Part 13
ANT. _Simple, plain, unaffected, concise, laconic, explicit, brief._
=Inflection.= Bend, bending, curvature, flexure, crook; variation, declension, conjugation, comparison; flexion.
ANT. _Straightness, directness, rectilinearity._
=Inflict.= Impose, lay on, put on; afflict.
ANT. _Spare, remove, alleviate, suspend._
=Infliction.= Imposition, inflicting; punishment, judgment; grievance, trouble, nuisance.
ANT. _Remission, sparing; pleasure, gratification; accommodation, condoning._
=Influence=, _n._ Authority, ascendency, control, predominance, sway; reputation, weight of character, credit; influx, inflow; effect, causation, impulse, affection, power, weight, prestige.
ANT. _Inefficiency, ineffectiveness, inefficacy, nullity, inoperativeness, neutrality._
=Influence=, _v._ Induce, incite, incline, persuade, move, stir, actuate, sway, compel, urge, instigate, prompt, lead, impel, excite, drive, draw, direct, bias.
ANT. _Prevent, restrain, retard, deter, discourage, impede, inhibit, hinder, dissuade._
=Influential.= Potent, powerful, controlling; efficacious, persuasive, forcible, guiding, considerable; authoritative.
ANT. _Weak, ineffective, inoperative, inconsiderable, unpersuasive._
=Inform.= Quicken, animate, inspire; acquaint, apprise, mention to, notify, advise, tell; educate, enlighten, instruct, impart, communicate.
ANT. _Misinstruct, misjudge, deceive, hoodwink, misinform, mystify._
=Information.= Advice, notice, intelligence; knowledge; accusation, complaint, denunciation; instruction, counsel, notification.
ANT. _Concealment, mystification, ignorance, occultation._
=Infringe.= Transgress, violate, break, disobey, nullify.
ANT. _Preserve, observe, conserve, maintain._
=Infuse.= Instil, inspire, introduce, inculcate, implant, diffuse, shed, steep, soak, water, infiltrate, insinuate, breathe into.
ANT. _Strain, dry, drain, divert, retract._
=Ingenious.= Inventive, gifted, able, clever, bright, ready, sagacious, adept, skilful.
ANT. _Unskilful, uninventive, slow, unready, unresourceful, unprepared, unapt._
=Ingenuity.= Inventiveness, ingeniousness, acuteness, skill, ability, readiness, faculty, aptitude, cunning, turn, gift, genius.
ANT. _Inability, ineptitude, clumsiness._
=Ingenuous.= Artless, open, candid, frank, sincere, straightforward, honest, transparent, guileless, truthful, childlike, naive, noble, generous, honorable.
ANT. _Mean, reserved, sly, insincere, disingenuous._
=Ingratiate.= Commend one’s self into favor, insinuate, recommend.
ANT. _Alienate, estrange._
=Ingredient.= Element, component, constituent.
ANT. _Refuse, residuum, incongruity, counteragent._
=Inherent.= Sticking fast, adhering; essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, native, natural, subjective, innate, intrinsic, inhering, congenital, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, internal, ingrained, inseparable, inwrought.
ANT. _Extrinsic, superficial, fortuitous, casual, accidental, external, outward, superfluous, transient, unconnected, supplemental, incidental, subsidiary, superadded; foreign, extraneous, separable, temporary._
=Inherit.= Get as legacy; occupy, possess, enjoy.
ANT. _Acquire, earn, gain, squander, bequeath, leave, demise, devise; dissipate, alienate._
=Inheritance.= Inheriting; heritage, patrimony; bequest, possession, legacy.
ANT. _Acquisition, purchase, donation; forfeiture, lapse; escheatment, alienation._
=Inheritor.= Heir, successor, legatee, devisee.
ANT. _Testator, devisor._
=Inimical.= Antagonistic, hostile, unfriendly; adverse, opposed, contrary, repugnant, noxious, pernicious, hurtful, harmful.
