=Self-abnegation.= Self-renunciation, self-sacrifice, self-control,
self-devotion, self-immolation, self-denial.
ANT. _Self-indulgence, self-gratification, self-will, selfishness,
self-seeking._
=Selfish.= Self-seeking, mean, ungenerous, narrow, illiberal, mercenary,
greedy, egoistical, self-indulgent.
ANT. _Generous, liberal, altruistic, philanthropic, beneficent,
self-denying, public-spirited, magnanimous, unselfish, considerate._
=Send.= Sling, throw, fling, hurl, lance, launch, propel, project, cast,
dart, despatch, discharge, drive, emit; forward, transmit, impel,
dismiss, delegate, depute.
ANT. _Receive, keep, retain, hold; bring, carry, hand, get, give,
convey._
=Sensation.= Emotion, sense, feeling, perception.
ANT. _Apathy, non-sensibility, non-perception, indifference._
=Sense.= Understanding, reason; cognition, apprehension; deduction;
perception, feeling; recognition, discernment; reasoning; opinion,
judgment, notion, meaning, import, signification.
ANT. _Nonsense, misunderstanding; stupidity, non-apprehension;
non-comprehension; stolidity, inertness, non-observance; fancy, folly,
unsoundness._
=Sensibility.= Feeling, sensitiveness, susceptibility, impressibility.
ANT. _Coldness, deadness, unconsciousness, hardness, numbness,
insensibility._
=Sentiment.= Thought, opinion, notion, sensibility, feeling;
susceptibility, impressibility, impression, conviction; emotion; maxim,
saying, toast.
ANT. _Nonsense, conjecture, vacuity; assumption, prejudice,
preconception._
=Separate=, _v._ Disunite, divide, sever; come between, part; disjoin,
divorce; disengage, detach; sunder; withdraw, eliminate, remove,
segregate.
ANT. _Unite, consolidate, integrate, connect, join, attach, link, weld,
engage, wed; gather, convene, collect._
=Sequence.= Succession, following, consequence, arrangement, order;
series, progression, continuity.
ANT. _Precedence, introduction, priority; disorder, disconnection;
intermission, irregularity._
=Serious.= Sober, earnest, momentous, grave; thoughtful, sedate, solemn;
important, weighty; dangerous.
ANT. _Gay, thoughtless, frivolous, laughing, joking, jocose, careless,
trifling, trivial, unimportant, light, insignificant._
=Serve.= Obey, minister to, subserve, promote, aid, help, abet, assist,
benefit, succor.
ANT. _Command, order, manage; obstruct, counteract, retard, defeat,
injure, thwart, oppose._
=Set.= Put, seat, place, fix; affix, attach; fasten, make stable or
firm; obstruct, embarrass; determine upon, fix upon; plant; frame;
stiffen, solidify; adjust, regulate, adapt; prepare; replace; spread;
stud, variegate; value at, rate at; establish, furnish, prescribe,
strengthen, stabilitate, ground, confirm, determine, appoint, assign.
ANT. _Remove, uproot, transfer, eradicate, transplant, unsettle, weaken,
soften, destroy, demolish; disperse, discard; denude, disarrange,
divest, strip; misvalue, under- or over-rate; abolish, frustrate._
=Settle.= Regulate, arrange, compose, decide; establish; still, calm;
clear; restore; depress, sink, lower, make compact, harden; determine,
adjust, make up, pacify; liquidate, balance; colonize, people.
ANT. _Disturb, confuse, derange; agitate, unsettle, excite, uproot,
overturn; obstruct; elevate, upheave, break up; discompose, disorder,
rise, ascend, move; misregulate, aggravate._
=Severe.= Stern, strict, austere, hard, relentless, rigorous,
unrelenting, inexorable, harsh, inflexible, rigid, morose, stiff,
uncompromising, unmitigated, unyielding; critical, grave, serious.
ANT. _Lenient, clement, unexacting, mild, easy, gay, cheerful, joyous;
loose, slack, inexact, indulgent, uncritical, moderate, kind,
considerate._
=Shade.= Shadow; darkness, obscurity; screen, shelter, protection; body,
spirit, ghost; umbrage, adumbration; degree, minuteness; seclusion.
