misdeed, grievance, evil-doing.
ANT. _Justice, integrity, virtue, holiness, honesty, uprightness._
=Initiation.= Introduction, entrance, admission; instruction; opening,
beginning, inauguration, commencement.
ANT. _Termination, completion, finish, fulfilment, outcome._
=Initiative.= Commencement, beginning; power to originate or begin;
start, leadership, example.
ANT. _Termination, wake, rear; prosecution, progress, perseverance,
accomplishment._
=Injunction.= Command, order, mandate, precept, exhortation.
ANT. _Disobedience, non-observance, non-compliance, insubordination._
=Injure.= Maltreat, wrong, abuse; harm, damage, spoil, mar, disfigure,
wound, cripple, sully.
ANT. _Benefit, profit, advantage, advance, repair._
=Injurious.= Wrong, unjust, iniquitous; hurtful, detrimental,
pernicious, deleterious, noxious, deadly, mischievous, baneful, fatal,
destructive, damaging, ruinous, disadvantageous; libelous, slanderous;
prejudicial.
ANT. _Helpful, advantageous, beneficial, salutary, profitable._
=Injury.= Blemish, damage, evil, disadvantage, detriment, hurt, loss,
wrong, prejudice, injustice, mischief, impairment, outrage, harm.
ANT. _Remedy, advantage, amelioration, benefit, service, boon, help,
blessing, improvement, utility._
=Injustice.= Wrong, unrighteousness, iniquity, grievance, unfairness,
injury.
ANT. _Equity, fairness, justice, right, rectitude, integrity, honesty,
impartiality, uprightness, lawfulness, righteousness, honor,
faithfulness, fair play._
=Inlet.= Opening, entrance, commencement, ingress.
ANT. _Outlet, egress, debouchure._
=Inmate.= Occupant, dweller, denizen, inhabitant, tenant, resident.
ANT. _Visitor, intruder, foreigner, stranger, traveler._
=Inn.= Hotel, public house, tavern.
=Innate.= Inherent, inborn, natural, inbred, native, congenital,
organic.
ANT. _Unnatural, adventitious, assumed._
=Inner.= Inmost, within, interior, secret, close, vital.
ANT. _Outer, outermost, exterior, open._
=Innocence.= Harmlessness, inoffensiveness, innocuousness; sinlessness,
purity, stainlessness, simplicity, guilelessness, guiltlessness,
blamelessness.
ANT. _Guilt, offensiveness, contamination, sinfulness, impurity, guile,
corruption._
=Innocent.= Pure, sinless, virtuous, upright, stainless, right,
faultless, guileless, clear, clean, blameless, guiltless, harmless,
inoffensive, righteous, spotless, immaculate, innocuous.
ANT. _Criminal, culpable, immoral, guilty, blameworthy._
=Innocuous.= Harmless, innocent, inoffensive, wholesome, innoxious.
ANT. _Hurtful, deleterious, insidious, obnoxious._
=Innovation.= Change, alteration, novelty, reversal.
ANT. _Archaism, conservation, maintenance, old fashion, obsolescence._
=Inoculate.= Vaccinate, impregnate, indoctrinate, instil, insert, imbue,
ingraft, ingrain.
ANT. _Prune, divest; disabuse._
=Inquiry.= Query, interrogation, question, interrogatory; study,
investigation, research, exploration, examination, scrutiny; asking,
search.
ANT. _Guess, intuition, conjecture, assumption, supposition,
hypothesis._
=Inquisitive.= Curious, meddlesome, intrusive, searching, prying,
inquiring, meddling, peeping, scrutinizing.
ANT. _Uninterested, unconcerned, careless, heedless, apathetic,
inattentive, indifferent._
=Inroad.= Incursion, foray, raid, irruption, encroachment, trespass,
infringement, dragonnade.
ANT. _Occupation, sally, retreat, settlement, evacuation, excursion,
egress._
=Insane.= Crazy, lunatic, mad, deranged, demented, crazed, delirious.
ANT. _Sane, sound, sensible, quiet, composed, sober._
=Insanity.= Delirium, dementia, frenzy, lunacy, mania, aberration,
madness, alienation, derangement, monomania, hallucination, craziness.
