onslaught, provocation, intrusion.
ANT. _Retaliation, repulsion, retreat, resistance, evacuation._
=Aghast.= Dismayed, horrified, terrified, frightened; amazed, astounded,
startled, astonished, dumfounded.
ANT. _Cool, fearless, indifferent, unmoved, unaffected, unexcited._
=Agile.= Nimble, active, lively, smart, prompt, alert, supple, brisk,
quick, ready, sprightly, spry.
ANT. _Slow, heavy, clumsy, bulky, awkward, inert, ponderous._
=Agitate.= Disturb, trouble, shake, jar, convulse; excite, rouse,
ferment; fluster, hurry, disconcert; discuss, controvert, debate,
examine, ventilate, investigate; deliberate, contrive, devise, plan.
ANT. _Calm, allay, pacify, smooth, compose, quiet; solve, determine,
settle._
=Ago.= Past, gone, since.
ANT. _Future, coming, hereafter, hence._
=Agony.= Anguish, torture, torment, distress, throe, pangs, pain,
suffering, woe, excruciation.
ANT. _Assuagement, comfort, relief, composure, ease, enjoyment._
=Agree.= Accept, assent, approve, comply, consent, concur, admit,
accede.
ANT. _Contend, disagree, deny; dissent, dispute, protest, oppose, demur,
differ; decline._
=Agreeable.= Suitable, proper, appropriate, befitting, accordant,
conformable, consonant, welcome, amiable, pleasing, gratifying.
ANT. _Unpleasant, disobliging, obnoxious, disagreeable, unwelcome,
offensive, inharmonious, unaccommodating._
=Agreement.= Contract, compact, bond, bargain, covenant, harmony,
liaison, obligation, undertaking, treaty.
ANT. _Promise, understanding, parole; discord, dissension._
=Agriculture.= Farming, husbandry, cultivation of the soil, tillage.
ANT. _Fallowness, sterility, unproductiveness, waste._
=Aground.= Ashore, stranded, not afloat; exhausted in resources.
ANT. _Afloat, loose, abroad, adrift; flush._
=Ahead.= In front, forward, onward, in advance.
ANT. _Abaft, astern, back, behind, aft._
=Aid.= Help, support, assist, serve, befriend, minister to, relieve,
succor; supply, give alms to; foster, protect, encourage, favor.
ANT. _Oppose, discourage, thwart, baffle, deter, confront._
=Ailing.= Sick, ill, indisposed, unwell, feeble, infirm, weakly,
delicate, unhealthy, pining.
ANT. _Well, healthy, energetic, strong, vigorous._
=Ailment.= Disease, malady, indisposition, distemper, complaint.
ANT. _Health, sanity, convalescence, vigor, recovery._
=Aim.= Direction, course, tendency, bent, proclivity, bearing;
intention, purpose, design, scheme; reason; view, scope, drift, mark,
goal, point; endeavor, attempt, aspiration, determination.
ANT. _Deviation, divergence, deflection, digression, aberration;
tangent; venture, leap, fluke, chance, hazard, speculation; neglect,
avoidance, carelessness, oversight._
=Air.= Atmosphere, gas; breeze, vapor, zephyr, wind; weather;
appearance, aspect, manner, sort, style, way, behavior, carriage,
bearing, expression, look, demeanor, mien, fashion; tune.
=Airy.= Aërial, thin, rare, ethereal; light, subtle, sublimated;
sprightly, buoyant, vivacious, volatile, jolly, jovial, light-hearted;
graceful, lithe, pliant, flexible, showy, jaunty, flaunting, garish;
windy, empty.
ANT. _Thick, ponderous, heavy, inert, clumsy, dull, sluggish, wooden,
slow, cheerless, sullen, doleful, leaden, lugubrious._
=Akin.= Related, allied, homogeneous, cognate, similar, congenial,
sympathetic.
ANT. _Foreign, alien, hostile, heterogeneous, dissimilar._
=Alacrity.= Readiness, briskness, activity, quickness, willingness,
promptness, compliance, cheerfulness, eagerness, gaiety, agility.
ANT. _Slowness, reluctance, repugnance, aversion, refusal, shrinking,
recoil, disinclination._
=Alarm.= Summons, tocsin, distress signal, war-cry; fear, terror,
apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, affright.
