Part 10
=Fool.= Idiot, natural; dolt, witling, driveler, blockhead, simpleton, dunce; buffoon, harlequin, droll, punch, antic, jester, clown.
ANT. _Wise man, adept, expert, scholar, master._
=Foolish.= Senseless, idiotic, silly, weak, daft, simple, irrational, insensate, shallow, brainless, witless; unwise, unreasonable, absurd, ridiculous, preposterous, indiscreet, imprudent; puerile, idle, trivial, trifling, contemptible, vain, childish; injudicious, objectionable, imbecile, nonsensical; crazed.
ANT. _Sensible, sane, clear-sighted, deep, strong-minded, sound, sagacious, wise, prudent, judicious, eligible, calculating, advisable._
=Footing.= Foothold; foundation, basis, groundwork; standing, rank, grade, status, state, condition; settlement, establishment; sum total.
ANT. _Dislodgment, ousting, unstableness._
=Foppish.= Dandyish, vain, coxcombical, dressy, dandified.
ANT. _Unassuming, modest, dowdy, unaffected, clownish, slovenly._
=Foray.= Inroad, irruption, raid, invasion, incursion; sally, escapade, dragonnade.
ANT. _Flight, retreat, recall, stampede, decampment._
=Forbear.= Abstain, avoid, withhold, refrain, forego; stop, desist, pause, cease, stay, hold, break off, give over; be tolerant, endure, be patient; shun, decline; omit; spare, tolerate, put up with.
ANT. _Seek, indulge, gratify, yield, grant, bestow; continue, advance, progress; rebel, resist._
=Forbidding.= Repulsive, repellent, unpleasant, odious, abhorrent, disagreeable, offensive; deterrent, prohibitory.
ANT. _Attractive, seductive, permissive, alluring, encouraging._
=Force=, _n._ Strength, power, energy, might, vigor; efficacy, efficiency, potency, validity, virtue, cogency, agency; compulsion, violence, constraint, coercion, enforcement; army, troop, legion, battalion, host, squadron, phalanx; instrumentality, dint, vehemence, pressure.
ANT. _Weakness, feebleness, inefficiency, counteraction, neutralization, debility, inconclusiveness, pointlessness._
=Fore=, _a._ Anterior, preceding, antecedent, prior, previous, former, foregoing; front, face; advanced, leading, head, foremost, first.
ANT. _Posterior, subsequent, following; rear, back, hindmost, last._
=Forefather.= Progenitor, ancestor, father.
ANT. _Descendants, progeny._
=Forefend.= Avert, prevent, ward off, hinder, keep off, forbid; stave, obviate.
ANT. _Remedy, rectify, cure, mend, redress._
=Forego.= Relinquish, resign, renounce, surrender, cede, yield, abandon, give up, part with, let go; waive, drop, abjure.
ANT. _Claim, assume, seize, grasp, retain, vindicate._
=Foreign.= Alien, external, exterior, outward, strange, exotic, from abroad; extraneous, extrinsic, adventitious, irrelevant; outlandish.
ANT. _Domestic, congenial, native, relative, germane._
=Forerunner.= Precursor, herald, harbinger, foregoer, avant-courier; prelude; prognostic, sign, omen, premonition; predecessor.
ANT. _Successor, follower; postlude; fulfilment._
=Foresee.= Foreknow, forecast, have prescience of; predict, anticipate, foretell, forebode, divine.
ANT. _Remember, recollect, recall, reflect._
=Foretell.= Prognosticate, foreshow, foreshadow, betoken, portend, augur, bode, forebode, presage; predict, prophesy; pre-indicate, forewarn.
ANT. _Recite, narrate, detail; recollect, remember._
=Forethought.= Foresight, anticipation, precaution, forecast, provision, prudence.
ANT. _Delay, procrastination._
=Forever.= Always, perpetually, eternally, everlastingly, ever, endlessly, evermore, aye.
ANT. _Never, at no time._
=Forfeit=, =Forfeiture=. Loss, fine, mulct, amercement, confiscation, penalty; damages.
ANT. _Bribe, premium, douceur, compensation, gratuity, reward, remuneration._
=Forge.= Beat, hammer out, fabricate, frame, form; devise, invent, coin; falsify, counterfeit; work, produce, elaborate, feign, make falsely, shape.
ANT. _Shatter, batter, shiver, blast, fuse, detect, expose; misconstrue, misshape, misfabricate; verify._
=Forgery.= Counterfeit; falsification, fraudulent imitation.
ANT. _Attestation, verification, signature; genuineness._
=Forget.= Consign to oblivion, overlook; slight, neglect, cease to care for; unlearn, pretermit, obliterate.
ANT. _Acquire, learn, recollect, remember, retain, treasure, mind._
=Forgetful.= Apt to forget; negligent, inattentive, careless, heedless, neglectful, mindless.
ANT. _Attentive, retentive, careful, mindful._
=Forgetfulness.= Aptness to forget; failure of memory; negligence, inattention, carelessness, heedlessness; oblivion.
ANT. _Retentiveness, recollection, recalling._
=Forgotten.= Unremembered, bygone, slighted, overlooked, obsolete, neglected, disregarded.
