ANT: Certain, sure, unquestionable, Indisputable, self-evident,
incontestable.
=
KEY: Debauch, Debauchery \n.\
SYN: Riot, revel, excess, orgies, gluttony.
ANT: Meal, moderation, frugality, asceticism, abstinence, fast,
maceration.
=
KEY: Debauch \v.\
SYN: Seduce, corrupt, ravish, violate, pollute, defile, vitiate.
ANT: Purify, enlighten, ameliorate, elevate, make better.
=
KEY: Debility.
SYN: Weakness, feebleness, frailty, infirmity, incapacity,
imbecility, enervation, lassitude, languor.
ANT: Strength, vigor, robustness, energy, tone, nerve, muscularity.
=
KEY: Debt.
SYN: Debit, liability, default, obligation, claim, score,
something due.
ANT: Liquidation, assets, credit, trust, grace, favor, obligation,
accommodation, gift, gratuity.
=
KEY: Debtor, [See CREDITOR].
=
KEY: Decadence, [See DECAY].
=
KEY: Decamp.
SYN: Start, fly, bolt, abscond.
ANT: Appear, answer, show.
=
KEY: Decay \v.\
SYN: Decline, wane, sink, dwindle, rot, wither, perish, waste, ebb,
decrease.
ANT: Rise, grow, increase, flourish, luxuriate, vegetate, expand,
enlarge.
=
KEY: Decay \n.\
SYN: Declension, waning, sinking, wasting, decrease, corruption,
decadence, putrefaction, rottenness, dry rot, consumption, decline.
ANT: Rise, growth, birth, increase, fertility, exuberance,
luxuriance, prosperity.
=
KEY: Decayed.
SYN: Rotten, corrupt, unsound, decomposed, declined, faded, sunk,
unprosperous, impoverished, wasted away.
ANT: Sound, wholesome, healthful, fresh, prosperous, flourishing,
wealthy.
=
KEY: Decease, [See DEATH].
=
KEY: Deceit.
SYN: Cheat, imposition, trick, fraud, deception, double dealing,
delusion, circumvention, guile, bewilderment, treachery, sham,
insidiousness, indirection, duplicity, cunning, artifice.
ANT: Enlightenment, instruction, guidance, reality, verily,
Fair-dealing, honesty, openness.
=
KEY: Deceitful.
SYN: Deceptive, delusive, fraudulent, fallacious.
ANT: Open, fair, honest, truthful, veracious.
=
KEY: Deceive.
SYN: Trick, cheat, beguile, delude, gull, dupe, take in, over reach,
mislead, betray, ensnare, entrap, circumvent.
ANT: Enlighten, advise, illumine, guide, disabuse, undeceive,
deliver.
=
KEY: Decency.
SYN: Modesty, propriety, [See DECORUM].
=
KEY: Deceiver, [See DECEIVE].
=
KEY: Decent, [See ABASH].
=
KEY: Deception, [See DECEIT].
=
KEY: Deride.
SYN: Determine, fix, settle, adjudicate, terminate, resolve.
ANT: Waver, raise, moot, drop, doubt, waive, suspend, misjudge,
misdetermine.
=
KEY: Decided.
SYN: Determined, ruled, resolute, firm, unwavering.
ANT: Undecided, unsettled, irresolute, vacillating.
=
KEY: Deciduous, [See EPHEMERAL].
=
KEY: Decipher.
SYN: Bead, spell, interpret, solve, unravel, explain, unfold.
ANT: Cipher, symbolize, empuzzle, mystify, enigmatize.
=
KEY: Decision.
SYN: Determination, conclusion, sentence, judgment, resolution,
firmness.
ANT: Irresoluteness, vagueness, indecision, uncertainty,
unsettlement.
=
KEY: Decisive, [See CONCLUSIVE].
=
KEY: Deck, [See ADORN].
=
KEY: Declaim.
SYN: Harangue, recite, apostrophize, speak, debate, inveigh.
ANT: Bead, study, compose, elaborate.
=
KEY: Declamation.
SYN: Oratory, elocution, harangue, effusion, debate.
ANT: Stammering, titubancy, hesitation, tardiloquence.
