Ant. Irrelevant, useless, unavailable, impertinent.

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Applicant. Petitioner, solicitor, suitor, candidate, aspirant.

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Apply. Use, employ, exercise, appropriate; execute, carry out, practice; devote, engage, dedicate; request, petition.

Ant. Divert, misuse, discard, divorce.

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Appoint. Determine, establish, fix; assign, allot, designate; nominate, name, create; equip, supply, furnish; direct, command, decree, enjoin, impose, require, ordain.

Ant. Reserve, cancel, disarrange, reverse, withhold, retain, undo, suspend, recall, withdraw.

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Appointment. Assignation, assignment, agreement, arrangement; meeting, tryst; station, position, office, place; decree, command, order, edict, ordinance, mandate, requirement, law.

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Apportion. Appoint, allot, appropriate, divide, distribute, share, grant, dispense, assign, deal.

Ant. Retain, collect, consolidate, receive, gather, divert.

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Apposite. Apt, pertinent, suitable, seasonable, apropos, fit, applicable, adapted.

Ant. Untimely, irrelevant, unfitting, impertinent, misplaced.

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Appraise. Estimate, prize, value, rate, fix a price for, survey, assess, assize.

Ant. Undervalue, discard, misprize; discount, rebate, allow.

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Appreciate. Estimate justly, value highly, esteem, prize, raise the value of; recognize, respect.

Ant. Undervalue, misjudge, ignore, misconceive; depreciate, disdain.

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Apprehend. Arrest, seize, take, catch, capture; imagine, conceive, regard; perceive, realize, understand, appreciate; fear, forebode.

Ant. Miss, lose, misunderstand, ignore, misconceive.

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Apprehension. Arrest, capture; understanding, intelligence, mind, reason; notice, cognizance; conception, imagination; knowledge, discernment, perception, sense; opinion, fancy, sentiment, notion, fear, suspicion, anxiety.

Ant. Escape, non-detection; sensibility, emotion; apathy, lethargy; illiteracy, stupidity, stolidity; confidence, nonchalance.

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Apprise. Give notice, inform, tell, publish, advise, acquaint.

Ant. Deceive, mislead, hoodwink, mystify.

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Approach, v. Advance, draw near, bring near, go near, push; broach, address confidentially; resemble closely, be like, similar, or equal.

Ant. Diverge, retreat, go back; retard, restrain; be unlike.

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Approbation. Praise, commendation, approval, liking; support, consent, sanction, indorsement, concurrence, assent.

Ant. Censure, protest, denial, disapproval, dissatisfaction.

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Approve. Praise, commend, sanction, support, encourage, authorize.

Ant. Disparage, condemn, disown, repudiate, dislike.

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Approximation. Approach, nearness, similarity, likeness, contiguity, resemblance, propinquity, neighborhood.

Ant. Remoteness, variation, distance, difference, divergence.

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Appurtenant. Belonging, connected, appended, attached, coordinate.

Ant. Isolated, detached, unallied, independent.

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A priori. Theoretically; necessarily, apodictically, constitutionally, absolutely, primordially, inductively.

Ant. A posteriori; practically, according to experience; deductively from facts.

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Apropos. Opportune, seasonable, apposite, timely, apt, suitable.

Ant. Inopportune, irrelevant, untimely, inapt, unsuitable.

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Aptitude. Disposition, knack, endowment, tendency, inclination, fitness, suitability, bias, propensity.

Ant. Unreadiness, unskilfulness, repugnance, incongruity.

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Arbiter. Umpire, judge, referee; controller, master, lord.

Ant. Appellant, claimant, litigant, disputant.

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Arbitrary. Despotic, autocratic, tyrannical, overbearing, peremptory; capricious, wilful, fanciful; imperious, dictatorial.

Ant. Considerate, lenient, obliging, equitable.

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Arbitration. Mediation, intercession, interposition, intervention; arbitrament, umpirage, trial, judgment, decision.

