ANT. _Main body, original, whole, total._
=Appertain.= Belong, inhere, adhere, regard, concern, touch, relate.
ANT. _Be remote, far-fetched, or forced, have no bearing upon._
=Appetite.= Longing, craving, desire, relish, gust, zest, liking.
ANT. _Aversion, loathing, repugnance, antipathy, disgust._
=Applause.= Praise, approbation, commendation, compliment, plaudit,
acclamation, éclat, clapping of hands.
ANT. _Denunciation, censure, blame, sibilation, vituperation, hissing._
=Appliances=, _n. pl._ Means, instruments, appointments, appurtenances,
tools, adjuncts, equipment; resources, steps, measures, ways;
contrivances.
=Applicable.= Fit, appropriate, suitable, pertinent, apt, proper,
relevant, germane; adjustable.
ANT. _Irrelevant, useless, unavailable, impertinent._
=Applicant.= Petitioner, solicitor, suitor, candidate, aspirant.
=Apply.= Use, employ, exercise, appropriate; execute, carry out,
practice; devote, engage, dedicate; request, petition.
ANT. _Divert, misuse, discard, divorce._
=Appoint.= Determine, establish, fix; assign, allot, designate;
nominate, name, create; equip, supply, furnish; direct, command, decree,
enjoin, impose, require, ordain.
ANT. _Reserve, cancel, disarrange, reverse, withhold, retain, undo,
suspend, recall, withdraw._
=Appointment.= Assignation, assignment, agreement, arrangement; meeting,
tryst; station, position, office, place; decree, command, order, edict,
ordinance, mandate, requirement, law.
=Apportion.= Appoint, allot, appropriate, divide, distribute, share,
grant, dispense, assign, deal.
ANT. _Retain, collect, consolidate, receive, gather, divert._
=Apposite.= Apt, pertinent, suitable, seasonable, apropos, fit,
applicable, adapted.
ANT. _Untimely, irrelevant, unfitting, impertinent, misplaced._
=Appraise.= Estimate, prize, value, rate, fix a price for, survey,
assess, assize.
ANT. _Undervalue, discard, misprize; discount, rebate, allow._
=Appreciate.= Estimate justly, value highly, esteem, prize, raise the
value of; recognize, respect.
ANT. _Undervalue, misjudge, ignore, misconceive; depreciate, disdain._
=Apprehend.= Arrest, seize, take, catch, capture; imagine, conceive,
regard; perceive, realize, understand, appreciate; fear, forebode.
ANT. _Miss, lose, misunderstand, ignore, misconceive._
=Apprehension.= Arrest, capture; understanding, intelligence, mind,
reason; notice, cognizance; conception, imagination; knowledge,
discernment, perception, sense; opinion, fancy, sentiment, notion, fear,
suspicion, anxiety.
ANT. _Escape, non-detection; sensibility, emotion; apathy, lethargy;
illiteracy, stupidity, stolidity; confidence, nonchalance._
=Apprise.= Give notice, inform, tell, publish, advise, acquaint.
ANT. _Deceive, mislead, hoodwink, mystify._
=Approach=, _v._ Advance, draw near, bring near, go near, push; broach,
address confidentially; resemble closely, be like, similar, _or_ equal.
ANT. _Diverge, retreat, go back; retard, restrain; be unlike._
=Approbation.= Praise, commendation, approval, liking; support, consent,
sanction, indorsement, concurrence, assent.
ANT. _Censure, protest, denial, disapproval, dissatisfaction._
=Approve.= Praise, commend, sanction, support, encourage, authorize.
ANT. _Disparage, condemn, disown, repudiate, dislike._
=Approximation.= Approach, nearness, similarity, likeness, contiguity,
resemblance, propinquity, neighborhood.
ANT. _Remoteness, variation, distance, difference, divergence._
=Appurtenant.= Belonging, connected, appended, attached, coordinate.
ANT. _Isolated, detached, unallied, independent._
=A priori.= Theoretically; necessarily, apodictically, constitutionally,
absolutely, primordially, inductively.
ANT. _A posteriori; practically, according to experience; deductively
from facts._
=Apropos.= Opportune, seasonable, apposite, timely, apt, suitable.
