ANT: Common, frequent, numerous, ordinary, usual, unnoticeable,
everyday, customary, general, regular.
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KEY: Sinister.
SYN: Unlucky, inauspicious, ill-omened, portentous, disastrous,
unfavorable, wrong, unfair, underhanded, evil, foul, dishonest,
dishonorable, forbidding, repulsive, lowering.
ANT: Lucky, fortunate, propitious, auspicious, favorable, right,
fair, open, honest, honorable, attractive, winning, engaging,
assuring, frank.
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KEY: Sink.
SYN: Fall, descend, drop, subside, penetrate, soak, droop, decline,
weary, flag, decay, decrease, diminish, abate, lower, immerse,
submerge, depress, degrade, drown, reduce, attenuate, suppress.
ANT: Rise, ascend, soar, swell, Increase, flourish, revive, float,
heighten, promote, exalt, enhance, rescue, foster, encourage,
perpetuate, promulgate, divulge.
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KEY: Sinuous.
SYN: Coiled, convolute, undulating, curved, serpentine, winding,
tortuous, anfractuous, waving, flexuous.
ANT: Uncoiled, rectilinear, uninflected.
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KEY: Situation.
SYN: Locality, position, topography, state, seat, post, place,
condition, residence, aspect, footing, office, birth, plight,
predicament, standing.
ANT: Non-situation, non-location, absence, nonassignment,
unfixedness, displacement, dislodgment.
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KEY: Size.
SYN: Greatness, magnitude, largeness, extent, dimension, bulk,
extent, bigness.
ANT: Smallness, littleness, tenuity, minuteness.
=
KEY: Sketch \n.\
SYN: Outline, draught, skeleton, delineation, [See WICKED].
=
KEY: Sketch \v.\
SYN: Outline, draw, depict, portray, paint, delineate, [See OUTLINE].
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KEY: Skilful.
SYN: Expert, clever, dexterous, apt, well-versed, adroit, [See
DELINEATE].
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KEY: Skill.
SYN: Expertness, aptitude, [See ABILITY].
=
KEY: Skim.
SYN: Brush, glide, graze, touch.
ANT: Enter, penetrate.
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KEY: Skirt.
SYN: border, trim, confine, bound, surround, encircle.
ANT: Penetrate, enter, interpenetrate.
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KEY: Skulk.
SYN: Hide, sneak, cower, lurk, abscond, slink.
ANT: Appear, issue, parade, show.
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KEY: Slack.
SYN: Loose, weak, remiss, backward, indiligent, slow, remiss, tardy,
lax.
ANT: Tight, tense, strong, active, prompt, diligent, alert, quick,
eager.
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KEY: Slacken.
SYN: Loosen, abate, withhold, remit, languish, flag, moderate.
ANT: Tighten, increase, freshen.
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KEY: Slander.
SYN: Asperse, defame, calumniate, vilify, abuse, scandalize, traduce,
belittle, blacken.
ANT: Praise, laud, honor, vindicate, defend, panegyrize, eulogize,
shield, commend.
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KEY: Slaughter \n.\ [See CARNAGE].
=
KEY: Slave.
SYN: Bondman, thrall, vassal, drudge, [See CARNAGE].
=
KEY: Slavery \n.\ [See BONDAGE].
=
KEY: Slavish.
SYN: Servile, drudging, {[merual]?}, mean, base, abject.
ANT: Independent, free, voluntary.
=
KEY: Slay, [See BONDAGE].
=
KEY: Slick.
SYN: Glossy, velvety, satin, silken, shiny, smooth.
ANT: Bough, hairy, hirsute, bristly.
=
KEY: Sleep \v.\
SYN: Slumber, doze, drowse, snooze, repose.
ANT: Be awake.
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KEY: Sleepy.
SYN: Slumberous, somnolent, drowsy, sluggish, lazy.
ANT: Wakeful, vigilant, alert, awake, active.
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KEY: Slender.
SYN: Thin, narrow, slight, slim, small, trivial, spare, inadequate,
fragile, feeble, flimsy, meagre, inconsiderable, superficial.
