A COMPLETE DICTIONARY
OF
Synonyms and Antonyms,
OR
SYNONYMS AND WORDS OF OPPOSITE MEANING.

DIGITISED AND RESET BY STEVE WOOD 2016
OCR, EDITS & EXTENSIVE but not EXHAUSTIVE OCR-CORRECTIONS,
LAYOUT for JUST THE SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS (NOT THE APPENDICES).

V2

Wishing to have an extensive list of Synonyms and Antonyms for another project, I settled on Fallows’ amazing publication. However, I could not find an OCR text which was clear of the many OCR-scan errors. I did my own OCR, which joined many of the line-end hyphenated words automatically, but which still resulted in a very large number of nearly identical (to other OCR scans) errors. This is probably not the fault of the OCR software, but rather of the quality of the 19^th Century source type and ink, which tended to be far from crisp. The software was not entirely perfect though and it would often invert n and u, or render either of those letters as ii, and render i as l (lower case L). R and K were regularly mixed, so ROCK could be rendered as KOCR – if it managed to get the circular letters correct. Just one example of variation is to be found in the rendering of the coded abbreviation for SYNONYM, ‘SYN.’ It might be rendered with a period, comma, both or none; and some of these variations were recorded:  \ BTH \ 2vN. \ 8_vs. \ BYN, \ KYN. \ PYN. \ RYN. \ SIN, \ Srn. \ STIC. \ STK. \ STN. \ STN., \ STW. \ SVN_ \ SXN. \ SY.V. \ SY:. \ SYH. \ SYK. \ SYN, \ Syn, \ SYN. \ SYN. \ SYN._ \ SYS,. \ SYS. \ SYW. \ SYX\. and \ YX\. ! I know! Grrr!

Anyhow, with lots of rekeying, lots of rules to fix as many as aberrations as possible, and employing a personal digital dictionary of over 600,000 words, I checked many of the fragments and verified that the OCR scanner had done very well, in fact. Those fragments which eventually could not be distinguished by eye or logic were left ‘as is’ and bracketed thus: {[unreadable]?}. When replaced into the text in their correct sequence, some of those could be deduced from their context, but I will leave that for the next editor (possibly you, dear reader.) The dictionary is not perfect or complete, and it did not distinguish n-Grams which are clearly adequate language. Having corrected many broken words, I re-sorted them back into original order, added ‘KEY:’ to the principal, and pasted the lot to the Word Processor (below) for study, uploading and further corrections.

I did, in fact, Google several scores of unrecognised but right-looking words and found many were accurate though out of common use in today’s English. Victorian English vocab was quite extensive. Did Fallows do a dictionary of word meanings (I wish)?

·  Serendip Clip, Nowra, NSW, Australia, February 2016.

Update August, 2022: This is NOT a replication of the book. It is highly reformatted, apparently to create a parsable file for data input. Many corrections have been made, but there are still a large number of bad words, formatting errors, and mismatched internal references.

Additional note: '\' (backslash) indicates italics.

FALLOWS’

[Some unrecognised fragments or words are bracketed thus: {[huh]?}. More work required.]

KEY: Aback.

SYN: Backwards, rearwards, aft, abaft, astern, behind, back.

ANT: Onwards, forwards, ahead, before, afront, beyond, afore.

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KEY: Abandon.

SYN: Leave, forsake, desert, renounce, cease, relinquish, discontinue, castoff, resign, retire, quit, forego, forswear, depart from, vacate, surrender, abjure, repudiate.

ANT: Pursue, prosecute, undertake, seek, court, cherish, favor, protect, claim, maintain, defend, advocate, retain, support, uphold, occupy, haunt, hold, assert, vindicate, keep.

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KEY: Abandoned.

SYN: Profligate, wicked, vicious, unprincipled, reprobate, incorrigible, sinful, graceless, demoralized, dissolute, depraved, bad, licentious, corrupt.

ANT: Virtuous, conscientious, correct, upright, worthy, righteous, self-controlled, high-principled, steady, good.

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KEY: Abase.

SYN: Degrade, disgrace, bring low, reduce, humble, demean, stoop, humiliate, depress, lower, sink, dishonor.

ANT: Promote, exalt, honor, raise, elevate, dignify, aggrandize.

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KEY: Abasement.

SYN: Degradation, depression, disgrace, humiliation, abjection, dishonor, shame.

ANT: Promotion, elevation, honor, exaltation, dignity, aggrandizement.

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KEY: Abash.

SYN: Confound, confuse, discompose, bewilder, daunt, cow, humble, disconcert, dishearten, motility, shame, humiliate.

ANT: Countenance, cheer, uphold, encourage, rally, inspirit, animate, incite, embolden, abet, buoy.

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KEY: Abate.

SYN: Terminate, remove, suppress, lower, reduce, mitigate, diminish, moderate, lessen, subside, decrease.

ANT: Prolong, continue, revive, develop, increase, aggravate, magnify, brew, ferment, rage, extend, enlarge, amplify, raise, enhance.

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KEY: Abbreviate.

SYN: Shorten, reduce, abridge, contract, curtail, epitomize, condense, prune, compress.

ANT: Lengthen, prolong, extend, enlarge, produce, elongate, amplify, expand, dilate.

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KEY: Abbreviation.

SYN: Abridgment, reduction, contraction, curtailment, abstract, summary, epitome, condensation, compression.

ANT: Elongation, prolongation, extension, production, amplification, enlargement, expansion, dilation, expatiation, explication, dilution.

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KEY: Abderite.

SYN: Cynic, sardonic, derisive, sarcastic, jocular, flippant, nonchalant, sportive, sprightful, buoyant.

ANT: Lachrymose, plaintive, maundering, querimonious, plaintive, dolesome, lackadaisical, grumbling, croaking, lugubrious.

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KEY: Abdicate.

SYN: Abandon, relinquish, resign, surrender, vacate.

ANT: Retain, maintain, claim, occupy, assert, grasp, seize, usurp.

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KEY: Abdomen.