ANT. _Remembered, present, treasured, cherished, guarded, regarded._
=Forlorn.= Deserted, forsaken, solitary, abandoned, lost, friendless; wretched, miserable, pitiable, destitute, desolate; helpless, comfortless, disconsolate, wobegone; hapless, luckless; lone, lonesome.
ANT. _Supported, cherished, attended, protected, befriended, cheered._
=Form=, _n._ Shape, figure, configuration, mold, fashion, cast, cut; mode, method, formula, formulary, ritual; manner, system, sort, kind, order; regularity, arrangement; shapeliness, ceremony, formality, ceremonial; conventionality, etiquette; pattern, model; mere appearance, empty show.
=Form=, _v._ Shape, mold, fashion, constitute, arrange, frame, construct, contrive, conceive, make, produce, create, devise, invent, compose, dispose, combine.
ANT. _Deform, dislocate, distort, derange, disintegrate, dismember, dissipate, disorganize, analyze._
=Formal.= Express, explicit, positive, strict, official; regular, set, methodical, fixed, rigid, stiff; ceremonious, precise, punctilious, starched, prim, exact; essential, constitutive; external; complete, shapely, sufficient, affected, correct, stately, dignified, pompous.
ANT. _Incomplete, irregular, informal, incorrect, inadequate, easy, unassuming, unceremonious._
=Formalism.= Rigidity, parade, ceremoniousness, pomposity, externalism, punctilio.
ANT. _Simplicity, unaffectedness, unostentatiousness, unceremoniousness._
=Formality.= Custom, established mode; ceremony, etiquette, conventionality, mere form; parade, affectation, punctiliousness, stateliness.
ANT. _Informality; unceremoniousness, unconventionality; originality._
=Formation.= Creation, production; composition, constitution; arrangement, disposal, combination, disposition; construction, shape, structure.
=Former.= Anterior, antecedent, previous, prior, preceding, foregoing; quondam, late, old-time; past, bygone, foregone, previous; first-named, first-mentioned; earlier, ancient.
ANT. _Subsequent, succeeding, posterior, latter, modern, coming, future._
=Formidable.= Terrible, redoubted, tremendous, dangerous; awful, alarming, terrifying, discouraging, appalling, serious, horrible, dreadful, fearful, shocking.
ANT. _Light, trivial; feeble, harmless, contemptible, powerless, despicable, weak, helpless._
=Forthwith.= Instantly, directly, immediately, without delay, instantaneously.
ANT. _Hereafter, soon, by-and-by, presently._
=Fortification.= Fort, stronghold, fortress, fastness, castle, citadel; bulwark, fortified place.
=Fortify.= Protect, surround; reinforce, brace, stiffen, strengthen; confirm, corroborate; garrison, intrench.
ANT. _Weaken, dismantle; invalidate._
=Fortitude.= Endurance, heroism, resolution, courage; firmness, patience; bravery; calmness, resignation, hardihood, composure, stoicism.
ANT. _Impatience, timidity, flinching, irritation, faintness, delicacy, effeminacy, womanishness, childishness._
=Fortuitous.= Accidental, casual, contingent, chance, incidental, undesigned.
ANT. _Purposed, planned, designed; anticipated, foreseen._
=Fortunate.= Favored, lucky, successful, prosperous, happy, felicitous, propitious, auspicious, favorable, advantageous, providential.
ANT. _Miserable, unhappy, unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate, wretched, woful, fallen, infelicitous, broke, crushed._
=Fortune.= Chance, accident, luck, hap, casualty, fortuity; livelihood; estate, substance, property, possessions; wealth, affluence, riches, opulence; destiny, fate, destination, doom, star, lot; issue, result, event; success.
ANT. _Design, purpose; misfortune, ill luck, poverty; inception, cause, failure._
=Forward=, _a._ Onward, progressive, advancing; front, fore, anterior; ready, prompt, eager, willing, zealous, earnest; presumptuous, confident, bold, impertinent, pert, assuming, flippant; early, premature; obtrusive, anxious, self-assertive.
ANT. _Tardy, reluctant, retiring, backward, slow, modest, indifferent._
=Forward=, _v._ Support, foster, advance, promote, further, encourage, aid, favor, help; hasten, accelerate, quicken, speed, hurry, despatch, expedite; transmit, send on, ship.
ANT. _Retard, delay, prevent, hinder, frustrate._
=Foul.= Impure, nasty, dirty, unclean, squalid, filthy, tarnished, soiled, stained, polluted, sullied; disgusting, loathsome, offensive, noisome; dishonorable, unfair, sinister, underhanded; base, scandalous, infamous, vile, wicked, dark, abominable, detestable, disgraceful, shameful; vulgar, coarse, low; abusive, insulting, scurrilous; thick, turbid, muddy; stormy, cloudy, rainy; entangled, tangled.
ANT. _Pure, uncorrupt, unstained, undefiled, uncontaminated, unsullied, stainless, fair, unspotted, spotless, unpolluted, holy._
=Found=, _v._ Base, set, fix, place, ground, rest; build, construct, raise, erect; establish, institute, originate, plant, set up; cast, mold; endow, root.