Ant. Litigation, contention, disputation, appeal, dissension.

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Ardent. Passionate, fervent, intense, vehement, fierce, fiery; hot, burning; zealous, enthusiastic, strenuous.

Ant. Cool, cold, indifferent, torpid, apathetic, dispassionate, phlegmatic.

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Argument. Reasoning, proof, evidence, controversy, discussion, debate; subject, topic, theme, thesis; summary, abstract, outline.

Ant. Assertion, assumption; dogma.

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Aridity. Dryness, parchedness, sterility, unfertility, barrenness; dulness, indifference, torpidity, insensibility.

Ant. Moisture, fertility, verdancy, luxuriance, productivity.

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Arise. Ascend, mount, get up, stand up; rebel, revolt; result, eventuate.

Ant. Descend, dismount; submit, cower; cause, instigate.

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Aristocracy. Government of nobles; nobility, peerage, gentry.

Ant. Democracy; people, populace, masses, rabble.

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Arm, v. Equip, array, furnish, gird, accouter, provide; fortify, cover, protect, guard; prepare.

Ant. Divest, disarm; expose.

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Army. Soldiery, legion, armament, forces, host, phalanx, troops.

Ant. Individual; citizens.

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Aromatic. Fragrant, spicy, balmy, redolent, odoriferous, ambrosial.

Ant. Scentless, malodorous, fetid, offensive, noisome, rank.

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Arouse. Excite, provoke, instigate, stimulate, animate, kindle, warm, whet, summon, awaken.

Ant. Allay, mitigate, moderate, still, quiet, assuage, quell.

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Arraign. Accuse, charge, indict, impeach, denounce; prosecute.

Ant. Acquit, discharge, condone, release.

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Arrange. Settle, determine, adjust; dispose, group, marshall, rank, range, distribute, place; plan, contrive, project, devise, construct, organize.

Ant. Confuse, disturb, jumble, disperse, disorder, derange.

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Array, n. Order, parade, show, exhibition, collection, arrangement, line of battle, disposition.

Ant. Disorder, confusion, jumble.

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Arrest. Apprehend, capture, seize, detain, hold, take prisoner; stop.

Ant. Liberate, free, dismiss, release, discharge; expedite.

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Arrival. Advent, coming; comer, person or thing arrived.

Ant. Departure, going.

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Arrive. Reach, get to, come; attain, touch, overtake; happen.

Ant. Depart, set out or forth, be gone.

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Arrogant. Haughty, insolent, proud, lordly, disdainful, supercilious, self-important, egoistic, overbearing, dogmatic, imperious.

Ant. Humble, diffident, polite, bashful, servile, considerate.

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Art. Craft, business, calling, employment, trade; practical knowledge; creation of beauty; skill, dexterity, sagacity, aptitude, cleverness, ingenuity; cunning, artifice, deceit, guile.

Ant. Misrepresentation, caricature; candor, simplicity; incompetency, inability.

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Article. Thing, substance, commodity; part, portion, particular, point, item, member; essay, paper, monograph, brochure.

Ant. Nothing, nullity, cipher; totality, entirety, unity, integer.

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Articulate. Join, unite, connect, fasten together; enunciate, utter distinctly, pronounce.

Ant. Disperse, separate, rend, dissect, disjoin, disconnect; whisper; render mute, silence, muzzle.

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Artifice. Cunning, craft, machination, stratagem, guile, device, contrivance, cheat, imposture, trick, ruse, maneuver, wile.

Ant. Fairness, frankness, candor, openness, sincerity, truth, honesty, artlessness, ingenuousness, simplicity.

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Artificial. Unnatural, factitious; feigned, counterfeit, fictitious, spurious, sham; affected, forced, strained.

Ant. Natural, genuine, spontaneous, transparent, artless, unaffected.

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Artist. Designer, contriver, skilled workman, artisan; mechanic, operative; painter; sculptor, carver; master, master-hand.

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Ascend. Rise, mount, soar, aspire, go up, tower.