violation, infringement, non-observance; quarrel, difference, variance,
dissension, schism, alienation.
ANT. _Integrity, wholeness, flawlessness, completeness; reconciliation,
healing; conservation, observance; inviolateness; union, fidelity,
amalgamation._
=Break.= Fracture, rend, part, sever, shatter, smash, shiver; weaken,
impair, enfeeble, enervate; tame; make bankrupt; dismiss, discard,
degrade, cashier; mitigate, assuage; interrupt, stop, cut short; open,
unfold; destroy, sunder, burst, rive, crack, crush, demolish, rupture,
split, transgress.
ANT. _Fasten, join, mend, secure, unite, weld, attach, bind, solder,
heal, piece, conjoin, rejoin; protect, conserve; encourage, strengthen,
preserve; observe, obey._
=Breast.= Bosom, heart, affection, conscience.
=Breathless.= Out of breath; lifeless, dead; exhausted, eager, absorbed,
attentive, fascinated; astonished, astounded, bewildered.
ANT. _Calm, collected, cool, composed; indifferent, uninterested._
=Breed=, _n._ Lineage, race, pedigree, progeny, stock, line, family,
extraction, strain.
ANT. _Ancestor, source, original, origin._
=Breed=, _v._ Bring forth, bear, beget, produce; nurture, foster,
nourish; discipline, educate, instruct, train, teach, school; occasion,
originate, generate, procreate, propagate, cause, evolve.
ANT. _Destroy, extirpate, stifle, extinguish._
=Breeding.= Discipline, instruction, education, nurture, training,
schooling; manners, deportment.
ANT. _Ill manners, misbehavior; ignorance, illiteracy._
=Brevity.= Shortness, terseness, conciseness, compression, pithiness,
succinctness, pointedness; abbreviation, abridgment.
ANT. _Prolixity, diffuseness, verbosity, length, protraction,
elongation, extension, tediousness._
=Brew.= Concoct, compound, mix, hatch, foment, excite; prepare, collect,
gather, grow; threaten, impend; form.
ANT. _Disperse, break, spoil, mar, miscompound._
=Bridle=, _v._ Restrain, curb, control, govern, check; bristle, ruffle;
master, moderate, compress, repress.
ANT. _Relax, loosen, give vent, liberate, discharge; soothe, calm._
=Brief.= Short, concise, succinct.
ANT. _Long, tedious, diffuse._
=Bright.= Shining, resplendent, luminous, glowing, lustrous, beaming,
gleaming, glistening, blazing, flaming, flashing, radiant, ruddy,
refulgent, brilliant, dazzling, sparkling, scintillating, burnished;
lucid, clear, transparent, pellucid, lambent, cloudless, limpid;
glorious, famous, illustrious; intelligent, acute, discerning, keen,
ingenious; auspicious, promising, propitious, favorable, inspiring;
cheerful, merry, lively, happy, animated.
ANT. _Opaque, dull, dark, gloomy, black, ebon, shadowy, rayless,
sunless, murky, cloudy, overcast, pitchy, lurid; obscure, mysterious,
enigmatical, mystic, unintelligible, occult, recondite, abstruse,
cabalistic, transcendental; disheartening, discouraging, dismal,
cheerless; ignorant, unlettered, untaught, imbecile, rude, benighted;
foul, infamous, horrible, damnable, vile, infernal, wicked, sullen,
atrocious, dejected._
=Brilliant.= Bright, radiant, flashing, lustrous, glorious, luminous,
effulgent, beaming, sparkling; illustrious, distinguished, celebrated,
famous, renowned, eminent.
ANT. _Dark, dull, stupid, gloomy; notorious, infamous; obscure,
insignificant._
=Bring.= Bear, fetch, convey; conduct, guide, lead, attend, accompany,
convoy; obtain, gain, procure, produce; induce, prevail upon.
ANT. _Remove, export, send, exclude, debar, transport, abstract,
subtract._
=Brisk.= Lively, quick, vivacious, active, alert, animated, prompt,
sprightly, nimble, spry, agile.
ANT. _Slow, heavy, dull, sluggish, indolent, inactive, unenergetic,
stagnant._
=Bristling.= Full, crowded, swarming, stocked, multifarious,
multitudinous; bristly, standing on end like bristles; ruffled,
roughened, corrugated, bespined; bridled, angered, offended.
