restoration, reinstatement, substitution, restitution, consolation.
ANT: [See [BENEFACTION and BENEFIT].
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KEY: Bereft.
SYN: Robbed, deprived, destitute, denied, spoiled.
ANT: Endowed, enriched, compensated, consoled, possessed.
=
KEY: Beseech.
SYN: Entreat, pray, solicit, ask, implore, crave, request, supplicate,
petition, beg.
ANT: Insist, demand, exact, intimidate, command, coerce.
=
KEY: Beseem.
SYN: Befit, suit, belong, appertain.
ANT: Unbeseem, disgrace.
=
KEY: Beseeming.
SYN: Befitting, belonging, suitable, appertaining, consistent,
compatible, requisite, decent, graceful.
ANT: Unbefitting, unseemly, unsuitable, improper, indecent,
ungraceful.
=
KEY: Bound.
SYN: Hem, surround, environ, encircle, besiege, beleaguer,
embarrass.
ANT: Liberate, abandon.
=
KEY: Beside.
SYN: Close, near, alongside, additionally, over and above, together,
moreover.
ANT: Separate, apart, inclusively.
=
KEY: Besiege.
SYN: Beset, beleaguer, sit, invest.
ANT: Abandon, (Phrase, “Raise the siege”).
=
KEY: Besmear, [See BEDAUB].
=
KEY: Besotted.
SYN: Intoxicated, steeped, stupefied, drunk, drenched, doltish,
gross, prejudiced.
ANT: Sober, temperate, clear, unbiased, unprejudiced, enlightened,
refined.
=
KEY: Bespatter.
SYN: Besprinkle, befoul, bedaub, revile, vilify, asperse.
ANT: Absterge, sponge, cleanse, purify, vindicate, defend, clear.
=
KEY: Bespeak.
SYN: Betoken, foreorder, forestall, provide, prearrange, indicate,
evidence.
ANT: Belie, resign, countermand.
=
KEY: Bestead \v.\
SYN: Convenience, serve, uphold, assist, accommodate, benefit.
ANT: Thwart, damage, incommode, oppose, injure.
=
KEY: Bestead \n.\
SYN: Interest, behalf, advantage, benefit, part, side.
ANT: Injury, disadvantage, opposition, detriment, damage.
=
KEY: Bestir. Commonly used reflexively for, to stir one's self, [See
STIR].
=
KEY: Bestir \n.\ [See STIR].
=
KEY: Bestow.
SYN: Confer, give, present, award, accord, grant.
ANT: Withhold, withdraw, reserve, alienate, transfer, appropriate,
usurp, seize.
=
KEY: Better \v.\
SYN: Meliorate, improve, amend, emend, ameliorate, rectify, reform.
ANT: Make worse.
=
KEY: Betide.
SYN: Befall, occur, happen.
ANT: [See BEFALL].
=
KEY: Betimes.
SYN: Early, beforehand, preparedly, readily.
ANT: Behindhand, slowly, sluggishly, belatedly.
=
KEY: Betoken.
SYN: Teach, indicate, proclaim, presage, augur, portend, foreshow,
signify, forebode, evidence, declare, manifest, involve, imply.
ANT: Misindicate, mislead, misdeclare, misteach, belie, mask, hide.
=
KEY: Betray.
SYN: Deceive, delude, dupe, circumvent, ensnare, dishonor, manifest,
indicate, reveal.
ANT: Protect, preserve, guard, conserve, foster, cherish, fence,
conceal, cover, suppress.
=
KEY: Between, Betwixt, [See AMIDST].
=
KEY: Bevy \n.\
SYN: Assembly, parterre, galaxy, constellation, nock.
ANT: Gang, crew, herd, mob.
=
KEY: Bewail.
SYN: Lament, deplore, rue, bemoan, sorrow, grieve, mourn for.
ANT: Exult, hail, rejoice, welcome, greet.
=
KEY: Beware.
SYN: Care, refrain, consider, heed, look, fear, avoid.
ANT: Ignore, overlook, neglect, incur, brave, dare.
=
KEY: Bewilder.
SYN: Daze, dazzle, confound, mystify, puzzle, embarrass, astonish,
perplex, confuse, mislead.
ANT: Guide, inform, lead, instruct, enlighten, edify.
=
KEY: Bewildered, [See CONFUSED].
