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KEY: Costume.
SYN: Uniform, livery, robes.
ANT: Disguise, transformation, incognito.
=
KEY: Cosy.
SYN: Snug, comfortable, chatty.
ANT: Bare, comfortless, cross.
=
KEY: contemporary, [See COETANEOUS].
=
KEY: Council.
SYN: Cabinet, bureau, chamber, consultation, conclave, parliament,
congress, synod, company, assembly, meeting, conference, convention,
convocation.
ANT: League, conspiracy, cabal, intrigue, mob, multitude, crowd.
=
KEY: Counsel \n.\
SYN: Advice, instruction, monition, admonition, warning,
recommendation.
ANT: Misguidance, misinstruction, betrayal.
=
KEY: Counsel \v.\
SYN: Advise, instruct, warn, guide, admonish.
ANT: Misguide, misinstruct, betray, counselor, [See COUNSEL].
=
KEY: Count.
SYN: Compute, reckon, enumerate, estimate, number, sum, calculate.
ANT: Hazard, conjecture, guess, lump, confound.
=
KEY: Countenance \v.\
SYN: Help, aid, abet, favor, sanction, patronize, support, encourage.
ANT: Oppose, confront, discourage, discountenance, browbeat.
=
KEY: Countenance \n.\
SYN: Aid, abet, encourage, support.
ANT: Discountenance.
=
KEY: Counter.
SYN: Opposed, contrary, against.
ANT: According, coincident.
=
KEY: Counteract.
SYN: Counterinfluence, counterfoil, foil, baffle, neutralize, oppose,
rival, thwart, hinder.
ANT: Aid, help, abet, promote, conserve, co-operate, subserve.
=
KEY: Counterevidence.
SYN: Contradiction, confliction.
ANT: Corroboration, confirmation.
=
KEY: Counterfeit. \v.\
SYN: Simulate, misrepresent, impersonate.
ANT: Expose, unmask, detect.
=
KEY: Counterfeit. \n.\
SYN: Cheat, trick, juggle, fraud, artifice, fabrication, pretense,
ruse, sham.
ANT: Exposure, detection, unmasking, unveiling, reality, verity,
fact, truth.
=
KEY: Counterfeit. \a.\ [See FALSE].
=
KEY: Counterfoil. [See BAFFLE].
=
KEY: Countermand, [See COMMAND].
=
KEY: Counterpart.
SYN: Match, fellow, tally, brother, twin, copy.
ANT: Correlative, complement, supplement, opponent, counteragent,
reverse, obverse, opposite, antithesis, contrast, contradiction.
=
KEY: Counterpoise \v.\
SYN: Balance, equalize.
ANT: Over-balance, aggravate.
=
KEY: Counterpoise \n.\
SYN: Makeweight, equilibrium.
ANT: Preponderance.
=
KEY: Counterpressure.
SYN: Resistance, stubbornness, renitency.
ANT: Yielding, giving, resilience.
=
KEY: Countervail.
SYN: Counteract, of, pose, withstand.
ANT: Aggravate, intensify, subserve.
=
KEY: Countless \a.\
SYN: Innumerable, numberless, unnumbered.
ANT: Few, scant, sparse.
=
KEY: Countryman.
SYN: Rustic, clown, boor, compatriot, swain, yeoman, bus, bandman,
farmer, agriculturist, laborer, peasant, fellow-countryman,
fellow-subject, fellowcitizen, subject, citizen, inhabitant,
native.
ANT: Oppidan, townsman, cockney, foreigner, alien, stranger, Couple
\v.\ Bracket, link, conjoin, unite, splice, buckle, button, clasp,
pair, yoke, connect, tie, brace.
ANT: Loose, part, isolate, separate, detach, divorce, uncouple,
unclasp, untie.
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KEY: Courage.
SYN: Bravery, boldness, valor, pluck, fortitude, resolution,
gallantry, fearlessness, intrepidity.
ANT: Timidity, cowardice, pusillanimity, poltroonery,
dastardliness.
=
KEY: Course.
SYN: Order, sequence, continuity, direction, progress, line, way,
mode, race, career, road, route, series, passage, succession, round,
manner, plan, conduct, method.
ANT: Disorder, discussion, solution, interruption, deviation,
hindrance, error, conjecture, hazard, speculation, caprice.
