misrepresentation, sophistry, corruption.
ANT. _Regularity, shapeliness, symmetry; right, truth, verification,
rectification._
=Distract.= Divert, perplex, confuse, disconcert, bewilder, confound,
derange, craze.
ANT. _Unite, fix, compose, concentrate, collect._
=Distraction.= Confusion, perplexity, abstraction, disturbance,
perturbation, agitation; inattention; absence, frenzy, madness;
alienation, aberration; delirium, mania, derangement, lunacy.
ANT. _Attention, composure, self-possession, tranquillity._
=Distress=, _n._ Affliction, calamity, adversity, misery, perplexity,
misfortune; agony, suffering, anguish; privation, destitution, poverty,
indigence.
ANT. _Consolation, relief, assuagement, alleviation; boon, blessing,
pleasure._
=Distribute.= Dispense, scatter, allot, apportion, grant, appoint.
ANT. _Restrict, retain, collect, gather, hold, reserve, keep._
=District.= Region, tract, territory, province, circuit, quarter.
=Disturb.= Agitate, shake, stir, disorder, confuse, derange; molest,
annoy, plague, trouble, vex, worry; interrupt, hinder.
ANT. _Soothe, quiet, assist, compose, pacify; arrange, order._
=Diversion.= Detour, deviation, divergence; recreation, amusement,
enjoyment, pastime.
ANT. _Directness, business, procedure, continuity, task, labor._
=Diversify.= Vary, change, alter, modify; variegate, streak, spot.
ANT. _Settle, fix, stereotype, arrest._
=Diversity.= Difference, dissimilitude, variation, unlikeness,
divergence, dissonance, heterogeneousness, multiformity.
ANT. _Identity, similarity, uniformity, consonance, homogeneousness,
coincidence._
=Divest.= Dismantle, strip, unclothe, undress, unrobe, deprive.
ANT. _Clothe, invest, shroud, indue, encumber._
=Divide.= Sever, part, separate, disunite, sunder; alienate, estrange;
distribute, allot, apportion, assign, share, dispense.
ANT. _Unite, commingle, collocate, congregate, convene._
=Divination.= Magic, foretelling, augury, prophecy, presage, prediction.
ANT. _Investigation, study; information; analysis._
=Divorce=, _v._ Separate, part, sunder, alienate, disunite.
ANT. _Marry, wed, betroth, consort._
=Do.= Accomplish, achieve, bring to pass, complete, effect, realize,
discharge, perpetuate, perform, commit, consummate, actualize; execute,
finish, fulfil; work out, transact.
ANT. _Neglect, ruin, spoil, defeat, destroy, mar, miscarry, fail,
frustrate, baffle, omit, come short._
=Docile.= Manageable, amenable, compliant, gentle, tame, submissive,
yielding, tractable, pliable, obedient.
ANT. _Obstinate, firm, inflexible, stubborn, self-willed, wilful,
determined, dogged, resolute, opinionated._
=Doctrine.= Tenet, dogma, opinion, belief, precept, principle, teaching,
creed.
ANT. _Duty, practice, action, conduct, operation, application._
=Dogmatic.= Arrogant, authoritative, imperious, domineering, positive,
self-opinionated, doctrinal, magisterial, dictatorial.
ANT. _Practical, active, modest, diffident, vacillating, considerate._
=Domestic.= Private, family, familiar, homelike.
ANT. _Public, foreign, alien, strange._
=Domicile.= Home, abode, house, residence, mansion, dwelling.
ANT. _World, wilderness; estrangement, migration, travel, exile._
=Dominance=, =Domination=. Superiority, lordship, mastery, sway,
supremacy, command, ascendancy, government.
ANT. _Servility, subjection, inferiority, weakness, minority,
subordination._
=Domineer.= Lord, tyrannize, dictate, bully, swagger.
ANT. _Submit, yield, bow, defer, patronize, succumb; resist, contend._
=Dominion.= Government, domination, supremacy, sway, dominance, control,
authority, domain, territory, sovereignty.
ANT. _Submission, subjugation, servitude._
=Doom=, _n._ Condemnation, fate, sentence, judgment, destiny, verdict.
ANT. _Liberation, respite, escape, acquittal, discharge._
=Dormant.= Sleeping, latent, inert, quiescent.