SYN: Belly, paunch.

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KEY: Abduction.

SYN: Abstraction, subtraction, deprivation, ablution, rape, seizure, appropriation.

ANT: Addition, adduction, replacement, restitution, restoration, surrender, reinstatement.

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KEY: Aberrant.

SYN: Erratic, devious, divergent, incontinuous, desultory, disconnected, wandering, idiotic, inconsistent, inconsecutive, abnormal, exceptional.

ANT: Continuous, rectilineal, true, consistent, uniform, consecutive, normal, natural, faithful, regular.

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KEY: Aberration.

SYN: Wandering, divergence, deviation, desultoriness, rambling, disconnectedness, hallucination, inconsecutiveness, idiocy, insanity, exception, abnormity.

ANT: Uniformity, consecutiveness, continuity, connectedness, principle, law, order, type, norm, project, line, tenor, progression, rectilinearity, regularity.

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KEY: Abet.

SYN: Aid, support, promote, countenance, uphold, assist, instigate, encourage, incite, advocate, sanction, subsidize, embolden.

ANT: Thwart, contradict, obstruct, oppose, baffle, confound, discourage, disapprove, disconcert, counteract, deter, dissuade, frustrate, impede, denounce, expose.

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KEY: Abettor.

SYN: Supporter, advocate, instigator, promoter, assistant, companion, accomplice, ally, encourager, associate, adviser, confederate, 'participes criminis', coadjutor, accessary, helper.

ANT: Opponent, counteracter, foe, adversary, detector, baffler, antagonist, disconcerter, dissuader, rival.

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KEY: Abeyance.

SYN: Suspension, reservation, dormancy, expectation, intermission.

ANT: Revival, renewal, operation, resuscitation, action, enjoyment, possession, exercise, force.

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KEY: Abhor.

SYN: Hate, abominate, detest, loathe, despise, dislike, eschew, nauseate.

ANT: Love, admire, enjoy, approve, affect, covet, relish, crave, desire.

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KEY: Abide.

SYN: Dwell, stay, inhabit, continue, rest, tarry, lodge, reside, live, wait, sojourn, remain, expect, endure, tolerate, anticipate, confront, await, bear, face, watch.

ANT: Deport, migrate, move, journey, proceed, resist, mislike, forefend, avoid, shun, reject, abandon, forfeit.

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KEY: Ability.

SYN: Power, cleverness, faculty, skill, capacity, talent, expertness, aptitude, dexterity, efficiency, competency, qualification.

ANT: Weakness, incapacity, imbecility, inability, unreadiness, maladroitness.

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KEY: Abject.

SYN: Degraded, outcast, miserable, vile, pitiable, worthless, despicable, groveling, fawning, squalid, base-minded, slavish, beggarly, servile, cringing, low, wretched, sordid.

ANT: Honorable, dignified, eminent, exalted, esteemed, worthy, venerable, noble, princely, illustrious, independent, self-assertive, self-reliant, vain, arrogant, insolent, haughty.

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KEY: Abjure.

SYN: Renounce, deny, apostatize, discard, recant, disclaim, disavow, repudiate, revoke, retract, disown.

ANT: Profess, assert, demand, vindicate, claim, cherish, advocate, retain, acknowledge, appropriate, hug.

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KEY: Able.

SYN: Strong, powerful, clever, skillful, talented, capable, fitted, efficient, effective, learned, gifted, masterly, telling, nervous, vigorous.

ANT: Weak, inefficient, unskillful, silly, stupid, incapable, ineffective, unqualified.

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KEY: Ablution.

SYN: Washing, purification, cleansing, abstersion, defecation.

ANT: Pollution, soilure, defilement, dirt, contamination, taint, stain.

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KEY: Abnegation.

SYN: Denial, disallowance, renunciation, abjuration, stint, abstinence.

ANT: Assertion, vindication, claim, indulgence, concession, license.

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KEY: Abnormal.

SYN: Irregular, erratic, peculiar, unusual, exceptional, monstrous, aberrant, devious, divergent, eccentric, strange.

ANT: Typical, normal, regular, ordinary, usual, natural, customary, illustrative.

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KEY: Aboard.

SYN: Afloat.

ANT: Ashore.

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KEY: Abode.

SYN: Home, stay, placate, residence, domicile, habitation, lodging, berth, quarters: with the idea of permanence.

ANT: Halt, perch, tent, bivouac, caravansary: with the idea of transience.

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KEY: Abolish.

SYN: Destroy, eradicate, invalidate, make void, obliterate, extirpate, abrogate, annul, subvert, cancel, revoke, quash, nullify, overthrow, annihilate, supersede, suppress, expunge.

ANT: Support, sustain, cherish, promote, continue, confirm, restore, repair, revive, reinstate, enact, institute, re-enact.

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KEY: Abominable.

SYN: Abhorrent, foul, accursed, detestable, hateful, horrible, loathsome, odious, offensive, execrable, nauseous, impure.

ANT: Delectable, desirable, admirable, enjoyable, lovable, charming, delightful, grateful, pure.

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KEY: Abominate.

SYN: Abhor, loathe, detest, execrate, hate.

ANT: Desire, like, long for, love.

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KEY: Abomination.

SYN: Loathing, detestation, hatred, abhorrence, plague, nuisance, evil, annoyance, infliction, curse.

ANT: Love, affection, desire, enjoyment, longing, acquisition, gratification, blessing, treat, delight, benefit.

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KEY: Aboriginal.

SYN: Primordial, primeval, pristine, autochthonic, immemorial, indigenous, native, original.

ANT: Subsequent, adventitious, imported, exotic, immigrant, recent, upstart, modern, late, novel, fresh.

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KEY: Abortion.

SYN: Failure, miscarriage, misadventure, downfall, mishap, misproduction, defect, frustration, blunder, mess.

ANT: Success, consummation, completion, achievement, realization, perfection, exploit, feat, development.

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KEY: Abound.