=
KEY: Court \v.\
SYN: Woo, seek, affect, flatter, pursue.
ANT: Repel, abjure, disaffect, insult, avoid, shun, repudiate.
=
KEY: Courteous, [See POLITE].
=
KEY: Courtesy.
SYN: Politeness, urbanity, civility, affability, graciousness.
ANT: Churlishness, rudeness, arrogance, ungraciousness, incivility.
=
KEY: Courtly.
SYN: Dignified, polished, refined, aristocratic, high-bred,
mannerly.
ANT: Undignified, rough, unpolished, coarse, unrefined, plebeian,
awkward, boorish, rustic, unmannerly.
=
KEY: Covenant \n.\
SYN: Agreement, bond, stipulation, compact, contract, league,
bargain.
ANT: Promise, intimation, assurance, parole, understanding.
=
KEY: Cover \v.\
SYN: Hide, conceal, cloak, screen, secrete, protect, meet, secure,
overspread, clothe, shield, shelter, cover.
ANT: Expose, reveal, betray, exhibit, produce, mis-suffice.
=
KEY: Covert \a.\ [See COVER and SECRET].
=
KEY: Coverture.
SYN: Marriage, matrimony, wedlock.
ANT: Celibacy, virginity.
=
KEY: Covet.
SYN: Long for, wish for, yearn for, hanker, desire.
ANT: Despise, dislike, undervalue, mislike.
=
KEY: Covetous.
SYN: Acquisitive, avaricious, greedy, grasping, rapacious.
ANT: Unselfish, liberal, self-sacrificing, profuse, bountiful,
charitable.
=
KEY: Covetousness, [See COVETOUS and AVARICE].
=
KEY: Cow \v.\
SYN: Frighten, abash, intimidate, oppress, brow-bent.
ANT: Countenance, rally, encourage, inspirit.
=
KEY: Coward.
SYN: Craven, dastard, recreant, poltroon, renegade.
ANT: Champion, hero, daredevil, desperado.
=
KEY: Cowardly, [See TIMID].
=
KEY: Cower.
SYN: Shrink, stoop, crouch.
ANT: Rise, stand, dare, face, confront.
=
KEY: Coxcomb.
SYN: Fop, dandy, puppy, prig, pedant.
ANT: Genius, savant, authority, celebrity, philosopher, sage.
=
KEY: Coxcombical.
SYN: Vain, affected, conceited, dandified, pedantic, priggish.
ANT: Unaffected, unconceited, sensible.
=
KEY: Coy.
SYN: Shy, reserved, bashful, shrinking, retreating, modest.
ANT: Bold, forward, rompish, hoydenish.
=
KEY: Cozen.
SYN: Circumvent, wheedle, swindle, gull, cheat, dupe, overreach, coax,
seduce, deceive.
ANT: Enlighten, undeceive, disabuse.
=
KEY: Crabbed.
SYN: Sour, morose, crossgrained, petulant, churlish, irritable,
crusty.
ANT: Pleasant, open, easy, genial, conversable, warm, cordial, heart.
=
KEY: Crack \t.\.
SYN: Split, break, splinter, chip, snap.
ANT: Mend, repair, unite, piece, splice.
=
KEY: Cracked.
SYN: Crazy, flighty, queer, deranged, creaky, touched, cranky,
chinky.
ANT: Sound, sensible, clear-headed, shrewd, strong-minded, sane.
=
KEY: Craft.
SYN: Art, artifice, cunning, guile, stratagem, manoeuvre, wiliness,
trickery, duplicity, chicanery, intrigue, underhandedness, dodge.
ANT: Openness, fairness, candor, honesty, frankness, sincerity,
artlessness, ingenuousness, straightforwardness.
=
KEY: Crafty, [See CRAFTY].
=
KEY: Cram.
SYN: Stuff, choke, squeeze, ram, pack, gorge.
ANT: Disgorge, vent, discharge, unload, unpack, eviscerate, empty,
eliminate.
=
KEY: Cramp \v.\
SYN: Bind, narrow, restrict, confine, clog, hamper, fetter, cripple.
ANT: Free, liberate, loose, relieve, extricate, enlarge, widen,
expand, ease, unfetter.
=
KEY: Cranky.