ANT. _Active, operative, vigilant, awake, alert._
=Doubt=, _n._ Distrust, skepticism, disbelief, suspicion, suspense,
hesitation, incredulity, irresolution, misgiving, unbelief, perplexity,
uncertainty.
ANT. _Conviction, certainty, assurance; belief, confidence;
determination, resolution, resolve._
=Downwards.= Below, beneath, down.
ANT. _Upwards, above, aloft._
=Drag.= Draw, pull, haul, bring.
ANT. _Carry, push, propel, raise._
=Drain.= Empty, exhaust, draw, strain, dry.
ANT. _Fill, supply, replenish, moisten, drench._
=Draw.= Haul, lead, pull, drag, lure, entice, attract, incline, induce.
ANT. _Repel, repulse, rebuff, alienate, estrange, reject._
=Dread=, _n._ Fear, terror, awe, apprehension, horror, alarm.
ANT. _Confidence, courage; familiarity._
=Dream.= Reverie, fancy, vision, delusion, conceit, hallucination,
romance, trance, vagary.
ANT. _Fact, reality, realization, verity, certainty, substance._
=Dreary.= Dismal, gloomy, dark, lonesome, solitary, cheerless.
ANT. _Cheerful, bright, promising, inviting._
=Dress.= Clothing, garments, apparel, garb, array, uniform, attire,
costume, raiment, habiliments, vesture, robes, habit, vestments.
ANT. _Nakedness, disarray, nudity, bareness, deshabille, exposure,
undress._
=Drift=, _n._ Direction, bearing, course; aim, purpose, intention,
scope, tendency, design; rush, impulse, current; heap, mass.
ANT. _Aimlessness, vagueness, aberrancy, indefiniteness._
=Drink.= Swallow, imbibe, quaff, drain, absorb, suck in.
ANT. _Pour, exude, disgorge, water, moisten._
=Drive.= Impel, propel, compel, push, thrust, urge; repulse, repel,
resist; ride.
ANT. _Draw, attract, invite, summon._
=Droll.= Whimsical, comical, ludicrous, funny, ridiculous, odd, queer,
facetious.
ANT. _Sober, solemn, tragic, funereal._
=Droop.= Languish, sink, decline, flag, pine, wither, fade, wilt.
ANT. _Prosper, revive, rally, flourish, raise, luxuriate._
=Drown.= Sink, immerse, swamp, overwhelm, overflow, inundate, deluge,
flood, overcome, overpower.
ANT. _Dry, drain, air, ventilate, expose._
=Dry.= Arid, parched; thirsty, craving drink; barren, meager, dull,
dreary, tedious, plain; severe, sarcastic, sharp, keen.
ANT. _Moist, fresh, juicy; lively, entertaining; fulsome, florid._
=Due.= Proper, fitting, suitable, appropriate, becoming; owing,
obligatory.
ANT. _Improper, unsuitable, independent; unfair, extravagant,
deficient._
=Dull.= Heavy, stupid, unintelligent, apathetic, insensible, callous,
dead; inert, lifeless, inactive, slow, torpid; blunt, obtuse; gloomy,
sad, dismal; dim, obscure; wearisome, dreary, tedious.
ANT. _Bright, light, sparkling, brilliant, quick, interesting, lively,
keen, witty, cheery, inviting, entertaining._
=Dumb.= Speechless, mute, silent, still, inarticulate.
ANT. _Talkative, chatty, loquacious._
=Duplicate.= Copy, counterpart, facsimile, imitation, likeness, replica,
reproduction, double, transcript.
ANT. _Original, pattern, prototype, archetype, model._
=Duplicity.= Deceit, deception, circumvention, guile, artifice,
hypocrisy, fraud, dishonesty.
ANT. _Candor, straightforwardness, frankness, sincerity, honesty._
=Duration.= Continuance, term, period, protraction, prolongation (_in
time_).
ANT. _Brevity, momentariness; infinity, eternity._
=Duty.= Office, responsibility, obligation, function, business,
accountability, right, righteousness.
ANT. _Immunity, freedom, license, exemption, dispensation._
=Dwell.= Live, reside, rest, stop, stay, abide, lodge, sojourn.
