprecation, profanity, swearing, adjuration, affidavit, anathema, ban, blasphemy, denunciation, execration, malediction, vow, reprobation, sworn statement. ANT. _Blessing, benediction, benison._ =Obdurate.= Firm, unbending, inflexible, unyielding, obstinate, stubborn, impenitent, callous, unfeeling, insensible. ANT. _Yielding, teachable, tender, docile, amenable, flexible, softened._ =Obedience.= Submission, duty, compliance, respect, dutifulness, subservience. ANT. _Resistance, rebellion, transgression, disobedience, antagonism, insubordination._ =Obedient.= Dutiful, respectful, compliant, submissive, humble, yielding, obsequious, modest, docile. ANT. _Disrespectful, undutiful, arrogant, hard, unyielding, obstinate, obdurate, stubborn._ =Obesity.= Fatness, corpulence, fleshiness, corpulency. ANT. _Leanness, thinness._ =Obey.= Submit, yield, comply. ANT. _Resist, refuse, disobey._ =Object=, _n._ Reality, fact, existence, phenomenon; aim, intention, end, purpose, appearance, motive, design, sight, view, goal. ANT. _Subject, idea, fancy, conception._ =Objective.= Outward, external, extrinsic, concrete, universal, actual, positive, real. ANT. _Subjective, intrinsic, abstract, notional._ =Oblation.= Offering, gift, sacrifice, contribution, presentation. ANT. _Spoliation, sacrilege, withholding, refusal._ =Obligation.= Responsibility, engagement, contract, agreement, bond, covenant, stipulation, necessity, debt, duty, compulsion. ANT. _Choice, freedom, assurance, promise, declaration, intention._ =Oblige.= Bind, please, gratify, accommodate, favor, constrain, compel, force, coerce, benefit, necessitate, obligate. ANT. _Release, acquit; persuade, induce; annoy, disoblige._ =Obliging.= Civil, courteous, complaisant, kind, considerate, accommodating, compliant. ANT. _Discourteous, inconsiderate, rude, disobliging, unaccommodating._ =Oblique.= Indirect, slanting, inclined, perverse, disingenuous, diagonal, divergent, angular. ANT. _Straightforward, rectilineal._ =Oblivion.= Forgetfulness, disremembrance. ANT. _Memory, reminiscence, remembrance, recollection, celebration, commemoration._ =Obloquy.= Censure, odium, contumely, reproach, gainsaying, reviling, calumny, slander, detraction. ANT. _Praise, acclamation, encomium, panegyric._ =Obnoxious.= Odious, detrimental, blameworthy, pernicious, offensive. ANT. _Pleasant, grateful, independent, wholesome, beneficial, salutary._ =Obscure=, _a._ Abstruse, deep, involved, difficult, hidden, profound, mysterious, ambiguous, unintelligible, cloudy, complex, complicated, dark, darksome, dense, dim, doubtful, intricate, dusky, indistinct, enigmatical, incomprehensible, muddy, turbid, shadowy, misty, unknown, secluded, unascertained, remote. ANT. _Clear, luminous, distinct, lucid, plain, plain-spoken, intelligible, prominent, eminent._ =Obsequious.= Servile, cringing, fawning, compliant, submissive, deferential, sycophantic, flattering. ANT. _Impudent, self-assertive, independent, arrogant, insubmissive, haughty, proud._ =Observance.= Observation, heeding, form, practice, custom, attention, celebration, ceremony, performance. ANT. _Inobservance, inattention, disuse, disregard, disrespect, omission, unceremoniousness, informality._ =Observant.= Observing, watchful, attentive, regardful, obedient, mindful, careful, heedful. ANT. _Unmindful, disobedient, disregardful, heedless._ =Observation.= Contemplation, remark, study, notice, view, conclusion, judgment, attention, comment, note, observance. ANT. _Inattention, oversight, silence, ignorance, inadvertence._ =Observe.= Remark, note, watch, heed, see, discover, attend, comment. ANT. _Overlook, misconceive, misunderstand._ =Obsolete.= Disused, ancient, neglected, antiquated, archaic, effete, past, old-fashioned, old, rare, obsolescent. ANT. _Fashionable, modern, current, customary, new, novel, extant._ =Obstacle.= Impediment, obstruction, difficulty, hindrance, barrier, check. ANT. _Course, proceeding, career, advancement, progress._ =Obstinacy.= Pertinacity, firmness, resoluteness, inflexibility, persistency, perverseness, contumacy. ANT. _Flexibility, docility, complaisance._ =Obstinate.= Perverse, obdurate, intractable, determined, stubborn, resolved, resolute, inflexible, unyielding, intractable, indomitable, unflinching, contumacious, decided, dogged, mulish, heady, headstrong, fixed, firm, immovable, opinionated, persistent, pertinacious, refractory, unconquerable. ANT. _Pliant, docile, submissive, dutiful, gentle, obedient, compliant, tractable, yielding, amenable, complaisant, irresolute, wavering, undecided, pliable, teachable._ =Obstruct.= Bar, barricade, hinder, oppose, impede, stay, stop, arrest, check, embarrass, clog, choke, retard, interrupt. ANT. _Aid, facilitate, accelerate, forward, promote, clear, advance, open, pave the way for, further, free, expedite._ =Obstruction.= Obstacle, barrier, bar, impediment, check, clog, hindrance. ANT. _Course, proceeding, advancement, progress, career._ =Obtain.= Attain, gain, procure, acquire, earn, win. ANT. _Lose, forfeit, surrender, forego._ =Obtrude.= Intrude, force, interfere, thrust. ANT. _Suggest, hint, insinuate; retire, withdraw._ =Obtuse.= Blunt, dull, stupid, unintelligent, stolid. ANT. _Keen, quick, sharp, intelligent, acute, clever._ =Obverse.= Opposite, facing. ANT. _Hinder, reverse._ =Obvious.= Opposing; plain, evident, clear, manifest, apparent, discovered, perceived, open, explicit, patent. ANT. _Remote, obscure, far-fetched, involved, latent._ =Occasion=, _v._ Cause, produce, create, induce, originate, furnish, compose, constitute, generate. =Occasionally.= Sometimes, casually, rarely. ANT. _Always, constantly, regularly, frequently._ =Occult.= Secret, concealed, hidden, unknown, invisible, latent, eclipsed, unrevealed, mysterious. ANT. _Developed, plain, exposed, patent, clear, familiar, open._ =Occupancy.= Possession, occupation, tenury. ANT. _Eviction, ejection, dispossession._ =Occupation.= Occupancy, avocation, employment, engagement, vocation, calling, office, trade, profession. ANT. _Idleness, leisure, vacancy, vacation, abandonment, resignation._ =Occupy.= Possess, hold, employ, fill. ANT. _Abandon, release, desert, surrender, vacate, concede._ =Occur.= Happen, appear, meet, befall, betide, take place. ANT. _Threaten, pass, impend._ =Occurrence.= Event, happening, incident, affair, adventure, circumstance, transaction, episode. ANT. _Cause, antecedent, inducement, predisposition, tendency, contribution._ =Odd.= Quaint, unmatched, queer, unusual, eccentric, fantastical, droll, comical, singular, peculiar. ANT. _Common, usual, regular, normal, matched._ =Odious.= Hateful, detestable, disgusting, abominable, repulsive, forbidding, unpopular, invidious, loathsome. ANT. _Pleasing, pleasant, acceptable, agreeable, grateful, delectable, bewitching, charming._ =Odium.= Hatred, abhorrence, detestation, antipathy, unpopularity, offensiveness. ANT. _Welcome, acceptableness, popularity._ =Odor.= Scent, perfume, smell, fragrance, aroma, redolence; trail, effluvium, fume. ANT. _Inodorousness._ =Odorous.= Fragrant, perfumed, balmy, aromatic, odorant. ANT. _Scentless, inodorous; fetid._ =Offend.= Displease, affront, harm, pain, annoy, transgress. ANT. _Please, gratify, conciliate._ =Offense.= Umbrage, misdeed, delinquency, transgression, fault, affront, indignity, outrage, insult. ANT. _Defense, guiltlessness, innocence._ =Offensive.= Disagreeable, obnoxious, distasteful, impertinent, disgusting, rude, saucy, opprobrious, insulting, insolent, attacking, abusive, invading, assailant. ANT. _Defensive, pleasing, grateful, savory._ =Offer.= Propose, propound, tender, sacrifice, immolate, undertake, attempt, try, proffer. ANT. _Withhold, withdraw, retract, retain, alienate, divert._ =Offhand.= Instant, ready, extemporaneous, unpremeditated, unstudied, impromptu. ANT. _Premeditated, elaborate, studied, thought-out._ =Office.= Service, duty, custom, position, charge, authority, function, business. ANT. _Leisure, vacancy, sinecure, resignation._ =Officer.= Official, functionary, director, dignitary, manager, administrator. ANT. _Member, servant, private, employee._ =Official=, _a._ Administrative, authoritative, functional, professional. ANT. _Private, unofficial, unprofessional._ =Officiate.= Act, serve, perform. ANT. _Witness, retire._ =Officious.= Impertinent, meddlesome, interfering, forward, intrusive, pushing. ANT. _Negligent, backward, remiss; retiring, modest._ =Often.= Frequently, repeatedly, commonly, many times, not seldom. ANT. _Infrequently, seldom, rarely._ =Old.= Aged, ancient, primitive, pristine, antique, antiquated, old-fashioned, obsolete; senile; gray, hoary, olden, immemorial, time-honored, decrepit, elderly, patriarchal, remote, venerable, time-worn. ANT. _Youthful, childlike, young; recent, modern, fresh, new-fashioned, current._ =Omen.= Prognostic, augury, presage, sign, portent, foreboding. ANT. _Fulfilment, event, occurrence, realization._ =Ominous.= Significant, portentous, unpropitious, threatening, inauspicious, foreboding, premonitory, suggestive. ANT. _Encouraging, auspicious, propitious._ =Omit=, _v._ Leave out, neglect, forbear, fail, miss, overlook. ANT. _Consider, observe, notice, attend, regard._ =Omnipotent.= All-powerful, irresistible, Almighty. ANT. _Powerless, inefficient, impotent._ =Omniscient.= All-knowing, infallible, all-wise. ANT. _Shortsighted, fallible, ignorant._ =One.= Single, individual, solitary, certain, undivided, common, united, unitary. ANT. _Many, several; few._ =Onerous.= Burdensome, oppressive, heavy, toilsome, difficult, laborious, responsible. ANT. _Light, easy, trivial._ =Only=, _ad._ Solely, singly, exclusively, merely, barely, wholly. ANT. _Among, amongst, together, collectively._ =Only=, _a._ Single, sole, alone, preëminent, chief. ANT. _Many, together, several, mixed._ =Onset=, =Onslaught=. Assault, attack, storming, aggression, invasion. ANT. _Repulse, resistance, protection, shelter, support, defense._ =Onward.= Forward, in advance, ahead. ANT. _Aback, astern, backward._ =Opaque.= Impervious, not transparent, obscure, unintelligible. ANT. _Pellucid, translucent, transparent, obvious, clear, intelligible, perspicuous._ =Open=, _v._ Unclose, disclose, expose, explain, begin, commence, initiate. ANT. _Close, shut, cover, conceal; conclude, terminate; misinterpret, mystify._ =Open=, _a._ Unclosed, uncovered, unprotected, exposed, plain, obvious, evident, public, artless, candid, free, available, accessible, undisguised, ingenuous. ANT. _Closed, barred, inaccessible, unavailable, reserved, shut, secreted._ =Opening.= Aperture, hole, space, breach, gap, fissure; start, inauguration, commencement, initiation, beginning; opportunity. ANT. _Obstruction, stop-gap, termination, enclosure, close, end, conclusion, inopportunity, unseasonableness._ =Operation.= Agency, action, exercise, production, influence, force, performance, result, procedure, effect, execution. ANT. _Failure, uselessness, futility, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, powerlessness, inaction, cessation, rest._ =Opinion.= Persuasion, idea, sentiment, view, conviction, judgment, notion, impression, estimation. ANT. _Evidence, argument, inquiry, speculation, investigation, pleading._ =Opponent.= Antagonist, foe, adversary, enemy, rival. ANT. _Helper, assistant, accomplice, ally._ =Opportune.= Timely, seasonable, convenient, ready, suitable, auspicious, meet, appropriate. ANT. _Untimely, unseasonable, inopportune, infelicitous._ =Opportunity.= Occasion, convenience, occurrence, turn, opening. ANT. _Lapse, omission, inopportuneness, contre-temps._ =Oppose.= Combat, withstand, contradict, deny, gainsay, oppugn, contravene, check, obstruct. ANT. _Aid, abet, support, advance, expedite._ =Opposite.= Facing, contrary, repugnant, antagonistic, adverse, counter, contradictory, opposed. ANT. _Agreeing, coincident, harmonious, conformable, suiting, fitting, accordant._ =Opposition.= Restraint, defeat, resistance, hostility, obstacle, obstruction, animosity. ANT. _Sympathy, harmony, concord, alliance, congeniality._ =Oppress.= Impose, weigh down, burden, grind, persecute, overwhelm, crush, overpower, subdue. ANT. _Encourage, assist, support, befriend._ =Oppression.= Cruelty, tyranny, hardship, injustice, severity. ANT. _Kindness, mercy, justice, clemency, leniency._ =Oppressive.= Heavy, oppressing, rigorous, tyrannical, unjust, extortionate, grinding. ANT. _Light, easy, compassionate, just, humane, generous._ =Opprobrium.= Disgrace, infamy, reproach, contempt, scandal, obloquy, odium. ANT. _Popularity, welcome, acceptableness._ =Option.= Choice, preference, selection, discretion, wish, election. ANT. _Compulsion, necessity, obligation._ =Opulence.= Wealth, riches, fortune, affluence, independence. ANT. _Poverty, impecuniosity, indigence, want._ =Oracle.= Revelation; prophet, angel. ANT. _Empiricism, pragmatism._ =Oracular.= Prophetic, ominous, portentous; authoritative, positive, dogmatical; wise, grave, sage; obscure, equivocal, ambiguous. ANT. _Cautious, modest, vacillating, diffident._ =Oral.= Verbal, unwritten, vocal, spoken, traditional. ANT. _Documentary, written._ =Oration.= Address, speech, discourse, harangue, lecture, disputation, declamation, effusion. ANT. _Reasoning, suggestion, insinuation._ =Oratory.= Eloquence, rhetoric, elocution, declamation. ANT. _Hesitation, stammering, dulness._ =Orb.= Sphere, globe, ball; circle, orbit, circuit; disk; revolution. =Orbit.= Revolution, path, circuit, sphere. ANT. _Deviation, eccentricity, perturbation._ =Ordain.= Set, regulate, establish, appoint, decree, constitute, institute, prescribe, dictate. ANT. _Revoke, subvert, cancel, countermand._ =Ordeal.= Test, trial, experiment, probation, proof, scrutiny, assay, investigation. ANT. _Result, event; argument, evidence, plea, discussion._ =Order.= Arrangement, system, procedure, method, rule, regulation; command, mandate, rank, direction, grade, class, character, kind, management, injunction, prohibition, requirement, instruction. ANT. _Allowance, consent, leave, permission, permit, liberty, license._ =Orderly.= Regular, obedient, systematic, quiet, peaceable, methodical, well-regulated. ANT. _Disorderly, riotous, irregular._ =Ordinance.= Statue, law, edict, decree, rescript, regulation, institute, rule. ANT. _Custom, usage, tradition, fashion._ =Ordinary.= Normal, usual, common, customary, settled, frequent, wonted, habitual, indifferent, mediocre, plain, commonplace. ANT. _Extraordinary, superior, unusual, uncommon._ =Organic.= Inherent, fundamental, essential, constitutional, radical, vital; organized, systematized. ANT. _Non-essential, circumstantial, provisional, contingent, inorganic, secondary._ =Organization.= Structure, form, construction; organism. ANT. _Disorganization._ =Organize.= Arrange, constitute, shape, adjust, frame, establish, construct, systematize. ANT. _Disorganize, dismember, disband, break up, annul._ =Origin.= Source, rise, commencement, spring, fountain, derivation, cause, root, foundation. ANT. _Termination, conclusion, extinction._ =Original.= Primitive, new, primary, pristine, genuine, inventive, peculiar, initiatory, primordial, ancient, former, first. ANT. _Subsequent, later, derivative, modern, terminal._ =Originate.= Begin, cause, commence, start, invent, create, spring, rise. ANT. _Prosecute, conduct; conclude, finish, end._ =Ornament.= Decoration, embellishment, adornment. ANT. _Disgrace, brand, disfigurement, detraction._ =Ornate.= Adorned, beautiful, embellished, decorated, elaborate, rich, ornamented. ANT. _Bare, bald, nude, plain, naked._ =Orthodox.= Sound, conventional, approved, correct. ANT. _Heretical, unorthodox, liberal, radical._ =Ostensible.= Exhibited, avowed, professed, apparent, pretended, declared, manifest, specious, plausible, outward. ANT. _Real, actual, genuine, veritable, concealed, hidden._ =Ostentation.= Display, boasting, show, boast, vaunting, flourish, pageant, pomp, parade, pageantry. ANT. _Diffidence, modesty, reserve, timidity, shrinking, retirement, quietness, unobtrusiveness._ =Ostracism.= Banishment, exclusion, expulsion, blackball, excommunication, separation. ANT. _Admittance, enlistment, enrolment; welcome, fellowship._ =Outbreak.= Outburst, eruption, tumult, commotion, rebellion, insurrection, riot, conflict. ANT. _Quiet, order, pacification, subsidence, quelling._ =Outcast.= Exile, vagabond, reprobate, castaway, pariah, vagrant. =Outcry.= Clamor, tumult, vociferation, alarm, yell, scream, noise. ANT. _Quiet, silence; acclamation, plaudit._ =Outer.= Outside, outward, external, exterior. ANT. _Inward, inside, internal, interior._ =Outlaw.= Brigand, bandit, robber, highwayman, marauder, freebooter. =Outlet.= Egress, exit, vent. ANT. _Entrance, ingress._ =Outline.= Contour, sketch, delineation, draft, plan. ANT. _Form, substance, bulk, figure, field, ground, space; object, subject._ =Outrage.= Outbreak, offense, violence, mischief, abuse, affront, insult, indignity. ANT. _Favor; self-restraint, self-control._ =Outrageous.= Violent, furious, excessive, exorbitant, wanton, atrocious, monstrous, nefarious, heinous. ANT. _Moderate, reasonable, justifiable._ =Outskirts.= Border, edge, outpost, precincts, environs, suburbs. ANT. _Interior, center, bulk, mass, body, heart._ =Outstanding.= Uncollected, undischarged, unappropriated, unpaid; projecting; opposing. ANT. _Collected, appropriated, gathered, paid; supporting; reëntrant._ =Outward.= Out, outer, external, exterior, public, visible, sensible, extraneous, superficial, apparent, extrinsic, ostensible. ANT. _Internal, intrinsic, inward, withdrawn._ =Overcast.= Cloudy, lowering, obscured, murky, darkened, overspread, eclipsed. ANT. _Cloudless, clear, luminous._ =Overcome.= Vanquish, conquer, surmount, excel, overthrow, subjugate, rule, domineer over. ANT. _Lose, forfeit, surrender, fail, submit, retreat, succumb._ =Overflow=, _n._ Redundancy, inundation, deluge, exuberance, superabundance. ANT. _Subsidence, deficiency, exhaustion._ =Overruling.= Governing, controlling, superior, predominant, directing, prevailing. ANT. _Governed, controlled, inferior, subordinate._ =Oversight.= Charge, superintendence, management, supervision, command, care, watchfulness, surveillance, control, inspection, direction, watch; omission, error, inadvertence. ANT. _Mismanagement, negligence, disregard, slight; particularity, attention to minutiæ._ =Overt.= Public, manifest, apparent, deliberate, open, avowed. ANT. _Covert, secret, furtive, clandestine, implied._ =Overthrow.= Upset, ruin, demolish, destroy, overcome, defeat. ANT. _Restore, reinstate, revive._ =Overture.= Proposal, proposition, offer, opening, prelude, invitation, advance, initiation. ANT. _Inaction, quiescence._ =Overweening.= Rash, arrogant, egoistic, vain, haughty, conceited. ANT. _Affable, courteous, sociable, condescending, gracious, polite, approachable._ =Overwhelm.= Submerge, engulf, immerse, overpower, extinguish, bury, crush, sink, subdue, vanquish, conquer, defeat. ANT. _Raise, reinstate, reëstablish, rescue, extricate._ =Owe.= Be indebted for, be obliged for, borrow, hypothecate, attribute. ANT. _Repay, requite, defray, liquidate._ =Own.= Possess, grant, acknowledge, admit, confess, avow. ANT. _Lose, disown, abandon, forfeit, alienate, disinherit, abjure._ P =Pacific.= Appeasing, reconciling, tranquil, mild, calm, peaceful, conciliatory. ANT. _Harsh, irritating, exasperating, quarrelsome, turbulent, tumultuous, warlike._ =Pacification.= Conciliation, compromise, reconcilement, adjustment, reconciliation. ANT. _Warfare, fighting, hostilities, war._ =Pact.= Agreement, league, compact, covenant, bargain, stipulation, alliance, bond. ANT. _Understanding, promise, parole, honor._ =Pæan.= Jubilation. ANT. _Dirge._ =Pagan=, _a._ Gentile, heathen, idolater. ANT. _Christian, believer._ =Paganism.= Heathenism, polytheism, pantheism. ANT. _Christianity, Christendom._ =Pageant.= Spectacle, exhibition, display, show, ceremony, procession, parade. ANT. _Illusion, mockery, fantasmagoria, dream._ =Pageantry.= Pomp, parade, display, show, spectacle, splendor, magnificence. =Pain=, _n._ Agony, ache, distress, suffering, torture, anguish, torment, pang, throe, paroxysm, twinge, woe, grief. ANT. _Ease, peace, rapture, enjoyment, relief, solace, comfort, delight._ =Pain=, _v._ Hurt, grieve, afflict, disquiet, trouble, distress, agonize, torment, torture. ANT. _Please, delight, rejoice, charm, refresh._ =Painful.= Disquieting, troublesome, afflictive, distressing, laborious, grievous, toilsome, arduous, difficult. ANT. _Pleasant, pleasurable, acceptable, agreeable, grateful, desirable, delectable, delicious._ =Painstaking.= Careful, diligent, attentive, faithful, laborious. ANT. _Neglectful, heedless, unmindful, disregardful, improvident, thoughtless, careless._ =Paint.= Color, picture, depict, delineate, sketch, draw, portray. ANT. _Misrepresent, caricature, daub._ =Pair.= Two, couple, span, brace, yoke. ANT. _One, several, many._ =Pale.= Pallid, white, wan, colorless, dim, sallow. ANT. _Ruddy, high-colored, conspicuous, brilliant._ =Palliate.= Cover, conceal, extenuate, hide, veil, screen, cloak, gloss over, apologize for, mitigate. ANT. _Alleviate; aggravate, heighten, increase, intensify._ =Palm.= Laurels, bays, prize, trophy, crown. ANT. _Shame, blot, stigma, brand._ =Palpable.= Perceptible, obvious, plain, gross, material, corporeal, manifest, evident, patent, distinct. ANT. _Immaterial, intangible, ethereal, impalpable, indistinct, dubious, imperceptible._ =Paltry.= Contemptible, worthless, mean, vile, pitiful, trifling. ANT. _Valuable, estimable, admirable, worthy, grand, excellent, magnificent._ =Panegyric.= Eulogy, encomium, praise, laudation, commendation. ANT. _Satire, sarcasm, tirade, stricture, invective, philippic._ =Pang.= Agony, anguish, distress, paroxysm, throe. ANT. _Pleasure, delight, refreshment, enjoyment, gratification._ =Parable.= Fable, allegory, apologue, similitude. ANT. _History, fact, narrative._ =Parade=, _n._ Ostentation, display, show, pomp, pageant, spectacle, procession. ANT. _Modesty, humility, retirement, simplicity, plainness, seclusion, suppression._ =Paradise.= Bliss, heaven, Eden, ecstasy, Elysium. ANT. _Purgatory, hell, torture, misery, torment._ =Paradox.= Contradiction, ambiguity, absurdity, enigma, mystery. ANT. _Axiom, postulate, precept, truism, proposition._ =Parallel.= Correspondent, correlative, analogous, concurrent, equidistant. ANT. _Different, opposed, divergent, irrelative, incongruous._ =Paralyze.= Deaden, benumb, unnerve, destroy, impair, enfeeble, prostrate, debilitate. ANT. _Nerve, strengthen, restore, invigorate._ =Paramount.= Supreme, preëminent, chief, superior, principal. ANT. _Minor, inferior, secondary, subordinate._ =Parasite.= Flatterer, sycophant, courtier. ANT. _Calumniator, traducer, detractor._ =Pardon=, _n._ Absolution, mercy, forgiveness, forbearance, remission, acquittal, indulgence. ANT. _Penalty, punishment, vengeance, retribution, retaliation._ =Pardon=, _v._ Condone, forgive, absolve, excuse, overlook, remit, pass over or by, acquit. ANT. _Convict, castigate, condemn, chastise, correct, punish, doom, sentence, scourge, visit upon, recompense, chasten._ =Pardonable.= Excusable, forgivable, venial. ANT. _Inexcusable, unpardonable._ =Parentage.= Descent, extraction, lineage, birth, stock, pedigree. =Parsimonious.= Avaricious, frugal, sparing, close, stingy, penurious, niggardly, illiberal. ANT. _Liberal, profuse, unsparing, extravagant._ =Part=, _n._ Fraction, fragment, section, atom, segment, element, piece, portion, instalment, constituent, component, ingredient, member, particle, share, subdivision. ANT. _Whole, mass, bulk, entirety, quantity, totality._ =Partake.= Share, participate. ANT. _Yield, forfeit, forego, relinquish._ =Partial.= Biased, restricted, specific, limited, imperfect, incomplete, unfair, unjust, warped, interested, inequitable. ANT. _Unrestricted, universal, general, equitable, just, unbiased, impartial._ =Particle.= Atom, corpuscle, iota, grain, jot, mite, molecule, element, whit, tittle, scrap, shred, scintilla. ANT. _Mass, quantity, sum, entirety, sum total, whole, aggregate, total._ =Particular=, _n._ Detail, point, feature. ANT. _Whole, subject, case._ =Particular=, _a._ Sole, single, individual, respective, appropriate, personal, singular, important, peculiar, especial, specific, precise, critical, circumstantial. ANT. _Universal, general, comprehensive, indiscriminate, abstract, inaccurate, inexact, undiscriminating._ =Parting.= Separation, leave-taking, farewell, dividing, division, disruption, detachment. ANT. _Union, attachment._ =Partisan.= Adherent, follower, supporter, disciple. ANT. _Opponent, antagonist, adversary._ =Partition.= Division, distribution, separation, allotment, apportionment; compartment, interspace, barrier. ANT. _Combination, inclusion, comprehension, collection, union._ =Partly.= In part, somewhat, partially, not wholly. ANT. _Altogether, entirely, completely, to the full extent._ =Partner.= Associate, colleague, coadjutor, confederate, participator, partaker, comrade, mate, companion. ANT. _Rival, competitor, opponent, adversary, alien._ =Partnership.= Company, firm, union, connection, society, interest, house, association, participation. ANT. _Independence, disconnection, disjunction, disunion, dissociation._ =Pass.= Go, move, proceed, disappear, vanish, depart, take place, occur, elapse, spend, live, experience; transcend, exceed; send, transmit, deliver; utter, promise, pledge; finish. ANT. _Hold up; abide, wait, halt, continue, endure._ =Passable.= Navigable, current, acceptable, tolerable, admissible, moderate, traversable, mediocre. ANT. _Impassable, impenetrable, inadmissible, impervious; excellent._ =Passage.= Transit, conveyance, journey, way, road, path, hall, course, progress, process, vestibule, corridor. =Passible.= Susceptible, sensitive, sensible, impressible. ANT. _Impassible, insusceptible, unsensitive._ =Passion.= Feeling, emotion, susceptibility, sentiment, ardor, excitement, desire, anger, warmth, vehemence. ANT. _Indifference, apathy, coldness, coolness, frigidity._ =Passive.= Quiescent, unopposing, enduring, submissive, patient, unresisting, inert, inactive, relaxed, negative. ANT. _Resistant, positive, impatient, vehement, active, alert._ =Past.