constrained, affected; unbending, unpliant; starched; formal,
ceremonious, difficult, punctilious, stately; austere, peremptory,
inexorable, uncompromising.
ANT. _Flexible, pliant, unaffected, amenable, easy, yielding, affable,
genial, unceremonious, informal; pliable, malleable; considerate,
compromising._
=Still.= Noiseless; inert, stagnant, serene; motionless, restful, quiet;
silent, calm, soundless, low; hushed, mute, placid, quiescent;
stationary; gentle, soft, mild, pacific, peaceful.
ANT. _Disturbed, agitated, moved, restless; noisy, moving, loud,
resonant, turbulent; unquiet, rough, harsh._
=Stop.= Suppress, discontinue, delay, interrupt; close, obstruct;
arrest, impede; restrain, hinder, repress; cease, halt, stay, tarry;
bar, seal; suspend, end, terminate.
ANT. _Assist, advance, continue, expedite, speed, hasten, promote;
clear, open; improve, push, benefit; progress; facilitate; initiate,
commence, begin._
=Storm.= Agitation, disturbance, tempest.
ANT. _Calm, hush, peace, serenity, stillness, tranquillity, fair
weather._
=Story.= Narrative, legend, anecdote, account, tale, record, recital,
incident, myth, narration, novel, relation.
ANT. _Annals, chronicle, biography, history, memoir._
=Stout.= Corpulent; portly; vigorous, strong, lusty, robust; firm,
resolute, bold; tough; large, bulky; brawny; valiant, courageous,
redoubtable.
ANT. _Thin, slender, weak, lean, frail, feeble, attenuated, emaciated;
timid, irresolute, cowardly._
=Strange.= Outlandish, wonderful, astonishing, marvelous, uncommon,
irregular, queer, odd, eccentric; foreign, new, novel, unusual;
reserved, distant; unfamiliar, unaccustomed, inexperienced.
ANT. _Familiar, usual, common, general, universal, accustomed, ordinary,
home, domestic, regular, customary, habitual, commonplace._
=Strength.= Robustness, toughness, hardness, stoutness, spirit,
lustiness, puissance, authority; force, vigor, power; endurance,
resistance; security, validity; firmness; intensity; virtue; energy,
nerve, sinew, fiber; soundness.
ANT. _Weakness, thinness, frailty, softness, delicacy; imbecility,
feebleness; spiritlessness, impotence, inability; insecurity,
invalidity; wavering._
=Strenuous.= Eager, pressing, urgent; zealous, ardent, earnest; bold,
intrepid; strong, determined, resolute; vigorous, energetic, vehement,
forceful.
ANT. _Weak, irresolute, vacillating, wavering, enervated, undetermined._
=Strong.= Powerful, cogent, muscular; robust, lusty, sinewy, hale,
hearty, vigorous, forceful; enduring, resistant; violent, forcible;
ardent, zealous, vehement, earnest, solid, nourishing; firm; capable,
potent, effective, influential, sound; pungent; hardy, tenacious.
ANT. _Weak, feeble, infirm, sickly, exhausted, debilitated, wanting,
pliant, frail, soft; low, faint; spiritless, foolish; wavering,
impotent, powerless, defenseless, insecure, delicate; unefficacious,
unconvincing, unsatisfactory, unavailing, flaccid, nerveless._
=Stubborn.= Obstinate, inflexible, obdurate, headstrong, harsh,
intractable, firm, contumacious, heady; unbending, unyielding,
persistent, refractory.
ANT. _Yielding, pliant, mild, gentle, docile, tractable, manageable,
flexible, pliable; vacillating, wavering, irresolute, undecided._
=Studious.= Contemplative, observant; sedulous, earnest, diligent;
studied; absorbed, meditative, thoughtful, attentive, pondering,
devoted, musing, cogitative; careful, literary, reflective, assiduous.
ANT. _Illiterate, unliterary, idle, indulgent, careless, inattentive,
thoughtless, negligent, regardless, indifferent._
=Study=, _n._ Application, learning, acquisition, meditation,
contemplation; diligence, consideration, thought, research, endeavor,
knowledge, purpose, intention, attention, concentration.