ANT. _Light, illumination, sunshine, brightness, daylight; glare,
radiance, exposure; publicity; quantity, amount; defenselessness._
=Shake.= Agitate, fluctuate, flutter, oscillate, quake, quiver, quaver,
rock, shiver, shudder, totter, tremble, waver, wave, sway, swing,
vibrate, thrill, jar.
ANT. _Fasten, fix, set, secure, settle, confirm._
=Shame.= Disgrace, reproach, dishonor, ignominy; degradation, contempt,
infamy; diffidence, modesty, discredit; humiliation, abashment; decency,
decorum.
ANT. _Fame, honor, glory, approval, renown, credit; impudence,
shamelessness, indecency, immodesty, indecorum, impropriety._
=Shape.= Appearance, figure, aspect, form, guise; outline; embodiment;
character, fashion, mold, pattern, cast, model.
ANT. _Imitation, reproduction, copy; deformity, disfigurement._
=Sharp.= Quick, sagacious, witty, discerning, shrewd, ingenious, sour,
acid, tart, acrid, biting, poignant, acrimonious, sarcastic, bitter,
painful, afflictive, violent, fierce, ardent, fiery; acute, keen,
trenchant, astute, subtle, penetrating, discriminating, inventive,
piquant; severe, vigilant, attentive; caustic, cutting; eager, hungry;
thin, emaciated; shrill, high; exacting, close.
ANT. _Dull, blunt, slow, obtuse, undiscerning, unresourceful, sweet,
honeyed, cloying, saccharine, mellow; soft, gentle, mild, tender,
considerate, kindly, lenient, clement; uninventive, indifferent,
sluggish, inactive, tame, characterless, spiritless, careless,
inattentive; thick; generous, unexacting._
=Shelter.= Defend, guard, harbor, protect, shield, screen, ward, cover,
conceal.
ANT. _Expose, betray, imperil, endanger, exhibit, lay bare, discover,
attack._
=Short.= Brief, contracted, inadequate, limited, scanty; insufficient,
incomplete, imperfect; abrupt, petulant, quick; near, direct, straight;
succinct, concise, condensed, compendious; terse, pithy, laconic, curt,
sententious; severe, uncivil; narrow; destitute.
ANT. _Long, protracted, extended, adequate, ample, sufficient,
plentiful, abundant, copious; perfect, complete; civil, suave,
complaisant; circuitous, indirect; tedious, prolix, verbose, extended,
wordy; broad; provided for._
=Show=, _v._ Exhibit, present, display; tell, reveal; direct, conduct;
clear, prove, manifest, explain, evince; bestow, confer; appear, look,
seem; demonstrate, unfold, inform, teach; evidence.
ANT. _Conceal, hide, withhold, suppress, obscure, mystify, cloak, wrap;
contradict, deny, refute, disprove, falsify; misinterpret._
=Shrewd.= Keen, critical, subtle, arch, astute, sagacious, acute,
discerning, penetrating; malicious, evil, vicious; wily, artful,
cunning; clever, sharp, able; discriminating, intelligent.
ANT. _Stolid, stupid, unintelligent, dull, thick, unsagacious,
undiscerning, undiscriminating; plain, blank, blunt, frank; kindly,
sincere, benevolent; fair, open._
=Sick.= Diseased, ill, disordered, distempered, indisposed, weak,
ailing, feeble, morbid; imperfect, impaired, weakened, corrupted;
disgusted, surfeited.
ANT. _Healthy, whole, well, sound, strong, robust, salubrious, vigorous,
hale, wholesome, salutary._
=Side.= Margin, edge, verge, border, boundary; party, sect, faction,
interest, cause, policy, behalf; face, aspect, plane; slope, declivity;
half.
ANT. _Center, interior, body, heart, core; opposition, secession,
neutrality._
=Sight.= Vision, show, representation, exhibition; faculty of seeing,
view; visibility, spectacle; inspection, examination; opinion, judgment;
perception, ken, cognizance; contemplation, survey; insight; appearance.
ANT. _Blindness, non-visibility, obscuration; non-appearance; oversight,
neglect; disappearance; vanishing; impression, prejudice._
=Sign.= Mark, manifestation, indication, presage, symbol, type, token,
emblem, note, omen, signal, prognostic, symptom.