SYN: Stream, swell, flow, increase, overflow, superabound, luxuriate, teem, swarm, flourish, prevail, be plentiful, wanton, revel, multiply.

ANT: Fall, waste, dry, lack, wane, evaporate, drain, die, decay, vanish, lessen, decrease.

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KEY: About.

SYN: Almost, with respect to, near, nearly, touching, concerning, surrounding, relative to, relating to, in relation to, approximately, touching, roughly, generally.

ANT: Afar, away or afar from, precisely, exactly.

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KEY: Above-named.

SYN: Above-mentioned, above-described, above-cited, named above, aforesaid, mentioned above.

ANT: Named below, described below.

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KEY: Above.

SYN: Over, beyond, exceeding.

ANT: Below, within, beneath.

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KEY: Abreast.

SYN: Beside, alongside.

ANT: Ahead, astern.

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KEY: Abridge.

SYN: Abbreviate, diminish, shorten, lessen, curtail, restrict, contract, condense, epitomize, compress.

ANT: Amplify, expand, spread out.

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KEY: Abridgment.

SYN: Abstract, abbreviation, contraction, summary, synopsis, epitome, compendium, analysis, outline, digest.

ANT: Amplification, expatiation, expansion, disquisition, dilution, comment, annotation, exposition, paraphrase.

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KEY: Abroach.

SYN: Aflow, afloat, abroad, revealed.

ANT: Close, fast, tight, secret, reserved.

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KEY: Abroad.

SYN: Far, away, apart, dispersed, aloof, adrift, about, distracted, confused.

ANT: Near, close, housed, collected, fast.

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KEY: Abrogate.

SYN: Abolish, cancel, set aside, annul, repeal, expunge, rescind.

ANT: Enact, re-enact, confirm, enforce, continue, revive.

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KEY: Abrogation.

SYN: Abolition, repeal, discontinuance, disestablishment.

ANT: Institution, establishment, enactment, confirmation, continuance, sanction.

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KEY: Abrupt.

SYN: Sudden, steep, precipitous, craggy, coarse, curt, blunt, violent, harsh, unceremonious, rugged, rough.

ANT: Undulating, easy, gliding, polished, smooth, blending, courteous.

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KEY: Abscond.

SYN: Decamp, bolt, depart, disappear, steal away, run off, hide, withdraw, retreat.

ANT: Show, emerge, appear.

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KEY: Absence.

SYN: Want, departure, Inattention, nonexistence, failure, separation, lack, nonappearance, distraction.

ANT: Presence, supply, appearance, existence, manifestation, evidence, attention, immanence, inherency, consideration.

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KEY: Absent \a.\

SYN: Not present, gone away, elsewhere, inattentive, thoughtless, listless, preoccupied.

ANT: Present, in this place, here, attentive.

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KEY: Absent.

SYN: Keep away, depart, withdraw.

ANT: Be present, stay, remain, [See ABSCOND].

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KEY: Absolute.

SYN: Perfect, complete, unconditional, irrelative, irrespective, supreme, despotic, autocratic, certain, authoritative, unqualified, unequivocal, irresponsible, arbitrary.

ANT: Imperfect, incomplete, conditional, conditioned, contingent, relative, dependent, constitutional, dubious, accountable, responsible.

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KEY: Absolve.

SYN: Acquit, release, exonerate, liberate, exempt, discharge, exculpate, pardon, forgive, free, clear.

ANT: Charge, accuse, compel, bind, obligate, convict, condemn, inculpate, impeach, oblige.

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KEY: Absonant.

SYN: Dissonant, discordant, contrariant, repugnant, inconsonant, inharmonious, incompatible, inappropriate, impertinent.

ANT: Consonant, agreeable, consistent, harmonious, compatible, appropriate, pertinent, congruous, suitable, proper.

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KEY: Absorb.

SYN: Swallow, drown, consume, imbibe, engross, drink in, suck up, engulf, monopolize, exhaust.

ANT: Eject, emit, exude, disgorge, dissipate, distract, distil, disperse.

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KEY: Abstain.

SYN: Refrain, forbear, refuse, demur, avoid, cease, stop, keep back, desist, discontinue, withhold, scruple.

ANT: Indulge, exceed, reveal, wanton.

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KEY: Abstemious.

SYN: Abstinent, moderate, self-denying, sober, temperate, sparing, frugal.

ANT: Sensual, self-indulgent, gluttonous, greedy, intemperate.

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KEY: Absterge.

SYN: Wipe, cleanse, purify, sponge, scour, scrub.

ANT: Foul, bespatter, contaminate, bedaub, soil, pollute, begrime.

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KEY: Abstersive.

SYN: Scouring, purifying, detergent, cathartic.

ANT: Contaminative, offensive, corruptive.

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KEY: Abstinent.

SYN: Temperate, abstemious, continent, sober, self-denying, austere.

ANT: Self-indulgent, sensual, intemperate, epicurean, dissipated, incontinent, debauched.

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KEY: Abstract \v.\

SYN: Separate, detach, part, eliminate, draw away, remove, take away, appropriate, purloin, steal, thieve, draw from.

ANT: Add, unite, conjoin, adduce, impose, restore, surrender, return, Abstract \n.\ [See ABRIDGMENT].

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KEY: Abstraction.

SYN: Separation, parloining, removal, appropriation, generalization, classification, reverie, absorption, inattention, absence.

ANT: Addition, conjunction, union, adduction, importation, restoration, restitution, individualization, enumeration, analysis, specification, observation, attention, Abstracted, [See ABSTRACT and ABSTRACTION].

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KEY: Abstruse.

SYN: Hidden, recondite, difficult, profound, deep, curious, obscure, mystical, occult, hard, dark.

ANT: Patent, popular, superficial, simple, obvious, trite, intelligible, lucid, plain, easy, manifest, clear.

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KEY: Absurd.

SYN: Irrational, ridiculous, monstrous, senseless, asinine, stupid, chimerical, unreasonable, preposterous, silly, nonsensical, foolish.