ANT. _Sanity, clearness, rationality, lucidity, good sense, reason,
intellect, intelligence._
=Inscribe.= Write, engrave, impress, imprint; address, dedicate; label,
letter, mark, delineate.
ANT. _Erase, efface, cancel, expunge, obliterate._
=Inscrutable.= Incomprehensible, unsearchable, impenetrable,
unintelligible, hidden, mysterious, untraceable, insolvable, profound.
ANT. _Obvious, intelligible, explainable, self-evident, familiar._
=Insert.= Set in, place in, introduce.
ANT. _Exclude, follow, add._
=Inside.= Within, internally.
ANT. _Without, outside, externally._
=Insidious.= Artful, crafty, scheming, cunning, intriguing, tricky,
designing; secret, deceptive.
ANT. _Straightforward, sincere, undesigning._
=Insinuate.= Push slily, ingratiate; infuse, inculcate; hint, intimate,
suggest; introduce, insert.
ANT. _Withdraw, extract, retract, alienate._
=Insipid.= Tasteless, stale, flat; spiritless, heavy, stupid,
uninteresting, prosaic, tame, prosy, dull, unentertaining,
characterless, flavorless.
ANT. _Racy, interesting, engaging, piquant, spirited, lively._
=Insist.= Demand, maintain, urge, contend, persist, press, persevere.
ANT. _Abandon, surrender, concede, yield, waive, forego._
=Insolence.= Rudeness, contempt, disrespect, contumely; impertinence,
pertness, impudence; frowardness, disobedience, insubordination;
arrogance, assumption.
ANT. _Consideration, deference, modesty, respect, politeness,
bashfulness._
=Insolvent.= Bankrupt, penniless, beggared, ruined.
ANT. _Solvent, wealthy, flush, flourishing, thriving._
=Inspect.= Examine, scrutinize, investigate, oversee, superintend,
supervise, overhaul.
ANT. _Overlook, connive, dismiss, glance, pretermit._
=Inspector.= Examiner, critic, visitor, superintendent, censor,
supervisor.
=Inspiration.= Inhalation; afflatus, obsession; exaltation, enthusiasm,
frenzy, impulse, revelation, intuition; insight, genius.
ANT. _Study, education, acquirement, learning, elaboration, observation,
deduction._
=Instance.= Request, impulse, instigation, incitement; solicitation,
importunity, pressure, urgency; illustration, example, citation, case,
exemplification, specification; entreaty, point, prompting, persuasion,
occurrence.
ANT. _Dissuasion, warning, deprecation, reluctance; rule, principle,
statement._
=Instant=, _n._ Moment, twinkling, second, minute, flash, trice, jiffy;
particular hour or moment.
ANT. _Period, time, cycle, duration; eternity, permanence, perpetuity._
=Instant=, _a._ Immediate, instantaneous, quick; pressing, earnest,
urgent; current, present, passing.
ANT. _Continuous, continual; perpetual, eternal._
=Instantly.= Immediately, forthwith, directly, at once, presently,
straightway.
ANT. _In the future, after a time._
=Instigate.= Incite, impel, move, urge, prompt, provoke, stimulate,
rouse, influence, encourage, persuade, prevail upon.
ANT. _Repress, restrain, discourage, withhold, retard._
=Instil.= Infuse, insinuate; implant, enforce, impress, inculcate,
import, introduce.
ANT. _Extract, remove, eliminate, eradicate, drain, extirpate._
=Instinct=, _n._ Impulse, proclivity, tendency, inclination, prompting,
intuition.
ANT. _Reason, deliberation, experience, judgment, elaboration,
experiment._
=Instinctive.= Natural, spontaneous; impulsive, unreflecting; voluntary,
intuitive.
ANT. _Rational, cultivated, logical, judicious, reasonable, reasoning._
=Institute=, _v._ Found, establish, originate, appoint, settle, fix;
ordain, enact, pass; begin, commence; invest, instal, appoint, induct,
organize.
ANT. _Subvert, degrade, deprive, disestablish._
=Institution.= Establishment, investiture, custom, practice; college,
school, academy, seminary, university.