=
KEY: Declamatory.
SYN: Loud, noisy, incoherent, discursive, loose, inconsecutive,
grandiloquent, rhetorical, high-sounding.
ANT: Close, connected, logical, studied, exact, quiet, consecutive.
=
KEY: Declaration.
SYN: Avowal, exhibition, manifestation, statement, ordinance,
assertion, affirmation, profession.
ANT: Denial, concealment, suppression, Declare, [See ANNOUNCE].
=
KEY: Declension.
SYN: Decay, decadence, degeneration, deterioration, fall.
ANT: Bise, improvement, advancement, culmination.
=
KEY: Decline, [See DECLENSION and ACCEPT].
=
KEY: Declivity.
SYN: Descent, fall, slope, incline, devexity.
ANT: Ascent, rise, verticality.
=
KEY: Decoction.
SYN: Concoction, dish, compound, plate, platter, mess, extract.
ANT: Crudity, infusion, rawness, greenness, maceration.
=
KEY: Decompose.
SYN: Analyze, segregate, individualize, resolve, dissolve.
ANT: Compound, concoct, mix, organize, compose.
=
KEY: Decomposition, [See DECOMPOSE].
=
KEY: Decorate, [See ADORN], Decorum.
SYN: Seemliness, propriety, dignity, order, decency, good manners,
good behavior, modesty.
ANT: Unseemliness, impropriety, disturbance, disorder.
=
KEY: Decoy.
SYN: Allure, entice, ensnare, entrap, seduce, mislead, inveigle, lure,
tempt.
ANT: Guide, instruct, warn, conduct, disabuse, extricate.
=
KEY: Decrease \v.\
SYN: Diminish, lessen, subside, abate, lower, decline, retrench,
curtail, reduce, wane.
ANT: Increase, grow, amplify, expand, augment, extend, enlarge.
=
KEY: Decree.
SYN: Decision, determination, mandate, law, edict, manifesto, rule,
verdict, order, judgment, ordinance, proclamation.
ANT: Cue, hint, suggestion, intimation, request.
=
KEY: Decrement, [See AUGMENTATION].
=
KEY: Decrepit.
SYN: Infirm, weak, crippled, superannuated, effete, broken-down,
enfeebled, tottering, aged.
ANT: Strong, robust, agile, youthful, active.
=
KEY: Decrepitude, [See DECREPIT].
=
KEY: Decry.
SYN: Depreciate, traduce, vituperate, disparage, defame, vilify,
derogate, detract, censure, abase, denounce.
ANT: Extol, laud, praise, eulogize, panegyrize.
=
KEY: Dedicate.
SYN: Devote, consecrate, offer, set, apportion, assign, apply,
separate, hallow, set apart.
ANT: Alienate, misapply, desecrate, misappropriate, misconvert,
misuse.
=
KEY: Deduce.
SYN: Draw, Infer, conclude, gather.
ANT: State, premise, hazard, conjecture, guess, induce, anticipate,
foresee, predict, induct.
=
KEY: Deductible, [See DEDUCE].
=
KEY: Deduct.
SYN: Subtract, bate, remove.
ANT: Add, annex, subjoin.
=
KEY: Deduction.
SYN: Conclusion, inference, abatement.
ANT: [See CONCLUSION].
=
KEY: Deed.
SYN: Act, action, commission, achievement, perpetration, instrument,
document, muniment, exploit, feat.
ANT: Omission, failure, abortion, false-witness, innocence,
cancelling, disproof, invalidation, retractation, impossibility,
nonperformance, recall, reversion, undoing.
=
KEY: Deem.
SYN: Judge, estimate, consider, believe, think, suppose, conceive.
ANT: Misjudge, misestimate, mis-consider.
=
KEY: Deep.
SYN: Profound, subterranean, submerged, designing, abstruse,
recondite, learned, low, sagacious, penetrating, thick, obscure,
mysterious, occult, Intense, heartfelt.
ANT: Shallow, superficial, artless, undesigning, familiar,
commonplace.
=
KEY: Deeply, [See DEEP].
=
KEY: Deface.