ANT. _Uproot, subvert, supplant, disestablish._
=Foundation.= Base, groundwork, basis, bottom, footing; establishment, settlement; endowment; institution, origin, rudiments, ground, substratum, underlying principle.
ANT. _Disestablishment; superstructure; demolition, ruin, overthrow._
=Founder.= Originator, institutor, establisher, planter; molder, caster; author.
ANT. _Subverter, destroyer._
=Fountain.= Spring, well, jet; source, origin, original cause, first principle.
=Fraction.= Part, portion, fragment, piece, bit, scrap, section.
ANT. _Whole, total, amount, sum, aggregate._
=Fractious.= Cross, captious, petulant, testy, peevish, fretful, irritable, waspish, snappish; pettish.
ANT. _Good-humored, blithesome, agreeable, complaisant, genial._
=Fragile.= Brittle, easily broken, frangible; infirm, frail, weak, feeble, delicate, slight.
ANT. _Tough, hardy, stout, strong._
=Fragment.= Remnant, fraction, scrap, chip, detached part, bit, piece, morsel.
ANT. _Bulk, body, whole, mass._
=Fragrance=, =Fragrancy=. Redolence, perfume, aroma, balminess, incense, grateful odor _or_ smell, pleasant scent.
=Fragrant.= Aromatic, redolent, spicy, balmy, odoriferous, perfumed, sweet-scented, odorous, sweet-smelling.
ANT. _Inodorous, scentless, fetid._
=Frail.= Fragile, brittle, frangible; weak, feeble, infirm; irresolute, erring, mutable.
ANT. _Resolute, lasting, virtuous; tough, hardy, strong, stout._
=Frame=, _n._ Framework, skeleton, carcass, framing; form, structure, system, fabric, constitution, scheme; condition, state, temper, mood.
=Frame=, _v._ Construct, build, put together; form, compose, make, constitute; invent, devise, plan, contrive; fabricate, forge.
=Franchise.= Right, privilege; exemption, immunity; freedom.
ANT. _Obligation, disability, disqualification, liability, jurisdiction._
=Frank.= Open, ingenuous, free, sincere, candid, artless, frank-hearted, without disguise, unreserved; familiar, honest, outspoken, easy, plain.
ANT. _Close, reserved; disingenuous._
=Frantic.= Furious, raving, raging, mad, wild, infuriate, frenzied, distracted; maniacal.
ANT. _Sane, sober, calm, collected, cool, unruffled, composed._
=Fraternity.= Association, circle, society, company, brotherhood, sodality, league, clan; brotherliness.
=Fraternize.= Harmonize, sympathize, consort, concur; associate with, coöperate with; coalesce.
ANT. _Renounce, abjure, forswear; ostracize._
=Fraud.= Duplicity, deceit, deception, dishonesty, treason, artifice, trick, cheat, imposture, swindle, treachery, imposition.
ANT. _Good faith, honesty, truth, uprightness, fairness, integrity._
=Fraught.= Filled, stored, laden, freighted, charged, abounding, pregnant, big; loaded, teeming.
ANT. _Devoid, divested, exempt, empty, wanting, poor, scant._
=Freakish.= Whimsical, erratic, capricious, odd, fanciful, humorsome; sportful, frisky, joking, mirthful.
ANT. _Sober, steady, demure, unwhimsical, unfanciful, reliable, consistent, equable, uniform._
=Free=, _a._ Independent, at liberty, unrestrained; released, emancipated, delivered, liberated; exempt, clear, allowed, permitted, open; unobstructed, unimpeded, unrestricted; frank, ingenuous, candid, artless, unreserved, sincere, frank-hearted; generous, liberal, bountiful, hospitable, charitable, munificent, open-handed; prodigal, lavish, immoderate; ready, eager, willing, prompt; gratuitous, spontaneous; loose, lax; familiar, unconstrained, easy, informal; detached, playing, operating, unoccupied, unhindered, unconditional, untrammeled, careless, unconfined, bounteous.
ANT. _Bound, shackled, subservient, restricted, obstructed, clogged; occupied; impeded, unlawful, compulsory, biased, subject, liable, amenable; conditional, qualified; stingy, niggardly._
=Freedom.= Independence, liberty; scope, range, play, free swing; franchise, immunity, privilege; license, laxity, looseness, familiarity.
ANT. _Slavery, serfdom, servitude; imprisonment, captivity._
=Frenzy.= Madness, rage, fury, insanity, raving, distraction, lunacy, derangement, mania, delirium, aberration of mind; fanaticism, fire.
ANT. _Calm, composure, collectedness, coolness, sanity, sobriety, equanimity._
=Frequent=, _a._ Oft-repeated; common, usual, everyday; many, repeated, recurrent, general, numerous, continual.
ANT. _Few, solitary, scanty, rare, casual._
=Fresh.= New, recent, novel; renewed, revived; blooming, flourishing, unfaded, unwilted, unwithered, well-preserved; unimpaired, undecayed; rosy, ruddy, fair, delicate, fresh-colored; well, hearty, florid, vigorous, healthy, hardy, strong; unworn, unwearied, unexhausted, unfatigued; vivid, lively, keen, unabated; unsalted; pure, cool, refreshing, sweet, health-giving, bracing; brisk, stiff, strong; raw, uncultivated, unpracticed, untrained, unskilled, inexperienced; young, untried, modern.
