priority, preëminence.
ANT. _Following, submission, subordination; inferiority._
=Lead=, _v._ Guide, conduct, direct, counsel; precede, draw, induce,
entice, allure; convoy; commence, inaugurate; persuade, influence.
ANT. _Follow; dissuade, mislead, misguide; leave, abandon._
=Leader.= Guide, conductor; director, chief, head.
ANT. _Follower, disciple._
=League.= Alliance, compact, coalition, confederacy, confederation,
bond, combination, union.
ANT. _Neutrality; divorce, disruption, disunion, secession,
disconnection, alienation, dissolution._
=Lean=, _v._ Incline, deviate, bend, rest, rely on; conform; tend,
depend, hang; slope; repose, confide.
ANT. _Support, raise, erect, stabilitate, rise, straighten._
=Lean=, _a._ Slender, spare, meager, thin, lank, gaunt, skinny, bare,
scant, barren, mean; shriveled, emaciated, bony, scraggy.
ANT. _Fat, plump, brawny, well-conditioned, obese, stout._
=Leaning.= Tendency, proclivity, propensity, bias, liking, partiality,
inclination.
ANT. _Loathing, aversion, repugnance, avoidance, dislike._
=Leap=, _v._ Jump, vault, spring, bound, hop, bounce.
ANT. _Walk, dive, swim, run._
=Learn.= Acquire, imbibe, attain, collect, know, gather, understand,
study.
ANT. _Forget, lose; teach, instruct._
=Learned.= Erudite, versed, well-informed, scholarly, skilled, literary,
conversant, read.
ANT. _Ignorant, unlearned, illiterate, unscholarly._
=Learner.= Pupil, scholar, student, disciple, novice.
ANT. _Teacher, professor, authority, adept, master, doctor._
=Learning.= Knowledge, erudition, skill, literature, science, lore,
letters, education, culture, tuition, acquirements, attainments,
scholarship.
ANT. _Ignorance, illiteracy, boorishness, stupidity; inspiration,
revelation._
=Least.= Smallest, shortest, lowest, most unimportant, meanest, last.
ANT. _Greatest, longest, noblest, highest, most important, first,
principal, main, leading, preëminent._
=Leave=, _v._ Quit, abandon, give up, forego, resign, surrender,
forbear; cease, stop, desist; depart, go from; bequeath.
ANT. _Persist, stay, hold, retain; continue; arrive._
=Legal.= Authorized, legitimate, constitutional, licit, lawful,
allowable.
ANT. _Illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional, lay, illegitimate._
=Legend.= Chronicle; myth, fable; inscription, motto; hearsay, fiction.
ANT. _Fact, history, truth, verity._
=Legible.= Distinct, plain, apparent, discernible, clear, manifest,
decipherable, well-written.
ANT. _Illegible, cryptographic, cabalistic, undecipherable, obscure._
=Legitimate.= Lawful, valid; authorized, real, genuine, licit,
allowable, normal, standard.
ANT. _Illegitimate, unallowable, unfair, unauthorized, illicit, false._
=Leisure.= Freedom, ease, vacation, convenience; opportunity,
retirement, spare time.
ANT. _Occupation, employment, absorption, work, labor, constraint,
engagement, business, toil._
=Leisurely.= Deliberate, convenient, easy, sauntering.
ANT. _Hurried, hasty, difficult, speedy, industrious, assiduous, eager,
precipitate, expeditious._
=Lend.= Let, afford, furnish, loan, advance, grant.
ANT. _Refuse, withhold, retain, appropriate, withdraw; recall._
=Lengthen.= Elongate, stretch, extend, prolong.
ANT. _Shorten, contract, confine, narrow._
=Lengthy.= Long, drawn out, tedious, verbose, diffuse, prolix.
ANT. _Concise, comprehensive, laconic, short, brief, condensed,
succinct, compact._
=Lenient.= Merciful, mild, relaxing, assuasive, softening,
compassionate.
ANT. _Harsh, cruel, hard, severe, stern._
=Lessen.= Diminish, reduce, decrease, abate, lower, impair, degrade,
weaken.
ANT. _Increase, enlarge, extend, develop, heighten, multiply,
strengthen, spread, enhance._
=Lesson.= Instruction, precept, doctrine, study; reproof, warning,
rebuke, lecture, homily.