=Instruct.= Teach, inform, train, educate, enlighten, indoctrinate;
direct, command, order; acquaint, discipline, initiate.
ANT. _Misinform, misguide, mislead, deceive, neglect; brutalize; learn,
study._
=Instruction.= Teaching, education, training, schooling, information,
discipline, tuition, advice, counsel, direction, precept, order,
command, mandate.
ANT. _Misguidance, misinformation, misdirection; pupilage, obedience._
=Instrument.= Tool, utensil, implement; agent, medium, machine;
document, deed, writing, charter, indenture, record.
ANT. _Obstruction, bar, stop, preventive; counteragent, opponent,
neutralizer; misapplication, counteraction._
=Instrumentality.= Intervention, medium, means, agency, mediation; use,
employment.
ANT. _Property, quality, virtue, force, efficacy; non-intervention,
spontaneity; counteragency, neutralization._
=Insult=, _n._ Offense affront, indignity, outrage, abuse, rudeness,
dishonor, slight, disrespect.
ANT. _Respect, homage, compliment, deference._
=Insult=, _v._ Outrage, offend, dishonor, abuse; provoke, mock,
ridicule.
ANT. _Respect, salute, honor, compliment, flatter, praise._
=Insure.= Make secure; assure; underwrite; provide, warrant, secure,
guarantee, stabilitate.
ANT. _Imperil, jeopardize, shake, stake._
=Insurgent=, _n._ Rebel, malcontent, mutineer, traitor, rioter.
ANT. _Patriot, adherent, supporter; ruler, magistrate._
=Insurgent=, _a._ Rebellious, disobedient, mutinous, unruly,
insubordinate, seditious.
ANT. _Obedient, loyal, patriotic._
=Insurrection.= Rebellion, revolt, uprising, mutiny, sedition, riot,
tumult, anarchy; pronouncement.
ANT. _Law, order, peace, subjection, obedience, submission, bondage,
subsidence, acquiescence; government, pacification._
=Intact.= Untouched, unhurt, unharmed, uninjured, scatheless; whole,
entire, unbroken, undiminished; safe, inviolate, sacred, undefiled,
uncorrupted, uncontaminated.
ANT. _Defiled, hurt, touched, injured, corrupt, affected, contaminated._
=Integrate.= Unite, combine, consolidate, solidify, incorporate; sum,
complete.
ANT. _Analyze, dismember, detach, remove, amputate, disintegrate._
=Integrity.= Completeness, entirety, wholeness; honesty, rectitude,
virtue, goodness, principle; uprightness, honor, probity, candor,
truthfulness, conscientiousness.
ANT. _Fraud, meanness, rascality, duplicity, unfairness,
underhandedness._
=Intellect.= Reason, mind, sense, brains, understanding; consciousness,
instinct; ability, genius, talent.
ANT. _Matter, mechanism, force; passion; spirit, soul._
=Intellectual.= Mental, psychological, inventive, learned, cultured;
philosophical, metaphysical.
ANT. _Illiterate, unlearned, ignorant._
=Intelligence.= Knowledge, information, understanding, apprehension,
discernment, acumen, penetration, quickness, brightness, comprehension;
news, announcement, tidings, report, rumor, statement, notice,
notification, publication, advice, instruction; intellect, spirit.
ANT. _Misinformation, misunderstanding; ignorance, concealment,
stupidity, misapprehension, dulness, suppression, silence._
=Intelligible.= Clear, plain, understandable, distinct, comprehensible,
explainable, familiar, self-evident, obvious.
ANT. _Inscrutable, mysterious, hidden, insolvable, impenetrable,
unfathomable._
=Intend.= Design, resolve, mean, propose, purpose, contemplate,
determine, meditate.
ANT. _Venture, risk, hazard, chance._
=Intense.= Close, severe, strict, intent, strained; extreme; forcible,
energetic, powerful; ardent, earnest, vehement, excessive, immoderate.
ANT. _Relaxed, easy, moderate, forceless, impotent, indifferent, cool,
languid._
=Intensity.= Intenseness, closeness, severity, strictness; tension,
force, concentration, attention, strain; vehemence, violence, excess;
ardor, energy, eagerness, power, vigor, activity, strength.