= Gone by, elapsed, ended, spent, departed, late, accomplished. ANT. _Present; future._ =Pastime.= Entertainment, recreation, sport, play, amusement, diversion. ANT. _Business, work, task, labor, occupation, study._ =Patent.= Open, expanded, evident, apparent, manifest, public. ANT. _Ambiguous, questionable, dubious._ =Paternal.= Fatherly, tender, careful, hereditary. ANT. _Careless, rough, harsh; acquired, conferred, won._ =Path.= Footway, track, pathway, route, course, road; method. =Pathetic.= Affecting, emotional, moving, pitiful, tender, touching, melting, plaintive. ANT. _Ludicrous, ridiculous, farcical, unaffecting._ =Pathless.= Untrodden, impenetrable, trackless. ANT. _Trodden, frequented._ =Patience.= Composure, calmness, leniency, fortitude, sufferance, submission, endurance, forbearance, resignation, long-suffering. ANT. _Anger, impatience, ire, passion, fury, frenzy, rage, temper, vexation, petulance, wrath, fretfulness, peevishness._ =Patient.= Resigned, passive, enduring, unrepining, calm, forbearing, long-suffering. ANT. _Impatient, insubmissive, malcontent, vehement, resistant._ =Patrician.= Noble, aristocratic, high-born, well-born. ANT. _Plebeian, churlish, ordinary, peasant._ =Patrimony.= Heritage, inheritance, estate. =Pattern.= Archetype, exemplar, specimen, sample, design, mold. ANT. _Caricature, misrepresentation, monstrosity, perversion._ =Paucity.= Scantiness, deficiency, fewness, lack, want, rarity. ANT. _Fulness, number, frequency, abundance, quantity._ =Pause=, _n._ Stop, cessation, interruption, suspension, hesitation, suspense, doubt. ANT. _Continuance, continuity, perseverance, progress, progression, advancement._ =Pause=, _v._ Stop, cease, intermit, wait, stay, tarry, demur, hesitate. ANT. _Continue, proceed, persist, persevere, advance._ =Pay=, _n._ Earnings, stipend, salary, wages, allowance, retainer, remuneration, payment, compensation, hire, fee, requital, honorarium. =Pay=, _v._ Recompense, requite, satisfy, compensate, discharge, remunerate, fulfil, expend, liquidate, disburse. ANT. _Deprive, defraud, retain, exact, hoard, invest._ =Payment.= Pay, compensation, satisfaction, content, salary, reward, wages, recompense, requital, return. =Peace.= Quiet, calm, repose, tranquillity, stillness, silence, harmony, amity, concord, reconciliation, order, pacification. ANT. _Noise, disturbance, disorder, war, strife, discord, variance, tumult, agitation, hostility._ =Peaceable.= Peaceful, pacific, undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, mild, serene, still. ANT. _Warlike, quarrelsome, hostile, savage, fierce, violent, restless._ =Peasant.= Countryman, rustic, swain, laborer, villager. ANT. _Citizen, townsman._ =Peculiar.= Special, especial, individual, particular, appropriate, unusual, singular, strange, rare. ANT. _General, universal, ordinary, public, common._ =Peculiarity.= Individuality, singularity, idiosyncrasy, distinctiveness, specialty, characteristic, particularity. ANT. _Universality, generality, uniformity, homogeneity, community._ =Pedigree.= Lineage, descent, ancestry, genealogy, birth, parentage. ANT. _Ancestor, founder, origin; plebeianism; extinction._ =Peer.= Equal, match, mate, comrade, associate; nobleman. ANT. _Superior; subordinate._ =Peerless.= Unmatched, matchless, unequaled, unique, superlative, paramount. ANT. _Ordinary, mediocre, commonplace._ =Peevish.= Querulous, cross, testy, ill-tempered, captious, discontented, petulant, irritable, ill-natured, irascible. ANT. _Good-natured, easy, genial, mild, complaisant, gentle._ =Penal.= Punitive, retributive, corrective. ANT. _Preventive, reparatory; honorary, remunerary._ =Penalty.= Retribution, forfeiture, fine, punishment, amercement, mulct. ANT. _Reward, wages, guerdon, prize, honorarium, remuneration, compensation._ =Pendent.= Pendulous, overhanging, hanging, suspended, depending. ANT. _Supported, sustaining, propped._ =Penetrate.= Enter, pierce, comprehend, discern, understand, perforate, permeate, fathom. ANT. _Glance off, be tangent to, find impermeable; misunderstand, mistake; float._ =Penetration.= Discernment, sagacity, acuteness, discrimination, sharpness, observation, insight. ANT. _Obtuseness, shortsightedness; stupidity, shallowness, dulness._ =Penitence.= Repentance, contrition, remorse, sorrow, regret, compunction. ANT. _Self-approval, gratulation; obduracy, hardheartedness._ =Penitent=, =Penitential=. Repentant, contrite, doing penance. ANT. _Impenitent, obdurate, hardhearted._ =Pensive.= Thoughtful, sad, wistful, meditative, dreamy, sober; serious, mournful, melancholy, solemn, reflective. ANT. _Joyous, glad, happy, gay, care-free, thoughtless, unreflecting._ =Penurious.= Covetous, parsimonious, stingy, avaricious, niggardly, sordid. ANT. _Liberal, bountiful, generous, prodigal._ =Penury.= Want, privation, indigence, poverty, destitution, beggary, need. ANT. _Wealth, abundance, affluence, luxury, competence._ =People.= Nation, race, population, state, tribe, community, commonwealth. =Perceivable=, =Perceptible=. Discernible, distinguishable, cognizable, observable. ANT. _Imperceptible, indistinguishable, insensible, inappreciable._ =Perceive.= Comprehend, apprehend, conceive, understand. ANT. _Ignore, lose, miss, fail of, overlook, misconceive, misapprehend._ =Perception.= Discernment, apprehension, recognition, understanding, comprehension, feeling, sensation, sense. ANT. _Conception, concept, imagination, idea, notion; misunderstanding._ =Percolate.= Filter, strain, exude, drain, ooze. ANT. _Flow, rush, stream, run, disgorge._ =Percussion.= Shock, clash, collision, concussion, encounter. ANT. _Recoil, rebound, reverberation._ =Perdition.= Loss, ruin, destruction, overthrow, wreck, demolition. ANT. _Restoration, recovery, rescue, salvation._ =Peremptory.= Decisive, positive, absolute, final, authoritative, arbitrary, express, dogmatical, determined, resolute. ANT. _Hortatory, mild, entreative, expostulatory, suggestive._ =Perennial.= Perpetual, unceasing, never failing, enduring, continual, constant, permanent, uninterrupted. ANT. _Occasional, intermittent, periodic, uncertain; perishing, ephemeral, transient, fleeting._ =Perfect.= Finished, complete, entire, faultless, consummate, accurate, ideal, finished, absolute, completed, correct, immaculate, sinless, blameless, holy, undefiled, stainless, spotless, unblemished. ANT. _Imperfect, bad, deficient, blemished, faulty, corrupt, poor, inferior, incomplete, perverted, worthless, spoiled, insufficient, meager, defective, short, scant, marred, defaced, corrupted, deformed, fallible, ruined._ =Perfection.= Excellence, completeness, faultlessness, maturity, wholeness, consummation, perfectness. ANT. _Defect, imperfection, incompleteness, blemish._ =Perfectly.= Thoroughly, exquisitely, completely, faultlessly, entirely, fully, wholly, exactly, accurately. ANT. _Imperfectly, faultily, partially, inaccurately._ =Perfidious.= False, treacherous, faithless, disloyal, dishonest, untrustworthy. ANT. _True, loyal, stanch, upright, faithful, honest, trustworthy._ =Perform.= Complete, accomplish, execute, do, discharge, fulfil; represent, act, play, enact, consummate, achieve. ANT. _Spoil, injure, harm, ruin, mar; fail of, misconduct._ =Performance.= Completion, consummation, execution, accomplishment, achievement, work, production, act, action, deed, exploit, feat. ANT. _Failure, defeat, omission, abortion, undoing, nonperformance._ =Perfume.= Odor, redolence, balminess, fragrance, smell, aroma, scent. ANT. _Stench, stink, fume._ =Perfunctory.= Mechanical, careless, listless, indifferent. ANT. _Animated, spirited, assiduous, careful, ardent, zealous, interested._ =Perhaps.= By chance, peradventure, perchance, maybe, haply, possibly. ANT. _Certainly, inevitably._ =Peril.= Hazard, risk, jeopardy, danger, venture, insecurity, liability. ANT. _Safety, assurance, certainty, security._ =Period.= Time, cycle, age, epoch, limit, end, conclusion; era, duration, date, term, continuance, termination, conclusion, bound. ANT. _Eternity, infinity, perpetuity, endlessness, everlasting._ =Periodical.= Recurring, regular, stated, recurrent, systematic, calculable, serial. ANT. _Indeterminate, eccentric, fitful, spasmodic, irregular._ =Permanent.= Enduring, abiding, changeless, constant, durable, steadfast, unchangeable, immutable, invariable, fixed, unchanging, stable, lasting, persistent, perpetual. ANT. _Transient, brief, fleeting, evanescent, passing, transitory, momentary, temporary, ephemeral._ =Permission.= Authority, allowance, consent, liberty, leave, license, permit, authorization. ANT. _Hindrance, opposition, objection, denial, prevention, prohibition, refusal, resistance._ =Pernicious.= Mischievous, baneful, destructive, noisome, deleterious, harmful, hurtful, poisonous, noxious, pestilential, unhealthful, unwholesome, detrimental, deadly, evil, foul, injurious, insalubrious, pestiferous, perverting, ruinous. ANT. _Helpful, invigorating, salutary, advantageous, good, favorable, life-giving, rejuvenating, useful, serviceable, beneficent, wholesome, beneficial, healthful._ =Perpetual.= Continual, endless, unceasing, unfailing, incessant, constant, eternal, everlasting, perennial, permanent, enduring. ANT. _Periodic, transient, recurrent, temporary, occasional, casual, momentary._ =Perplex.= Entangle, involve, complicate, embarrass, puzzle, bewilder, confuse, distract, annoy, confound, trouble, worry, disturb, pester, bother, mystify. ANT. _Enlighten, clear, explicate, simplify, elucidate, illumine, unfold, explain, manifest, calm, quiet, control, please, instruct, solve, illustrate, make intelligible, account for._ =Perplexity.= Confusion, bewilderment, disturbance, distraction, doubt, embarrassment, astonishment, amazement. ANT. _Composure, calmness; discernment, insight._ =Perseverance.= Persistency, tenacity, steadfastness, steadiness, constancy, pertinacity, indefatigableness, resolution. ANT. _Fitfulness, caprice, instability, variableness, irregularity; indecision, vacillation, wavering, irresoluteness._ =Perspicacity.= Acuteness, keenness, discernment, penetration, perspicaciousness, insight, sagacity, astuteness, distinctness, explicitness. ANT. _Dulness, stupefaction, obtuseness, hebetude, stolidity, inobservance, insensibility._ =Perspicuity.= Plainness, lucidity, clearness, explicitness, intelligibility, transparency, perspicuousness. ANT. _Obscurity, turbidness, unintelligibility, incomprehensibility, indefiniteness, doubtfulness, mysticism, confusion._ =Persuade.= Dispose, allure, entice, urge, move, influence, prevail upon, coax, bring over, incline, convince, lead, induce, incite, win over, impel. ANT. _Deter, discourage, restrain, hinder, repel, dissuade, hold back._ =Pertinent.= Apposite, relevant, suitable, appropriate, proper, fit, adapted. ANT. _Unrelated, unsuitable, impertinent, incongruous, alien, unconnected, discordant, inharmonious._ =Pertness.= Impertinence, boldness, forwardness, sauciness, flippancy, impudence, briskness, liveliness, smartness, sprightliness. ANT. _Diffidence, humility, modesty, shyness, bashfulness, demureness._ =Perverse.= Obstinate, contrary, fractious, froward, intractable, petulant, wilful, wayward, ungovernable, stubborn, factious, untoward. ANT. _Compliant, genial, accommodating, governable, kind, obliging, complaisant, amenable._ =Petition=, _n._ Prayer, supplication, entreaty; solicitation, application, suit, appeal, address. ANT. _Protest, claim, expostulation, demand, injunction, dictation, exaction, dissension, dissent._ =Philanthropy.= Love, good will, charity, benevolence, humanity, public-spiritedness. ANT. _Misanthropy, ill will, selfishness._ =Philosopher.= Student, theorist, speculator, teacher, master, savant, schoolman, doctor; adept. ANT. _Learner, pupil, beginner; ignoramus, dunce._ =Philosophical.= Rational, wise, temperate, calm, cool, reasonable, sound, collected, composed, sedate, tranquil, Platonic. ANT. _Popular, crude, loose, inaccurate, illogical, irrational, unsound, unscientific, thoughtless, hotheaded, impulsive._ =Physical.= Material, natural, corporal, sensible, visible, tangible, bodily, corporeal. ANT. _Mental, spiritual, immaterial, unsubstantial, hyperphysical, intangible, moral, unreal, intellectual, invisible._ =Picturesque.= Graphic, vivid, artistic, beautiful, scenic, pictorial, graceful, comely, seemly. ANT. _Unseemly, ugly, inartistic, ungraceful, tame, flat, insipid._ =Piety.= Sanctity, godliness, holiness, religion, reverence, devotion, grace. ANT. _Impiety, sacrilege, sinfulness, ungodliness, hypocrisy, formalism, sanctimoniousness._ =Piquant.= Tart, sharp, pungent, stimulating, biting, racy, stinging, cutting, severe. ANT. _Flat, tame, dull, insipid._ =Pique.= Resentment, umbrage, irritation, displeasure, grudge, offense. ANT. _Delight, gratification, pleasure, satisfaction, contentment, approval, complacency._ =Piteous.= Sorrowful, mournful, affecting, doleful, lamentable, woful, rueful, sad, pitiable, pitiful. ANT. _Joyous, glad, merry, happy, cheerful, comfortable, desirable, pleasant, agreeable, delectable._ =Pitiful.= Lamentable, mournful, base, contemptible, piteous, pathetic, pitiable, touching, sorrowful, woful, wretched, despicable, moving, paltry. ANT. _Exalted, glorious, helpful, great, grand, sublime, superior, beneficent, commanding, august, dignified, noble, lofty, mighty, superb._ =Pity.= Sympathy, mercy, tenderness, condolence, compassion, commiseration. ANT. _Cruelty, severity, mercilessness, sternness, hardness, rigor, inhumanity, brutality, barbarity, harshness, pitilessness, ruthlessness, hardheartedness, ferocity, truculence._ =Placid.= Pleased, contented, unruffled, undisturbed, peaceful, serene, tranquil, quiet, gentle, collected, calm, composed, passionless. ANT. _Discontent, disturbed, distressed, anxious, distracted, perplexed, distrait; vehement, wild, passionate, impulsive, agitated, ruffled, excited, impassioned._ =Plain.= Artless, undisguised, sincere, frank, honest, ingenuous, candid, unembellished, simple, downright, blunt, distinct, apparent, manifest, open, clear, evident, visible, obvious, unmistakable, conspicuous, level, flat, smooth; easy, natural, homely, ugly; simple, frugal. ANT. _Unnatural, pretended, affected, assumed, feigned, artificial, insincere, vain, pretentious, conceited; ornate, ornamented, decorated, embellished; involved, obscure, hidden, invisible, inconspicuous, uneven, undulating, rugged, broken, ambiguous, abrupt, obstructed, uncertain, enigmatical, abstruse; beautiful, sophisticated, artful._ =Plant=, _v._ Seed, set, sow, seed down, set out. ANT. _Eradicate, uproot, extirpate, weed out, root up._ =Plausible.= Specious, seeming, pretending, fair-spoken, passable, pretentious, ostensible, apparent; colorable, feasible. ANT. _Genuine, transparent, true, sterling, veritable, unmistakable, authentic, sincere, unaffected._ =Plead.= Advocate, ask, beg, urge, argue, solicit, entreat, implore, press. ANT. _Grant, bestow, answer._ =Pleasant.= Kindly, obliging, attractive, pleasing, pleasurable, agreeable, kind, good-natured. ANT. _Disagreeable, gloomy, glum, harsh, hateful, repulsive, unpleasant, repellent, offensive, unkind, forbidding, dreary, arrogant, austere, grim, ill-natured, ill-humored, repelling._ =Pleasure.= Satisfaction, comfort, solace, joy, gladness, delight, will, choice, purpose, command, kindness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, self-indulgence, voluptuousness. ANT. _Suffering, affliction, pain, sorrow, sadness, distress, misery, compulsion, force, coercion; mourning, depression, dejection, melancholy, misfortune, poverty, want._ =Plenitude.= Fulness, abundance, completeness, plenty, repletion, plethora; luxury, affluence, exuberance, wealth, richness, profusion, amplitude, enough, supply, sufficiency. ANT. _Want, need, scarcity, scantiness, dearth, insufficiency, restriction, poverty, partiality, stint, reserve, narrowness, penury, impecuniosity._ =Plentiful.= Bountiful, generous, large, abundant, adequate, copious, enough, full, profuse, rich, sufficient, complete, exuberant, plenteous, replete, teeming, affluent, ample, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, overflowing, abounding. ANT. _Deficient, drained, impoverished, scanty, insufficient, small, sparing, stingy, straitened, poor, scant, exhausted, inadequate, mean, miserly, narrow, niggardly, scarce, short, scrimped._ =Plot.= Intrigue, conspiracy, cabal, contrivance, scheme, stratagem, project, combination, machination; story. ANT. _Blunder, botch; misarrangement, miscontrivance._ =Poet.= Bard, author of poems, singer, rimester, rimer, versifier. =Poetical.= Metrical, rhythmical, lyric, rimed, versified; imaginative, fictitious, creative. ANT. _Prosaic, unpoetical, unrimed, unversified, unrhythmic; commonplace, matter-of-fact, unimaginative, realistic; mathematical, historical._ =Poetry.= Meter, rime, numbers, poesy, song, verse, poem, metrical composition. ANT. _Prose, prosaic speech, prosaic writing._ =Poignant.= Pricking, piercing, sharp, pungent; pointed, keen, satirical. ANT. _Blunt, dull, obtuse, insipid, pointless, vapid, inexpressive._ =Poisonous.= Venomous, baneful, corrupting, noxious, pestilential, malignant, virulent, pestiferous, deleterious, mephitic. ANT. _Salubrious, wholesome, healthful, beneficial, sanative, genial, remedial, hygienic._ =Polite.= Courteous, civil, courtly, obliging, gracious, polished, accomplished, complaisant, cultivated, cultured, elegant, genteel, urbane, well-behaved, well-mannered, well-bred. ANT. _Awkward, clownish, unmannerly, uncouth, boorish, blunt, impertinent, brusk, bluff, impolite, insolent, coarse, ill-bred, ill-behaved, rude, rustic, impudent, ill-mannered, untutored, uncivil, untaught, discourteous, unpolished, insulting._ =Politeness.= Courtesy, civility, gentility, refinement, courtliness, elegance, urbanity, good breeding, decorum, complaisance, affability. ANT. _Rudeness, arrogance, incivility, churlishness, ungraciousness, insolence, sauciness, impertinence, effrontery, presumption._ =Poor.= Needy, indigent, destitute; lean, emaciated; feeble, dejected; shabby, mean; unfavorable, uncomfortable; barren; sterile; inadequate, insignificant, insufficient; meek. ANT. _Rich, wealthy, affluent, opulent; splendid, costly, valuable, estimable; fruitful, abundant, luxuriant, productive, prolific; copious, abounding, ample, well-supplied, comfortable, favorable; adequate, sufficient; important, significant, arrogant, self-assertive._ =Popular.= Cheap, common, ordinary, inferior; familiar, plain, easy, comprehensible; favorite, liked, approved, accepted, accredited; current, prevalent, general, prevailing; pertaining to the people, vulgar, plebeian; mediocre. ANT. _Unpopular, exclusive, aristocratic, snobbish; special, excellent, unique, superior, eminent; selfish, narrow, illiberal, uncharitable; sole, only, scientific, restricted, esoteric; odious, detested._ =Position.= Situation, station, assertion, place, posture, locality, site; attitude; state, condition, circumstances; principle, doctrine, proposition, dictum, affirmation, thesis; rank. =Positive.= Real, actual, absolute, explicit, definite, confident, certain, dogmatic; defined, precise, clear; veritable, substantial, true; indisputable, incontrovertible; indubitable; decisive, unconditional, imperative, unequivocal, settled, assured, express. ANT. _Negative, denying, indirect, disavowing, disclaiming, privative; relative; unreal, fictitious, imaginative, contingent, dependent, implied, conditional, dubious, unsubstantial, indefinite, equivocal._ =Possession.= Control, ownership, tenure, retention, management, occupation; (_pl._) property, estate, wealth, dominion. ANT. _Dispossession, resignation, surrender, abandoning, renouncing._ =Potent.= Powerful, mighty, puissant, strong, able, efficient, efficacious, forcible, cogent, influential, effective, active, energetic. ANT. _Impotent, powerless, weak, feeble, infirm; inefficient, incapable, incompetent, incapacitated._ =Potential.= Possible, implicit, undeveloped, virtual, immanent, inherent, intrinsic. ANT. _Actual, explicit, real, objective, developed, express, determinate, positive, clear, definite._ =Poverty.= Distress, beggary, indigence, destitution, pauperism, penury, privation, want, need, mendicancy. ANT. _Wealth, riches, affluence, luxury, comfort._ =Power.= Ability, competency, capacity, faculty, aptitude, dexterity, efficiency, might, talent, energy, skill, strength, readiness, capability, cleverness, expertness, efficacy, force, qualification, cogency, susceptibility. ANT. _Feebleness, weakness, helplessness, impotence, incompetence, inability, inaptitude, dulness, awkwardness, imbecility, incapacity, inefficiency, unskilfulness, maladroitness, stupidity._ =Practice=, _n._ Usage, habit, custom; performance, application, system; manner, method, mode, experience. ANT. _Theory, speculation, assumption, ideal, conjecture, abstraction._ =Practice=, _v._ Do, perform, exercise, carry out, execute; teach, train; habituate, try; apply, use; pursue. ANT. _Abandon, misuse, disuse, neglect, disregard, slight, omit, pass over._ =Praise=, _n._ Applause, approval, cheering, compliment, acclaim, adulation, acclamation, approbation, cheers, plaudit, eulogy, encomium, flattery, laudation, panegyric, sycophancy. ANT. _Abuse, blame, censure, contempt, reproach, ignominy, slander, scorn, obloquy, animadversion, condemnation, denunciation, disapprobation, disparagement, vituperation, reproof, disapproval, repudiation, hissing, vilification._ =Praise=, _v._ Laud, eulogize, celebrate, magnify, glorify; honor, commend; applaud, extol, compliment. ANT. _Decry, blame, censure, reprove, disparage, depreciate, discredit, traduce, condemn._ =Pray.= Ask, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, invoke, petition, supplicate, request, importune, bid, plead, call upon, conjure. =Precarious.= Doubtful, dubious, hazardous, perilous, risky, insecure, uncertain, unsettled, unsteady, unstable, unassured. ANT. _Firm, settled, stable, sure, certain, real, undoubted, unquestionable, actual, assured, immutable, incontestable, undeniable, infallible, strong, steady._ =Precaution.= Foresight, prudence, forethought, providence, wariness, care. ANT. _Thoughtlessness, improvidence, carelessness, imprudence._ =Precedent=, _n._ Example, antecedent, case, instance, pattern, authority, warrant. =Precept.= Commandment, law, injunction, mandate, rule, direction, principle, maxim; doctrine, dogma; order; instruction. ANT. _Hint, suggestion, allusion, insinuation, prompting, impulse, instigation._ =Precise.= Accurate, exact, correct, definite, scrupulous, punctilious, particular, nice, formal; explicit, terse. ANT. _Inaccurate, inexact, incorrect, heedless, careless, incautious, implicit, ambiguous, circumlocutory, loose, vague, informal, unceremonious._ =Predatory.= Plundering, pillaging, ravaging, rapacious, marauding. ANT. _Protecting, guarding, watching, keeping, sheltering, shielding, saving._ =Predestination.= Fate, necessity, foreknowledge, foreordination. ANT. _Choice, freedom, free will, independence, uncertainty, accident, chance, free agency._ =Prediction.= Prophecy, prognostication, foreboding, divination, augury, soothsaying, vaticination, foretelling, presage. ANT. _Reminiscence, recollection, report; history, narration, account._ =Preface.= Introduction, proem, preamble, prologue, exordium, prelude. ANT. _Sequel, postscript, appendix, peroration, epilogue, conclusion._ =Prefer.= Choose, elect, select, desire, pick out, fancy, single out, fix upon; elevate, advance, promote; offer, proffer, present, address. ANT. _Reject, discard, decline, refuse, repudiate; degrade, depress; postpone, defer, withhold._ =Prejudice.= Bias, partiality, unfairness, preconception, prepossession, presumption. ANT. _Certainty, evidence, proof, conviction, conclusion, demonstration, reason, reasoning._ =Preliminary.= Prior, introductory, preparatory, prefatory, proemial, previous, precedent, antecedent. ANT. _Subsequent, following, consequent, appended, succeeding._ =Premium.= Reward, remuneration, recompense, prize, bonus, bounty, guerdon, meed, bribe, douceur, enhancement, gratuity. ANT. _Penalty, fine, mulct, amercement, forfeiture, depredation, decline, fall, loss._ =Preposterous.= Irrational, foolish, monstrous, absurd, perverted, extravagant, ridiculous, exorbitant. ANT. _Reasonable, moderate, right, just, due, fair, judicious, mediocre, commonplace._ =Presence.= Person, personality, individuality, port, mien, appearance, nearness, immediacy; vicinity, neighborhood. ANT. _Absence, distance, remoteness, separation; society, world; temperament, character._ =Preservation.= Security, safety, maintenance, conservation, integrity, protection, care, guardianship, watch and ward, soundness. ANT. _Exposure, abandonment, impairment, peril, damage, injury._ =Presumption.= Assumption, arrogance, effrontery, audacity, assurance; presupposition, hypothesis, guess, conjecture, belief, opinion, judgment, understanding, concession, condition. ANT. _Modesty, deference, diffidence, bashfulness, hesitation; proof, deduction, demonstration, verification, certainty, fact._ =Pretend.= Claim, represent, allege, simulate, feign, profess; counterfeit. ANT. _Verify, substantiate, refute, detect, expose, unmask, test._ =Pretense.= Disguise, excuse, affectation, mask, show, pretension, semblance, wile, trick, subterfuge, simulation, ruse, assumption, pretext, seeming, dissimulation, air, cloak, color. ANT. _Candor, sincerity, ingenuousness, frankness, honesty, truth, openness, reality, simplicity, guilelessness, fact, actuality._ =Prevalence.= Success, superiority, predominance, preponderance; influence, force, power, strength, efficacy; universality, extension, acceptation, custom, operation. ANT. _Decay, desuetude, disappearance, evanescence, subordination, collapse, destruction, abolition, subsidence, subjection, diminution._ =Previous.= Antecedent, before, earlier, precedent, preliminary, introductory, prior, preceding, front, forward, former, foregoing, anterior. ANT. _After, concluding, following, consequent, later, posterior, latter, succeeding, subsequent, hindmost, hinder, hind._ =Price.= Expense, outlay, worth, expenditure, value, charge, cost. =Pride.