SYN: Crotchety, queer, [See CRACKED].
=
KEY: Crapulence.
SYN: Surfeit, headache, dissipation, debauchery, excess, muddiness.
ANT: Temperance, sobriety, clearness, freshness.
=
KEY: Crash \n.\
SYN: Jar, clang, clash, resonance.
ANT: Murmur, whisper, babble, rumbling, reverberation, din.
=
KEY: Crassitude.
SYN: Density, thickness, corpulence, obesity, burliness, brawniness,
animalism, pinguitude, lumpishness, besottedness.
ANT: Tenuity, spareness, slightness, agility, activity, spirituality,
intellectuality.
=
KEY: Crave.
SYN: Intreat, implore, beg, ask, beseech, supplicate, cry.
ANT: Demand, insist, require, seize.
=
KEY: Craven, [See COWARD].
=
KEY: Crazy.
SYN: Idiotic, broken-down, mad, crazed, crack-brained, lunatic,
demented, daft, insane, aberrant.
ANT: Sound, robust, vigorous, unimpaired.
=
KEY: Cream.
SYN: Marrow, pith, gist, acme.
ANT: Refuse, offal, dregs, dross, garbage.
=
KEY: Crease, [See CORRUGATE].
=
KEY: Create.
SYN: Form, produce, make, compose, constitute, beget, engender,
generate, fashion, originate, educe, invent, imagine, cause.
ANT: Annihilate, destroy, demolish.
=
KEY: Creature.
SYN: Being, animal, thing, body, brute.
ANT: Chimera, ghost, bugbear.
=
KEY: Credence.
SYN: Belief, faith, trust, credit, confidence.
ANT: Disbelief, distrust, denial.
=
KEY: Credential, or Credentials.
SYN: Missive, diploma, title, testament, seal, warrant, letter,
vouchers, certificates, testimonials.
ANT: Self-license, Belt-constitution, self-appointment, autocracy.
=
KEY: Credible.
SYN: Probable, likely, trustworthy.
ANT: Improbable, incredible, unlikely, untrustworthy.
=
KEY: Credit \n.\
SYN: Belief, trustworthiness, reputation, security, honor, praise,
merit, confidence, faith.
ANT: Disbelief, distrust, untrustworthiness, shame, insecurity,
disgrace, censure.
=
KEY: Creditor.
SYN: Claimant, lender, mortgagee.
ANT: Debtor, borrower, mortgagor.
=
KEY: Credulity.
SYN: Gullibility, simplicity, acceptativeness, openmouthedness.
ANT: Incredulity, scepticism, suspiciousness, shrewdness.
=
KEY: Creed.
SYN: Belief, catechism, articles, confession, subscription.
ANT: Protest, abjuration, recantation, retractation, disbelief,
nonsubscription.
=
KEY: Crest.
SYN: Top, summit, apex, bead, crown.
ANT: Base, foot, bottom, sole.
=
KEY: Crestfallen.
SYN: Castdown, humiliated, abashed.
ANT: Inspirited, elated, confident.
=
KEY: Crew.
SYN: Complement, company, gang, herd, set, miscellany, horde, swarm,
band.
ANT: Supercargo, bevy, galaxy, constellation, picking, cream, elite.
=
KEY: Crime.
SYN: Offense, misdeed, wrong, misdemeanor, felony, enormity.
ANT: Good deed, well-doing, duty, obligation, exploit, achievement.
=
KEY: Criminal.
SYN: Illegal, felonious, vicious, culpable, wrong, iniquitous,
sinful, immoral, guilty, nefarious, flagitious.
ANT: Lawful, virtuous, right, jury innocent, moral, meritorious,
creditable, honorable, praiseworthy, laudable.
=
KEY: Criminality, [See CRIMINAL and GUILT].
=
KEY: Criminate.
SYN: Charge, implicate, accuse, impeach, arraign.
ANT: Acquit, extricate, absolve.
=
KEY: Crimp \v.\ [See CORRUGATE].
=
KEY: Crimp \a.\
SYN: Brittle, friable, crisp.
ANT: Tough, stubborn, viscous, pasty, lentous.
=
KEY: crimple, [See CRUMPLE].
=
KEY: Cringe.
SYN: Crouch, bend, bow, fawn, grabble, grub.
