Ant. Suspend, stay, arrest.
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Bravado. Boasting, bragging, bluster.
Ant. Diffidence, reserve, concealment, modesty.
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Brave. Fearless, heroic, undaunted, undismayed, adventurous, bold, courageous, daring, dauntless, gallant, intrepid, valiant, venturesome, doughty, chivalrous, chivalric, splendid, courteous.
Ant. Afraid, cringing, fearful, shrinking, timid, timorous, frightened, cowardly, faint-hearted, pusillanimous, churlish, discourteous, fearsome.
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Brawny. Muscular, strong, powerful, athletic, sinewy, herculean, robust, stout.
Ant. Weak, fragile, delicate, feeble, effeminate, lean.
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Breach. Break, rupture, opening, fracture, flaw, fissure, rent; violation, infringement, non-observance; quarrel, difference, variance, dissension, schism, alienation.
Ant. Integrity, wholeness, flawlessness, completeness; reconciliation, healing; conservation, observance; inviolateness; union, fidelity, amalgamation.
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Break. Fracture, rend, part, sever, shatter, smash, shiver; weaken, impair, enfeeble, enervate; tame; make bankrupt; dismiss, discard, degrade, cashier; mitigate, assuage; interrupt, stop, cut short; open, unfold; destroy, sunder, burst, rive, crack, crush, demolish, rupture, split, transgress.
Ant. Fasten, join, mend, secure, unite, weld, attach, bind, solder, heal, piece, conjoin, rejoin; protect, conserve; encourage, strengthen, preserve; observe, obey.
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Breast. Bosom, heart, affection, conscience.
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Breathless. Out of breath; lifeless, dead; exhausted, eager, absorbed, attentive, fascinated; astonished, astounded, bewildered.
Ant. Calm, collected, cool, composed; indifferent, uninterested.
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Breed, n. Lineage, race, pedigree, progeny, stock, line, family, extraction, strain.
Ant. Ancestor, source, original, origin.
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Breed, v. Bring forth, bear, beget, produce; nurture, foster, nourish; discipline, educate, instruct, train, teach, school; occasion, originate, generate, procreate, propagate, cause, evolve.
Ant. Destroy, extirpate, stifle, extinguish.
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Breeding. Discipline, instruction, education, nurture, training, schooling; manners, deportment.
Ant. Ill manners, misbehavior; ignorance, illiteracy.
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Brevity. Shortness, terseness, conciseness, compression, pithiness, succinctness, pointedness; abbreviation, abridgment.
Ant. Prolixity, diffuseness, verbosity, length, protraction, elongation, extension, tediousness.
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Brew. Concoct, compound, mix, hatch, foment, excite; prepare, collect, gather, grow; threaten, impend; form.
Ant. Disperse, break, spoil, mar, miscompound.
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Bridle, v. Restrain, curb, control, govern, check; bristle, ruffle; master, moderate, compress, repress.
Ant. Relax, loosen, give vent, liberate, discharge; soothe, calm.
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Brief. Short, concise, succinct.
Ant. Long, tedious, diffuse.
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Bright. Shining, resplendent, luminous, glowing, lustrous, beaming, gleaming, glistening, blazing, flaming, flashing, radiant, ruddy, refulgent, brilliant, dazzling, sparkling, scintillating, burnished; lucid, clear, transparent, pellucid, lambent, cloudless, limpid; glorious, famous, illustrious; intelligent, acute, discerning, keen, ingenious; auspicious, promising, propitious, favorable, inspiring; cheerful, merry, lively, happy, animated.
Ant. Opaque, dull, dark, gloomy, black, ebon, shadowy, rayless, sunless, murky, cloudy, overcast, pitchy, lurid; obscure, mysterious, enigmatical, mystic, unintelligible, occult, recondite, abstruse, cabalistic, transcendental; disheartening, discouraging, dismal, cheerless; ignorant, unlettered, untaught, imbecile, rude, benighted; foul, infamous, horrible, damnable, vile, infernal, wicked, sullen, atrocious, dejected.
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Brilliant. Bright, radiant, flashing, lustrous, glorious, luminous, effulgent, beaming, sparkling; illustrious, distinguished, celebrated, famous, renowned, eminent.
