convention, contract.
ANT. _Neutrality, non-interference, non-intervention._
=Tremendous.= Frightful, terrific, horrible, awful; fearful, appalling,
alarming, horrifying, dreadful.
ANT. _Unappalling, inconsiderable, unimposing._
=Trial.= Attempt, endeavor, essay; effort, exertion; experience, proof,
test; examination, experiment; criterion, ordeal, assay; temptation,
trouble, affliction, distress, grief, suffering, tribulation.
ANT. _Non-attempt; ease, facility; acceptance; oversight, disregard;
trifle, triviality._
=Trick.= Stratagem, wile, fraud, cheat, juggle, finesse, sleight;
deception, imposture, delusion, imposition; artifice, machination,
contrivance, legerdemain.
ANT. _Exposure, revelation, examination; blunder, botch, bungling,
fumbling, maladroitness, mishap; genuineness, artlessness,
openhandedness._
=Triumph.= Success, conquest, victory; ovation, celebration, jubilee,
jubilation, exultation; achievement, attainment.
ANT. _Defeat, failure, disappointment, discomfiture, abortion,
baffling._
=Trouble.= Affliction, sorrow, disturbance, perplexity, vexation,
molestation, annoyance, inconvenience, calamity, misfortune, adversity,
misery; tribulation, distress, disaster, torment, difficulty, anxiety.
ANT. _Blessing, peace, composure, alleviation, appeasement, pleasure,
fortune, boon, affluence, happiness, joy, success, gladness, ease,
facility, amusement, recreation._
=True.= Correct, accurate, precise, exact; unwavering, faithful, loyal;
actual, pure, real, genuine; veritable.
ANT. _Untrue, false, fictitious, unreliable, incorrect, inaccurate,
inexact; vacillating, disloyal, faithless; counterfeit, impure, unreal,
factitious, untrustworthy, adulterated, spurious, fickle, treacherous._
=Trust=, _n._ Confidence, belief, expectation, faith, hope; reliance.
ANT. _Doubt, misgiving, distrust, skepticism, suspense; despair._
=Truth.= Fact, reality, fidelity, conformity, exactness; steadfastness;
veracity, verity; accuracy, precision, faithfulness.
ANT. _Falsehood, falsity, lie, untruth, fabrication, fiction; fallacy,
mistake, sophism._
=Tumult.= Ferment, disturbance, turbulence, disorder, bluster, hubbub,
bustle, brawl, riot; excitement, distraction, confusion, turmoil, noise.
ANT. _Peace, order, orderliness, pacification, quiet, subsidence._
=Turn=, _n._ Revolution; alteration, vicissitude; winding, bending,
meandering; stroll; succession, alternation; chance, occasion;
convenience, purpose, exigence; form, cast, shape, manner, fashion;
rotation, recurrence; opportunity; deed, office, treatment, act;
tendency, talent, gift; crisis.
ANT. _Fixity, unchangeableness, immobility, uniformity, stability,
continuity; independence; malformation, shapelessness._
=Turn=, _v._ Revolve, reverse, deflect, change; divert, transfer, use,
employ, apply, devote; alter, metamorphose, transform, convert; shape,
mold, adapt; whirl; hinge, depend; eventuate, issue, terminate.
ANT. _Stick, stop, remain; adhere, hold to; persist, continue;
stabilitate, perpetuate, arrest, stereotype._
=Tutor.= Teacher, instructor, professor, preceptor, master, savant,
guardian, governor.
ANT. _Pupil, student, novice, disciple, scholar, ward, learner._
=Twist=, _v._ Contort, writhe, convolve; pervert, distort; wind,
wreathe; insinuate; encircle.
ANT. _Straighten, untwist, rectify, unwind, disentangle, unravel;
verify, substantiate._
=Type.= Mark, stamp, sign, emblem; style, semblance; representation,
similitude, figure, symbol, token; character, pattern, archetype, model,
norm; cast, mold, fashion.
ANT. _Caricature, monstrosity, abnormity; falsification, deviation;
misrepresentation._
U
=Ubiquity.= Omnipresence; universal presence, all-pervasiveness.