ANT: Face, confront, defy, dare.
=
KEY: Crinkle, [See CRIMPLE].
=
KEY: Cripple.
SYN: Weaken, impair, curtail, cramp, disable.
ANT: Strengthen, renovate, augment, liberate, free, ease, enlarge,
expedite.
=
KEY: Criterion.
SYN: Test, touchstone, proof, standard, measure.
ANT: Eye, glance, intention, conjecture, scan.
=
KEY: Critic.
SYN: Judge, censor, arbiter, savant.
ANT: Author, writer, performer, artist.
=
KEY: Critical.
SYN: Nice, delicate, exact, fastidious, discriminating, censorious,
accurate, dubious, precarious, ticklish, crucial, important,
momentous, hazardous.
ANT: Inexact, popular, loose, easy, undiscriminating, safe,
determined, decided, settled, retrieved, redressed.
=
KEY: Criticise.
SYN: Examine, scan, perpend, analyze, discuss, anatomize,
animadvert.
ANT: Slur, survey, overlook, skim.
=
KEY: Criticism.
SYN: Stricture, censure, animadversion.
ANT: Approval, praise, [See APPROBATION].
=
KEY: Croak.
SYN: Complain, murmur, grumble.
ANT: Crow, whistle, sing, chirp, chuckle, cackle, rejoice.
=
KEY: Crone.
SYN: Hag, witch, beldame.
ANT: Lass, damsel, maiden, belle.
=
KEY: Crony.
SYN: Ally, chum, mate.
ANT: Foe, rival, backfriend.
=
KEY: Crooked.
SYN: Bent, incurved, angular, deformed, bowed, disfigured, turned,
curved, awry, anfractuous, tortuous, underhanded.
ANT: Straight, linear, direct, honest, straightforward.
=
KEY: Crop \v.\
SYN: Hew, reap, reduce, shave, shorten, curtail.
ANT: Elongate, grow, foster, raise, trail, train.
=
KEY: Crop \n.\
SYN: Reaping, harvest, ingathering.
ANT: Produce, yield, abundance, growth, fruit.
=
KEY: Cross.
SYN: Ill-tempered, fretful, illhumored, crusty, peevish, pettish,
snarling, snappish, spleeny, splenetic, petulant, fractious.
ANT: Amiable, good-tempered, goodhumored, blithesome, genial.
=
KEY: Cross-grained.
SYN: Perverse, wayward, peevish, morose, cantankerous,
ill-conditioned.
ANT: Genial, pleasant, agreeable, jolly, obliging, accommodating.
=
KEY: Crotchety, [See CAPRICIOUS].
=
KEY: Crouch, [See CRINGE and COWER].
=
KEY: Crow \v.\ To make a noise like a cock. Used metaphorically.
SYN: Exult, rejoice, cackle, chuckle, boast.
ANT: Whine, howl, grumble, croak, cry, whimper.
=
KEY: Crowd.
SYN: Throng, mob, swarm, pack, herd.
ANT: Cream, elite, bevy, galaxy, constellation, cabinet.
=
KEY: Crown \n.\
SYN: Top, crest, summit, head, brow, apex.
ANT: Basement, base, bottom, floor, pavement, pedestal, foundation,
foot, sole.
=
KEY: Crown.
SYN: Complete, consummate, seal, conclude.
ANT: Mar, spoil, frustrate.
=
KEY: Crucial.
SYN: Searching, probing, severe, discriminating, sharp, critical,
piercing.
ANT: Superficial, indifferent, mild, uncritical, lenient, lax.
=
KEY: Crude.
SYN: Raw, undigested, unconsidered, half-studied, harsh, unshaped,
unchastened, unfinished, unrefined, ill-prepared.
ANT: Well-prepared, well-digested, well-considered, well-studied,
ripe, well-adapted, well-proportioned, well-expressed, classical,
finished, refined, artistic, elaborate, highlywrought.
=
KEY: Cruel.
SYN: Savage, barbarous, pittiless, inexorable, unrelenting, ruthless,
truculent, hard-hearted, harsh, unmerciful, brutal, inhuman,
maleficent, malignant.
ANT: Humane, forbearing, generous, merciful, forgiving, benevolent,
beneficent.
=
KEY: Crumble.
SYN: Disintegrate, pulverize, triturate.