=
KEY: Bewitch.
SYN: Enchant, fascinate, charm, captivate, entrance.
ANT: Exorcise, disillusionize, disenchant.
=
KEY: Beyond.
SYN: Over, further, past, more.
ANT: Here, close, near, hither, less, short.
=
KEY: Bias, [See BENT].
=
KEY: Bicker.
SYN: Wrangle, quarrel, jar, dispute, contend.
ANT: Chat, gossip, converse, agree.
=
KEY: Bickering.
SYN: Wrangling, disputing, contention, strife, altercation, dispute.
ANT: Conversing, chatting, agreeing.
=
KEY: Bid.
SYN: Tell, request, instruct, direct, order, proffer, charge, command,
propose, offer.
ANT: Forbid, deter, prohibit, restrain.
=
KEY: Bide.
SYN: Wait, remain, tarry, stay, await, expect, anticipate, continue,
bear, abide, endure.
ANT: Quit, depart, migrate, move, resist, resent, repel, abjure,
protest, rebel.
=
KEY: Big.
SYN: Large, great, wide, huge, bulky, proud, arrogant, pompous, fat,
massive, gross.
ANT: Little, small, narrow, minute, slight, lean, affable, easy,
unaffected.
=
KEY: Bigoted.
SYN: Prejudiced, intolerant, narrow-minded, blindly devoted,
onesided, confined.
ANT: Unprejudiced, open-minded, large-minded, broad, comprehensive,
liberal.
=
KEY: Bigotry.
SYN: Prejudice, Pharisaism, obstinacy, credulity, fanaticism,
intolerance, superstition.
ANT: Liberality, charity, enlightenment, toleration, eclecticism,
latitudinarianism.
=
KEY: Bill.
SYN: Account, reckoning, score, charges, jaw, mandible, beak.
=
KEY: Bind.
SYN: Fetter, engage, tie, fasten, secure, lace, twine, oblige, compel,
restrict, restrain, secure.
ANT: Untie, loose, unfasten, acquit, free, liberate.
=
KEY: Binding.
SYN: Restrictive, obligatory, restraining, stringent, styptic,
costive, astringent.
ANT: Loosening, opening, enlarging, distending.
=
KEY: Birth.
SYN: Parentage, extraction, nativity, family, race, origin, source,
rise, lineage, nobility.
ANT: Death, extinction, plebeianism.
=
KEY: Bit.
SYN: Morsel, piece, fragment, part.
ANT: Mass, whole.
=
KEY: Biting.
SYN: Pungent, censorious, piercing, gnawing, sarcastic, sardonic,
trenchant.
ANT: Pleasant, genial, soothing, complacent, flattering.
=
KEY: Bitter.
SYN: Harsh, sour, sharp, tart, acrimonious, sarcastic, severe, sad,
afflictive, intense, stinging, pungent, acrid, cutting.
ANT: Sweet, mellow, pleasant, affable, kindly, genial, light,
mitigated, trivial.
=
KEY: Bitterness, [See ANTIPATHY].
=
KEY: Blacken.
SYN: Bespatter, befoul, bedaub, defame, decry, calumniate, dishonor,
asperse, traduce, vilify, slander, malign.
ANT: Vindicate, clear, eulogize.
=
KEY: Blackguard.
SYN: Scoundrel, rascal, rapscallion, blackleg, villain.
ANT: Gentleman.
=
KEY: Blame.
SYN: Censure, chide, rebuke, reproach, vituperate, dispraise,
disapprove, condemn, reprehend, reprobate, reprove.
ANT: Acquit, exculpate, exonerate, encourage, praise, approve.
=
KEY: Blamable, [See BLAMELESS].
=
KEY: Blameless.
SYN: Pure, innocent, irresponsible.
ANT: Criminated, implicated, answerable, blameworthy, faulty, guilty,
blamable.
=
KEY: Blanch.
SYN: Bleach, whiten.
ANT: Darken, color, obfuscate.
=
KEY: Bland.
SYN: Soft, mild, gentle, complaisant, courteous, affable, gracious,
tender, benign.
ANT: Harsh, abrupt, rough.
=
KEY: Blandiloquence.
SYN: Glossiness, blarney, humbug, flattery, speciousness, adulation.
ANT: Bluntness, roughness, abruptness.