ANT. _Localization, limitation._
=Ugly.= Loathsome, unsightly, repulsive; ill-natured, quarrelsome;
unpleasant; plain, ordinary, homely, hideous, frightful; cross, vicious.
ANT. _Attractive, handsome, fair, pleasant, agreeable, beautiful,
shapely, comely; lovely, kindly, good-natured, gentle._
=Ultimate.= Final, last, conclusive, farthest, extreme, most remote;
elemental.
ANT. _Initial, nearest, beginning, primary._
=Un-.= A prefix meaning _not_ or _without_, or simply intensive, which
is prefixed to nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and the participles of verbs.
Words whose meaning is simply that of the root word with negative or
intensive emphasis are omitted here, and their synonyms and antonyms may
be formed from those of the root word.
=Unction.= Anointing, ointment; power, fervor, animation, fervency,
ardor, enthusiasm, energy, spirit, emotion.
ANT. _Tameness, perfunctoriness, coldness, lifelessness._
=Unctuous.= Fatty, oily, greasy; bland, suave, tender, fervid;
obsequious, fawning, servile, sycophantic.
ANT. _Blunt, brush, abrupt; cynical, sarcastic; harsh, unmannerly,
uncomplimentary._
=Under-.= A prefix meaning _beneath_ or _below_. Words whose meaning is
simply that of the root word with the meaning of the prefix added are
omitted in this place, and their synonyms and antonyms may be formed in
many cases from those of the root word.
=Under=, _prep._ Below, beneath, underneath.
ANT. _Above, upon, over._
=Understand.= Know, comprehend; learn, be informed, hear; recognize,
interpret; imply, assume; apprehend, discern, see, perceive, conceive,
penetrate.
ANT. _Misunderstand, miscomprehend, misinterpret; declare, state;
express, inform._
=Understanding.= Sense, intelligence, conception, perception,
discernment, knowledge, intuition, cognition, reason; interpretation;
mind, brains.
ANT. _Insensibility, stupidity, dulness, obtuseness, senselessness,
slowness, irrationality, sluggishness, ignorance, unintelligence._
=Undertake.= Engage, enter, set about, attempt; covenant, contract;
guarantee, promise, affirm; project, commence; stipulate.
ANT. _Abandon, drop, desist, discontinue, decline; complete, finish,
end, terminate._
=Undertaking.= Enterprise, engagement, attempt, adventure, business,
effort, endeavor; experiment, venture, interest, affair, matter,
concern.
ANT. _Leisure, inactivity; recreation._
=Undulation.= Waving motion; vibration; wavy outline; pulsation;
oscillation, swelling; wave, ripple.
ANT. _Equilibrium; arrestation, standing; plain, tableland._
=Uniform.= Unchanging, equable, consistent, homogeneous; consonant;
regular, constant, invariable, steady; similar, unvaried, alike.
ANT. _Heterogeneous, variable, varying, diverse; irregular,
inconsistent, erratic, eccentric, unsymmetrical._
=Union.= Unity, connection, concord, combination, confederacy, alliance;
coalition, conjunction; harmony, concert, agreement; league,
confederation, consolidation; oneness, juncture, unification.
ANT. _Disconnection, separation, disjunction, disunion, divorce,
severance, analysis, dissociation, contrariety, decomposition, division,
schism, partition, discord, disagreement, secession, disruption;
multiplication, diversification._
=Unique.= Sole, only, unmatched, unequalled, unparalleled, singular,
peculiar, exceptional, rare.
ANT. _Common, universal, everyday, commonplace, ordinary, familiar,
vulgar, mean._
=Unison.= Harmony, agreement, concord, union, accordance.
ANT. _Discord, variance, disagreement, divergence._
=Unit.= Oneness, unity; one; integral; item, individual.
ANT. _Sum, mass, total, aggregate, whole, collection._
=Unite.= Add, join, attach, annex; combine, connect; agree, harmonize,
associate, coalesce; incorporate, consolidate, amalgamate, blend,
embody, merge, concur, coöperate, league, confederate.
ANT. _Disjoin, sever, separate, divide, resolve, disconnect;
disintegrate, dissociate, sunder, diverge; multiply, split, disrupt._
=Unity.= Oneness, concord, conjunction, agreement, junction, uniformity,
harmony, union; singleness, unanimity.