ANT. _Misguidance, misinformation, deception._
=Let.= Permit, allow, suffer; rent, lease, hire out; assign, grant,
give, contract.
ANT. _Prevent, hinder, check, thwart; refuse, deny, withhold, withdraw._
=Lethal.= Fatal, deadly, mortal, poisonous, venomous, baneful, noxious.
ANT. _Remedial, wholesome, salutary, vital, invigorating, restorative._
=Lethargy.= Drowsiness, torpor, swoon, trance, stupor, oblivion;
indifference.
ANT. _Alertness, liveliness, vigilance, wakefulness, life, activity,
quickness; eagerness, attention, interest._
=Letter.= Epistle; mark, character; note, communication, message,
missive; (_pl._) erudition, learning.
=Level=, _n._ Plane; surface, floor; rank, standard, degree, position;
ground; horizontality, equality, platform.
ANT. _Unevenness, acclivity, inequality, verticality, declivity._
=Level=, _v._ Smooth, flatten, even; overthrow; aim, direct; plane,
raze, equalize.
ANT. _Roughen, furrow, graduate, grade._
=Level=, _a._ Flat, horizontal, even, plane, smooth.
ANT. _Rough, uneven, broken, rolling, undulating, hilly._
=Levity.= Inconstancy, unsteadiness, thoughtlessness, frivolity,
fickleness; flightiness, volatility.
ANT. _Gravity, earnestness, seriousness, sobriety, dignity, importance._
=Levy=, _v._ Raise, collect, assess, seize, exact; attack; tax, impose,
muster.
ANT. _Pay, forego, surrender, reimburse, repay, liquidate._
=Liable.= Accountable, bound, responsible, answerable, subject, exposed,
obnoxious; amenable.
ANT. _Irresponsible, refractory, independent, autocratic._
=Libel=, _n._ Lampoon, satire, defamation, detraction, slander, calumny,
traducement.
ANT. _Retraction, vindication, apology; puff, praise, encomium,
advocacy, panegyric._
=Liberal.= Generous, munificent, beneficent, large, free, catholic,
unselfish, unrestrained, tolerant; ample, profuse.
ANT. _Mean, grasping, greedy, niggardly, avaricious; narrow-minded,
bigoted, prejudiced, inadequate, contracted, scanty._
=Liberate.= Deliver, set free, disengage, release.
ANT. _Confine, imprison, arrest; sentence, doom, condemn._
=Libertine.= Rake, debauchee, dissolute person, profligate.
ANT. _Ascetic, anchorite._
=Liberty.= Emancipation, choice, freedom, license, independence, leave,
permission, exemption; privilege, franchise, immunity.
ANT. _Slavery, captivity, servitude, serfdom, compulsion, necessity,
constraint, imprisonment, oppression, thraldom, superstition,
obligation._
=License=, _n._ Permission, leave, privilege, right, warrant; laxity,
disorder, anarchy, lawlessness.
ANT. _Obligation, constraint, compulsion, submission, necessity,
restraint, restriction, moderation, temperance._
=License=, _v._ Permit, authorize, let.
ANT. _Prohibit, restrain, forbid, constrain, inhibit, interdict,
withhold, withdraw; annul, disallow._
=Licentious.= Excessive, abusive; unrestrained, uncurbed, unruly,
lawless, immoral, lewd, riotous, ungovernable, wanton, lax, dissolute,
profligate, loose, sensual, impure, unchaste, lascivious.
ANT. _Temperate, strict, moderate, controlled, self-controlled, ascetic,
austere, sober, self-denying, puritanic, renunciatory._
=Licit.= Lawful, legal.
ANT. _Illegal, illicit, unlawful, unlicensed, unauthorized,
illegitimate, improper, forbidden._
=Lie=, _n._ Untruth, fiction, fable, deception, falsehood,
falsification; delusion, illusion.
ANT. _Truth, verity, reality, fact; veracity, exactness, precision,
principle, honesty, sincerity._
=Lie=, _v._ Utter a lie; rest, recline, be situated; abide, remain,
continue; exist, belong, consist; lodge, sleep.
ANT. _Rise, stir, move, walk, be active, go, change, run._
=Life.= Being, soul, spirit; affairs; animation, vivacity, energy,
vigor, living being; biography.