SYN: Mar, spoil, injure, disfigure, deform, damage, mutilate,
destroy.
ANT: Decorate, adorn, embellish.
=
KEY: Defalcation.
SYN: Failure, nonpayment, arrears, deficit.
ANT: Payment, acquittal, balance, satisfaction, assets.
=
KEY: Defame, [See DECRY].
=
KEY: Detainer, [See DEFAME].
=
KEY: Default.
SYN: Lapse, forfeit, omission, defect, delinquency, absence, want,
failure.
ANT: Maintenance, appearance, plea, satisfaction, forthcoming,
supply, presence.
=
KEY: Defaulter.
SYN: Debtor, insolvent, bankrupt.
ANT: Defrayer, liquidator.
=
KEY: Defeat \n.\
SYN: Frustration, overthrow, discomfiture.
ANT: Victory, triumph, success.
=
KEY: Defeat \v.\
SYN: Conquer, overcome, worst, beat, baffle, rout, overthrow,
vanquish, frustrate, foil.
ANT: Secure, promote, insure, speed, advance, establish, aid.
=
KEY: Defect.
SYN: Shortcoming, omission, fault, imperfection, flaw, blemish,
want.
ANT: Supply, sufficiency, emendation, compensation, virtue, ornament,
complement.
=
KEY: Defection.
SYN: Failure, dereliction, abandonment, relinquishment, desertion.
ANT: Substitution, supply, superabundance, adherence.
=
KEY: Defective.
SYN: Faulty, imperfect, insufficient, deficient, wanting, short.
ANT: Correct, complete, sufficient, full, ample, abundant,
satisfactory.
=
KEY: Defense.
SYN: Resistance, protection, vindication, plea, justification,
excuse, rampart, bulwark, apology, shelter, guard.
ANT: Abandonment, surrender, betrayal, exposure.
=
KEY: Defenseless.
SYN: Unsheltered, exposed, unguarded, unprotected, unarmed.
ANT: Sheltered, guarded, fortified, defended, protected, armed.
=
KEY: Defendant.
SYN: Accused, prisoner.
ANT: Prosecutor, accuser, plaintiff.
=
KEY: Defensible.
SYN: Vindicable, justifiable, tenable.
ANT: Unjustifiable, untenable, unwarrantable, indefensible.
=
KEY: Defer.
SYN: Delay, postpone, waive, adjourn, prorogue, put off, retard,
procrastinate, protract, hinder, prolong.
ANT: Expedite, hasten, quicken, press, urge, hurry, overdrive,
despatch.
=
KEY: Deference.
SYN: Respect, consideration, condescension, contention, regard,
honor, veneration, submission, reverence, obedience, homage,
allegiance.
ANT: Disrespect, contumely, contumacy, disregard, slight, impudence,
disobedience, non-allegiance, defiance, attention.
=
KEY: Defiance, [See DEFERENCE].
=
KEY: Deficiency.
SYN: Want, imperfection, lack, shortcoming.
ANT: Fullness, abundance.
=
KEY: Deficient, [See DEFECTIVE].
=
KEY: Defile, [See CONTAMINATE].
=
KEY: Define.
SYN: Mark out, limit, designate, specify, eliminate, elucidate,
explain, fix, settle, determine, bound.
ANT: Confound, confuse, obscure, mystify, misstate, misconceive,
misconstrue, misdefine.
=
KEY: Definite.
SYN: Clear, specified, determined, definitive, restricted, specific,
certain, ascertained, precise, exact, fixed, limited, bounded,
positive.
ANT: Vague, unspecified, undetermined, indefinite, obscure, confused,
intermingled.
=
KEY: Definition.
SYN: Determination, limitation, specification, restriction.
ANT: Confusion, vagueness, acceptation, description, explanation,
misconception, misstatement.
=
KEY: Deflect.
SYN: Turn, deviate, diverge, swerve, divert, recurve.
ANT: Continue, proceed, straighten, unbend, prolong, produce.
=
KEY: Deflection.
SYN: Deviation, divergence, alienation, swerving, incurvation,
curvity, falcation.
ANT: Straightness, directness, rectilinearity, inflexibility,
prolongation, prosecution, undeviatingness.