ANT. _Old, stale, weary, jaded; former; stagnant, impaired; original, ordinary, tarnished, faded, decayed, pallid, sickly, putrid, moldy, musty, fusty._
=Fretful.= Touchy, peevish, petulant, testy, snappish, waspish, splenetic, spleeny, captious, irritable, ill-humored, ill-tempered; fractious, impatient, discontented.
ANT. _Patient, contented, forbearing, meek, resigned, unmurmuring._
=Friction.= Attrition, abrasion, resistance, confrication, rubbing; grating, contact.
ANT. _Lubrication, non-contact, detachment, isolation._
=Friend.= Confidant, intimate, associate, companion; ally, confrère, fellow-adherent; favorer, encourager, well-wisher, advocate, patron, adherent, defender, supporter; acquaintance, familiar, chum, messmate, coadjutor.
ANT. _Opponent, foe, adversary, antagonist, enemy._
=Friendly.= Companionable, genial, neighborly, cordial, affectionate, brotherly, fond, favorable, kind, kindly, loving, well-disposed, social, tender, affable, accessible, sociable, amicable, complaisant, hearty, sincere.
ANT. _Adverse, estranged, ill-disposed, unfriendly, antagonistic, unkind, inimical, alienated, distant, disaffected, frigid, hostile, cold, indifferent, contentious, belligerent, bellicose._
=Friendship.= Affection, good will, devotion, attachment, amity, comity, consideration, favor, friendliness, love, regard, esteem, admiration.
ANT. _Hostility, hatred, enmity, feud; contempt, disdain; antipathy._
=Frighten.= Alarm, affright, intimidate, scare, terrify, daunt, appall, browbeat, depress, dismay.
ANT. _Calm, soothe, comfort, ease; reassure, encourage._
=Frightful.= Terrible, fearful, terrific, dire, dread, dreadful, horrid, horrible, awful, shocking, hideous, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, alarming; ugly, monstrous.
ANT. _Pleasing, fair, attractive, encouraging, lovely, beautiful._
=Frigid.= Cold, dull, cool, uninteresting, lifeless, unanimated, tame, spiritless; formal, prim, stiff, forbidding, chilling, rigid, freezing, repulsive, repellent; inanimate, passionless, distant.
ANT. _Warm, ardent, impassioned; vehement, zealous._
=Frisk.= Leap, skip, hop, frolic, jump, romp, gambol, wanton, dance, sport, play.
ANT. _Lie, ruminate, roost, mope, sulk, rest, repose._
=Frisky.= Gay, lively, sportive, playful, coltish, wanton, frolicsome.
ANT. _Demure, sedate, pensive, meditative._
=Fritter.= Slice, break, shiver, shatter; dribble, waste, dissipate, idle.
ANT. _Husband, economize, cultivate, provide, be frugal._
=Frivolous.= Trivial, worthless, light, trifling, silly, petty, idle, flimsy, childish, puerile, foolish, trashy.
ANT. _Serious, earnest, important, grave._
=Frolic=, _n._ Gambol, lark, escapade, prank; fun, pleasantry, drollery; merriment, merry-making; play, game, festivity, sport, entertainment, gaiety, spree.
ANT. _Study, engagement, occupation, purpose, undertaking._
=Frolicsome.= Gay, lively, frisky, sportive, playful, frolic, merry, joyous; wanton, festive.
ANT. _Grave, serious, laborious, earnest, studious._
=Froward.= Contrary, fractious, perverse, contumacious, refractory, untoward, unyielding, ungovernable, wayward, disobedient, peevish, cross, captious, petulant.
ANT. _Docile, amenable, favorable, agreeable, obedient, ductile._
=Frugal.= Provident, economical, careful, choice, saving, chary, thrifty, unwasteful, sparing; parsimonious, abstinent, abstemious, temperate.
ANT. _Profuse, lavish, luxurious, extravagant, prodigal, intemperate, self-indulgent._
=Frugality.= Parsimony, thrift, providence, prudence, economy, sparing, miserliness, parsimoniousness, scrimping.
ANT. _Liberality, luxury, opulence, waste, wealth, extravagance, bounty, affluence, abundance, riches._
=Fruit.= Harvest, crop, product; production, result, effect, consequence, outcome; offspring, issue, young; produce, reward, outgrowth.
ANT. _Seed, cause, origin, operation, growth._
=Fruitful.= Productive; prolific, fertile, fecund; abundant, rich, plentiful, plenteous; pregnant, fraught, causative, successful, effectual, useful.
ANT. _Unproductive, sterile, barren, fruitless, useless, abortive, ineffectual._
=Fruition.= Fulfilment, enjoyment; reaping, attainment, use, possession.
ANT. _Loss, disappointment, non-attainment._
=Fugacious.= Transitory, transient, evanescent, fugitive, ephemeral, fleeting.
ANT. _Persistent, perennial, permanent, perpetual._
=Fulfil.= Accomplish, effectuate, effect, realize, execute, consummate, complete, perfect; obey, observe, perform, do, discharge, keep, adhere to, comply with; meet, satisfy, answer, fill, fill out; verify, achieve.