ANT: Stout, thick, broad, robust, massive, considerable, ample, deep.
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KEY: Slight \a.\ [See SLENDER].
=
KEY: Slight \v.\
SYN: Disregard, disdain, acorn, overlook, disparage.
ANT: Regard, respect, notice, observe.
=
KEY: Slight \n.\
SYN: Neglect, contempt, scorn, disregard.
ANT: Respect, regard, honor, [See SLENDER], [See {[811in]?}].
=
KEY: Slimy.
SYN: Sticky, viscous, viscid, glutinous, [See SLENDER].
=
KEY: Slink, [See SLUNK].
=
KEY: Slippery.
SYN: Smooth, glassy, lubricated, insecure, perilous, unsafe,
unstable, shifty, elusive, shuffling, unprincipled, deceptive,
evasive, untrustworthy, uncertain.
ANT: Rough, firm, unslippery, secure, safe, stable, solid,
trustworthy.
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KEY: Slough.
SYN: Mire, difficulty, despond.
ANT: Footing, standpoint.
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KEY: Slovenly.
SYN: Loose, negligent, disorderly, untidy, unclean, sluttish,
slatternly.
ANT: Trim, neat, careful, orderly, tidy, precise.
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KEY: Slow.
SYN: Sluggish, inactive, Inert, lazy, unready, tardy, late, gradual,
tedious, dull, dilatory, lingering, slack.
ANT: Active, quick, fast, rapid, alert, ready, prompt, early, sudden,
Immediate.
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KEY: Sluggard.
SYN: Idler, drone, lazybones, laggard, [See SLUNK].
=
KEY: Sluggish.
SYN: Slow, inert, indolent, phlegmatic, slothful, Iazy.
ANT: Active, quick, nervous, laborious.
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KEY: Sly.
SYN: Cunning, subtle, crafty, artful, wily, underhanded, astute,
stealthy.
ANT: Open, frank, artless, undesigning.
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KEY: Small.
SYN: Little, diminutive, slight, minute, feeble, trivial,
insignificant, paltry, narrow, mean, weak, slender, fine, inferior.
ANT: Great, large, big, considerable, bulky, extensive, ample,
spacious, stout, strong, important, broad, liberal.
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KEY: Smart.
SYN: Keen, pungent, piercing, quick, vigorous, sharp, severe, active,
clever, brilliant, vivacious, witty, ready, spruce, brisk, fresh,
dressy, showy.
ANT: Dull, heavy, aching, slow, inactive, stupid, sluggish, unready,
slow-minded, unwitty, dowdy, shabby, clownish.
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KEY: Smear.
SYN: Daub, plaster, spatter, tarnish, besmear, coat, begrime, varnish,
incrust.
ANT: Abrade, levigate, polish, scour, scrape.
=
KEY: Smell, [See PERFUME].
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KEY: Smite.
SYN: Strike, beat, buffet, chastise, blast, afflict, kill, slay,
punish, surprise, captivate.
ANT: Soothe, smooth, caress, relieve, console, repel, alienate.
=
KEY: Smoke \n.\
SYN: Fumigation, fumes, vapor, insubstantiality, nothingness,
moonshine, triviality, trifle.
ANT: Substance, reality, realization, moment, importance.
=
KEY: Smoke \v.\
SYN: Reek, fume, steam.
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KEY: Smooth \a.\
SYN: Even, plain, level, flat, polished, glossy, sleek, soft,
unruffled, unobstructed, bland, oily, suave.
ANT: Uneven, rough, rugged, abrupt, precipitous, unpolished, harsh,
blunt.
=
KEY: Smooth \v.\
SYN: Flatten, level, ease, soften, calm, allay, mitigate, [See CALM].
=
KEY: Smolder.
SYN: Reek, simmer, seethe, ferment, work.
ANT: Burst, blaze.
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KEY: Smother.
SYN: Suffocate, stifle, repress, gag, conceal, suppress, choke,
strangle, allay, swallow.
ANT: Fan, ventilate, foster, cherish, nurture, publish, promulgate,
divulge, spread, excite, vent.