ANT. _Idleness, dawdling, illiteracy, ease, indifference, indiligence,
negligence, carelessness, unstudiousness, thoughtlessness._
=Stupid.= Simple, insensible, sottish, sluggish, senseless, doltish,
heavy, dull; stolid, insensate, obtuse, prosy.
ANT. _Quick, bright, sharp, intelligent, responsive, clever, sensible,
eager, animated, penetrating._
=Stupidity.= Slowness, dulness, obtuseness, insensibility, sluggishness,
stupor, apathy.
ANT. _Intelligence, animation, brilliancy, acuteness, sensibility,
cleverness, sense, sagacity, quickness, readiness, alertness, keenness._
=Stupor.= Apathy, swoon, torpor, lethargy, coma, fainting,
unconsciousness, stupefaction, asphyxia, swooning, insensibility,
syncope.
=Sublime.= Exalted, lofty, noble, majestic, grand, stately, magnificent,
dignified, elevated, august, pompous, high, eminent, glorious.
ANT. _Low, ignoble, debased, degraded, inglorious, ordinary, mean,
undignified, inconspicuous, unimposing, ridiculous._
=Submissive.= Obedient, compliant, yielding, obsequious, subservient,
humble, modest, passive, docile, acquiescent.
ANT. _Disobedient, haughty, proud, arrogant, unyielding, conceited,
active, rebellious, reluctant, defiant, refractory, resistant._
=Subsidy.= Aid, allowance, gift, bounty, reward, tribute, support,
subvention, pension, bonus, premium, grant, indemnity.
=Substantial.= Real, solid, true, existing, essential; corporeal,
material; strong, stout, resourceful, massive, tangible, bulky;
sensuous.
ANT. _Imaginary, unreal, insubstantial, fictitious, supposititious,
immaterial, weak, chimerical, visionary, spiritual, disembodied,
ghostly._
=Subtle.= Artful, crafty, cunning, shrewd, sly, wily; astute, guileful,
discriminating, insinuating, sophistical.
ANT. _Frank, honest, open, sincere, artless, undiscriminating,
undiscerning, simple, direct, blunt, unsophisticated._
=Subvert.= Destroy, ruin, supplant, suppress, supersede, extinguish,
overthrow, overturn.
ANT. _Conserve, preserve, uphold, sustain, keep, perpetuate._
=Succeed.= Follow, pursue; ensue, result, be subsequent; descend,
devolve; gain, acquire, attain, obtain, achieve, accomplish; supervene;
flourish, prosper, thrive.
ANT. _Precede, anticipate, antecede; fail, deteriorate, be lacking,
lose, miss, disappoint, be deficient in; decline, wane, decay._
=Succession.= Succeeding, series, sequence, order; lineage, descent;
following, continuity, consecution, rotation, regularity.
ANT. _Antecedence, precedence, anticipation, forerunning, prevention;
disorder, irregularity, non-sequence, intermission, gap, failure,
inconsecutiveness._
=Sudden.= Unexpected, unusual, abrupt, unlooked for, hasty,
unanticipated, unforeseen, unprovided for; rash, quick, heedless,
reckless.
ANT. _Anticipated, foreseen, expected; slow, gradual, transitional,
moderate; wary, cautious, careful, provident._
=Suffer.= Support, sustain, tolerate, permit; allow, let, grant, consent
to; endure, bear, submit to, undergo, be affected by, experience.
ANT. _Resist, rebel, repel, withstand; forbid, disallow, refuse, reject,
expel, repudiate; fight, antagonize, challenge._
=Sufficient.= Competent, satisfactory, full, ample; equal, adequate,
enough; qualified, capable, responsible; efficient; adapted, fitted.
ANT. _Inadequate, incompetent, unsatisfactory, lacking, wanting,
unequal, unfit, incapable, unqualified, insufficient, unsuited, meager,
short, deficient, scanty._
=Suggestion.= Hint, innuendo, intimation, insinuation, implication.
=Suitable.= Proper, competent, correspondent, consonant, compatible,
congruous, consistent; fitting, accordant, becoming, adapted; seemly,
appropriate, agreeable, convenient; harmonious, uniform; homogeneous.