ANT. _Visit, migrate, hasten, flit, roam, depart, travel._
E
=Eager.= Impatient, anxious, desirous, longing, yearning, ardent,
enthusiastic, earnest, animated, fervent, impetuous, vehement.
ANT. _Torpid, sluggish, slow, backward, belated, late, tardy._
=Earn.= Acquire, merit, win, get, gain, procure, deserve, achieve,
obtain, realize.
ANT. _Waste, lose, spend, forfeit, squander._
=Earnest.= Eager, zealous, fervent; steady, intent, fixed; sincere,
serious, true; important, momentous.
ANT. _Indifferent, irresolute, sportive, jesting, flippant._
=Ease.= Facility, knack, readiness, expertness, easiness, satisfaction,
contentment, comfort, repose, refreshment, relief.
ANT. _Perplexity, irritation, annoyance, constraint, disquiet, trouble,
vexation, difficulty, uneasiness, awkwardness, worry._
=Easy.= Quiet, comfortable, tranquil, compliant, facile, complacent,
submissive; unaffected, natural, smooth; moderate, affluent.
ANT. _Disturbed, uncomfortable, hard, difficult, anxious, exacting._
=Ebb.= Retire, recede, abate, decrease, subside, wane, sink.
ANT. _Flow, swell, increase, flood, inundate, deluge._
=Eccentric.= Irregular, abnormal, uncommon, peculiar, singular, wayward,
strange, aberrant, erratic, whimsical.
ANT. _Normal, conventional, common, usual, regular, customary._
=Echo.= Resonance, repetition, reverberation, imitation, answer.
ANT. _Sound, voice, original, tone, noise, speech._
=Eclipse=, _n._ Obscuration, dimming, obscurity, hiding, shrouding,
concealment, vanishing, extinction, obliteration, annihilation,
destruction.
ANT. _Illumination, enlightenment, revelation; perpetuation; radiation;
unveiling, discovery._
=Economics.= Science of wealth, public _or_ political economy; household
management, household economy, housewifery.
=Economize.= Save, husband, retrench, manage frugally, be frugal _or_
prudent, practice economy, avoid waste; develop resources, utilize.
ANT. _Waste, misuse, sacrifice, be lavish, profuse_, or _extravagant;
squander, dissipate_.
=Economy.= Thrift, thriftiness, frugality, providence, good husbandry;
management, arrangement, regulation, administration; plan, system,
established order, dispensation.
ANT. _Prodigality, wastefulness, extravagance, lavishness._
=Ecstasy.= Transport, rapture, inspiration, fervor, frenzy, emotion,
delight, enthusiasm, happiness.
ANT. _Coolness, dulness, ennui, weariness, tedium, indifference._
=Edge.= Border, margin, brink, rim, brim, verge; sharpness, keenness,
intensity, animation, zest.
ANT. _Center, interior; dulness, bluntness, flatness; inertness,
inactivity._
=Edible.= Eatable, esculent, wholesome, culinary.
ANT. _Poisonous, deleterious, harmful, dangerous, noxious, uneatable._
=Edict.= Decree, command, order, proclamation, mandate, ordinance.
ANT. _Hoax, canard; request, wish._
=Edifice.= Building, tenement, fabric, structure.
ANT. _Ruin, heap, demolition, destruction._
=Edify.= Build up, enlighten, improve, stimulate, strengthen, nurture.
ANT. _Defile, debase, mislead, misguide, pervert, corrupt._
=Edit.= Revise, correct, prepare for the press, annotate, emend; bring
out; conduct, manage.
ANT. _Distort, pervert, falsify, garble, mutilate._
=Educate.= Discipline, teach, instruct, train, nurture, breed, develop.
ANT. _Dwarf, stunt, hinder; pervert, corrupt._
=Education.= Training, teaching, tuition, instruction, schooling,
discipline, cultivation, breeding, development, nurture, information,
knowledge, learning, reading, study.
ANT. _Ignorance, illiteracy, nescience, blindness, darkness._
=Educe.= Draw out, extract, elicit, evolve, produce.
ANT. _Adduce, cite, allege, quote, advance, name, mention; apply,
insert, deposit, bestow._
=Efface.= Obliterate, erase, blot out, destroy, cancel, eradicate,
expunge.