= Arrogance, insolence, reserve, haughtiness, self-esteem, presumption, superciliousness, vanity, ostentation, conceit, self-respect, self-exaltation, disdain, vainglory, self-conceit, self-complacency. ANT. _Humility, lowliness, modesty, self-distrust, meekness, self-abasement._ =Primary.= First, fundamental, primitive, original, preparatory; chief, principal, pristine; elementary, leading. ANT. _Secondary, posterior, subsequent, later, following; unimportant, subordinate, inferior; supplemental, auxiliary._ =Prime=, _n._ Perfection, culmination, apex, zenith; dawn, opening, youth, spring, beginning; cream, flower. ANT. _Wane, winter, evening; decadence, decay._ =Primeval.= Immemorial, original, old, primal, patriarchal, native, primitive, pristine, uncreated, ancient, aboriginal, autochthonic, indigenous, prime, primary, primordial. ANT. _Foreign, fresh, late, modern, new, novel, recent, exotic, adventitious._ =Principal.= Highest, most important, chief, main; leading, foremost, preëminent, capital, essential; primary, first. ANT. _Subordinate, inferior, secondary, auxiliary, supplemental, minor, dependent, subservient, ancillary._ =Principle.= Source, cause, origin; faculty, endowment; postulate, truth, maxim, axiom; rule, law; element; doctrine, dogma, opinion; ground, motive, reason; integrity, rectitude, uprightness, probity, virtue, worth, honor. ANT. _Result, sequence, development, issue; application, action, operation, exercise, manifestation, exhibition; iniquity, immorality._ =Prize.= Trophy, honor, reward, premium, guerdon, palm, laurels; capture; gain, advantage; spoil, plunder, booty. ANT. _Loss, failure, fine, forfeiture; brand, stigma, infamy._ =Probation.= Examination, trial, ordeal, test, assay, proof, experiment. ANT. _License, irresponsibility, non-probation._ =Proclaim.= Publish, announce, declare, promulgate, herald, advertise, enunciate, utter, blaze abroad, report, make known. ANT. _Silence, repress, suppress, conceal, secrete; retract, recall._ =Prodigal=, _a._ Extravagant, profuse, lavish, bountiful, wasteful, squandering. ANT. _Economical, thrifty, saving, frugal; close, miserly, niggardly._ =Profession.= Avowal, declaration, claim; occupation, vocation, employment; law, theology, or medicine; assertion, acknowledgment; representation, pretense, protestation. ANT. _Denial, concealment, suppression; retraction, recantation, disavowal; leisure, fad, hobby, avocation; trade, business._ =Proficient.= Expert, adept, skilful, skilled, competent, conversant, qualified, practiced, accomplished, finished, trained. ANT. _Unskilled, inexpert, awkward, ignorant, backward, inconversant, incompetent, untrained, unpracticed, inept._ =Profit.= Gain, advantage, benefit, emolument, improvement, proceeds, utility, usefulness, returns, value, receipts, avail, expediency, good, service. ANT. _Damage, destruction, harm, hurt, loss, injury, waste, ruin, detriment, disadvantage._ =Profitable.= Lucrative, beneficial, useful, advantageous, productive, desirable, gainful, remunerative. ANT. _Useless, vain, fruitless, unproductive, unremunerative, unprofitable, undesirable, disadvantageous, detrimental, unbeneficial._ =Profound.= Deep, descending; thorough; fathomless, abysmal; mysterious, abstruse, occult, obscure, recondite; complete; penetrating, intimate, intense, philosophical. ANT. _Superficial, shallow, commonplace, external, slight, apparent, obvious, incomplete; surface._ =Progress.= Advance, advancement, attainment, increase, improvement, proficiency, progression, growth, development. ANT. _Delay, check, retrogression, stay, stop, stoppage, falling off, relapse, decline, falling back._ =Prohibit.= Forbid, hinder, inhibit, interdict, preclude, prevent, debar, disallow. ANT. _Allow, empower, let, license, order, require, sanction, authorize, command, direct, enjoin, permit, warrant, suffer, tolerate, put up with, give permission, give consent, consent to._ =Prolific.= Fertile, fruitful, productive, generating, teeming, active. ANT. _Barren, sterile, unproductive, unfruitful, effete._ =Prolix.= Long, diffuse, tiresome, prolonged, protracted; wordy, verbose, prosaic, rambling, discursive; tedious, wearisome. ANT. _Condensed, terse, concise, brief, laconic, curt, epigrammatic._ =Prominent.= Projecting, manifest, protuberant, conspicuous; eminent, distinguished, famous, celebrated, important, main, principal, leading, characteristic. ANT. _Receding, hollowed, concave, indented, engraved; insignificant, secondary, unimportant, minor, indistinguishable, indistinct, subordinate, inconspicuous, trivial, immaterial, unessential._ =Promote.= Encourage, forward, foster, push, advance, aid, assist, foment, excite, further, help, raise, urge forward, urge on, elevate, exalt. ANT. _Abase, allay; hinder, prevent, foil, frustrate._ =Prompt.= Ready, quick, agile, alert, brisk, nimble, expeditious; willing, hasty, inclined, disposed, responsive, unhesitating. ANT. _Dilatory, slow, tardy, lingering, loitering, inactive, sluggish, unready, unresponsive, procrastinating, behindhand, backward._ =Pronounce.= Deliver, speak, utter, articulate, enunciate; declare, affirm; propound, assert, express. ANT. _Mispronounce, gabble, mumble; silence, suppress; deny, retract._ =Propagate.= Increase, diffuse, disseminate, promote; spread, extend, generate, promulgate, circulate. ANT. _Strangle, stifle, extinguish, suppress, repress, check, hush up; contract, diminish, reduce; contradict, deny._ =Proper.= Own, individual, peculiar, particular; right, fit, decent; personal, constitutional, special, specific; suitable, appropriate, seemly, legitimate; decent, respectable. ANT. _Common, universal, general; unfitting, inappropriate, unsuitable, unseemly, indecent, wrong, improper, unbecoming, unbefitting._ =Propitiation.= Expiation, satisfaction, atonement, reconciliation. ANT. _Reprobation, retribution, vengeance, wrath, alienation, estrangement, curse, penalty, punishment, offense, condemnation, chastisement._ =Propitious.= Auspicious, kind, benign, gracious, friendly, benignant, clement, kindly, favorable, merciful. ANT. _Adverse, antagonistic, hostile, repellent, unfriendly, unpropitious, unfavorable, ill-disposed, forbidding, inauspicious._ =Proportion.= Ratio, symmetry, relation, harmony, share, lot; equality, similarity; adjustment, distribution; arrangement, adaptation. ANT. _Disproportion, disparity, disorder, incongruity, discrepancy, absurdity, contrariety._ =Proposal.= Bid, offer, overture, proposition. ANT. _Acceptance, denial, refusal, rejection, repulse, disapproval._ =Proposition.= Proposal, statement, offer, declaration; overture, suggestion, proffer, tender; position, thesis, dictum, assertion, affirmation, doctrine. ANT. _Withdrawal, recantation, abjuration, disavowal, revocation._ =Prosperity.= Thrift, weal, welfare, happiness, well-being, success, good fortune. ANT. _Woe, misfortune, ill luck, failure, adversity, calamity, reverses, affliction, distress, disaster, misery._ =Protest=, _v._ Assert, aver, attest, testify; affirm, declare; asseverate, avow, profess; expostulate, remonstrate, repudiate, deprecate, denounce. ANT. _Retract, withdraw, abjure, revoke; coincide, sanction, agree, endorse, subscribe, acquiesce._ =Protract.= Defer, continue, delay, extend, elongate, lengthen, procrastinate, postpone, prolong, draw out. ANT. _Abbreviate, contract, conclude, hasten, hurry, reduce, shorten, abridge, curtail, limit._ =Proud.= Arrogant, haughty, presumptuous, lordly; worthy, admirable, grand, splendid, magnificent, ostentatious; lofty, supercilious, imperious, boastful, elated, imposing, vainglorious. ANT. _Humble, unassuming, unobtrusive, meek, lowly, mild, submissive, unpretending, deferential, affable, unpresuming, mean._ =Proverb.= Axiom, byword, dictum, adage, aphorism, maxim, motto, precept, truism, saying, saw, apothegm. =Provide.= Prepare, supply, afford, contribute, furnish; engage, bargain, agree; stipulate; procure. ANT. _Neglect, withhold, refuse, mismanage, appropriate, overlook; divert, alienate, misuse; fail, disappoint._ =Provocation.= Vexation, incitement, stimulus, incentive; affront, insult, offense, indignity. ANT. _Pacification, mitigation, assuagement; deference, compliment, homage, honor, respect._ =Prowess.= Heroism, valor, gallantry, bravery, courage, intrepidity. ANT. _Fear, effeminacy, timidity, cowardice, cowardliness, pusillanimity._ =Prudence.= Discretion, frugality, forethought, judgment, judiciousness, providence, care, caution, foresight, wisdom, consideration, carefulness, circumspection. ANT. _Folly, heedlessness, prodigality, recklessness, indiscretion, wastefulness, improvidence, imprudence, thoughtlessness, rashness._ =Prudent.= Cautious, considerate, judicious, provident; circumspect, sagacious, wise, discreet; frugal, economical, thrifty. ANT. _Reckless, inconsiderate, improvident, wasteful, extravagant, lavish, prodigal; indiscreet, unwise; foolish, rash, imprudent, audacious._ =Public.= Common, general, popular, social, open; notorious. ANT. _Private, individual, secret, domestic, secluded, close, personal._ =Punctilious.= Exact, particular, precise, careful, nice, scrupulous, conscientious; punctual, ceremonious. ANT. _Careless, slovenly, unscrupulous; informal, unceremonious._ =Puny.= Small, feeble, inferior, petty; weak, diminutive, undeveloped, dwarfed, stunted, undersized, tiny. ANT. _Large, great, robust, developed, fine, vigorous; colossal, gigantic._ =Pupil.= Learner, disciple, student, novice, ward, tyro. ANT. _Teacher, master, proficient, scholar, adept; guardian._ =Purchase=, _v._ Buy, obtain, procure, secure, acquire, bargain for, barter for, get. ANT. _Exchange, sell, barter, dispose of, put to sale._ =Pure.= Innocent, unsullied, spotless, unspotted, stainless, true, guiltless, incorrupt, clean, genuine, chaste, guileless, classic, classical, holy, immaculate, virtuous, real, sheer, mere, simple, unmixed, unpolluted, unadulterated, unmingled, undefiled, unblemished, uncorrupted, unstained, untainted, untarnished, upright, perfect. ANT. _Impure, indecent, polluted, foul, tainted, unchaste, immodest, lewd, obscene, indelicate, defiled, dirty, filthy, gross, mixed, stained, sullied, unclean, tarnished, adulterated._ =Purpose=, _n._ Design, end, intention, aim, scope, meaning, object, plan, intention, purport, effect, project. ANT. _Lot, chance, accident, haphazard, casualty, fate._ =Put.= Deposit, place, set, lay; cause, produce, propose, state; attach, attribute, assign; assume, suppose; entice, constrain. ANT. _Remove, raise, withdraw, displace, transpose, transfer, change._ =Putrid.= Decayed, decomposed, rotten, stinking, putrefied, foul, offensive. ANT. _Clean, sweet, wholesome, fragrant, pure, healthful, fresh._ Q =Quaint.= Odd, antique; curious, fanciful, affected, whimsical; archaic, singular, unusual; antiquated, extraordinary, droll. ANT. _Commonplace, usual, ordinary, common; fashionable, modish, modern._ =Quality.= Property, peculiarity, sort, disposition, temper; character, attribute, rank, part, position; characteristic; acquisition; nature, trait, mood, condition, station, capacity, tendency. ANT. _Negation, heterogeneity, anomalousness, lack of distinction, nondescript, weakness, ineffectiveness, incapacity, disqualification._ =Quantity.= Greatness, measure, amount, bulk, extent, size, aggregate, length, duration, content, comprehensiveness. ANT. _Scantiness, want, deficiency, margin, deterioration, diminution, waste, wear, loss._ =Queer.= Curious, bizarre, droll, comical, odd, peculiar, quaint, strange, uncommon, unusual, whimsical, singular, ridiculous, anomalous, fantastic, funny, erratic, extraordinary, ludicrous, grotesque, laughable, preposterous, unique, unmatched, eccentric, crotchety. ANT. _Common, customary, normal, ordinary, usual, regular, familiar, natural._ =Querimonious=, =Querulous=. Lamenting, complaining, whining, bewailing, mourning, murmuring, discontented, dissatisfied, malcontent. ANT. _Contented, easy, uncomplaining, satisfied, complacent, cheerful, genial, good-tempered._ =Query=, =Question=, _n._ Inquiry, doubt; point, topic, subject; dispute, discussion, debate; investigation, examination; experimentation, scrutiny, interrogation. ANT. _Solution, explanation, answer, reply, response; concession, admission._ =Question=, _v._ Ask, interrogate, catechize, doubt, controvert, dispute; examine, converse with; call in question; inquire, investigate, query, dubitate. ANT. _Answer, reply, satisfy, respond._ =Quick.= Speedy, expeditious, active, rapid, nimble, fleet, alert, lively, sprightly; alive, living, animate; agile, brisk, ready; hasty, swift; impatient, eager, passionate; fresh, bracing, keen, sharp; sensitive, perceptive, intelligent. ANT. _Slow, tardy, inactive, inert, sluggish, dull, insensitive, deliberate, gradual, moderate, late, unready, dilatory, slack, unresponsive, lingering, heavy, stupid, wearisome._ =Quicken.= Hasten, hurry, accelerate, despatch, drive, expedite, facilitate, further, speed, urge, promote, advance, make haste, press forward. ANT. _Hinder, impede, check, obstruct, retard, clog, delay._ =Quiet=, _n._ Rest, repose, tranquillity, silence, calm, peace, stillness. ANT. _Tumult, noise, shouting, action, commotion, activity, storm; unrest, excitement, agitation, disturbance, turmoil._ =Quiet=, _a._ Tranquil, unruffled, smooth, unmolested, peaceful, undisturbed, peaceable, calm, patient, contented, hushed, still, placid; gentle, mild, undemonstrative, meek. ANT. _Turbulent, tumultuous, uproarious, disturbed, agitated, wild, excited, violent, uneasy, boisterous, restless, confused, noisy._ =Quote.= Cite, recite, plagiarize, repeat, excerpt, extract, paraphrase. ANT. _Suppress, ignore, disdain, omit._ R =Rabble.= Mob, crowd, people, populace; herd, the masses, multitudes, commonalty; scum, dregs. ANT. _Aristocracy, nobility, élite, galaxy._ =Racy.= Lively, piquant, pungent, spicy, spirited, forcible, flavorous, rich. ANT. _Flat, cold, flavorless, insipid, stale, stupid, tasteless, dull, prosy, vapid._ =Radiant.= Lustrous, brilliant, splendid, gorgeous, glittering, glaring, radiating, beaming, resplendent, shining, sparkling, luminous, effulgent, glorious. ANT. _Dull, dark, somber, murky, lusterless, non-luminous, sunless, shadowy, lurid, cloudy, gloomy, obscure, overcast, ebon, black._ =Radical.= Fundamental, innate, essential, native, natural, original, organic, primitive; entire, complete, extreme, thorough, positive, perfect, thorough-going, total; ingrained, constitutional. ANT. _Superficial, tentative, trial; inadequate, incomplete, moderate, partial, palliative, slight; conservative._ =Raise.= Lift, elevate, heave; exalt, advance, enhance; increase, excite, aggravate, intensify, heighten, set upright; awaken, arouse, originate, produce, effect, cause; build, erect; levy, collect; propagate, breed, rear; bring up, incite, start; utter, summon; cultivate. ANT. _Depress, lower, drop, sink, let down; degrade, disgrace; debase, humble, reduce; lessen, diminish, decrease._ =Ramble.= Rove, roam, wander, range, stroll, saunter, straggle, stray. ANT. _Speed, hasten, drive, run, proceed, rush, hurry._ =Random=, _a._ Chance, haphazard, fortuitous, casual, wandering, stray, wild, aimless, purposeless, unpremeditated, accidental, vague. ANT. _Aimed, intended, controlled, purposed, deliberate, designed, intentional, regular, systematic, planned._ =Ransom=, _v._ Redeem, liberate, rescue, deliver, release, emancipate, indemnify. ANT. _Hold for ransom, kidnap, imprison, hold as hostage, indict, fine, mulct, prosecute._ =Rapid.= Swift, quick, fast, fleet, hasty, brisk, expeditious, hurried. ANT. _Slow, deliberate, cumbrous, lazy, retarded, moderate, gradual, dilatory, lingering, tardy._ =Rapidity.= Rapidness, haste, celerity, speed, velocity, agility, swiftness, fleetness, quickness, despatch. ANT. _Slowness, dilatoriness, tardiness, delay, deliberateness, moderation._ =Rare.= Curious, extraordinary, incomparable, odd, peculiar, remarkable, precious, scarce, singular, strange, uncommon, unusual, unprecedented, unique, unparalleled, infrequent. ANT. _General, usual, normal._ =Rash.= Precipitate, headlong, indiscreet, foolhardy, hasty, heedless, thoughtless, incautious, careless, inconsiderate, unwary. ANT. _Cautious, wary, discreet, thoughtful, prudent, calculating; timid, hesitating, reluctant._ =Rational.= Sane, sound, intelligent, reasonable, sensible, wise, discreet, judicious; reasoning, intellectual; sagacious, equitable, enlightened. ANT. _Irrational, insane, unsound, foolish, absurd, injudicious, unreasonable, preposterous, unintelligent, extravagant._ =Raw.= Unprepared, uncooked, immature, unripe, unseasoned, inexperienced, unpracticed, untried, unwrought, unfinished; bare, galled; chilly, bleak. ANT. _Cooked, dressed, prepared, developed, mature, ripe, mellow, seasoned, practiced, experienced, tried, tested, expert, habituated, familiar, trained; healed; genial, balmy._ =Reach.= Attain, arrive, get to, enter, land, come to, gain. ANT. _Depart, leave, set out, weigh anchor, embark, start, go, go away, set sail._ =Ready.= Prompt, expeditious, speedy, unhesitating, dexterous, apt, skilled, handy, expert, facile, easy, opportune, fitted, prepared, disposed, free, willing, cheerful. ANT. _Tardy, slow, inexpeditious, hesitating, clumsy, inept, unskilled, inexpert, hard, difficult, inopportune, unfit, ill-prepared, unwilling, reluctant, unresponsive, unaccommodating._ =Real.= Actual, veritable, genuine, demonstrable, substantial, authentic, certain; developed, essential, positive; true, unquestionable. ANT. _Illusory, imaginary, unreal, untrue, supposititious, fictitious, hypothetical, fabulous, fanciful, conceived, supposed, feigned, reported, visionary, theoretical._ =Reality.= Verity, actuality, substance, truth, genuineness, authenticity, fact, substantiality, existence. ANT. _Fiction, falsehood, untruth, myth, imagination, fabrication, fancy, supposition, unreality, chimera, vision, hypothesis, hollowness._ =Realm.= Domain, kingdom, region, province, country, department, empire, state; jurisdiction, sovereignty, dominion. ANT. _Anarchy, insurrection; independence; democracy._ =Rear.= Lift, elevate, erect, raise, build, establish, exalt, foster, construct, breed, educate, instruct, train, discipline, cherish. ANT. _Tear down, degrade, undermine, depress, overthrow; destroy, kill, demolish, subvert, stifle, extinguish._ =Reason=, _n._ Cause, ground, aim, motive, account, argument, design, consideration, end, object, purpose, principle. ANT. _Pretext, pretense, falsification; unreason, unreasonableness, irrationality, absurdity, fallacy._ =Reason=, _v._ Debate, demonstrate, argue, contend, discuss, prove, establish, question, controvert, wrangle, dispute. ANT. _Quibble, pervert, equivocate, evade, mystify; cavil, refine; misrepresent; dictate, assert._ =Reasoning.= Argument, argumentation, debate, ratiocination. ANT. _Sophistry, instinct, intuition, presentiment._ =Rebellious.= Intractable, refractory, seditious, unmanageable, contumacious, disobedient, insubordinate, mutinous, ungovernable, uncontrollable. ANT. _Deferential, compliant, docile, manageable, obedient, submissive, subservient, yielding, tractable, gentle, controllable, dutiful._ =Recant.= Retract, revoke, recall, abjure, disown, disavow, renounce. ANT. _Profess, confess, assert, declare, enunciate, maintain, hold; vindicate._ =Reception.= Admission, receipt; entertainment; acceptance, credence; welcome. ANT. _Rejection, dismissal, repudiation, denial, protest, renunciation, disavowal._ =Recite.= Describe, recapitulate, detail, number; repeat, deliver, rehearse; relate, narrate, recount; quote; count, enumerate, tell. ANT. _Misquote, garble, falsify, misrepresent, pervert; forget, fail._ =Reckless.= Mindless, negligent, thoughtless, regardless, unconcerned, inattentive, remiss, improvident, rash, inconsiderate. ANT. _Circumspect, careful, wary, thoughtful, mindful, attentive, considerate, provident, prudent, calculating._ =Recognize.= Acknowledge, confess, own, allow, concede, identify, avow. ANT. _Overlook, repudiate, disown, ignore, disavow, disclaim._ =Reconcile.= Placate, propitiate, pacify, appease; conciliate, reunite, content, harmonize; adjust, settle, compose. ANT. _Separate, sever, alienate, estrange, disaffect._ =Reconciliation.= Reconcilement, reunion, pacification, appeasement, propitiation, atonement, expiation; adjustment, restoration, harmony. ANT. _Separation, estrangement, alienation, disaffection._ =Record.= Account, entry, enrolment, catalogue, enumeration, inventory, register, roll; archive, chronicle, document, history, inscription, instrument, memorandum, memorial, muniment, schedule, scroll. =Recover.= Cure, heal, retrieve, restore; be cured or healed, recruit, recuperate, resume; reanimate, repossess. ANT. _Relapse, sink, die, fail, grow worse._ =Recovery.= Repossession, resumption; recruiting, healing, restoration; regaining, recuperation, convalescence, retrieval, redemption, resuscitation, revival; vindication, reinstatement, reëstablishment. ANT. _Loss, forfeiture, privation, damage, ruin, destruction, waste; illness, relapse, declension, incurableness, hopelessness._ =Recreation.= Sport, amusement, diversion, refreshment, reanimation; holiday, pastime, relaxation. ANT. _Toil, labor, work, industry, employment, fatigue, weariness, lassitude, exhaustion._ =Rectitude.= Justice, honesty, uprightness, fairness, integrity, straightforwardness, conscientiousness, equity. ANT. _Iniquity, wrong, injustice, immorality, corruption, dishonesty, duplicity, underhandedness._ =Redemption.= Ransom, release, rescue, retrieval, recovery, deliverance, liberation, salvation; discharge, fulfilment; atonement, compensation. ANT. _Abandonment, forfeiture, sacrifice, betrayal, deprivation, desertion._ =Reduce.= Lessen, decrease, curtail, abate, shorten, impair, lower, subjugate, subject; diminish, attenuate, abridge, contract; subdue. ANT. _Magnify, augment, expand, amplify, exalt, raise, invigorate, promote, restore, repair, renovate, transform._ =Redundant.= Exuberant, superabundant, overflowing, pleonastic; superfluous, excessive, copious, plentiful; unnecessary. ANT. _Requisite, necessary, sufficient, enough; scanty, deficient, scarce, wanting, lacking, incomplete, inadequate, insufficient._ =Refinement.= Culture, elegance, cultivation, civilization, politeness. ANT. _Coarseness, grossness, rudeness, rusticity, barbarism, boorishness, brutality, clownishness, savagery, vulgarity._ =Reflect.= Consider, think, cogitate, meditate, contemplate, ruminate, ponder, muse; animadvert. ANT. _Idle, dream, imagine, fancy, wander, rove; disregard, neglect._ =Reform=, _v._ Amend, correct, rectify, emend, repair, better, improve, restore, reclaim, mend; remodel. ANT. _Corrupt, impair, vitiate, deteriorate, deform; spoil, deprave, pollute, defile, injure, contaminate._ =Refuge.= Shelter, asylum, retreat, covert; protection, sanctuary, stronghold, defense; hiding-place, harbor. ANT. _Exposure, peril, snare, menace, pitfall, danger, threat._ =Regard=, _v._ Consider, observe, remark, heed, mind, respect, esteem, estimate, value; attend, notice; contemplate; revere, reverence. ANT. _Overlook, disregard, miss, neglect, omit; misprize; dislike, hate, loathe; contemn._ =Regret=, _n._ Grief, concern, sorrow, lamentation, repentance, penitence, self-condemnation; compunction, remorse, contrition. ANT. _Joy, exultation, happiness, delight, self-gratulation, approbation; praise, commendation; felicitation._ =Regular.= Orderly, methodical; conformable, agreeing; governed, subject; normal; constituted, selected; customary, systematic, stated, established, periodical, recognized, formal, recurrent, certain. ANT. _Unusual, exceptional, rare, irregular, abnormal, eccentric, capricious, variable, uncertain, erratic._ =Regulation.= Rule, method, principle, precept; adjustment, disposal; arrangement, ordering, disposition, government, control. ANT. _Disorder, anarchy, license, misgovernment, misrule, non-regulation, caprice, maladjustment, derangement._ =Rehearse.= Recapitulate, detail, recount, describe, tell; narrate, repeat, recite, relate; practice. ANT. _Misrepresent; act, perform, play._ =Rejoice.= Delight, joy, exult, triumph, please, cheer, exhilarate, gladden, transport, charm, enliven, gratify, make happy. ANT. _Mourn, grieve, weep, lament, pain, distress, defeat, sadden, deaden, vex, annoy, oppress, afflict, trouble, depress, burden, deject._ =Relation.= Recital, rehearsal, account, narration, tale, narrative, detail, description; kindred, affinity, consanguinity, kinsman, kinswoman; connection, association, pertinency, relevancy, agreement. ANT. _Action, happening, occurrence; alien, stranger, foreigner; absoluteness, disagreement, dissociation, disconnection, irrelevancy._ =Release=, _v._ Discharge, extricate, disengage, quit, acquit; free, loose, liberate; exempt, indemnify; deliver, remit. ANT. _Hold, bind, constrain, confine, fetter, shackle, fine, imprison, sentence, condemn._ =Relief.= Alleviation, mitigation, aid, help, succor, assistance, redress, remedy, indemnification; exemption, deliverance, refreshment, support, comfort. ANT. _Oppression, persecution, aggravation, severity, cruelty; weariness, discomfort, exhaustion._ =Religion.= Devotion, faith, piety, righteousness, holiness, morality, godliness, pietism, worship, theology. ANT. _Irreligion, atheism, unbelief, blasphemy, impiety, godlessness, profanity, sacrilege, ungodliness, wickedness._ =Relinquish.= Resign, leave, quit, forsake, abandon, renounce, desert, forbear, forego; surrender, discontinue. ANT. _Retain, hold, keep, detain, preserve, support, cling to, sustain, maintain; continue, be constant to, persevere, persist._ =Reluctant.= Loath, slow, disinclined, indisposed, averse, backward, opposed, unwilling. ANT. _Eager, favorable, willing, inclined, desirous, disposed._ =Remain.= Wait, tarry, rest, sojourn, last, dwell; stay, abide, continue, endure; survive, outlive. ANT. _Leave, abandon, depart, remove, go, disappear, flit; die, pass._ =Remark.= Comment, note, observation, utterance, annotation. =Remarkable.