intercede; mediate, arbitrate.
ANT. _Withdraw, retire, remove, recede, retreat._
=Meddlesome.= Meddling, intrusive, officious; pragmatical, interfering;
impertinent, obtrusive.
ANT. _Unobtrusive, modest, unofficious, shy, retiring, unassuming,
reserved._
=Mediate=, _v._ Intervene, reconcile, interpose, intercede, arbitrate.
ANT. _Retire, withdraw, let be, leave, abandon._
=Mediation.= Interposition, intercession, intervention, arbitration,
interference, adjustment, reconciliation.
ANT. _Indifference, neutrality; non-interference._
=Mediator.= Reconciler, intercessor, interceder, advocate, umpire,
propitiator.
=Medicament.= Remedy, specific, medicine, cure, relief, help,
restorative.
ANT. _Irritant, infection, aggravation, hurt, disease._
=Medicate.= Drug, treat, heal, cure.
ANT. _Harm, infect; catch, contract._
=Medicine=, _n._ Drug, physic, remedy, medicament; antidote, corrective,
salve, cure; therapeutics.
ANT. _Poison, virus, bane; aggravation._
=Mediocre.= Moderate, indifferent, ordinary, mean, medium, average,
middling, commonplace.
ANT. _Superior, inferior, extraordinary, distinguished, distinctive._
=Mediocrity.= Inferiority, average, moderate or middle state, medium;
moderation; commonplace, mean; sufficiency.
ANT. _Excellence, superiority, distinction, brilliance, rarity._
=Meditate.= Consider, ponder, revolve, study, weigh, plan, contrive,
devise, scheme, purpose, intend; contemplate, muse, reflect, think,
cogitate.
ANT. _Execute, enact, complete, consummate._
=Medium=, _n._ Middle, mean; moderation, average; proportion; mediator,
intermediary; means, agency, instrumentality.
=Medium=, _a._ Middle, mean, middling, intermediate, medial, mediocre,
central.
ANT. _Outer, extreme, distant, remote._
=Medley.= Mixture, jumble, miscellany, potpourri, hodge-podge; tumult,
confusion, litter, diversity, complexity.
ANT. _Order, harmony, simplicity; arrangement, classification,
assortment, disposition, grouping._
=Meed.= Merit, reward, recompense; worth, desert; guerdon, premium,
prize, award, remuneration; gift, present.
ANT. _Penalty, punishment, brand, stigma, amercement._
=Meek.= Submissive, yielding, unassuming, gentle; mild, patient, humble;
lowly, modest.
ANT. _Bold, arrogant, proud, self-assertive, irritable, presumptuous,
high-spirited._
=Meet=, _v._ Join; confront, encounter; be present; perceive,
experience, suffer; equal, satisfy; assemble, congregate; harmonize,
agree, unite; fulfil, comply, gratify, answer.
ANT. _Miss, escape, elude; be absent; avoid, separate, vary, diverge,
decline, part, disagree; disappoint, fall short, fail._
=Meet=, _a._ Suitable, fit, proper, appropriate, qualified, convenient.
ANT. _Inappropriate, unfit, inconvenient, unsuited, improper._
=Meeting.= Conference, assembly, company, convention, congregation,
junction, union, confluence; interview, encounter; assemblage,
concourse, gathering.
=Melancholy=, _n._ Melancholia; depression, dejection, brooding,
gloominess.
ANT. _Happiness, gladness, sanity, merriment, mirth, cheer,
hopefulness._
=Melancholy=, _a._ Sad, dispirited, low-spirited, down-hearted, unhappy,
hypochondriac, heavy, doleful, afflictive; dejected, depressed,
disconsolate, gloomy, sorrowful, moody, desponding; grave, somber, dark.
ANT. _Happy, cheerful, gladsome, sprightly, lively, merry, mirthful,
blithesome, gleeful._
=Mellifluous.= Smooth, honeyed, sweet, mellow, euphonious, silvery,
dulcet.
ANT. _Raucous, hoarse, discordant, harsh, rough, broken, abrupt._
=Mellow.= Ripe, soft, tender; subdued, delicate; genial, jovial.
ANT. _Unripe, hard, green, acid, sour; harsh, glaring; discordant._
=Melodious.= Musical, agreeable, harmonious, dulcet, sweet, tuneful,
rhythmical, concordant, mellifluous.