ANT. _Restore, revive, delineate, imprint, portray, replace, reinstate,
renew._
=Effect=, _n._ Result, consequence, event, issue; force, efficiency,
validity, weight, power; purport, drift, tenor, meaning; fact, reality,
truth; impression, appearance, _ensemble_; (_pl._) chattels, goods,
commodities, property, movables.
ANT. _Cause, motive, source, incentive; origin._
=Effect=, _v._ Cause, produce, accomplish, change, achieve, create,
execute, perform, realize, compass, effectuate, consummate, fulfil.
ANT. _Obviate, frustrate, prevent, mar, hinder; deter, deflect._
=Effective.= Adequate, competent, effectual, sufficient; potent, cogent,
efficacious, forcible, energetic, powerful; active, efficient,
operative; conducive; serviceable, able, talented.
ANT. _Weak, futile, nugatory, inconducive, inoperative, inadequate,
impotent, incompetent, powerless._
=Effectuate.= Accomplish, effect, execute, achieve, secure, fulfil.
ANT. _Prevent, hinder, abolish, defeat, nullify, stifle, blight._
=Effeminate.= Feminine, womanly, delicate; womanish, feeble, unmanly,
timorous, enervated, soft, weak, emasculated.
ANT. _Strong, manly, masculine, virile, manlike, vigorous, hardy,
robust._
=Effervesce.= Boil, bubble, froth, foam, ferment, sparkle; _express
irrepressible emotion_.
ANT. _Subside; acquiesce, refrain, bear, brook, digest._
=Effete.= Barren, unfruitful; decayed, spent, exhausted, worn, wasted,
decrepit.
ANT. _Vigorous, fertile, prolific, productive, exuberant, luxuriant,
rank._
=Efficacious.= Effectual, effective, active, operative, powerful,
adequate, cogent.
ANT. _Insufficient, inadequate, ineffectual._
=Efficacy.= Power, potency, force, competency, strength, effectiveness,
vigor, energy, usefulness.
ANT. _Inefficacy, incompetency._
=Efficiency.= Power, strength, capability, virtue, energy, usefulness,
productiveness, effectiveness; attentiveness, aptitude, skill,
ingenuity, competence, inventiveness, readiness, ingeniousness, faculty,
cleverness, genius, acuteness.
ANT. _Weakness, inability, incompetence, unproductivity; inattention,
awkwardness, absence of mind, thoughtlessness, preoccupation,
distraction, laziness, stupidity._
=Efficient.= Operative, active, potent, efficacious, effective,
effectual; able, skilled, ready, energetic, proficient, competent.
ANT. _Inactive, impotent, ineffective, abortive; dull, inert, indolent,
sluggish, senseless, stupid._
=Effigy.= Image, representation, figure, statue, likeness; dummy.
ANT. _Caricature, misrepresentation, distortion; bust, portrait._
=Efflorescence.= Flowering, blooming, blossoming, budding; outburst;
bloom, luxuriance.
ANT. _Deflorescence, fading, waning, blasting, withering; nudity,
bareness, denudation; absorption, desiccation._
=Effluence.= Emanation, flow, effusion, efflux; issue, outpouring;
emission, discharge; abundance, overflow.
ANT. _Influx, infusion, refluence, ebb; exhaustion; absorption,
retention._
=Effluvium.= Exhalation, emanation, malaria, miasma, stink, noxious
vapor.
ANT. _Ventilation, scent, disinfectant; zephyr, aroma, balm._
=Effort.= Endeavor, attempt, trial, exertion, struggle, essay, strain,
striving, stretch.
ANT. _Failure, frustration, futility, weakness, deficiency,
misadventure; ease, inactivity, spontaneity, facility._
=Effrontery.= Assurance, impudence, audacity, shamelessness,
presumption, hardihood, boldness, brass; insolence, sauciness.
ANT. _Modesty, coyness, shyness, diffidence, sensitiveness, shrinking,
timidity, bashfulness._
=Effulgence.= Brilliancy, splendor, luster, brightness, radiance,
refulgence, glory, flame, luminosity, resplendence.
ANT. _Darkness, tenebrosity, obscuration, gloom, opaqueness, shade._
=Effuse=, _a._ Profuse, poured forth freely, lavish, prodigal, copious,
abundant, effluent.