ANT. _Smooth, soothed, allayed; prone; bare, nude, scant, devoid,
vacant._
=Brittle.= Fragile, crumbling, shivery, frail, easily broken.
ANT. _Tough, stout, strong, hardy._
=Broach.= Open, pierce, tap; suggest, hint, approach, break; utter,
publish, proclaim, give out; originate, propound.
ANT. _Repress, cork, bottle, secrete, conceal, hide._
=Broad.= Wide; large, ample, extensive, vast, spacious, capacious;
liberal, tolerant, free, hospitable; spread, diffused, open; gross,
vulgar, indecent, coarse.
ANT. _Narrow; contracted, restricted, confined, limited; prejudiced,
illiberal, bigoted, reserved; veiled, enigmatical, shrouded, shaded;
refined, delicate, sketchy; specific, pointed._
=Broil.= Affray, quarrel, contention.
=Brook.= Tolerate, bear, suffer, endure, abide, submit to, undergo,
permit.
ANT. _Resist, resent, reject._
=Brotherhood.= Fraternity, fellowship, association, sodality, society.
=Browbeat.= Bully, intimidate, bulldoze, overawe.
ANT. _Rally, support._
=Bruise.= Pommel, crush, squeeze, break, pound, batter, deface.
ANT. _Heal, soothe._
=Brunt.= Shock, attack, impulse, onslaught, onset, assault.
ANT. _Repulse, resistance, endurance._
=Brutal.= Brutish, animal, beastly, bestial; savage, ferocious, cruel,
harsh, uncivil, rude, rough, gruff, impolite, brusque; sensual, carnal.
ANT. _Humane, self-controlled, civilized, enlightened, elevated, noble,
refined, intelligent, grand._
=Bubble.= Toy, trifle, fancy, conceit, dream, vision, froth, trash.
ANT. _Prize, treasure, reality, substance, jewel, good, advantage._
=Buffoon.= Wag, clown, jester, mountebank, harlequin, droll, punch,
fool.
ANT. _Wit, genius, pedant, philosopher._
=Build.= Make, form, shape, figure, model; construct, erect, raise.
ANT. _Demolish, overthrow, destroy._
=Building.= Architecture, edifice, structure, fabric, pile, erection.
ANT. _Ruin, demolition, dilapidation, dismantlement._
=Bulk.= Magnitude, size, volume, mass; greatness, amplitude,
massiveness; majority, major part, most, principal part; dimension.
ANT. _Portion, section, atom, particle; diminution, tenuity,
contraction, dismemberment, disintegration._
=Bulwark.= Rampart, fortress, fortification, stronghold, intrenchment,
bastion, parapet, citadel.
ANT. _Siege, bombardment, cannonade, boarding, storming._
=Bungler.= Botcher, clown, fumbler, clumsy workman, novice.
ANT. _Adept, adroit, master, artist, proficient workman, professor._
=Buoy=, _v._ Float, support, sustain; elevate, inspire, assure, animate,
cheer.
ANT. _Sink, drown, depress, swamp; crush, betray, fail, deject,
overcome._
=Buoyant.= Light; cheerful, hopeful, sprightly, vivacious, joyous,
blithesome, jocund, sportive, jubilant, elastic, floating.
ANT. _Heavy, dejected, depressed, moody, joyless, cheerless,
desponding._
=Burden.= Load, weight; cargo, freight; capacity, tonnage: impediment,
incubus, grievance, trial, trouble, affliction, sorrow; chorus, refrain;
topic, drift, tenor, point, substance.
ANT. _Ease, lightness; facility, airiness, light-heartedness;
consolation, assuagement, alleviation, liberation, mitigation._
=Burial.= Interment, sepulture, entombment, burying.
ANT. _Exhumation, disinterment._
=Burlesque.= Parody, travesty, caricature, ridicule, farce.
ANT. _Classic, history, fact._
=Burn.= Char, consume, cremate, scorch, set on fire, singe, ignite,
incinerate, kindle, blaze, cauterize, glow, smolder.
ANT. _Smother, stifle, subdue, extinguish, cool, put out; subside,
glimmer, lower, pale._
=Burnish.= Brighten, polish, make to glisten, glaze, gloss.
ANT. _Dull, bedim, cloud, scratch, abrade._
=Burst.= Break, open, explode, blow up, rend, split, crack, discharge,
shatter, disrupt.