= Observable, rare, noticeable, extraordinary, unusual, strange, wonderful, notable, eminent; distinguished, famous, prominent, conspicuous; singular, peculiar, individual. ANT. _Ordinary, usual, commonplace, mediocre, everyday, common, general._ =Remembrance.= Memory, recollection, reminiscence; memento, souvenir, memorandum, memorial, token. ANT. _Oblivion, forgetfulness._ =Reminiscence.= Memory, recollection, remembrance; remnant, relic, trace. ANT. _Oblivion, forgetfulness; announcement, warning, suggestion, prognostic._ =Remote.= Removed, far, distant; irrelevant, not related; foreign, indirect, unconnected, alien, unallied; separate, abstract. ANT. _Near, close, direct, related, connected, contiguous, immediate; present, pressing, urgent; proximate; essential, important._ =Rend.= Burst, break, rip, sever, mangle, rupture, sunder, tear, lacerate, rive, slit. ANT. _Mend, reunite, secure, unite, weld, heal, join, solder, sew, stitch._ =Render.= Return, pay back, restore; requite; give up, yield, surrender; furnish, contribute, deliver; translate, interpret, set forth, exhibit, try out; apportion, give, present, assign. ANT. _Keep, withhold, appropriate, retain, refuse, use, apply, employ; alienate, misapportion._ =Renounce.= Abandon, abjure, deny, disavow, disown, forswear, disclaim, retract, repudiate, revoke, recall, refuse, reject, discard, recant. ANT. _Advocate, avow, claim, assert, defend, hold, proclaim, own, acknowledge, cherish, retain, uphold, vindicate, maintain._ =Renown.= Fame, distinction, notice, repute, name, reputation, celebrity, honor, glory, eminence. ANT. _Disgrace, shame, dishonor, disrepute, discredit, degradation, taint, stain, brand._ =Renunciation.= Denial, disownment, renouncement, disclaimer, rejection, abjuration, recantation, abandonment. ANT. _Maintenance, support, vindication, assertion, defense, apology, justification._ =Repeat.= Reiterate, renew, relate, recapitulate, recite, reproduce, rehearse, renovate. ANT. _Discontinue, drop, end, finish, stop, cease, break off, interrupt._ =Repentance.= Penitence, regret, remorse, sorrow, compunction, contrition, self-condemnation, contriteness. ANT. _Impenitence, obstinacy, obduracy; comfort, complacency, approval, hardness, content, self-approval, self-complacency, self-congratulation; stubbornness._ =Repletion.= Fulness, superabundance, plethora, abundance, amplitude, sufficiency, enough. ANT. _Scarcity, want, lack, insufficiency, need._ =Reply.= Answer, respond, rejoin, replicate. ANT. _Question, query, ask, inquire; disregard, pass, drop, ignore._ =Report.= Account, description, narration, narrative, recital, rehearsal, relation, record, tale, rumor, statement, story. ANT. _Allegory, fabrication, fiction._ =Repose=, _n._ Rest, recumbency, reclination, ease, quiet, quietness, tranquillity, peace; calmness, quiescence. ANT. _Unrest, agitation, tumult, movement, restlessness, turmoil, commotion, distraction._ =Represent.= Present anew, portray, typify, delineate; personate, act; perform; depict, describe, show, exhibit. ANT. _Misrepresent; falsify, caricature, distort._ =Reproach=, _n._ Disrepute, opprobrium, discredit, dishonor, invective, contumely, reviling, vilification, abuse, scurrility, insolence, insult, scorn, contempt, ignominy, shame, scandal, disgrace, infamy. ANT. _Approbation, satisfaction, praise, encouragement, exaltation, commendation, honor, applause, eulogy, assent, acceptance, approval._ =Reproach=, _v._ Chide, rebuke, revile, condemn, vilify; blame, censure, taunt, upbraid, reprove. ANT. _Praise, approve, commend, laud, applaud, eulogize._ =Reproof.= Comment, criticism, disapproval, chiding, reproach, upbraiding, reproval, admonition, animadversion; censure, blame, condemnation, denunciation, objurgation, reprehension, rebuke, reprimand; reflection, check. ANT. _Commendation, panegyric, approbation, applause, approval, encomium, praise, eulogy._ =Reprove.= Admonish, blame, reproach, censure, condemn, reprimand, warn, upbraid, chide, check, chasten, find fault with, expostulate with, rebuke, reprehend, remonstrate with, take to task. ANT. _Abet, applaud, encourage, cheer, countenance, incite, urge on, impel, instigate, approve._ =Repugnant.= Opposite, opposed, adverse, contrary, inconsistent, irreconcilable, hostile, inimical; incompatible, loath; heterogeneous. ANT. _Harmonious, friendly, amicable, willing, consistent, compatible, congruous; homogeneous._ =Reputable.= Honorable, respectable, estimable, creditable. ANT. _Disreputable, disgraceful, dishonorable, discreditable, despicable._ =Requite.= Avenge, pay off, quit, punish, retaliate, revenge; satisfy, settle with, reward, return, repay, remunerate, recompense, compensate, reciprocate. ANT. _Absolve, acquit, forgive, excuse, neglect, pardon, slight, forget, overlook, pass over._ =Research.= Inquiry, scrutiny, examination, experimentation, exploration, discovery, investigation, study, observation. ANT. _Ignorance, oversight, inobservance; shallowness, superficiality, sciolism._ =Reserve=, _n._ Reservation, retention, limitation, backwardness, coldness, shyness, coyness, modesty; taciturnity, restraint, repression, constraint. ANT. _Profuseness, prodigality, diffusion; affability, geniality, cordiality, abandonment, surrender, openness, frankness, transparency, indiscretion, volubility._ =Resignation.= Relinquishment, forsaking, abandonment, abdication, renunciation, endurance; patience, long-suffering, forbearance; acquiescence, submission. ANT. _Maintenance, grasp, resistance, retention, rebellion, remonstrance, contention, reservation, holding, keeping, retaining, detention; murmuring, dissatisfaction, discontent, protestation._ =Resolute.= Determined, decided, fixed, steadfast, constant, persevering, firm, bold, unshaken, steady; undaunted, unflinching, stout-hearted. ANT. _Irresolute, timid, hesitating, doubtful, wavering, vacillating, capricious, variable, weak, undetermined, undecided._ =Resources.= Expedient, means, resort, contrivance; supplies, devices, money, wealth, appliances, funds. ANT. _Destitution, poverty, indigence, bareness, want, exhaustion, inanition, lack, drain._ =Respectable.= Estimable, honorable, worthy, considerable, reputable, honest; passable. ANT. _Unworthy, bad, mean, dishonorable, dishonest, paltry, inconsiderable._ =Resplendent.= Brilliant, splendid, glorious, luminous, effulgent, gorgeous, shining, glittering, burnished. ANT. _Dull, tarnished, lusterless, somber, dimmed, sullied._ =Rest.= Pause, peace, quiet, stillness, tranquillity, intermission, cessation, ease, calm, peacefulness, calmness, quiescence, stop, repose, quietude, quietness, recreation, sleep, slumber. ANT. _Agitation, commotion, disturbance, excitement, restlessness, strain, stir, tumult, work, unrest, toil, disquiet, motion, movement, rush._ =Restive.= Restless, restiff, fidgety, fretful, fractious, refractory, intractable, impatient, rebellious, skittish; resentful, recalcitrant, balky, vicious, unruly, stubborn, mulish, mutinous, obstinate. ANT. _Docile, gentle, submissive, passive, quiet, tractable, yielding, obedient, manageable, peaceable._ =Restore.= Return, replace, refund, repay, reinstate, rebuild, repair, revive, heal, cure, recover. ANT. _Remove, steal, appropriate, abstract, destroy, shatter, injure, dilapidate, impair; deprive; wound, harm._ =Restrain.= Constrain, hold in, check, repress, circumscribe, confine, curb, hinder, hold, hold back, restrict, suppress, withhold, bridle, abridge, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep under. ANT. _Let loose, set free, release, arouse, aid, emancipate, animate, incite, excite, encourage, free, impel._ =Result.= Consequence, issue, conclusion, effect; end, event, termination, product, outcome; inference, deduction; resolution, determination. ANT. _Cause, beginning, commencement, rise, origin, antecedent, prognostic, initiation, premonition, indication._ =Retinue.= Attendants, suite, followers, train, retainers, satellites, escort, cortège. ANT. _Solitariness, non-attendance._ =Retirement.= Privacy, solitude, loneliness, seclusion. ANT. _Company, converse, society, fellowship, companionship, association._ =Retribution.= Requital, retaliation, payment, recompense; repayment, compensation, reward, return; penalty, punishment, visitation. ANT. _Remission, reprieve; pardon, condonation, sparing._ =Retrospect.= Review, survey, reconsideration, reëxamination; recollection, reminiscence, memory. ANT. _Prospect, prophecy, anticipation, forecasting, prognostication, speculation._ =Return=, _v._ Turn back, come back; reply, respond; answer; restore, recompense, remit, render; reappear, recur; revert, retaliate. ANT. _Depart, vanish, disappear, remove; retain, misappropriate; withhold._ =Revelation.= Disclosure, manifestation, apocalypse. ANT. _Concealment, shrouding, veiling, mystery, obscuration, cloud, cloudiness, hiding._ =Revenge.= Retaliation, retribution, vengeance, avenging, requital. ANT. _Mercy, pardon, reconciliation, pity, compassion, excuse, grace, forgiveness._ =Revenue.= Income; taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, receipts; produce, return, wealth, proceeds. ANT. _Outgo, waste, expenditure, expense, deductions, impoverishment._ =Reverse=, _n._ Contrary, opposite, counterpart; change, vicissitude; inversion, counter-position; derangement, alteration; rear, back; misfortune, defeat. ANT. _Obverse, front; order, arrangement, version, position, location; continuance, perpetuation, identity, stability, regularity, uniformity._ =Revive.= Reanimate, reinvigorate; restore, raise, recover, renew, recall; awake, revivify, resuscitate. ANT. _Kill, destroy, extinguish, discourage; decline, die, droop._ =Revolution.= Lawlessness, insurrection, revolt, riot, sedition, anarchy, insubordination, rebellion, mutiny, confusion, disorder, tumult, disintegration. ANT. _Government, submission, obedience, authority, control, command, dominion, domination, law, empire, rule, sovereignty, loyalty, supremacy, order._ =Revolve.= Roll, rotate, turn. ANT. _Bind, grind, stand, slide, slip, stick, chafe._ =Reward=, _n._ Recompense, compensation, remuneration, pay, requital, retribution, punishment. =Rich.= Wealthy, opulent, affluent, supplied, abounding; abundant, copious, bountiful; fertile, productive; valued, sumptuous, precious, costly; high-seasoned; luscious; vivid. ANT. _Poor, indigent, needy, impoverished, destitute, impecunious, penniless; lacking, scanty, scarce, meager; barren, sterile; trivial, worthless, unproductive, fruitless, paltry, valueless; dull, tame, dry._ =Riches.= Opulence, wealth, affluence, richness, plenty, abundance. ANT. _Poverty, want, indigence, scarcity, need, lack, impecuniosity._ =Riddle.= Conundrum, paradox, problem, puzzle, enigma. ANT. _Axiom, answer, explanation, solution, proposition._ =Ridicule.= Derision, raillery, banter, burlesque, irony, satire, mocking, sarcasm, gibe, jeer, sneer. ANT. _Respect, homage, veneration, deference, honor._ =Right=, _n._ Claim, liberty, prerogative, license, privilege, exemption, franchise, immunity, duty, justice, uprightness, integrity; title, ownership; interest; rectitude, correctness, power; propriety, fitness, suitableness. ANT. _Wrong, falsehood, incorrectness, perverseness; liability, illegitimacy, non-legality, usurpation, injustice, impropriety, unfitness, encroachment, force, violence._ =Righteous.= Holy, uncorrupt, honest, equitable, rightful, upright, virtuous, just, good, conscientious. ANT. _Unholy, corrupt, dishonest, unjust, wicked, evil, unscrupulous, vicious, false, unprincipled, profligate._ =Ripe.= Mature, complete, finished; perfect, developed, full-grown; fit, consummate; prepared; full, seasoned, mellow. ANT. _Raw, unripe, crude, fresh, green, unseasoned, unprepared._ =Rise=, _v._ Arise, issue, flow, proceed, spring, ascend, emanate. ANT. _Descend, drop, fall, go down, set, settle, sink, decline._ =Rival=, _v._ Emulate, antagonize, compete with, contend, strive, oppose, equal. ANT. _Surrender, yield, defer, retire._ =Robber.= Brigand, marauder, pirate, plunderer, thief, burglar, bandit, highwayman, footpad, despoiler, depredator, raider, buccaneer, forager, freebooter. =Robust.= Strong, lusty, sinewy, muscular, hale, hearty, vigorous, forceful; healthy, sturdy, sound; violent, rude, rough. ANT. _Puny, weak, delicate, frail, sickly, emaciated, thin, slender, gentle, mild, considerate, tender._ =Romantic.= Sentimental, fanciful, fantastic, fictitious, wild, extravagant, chimerical. ANT. _Unromantic, truthful, unvarnished, unadorned, veritable, actual, real, realistic, reasonable._ =Root.= Radix, radicle, stock, origin, foundation, base, source, stem, parent, commencement, beginning, radical, bottom. ANT. _Branch, ramification, product, issue, progeny, superstructure._ =Rough.= Uneven, uncut, boisterous, unpolished; coarse, disordered, shaggy, ragged; rude, uncivil, harsh; loud, offensive; tempestuous, stormy; rugged, knotty, craggy, gruff; incomplete; uncourteous, churlish, blunt. ANT. _Smooth, plain, level, polished, flat, glossy, sleek, soft, mild, quiet, refined, tender, gentle; balmy, zephyrlike._ =Routine.= Practice, custom, procedure, round, course, wont, order; gradation, rotation, sequence, tenor, system, method; regulation. =Royal.= August, kinglike, majestic, munificent, princely, regal, magnificent, kingly. ANT. _Beggarly, contemptible, mean, poor, servile, slavish, vile._ =Rude.= Rough, uneven, shapeless, unfashioned, rugged, uncouth, inelegant, rustic, vulgar, raw, clownish, unskilful, untaught, illiterate, ignorant, uncivil, impolite, saucy, impudent, insolent, surly, uncivilized, brutal, barbarous, savage, violent, fierce, tumultuous, impetuous, boisterous, inclement, severe. ANT. _Polite, urbane, accomplished, cultivated, courteous, refined, civil, affable, courtly, gracious, elegant, polished, well-bred, obliging; modest, bashful; considerate, serene, placid, genial, calm; fashionable, modern, civilized, modish._ =Rugged.= Rough, uneven, rude, wrinkled, cragged, harsh, hard, crabbed; steep, precipitate; violent, sour, surly, boisterous, tumultuous, stormy, inclement, tempestuous; austere, severe; ruffled, blunt. ANT. _Smooth, even, gentle, soft, low; pleasant, kindly; balmy, soothing; complaisant, mild._ =Rule.= Regulation, law, precept, maxim, canon, order, method, direction, control, sway, empire; principle, practice; domination, mastery, government; test, criterion, formula. ANT. _Exception, deviation, eccentricity, irregularity._ =Run.= Race, hasten, speed, proceed, hurry, scamper, post; go, flow, glide, move, roll on; melt, fuse; pass, advance; course, fly, rush; hustle; pursue; cast, shape, mold; drive, force; indicate, mark out; incur, encounter, venture, risk; conduct, manage, carry on; flee. ANT. _Delay, walk, halt, stop, saunter, rest, linger, hesitate; harden; retrograde, slip._ =Rustic.= Rural, sylvan, pastoral, country, countrified, bucolic, agricultural, verdant; artless, inelegant, plain, rude, unpolished, untaught, unsophisticated; awkward, boorish, outlandish, clownish, coarse, hoydenish, uncouth. ANT. _City-like, urban; accomplished, elegant, cultured, polite, urbane, polished, well-bred, refined._ =Ruthless.= Cruel, pitiless, harsh, relentless, unsparing. ANT. _Tender, gentle, pitiful, compassionate, lenient, regretful, long-suffering._ S =Sable.= Dark, black, ebon, somber. ANT. _Light, white, cheerful, bright, ivory._ =Sacrament.= Eucharist, Lord’s Supper, communion; ceremony, rite, service, solemnity, ordinance, observance. =Sacred.= Holy, divine, hallowed, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, religious, venerable, reverend. ANT. _Secular, profane, common, unconsecrated, human._ =Sacrifice=, _n._ Offering, propitiation, expiation, thanksgiving; destruction, immolation, devotion, surrender; oblation, atonement. ANT. _Offense, transgression; retention, reservation; acceptance._ =Sad.= Sorrowful, mournful, dejected, gloomy, depressed, sedate, cheerless, downcast, grievous; dull, grave, dark, somber; afflicted; calamitous; serious, staid; melancholy, disconsolate, despondent, disastrous, deplorable. ANT. _Cheerful, joyous, glad, mirthful, jubilant, jovial, light-hearted; exultant, gay, exhilarated, happy, blithe._ =Sagacious.= Sage, sensible, keen, discerning, clear-sighted, apt, acute, intelligent, sharp, wise, rational, shrewd, able, keen-sighted, keen-witted, judicious, perspicacious, quick-scented, sharp-witted. ANT. _Obtuse, senseless, irrational, silly, stupid, simple, unintelligent, undiscerning, dull, absurd, foolish, futile, sottish, ignorant._ =Sale.= Bargain, barter, deal, exchange, trade, change. =Salient.= Leaping, bounding, jumping; projecting; prominent, conspicuous, noticeable, significant; strategic. ANT. _Retreating, retiring, low-lying; unimportant, inconspicuous, unnoticeable, minor, inconsiderable, subordinate, insignificant._ =Salvation.= Saving, preservation, deliverance; redemption; rescue. ANT. _Perdition, destruction, damnation, condemnation, loss._ =Sample.= Specimen, example, illustration, case, instance, exemplification. ANT. _Total, whole, exception, aggregate; abnormality, monstrosity._ =Sanction.= Authorization, authority, countenance; ratification, confirmation, approbation; approval, support, seal, allowance. ANT. _Discountenance, disallowance, unauthorization; cancelation, nullification; disapproval, non-support._ =Sanguine.= Blood-red, crimson; warm, ardent; hopeful, lively, animated, cheerful; confident, enthusiastic, buoyant; trustful. ANT. _Pallid, cold, frigid; unresponsive, depressed, lifeless, despondent, despairing, dejected, anxious, suspicious, misgiving, distrustful._ =Sanity.= Saneness, soundness, rationality; reasonableness, wisdom; amenableness. ANT. _Insanity, aberration, derangement, unsoundness, irrationality, madness, lunacy, alienation, dementia, folly._ =Sarcasm.= Taunt, gibe; scorn, contempt, satire; irony, sneer, ridicule. ANT. _Compliment, eulogy, praise, approbation, appreciation, panegyric._ =Satisfy.= Satiate, sate, compensate; cloy, surfeit, suffice, content, glut, fill, requite; relieve, reassure, convince; please, recompense, gratify, fulfil. ANT. _Deprive, deny, starve, stint, refuse; annoy, tantalize; aggravate, tease; displease._ =Savage.= Wild, uncultivated, untamed, uncivilized, rude, brutish, brutal, barbarous, cruel, inhuman, fierce, pitiless, merciless, atrocious, ferocious; murderous, violent. ANT. _Tame, civilized, cultivated, domesticated, tender, refined, polished, gentle, humane, considerate, pitiful, merciful, protective, generous, subdued, chivalrous, clement, self-controlled._ =Save.= Preserve, rescue, deliver; lay up, reserve, keep; spare, prevent; protect; be economical, hoard, husband; obviate, snatch, catch. ANT. _Lose, destroy, abandon, imperil, expose, endanger, risk, hazard; waste, lavish, spend, fling away._ =Say.= Utter, express, tell, speak, declare; repeat, rehearse, recite; assert; mention, suggest; suppose; answer; respond, reply; state, pronounce; affirm, deny; allege. ANT. _Silence, hush, whisper, mumble; be taciturn; suppress, repress; mispronounce._ =Scarce.= Rare, infrequent, deficient; uncommon; scant, sparing, meager, insufficient; unusual, unique, singular, wanting, few, precious. ANT. _Plenty, abundant, frequent, plentiful, common, thick._ =Scheme=, _n._ Plan, project, contrivance, design, purpose, plot, device; system, outline; machination, intrigue, stratagem, cabal, conspiracy; theory. ANT. _Blunder, derangement, misarrangement, bungle, botch._ =Scholar.= Learner, pupil, student, savant, disciple. ANT. _Dunce, fool, ignoramus, illiterate person, idiot, idler._ =Science.= Literature, art, knowledge; truth, facts; skill, expertness; comprehension; information, investigation, experimentation, learning, experience. ANT. _Ignorance, error, smattering, fallacy, sciolism; inexperience, unfamiliarity, incomprehension._ =Scorn=, _n._ Disdain, derision, contumely, despite, slight, mockery, dishonor; contempt, disregard; sneer, opprobrium. ANT. _Compliment, commendation, deference, approval, esteem, respect, regard, approbation._ =Scruple=, _n._ Unwillingness, hesitation, doubt; particle; qualm, reluctance, misgiving. ANT. _Confidence, assurance, recklessness, heedlessness; daring, self-complacency._ =Scrupulous.= Cautious, careful, conscientious, hesitating; exact, nice; questioning, unwilling, punctilious, precise; diffident, dubious. ANT. _Reckless, confident, careless, unconscientious, self-complacent, heedless, unwary, incautious, daring._ =Scrutiny.= Examination, inspection, observation, search, sifting, exploration, inquisition, inquiry. ANT. _Oversight, misobservance, disregard, slight, inattention._ =Season.= Time, period, term, interval, spell, while; occasion, opportunity, timeliness, seasonableness. ANT. _Contretemps, unseasonableness, untimeliness, unsuitableness._ =Seasonable.= Opportune, suitable, timely, fit, convenient, appropriate, normal; periodical; welcome. ANT. _Inopportune, unsuitable, unfit, untimely, inconvenient, inappropriate, unwelcome, unexpected, abnormal._ =Secure=, _a._ Undisturbed, assured, heedless, inattentive; easy, unanxious, trustful, insured; obtained, acquired; fast, firm; defended, guarded, protected, certain, sheltered, safe. ANT. _Disturbed, endangered, imperiled, insecure, hazardous; anxious, distrustful, suspicious, careful, precarious; loose, drifting, doubtful, dubious._ =Sedate.= Settled, composed, calm, quiet, tranquil, still, serene, unruffled, undisturbed, contemplative, sober, serious; passive. ANT. _Flighty, disturbed, uneasy, restless, excited, discomposed, agitated, indiscreet; active, moving; frivolous._ =Sedition.= Riot, rebellion, revolt, insurrection, mutiny; outbreak, uprising, secession, treason; insubordination; tumult, turmoil, anarchy. ANT. _Peace, pacification, order, quiet, orderliness, obedience, allegiance, fealty, union, patriotism, fidelity._ =See.= Perceive, behold, descry, view; observe, discern, understand, comprehend; watch, look after; interview, visit; associate, meet; accompany, escort; attend, heed, be attentive; gaze, glance at. ANT. _Be blind; overlook, mistake; misunderstand, miscomprehend; pass, ignore, neglect; disregard, misconceive._ =Seek.= Search, try for, solicit, inquire for, strive after, hunt, follow, trace, prosecute, attempt, endeavor, investigate. ANT. _Shun, elude, ignore, neglect, disregard, avoid, relinquish, drop, abandon, discard._ =Seldom.= Rarely, not often, infrequently; hardly ever, occasionally. ANT. _Often, frequently, generally, commonly, regularly, habitually, invariably, uniformly, systematically._ =Selection.= Choice, pick, preference, election, option. ANT. _Repudiation, rejection, discarding, refusal; exclusion._ =Self-abnegation.= Self-renunciation, self-sacrifice, self-control, self-devotion, self-immolation, self-denial. ANT. _Self-indulgence, self-gratification, self-will, selfishness, self-seeking._ =Selfish.= Self-seeking, mean, ungenerous, narrow, illiberal, mercenary, greedy, egoistical, self-indulgent. ANT. _Generous, liberal, altruistic, philanthropic, beneficent, self-denying, public-spirited, magnanimous, unselfish, considerate._ =Send.= Sling, throw, fling, hurl, lance, launch, propel, project, cast, dart, despatch, discharge, drive, emit; forward, transmit, impel, dismiss, delegate, depute. ANT. _Receive, keep, retain, hold; bring, carry, hand, get, give, convey._ =Sensation.= Emotion, sense, feeling, perception. ANT. _Apathy, non-sensibility, non-perception, indifference._ =Sense.= Understanding, reason; cognition, apprehension; deduction; perception, feeling; recognition, discernment; reasoning; opinion, judgment, notion, meaning, import, signification. ANT. _Nonsense, misunderstanding; stupidity, non-apprehension; non-comprehension; stolidity, inertness, non-observance; fancy, folly, unsoundness._ =Sensibility.= Feeling, sensitiveness, susceptibility, impressibility. ANT. _Coldness, deadness, unconsciousness, hardness, numbness, insensibility._ =Sentiment.= Thought, opinion, notion, sensibility, feeling; susceptibility, impressibility, impression, conviction; emotion; maxim, saying, toast. ANT. _Nonsense, conjecture, vacuity; assumption, prejudice, preconception._ =Separate=, _v._ Disunite, divide, sever; come between, part; disjoin, divorce; disengage, detach; sunder; withdraw, eliminate, remove, segregate. ANT. _Unite, consolidate, integrate, connect, join, attach, link, weld, engage, wed; gather, convene, collect._ =Sequence.= Succession, following, consequence, arrangement, order; series, progression, continuity. ANT. _Precedence, introduction, priority; disorder, disconnection; intermission, irregularity._ =Serious.= Sober, earnest, momentous, grave; thoughtful, sedate, solemn; important, weighty; dangerous. ANT. _Gay, thoughtless, frivolous, laughing, joking, jocose, careless, trifling, trivial, unimportant, light, insignificant._ =Serve.= Obey, minister to, subserve, promote, aid, help, abet, assist, benefit, succor. ANT. _Command, order, manage; obstruct, counteract, retard, defeat, injure, thwart, oppose._ =Set.= Put, seat, place, fix; affix, attach; fasten, make stable or firm; obstruct, embarrass; determine upon, fix upon; plant; frame; stiffen, solidify; adjust, regulate, adapt; prepare; replace; spread; stud, variegate; value at, rate at; establish, furnish, prescribe, strengthen, stabilitate, ground, confirm, determine, appoint, assign. ANT. _Remove, uproot, transfer, eradicate, transplant, unsettle, weaken, soften, destroy, demolish; disperse, discard; denude, disarrange, divest, strip; misvalue, under- or over-rate; abolish, frustrate._ =Settle.= Regulate, arrange, compose, decide; establish; still, calm; clear; restore; depress, sink, lower, make compact, harden; determine, adjust, make up, pacify; liquidate, balance; colonize, people. ANT. _Disturb, confuse, derange; agitate, unsettle, excite, uproot, overturn; obstruct; elevate, upheave, break up; discompose, disorder, rise, ascend, move; misregulate, aggravate._ =Severe.= Stern, strict, austere, hard, relentless, rigorous, unrelenting, inexorable, harsh, inflexible, rigid, morose, stiff, uncompromising, unmitigated, unyielding; critical, grave, serious. ANT. _Lenient, clement, unexacting, mild, easy, gay, cheerful, joyous; loose, slack, inexact, indulgent, uncritical, moderate, kind, considerate._ =Shade.