ANT. _Death, mortality, decease, lifelessness, annihilation,
non-existence; lethargy, coma, stupor; demise, departure, dissolution._
=Lift=, _v._ Raise, elevate; exalt, improve; steal.
ANT. _Lower, sink, depress, let descend; reduce, degrade, humble; crush,
overwhelm; hurl, dash, fling, throw._
=Ligament.= Bandage, bond, connection, ligature, strap, girth, band,
brace, tie; tying, binding.
ANT. _Fracture, disconnection, dislocation, disruption, severance,
laceration, splinter, rupture, break._
=Light=, _n._ Gleam, shine, glitter, flame, blaze, illumination,
incandescence, glow, flash, flare, sparkle, twinkle, flicker, glare,
glimmer, glistening, sheen, luster, shimmer, shining, scintillation,
day; open view, publicity; enlightenment, knowledge, information;
prosperity, joy, happiness, felicity.
ANT. _Dark, gloom, darkness, dimness, blackness, dusk, shade, shadow,
gloominess, obscurity; extinction, night, tenebrosity, death; confusion,
mystification, ignorance, misunderstanding, illiteracy, blindness,
nescience._
=Light=, _a._ Bright, clear, white; unweighty, imponderable, portable,
easy, volatile, insubstantial, buoyant; small, trifling, inconsiderable,
moderate, insignificant; porous, spongy; unsteady, fickle, frivolous,
unsettled; empty, slight, vain, capricious, thoughtless.
ANT. _Weighty, ponderous, oppressive, grievous, burdensome; onerous,
difficult, laborious, hard; dejected, depressed, despondent; dull,
inert, inactive._
=Like=, _v._ Be pleased with, approve, enjoy, love, relish, esteem,
fancy, affect.
ANT. _Dislike, hate, loathe, detest, abhor, abominate._
=Like=, _a._ Resembling, similar; equal; probable, likely; disposed to,
inclined toward; correspondent.
ANT. _Different, dissimilar, counterpart; improbable, unlikely;
disinclined, indisposed._
=Likelihood.= Probability, semblance, appearance, verisimilitude.
ANT. _Improbability, inconceivability, impossibility, unlikelihood;
distinction, difference, uncertainty, contrariety; inconsistency._
=Likely.= Probable, presumable, reasonable, apt, credible, conceivable,
conjectural.
ANT. _Unlikely, doubtful, incredible, dubious, improbable, questionable,
unreasonable._
=Likeness.= Resemblance, similarity; guise; portrait, similitude,
correspondence, copy, imitation, image, representation, effigy, picture.
ANT. _Unlikeness, disparity, dissimilarity, inequality; original._
=Likewise.= Also, moreover, too, besides.
ANT. _Otherwise._
=Liking.= Inclination, pleasure, desire, preference, approval,
affection, fondness, taste, partiality.
ANT. _Dislike, disrelish, abhorrence, hatred, loathing, repugnance,
aversion._
=Limit.= Boundary, termination, restriction, confine, enclosure, border.
ANT. _Expanse, space, interior, center, tract, land; void._
=Limitless.= Boundless, illimitable, immeasurable, vast, immense,
infinite, interminable, unrestricted, unhindered, unobstructed.
ANT. _Bounded, limited, restricted, circumscribed, defined, restrained,
hindered, prevented, hampered, obstructed, conditioned._
=Limpid.= Clear, transparent, lucid, pellucid, pure, translucent,
bright, crystal.
ANT. _Turbid, foul, muddy, opaque, dark, black._
=Line=, _n._ Thread, cord, hawser, rope; boundary, contour, outline;
family, race; track, railroad, course, method; continuity, sequence,
succession.
ANT. _Breadth, width; expanse, space, deviation, divergency, variation;
discontinuance._
=Lineage.= Ancestry, family, descendants, house, breed, race, descent,
progeny.
ANT. _Ancestor, source, ancestry, origin, founder, progenitor._
=Lineament.= Profile, form, feature, mark, outline.
ANT. _Face, aspect, countenance, visage, front, expression._
=Linear.= Direct, straight, rectilinear, lineal.
ANT. _Zigzag, wandering, divergent, crooked, hooked, incurvate._
=Linger.= Lag, saunter, tarry, delay, halt, stop, hesitate, wait, pause.