ANT. _Lullaby; confidence, quiet, composure, assurance, courage._
=Alert.= Lively, prompt, ready, prepared, vigilant, wide-awake,
bustling, active, brisk, nimble, watchful, sprightly, agile.
ANT. _Slow, lazy, absent, oblivious, sluggish, dilatory, drowsy._
=Alien=, _n._ Foreigner, stranger.
ANT. _Citizen, countryman, native, naturalized person._
=Alien=, _a._ Strange, foreign, hostile, remote, distant, contrasted,
contrary, unlike, unconnected.
ANT. _Pertinent, essential; domesticated, naturalized; germane, akin,
appropriate._
=Alienation.= Estrangement, transfer, conveyance, disaffection,
variance, rupture, breach; (_relating to the mind_) insanity,
aberration, delusion, lunacy, delirium, mania, imbecility.
ANT. _Confederacy, coalition, alliance, league, union; sanity,
soundness, sobriety, rationality._
=Alight.= Perch, settle, drop, lodge; dismount, descend.
ANT. _Soar, spring, ascend, start, mount._
=Alike.= Similar, kindred, same, resembling, equivalent, homogeneous,
identical, analogous, uniform, akin, allied.
ANT. _Different, unequal, dissimilar, unlike, heterogeneous, distinct,
various._
=Aliment.= Food, nourishment, subsistence, fare, diet, regimen,
nutriment, viands, meat, sustenance.
ANT. _Poison, bane; starvation, exhaustion; venom, scourge._
=Alive.= Living, quick, subsisting, animate, alert, active, breathing;
sensitive, susceptible; operative; cheerful, joyous; brisk.
ANT. _Dead, defunct, lifeless, deceased; inanimate, dull; departed,
cold; dispirited._
=All=, _n._ Whole, totality.
ANT. _Part, piece, share, portion._
=All=, _a._ Whole, entire, complete, total; each, every.
ANT. _Some, part._
=Allay.= Repress, restrain, check, subdue, silence, still, hush, soothe,
compose, calm, appease, lull, alleviate, mitigate, solace, abate,
relieve, palliate.
ANT. _Aggravate, arouse, excite, stir, kindle, fan, provoke._
=Allege.= Declare, affirm, claim, maintain, state, asseverate; advance,
aver, introduce; profess, cite.
ANT. _Contradict, gainsay, refute, deny, disprove, quash._
=Allegiance.= Fealty, loyalty, devotion, homage, faithfulness,
obedience.
ANT. _Treason, rebellion, sedition, disloyalty, disaffection._
=Allegory.= Parable, fable, myth, story, tale, apologue, metaphor,
illustration, simile.
ANT. _History, fact, narrative, chronicle, record._
=Alleviate.= Abate, mitigate, reduce, relieve, lessen, assuage, remove,
soften, moderate, lighten.
ANT. _Augment, increase, heighten, intensify, magnify, aggravate,
enhance, embitter._
=Alliance.= Connection, relationship, affinity; confederacy, league,
union, treaty, co-partnership, coalition; affiliation, similarity.
ANT. _Separation, estrangement, divorce; antagonism, disruption, enmity,
hostility, schism, secession._
=Allot.= Divide, apportion, distribute, deal out, dispense; assign,
grant, give, appoint, destine.
ANT. _Refuse, retain, misdeal, deny, confiscate, appropriate, seize,
withhold._
=Allow.= Grant, own, confess, admit; permit, let, authorize; suffer,
tolerate, endure; yield, give, grant; approve, sanction, abate, remit.
ANT. _Protest, refuse, deny, disapprove, forbid, disallow, reject,
withstand, resist._
=Allowance.= Leave, permission, sanction, approval; admission,
acknowledgment, assent; commission; qualification, exception; ration.
ANT. _Refusal, disapproval, denial; ratification, confirmation._
=Alloy=, _n._ Admixture, adulteration, deterioration, debasement,
disparagement, drawback.
ANT. _Genuineness, enhancement, purity, integrity._
=Allude.= Intimate, insinuate, point, refer, suggest, signify, hint,
imply, indicate, mention.
ANT. _Demonstrate, specify, declare._
=Allure.= Decoy, entice, coax, attract, tempt, inveigle, seduce.