=Significant.= Expressive, suggestive, important; weighty, momentous;
manifest, intimating, declarative, betokening, implying, meaning,
denoting; telling, speaking; forcible; conspicuous.
ANT. _Insignificant, meaningless, inconspicuous, mute, inexpressive,
expressionless, unsuggestive._
=Silence.= Stillness, hush, restfulness, quiet, muteness, noiselessness,
calm, peace, tranquillity; dumbness, taciturnity; obscurity, secrecy,
oblivion.
ANT. _Noise, sound, tumult, clamor, roar, storm, din, unrest, babel,
commotion, reverberation, resonance, agitation, clatter; talkativeness,
loquacity, garrulity; publicity, fame, rumor, repute, celebrity._
=Similar.= Corresponding, like, resembling, uniform, homogeneous;
congruous, harmonious.
ANT. _Dissimilar, unlike, different, alien, discordant, heterogeneous,
incongruous._
=Simple.= Silly; single, uncombined; plain, unadorned; mere; sincere,
artless, unaffected, natural; direct, clear, perspicuous; credulous,
foolish; humble, undistinguished, lowly; innocent; elementary.
ANT. _Complex, double, compound, combined, mixed; ornate, adorned;
blended, fused, multiform; artful, affected, artificial; indirect,
complicated, circuitous, skeptic, pragmatic; proud, haughty,
distinguished, celebrated; various, organized, elaborate; designing,
insincere, double-minded; developed, perfect._
=Sin.= Evil, crime, guilt, offense, wickedness, fault, vice,
criminality, misdeed; viciousness, ungodliness, wrong, wrongdoing,
unrighteousness, iniquity, transgression, immorality, depravity,
delinquency.
ANT. _Virtue, godliness, rectitude, uprightness, sinlessness,
excellence, blamelessness, goodness, holiness, innocence, morality,
integrity, purity, righteousness, right._
=Sing.= Chant, carol, chirp, hum, warble, chirrup.
=Singular.= Unexampled, eminent, unprecedented, extraordinary,
remarkable, uncommon, rare, unusual, peculiar, strange, odd, eccentric,
fantastic; individual, unique; conspicuous, consummate, exceptional,
particular; curious, queer.
ANT. _Common, everyday, ordinary, commonplace, general, universal,
usual, regular, customary, frequent, numerous; unnoticeable, normal,
typical, inconspicuous, humdrum._
=Sink.= Subside, drop, droop, decay, lower, lessen; submerge, immerse,
engulf; depress, degrade, debase, diminish; fall, descend; decline,
dwindle, decrease; weary, flag, abate; reduce; drown; attenuate.
ANT. _Rise, ascend, mount, increase, augment, aggrandize, swell;
flourish, exalt, heighten, promote, enhance; encourage, perpetuate._
=Situation.= Site, station, post, case, plight, state; location,
position; place, office; condition; locality, seat, ground, spot;
circumstance, predicament; category; employment; footing, aspect; birth,
standing.
ANT. _Absence, dislodgment, displacement, non-assignment._
=Skeptic.= Agnostic, doubter, freethinker, infidel, unbeliever, deist,
atheist, disbeliever.
ANT. _Christian, believer._
=Sketch=, _n._ Outline, picture, design, drawing, draft; skeleton, plan,
brief.
=Skilful.= Expert, dexterous, apt, handy, adroit, clever, deft,
proficient, skilled, trained, accomplished, happy, ingenious, practiced;
adept, masterly, cunning.
ANT. _Unskilled, clumsy, inexpert, unskilful, unintelligent, awkward,
incompetent, unprepared, untrained, unable, untaught, bungling,
helpless, maladroit, shiftless._
=Slander=, _v._ Defame, disparage, depreciate, malign, asperse,
calumniate, libel, vilify, revile, traduce, decry, backbite.
ANT. _Extol, eulogize, laud, praise, vindicate, defend._
=Slang.= Vulgarity, cant, colloquialism, vulgarism.
ANT. _Diction, language._
=Slender.= Small, narrow, slim; weak, feeble, slight; moderate, trivial,
inconsiderable, meager; spare, abstemious, frugal.