ANT. _Cohere, hold, stand, stick together, adhere._
=Bury.= Inter, cover up, entomb, inearth, inhume, inurn; shroud,
conceal, secrete, hide; immure, confine; cancel, compose, hush, cover
with oblivion.
ANT. _Resurrect, exhume, disinter, excavate, expose, resuscitate;
publish, announce, advertise._
=Business.= Employment, craft, trade, commerce, handicraft, traffic,
transaction, work, vocation, job, affairs, avocation, profession,
occupation, calling, concern, duty, office, interest.
ANT. _Stagnation, leisure, inactivity._
=Bustle.= Activity, stir, commotion, excitement, haste, hurry, energy,
eagerness, flurry.
ANT. _Idleness, inactivity, vacation, stagnation, quiet, indolence,
indifference, unconcern._
=Busy.= Engaged, employed, occupied; diligent, industrious, active,
working, sedulous; brisk, stirring, bustling, agile, spry, nimble;
meddling, officious.
ANT. _Idle, lazy, indolent, slothful._
=But.= Save, except, furthermore, barely, besides, however, just, only,
notwithstanding, though, unless, yet, still, merely, nevertheless,
provided, moreover.
=Buxom.= Bonny, blithe, shapely.
ANT. _Lean, slender, ill-shaped._
=Buy.= Purchase, bargain, acquire; bribe, corrupt, pervert, suborn,
subsidize.
ANT. _Sell, hawk, retail, vend._
=By.= Through, with; at, on; from, according to; near, close by; past;
along, over; before, in the sight of, in the name of; per, at.
C
=Cabal.= Confederacy, conspiracy, conclave, combination, faction, crew,
junto, gang, coterie, plot, political intrigue, league.
=Cadaverous.= Bloodless, pallid, pale, wan, ghastly, deathlike, ashy.
ANT. _Rosy, blushing, sanguine, incarnadine._
=Cage=, _v._ Imprison, immure, confine, incarcerate.
ANT. _Liberate, free, dismiss, unbar._
=Caitiff.= Rascal, miscreant, villain, wretch, coward, sneak, traitor,
scoundrel, vagabond.
ANT. _Gentleman, patriot, philanthropist._
=Cajole.= Coax, wheedle, flatter, fawn upon, blandish; deceive, entrap,
beguile, inveigle, impose upon.
ANT. _Scold, chide, warn._
=Calamitous.= Disastrous, unfortunate, unlucky, adverse, untoward,
deplorable, ruinous, inauspicious, wretched, distressing, grievous,
ill-starred, troublous, hapless, ill-omened.
ANT. _Fortunate, auspicious, felicitous, propitious, favorable,
advantageous._
=Calamity.= Disaster, misfortune, catastrophe, mishap, trial, trouble,
affliction, adversity, distress, hardship, ill luck, visitation.
ANT. _Blessing, boon, advantage, good fortune, benefaction._
=Calculate.= Number, reckon, sum up, count, compute, account, estimate,
enumerate, rate; consider, deem, apportion, investigate.
ANT. _Guess, risk, chance, conjecture, stake._
=Calculating.= Wary, cautious, scheming, crafty, cool, hard, selfish;
careful, circumspect, sagacious, farsighted.
ANT. _Shortsighted, improvident, rash, careless._
=Calculation.= Reckoning, computation; expectation, anticipation,
prospect; foresight, forethought, caution, wariness, discretion,
prudence, deliberation.
ANT. _Omission, carelessness, imprudence, indiscretion,
inconsideration._
=Caliber.= Diameter, gage, capacity; faculty, scope, talent, ability,
gifts, parts, endowment.
ANT. _Smallness, thinness; imbecility, incapacity, puerility._
=Call.= Cry, bellow, clamor, ejaculate, scream, roar, shout, shriek,
bawl, yell, exclaim, vociferate; invite, summon, send for, bid;
assemble, convene, muster; elect, ordain, appoint; invoke, appeal to.
ANT. _Be silent, hush, list, listen, harken, be still; ignore; disperse;
disdain, defy._
=Calm.= Composed, peaceful, placid, quiet, still, tranquil,
self-possessed, serene, undisturbed, dispassionate, sedate, collected,
imperturbable, unruffled.
