Синонимы и антонимы. Сборник общеупотребительных слов с похожими и с противоположными по смыслу словами.
Ant. Disparage, condemn, disown, repudiate, dislike.
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Approximation. Approach, nearness, similarity, likeness, contiguity, resemblance, propinquity, neighborhood.
Ant. Remoteness, variation, distance, difference, divergence.
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Appurtenant. Belonging, connected, appended, attached, coordinate.
Ant. Isolated, detached, unallied, independent.
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A priori. Theoretically; necessarily, apodictically, constitutionally, absolutely, primordially, inductively.
Ant. A posteriori; practically, according to experience; deductively from facts.
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Apropos. Opportune, seasonable, apposite, timely, apt, suitable.
Ant. Inopportune, irrelevant, untimely, inapt, unsuitable.
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Aptitude. Disposition, knack, endowment, tendency, inclination, fitness, suitability, bias, propensity.
Ant. Unreadiness, unskilfulness, repugnance, incongruity.
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Arbiter. Umpire, judge, referee; controller, master, lord.
Ant. Appellant, claimant, litigant, disputant.
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Arbitrary. Despotic, autocratic, tyrannical, overbearing, peremptory; capricious, wilful, fanciful; imperious, dictatorial.
Ant. Considerate, lenient, obliging, equitable.
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Arbitration. Mediation, intercession, interposition, intervention; arbitrament, umpirage, trial, judgment, decision.
Ant. Litigation, contention, disputation, appeal, dissension.
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Ardent. Passionate, fervent, intense, vehement, fierce, fiery; hot, burning; zealous, enthusiastic, strenuous.
Ant. Cool, cold, indifferent, torpid, apathetic, dispassionate, phlegmatic.
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Argument. Reasoning, proof, evidence, controversy, discussion, debate; subject, topic, theme, thesis; summary, abstract, outline.
Ant. Assertion, assumption; dogma.
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Aridity. Dryness, parchedness, sterility, unfertility, barrenness; dulness, indifference, torpidity, insensibility.
Ant. Moisture, fertility, verdancy, luxuriance, productivity.
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Arise. Ascend, mount, get up, stand up; rebel, revolt; result, eventuate.
Ant. Descend, dismount; submit, cower; cause, instigate.
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Aristocracy. Government of nobles; nobility, peerage, gentry.
Ant. Democracy; people, populace, masses, rabble.
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Arm, v. Equip, array, furnish, gird, accouter, provide; fortify, cover, protect, guard; prepare.
Ant. Divest, disarm; expose.
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Army. Soldiery, legion, armament, forces, host, phalanx, troops.
Ant. Individual; citizens.
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Aromatic. Fragrant, spicy, balmy, redolent, odoriferous, ambrosial.
Ant. Scentless, malodorous, fetid, offensive, noisome, rank.
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Arouse. Excite, provoke, instigate, stimulate, animate, kindle, warm, whet, summon, awaken.
Ant. Allay, mitigate, moderate, still, quiet, assuage, quell.
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Arraign. Accuse, charge, indict, impeach, denounce; prosecute.
Ant. Acquit, discharge, condone, release.
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Arrange. Settle, determine, adjust; dispose, group, marshall, rank, range, distribute, place; plan, contrive, project, devise, construct, organize.
Ant. Confuse, disturb, jumble, disperse, disorder, derange.
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Array, n. Order, parade, show, exhibition, collection, arrangement, line of battle, disposition.
Ant. Disorder, confusion, jumble.
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Arrest. Apprehend, capture, seize, detain, hold, take prisoner; stop.
Ant. Liberate, free, dismiss, release, discharge; expedite.
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Arrival. Advent, coming; comer, person or thing arrived.
Ant. Departure, going.
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Arrive. Reach, get to, come; attain, touch, overtake; happen.
Ant. Depart, set out or forth, be gone.
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Arrogant. Haughty, insolent, proud, lordly, disdainful, supercilious, self-important, egoistic, overbearing, dogmatic, imperious.
Ant. Humble, diffident, polite, bashful, servile, considerate.
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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.
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Article. Thing, substance, commodity; part, portion, particular, point, item, member; essay, paper, monograph, brochure.
Ant. Nothing, nullity, cipher; totality, entirety, unity, integer.
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Articulate. Join, unite, connect, fasten together; enunciate, utter distinctly, pronounce.