=
KEY: Blandishment.
SYN: Coaxing, flattery, wheedling, fawning, cajolery.
ANT: Roughness, bluntness, unmannerliness.
=
KEY: Blank.
SYN: Bleak, bare, utter, unmitigated, broad.
ANT: Modified, qualified, mitigated.
=
KEY: Blasphemy.
SYN: Swearing, profaneness, impiety.
ANT: Reverence, veneration, godliness.
=
KEY: Blast \v.\
SYN: Blight, shrivel, destroy, wither.
ANT: Restore, expand, swell.
=
KEY: Blast \n.\
SYN: Breeze, efflation, explosion, blight, burst, blaze, frustration,
destruction, squall, gale, tempest, hurricane, affiliation.
ANT: Zephyr, gentle breeze, neutralization.
=
KEY: Blatant.
SYN: Noisy, bellowing, vociferous, clamorous, braying.
ANT: Quiet, low-toned, gentle.
=
KEY: Blaze, [See BLAST].
=
KEY: Blazon.
SYN: Notify, signalize, publicate, adventure, circulate, propagate,
disseminate.
ANT: Cover, conceal, hide, suppress, hush, palliate, shroud, bury.
=
KEY: Bleach.
SYN: Whiten, blanch.
ANT: Darken, blacken, soil, [See BLANCH].
=
KEY: Bleak.
SYN: Blank, bare, open, cold, exposed, stormy, nipping.
ANT: Warm, sheltered, verdant, luxuriant, zephyrous, balmy,
halcyonic.
=
KEY: Blemish.
SYN: Spot, blur, blot, flaw, speck, fault, imperfection, stain, daub,
tarnish, defacement, discoloration, disfigurement, disgrace,
dishonor, defect.
ANT: Purity, unsulliedness, honor, intactness.
=
KEY: Blench.
SYN: Start, shy, shudder, recoil, shrink.
ANT: Encounter, dare, venture, face, stand.
=
KEY: Blend.
SYN: Mix, harmonize, unite, combine, fuse, merge, amalgamate, mingle,
commingle, coalesce.
ANT: Run, separate, divide, dissociate, confound.
=
KEY: Bless.
SYN: Felicitate, endow, enrich, gladden, rejoice, cheer, thank.
ANT: Deprive, sadden, impoverish, ignore, curse, anathematize.
=
KEY: Blessedness, [See JOY].
=
KEY: Blessing.
SYN: Felicitation, benediction, endowment, donation, gift, gratitude,
thankfulness, thanks, benefit.
ANT: Impoverishment, deprivation, bereavement, malediction,
thanklessness, obliviousness, catastrophe, disaster, calamity,
detriment, curse, damn.
=
KEY: Blight, [See BLAST].
=
KEY: Blind.
SYN: Sightless, unseeing, eyeless, depraved, undiscerning, ignorant,
prejudiced, uninformed, unconscious, unaware.
ANT: Farsighted, penetrating, sensitive, keen, discriminating,
clearsighted, pure-minded, aware, conscious.
=
KEY: Blink.
SYN: Wink, ignore, connive, overlook.
ANT: Notice, visit, note, mark.
=
KEY: Bliss.
SYN: Blessedness, joy, ecstasy, rapture.
ANT: Condemnation, accursedness, suffering, misery, woe.
=
KEY: Blithe.
SYN: Light, merry, joyous, happy, bright, elastic, gladsome, bonny,
vivacious, lively, cheerful, blithesome, gay.
ANT: Heavy, dull, dejected, sullen.
=
KEY: Block.
SYN: Stop, arrest, fill, obstruct.
ANT: Free, liberate, open, pave.
=
KEY: Blockhead.
SYN: Dolt, dunderhead, jolterhead, dunce, ninny, numskull, dullard,
simpleton, booby, loggerhead, ignoramus.
ANT: Sage, adept, luminary, schoolman, philosopher, savant.
=
KEY: Bloodshed.
SYN: Slaughter, massacre, carnage, butchery.
=
KEY: Bloodthirsty.
SYN: Gory, bloody, murderous, inhuman, cruel, ruthless, savage.
ANT: Humane, kind, merciful.
=
KEY: Bloom.
SYN: Blossom, bud, flower, sprout, germinate, beauty, freshness,
delicacy.