ANT. _Frantic, frenzied, passionate, furious, raging, stormy, violent,
boisterous, agitated, excited, fierce, turbulent, wild, heated,
wrathful, disturbed._
=Calumniate.= Slander, traduce, defame, vilify, revile, asperse.
ANT. _Praise, commend, vindicate, laud, honor, eulogize; shield._
=Calumny.= Slander, aspersion, defamation, detraction, abuse, obloquy.
ANT. _Vindication, justification; eulogy, panegyric._
=Camp.= Encampment, bivouac.
=Cancel.= Obliterate, scratch out, erase, efface, expunge, cross off;
abolish, abrogate, nullify, annul, revoke, rescind, make void, repeal.
ANT. _Confirm, enact, perpetuate, approve, enforce, uphold, sustain,
maintain, establish, record, write._
=Candid.= Honest, open, straightforward, transparent, unbiased, artless,
frank, guileless, ingenuous, naive, sincere, impartial, innocent,
unprejudiced, aboveboard, simple, truthful, unsophisticated, fair.
ANT. _Deceitful, designing, foxy, sharp, shrewd, crafty, artful, sly,
tricky, subtle, adroit, cunning, insincere, diplomatic, intriguing,
wily._
=Candidate.= Aspirant, solicitant, petitioner, canvasser, claimant,
solicitor.
ANT. _Non-competitor; resigner, abandoner, abjurer._
=Canvass.= Debate, discuss, dispute, agitate; examine, investigate,
scrutinize, sift, study, consider; solicit votes from, apply for.
ANT. _Admit, pass, misexamine, allow, ignore, disregard._
=Capability.= Capacity, ability, skill, power, competency, efficiency,
caliber, force, faculty, scope, brains, talent.
ANT. _Dulness, inability, inaptitude, difficulty, awkwardness._
=Capacity.= Space, magnitude, volume, dimensions, extent, size, tonnage,
caliber; faculty, gift, talent, genius, competency, capability,
discernment, cleverness, skill, aptitude; sphere, office, province,
character, function.
ANT. _Restriction, narrowness, contractedness, incapacity; incompetency,
inefficiency, inability._
=Capital=, _n._ Metropolis; large letter; stock, sum invested; head of a
column _or_ pillar; mental, physical, _or_ financial resources.
=Capital=, _a._ Chief, principal, essential, leading, cardinal; fatal,
forfeiting life; excellent, prime, first-class, first-rate, consummate,
high, important.
ANT. _Subordinate, inferior, unimportant, minor; defective, mean._
=Capitulate.= Surrender, yield, submit, stipulate.
ANT. _Resist, contend, struggle._
=Caprice.= Vagary, freak, whim, fancy, crotchet.
ANT. _Purpose, plan, determination, conviction, seriousness._
=Capricious.= Wayward, fanciful, freakish, whimsical, inconstant,
uncertain, fitful, fickle, changeable.
ANT. _Firm, inflexible, unswerving, constant, decided, serious._
=Captious.= Carping, hypercritical, censorious; crabbed, snappish,
touchy, cross, snarling, acrimonious, contentious; insidious, ensnaring.
ANT. _Appreciative, commendatory, complimentary, encouraging,
flattering, laudatory, approving._
=Captivate.= Charm, enchant, fascinate, enamor, bewitch, please highly,
lead captive, win, catch.
ANT. _Disenchant, disillusionize; disgust._
=Captivity.= Thraldom, confinement, duress, imprisonment, bondage,
subjection, slavery, servitude, durance.
ANT. _Freedom, liberty, independence._
=Capture.= Seize, catch, arrest, apprehend, make captive; prize.
ANT. _Liberate, free, release; acquit._
=Care.= Anxiety, trouble, solicitude, concern, vigilance, worry, charge,
caution, attention, heed, forethought, management, perplexity,
watchfulness, wariness, precaution, oversight, prudence.
ANT. _Indifference, heedlessness, negligence, oversight, remissness,
slight, recklessness, disregard, carelessness, inattention._
=Career.= Course, line of achievement, passage, race, flight, procedure,
conduct, progress, active life, success.
=Careful.= Thoughtful, provident, considerate, reflective, heedful,
diligent, pensive, regardful, contemplative.
