Ant. Ease, lightness; facility, airiness, light-heartedness; consolation, assuagement, alleviation, liberation, mitigation.
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Burial. Interment, sepulture, entombment, burying.
Ant. Exhumation, disinterment.
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Burlesque. Parody, travesty, caricature, ridicule, farce.
Ant. Classic, history, fact.
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Burn. Char, consume, cremate, scorch, set on fire, singe, ignite, incinerate, kindle, blaze, cauterize, glow, smolder.
Ant. Smother, stifle, subdue, extinguish, cool, put out; subside, glimmer, lower, pale.
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Burnish. Brighten, polish, make to glisten, glaze, gloss.
Ant. Dull, bedim, cloud, scratch, abrade.
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Burst. Break, open, explode, blow up, rend, split, crack, discharge, shatter, disrupt.
Ant. Cohere, hold, stand, stick together, adhere.
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Bury. Inter, cover up, entomb, inearth, inhume, inurn; shroud, conceal, secrete, hide; immure, confine; cancel, compose, hush, cover with oblivion.
Ant. Resurrect, exhume, disinter, excavate, expose, resuscitate; publish, announce, advertise.
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Business. Employment, craft, trade, commerce, handicraft, traffic, transaction, work, vocation, job, affairs, avocation, profession, occupation, calling, concern, duty, office, interest.
Ant. Stagnation, leisure, inactivity.
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Bustle. Activity, stir, commotion, excitement, haste, hurry, energy, eagerness, flurry.
Ant. Idleness, inactivity, vacation, stagnation, quiet, indolence, indifference, unconcern.
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Busy. Engaged, employed, occupied; diligent, industrious, active, working, sedulous; brisk, stirring, bustling, agile, spry, nimble; meddling, officious.
Ant. Idle, lazy, indolent, slothful.
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But. Save, except, furthermore, barely, besides, however, just, only, notwithstanding, though, unless, yet, still, merely, nevertheless, provided, moreover.
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Buxom. Bonny, blithe, shapely.
Ant. Lean, slender, ill-shaped.
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Buy. Purchase, bargain, acquire; bribe, corrupt, pervert, suborn, subsidize.
Ant. Sell, hawk, retail, vend.
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By. Through, with; at, on; from, according to; near, close by; past; along, over; before, in the sight of, in the name of; per, at.
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Cabal. Confederacy, conspiracy, conclave, combination, faction, crew, junto, gang, coterie, plot, political intrigue, league.
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Cadaverous. Bloodless, pallid, pale, wan, ghastly, deathlike, ashy.
Ant. Rosy, blushing, sanguine, incarnadine.
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Cage, v. Imprison, immure, confine, incarcerate.
Ant. Liberate, free, dismiss, unbar.
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Caitiff. Rascal, miscreant, villain, wretch, coward, sneak, traitor, scoundrel, vagabond.
Ant. Gentleman, patriot, philanthropist.
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Cajole. Coax, wheedle, flatter, fawn upon, blandish; deceive, entrap, beguile, inveigle, impose upon.
Ant. Scold, chide, warn.
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Calamitous. Disastrous, unfortunate, unlucky, adverse, untoward, deplorable, ruinous, inauspicious, wretched, distressing, grievous, ill-starred, troublous, hapless, ill-omened.
Ant. Fortunate, auspicious, felicitous, propitious, favorable, advantageous.
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Calamity. Disaster, misfortune, catastrophe, mishap, trial, trouble, affliction, adversity, distress, hardship, ill luck, visitation.
Ant. Blessing, boon, advantage, good fortune, benefaction.
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Calculate. Number, reckon, sum up, count, compute, account, estimate, enumerate, rate; consider, deem, apportion, investigate.
Ant. Guess, risk, chance, conjecture, stake.
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Calculating. Wary, cautious, scheming, crafty, cool, hard, selfish; careful, circumspect, sagacious, farsighted.
Ant. Shortsighted, improvident, rash, careless.
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Calculation. Reckoning, computation; expectation, anticipation, prospect; foresight, forethought, caution, wariness, discretion, prudence, deliberation.