ANT: Sensible, rational, reasonable, consistent, sound, substantial, logical, wise, sagacious, reflective, philosophical.

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KEY: Abundance.

SYN: Plenty, largeness, copiousness, sufficiency, plentitude, exuberance, ampleness, profusion, luxuriance, wealth.

ANT: Rarity, scarcity, paucity, deficiency, scantiness, dearth, failure, poverty.

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KEY: Abundant.

SYN: Plentiful, copious, plenteous, large, ample, overflowing, teeming, full, lavish, luxuriant, bountiful, abounding, profuse, liberal, rich.

ANT: Rare, scarce, scant, deficient, short, insufficient, niggardly, sparing, dry, drained, exhausted, impoverished.

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KEY: Abuse \v.\

SYN: Injure, damage, spoil, maltreat, treat-all, ill-use, ill-treat, retile, scandalize, disparage, reproach, upbraid, asperse, malign, slander, vituperate, prostitute, defame, pervert, misuse, misemploy, vilify.

ANT: Tend, protect, conserve, consider, regard, shield, cherish, praise, extol, laud, vindicate, panegyrize, respect.

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KEY: Abuse \n.\

SYN: Mistreatment, invective, ill-treatment, opprobrium, scurrility, vituperation, ribaldry, obloquy, reproach, insolence, misusage, ill-usage.

ANT: Good-usage, good-treatment, kindness, praise, deference, respect.

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KEY: Abusive.

SYN: Insulting, insolent, offensive, opprobrious, reproachful, vituperative, rude, denunciatory, scurrilous.

ANT: Respectful, kind, panegyrical, laudatory, attentive.

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KEY: Abut.

SYN: Extend, project, impinge, approximate.

ANT: Recurve, retreat, diverge, return, recede.

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KEY: Abyss.

SYN: Gulf, profound, gorge, deep, pit, chasm, depth.

ANT: Surface, cavity, depression, indentation.

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KEY: Academical.

SYN: Collegiate, classical, learned.

ANT: Illiterate, uncollegiate.

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KEY: Academy.

SYN: School, seminary, college, university, educational, establishment, institute.

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KEY: Accede.

SYN: Assent, consent, acquiesce, comply with, accept, concur, approve, coincide.

ANT: Dissent, decline, withdraw, refuse, protest, demur.

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KEY: Accelerate.

SYN: Hasten, urge, expedite, quicken, speed, urge on, press forward, hurry, promote, dispatch, facilitate.

ANT: Delay, obstruct, impede, clog, retard, hinder, shackle, drag.

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KEY: Accent.

SYN: Stress, rhythm, pulsation, beat, emphasis.

ANT: Smoothness, inaccentuation, monotony, equableness, babble, flow.

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KEY: Accept.

SYN: Welcome, hail, admit, recognize, avow, acknowledge, take, accede to, receive, assent to.

ANT: Refuse, decline, reject, disown, disavow, ignore, repudiate.

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KEY: Acceptable.

SYN: Grateful, pleasant, welcome, agreeable, pleasure, seasonable, gratifying.

ANT: Ungrateful, unwelcome, disagreeable, unpleasant.

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KEY: Acceptation.

SYN: Meaning, significant, signification.

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KEY: Access.

SYN: Approach, admit, course entrance, avenue, admittance, mod way, passage, road.

ANT: Exit, egress, departure, exclusion, repulse.

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KEY: Accessible.

SYN: Affable, approachable, easy, conversible.

ANT: Distant, cold, difficult, unapproachable.

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KEY: Accession.

SYN: Arrival, addition, increase, influx, augmentation, reinforcement, enlargement, extension.

ANT: Departure, abandonment, resignation, retirement, diminution, decrease, efflux, ebb, drain, subsidence.

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KEY: Accessary, [See ACCESSORY].

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KEY: Accessory \a.\

SYN: Assistant, additive, additional, auxiliary, supplementary, conducive.

ANT: Essential, inherent, immanent, incorporate, superfluous, irrelevant, malapropos, obstructive, cumbersome.

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KEY: Accessory \n.\

SYN: Accomplice, associate, abettor, ally, colleague, confederate, helper.

ANT: Foe, antagonist, adversary, rival.

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KEY: Accident.

SYN: Chance, fortuity, disaster, incident, adventure, casualty, hazard, contingency, calamity, misadventure, mishap.

ANT: Law, purpose, appointment, ordainment, provision, preparation.

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KEY: Acclamation.

SYN: Applause, homage, gratulation, salutation, joy, commendation, plaudit, hosannas, cheer, shouting, exultation, triumph, approval.

ANT: Obloquy, censure, execration, contumely, outcry, sibilation, denunciation.

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KEY: Acclivity.

SYN: Ascent, rise, incline.

ANT: Declivity, descent.

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KEY: Accommodate.

SYN: Convenience, oblige, adapt, supply, reconcile, suit, fit, adjust, furnish, serve, harmonize.

ANT: Inconvenience, disoblige, disturb, misfit, incommode, deprive, aggravate.

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KEY: Accommodating.

SYN: Kind, unselfish, obliging, polite, yielding, conciliatory.

ANT: Disobliging, selfish, churlish, rude, imperious, dictatorial, exacting, inconsiderate, unaccommodating.

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KEY: Accompany.

SYN: Follow, consort, attend, join, coexist, escort, convoy.

ANT: Desert, abandon, leave, avoid, eschew, quit, discard.

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KEY: Accomplish.

SYN: Execute, perfect, perform, fulfil, [See DO], carry out, attain, realize, consummate, achieve, finish, complete.

ANT: Fail of, frustrate, defeat, disconcert, destroy, baffle, mar, spoil.

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KEY: Accomplice.

SYN: Abettor, confederate, accessory, ally, associate, partner, colleague, coadjutor, assistant, 'particips criminit'.

ANT: Rival, foe, adversary, antagonist.

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KEY: Accord.

SYN: Agree, consent, harmonize, tally, answer, comport, consist, conform, grant, concede, surrender, allow.