ANT. _Dry, scanty, sparing, meager, thin._
=Effusion.= Outpouring, effluence, discharge, emission; abundance;
speech, address, oration; waste, shedding, spilling.
ANT. _Infusion, absorption; essay, reading, document, instrument;
influx; retention._
=Effusive.= Lavish, generous, profuse, prodigal, gushing; spread widely,
diffused.
ANT. _Sparing; taciturn, laconic, curt, brief._
=Egoism.= Selfishness, self-assurance, self-conceit, self-consciousness,
self-confidence, self-esteem, conceit, vanity, self-assertion,
self-praise, self-admiration, self-love, self-exaltation.
ANT. _Self-abnegation, deference, self-forgetfulness, diffidence,
bashfulness, humility, modesty, self-distrust, shyness, unobtrusiveness,
considerateness, unostentatiousness._
=Egregious.= Surpassing, extraordinary, remarkable, enormous, monstrous,
outrageous, tremendous, prodigious, peculiar; flagrant, gross.
ANT. _Ordinary, usual, commonplace, mediocre, everyday._
=Egress.= Exit, way out, departure, going out, outlet; sally.
ANT. _Entrance, avenue, approach, inlet; inroad, incursion, invasion._
=Either.= One _or_ the other of two; each, both.
ANT. _Neither, not any one of two._
=Ejaculation.= Exclamation, cry, utterance; expletive.
ANT. _Silence, speechlessness, dumfounderment; drawl; oration, speech._
=Eject.= Cast out, emit, vomit, void, evacuate; expel, dismiss,
discharge, oust; reject, banish, throw aside, cast away.
ANT. _Retain, absorb; accept, receive, house, store, admit, accommodate,
welcome; introduce, inject._
=Eke out.= Add to, supply, increase, stretch, raise, augment, help.
ANT. _Stint, drain, withhold, diminish, exhaust._
=Elaborate.= Improve, refine, develop, mature, execute, forge, prepare,
concoct, work upon, labor over.
ANT. _Slight, neglect, disregard, overlook; miscontrive, mismanage;
chance, hit, guess, conjecture, extemporize._
=Elapse.= Pass, slip, glide away, lapse; intervene.
ANT. _Wait, abide, halt, hold; continue, endure; grasp, seize._
=Elastic.= Flexible, springy, resilient, extensile, ductile, buoyant;
alterable, modifiable; rebounding, recoiling.
ANT. _Rigid, tough, inflexible; crystallized, unchangeable; dull,
inert._
=Elated.= Cheered, excited, exhilarated, animated, flushed, inspirited,
inflated.
ANT. _Depressed, dejected, discouraged, dispirited, humiliated, abashed,
confounded._
=Elder.= Senior, older, more ancient, earlier born; superior; precedent.
ANT. _Younger, junior, juvenile._
=Elect=, _a._ Picked, selected, chosen, choice; appointed, delegated;
redeemed, saved; élite, accepted.
ANT. _Rejected, doomed, reprobate; abandoned, depraved._
=Election.= Selection, preference, choice; appointment by vote;
alternative, free will, freedom, power to choose; discrimination,
discernment, distinction; predestination.
ANT. _Postponement; rejection, reprobation, abandonment._
=Electric.= Charged with electricity, relating to electricity;
inspiring, inspiriting, stimulating; lightninglike, swift, flashing,
thrilling, stirring, exciting.
=Electrify.= Charge with electricity, render electric; rouse, excite,
thrill, stir, astonish, astound, amaze, appal.
ANT. “_Kill_” (of something charged, from which the electricity is
suddenly removed); _disconnect, sever_ (of apparatus for carrying
electricity); _stupefy, soothe, deaden, calm, mesmerize_.
=Elegance.= Grace, beauty, propriety, symmetry; polish, politeness,
refinement, gentility, gracefulness, taste.
ANT. _Deformity, awkwardness, coarseness, rudeness, disproportion._
=Elegant.= Graceful, well-formed, symmetrical, lovely, handsome, comely,
refined, tasteful, ornamental, accomplished, polished.
ANT. _Awkward, deformed, ill-proportioned, misshapen, ungraceful,
hideous, coarse, rude._
=Elegy.= Dirge, threnody, lament, jeremiad, requiem, coronach, funeral
song; serious _or_ melancholy poem.