ANT. _Separation, disunion, disconnection, division, disagreement,
divorce._
=Universal.= General, unlimited, all-reaching; total, whole, entire;
catholic, common; comprehensive, exhaustive, complete.
ANT. _Specific, special, individual, particular, limited, local,
partial, exclusive, exceptional._
=Up-.= A prefix giving the idea of elevation or an intensive value.
Words whose meaning is derived quite simply from that of the root plus
that of the prefix are omitted here. Their synonyms and antonyms may be
readily formed from those of the root word.
=Upbraid.= Reproach, censure, blame, condemn; taunt, chide, reprove.
ANT. _Approve, commend, praise, eulogize, compliment, applaud._
=Upon.= On; about, concerning; with, immediately after, forthwith.
ANT. _Under, beneath, below; before, after, without._
=Upper.= Higher, superior, on top.
ANT. _Lower, inferior, below, beneath._
=Upright.= Erect, perpendicular, vertical; honest, just, honorable,
conscientious, virtuous, good, faithful, true, trustworthy.
ANT. _Inclined, slanted; inverted; unprincipled, dishonest,
unscrupulous, corrupt, unconscientious._
=Uproar.= Tumult, disturbance, confusion, bustle, clamor, commotion,
turmoil, racket, noise, din.
ANT. _Peace, calm, quiet, silence, order, tranquillity._
=Urbane.= Courteous, polite, refined, suave, elegant; civil, polished.
ANT. _Discourteous, uncivil, unrefined, impolite, rude, boorish._
=Urge.= Animate, instigate, stimulate, encourage, arouse; impel, press,
drive; beseech, entreat, importune; goad, spur, incite; hasten,
accelerate, expedite.
ANT. _Hold back, hinder, obstruct, prevent, retard, inhibit, restrain;
defy, challenge, dare; oppose, object._
=Urgent.= Urging, pressing, importunate, immediate, important,
imperative, grave, momentous, serious, cogent, solicitous, critical,
emergency, necessitous.
ANT. _Trivial, insignificant, unimportant, immaterial, inconsiderable._
=Usage.= Custom, wont, habit, use; mode, method, manners, behavior;
practice, procedure; fashion.
=Use.= Employment, application, occasion, necessity, usefulness,
utility; practice, usage, custom, manner, habit; service, advantage;
profit, avail, need; benefit.
ANT. _Uselessness, misapplication, superfluousness, worthlessness,
disuse, non-observance, desuetude._
=Useful.= Advantageous, profitable, serviceable, beneficial; fruitful,
effectual, suitable, effective, adapted, helpful, good, convenient,
valuable, available.
ANT. _Useless, profitless, unprofitable, valueless, unserviceable,
fruitless, inconducive, ineffectual, unavailing, retarding, hindering,
preventive, obstructive, cumbersome, burdensome, unusable._
=Usual.= Familiar, frequent, ordinary, regular, wonted, prevalent,
accustomed, common, customary, everyday, general, normal, habitual,
prevailing, public.
ANT. _Exceptional, infrequent, extraordinary, strange, uncommon,
unparalleled, unusual, out-of-the-way, singular, rare._
=Usurp.= Arrogate, assume, appropriate, seize.
ANT. _Inherit, accept, receive._
=Utility.= Profit, expediency, use, usefulness, avail, benefit,
advantage, service, usableness.
ANT. _Futility, inutility, inadequacy, inexpediency, uselessness, folly,
impolicy, disadvantage, worthlessness, unprofitableness._
=Utmost.= Farthest, extreme, remotest, last, most distant; uttermost;
greatest.
ANT. _Nearest, next; least._
=Utter=, _v._ Issue, deliver, liberate, discharge; circulate, pass;
express, publish, disclose, speak, pronounce; promulgate.
ANT. _Suppress, recall, check, stifle, hush, repress; retract, disavow._
=Utter=, _a._ Complete, perfect, total, entire, absolute; peremptory,
unconditional, unqualified; thorough.
ANT. _Imperfect, incomplete; conditioned, qualified; partial._
=Utterly.= Fully, totally, thoroughly.
ANT. _Partially, imperfectly, specifically._
V
=Vacancy.= Emptiness; leisure, intermission, idleness; vacuum; chasm,
gap; interval; vacuity, space, void.