Ant. Omission, carelessness, imprudence, indiscretion, inconsideration.
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Caliber. Diameter, gage, capacity; faculty, scope, talent, ability, gifts, parts, endowment.
Ant. Smallness, thinness; imbecility, incapacity, puerility.
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Call. Cry, bellow, clamor, ejaculate, scream, roar, shout, shriek, bawl, yell, exclaim, vociferate; invite, summon, send for, bid; assemble, convene, muster; elect, ordain, appoint; invoke, appeal to.
Ant. Be silent, hush, list, listen, harken, be still; ignore; disperse; disdain, defy.
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Calm. Composed, peaceful, placid, quiet, still, tranquil, self-possessed, serene, undisturbed, dispassionate, sedate, collected, imperturbable, unruffled.
Ant. Frantic, frenzied, passionate, furious, raging, stormy, violent, boisterous, agitated, excited, fierce, turbulent, wild, heated, wrathful, disturbed.
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Calumniate. Slander, traduce, defame, vilify, revile, asperse.
Ant. Praise, commend, vindicate, laud, honor, eulogize; shield.
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Calumny. Slander, aspersion, defamation, detraction, abuse, obloquy.
Ant. Vindication, justification; eulogy, panegyric.
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Camp. Encampment, bivouac.
Cancel. Obliterate, scratch out, erase, efface, expunge, cross off; abolish, abrogate, nullify, annul, revoke, rescind, make void, repeal.
Ant. Confirm, enact, perpetuate, approve, enforce, uphold, sustain, maintain, establish, record, write.
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Candid. Honest, open, straightforward, transparent, unbiased, artless, frank, guileless, ingenuous, naive, sincere, impartial, innocent, unprejudiced, aboveboard, simple, truthful, unsophisticated, fair.
Ant. Deceitful, designing, foxy, sharp, shrewd, crafty, artful, sly, tricky, subtle, adroit, cunning, insincere, diplomatic, intriguing, wily.
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Candidate. Aspirant, solicitant, petitioner, canvasser, claimant, solicitor.
Ant. Non-competitor; resigner, abandoner, abjurer.
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Canvass. Debate, discuss, dispute, agitate; examine, investigate, scrutinize, sift, study, consider; solicit votes from, apply for.
Ant. Admit, pass, misexamine, allow, ignore, disregard.
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Capability. Capacity, ability, skill, power, competency, efficiency, caliber, force, faculty, scope, brains, talent.
Ant. Dulness, inability, inaptitude, difficulty, awkwardness.
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Capacity. Space, magnitude, volume, dimensions, extent, size, tonnage, caliber; faculty, gift, talent, genius, competency, capability, discernment, cleverness, skill, aptitude; sphere, office, province, character, function.
Ant. Restriction, narrowness, contractedness, incapacity; incompetency, inefficiency, inability.
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Capital, n. Metropolis; large letter; stock, sum invested; head of a column or pillar; mental, physical, or financial resources.
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Capital, a. Chief, principal, essential, leading, cardinal; fatal, forfeiting life; excellent, prime, first-class, first-rate, consummate, high, important.
Ant. Subordinate, inferior, unimportant, minor; defective, mean.
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Capitulate. Surrender, yield, submit, stipulate.
Ant. Resist, contend, struggle.
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Caprice. Vagary, freak, whim, fancy, crotchet.
Ant. Purpose, plan, determination, conviction, seriousness.
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Capricious. Wayward, fanciful, freakish, whimsical, inconstant, uncertain, fitful, fickle, changeable.
Ant. Firm, inflexible, unswerving, constant, decided, serious.
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Captious. Carping, hypercritical, censorious; crabbed, snappish, touchy, cross, snarling, acrimonious, contentious; insidious, ensnaring.
Ant. Appreciative, commendatory, complimentary, encouraging, flattering, laudatory, approving.
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Captivate. Charm, enchant, fascinate, enamor, bewitch, please highly, lead captive, win, catch.
Ant. Disenchant, disillusionize; disgust.
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Captivity. Thraldom, confinement, duress, imprisonment, bondage, subjection, slavery, servitude, durance.