ANT. _Improper, divergent, incompetent, incompatible, dissonant,
incongruous, inconsistent, unfit, discordant, unbecoming; unseemly,
inappropriate, inconvenient; unharmonious, different, heterogeneous._
=Sum.= Aggregate, quantity, magnitude, amount; compendium, substance,
gist; height, completion; total, whole, computation; example, problem;
collection; drift, bearing.
ANT. _Part, portion, half, fraction, item, particular; incompleteness,
imperfection, discrepancy; article, detail, fragment, component,
constituent, element._
=Superb.= Grand, magnificent, august, stately; rich, elegant; showy,
excellent; princely, gorgeous, splendid; proud.
ANT. _Mean, shabby, poor, undignified, dingy; meager; tawdry,
impoverished; ordinary, common; humble, plain, unimposing._
=Superior.= Elevated, higher, upper; surpassing, greater; preëminent,
excellent, ascendent, predominant, prevalent, advantageous, beneficial.
ANT. _Inferior, lower, worse, deeper, meaner, subordinate, lesser,
mediocre, ordinary, average, common, unremarkable, inconspicuous,
detrimental, disadvantageous; declining, deteriorating._
=Supernatural.= Miraculous, preternatural, superhuman.
ANT. _Common, natural, ordinary, commonplace, everyday, usual._
=Supple.= Pliant, flexible, bending; fawning, soft; yielding, compliant,
submissive; flattering, obsequious, subservient, servile, cringing,
adulatory; lithe, limber, elastic.
ANT. _Firm, stiff, unyielding, obstinate, inflexible, hard, dominant,
domineering; abusive, scolding, tyrannous; unbending, stubborn,
independent, self-assertive, supercilious, arrogant, haughty._
=Support.= Maintain, sustain, uphold, cherish, keep, bear, prop, carry,
tolerate, hold up, keep up.
ANT. _Demolish, abandon, betray, destroy, drop, desert, wreck, break
down, cast down, overthrow, let go, throw down._
=Suppose.= Deem, guess, imagine, think, conjecture, surmise.
ANT. _Conclude, ascertain, discover, prove, know, be sure._
=Suppress.= Repress, subdue, restrain, overthrow, quell, overwhelm,
conceal, stifle, smother, stop; overpower, extinguish, destroy.
ANT. _Excite, fan, increase, augment, strengthen, raise, aggravate;
publish, promulgate, advertise, spread, disseminate; intensify._
=Sure.= Unfailing, infallible, permanent, steady, stable, strong,
indisputable, confident, positive, firm; certain, safe, secure, assured,
believing, trusting, unquestioning; abiding, fast.
ANT. _Insecure, fallible, unsteady, inconstant, wavering, indeterminate,
dubitable, uncertain, questionable, impermanent, doubtful, hesitating,
distrustful, precarious, disputable, loose._
=Surrender.= Abandon, give over, relinquish, resign, waive, yield,
alienate, capitulate, cede, let go, sacrifice, give one’s self up.
ANT. _Resist, withstand, oppose, thwart, baffle; die._
=Suspense.= Uncertainty, expectation, apprehension, anxiety,
indetermination, indecision; solicitude, intermission, protraction,
abeyance, doubt; pause, stop.
ANT. _Decision, settlement, determination, finality, execution;
achievement, termination, accomplishment, end; uninterruption,
continuance, continuity, regularity, sequence._
=Sustenance.= Subsistence, food, provision, maintenance, support;
supplies, aliment, nutriment, nourishment; livelihood, living,
nutrition, sustentation.
ANT. _Starvation, want, indigence, poverty, hunger, lack, thirst,
inanition, exhaustion; non-subsistence, non-support._
=Sweet.= Sugary, saccharine, dulcet, luscious; agreeable, pleasing,
fragrant, soft, melodious; beautiful, mild, fair; fresh; amiable,
winning; wholesome.
ANT. _Sour, bitter, sharp, acid; discordant, inharmonious, dissonant;
disagreeable, displeasing; fetid, malodorous; plain, homely; stale,
unwholesome, spoiled; offensive, repulsive, unlovely._
=Swift.= Quick, fleet, speedy, expeditious, rapid, prompt; accelerated,
nimble, alert, ready, headlong, eager, fast.