ANT. _Fulness, plethora, repletion; business, occupation, employment._
=Vacant.= Blank, empty, void, unoccupied, waste, unemployed, untenanted,
vacuous, unfilled, devoid, unencumbered, disengaged, idle, uncrowded;
inane, silly; free; thoughtless, unreflective; abandoned; inane;
leisure; unmeaning.
ANT. _Full, filled, occupied, replenished, diligent, busy, engaged,
employed; reflective, thoughtful, meaningful; brimful, busy, crammed,
inhabited, packed, replete, brimmed, overflowing, brimming, jammed,
gorged, crowded._
=Vacate.= Empty, make vacant, quit, resign, surrender; annul, abrogate,
cancel, invalidate, abscind, abolish, overrule, neutralize.
ANT. _Fill, occupy, employ, hold, retain, substantiate._
=Vacation.= Interval, intermission, holidays, rest, leisure.
ANT. _Worktime, term, business._
=Vacillate.= Fluctuate, waver, be unsteady, stagger, reel, sway, rock,
hesitate, be inconstant, dubitate.
ANT. _Adhere, abide, determine, be steadfast, stay._
=Vacillation.= Wavering, fluctuating, swaying, reeling, rocking,
fluctuation, hesitation, inconstancy, unsteadiness.
ANT. _Steadiness, firmness, inflexibility, determination._
=Vacuity.= Emptiness, vacancy, void, vacuum; inanity, nihility,
inanition, unreality; space.
ANT. _Fulness, bulk, matter, substance; occupation, actuality, reality;
contents._
=Vagabond.= Wanderer, vagrant, tramp, rascal; outcast, loafer, nomad,
idler, beggar, rogue.
ANT. _Worker, laborer._
=Vagary.= Whim, freak, crotchet, whimsicality, caprice, fancy.
ANT. _Purpose, idea, determination, judgment, seriousness, conviction._
=Vagrant=, _a._ Wandering, erratic, unsettled, strolling, itinerant,
roving, sauntering, nomadic.
ANT. _Domestic, local, established, resident, abiding, dwelling._
=Vague.= Unsettled, undetermined, indefinite, ambiguous, lax, uncertain,
dim, doubtful, obscure, indistinct, unfixed, general, intangible,
equivocal, pointless; unwarranted, unauthorized.
ANT. _Determined, limited, strict, specific, pointed, definite,
distinct, scientific, settled, clear, fixed, manifest, perspicuous._
=Vain.= Futile, trivial, vapid, visionary, worthless, abortive,
unsatisfying, fruitless, empty, deceitful, baseless, delusive, bootless,
idle, ineffectual, shadowy, trifling, unserviceable, unsubstantial,
profitless, inconstant, unprofitable, null, nugatory, unavailing,
unimportant, unreal; showy, useless; conceited, arrogant, ostentatious.
ANT. _Adequate, solid, useful, effective, powerful, worthy, important,
sufficient, serviceable, potent, competent, advantageous, beneficial,
efficient, expedient, profitable, real, sound, substantial, valid,
valuable, essential, cogent, availing, satisfactory, modest._
=Valediction.= Farewell, valedictory, leave-taking, adieu.
ANT. _Salutation, welcome, hail, reception, recognition._
=Valiant.= Strong, powerful, intrepid, courageous, brave, valorous,
heroic, gallant, chivalrous, daring, dauntless, bold, fearless,
redoubtable, undaunted, stout-hearted.
ANT. _Timid, cowardly, fearful, timorous, recreant, craven._
=Valid.= Sound, good, justified, trustworthy, well-grounded,
efficacious, weighty, powerful, efficient, conclusive, logical, solid,
cogent, important, grave, substantial, sufficient.
ANT. _Weak, invalid, null, void, unsound, baseless, fallacious,
unfounded, untrue; unavailable, inoperative, superseded._
=Validity.= Soundness, justness, efficacy, force, weight, cogency,
importance.
ANT. _Weakness, impotency, ineffectiveness, lightness, futility._
=Valor.= Bravery, courage, prowess, intrepidity, heroism, boldness,
daring.