Ant. Disperse, separate, rend, dissect, disjoin, disconnect; whisper; render mute, silence, muzzle.
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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.
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Artificial. Unnatural, factitious; feigned, counterfeit, fictitious, spurious, sham; affected, forced, strained.
Ant. Natural, genuine, spontaneous, transparent, artless, unaffected.
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Artist. Designer, contriver, skilled workman, artisan; mechanic, operative; painter; sculptor, carver; master, master-hand.
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Ascend. Rise, mount, soar, aspire, go up, tower.
Ant. Descend, fall, sink.
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Ascendancy. Power, authority, sway, dominion, rule, mastery, control, government, influence.
Ant. Subordination, servility.
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Ascertain. Determine, establish, settle, fix, define, verify; discover, find out, get at.
Ant. Guess, surmise, suppose, presume, conjecture.
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Ascetic. Austere, rigid, severe, self-denying, abstinent, stern, puritanical.
Ant. Lenient, indulgent, epicurean, pampered, mild, tolerant.
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Ascribe. Impute, attribute, assign, refer, charge, set down.
Ant. Dissociate, exclude; deny, refuse; disconnect.
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Ask. Request, petition, solicit, entreat, beg, beseech, supplicate, require of, crave, demand.
Ant. Refuse, reject, deny; command, claim, exact, extort, enforce, insist.
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Aspect. Air, mien, look, countenance, expression, feature, bearing; state, attitude, posture, condition, appearance; direction, outlook, prospect.
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Asperity. Acrimony, sourness, sharpness; sternness, severity, bitterness, sullenness, ill-temper; roughness, unevenness.
Ant. Sweetness, pleasantness; gentleness, mildness; smoothness.
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Asperse. Slander, calumniate, traduce, vilify, attack, abuse, blemish, besmirch, vituperate, disparage, censure, slur, malign.
Ant. Eulogize, vindicate, clear, defend, extol, praise, shield.
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Aspiration. Pronouncing with the rough breathing; yearning, longing, ardent desire, craving, spiritual ambition.
Ant. Apathy, inertia, indifference, dulness, aversion, repudiation, avoidance.
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Assault. Attack, invasion, charge, onset, onslaught, aggression.
Ant. Resistance, defense, repulsion, retaliation, undermining.
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Assemble. Gather, collect, convene, congregate, meet, come together.
Ant. Disperse, scatter, dismiss.
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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.
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Assent, n. Acquiescence, acknowledgment, approval, concurrence, approbation, accord, consent, agreement, compliance.
Ant. Disagreement, dissent, difference, protest, declension.
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Assertion. Asseveration, protestation, allegation; position, statement, word, declaration; vindication, defense, maintenance.
Ant. Denial, contradiction, abandonment, protest, disavowal, retraction, repudiation, confutation, abjuration.
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Assess. Tax, value, appraise, estimate, compute, fix, assign, determine, impose.
Ant. Discount, rebate, allow.
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Assiduous. Diligent, industrious, untiring, indefatigable, devoted, constant, attentive, painstaking, laborious, persistent, active.
Ant. Indolent, remiss, inattentive, lazy, desultory, inconstant.
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Assignment. Appointment, allotment; specification, fixing, determination, offer, presentation; transfer, allowance.
Ant. Withdrawal, refusal; acceptance, reception.
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Assimilate. Make similar, cause to resemble; digest, appropriate, incorporate, absorb.
Ant. Contrast, reject, separate, segregate.
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Assist. Help, aid, succor, relieve, support, befriend, serve; speed, sustain, promote, further, coöperate with, patronize.
Ant. Hinder, oppose, antagonize, prevent, resist, counteract.
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Associate, n. Companion, comrade, chum, friend, helpmate, partner, colleague, coadjutor, accomplice, ally, consort, confederate, peer.
Ant. Antagonist, enemy, foe, opponent, rival, stranger, opposer.
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Association. Federation, fellowship, alliance, companionship, society, union, partnership, lodge, company, confederacy, corporation, fraternity, club.
Ant. Solitude; disintegration; independence, separation, disunion, estrangement, disruption, avoidance; individuality.
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Assortment. Arrangement, allotment, distribution; set, class, group, parcel, collection; variety, miscellany.
Ant. Disarrangement, displacement, misplacement; conglomeration.
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Assuage. Soothe, pacify, mitigate, ease, alleviate, abate, calm.