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KEY: Snare \n.\
SYN: Net, trap, gin, noose, device, springe.
=
KEY: Snarling.
SYN: Cross, crabbed, peevish, cynical, snappish, [See CALM].
=
KEY: Snatch.
SYN: Twitch, pluck, pull, catch, grasp, gripe, clutch.
ANT: Unclutch, restore, unhand, release.
=
KEY: Sneak.
SYN: Slink, skulk, steal away, lurk, cringe, crouch, truckle, [See
CROSS].
=
KEY: Sneer.
SYN: Scoff, gibe, jeer, taunt, disparagement, contempt, scorn,
superciliousness, disdain.
ANT: Compliment, eulogy, commendation, deference.
=
KEY: Snub.
SYN: Mortify, check, rebuke, reprimand, [See CRINGE and SKULK].
=
KEY: Snug.
SYN: Close, housed, compressed, compact, comfortable, sheltered.
ANT: Exposed, loose, disordered, incompact, uncomfortable, bare,
shivering.
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KEY: Soak.
SYN: Wet, steep, drench, macerate, moisten, submerge.
ANT: Dry, air, wring, exsiccate, aridify, bleach.
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KEY: Soar.
SYN: Rise, mount, tower, aspire, ascend, uprise.
ANT: Drop, sink, descend, alight.
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KEY: Sober.
SYN: Temperate, unintoxicated, cool, dispassionate, reasonable, culm,
self-possessed, sound, unexcited, serious, grave, sedate, steady,
abstemious, moderate.
ANT: Intemperate, drunk, intoxicated, heated, excited, impassioned,
{[{[unr<*aonnWp]?}, {[unr<*aonnWp agitated, furious, passionate,
extravagant, extreme, exorbitant, immoderate, flighty, erratic,
eccentric.
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KEY: Sobriety.
SYN: Soberness, temperance, abstemiousness.
ANT: Intemperance.
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KEY: Sociable.
SYN: Companionable, genial, social, convertible, friendly,
accessible, gregarious.
ANT: Unsociable, uncompanionable, unconversable, ungenial,
in friendly, Inaccessible, re iring, morose, solitary,
uncommunicative.
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KEY: Social.
SYN: Collective, political, gregarious, [See REBUKE and MORTIFY].
ANT: Individual, solitary, personal.
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KEY: Society.
SYN: community, {[pobiy]?}, association, collection, companionship,
fellowship, connection, participation, company, sociality,
communion, intercourse, sodality.
ANT: Individuality, personality, segregation, separation,
solitariness, missociality, privacy, dissociation, disconnection.
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KEY: Soft.
SYN: Yielding, pressible, impressible, smooth, delicate, fine, sleek,
glossy, mild, gentle, balmy, kind, feeling, flexible, effeminate,
luxurious, unmanly, tender, irresolute, undecided.
ANT: Hard, tough, stubborn, unyielding, rigid, unimpressible, rough,
coarse, harsh, abrupt, ungentle, rigorous, cutting, severe, unkind,
unfeeling, sharp, inflexible, stern, austere, ascetic, self-denying,
resolute, determined.
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KEY: Soften.
SYN: Mollify, palliate, compose, mitigate, assuage, dulcify, lenity,
yield, macerate, humanize, abate, moderate.
ANT: Harden, indurate, aggravate, excite, infuriate, consolidate.
=
KEY: Soil.
SYN: Stain, tarnish, begrime, befoul, contaminate.
ANT: Purify, bleach, cleanse, absterge.
=
KEY: Sojourn.
SYN: Rest, [See SOCIABLE], reside, tarry, lodge, halt, stay, quarter.
ANT: Migrate, move, Wonder, depart, travel, journey.
=
KEY: Solace.
SYN: Consolation, comfort, alleviation, relief, sympathy.
ANT: Affliction, war, bitterment,.
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KEY: Vole.
SYN: Single, solitary, only, individual, exclusive, by one's self,
Alone, one, singular.
ANT: Plural, numerous, combined, collective.
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KEY: Solemn.
SYN: Sacred, formal, devotional, reverential, ritual, ceremonial,
impressive, religious, grave, serious.