ANT. _Thick, stout, robust, broad, ample, deep, bulky, considerable,
massive, weighty; giant, colossal._
=Slippery.= Smooth, glib; mutable, uncertain, fickle, inconstant;
unstable, changeable; wanton, loose, unchaste; icy, glassy, insecure,
perilous, unsafe; shifty, elusive; deceptive, evasive; unprincipled.
ANT. _Rough, firm, safe, secure, stable; constant, certain, dependable,
upright, sincere, outright, trustworthy, sound._
=Slow.= Deliberate, dilatory, lingering, gradual, moderate,
procrastinating, tardy; inert, inactive, sluggish, drowsy, dull,
delaying, dawdling.
ANT. _Nimble, active, brisk, alert, lively, prompt, speedy, quick, spry,
swift, agile._
=Small.= Little, diminutive, inconsiderable; inconsequential,
uninfluential, trivial, insignificant; paltry, mean, incapable, unable;
short; weak, slender, gentle, low; tiny, puny; unimportant; scanty,
moderate; sordid, selfish; inferior, unintellectual, ungifted,
unintelligent.
ANT. _Large, great, big, extensive, enormous, bulky, massive, weighty,
ample, spacious, broad, strong, stout, generous, liberal, munificent;
important, significant, notable, influential, distinguished, gifted,
magnanimous, intelligent, intellectual, superior, competent._
=Smart.= Acute, quick, lively, brisk, clever, dashy, showy; pungent,
pricking; keen, severe, poignant; vigorous, sharp; active, shrewd;
efficient, witty; pretentious, spruce; fresh.
ANT. _Dull, heavy, blunt, obtuse, dense, stupid; aching; slow, inactive,
sluggish, inefficient, shabby, dowdy, boorish, clownish._
=Sneer.= Jeer, mock, gibe, taunt, fling, scoff.
ANT. _Smile, laugh; flatter, compliment; cheer._
=Sober.= Abstinent, abstemious, moderate, regular; steady, collected,
quiet, cool, staid, somber; temperate; dispassionate, self-controlled,
calm, self-possessed, solemn, sedate.
ANT. _Intemperate, intoxicated, drunk, impassioned, excited, heated,
furious, passionate; unreasonable, immoderate, uncontrolled, agitated,
extravagant; erratic, eccentric._
=Socialism.= Communism, collectivism, fabianism.
=Society.= Companionship, fellowship, company; participation,
connection; association, partnership; community, sodality, communion,
intercourse.
ANT. _Solitude, solitariness, privacy, separation, segregation;
individuality, personality; disconnection, dissociation, unsociability._
=Soft.= Yielding, impressible, malleable; smooth, delicate; agreeable,
gentle, flowing; flexible; mild, tender, conciliatory, kind; effeminate,
weak; easy; quiet, peaceful, tranquil.
ANT. _Hard, unyielding, impervious, tough, stubborn, impermeable;
non-resilient; disagreeable, harsh, brusk, gruff, unkind; strong, manly;
virile; rough, coarse, rigid, rigorous, abrupt; resolute, determined._
=Solemnity.= Gravity, formality, ritual, ceremonial, sobriety,
seriousness, reverence, devotion; celebration, observance; sanctity,
awfulness, sacredness; impressiveness.
ANT. _Levity, triviality, gaiety, vulgarity; secularity, desecration,
profanity; meaning, unimpressiveness, unimposingness; simplicity._
=Solid.= Hard, sound, real, valid, weighty, profound; compact,
resistant, dense; heavy; strong, firm, stable; substantial;
impenetrable; cubic.
ANT. _Hollow, yielding, soft, resilient, malleable, fluid, flexible,
impressible, liquid; brittle, frail; light, trifling, frivolous;
invalid, weak, fallacious, unsound._
=Solitude.= Loneliness, solitariness, loneness, recluseness,
retiredness; withdrawal, remoteness, destitution, absence; seclusion,
retirement; desertion, retreat, wilderness, desert, privacy, isolation.