ANT. _Slow, tardy, delaying, late, unready, laggard, deliberate, sedate,
reluctant, lingering, lazy, loitering, inactive, sluggish,
inexpeditious._
=Symmetry.= Proportion, grace, conformity, uniformity, similarity,
regularity, shapeliness, harmony, agreement; comeliness.
ANT. _Disproportion, disharmony, incongruity, irregularity,
disagreement, disparity, shapelessness; interdisparity._
=Sympathy.= Pity, compassion, commiseration, tenderness, condolence;
fellow-feeling; agreement, conformity, reciprocity; congeniality.
ANT. _Antipathy, harshness, antagonism, unkindness, coldness,
mercilessness, pitilessness._
=Synonymous.= Similar, correspondent, like, identical, interchangeable,
alike, same, corresponding, synonymic, equivalent.
ANT. _Antonymic._
=System.= Order, mode, method, regularity, rule, manner.
ANT. _Confusion, chaos, disorder, derangement, irregularity,
disarrangement._
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=Tacit.= Silent, implied, granted, unexpressed, understood, implicit.
ANT. _Mentioned, expressed, explicit, declared._
=Taciturn.= Mute, silent, speechless, reserved, close, dumb,
uncommunicative, reticent.
ANT. _Communicative, free, garrulous, loquacious, talkative,
unreserved._
=Take.= Lay hold, seize, grasp, obtain; capture, fasten on; attack;
gain, captivate, charm; choose, turn to; employ, use, demand, require;
copy, delineate; assume, adopt; acquire; engage in, indulge in; carry,
convey, conduct; remove, withdraw, deduct; acknowledge, accept; receive,
admit; partake of, swallow; undertake, clear; tolerate, endure;
consider, interpret, suppose; receive, submit to, bear.
ANT. _Drop, reject, abandon, surrender, miss, lose, repel, refuse,
decline, repulse, spurn._
=Talent.= Ability, gift, endowment, genius, faculty; capacity,
cleverness, aptitude, forte.
ANT. _Inability, ineptitude, incompetence, imbecility, stupidity._
=Tangible.= Perceptible, tactile, palpable; apprehensible, evident,
manifest, clear; material, substantial, sensible, obvious.
ANT. _Impalpable, spiritual, intangible, incorporeal, immaterial,
incomprehensible._
=Tart.= Sharp, acid, sour; keen, severe; harsh, caustic, petulant,
acrimonious.
ANT. _Gentle, mild, genial, kindly, polite; mellow, sweet._
=Taste=, _n._ Savor, relish, flavor, sensibility, judgment; discernment,
nicety, perception, zest, choice, elegancy, refinement.
ANT. _Disrelish, insipidity, ill-savor, coarseness, indelicacy,
non-perception, indiscrimination._
=Tasteful.= Delicate, artistic, elegant, dainty, esthetic, exquisite,
fastidious, fine, chaste, nice, tasty, delicious, esthetical.
ANT. _Coarse, rough, rude, harsh, hideous, clumsy, disgusting, deformed,
displeasing, fulsome, gaudy, grotesque, distasteful, horrid, inartistic,
inharmonious, meretricious, offensive, ragged, tawdry._
=Taunt=, _v._ Ridicule, mock, jeer, deride, revile, flout, scoff, scorn,
insult; reproach, rebuke, censure.
ANT. _Compliment, flatter, approve of, congratulate._
=Teach.= Discipline, instruct, tutor, school, train, educate, enlighten,
drill, inculcate, give lessons, give instructions, indoctrinate, inform,
initiate, instill, nurture.
ANT. _Learn, study, practice, investigate, experiment, try, develop,
receive, drink in, acquire, attain, imbibe, understand, glean, gather,
collect._
=Tedious.= Wearisome, fatiguing, irksome, tiresome; prolix, dull, slow,
monotonous, tiring, trying.
ANT. _Interesting, exciting, amusing, charming, delightful, stirring,
bright, entertaining._
=Tell.= Enumerate, communicate, impart, reveal, disclose, report,
acquaint, repeat, rehearse, discover; count, number, reckon, recount;
narrate, divulge; inform, teach; order, command, request.