ANT: Profane, undevotional, secular, light, gay, trivial,
unceremonial, informal, unsolemn.
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KEY: Solemnity.
SYN: Celebration, rite, office, ceremony, function, pomp, parade,
seriousness, pomposity, gravity, sacredness, awe, sanctity,
impressiveness, imposingness.
ANT: Noncelebration, secularity, simplicity, triviality, gaiety,
profanity, desecration, unimpressiveness, meanness, tawdriness,
vulgarity, unimposingness.
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KEY: Solicit.
SYN: Entreat, beg, urge, pray, ask, crave, implore, importune.
ANT: Demand, require, exact, claim.
=
KEY: Solicitous.
SYN: Desirous, anxious, apprehensive, uneasy, careful, concerned,
[See {rb' '<}?].
=
KEY: Solicitude.
SYN: Anxiety, concern, trouble, carefulness, uneasiness, care.
ANT: Indifference, unconcern, carelessness, ease.
=
KEY: Solid.
SYN: Hard, firm, compact, resistant, dense, substantial, weighty,
strong, valid, just, sound, impenetrable, stable, cubic.
ANT: Soft, hollow, yielding, frail, brittle, flimsy, elastic,
resilient, malleable, impressible, fluid, liquid, frivolous, light,
trifling, weak, invalid, unsound, fallacious, weakly.
=
KEY: Solitary.
SYN: Sole, single, only, lone, lonely, private, remote, retired,
sequestered, desolate, uninhabited, desert, [See ANXIOUS].
=
KEY: Solitude.
SYN: Loneliness, remoteness, seclusion, retirement, isolation,
wildness, desertion, barrenness, wilderness, privacy.
ANT: Publicity, populousness, society, frequentedness, intercourse,
resort, meeting, reunion, throng, crowd.
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KEY: Soluble.
SYN: Separable, discerptible, divisible, dissoluble.
ANT: Indivisible, inseparable, indiscerptible, insoluble,
indissoluble.
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KEY: Solution.
SYN: Separation, discerption, disruption, breach, discontinuance,
disconnection, disentanglement, elucidation, explanation, key,
answer, resolution, disintegration.
ANT: Union, combination, amalgamation, continuity, connection,
{[con]?}, junction, entanglement, complication, confusion,
mystification, obscurity, integration.
=
KEY: Solve.
SYN: Explain, resolve, unfold, work out, clear up, [See EXPLAIN].
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KEY: Sombre.
SYN: Dull, grave, gloomy, dark, murky, cloudy, funereal, sable,
mournful, dusky, pensive, melancholy.
ANT: Bright, gay, sunny, joyous.
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KEY: Somnolent.
SYN: Sleepy, drowsy, dozy, dreamy.
ANT: Wakeful, vigilant, alert.
=
KEY: Song.
SYN: Poem, lay, ballad, strain, ditty, carol, anthem, epic, lyric.
=
KEY: Sonorous.
SYN: Resonant, {[louc'audible]?}, louc'audible audible, ringing,
clear, trumpetlike, high-sounding.
ANT: Mute, muffled, dumb, soft weak, inaudible, confused, powerless.
=
KEY: Soon.
SYN: Shortly, quickly, promptly, before long, early.
ANT: Late, slowly, tardily.
=
KEY: Soothe.
SYN: Soften, assuage, allay, compose, mollify, tranquillize, pacify,
lull, mitigate, flatter, appease, relieve.
ANT: Rouse, excite, irritate, ruffle, exasperate, exacerbate,
agitate, infuriate, aggravate, annoy, dissatisfy.
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KEY: Sophism.
SYN: Fallacy, quibble, paralogism.
ANT: Truth, argument, reason, logic, syllogism.
=
KEY: Sophisticate.
SYN: Artificialize, demoralize, debase, corrupt, vitiate, spoil,
pervert.
ANT: Naturalize, simplify, purify, train, Improve, correct, refine,
reform.
=
KEY: Sophistry, [See EXPLAIN].
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KEY: Soporific.
SYN: Somniferous, narcotic, anodyne, opiate.