ANT: Consolidate, conglutinate, bond, amalgamate.
=
KEY: Crumple, [See CRINKLE and CORRUGATE].
=
KEY: Crush \v.\
SYN: Pulverize, triturate, pound, bray, crumble, overpower,
demolish.
ANT: Consolidate, compact, cake, solidify, compress, amalgamate,
upraise, stabilitate, aggrandize.
=
KEY: Crusty, [See CALM].
=
KEY: Cudgel \v.\
SYN: Pound, bruise, buffet, batter.
ANT: Stroke, pat, clap, tickle.
=
KEY: Cuff \v.\
SYN: Slap, box, smack, punch, pummel, hustle, buffet.
ANT: Cudgel, flagellate, thrash, cane, strap, lash, whip.
=
KEY: Cull.
SYN: Bunch, gather, pick, collect.
ANT: Scatter, drop, throw, disseminate.
=
KEY: Culmination.
SYN: Consummation, zenith, acme, meridian, apex, success,
completion.
ANT: Fall, descent, decline, failure, downfall, degradation, defeat,
abortion.
=
KEY: Culpability, [See CULPABLE and GUILT].
=
KEY: Culpable.
SYN: Blamable, blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
ANT: Blameless, innocent, excusable, laudable, praisworthy.
=
KEY: Culprit.
SYN: Offender, criminal, delinquent, malefactor.
ANT: Example, pattern, model, hero, saint.
=
KEY: Cultivate.
SYN: Promote, foster, study, improve, fertilize, till, advance,
refine, improve, civilize, nourish, cherish.
ANT: Neglect, desert, abandon, stifle, prevent, discourage, abolish,
blight, blast, paralyze, eradicate, extirpate, uproot.
=
KEY: Cumber.
SYN: Clog, impede, oppress, load, incommode, obstruct.
ANT: Liberate, expedite, alleviate, extricate, lighten, relieve,
support, free, rid.
=
KEY: Cunning, [See CRAFT].
=
KEY: Cupidity \n.\
SYN: Avarice, acquisitiveness, covetousness, stinginess.
ANT: Prodigality, extravagance, liberality.
=
KEY: Curb \v.\
SYN: Restrain, cohibit, hold, repress, check, moderate.
ANT: Indulge, liberate, release, emancipate, loose, urge, free,
incite, instigate, impel.
=
KEY: Curdle.
SYN: Coagulate, condense, thicken.
ANT: Colliquify, diffuse, circulate.
=
KEY: Cure \n.\
SYN: Remedy, alleviation, restorative, heal-all, amelioration,
reinstatement, restoration, renovation, convalescence.
ANT: Aggravation, confirmation, complaint, disease, ailment,
inoculation, contagion, corruption.
=
KEY: Cure \v.\ [See HEAL].
=
KEY: Curiosity.
SYN: Inquisitiveness, interest, wonder, marvel, interrogativeness,
rarity, phenomenon, celebrity, oddity, lion.
ANT: Indifference, heedlessness, disregard, abstraction, absence,
weed, drug, dirt, cipher, bagatelle, song.
=
KEY: Curious.
SYN: Inquiring, inquisitive, scrutinizing, prying, meddling,
singular, searching, interrogative, peeping, peering, rare, unique,
odd, recondite.
ANT: Indifferent, uninquiring, incurious, uninterested, trite,
common, superficial.
=
KEY: Curmudgeon.
SYN: Miscreant, wretch, rascal, churl, ill-conditioned fellow.
ANT: Trump, good fellow, brick.
=
KEY: Currency.
SYN: Circulation, vogue, publicity, prevalence.
ANT: Suppression, repression, recall, stagnation, rejection,
disbelief, withdrawal.
=
KEY: Current.
SYN: Running, prevalent, ordinary, present, popular, general,
floating, exoteric, vulgar.
ANT: Rejected, obsolete, exploded, confined, private, secret,
esoteric.
=
KEY: Curse. \n.\
SYN: Malediction, execration, imprecation, denunciation, anathema,
bane, blight.
ANT: Blessing, benediction, joy, crown, glory.
=
KEY: Curse. \v.\
SYN: Execrate.
ANT: Bless.
=
KEY: Cursory.
SYN: Rapid, hasty, desultory, careless, superficial, slight,
summary.