ANT. _Inopportune, irrelevant, untimely, inapt, unsuitable._
=Aptitude.= Disposition, knack, endowment, tendency, inclination,
fitness, suitability, bias, propensity.
ANT. _Unreadiness, unskilfulness, repugnance, incongruity._
=Arbiter.= Umpire, judge, referee; controller, master, lord.
ANT. _Appellant, claimant, litigant, disputant._
=Arbitrary.= Despotic, autocratic, tyrannical, overbearing, peremptory;
capricious, wilful, fanciful; imperious, dictatorial.
ANT. _Considerate, lenient, obliging, equitable._
=Arbitration.= Mediation, intercession, interposition, intervention;
arbitrament, umpirage, trial, judgment, decision.
ANT. _Litigation, contention, disputation, appeal, dissension._
=Ardent.= Passionate, fervent, intense, vehement, fierce, fiery; hot,
burning; zealous, enthusiastic, strenuous.
ANT. _Cool, cold, indifferent, torpid, apathetic, dispassionate,
phlegmatic._
=Argument.= Reasoning, proof, evidence, controversy, discussion, debate;
subject, topic, theme, thesis; summary, abstract, outline.
ANT. _Assertion, assumption; dogma._
=Aridity.= Dryness, parchedness, sterility, unfertility, barrenness;
dulness, indifference, torpidity, insensibility.
ANT. _Moisture, fertility, verdancy, luxuriance, productivity._
=Arise.= Ascend, mount, get up, stand up; rebel, revolt; result,
eventuate.
ANT. _Descend, dismount; submit, cower; cause, instigate._
=Aristocracy.= Government of nobles; nobility, peerage, gentry.
ANT. _Democracy; people, populace, masses, rabble._
=Arm=, _v._ Equip, array, furnish, gird, accouter, provide; fortify,
cover, protect, guard; prepare.
ANT. _Divest, disarm; expose._
=Army.= Soldiery, legion, armament, forces, host, phalanx, troops.
ANT. _Individual; citizens._
=Aromatic.= Fragrant, spicy, balmy, redolent, odoriferous, ambrosial.
ANT. _Scentless, malodorous, fetid, offensive, noisome, rank._
=Arouse.= Excite, provoke, instigate, stimulate, animate, kindle, warm,
whet, summon, awaken.
ANT. _Allay, mitigate, moderate, still, quiet, assuage, quell._
=Arraign.= Accuse, charge, indict, impeach, denounce; prosecute.
ANT. _Acquit, discharge, condone, release._
=Arrange.= Settle, determine, adjust; dispose, group, marshall, rank,
range, distribute, place; plan, contrive, project, devise, construct,
organize.
ANT. _Confuse, disturb, jumble, disperse, disorder, derange._
=Array=, _n._ Order, parade, show, exhibition, collection, arrangement,
line of battle, disposition.
ANT. _Disorder, confusion, jumble._
=Arrest.= Apprehend, capture, seize, detain, hold, take prisoner; stop.
ANT. _Liberate, free, dismiss, release, discharge; expedite._
=Arrival.= Advent, coming; comer, person _or_ thing arrived.
ANT. _Departure, going._
=Arrive.= Reach, get to, come; attain, touch, overtake; happen.
ANT. _Depart, set out_ or _forth, be gone_.
=Arrogant.= Haughty, insolent, proud, lordly, disdainful, supercilious,
self-important, egoistic, overbearing, dogmatic, imperious.
ANT. _Humble, diffident, polite, bashful, servile, considerate._
=Art.= Craft, business, calling, employment, trade; practical knowledge;
creation of beauty; skill, dexterity, sagacity, aptitude, cleverness,
ingenuity; cunning, artifice, deceit, guile.
ANT. _Misrepresentation, caricature; candor, simplicity; incompetency,
inability._
=Article.= Thing, substance, commodity; part, portion, particular,
point, item, member; essay, paper, monograph, brochure.
ANT. _Nothing, nullity, cipher; totality, entirety, unity, integer._
=Articulate.= Join, unite, connect, fasten together; enunciate, utter
distinctly, pronounce.
ANT. _Disperse, separate, rend, dissect, disjoin, disconnect; whisper;
render mute, silence, muzzle._
=Artifice.= Cunning, craft, machination, stratagem, guile, device,
contrivance, cheat, imposture, trick, ruse, maneuver, wile.