ANT: Disagree, differ, misfit, miscomport, misconform, withhold, deny, refuse.

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KEY: Accordingly.

SYN: Agreeably, suitably, conformably, hence, consequently.

ANT: [See AGREEABLY].

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KEY: Accordant.

SYN: Compatible, consonant, harmonious, consistent, consenting, acquiescent.

ANT: [See COMPATIBLE].

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KEY: Accost.

SYN: Address, salute, invoke, hail, greet, stop, apostrophize, speak to, call to.

ANT: Shun, avoid, elude, pass, ignore.

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KEY: Account \n.\

SYN: Narration, report, rehearsal, story, statement, narrative, recital, relation, description, motive, value, importance, advantage, ground, reason, profit.

ANT: Silence, suppression, project, misannouncement, of no account, attempt, without value, deed, project.

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KEY: Account \v.\

SYN: Deem, esteem, consider, regard, hold, judge, rate, estimate, value, reckon, explain, solve.

ANT: Disesteem, misestimate, mystify, understate, undervalue, perplex, darken.

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KEY: Accountable.

SYN: Responsible, liable, amenable, punishable, answerable, accredited, delegated, subordinate.

ANT: Autocratic, Independent, irresponsible, absolute, supreme, despotic.

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KEY: Accoutre.

SYN: Adorn, fit out, equip, furnish, dress, furnish with arms.

ANT: [See ADORN].

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KEY: Accredit.

SYN: Believe, trust, entrust, delegate, depute, commission, authorize.

ANT: Disbelieve, distrust, suspect, recall, supersede, discard, dismiss.

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KEY: Accredited.

SYN: Authorized, commissioned, acknowledged, confidential, trusted.

ANT: Unauthorized, unacknowledged, distrusted.

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KEY: Accumulate.

SYN: Collect, gamer, grow, mass, heap, store, bring together, hoard, gather, agglomerate, husband, augment, amass, increase.

ANT: Dissipate, disperse, diminish, scatter, expend, waste.

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KEY: Accumulation.

SYN: Heap, collection, store, mass, aggregation, hoard, pile.

ANT: Segregation, separation, unit, individual.

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KEY: Accuracy.

SYN: Exactness, correctness, strictness, precision, exactitude, nicety, fidelity.

ANT: Inexactness, looseness, slovenliness, incorrectness.

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KEY: Accurate.

SYN: Careful, exact, faithful, precise, correct, close, truthful, strict, just, actual, nice.

ANT: Careless, inexact, faulty, incorrect, inaccurate, loose, defective.

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KEY: Accusation.

SYN: Charge, indictment, imputation, impeachment, arraignment.

ANT: Acquittal, absolution, vindication, discharge.

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KEY: Accuse.

SYN: Charge, incriminate, impeach, arraign, tax, taunt, censure, cite, summon, criminate.

ANT: Defend, vindicate, discharge, acquit, absolve, condone, pardon, exonerate, release.

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KEY: Accustom.

SYN: Habituate, familiarize, form, inure, train, reconcile.

ANT: Disaccustom, dishabituate, estrange, wean, alienate.

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KEY: Ace.

SYN: Unit, atom, point, title, jot, item.

ANT: Numbers, quantity, bulk, gum, mass, collection, aggregate, total.

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KEY: Acerbity.

SYN: Harshness, acridity, tartness, acidity, bitterness, acrimony, crabbedness, moroseness, sourness, roughness.

ANT: Sweetness, mildness, softness, mellowness, gentleness, amiableness.

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KEY: Ache \n.\

SYN: Pain, suffering, smart, anguish, pang.

ANT: [See PAIN].

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KEY: Achieve.

SYN: Accomplish, [See DO], gain, perform, execute, effect, fulfil, finish, attain, win.

ANT: [See DO].

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KEY: Achievement.

SYN: Exploit, feat, attainment, accomplishment, performance.

ANT: [See ATTAIN and ATTAINMENT].

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KEY: Articular.

SYN: Spinous, sagittate, prickly, thorny, sharp-pointed, hastate, bristly.

ANT: Obtuse, blunt, abrupt.

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KEY: Acid.

SYN: Sharp, acidulous, acetous, vinegarish.

ANT: Mellow, luscious, mealy, rich.

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KEY: Acknowledge.

SYN: Avow, admit, recognize, own, accept, profess, endorse, grant, concede, concern.

ANT: Disavow, disclaim, disown, repudiate, ignore, deny.

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KEY: Acknowledged.

SYN: Agreed, settled, understood, decided, customary.

ANT: Not agreed, undecided, unsettled, not customary.

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KEY: Acme.

SYN: Summit, zenith, climax, apex, pitch, culmination, meridian.

ANT: Base, floor, ground, foundation, nadir, depth, depression, foot, root.

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KEY: Acquaint.

SYN: Advertise, inform, impart, make known, divulge, teach, notify, apprise, advise, tell.

ANT: Misinform, deceive, delude, mislead, misguide, hoodwink.

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KEY: Acquaintance.

SYN: Knowledge, intimacy, familiarity, experience, companionship.

ANT: Ignorance, unfamiliarity, inexperience. It has also the colloquial meaning of a person with whom one is acquainted.

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KEY: Acquiesce.

SYN: Assent, concur, repose, agree, yield, be resigned, comply.

ANT: Dissent, demur, object.

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KEY: Acquire.

SYN: Gain, earn, procure, obtain, get, realize, win, reap.

ANT: Lose, forfeit, surrender, miss, forego.

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KEY: Acquirement.

SYN: Knowledge, at, entertainment, accomplishment, learning, erudition, acquisition.

ANT: Intuition, inspiration, genius.

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KEY: Acquit.

SYN: Discharge, exonerate, absolve, exculpate, release, dismiss, liberate, pardon,.

ANT: Charge, accuse, impeach, constrain, implicate, bind, compel, condemn, oblige, sentence.

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KEY: Acquittance.

SYN: Release, receipt, discharge.