ANT. _Pæan, jubilee, halleluiah, anthem._
=Element.= Constituent, component, ingredient, part, principle, atom;
(_pl._) rudiments, outlines, essential parts.
ANT. _Whole, mass, aggregate, total, totality, gross, sum, amount._
=Elementary.= Simple, uncompounded, rudimentary, primary; physical,
material, natural; ultimate, component, constituent.
ANT. _Compounded, collective, aggregate, developed, organized;
immaterial, incorporeal, impalpable._
=Elevate.= Raise, lift up, exalt, promote, advance, aggrandize; improve,
dignify, ennoble, refine, inspire, greaten; animate, elate, cheer,
excite, exhilarate.
ANT. _Lower, degrade, debase, depress, demean, humble, humiliate._
=Elevation.= Raising, elevating; promotion, aggrandizement, exaltation;
dignity, refinement, improvement; amelioration; hill, height, altitude,
superiority, eminence, loftiness, tallness.
ANT. _Degradation, debasement, depression, decline, fall, depth;
deterioration, inferiority; shortness, stuntedness._
=Elicit.= Draw out, evoke, educe, call forth, bring out, deduce, bring
to light; express, extract, evolve, worm out, extort.
ANT. _Insert, implant, introduce, inoculate, inject, infuse, instill,
incorporate, insinuate; suggest._
=Eligible.= Desirable, preferable, worthy of choice, qualified, capable,
suitable, prime, choice.
ANT. _Worthless, ordinary, indifferent, unprofitable, undesirable._
=Elimination.= Expulsion, exclusion, discharge, removal, rejection,
eradication, erasure, riddance, obliteration.
ANT. _Inclusion, retention; approval; preservation, conservation._
=Elision.= Omission, ejection, ellipsis, abridgment, excerption.
ANT. _Insertion, inoculation, introduction, implantation; inclusion;
augmentation._
=Elliptical.= Contracted, abbreviated; suggestive, latent, allusive;
significant, pregnant; defective, incomplete.
ANT. _Explanatory, categorical, full; expository, declaratory,
enunciative._
=Elocution.= Speech, power of expression, utterance, delivery,
declamatory art; eloquence, oratory.
ANT. _Reading, lection._
=Elongation.= Protraction, extension, production, drawing out,
continuation; withdrawal, distance.
ANT. _Apocope, elision, curtailment, abridgment, contraction._
=Eloquence.= Oratory, graceful utterance, appropriate expression,
impassioned speech.
ANT. _Verbosity, wordiness, prolixity, tediousness; grandiloquence,
bombast, fustian._
=Elucidate.= Explain, illustrate, clear, make manifest, unfold, make
plain, expound.
ANT. _Confuse, mystify, obscure, puzzle, bewilder, befog._
=Elucidation.= Explanation, exposition, illustration, demonstration;
comment, annotation, commentary, gloss, scholium.
ANT. _Mystification, confusion; obscurity, ambiguity._
=Elude.= Escape, avoid, shun, slip away; baffle, foil, thwart,
disappoint, disconcert, balk, frustrate, evade, mock.
ANT. _Meet, encounter, confront; dare, defy; court, invite, challenge._
=Elusive, Elusory.= Evasive, delusive, equivocating, deceptive,
fraudulent, fallacious, deceitful, illusory; shuffling, shifting,
slippery, fugitive; shadowy, unsubstantial, intangible.
ANT. _Persistent, staple, certain, solid; true, sure, unequivocal._
=Em-=, or =en-=. A prefix meaning _in_ or _into_, sometimes
interchangeable with _in-_. The form _em-_ is used before words
beginning with _p_, _b_, or _m_. The prefix has also a causal force.
Words beginning with this prefix, whose original meaning is simply the
meaning of the root word plus that of the prefix, are omitted here, for
their synonyms and antonyms may be readily formed from those of the root
word.
=Emaciation.= Leanness, lankness, thinness, tenuity, attenuation,
wasting, gauntness, skinniness, meagerness.
ANT. _Obesity, fatness, corpulence._
=Emanate.= Flow forth continuously, issue, arise, spring, proceed,
emerge.
ANT. _End, terminate, culminate, eventuate, cease; dry up._