ANT: Decay, decadence, coarseness, blight, blast, harshness,
roughness, toughness, superannuation, cadaverousness, ghastliness.
=
KEY: Blooming.
SYN: Flourishing, fair, flowering, blossoming, young, beautiful.
ANT: Fading, waning, blighted, old, blasted, paralyzed,
superannuated, unsightly, deformed.
=
KEY: Blot \v.\
SYN: Obscure, tarnish, spoil, sully, spot, discolor, pollute,
obliterate, erase, blur, stain, blotch, smear, smutch.
ANT: Elucidate, clear, absterge, perpetuate, cleanse, manifest,
conserve.
=
KEY: Blot out.
SYN: Erase, efface, cancel, expunge, wipe out, obliterate, destroy.
ANT: Restore, replace.
=
KEY: Blotch, [See BLOT].
=
KEY: Blow.
SYN: Puff, blast, breath, stroke, infliction, wound, disappointment,
affliction, knock, shock, calamity, misfortune.
ANT: Assuagement, consolation, relief, comfort, blessing, sparing.
=
KEY: Bluff.
SYN: Bare, open, bold, abrupt, frank, plain-spoken, blunt, surly,
rude, blustering, swaggering, brusque, hectoring, coarse,
discourteous, rough, bullying.
ANT: Undulating, inclined, inabrupt, courteous, polished, reserved.
=
KEY: Blunder.
SYN: Error, mistake, misunderstanding, fault, oversight, inaccuracy,
delusion, slip.
ANT: Accuracy, truthfulness, exactness, correctness, faultlessness,
ratification, atonement, foresight, prevention, hit, success,
achievement, correction.
=
KEY: Blunt \a.\
SYN: Dull, obtuse, pointless, edgeless, insensitive, bluff, coarse,
impolite, plain-mannered, uncivil, rude.
ANT: Sharp, keen, pointed, acute, aculeated, sensitive, polished,
bland, eloquent, courteous, reserved.
=
KEY: Blunt \v.\
SYN: To subdue, repress, tranquilize, discourage, ossify, numb,
harden.
ANT: Quicken, sharpen, instigate, suscitate, stimulate, animate,
excite, vitalize.
=
KEY: Blur, [See BLEMISH].
=
KEY: Blush.
SYN: Bloom, color, carnation, complexion, aspect, shame, confusion,
guiltiness, self-reproach.
ANT: Innocence, purity, guiltlessness, unconsciousness, boldness,
effrontery.
=
KEY: Bluster.
SYN: Storm, rage, puff, insult, blow, swagger, fume, brag.
ANT: [See BRAG].
=
KEY: Blustering, [See BLUFF].
=
KEY: Boast \v.\
SYN: Vaunt, brag, swagger, swell, bluster, vapor, triumph, glory.
ANT: [See BRAG].
=
KEY: Boasting, [See OSTENTATION].
=
KEY: Bode.
SYN: Foretell, betoken, foreshadow, presage, predict, prophesy,
promise, forebode, herald, announce, prognosticate, portend, augur.
ANT: Relate, record, narrate, remember.
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KEY: Bodily.
SYN: Collectively, wholly, summarily, unitedly, compactedly,
together, corporeal, fleshy, material, physical.
ANT: Piecemeal, partially, ghostly, fragmentarily, gradually,
spiritual.
=
KEY: Body.
SYN: Substance, mass, whole, substantiality, collectiveness,
assemblage, collection, matter, association, organization.
ANT: Spirit, soul, individual.
=
KEY: Boggle.
SYN: Halt, hesitate, dubitate, falter, blunder, blotch, botch, spoil,
mar.
ANT: Encounter, face, advance, refine, clear, work, perfect, complete,
beautify.
=
KEY: Boll.
SYN: bubble, effervesce, rage, explode, fume.
ANT: Calm, subside, recover, cool.
=
KEY: Boisterous.
SYN: Loud, violent, unrestrained, tempestuous, stormy, uncontrolled,
intemperate.
ANT: Peaceful, calm, serene, selfpossessed.
=
KEY: Bold.
SYN: Courageous, fearless, adventurous, brave, self-confident,
forward, intrepid, dauntless, valiant, daring, audacious, lion-hearted,
doughty.
ANT: Timid, fearful, inadventurous, shy, bashful, retiring.