ANT. _Neglect, ignore; falsify, disappoint; render abortive; overlook, disregard, slight._
=Fulminate.= Explode, detonate; utter denunciations, thunder, fulmine, hurl threats; clamor, roar, denounce, vociferate.
ANT. _Laud, panegyrize, eulogize._
=Fulsome.= Gross, excessive, offensive, extravagant, nauseous, disgusting, repulsive, coarse, ribald, questionable, loathsome, sickening, fawning.
ANT. _Chaste, sober, delicate, nice, temperate, moderate._
=Fume=, _v._ Smoke, reek, emit vapor, exhale; rave, rage, chafe, storm, bluster, fret, flare up, be in a rage.
ANT. _Acquiesce; smile; submit, accede, consent, concur._
=Function=, _n._ Exercise, performance, execution, discharge; employment, office, duty, business, occupation, part, province; character, capacity, operation, administration, power.
ANT. _Usurpation, misdemeanor, misconduct, maladministration._
=Functionary.= Office-holder, official, officer, servant, personage, incumbent.
=Fund.= Stock, capital; supply, store; foundation, permanent fund; money, means, resources; investment.
ANT. _Expenditure, outlay, disbursement._
=Fundamental.= Essential, radical, primary, organic, constitutional, indispensable, principal, important.
ANT. _Secondary, unimportant, non-essential, ascititious, adventitious._
=Funereal.= Mournful, sad, lugubrious, woful, dark, plaintive, somber, melancholy, funeral, gloomy, dismal, sepulchral, solemn, deathlike.
ANT. _Joyous, festive, funny, stirring, lively, ridiculous, farcical._
=Funny.= Ludicrous, droll, comical, farcical, sportive, humorous, amusing, laughable, diverting, jocose, ridiculous.
ANT. _Tedious, dull, mournful, lugubrious, grave, serious, dismal, sad, lamentable._
=Furbish.= Burnish, polish, rub, scour, brighten.
ANT. _Dull, tarnish, cloud._
=Furnish.= Provide, supply; fit, equip, fit up; afford, give, bestow, contribute, present, purvey, yield.
ANT. _Withhold, withdraw; dismantle; retain, keep._
=Furtive.= Secret, sly, clandestine, stolen, stealthy, surreptitious, secretive.
ANT. _Open, public, undisguised, unconcealed, unreserved._
=Fuse.= Melt, liquefy, smelt; intermix, amalgamate, blend, commingle, intermingle; coalesce.
ANT. _Disunite, diffuse, disamalgamate, disincorporate._
=Fuss=, _n._ Hurry, worry, ado, fidget, bustle, flurry, stir, agitation, excitement, tumult.
ANT. _Quiet, peace, sedateness, calm, composure, tranquillity._
=Futile.= Trifling, frivolous, trivial; worthless, valueless, vain, idle, unprofitable, profitless, unavailing, fruitless, bootless, ineffectual; weak, ineffective, useless, nugatory.
ANT. _Cogent, effective, potent, powerful, useful, substantial, solid._
=Future.= Forthcoming, coming, advenient.
_Ant._ _Past, gone, bygone._
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=Gabble=, _n._ Prate, jargon, stuff, jabber, rattle, twaddle, chatter, gibber, gibberish, babble, gab, gossip, palaver, prattle, cackle.
ANT. _Speech, conversation, eloquence; reticence, taciturnity; mincing, mouthiness, euphuism, grandiloquence._
=Gabble=, _v._ Prate, prattle, chatter, cackle, rattle, jabber, gossip, palaver.
ANT. _Drone, drawl, murmur._
=Gag.= Silence, stifle, muzzle, muffle, hush.
ANT. _Evoke, provoke, inspire, animate._
=Gage=, _n._ Measure, standard; dimensions, estimate; security; challenge, defiance.
=Gage=, _v._ Measure, estimate, fathom, probe.
ANT. _Survey, conjecture, observe, view, scan, guess, mismeasure._
=Gain=, _n._ Profits, earnings, increase, gainings; emolument, lucre, money-making; blessing, profit, advantage, good, benefit.
ANT. _Loss, detriment, damage, privation, injury._
=Gain=, _v._ Get, acquire, win, earn, obtain, procure, secure, carry, achieve; conciliate, enlist, persuade, prevail upon, win over, gain over, bring over; reach, attain, arrive at; profit; benefit, realize, reap.
ANT. _Lose, forfeit, suffer._
=Gainful.= Advantageous, profitable, beneficial; lucrative, paying, productive, remunerative, winning.
ANT. _Unprofitable, disadvantageous, detrimental, injurious, losing, gainless._
=Gallant=, _a._ Gay, fine, magnificent, well-dressed, showy, splendid; courageous, brave, valiant, valorous, intrepid, chivalrous, fearless, bold, daring, high-spirited; noble, lofty, honorable, magnanimous, high-minded; attentive, polite, courteous; amorous; heroic.
ANT. _Cowardly, discourteous, churlish._
=Gambol.= Frisk, frolic, romp, caper, leap, hop, skip, jump, sport.
ANT. _Droop, tire, weary, flag._
=Game=, _n._ Sport, play, amusement, pastime; plan, scheme, stratagem, strategy, adventure, enterprise, measure, undertaking; quarry, prey; recreation, frolic, diversion.