ANT. _Discordant, harsh, dissonant, raucous, jarring, inharmonious._
=Melody.= Harmony, rhythm, air, tune, music, song, sweetness of sound,
descant, theme, unison, symphony.
ANT. _Discord, jarring, dissonance, harshness, discordance._
=Melt.= Liquefy, fuse, thaw, mollify, soften; be dissipated, run, blend,
flow, dissolve.
ANT. _Harden, combine, consolidate, unite, crystallize._
=Member.= Organ, limb; constituent, part; clause, phrase; essential;
portion, component.
ANT. _Whole, body, entirety, aggregate, sum, totality, community,
society, association, organization, constitution._
=Memoir.= Memorial, biography, record, narrative, chronicle, register.
=Memorable.= Important, illustrious, remarkable, extraordinary, signal,
distinguished, famous, celebrated, great, conspicuous, prominent.
ANT. _Ordinary, trivial, commonplace, insignificant, mediocre._
=Memorial.= Monument, record, memorandum, memento, souvenir.
ANT. _Silence, oblivion; non-observance; erasure._
=Memory.= Remembrance, recollection, reminiscence; fame, renown,
reputation; monument; retrospection, retrospect; perpetuation,
retention.
ANT. _Oblivion, oversight, unmindfulness, obliviousness, forgetfulness._
=Menace=, _n._ Threat, evil intention, denunciation, threatening.
ANT. _Good will, benediction, blessing, kindness; protection._
=Mend.= Help, amend, emend, correct, rectify; repair, improve, reform,
better, restore, ameliorate.
ANT. _Impair, damage, spoil, corrupt; harm, deteriorate, pervert._
=Mendacity.= Lying, deceit, falsehood, untruth, duplicity, lie,
untruthfulness, deception; prevarication.
ANT. _Truth, honesty, rectitude, uprightness, veracity, accuracy,
exactness._
=Menial.= Servile, mean; domestic; dependent, attendant.
ANT. _Noble, independent, autocratic, supreme, superior._
=Mental.= Intellectual, spiritual, metaphysical, subjective,
psychological, psychical, intelligent.
ANT. _Physical, corporeal, objective, bodily._
=Mention=, _n._ Reference, allusion, notice, remembrance, hint,
communication, observation, declaration.
ANT. _Omission, silence, suppression, forgetfulness, neglect._
=Mention=, _v._ Speak of, notice, announce, observe, remark, hint,
declare, tell, state, report, disclose, allude to, name, refer to.
ANT. _Suppress, omit, be silent about, forget, silence, drop, neglect,
disregard, slight._
=Mercantile=. Commercial, traffic, business; wholesale, retail;
interchangeable, marketable.
ANT. _Professional; unmercantile, unmarketable, stagnant, unprofitable._
=Mercenary.= Paid, hired, hireling, venal; greedy, sordid, avaricious,
selfish.
ANT. _Generous, unselfish, lavish, prodigal, liberal, philanthropic,
benevolent._
=Merchandise.= Wares, commodities, goods; trade, traffic, commerce;
stock.
=Merchant.= Trader, shopkeeper, dealer, tradesman, trafficker; importer.
ANT. _Shopman, salesman, retailer, pedler, huckster._
=Merciful.= Compassionate, tender, humane, gracious, kind, mild,
clement, benignant, lenient, pitiful, forgiving; tender-hearted.
ANT. _Remorseless, pitiless, inexorable, unrelenting, severe, cruel,
hard, illiberal._
=Mercy.= Compassion, grace, favor, helpfulness, clemency, forbearance,
tenderness, forgiveness, gentleness, pardon, blessing, pity, kindness,
mildness, lenity, benevolence, benignity, lenience, leniency.
ANT. _Harshness, rigor, severity, sternness, penalty, justice,
vengeance, revenge, punishment, hardness, cruelty, implacability,
ruthlessness, inhumanity, brutality, exaction._
=Mere.= Unmixed, pure, absolute, unqualified, simple, bare, unaffected;
unadulterated.
ANT. _Compound, mixed, impure, blended, combined, adulterated._
=Meridian=, _n._ Midday, noon, zenith, height, culmination, summit,
apex, pinnacle, acme.