ANT. _Dissuade, repel, warn, chill, damp, drive away, deter, alarm,
terrify._
=Allusion.= Hint, suggestion, intimation, reference, implication,
innuendo.
ANT. _Mention, demonstration, specification._
=Ally=, _n._ Assistant, helper, aider, friend, associate, colleague,
partner, accessory, accomplice.
ANT. _Opponent, adversary, foe, enemy, antagonist._
=Aloft.= Above, skyward, heavenward, overhead, in the air.
ANT. _Beneath, earthward, below._
=Alone.= Solitary, sole, single, isolated.
ANT. _Accompanied, associated._
=Along.= Lengthwise, onward, forward; together, beside, simultaneously.
ANT. _Across, sidewise or sideways, lateral; apart, tandem._
=Aloof.= Apart, distant, away, off.
ANT. _Close, near, together, unitedly._
=Aloud.= Distinctly, audibly, vociferously, clamorously, sonorously.
ANT. _Softly, silently, inaudibly._
=Also.= As well, likewise, too, similarly, withal, besides, in addition,
in like manner.
ANT. _Nevertheless, notwithstanding, on the contrary, but, yet, in spite
of, on the other hand._
=Alter.= Change, turn, vary, modify, shift, substitute, remodel,
transform, convert.
ANT. _Conserve, perpetuate, preserve, arrest, solidify, retain._
=Alteration.= Change, variation, modification, shifting, mutation.
ANT. _Changelessness, identity, fixity, permanence._
=Altercation.= Dispute, contention, controversy, difference, quarrel,
wrangle, dissension.
ANT. _Concord, agreement, compromise, reconciliation, unanimity,
harmony, consonance._
=Alternate.= Reciprocal, every other one, one after another, in turn,
interchangeable, mutual.
ANT. _Continuous, successive, consequent, proximate, sequent._
=Alternative.= Choice, option, preference, election, pick, resource.
ANT. _Compulsion, quandary, necessity; fixity, changelessness._
=Although.= Albeit, even if, supposing, grant that.
ANT. _Yet, notwithstanding._
=Altitude.= Height, elevation, loftiness, ascent, eminence.
ANT. _Depth, declivity, descent, abasement._
=Altogether.= Collectively, conjointly, wholly, quite, completely,
totally, utterly, entirely, thoroughly, fully, in the mass.
ANT. _Partially, piecemeal, by instalments, partly, incompletely, by
halves, wanting; individually, separately._
=Altruism.= Philanthropy, unselfishness, public spirit, devotion to
others, self-sacrifice, self-forgetfulness, generosity.
ANT. _Selfishness, self-indulgence, worldliness, meanness; egoism._
=Always.= Ever, forever, eternally, for aye, evermore, everlastingly,
perpetually; uniformly, invariably, generally, habitually.
ANT. _Now, momently, instantly, suddenly; sometimes, occasionally._
=Amalgamate.= Mix, commingle, unite, combine, blend, compound,
incorporate, join, fuse, consolidate.
ANT. _Disintegrate, decompose, disperse, separate, dissipate, analyze._
=Amaranthine.= Of the amaranth; fadeless, imperishable, undying,
immortal, perennial; purplish, amethystine.
ANT. _Ephemeral, perishable, mortal, fading._
=Amass.= Accumulate, heap up, collect, gather, hoard, store up.
ANT. _Disperse, divide, scatter, spend, squander, waste, dissipate;
portion, distribute, parcel._
=Amateur.= Lover, votary, devotee; beginner, neophyte, novice, tyro,
dilettante.
=Amazement.= Astonishment, bewilderment, wonder, marvel, stupefaction,
confusion, perplexity, awe.
ANT. _Anticipation, calmness, coolness, familiarity, preparation,
stoicism, self-possession, steadiness, composure._
=Amazing.= Astonishing, astounding, wonderful, surprising, marvelous,
prodigious, strange, miraculous, stupendous, extraordinary.
ANT. _Common, familiar, trivial, commonplace, frequent, hackneyed,
usual, customary._
=Ambagious.= Winding, devious, sinuous; tortuous, indirect, evasive,
circuitous; diffuse, dull, tedious; dubious, enigmatical, vague.
ANT. _Direct, straight, frank, open, simple, straightforward, plain,
clear, lucid, unmistakable._
=Ambassador.= Minister, envoy, legate, deputy, plenipotentiary.