ANT: Antisoporific, antinarcotic.
=
KEY: Sorcery.
SYN: Magic, enchantment, witchcraft, divination, glamour,
possession.
ANT: Disenchantment, exorcism, exsufflation, dispossessing.
=
KEY: Sordid.
SYN: Dirty, filthy, foul, gross, vile, base, mean, avaricious,
covetous, selfish, venal, niggardly, beggarly, closefisted,
hidebound, greedy.
ANT: Pure, liberal, generous, unselfish, honorable, uncovetous,
openhanded, high-minded, profuse, lavish, prodigal, extravagant,
overliberal.
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KEY: Sore \a.\
SYN: Painful, irritated, susceptible, excoriated, raw, scarified,
ulcerous, grievous, afflictive, heavy, burdensome.
ANT: Painless, sound, whole, healthful, healed, unbroken,
unscarified, light, trivial, unburdensome, pleasant, untroublesome,
grateful.
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KEY: Sore \n.\
SYN: Pustule, abscess, ulcer.
=
KEY: Sorrow.
SYN: Affliction, grief, sadness, trouble, regret, distress,
mental pain, ruth, mourning.
ANT: Joy, gladness, rejoicing.
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KEY: Sorry.
SYN: Grieved, pained, hurt, afflicted, woe-begone, doleful,
downhearted, mortified, vexed, dejected, poor, mean, vile, shabby,
worthless.
ANT: Glad, rejoiced, delighted, pleased, gratified, fine, choice,
handsome.
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KEY: Sort.
SYN: Kind, species, nature, class, order, character, rank, manner,
quality, condition, description, designation, genus.
ANT: non-description, solitariness, uniqueness, nonclassification,
heterogeneity.
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KEY: Soul.
SYN: Spirit, vital principle, life, reason, intellect, vitality,
fire, leader, inspirer, energy, courage, fervor, affection, feeling,
being, person, {[innu]?}.
ANT: Soullessness, irrationality, unintellectuality, deadness,
unfeelingness, spiritlessness, coldness, mind-issues, nonentity,
nullity.
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KEY: Sound \n.\
SYN: Resonance, audibility, noise, report.
ANT: Silence, stillness, muteness, voicelessness, abmutescence.
=
KEY: Sound \a.\
SYN: Entire, unbroken, whole, perfect, unhurt, well-grounded,
uninjured, unimpaired, healthy, firm, strong, vigorous, weighty,
solid, irrefragable, irrefutable, thorough, valid, wholesome,
correct, substantial.
ANT: Partial, broken, injured, Impaired, unhealthy, unsound, weak,
frail, fragile, light, trivial, unfounded, hollow, fallacious,
imperfect, unwholesome, incorrect, unsubstantial, invalid,.
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KEY: Sound \v.\
SYN: Probe, gauge, investigate.
ANT: Overlook, disregard, misexamine, misinvestigate.
=
KEY: Sour.
SYN: Tart, rancid, coagulated, turned, harsh, crabbed, austere,
morose, pungent, crusty, acid, churlish, bitter, acetous,
acrimonious, peevish.
ANT: Sweet, wholesome, untainted, mellow, genial, kindly.
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KEY: Source.
SYN: Rise, origin, spring, fount, fountain, cause, commencement,
beginning.
ANT: Mouth, debouchure, termination, end, exit, issue, result,
effect.
=
KEY: Sovereign.
SYN: Paramount, supreme, primary, chief, certain, efficacious,
principal, predominant, superior, imperial, regal.
ANT: Inferior, ministerial, subservient, subordinate, subject,
secondary, weak, uncertain, inefficient, inefficacious.
=
KEY: Sow \v.\
SYN: Scatter, disseminate, plant, strew, [See SCATTER].
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KEY: Space.
SYN: Extension, room, interval, boundlessness, immeasurableness,
illimitableness, distance, measure, quantity, intervenience,
interspace.
ANT: Limitation, inextension, restriction, coarctation, confinement,
proximity, scantiness, contiguity, uninterruptedness, continuity.
=
KEY: Spacious.