ANT: Bond, claim, charge, obligation.

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KEY: Acrid.

SYN: Harsh, sour.

ANT: Mellow, sweet, luscious.

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KEY: Acrimonious.

SYN: Sharp, biting, stinging, pungent, acrid, ill-natured, sarcastic.

ANT: Smooth, sweet, pleasant, goodnatured, bland.

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KEY: Acrimony.

SYN: Sharpness, bitterness, sourness, causticity, acerbity, asperity, tartness, ill-feeling, hostility, animosity.

ANT: Smoothness, courtesy, mildness, blandness, pleasantness, friendship, amiability.

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KEY: Across.

SYN: Athwart, against, transversely. Transverseness to a line of movement becomes opposition.

ANT: Lengthwise, along, concurrently, parallel.

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KEY: Act. \v.\ [See DO].

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KEY: Act \n.\

SYN: Deed, performance, action, movement, proceeding, exercise, operation, play.

ANT: Inaction, rest, repose, cessation, suspension, quiet, immobility, inertia, quiescence.

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KEY: Action. [See ACT].

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KEY: Active.

SYN: Nimble, agile, lively, sprightly, brisk, quick, expert, dexterous, supple, wide-awake, prompt, busy, industrial, diligent.

ANT: Slow, inactive, Indolent, sluggish, heavy.

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KEY: Activity.

SYN: Agility, quickness, energy, briskness, vivacity, promptness, alertness, celerity, rapidity.

ANT: Inactivity, awkwardness, Indolence, slowness, sloth, clumsiness, heaviness, sluggishness, lassitude.

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KEY: Actor.

SYN: Doer, worker, agent, performer, principal, player, tragedian, comedian.

ANT: [See AGENT].

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KEY: Actual.

SYN: Developed, positive, unquestionable, demonstrable, certain, real, authentic.

ANT: Potential, undeveloped, hypothetical, supposition, possible, virtual, theoretical, fabulous, fictitious, unreal.

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KEY: Actually.

SYN: Verity, truly, decidedly, assuredly, positively.

ANT: Potentially, hypothetically, theoretically.

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KEY: Actuate.

SYN: Urge, instigate, stir, induce, influence, incline, dispose, incite, impel, prompt, drive.

ANT: Deter, discourage, retard, inhibit, hinder, prevent, impede, dissuade.

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KEY: Acuity.

SYN: Pointedness, acylation, acumination.

ANT: Bluntness, hebetude, obtuseness.

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KEY: Aculeated.

SYN: Armed, spinous, acuminated, punctuous.

ANT: Unarmed, blunt, obtuse, stingless, pointless.

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KEY: acumen.

SYN: Point, penetrativeness, sharpness, discernment, talent, sagacity.

ANT: Bluntness, obtuseness, stupidity, dulness, indiscernment, hebetude.

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KEY: Acute.

SYN: Pointed, penetrating, sagacious, perspicacious, keen, astute, piercing, sharp, shrewd, keen-sighted, severe, distressing.

ANT: Dull, blunt, obtuse, stupid, undiscerning, heavy, chronic, stolid.

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KEY: Acutely.

SYN: Sharply, deeply, painfully, poignantly, intensely.

ANT: Bluntly, obtusely, stupidly, stolidly, pleasantly.

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KEY: Adage.

SYN: Maxim, saying, motto, saw, apothegm, aphorism, byword, proverb, dictum.

ANT: Discourse, disquisition, yarn, harangue.

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KEY: Adapt.

SYN: Fit, accommodate, suit, adjust, conform, admeasure, harmonize, attune.

ANT: Misfit, misconform, misapply.

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KEY: Adaptation.

SYN: Accommodation, adjustment, admeasurement, conformity, coincidence.

ANT: Inconformity, incongruity, incompatibility, disharmony, misfit, malformation, mismeasurement.

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KEY: Add.

SYN: Adduce, adjoin, increase, extend, enlarge, sum up, cast up, subjoin, amplify, annex.

ANT: Deduct, subtract, dissever, abstract.

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KEY: Addendum.

SYN: Acquisition, improvement, supplement, complement, desideratum, concomitant, annexation, appendage.

ANT: Surplusage, detriment, deterioration, detraction, drawback.

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KEY: Addicted.

SYN: Given, accustomed, prone, inclined, disposed, habituated.

ANT: Unaddicted, disinclined, unaccustomed, indisposed, averse, free.

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KEY: additament.

SYN: Adjunct, annexation, supplement, addition, acquisition, increase, augmentation, accession.

ANT: Deduction, detraction, drawback, decrement, deterioration.

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KEY: Addition.

SYN: Accession, enlargement, increase, extension, accretion, appendage.

ANT: [See ADDITAMENT].

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KEY: Address \n.\

SYN: Tact, manners.

ANT: Awkwardness, unmannerliness.

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KEY: Address \v.\

SYN: Accost, greet, salute, approach, apostrophize, appeal, hail, woo, court.

ANT: Elude, avoid, shun, ignore, pass.

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KEY: Adduce.

SYN: Allege, apply, cite, advance, offer, introduce, produce, add, import, name, mention, quote.

ANT: Retract, except, withdraw, deduct, deduce, suppress.

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KEY: Adept.

SYN: Expert, adroit, handy, master, performer, professor, artist.

ANT: Awkward, clumsy, inexpert, tyro, novice, lubber, blunderer.

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KEY: Adequate.

SYN: Equal, sufficient, fit, satisfactory, full, competent, capable, able.

ANT: Unequal, insufficient, incompetent, inadequate.

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KEY: Adhere.

SYN: Stick, cohere, cleave, hold, attach, unite, fix, join, cling.

ANT: Disunite, part, separate, divide, secede, sunder, sever.

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KEY: Adherence.

SYN: Adhesion, attachment, devotion, fidelity, cleaving to, constancy, endearment.

ANT: Separation, disunion, unfaithfulness, desertion, treachery.

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KEY: Adherent.

SYN: Follower, supporter.