ANT. _Laxity, relaxation, debility, languor, coolness, indifference._
=Intent=, _n._ Purpose, aim, object, design, end, meaning, intention,
purport, scope, drift, view.
ANT. _Chance, lot, accident, fate._
=Intent=, _a._ Eager, fixed, earnest, close, bent, set.
ANT. _Distracted, diverted, indifferent._
=Intention.= Design, purpose, intent, meaning, purport.
ANT. _Chance, fortune, luck._
=Intentional.= Deliberate, contemplated, designed, intended, studied,
purposed, premeditated.
ANT. _Casual, accidental, undesigned, fortuitous._
=Inter.= Bury, entomb, inhume.
ANT. _Exhume, disinter._
=Inter-.= The synonyms and antonyms of words beginning with the prefix
_inter-_, signifying _between_, _among_, _amidst_, _mutually_, may be
obtained by adding this meaning to that of the synonyms and antonyms of
the root word, in such cases as are of simple derivation.
=Intercede.= Mediate, arbitrate, interpose, plead, make intercession,
advocate, interfere.
ANT. _Abandon, excuse, incriminate, inculpate._
=Intercept.= Stop, cease; arrest, catch; obstruct, interrupt.
ANT. _Send, despatch, delegate, forward, commission, interchange._
=Intercourse.= Converse, communication, communion, commerce, connection,
correspondence, intimacy, dealing, intercommunication.
ANT. _Cessation, suspension, reticence, disconnection, interception._
=Interdict.= Prohibit, forbid, proscribe, inhibit, restrain, stop,
debar, disallow.
ANT. _Indulge, grant, allow, concede._
=Interest=, _n._ Advantage, benefit, profit, good; part, portion;
regards, sympathy, concern, attention, curiosity, selfishness, behalf,
share; authority, influence; premium.
ANT. _Disadvantage, loss; inattention, unconcern, indifference;
disconnection, repudiation._
=Interfere.= Intermeddle, interpose; clash, conflict, intervene, be
opposed.
ANT. _Withdraw, retract, retire, recede._
=Interior.= Inside, internal, inner, inward, inland.
ANT. _Outside, exterior._
=Interloper.= Intruder, meddler, supernumerary.
ANT. _Member, constituent._
=Intermediate.= Intervening, interposed, interjacent, included,
comprised, middle, moderate.
ANT. _Surrounding, enclosing, outside, embracing, circumjacent; extreme;
exclusive._
=Interment.= Burial, sepulture, inhumation.
ANT. _Exhumation, resurrection._
=Intermission.= Suspension, interruption, stoppage, rest, stop, pause,
suspense, respite, interlude, remission, cessation, discontinuance,
interval, interregnum.
ANT. _Continuity, continuance, constancy, uninterruptedness, permanence,
perpetuity._
=Intermit.= Suspend, interrupt, relax, discontinue, break, stop, cease,
abate, subside.
ANT. _Continue, prosecute; urge, despatch._
=Internal.= Inner, interior, inside; within.
ANT. _Outer, exterior, outside._
=Internecine.= Destructive, exterminating, deadly, inextinguishable,
irreconcilable, mortal, internecinal.
ANT. _Desultory, incursive, marauding, skirmishing, buccaneering,
guerilla, freebooting._
=Interpolate.= Introduce, insert, foist in, intercalate; interlard,
interweave, import, garble, intersperse, gloss.
ANT. _Expunge, erase, expurgate; verify, authenticate; elide._
=Interpose.= Interfere, intercede, interrupt, mediate, meddle,
arbitrate, intermeddle.
ANT. _Avoid, shun, retire, withdraw, hold aloof, let be, keep clear,
stand aside._
=Interpret.= Explain, define, expound, elucidate, unfold, decipher;
translate, render, construe; declare, represent, solve.
ANT. _Mistake, misconceive, misunderstand, falsify, misinterpret,
distort, misrepresent._
=Interpretation.= Exposition, explanation, elucidation; version,
construction, rendering, translation; sense, meaning, definition,
signification, solution.
ANT. _Misinterpretation, misrendering; problem, text, difficulty._
=Interrogate.= Question, ask, examine, inquire of, catechise.