=
KEY: Bolster.
SYN: Support, prop, help, aid, sustain, subsidize, patch, tinker, buoy.
ANT: Depress, dispirit, relax.
=
KEY: Bombast.
SYN: Rhodomontade, braggadocio, gasconade, bluster, inflatedness,
pomposity, exaggerativeness, fustian.
ANT: Truthfulness, moderation, refrain, veracity, modesty,
temperateness, humility.
=
KEY: Bombastic, [See OSTENTATION].
=
KEY: Bond.
SYN: Tie, fastening, chain, association, manacle, fetter, compact,
obligation, security.
ANT: Freedom, option, discretion, honor, parole.
=
KEY: Bondage.
SYN: Servitude, confinement, imprisonment, incarceration,
subjection, serfdom, thraldom, captivity, slavery.
ANT: Freedom, liberty, independence, manumission, liberation.
=
KEY: Bondsman.
SYN: Slave, serf, prisoner, captive, vassal.
ANT: Freeman, yeoman, gentleman, lord, master.
=
KEY: Bonny.
SYN: Fair, pretty, pleasant, lively, cheerful, shapely, buxom.
ANT: Dull, unseemly, ill-favored, deformed.
=
KEY: Bonus.
SYN: Premium, douceur, boon, benefit.
ANT: Fine, penalty, mulct, amercement, discount.
=
KEY: Booby.
SYN: Idiot, dunce, numskull.
ANT: Wiseacre, solon, oracle.
=
KEY: booklist.
SYN: Studious, erudite, pedantic, learned.
ANT: Unbookish, unstudious, inerudite, unlearned, ignorant,
uneducated.
=
KEY: Boorish, [See CLOWNISH].
=
KEY: Bootless.
SYN: Useless, profitless, unavailing, abortive.
ANT: Useful, profitable, availing, effective, effectual.
=
KEY: Booty.
SYN: Plunder, blackmail, loot, spoils, prey, pillage.
ANT: Restitution, fine, confiscation, forfeiture, amercement,
penalty.
=
KEY: Border.
SYN: Limit, boundary, brink, rim, verge, brim, edge, edging, band,
hem, enclosure, confine.
ANT: Land, tract, interior, substance, space, centre.
=
KEY: Border on.
SYN: Be contiguous to, be adjacent to, conterminous with,
adjoin, adjacent to.
ANT: Remote from, away from.
=
KEY: Bore.
SYN: Perforate, pierce, weary, penetrate.
ANT: Please, gratify, delight.
=
KEY: Bosom.
SYN: Breast, hollow, valley, deep, bed, centre, heart, mind, soul,
will.
ANT: Surface, exterior, manner, deportment, demeanor.
=
KEY: Botch.
SYN: Patch, cobble, blunder, clump, disconcert, spoil, jumble, mess,
bungle, mar, blacksmith.
ANT: Fine-draw, trim, harmonize, mend, beautify, embroider,
manipulate, handle, manage.
=
KEY: Both.
SYN: Twain.
ANT: Neither.
=
KEY: Bother.
SYN: Fuse, worry, pester, excitement, stir, plague, vex, annoy, tease,
confusion, vexation, flurry, trouble.
ANT: Calm, composure, orderliness, peace, quiet.
=
KEY: Bottom.
SYN: Deep, profound, floor, groundwork, depth, ground, foot.
ANT: Top, summit, apex, crown, brow, surface.
=
KEY: Bound \n.\
SYN: Limit, boundary, inclosure, confine, border.
ANT: [See BORDER].
=
KEY: Bound \v.\
SYN: Confine, limit, circumscribe, terminate, restrict, restrain.
ANT: Enlarge, open, extend, spread out.
=
KEY: Bound \v.\
SYN: To leap, jump, frisk, spring, skip.
ANT: Hobble, limp, crawl, creep, shamble.
=
KEY: Boundary, [See BOUND].
=
KEY: Boundless.
SYN: Unbounded, immeasurable, infinite, unlimited, illimitable,
unmeasurable.
ANT: Narrow, restricted, limited, confined, circumscribed.
=
KEY: Bountiful, [See LIBERAL].
=
KEY: Bounty.
SYN: Liberality, bounteousness, benevolence, munificence, donation,
gift, generosity, charity, benignity.
