Ant. Unpleasant, disobliging, obnoxious, disagreeable, unwelcome, offensive, inharmonious, unaccommodating.
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Agreement. Contract, compact, bond, bargain, covenant, harmony, liaison, obligation, undertaking, treaty.
Ant. Promise, understanding, parole; discord, dissension.
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Agriculture. Farming, husbandry, cultivation of the soil, tillage.
Ant. Fallowness, sterility, unproductiveness, waste.
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Aground. Ashore, stranded, not afloat; exhausted in resources.
Ant. Afloat, loose, abroad, adrift; flush.
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Ahead. In front, forward, onward, in advance.
Ant. Abaft, astern, back, behind, aft.
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Aid. Help, support, assist, serve, befriend, minister to, relieve, succor; supply, give alms to; foster, protect, encourage, favor.
Ant. Oppose, discourage, thwart, baffle, deter, confront.
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Ailing. Sick, ill, indisposed, unwell, feeble, infirm, weakly, delicate, unhealthy, pining.
Ant. Well, healthy, energetic, strong, vigorous.
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Ailment. Disease, malady, indisposition, distemper, complaint.
Ant. Health, sanity, convalescence, vigor, recovery.
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Aim. Direction, course, tendency, bent, proclivity, bearing; intention, purpose, design, scheme; reason; view, scope, drift, mark, goal, point; endeavor, attempt, aspiration, determination.
Ant. Deviation, divergence, deflection, digression, aberration; tangent; venture, leap, fluke, chance, hazard, speculation; neglect, avoidance, carelessness, oversight.
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Air. Atmosphere, gas; breeze, vapor, zephyr, wind; weather; appearance, aspect, manner, sort, style, way, behavior, carriage, bearing, expression, look, demeanor, mien, fashion; tune.
Airy. Aërial, thin, rare, ethereal; light, subtle, sublimated; sprightly, buoyant, vivacious, volatile, jolly, jovial, light-hearted; graceful, lithe, pliant, flexible, showy, jaunty, flaunting, garish; windy, empty.
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Ant. Thick, ponderous, heavy, inert, clumsy, dull, sluggish, wooden, slow, cheerless, sullen, doleful, leaden, lugubrious.
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Akin. Related, allied, homogeneous, cognate, similar, congenial, sympathetic.
Ant. Foreign, alien, hostile, heterogeneous, dissimilar.
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Alacrity. Readiness, briskness, activity, quickness, willingness, promptness, compliance, cheerfulness, eagerness, gaiety, agility.
Ant. Slowness, reluctance, repugnance, aversion, refusal, shrinking, recoil, disinclination.
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Alarm. Summons, tocsin, distress signal, war-cry; fear, terror, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, affright.
Ant. Lullaby; confidence, quiet, composure, assurance, courage.
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Alert. Lively, prompt, ready, prepared, vigilant, wide-awake, bustling, active, brisk, nimble, watchful, sprightly, agile.
Ant. Slow, lazy, absent, oblivious, sluggish, dilatory, drowsy.
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Alien, n. Foreigner, stranger.
Ant. Citizen, countryman, native, naturalized person.
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Alien, a. Strange, foreign, hostile, remote, distant, contrasted, contrary, unlike, unconnected.
Ant. Pertinent, essential; domesticated, naturalized; germane, akin, appropriate.
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Alienation. Estrangement, transfer, conveyance, disaffection, variance, rupture, breach; (relating to the mind) insanity, aberration, delusion, lunacy, delirium, mania, imbecility.
Ant. Confederacy, coalition, alliance, league, union; sanity, soundness, sobriety, rationality.
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Alight. Perch, settle, drop, lodge; dismount, descend.
Ant. Soar, spring, ascend, start, mount.
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Alike. Similar, kindred, same, resembling, equivalent, homogeneous, identical, analogous, uniform, akin, allied.
Ant. Different, unequal, dissimilar, unlike, heterogeneous, distinct, various.
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Aliment. Food, nourishment, subsistence, fare, diet, regimen, nutriment, viands, meat, sustenance.