ANT. _Friendly, companionable, comradely; unanimous, agreeable, beneficial._
=Iniquity.= Injustice, wickedness, sin, unrighteousness; crime, offense, misdeed, grievance, evil-doing.
ANT. _Justice, integrity, virtue, holiness, honesty, uprightness._
=Initiation.= Introduction, entrance, admission; instruction; opening, beginning, inauguration, commencement.
ANT. _Termination, completion, finish, fulfilment, outcome._
=Initiative.= Commencement, beginning; power to originate or begin; start, leadership, example.
ANT. _Termination, wake, rear; prosecution, progress, perseverance, accomplishment._
=Injunction.= Command, order, mandate, precept, exhortation.
ANT. _Disobedience, non-observance, non-compliance, insubordination._
=Injure.= Maltreat, wrong, abuse; harm, damage, spoil, mar, disfigure, wound, cripple, sully.
ANT. _Benefit, profit, advantage, advance, repair._
=Injurious.= Wrong, unjust, iniquitous; hurtful, detrimental, pernicious, deleterious, noxious, deadly, mischievous, baneful, fatal, destructive, damaging, ruinous, disadvantageous; libelous, slanderous; prejudicial.
ANT. _Helpful, advantageous, beneficial, salutary, profitable._
=Injury.= Blemish, damage, evil, disadvantage, detriment, hurt, loss, wrong, prejudice, injustice, mischief, impairment, outrage, harm.
ANT. _Remedy, advantage, amelioration, benefit, service, boon, help, blessing, improvement, utility._
=Injustice.= Wrong, unrighteousness, iniquity, grievance, unfairness, injury.
ANT. _Equity, fairness, justice, right, rectitude, integrity, honesty, impartiality, uprightness, lawfulness, righteousness, honor, faithfulness, fair play._
=Inlet.= Opening, entrance, commencement, ingress.
ANT. _Outlet, egress, debouchure._
=Inmate.= Occupant, dweller, denizen, inhabitant, tenant, resident.
ANT. _Visitor, intruder, foreigner, stranger, traveler._
=Inn.= Hotel, public house, tavern.
=Innate.= Inherent, inborn, natural, inbred, native, congenital, organic.
ANT. _Unnatural, adventitious, assumed._
=Inner.= Inmost, within, interior, secret, close, vital.
ANT. _Outer, outermost, exterior, open._
=Innocence.= Harmlessness, inoffensiveness, innocuousness; sinlessness, purity, stainlessness, simplicity, guilelessness, guiltlessness, blamelessness.
ANT. _Guilt, offensiveness, contamination, sinfulness, impurity, guile, corruption._
=Innocent.= Pure, sinless, virtuous, upright, stainless, right, faultless, guileless, clear, clean, blameless, guiltless, harmless, inoffensive, righteous, spotless, immaculate, innocuous.
ANT. _Criminal, culpable, immoral, guilty, blameworthy._
=Innocuous.= Harmless, innocent, inoffensive, wholesome, innoxious.
ANT. _Hurtful, deleterious, insidious, obnoxious._
=Innovation.= Change, alteration, novelty, reversal.
ANT. _Archaism, conservation, maintenance, old fashion, obsolescence._
=Inoculate.= Vaccinate, impregnate, indoctrinate, instil, insert, imbue, ingraft, ingrain.
ANT. _Prune, divest; disabuse._
=Inquiry.= Query, interrogation, question, interrogatory; study, investigation, research, exploration, examination, scrutiny; asking, search.
ANT. _Guess, intuition, conjecture, assumption, supposition, hypothesis._
=Inquisitive.= Curious, meddlesome, intrusive, searching, prying, inquiring, meddling, peeping, scrutinizing.
ANT. _Uninterested, unconcerned, careless, heedless, apathetic, inattentive, indifferent._
=Inroad.= Incursion, foray, raid, irruption, encroachment, trespass, infringement, dragonnade.
ANT. _Occupation, sally, retreat, settlement, evacuation, excursion, egress._
=Insane.= Crazy, lunatic, mad, deranged, demented, crazed, delirious.