ANT. _Affirm, answer, assert, indorse, pronounce._
=Interrupt.= Disturb, stop, hinder, delay, interfere with; separate,
disconnect, divide, sever, sunder, cut, dissolve; suspend, discontinue,
break off; intersect.
ANT. _Continue, prosecute, expedite._
=Interstice.= Crevice, hole, interval, chink, cleft, cranny, gap, crack,
fissure, interspace.
ANT. _Seam, suture, stop-gap._
=Interval.= Interstice; spell, season, period, term, intermediate time,
interim, meantime, intermission, interspace, cessation.
ANT. _Continuity, uninterruptedness, simultaneousness._
=Intervention.= Interposition, interference, intrusion, intercession,
insinuation; agency, mediation.
ANT. _Continuance, non-interference._
=Interview.= Meeting, parley, conference, consultation, colloquy,
confabulation.
ANT. _Isolation, exclusion, independence, avoidance._
=Intestate.= Unwilled, undevised, unbequeathed.
ANT. _Willed, bequeathed, devised._
=Intestine=, _a._ Internal, domestic, interior, inward; civil;
subjective.
ANT. _External, outward, foreign, federal; objective._
=Intimate=, _n._ Confidant, associate, crony, familiar, companion,
friend.
=Intimate=, _v._ Suggest, hint, insinuate, allude to, remind of;
announce, declare, communicate, tell.
ANT. _Conceal, reserve, withhold, repress._
=Intimate=, _a._ Near, close, familiar, friendly, confidential;
internal, interior, inward, deep-seated, hearty; thorough, complete,
direct, exact; conversant.
ANT. _Distant, strange, unfamiliar; superficial._
=Intimidate.= Frighten, alarm, scare, daunt, dismay, threaten, appal,
terrify, deter, dishearten.
ANT. _Calm, compose; encourage, inspirit, animate, reassure._
=Intolerable.= Insufferable, unendurable, insupportable, unbearable.
ANT. _Endurable, comfortable, tolerable, supportable, possible to be
borne._
=Intolerant.= Bigoted, unforbearing; extreme.
ANT. _Tolerant, forbearing, large-minded, indulgent._
=Intoxication.= Inebriety, inebriation, drunkenness; excitement,
infatuation, exhilaration, delirium, bewilderment, hallucination,
ecstasy; poison, venom.
ANT. _Antidote, sobriety, sanity, gravity, melancholy, depression;
abstinence, abstemiousness._
=Intrenchment.= Ditch, dike, fortification, earthwork, moat; defense,
protection, shelter, invasion, inroad, encroachment, infringement,
trespass.
ANT. _Wall, rampart, mole, embankment, mound, bastion; forbearance,
deference, respect._
=Intrepid.= Bold, brave, fearless, undaunted, courageous, valorous,
unterrified, dauntless, chivalrous, heroic, undismayed, unawed, valiant,
doughty.
ANT. _Cautious, timid, fearful, cowardly, dismayed, terrified._
=Intricacy.= Complexity, complication, entanglement, perplexity,
difficulty, intricateness, obscurity, confusion.
ANT. _Directness, obviousness; system, method; disposition, array._
=Intricate.= Involved, perplexed, complicated, entangled, complex; mazy,
labyrinthine, tortuous.
ANT. _Simple, direct, obvious, plain, uninvolved._
=Intrigue.= Plot, scheme, cabal, conspiracy, machination, artifice,
cunning, duplicity, trickery, chicanery, ruse; liaison, amour.
ANT. _Insurrection, assault, rebellion, force, violence; sincerity,
candor, honesty, openness, straightforwardness._
=Intrinsic.= Inward, internal, essential, real, genuine, true, inherent,
native, innate, natural, immanent, inbred, inborn.
ANT. _Extrinsic, acquired, apparent, accidental, borrowed, assumed,
pretended, added, external, adventitious._
=Introduce.= Lead in, usher in, present, conduct in, commence, make
acquainted, make known, begin, preface.
ANT. _Come after, succeed, follow; end, conclude._
=Introduction.= Introducing, presentation, ushering in; preface,
prelude, preamble, proem, exordium; induction, importation, insertion,
commencement, preliminary; portico, gate, vestibule, entrance.