ANT. _Timidity, fearfulness, cowardice, pusillanimity._
=Valuable.= Worthy, estimable, costly, precious, expensive, useful,
dear, serviceable.
ANT. _Worthless, valueless, cheap, inexpensive, silly, useless,
trifling, trivial._
=Value=, _n._ Worth, utility, desirability, importance, power; import,
signification; esteem, regard, excellence; price, cost, equivalent.
ANT. _Cheapness, reduction, depreciation._
=Value=, _v._ Compute, esteem, respect, regard; be worth, rate,
appraise, estimate; appreciate, prize, treasure, account.
ANT. _Cheapen, reduce, contemn, despise, undervalue, underestimate;
disregard, disesteem, misprize._
=Vanish.= Disappear, fade, pass away, dissolve, melt away, be
annihilated.
ANT. _Appear, approach, be manifest, loom up, arrive._
=Vanity.= Pride, conceit; unreality, worthlessness, emptiness;
hollowness, triviality, futility, unsubstantiality, falsity; egoism,
self-sufficiency; show, ostentation.
ANT. _Reality, truth, worth; simplicity; modesty, humility,
self-distrust; substance, solidity._
=Vanquish.= Conquer, overcome, subdue, defeat, surmount, confute,
silence; subjugate, overthrow, master, foil, discomfit, quell; disprove,
confound.
ANT. _Succumb, yield, fail._
=Vapid.= Dead, spiritless, flat, insipid, dull, unanimated; tasteless,
stale, tame; languid, prosaic, feeble, prosy.
ANT. _Pungent, spirited, animated, pithy, trenchant._
=Vapor=, _n._ Fume, steam, reek, exhalation, smoke, fog, mist; vagary,
phantom, whim, dream, vision; flatulence; fantasy.
ANT. _Inhalation, absorption._
=Variable.= Changeable, fickle, inconstant, mutable, shifting, unsteady,
vacillating, wavering, fluctuating, versatile, capricious.
ANT. _Unchanging, immutable, constant, firm, unwavering, steady,
invariable, unalterable._
=Variance.= Variation, dissension, disagreement, discord, difference,
alteration, strife; hostility, antagonism, discrepancy, estrangement.
ANT. _Harmony, agreement, assimilation, reconciliation, accommodation,
peace._
=Variation.= Modification, alteration, mutation, change, diversity,
vicissitude, variety, deviation; departure, difference, discrepancy.
ANT. _Fixity, harmony, continuance, uniformity, rule, law, agreement._
=Variegated.= Streaked, dappled, particolored, diversified, varied,
checkered, figured, mottled.
ANT. _Unspotted, spotless, speckless._
=Variety.= Diversity, difference, assortment, species, class,
multifariousness, medley, miscellany, multiplicity, kind.
ANT. _Type, species, specimen, uniformity._
=Various.= Different, diverse, several, manifold, changeable, uncertain,
inconstant, variable, variegated, sundry, diversified.
ANT. _Identical, few, same, uniform, similar, single._
=Varnish=, _v._ Gloss, palliate, conceal, cover, embellish, disguise,
lacquer, extenuate, excuse, mitigate, glaze over.
ANT. _Simplify, divest; reveal, bare, manifest._
=Vary.= Alter, change, modify, alternate, diversify, variegate, differ,
deviate, depart, be diverse, swerve, disagree, transform, metamorphose.
ANT. _Stereotype, perpetuate; conform, assimilate, harmonize._
=Vast.= Spacious, huge, immense, great, mighty, transcendent,
measureless, boundless, colossal, enormous, stupendous, prodigious,
gigantic, monstrous, remarkable, extraordinary.
ANT. _Moderate, limited, confined, circumscribed, narrow, close, small._
=Vaticination.= Prediction, divination, prophecy, prognostication,
augury.
ANT. _Fulfilment, ratification, realization, verification,
accomplishment._
=Vault.= Jump, spring, bound, leap; tumble, turn.
ANT. _Crawl, creep, grovel._
=Vaunt.= Boast, brag, display, show off; advertise, flourish, parade.
ANT. _Conceal, disparage, decry, detract, repress, suppress._
=Veer.= Shift, turn, change, trim, vacillate.