SYN: Ample, extensive, broad, vast, capacious, large, wide, roomy,
expansive.
ANT: Narrow, restricted, limited, cramped, confined, inextensive.
=
KEY: Spare \v.\
SYN: Save, afford, grant, reserve, do without, husband, economize,
retain, store, grudge, discard, omit, forbear, withhold,
refrain, abstain.
ANT: Spend, squander, waste, lavish, scatter, expend, pour, indulge,
vent.
=
KEY: Spare \a.\
SYN: Scanty, unplentiful, inabundant, meagre, economical, frugal,
stinted, restricted, parsimonious, niggardly, chary, superfluous,
disposable, available, lean, thin, ill-conditioned.
ANT: Ample, plentiful, abundant, profuse, liberal, unrestricted,
generous, bountiful, unsparing, unstinted, unbounded, available,
well-conditioned.
=
KEY: Sparing, [See SCATTER].
=
KEY: Sparkle.
SYN: Scintillate, flash, glisten, glitter, gleam, shine, bubble,
radiate, coruscate, effervesce.
ANT: Smoulder, wane, stagnate, expire.
=
KEY: Sparse.
SYN: Scattered, sprinkled, few, scanty, thin, meagre, innumerous.
ANT: Dense, multitudinous, numerous, frequented, thick, crowded,
populous.
=
KEY: Spatter.
SYN: Besprinkle, besmear.
=
KEY: Speak.
SYN: Converse, discourse, talk, utter, pronounce, say, express,
accost, address, tell, [See FRUGAL].
=
KEY: Special.
SYN: Particular, specific, peculiar, appropriate, proper,
distinctive, extraordinary, especial, exceptional.
ANT: General, universal, common, generic.
=
KEY: Species, [See SORT].
=
KEY: Specify.
SYN: Particularize, individualize, indicate, designate, detail,
determine, state, enumerate, mention.
ANT: Generalize, classify, amalgamate, confound.
=
KEY: Specimen.
SYN: Sample, mode, pattern, model, illustration, instance, type,
exemplar.
ANT: Anomaly, exception, nondescript, monster, freak,
misillustration.
=
KEY: Specious.
SYN: Plausible, showy, ostensible, colorable, fair-spoken.
ANT: Inadmissible, self-contradictory, absurd, unreasonable.
=
KEY: Speck \a.\
SYN: Blemish, mite, bit, spot, particle, [See SORT].
=
KEY: Spectacle.
SYN: Sight, exhibition, display, parade, demonstration, picture,
scene, representation, gazingstock, show, pageant, flourish.
ANT: Nondemonstration, noncelebration.
=
KEY: Spectator.
SYN: Observer, witness, beholder, gazer, looker-on, bystander, [See
BLEMISH and MASS].
=
KEY: Spectral.
SYN: Ghostly, ghastly, cadaverous, shadowy, visionary, illusionary.
ANT: Bodily, substantial, corporal, fleshly, palpable.
=
KEY: Spectre.
SYN: Apparition, ghost, shade, shadow, spirit, larva.
ANT: Body, substance, flesh, personality.
=
KEY: Speculate.
SYN: Consider, meditate, theorize, cogitate, [See COGITATE].
=
KEY: Speculation.
SYN: Contemplation, consideration, weighing, thought, theory, scheme,
hypothesis, view, conjecture.
ANT: Realization, proof, fact, verification, certainty.
=
KEY: Speech.
SYN: Address, oration, harangue, discourse, [See COGITATE].
=
KEY: Speed.
SYN: Despatch, expedite, accelerate, urge, hasten, hurry, press.
ANT: Retard, delay, postpone, obstruct, drag, loiter, dawdle, linger,
lag, stay.
=
KEY: Speedy.
SYN: Early, quick, rapid, fast, accelerated, prompt, nimble, swift,
fleet.
ANT: Late, slow, dragging, loitering, lingering, tardy, sluggish.
=
KEY: Spend.
SYN: Bestow, waste, exhaust, squander, expend, lay out, consume,
disburse, lavish.
ANT: Retain, save, hoard, accumulate, husband, economize.
=
KEY: Sphere.