ANT. _Toil, study, duty, labor; weariness, flagging; business._
=Garb.= Dress, clothes, habit, apparel, raiment, garments, vesture, costume, attire, habiliment; uniform, vestments.
ANT. _Undress; rags, tatters, shreds; nudity, nakedness._
=Garble.= Mutilate, falsify, corrupt, misrepresent, misquote, pervert; cook, dress, color, distort.
ANT. _Quote, cite, extract, recite, report verbatim._
=Garnish=. Adorn, embellish, decorate, deck, grace, beautify, ornament, prank, set off, trick out; furnish, furbish.
ANT. _Strip, dismantle, denude, bare, deprive, divest._
=Garrulity.= Loquacity, babble, loquaciousness, babbling, talkativeness, prattle, prate; verbosity, chatter.
ANT. _Reticence, taciturnity, laconism, reserve, silence._
=Garrulous.= Chattering, loquacious, verbose, talkative.
ANT. _Taciturn, speechless, laconic, reserved, reticent, silent._
=Gaud.= Trinket, finery, gewgaw, trumpery, whim, gimcrack, toy, bauble, trifle.
ANT. _Ornament, gem, decoration, jewel, valuable._
=Gaudy.= Flaunting, garish, glittering, tawdry, tinsel, flashy, showy, overdecorated, loud; bespangled, fine, gay, meretricious.
ANT. _Rich, simple, handsome, chaste._
=Gaunt.= Lean, lank, thin, meager, emaciated, slender, attenuated, spare; grim, savage, hungry.
ANT. _Docile, tractable, well-fed, tame, sleek._
=Gawky.= Awkward, clownish, ungainly, clumsy, raw, boorish, rustic, green, uncouth, loutish.
ANT. _Neat, handy, graceful, handsome._
=Gay.= Showy, bright, fine, brilliant, dashing; gaudy, flaunting, flashy, garish, tawdry, glittering, tinsel; merry, lively, jovial, cheerful, gleeful, blithe, sportive, airy, gladsome, frolicsome, jolly, hilarious, light-hearted; sprightly, smart, festive, pleasuresome.
ANT. _Heavy, sad, grave, dull, dowdy, somber, melancholy._
=Gaze=, _v._ Stare, scan, behold, regard, contemplate, view, gloat, glower.
ANT. _Wink, ignore, overlook, ogle, glance, disregard._
=General=, _a._ Ordinary, universal, common, commonplace, customary, everyday, public, prevalent, familiar, normal, popular, habitual, frequent, usual.
ANT. _Singular, uncommon, exceptional, rare, unknown, infrequent, unusual; particular, special._
=Generality.= Universality; bulk, mass, body, majority.
ANT. _Section, minority, exception, individuality._
=Generate.= Beget, procreate, engender, breed, propagate; produce, form, make, cause, bring about, originate.
ANT. _Stifle, extinguish, terminate, annihilate._
=Generation.= Procreation; production, formation; offspring, progeny, succession of descendants; family, stock, race, breed; contemporaries; period, epoch, age, era, lifetime; origination.
ANT. _Perpetuity, eternity, immortality; posterity._
=Generic.= General, common, collective, racial, comprehensive.
ANT. _Particular, personal, specific, individual._
=Generous.= Liberal, noble, magnanimous, bountiful, free, munificent, open-handed, disinterested, open-hearted, chivalrous, honorable.
ANT. _Avaricious, covetous, greedy, parsimonious, penurious, petty, rapacious, stingy, close, illiberal, ignoble, mean, miserly, niggardly, churlish, selfish._
=Genial.= Fostering, cheering, enlivening, encouraging, inspiriting; cordial, hearty; cheerful, pleasant, merry, mirthful, jovial, warm, balmy, festive, joyous, revivifying, rejuvenating, restorative.
ANT. _Cold, cutting, harsh, deleterious, noxious, deadly, destructive, blighting, lethal, ungenial._
=Genius.= Bent, turn, aptitude, aptness, faculty, capacity, endowment, talent, gift; ingenuity, invention, sagacity, intellect, brains, parts, wit, inspiration, creative _or_ inventive power; adept, proficient, master, master hand; nature, character, disposition, constitution, characteristic; spirit, tutelary deity, guardian angel; cleverness, inventiveness, skill, creativeness, giftedness, ideality, talents.
ANT. _Stupidity, senselessness, folly, dulness, imbecility, obtuseness, stolidity, inanity._
=Genteel.= Refined, polite, courteous, civil, polished, well-bred, gentlemanly _or_ ladylike; fashionable, stylish, elegant; graceful, refined, aristocratic, cultivated, cultured.
ANT. _Rude, clownish, uncultivated, ill-bred, boorish, uncultured, plebeian, unfashionable, unpolished, inelegant._
=Gentle.= Mild, bland, moderate, kind, tender, compassionate, indulgent, meek, soft, lenient, humane, clement, merciful, tender-hearted, gentle-hearted; tame, docile, peaceable, calm, peaceful, tranquil, tractable, pacific, quiet; light, zephyrlike; noble, high-born, well-born; cultivated, refined, courteous, well-bred, polished; placid, amiable.