ANT. _Fairness, frankness, candor, openness, sincerity, truth, honesty,
artlessness, ingenuousness, simplicity._
=Artificial.= Unnatural, factitious; feigned, counterfeit, fictitious,
spurious, sham; affected, forced, strained.
ANT. _Natural, genuine, spontaneous, transparent, artless, unaffected._
=Artist.= Designer, contriver, skilled workman, artisan; mechanic,
operative; painter; sculptor, carver; master, master-hand.
=Ascend.= Rise, mount, soar, aspire, go up, tower.
ANT. _Descend, fall, sink._
=Ascendancy.= Power, authority, sway, dominion, rule, mastery, control,
government, influence.
ANT. _Subordination, servility._
=Ascertain.= Determine, establish, settle, fix, define, verify;
discover, find out, get at.
ANT. _Guess, surmise, suppose, presume, conjecture._
=Ascetic.= Austere, rigid, severe, self-denying, abstinent, stern,
puritanical.
ANT. _Lenient, indulgent, epicurean, pampered, mild, tolerant._
=Ascribe.= Impute, attribute, assign, refer, charge, set down.
ANT. _Dissociate, exclude; deny, refuse; disconnect._
=Ask.= Request, petition, solicit, entreat, beg, beseech, supplicate,
require of, crave, demand.
ANT. _Refuse, reject, deny; command, claim, exact, extort, enforce,
insist._
=Aspect.= Air, mien, look, countenance, expression, feature, bearing;
state, attitude, posture, condition, appearance; direction, outlook,
prospect.
=Asperity.= Acrimony, sourness, sharpness; sternness, severity,
bitterness, sullenness, ill-temper; roughness, unevenness.
ANT. _Sweetness, pleasantness; gentleness, mildness; smoothness._
=Asperse.= Slander, calumniate, traduce, vilify, attack, abuse, blemish,
besmirch, vituperate, disparage, censure, slur, malign.
ANT. _Eulogize, vindicate, clear, defend, extol, praise, shield._
=Aspiration.= Pronouncing with the rough breathing; yearning, longing,
ardent desire, craving, spiritual ambition.
ANT. _Apathy, inertia, indifference, dulness, aversion, repudiation,
avoidance._
=Assault.= Attack, invasion, charge, onset, onslaught, aggression.
ANT. _Resistance, defense, repulsion, retaliation, undermining._
=Assemble.= Gather, collect, convene, congregate, meet, come together.
ANT. _Disperse, scatter, dismiss._
=Assembly.= Concourse, company, gathering, congregation, assemblage,
meeting, convocation, throng; congress, parliament, legislature, synod,
diet, council, convention; ball, dance, dancing party.
ANT. _Dispersion, dismissal, disunion, disruption._
=Assent=, _n._ Acquiescence, acknowledgment, approval, concurrence,
approbation, accord, consent, agreement, compliance.
ANT. _Disagreement, dissent, difference, protest, declension._
=Assertion.= Asseveration, protestation, allegation; position,
statement, word, declaration; vindication, defense, maintenance.
ANT. _Denial, contradiction, abandonment, protest, disavowal,
retraction, repudiation, confutation, abjuration._
=Assess.= Tax, value, appraise, estimate, compute, fix, assign,
determine, impose.
ANT. _Discount, rebate, allow._
=Assiduous.= Diligent, industrious, untiring, indefatigable, devoted,
constant, attentive, painstaking, laborious, persistent, active.
ANT. _Indolent, remiss, inattentive, lazy, desultory, inconstant._
=Assignment.= Appointment, allotment; specification, fixing,
determination, offer, presentation; transfer, allowance.
ANT. _Withdrawal, refusal; acceptance, reception._
=Assimilate.= Make similar, cause to resemble; digest, appropriate,
incorporate, absorb.
ANT. _Contrast, reject, separate, segregate._
=Assist.= Help, aid, succor, relieve, support, befriend, serve; speed,
sustain, promote, further, coöperate with, patronize.
ANT. _Hinder, oppose, antagonize, prevent, resist, counteract._
=Associate=, _n._ Companion, comrade, chum, friend, helpmate, partner,
colleague, coadjutor, accomplice, ally, consort, confederate, peer.
