Ant. Disallow; charge; increase, enlarge.

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Compact, n. Agreement, bond, contract, treaty, covenant.

Ant. Promise, intention.

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Compact, a. Dense, close, solid, firm, compressed; concise, terse, pithy, short, brief, laconic, compendious, succinct, sententious.

Ant. Diffuse; sparse, straggling; broadspread, unshapely; prolix, verbose.

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Companion. Associate, partner, mate, comrade, colleague.

Ant. Rival, antagonist, adversary.

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Companionable. Sociable, pleasant, affable, genial, friendly, agreeable.

Ant. Reserved, haughty, distant, cold, solitary, inaccessible.

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Company. Concourse, gathering, crowd, throng, meeting, multitude, assembly, conclave, conference, congregation, convention, convocation.

Ant. Privacy, retirement, solitude, dispersion, loneliness, seclusion.

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Compare. Collate, estimate, declare similar, liken, parallel.

Ant. Contrast, disconnect, pit, distinguish.

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Compass. Surround, enclose; effect, achieve, consummate, complete.

Ant. Expand, liberate; fail, bungle, mismanage.

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Compassion. Pity, sympathy, condolence, kindness, clemency, mercy.

Ant. Cruelty, antipathy, retaliation, vindictiveness.

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Compatible. Consistent, accordant, congruous, congenial, harmonious.

Ant. Hostile, adverse, impossible, destructive, contradictory.

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Compel. Force, oblige, make necessary, coerce, constrain, necessitate.

Ant. Hinder, prevent, delay, block, hamper, encumber.

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Compensation. Recompense, reward, requital, satisfaction, reparation, amends, indemnification.

Ant. Damage, injury, deprivation.

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Compete. Contend, rival, strive, struggle.

Ant. Share, participate.

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Competence. Ability, capableness; sufficiency, enough, adequacy.

Ant. Inability, weakness; poverty, want, indigence.

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Competition. Rivalry, emulation, contest.

Ant. Alliance, co-partnership.

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Complacent. Pleased, satisfied, contented, amiable, pleasant, affable.

Ant. Morose, austere, unmannerly.

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Complain. Murmur, grumble, remonstrate, find fault, repine, lament, grieve, expostulate.

Ant. Approve, commend, applaud, congratulate, rejoice.

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Complement. Fulfilment, totality, counterpart, supply, correlative.

Ant. Deficit, abatement, deficiency.

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Complete, a. Perfect, finished, total, whole, entire; concluded, consummated, ended; adequate, exhaustive, thorough.

Ant. Partial, inadequate, imperfect, unfinished.

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Complex. Confused, involved, mixed, entangled, complicated, composite, manifold, mingled, intricate, obscure.

Ant. Direct, obvious, plain, uniform, simple, homogeneous, unraveled.

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Complexion. Face, feature, appearance, look, hue, character, indication.

Ant. Heart, core; reticence, concealment, inexpression.

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Compliance. Yielding, submission, acquiescence, docility, obedience.

Ant. Resistance, repulsion, refusal.

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Compliment. Flattery, praise, homage, commendation, encomium.

Ant. Insult, contempt, discourtesy.

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Complimentary. Commendatory, flattering, laudatory.

Ant. Disparaging, abusive, defamatory, denunciatory.

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Component. Constituent, factor, element, ingredient.

Ant. Compound, entirety, sum, aggregate.

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Comport. Conduct, behave, demean; accord, agree, harmonize.

Ant. Contrast, militate, differ; misdemean, misconduct.

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Compose. Compile, construct, constitute; soothe, allay, calm; write.

Ant. Analyze, dissect; irritate, excite; criticize.

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Composition. Formation, making; compound, mixture; arrangement, union, combination; writing, invention; agreement, compromise.

Ant. Examination, analysis, criticism; disturbance; segregation.

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Composure. Tranquillity, calm, repose, self-possession, serenity.

Ant. Restlessness, perturbation.

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Compound, n. Mixture, combination, amalgamation, coalescence, synthesis.

Ant. Analysis, dissolution, resolution.

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Comprehend. Understand, conceive, grasp; include, enclose, embrace.

Ant. Misunderstand, misconstrue; except, exclude.

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Comprehension. Conception, understanding, perception, apprehension, capacity, intellect, reason, mind, intelligence.

Ant. Idiocy, nescience, misunderstanding, misconception.

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Comprehensive. Ample, wide, inclusive, extensive, capacious, compendious.

Ant. Narrow, shallow, restricted.

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Compress. Condense, squeeze, contract, epitomize, abridge.

Ant. Expand, diffuse, dilate.

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Comprise. Include, involve, contain, comprehend, embrace, imply.

Ant. Except, bar out, omit, reject.

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Compromise. Adjust, arbitrate, settle; engage, pledge, commit; implicate, involve, endanger.

Ant. Contend, fight; repudiate, disallow; exonerate, extricate.

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Compulsion. Force, coercion, constraint, control.

Ant. Coaxing, persuasion, inducement.

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Compunction. Regret, remorse, contrition, penitence.

Ant. Assurance, self-complacency, satisfaction.

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Compute. Number, calculate, reckon, count; value, estimate, appraise.

Ant. Guess, conjecture, surmise.

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Comrade. Companion, compeer, colleague, associate, partner, friend.

Ant. Opponent; stranger, alien.

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Concatenation. Connection, continuity; series, chain, succession.

Ant. Intermission, severing, disconnection.

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Concave. Hollow, depressed, excavated.

Ant. Convex, protuberant, tumular.

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Conceal. Hide, suppress, secrete, disguise.

Ant. Reveal, expose, make manifest, lay bare, confess, publish, divulge.

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Concede. Surrender, admit, resign, yield, allow.

Ant. Refuse, claim, contend, contradict, deny, contest.

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Conceit. Notion, whim, vagary, idea, abstraction, affectation, imagination.

Ant. Reality, fact, substance; simplicity, humility.

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Conceited. Egoistical, opinionated, vain.

Ant. Simple, unassuming, unaffected.

Conceive. Imagine, apprehend, believe, design, think, understand.

Ant. Express, produce, execute.

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Concentrate. Convene, assemble, congregate, muster, centralize.

Ant. Scatter, disperse, dispense, dismiss.

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Concern. Interest, anxiety, solicitude; affair, matter, institution.

Ant. Indifference, carelessness, disregard.

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Concerning. About, regarding, in relation to, respecting, in respect to, relative to, of.

Ant. Disregarding, omitting.

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Concert. Agreement, harmony, concord, concordance, combination, union, association.

Ant. Opposition, disagreement, discord.

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Concession. Surrender, grant, boon, acknowledgment, admission.

Ant. Refusal, denial, withdrawal.

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Conciliate. Win, gain, pacify, reconcile, propitiate.

Ant. Alienate, irritate, estrange, lose, antagonize.

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Concise. Succinct, condensed, terse, pregnant, pointed, brief, short, laconic.

Ant. Prolix, verbose, diffuse, discursive, rambling, pointless.

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Conclave. Assembly, synod, cabinet, council, bureau.

Ant. Throng, mob, populace, concourse, crowd.

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Conclude. Close, end, terminate, finish; decide, determine.

Ant. Begin, commence, undertake, initiate; prolong, protract.

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Conclusion. End, termination, finale, finis.

Ant. Commencement, beginning, initiation.

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Conclusive. Final, decisive, positive, definitive, indisputable.

Ant. Dubious, vague, uncertain, problematical, theoretical, indeterminate.

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Concoct. Brew, prepare, compound, mix.

Ant. Spoil, upset, overbrew.

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Concoction. Compound, brew, mixture; scheme, fiction.