=
KEY: deform, [See ADORN].
=
KEY: Deformity.
SYN: Ugliness, disfigurement, hideousness, abnormity, monstrosity.
ANT: Grace, beauty, decoration, ornament.
=
KEY: Defraud, [See CHEAT].
=
KEY: Defray.
SYN: Meet, liquidate, pay, settle, bear, discharge, quit.
ANT: Dishonor, repudiate, dissatisfy, misappropriate, embezzle.
=
KEY: Defrayment.
SYN: Payment, quittance, liquidation, compensation, discharge.
ANT: Nonpayment, failure, insolvency, appropriation,
misappropriation, embezzlement, repudiation.
=
KEY: Defy.
SYN: Scorn, challenge, provoke, despite, brave, [See DARE].
=
KEY: Degenerate.
SYN: deteriorate, grow worse, retrograde.
ANT: Recover, improve, mend, advance.
=
KEY: Deglutition.
SYN: Swallowing, gorging, gluttony, absorption.
ANT: disgorgement, vomit.
=
KEY: Degradation, [See DEBASE].
=
KEY: Degrade, [See DEBASE].
=
KEY: Degree.
SYN: Grade, rank, stage, step, extent, measure, mark, rate, position,
quality, class, station, range, quantity, amount, limit, order.
ANT: Space, mass, magnitude, size, numbers.
=
KEY: Doliortatlon, [See DISSUADE].
=
KEY: Deign, [See CONDESCEND].
=
KEY: Dejected.
SYN: Dispirited, gloomy, melancholy, desponding, depressed, downcast,
low-spirited.
ANT: Elated, inspirited, blithe, gay, cheerful.
=
KEY: Dejection, [See DEJECTED].
=
KEY: Delay \v.\ [See DEFER].
=
KEY: Delectable.
SYN: Pleasant, amiable, agreeable, enjoyable.
ANT: Unpleasant, unamiable, disagreeably, unenjoyable,.
=
KEY: Delegate.
SYN: Appoint, depute, commission.
ANT: Recall, supersede, relegate, discommission.
=
KEY: Deleterious.
SYN: Destructive, noxious, injurious, poisonous, pernicious.
ANT: Wholesome, nutritious, esculent, conservative, beneficial.
=
KEY: Deliberate \v.\
SYN: Consider, meditate, consult, weigh, reflect, ponder, debate,
perpend.
ANT: Shelve, burke, discard, hazard, chance, risk.
=
KEY: Deliberate \a.\
SYN: Grave, purposed, intentional, designed, determined, resolute,
earnest, unbiased, unprejudiced.
ANT: Playful, jocose, facetious, irresolute, unresolved,
undetermined, dubious, compulsory, suggested, dictated, instigated,
biased, prejudiced.
=
KEY: Deliberation, [See DELIBERATE and COOL].
=
KEY: Deliberately, [See DELIBERATE].
=
KEY: Delicacy.
SYN: Nicety, dainty, mor, sel, refinement, tact, softness, luxury,
modesty, scruple, sensitiveness, fragility.
ANT: Coarseness, rudeness, rawness, muchness, indelicacy, commons,
necessaries, fare, physic, vigor, robustness.
=
KEY: Delicate, [See DELICACY and COARSE].
=
KEY: Delicious.
SYN: Exquisite, luxurious, delightful, dainty, choice.
ANT: Coarse, common, unsavory, unpalatable, nauseous, loathsome.
=
KEY: Delight.
SYN: Enjoyment, pleasure, happiness, transport, ecstasy, joy,
gratification, gladness, rapture, bliss.
ANT: Pain, suffering, sorrow, trouble, misery, displeasure,
dissatisfaction, disappointment, discomfort, dejection, depression,
distress, melancholy, discontent.
=
KEY: Delightful, [See DELIGHT].
=
KEY: Delineate.
SYN: Describe, figure, sketch, portray, depict, draw, represent,
paint.
ANT: Misrepresent, caricature, exaggerate, misportray.
=
KEY: Delinquency.
SYN: Crime, offense, guilt, culpability, criminality.