ANT. _Midnight, antipodes, depth, profundity, base, depression, nadir._
=Merit=, _n._ Desert, worth, excellence, reward, approbation;
worthiness, credit, goodness.
ANT. _Worthlessness, error, unworthiness, demerit, weakness,
imperfection, fault._
=Merry.= Gay, jovial, sportive; cheerful, happy; blithe, lively,
sprightly, vivacious, mirthful, gleeful, joyous, jocund, hilarious.
ANT. _Gloomy, sad, disconsolate, dismal, moody, dejected._
=Message.= Notice, word, communication, missive, letter, intimation.
ANT. _Interception, silence, non-communication, neglect._
=Messenger.= Carrier, harbinger, intelligencer, courier, forerunner,
herald, precursor.
=Metaphysical.= Mental, intellectual, psychological, abstract, general,
ideal, psychical, subjective, rational, abstruse, conceptual.
ANT. _Physical, substantial, physiological, material, practical,
objective, palpable, external._
=Method.= Order, system, rule, way, manner, mode, course, arrangement,
process, means, regularity.
ANT. _Disorder, experimentation, guesswork, conjecture, attempt,
empiricism._
=Midst.= Middle, center, heart; thick; press; burden.
ANT. _Circumference, rim, surface, border, outside, perimeter._
=Mien.= Aspect, manner, bearing, look, carriage, deportment, appearance.
ANT. _Character, disposition, nature, constitution, personality._
=Might.= Force, energy, power, means, resources; strength, capacity,
ability.
ANT. _Weakness, feebleness, infirmity, impotence; inability,
inefficiency, incapability; want, lack._
=Mild.= Gentle, pleasant, clement, kind, soft, bland; moderate, placid,
tender, genial, meek.
ANT. _Harsh, fierce, savage, rough, wild, violent, merciless, severe._
=Mind.= Understanding, intellect, soul; opinion, judgment, belief;
choice, inclination, liking, intent, will; courage, spirit; remembrance,
memory, recollection; reason, brain, sense, consciousness, disposition,
intelligence, thought, instinct.
ANT. _Body, matter, brute force, brawn, limbs, material substance,
members; feelings, emotions, heart, affections, sensibilities; conduct;
forgetfulness, obliviousness._
=Mindful.= Regardful, attentive, heedful, observant, thoughtful,
careful.
ANT. _Inattentive, regardless, careless, forgetful, oblivious,
absent-minded._
=Mingle.= Combine, join, confuse, compound, mix; unite, associate;
intermarry; blend, amalgamate.
ANT. _Separate, sever, segregate, dissolve, sift, sort, classify,
analyze._
=Minister=, _n._ Delegate, official, ambassador; clergyman, priest,
parson, ecclesiastic, preacher, divine, vicar, curate; envoy.
ANT. _Monarch, master, superior, principal; layman; government._
=Minor=, _a._ Inferior, less important, smaller, less, junior,
unimportant, younger.
ANT. _Major, greater, older, senior, elder, main, important._
=Minute.= Small, tiny, slender, diminutive, slight, little; precise,
particular, detailed, critical, circumstantial, exact, fine, comminuted,
specific; inconsiderable; microscopic.
ANT. _Monstrous, great, enormous, grand, huge; general, abstract, broad,
comprehensive; inexact, superficial._
=Miraculous.= Supernatural, super-physical; wonderful, awesome.
ANT. _Natural, ordinary, scientific._
=Mis-.= A prefix used in the sense of _amiss_, _wrong_, _ill_. Words to
which this prefix but adds this meaning are omitted here, and their
synonyms and antonyms may usually be readily found by reference to the
root words.
=Misanthropy.= Cynicism, hatred, egoism.
ANT. _Philanthropy, benevolence, altruism, humanitarianism._
=Miscellany.= Mass, mixture, collection, medley, jumble, variety,
hodge-podge, diversity.
ANT. _Selection, system, arrangement, order, group, assortment,
classification._
=Mischief.= Damage, harm, hurt, injury, detriment, evil, ill; mishap,
trouble.
ANT. _Benefit, good, blessing, profit, gratification, compensation,
favor._
=Miser.= Niggard, skinflint, curmudgeon, churl.