ANT. _Eduction, ejection; extraction, exportation, elimination,
estrangement; completion, conclusion, end; egress._
=Introductory.= Prefatory, initiatory, preliminary, precursory,
preparatory; commendatory.
ANT. _Final, conclusive, terminal, valedictory, supplemental;
alienative._
=Intrude.= Obtrude, encroach, infringe, trespass, trench, interfere,
meddle.
ANT. _Withdraw, retire, recede; remove, retract._
=Intrusion.= Encroachment, interference, intruding, obtrusion,
infringement.
ANT. _Withdrawal, removal, retirement, retraction._
=Intuition.= Apprehension, cognition, perception, beholding; instinct,
insight, recognition.
ANT. _Information, instruction, learning, experience, acquirement,
induction._
=Inundate.= Flood, deluge, overflow, submerge, cover, overwhelm.
ANT. _Drain, dry, reclaim, desiccate, parch._
=Invade.= Attack, infringe, violate, encroach on, trench upon; march
into, enter in, assault, assail, occupy.
ANT. _Abandon, relinquish, vacate, evacuate._
=Invalid=, _a._ Week, feeble, infirm, sick, frail; null, void; unsound,
baseless, untrue, unfounded, fallacious.
ANT. _Strong, well, healthy, vigorous; sound, legal, constitutional;
legitimate, authorized; genuine, true, correct, exact._
=Invalidate.= Nullify, cancel, annul, overthrow, make void.
ANT. _Conserve, maintain, establish, confirm, enact, institute._
=Invasion.= Trespass, incursion, irruption, encroachment, inroad.
ANT. _Evacuation, abandonment, relinquishment; settlement; retreat._
=Invective.= Satire, sarcasm, diatribe, railing, abuse; obloquy,
denunciation, vituperation, reproach, castigation.
ANT. _Praise, commendation, encomium, eulogy, panegyric._
=Invent.= Discover, find out, devise, contrive, produce; design,
concoct, elaborate; conceive, contrive, fabricate, originate, forge,
frame.
ANT. _Copy, imitate, reproduce; execute._
=Invention.= Contrivance, construction, device; fiction, fabrication,
falsehood; thought, idea.
ANT. _Material._
=Inventive.= Ingenious, skilful, clever, adept, resourceful.
ANT. _Slow, unskilful, uninventive._
=Inventor.= Contriver, originator, author, creator.
ANT. _Destroyer._
=Inventory.= List, catalogue, register, record, enrolment, enumeration.
=Inversion.= Reversal, transposition, alteration, deflection, violation,
permutation.
ANT. _Erectness, verticality; stability, permanence, fixity, state,
order, sequence; conservation._
=Invert.= Upset, overthrow, reverse, subvert.
ANT. _Restore, set up, make upright._
=Invest.= Clothe, dress, array, endow; attend, surround; lay out.
ANT. _Divest, dismantle, unclothe, strip, disrobe; deprive._
=Investigate.= Inquire, examine, test, scrutinize, prove, search,
explore, inspect, criticize, discuss, study.
ANT. _Conjecture, guess._
=Investigation.= Search, examination, inquiry, research, exploration,
inquisition, sifting, scrutiny, study.
ANT. _Discovery, clue, indication; solution, thread._
=Investiture.= Installation, induction, investment, habilitation.
ANT. _Divestiture, divestment._
=Inveterate.= Long-established, obstinate; malignant, spiteful,
virulent; besetting, confirmed, chronic, ingrain, incarnate, habitual,
deep-rooted, hardened, accustomed.
ANT. _Undeveloped, incipient, unformed._
=Invidious.= Hateful, offensive, odious; unfair, partial, inconsiderate;
gratuitous.
ANT. _Fair, just, considerate, impartial, due._
=Invigorate.= Strengthen, brace, harden, nerve, refresh, stimulate,
animate, exhilarate.
ANT. _Weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, deteriorate, relax, unstring,
enervate._
=Invitation.= Solicitation, allurement, enticement.
ANT. _Rebuff, snub, check, repulse._