ANT: Illiberality, closeness, hardy, hardness, churlishness,
stinginess, niggardliness.
=
KEY: Bower.
SYN: Shady recess, arbor, retreat, alcove.
ANT: Open place.
=
KEY: Brae.
SYN: Boast, vaunt, swagger, bully.
ANT: Cringe, whine, whimper.
=
KEY: Braggart, [See BRAG].
=
KEY: Braid.
SYN: Bind, tie, weave, plait.
ANT: Unbind, dishevel.
=
KEY: Branch.
SYN: Member, bifurcation, bough, limb, offspring, shoot, spray, sprig,
twig, ramification, offshoot, relative, scion.
ANT: Trunk, stock, stem, race, family, house.
=
KEY: Brand \v.\
SYN: denounce, stigmatize, disgrace, mark.
ANT: Distinguish, honor, decorate.
=
KEY: Brand \n.\
SYN: Disgrace, stigma, infamy, mark.
ANT: Decoration, badge, distinction, honor.
=
KEY: Brandish.
SYN: Flourish, fence, agitate, wield, whisk, shake, wave.
ANT: Stay, arrest, suspend.
=
KEY: Bravado.
SYN: Boasting, bragging, vaunting, bluster.
ANT: [See OSTENTATION].
=
KEY: Brave, [See GALLANT].
=
KEY: Brawl.
SYN: Wrangle, broil, scold, roar, shout, vociferate.
ANT: Whisper, softness, mellowness, melodiousness, intonation.
=
KEY: Brawny.
SYN: Muscular, powerful, strong, athletic, sinewy, herculean, robust,
stout.
ANT: Lean, weak, fragile, delicate, effeminate, feeble.
=
KEY: Bray.
SYN: Pound, bruise, beat, pulverize.
ANT: Compact, compound, amalgamate, conglomerate.
=
KEY: Breach.
SYN: Rupture, divulsion, gap, quarrel, violation, nonperformance.
ANT: Integrity, conservation, healing, reconciliation,
inviolateness, fulfillment.
=
KEY: Break.
SYN: Fracture, rupture, shatter, shiver, destroy, tame, curb,
demolish, tear asunder, rend, burst, sever, smash, split, subdue,
violate, infringe.
ANT: Heal, piece, conjoin, protect, conserve, encourage, rally,
observe, obey.
=
KEY: Breast, [See BOSOM].
=
KEY: Breath.
SYN: Respiration, inspiration, expiration,
inhalation, exhalation, /Met./ Life.
ANT: To latter, Cessation, passing, departure, perishing, dying,
death.
=
KEY: Breathe, [See BREATH].
=
KEY: Breathless.
SYN: Exhausted, eager, absorbed, fascinated, attentive, bewildered,
astounded.
ANT: Cool, calm, collected, unexcited, fresh, indifferent,
inattentive, unastonished.
=
KEY: Breed \v.\
SYN: Generate, procreate, engender, propagate, produce, beget, hatch,
nourish, train, instruct, evolve, cause.
ANT: Destroy, eradicate, extinguish, extirpate, stifle.
=
KEY: Breed \n.\ [See LINEAGE].
=
KEY: Breeding.
SYN: Nurture, education, training, discipline, instruction, manners,
air, demeanor, decorum.
ANT: ill-manners, ill-training, illbehavior, ignorance.
=
KEY: Brevity.
SYN: Shortness, closeness, conciseness, succinctness, terseness,
compendiousness, pointedness, abbreviation, abridgment.
ANT: Length, protraction, elongation, extension, prolixity,
diffusiveness, [See IDENTITY], tediousness.
=
KEY: Drew.
SYN: Concoct, compound, mix, hatch, prepare, season, threaten, impend,
increase, collect, form, gather, grow.
ANT: Pass, disperse, break, spoil, miscompound, mar.
=
KEY: Bridle.
SYN: Curb, restrain, govern, control, master, moderate, compress.
ANT: Loosen, liberate, relax, vent, discharge.
=
KEY: Brief, [See SHORT].
=
KEY: Bright.
SYN: Shining, brilliant, burnished, luminous, lucid, sparkling,
limpid, clever, happy, witty, joyous, cheerful, radiant.
ANT: Opaque, dull, dead, muddy, stupid, slow, sullen, dejected,
cheerless, joyless, imbecile.