ANT. _Stand, stick, adhere, persist, remain._
=Vegetate.= Sprout, grow, germinate; bask, idle, hibernate.
ANT. _Decay, fade, wither, pine; bustle, energize, work, stir._
=Vehemence.= Impetuosity, violence, fury, frenzy, ardor, fervor,
fervency, warmth, zeal, enthusiasm, passion, force, intensity.
ANT. _Passivity, inertia, quiescence, coldness, stoicism, indifference,
unconcern, apathy, inattention._
=Vehement.= Raging, hot, ardent, fervid, burning, passionate, eager,
violent, impetuous, furious, urgent, mighty, forcible, powerful,
sanguine, enthusiastic.
ANT. _Cool, impassive, indifferent, feeble, mild, controlled, subdued,
cold, stoical, passionless, weak, inanimate._
=Veil=, _v._ Cover, invest, hide, conceal, screen, mask, shroud,
envelop.
ANT. _Expose, disclose, strip, denude, unveil, make manifest._
=Velocity.= Celerity, fleetness, rapidity, speed, swiftness; impetus,
momentum.
ANT. _Inertia, sluggishness, inertness; resistance; passivity, languor,
inactivity._
=Venal.= Mercenary, hireling, sordid, purchasable, salable, prostitute.
ANT. _Honest, honorable, incorruptible, public-spirited, patriotic,
unpurchasable, generous, disinterested._
=Vend.= Barter, trade, sell, hawk, retail.
ANT. _Buy, purchase, bribe, subsidize._
=Venerable.= Worthy, honorable, estimable; dread, awful; sage, wise,
grave.
ANT. _Despicable, dishonored; informal, free, intimate, easy; foolish,
silly._
=Venerate.= Honor, respect, revere, reverence, adore, admire, worship.
ANT. _Dishonor, disregard, scorn, scoff at, slight, spurn, detest,
disdain, despise, contemn, abhor, execrate._
=Veneration.= Reverence, adoration, respect, awe, worship, esteem,
dread.
ANT. _Irreverence, loathing, disrespect, contempt, disdain, dishonor,
scorn._
=Vengeance.= Punishment, retribution, revenge, retaliation.
ANT. _Forgiveness, pardon, reprieve, indulgence, amnesty, remission,
absolution._
=Venial.= Excusable, justifiable, pardonable, slight, trivial.
ANT. _Inexcusable, heinous, unpardonable, flagrant, mortal, infamous,
unjustifiable, inexpiable._
=Venom.= Virus, bane, poison; spite, malice, malignity, hate, ill will,
maliciousness, rancor, grudge, bitterness, acrimony.
ANT. _Medicine, remedy; benevolence, kindness, good will._
=Venomous.= Poisonous, malignant, noxious, mischievous, virulent,
spiteful.
ANT. _Wholesome, remedial, salubrious; kindly, compassionate, genial._
=Vent.= Outlet, escape, emission, utterance, discharge, opening, hole,
passage; market, sale.
ANT. _Close, stop-gap, end, termination, obstruction, stoppage._
=Venture=, _n._ Chance, risk, hazard, speculation; accident,
contingency; stake, adventure, experiment; luck, hap; danger, jeopardy.
ANT. _Certainty, surety, security, inevitableness, assurance; safety,
protection; law, method; caution, calculation._
=Venture=, _v._ Dare, hazard, adventure, risk, jeopardize, imperil,
chance.
ANT. _Calculate, warrant, secure, guarantee, protect._
=Venturesome.= Bold, daring, adventurous, hardy, courageous, intrepid,
enterprising, doughty, fearless.
ANT. _Fearsome, timid, reluctant, averse, loath, unwilling._
=Venturous.= Bold, daring, fearless, venturesome.
ANT. _Timid, fearful, diffident, shy._
=Veracious.= True, truthful, reliable, trustworthy, straightforward,
honest, credible.
ANT. _False, deceitful, mendacious, lying, dishonest, perfidious._
=Veracity.= Honesty, truthfulness, reality, candor, truth,
ingenuousness, frankness, verity, exactness, correctness, accuracy.
ANT. _Deception, duplicity, falsehood, fiction, guile, mendacity,
untruth, lie, delusion, fabrication, deceit, error, falseness, falsity,
imposture._