ANT. _Hasten, speed, push on, go, press forward, advance, progress._
=Liquid=, _a._ Fluid, flowing, fluent, running, melting, liquescent;
mellifluous, soft, limpid, clear.
ANT. _Solid, hard, congealed, insoluble, solidified, concrete; harsh,
discordant._
=List.= Roll, catalogue, schedule, inventory, record, register, index.
ANT. _Non-registration._
=Listen.= Harken, hear, attend, hark, heed, list.
ANT. _Ignore, scorn, neglect, slight, be deaf to._
=Listless.= Indifferent, spiritless, heedless, careless, languid,
uninterested; indolent, vacant, supine, torpid.
ANT. _Interested, eager, earnest, spirited, careful, heedful,
thoughtful, alert, attentive, absorbed, curious, engaged, active._
=Literal.= Unimaginative, matter-of-fact; real; accurate, correct,
exact, grammatical, positive, verbal, close, plain, actual; word by
word, specific.
ANT. _General, free, liberal, metaphorical._
=Literary.= Learned, bookish, literate, lettered, erudite, scholarly,
well-read, studious, instructed, educated.
ANT. _Illiterate, unlettered, unscholarly._
=Literature.= Books, literary productions or works, publications,
writings, belles-lettres; study, lore, reading, scholarship, attainment;
inspiration, genius, intuition, the divine afflatus; science, learning,
letters, erudition.
=Lithe.= Pliant, flexible, limber, supple, elastic, agile, flexile.
ANT. _Stiff, tough, inelastic, inflexible, unresponsive, hard,
resistant._
=Litter.= Clutter, disorder, untidiness, rubbish.
ANT. _Order, cleanliness, arrangement, tidiness, system, method._
=Little.= Small, diminutive; insignificant, contemptible; short, brief;
inefficient, weak, slight; narrow, mean, illiberal; pigmy, scanty,
unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, petty, paltry, dwarf, puny.
ANT. _Great, big, large, huge, monstrous, enormous, long, developed,
bulky, full; important, momentous, grave, serious, considerable,
significant; colossal._
=Live=, _v._ Have life; abide, dwell, reside; survive, remain, last;
enjoy; feed, subsist; vegetate, grow, continue, behave, act, exist,
breathe.
ANT. _Die, perish, depart, decay, wither, fade, vanish, fail, demise,
drop, languish, expire, decline, faint, sink, fall._
=Live=, _a._ Alive, living, active, vigorous, earnest, energetic,
animate.
ANT. _Defunct, inanimate, dead, moribund, deceased, departed, gone._
=Livelihood.= Support, maintenance, sustenance, subsistence; substance,
living.
ANT. _Beggary, want, starvation, penury, inanition._
=Liveliness.= Sprightliness, animation, gaiety, vivacity, smartness,
briskness, activity.
ANT. _Slowness, torpor, stupidity, dulness, insensibility, listlessness,
languor, inertness._
=Lively.= Quick, nimble, smart, active, alert, sprightly, brisk,
animated, prompt, earnest, energetic, strong, vivacious, gleeful,
blithe, airy, gay, jocund, keen, eager, vivid, spirited, vigorous.
ANT. _Lifeless, dull, torpid, inanimate, inert, insensate, listless,
languid, indifferent._
=Livery.= Release, deliverance; clothing, food, uniform, peculiar garb;
ration, boarding; dependence, servitude, badge, retinue.
=Living=, _n._ Subsistence, estate, existence.
ANT. _Want, starvation, privation, beggary, dearth, insufficiency,
paucity, poverty, indigence._
=Living=, _a._ Active, lively, vigorous; issuing, flowing; quickening,
invigorating; burning, ignited; vegetating, growing.
ANT. _Dead, perishable, decaying, perishing, departed, inanimate,
vanishing, deceased, defunct, withered._
=Load.= Burden, charge, weight, pack, lading, incubus, clog,
encumbrance, cargo, freight, drag, oppression, pressure.
ANT. _Support, solace, alleviation, lightness, refreshment, emptiness._
=Loan=, _n._ Advance, mortgage, hypothecation.
ANT. _Foreclosure, recall, resumption._
=Loath=, _a._ Averse, unwilling, reluctant; backward, indisposed,
disinclined.