Ant. Excite, inflame, provoke, aggravate, exasperate.
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Assume. Arrogate, feign, pretend, take, usurp, accept, affect, appropriate, claim.
Ant. Waive, allow, surrender; doff; concede, grant, abandon, resign; demonstrate, prove, argue.
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Assumption. Presumption, hypothesis, theory, postulate, conjecture; acceptance of, responsibility for; usurpation, arrogance, haughtiness, conceit, lordliness, impudence, effrontery.
Ant. Truth, fact; timidity, distrust, misgiving, consternation.
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Assurance. Confidence, effrontery, presumption, assumption, arrogance, impudence, self-reliance, boldness, assertion; pledge.
Ant. Doubt, distrust, hesitancy, misgiving, timidity, confusion, dismay, shyness.
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Astonish. Amaze, startle, surprise, astound, stupefy, stagger.
Ant. Encourage, embolden, assure.
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Astute. Keen, discerning, acute, sagacious, shrewd, sharp, cunning, subtle, discriminating, knowing, perspicacious, crafty.
Ant. Stupid, unintelligent, imbecile, dull, idiotic, shortsighted, shallow.
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Atrocious. Infamous, outrageous, nefarious, villainous, diabolical, heinous, flagrant, horrible.
Ant. Humane, noble, honorable, admirable, chivalrous, generous.
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Attachment. Adherence, friendship, regard, tenderness, love, esteem, affection, devotion, inclination, union.
Ant. Alienation, aversion, coolness, distance, estrangement, indifference, antipathy, animosity, dislike, enmity, divorce.
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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.
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Attain. Achieve, accomplish, gain, master, secure, earn, obtain, win, acquire, accomplish.
Ant. Lose, fail of, forfeit, give up, abandon, let go, miss.
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Attainment. Winning, getting, accomplishing, securing; erudition, acquirement, wisdom, accomplishment, mental resources, information, learning, enlightenment.
Ant. Inspiration, intuition, genius; ignorance.
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Attempt. Try, undertake, seek, endeavor, essay, attack, strive.
Ant. Abandon, shun, drop, dismiss, neglect.
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Attendance. Presence; persons present; train, retinue; ministration, service, waiting on.
Ant. Absence; non-attendance; neglect, abandonment.
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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,
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Attenuate. Rarefy, thin, reduce, diminish, make slender, slim, or spare, lessen.
Ant. Amplify, dilate, swell, develop, enlarge, broaden, expand, increase.
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Attest. Bear witness, certify, indorse, corroborate, support, authenticate; invoke, adjure; prove, show, manifest, exhibit.
Ant. Controvert, contradict, disprove, deny, upset, refute; conceal; vitiate.
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Attire. Dress, apparel, robes, garments, habiliments, habit, raiment, uniform, costume, livery.
Ant. Nudity, nakedness.
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Attitude. Position, pose, posture, situation, standing, aspect.
Ant. State, condition, essence; amorphism.
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Attraction. Drawing, allurement, lure, fascination, charm, enticement, witchery, grace.
Ant. Repulsion, aversion, disinclination, repugnance.
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Attribute, n. Quality, property, characteristic, peculiarity, mark.
Ant. Essence, substance, nature, being.
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Attribute, v. Ascribe, assign, impute, refer, charge, connect, associate.
Ant. Separate, sever, sunder, disconnect, deny, dissociate.
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Audacious. Bold, daring, fearless, courageous, venturesome, intrepid, dauntless; presumptuous, forward, assuming, impudent, impertinent, insolent.
Ant. Timid, cowardly, cautious; unenterprising; retiring.
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Augur, v. Foretell, portend, predict, presage, prophesy, divine, prognosticate, betoken.
Ant. Demonstrate, establish, settle, prove, warrant, calculate.
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August. Awful, imposing, majestic, stately, grand, regal, kingly, princely, noble, dignified.
Ant. Mean, common, vulgar, beggarly, commonplace, paltry.
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Auspicious. Successful, fortunate, lucky, happy, prosperous; propitious, promising, opportune, favorable.
Ant. Hopeless, abortive, unpromising, unsatisfactory, discouraging.
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Austere. Severe, hard, stiff, stern, uncompromising, unrelenting, ascetic, rigid, formal.
Ant. Affable, kindly, indulgent, genial, bland, mild, tender.