=Ambient.= Surrounding, encompassing, enfolding, circling, investing.
ANT. _Penetrating, infiltrating, permeating, intervening._
=Ambiguous.= Doubtful, dubious, uncertain, indefinite, vague, obscure,
indistinct, equivocal, enigmatical.
ANT. _Obvious, plain, clear, lucid, unmistakable._
=Ambition.= Emulation, rivalry, aspiration, competition, opposition.
ANT. _Contentment, moderation, indifference, satisfaction._
=Amelioration.= Amendment, improvement, promotion, bettering, elevation.
ANT. _Degeneration, deterioration, injury, detriment._
=Amenable.= Liable, responsible, answerable, accountable; open,
impressible, pliant, docile.
ANT. _Obstinate, irresponsible, independent, autocratic._
=Amend.= Improve, mend, repair, ameliorate, reform, correct, rectify.
ANT. _Harm, corrupt, spoil, debase, aggravate._
=Amends.= Compensation, atonement, expiation, recompense, indemnity.
ANT. _Insult, injury, fault, offense._
=Amenity.= Softness, mildness, suavity, gentleness, refinement,
amiability.
ANT. _Austerity, ungraciousness, discourtesy, moroseness._
=Amiable.= Agreeable, gentle, good-natured, pleasing, winsome,
attractive, charming, lovable.
ANT. _Crusty, hateful, sullen, surly, crabbed, cruel, unlovely, gruff,
disagreeable, ill-tempered._
=Amicable.= Cordial, kind, friendly, harmonious, peaceable, propitious,
favorable, sociable, amiable.
ANT. _Unkind, cold, distant, hostile, adverse, unfriendly._
=Amid.= Among, between, in the midst of, betwixt, surrounded by.
ANT. _Outside, without, beyond, afar from, away from._
=Amiss.= Wrong, improper, faulty, incorrect, inaccurate, inopportune.
ANT. _Correct, right, faultless, perfect, effective, true._
=Amount=, _n._ Sum, total, aggregate, whole; effect, substance, purport.
ANT. _Portion, instalment, part; failure, deficiency._
=Ample.= Liberal, large, spacious, plentiful, copious, lavish,
exuberant, bountiful, generous.
ANT. _Niggardly, stingy, scant, mean, narrow, insufficient._
=Amplify.= Augment, enlarge, expand, expatiate, increase, develop,
widen, dilate, extend.
ANT. _Abbreviate, condense, reduce, abridge, amputate, epitomize,
summarize._
=Amusement.= Diversion, sport, play, fun, entertainment, merriment,
pastime, game, frolic, relaxation.
ANT. _Weariness, disgust, satiety, tedium, monotony, strenuosity._
=Analogy.= Likeness, relation, resemblance, similitude, comparison.
ANT. _Unlikeness, incongruity, disproportion, disagreement._
=Analysis.= Separation, dissection, investigation, partition.
ANT. _Synthesis, composition, aggregation, combination, coherence._
=Anarchy.= Misrule, disorder, lawlessness, violence, confusion.
ANT. _Law, order, government, control, organization, subjection._
=Anatomy.= Analysis, dissection; skeleton; dismemberment.
ANT. _Synthesis, organization, union, construction; body._
=Ancient.= Old, antique, antiquated, obsolete, primeval, aged.
ANT. _Modern, young, fresh, new, juvenile, upstart._
=Ancillary.= Auxiliary, helping, instrumental; subsidiary, subordinate,
subservient.
ANT. _Alien, adverse, redundant, obstructive, impertinent, irrelative,
counteractive._
=Angelic.= Seraphic, celestial, pure, ethereal, adorable, rapturous,
heavenly, divine, spiritual.
ANT. _Demoniac, demoniacal, diabolical, hellish, fiendish, foul._
=Anger.= Fury, ire, offense, passion, choler, indignation, rage, temper,
vexation, displeasure, animosity, wrath, resentment.
ANT. _Patience, self-control, self-restraint, forbearance, leniency,
mildness, forgiveness, giveness, charity, love._
=Angry.= Provoked, indignant, exasperated, irritated, wrathful, furious,
resentful, mad, passionate, sulky, piqued, galled.