= Shadow; darkness, obscurity; screen, shelter, protection; body, spirit, ghost; umbrage, adumbration; degree, minuteness; seclusion. ANT. _Light, illumination, sunshine, brightness, daylight; glare, radiance, exposure; publicity; quantity, amount; defenselessness._ =Shake.= Agitate, fluctuate, flutter, oscillate, quake, quiver, quaver, rock, shiver, shudder, totter, tremble, waver, wave, sway, swing, vibrate, thrill, jar. ANT. _Fasten, fix, set, secure, settle, confirm._ =Shame.= Disgrace, reproach, dishonor, ignominy; degradation, contempt, infamy; diffidence, modesty, discredit; humiliation, abashment; decency, decorum. ANT. _Fame, honor, glory, approval, renown, credit; impudence, shamelessness, indecency, immodesty, indecorum, impropriety._ =Shape.= Appearance, figure, aspect, form, guise; outline; embodiment; character, fashion, mold, pattern, cast, model. ANT. _Imitation, reproduction, copy; deformity, disfigurement._ =Sharp.= Quick, sagacious, witty, discerning, shrewd, ingenious, sour, acid, tart, acrid, biting, poignant, acrimonious, sarcastic, bitter, painful, afflictive, violent, fierce, ardent, fiery; acute, keen, trenchant, astute, subtle, penetrating, discriminating, inventive, piquant; severe, vigilant, attentive; caustic, cutting; eager, hungry; thin, emaciated; shrill, high; exacting, close. ANT. _Dull, blunt, slow, obtuse, undiscerning, unresourceful, sweet, honeyed, cloying, saccharine, mellow; soft, gentle, mild, tender, considerate, kindly, lenient, clement; uninventive, indifferent, sluggish, inactive, tame, characterless, spiritless, careless, inattentive; thick; generous, unexacting._ =Shelter.= Defend, guard, harbor, protect, shield, screen, ward, cover, conceal. ANT. _Expose, betray, imperil, endanger, exhibit, lay bare, discover, attack._ =Short.= Brief, contracted, inadequate, limited, scanty; insufficient, incomplete, imperfect; abrupt, petulant, quick; near, direct, straight; succinct, concise, condensed, compendious; terse, pithy, laconic, curt, sententious; severe, uncivil; narrow; destitute. ANT. _Long, protracted, extended, adequate, ample, sufficient, plentiful, abundant, copious; perfect, complete; civil, suave, complaisant; circuitous, indirect; tedious, prolix, verbose, extended, wordy; broad; provided for._ =Show=, _v._ Exhibit, present, display; tell, reveal; direct, conduct; clear, prove, manifest, explain, evince; bestow, confer; appear, look, seem; demonstrate, unfold, inform, teach; evidence. ANT. _Conceal, hide, withhold, suppress, obscure, mystify, cloak, wrap; contradict, deny, refute, disprove, falsify; misinterpret._ =Shrewd.= Keen, critical, subtle, arch, astute, sagacious, acute, discerning, penetrating; malicious, evil, vicious; wily, artful, cunning; clever, sharp, able; discriminating, intelligent. ANT. _Stolid, stupid, unintelligent, dull, thick, unsagacious, undiscerning, undiscriminating; plain, blank, blunt, frank; kindly, sincere, benevolent; fair, open._ =Sick.= Diseased, ill, disordered, distempered, indisposed, weak, ailing, feeble, morbid; imperfect, impaired, weakened, corrupted; disgusted, surfeited. ANT. _Healthy, whole, well, sound, strong, robust, salubrious, vigorous, hale, wholesome, salutary._ =Side.= Margin, edge, verge, border, boundary; party, sect, faction, interest, cause, policy, behalf; face, aspect, plane; slope, declivity; half. ANT. _Center, interior, body, heart, core; opposition, secession, neutrality._ =Sight.= Vision, show, representation, exhibition; faculty of seeing, view; visibility, spectacle; inspection, examination; opinion, judgment; perception, ken, cognizance; contemplation, survey; insight; appearance. ANT. _Blindness, non-visibility, obscuration; non-appearance; oversight, neglect; disappearance; vanishing; impression, prejudice._ =Sign.= Mark, manifestation, indication, presage, symbol, type, token, emblem, note, omen, signal, prognostic, symptom. =Significant.= Expressive, suggestive, important; weighty, momentous; manifest, intimating, declarative, betokening, implying, meaning, denoting; telling, speaking; forcible; conspicuous. ANT. _Insignificant, meaningless, inconspicuous, mute, inexpressive, expressionless, unsuggestive._ =Silence.= Stillness, hush, restfulness, quiet, muteness, noiselessness, calm, peace, tranquillity; dumbness, taciturnity; obscurity, secrecy, oblivion. ANT. _Noise, sound, tumult, clamor, roar, storm, din, unrest, babel, commotion, reverberation, resonance, agitation, clatter; talkativeness, loquacity, garrulity; publicity, fame, rumor, repute, celebrity._ =Similar.= Corresponding, like, resembling, uniform, homogeneous; congruous, harmonious. ANT. _Dissimilar, unlike, different, alien, discordant, heterogeneous, incongruous._ =Simple.= Silly; single, uncombined; plain, unadorned; mere; sincere, artless, unaffected, natural; direct, clear, perspicuous; credulous, foolish; humble, undistinguished, lowly; innocent; elementary. ANT. _Complex, double, compound, combined, mixed; ornate, adorned; blended, fused, multiform; artful, affected, artificial; indirect, complicated, circuitous, skeptic, pragmatic; proud, haughty, distinguished, celebrated; various, organized, elaborate; designing, insincere, double-minded; developed, perfect._ =Sin.= Evil, crime, guilt, offense, wickedness, fault, vice, criminality, misdeed; viciousness, ungodliness, wrong, wrongdoing, unrighteousness, iniquity, transgression, immorality, depravity, delinquency. ANT. _Virtue, godliness, rectitude, uprightness, sinlessness, excellence, blamelessness, goodness, holiness, innocence, morality, integrity, purity, righteousness, right._ =Sing.= Chant, carol, chirp, hum, warble, chirrup. =Singular.= Unexampled, eminent, unprecedented, extraordinary, remarkable, uncommon, rare, unusual, peculiar, strange, odd, eccentric, fantastic; individual, unique; conspicuous, consummate, exceptional, particular; curious, queer. ANT. _Common, everyday, ordinary, commonplace, general, universal, usual, regular, customary, frequent, numerous; unnoticeable, normal, typical, inconspicuous, humdrum._ =Sink.= Subside, drop, droop, decay, lower, lessen; submerge, immerse, engulf; depress, degrade, debase, diminish; fall, descend; decline, dwindle, decrease; weary, flag, abate; reduce; drown; attenuate. ANT. _Rise, ascend, mount, increase, augment, aggrandize, swell; flourish, exalt, heighten, promote, enhance; encourage, perpetuate._ =Situation.= Site, station, post, case, plight, state; location, position; place, office; condition; locality, seat, ground, spot; circumstance, predicament; category; employment; footing, aspect; birth, standing. ANT. _Absence, dislodgment, displacement, non-assignment._ =Skeptic.= Agnostic, doubter, freethinker, infidel, unbeliever, deist, atheist, disbeliever. ANT. _Christian, believer._ =Sketch=, _n._ Outline, picture, design, drawing, draft; skeleton, plan, brief. =Skilful.= Expert, dexterous, apt, handy, adroit, clever, deft, proficient, skilled, trained, accomplished, happy, ingenious, practiced; adept, masterly, cunning. ANT. _Unskilled, clumsy, inexpert, unskilful, unintelligent, awkward, incompetent, unprepared, untrained, unable, untaught, bungling, helpless, maladroit, shiftless._ =Slander=, _v._ Defame, disparage, depreciate, malign, asperse, calumniate, libel, vilify, revile, traduce, decry, backbite. ANT. _Extol, eulogize, laud, praise, vindicate, defend._ =Slang.= Vulgarity, cant, colloquialism, vulgarism. ANT. _Diction, language._ =Slender.= Small, narrow, slim; weak, feeble, slight; moderate, trivial, inconsiderable, meager; spare, abstemious, frugal. ANT. _Thick, stout, robust, broad, ample, deep, bulky, considerable, massive, weighty; giant, colossal._ =Slippery.= Smooth, glib; mutable, uncertain, fickle, inconstant; unstable, changeable; wanton, loose, unchaste; icy, glassy, insecure, perilous, unsafe; shifty, elusive; deceptive, evasive; unprincipled. ANT. _Rough, firm, safe, secure, stable; constant, certain, dependable, upright, sincere, outright, trustworthy, sound._ =Slow.= Deliberate, dilatory, lingering, gradual, moderate, procrastinating, tardy; inert, inactive, sluggish, drowsy, dull, delaying, dawdling. ANT. _Nimble, active, brisk, alert, lively, prompt, speedy, quick, spry, swift, agile._ =Small.= Little, diminutive, inconsiderable; inconsequential, uninfluential, trivial, insignificant; paltry, mean, incapable, unable; short; weak, slender, gentle, low; tiny, puny; unimportant; scanty, moderate; sordid, selfish; inferior, unintellectual, ungifted, unintelligent. ANT. _Large, great, big, extensive, enormous, bulky, massive, weighty, ample, spacious, broad, strong, stout, generous, liberal, munificent; important, significant, notable, influential, distinguished, gifted, magnanimous, intelligent, intellectual, superior, competent._ =Smart.= Acute, quick, lively, brisk, clever, dashy, showy; pungent, pricking; keen, severe, poignant; vigorous, sharp; active, shrewd; efficient, witty; pretentious, spruce; fresh. ANT. _Dull, heavy, blunt, obtuse, dense, stupid; aching; slow, inactive, sluggish, inefficient, shabby, dowdy, boorish, clownish._ =Sneer.= Jeer, mock, gibe, taunt, fling, scoff. ANT. _Smile, laugh; flatter, compliment; cheer._ =Sober.= Abstinent, abstemious, moderate, regular; steady, collected, quiet, cool, staid, somber; temperate; dispassionate, self-controlled, calm, self-possessed, solemn, sedate. ANT. _Intemperate, intoxicated, drunk, impassioned, excited, heated, furious, passionate; unreasonable, immoderate, uncontrolled, agitated, extravagant; erratic, eccentric._ =Socialism.= Communism, collectivism, fabianism. =Society.= Companionship, fellowship, company; participation, connection; association, partnership; community, sodality, communion, intercourse. ANT. _Solitude, solitariness, privacy, separation, segregation; individuality, personality; disconnection, dissociation, unsociability._ =Soft.= Yielding, impressible, malleable; smooth, delicate; agreeable, gentle, flowing; flexible; mild, tender, conciliatory, kind; effeminate, weak; easy; quiet, peaceful, tranquil. ANT. _Hard, unyielding, impervious, tough, stubborn, impermeable; non-resilient; disagreeable, harsh, brusk, gruff, unkind; strong, manly; virile; rough, coarse, rigid, rigorous, abrupt; resolute, determined._ =Solemnity.= Gravity, formality, ritual, ceremonial, sobriety, seriousness, reverence, devotion; celebration, observance; sanctity, awfulness, sacredness; impressiveness. ANT. _Levity, triviality, gaiety, vulgarity; secularity, desecration, profanity; meaning, unimpressiveness, unimposingness; simplicity._ =Solid.= Hard, sound, real, valid, weighty, profound; compact, resistant, dense; heavy; strong, firm, stable; substantial; impenetrable; cubic. ANT. _Hollow, yielding, soft, resilient, malleable, fluid, flexible, impressible, liquid; brittle, frail; light, trifling, frivolous; invalid, weak, fallacious, unsound._ =Solitude.= Loneliness, solitariness, loneness, recluseness, retiredness; withdrawal, remoteness, destitution, absence; seclusion, retirement; desertion, retreat, wilderness, desert, privacy, isolation. ANT. _Populousness, society, popularity, throng, crowd, intercourse, meeting, convening, populace, multitude._ =Solution.= Disruption, separation, breach; disentanglement, explanation, clearing up; resolution, disintegration; release, discharge; solvency; disconnection, discontinuance; key, answer, elucidation. ANT. _Union, amalgamation, conjunction, connection, combination, entanglement, complication; continuity; integration; obscurity, confusion, perplexity, mystification._ =Soothe.= Soften, allay, compose, tranquilize, pacify; humor, flatter, please; assuage, calm, mollify, comfort; lull; mitigate, relieve. ANT. _Rouse, excite, disturb, disquiet; aggravate, displease, scold, irritate, exasperate, annoy, infuriate; dissatisfy._ =Sordid.= Vile, base, gross; mean, avaricious, covetous, niggardly; greedy; low, degraded; stingy, close, ungenerous, penurious; illiberal. ANT. _Pure, noble, honorable, refined; generous, unselfish, liberal, broad, munificent, uncovetous; prodigal, profuse, lavish; high-minded._ =Soul.= Spirit, life, courage, fire, ardor; vitality, animus; leader, inspirer; passion, fervor, affection; person; reason, intellect, emotions; ghost, specter. ANT. _Lifelessness, soullessness; body; coldness, spiritlessness; irrationality, unintellectuality._ =Sound=, _n._ Noise, note, tone, report; impulse, vibration. ANT. _Silence; taciturnity; stillness, hush, lull, muteness._ =Sound=, _a._ Whole, unbroken, unharmed, free, perfect, healthy; firm, strong, solid, safe; correct, true, orthodox; deep, profound, undisturbed; right; legal, valid, undefective; entire, thorough, substantial, irrefutable. ANT. _Unsound, broken, partial, harmed; imperfect, soft, diseased; weak, mellow, unsafe; incorrect, untrue, heterodox; light, trivial, fragile; illegal, illegitimate, invalid, defective; insubstantial, fallacious, hollow, unfounded._ =Sovereign=, _n._ King, prince, potentate, monarch, emperor; ruler. ANT. _Subject, peasant, serf._ =Sovereign=, _a._ Supreme, paramount, superior, chief; independent, unlimited, absolute; controlling, efficacious; princely, royal; primary, principal, regal, imperial; predominant. ANT. _Inferior, subordinate, subservient, ministerial, secondary, subject; popular, menial; inefficient, unefficacious, uncertain, weak._ =Space.= Extension, room; interval, duration, time; capacity, distance, measure, quantity; boundlessness, illimitableness; immeasurableness, immensity. ANT. _Confinement, proximity, limitation, restriction, contiguity, continuity._ =Spare=, _a._ Scanty, sparing, frugal, wanting, lacking, parsimonious, needed, chary; superfluous; lean, meager, thin, gaunt. ANT. _Ample, abundant, profuse, plentiful, liberal, bountiful, unsparing, unstinted, unrestricted, generous; plump, fat, corpulent, portly._ =Sparse.= Scattered, sprinkled, infrequent, thin, scanty, meager, few. ANT. _Dense, thick, plentiful, many, populous, crowded, numerous, frequent, multitudinous._ =Speak.= Say, talk, tell, utter, discourse, articulate, converse, express, chat, chatter, enunciate, pronounce; announce, declaim, declare, deliver. ANT. _Be mute or dumb; keep silence, be taciturn; suppress; recall._ =Speculation.= Venture; theory, view, notion, conjecture; consideration, meditation, contemplation, thought, weighing; hypothesis, scheme. ANT. _Certainty, fact, verity, proof, realization, verification._ =Speech.= Address, discourse, language, speaking, talk, oration, utterance, sermon, harangue, dissertation, oratory, disquisition. ANT. _Hush, silence, stillness, taciturnity, speechlessness._ =Spirit.= Life, soul; ghost, specter; fairy, sprite; energy, vivacity, ardor, courage, enthusiasm; intellectuality; meaning, intent; vapor; distilled liquid; air, breath; intelligence, immateriality, essence, disembodiment, apparition; activity, earnestness, zeal; temper, disposition; principle, motive. ANT. _Substance, body, corporeity, flesh, frame, materiality, embodiment, organization; spiritlessness, timidity, lifelessness, soullessness, deadness, torpor, dejection, slowness._ =Spiritual.= Immaterial, incorporeal, mental, intellectual; holy, divine, heavenly-minded; ecclesiastical, sacred; moral; religious, ethical. ANT. _Carnal, fleshly, material, sensuous; gross; unspiritual._ =Splendid.= Shining, showy, magnificent, sumptuous, pompous; illustrious, brilliant, famous; gorgeous, grand, glorious; imposing; superb, heroic, noble. ANT. _Dull, tame, obscure, tarnished, tawdry, somber, beggarly, gloomy, poor, ordinary, ineffective, inglorious, insignificant, mean, low._ =Spontaneous.= Free, intentional, voluntary, willing, unbidden, impulsive, automatic, instinctive, deliberate. ANT. _Forced, compelled, coerced, unwilling, reluctant._ =Spread=, _v._ Open, unfurl, disperse, distribute, scatter, circulate, disseminate, dispense; extend, stretch, expand, amplify; divulge, propagate, publish, diffuse. ANT. _Collect, condense, contract, furl, gather, close, shut; confine, suppress, restrict, recall, conceal, hush, localize._ =Spring=, _v._ Leap, bound, jump; shoot, fly, dart, start; emerge; bend, warp; proceed, issue, result; burst, emanate, flow; rise, originate, germinate. ANT. _Settle, alight, arrive, land, drop; end, terminate, debouch, finish, eventuate._ =Spy.= Scout, emissary, detective. =Stable=, _a._ Steady, abiding, firm, strong, durable; fixed, established; constant, resolute, unwavering; secure, stanch, permanent; solid, lasting, perpetual; immobile, rigid, unmovable. ANT. _Vacillating, wavering, unsteady, toppling, weak, tottering, infirm, insecure, precarious, frail, unstable; transient, ephemeral, evanescent, vanishing, non-durable._ =Stain=, _v._ Blot, spot, sully, tarnish, tinge, tint, color, discolor, disgrace, dishonor, dye, soil. ANT. _Preserve inviolate or unspotted._ =Stand=, _v._ Rest, continue upright or erect, be situated or located; cease, stop, pause, halt; endure, last; maintain, be fixed or steady; be, consist; agree, accord; endure, sustain, bear; withstand; submit to. ANT. _Advance, move, proceed, progress; fail, fall, die, depart, run, yield, succumb, drop; give up, surrender; retaliate, avenge, resent._ =Standard=, _n._ Flag, colors, banner, ensign; criterion, test; support, frame; model, type, norm; gage, measure, scale; upright; exemplar. ANT. _Misrule, mismeasurement, misadjustment, misfit, non-criterion._ =State=, _v._ Declare, tell, assert, affirm, asseverate, allege, testify, assure, swear, set forth, protest, predicate, pronounce, specify, propound, maintain, inform, express, depose, claim, avow, avouch, aver, certify. ANT. _Deny, contradict, controvert, disprove, refute, repudiate, waive, contravene, dispute, gainsay, oppose, retract._ =Station.= Depot; place, spot, position, stand; office, sphere; state, rank, condition, occupation, business. ANT. _Removal, departure; dislodgment, ejection, displacement; locomotion._ =Stay=, _v._ Stop; prop, hold up, support, sustain; hold, restrain; hold back, hinder, delay; check; fasten, secure; continue, abide, remain; dwell, tarry, linger, wait; forbear; rest, depend, rely. ANT. _Loose, liberate, free; fail, let fall; expedite, speed, accelerate; proceed, advance, progress, go on; move, depart; oppress, burden; overthrow._ =Steadfast.= Established, firm; constant, resolute; grounded, rooted, placed; resolved, unwavering, stanch. ANT. _Unsteady, unattached; vacillating, wavering, weak, insecure, irresolute, inconstant, unreliable._ =Steep.= Sharp, sheer, high, precipitous, abrupt. ANT. _Gradual, level, slight, flat, easy, gentle, horizontal, low._ =Stiff.= Rigid, inflexible, strong, obstinate, pertinacious, rigorous, constrained, affected; unbending, unpliant; starched; formal, ceremonious, difficult, punctilious, stately; austere, peremptory, inexorable, uncompromising. ANT. _Flexible, pliant, unaffected, amenable, easy, yielding, affable, genial, unceremonious, informal; pliable, malleable; considerate, compromising._ =Still.= Noiseless; inert, stagnant, serene; motionless, restful, quiet; silent, calm, soundless, low; hushed, mute, placid, quiescent; stationary; gentle, soft, mild, pacific, peaceful. ANT. _Disturbed, agitated, moved, restless; noisy, moving, loud, resonant, turbulent; unquiet, rough, harsh._ =Stop.= Suppress, discontinue, delay, interrupt; close, obstruct; arrest, impede; restrain, hinder, repress; cease, halt, stay, tarry; bar, seal; suspend, end, terminate. ANT. _Assist, advance, continue, expedite, speed, hasten, promote; clear, open; improve, push, benefit; progress; facilitate; initiate, commence, begin._ =Storm.= Agitation, disturbance, tempest. ANT. _Calm, hush, peace, serenity, stillness, tranquillity, fair weather._ =Story.= Narrative, legend, anecdote, account, tale, record, recital, incident, myth, narration, novel, relation. ANT. _Annals, chronicle, biography, history, memoir._ =Stout.= Corpulent; portly; vigorous, strong, lusty, robust; firm, resolute, bold; tough; large, bulky; brawny; valiant, courageous, redoubtable. ANT. _Thin, slender, weak, lean, frail, feeble, attenuated, emaciated; timid, irresolute, cowardly._ =Strange.= Outlandish, wonderful, astonishing, marvelous, uncommon, irregular, queer, odd, eccentric; foreign, new, novel, unusual; reserved, distant; unfamiliar, unaccustomed, inexperienced. ANT. _Familiar, usual, common, general, universal, accustomed, ordinary, home, domestic, regular, customary, habitual, commonplace._ =Strength.= Robustness, toughness, hardness, stoutness, spirit, lustiness, puissance, authority; force, vigor, power; endurance, resistance; security, validity; firmness; intensity; virtue; energy, nerve, sinew, fiber; soundness. ANT. _Weakness, thinness, frailty, softness, delicacy; imbecility, feebleness; spiritlessness, impotence, inability; insecurity, invalidity; wavering._ =Strenuous.= Eager, pressing, urgent; zealous, ardent, earnest; bold, intrepid; strong, determined, resolute; vigorous, energetic, vehement, forceful. ANT. _Weak, irresolute, vacillating, wavering, enervated, undetermined._ =Strong.= Powerful, cogent, muscular; robust, lusty, sinewy, hale, hearty, vigorous, forceful; enduring, resistant; violent, forcible; ardent, zealous, vehement, earnest, solid, nourishing; firm; capable, potent, effective, influential, sound; pungent; hardy, tenacious. ANT. _Weak, feeble, infirm, sickly, exhausted, debilitated, wanting, pliant, frail, soft; low, faint; spiritless, foolish; wavering, impotent, powerless, defenseless, insecure, delicate; unefficacious, unconvincing, unsatisfactory, unavailing, flaccid, nerveless._ =Stubborn.= Obstinate, inflexible, obdurate, headstrong, harsh, intractable, firm, contumacious, heady; unbending, unyielding, persistent, refractory. ANT. _Yielding, pliant, mild, gentle, docile, tractable, manageable, flexible, pliable; vacillating, wavering, irresolute, undecided._ =Studious.= Contemplative, observant; sedulous, earnest, diligent; studied; absorbed, meditative, thoughtful, attentive, pondering, devoted, musing, cogitative; careful, literary, reflective, assiduous. ANT. _Illiterate, unliterary, idle, indulgent, careless, inattentive, thoughtless, negligent, regardless, indifferent._ =Study=, _n._ Application, learning, acquisition, meditation, contemplation; diligence, consideration, thought, research, endeavor, knowledge, purpose, intention, attention, concentration. ANT. _Idleness, dawdling, illiteracy, ease, indifference, indiligence, negligence, carelessness, unstudiousness, thoughtlessness._ =Stupid.= Simple, insensible, sottish, sluggish, senseless, doltish, heavy, dull; stolid, insensate, obtuse, prosy. ANT. _Quick, bright, sharp, intelligent, responsive, clever, sensible, eager, animated, penetrating._ =Stupidity.= Slowness, dulness, obtuseness, insensibility, sluggishness, stupor, apathy. ANT. _Intelligence, animation, brilliancy, acuteness, sensibility, cleverness, sense, sagacity, quickness, readiness, alertness, keenness._ =Stupor.= Apathy, swoon, torpor, lethargy, coma, fainting, unconsciousness, stupefaction, asphyxia, swooning, insensibility, syncope. =Sublime.= Exalted, lofty, noble, majestic, grand, stately, magnificent, dignified, elevated, august, pompous, high, eminent, glorious. ANT. _Low, ignoble, debased, degraded, inglorious, ordinary, mean, undignified, inconspicuous, unimposing, ridiculous._ =Submissive.= Obedient, compliant, yielding, obsequious, subservient, humble, modest, passive, docile, acquiescent. ANT. _Disobedient, haughty, proud, arrogant, unyielding, conceited, active, rebellious, reluctant, defiant, refractory, resistant._ =Subsidy.= Aid, allowance, gift, bounty, reward, tribute, support, subvention, pension, bonus, premium, grant, indemnity. =Substantial.= Real, solid, true, existing, essential; corporeal, material; strong, stout, resourceful, massive, tangible, bulky; sensuous. ANT. _Imaginary, unreal, insubstantial, fictitious, supposititious, immaterial, weak, chimerical, visionary, spiritual, disembodied, ghostly._ =Subtle.= Artful, crafty, cunning, shrewd, sly, wily; astute, guileful, discriminating, insinuating, sophistical. ANT. _Frank, honest, open, sincere, artless, undiscriminating, undiscerning, simple, direct, blunt, unsophisticated._ =Subvert.= Destroy, ruin, supplant, suppress, supersede, extinguish, overthrow, overturn. ANT. _Conserve, preserve, uphold, sustain, keep, perpetuate._ =Succeed.= Follow, pursue; ensue, result, be subsequent; descend, devolve; gain, acquire, attain, obtain, achieve, accomplish; supervene; flourish, prosper, thrive. ANT. _Precede, anticipate, antecede; fail, deteriorate, be lacking, lose, miss, disappoint, be deficient in; decline, wane, decay._ =Succession.= Succeeding, series, sequence, order; lineage, descent; following, continuity, consecution, rotation, regularity. ANT. _Antecedence, precedence, anticipation, forerunning, prevention; disorder, irregularity, non-sequence, intermission, gap, failure, inconsecutiveness._ =Sudden.= Unexpected, unusual, abrupt, unlooked for, hasty, unanticipated, unforeseen, unprovided for; rash, quick, heedless, reckless. ANT. _Anticipated, foreseen, expected; slow, gradual, transitional, moderate; wary, cautious, careful, provident._ =Suffer.= Support, sustain, tolerate, permit; allow, let, grant, consent to; endure, bear, submit to, undergo, be affected by, experience. ANT. _Resist, rebel, repel, withstand; forbid, disallow, refuse, reject, expel, repudiate; fight, antagonize, challenge._ =Sufficient.= Competent, satisfactory, full, ample; equal, adequate, enough; qualified, capable, responsible; efficient; adapted, fitted. ANT. _Inadequate, incompetent, unsatisfactory, lacking, wanting, unequal, unfit, incapable, unqualified, insufficient, unsuited, meager, short, deficient, scanty._ =Suggestion.= Hint, innuendo, intimation, insinuation, implication. =Suitable.= Proper, competent, correspondent, consonant, compatible, congruous, consistent; fitting, accordant, becoming, adapted; seemly, appropriate, agreeable, convenient; harmonious, uniform; homogeneous. ANT. _Improper, divergent, incompetent, incompatible, dissonant, incongruous, inconsistent, unfit, discordant, unbecoming; unseemly, inappropriate, inconvenient; unharmonious, different, heterogeneous._ =Sum.