=Temerity.= Audacity, foolhardiness, rashness, presumption,
recklessness, hardihood, hastiness, heedlessness, precipitation,
overconfidence, precipitancy, venturesomeness.
ANT. _Care, caution, hesitation, cowardice, timidity, wariness,
circumspection._
=Temporal.= Transient, fleeting, transitory, temporary; terrestrial,
worldly, secular, mundane.
ANT. _Eternal, permanent, everlasting; religious, spiritual._
=Tendency.= Proneness, drift, aim, disposition; direction, course;
influence; inclination, leaning, bent, bias; proclivity, aptitude,
propensity, liability.
ANT. _Aversion, repulsion, repugnance; opposition, reluctance,
divergence, tangency, deviation._
=Tender.= Effeminate, soft, sensitive, compassionate, humane, kind,
merciful, pitiful, dear, delicate; gentle, mild, susceptible.
ANT. _Hard, pitiless, callous, careless, heedless, rough, coarse,
unkind, inhuman, unmerciful, unfeeling; hardy, strong, sturdy._
=Tension.= Strain, stretch, effort, stretching, tensity, tenseness,
rigor, severity, harshness, stiffness, tightness.
ANT. _Relaxation, release, relief, laxity, slackness, looseness._
=Term.= Boundary, limit; expression, phrase, word, name; member,
condition, denomination.
=Termination.= Limit, end, conclusion, bound, result; completion,
consequence, effect; fulfilment, consummation, accomplishment,
achievement, finis, finality, exit, issue.
ANT. _Beginning, initiation, inception, commencement, rise, start,
origin, source, cause, process, course._
=Terrible.= Terrific, fearful, horrible, shocking, awful; dreadful,
formidable, frightful; tremendous; astounding, startling.
ANT. _Insignificant, amusing, pleasing; unastonishing._
=Terse.= Concise, pithy, succinct, short, brief, laconic, compact,
sententious, condensed, compendious, neat.
ANT. _Long, lengthy, tedious, wordy, diffuse, prolix, verbose._
=Testimony.= Affirmation, certification, deposition, proof, evidence,
witness, affidavit, attestation, oath.
ANT. _Demonstration._
=Theory.= Hypothesis, speculation; doctrine, conjecture, explanation;
assumption, scheme, postulate, plan; science, philosophy; exposition,
rationale; supposition.
ANT. _Fact, truth, verity, actuality._
=Therefore.= Consequently, then, hence, thence, whence, wherefore,
accordingly.
ANT. _Because, as for, inasmuch as, since._
=Thick.= Dense, close, compact, solid, coarse, gross; muddy, turbid,
misty; crowded, abundant; indistinct; dull; numerous; inarticulate.
ANT. _Thin, rare, sparse, infrequent; pure, limpid, crystalline, clear,
distinct, incompact, shallow, articulate._
=Think.= Cogitate, contemplate; remember, reflect, muse, meditate,
ponder, consider, deliberate, judge, conclude, believe; purpose, intend,
design, mean; presume, venture; imagine, apprehend.
ANT. _Guess, hazard; dream, idle, stargaze, wander, rove._
=Thought.= Imagination, fancy, conceit, notion, consideration,
supposition, contemplation, deliberation; reflection, cogitation,
meditation, conception, solicitude, care, concern; reasoning; idea,
opinion, concept, judgment, purpose, intention, provision.
ANT. _Thoughtlessness, giddiness, carelessness, inconsideration,
dreaminess, dulness, stupidity, rashness, impulsiveness; vacuity, dream,
hallucination, aberration._
=Threat.= Menace, denunciation, threatening, intimidation.
ANT. _Promise, encouragement, allurement, enticement; anticipation._
=Thrifty.= Economical, saving, careful; sparing, frugal, industrious,
prosperous, thriving; provident, foresighted.
ANT. _Wasteful, prodigal, uneconomical, lavish, spendthrift,
extravagant; slack, lazy; improvident, unprepared._
=Throng.= Concourse, crowd, host, jam, mass, multitude, press.
ANT. _Solitude; wilderness, desert, waste._
=Tidings.= Message, information, intelligence, news, rumor, report,
advices, announcement.