ANT. _Careless, thoughtless, improvident, unthinking, heedless,
inconsiderate, rash, wanton, idle, dreamy, trifling._
=Caress=, _v._ Embrace, fondle, kiss, pet, pamper, coddle, court,
flatter.
ANT. _Vex, tease, affront, annoy, provoke, persecute._
=Cargo.= Freight, load, goods, lading, consignment, merchandise.
=Caricature.= Imitation, mimicry, parody, travesty, burlesque,
exaggeration, extravaganza, takeoff, farce, monstrosity.
ANT. _Portraiture, resemblance, representation, reproduction._
=Carnage.= Massacre, bloodshed, slaughter, havoc, butchery.
ANT. _Deliverance, ransom, quarter, redemption._
=Carnal.= Sensual, fleshly, lustful, lascivious; natural, unregenerate,
earthly, temporal.
ANT. _Spiritual, ethereal, refined, pure, exalted, temperate,
self-controlled._
=Carnival.= Festival, revel, masquerade, rout.
ANT. _Fast, retirement, Lent, penance, mortification._
=Carol.= Sing, warble, chirp, twitter, chant, whistle, hum; hymn.
ANT. _Whine, lament, dirge, cry, croak, weep, groan, moan._
=Carousal.= Feast, festival, banquet, revel, debauch, wassail, orgies.
ANT. _Fast, abstinence, starvation; temperance, moderation;
self-denial._
=Carp.= Cavil, find fault, object to, pick flaws, challenge, censure,
hypercriticize.
ANT. _Concede, admit, compliment, approve, applaud, acquiesce, assent._
=Carpet.= Covering for floor; table _or_ board (_metaphorical_),
consideration, consultation.
ANT. _Shelf_ (metaphorical), _rejection, oblivion, disposal_.
=Carry.= Convey, move, transport, lift, bring, bear, transmit, support,
sustain, take; impel, urge, push forward; signify, infer, involve,
implicate.
ANT. _Drop, let go, throw down, fall under, shake off; retard, impede;
leave, be separate from._
=Case.= Box; covering, sheathe; state, condition, plight, predicament;
instance, example, occurrence; circumstance, event, contingency; suit,
action, process, trial, cause; question, subject of discussion; form,
inflection.
ANT. _Hypothesis, supposition, fancy, theory, conjecture;
generalization, principle, universality._
=Cash.= Coin, money, specie, currency, capital.
ANT. _Paper money, greenbacks, bills._
=Cast.= Hurl, throw, pitch, fling, drive, thrust, sling, toss; shed, lay
aside; calculate, compute, reckon; found, form; direct, turn; assign,
appoint, allot; impart, shed, diffuse, communicate.
ANT. _Raise, elevate, erect; accept, approve, retain, carry;
miscalculate; break, dismember, dissipate._
=Caste.= Grade, rank, order, lineage, dignity, respect.
ANT. _Abasement, degradation, disrepute, taboo, reproach, ostracism._
=Castigate.= Whip, flagellate, cane.
ANT. _Reward, encourage, caress, pat._
=Casual.= Accidental, incidental, fortuitous, chance, contingent.
ANT. _Regular, certain, fixed, ordinary, periodic, systematic._
=Casuistry.= Sophistry, fallacy, quibble; refinement.
ANT. _Reason, common sense, conscience._
=Catalogue.= List, register, index, enrolment, entry, record, roll,
inventory, schedule.
ANT. _Non-registration, obliteration, oblivion, forgetfulness;
non-entry, oversight, omission._
=Catastrophe.= Revolution, disaster, mishap, misfortune, calamity,
cataclysm, blow, visitation.
ANT. _Victory, triumph, benefit, ovation, success, felicitation,
blessing._
=Catch.= Grasp, seize, clutch, capture, clasp, secure, snatch, take,
arrest, ensnare, entrap, grip, lay hold; comprehend, apprehend,
understand.
ANT. _Lose, miss, fail of, let go, give up, release, restore._
=Categorical.= Plain, absolute, distinct, positive, declaratory,
affirmative.
ANT. _Obscure, ambiguous, dubious, hypothetical, contingent, mystical,
enigmatical._
=Category.= Class, division, order, rank; universal aspect, primitive
relation.
ANT. _Essence, truth, being, substance, nature._
=Causality.= Causation, potentiality, eventuality, operativeness.