ANT. _Populousness, society, popularity, throng, crowd, intercourse,
meeting, convening, populace, multitude._
=Solution.= Disruption, separation, breach; disentanglement,
explanation, clearing up; resolution, disintegration; release,
discharge; solvency; disconnection, discontinuance; key, answer,
elucidation.
ANT. _Union, amalgamation, conjunction, connection, combination,
entanglement, complication; continuity; integration; obscurity,
confusion, perplexity, mystification._
=Soothe.= Soften, allay, compose, tranquilize, pacify; humor, flatter,
please; assuage, calm, mollify, comfort; lull; mitigate, relieve.
ANT. _Rouse, excite, disturb, disquiet; aggravate, displease, scold,
irritate, exasperate, annoy, infuriate; dissatisfy._
=Sordid.= Vile, base, gross; mean, avaricious, covetous, niggardly;
greedy; low, degraded; stingy, close, ungenerous, penurious; illiberal.
ANT. _Pure, noble, honorable, refined; generous, unselfish, liberal,
broad, munificent, uncovetous; prodigal, profuse, lavish; high-minded._
=Soul.= Spirit, life, courage, fire, ardor; vitality, animus; leader,
inspirer; passion, fervor, affection; person; reason, intellect,
emotions; ghost, specter.
ANT. _Lifelessness, soullessness; body; coldness, spiritlessness;
irrationality, unintellectuality._
=Sound=, _n._ Noise, note, tone, report; impulse, vibration.
ANT. _Silence; taciturnity; stillness, hush, lull, muteness._
=Sound=, _a._ Whole, unbroken, unharmed, free, perfect, healthy; firm,
strong, solid, safe; correct, true, orthodox; deep, profound,
undisturbed; right; legal, valid, undefective; entire, thorough,
substantial, irrefutable.
ANT. _Unsound, broken, partial, harmed; imperfect, soft, diseased; weak,
mellow, unsafe; incorrect, untrue, heterodox; light, trivial, fragile;
illegal, illegitimate, invalid, defective; insubstantial, fallacious,
hollow, unfounded._
=Sovereign=, _n._ King, prince, potentate, monarch, emperor; ruler.
ANT. _Subject, peasant, serf._
=Sovereign=, _a._ Supreme, paramount, superior, chief; independent,
unlimited, absolute; controlling, efficacious; princely, royal; primary,
principal, regal, imperial; predominant.
ANT. _Inferior, subordinate, subservient, ministerial, secondary,
subject; popular, menial; inefficient, unefficacious, uncertain, weak._
=Space.= Extension, room; interval, duration, time; capacity, distance,
measure, quantity; boundlessness, illimitableness; immeasurableness,
immensity.
ANT. _Confinement, proximity, limitation, restriction, contiguity,
continuity._
=Spare=, _a._ Scanty, sparing, frugal, wanting, lacking, parsimonious,
needed, chary; superfluous; lean, meager, thin, gaunt.
ANT. _Ample, abundant, profuse, plentiful, liberal, bountiful,
unsparing, unstinted, unrestricted, generous; plump, fat, corpulent,
portly._
=Sparse.= Scattered, sprinkled, infrequent, thin, scanty, meager, few.
ANT. _Dense, thick, plentiful, many, populous, crowded, numerous,
frequent, multitudinous._
=Speak.= Say, talk, tell, utter, discourse, articulate, converse,
express, chat, chatter, enunciate, pronounce; announce, declaim,
declare, deliver.
ANT. _Be mute or dumb; keep silence, be taciturn; suppress; recall._
=Speculation.= Venture; theory, view, notion, conjecture; consideration,
meditation, contemplation, thought, weighing; hypothesis, scheme.
ANT. _Certainty, fact, verity, proof, realization, verification._
=Speech.= Address, discourse, language, speaking, talk, oration,
utterance, sermon, harangue, dissertation, oratory, disquisition.
ANT. _Hush, silence, stillness, taciturnity, speechlessness._
=Spirit.= Life, soul; ghost, specter; fairy, sprite; energy, vivacity,
ardor, courage, enthusiasm; intellectuality; meaning, intent; vapor;
distilled liquid; air, breath; intelligence, immateriality, essence,
disembodiment, apparition; activity, earnestness, zeal; temper,
disposition; principle, motive.