ANT. _Suppression, censorship, misinformation, canard._
=Time.= Epoch, era, period, date, age, eon, season, term, while,
succession, sequence, duration.
=Timid.= Fearful, timorous, cowardly, afraid, pusillanimous,
faint-hearted, shrinking, retiring, shy; diffident, bashful.
ANT. _Bold, confident, venturesome, courageous, adventurous, heedless._
=Tip.= Incline, lean, list, slant, slope, tilt, cant, careen, dip, heel
over.
=Tire.= Exhaust, fag, weary, fatigue, jade, harass, wear out.
ANT. _Refresh, recreate, rest, relax, relieve, repose, restore,
invigorate._
=Title.= Epithet, name, appellation, designation, cognomen,
denomination; address, inscription, heading, style.
ANT. _Nondescript, namelessness._
=Together.= With, in company, associated, conjoined, unitedly,
simultaneously, contemporaneously, coincidently.
ANT. _Separately, variously, independently._
=Toil.= Labor, drudgery, work, exertion, employment, occupation, task,
travail.
ANT. _Rest, relaxation, recreation, ease; amusement, pleasure,
enjoyment, fun._
=Tolerable.= Endurable, bearable, supportable; passable, medium,
ordinary, mediocre, indifferent.
ANT. _Intolerable, unendurable, insufferable, unbearable,
insupportable._
=Tool.= Appliance, implement, apparatus, mechanism, utensil, machine,
weapon.
=Topic.= Head, division, motion, point, proposition, question, issue,
subject, theme, matter.
=Torment.= Pain, misery, agony, anguish, torture, distress.
ANT. _Enjoyment, pleasure, comfort, ease, gratification, delight._
=Total=, _a._ Whole, entire, full, absolute, complete, undivided.
ANT. _Partial, imperfect, incomplete, divided, fractional, sectional._
=Trace.= Mark, remains, sign, vestige, track, token, trail, footmark,
footprint, footstep, impression, memorial, remnant.
=Trade.= Profession, occupation, office, calling, avocation, employment,
commerce, dealing, traffic.
ANT. _Stagnation, inactivity, dulness, embargo; leisure, vacation,
idleness, vacancy._
=Tragedy.= Mournful drama; catastrophe, calamity, adversity, disaster,
affliction.
ANT. _Comedy, happiness, mirthful drama, prosperity, luck, good
fortune._
=Traitor.= Betrayer, turncoat, renegade, rebel, deceiver, apostate;
insurgent, deserter, mutineer.
ANT. _Patriot, adherent, defender, supporter._
=Tranquil.= Quiet, calm, undisturbed, peaceful, unagitated; unruffled,
composed, poised, collected, cool.
ANT. _Agitated, excited, uneasy, anxious, troubled, restless._
=Transact.= Conduct, carry on, perform, act, accomplish, do, negotiate,
treat.
ANT. _Leave alone, rest, stop, refrain, desist, cease._
=Transaction.= Business, action, deed, proceeding, doing, affair, act,
negotiation, performance.
ANT. _Inactivity, quiescence, rest, neglect, inaction, passivity._
=Transgression.= Infringement, misdemeanor, misdeed, affront; violation,
breach, fault, crime, offense, sin.
ANT. _Innocence, guiltlessness; purity, righteousness; observance,
obedience, fulfilment._
=Transient.= Fleeting, temporary, transitory, ephemeral, evanescent,
brief, flitting, flying, momentary, passing, fugitive, short.
ANT. _Permanent, perpetual, lasting, enduring, abiding, immortal,
everlasting, unfading, undying, persistent, eternal, imperishable._
=Transparent.= Translucent, pellucid, clear, lucid; diaphanous; open,
porous; crystalline, limpid, bright; perspicuous.
ANT. _Opaque, thick, turbid; mysterious, questionable, dubious._
=Travel.= Go, pass, journey, migrate, move, traverse, wander, roam.
ANT. _Dwell, reside, stay, remain, settle._
=Treasure.= Wealth, abundance, plenty; money, jewels, cash, valuables,
hoard, riches, bullion; reserve.
ANT. _Refuse, trash, offal; dregs, trifles._