ANT: Denial, protestation, negation, contradiction, rejection.

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KEY: Admit.

SYN: Receive, pase, permit, accept, grant, concede, allow, acknowledge, confess, own, avow, suffer.

ANT: Exclude, debar, disallow, reject, deny, discharge, dismiss, eject, extrude, repudiate, disavow, disown.

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KEY: Admittance.

SYN: Introduction, entrance, pass, permit, passport, privilege, acceptance, welcome, reception.

ANT: Exclusion, denial, ejection, prohibition, bar, hindrance, rejection, repudiation.

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KEY: Admonish.

SYN: Remind, forewarn, advise, warn, dissuade, caution, counsel, reprove, censure, rebuke.

ANT: Encourage, instigate, abet, incite, urge, applaud, countenance.

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KEY: Admonition.

SYN: Warning, advice, counsel, caution, reproof.

ANT: Applauding, encouraging, inciting, urging, countenancing.

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KEY: Ado.

SYN: Hubbub, commotion, fuse, excitement.

ANT: Calm, composure, quiet, orderliness, staidness, tranquillity.

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KEY: Adopt.

SYN: Assume, select, affiliate, take, elect, arrogate, choose, endorse, avow, appropriate.

ANT: Reject, decline, repudiate, disavow, discard, renounce, abandon, disown, disclaim.

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KEY: Adore.

SYN: Admire, hallow, glorify, praise, venerate, reverence, worship, idolize.

ANT: Abhor, despise, disesteem, abominate, execrate, blaspheme.

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KEY: Adorn.

SYN: Beautify, bedeck, ornament, decorate, embellish, deck, garnish, gild, enrich.

ANT: Mar, spoil, deform, deface, disfigure, impoverish, denude, despoil, strip, bare, disembellish.

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KEY: Adrift.

SYN: Loose, afloat, agog, abroad, abroach, distracted, disordered.

ANT: 'fait victorious', tight, right, lashed, moored, secure, collected, composed.

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KEY: Adroit.

SYN: Handy, skillful, dexterous, expert, proficient, clever.

ANT: Awkward, clumsy, unskillful, inexpert, lubberly.

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KEY: Adscititious.

SYN: Adventitious, superfluous, redundant, alien, artificial, spurious, smuggled.

ANT: Essential, necessary, veritable, regular, ingenerate, ingrained, congenital, fundamental, genuine, inherent, proper.

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KEY: Adulation.

SYN: Flattery, compliment, sycophancy, courtship, incense, praise, blandishment, fawning, cringing.

ANT: Detraction, obloquy, defamation, calumny, traducement, sarcasm, ridicule, satire, bespatterment.

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KEY: Adult.

SYN: Man, woman.

ANT: Youth, stripling, boy, child, infant.

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KEY: Adulterate.

SYN: Debase, corrupt, deteriorate, vitiate, contaminate.

ANT: Make pure, genuine, undeteriorate.

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KEY: Adulterated.

SYN: Impure, ingenuine, spurious, concocted, mixed, falsified, deteriorated, garbled, vitiated.

ANT: Pure, genuine, original, unmixed, unadulterated, undeteriorated, sound.

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KEY: Adumbration.

SYN: Shadow, foreshadowing, presage, prognostic, delineation, premonition, hint, sketch, prototype, suggestion.

ANT: Body, substance, fulfillment, realization, substantiation, antitype.

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KEY: Advance \v.\

SYN: Propel, elevate, promote, further, lend, propagate, progress, increase, prosper, rise.

ANT: Retard, hinder, withhold, withdraw, recall, depress, degrade, suppress, oppose, retreat, decrease.

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KEY: Advancement, [See ADVANCE].

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KEY: Advantage.

SYN: Gain, success, superiority, help, assistance, benefit, good, avail, interest, utility, service, profit, acquisition.

ANT: Loss, disappointment, defeat, frustration, inferiority, obstacle, obstruction, difficulty, dilemma, disadvantage, drawback.

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KEY: Advent.

SYN: Approach, arrival, accession, coming.

ANT: Departure, exit, exodus, retirement, relinquishment, quittance.

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KEY: Adventitious.

SYN: Extrinsic, redundant, superfluous, adscititious irregular, casual, imported.

ANT: Regular, proper, pertinent, essential, appropriate, necessary, Intrinsic.

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KEY: Adventure.

SYN: Incident, crisis, chance, hazard, occurrence, event, enterprise, casualty, undertaking, experiment, venture, trial, romance.

ANT: Matter-of-fact, matter-of-course.

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KEY: Adventurous.

SYN: Bold, brave, daring, enterprising, courageous, gallant, fearless, venturesome, rash, chivalrous, hazardous.

ANT: Timid, unenterprising, inadventurous, cowardly, nervous, hesitating, cautious.

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KEY: Adversary.

SYN: Antagonist, foe, enemy, rival, assailant.

ANT: Accessory, abettor, alder, friend, helper, assistant, ally, accomplice.

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KEY: Adverse.

SYN: Opposed to, unlucky, hard, hostile, antagonistic, unpropitious, opposite, conflicting, contrary, unfavorable.

ANT: Favorable, friendly, amicable, propitious, fortunate, lucky.

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KEY: Adversity.

SYN: Ill-luck, misfortune, misery, calamity, disaster, distress, unsuccess, failure, ruin, trouble, affliction, sorrow.

ANT: Good-luck, prosperity, happiness, success, advancement.

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KEY: Advert to.

SYN: Refer to, allude to, notice, remark, glance at, regard, touch upon, hint at.

ANT: Ignore, pass, drop, omit, overlook.

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KEY: Advertent.

SYN: Attentive, regardful, mindful, watchful, thoughtful, observant, considerate.

ANT: Inattentive, inadvertent, casual, thoughtless, heedless, inobservant, inconsiderate.

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KEY: Advertise.

SYN: Publish, inform, advise, circulate, announce, notify, proclaim, promulge.

ANT: Suppress, hush, conceal, ignore, hoodwink, misguide, mislead, misinform.