ANT. _Antagonist, enemy, foe, opponent, rival, stranger, opposer._
=Association.= Federation, fellowship, alliance, companionship, society,
union, partnership, lodge, company, confederacy, corporation,
fraternity, club.
ANT. _Solitude; disintegration; independence, separation, disunion,
estrangement, disruption, avoidance; individuality._
=Assortment.= Arrangement, allotment, distribution; set, class, group,
parcel, collection; variety, miscellany.
ANT. _Disarrangement, displacement, misplacement; conglomeration._
=Assuage.= Soothe, pacify, mitigate, ease, alleviate, abate, calm.
ANT. _Excite, inflame, provoke, aggravate, exasperate._
=Assume.= Arrogate, feign, pretend, take, usurp, accept, affect,
appropriate, claim.
ANT. _Waive, allow, surrender; doff; concede, grant, abandon, resign;
demonstrate, prove, argue._
=Assumption.= Presumption, hypothesis, theory, postulate, conjecture;
acceptance of, responsibility for; usurpation, arrogance, haughtiness,
conceit, lordliness, impudence, effrontery.
ANT. _Truth, fact; timidity, distrust, misgiving, consternation._
=Assurance.= Confidence, effrontery, presumption, assumption, arrogance,
impudence, self-reliance, boldness, assertion; pledge.
ANT. _Doubt, distrust, hesitancy, misgiving, timidity, confusion,
dismay, shyness._
=Astonish.= Amaze, startle, surprise, astound, stupefy, stagger.
ANT. _Encourage, embolden, assure._
=Astute.= Keen, discerning, acute, sagacious, shrewd, sharp, cunning,
subtle, discriminating, knowing, perspicacious, crafty.
ANT. _Stupid, unintelligent, imbecile, dull, idiotic, shortsighted,
shallow._
=Atrocious.= Infamous, outrageous, nefarious, villainous, diabolical,
heinous, flagrant, horrible.
ANT. _Humane, noble, honorable, admirable, chivalrous, generous._
=Attachment.= Adherence, friendship, regard, tenderness, love, esteem,
affection, devotion, inclination, union.
ANT. _Alienation, aversion, coolness, distance, estrangement,
indifference, antipathy, animosity, dislike, enmity, divorce._
=Attack=, _v._ Assault, storm, assail, invade, charge, rush upon, spring
upon; censure, criticize; combat, besiege, beset.
ANT. _Withstand, defend, resist, support, shield, aid, uphold, shelter,
vindicate, protest._
=Attain.= Achieve, accomplish, gain, master, secure, earn, obtain, win,
acquire, accomplish.
ANT. _Lose, fail of, forfeit, give up, abandon, let go, miss._
=Attainment.= Winning, getting, accomplishing, securing; erudition,
acquirement, wisdom, accomplishment, mental resources, information,
learning, enlightenment.
ANT. _Inspiration, intuition, genius; ignorance._
=Attempt.= Try, undertake, seek, endeavor, essay, attack, strive.
ANT. _Abandon, shun, drop, dismiss, neglect._
=Attendance.= Presence; persons present; train, retinue; ministration,
service, waiting on.
ANT. _Absence; non-attendance; neglect, abandonment._
=Attention.= Care, notice, observation, consideration, watchfulness,
alertness; study, reflection, application; respect, courtesy,
politeness, civility, regard; courtship, devotion, wooing.
ANT. _Indifference, carelessness, heedlessness, abstraction,
distraction, absence of mind; neglect, preoccupation, ignoring._
=Attenuate.= Rarefy, thin, reduce, diminish, make slender, slim, _or_
spare, lessen.
ANT. _Amplify, dilate, swell, develop, enlarge, broaden, expand,
increase._
=Attest.= Bear witness, certify, indorse, corroborate, support,
authenticate; invoke, adjure; prove, show, manifest, exhibit.
ANT. _Controvert, contradict, disprove, deny, upset, refute; conceal;
vitiate._
=Attire.= Dress, apparel, robes, garments, habiliments, habit, raiment,
uniform, costume, livery.
ANT. _Nudity, nakedness._
=Attitude.= Position, pose, posture, situation, standing, aspect.