ANT. _Rough, rude, coarse, fierce, savage; uneven, uncut; boisterous; shaggy, ragged, disordered; harsh, uncivil, offensive; tempestuous, stormy; inclement._
=Genuine.= Pure, uncorrupt, unalloyed, unadulterated, true, authentic, real, veritable; native, unaffected, sincere; sound, natural.
ANT. _Spurious, adulterated; fictitious; apocryphal, counterfeit, false, artificial._
=Germ.= Embryo, ovule, seed-bud; origin, source, first principle; nucleus, seed, bud.
ANT. _Fruit, result, development, product, produce, issue, outgrowth._
=Germane.= Related, akin, cognate, allied; pertinent, relevant, appropriate, apposite, fitting, suitable; kindred, homogeneous.
ANT. _Foreign, alien, irrelevant, unconnected._
=Germinate.= Bud, shoot, vegetate, sprout, push, burst forth, put forth, spring up.
ANT. _Rot, decay, spoil, die, putrefy, corrupt._
=Get.= Attain, earn, achieve, acquire, obtain, procure, receive, win, secure, gain.
ANT. _Abandon, lose, forfeit, surrender, forego._
=Ghastly.= Pale, wan, cadaverous, deathlike; grim, dismal, hideous, terrible, horrible, frightful, shocking, grisly; spectral, pallid.
ANT. _Blooming, fresh, ruddy, comely, buxom, seemly._
=Ghost.= Spirit, soul; apparition, specter, sprite, phantom, shade, departed spirit; vision.
ANT. _Body, organism, animal._
=Gibe.= Sneer, scoff, taunt, flout, jest, jeer, ridicule, deride, mock, rail at.
ANT. _Salute, compliment._
=Giddy.= Dizzy, vertiginous; inconstant, fickle, changeable, unsteady, mutable, unstable, vacillating, irresolute; careless, heedless, wild, reckless, headlong, thoughtless, light-headed, flighty; whirling, hare-brained, beetling, flighty.
ANT. _Slow, ponderous, stationary; earnest, thoughtful, steady; low, wary, unelevated, circumspect._
=Gift.= Bequest, benefaction, donation, boon, grant, present, largess, bribe, bounty, gratuity; endowment, talent, genius, faculty, power, capacity, capability, ability, turn, _forte_; donation, _douceur_, offering, alms, allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, dower, legacy, demise.
ANT. _Reservation, refusal, purchase; inanity, stupidity, forfeit, penalty, fine, surrender; earnings, wages, remuneration, compensation; reward, guerdon._
=Gigantic.= Vast, huge, colossal, enormous, giant, prodigious, Herculean, Cyclopean, immense, tremendous.
ANT. _Puny, feeble, dwarfish, petty, insignificant, pigmy._
=Girdle.= Gird, bind round; surround, encircle, encompass, enclose, embrace, shut in; belt, hem, environ, engirdle, begird.
ANT. _Disclose, open, disencircle, expand, ungird, disengirdle._
=Girl.= Damsel, lass, lassie, miss, maiden, maid, virgin, young unmarried woman.
=Gist.= Essence, pith, core, marrow, substance, kernel, main point, force, ground, foundation.
ANT. _Surplusage, additament, redundancy, environment; accessories; clothing, garb; excess, overplus._
=Give.= Deliver, bestow, supply, grant, cede, confer, communicate, impart, furnish; produce, yield, surrender, concede, present, afford, spare, accommodate with; pay, exchange; permit, allow, vouchsafe, deign; utter, pronounce, render; occasion, cause; devote, apply, addict, give up; sink, bend; retreat, give way, recede, retire.
ANT. _Withhold, withdraw, refuse, retain, grasp, fail, restrain, deny, take back, remove, recall; take, receive, accept; hold, support._
=Glad.= Rejoiced, pleased, gratified, delighted, happy, well-contented; cheerful, joyous, joyful, gladsome, elated, jocund, playful, light-hearted, cheery, animated; exhilarating, pleasing, bright, gratifying; blithesome, gleeful.
ANT. _Unhappy, sad, sorrowful, disastrous, sorry, dismal, disappointed, discontented, uneasy._
=Gladden.= Delight, cheer, exhilarate, bless, rejoice, gratify, make glad.
ANT. _Grieve, disappoint, depress, dispirit, trouble, wound, afflict, sadden, displease._
=Glare.= Glitter, glisten, dazzle, flare, gleam, sparkle; glower, look fierce; beam, shine, glow, ray, radiate.
ANT. _Shimmer, scintillate, waver, glimmer, smolder, burn fitfully, flash, flicker, glister; obscure, darken._
=Glassy.= Vitreous; crystal, crystalline, transparent, gleaming, lucent, brilliant, shining; smooth, polished, glacial, glabrous, brittle, pellucid, limpid, glossy, silken.
ANT. _Rough, uneven, pliant, rugged, tough, opaque, turbid, muddy, dull, dark._
=Glaze=, _v._ Set glass; calender, polish, burnish, gloss, furbish; become glassy, grow dim; vitrify.
ANT. _Roughen, corrugate, rumple, crumple, wrinkle, furrow._
=Glimpse=, _n._ Glance, glimmering, sight, inkling, flash, survey, trace, tinge.
