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Control, v. Direct, manage, rule, command, sway, superintend; hinder, repress, restrain, curb, check.

Ant. License, free; neglect, abandon; mismanage, misconduct.

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Controversy. Dispute, altercation, contention, disagreement.

Ant. Agreement, unanimity, coincidence.

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Contumacy. Obstinacy, stubbornness, perverseness, pertinacity, obduracy; disobedience, insolence.

Ant. Docility, tractableness, flattering, fawning, servility.

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Contumely. Obloquy, reproach, opprobrium, insolence, abuse, contempt, scorn, disdain, arrogance.

Ant. Regard, consideration, adulation, obsequiousness.

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Convene. Assemble, meet, congregate, summon, master, collect.

Ant. Dismiss, disperse, disband, dissipate.

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Convenient. Suitable, fit, appropriate, proper, adapted; advantageous, commodious, comfortable, useful, serviceable.

Ant. Inconvenient, useless, awkward, superfluous; inopportune.

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Convention. Assemblage, conference, meeting, concourse, session, synod, congress, convocation; treaty, compact.

Ant. Recess, dissolution, prorogation; dispersion, scattering; promise, understanding, parole.

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Conventional. Usual, customary, ordinary, habitual, regular, wonted, prevalent, social, everyday; stipulated.

Ant. Unusual, erratic, extraordinary; legal, compulsory.

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Conversant. Familiar, skilled, acquainted, proficient, versed.

Ant. Strange, ignorant, unversed, unlearned.

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Conversation. Converse, communion, intercourse, parley, talk, chat, conference, communication, discourse, colloquy, dialogue.

Ant. Speech, oration, harangue, soliloquy, apostrophe, monologue, silence, taciturnity.

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Converse, a. Opposite, reverse, contrary, counter, contradictory.

Ant. Identical, one, same, indistinguishable; direct, primary.

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Conversion. Alteration, transmutation, change, transformation.

Ant. Permanence, identity, persistence, conservation.

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Convertible. Equivalent, interchangeable, identical; reversible.

Ant. Variant, contrary, incommensurate.

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Convey. Take, transfer, move, change, carry, shift, transmit, transport, remove, consign, relegate.

Ant. Retain, preserve, hold, cling to, possess.

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Conviction. Belief, assurance, persuasion; confutation, refutation; proof, detection.

Ant. Doubt, disbelief, misgiving; vindication, justification.

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Convince. Persuade, satisfy, enlighten, indoctrinate, inoculate.

Ant. Mislead, mystify, perplex, puzzle, unsettle, upset; turn, convert.

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Convivial. Social, festive, hospitable, jovial, jolly, companionable, gay.

Ant. Inhospitable, unsocial, unneighborly, churlish; abstemious, ascetic, austere.

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Convocation. Convention, congress, assemblage, council, synod.

Ant. Dispersion, disruption, dismission, dismissal.

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Convolution. Coil, involution, spiral, twist, contortion.

Ant. Unfolding, evolution, unraveling, explication.

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Convoy. Escort, guard, attendance, protection.

Ant. Capture, betrayal, onset, onslaught, hold up.

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Convulse. Disturb, shake, agitate.

Ant. Calm, compose, soothe, assuage.

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Cool. Somewhat cold, chilling, frigid, freezing; unimpassioned, composed, collected, unruffled, self-possessed, sedate, placid, quiet; indifferent, unconcerned, apathetic.

Ant. Hot, warm, burning, heated, excitable, ardent, eager.

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Coöperate. Assist, abet, help, conspire, concur, co-labor.

Ant. Oppose, thwart, rival, counteract, conflict, hinder, defeat, frustrate.

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Coördinate. Equal, equivalent, proportionate, commensurate, tantamount, equipollent.

Ant. Subordinate; disparate, extraneous; inferior, superior.

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Copy. Portraiture, facsimile, duplicate, imitation, likeness, image, transcript, counterfeit.