ANT. _State, condition, essence; amorphism._
=Attraction.= Drawing, allurement, lure, fascination, charm, enticement,
witchery, grace.
ANT. _Repulsion, aversion, disinclination, repugnance._
=Attribute=, _n._ Quality, property, characteristic, peculiarity, mark.
ANT. _Essence, substance, nature, being._
=Attribute=, _v._ Ascribe, assign, impute, refer, charge, connect,
associate.
ANT. _Separate, sever, sunder, disconnect, deny, dissociate._
=Audacious.= Bold, daring, fearless, courageous, venturesome, intrepid,
dauntless; presumptuous, forward, assuming, impudent, impertinent,
insolent.
ANT. _Timid, cowardly, cautious; unenterprising; retiring._
=Augur=, _v._ Foretell, portend, predict, presage, prophesy, divine,
prognosticate, betoken.
ANT. _Demonstrate, establish, settle, prove, warrant, calculate._
=August.= Awful, imposing, majestic, stately, grand, regal, kingly,
princely, noble, dignified.
ANT. _Mean, common, vulgar, beggarly, commonplace, paltry._
=Auspicious.= Successful, fortunate, lucky, happy, prosperous;
propitious, promising, opportune, favorable.
ANT. _Hopeless, abortive, unpromising, unsatisfactory, discouraging._
=Austere.= Severe, hard, stiff, stern, uncompromising, unrelenting,
ascetic, rigid, formal.
ANT. _Affable, kindly, indulgent, genial, bland, mild, tender._
=Authentic.= Genuine, trustworthy, veritable, accepted, authorized,
certain, accredited, sure, true, reliable, original, legitimate.
ANT. _False, fictitious, spurious, unauthorized, apocryphal, fabulous,
counterfeit._
=Author.= Creator, maker, contriver, originator, inventor; writer,
composer.
ANT. _Destroyer, demolisher, spoiler, annihilator._
=Authority.= Power, government, empire, dominion; supremacy, control,
influence, interest; order, precept, sanction, liberty, warranty;
expert, master, connoisseur.
ANT. _Anarchy, license, insubordination, misrule, lynch law; embargo,
restriction, hindrance, proscription, prohibition, injunction,
interdiction; weakness, wrong, usurpation._
=Autocratic.= Absolute, unlimited, tyrannical, oppressive, disdainful,
overbearing, arrogant.
ANT. _Subordinate, dependent, responsible, constitutional._
=Automatic.= Self-moving, self-acting.
ANT. _Voluntary, free, optional._
=Auxiliary=, _n._ Assistant, helper, confederate, aid, ally, accessory,
promoter, subordinate.
ANT. _Opponent, antagonist, hinderer, opposer._
=Available.= Serviceable, useful, profitable, beneficial, advantageous.
ANT. _Useless, inappropriate, irrelevant, inoperative._
=Avaricious.= Grasping, sordid, greedy, covetous, miserly, stingy.
ANT. _Liberal, bountiful, extravagant, wasteful, prodigal, unselfish._
=Avenge.= Punish, retaliate, revenge, vindicate.
ANT. _Forgive, pardon, overlook, condone, waive, forego, remit._
=Avenue.= Access, entrance, entry, approach, passage; alley, walk,
street, road; route, channel.
=Aver.= Assert, declare, say, protest, affirm, asseverate, allege.
ANT. _Deny, contradict, disavow._
=Average.= Medium, medial, middling, ordinary, tolerable, moderate,
mediocre, passable.
ANT. _Extreme, excessive, perfect, extraordinary, excellent._
=Aversion.= Dislike, hatred, repugnance, disgust, loathing, antipathy,
abhorrence, detestation, unwillingness.
ANT. _Sympathy, congeniality, ardor, eagerness, avidity, love, desire,
affection._
=Avidity.= Eagerness, longing, desire, yearning; rapacity, craving,
greediness.
ANT. _Apathy, indifference, coldness, aversion, loathing._
=Avoid.= Quit, shun, abandon, escape, elude, withdraw, forsake, dodge.
ANT. _Seek, court, approach, accost, address, affect._
=Avouch.= Assert, affirm, declare, protest, profess, asseverate.
ANT. _Deny, contradict, gainsay._
=Avow.= Confess, own, acknowledge, admit, profess, proclaim, testify.