ANT. _Spendthrift, profligate._
=Miserable.= Abject, forlorn, pitiable, wretched, mean; worthless,
despicable, contemptible; unfortunate, unlucky.
ANT. _Comfortable, happy, respectable, contented, cheerful, easy._
=Misery.= Unhappiness, wretchedness, woe; calamity, disaster,
misfortune.
ANT. _Happiness, contentment, ease, comfort, pleasure, enjoyment._
=Misfortune.= Adversity, failure, ill luck, hardship, harm, ill,
affliction, calamity, blow, disaster, disappointment, trial,
tribulation, sorrow, ruin, distress, stroke, misery, reverse, mischance,
visitation, chastening, trouble, chastisement, misadventure,
bereavement, mishap.
ANT. _Consolation, blessing, boon, happiness, joy, prosperity, relief,
triumph, success, comfort, good fortune, gratification, good luck,
pleasure._
=Mission.= Message, errand, commission, deputation; embassy; ministry,
legation; trust, office.
ANT. _Assumption, usurpation, self-appointment; faithlessness,
betrayal._
=Mist.= Fog, vapor; obscuration, cloudiness, perplexity, bewilderment,
haze.
ANT. _Clarity, brightness; perspicuity, revelation, clearness,
discernment, insight, understanding; lucidity._
=Mob.= Rabble, masses, dregs of the people, the vulgar, populace, crowd,
canaille, lower classes.
ANT. _Élite, aristocracy, nobility, nobles, patricians._
=Mobile.= Movable, excitable, inconstant, changeable, fickle; variable,
ductile, sensitive.
ANT. _Immovable, firm, set, steady, unvarying, unchangeable,
inexorable._
=Model.= Mold, copy, design, example, image, imitation, standard, type,
representation, pattern, prototype, facsimile, original, archetype;
norm.
ANT. _Imitation; work, production, execution; accomplishment._
=Moderate=, _a._ Sparing, temperate, frugal, calm, mild; limited,
restrained, reasonable; dispassionate, controlled; abstinent, sober;
austere, ascetic.
ANT. _Immoderate, intemperate, luxurious, excessive, extravagant._
=Modern.= New, novel, modish, fashionable, present, late, extant,
recent.
ANT. _Past, ancient, antiquated, old, antique, obsolete, former._
=Modesty.= Humility, lowliness, humbleness, meekness, shyness, reserve,
coldness, bashfulness, backwardness, constraint, timidity,
unobtrusiveness, coyness.
ANT. _Frankness, freedom, impudence, indiscretion, self-conceit,
sauciness, abandon, arrogance, confidence, egoism, assumption,
assurance, boldness, forwardness, haughtiness, loquacity, pertness,
pride, vanity, self-sufficiency, openness, effrontery._
=Moment.= Instant, twinkling, consequence, weight, consideration, force,
value, signification, avail; second, trice.
ANT. _Age, period, decade, century, generation; insignificance,
unimportance, triviality._
=Monarch.= Ruler, sovereign; king, prince, emperor, queen.
ANT. _Subject, peer, plebes._
=Money.= Coin, cash, currency, gold, funds, property, specie, silver,
bills, bullion, notes, capital.
=Monopoly.= Exclusiveness, possession, privilege, appropriation,
engrossment, preëmption.
ANT. _Community, partnership, competition, free trade; participation,
sharing; communism; socialism._
=Monotonous.= Unvarying, uniform, wearisome, dull, tedious, same,
unison, humdrum, undiversified; similar, like.
ANT. _Varied, changed, diversified; harmonic; lively; divergent,
variant._
=Monster.= Prodigy, enormity, marvel, portent; monstrosity, wonder;
demon, fiend, dragon, sphinx, colossus, leviathan; ogre.
ANT. _Pigmy, dwarf, elf; angel, beauty, cherub._
=Monstrous.= Abnormal, extraordinary, prodigious, portentous, marvelous,
unnatural; vast, immense, colossal, stupendous; shocking, horrible,
hateful, terrible, hideous.
ANT. _Beautiful, small, reasonable, little, shapely, regular, fair,
pretty, comely; ordinary, familiar, natural; charming, lovely._
=Moral=, _a._ Dutiful, right, virtuous, just, worthy, ethical;
intellectual, spiritual, religious, pious, righteous, ideal.