Ant. Dark, dull, stupid, gloomy; notorious, infamous; obscure, insignificant.
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Bring. Bear, fetch, convey; conduct, guide, lead, attend, accompany, convoy; obtain, gain, procure, produce; induce, prevail upon.
Ant. Remove, export, send, exclude, debar, transport, abstract, subtract.
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Brisk. Lively, quick, vivacious, active, alert, animated, prompt, sprightly, nimble, spry, agile.
Ant. Slow, heavy, dull, sluggish, indolent, inactive, unenergetic, stagnant.
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Bristling. Full, crowded, swarming, stocked, multifarious, multitudinous; bristly, standing on end like bristles; ruffled, roughened, corrugated, bespined; bridled, angered, offended.
Ant. Smooth, soothed, allayed; prone; bare, nude, scant, devoid, vacant.
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Brittle. Fragile, crumbling, shivery, frail, easily broken.
Ant. Tough, stout, strong, hardy.
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Broach. Open, pierce, tap; suggest, hint, approach, break; utter, publish, proclaim, give out; originate, propound.
Ant. Repress, cork, bottle, secrete, conceal, hide.
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Broad. Wide; large, ample, extensive, vast, spacious, capacious; liberal, tolerant, free, hospitable; spread, diffused, open; gross, vulgar, indecent, coarse.
Ant. Narrow; contracted, restricted, confined, limited; prejudiced, illiberal, bigoted, reserved; veiled, enigmatical, shrouded, shaded; refined, delicate, sketchy; specific, pointed.
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Broil. Affray, quarrel, contention.
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Brook. Tolerate, bear, suffer, endure, abide, submit to, undergo, permit.
Ant. Resist, resent, reject.
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Brotherhood. Fraternity, fellowship, association, sodality, society.
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Browbeat. Bully, intimidate, bulldoze, overawe.
Ant. Rally, support.
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Bruise. Pommel, crush, squeeze, break, pound, batter, deface.
Ant. Heal, soothe.
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Brunt. Shock, attack, impulse, onslaught, onset, assault.
Ant. Repulse, resistance, endurance.
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Brutal. Brutish, animal, beastly, bestial; savage, ferocious, cruel, harsh, uncivil, rude, rough, gruff, impolite, brusque; sensual, carnal.
Ant. Humane, self-controlled, civilized, enlightened, elevated, noble, refined, intelligent, grand.
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Bubble. Toy, trifle, fancy, conceit, dream, vision, froth, trash.
Ant. Prize, treasure, reality, substance, jewel, good, advantage.
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Buffoon. Wag, clown, jester, mountebank, harlequin, droll, punch, fool.
Ant. Wit, genius, pedant, philosopher.
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Build. Make, form, shape, figure, model; construct, erect, raise.
Ant. Demolish, overthrow, destroy.
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Building. Architecture, edifice, structure, fabric, pile, erection.
Ant. Ruin, demolition, dilapidation, dismantlement.
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Bulk. Magnitude, size, volume, mass; greatness, amplitude, massiveness; majority, major part, most, principal part; dimension.
Ant. Portion, section, atom, particle; diminution, tenuity, contraction, dismemberment, disintegration.
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Bulwark. Rampart, fortress, fortification, stronghold, intrenchment, bastion, parapet, citadel.
Ant. Siege, bombardment, cannonade, boarding, storming.
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Bungler. Botcher, clown, fumbler, clumsy workman, novice.
Ant. Adept, adroit, master, artist, proficient workman, professor.
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Buoy, v. Float, support, sustain; elevate, inspire, assure, animate, cheer.
Ant. Sink, drown, depress, swamp; crush, betray, fail, deject, overcome.
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Buoyant. Light; cheerful, hopeful, sprightly, vivacious, joyous, blithesome, jocund, sportive, jubilant, elastic, floating.
Ant. Heavy, dejected, depressed, moody, joyless, cheerless, desponding.
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Burden. Load, weight; cargo, freight; capacity, tonnage: impediment, incubus, grievance, trial, trouble, affliction, sorrow; chorus, refrain; topic, drift, tenor, point, substance.