ANT. _Calm, unresentful, peaceful, self-controlled, good-tempered,
forgiving, lenient._
=Anguish.= Agony, torture, torment, pang, acute distress, extreme
suffering.
ANT. _Ease, pleasure, relief, solace, assuagement, ecstasy._
=Animal.= Brute, beast, living organism, sentient being; fauna.
ANT. _Man; vegetable; angel; inanimate object, substance; soul, spirit._
=Animate.= Enliven, vivify, quicken, invigorate, revive, stimulate,
waken, rouse, excite, provoke, encourage, inspire, elate.
ANT. _Deaden, discourage, deter, depress, dishearten, stifle._
=Animation.= Life, vitality, spirit, vivacity, energy, exhilaration,
sprightliness, courage, force, buoyancy, vigor, liveliness.
ANT. _Dulness, deadness, spiritlessness, inertness, stolidity._
=Animosity.= Hatred, enmity, malignity, antipathy, aversion, acrimony,
strife, bitterness, hostility, dissension, malice, anger.
ANT. _Congeniality, unanimity, friendship, companionship, harmony,
concord, regard, alliance, kindness, sympathy._
=Annals.= Chronicles, records, registers, rolls, archives.
ANT. _Romance, tradition, hearsay, legend, lays._
=Annex.= Add, affix, attach, adjoin, append, subjoin, tag, join, unite,
connect.
ANT. _Detach, disconnect, withdraw, separate, remove, disengage._
=Annihilation.= Extermination, obliteration, eradication, destruction;
non-existence; oblivion, non-being, eternal blank; Nirvana.
ANT. _Perpetuation, immortality; genesis, evolution, development._
=Annotation.= Note, comment, remark, observation, gloss, scholium,
explanation, illustration, elucidation.
ANT. _Narrative, text, assertion, proposition, statement._
=Announce.= Proclaim, publish, report, herald, make known, state,
reveal, tell, declare, communicate, promulgate, circulate, enunciate.
ANT. _Suppress, secrete, hide, cover up, conceal, bury, withhold._
=Announcement.= Notice, proclamation, declaration, advertisement,
notification, manifesto, promulgation.
ANT. _Suppression, concealment, secrecy, equivocation, ambiguity,
insinuation._
=Annoyance.= Trouble, discomfort, vexation, torment, infliction,
nuisance, irritation.
ANT. _Gratification, delight, ease, pleasure, relief._
=Annual=, _n._ Yearly publication, year-book, annals; plant living but a
year.
ANT. _Perennial, biennial, triennial; exotic._
=Annul.= Cancel, abrogate, recall, repeal, revoke, countermand, reverse,
rescind, abolish, nullify, supersede, invalidate.
ANT. _Conserve, confirm, maintain, enact, establish._
=Anomalous.= Abnormal, unnatural, irregular, peculiar, exceptional,
aberrant, unusual, singular, eccentric, erratic.
ANT. _Normal, regular, usual, ordinary, common, wonted._
=Anon.= Soon, shortly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, directly, ere
long; afterward, presently, again.
ANT. _Herewith, now; already, previously._
=Anonymous.= Nameless, unacknowledged, of unknown authorship.
ANT. _Identified, authorized, authenticated, attested, signed._
=Answer=, _v._ Reply, rejoin, respond; be accountable, responsible, or
liable, go surety; correspond, be similar; do, serve, suit, pass;
refute, defend; satisfy, fulfil.
ANT. _Challenge, defy, question, interrogate, query, summon._
=Answerable.= Refutable, responsible, amenable, liable, accountable;
corresponding, correlative, suitable, proportionate.
ANT. _Independent, irresponsible, irrefutable; unsuitable, dissimilar,
different._
=Antagonism.= Opposition, contradiction, hostility, animosity, enmity.
ANT. _Amity, alliance, association._
=Antecedent=, _a._ Preceding, previous, prior, foregoing, anterior,
precursory.
ANT. _Subsequent, posterior, sequent, following._
=Antedate.= Date before the true time; anticipate, forestall, foretaste.
ANT. _Postdate, follow, succeed, supervene._
=Anticipate.= Forestall, expect, foretaste, antedate, forecast,
apprehend, hope for, look forward to.