ANT: Searching, minute, elaborate, profound.
=
KEY: Curtail. [See ABBREVIATE].
=
KEY: Curve \v.\
SYN: Incurve, bend, inflex, falcate, arcuate.
ANT: Straighten, unbend, rectilineate.
=
KEY: Curve \n.\
SYN: Incurvation, flexion, deflexion.
ANT: Rigidity, inelasticity, inflexibility, rectilinearity.
=
KEY: Custody.
SYN: Keeping, guardianship, conservation, care.
ANT: Neglect, betrayal, exposure, abandonment, desertion, liberation,
jeopardy, discharge.
=
KEY: Custom.
SYN: Manner, habit, use, usage, fashion, practice, prescription.
ANT: Law, regulation, dictate, command, rule, disuse, nonobservance,
desuetude.
=
KEY: Cut \v.\
SYN: Sever, slice, sunder, cleave, shear, carve, chop, gash, avoid,
elude.
ANT: Unite, splice, accost, approach, court, address, salute.
=
KEY: Cutting.
SYN: Sharp, biting, mordant, trenchant, piercing, bitter, sarcastic,
provoking, stinging, sardonic, exasperating, satirical, severe,
disappointing, cruel.
ANT: Mild, conciliatory, complimentary, soothing, flattering,
indulgent, consoling, gratifying.
=
KEY: Cynical.
SYN: Sarcastic, snarling, snappish, sneering, cross-grained, currish,
carping.
ANT: Genial, lenient, complaisant, urbane.
=
KEY: Dabble.
SYN: Meddle, mix, trifle, skim.
ANT: Study, elaborate, investigate, delve, dig, fathom, gauge.
=
KEY: Daft.
SYN: Silly, innocent, idiotic, lunatic, light-headed, cracked.
ANT: Sane, sound, sensible, practical, rational, shrewd, deft,
mealy-mouthed, delicious, toothsome, delicate, fastidious.
=
KEY: Dainty.
SYN: Choice, rare, refined, tasty, exquisite, luxurious, epicurean.
ANT: Common, coarse, unrelishing, nasty, dirty, omnivorous, greedy,
gluttonous.
=
KEY: Dally.
SYN: Trifle, play, wanton, sport, fondle, delay, procrastinate,
dawdle.
ANT: Toil, labor, work, study, fag, stir, bustle, hasten.
=
KEY: Damage.
SYN: Injury, hurt, loss, mischief, detriment, impairment.
ANT: Compensation, recovery, reinstatement, advantage, benefit,
reparation, blessing.
=
KEY: Damnable, [See EXECRABLE].
=
KEY: Damp.
SYN: Cool, blunt, dishearten, quench, slack, moderate, humid, wet,
moist, discourage, discountenance, repress.
ANT: Urge, inflame, incite, fan, excite.
=
KEY: Danger.
SYN: Peril, hazard, risk, jeopardy, insecurity, venture.
ANT: Security, custody, defense, safety, premunition, precaution.
=
KEY: Dapper.
SYN: Spruce, neat, natty, smart.
ANT: Slovenly, awkward, unwieldy, untidy.
=
KEY: Dare.
SYN: Venture, face, brave, hazard, risk, defy, challenge.
ANT: Shrink, shun, dread, cower.
=
KEY: Daring.
SYN: Adventurous, dashing, bold, courageous, venturesome, dauntless,
foolhardy, fearless, brave, intrepid, valorous.
ANT: Cautious, timid, inadventurous.
=
KEY: Dark.
SYN: Black, dusky, sable, swarthy, opaque, obscure, enigmatical,
recondite, abstruse, unintelligible, blind, ignorant, besotted,
benighted, dim, shadowy, inexplicable, secret, mysterious, hidden,
murky, nebulous, cheerless, dismal, dim, gloomy, sombre, joyless,
mournful, sorrowful.
ANT: White, fair, light, radiant, bright, lucid, crystalline,
transparent, brilliant, plain, intelligible, enlightened, glaring,
dazzling, illumined, festive, luminous.
=
KEY: Darling.
SYN: Pet, love, sweet, pretty, dear, favorite, delight.
ANT: Antipathy, abomination, horror.
=
KEY: Dash.