Ant. Poison, bane; starvation, exhaustion; venom, scourge.
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Alive. Living, quick, subsisting, animate, alert, active, breathing; sensitive, susceptible; operative; cheerful, joyous; brisk.
Ant. Dead, defunct, lifeless, deceased; inanimate, dull; departed, cold; dispirited.
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All, n. Whole, totality.
Ant. Part, piece, share, portion.
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All, a. Whole, entire, complete, total; each, every.
Ant. Some, part.
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Allay. Repress, restrain, check, subdue, silence, still, hush, soothe, compose, calm, appease, lull, alleviate, mitigate, solace, abate, relieve, palliate.
Ant. Aggravate, arouse, excite, stir, kindle, fan, provoke.
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Allege. Declare, affirm, claim, maintain, state, asseverate; advance, aver, introduce; profess, cite.
Ant. Contradict, gainsay, refute, deny, disprove, quash.
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Allegiance. Fealty, loyalty, devotion, homage, faithfulness, obedience.
Ant. Treason, rebellion, sedition, disloyalty, disaffection.
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Allegory. Parable, fable, myth, story, tale, apologue, metaphor, illustration, simile.
Ant. History, fact, narrative, chronicle, record.
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Alleviate. Abate, mitigate, reduce, relieve, lessen, assuage, remove, soften, moderate, lighten.
Ant. Augment, increase, heighten, intensify, magnify, aggravate, enhance, embitter.
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Alliance. Connection, relationship, affinity; confederacy, league, union, treaty, co-partnership, coalition; affiliation, similarity.
Ant. Separation, estrangement, divorce; antagonism, disruption, enmity, hostility, schism, secession.
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Allot. Divide, apportion, distribute, deal out, dispense; assign, grant, give, appoint, destine.
Ant. Refuse, retain, misdeal, deny, confiscate, appropriate, seize, withhold.
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Allow. Grant, own, confess, admit; permit, let, authorize; suffer, tolerate, endure; yield, give, grant; approve, sanction, abate, remit.
Ant. Protest, refuse, deny, disapprove, forbid, disallow, reject, withstand, resist.
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Allowance. Leave, permission, sanction, approval; admission, acknowledgment, assent; commission; qualification, exception; ration.
Ant. Refusal, disapproval, denial; ratification, confirmation.
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Alloy, n. Admixture, adulteration, deterioration, debasement, disparagement, drawback.
Ant. Genuineness, enhancement, purity, integrity.
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Allude. Intimate, insinuate, point, refer, suggest, signify, hint, imply, indicate, mention.
Ant. Demonstrate, specify, declare.
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Allure. Decoy, entice, coax, attract, tempt, inveigle, seduce.
Ant. Dissuade, repel, warn, chill, damp, drive away, deter, alarm, terrify.
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Allusion. Hint, suggestion, intimation, reference, implication, innuendo.
Ant. Mention, demonstration, specification.
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Ally, n. Assistant, helper, aider, friend, associate, colleague, partner, accessory, accomplice.
Ant. Opponent, adversary, foe, enemy, antagonist.
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Aloft. Above, skyward, heavenward, overhead, in the air.
Ant. Beneath, earthward, below.
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Alone. Solitary, sole, single, isolated.
Ant. Accompanied, associated.
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Along. Lengthwise, onward, forward; together, beside, simultaneously.
Ant. Across, sidewise or sideways, lateral; apart, tandem.
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Aloof. Apart, distant, away, off.
Ant. Close, near, together, unitedly.
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Aloud. Distinctly, audibly, vociferously, clamorously, sonorously.
Ant. Softly, silently, inaudibly.
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Also. As well, likewise, too, similarly, withal, besides, in addition, in like manner.
Ant. Nevertheless, notwithstanding, on the contrary, but, yet, in spite of, on the other hand.
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Alter. Change, turn, vary, modify, shift, substitute, remodel, transform, convert.
Ant. Conserve, perpetuate, preserve, arrest, solidify, retain.
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Alteration. Change, variation, modification, shifting, mutation.