ANT. _Eager, ardent, zealous, enthusiastic, anxious, desirous,
impatient, impetuous, earnest, forward, fervent._
=Loathe=, _v._ Abominate, execrate, abhor, dislike, detest, hate.
ANT. _Desire, like, long for, love._
=Locality.= Position, location; town, village, city; situation, place,
habitat.
=Locate.= Place, set; designate, define; establish, settle, lodge, fix,
dispose.
ANT. _Remove, leave, disestablish, dislodge, displace._
=Lock=, _n._ Clasp, catch, bar, bolt, fastening, hasp, hook, latch.
=Locomotion.= Movement, travel, passage, migration.
ANT. _Rest, abode, stoppage, remanence, fixture, stationariness,
permanence._
=Lodge=, _v._ Rest, remain, shelter, stay, abide, stop.
ANT. _Remove, travel, pass on, go, move, journey._
=Lofty.= Tall, sublime, exalted, dignified, stately, majestic, sublime,
proud, haughty, elevated, towering, high, eminent.
ANT. _Low, stunted, ordinary, unimposing, unassuming, undignified,
depressed._
=Logical.= Dialectical, reasonable, coherent, consistent, sound,
argumentative, close, discriminating.
ANT. _Illogical, unsound, inconsistent, unreasonable, incoherent,
undiscriminating, fallacious, inconclusive._
=Lonely=, =Lonesome=. Forlorn, forsaken, dreary, wild, desolate,
secluded, solitary, depressed, alone, retired.
ANT. _Frequented, populous, companioned; cheerful, festive, gay,
bustling, animated._
=Long=, _a._ Drawn out, protracted, extended; continued; lingering;
distant, far away; extensive, far-reaching.
ANT. _Short, brief, curtailed, contracted, abbreviated, condensed,
concise._
=Look=, _n._ Appearance, aspect; manner; glance, sight, view.
=Look=, _v._ Behold, see, stare, scan, contemplate, view, glance,
descry, watch, discern, gaze, regard, inspect, survey; consider; seem,
appear; face, front, take notice; expect, anticipate.
ANT. _Be blind or unseeing; overlook, miss, pass, neglect._
=Loose=, _a._ Unbound, untied, free, unattached, unfastened,
unconstrained; vague; liberal, unchaste, dissolute; unconnected,
rambling; lax; detached, flowing, scattered, sparse; inexact.
ANT. _Tight, close; bound, tied, fastened, secured; thick, compact,
dense; accurate, exact, strict, logical, scientific; conscientious,
self-controlled, firm, rigorous._
=Loquacity.= Garrulity, talkativeness.
ANT. _Taciturnity, silence, unresponsiveness._
=Lordly.= Imperious, noble, honorable; proud, haughty, lofty, majestic,
magnificent.
ANT. _Humble, mean, servile, ignoble, lowly, meek, dishonorable,
abject._
=Lordship=, _n._ Manor; dominion, power, authority; rule, jurisdiction.
ANT. _Subjection, subordination, homage, submission, subservience._
=Lore.= Knowledge; instruction, wisdom, advice, counsel.
ANT. _Ignorance, illiteracy, inexperience, folly, imprudence._
=Lose.= Part with, deprive of; destroy, waste, squander, wander, miss,
ruin; fail of.
ANT. _Keep, retain, hold, obtain, grasp, recover, preserve, treasure,
hoard, save, husband, economize, guard, utilize._
=Loss.= Failure, destruction, privation; defect, harm; waste;
squandering, deprivation, forfeiture; detriment, ruin, defeat, injury,
damage, disadvantage.
ANT. _Restoration, recovery, reimbursement, retention, preservation,
hoarding, guarding; utilization; gain, aggrandizement, augmentation,
advantage, acquisition, profit, benefit, increment, earnings._
=Lot.= Chance, accident, fate, fortune, hazard; destiny, doom,
allotment, apportionment; portion, division, part, parcel, land.
ANT. _Law, arrangement, design, purpose, plan, prearrangement._
=Loud.= Noisy; clamorous, boisterous, vociferous; obstreperous,
turbulent, blustering; ostentatious, gaudy.
ANT. _Gentle, subdued, soft, quiet, silent, inaudible; whispering,
murmuring; rustling._
=Love=, _n._ Friendship, liking, tenderness, regard, fondness, devotion,
affection, attachment, attraction, charity, courtship; good will;
kindness, delight, inclination; benevolence.