= Aggregate, quantity, magnitude, amount; compendium, substance, gist; height, completion; total, whole, computation; example, problem; collection; drift, bearing. ANT. _Part, portion, half, fraction, item, particular; incompleteness, imperfection, discrepancy; article, detail, fragment, component, constituent, element._ =Superb.= Grand, magnificent, august, stately; rich, elegant; showy, excellent; princely, gorgeous, splendid; proud. ANT. _Mean, shabby, poor, undignified, dingy; meager; tawdry, impoverished; ordinary, common; humble, plain, unimposing._ =Superior.= Elevated, higher, upper; surpassing, greater; preëminent, excellent, ascendent, predominant, prevalent, advantageous, beneficial. ANT. _Inferior, lower, worse, deeper, meaner, subordinate, lesser, mediocre, ordinary, average, common, unremarkable, inconspicuous, detrimental, disadvantageous; declining, deteriorating._ =Supernatural.= Miraculous, preternatural, superhuman. ANT. _Common, natural, ordinary, commonplace, everyday, usual._ =Supple.= Pliant, flexible, bending; fawning, soft; yielding, compliant, submissive; flattering, obsequious, subservient, servile, cringing, adulatory; lithe, limber, elastic. ANT. _Firm, stiff, unyielding, obstinate, inflexible, hard, dominant, domineering; abusive, scolding, tyrannous; unbending, stubborn, independent, self-assertive, supercilious, arrogant, haughty._ =Support.= Maintain, sustain, uphold, cherish, keep, bear, prop, carry, tolerate, hold up, keep up. ANT. _Demolish, abandon, betray, destroy, drop, desert, wreck, break down, cast down, overthrow, let go, throw down._ =Suppose.= Deem, guess, imagine, think, conjecture, surmise. ANT. _Conclude, ascertain, discover, prove, know, be sure._ =Suppress.= Repress, subdue, restrain, overthrow, quell, overwhelm, conceal, stifle, smother, stop; overpower, extinguish, destroy. ANT. _Excite, fan, increase, augment, strengthen, raise, aggravate; publish, promulgate, advertise, spread, disseminate; intensify._ =Sure.= Unfailing, infallible, permanent, steady, stable, strong, indisputable, confident, positive, firm; certain, safe, secure, assured, believing, trusting, unquestioning; abiding, fast. ANT. _Insecure, fallible, unsteady, inconstant, wavering, indeterminate, dubitable, uncertain, questionable, impermanent, doubtful, hesitating, distrustful, precarious, disputable, loose._ =Surrender.= Abandon, give over, relinquish, resign, waive, yield, alienate, capitulate, cede, let go, sacrifice, give one’s self up. ANT. _Resist, withstand, oppose, thwart, baffle; die._ =Suspense.= Uncertainty, expectation, apprehension, anxiety, indetermination, indecision; solicitude, intermission, protraction, abeyance, doubt; pause, stop. ANT. _Decision, settlement, determination, finality, execution; achievement, termination, accomplishment, end; uninterruption, continuance, continuity, regularity, sequence._ =Sustenance.= Subsistence, food, provision, maintenance, support; supplies, aliment, nutriment, nourishment; livelihood, living, nutrition, sustentation. ANT. _Starvation, want, indigence, poverty, hunger, lack, thirst, inanition, exhaustion; non-subsistence, non-support._ =Sweet.= Sugary, saccharine, dulcet, luscious; agreeable, pleasing, fragrant, soft, melodious; beautiful, mild, fair; fresh; amiable, winning; wholesome. ANT. _Sour, bitter, sharp, acid; discordant, inharmonious, dissonant; disagreeable, displeasing; fetid, malodorous; plain, homely; stale, unwholesome, spoiled; offensive, repulsive, unlovely._ =Swift.= Quick, fleet, speedy, expeditious, rapid, prompt; accelerated, nimble, alert, ready, headlong, eager, fast. ANT. _Slow, tardy, delaying, late, unready, laggard, deliberate, sedate, reluctant, lingering, lazy, loitering, inactive, sluggish, inexpeditious._ =Symmetry.= Proportion, grace, conformity, uniformity, similarity, regularity, shapeliness, harmony, agreement; comeliness. ANT. _Disproportion, disharmony, incongruity, irregularity, disagreement, disparity, shapelessness; interdisparity._ =Sympathy.= Pity, compassion, commiseration, tenderness, condolence; fellow-feeling; agreement, conformity, reciprocity; congeniality. ANT. _Antipathy, harshness, antagonism, unkindness, coldness, mercilessness, pitilessness._ =Synonymous.= Similar, correspondent, like, identical, interchangeable, alike, same, corresponding, synonymic, equivalent. ANT. _Antonymic._ =System.= Order, mode, method, regularity, rule, manner. ANT. _Confusion, chaos, disorder, derangement, irregularity, disarrangement._ T =Tacit.= Silent, implied, granted, unexpressed, understood, implicit. ANT. _Mentioned, expressed, explicit, declared._ =Taciturn.= Mute, silent, speechless, reserved, close, dumb, uncommunicative, reticent. ANT. _Communicative, free, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, unreserved._ =Take.= Lay hold, seize, grasp, obtain; capture, fasten on; attack; gain, captivate, charm; choose, turn to; employ, use, demand, require; copy, delineate; assume, adopt; acquire; engage in, indulge in; carry, convey, conduct; remove, withdraw, deduct; acknowledge, accept; receive, admit; partake of, swallow; undertake, clear; tolerate, endure; consider, interpret, suppose; receive, submit to, bear. ANT. _Drop, reject, abandon, surrender, miss, lose, repel, refuse, decline, repulse, spurn._ =Talent.= Ability, gift, endowment, genius, faculty; capacity, cleverness, aptitude, forte. ANT. _Inability, ineptitude, incompetence, imbecility, stupidity._ =Tangible.= Perceptible, tactile, palpable; apprehensible, evident, manifest, clear; material, substantial, sensible, obvious. ANT. _Impalpable, spiritual, intangible, incorporeal, immaterial, incomprehensible._ =Tart.= Sharp, acid, sour; keen, severe; harsh, caustic, petulant, acrimonious. ANT. _Gentle, mild, genial, kindly, polite; mellow, sweet._ =Taste=, _n._ Savor, relish, flavor, sensibility, judgment; discernment, nicety, perception, zest, choice, elegancy, refinement. ANT. _Disrelish, insipidity, ill-savor, coarseness, indelicacy, non-perception, indiscrimination._ =Tasteful.= Delicate, artistic, elegant, dainty, esthetic, exquisite, fastidious, fine, chaste, nice, tasty, delicious, esthetical. ANT. _Coarse, rough, rude, harsh, hideous, clumsy, disgusting, deformed, displeasing, fulsome, gaudy, grotesque, distasteful, horrid, inartistic, inharmonious, meretricious, offensive, ragged, tawdry._ =Taunt=, _v._ Ridicule, mock, jeer, deride, revile, flout, scoff, scorn, insult; reproach, rebuke, censure. ANT. _Compliment, flatter, approve of, congratulate._ =Teach.= Discipline, instruct, tutor, school, train, educate, enlighten, drill, inculcate, give lessons, give instructions, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instill, nurture. ANT. _Learn, study, practice, investigate, experiment, try, develop, receive, drink in, acquire, attain, imbibe, understand, glean, gather, collect._ =Tedious.= Wearisome, fatiguing, irksome, tiresome; prolix, dull, slow, monotonous, tiring, trying. ANT. _Interesting, exciting, amusing, charming, delightful, stirring, bright, entertaining._ =Tell.= Enumerate, communicate, impart, reveal, disclose, report, acquaint, repeat, rehearse, discover; count, number, reckon, recount; narrate, divulge; inform, teach; order, command, request. =Temerity.= Audacity, foolhardiness, rashness, presumption, recklessness, hardihood, hastiness, heedlessness, precipitation, overconfidence, precipitancy, venturesomeness. ANT. _Care, caution, hesitation, cowardice, timidity, wariness, circumspection._ =Temporal.= Transient, fleeting, transitory, temporary; terrestrial, worldly, secular, mundane. ANT. _Eternal, permanent, everlasting; religious, spiritual._ =Tendency.= Proneness, drift, aim, disposition; direction, course; influence; inclination, leaning, bent, bias; proclivity, aptitude, propensity, liability. ANT. _Aversion, repulsion, repugnance; opposition, reluctance, divergence, tangency, deviation._ =Tender.= Effeminate, soft, sensitive, compassionate, humane, kind, merciful, pitiful, dear, delicate; gentle, mild, susceptible. ANT. _Hard, pitiless, callous, careless, heedless, rough, coarse, unkind, inhuman, unmerciful, unfeeling; hardy, strong, sturdy._ =Tension.= Strain, stretch, effort, stretching, tensity, tenseness, rigor, severity, harshness, stiffness, tightness. ANT. _Relaxation, release, relief, laxity, slackness, looseness._ =Term.= Boundary, limit; expression, phrase, word, name; member, condition, denomination. =Termination.= Limit, end, conclusion, bound, result; completion, consequence, effect; fulfilment, consummation, accomplishment, achievement, finis, finality, exit, issue. ANT. _Beginning, initiation, inception, commencement, rise, start, origin, source, cause, process, course._ =Terrible.= Terrific, fearful, horrible, shocking, awful; dreadful, formidable, frightful; tremendous; astounding, startling. ANT. _Insignificant, amusing, pleasing; unastonishing._ =Terse.= Concise, pithy, succinct, short, brief, laconic, compact, sententious, condensed, compendious, neat. ANT. _Long, lengthy, tedious, wordy, diffuse, prolix, verbose._ =Testimony.= Affirmation, certification, deposition, proof, evidence, witness, affidavit, attestation, oath. ANT. _Demonstration._ =Theory.= Hypothesis, speculation; doctrine, conjecture, explanation; assumption, scheme, postulate, plan; science, philosophy; exposition, rationale; supposition. ANT. _Fact, truth, verity, actuality._ =Therefore.= Consequently, then, hence, thence, whence, wherefore, accordingly. ANT. _Because, as for, inasmuch as, since._ =Thick.= Dense, close, compact, solid, coarse, gross; muddy, turbid, misty; crowded, abundant; indistinct; dull; numerous; inarticulate. ANT. _Thin, rare, sparse, infrequent; pure, limpid, crystalline, clear, distinct, incompact, shallow, articulate._ =Think.= Cogitate, contemplate; remember, reflect, muse, meditate, ponder, consider, deliberate, judge, conclude, believe; purpose, intend, design, mean; presume, venture; imagine, apprehend. ANT. _Guess, hazard; dream, idle, stargaze, wander, rove._ =Thought.= Imagination, fancy, conceit, notion, consideration, supposition, contemplation, deliberation; reflection, cogitation, meditation, conception, solicitude, care, concern; reasoning; idea, opinion, concept, judgment, purpose, intention, provision. ANT. _Thoughtlessness, giddiness, carelessness, inconsideration, dreaminess, dulness, stupidity, rashness, impulsiveness; vacuity, dream, hallucination, aberration._ =Threat.= Menace, denunciation, threatening, intimidation. ANT. _Promise, encouragement, allurement, enticement; anticipation._ =Thrifty.= Economical, saving, careful; sparing, frugal, industrious, prosperous, thriving; provident, foresighted. ANT. _Wasteful, prodigal, uneconomical, lavish, spendthrift, extravagant; slack, lazy; improvident, unprepared._ =Throng.= Concourse, crowd, host, jam, mass, multitude, press. ANT. _Solitude; wilderness, desert, waste._ =Tidings.= Message, information, intelligence, news, rumor, report, advices, announcement. ANT. _Suppression, censorship, misinformation, canard._ =Time.= Epoch, era, period, date, age, eon, season, term, while, succession, sequence, duration. =Timid.= Fearful, timorous, cowardly, afraid, pusillanimous, faint-hearted, shrinking, retiring, shy; diffident, bashful. ANT. _Bold, confident, venturesome, courageous, adventurous, heedless._ =Tip.= Incline, lean, list, slant, slope, tilt, cant, careen, dip, heel over. =Tire.= Exhaust, fag, weary, fatigue, jade, harass, wear out. ANT. _Refresh, recreate, rest, relax, relieve, repose, restore, invigorate._ =Title.= Epithet, name, appellation, designation, cognomen, denomination; address, inscription, heading, style. ANT. _Nondescript, namelessness._ =Together.= With, in company, associated, conjoined, unitedly, simultaneously, contemporaneously, coincidently. ANT. _Separately, variously, independently._ =Toil.= Labor, drudgery, work, exertion, employment, occupation, task, travail. ANT. _Rest, relaxation, recreation, ease; amusement, pleasure, enjoyment, fun._ =Tolerable.= Endurable, bearable, supportable; passable, medium, ordinary, mediocre, indifferent. ANT. _Intolerable, unendurable, insufferable, unbearable, insupportable._ =Tool.= Appliance, implement, apparatus, mechanism, utensil, machine, weapon. =Topic.= Head, division, motion, point, proposition, question, issue, subject, theme, matter. =Torment.= Pain, misery, agony, anguish, torture, distress. ANT. _Enjoyment, pleasure, comfort, ease, gratification, delight._ =Total=, _a._ Whole, entire, full, absolute, complete, undivided. ANT. _Partial, imperfect, incomplete, divided, fractional, sectional._ =Trace.= Mark, remains, sign, vestige, track, token, trail, footmark, footprint, footstep, impression, memorial, remnant. =Trade.= Profession, occupation, office, calling, avocation, employment, commerce, dealing, traffic. ANT. _Stagnation, inactivity, dulness, embargo; leisure, vacation, idleness, vacancy._ =Tragedy.= Mournful drama; catastrophe, calamity, adversity, disaster, affliction. ANT. _Comedy, happiness, mirthful drama, prosperity, luck, good fortune._ =Traitor.= Betrayer, turncoat, renegade, rebel, deceiver, apostate; insurgent, deserter, mutineer. ANT. _Patriot, adherent, defender, supporter._ =Tranquil.= Quiet, calm, undisturbed, peaceful, unagitated; unruffled, composed, poised, collected, cool. ANT. _Agitated, excited, uneasy, anxious, troubled, restless._ =Transact.= Conduct, carry on, perform, act, accomplish, do, negotiate, treat. ANT. _Leave alone, rest, stop, refrain, desist, cease._ =Transaction.= Business, action, deed, proceeding, doing, affair, act, negotiation, performance. ANT. _Inactivity, quiescence, rest, neglect, inaction, passivity._ =Transgression.= Infringement, misdemeanor, misdeed, affront; violation, breach, fault, crime, offense, sin. ANT. _Innocence, guiltlessness; purity, righteousness; observance, obedience, fulfilment._ =Transient.= Fleeting, temporary, transitory, ephemeral, evanescent, brief, flitting, flying, momentary, passing, fugitive, short. ANT. _Permanent, perpetual, lasting, enduring, abiding, immortal, everlasting, unfading, undying, persistent, eternal, imperishable._ =Transparent.= Translucent, pellucid, clear, lucid; diaphanous; open, porous; crystalline, limpid, bright; perspicuous. ANT. _Opaque, thick, turbid; mysterious, questionable, dubious._ =Travel.= Go, pass, journey, migrate, move, traverse, wander, roam. ANT. _Dwell, reside, stay, remain, settle._ =Treasure.= Wealth, abundance, plenty; money, jewels, cash, valuables, hoard, riches, bullion; reserve. ANT. _Refuse, trash, offal; dregs, trifles._ =Treaty.= Negotiation, compact, agreement, covenant, alliance, convention, contract. ANT. _Neutrality, non-interference, non-intervention._ =Tremendous.= Frightful, terrific, horrible, awful; fearful, appalling, alarming, horrifying, dreadful. ANT. _Unappalling, inconsiderable, unimposing._ =Trial.= Attempt, endeavor, essay; effort, exertion; experience, proof, test; examination, experiment; criterion, ordeal, assay; temptation, trouble, affliction, distress, grief, suffering, tribulation. ANT. _Non-attempt; ease, facility; acceptance; oversight, disregard; trifle, triviality._ =Trick.= Stratagem, wile, fraud, cheat, juggle, finesse, sleight; deception, imposture, delusion, imposition; artifice, machination, contrivance, legerdemain. ANT. _Exposure, revelation, examination; blunder, botch, bungling, fumbling, maladroitness, mishap; genuineness, artlessness, openhandedness._ =Triumph.= Success, conquest, victory; ovation, celebration, jubilee, jubilation, exultation; achievement, attainment. ANT. _Defeat, failure, disappointment, discomfiture, abortion, baffling._ =Trouble.= Affliction, sorrow, disturbance, perplexity, vexation, molestation, annoyance, inconvenience, calamity, misfortune, adversity, misery; tribulation, distress, disaster, torment, difficulty, anxiety. ANT. _Blessing, peace, composure, alleviation, appeasement, pleasure, fortune, boon, affluence, happiness, joy, success, gladness, ease, facility, amusement, recreation._ =True.= Correct, accurate, precise, exact; unwavering, faithful, loyal; actual, pure, real, genuine; veritable. ANT. _Untrue, false, fictitious, unreliable, incorrect, inaccurate, inexact; vacillating, disloyal, faithless; counterfeit, impure, unreal, factitious, untrustworthy, adulterated, spurious, fickle, treacherous._ =Trust=, _n._ Confidence, belief, expectation, faith, hope; reliance. ANT. _Doubt, misgiving, distrust, skepticism, suspense; despair._ =Truth.= Fact, reality, fidelity, conformity, exactness; steadfastness; veracity, verity; accuracy, precision, faithfulness. ANT. _Falsehood, falsity, lie, untruth, fabrication, fiction; fallacy, mistake, sophism._ =Tumult.= Ferment, disturbance, turbulence, disorder, bluster, hubbub, bustle, brawl, riot; excitement, distraction, confusion, turmoil, noise. ANT. _Peace, order, orderliness, pacification, quiet, subsidence._ =Turn=, _n._ Revolution; alteration, vicissitude; winding, bending, meandering; stroll; succession, alternation; chance, occasion; convenience, purpose, exigence; form, cast, shape, manner, fashion; rotation, recurrence; opportunity; deed, office, treatment, act; tendency, talent, gift; crisis. ANT. _Fixity, unchangeableness, immobility, uniformity, stability, continuity; independence; malformation, shapelessness._ =Turn=, _v._ Revolve, reverse, deflect, change; divert, transfer, use, employ, apply, devote; alter, metamorphose, transform, convert; shape, mold, adapt; whirl; hinge, depend; eventuate, issue, terminate. ANT. _Stick, stop, remain; adhere, hold to; persist, continue; stabilitate, perpetuate, arrest, stereotype._ =Tutor.= Teacher, instructor, professor, preceptor, master, savant, guardian, governor. ANT. _Pupil, student, novice, disciple, scholar, ward, learner._ =Twist=, _v._ Contort, writhe, convolve; pervert, distort; wind, wreathe; insinuate; encircle. ANT. _Straighten, untwist, rectify, unwind, disentangle, unravel; verify, substantiate._ =Type.= Mark, stamp, sign, emblem; style, semblance; representation, similitude, figure, symbol, token; character, pattern, archetype, model, norm; cast, mold, fashion. ANT. _Caricature, monstrosity, abnormity; falsification, deviation; misrepresentation._ U =Ubiquity.= Omnipresence; universal presence, all-pervasiveness. ANT. _Localization, limitation._ =Ugly.= Loathsome, unsightly, repulsive; ill-natured, quarrelsome; unpleasant; plain, ordinary, homely, hideous, frightful; cross, vicious. ANT. _Attractive, handsome, fair, pleasant, agreeable, beautiful, shapely, comely; lovely, kindly, good-natured, gentle._ =Ultimate.= Final, last, conclusive, farthest, extreme, most remote; elemental. ANT. _Initial, nearest, beginning, primary._ =Un-.= A prefix meaning _not_ or _without_, or simply intensive, which is prefixed to nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and the participles of verbs. Words whose meaning is simply that of the root word with negative or intensive emphasis are omitted here, and their synonyms and antonyms may be formed from those of the root word. =Unction.= Anointing, ointment; power, fervor, animation, fervency, ardor, enthusiasm, energy, spirit, emotion. ANT. _Tameness, perfunctoriness, coldness, lifelessness._ =Unctuous.= Fatty, oily, greasy; bland, suave, tender, fervid; obsequious, fawning, servile, sycophantic. ANT. _Blunt, brush, abrupt; cynical, sarcastic; harsh, unmannerly, uncomplimentary._ =Under-.= A prefix meaning _beneath_ or _below_. Words whose meaning is simply that of the root word with the meaning of the prefix added are omitted in this place, and their synonyms and antonyms may be formed in many cases from those of the root word. =Under=, _prep._ Below, beneath, underneath. ANT. _Above, upon, over._ =Understand.= Know, comprehend; learn, be informed, hear; recognize, interpret; imply, assume; apprehend, discern, see, perceive, conceive, penetrate. ANT. _Misunderstand, miscomprehend, misinterpret; declare, state; express, inform._ =Understanding.= Sense, intelligence, conception, perception, discernment, knowledge, intuition, cognition, reason; interpretation; mind, brains. ANT. _Insensibility, stupidity, dulness, obtuseness, senselessness, slowness, irrationality, sluggishness, ignorance, unintelligence._ =Undertake.= Engage, enter, set about, attempt; covenant, contract; guarantee, promise, affirm; project, commence; stipulate. ANT. _Abandon, drop, desist, discontinue, decline; complete, finish, end, terminate._ =Undertaking.= Enterprise, engagement, attempt, adventure, business, effort, endeavor; experiment, venture, interest, affair, matter, concern. ANT. _Leisure, inactivity; recreation._ =Undulation.= Waving motion; vibration; wavy outline; pulsation; oscillation, swelling; wave, ripple. ANT. _Equilibrium; arrestation, standing; plain, tableland._ =Uniform.= Unchanging, equable, consistent, homogeneous; consonant; regular, constant, invariable, steady; similar, unvaried, alike. ANT. _Heterogeneous, variable, varying, diverse; irregular, inconsistent, erratic, eccentric, unsymmetrical._ =Union.= Unity, connection, concord, combination, confederacy, alliance; coalition, conjunction; harmony, concert, agreement; league, confederation, consolidation; oneness, juncture, unification. ANT. _Disconnection, separation, disjunction, disunion, divorce, severance, analysis, dissociation, contrariety, decomposition, division, schism, partition, discord, disagreement, secession, disruption; multiplication, diversification._ =Unique.= Sole, only, unmatched, unequalled, unparalleled, singular, peculiar, exceptional, rare. ANT. _Common, universal, everyday, commonplace, ordinary, familiar, vulgar, mean._ =Unison.= Harmony, agreement, concord, union, accordance. ANT. _Discord, variance, disagreement, divergence._ =Unit.= Oneness, unity; one; integral; item, individual. ANT. _Sum, mass, total, aggregate, whole, collection._ =Unite.= Add, join, attach, annex; combine, connect; agree, harmonize, associate, coalesce; incorporate, consolidate, amalgamate, blend, embody, merge, concur, coöperate, league, confederate. ANT. _Disjoin, sever, separate, divide, resolve, disconnect; disintegrate, dissociate, sunder, diverge; multiply, split, disrupt._ =Unity.= Oneness, concord, conjunction, agreement, junction, uniformity, harmony, union; singleness, unanimity. ANT. _Separation, disunion, disconnection, division, disagreement, divorce._ =Universal.= General, unlimited, all-reaching; total, whole, entire; catholic, common; comprehensive, exhaustive, complete. ANT. _Specific, special, individual, particular, limited, local, partial, exclusive, exceptional._ =Up-.= A prefix giving the idea of elevation or an intensive value. Words whose meaning is derived quite simply from that of the root plus that of the prefix are omitted here. Their synonyms and antonyms may be readily formed from those of the root word. =Upbraid.= Reproach, censure, blame, condemn; taunt, chide, reprove. ANT. _Approve, commend, praise, eulogize, compliment, applaud._ =Upon.= On; about, concerning; with, immediately after, forthwith. ANT. _Under, beneath, below; before, after, without._ =Upper.= Higher, superior, on top. ANT. _Lower, inferior, below, beneath._ =Upright.= Erect, perpendicular, vertical; honest, just, honorable, conscientious, virtuous, good, faithful, true, trustworthy. ANT. _Inclined, slanted; inverted; unprincipled, dishonest, unscrupulous, corrupt, unconscientious._ =Uproar.= Tumult, disturbance, confusion, bustle, clamor, commotion, turmoil, racket, noise, din. ANT. _Peace, calm, quiet, silence, order, tranquillity._ =Urbane.= Courteous, polite, refined, suave, elegant; civil, polished. ANT. _Discourteous, uncivil, unrefined, impolite, rude, boorish._ =Urge.= Animate, instigate, stimulate, encourage, arouse; impel, press, drive; beseech, entreat, importune; goad, spur, incite; hasten, accelerate, expedite. ANT. _Hold back, hinder, obstruct, prevent, retard, inhibit, restrain; defy, challenge, dare; oppose, object._ =Urgent.= Urging, pressing, importunate, immediate, important, imperative, grave, momentous, serious, cogent, solicitous, critical, emergency, necessitous. ANT. _Trivial, insignificant, unimportant, immaterial, inconsiderable._ =Usage.= Custom, wont, habit, use; mode, method, manners, behavior; practice, procedure; fashion. =Use.= Employment, application, occasion, necessity, usefulness, utility; practice, usage, custom, manner, habit; service, advantage; profit, avail, need; benefit. ANT. _Uselessness, misapplication, superfluousness, worthlessness, disuse, non-observance, desuetude._ =Useful.= Advantageous, profitable, serviceable, beneficial; fruitful, effectual, suitable, effective, adapted, helpful, good, convenient, valuable, available. ANT. _Useless, profitless, unprofitable, valueless, unserviceable, fruitless, inconducive, ineffectual, unavailing, retarding, hindering, preventive, obstructive, cumbersome, burdensome, unusable._ =Usual.= Familiar, frequent, ordinary, regular, wonted, prevalent, accustomed, common, customary, everyday, general, normal, habitual, prevailing, public. ANT. _Exceptional, infrequent, extraordinary, strange, uncommon, unparalleled, unusual, out-of-the-way, singular, rare._ =Usurp.= Arrogate, assume, appropriate, seize. ANT. _Inherit, accept, receive._ =Utility.= Profit, expediency, use, usefulness, avail, benefit, advantage, service, usableness. ANT. _Futility, inutility, inadequacy, inexpediency, uselessness, folly, impolicy, disadvantage, worthlessness, unprofitableness._ =Utmost.= Farthest, extreme, remotest, last, most distant; uttermost; greatest. ANT. _Nearest, next; least._ =Utter=, _v._ Issue, deliver, liberate, discharge; circulate, pass; express, publish, disclose, speak, pronounce; promulgate. ANT. _Suppress, recall, check, stifle, hush, repress; retract, disavow._ =Utter=, _a._ Complete, perfect, total, entire, absolute; peremptory, unconditional, unqualified; thorough. ANT. _Imperfect, incomplete; conditioned, qualified; partial._ =Utterly.= Fully, totally, thoroughly. ANT. _Partially, imperfectly, specifically._ V =Vacancy.= Emptiness; leisure, intermission, idleness; vacuum; chasm, gap; interval; vacuity, space, void. ANT. _Fulness, plethora, repletion; business, occupation, employment._ =Vacant.