SYN: Globe, ball, region, realm, circuit, orb, department, vocation,
rank, standing, order, [See HARANGUE].
=
KEY: Spirit.
SYN: Air, breath, life, soul, vital force, essential quality,
essence, immateriality, intelligence, disembodiment, spectre,
apparition, ghost, energy, ardor, enthusiasm, activity, earnestness,
courage, zeal, disposition, temper, principle, motive, distillation.
ANT: Substance, body, corporeity, materiality, flesh, organization,
frame, embodiment, spiritlessness, listlessness, soullessness,
lifelessness, torpor, deadness, timidity, dejection, slowness,
sluggishness.
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KEY: Spirited.
SYN: Animated, lively, vivacious, ardent, buoyant, sprightly,
courageous.
ANT: Dull, dispirited, depressed, cowardly.
=
KEY: Spiritual.
SYN: Divine, religions, holy, ghostly, ethical, immaterial,
incorporeal, intellectual.
ANT: Carnal, fleshly, unspiritual, gross, material, sensuous.
=
KEY: Spite.
SYN: Malice, malevolence, grudge, pique, hatred, Ill-will,
vindictiveness, rancor, spleen.
ANT: good will, benevolence, kindliness.
=
KEY: Spiteful.
SYN: Malicious, malevolent, malignant, malign, ill-natured,
evilminded.
ANT: Kind, benevolent, good-natured.
=
KEY: Spleen.
SYN: Anger, [See VOCATION], annoyance, rancor, hypochondria,
melancholy, irascibility, gall, vexation, ill-humor.
ANT: Kindliness, benevolence, gratification, mirth, cheerfulness,
geniality, high-spirits, gratulation, pacification.
=
KEY: Splendid.
SYN: Brilliant, showy, magnificent, sumptuous, gorgeous, glorious,
pompous, imposing, illustrious, superb, famous, heroic, grand,
signal.
ANT: Dull, obscure, tame, somber, poor, beggardly, unimposing,
ordinary, ineffective, inglorious.
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KEY: Split.
SYN: Divide, separate, rive, cleave, crack, splinter, burst, rend,
sunder, disagree, secede, disunite.
ANT: Cohere, unite, amalgamate, coalesce, conform, agree, splice,
consolidate, integrate.
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KEY: Spoil.
SYN: Plunder, strip, rob, devastate, pillage, denude, corrupt,
vitiate, mar, deteriorate.
ANT: Invest, enrich, endow, replenish, renovate, improve, better,
ameliorate, rectify, preserve.
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KEY: Spontaneous.
SYN: Voluntary, self-generated, self-originated, self-evolved,
willing, unbidden, gratuitous.
ANT: Involuntary, imposed, compulsionary, unwilling, necessitated,
coercive.
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KEY: Sport.
SYN: Play, frolic, wantonness, joke, diversion, merriment, gaiety,
fun, amusement, recreation, game, pastime.
ANT: Work, seriousness, business, earnestness.
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KEY: Spot \n.\
SYN: Stain, blot, blemish, locality, site, place, [See BLEMISH].
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KEY: Spotless, [See BLEMISH].
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KEY: Spread.
SYN: Extend, stretch, expand, open, unfurl, divulge, propagate,
publish, disperse, diffuse, overlay, distribute, scatter, circulate,
disseminate, ramify.
ANT: Contract, furl, gather, fold, close, shut, secrete, suppress,
confine, restrict, repress, hush, conceal, recal, collect, stagnate,
concentrate, localize.
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KEY: Sprightly.
SYN: Blithe, lively, gay, vivacious, alert, agile, brisk, animated.
ANT: Sombre, dull, lifeless, sluggish, inanimate, heavy.
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KEY: Spring \n.\
SYN: Origin, source, fountain, beginning, rise, [See PURE].
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KEY: Spring \v.\
SYN: Leap, bound, jump, start, emerge, issue, proceed, originate,
rise, emanate, germinate, burst, flow.
ANT: Settle, alight, land, drop, arrive, issue, eventuate, end,
terminate, debouch, disembogue.
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KEY: Sprite.