ANT: Innocence, blamelessness.
=
KEY: Delinquent.
SYN: Criminal, culprit, offender.
ANT: Worthy, paragon, pattern.
=
KEY: Delitescence.
SYN: Concealment, hiding, skulking, shirking.
ANT: Appearance, publicity, forwardness, self-presentation,
openness.
=
KEY: Deliver.
SYN: Liberate, free, save, utter, set free, surrender, yield,
transmit, concede, give up, rescue, pronounce, hand, give, entrust,
consign.
ANT: Confine, capture, suppress, retain, betray, withdraw, assume,
appropriate, misdeliver.
=
KEY: Delude, [See DECEIVE].
=
KEY: Deluge.
SYN: Inundation, rush, flood, redundance.
ANT: Mist, moisture, dearth, drought, aridity, subsidence,
exsiccation.
=
KEY: Delusion, [See DECEIT].
=
KEY: Delve.
SYN: Dig, penetrate, dive, investigate, search.
ANT: Scratch, rake, slur, dabble, dally, skim.
=
KEY: Demand.
SYN: Claim, require, ask for, call for, insist.
ANT: Disclaim, waive, forego, petition, request, supplicate.
=
KEY: Demarcation.
SYN: Definition, {[connguration]?}, outline, sketch, delineation,
bounding, inclosure, plan, limitation.
ANT: indefiniteness, openness, space, waste, plain, void.
=
KEY: Demean, [See BEHAVE and CONDESCEND].
=
KEY: Demerit, [See MERIT and FAULT].
=
KEY: Demesne, [See DOMAIN].
=
KEY: Demise \v.\ [See BEQUEATH].
=
KEY: Demise \n.\ [See DEATH].
=
KEY: Democratic.
SYN: Popular, leveling, radical, subversive, unlicensed, unarculca,
destructive, republican.
ANT: Regal, imperial, aristocratic, oligarchical, constitutional,
conservative, tyrannical, despotic, autocratic.
=
KEY: Demolish, [See DESTROY].
=
KEY: Demoniacal.
SYN: Fiendish, hell, Ish, diabolical.
ANT: Angelical, seraphic, heavenly.
=
KEY: Demonstrate.
SYN: Prove, show, exhibit, manifest, evince, illustrate.
ANT: Disprove, conceal, misdemonstrate-strafe, misexemplify.
=
KEY: Demoralize, [See DISHEARTEN].
=
KEY: Demulcent.
SYN: Soothing, softening, allaying, lenitive.
ANT: Irritating, chafing, blistering.
=
KEY: Demur.
SYN: Dubitate, hesitate, halt, pause, doubt, scruple, object.
ANT: Approve, acquiesce, agree, assent, consent.
=
KEY: Demure.
SYN: Sedate, staid, grave, modest, downcast, sober, dispassionate,
prudish, discreet.
ANT: Lively, vivacious, facetious, wanton, wild, noisy, boisterous,
rompish, hoydenish, indiscreet.
=
KEY: Denial, [See DENT].
=
KEY: Denizen.
SYN: Citizen, subject, inhabitant, sojourner, dweller, freedman.
ANT: Foreigner, alien, stranger, exile, traveler.
=
KEY: Denominate.
SYN: Name, call, designate, specify, denote, style, title.
ANT: Misname, miscall, describe, delineate, suggest.
=
KEY: Denomination.
SYN: Name, designation, description, kind, class, order,
appellation.
ANT: Non-description, misnomer.
=
KEY: Denote, [See DENOMINATE].
=
KEY: Denounce.
SYN: Reprobate, decry, proscribe, brand, stigmatize, vituperate,
defame.
ANT: Applaud, eulogize, vindicate, panegyrize, uphold.
=
KEY: Dense.
SYN: Slow, thick, stupid, stolid, solid, stout, compact, consolidated,
condensed, close, thickset.
ANT: Quick, clever, intelligent, rare, rarefied, uncompacted,
sparse.
=
KEY: Dent.
SYN: Indentation, notch, cavity.
ANT: Tumor, protuberance, button, knob, tooth.
=
KEY: Denticulated.