ANT. _Postdate, follow; reflect upon, recall, recollect, remember;
despair of, doubt, dread, fear._
=Anticipation.= Expectation, prospect, hope, trust, contemplation,
abeyance, foreboding, apprehension, presentiment; prescience, prevision,
forethought.
ANT. _Realization, consummation, despair, enjoyment, surprise, doubt,
dread, wonder, fear._
=Antipathy.= Repugnance, repulsion, aversion, detestation, abhorrence,
hatred, hostility, loathing.
ANT. _Attraction, affinity, congeniality, sympathy, harmony._
=Antiquated.= Quaint, obsolete, bygone, ancient, archaic, old-fashioned.
ANT. _Modern, modish, new, recent, stylish, fashionable, fresh._
=Antiquity.= Ancient times, eld, early days; ancients, people of early
days; great age; (_pl._) relics of ancient days, archeology.
ANT. _Modernity; futurity, eventuality, posterity; the present, to-day._
=Anxiety.= Perplexity, apprehension, care, concern, solicitude, worry,
dread, trouble, foreboding, misgiving, eagerness, diffidence.
ANT. _Ease, confidence, contentment, apathy, acquiescence, calmness,
nonchalance, assurance._
=Apathy.= Stoicism, calmness, composure, lethargy, unconcern,
indifference, insensibility, immobility, quietude, phlegm, stillness.
ANT. _Fury, frenzy, susceptibility, sensitiveness, anxiety, excitement,
agitation, feeling, passion, vehemence, emotion._
=Ape=, _v._ Mimic, imitate, counterfeit, copy, affect, personate,
represent.
ANT. _Vary, modify, change._
=Aperture.= Opening, hole, gap, rift, chasm, loophole, orifice, cleft.
ANT. _Closure, blank wall; seclusion, imperviousness._
=Apex.= Acme, vertex, pinnacle, summit.
ANT. _Base, nadir, foot, root._
=Aphorism.= Adage, maxim, proverb, saying, dictum, apothegm, saw.
ANT. _Lecture, disquisition, discourse, sermon._
=Apiece.= Each, individually, severally, distributively, separately.
ANT. _Together, collectively, synthetically, in the aggregate._
=Apocalyptic.= In _or_ from “The Revelation of St. John the Divine”;
prophetic, mystical, mysterious; manifesting, revealing, unveiling.
ANT. _Concealing, obscuring, shrouding, eclipsing._
=Apocryphal.= Unauthentic, uncanonical, legendary, fictitious, false,
equivocal, doubtful, spurious.
ANT. _Palpable, authorized, accepted, authentic, genuine, current,
verified, attested._
=Apology.= Plea, excuse, defense, confession, acknowledgment,
justification, vindication, explanation, extenuation.
ANT. _Charge, censure, imputation, condemnation, insult, complaint,
offense, wrong._
=Apostate.= Renegade, turncoat, backslider, deserter, pervert, traitor.
ANT. _Adherent, supporter, zealot, dogmatist, fanatic._
=Apothegm.= Saying, dictum, proverb, aphorism, precept, byword.
ANT. _Sermon, discourse, tirade, harangue._
=Appall.= Terrify, frighten, dismay, shock, daunt, alarm, affright.
ANT. _Reassure, embolden._
=Apparel.= Clothes, dress, raiment, attire, costume, habit, guise,
garments, robes, vesture, wardrobe, equipment, trappings.
ANT. _Nudity, deshabille, rags, tatters._
=Apparent.= Seeming, probable, likely, obvious, conspicuous, manifest,
clear, patent, evident, plain, legible, specious.
ANT. _Real, hidden, dubious, improbable, doubtful, unimaginable,
unsupposable, minute._
=Appeal.= Address, invoke, entreat, implore, supplicate, sue, petition.
ANT. _Protest, defy, abjure, disdain, deprecate, repudiate._
=Appearance.= Semblance, look, show, pretense, guise, fashion; arrival,
advent, apparition; demeanor, air, complexion, manner.
ANT. _Disappearance, evanition, departure, vanishing._
=Appease.= Calm, pacify, soothe, quell, mollify, mitigate, lull;
propitiate, placate, satisfy, reconcile.
ANT. _Aggravate, exasperate, provoke, inflame, incense, excite._
=Appellation.= Epithet, title, description, designation, name.
ANT. _Anonymousness, namelessness._