ANT. _Counteractivity, barrenness, sterility; finality._
=Cause.= Agent, origin, source, creator, spring; reason, power;
designer, antecedent, originator, author, producer; condition,
principle.
ANT. _Effect, result, end, production, issue, accomplishment,
development, consequence, creation, fruit, event, outcome, outgrowth._
=Caution.= Care, heed, wariness, circumspection, forethought,
discretion; warning, admonition, advice, counsel.
ANT. _Temerity, heedlessness, unguardedness, improvidence, imprudence._
=Cavalier=, _a._ Arrogant, haughty, overbearing, insolent, disdainful.
ANT. _Courteous; subservient, servile; civil, polite._
=Cavil.= Carp, object, censure.
ANT. _Approve, allow, concede._
=Cavity.= Opening, gap, aperture, hole, fissure.
ANT. _Obstruction, filling._
=Cease.= End, finish, desist, leave off, quit, stop, refrain, abstain,
discontinue, pause, terminate.
ANT. _Begin, commence, continue, originate, inaugurate, start, set
going, set in operation._
=Celebrated.= Famous, renowned, distinguished, famed, illustrious,
eminent, glorious, notable, exalted.
ANT. _Obscure, unknown, unnotable, mean, insignificant, inconspicuous._
=Celebration.= Solemnization, observance, commemoration, laudation,
praise, commendation.
ANT. _Oblivion, desuetude, non-observance._
=Celebrity.= Fame, renown, reputation, glory, honor, repute, eminence,
distinction; person of note, “lion.”
ANT. _Obscurity, ignominy, disgrace, contempt, meanness; infamy;
oblivion._
=Celerity.= Rapidity, speed, haste, velocity, swiftness, fleetness,
despatch.
ANT. _Slowness, tardiness, inertness._
=Celestial.= Heavenly, angelic, supernal, ethereal, atmospheric,
immortal, seraphic, divine, godlike.
ANT. _Earthly, terrestrial; human, mortal; infernal._
=Censure.= Blame, disapproval, reproach, disapprobation, reprimand,
condemnation, remonstrance, rebuke.
ANT. _Praise, approval, eulogy, commendation, encouragement._
=Center.= Middle, midst.
ANT. _Perimeter, rim, bound, circumference, boundary._
=Central.= Convenient, medial, accessible.
ANT. _Remote, inaccessible, inconvenient._
=Centralize.= Concentrate, collect, localize.
ANT. _Disperse, distribute._
=Ceremonial=, _n._ Ritual, rites, formalities, etiquette.
=Ceremonial=, _a._ Ritualistic, formal, official, ministerial, pompous,
sumptuous, scenic, functional.
ANT. _Private, unostentatious, undramatic, unimposing, unassuming._
=Ceremonious.= Stately, lofty, courtly; formal, studied, punctilious;
prim, precise.
ANT. _Brusk, blunt, supercilious, plain, simple._
=Certain.= Sure, infallible, positive, undeniable, unfailing; assured,
fixed, regular, established; true, accurate, unmistakable.
ANT. _Dubious, irregular, undecided, doubtful, exceptional, casual._
=Certainty.= Assurance, conviction, confidence, positiveness.
ANT. _Hesitation, doubt, misgiving, conjecture, indecision._
=Certify.= Acknowledge, avow, declare, prove, inform, assure, attest.
ANT. _Disavow, misinform, disprove._
=Cessation.= Stop, pause, abeyance, suspension, lull, respite.
ANT. _Incessancy, continuity, continuance._
=Chafe.= Vex, irritate, gall, rub, chagrin, tease, worry, harass, annoy,
fret; rage, fume; nettle, exasperate, anger.
ANT. _Soothe, coax, calm, console, humor; submit, endure, succumb._
=Chaff.= Banter, badinage, nonsense, frivolity; refuse, trash.
ANT. _Sense, reason, pith, gist, seriousness, substance._
=Chagrin.= Humiliation, shame, mortification, confusion, discomposure,
dismay, disappointment.
ANT. _Delight, glory, exultation, triumph, rejoicing._
=Challenge=, _v._ Dare, brave, defy; demand, require, claim; object to,
take exceptions.
ANT. _Pass, allow, grant, concede, permit; retract, retreat._
=Champion.= Defender, protector, vindicator; hero, winner, chief,
victor, combatant.
ANT. _Renegade, traitor, deserter, coward; adversary, opponent._