= Blank, empty, void, unoccupied, waste, unemployed, untenanted, vacuous, unfilled, devoid, unencumbered, disengaged, idle, uncrowded; inane, silly; free; thoughtless, unreflective; abandoned; inane; leisure; unmeaning. ANT. _Full, filled, occupied, replenished, diligent, busy, engaged, employed; reflective, thoughtful, meaningful; brimful, busy, crammed, inhabited, packed, replete, brimmed, overflowing, brimming, jammed, gorged, crowded._ =Vacate.= Empty, make vacant, quit, resign, surrender; annul, abrogate, cancel, invalidate, abscind, abolish, overrule, neutralize. ANT. _Fill, occupy, employ, hold, retain, substantiate._ =Vacation.= Interval, intermission, holidays, rest, leisure. ANT. _Worktime, term, business._ =Vacillate.= Fluctuate, waver, be unsteady, stagger, reel, sway, rock, hesitate, be inconstant, dubitate. ANT. _Adhere, abide, determine, be steadfast, stay._ =Vacillation.= Wavering, fluctuating, swaying, reeling, rocking, fluctuation, hesitation, inconstancy, unsteadiness. ANT. _Steadiness, firmness, inflexibility, determination._ =Vacuity.= Emptiness, vacancy, void, vacuum; inanity, nihility, inanition, unreality; space. ANT. _Fulness, bulk, matter, substance; occupation, actuality, reality; contents._ =Vagabond.= Wanderer, vagrant, tramp, rascal; outcast, loafer, nomad, idler, beggar, rogue. ANT. _Worker, laborer._ =Vagary.= Whim, freak, crotchet, whimsicality, caprice, fancy. ANT. _Purpose, idea, determination, judgment, seriousness, conviction._ =Vagrant=, _a._ Wandering, erratic, unsettled, strolling, itinerant, roving, sauntering, nomadic. ANT. _Domestic, local, established, resident, abiding, dwelling._ =Vague.= Unsettled, undetermined, indefinite, ambiguous, lax, uncertain, dim, doubtful, obscure, indistinct, unfixed, general, intangible, equivocal, pointless; unwarranted, unauthorized. ANT. _Determined, limited, strict, specific, pointed, definite, distinct, scientific, settled, clear, fixed, manifest, perspicuous._ =Vain.= Futile, trivial, vapid, visionary, worthless, abortive, unsatisfying, fruitless, empty, deceitful, baseless, delusive, bootless, idle, ineffectual, shadowy, trifling, unserviceable, unsubstantial, profitless, inconstant, unprofitable, null, nugatory, unavailing, unimportant, unreal; showy, useless; conceited, arrogant, ostentatious. ANT. _Adequate, solid, useful, effective, powerful, worthy, important, sufficient, serviceable, potent, competent, advantageous, beneficial, efficient, expedient, profitable, real, sound, substantial, valid, valuable, essential, cogent, availing, satisfactory, modest._ =Valediction.= Farewell, valedictory, leave-taking, adieu. ANT. _Salutation, welcome, hail, reception, recognition._ =Valiant.= Strong, powerful, intrepid, courageous, brave, valorous, heroic, gallant, chivalrous, daring, dauntless, bold, fearless, redoubtable, undaunted, stout-hearted. ANT. _Timid, cowardly, fearful, timorous, recreant, craven._ =Valid.= Sound, good, justified, trustworthy, well-grounded, efficacious, weighty, powerful, efficient, conclusive, logical, solid, cogent, important, grave, substantial, sufficient. ANT. _Weak, invalid, null, void, unsound, baseless, fallacious, unfounded, untrue; unavailable, inoperative, superseded._ =Validity.= Soundness, justness, efficacy, force, weight, cogency, importance. ANT. _Weakness, impotency, ineffectiveness, lightness, futility._ =Valor.= Bravery, courage, prowess, intrepidity, heroism, boldness, daring. ANT. _Timidity, fearfulness, cowardice, pusillanimity._ =Valuable.= Worthy, estimable, costly, precious, expensive, useful, dear, serviceable. ANT. _Worthless, valueless, cheap, inexpensive, silly, useless, trifling, trivial._ =Value=, _n._ Worth, utility, desirability, importance, power; import, signification; esteem, regard, excellence; price, cost, equivalent. ANT. _Cheapness, reduction, depreciation._ =Value=, _v._ Compute, esteem, respect, regard; be worth, rate, appraise, estimate; appreciate, prize, treasure, account. ANT. _Cheapen, reduce, contemn, despise, undervalue, underestimate; disregard, disesteem, misprize._ =Vanish.= Disappear, fade, pass away, dissolve, melt away, be annihilated. ANT. _Appear, approach, be manifest, loom up, arrive._ =Vanity.= Pride, conceit; unreality, worthlessness, emptiness; hollowness, triviality, futility, unsubstantiality, falsity; egoism, self-sufficiency; show, ostentation. ANT. _Reality, truth, worth; simplicity; modesty, humility, self-distrust; substance, solidity._ =Vanquish.= Conquer, overcome, subdue, defeat, surmount, confute, silence; subjugate, overthrow, master, foil, discomfit, quell; disprove, confound. ANT. _Succumb, yield, fail._ =Vapid.= Dead, spiritless, flat, insipid, dull, unanimated; tasteless, stale, tame; languid, prosaic, feeble, prosy. ANT. _Pungent, spirited, animated, pithy, trenchant._ =Vapor=, _n._ Fume, steam, reek, exhalation, smoke, fog, mist; vagary, phantom, whim, dream, vision; flatulence; fantasy. ANT. _Inhalation, absorption._ =Variable.= Changeable, fickle, inconstant, mutable, shifting, unsteady, vacillating, wavering, fluctuating, versatile, capricious. ANT. _Unchanging, immutable, constant, firm, unwavering, steady, invariable, unalterable._ =Variance.= Variation, dissension, disagreement, discord, difference, alteration, strife; hostility, antagonism, discrepancy, estrangement. ANT. _Harmony, agreement, assimilation, reconciliation, accommodation, peace._ =Variation.= Modification, alteration, mutation, change, diversity, vicissitude, variety, deviation; departure, difference, discrepancy. ANT. _Fixity, harmony, continuance, uniformity, rule, law, agreement._ =Variegated.= Streaked, dappled, particolored, diversified, varied, checkered, figured, mottled. ANT. _Unspotted, spotless, speckless._ =Variety.= Diversity, difference, assortment, species, class, multifariousness, medley, miscellany, multiplicity, kind. ANT. _Type, species, specimen, uniformity._ =Various.= Different, diverse, several, manifold, changeable, uncertain, inconstant, variable, variegated, sundry, diversified. ANT. _Identical, few, same, uniform, similar, single._ =Varnish=, _v._ Gloss, palliate, conceal, cover, embellish, disguise, lacquer, extenuate, excuse, mitigate, glaze over. ANT. _Simplify, divest; reveal, bare, manifest._ =Vary.= Alter, change, modify, alternate, diversify, variegate, differ, deviate, depart, be diverse, swerve, disagree, transform, metamorphose. ANT. _Stereotype, perpetuate; conform, assimilate, harmonize._ =Vast.= Spacious, huge, immense, great, mighty, transcendent, measureless, boundless, colossal, enormous, stupendous, prodigious, gigantic, monstrous, remarkable, extraordinary. ANT. _Moderate, limited, confined, circumscribed, narrow, close, small._ =Vaticination.= Prediction, divination, prophecy, prognostication, augury. ANT. _Fulfilment, ratification, realization, verification, accomplishment._ =Vault.= Jump, spring, bound, leap; tumble, turn. ANT. _Crawl, creep, grovel._ =Vaunt.= Boast, brag, display, show off; advertise, flourish, parade. ANT. _Conceal, disparage, decry, detract, repress, suppress._ =Veer.= Shift, turn, change, trim, vacillate. ANT. _Stand, stick, adhere, persist, remain._ =Vegetate.= Sprout, grow, germinate; bask, idle, hibernate. ANT. _Decay, fade, wither, pine; bustle, energize, work, stir._ =Vehemence.= Impetuosity, violence, fury, frenzy, ardor, fervor, fervency, warmth, zeal, enthusiasm, passion, force, intensity. ANT. _Passivity, inertia, quiescence, coldness, stoicism, indifference, unconcern, apathy, inattention._ =Vehement.= Raging, hot, ardent, fervid, burning, passionate, eager, violent, impetuous, furious, urgent, mighty, forcible, powerful, sanguine, enthusiastic. ANT. _Cool, impassive, indifferent, feeble, mild, controlled, subdued, cold, stoical, passionless, weak, inanimate._ =Veil=, _v._ Cover, invest, hide, conceal, screen, mask, shroud, envelop. ANT. _Expose, disclose, strip, denude, unveil, make manifest._ =Velocity.= Celerity, fleetness, rapidity, speed, swiftness; impetus, momentum. ANT. _Inertia, sluggishness, inertness; resistance; passivity, languor, inactivity._ =Venal.= Mercenary, hireling, sordid, purchasable, salable, prostitute. ANT. _Honest, honorable, incorruptible, public-spirited, patriotic, unpurchasable, generous, disinterested._ =Vend.= Barter, trade, sell, hawk, retail. ANT. _Buy, purchase, bribe, subsidize._ =Venerable.= Worthy, honorable, estimable; dread, awful; sage, wise, grave. ANT. _Despicable, dishonored; informal, free, intimate, easy; foolish, silly._ =Venerate.= Honor, respect, revere, reverence, adore, admire, worship. ANT. _Dishonor, disregard, scorn, scoff at, slight, spurn, detest, disdain, despise, contemn, abhor, execrate._ =Veneration.= Reverence, adoration, respect, awe, worship, esteem, dread. ANT. _Irreverence, loathing, disrespect, contempt, disdain, dishonor, scorn._ =Vengeance.= Punishment, retribution, revenge, retaliation. ANT. _Forgiveness, pardon, reprieve, indulgence, amnesty, remission, absolution._ =Venial.= Excusable, justifiable, pardonable, slight, trivial. ANT. _Inexcusable, heinous, unpardonable, flagrant, mortal, infamous, unjustifiable, inexpiable._ =Venom.= Virus, bane, poison; spite, malice, malignity, hate, ill will, maliciousness, rancor, grudge, bitterness, acrimony. ANT. _Medicine, remedy; benevolence, kindness, good will._ =Venomous.= Poisonous, malignant, noxious, mischievous, virulent, spiteful. ANT. _Wholesome, remedial, salubrious; kindly, compassionate, genial._ =Vent.= Outlet, escape, emission, utterance, discharge, opening, hole, passage; market, sale. ANT. _Close, stop-gap, end, termination, obstruction, stoppage._ =Venture=, _n._ Chance, risk, hazard, speculation; accident, contingency; stake, adventure, experiment; luck, hap; danger, jeopardy. ANT. _Certainty, surety, security, inevitableness, assurance; safety, protection; law, method; caution, calculation._ =Venture=, _v._ Dare, hazard, adventure, risk, jeopardize, imperil, chance. ANT. _Calculate, warrant, secure, guarantee, protect._ =Venturesome.= Bold, daring, adventurous, hardy, courageous, intrepid, enterprising, doughty, fearless. ANT. _Fearsome, timid, reluctant, averse, loath, unwilling._ =Venturous.= Bold, daring, fearless, venturesome. ANT. _Timid, fearful, diffident, shy._ =Veracious.= True, truthful, reliable, trustworthy, straightforward, honest, credible. ANT. _False, deceitful, mendacious, lying, dishonest, perfidious._ =Veracity.= Honesty, truthfulness, reality, candor, truth, ingenuousness, frankness, verity, exactness, correctness, accuracy. ANT. _Deception, duplicity, falsehood, fiction, guile, mendacity, untruth, lie, delusion, fabrication, deceit, error, falseness, falsity, imposture._ =Verbal.= Spoken, oral, literal, parole, vocal, unwritten, unrecorded. ANT. _Written, recorded, epistolary, documentary._ =Verbose.= Wordy, prolix, diffuse, prosy, tedious. ANT. _Laconic, terse, concise, succinct, curt._ =Verdict.= Decision, judgment, opinion, pronouncement, finding, sentence. ANT. _Indecision, indetermination._ =Verge=, _n._ Border, limit, boundary, edge, margin, brink; circumference, circle, ring; rim, brim, confine, skirt. ANT. _Center, midst, heart, depth._ =Verge=, _v._ Tend, incline, slope, lean, trend, bear, border, approach, approximate. ANT. _Deviate, recede, revert, return, depart, retrocede._ =Verify.= Prove, correct, establish, confirm, authenticate, affirm; corroborate, attest, substantiate; fulfil, demonstrate, warrant. ANT. _Falsify, misrepresent, subvert, misstate, fail, disestablish, mistake._ =Verisimilitude.= Likelihood, probability, consistency. ANT. _Improbability, inconsistency, unlikelihood._ =Veritable.= Actual, real, genuine, true; positive, absolute; original, authentic. ANT. _False, fictitious, sham, spurious, untrue, feigned, supposititious._ =Verity.= Fact, truth, reality, actuality, existence, truthfulness. ANT. _Falsity, unreality, delusion, fancy, dream, conjecture, hypothesis._ =Vernal.= Spring, balmy, genial, youthful. ANT. _Wintry, aged, autumnal, decadent, brumal, harsh, cutting._ =Versatile.= Changeable, inconsistent, variable, many-sided, capricious, erratic, fickle, unstable; mobile, plastic, ready. ANT. _Fixed, uniform, one-sided, immobile, immutable, unvaried._ =Versed.= Experienced, studied, practiced, skilled, acquainted, conversant, proficient, familiar, clever, indoctrinated. ANT. _Unskilled, ignorant, unpracticed, untaught, uninitiated._ =Version.= Account, description, translation, rendering, interpretation, reading; statement. ANT. _Text, problem, difficulty; misinterpretation._ =Vertical.= Perpendicular, plumb, upright. ANT. _Inclined, slanting, sloping._ =Vestige.= Trace, mark, footstep, track, sign, remains, trail, token, remnant, record. ANT. _Misindication; obliteration, effacement._ =Veteran.= Old soldier; expert, adept, proficient; habitué. ANT. _Novice, recruit, tyro._ =Veto.= Prohibit, forbid, negative, withhold assent to. ANT. _Pass, approve, assent to, promulgate, endorse._ =Vex.= Agitate, disquiet, harass, afflict, tease, weary, jade; torment, worry, hector, distress, annoy, trouble, perplex, bother, persecute, fret, irritate, offend, provoke, affront, disturb, tantalize. ANT. _Please, soothe, quiet, allay, appease._ =Vexation.= Chagrin, agitation, mortification, uneasiness, grief, trouble, sorrow, distress, irritation, displeasure, affliction, plague, torment. ANT. _Pleasure, enjoyment, gratification, satisfaction._ =Vibrate.= Swing, oscillate, fluctuate, quiver, waver, undulate, quake. ANT. _Rest, be still._ =Vice.= Crime, sin, fault, iniquity; defect, error, blemish, imperfection, immorality, depravity, wickedness; evil, corruption. ANT. _Virtue, goodness, perfection, righteousness, nobility, honor._ =Vicinity.= Neighborhood, vicinage, nearness, proximity, propinquity. ANT. _Distance, remoteness, separation, removal._ =Vicious.= Faulty, wicked, corrupt, depraved; foul, noxious, defective, unruly, refractory, spiteful, malignant, mischievous, immoral. ANT. _Virtuous, pure, good, upright, noble, moral, perfect._ =Vicissitude.= Change, alternation, mutation, interchange, variation, revolution. ANT. _Fixity, changelessness, stability, perpetuity, immutability._ =Victorious.= Conquering, triumphant, winning, successful, exultant, elated, boastful, vanquishing, subduing, prevailing, overcoming, mastering, subjugating. ANT. _Defeated, worsted, humiliated, beaten, baffled, discomfited, conquered, overcome, vanquished, routed, repulsed, foiled, disconcerted._ =Victory.= Success, supremacy, triumph, achievement, advantage, conquest, mastery. ANT. _Defeat, disaster, destruction, overthrow, miscarriage, retreat, rout, failure, disappointment, frustration._ =Victuals.= Food, provisions, viands, sustenance, meat. =View=, _n._ Sight, look, survey, inspection; perception, examination; reach, range; scene, prospect; sketch; conception, judgment, opinion; object, aim, purpose, design; vista, perspective; picture, intention, scope, drift; estimate; apprehension. ANT. _Blindness, darkness, obscuration, mistiness; prejudice, misconception, misrepresentation, deception, error, delusion, aimlessness, non-intention, occultation._ =View=, _v._ See, behold, look at, survey, examine, inspect, explore, consider, contemplate, regard, scan, witness, study, reflect upon, reconnoiter. ANT. _Overlook, neglect, pass by, miss, slight, ignore; misestimate, misjudge._ =Vigilance.= Sleeplessness, wakefulness, watchfulness, circumspection, attentiveness, wariness, cautiousness, caution, activity, lookout, alertness, observation. ANT. _Torpor, dulness, inattention, somnolence, carelessness, drowsiness, indifference, apathy._ =Vigilant.= Alert, awake, careful, on the alert, on the lookout, wary, watchful, wakeful, wide-awake, sleepless, cautious, circumspect. ANT. _Negligent, thoughtless, unwary, oblivious, drowsy, inattentive, careless, dull, heedless, inconsiderate, neglectful, incautious._ =Vigorous.= Full of vigor, strong, lusty, robust; forcible, energetic, powerful, sturdy, hearty, thrifty, flourishing, spirited, lively. ANT. _Weak, impotent, incapacitated, feeble, inactive, debilitated, powerless, effete, enervated, indolent._ =Vile.= Low, base, worthless, despicable, mean, depraved, impure, sinful, wicked, bad, dishonorable, ignoble, degraded, sordid, infamous, low-minded. ANT. _Noble, exalted, honorable, upright, estimable, great, worthy, eminent, liberal, free, generous, superior, dignified, sublime, stately._ =Villain.= Scoundrel, knave, rascal, scamp, ruffian, rogue; malefactor. ANT. _Gentleman, man of refinement, polish, delicacy, and honor._ =Villainous.= Base, vile, mean, depraved; sorry, mischievous, infamous, knavish; heinous, sinful, outrageous, atrocious. ANT. _Gentlemanly, noble, refined, honorable, worthy, upright._ =Vindicate.= Maintain, defend, justify; assert, protest, pronounce, declare, asseverate; uphold, claim, substantiate, support, advocate. ANT. _Surrender, yield, give up, resign; abandon, forego, waive; destroy, annul, vitiate; accuse, charge, impute, tax, slur._ =Vindictive.= Revengeful, unforgiving, implacable, spiteful, unrelenting, malicious. ANT. _Forgiving, generous, merciful, long-suffering, magnanimous._ =Violate.= Injure, disturb, interrupt, transgress, desecrate, debauch, dishonor, outrage, profane, abuse, infringe, ravish. ANT. _Respect, protect, reverence, honor, value, prize, foster, shelter._ =Violence.= Vehemence, impetuosity, fierceness, force, violation, infraction, infringement, transgression, profanation, assault, outrage. ANT. _Preservation, defense, protection; mildness, self-control, gentleness, respect, obedience, conservation._ =Violent.= Fierce, vehement, outrageous, boisterous, turbulent, impetuous, passionate, severe, extreme. ANT. _Sane, sober, calm, collected, unruffled, composed, cool._ =Virgin=, _n._ Maid, maiden, girl, damsel. ANT. _Wife, mother, married woman; prostitute, whore._ =Virgin=, _a._ Chaste, maidenly, modest; pure, undefiled, fresh, new. ANT. _Married, matronly, motherly; defiled, polluted._ =Virile.= Mature, masculine; masterful, forceful; robust, vigorous. ANT. _Feminine; feeble, effeminate, puerile, emasculate._ =Virtual.= Potential, efficacious, energizing, implicit, indirect, practical, essential, equivalent. ANT. _Stated, direct, definite, expressed, explicit, emphatic, categorical._ =Virtue.= Energy, strength, potency, efficacy; value, merit, excellence; worth, meritoriousness; integrity, purity, virginity, chastity; goodness, morality, uprightness, rectitude, probity, righteousness; force, power, capacity; honor, worthiness, honesty, truth, duty, virtuousness, faithfulness, justice. ANT. _Inability, weakness, impotency, inefficacy; badness, corruption, impurity, unchastity, depravity, wickedness, laxity, dishonesty._ =Virtuous.= Excellent, upright, righteous, pure, chaste; good, honest, exemplary, blameless, worthy, modest. ANT. _Wicked, bad, wrong, unrighteous, impure, dishonest, worthless, immodest, blameworthy._ =Virulence.= Malignancy, virus, contagion, poison, venom; bitterness, malevolence, acrimony. ANT. _Mildness, blandness, salubriousness, abatement, assuagement; potency; benevolence, virtue._ =Visible.= Perceptible, noticeable, apparent, open, conspicuous, obvious, manifest, evident, clear, plain, observable, palpable, discernible. ANT. _Invisible, unseen, imperceptible, concealed, eclipsed, indistinguishable, impalpable, microscopic, indiscernible._ =Vision.= Sight; apparition, creation, phantom, fancy, specter, appearance, chimera, illusion, phantasm. ANT. _Material, substance; reality, fact, actuality._ =Visionary.= Fanciful, fantastic, unreal, imaginary, ideal, chimerical, fantastical, wild, whimsical, capricious, illusory, romantic, shadowy, dreamy, unsubstantial, fabulous. ANT. _Actual, real, true, substantial, genuine, palpable, authentic, veritable._ =Vital.= Living; mortal; important, necessary, essential; animate; indispensable, material, paramount. ANT. _Mortal, lifeless, inanimate, secondary, separable, unessential, unimportant, immaterial._ =Vitiate.= Impair, contaminate, annul, spoil, void, destroy, injure; cause to deteriorate, taint; invalidate. ANT. _Adhere to, corroborate, support, confirm, substantiate, justify, sanction, vindicate; refresh, improve, remedy._ =Vivacious.= Animated, sportive, gay, jocund, light-hearted; merry, sprightly; brisk, frolicsome, spirited, cheerful, mirthful. ANT. _Inanimate, dead, lifeless, spiritless, heavy, somber, melancholy, mournful, sad, inert, dull, stolid._ =Vivid.= Clear, lucid, striking, active, lively, quick; fresh, intense, animated, bright, strong, spirited, sprightly; brilliant, lustrous, radiant, glowing, scintillant, sunny. ANT. _Dull, opaque, lurid, obscure, rayless, somber, cloudy, dark, colorless, dim, pale, wan, dusky, non-luminous._ =Vocation.= Call, summons, citation; business, profession, employment, calling, occupation, trade; function, mission, office. ANT. _Leisure, non-employment; avocation, hobby._ =Vogue.= Mode, custom, way, use, fashion, practice, usage. ANT. _Disfavor, desuetude, disuse, unfashionableness, abolition._ =Voice=, _n._ Sound, utterance, tone; language, words, speech, judgment, expression, vote; command, precept; opinion. ANT. _Dumbness, silence, inexpression, muteness, inarticulation, obtumescence._ =Void=, _a._ Empty, vacant, devoid, wanting, ineffectual, destitute, lacking; unoccupied, unused, unfilled; null, invalid, nugatory; vain, unreal, imaginary, unsubstantial. ANT. _Occupied, solid, substantial, possessed, endued; effectual, valid, operative, good, efficacious, furnished._ =Volatile.= Light-hearted, airy; changeable, fickle; lively, evaporating, vaporable, vivacious, buoyant, jocund; inconstant, flighty, whimsical, capricious, unsteady, reckless. ANT. _Fixed, steady, established, determined, solid, settled; persistent, resolute; involatile; somber, demure._ =Volition.= Will, choice, preference, determination, purpose; discretion, free will, election, deliberation. ANT. _Necessity, force, predestination, fate, coercion, foreordination._ =Voluble.= Rotating; nimble, glib; active; fluent, loquacious, talkative, rapid, running, coursing. ANT. _Direct; slow, deliberate, hesitating, stuttering, torpid, stammering, creeping, lazy._ =Volume.= Book, tome; convolution, coil; dimension, mass, capacity, bulk, size. ANT. _Minuteness, smallness._ =Voluntary.= Spontaneous, willing, uncompelled; free, impulsive; unconstrained, deliberate, intentional, optional, gratuitous, by choice; discretional. ANT. _Coerced, forced, involuntary, compulsory, necessitated, constrained._ =Volunteer=, _v._ Offer, bestow, or act freely, proffer, tender, present. ANT. _Levy, draft, requisition, request, demand, suborn, confiscate._ =Voluptuous.= Sensual, sensuous, epicurean, luxurious, pleasurable, licentious, self-indulgent. ANT. _Self-sacrificing, abstinent, ascetic, self-denying, austere, puritanical, renunciatory._ =Voracious.= Hungry, greedy, rapacious, eager, ravenous, gluttonous, insatiate, omnivorous. ANT. _Fastidious, dainty, refined, delicate, nice._ =Vouch.= Declare, affirm, attest, support, asseverate, aver, protest, assure, promise, warrant, guarantee. ANT. _Repudiate, abjure, renounce, protest against, demur, decline, abnegate._ =Vouchsafe.= Grant, concede, bestow; condescend, deign, stoop, descend, yield. ANT. _Deny, refuse, withhold._ =Vow=, _n._ Promise, pledge; oath, asseveration. =Vow=, _v._ Devote, promise, consecrate, dedicate; assert, asseverate, swear. ANT. _Release, absolve, free; pollute, defile, profane._ =Vulgar.= Common, general, ordinary, public; vernacular; plebeian; popular; rustic, boorish, low, coarse, base, underbred. ANT. _Noble, aristocratic, patrician, high-born, refined, polite, high-bred, stylish, select, choice, cultivated; strict, scientific, philosophical, technical, accurate._ =Vulnerable.= Susceptible, liable, subject, assailable, weak, tender, exposed. ANT. _Impregnable, unassailable, unexposed, concealed, fortified, defended._ W =Waft.= Bear, convey, transmit, carry, transport, make to float on waves (_of air or water_). ANT. _Sink, weigh down, depress._ =Wages.= Salary, stipend, allowance, remuneration, fruit, hire, pay, compensation; earnings; reward, emolument. ANT. _Gratuity, bonus, premium, grace, douceur, gift, boon._ =Wait.= Stay, tarry, delay, stop, abide, remain, linger; rest; expect, watch, await, look for. ANT. _Hasten, hurry, speed, press on; go, depart._ =Waive.= Relinquish, forbear, refuse, forego; throw away, cast off, reject, desert; abandon, remit, quit claim, cancel, drop, renounce, surrender. ANT. _Urge, assert, press, enforce, claim, defend, vindicate._ =Wake.= Be awake, watch; excite, arouse, stir; reanimate, revive; call, evoke, summon, provoke. ANT. _Soothe, hush, tranquilize, quiet; mesmerize; allay, appease, calm._ =Wakeful.= Vigilant, awake, sleepless; watchful, observant, wary. ANT. _Drowsy, sleepy; heedless, careless, incautious, unwary._ =Walk.= Move on foot, proceed; be stirring, be abroad; behave, pursue, conduct one’s self; perambulate, pass, traverse; step, stride, march, stalk, tramp, plod, trudge, tread. ANT. _Halt, stop, stand still; ride, drive._ =Wan.= Pale, sickly, languid, pallid; ashen, colorless, haggard, cadaverous; livid, bloodless. ANT. _Fresh-colored, bright, rosy, lively, sanguine, incarnadine._ =Wander.= Straggle, stroll, range; turn aside; be delirious, rave; be crazed; expatiate; depart, saunter; navigate, travel; deviate, diverge, err, ramble, go astray, rove, stray, veer, roam, swerve, digress. ANT. _Remain, stay, settle, rest, stop, pause, moor, anchor, perch, bivouac, halt, alight, repose._ =Wane.= Be diminished, decrease; decline, fail, sink; fade, pale; ebb; pine, droop, deteriorate, attenuate, contract, recede. ANT. _Wax, increase, rally, improve, brighten, expand, develop, advance._ =Want=, _n._ Defect, failure, dearth, indigence, absence, scarcity, deficiency, lack; destitution, poverty, need, shortness, insufficiency, scantiness. ANT. _Supply, sufficiency, allowance, provision, abundance, production, adequacy, supplement._ =Ward=, _n._ Watch, guardianship, guard; garrison, defender, protector; defense, protection; custody; keeper, guardian, warden; pupil, minor; division; apartment. =Ward=, _v._ Watch, guard; defend, protect; repel, turn aside; be vigilant; keep guard, avert, repel, parry, fend. ANT. _Betray, surrender, admit._ =Warfare.