Ant. Dressed, protected; rich, luxurious, costly.

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Bargain. Agreement, contract, stipulation, transaction; purchase, speculation, haggling, getting, proceeds; cheap purchase.

Ant. Loss, misprofit; cheat.

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Barren. Sterile, childless, unprolific; unfertile, unproductive; uninstructive, ineffectual.

Ant. Productive, fertile, luxuriant, fecund; profitable, useful.

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Barrier. Obstruction, hindrance, obstacle, bar, barricade, rampart; restraint, restriction.

Ant. Thoroughfare, entrance, admittance, opening, passage.

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Base. Cheap, worthless, inferior; vulgar, humble, unknown; mean, contemptible, servile; shameful, scandalous, vile.

Ant. Noble, honored, exalted, pure, valued, lofty, esteemed, refined.

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Bashful. Modest, shy, retiring, reserved, diffident.

Ant. Bold, forward, pert, impudent, confident, conceited, egoistic.

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Basis. Base, foundation, groundwork.

Ant. Apex, top, superstructure.

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Bathe. Wash, lave, cover, flood, immerse, suffuse.

Ant. Dry, expose.

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Battle, n. Fight, contest, skirmish, combat, encounter, bout, engagement, strife, action, conflict.

Ant. Armistice, truce, concord.

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Bauble. Trifle, toy, plaything, trinket, gimcrack, knickknack.

Ant. Valuable, jewel, ornament, decoration, gem, possession.

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Bays. Crown, wreath, garland, chaplet; honors, renown, plaudits, praise, glory, applause.

Ant. Disgrace, contumely, stigma, brand.

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Beach. Shore, strand, margin, sands, marge, rim, coast, seashore, seaboard.

Ant. Ocean, sea, deep, main.

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Beacon, n. Signal fire, mark, sign, guide, light, flame.

Ant. Shadow; dark; will-o’-the-wisp, ignis fatuus.

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Beam, v. Shine, emit rays, beacon, gleam, glitter, be radiant.

Ant. Die out, grow dark, go out.

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Bear. Support, sustain, hold up, carry; have, hold, possess; suffer, undergo, endure, tolerate, submit to; permit, allow; maintain, cherish, harbor; be responsible for; produce, yield, give birth to; generate.

Ant. Drop, drag; release, give up; protest, resist, rebel, resent, reject.

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Bearing. Behavior, deportment, demeanor, appearance, aspect, position, carriage, mien, air; relation, connection; patience, endurance; direction, course, aim; effect, force, meaning, scope; producing; bed, socket.

Ant. Misbehavior; disconnection, independence, irrelevancy; pendency, suspension; diversion, deflection; inanity, absurdity.

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Beat. Strike, thrash, flog, cudgel, pound, scourge, whip, batter, smite, pommel, overcome, chastise, conquer, defeat, castigate, bruise, bastinado, belabor, switch, spank, worst, vanquish.

Ant. Soothe, stroke, caress, pat, shield, protect, mollify, heal.

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Beatific. Ravishing, enrapturing, enchanting, transporting, ecstatic.

Ant. Tormenting, disgusting, obnoxious.

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Beatitude. Bliss, felicity, blessedness.

Ant. Suffering, tribulation, pain, dolor.

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Beautiful. Handsome, lovely, charming, fair, pretty, graceful, exquisite, beauteous, bewitching, attractive, picturesque, comely.

Ant. Hideous, repulsive, ugly, deformed, frightful, ghastly, grim.

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Because. Since, inasmuch as, for, as.

Ant. Yet, notwithstanding, however, although, nevertheless.

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Beckon. Signal, sign, call by gesture, nod.

Ant. Ignore, repulse.

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Become. Suit, adorn, fit, set off, be appropriate to; get or grow to, turn to, change into; befall, bechance, happen to.

Ant. Disagree, clash, mismatch.

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Becoming. Befitting, beseeming, fit, graceful, proper, neat, suitable, congruous, worthy.

Ant. Unseemly, indecent, derogatory, unsuitable.