ANT. _Disavow, repudiate, deny, contradict, disclaim, ignore._
=Awaken.= Rouse, kindle, excite, provoke.
ANT. _Allay, quiet, subdue._
=Award.= Grant, allot, accord, distribute, assign, decree, determine.
ANT. _Refuse, withhold, retain, misappropriate, deny._
=Aware.= Conscious, sensible, cognizant, knowing, apprised, mindful.
ANT. _Unconscious, ignorant, insensible._
=Awe.= Fear, dread, reverence, veneration, terror, wonder.
ANT. _Contempt, familiarity, irreverence, disrespect, insolence._
=Awful.= Dread, grand, imposing, majestic, noble, portentous, appalling,
august, alarming, horrible, frightful, shocking, terrible.
ANT. _Commonplace, contemptible, despicable, vulgar, undignified._
=Awkward.= Clumsy, bungling, ungainly, uncouth, rough, unskilful.
ANT. _Clever, skilful, handy, dexterous, adroit._ =Awry.= Oblique,
slanting, twisted, crooked, distorted, athwart.
ANT. _Straight, direct, true, right._
=Axiom.= Truism, postulate, self-evident proposition, necessary truth.
ANT. _Paradox, sophism, contradiction, nonsense, absurdity._
=Azure.= Blue, sky-color, cerulean.
B
=Babble.= Chatter, prattle, jibber; prate, gossip, tattle; tell secrets,
blab, blurt out; murmur.
ANT. _Hush, suppress; enunciate._
=Babel.= Tumult, disorder, clamor, confusion, discord, din, pother.
ANT. _Silence; articulation, distinctness, enunciation; monotony._
=Back=, _a._ and _ad._ Remote, hindmost, in the rear; again, return.
ANT. _Near, foremost, in advance._
=Back=, _v._ Support, aid, second, sustain, assist; retire, retreat,
withdraw; move backward, cause to go backward.
ANT. _Fail, disappoint; advance, push._
=Backbiter.= Slanderer, defamer, traducer, calumniator, detractor,
cynic.
ANT. _Advocate, upholder, defender, vindicator._
=Backslider.= Recreant, apostate, renegade, deserter, abjurer.
ANT. _Confessor, zealot, bigot, adherent._
=Backward.= Averse, indisposed, reluctant, loath, unwilling, hesitating,
wavering; dull, slow, stupid, stolid; late, tardy.
ANT. _Forward, eager, willing, ready, prompt; quick, bright; previous,
antecedent, prior._
=Bad.= Evil, wicked, depraved, abandoned, corrupt, immoral, unfair,
unprincipled, villainous; pernicious, mischievous, hurtful, injurious,
detrimental, unwholesome; unlucky, unfortunate; sad, unwelcome,
distressing, disappointing; sorry, mean, shabby, vile, wretched,
abominable; poor, imperfect; serious, hard, severe.
ANT. _Good, perfect, right, holy, beautiful, pleasant._
=Baffle.= Frustrate, thwart, defeat, circumvent, checkmate, undermine;
bewilder, perplex, confound, disconcert.
ANT. _Aid, assist, advance, encourage, promote._
=Balance.= Poise, hold in equilibrium; weigh, compare, estimate;
neutralize, counteract, compensate; equalize, square, adjust.
ANT. _Upset, cant, tilt, overbalance, subvert._
=Bald.= Bare, hairless; treeless, unsheltered, naked, verdureless;
unadorned, prosaic, dull, vapid, tame, inelegant; literal, unvarnished;
mere, unsupported, uncorroborated.
ANT. _Adorned, periwigged; forested, shaded; bright, elegant,
rhetorical; ornate, polished, witty, scintillating._
=Baleful.= Harmful, hurtful, injurious, baneful, pernicious, deadly,
ruinous.
ANT. _Innocent, beneficial, salutary, advantageous._
=Balk.= Frustrate, defeat, foil.
ANT. _Aid, promote, instigate._
=Banish.= Dismiss, drive out, eject, expel, exile, ostracize, evict,
expatriate.
ANT. _Welcome, admit, protect, domesticate, harbor._
=Banquet.= Feast, treat, regalement, entertainment, festivity, carousal,
cheer.
ANT. _Fast, starvation, abstinence._