SYN: Notched, crenellated, indented.
ANT: Toothed, serrated.
=
KEY: Denticulation, [See DENTICULATED].
=
KEY: Denude.
SYN: Strip, divest, bare, spoil.
ANT: Invest, drape, decorate, enrich, ornament.
=
KEY: Denunciation, [See DENOUNCE].
=
KEY: Deny.
SYN: Refuse, reject, withhold, negative, contradict, gainsay,
disclaim, disavow, disown, oppose.
ANT: Grant, accept, concede, admit, affirm, confirm, afford, yield,
indulge.
=
KEY: Depart.
SYN: Leave, quit, [See CONTROL and GOVERN], decamp, start, sally,
retire, withdraw, abandon, remove, vanish.
ANT: Stay, cling, remain, come, arrive, alight, Used also for die.
=
KEY: Departed, [See DEPART and DEFUNCT].
=
KEY: Department.
SYN: Section, division, portion, function, office, branch, province,
line.
ANT: Institution, establishment, art, science, literature, service,
state, whole, organization, community, society, body.
=
KEY: Dependence, [See DEPENDENT and RELIANCE].
=
KEY: Dependent.
SYN: Hanging, resting, contingent, trusting, relying, subject,
relative.
ANT: Independent, irrelative, irrespective, absolute, free.
=
KEY: Depict.
SYN: Portray, color, paint, draw, delineate.
ANT: Misrepresent, exaggerate, deform, caricature.
=
KEY: Deplorable.
SYN: Lamentable, miserable, pitiable, sad, calamitous, disastrous.
ANT: Welcome, glad, acceptable, felicitous, beneficial, joyous.
=
KEY: Deplore.
SYN: Regret, lament, moorn, bewail, bemoan.
ANT: Welcome, hail.
=
KEY: Depopulate.
SYN: Waste, dispeople, desert, {[coandon]?}, unpeople.
ANT: Occupy, tenant, colonize, inhabit, settle, replenish, stock,
fill.
=
KEY: Deportation.
SYN: Arrival, importation, placement, reconsignment.
ANT: Exportation, emigration, displacement.
=
KEY: Deportment.
SYN: Behavior, carriage, movement, demeanor, character, conduct.
ANT: Misbehavior, misdeportment.
=
KEY: Depose, [See ENTHRONE].
=
KEY: Deprave, [See DEBASE].
=
KEY: Deprecate.
SYN: Disavow, disclaim, expostulate, intercede.
ANT: Beg, supplicate, ask, entreat, request, imprecate, invoke.
=
KEY: Depreciate, [See DISPARAGE].
=
KEY: Depredation.
SYN: Havoc, robbery, spoliation, plunder, trespass, invasion,
encroachment.
ANT: Pilfering, perquisite, abstraction, pocketing, restitution,
compensation.
=
KEY: Depredator, [See DEPREDATION].
=
KEY: Depress, [See ELEVATE].
=
KEY: Depression.
SYN: Lowering, degradation, debasement, dejection, discouragement,
hollow, valley, dip.
ANT: Raising, elevation, exaltation, promotion, preferment,
amelioration, encouragement, rallying, rising, eminence, mound,
prominence.
=
KEY: Deprive.
SYN: Strip, bereave, despoil, rob, divest, dispossess, abridge,
depose, prevent, hinder.
ANT: Invest, endow, compensate, enrich, supply, present, reinstate,
indemnify.
=
KEY: Depute.
SYN: Appoint, commission, charge, entrust, delegate, authorize,
accredit, constitute.
ANT: Recall, discard, dismiss, discommission, supersede.
=
KEY: Deputy.
SYN: Vicegerent, lieutenant, representative, agent, commissioner,
legate, envoy, delegate, proxy, substitute.
ANT: Principal, master, chief, governor, sovereign, ruler, head.
=
KEY: Derange, [See ARRANGE].
=
KEY: Derangement, [See ABERRATION].
=
KEY: Dereliction.
SYN: Abandonment, failure, shortcoming, desertion, relinquishment,
neglect.
ANT: Performance, observance, adherence, attention.
=
KEY: Deride, [See DERISION].