Ant. Model, original, pattern, example, prototype, archetype, exemplar.

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Cordial. Earnest, warm, hearty, ardent, affectionate, sincere, invigorating, refreshing, pleasing, grateful.

Ant. Cool, formal, ceremonious, distant, reserved, disinclined.

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Corner. Angle, bend, crotch, knee; nook, recess, niche, retreat.

Ant. Abutment, protrusion, prominence, convexity, projection.

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Corollary. Inference, conclusion, deduction, consequence.

Ant. Problem, proposition.

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Corporal, Corporeal. Fleshly, bodily, material, physical.

Ant. Spiritual, mental, intellectual, moral, ethereal, immaterial.

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Corps. Body of troops, division of army, squadron, band, company.

Ant. Aggregate, army, host, mass, force, organization.

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Corpse. Remains, dead body, cadaver, carcass, dust.

Ant. Soul, spirit, individual, personality, mentality.

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Corpulent. Fat, fleshy, plump, obese, portly, round, stout.

Ant. Lean, thin, attenuated, emaciated, slight, slender, frail.

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Correct. True, exact, accurate, proper, faultless, right.

Ant. False, untrue, wrong, inexact, inaccurate, fallacious, defective.

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Corrective. Regulative, preventive, alterative, preservative, rectifying, modifying, improving, reformatory.

Ant. Confirmative, stimulative, intensitive, provocative, conducive.

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Correlation. Interrelation, correspondence, apposition, interdependence, mutuality, reciprocation, interchange, reciprocity.

Ant. Contradiction, independence, opposition, inconsistency, incongruity.

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Correspond. Agree, suit, match, fit, tally, harmonize, answer, correlate, stand counter; communicate, write.

Ant. Vary, disagree, clash, jar; ignore, disregard, neglect.

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Correspondence. Adaptation, agreement, congruity; writing, letter, despatches, communication.

Ant. Conversation; withdrawal, non-intercourse; incongruity, discord, disagreement.

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Corroborate. Strengthen, establish, sustain, support, confirm.

Ant. Weaken, confute, rebut, invalidate, shake, enfeeble, overthrow.

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Corrode. Consume, eat away, waste, impair, rust, canker, wear, crumble.

Ant. Renew, restore.

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Corrupt, v. Defile, pollute, infect, taint, vitiate, demoralize, contaminate, debase, spoil, deteriorate.

Ant. Cleanse, purify, better, correct, ameliorate.

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Corruption. Decay, decomposition, pollution, defilement, infection, contamination, adulteration; depravity, immorality, laxity, wickedness; dishonesty, bribery.

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Cost. Price, worth, expenditure, expense, charge, disbursement, outlay; preciousness, richness, splendor; loss, damage, pain.

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Costume. Dress, livery, robes, uniform.

Ant. Disguise, incognito; nudity, nakedness.

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Council. Cabinet, bureau, chamber, conclave, synod, convocation, meeting, conference, parliament, consultation, convention.

Ant. Cabal, league, conspiracy; multitude, mob.

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Counsel. Advice, consultation, opinion, suggestion, recommendation, instruction, caution, admonition; deliberation, forethought; plan, design, scheme; purpose; lawyer, barrister, attorney.

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Count. Compute, reckon, add, tell, estimate, number, enumerate, sum, calculate.

Ant. Guess, conjecture, surmise, think, fancy.

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Countenance, v. Approve, support, sanction, help, aid, abet, encourage, patronize, befriend, assist, favor.

Ant. Oppose, confront, discourage, browbeat, face, compare, disparage.

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Counter. Contrary, opposed, opposite, against.

Ant. Accordant with, coincident, consonant.

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Counteract. Oppose, foil, baffle, thwart, hinder, rival, resist, defeat, cross, frustrate, neutralize.

Ant. Aid, coöperate, subserve, promote, advance, assist.

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Counterfeit, n. Forgery, fraudulent copy, cheat, artifice, pretense, sham, fabrication.