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Authentic. Genuine, trustworthy, veritable, accepted, authorized, certain, accredited, sure, true, reliable, original, legitimate.
Ant. False, fictitious, spurious, unauthorized, apocryphal, fabulous, counterfeit.
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Author. Creator, maker, contriver, originator, inventor; writer, composer.
Ant. Destroyer, demolisher, spoiler, annihilator.
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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.
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Autocratic. Absolute, unlimited, tyrannical, oppressive, disdainful, overbearing, arrogant.
Ant. Subordinate, dependent, responsible, constitutional.
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Automatic. Self-moving, self-acting.
Ant. Voluntary, free, optional.
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Auxiliary, n. Assistant, helper, confederate, aid, ally, accessory, promoter, subordinate.
Ant. Opponent, antagonist, hinderer, opposer.
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Available. Serviceable, useful, profitable, beneficial, advantageous.
Ant. Useless, inappropriate, irrelevant, inoperative.
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Avaricious. Grasping, sordid, greedy, covetous, miserly, stingy.
Ant. Liberal, bountiful, extravagant, wasteful, prodigal, unselfish.
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Avenge. Punish, retaliate, revenge, vindicate.
Ant. Forgive, pardon, overlook, condone, waive, forego, remit.
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Avenue. Access, entrance, entry, approach, passage; alley, walk, street, road; route, channel.
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Aver. Assert, declare, say, protest, affirm, asseverate, allege.
Ant. Deny, contradict, disavow.
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Average. Medium, medial, middling, ordinary, tolerable, moderate, mediocre, passable.
Ant. Extreme, excessive, perfect, extraordinary, excellent.
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Aversion. Dislike, hatred, repugnance, disgust, loathing, antipathy, abhorrence, detestation, unwillingness.
Ant. Sympathy, congeniality, ardor, eagerness, avidity, love, desire, affection.
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Avidity. Eagerness, longing, desire, yearning; rapacity, craving, greediness.
Ant. Apathy, indifference, coldness, aversion, loathing.
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Avoid. Quit, shun, abandon, escape, elude, withdraw, forsake, dodge.
Ant. Seek, court, approach, accost, address, affect.
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Avouch. Assert, affirm, declare, protest, profess, asseverate.
Ant. Deny, contradict, gainsay.
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Avow. Confess, own, acknowledge, admit, profess, proclaim, testify.
Ant. Disavow, repudiate, deny, contradict, disclaim, ignore.
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Awaken. Rouse, kindle, excite, provoke.
Ant. Allay, quiet, subdue.
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Award. Grant, allot, accord, distribute, assign, decree, determine.
Ant. Refuse, withhold, retain, misappropriate, deny.
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Aware. Conscious, sensible, cognizant, knowing, apprised, mindful.
Ant. Unconscious, ignorant, insensible.
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Awe. Fear, dread, reverence, veneration, terror, wonder.
Ant. Contempt, familiarity, irreverence, disrespect, insolence.
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Awful. Dread, grand, imposing, majestic, noble, portentous, appalling, august, alarming, horrible, frightful, shocking, terrible.
Ant. Commonplace, contemptible, despicable, vulgar, undignified.
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Awkward. Clumsy, bungling, ungainly, uncouth, rough, unskilful.
Ant. Clever, skilful, handy, dexterous, adroit.
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Awry. Oblique, slanting, twisted, crooked, distorted, athwart.
Ant. Straight, direct, true, right.
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Axiom. Truism, postulate, self-evident proposition, necessary truth.
Ant. Paradox, sophism, contradiction, nonsense, absurdity.
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Azure. Blue, sky-color, cerulean.
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Babble. Chatter, prattle, jibber; prate, gossip, tattle; tell secrets, blab, blurt out; murmur.
Ant. Hush, suppress; enunciate.
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Babel. Tumult, disorder, clamor, confusion, discord, din, pother.
Ant. Silence; articulation, distinctness, enunciation; monotony.
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Back, a. and ad. Remote, hindmost, in the rear; again, return.
Ant. Near, foremost, in advance.
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Back, v. Support, aid, second, sustain, assist; retire, retreat, withdraw; move backward, cause to go backward.
Ant. Fail, disappoint; advance, push.
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Backbiter. Slanderer, defamer, traducer, calumniator, detractor, cynic.
Ant. Advocate, upholder, defender, vindicator.
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Backslider. Recreant, apostate, renegade, deserter, abjurer.