= Hostilities, war; contest, struggle; strife, discord; belligerence, antagonism; campaign, battle, skirmish, engagement. ANT. _Peace, truce, armistice; amity, pacification; neutrality; reconciliation; tranquillity, friendliness, harmony, order, quiet, concord._ =Warlike.= Military, martial, hostile, soldierly, inimical, bellicose, unfriendly, belligerent. ANT. _Peaceful, civil, unmilitary, friendly, pacific, amicable._ =Warm.= Ardent, zealous, fervent, cordial, hot, glowing; violent, vehement, furious, excited, passionate; warm-blooded, warm-hearted; sunny, mild, genial, pleasant; close, oppressive; fervid, earnest, eager, enthusiastic, hearty; lively, interested; irascible. ANT. _Cool, cold; dispassionate, collected, composed, calm, unruffled, placid, sedate, quiet, staid; unconcerned, frigid, apathetic, chilling; repellent._ =Warmth.= Fervency, glow, earnestness, cordiality, animation, eagerness, excitement, vehemence; interest, zeal, ardor, enthusiasm, passion, fervor, heat, intensity, spirit; emotion, life. ANT. _Coolness, calmness, indifference, frigidity, torpidity, apathy, impassiveness; calm, chill, obtuseness, frost, iciness._ =Warn.= Make ware, notify, admonish, caution; advise, mention to, inform, apprise; dissuade, deter, alarm, premonish. ANT. _Encourage, embolden, inspirit, hearten, induce, instigate, prompt, impel._ =Warrant=, _n._ Guaranty, security, voucher; commission, credentials. =Warrant=, _v._ Secure, guarantee, support, justify, sanction, assure; empower, engage, undertake, authorize. ANT. _Invalidate, nullify, repudiate, cancel, make void; endanger, imperil._ =Wary.= Circumspect, watchful, cautious, vigilant, prudent, discreet, heedful, thoughtful, careful, guarded, scrupulous, chary. ANT. _Unsuspecting, unwary, incautious, negligent, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, remiss._ =Wash=, _v._ Cleanse, wet, scrub, moisten, bathe, lave; overflow, fall on; waste, abrade; stain, tint, color; overlay, cover; cleanse, rinse. ANT. _Soil, stain, pollute, defile, contaminate, bemire._ =Waste=, _n._ Squandering, devastation, loss, decrease; void, desert, wilderness; refuse; prodigality, diminution, dissipation, destruction, havoc, desolation, ravage; solitude, expanse; consumption, expenditure, extravagance. ANT. _Restoration, renovation, reimbursement, renewal, recovery, restitution, reparation; accumulation, frugality, economy, thrift, hoard, store, accretion._ =Waste=, _v._ Squander, dissipate, lavish, desolate; ruin, devastate, destroy; wear away, impair, use up, consume, spend; damage, injure. ANT. _Restore, renovate, repair, renew; develop, multiply, augment; economize, hoard, accumulate, treasure, husband, protect._ =Waste=, _a._ Desolate, devastated, stripped, bare, dreary, dismal, gloomy, cheerless; worthless, valueless, refuse, rejected, unused, superfluous. ANT. _Populated, occupied, cheerful, lively; valuable, useful, essential, necessary._ =Wasteful.= Destructive, ruinous; lavish, prodigal, profuse, extravagant. ANT. _Careful, economical, frugal, protective._ =Watch=, _v._ Be awake, keep vigil, be on guard, tend; heed, observe, expect. ANT. _Sleep, drowse, slumber; be careless, neglect, overlook._ =Watchful.= Circumspect, wakeful, heedful; vigilant, awake, attentive, wary, cautious, observant. ANT. _Drowsy, slumbrous, inobservant, careless, heedless, inattentive, unwary, incautious, remiss, distracted, inadvertent._ =Waver.= Reel, totter, vacillate, fluctuate, hesitate, dubitate, be undetermined, alternate, be perplexed, scruple. ANT. _Decide, choose, settle, determine, dispose of, be steadfast._ =Wavering=, _n._ Fluctuation, hesitancy, indecision, vacillation; uncertainty, irresolution. ANT. _Decision, determination, resolution, promptness._ =Way.= Path, road, route, street, track, alley, avenue, channel, course, highway, pathway, highroad, driveway, lane, pass, passageway, passage, thoroughfare, roadway; distance, interval; motion, progression, journey; means, scheme, device, plan; manner, method, mode, fashion, style; practice, habit, habitude, custom, wont. ANT. _Deviation, error, discursion; deflection, divergence, rambling, wandering; exception, variation._ =Wayward.= Disobedient, headstrong, froward, perverse, wilful, obstinate, stubborn, unruly, capricious, contrary. ANT. _Amenable, docile, manageable, compliant, obedient._ =Weak.= Feeble, infirm, sickly, exhausted, unable; deficient; soft, pliant, frail; low, faint; spiritless; foolish, wavering, lacking; debilitated, unsound, invalid, fragile, delicate, tender; exposed, unguarded, defenseless; pliable, irresolute; simple, silly, witless, shallow, imbecile, childish; injudicious, unwise; insipid, tasteless, thin, diluted, watery; imprudent, indiscreet, erring; flimsy, slight, frivolous; unsafe, unsubstantial, untrustworthy; ineffectual. ANT. _Strong, sturdy, vigorous, hardy, robust, powerful; sound, hale, healthy, stout, able; efficient, capable, potent, mighty; firm, compact, secure, impregnable; forcible, intense, energetic; biting, sharp, racy, pungent; rank; tough, tenacious, cohesive, resisting; strenuous, ardent, eager, zealous, hearty; vivid, brilliant; solid, substantial; valid, confirmed, binding._ =Weaken.= Debilitate, enfeeble, enervate; invalidate; depress, impair, reduce, lower, sap, dilute, attenuate. ANT. _Strengthen, empower, invigorate; confirm, corroborate, substantiate; augment, increase, mend, improve; enhance._ =Weakness.= Feebleness, debility, languor, imbecility, infirmity, decrepitude, faintness, frailty. ANT. _Strength, vigor, tone, health, power, efficiency, nerve, spirit._ =Wealth.= Riches, affluence, opulence, abundance, plenty, fortune, competence, estate, treasure, money, funds, cash, property; luxury, satiety. ANT. _Poverty, scarcity, indigence, lack, want, need, impecuniosity._ =Wear.= Carry, bear, have on; use up; impair, waste, diminish, consume; last; don, exhibit, sport. ANT. _Doff, abandon; renew, renovate, repair; increase, augment, swell._ =Weariness.= Fatigue, languor, exhaustion, lassitude, prostration, depression. ANT. _Strength, vigor, force, energy, restedness._ =Wearisome.= Tiresome, tedious, irksome, vexatious, fatiguing; trying, wearing; prosy, monotonous, annoying, uninteresting; toilsome, laborious. ANT. _Easy, pleasing, comfortable; invigorating; facile; interesting, exciting, fascinating, delightful, amusing, stirring._ =Weary=, _a._ Fatigued, tiresome, irksome, wearisome; tired, sick, exhausted. ANT. _Energetic, strong, refreshed, invigorated; pleased, interested._ =Weave.= Interlace, unite; compose, fabricate; intwine, plait, braid, plat. ANT. _Disentangle, unravel, untwist, disunite, untwine; extricate, simplify._ =Wed.= Marry, espouse; unite, attach. ANT. _Separate, divorce._ =Wedding.= Marriage, bridal, espousals, nuptials, nuptial ceremony. ANT. _Celibacy, bachelorhood, virginity._ =Wedlock.= Marriage, matrimony, nuptial state. ANT. _Celibacy, bachelorhood, virginity._ =Weep.= Cry, shed tears, lament, complain; drip, be soaked; sob, bewail, bemoan; droop. ANT. _Laugh, smile; rejoice, be cheerful, enjoy._ =Weight.= Heaviness; pressure, burden; importance, influence, consequence, moment; ponderousness, gravity, load, power; efficacy, impressiveness. ANT. _Lightness, levity, volatility; insignificance, triviality, weakness, inefficacy, worthlessness; portableness, ease, facility._ =Weighty.= Heavy, ponderous, burdensome, onerous; forcible, momentous; efficacious, impressive, cogent. ANT. _Easy, light, unencumbered; active, swift; slight, unimportant; frivolous, volatile, unsettled, giddy._ =Welcome=, _n._ Greeting, salutation, reception. ANT. _Farewell, adieu, parting, good-by, leave-taking; repulse, repudiation._ =Welcome=, _a._ Grateful, pleasing, gladly entertained, acceptable, agreeable, gratifying; gratuitous, free. ANT. _Unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unacceptable._ =Welfare.= Prosperity, happiness, well-being, enjoyment, success, weal, advantage, benefit, profit, luck, thrift. ANT. _Adversity, misfortune, reverses, failure, ill luck, unhappiness._ =Well=, _a._ Good, desirable, fortunate, advantageous; healthy; favored, lucky; hale, sound. ANT. _Ill, sickly, diseased, unwell, poorly; unlucky, unfortunate._ =Well=, _adv._ Justly, rightly, abundantly, fully, adequately, thoroughly, satisfactorily, advantageously, conveniently, properly. ANT. _Ill, wrongly, poorly, imperfectly, improperly, badly._ =Wet.= Damp, moist, rainy, humid; nasty; dank; showery; lively, interesting. ANT. _Dry, parched, thirsty, arid; plain, unvarnished; shrewd, sharp, quaint._ =Wheedle.= Cajole, flatter, entice, coax, inveigle, fawn upon. ANT. _Deter, undeceive, detract, decry; chide, scold, rebuke, blame._ =Whereas.= Since, considering; when in fact, while, although; seeing that; inasmuch as. =Whimsical.= Capricious, fanciful, queer, strange, freakish, quaint, fantastic. ANT. _Staid, serious, sober, matter-of-fact, steady, sedate._ =White.= Snowy, pale, pallid; unblemished, innocent, pure; gray, hoary; fortunate, happy, favorable. ANT. _Black, dark, colorless, negro, sooty, coallike; dismal, gloomy, forbidding, threatening, sullen, foreboding; impure, sullied._ =Whole.= All, total, complete, entire, undivided, uninjured, unbroken; unimpaired, integral; sound, perfect, faultless, strong, well, healthy. ANT. _Partial, imperfect, unsound, ill, sick; divided, fractional._ =Wholesome.= Salubrious, salutary, healthy, healthful, nourishing, nutritious, strengthening, invigorating; beneficial, good; fresh, sound, uncorrupt. ANT. _Detrimental, deleterious, prejudicial, hurtful, pernicious, noxious._ =Wholly.= Entirely, completely, perfectly, totally, fully, altogether, utterly. ANT. _Partially, imperfectly, incompletely, separately, in part._ =Wicked.= Sinful, criminal, guilty, immoral, ungodly, profane, unrighteous, atrocious, unholy, vicious, nefarious, heinous, abandoned, iniquitous, depraved, unprincipled, irreverent, vile, abandoned, bad, evil, unjust, ill, outrageous, monstrous, villainous. ANT. _Good, righteous, just, godly, virtuous, fair, honorable, unsullied, pious, benevolent, upright, reputable, true, excellent._ =Wickedness.= Crime, sin, vice, iniquity, evil, depravity, immorality, enormity; badness, vileness, corruption. ANT. _Goodness, piety, godliness, righteousness, honor, virtue, benevolence._ =Wide.= Broad, spacious, vast, extensive, comprehensive, liberal; remote, distant, far; ample, expanded. ANT. _Narrow, contracted, confined, cramped, constricted, limited; bigoted, parsimonious; close, near._ =Wife.= Married woman, consort, spouse, helpmate. ANT. _Sweetheart, maiden; widow._ =Wild=, _a._ Untamed, uncultivated, undomesticated; savage, uncivilized, rude, ferocious; violent, turbulent; disorderly, crazy, ungoverned; visionary; unsheltered, exposed. ANT. _Tame, domesticated, cultivated, civilized; populated, frequented; polite, gentle, refined; rational, orderly, sane, controlled, sober, collected._ =Wile.= Trick, snare, artifice, beguilement, allurement, stratagem, cheat, fraud, imposture, deceit, deception, contrivance, device. ANT. _Artlessness, openness, candor, straightforwardness._ =Wilful.= Self-determined, voluntary; obstinate, perverse, stubborn, refractory; self-willed, headstrong; wayward; intentional, prepense, preconceived, premeditated, designed, deliberate, purposed. ANT. _Concessive, compliant, amenable, obedient, docile, manageable; adventitious, accidental._ =Will=, _n._ Choice, determination, preference, volition; decree, desire, command, purpose; control, disposal; testament; resolution, decision, self-reliance, force; inclination, pleasure, disposition; behest, order, direction. ANT. _Indecision, vacillation, indeterminateness, indifference; sensibility, perception._ =Will=, _v._ Bequeath, devise, direct; choose, decide, determine, decree; wish, desire, incline to have; be willing. ANT. _Die intestate; be indifferent._ =Willing.= Inclined, consenting, ready, complying; chosen, desired; disposed, minded, desirous; voluntary. ANT. _Loath, disinclined, reluctant, averse, backward._ =Win.= Gain, get, procure, earn; be victorious, prevail; obtain; acquire, achieve; conquer; succeed, accomplish. ANT. _Lose, fail of, miss, forfeit, be deprived or bereaved of._ =Wind=, _v._ Coil, twine, wreathe, twist, turn; enfold, encircle; direct; insinuate. ANT. _Straighten, unravel, untwist._ =Winding.= Twisting, circuitous, bending, curving, meandering, flexuous, serpentine, sinuous. ANT. _Straight, rectilinear, direct, undeviating, unswerving._ =Winning.= Charming, attractive, alluring, pleasing, bewitching, winsome, fascinating, delightful, lovely, captivating, prepossessing, enchanting. ANT. _Repulsive, unpleasing, repellent, disagreeable, offensive, repugnant, revolting, disgusting, odious._ =Wisdom.= Judgment, prudence, reason, understanding, sense, skill, sagacity, attainment, discernment, depth, discretion, information, foresight, learning, profundity, reasonableness, prescience, knowledge, insight, judiciousness, erudition, enlightenment. ANT. _Folly, imbecility, stupidity, error, foolishness, fatuity, idiocy, absurdity, imprudence, indiscretion, miscalculation, nonsense, misjudgment, silliness, senselessness._ =Wise.= Knowing, erudite, wary, learned, sagacious; crafty; judicious, discreet; skilled, intelligent, rational; sage, sensible; logical; deep, discerning, profound, philosophical. ANT. _Senseless, idiotic, irrational; nonsensical, imprudent, irrational, indiscreet, ridiculous, preposterous, insensate._ =Wish=, _v._ Long for, hanker after, desire; invoke, imprecate. ANT. _Despise, dislike; disrelish, be averse to, displease._ =Wit.= Ingenuity, humor, satire, sarcasm, irony, burlesque; intellect, mind, understanding, sense; man of genius or humor; penetration, discernment, insight, acumen; facetiousness, drollery, waggery, jocularity, sparkle, repartee, joke, playfulness, fun, witticism, pleasantry, banter, jest, raillery. ANT. _Stupidity, inanity, obtuseness, vapidity, dulness, commonplace, matter-of-fact; irrationality, platitude; dolt, dullard; sobriety, solemnity, seriousness, gravity, stolidity._ =Witchcraft.= Sorcery, enchantment, magic, necromancy, conjuration, incantation, charm, spell, thaumaturgy. =Witchery.= Sorcery, witchcraft; fascination, enchantment, spell, entrancement, ravishment. ANT. _Reality, actuality, disillusionment, bald facts._ =With.= By, on the side of, by the help of; attending, accompanying, close; against; according to; in contrast with; upon, immediately after. =Withdraw.= Take back, recall, retire; draw back, remove; recede, depart. ANT. _Offer, afford; produce; repeat, reiterate, confirm; renew; furnish, propose, give._ =Withhold.= Hold back, restrain, impede, hamper; retain, refuse; suppress, check, rein in, inhibit, stint, forbear; detain. ANT. _Let go, give, bestow, confer; admit, yield; furnish, allow, provide, permit; encourage, embolden, cheer, hearten, animate._ =Within=, _a._ Inside, inwardly, internally, indoors, in the limits of. ANT. _Without, outside, outwardly, externally, outdoors._ =Without=, _prep._ Out of, beyond, out of the limits of, in the absence of, in separation from; independently of; exclusive of, omitting. ANT. _Within, inside of, in the limits of, including, embracing._ =Without=, _conj._ Unless, except. =Withstand.= Oppose, resist, confront, thwart, combat, prevent, contradict. ANT. _Concede, grant, assist, submit, acquiesce, abet, countenance, encourage, support._ =Witness=, _n._ Attestation, testimony, evidence, proof; one who attests or is directly cognizant of; eye-witness; deponent, corroborator; spectator, auditor, voucher. ANT. _Belief, hearsay, rumor, report; invalidation, refutation._ =Witty.= Acute, sharp, smart, facetious, arch, keen, amusing, humorous, satirical, taunting, ironical. ANT. _Dull, stupid, obtuse, dry, prosaic, prosy, tiresome, tedious, serious._ =Woe.= Grief, sorrow, misery, calamity; curse, malediction; disconsolateness, tribulation, melancholy, agony, depression, unhappiness. ANT. _Joy, delight, pleasure, prosperity, enjoyment, bliss, felicity, welfare, cheerfulness, merriment._ =Woful.= Sorrowful, distressed, wretched, afflicted, unhappy, sad; paltry, poor, piteous, disconsolate, miserable, burdened, troubled. ANT. _Joyous, light-hearted, cheerful, merry, rejoiced, glad, delighted, gay, blessed._ =Womanhood.= Muliebrity, maturity in woman, feminality; womanliness; woman, womankind. ANT. _Manhood, manliness, masculinity; man, mankind._ =Womanish.= Effeminate, weak, foolishly feminine. ANT. _Mannish, aping a man, foolishly masculine._ =Womanly.= Becoming a woman, feminine, delicate, refined. ANT. _Manly, strong, virile, becoming a man._ =Wonder=, _n._ Astonishment, admiration, amazement, surprise, awe, bewilderment, curiosity; portent, miracle, prodigy, marvel; phenomenon, sight, rarity, spectacle. ANT. _Expectation, anticipation; familiarity, apathy, indifference; foreknowledge, prescience; ennui; satiety; platitude, truism, commonplace._ =Wonderful.= Amazing, astonishing, marvelous, surprising, improbable, strange, incredulous; startling, awesome, portentous, extraordinary, prodigious, wondrous. ANT. _Commonplace, familiar, expected, ordinary, wonted, hackneyed, customary, habitual._ =Wonted.= Accustomed, usual, habitual, customary, habituated, used, conventional, regular, frequent, common. ANT. _Exceptional, unusual, unused, unconventional, infrequent, irregular._ =Wood.= Forest, grove, thicket; timber, trees; copse, woodland, forestland. ANT. _Open, prairie, clearing._ =Word.= Term, expression, accents, tongue, vocable; account, tidings, message; statement, declaration, affirmation, promise; (_pl._) contention, dispute, wrangling, altercation; speech, talk, discourse, language. ANT. _Idea, conception, suggestion; sentence, unit of composition, paragraph._ =Work=, _n._ Exertion, activity, effort, toil, employment, labor; business, duty; product, fabric, production, performance, manufacture; act, deed, service, result, effect, achievement, feat; composition, structure; management, treatment, operation, issue, fruit; occupation; action, drudgery. ANT. _Frustration, abortion, hodge-podge; failure, deficiency, defect, fault; miscarriage; rest, inertia, fruitlessness, inoperativeness; inefficiency, futility; repose, relaxation, ease, vacation, idleness, leisure, recreation._ =Work=, _v._ Exert one’s self, labor, be engaged, toil; operate, act, perform; effect, affect, conduce, influence; strain; use, utilize; produce, accomplish; prevail upon, manage, lead; ferment. ANT. _Rest, recreate, stop, repose, halt, relax, be at ease, lie, recline, sleep, slumber; fail, miscarry, be wanting, lapse._ =Workman.= Worker, artificer, laborer, artisan, mechanic, operative, craftsman; toiler, hand; master. ANT. _Employer, superintendent, inspector, supervisor, director, overseer._ =Workmanship.= Handicraft, execution, skill, art, manipulation, handiwork. ANT. _Bungling, botching._ =World.= Earth, universe, creation; affairs, interests, life, action, occupation; inhabitants, people, mankind; globe, cosmos, planet, nature; public, society, human race. ANT. _Heaven; atom, individual._ =Worldly.= Human, common; secular, temporal; mundane, terrestrial, earthly; fleshly, carnal; universal; sublunary; sordid, selfish, ambitious, earthborn, groveling. ANT. _Spiritual, ethereal, celestial, heavenly, lunar, solar; incorporeal, ghostly; ideal, abstract, mental, intellectual; sacred, holy, pure._ =Worry=, _n._ Care, anxiety, fret, solicitude, torment, vexation, trouble, annoyance, plague, disquiet; perplexity, concern, fear, apprehension, uneasiness, misgiving. ANT. _Trust, calm, courage, serenity, tranquillity, placidity, quiet, ease of mind, resolution, dauntlessness._ =Worship=, _n._ Reverence, homage, adoration, submission, obsequiousness, honor, abjectness. ANT. _Detestation, hatred, abhorrence, loathing, disgust, antipathy, assertion, defiance, challenge._ =Worship=, _v._ Adore, reverence, revere, idolize, respect, defer, venerate, deify, honor, exalt. ANT. _Defy, dare; abhor, detest, hate, disdain, abominate, contemn, loathe._ =Worth.= Desert, merit, excellence; price, rate; value, quality, equivalence; virtue, character, worthiness, integrity; credit, cost, estimate. ANT. _Demerit, worthlessness, cheapness, uselessness, futility, poverty._ =Worthless.= Undeserving, useless, valueless, vile, mean, miserable, poor, wretched, abject, unworthy, ignoble, abandoned, depraved; refuse, waste. ANT. _Costly, valuable, dear, high-priced, expensive; sumptuous, splendid, rich, precious; useful, excellent, estimable, virtuous, worthy._ =Worthy.= Valuable, deserving, estimable, virtuous; suitable, adapted, meritorious, exemplary, upright, righteous, honest, honorable. ANT. _Worthless, valueless, ignoble, defective, unsuitable._ =Wound=, _v._ Hurt, injure, damage, harm, cut, stab, rend, lacerate, pain; annoy, mortify, offend. ANT. _Heal, allay, cure, remedy, soothe, repair; appease, assuage, comfort, harmonize._ =Wrap=, _v._ Wind, fold, cover, envelop, enfold, involve, conceal, hide, muffle. ANT. _Unwind, unfold, lay bare, reveal, develop, expose._ =Wrath.= Fury, ire, resentment, passion, anger, rage, exasperation, indignation, choler, irritation. ANT. _Calmness, control, restraint, composure, placidity, serenity._ =Wrathful.= Furious, raging, indignant, passionate, choleric, ireful, angry, exasperated, incensed, irate, wroth, mad, provoked, resentful. ANT. _Calm, collected, controlled, repressed, masterly, restrained, good-tempered._ =Wreath.= Garland, chaplet, festoon, crown, bays, diadem. =Wreck=, _n._ Ruins, remains, rubbish, wreckage, débris; havoc, destruction, shipwreck, ruin, desolation, perdition, demolition. ANT. _Preservation, conservation, saving, protection, security._ =Wrench=, _v._ Pull, twist, wrest, force, strain, sprain; pervert, distort, wring. ANT. _Straighten, untwist; rectify._ =Wretched.= Miserable, calamitous, afflicted, unhappy, degraded, woful; worthless, paltry; forlorn, wobegone, comfortless, distressed; shocking, deplorable, depressing, sad; contemptible, mean, pitiful, debased, humiliated. ANT. _Prosperous, flourishing, fortunate, happy, enviable, felicitous, successful, thriving; valuable; honored, noble, exalted._ =Wrong=, _a._ Injurious, unjust, faulty, detrimental, unfit; improper, incorrect; mistaken, erroneous; illegal, immoral. ANT. _Right, upright, lawful, equitable, fair, just, becoming, proper, suitable, appropriate, fit; correct, true, actual, real._ =Wrought.= Worked, elaborated; performed, done, effected, executed, produced, manufactured. ANT. _Rough, crude, coarse, raw, unpolished._ =Wry.= Twisted, distorted; misdirected, perverted, wrested; askew, contorted, deformed, deranged; crooked, awry. ANT. _Straight, rectilinear, direct, upright, erect; perpendicular, shapely, comely, symmetrical, proper, well-formed._ Y =Yawn.= Open wide, gape; desire, be eager. ANT. _Close, shut, engulf._ =Yearly.= Annual, happening each year, per annum, every year, year by year. ANT. _Perennial, everlasting, evergreen._ =Yearn.= Long, desire, be eager, covet, crave, hanker. ANT. _Loathe, revolt, recoil, shudder at, despise._ =Yell=, _v._ Cry out, shriek, scream, holler. ANT. _Keep silence, subdue, silence._ =Yet.= Besides, nevertheless, notwithstanding, however, still, eventually, ultimately, at last, so far, thus far, hitherto, at present; over and above; further; now. =Yield.= Furnish, produce, afford, bear, render; relinquish, give in, let go, forego; accede, acquiesce; resign, surrender, concede, allow, grant, submit, succumb; comply, consent, agree. ANT. _Withdraw, withhold, retain, deny, refuse, vindicate, assert, claim, disallow, appropriate, resist, dissent, protest, struggle, strive._ =Yielding.= Conceding, producing, surrendering, supple, pliant, submissive, unresisting, obsequious, attentive, flexible, compliant, accommodating. ANT. _Defiant, resisting, obstinate, firm, stiff, hard, perverse._ =Yoke=, _n._ Bond, chain, link, tie; servitude, bondage, vassalage, service, thraldom, subjection, subservience. ANT. _Freedom, liberty; authority, command._ =Yoke=, _v._ Couple, conjoin, connect, link; enslave, subjugate. ANT. _Dissever, divorce, disconnect, liberate, release, manumit, enfranchise._ =Young.= Juvenile, immature; inexperienced, innocent, ignorant; youthful, boyish, girlish, childlike. ANT. _Old, mature, adult; experienced, knowing; senile, aged, decrepit, venerable; antique, antiquated, obsolete; superannuated._ =Youth.= Adolescence, childhood, infancy; youthfulness, juvenility; minority; lad, boy, girl, youngster. ANT. _Age, senility, maturity._ =Youthful.= Puerile, juvenile, immature, young, fresh, vigorous, unripe, callow, childish, boyish, childlike, girlish, adolescent. ANT. _Mature, adult, full-grown, ripe, ripened._ Z =Zeal.= Ardor, eagerness, earnestness, fervor, enthusiasm, energy, feeling, devotion, intensity, passion, spirit. ANT. _Apathy, indifference, coldness, carelessness, sluggishness, torpor._ =Zealot.= Partisan, bigot, enthusiast, fanatic, devotee, visionary, dreamer. ANT. _Renegade, traitor, deserter; lukewarm person._ =Zealous.= Ardent, anxious, earnest, enthusiastic, fervid, eager, steadfast, keen, fervent, devoted, prompt, ready, fiery, passionate. ANT. _Lukewarm, indifferent, cold, apathetic, passionless, phlegmatic._ =Zenith.= Height, pinnacle, acme, summit, culmination, maximum, apex, top. ANT. _Nadir, lowest point, depth, minimum._ =Zephyr.= West wind, breeze, gentle wind. ANT. _Gale, furious wind._ =Zero.= Naught, cipher, nothing. ANT. _Something, existence, creation; infinity._ =Zest.= Flavor, appetizer, pleasure, gusto, gust, enjoyment, relish, sharpener, enhancement, savor, taste, smack, sauce, appetite. ANT. _Distaste, disrelish, detriment._ =Zone.= Girdle, belt, girth, cincture, band, baldric; region, climate, clime; circuit, circumference; zodiac; orbit. ANT. _Sphere, universe._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES 1. Typos fixed; non-standard spelling and dialect retained. 2. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. 3. Enclosed bold font in =equals=. *** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 73237 ***