ANT. _Antipathy, hatred, enmity; alienation, dislike, disaffection,
estrangement, bitterness, coldness, repugnance, infidelity; desertion._
=Lovely.= Beautiful, charming, delightful, delectable, enchanting,
lovable, amiable; pleasing, winning, sweet, admirable.
ANT. _Hateful, hideous, ugly, homely, unattractive, unlovely, plain,
gawky, unamiable, unlovable._
=Low.= Sunken; quiet; small; submissive, humble; mean, vulgar, base,
ignoble, dishonorable; moderate; feeble, weak; plain, simple;
reasonable, cheap, abject, servile, slavish, degraded, vile, groveling;
deep; reverent; dejected, depressed, dispirited.
ANT. _High, tall, lofty, elevated, exalted; eminent, noble, illustrious,
rising, strong, influential; honorable; elaborate, ornate; notable;
costly, expensive, precious, dear; arrogant, haughty, proud, masterly,
lordly; high, loud, violent; irreverent, sacrilegious, blatant; elated,
excited; intensified._
=Lower=, _v._ Depress, sink, reduce, diminish, humble; let down, drop;
degrade, disgrace, debase; lessen.
ANT. _Raise, exalt, elevate, hoist; increase, aggrandize._
=Lower=, _a._ Inferior.
ANT. _Higher, superior, more influential._
=Lowering.= Gloomy, threatening, sullen; cloudy, overcast, murky, dark.
ANT. _Clear, bright, light; vaporless._
=Lowly.= Low, humble, unimportant, meek, modest; mean, unpretending,
mild.
ANT. _Lofty, eminent, proud, arrogant, lordly, haughty, elevated;
supercilious, conceited, pretentious._
=Loyal.= Faithful, true, constant, devoted, staunch, trusty, obedient,
submissive.
ANT. _Inconstant, untrue, traitorous, mutinous, seditious, insurgent,
insubmissive, rebellious, disobedient, unfaithful, disaffected,
dastardly._
=Loyalty.= Allegiance, fidelity, fealty, faithfulness, constancy.
ANT. _Treason, treachery, unfaithfulness, disloyalty; sedition,
rebellion, inconstancy, insurrection._
=Lucid.= Luminous, transparent, sane, reasonable; shining, resplendent,
bright; clear; radiant, brilliant; limpid, lucent; distinct,
intelligible, perspicuous, sober, sound.
ANT. _Dark, opaque, muddy, black, somber, turbid, obscure; indistinct,
unintelligible, mystifying, insane, unsound, confused, involved;
illegible._
=Luck.= Chance, hap, fate, fortune, hazard, casualty, accident; success,
good fortune.
ANT. _Rule, law, causation, purpose, design, certainty; fate._
=Luckless.= Unfortunate, unsuccessful, unlucky, ill-fated, unprosperous,
ill-starred, unpropitious, unhappy.
=Lucky.= Fortunate, successful, auspicious, prosperous, happy, favored,
blessed.
=Lucrative.= Profitable, gainful, paying, remunerative.
ANT. _Disadvantageous, unremunerative, unprofitable, useless, fruitless,
vain, unproductive._
=Lucre.= Gain, profit, riches, pelf, emolument, greed, mammon.
ANT. _Loss, poverty, failure, privation._
=Lucubration.= Nocturnal study, meditation, speculation, cogitation.
ANT. _Idleness, dulness, stupidity, torpor, vacuity._
=Ludicrous.= Laughable, comic, burlesque, droll, sportive, ridiculous,
comical, odd, funny, farcical, absurd.
ANT. _Grave, serious, important, momentous; sad, sorrowful, melancholy,
tragic, mournful, lugubrious._
=Lugubrious.= Mournful, woful, pitiable, doleful, sad, sorrowful,
melancholy, complaining.
ANT. _Ludicrous, droll, ridiculous, comic, witty, jovial, absurd, funny,
laughable, comical._
=Lull=, _v._ Compose, calm, quiet, soothe, hush, tranquilize, still.
ANT. _Excite, aggravate, incite, stimulate, exasperate, provoke,
inflame._
=Luminous.= Shining, brilliant, bright; illuminated; enlightened,
intelligent, clear, intelligible.