=
KEY: Derision.
SYN: Scorn, contempt, mockery, irony, sarcasm, contumely,
disrespect.
ANT: Respect, regard, admiration, reverence.
=
KEY: Derisive.
SYN: Scornful, contemptuous, disrespectful.
ANT: Respectful, deferential, reverential.
=
KEY: Derivation.
SYN: Origin, source, descent, beginning, cause, etymology, root,
spring, analysis.
ANT: Result, issue, formation, application, use.
=
KEY: Derive.
SYN: Deduce, trace, follow, track, draw, resolve.
ANT: Misdeduce, misattribute, mistrace.
=
KEY: Derogate.
SYN: Detract, disparage, depreciate, decry, deteriorate.
ANT: Esteem, value, laud, enhance, extol, exaggerate, overestimate,
overvalue.
=
KEY: Derogation, [See DEROGATE].
=
KEY: Descant.
SYN: Dissert, discuss, expatiate, enlarge, talk, dwell, amplify.
ANT: Condense, abridge, abbreviate, curtail, confine, clip,
delineate.
=
KEY: Descend, [See ASCEND].
=
KEY: Descendant.
SYN: Offspring, progeny, stock, scion, seed, branch, issue, house,
family, lineage.
ANT: Author, founder, parent, ancestor, progenitor, stock, root,
source, origin.
=
KEY: Descent, [See DESCEND].
=
KEY: Describe.
SYN: Draw, delineate, portray, explain, illustrate, define, picture,
depict, represent, relate, narrate, recount.
ANT: Confound, confuse, mystify, misrepresent, caricature, distort.
=
KEY: Description, [See DENOMINATION].
=
KEY: Descry.
SYN: Discern, recognize, discover, distinguish, espy, detect,
observe, mark, perceive.
ANT: Miss, overlook, misobserve.
=
KEY: Desecrate.
SYN: Profane, secularize, misuse, abuse, prostitute, pollute.
ANT: Use, employ, devote, dedicate, consecrate, solemnize, sanctify,
purify, reconcile.
=
KEY: Desert \n.\
SYN: Wild, waste, wilderness, solitude, void.
ANT: Inclosure, field, pasture, garden, oasis.
=
KEY: Desert, [See ABANDON].
=
KEY: Deserter.
SYN: Renegade, run, away, recanter, abjurer, apostate, traitor,
forsaker.
ANT: Adherent, supporter, ally, befriender, disciple, bigot, slave.
=
KEY: Deserve.
SYN: Merit, earn, justify, win.
ANT: Forfeit, misdeserve, lose.
=
KEY: Desiderate.
SYN: Desire, want, need, require.
ANT: Disregard, forget, supersede, discard.
=
KEY: Desideratum.
SYN: Requisite, complement, essential, want.
ANT: Surplusage, superfluity, in, cumbrance, drawback.
=
KEY: Design \v.\
SYN: Contemplate, purpose, intend, plan, prepare, project.
ANT: Hit, risk, guess, conjecture, chance, fluke, misconceive,
miscontrive.
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KEY: Design \n.\
SYN: Contemplation, pur pose, intention, plan, preparation draft,
delineation, sketch, drawing, artifice, cunning, artfulness, guile,
contrivance, intent, project, scheme.
ANT: Execution, performance, result, issue, construction, structure,
candor, fairness, openness, artlessness, sincerity, simplicity,
change, incident.
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KEY: Designate, [See DENOMINATE].
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KEY: Designation, [See DESIGNATE].
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KEY: Designed, [See DESIGN].
SYN: Intended, prepared, purposed, adapted, calculated, planned,
contrived, intentional.
ANT: Fortuitous, casual, accidental, miscalculated, miscontrived,
unintended.
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KEY: Designing, [See DESIGN and ARTFUL].
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KEY: Desinence.
SYN: Termination, conclusion, cessation, discontinuance, cadence,
period, finality.
ANT: Origination, initiation, inauguration, continuance,
progression, commencement, inception.
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KEY: Desirable.
SYN: Expedient, advisable, valuable, acceptable, proper, judicious,
beneficial, profitable, good, enviable, delightful.