Ant. Confessor, zealot, bigot, adherent.
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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.
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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.
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Baffle. Frustrate, thwart, defeat, circumvent, checkmate, undermine; bewilder, perplex, confound, disconcert.
Ant. Aid, assist, advance, encourage, promote.
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Balance. Poise, hold in equilibrium; weigh, compare, estimate; neutralize, counteract, compensate; equalize, square, adjust.
Ant. Upset, cant, tilt, overbalance, subvert.
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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.
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Baleful. Harmful, hurtful, injurious, baneful, pernicious, deadly, ruinous.
Ant. Innocent, beneficial, salutary, advantageous.
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Balk. Frustrate, defeat, foil.
Ant. Aid, promote, instigate.
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Banish. Dismiss, drive out, eject, expel, exile, ostracize, evict, expatriate.
Ant. Welcome, admit, protect, domesticate, harbor.
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Banquet. Feast, treat, regalement, entertainment, festivity, carousal, cheer.
Ant. Fast, starvation, abstinence.
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Banter, n. Badinage, irony, raillery, ridicule, satire, chaff, mockery, jeering, derision.
Ant. Discourse, discussion.
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Barbarous. Brutal, atrocious, cruel, inhuman, merciless, savage, barbaric, barbarian.
Ant. Civilized, humane, polite, refined, tender, delicate, cultured, elegant, nice, courtly.
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Bare. Nude, naked, unclothed, exposed; sheer, simple, mere; bald, unadorned, meager; poor, destitute, indigent, empty.
Ant. Dressed, protected; rich, luxurious, costly.
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Bargain. Agreement, contract, stipulation, transaction; purchase, speculation, haggling, getting, proceeds; cheap purchase.
Ant. Loss, misprofit; cheat.
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Barren. Sterile, childless, unprolific; unfertile, unproductive; uninstructive, ineffectual.
Ant. Productive, fertile, luxuriant, fecund; profitable, useful.
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Barrier. Obstruction, hindrance, obstacle, bar, barricade, rampart; restraint, restriction.
Ant. Thoroughfare, entrance, admittance, opening, passage.
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Base. Cheap, worthless, inferior; vulgar, humble, unknown; mean, contemptible, servile; shameful, scandalous, vile.
Ant. Noble, honored, exalted, pure, valued, lofty, esteemed, refined.
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Bashful. Modest, shy, retiring, reserved, diffident.
Ant. Bold, forward, pert, impudent, confident, conceited, egoistic.
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Basis. Base, foundation, groundwork.
Ant. Apex, top, superstructure.
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Bathe. Wash, lave, cover, flood, immerse, suffuse.
Ant. Dry, expose.
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Battle, n. Fight, contest, skirmish, combat, encounter, bout, engagement, strife, action, conflict.
Ant. Armistice, truce, concord.
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Bauble. Trifle, toy, plaything, trinket, gimcrack, knickknack.
Ant. Valuable, jewel, ornament, decoration, gem, possession.
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Bays. Crown, wreath, garland, chaplet; honors, renown, plaudits, praise, glory, applause.
Ant. Disgrace, contumely, stigma, brand.
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Beach. Shore, strand, margin, sands, marge, rim, coast, seashore, seaboard.
Ant. Ocean, sea, deep, main.
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Beacon, n. Signal fire, mark, sign, guide, light, flame.
Ant. Shadow; dark; will-o’-the-wisp, ignis fatuus.
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Beam, v. Shine, emit rays, beacon, gleam, glitter, be radiant.
Ant. Die out, grow dark, go out.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Beatific. Ravishing, enrapturing, enchanting, transporting, ecstatic.
Ant. Tormenting, disgusting, obnoxious.
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Beatitude. Bliss, felicity, blessedness.
Ant. Suffering, tribulation, pain, dolor.
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Beautiful. Handsome, lovely, charming, fair, pretty, graceful, exquisite, beauteous, bewitching, attractive, picturesque, comely.
Ant. Hideous, repulsive, ugly, deformed, frightful, ghastly, grim.
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Because. Since, inasmuch as, for, as.
Ant. Yet, notwithstanding, however, although, nevertheless.
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Beckon. Signal, sign, call by gesture, nod.
Ant. Ignore, repulse.
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Become. Suit, adorn, fit, set off, be appropriate to; get or grow to, turn to, change into; befall, bechance, happen to.