ANT. _Observation, scrutiny, investigation, inspection, exposure, analysis, examination._
=Gloom.= Obscurity, darkness, dimness, gloominess, cloud; dejection, sadness, depression, despondency, melancholy; gloaming, twilight, shadow, obscuration, dulness, cloudiness.
ANT. _Light, radiance, clearness, daylight, brightness._
=Glorify.= Extol, exalt, magnify, bless, honor, praise; brighten, make illustrious, elevate, ennoble, adorn; laud, signalize, aggrandize, panegyrize.
ANT. _Debase, depress, abuse, abase, defame, degrade, decry, censure, blame, rebuke._
=Glorious.= Illustrious, renowned, celebrated, eminent, famed, famous, distinguished, conspicuous; resplendent, splendid, radiant, bright, brilliant; noble, lofty, exalted, supreme, high, excellent, consummate.
ANT. _Mean, debased, undistinguished, disgraced, unknown, dishonorable, inglorious._
=Glory.= Honor, renown, celebrity, fame, praise; splendor, luster, brightness, brilliancy, pride, effulgence; gloriousness, nobleness, exaltation, grandeur; radiance, state, pomp, parade, magnificence.
ANT. _Obscurity, cloud, ignominy, dishonor, degradation, disgrace, shame._
=Gloss=, _n._ Interpretation, comment, note, explanation, scholium, commentary, annotation; pretext, pretense, specious plea; luster, polish, shine, sheen; distortion, misinterpretation, perversion, twist, plea, speciousness.
ANT. _Haze, nebulousness; truth, literalness, representation, reality, verity, actuality, solution, exposition._
=Glowing.= Shining, hot, intense, ardent, excited, fiery, fervid, fervent.
ANT. _Cool, languid, dispassionate, dull, apathetic, chilling._
=Glut=, _n._ Repletion, superabundance, surplus, overplus, redundancy, overstock, superfluity.
ANT. _Scarcity, want, scantiness, dearth, failure, drainage, exhaustion._
=Glut=, _v._ Cloy, sate, satiate, pall, surfeit; gorge, cram, stuff, fill, overfeed, make replete.
ANT. _Empty, void, disgorge, eject, discharge, vomit._
=Gluttony.= Voracity, greed, gormandizement, deglutition.
ANT. _Abstinence, abstemiousness, temperance, frugality._
=Go.= Move, pass, proceed, advance, progress; walk, travel, journey, fare; depart, set out, leave; reach, extend; contribute, concur, tend, avail; eventuate, turn out; be esteemed, be reckoned; accept, approve, endure, tolerate, swallow, bear; stir, budge.
ANT. _Stand, stay, come, remain, rest, endure, persist, lack, abide, fail._
=Good=, _n._ Benefit, gain, advantage, utility, profit; welfare, weal, prosperity, interest; virtue, righteousness, excellence; abundance, riches; boon, blessing, mercy.
ANT. _Hurt, loss, detriment, injury, evil, disadvantage, ill, calamity, affliction, infliction, curse._
=Good=, _a._ Advantageous, serviceable, profitable, useful, beneficial; suitable, fit, convenient, proper, well-adapted; upright, virtuous, worthy, pious, dutiful, righteous, religious; excellent, valuable, precious, sterling, admirable, capital; kind, humane, benevolent, friendly, favorable, gracious, merciful, obliging, well-disposed; fair, unblemished, untarnished, unsullied, immaculate, honorable, unimpeached; cheerful, lively, social, genial, companionable; able, skilful, expert, ready, dexterous, well-qualified; competent; pleasant, gratifying, agreeable; considerable; real, true, serious, unfeigned; right, complete, sound, propitious, efficient, sufficient, valid, actual, reputable, just.
ANT. _Bad, wrong, evil, ill, wicked, depraved, imperfect, unsound, vicious, profane, niggardly, unpropitious, unserviceable, unsuitable, inefficient, incompetent, inadequate, invalid, fictitious, supposititious, inconsiderable, mean, disreputable, disgraceful; baneful, mischievous, pernicious, injurious, hurtful; abandoned, corrupt, immoral, unprincipled, dishonest, unfair, villainous; unfortunate, unlucky, unhappy; unwelcome, sad, depressing, discouraging, distressing; wretched, sorry, abominable; inferior, defective; severe, serious, hard, heavy._
=Good-by.= Farewell, adieu.
ANT. _Salutation, welcome, hail, greeting._
=Good-humored.= Cheerful, buoyant, placid, amiable, good-natured, good-tempered.
ANT. _Cross, ill-humored, ill-natured, unamiable, petulant, fretful, peevish._
=Goodly.= Graceful, comely, beautiful, good-looking; pleasant, happy, agreeable, desirable; excellent, fair, fine; considerable.
ANT. _Unpleasant, undesirable, inconsiderable, uncomely, ungainly, clumsy, awkward._
=Gorgeous.= Showy, glittering, splendid, shining, magnificent, resplendent, fine, rich, superb, dazzling; costly, grand, strong.
ANT. _Poor, naked, dingy, bare, threadbare, cheap; grimy, soiled; dull, obscure, dim._