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KEY: Advice, [See ADVISE].

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KEY: Advise.

SYN: Admonish, warn, deliberate, counsel, persuade, urge, prompt, instigate, incite, instruct, acquaint, inform.

ANT: Dissuade, deter, expostulate, remonstrate, prohibit, inhibit, restrain.

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KEY: Advisable.

SYN: Politic, judicious, expedient, desirable, wise, prudent, beneficial, profitable.

ANT: inadvisable, impolitic, Injudicious, inexpedient, undesirable, unprofitable.

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KEY: Advocate \n.\

SYN: Pleader, counsellor, upholder, propagator, promoter, supporter, countenancer, defender, maintainer.

ANT: Opponent, adversary, discountenancer, accuser, impugner, gainsayer.

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KEY: Advocate \v.\ [See NOUN.]

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KEY: Afar.

SYN: Abroad, away, aloof.

ANT: Near, at home, close.

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KEY: affable.

SYN: Courteous, accessible, condescending, conversible, gracious, sociable, gentle, complaisant, urbane, polite, easy, approachable.

ANT: Exclusive, discourteous, distant, inaccessible, unapproachable, inconversible, haughty, contemptuous, supercilious.

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KEY: Affair.

SYN: Matter, business, concern, subject, topic, transaction.

ANT: Detail, item, point, feature, circumstance.

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KEY: Affect.

SYN: Like, desire, favor, seek, assume, move, influence, concern, interest, feign, pretend.

ANT: Dislike, eschew, shun, repel, repudiate.

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KEY: Affectation.

SYN: Pretence, artifice, hypocrisy, assumption, simulation, mannerism, euphuism, airs.

ANT: Genuineness, naturalness, un affectedness, simplicity, artlessness.

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KEY: affectibility.

SYN: Sensibility, sensitiveness, susceptibility, impressibility, excitability, irritability, nervousness.

ANT: Insensibility, insensateness, hebetude, unimpressibleness, callousness.

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KEY: Affection.

SYN: Influence, condition, state, inclination, bent, mood, humor, feeling, love, desire, propensity.

ANT: Insensibility, indifference, repugnance, disaffection, repulsion.

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KEY: Affiance.

SYN: Homage, trust, confidence, reliance, betrothal, fealty, faith, plighting.

ANT: Unfealty, disloyalty, treason, suspicion, Infidelity, falseness.

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KEY: Affiliate.

SYN: Annex, graft, incorporate, unite, adopt, inoculate.

ANT: Dismember, disannex, disaffiliate, sever, transplant, separate, disjoin, disunite.

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KEY: Affiliation, [See AFFILIATE].

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KEY: Affinity.

SYN: Relationship, relation, kindred, conformity, connection, alliance, similarity, analogy, homogeneity, harmony, correlativeness, sympathy, interdependence, interconnection, intercommunity.

ANT: Dissimilarity, discordance, disconnection, independence, antagonism, antipathy, repugnance, interrepulsiveness.

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KEY: Affirm.

SYN: Assert, swear, testify, tell, aver, propound, asseverate, depose, state, declare, endorse, maintain.

ANT: Deny, dispute, doubt, demur, negative, contradict, gainsay, oppugn, impugn, oppose.

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KEY: Affix.

SYN: Attach, annex, subjoin, adjoin, connect, fasten, unite, append.

ANT: Detach, disunite, separate, remove, disengage, unfasten.

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KEY: Affliction.

SYN: Trouble, trial, grief, pain, disease, misery, hardship, sorrow.

ANT: Consolation, relief, alleviation, assuagement, more (or, positively:), boon, blessing, gratification, pleasure.

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KEY: Affluence.

SYN: Abundance, plenty, wealth, riches, opulence.

ANT: Want, scarcity, penury, indigence, poverty, impecuniosity, straitness, lack.

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KEY: Afflux.

SYN: Accession, importation, augmentation, increase, addition, influx.

ANT: Decrease, detriment, detraction, diminution, exhaustion, failure, ebb.

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KEY: Afford.

SYN: Produce, supply, give, yield, grant, confer, bestow, impart, administer, extend.

ANT: Withhold, deny, withdraw, retain, stint, grudge.

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KEY: Affranchise.

SYN: Free, liberate, enfranchise, manumit, qualify, open.

ANT: Enthral, enslave, subjugate, disfranchise, disqualify, close.

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KEY: Affray.

SYN: Broil, tumult, brawl, melee, fracas, disturbance, uproar, quarrel, strife, wrangle, altercation.

ANT: Order, tranquillity, pacification, dispersion, quelling.

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KEY: Affright.

SYN: Startle, astonish, terrify, alarm, dismay, cow, frighten, scare.

ANT: Encourage, embolden, reassure.

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KEY: Affront.

SYN: Outrage, provocation, insult, ill-treatment, abuse, wrong, offence, Indignity.

ANT: Homage, salutation, courtesy, apology, amends, compliment.

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KEY: Afire.

SYN: Ablaze, alight, burning, ignited.

ANT: Out, extinguished, quenched.

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KEY: Afloat.

SYN: Adrift, abroad, at sea, abroach, loose, distracted, dazed.

ANT: Ashore, snug, tight, close, fast, collected, concentrated.

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KEY: Afoot.

SYN: Working, launched, afloat, agoing, inaugurated, started, instituted, established.

ANT: Uncommenced, Incomplete, projected, proposed, contemplated, designed.

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KEY: Afore.

SYN: Precedent, antecedent, foregoing, ahead, afront, before, beyond, sooner.

ANT: Behind, following, subsequently, after, astern, aback, rearwards.

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KEY: Aforesaid.

SYN: Above-mentioned, stated, forenamed, foregoing, preceding, forementioned.

ANT: Following, subjoined, aftercited, forthcoming.

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KEY: Afraid.

SYN: Fearful, apprehensive, timid, timorous, cowardly, fainthearted, cautious, careful, frightened, alarmed, terrified, suspicious, distrustful, anxious.