ANT. _Immoral, wrong, sinful, unjust, unworthy, vicious, gross;
irreligious, impious, sensual; physical, bodily, carnal._
=Moreover.= Besides, further, in addition; also, likewise, in addition
to.
ANT. _Finally, lastly._
=Morose.= Gruff, gloomy, crusty, crabbed, acrimonious, severe, snappish,
sullen, surly, churlish, dogged, ill-humored, ill-natured, sulky.
ANT. _Bland, gentle, benignant, good-natured, kind, loving, pleasant,
sympathetic, genial, amiable, friendly, tender, indulgent, complaisant,
mild._
=Mortal.= Deathlike; deadly, destructive, poisonous; vulnerable, vital;
human, perishable, ephemeral, transient, transitory.
ANT. _Immortal, undying, everlasting, eternal, divine, celestial,
life-giving, perennial._
=Motherly.= Maternal, motherlike, parental; kind, loving, affectionate.
ANT. _Paternal, fatherlike, fatherly; harsh, unloving, unkind, hateful._
=Motion.= Movement, change, action, act, passage, move, process,
transit, transition.
ANT. _Quiescence, quiet, rest, repose, stillness, immobility._
=Motive.= Incentive, incitement, inducement, reason, spur, stimulus,
cause; object, purpose; argument, conviction; impulse, prompting.
ANT. _Deed, achievement, execution, action, attempt, project; deflector,
preventive, dissuasion, deterrent._
=Mourn.= Lament, grieve, regret, rue, bewail, sorrow.
ANT. _Exult, joy, rejoice, be joyful, triumph, make merry._
=Mournful.= Lugubrious, heavy, sad, sorrowful, grievous, calamitous.
ANT. _Joyful, jubilant, gladsome, cheerful, happy, pleasant, joyous._
=Move.= Stir, agitate, trouble, affect, persuade, actuate, impel,
prompt, instigate, incite, offer, induce.
ANT. _Stop, stay, arrest, prevent, deter; calm, appease, deflect._
=Movement.= Motion; compulsion, stimulation, incitement, agitation,
arousing, instigation.
ANT. _Stoppage, stay, pause, calm, quiet._
=Much.= Great; long; considerable; abundant; far; ample, plenteous.
ANT. _Little, small, scarce, few, scanty, near; narrow._
=Multiplication.= Teeming, multiplicity, multitude, increase, plurality,
reproduction, augmentation, swarming, multifariousness,
multitudinousness.
ANT. _Diminution, division, subtraction, reduction; extinction; rarity,
scantiness; unity, singularity._
=Multitude.= Throng, crowd, assembly, assemblage, commonalty, swarm,
populace; host, rabble, mob, concourse.
ANT. _Individual, solitude; aristocracy; oligarchy; scantiness, paucity,
scarcity._
=Mundane.= Worldly, terrestrial, earthly; sublunary; secular, temporal.
ANT. _Unworldly, spiritual, celestial, eternal, supramundane, stellar,
solar, lunar._
=Munificent.= Bounteous, bountiful, liberal, generous; beneficent, free,
lavish, extravagant.
ANT. _Small, niggardly, saving, sparing, mean, close._
=Musical.= Melodious, harmonious, tuneful, symphonious, mellifluous,
rhythmical.
ANT. _Discordant, inharmonious, harsh, raucous, unmelodious._
=Mute.= Silent, dumb, speechless; voiceless; still, unpronounced;
unresponsive; taciturn.
ANT. _Talkative, chattering, garrulous, vocal, speaking, loquacious,
loud, noisy._
=Mutual.= Common, correlative, reciprocal, joint, interchangeable.
ANT. _Detached, distinct, disunited, separate, severed, sundered,
unshared, unreciprocated, unrequited, disconnected._
=Mysterious.= Abstruse, enigmatical, dark, mystical, occult, obscure,
secret, transcendental, unknown, unfathomable, mystic, hidden,
inexplicable, inscrutable, cabalistic, incomprehensible, recondite.
ANT. _Clear, plain, apparent, manifest, bright, light, explainable,
simple, comprehensible, obvious, easy, revealed, understood._
=Mystic.= Unknowable, obscure, mysterious; allegorical, enigmatical;
transcendental; cabalistic, symbolical.