ANT. _Substance, body, corporeity, flesh, frame, materiality,
embodiment, organization; spiritlessness, timidity, lifelessness,
soullessness, deadness, torpor, dejection, slowness._
=Spiritual.= Immaterial, incorporeal, mental, intellectual; holy,
divine, heavenly-minded; ecclesiastical, sacred; moral; religious,
ethical.
ANT. _Carnal, fleshly, material, sensuous; gross; unspiritual._
=Splendid.= Shining, showy, magnificent, sumptuous, pompous;
illustrious, brilliant, famous; gorgeous, grand, glorious; imposing;
superb, heroic, noble.
ANT. _Dull, tame, obscure, tarnished, tawdry, somber, beggarly, gloomy,
poor, ordinary, ineffective, inglorious, insignificant, mean, low._
=Spontaneous.= Free, intentional, voluntary, willing, unbidden,
impulsive, automatic, instinctive, deliberate.
ANT. _Forced, compelled, coerced, unwilling, reluctant._
=Spread=, _v._ Open, unfurl, disperse, distribute, scatter, circulate,
disseminate, dispense; extend, stretch, expand, amplify; divulge,
propagate, publish, diffuse.
ANT. _Collect, condense, contract, furl, gather, close, shut; confine,
suppress, restrict, recall, conceal, hush, localize._
=Spring=, _v._ Leap, bound, jump; shoot, fly, dart, start; emerge; bend,
warp; proceed, issue, result; burst, emanate, flow; rise, originate,
germinate.
ANT. _Settle, alight, arrive, land, drop; end, terminate, debouch,
finish, eventuate._
=Spy.= Scout, emissary, detective.
=Stable=, _a._ Steady, abiding, firm, strong, durable; fixed,
established; constant, resolute, unwavering; secure, stanch, permanent;
solid, lasting, perpetual; immobile, rigid, unmovable.
ANT. _Vacillating, wavering, unsteady, toppling, weak, tottering,
infirm, insecure, precarious, frail, unstable; transient, ephemeral,
evanescent, vanishing, non-durable._
=Stain=, _v._ Blot, spot, sully, tarnish, tinge, tint, color, discolor,
disgrace, dishonor, dye, soil.
ANT. _Preserve inviolate or unspotted._
=Stand=, _v._ Rest, continue upright or erect, be situated or located;
cease, stop, pause, halt; endure, last; maintain, be fixed or steady;
be, consist; agree, accord; endure, sustain, bear; withstand; submit to.
ANT. _Advance, move, proceed, progress; fail, fall, die, depart, run,
yield, succumb, drop; give up, surrender; retaliate, avenge, resent._
=Standard=, _n._ Flag, colors, banner, ensign; criterion, test; support,
frame; model, type, norm; gage, measure, scale; upright; exemplar.
ANT. _Misrule, mismeasurement, misadjustment, misfit, non-criterion._
=State=, _v._ Declare, tell, assert, affirm, asseverate, allege,
testify, assure, swear, set forth, protest, predicate, pronounce,
specify, propound, maintain, inform, express, depose, claim, avow,
avouch, aver, certify.
ANT. _Deny, contradict, controvert, disprove, refute, repudiate, waive,
contravene, dispute, gainsay, oppose, retract._
=Station.= Depot; place, spot, position, stand; office, sphere; state,
rank, condition, occupation, business.
ANT. _Removal, departure; dislodgment, ejection, displacement;
locomotion._
=Stay=, _v._ Stop; prop, hold up, support, sustain; hold, restrain; hold
back, hinder, delay; check; fasten, secure; continue, abide, remain;
dwell, tarry, linger, wait; forbear; rest, depend, rely.
ANT. _Loose, liberate, free; fail, let fall; expedite, speed,
accelerate; proceed, advance, progress, go on; move, depart; oppress,
burden; overthrow._
=Steadfast.= Established, firm; constant, resolute; grounded, rooted,
placed; resolved, unwavering, stanch.
ANT. _Unsteady, unattached; vacillating, wavering, weak, insecure,
irresolute, inconstant, unreliable._
=Steep.= Sharp, sheer, high, precipitous, abrupt.
ANT. _Gradual, level, slight, flat, easy, gentle, horizontal, low._