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Befall. Happen, occur, chance, betide.

Ant. Impend, threaten, loom.

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Befitting. Decent, becoming, suitable, proper, appropriate, expedient.

Ant. Compulsory, obligatory; improper, inexpedient.

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Before. Preceding, in front of; prior to, previous; in advance of, ahead of; hitherto; above, in a former place or previous passage; formerly, of old, already; under the judgment or control of.

Ant. Behind, after, subsequently, later.

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Beg. Beseech, pray, ask, request, supplicate, solicit, sue, implore, importune.

Ant. Require, demand, extort, exact, insist; refuse.

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Beggar. Mendicant, supplicant, pauper, suitor, applicant.

Ant. Bestower, giver, benefactor.

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Beggary. Want, penury, indigence, destitution.

Ant. Riches, wealth, affluence, abundance, plenty.

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Beginning. Origin, commencement, fountain, source, spring, start, opening, initiation, arising, outset, rise, inception, inauguration.

Ant. End, finish, fulfilment, outcome, conclusion, termination, result, effect, expiration, completion.

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Beguile. Cheat, deceive, befool; amuse, entertain, cheer, solace.

Ant. Enlighten, advise; weary, bore.

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Behavior. Conduct, deportment, manners, breeding, carriage, bearing, action, demeanor, life.

Ant. Misconduct, misdemeanor.

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Behest. Command, injunction, charge, precept.

Ant. Option, liberty.

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Behind. Back, astern, rearward.

Ant. Before, in front of.

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Behold. See, look, discern, gaze, scan, observe, contemplate.

Ant. Ignore, miss, wink, overlook, disregard, connive.

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Behoof. Advantage, profit.

Ant. Loss, detriment, disadvantage.

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Being. Reality, existence, actuality; essence, inmost nature, substance, life, vital principle, root, heart.

Ant. Nonentity, nullity, non-existence.

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Beleaguer. Besiege, beset, blockade, invest; compass, block up, surround, obstruct, environ.

Ant. Abandon; conquer, subdue.

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Belief. Trust, confidence, conviction, credence, persuasion, reliance, assurance; dogma, creed, tenets, opinion, view; credit, acceptance, assent, currency.

Ant. Distrust, denial, discredit, dissent, rejection, disavowal.

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Belligerent. Warlike, contending, conflicting, hostile, rival, opposed, adverse, antagonistic, pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome.

Ant. Peaceful, friendly, forbearing, pacific, neutral.

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Belonging, n. Quality, gift, endowment, attribute; property, goods, estate, chattel, possession; appendage, appurtenance, accessory.

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Belonging, a. Related, connected, appertaining, congenial, cognate, accompanying.

Ant. Alien, optional, independent, irrelevant.

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Below. Under, beneath, underneath, hereinafter.

Ant. Above, beforementioned, previously.

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Bend. Curve, twist, crook, bow, deflect, deviate, diverge, twine; influence, persuade, incline, submit.

Ant. Straighten, stiffen, direct; resist, break, crush.

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Beneath. Below, under, underneath; unworthy of, unbefitting.

Ant. Above, superior to; over, aloft.

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Benediction. Benison, blessing, beatitude; gratitude, thanks, praise; benefit, grace, boon.

Ant. Curse, censure, execration, ingratitude.

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Benefactor. Patron, supporter, upholder, friend, contributor.

Ant. Destroyer, enemy, oppressor, brute.

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Beneficence. Charity, bounty, liberality, benevolence.

Ant. Malevolence, hatred, stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness.

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Benefit. Boon, service, advantage, profit, favor, blessing.

Ant. Evil, loss, damage, calamity, injury, privation.

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Benevolence. Kindness, humaneness, charitableness, good will, altruism, beneficence, liberality, philanthropy, benignity, bounty, humanity, sympathy, munificence, generosity, unselfishness, kind-heartedness.

Ant. Malevolence, malignity, selfishness, stinginess, unkindness, brutality, churlishness, barbarity, illiberality, self-seeking, niggardliness, harshness.