ANT. _Familiar, simple, ordinary, commonplace, obvious, plain._
=Myth.= Fable, tradition, legend; parable, invention, fiction, allegory;
falsehood, lie.
ANT. _Truth, fact, history, narrative, incident._
N
=Nabob.= Millionaire, Crœsus, viceroy, governor, Dives.
ANT. _Beggar, suppliant._
=Naked.= Nude, bare; defenseless, unprotected, destitute; manifest,
undisguised; simple, mere, plain; unclothed, undraped, denuded;
uncolored, unvarnished.
ANT. _Robed, draped, veiled, dressed, shrouded, muffled; protected,
sheltered; colored, varnished, qualified._
=Name=, _n._ Appellation, denomination, cognomen, designation, surname,
title, style, epithet.
=Name=, _v._ Call, indicate, designate, specify, mention, denominate,
style, nominate.
ANT. _Miscall, misname, misindicate; be nameless or anonymous; hint,
suggest, shadow, intimate, imply._
=Narrate.= Relate, tell, recount, describe, detail, rehearse, report,
recite.
ANT. _Misrepresent, mistake; suppress, conceal._
=Narrative.= Narration, recital, account, rehearsal, relation,
description, story, tale, history.
=Narrow.= Not wide, straitened, limited, without margin; bigoted,
illiberal; parsimonious, niggardly, selfish; close, scrutinizing, exact;
slender, spare, thin, contracted, cramped.
ANT. _Wide, broad, ample, expanded, thick; generous, benevolent;
unlimited; liberal._
=Nascent.= Embryo, rudimental, budding, incipient.
ANT. _Grown, developed, mature; aged; confirmed, set._
=Nasty.= Filthy, foul, dirty, offensive, damp, disgusting, disagreeable,
wet; indecent, obscene.
ANT. _Pleasant, sweet, agreeable, savory, nice, pure._
=Nation.= People, race, stock; realm, community, state, commonwealth.
=Native.= Innate, natal, natural, original, indigenous.
ANT. _Alien, artificial, foreign, unnatural, acquired, assumed._
=Natural.= Native; essential, normal, regular, intrinsic, cosmical,
spontaneous, original, artless, ingenuous; kind, affectionate; genuine,
unaffected.
ANT. _Abnormal, monstrous, unnatural, improbable, adventitious,
fictitious, coarse; artful, affected._
=Nature.= Creation, universe; essence, constitution; kind, sort,
character, quality; temper, disposition, mood; mind, intelligence;
vitality.
ANT. _Thing, subject, object, man, being, creature, monstrosity,
unnaturalness; art, fiction, romance, invention._
=Naught.= Nothing, cipher, zero.
ANT. _Anything, everything, aught._
=Naughty.= Mischievous, perverse, froward; bad, corrupt, worthless,
good-for-nothing; refractory, wicked.
ANT. _Good, worthy, well-behaved, tractable, pure, docile, innocent._
=Nausea.= Seasickness, loathing, disgust, qualm; repugnance, aversion.
ANT. _Enjoyment, taste, delight, relish._
=Nautical.= Marine, maritime, naval, oceanic.
=Near=, _ad._ Nigh, not remote, almost, nearly, well-nigh, intimately,
closely.
=Near=, _a._ Nigh, close, adjacent, adjoining, approximate; imminent,
impending, forthcoming, approaching; familiar, dear, intimate;
immediate; literal, accurate; narrow, parsimonious; short; proximate,
contiguous, present, ready.
ANT. _Distant, remote, far; reserved, uncordial, cool, stiff;
indistinct, obscure, future._
=Nearly.= Almost, well-nigh, intimately, closely, approximately.
ANT. _Quite, entirely, distantly, remotely._
=Neat.= Trim, tidy, prim, precise, spruce, clean, cleanly, orderly,
natty, dapper, nice.
ANT. _Negligent, slack, slovenly, slouchy, dirty, soiled, disorderly,
dowdy, untidy, rough, unkempt, rude, uncared for._
=Necessary.= Essential, inevitable, needful, infallible, undeniable,
indispensable, required, requisite, unavoidable.
ANT. _Optional, useless, contingent, worthless, casual, non-essential,
needless._