SYN: Burl, cast, throw, subvert, detrude, drive, rush, send, fly,
speed, dart, scatter, strike, course.
ANT: Raise, reinstate, erect, creep, crawl, lag, hobble.
=
KEY: Dashing.
SYN: Adventurous, showy, brave.
ANT: Shrinking, dowdy, timid.
=
KEY: Dastard, [See COWARD].
=
KEY: Data.
SYN: Facts, grounds, basis, axioms, postulates.
ANT: Conjecture, assumption, problem, proposition, inference,
deduction.
=
KEY: Date, [See TIME].
=
KEY: Daub, [See BEDAUB].
=
KEY: Daunt.
SYN: Terrify, scare, frighten, cow, dishearten, appall, intimidate,
confront.
ANT: Countenance, encourage, rally, inspirit.
=
KEY: Dauntless.
SYN: Valiant, gallant, fearless, lion-hearted, intrepid.
ANT: Cautious, cowardly, timid.
=
KEY: Dawdle.
SYN: Lag, dally, idle.
ANT: Haste, speed, dash, rush, work, fag.
=
KEY: Dawn.
SYN: Gleam, begin, appear, rise, open, break.
ANT: Wane, set, sink, close, depart.
=
KEY: Dazzle.
SYN: Daze, bewilder, confuse.
ANT: Enlighten, illumine.
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KEY: Dead.
SYN: Defunct, deceased, departed, gone, inanimate, lifeless,
insensible, heavy, unconscious, dull, spiritless, cheerless,
deserted, torpid, still.
ANT: Vital, living, animate, vivacious, susceptible, alive, joyous,
stirring, thronged, bustling.
=
KEY: Deaden.
SYN: Benumb, paralyze, blunt, damp, subdue.
ANT: Sharpen, quicken, enliven.
=
KEY: Deadly.
SYN: Mortal, fatal, malignant, baleful, pernicious, noxious,
venomous, destructive, baneful, implacable.
ANT: Vital, life-giving, healthful, wholesome, nutritious.
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KEY: deadness.
SYN: Torpor, flatness, faintness, heaviness.
ANT: Quickness, vitality, life, vivacity.
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KEY: Deaf.
SYN: Surd, hard of hearing, disinclined, averse, inexorable,
insensible, rumbling, inaudible, heedless, dead.
ANT: Acute, listening, disposed, interested, attentive, willing,
susceptible, sensible, alive.
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KEY: Deal.
SYN: Bargain, chaffer, trade, dispense, market, communicate,
negotiate, traffic.
ANT: Hold, close, stop, fail.
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KEY: Dealing.
SYN: Intercourse, communication, trade, traffic, negotiation,
commerce, practice.
ANT: Lack, failure, closing, bankruptcy, stagnation, withdrawal,
noncommunication.
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KEY: Dear.
SYN: High-priced, costly, expensive, beloved, precious, loved.
ANT: Cheap, inexpensive, misliked, vile.
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KEY: Dearth, [See ABUNDANCE].
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KEY: Death.
SYN: Departure, demise, decease, dissolution, mortality, fall,
failure, termination, cessation, expiration, release, exit.
ANT: Birth, rise, life, growth, vigor, animation, spirit, activity,
operation, action, commencement, vitality, auspices, inauguration.
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KEY: Deathless.
SYN: Undying, immortal, unfading, everlasting.
ANT: Mortal, ephemeral, fragile, fugitive, momentary, transient,
fleeting.
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KEY: Debar.
SYN: Exclude, stop, thwart, obstruct, hinder, prevent, deter, deprive,
disqualify, deny, prohibit, preclude.
ANT: Inclose, embrace, admit, permit, aid, allow, indulge, qualify,
entitle.
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KEY: Debase.
SYN: Degrade, lower, depress, deprave, deteriorate, corrupt, alloy,
impair, disgrace, humble.
ANT: Raise, enhance, exalt, honor, promote, ameliorate, purify,
improve.
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KEY: Debased, [See DEBASE].
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KEY: Debate.
SYN: Contend, dispute, argue, moot, controvert, contest, wrangle,
discuss, deliberate, question, ventilate.
ANT: Yield, concede, surrender, admit, allow.
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KEY: Debatable.
SYN: Dubious, doubtful, inestimable, uncertain, problematical,