=
KEY: Brilliant.
SYN: Flashing, radiant, shining, lustrous, glorious, luminous,
effulgent, beaming, sparkling.
ANT: [See BRIGHT].
=
KEY: Bring.
SYN: Fetch, procure, convey, carry, bear, adduce, import, produce,
cause, induce.
ANT: Export, remove, abstract, subtract, prevent, exclude, debar,
transport.
=
KEY: Brisk.
SYN: Quick, lively, vivacious, active, alert, nimble, sprightly,
spirited, animated, prompt, effervescent.
ANT: Slow, heavy, dull, inactive, [See in-^k)lent], sluggish,
unenergetic, stagnant.
=
KEY: Bristling.
SYN: Full, stocked, multitudinous, crowded, swarming, multifarious.
ANT: Bare, nude, scant, devoid, vacant.
=
KEY: Brittle, [See FRAGILE].
=
KEY: Broach.
SYN: Moot, start, launch, originate, suggest, exhibit, propound.
ANT: Reserve, secrete, seal, repress, cork, bottle.
=
KEY: Broad.
SYN: Wide, extensive, expansive, ample, liberal, comprehensive,
unreserved, indelicate, coarse, generic.
ANT: Narrow, restricted, confined, limited, bigoted, prejudiced,
illiberal, narrow-minded, reserved, veiled, enigmatical, shrouded,
shaded, refined, delicate, sketchy, specific, pointed.
=
KEY: Broadcast.
SYN: Scattered abroad, dispersed, profusely, unsparingly,
indiscriminately, injudiciously, extensively.
ANT: Collectedly, concentratively, sparingly, reservedly, locally,
partially, discreetly, charily.
=
KEY: Broil, [See AFFRAY].
=
KEY: Brook.
SYN: Bear, tolerate, suffer, endure, undergo, submit to, permit.
ANT: Resist, resent, reject.
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KEY: Brotherhood.
SYN: Fraternity, association, fellowship, society, sodality.
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KEY: Brotherly.
SYN: Fraternal, kind, affectionate, tender.
ANT: Unkind, hard, harsh, unfraternal.
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KEY: Browbeat.
SYN: Intimidate, bully, overbear, cow, overawe, boycott, bulldoze.
ANT: Encourage, rally, countenance, support.
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KEY: Bruise \v.\ [See BREAK].
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KEY: Brunt.
SYN: Impulse, attack, aggression, onslaught, onset, assault, shock.
ANT: Resistance, endurance, repulsion.
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KEY: Brutal.
SYN: Savage, inhuman, rude, unfeeling, merciless, ruthless, brutish,
barbarous, sensual, beastly, ignorant, stolid, dense, cruel, violent,
vindictive, bloodthirsty, intemperate.
ANT: Humane, civilized, generous, intelligent, polished, chivalrous,
conscientious, self-controlled.
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KEY: Brutish, [See BRUTAL].
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KEY: Bubble.
SYN: Trifle, toy, fancy, conceit, vision, dream, froth, trash.
ANT: Acquisition, prize, treasury reality, substance, verity, jewel,
good, advantage.
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KEY: Bud \v.\
SYN: Sprout, blossom, bloom, germinate.
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KEY: Buffoon.
SYN: Wag, clown, jester.
ANT: Wit, genius, philosopher, pedant, visionary, dissembler, prig,
enthusiast, hypocrite.
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KEY: Bugbear.
SYN: Hobgoblin, goblin, gorgon, ghoul, spirit, spook, specter, ogre,
scarecrow.
ANT: [See SPECTER].
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KEY: Build, [See CONSTRUCT].
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KEY: Building.
SYN: Edifice, architecture, construction, erection, fabric,
structure.
ANT: Ruin, dilapidation, dismantlement, demolition.
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KEY: Builder, [See BUILDING].
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KEY: Bulk.
SYN: Mass, whole, entirety, integrity, majority, size, magnitude,
extension, body, volume, bigness, largeness, massiveness, dimension.
ANT: Tenuity, minority, dismemberment, disintegration, diminution,
portion, contraction, section, atom, particle.
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KEY: Bulk, [See SIZE].
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KEY: Bulky.
SYN: Huge, unwieldy, heavy, large, ample, ponderous, burly, cumbrous,