ANT. _Sane, sound, sensible, quiet, composed, sober._
=Insanity.= Delirium, dementia, frenzy, lunacy, mania, aberration, madness, alienation, derangement, monomania, hallucination, craziness.
ANT. _Sanity, clearness, rationality, lucidity, good sense, reason, intellect, intelligence._
=Inscribe.= Write, engrave, impress, imprint; address, dedicate; label, letter, mark, delineate.
ANT. _Erase, efface, cancel, expunge, obliterate._
=Inscrutable.= Incomprehensible, unsearchable, impenetrable, unintelligible, hidden, mysterious, untraceable, insolvable, profound.
ANT. _Obvious, intelligible, explainable, self-evident, familiar._
=Insert.= Set in, place in, introduce.
ANT. _Exclude, follow, add._
=Inside.= Within, internally.
ANT. _Without, outside, externally._
=Insidious.= Artful, crafty, scheming, cunning, intriguing, tricky, designing; secret, deceptive.
ANT. _Straightforward, sincere, undesigning._
=Insinuate.= Push slily, ingratiate; infuse, inculcate; hint, intimate, suggest; introduce, insert.
ANT. _Withdraw, extract, retract, alienate._
=Insipid.= Tasteless, stale, flat; spiritless, heavy, stupid, uninteresting, prosaic, tame, prosy, dull, unentertaining, characterless, flavorless.
ANT. _Racy, interesting, engaging, piquant, spirited, lively._
=Insist.= Demand, maintain, urge, contend, persist, press, persevere.
ANT. _Abandon, surrender, concede, yield, waive, forego._
=Insolence.= Rudeness, contempt, disrespect, contumely; impertinence, pertness, impudence; frowardness, disobedience, insubordination; arrogance, assumption.
ANT. _Consideration, deference, modesty, respect, politeness, bashfulness._
=Insolvent.= Bankrupt, penniless, beggared, ruined.
ANT. _Solvent, wealthy, flush, flourishing, thriving._
=Inspect.= Examine, scrutinize, investigate, oversee, superintend, supervise, overhaul.
ANT. _Overlook, connive, dismiss, glance, pretermit._
=Inspector.= Examiner, critic, visitor, superintendent, censor, supervisor.
=Inspiration.= Inhalation; afflatus, obsession; exaltation, enthusiasm, frenzy, impulse, revelation, intuition; insight, genius.
ANT. _Study, education, acquirement, learning, elaboration, observation, deduction._
=Instance.= Request, impulse, instigation, incitement; solicitation, importunity, pressure, urgency; illustration, example, citation, case, exemplification, specification; entreaty, point, prompting, persuasion, occurrence.
ANT. _Dissuasion, warning, deprecation, reluctance; rule, principle, statement._
=Instant=, _n._ Moment, twinkling, second, minute, flash, trice, jiffy;
## particular hour or moment.
ANT. _Period, time, cycle, duration; eternity, permanence, perpetuity._
=Instant=, _a._ Immediate, instantaneous, quick; pressing, earnest, urgent; current, present, passing.
ANT. _Continuous, continual; perpetual, eternal._
=Instantly.= Immediately, forthwith, directly, at once, presently, straightway.
ANT. _In the future, after a time._
=Instigate.= Incite, impel, move, urge, prompt, provoke, stimulate, rouse, influence, encourage, persuade, prevail upon.
ANT. _Repress, restrain, discourage, withhold, retard._
=Instil.= Infuse, insinuate; implant, enforce, impress, inculcate, import, introduce.
ANT. _Extract, remove, eliminate, eradicate, drain, extirpate._
=Instinct=, _n._ Impulse, proclivity, tendency, inclination, prompting, intuition.
ANT. _Reason, deliberation, experience, judgment, elaboration, experiment._
=Instinctive.= Natural, spontaneous; impulsive, unreflecting; voluntary, intuitive.
ANT. _Rational, cultivated, logical, judicious, reasonable, reasoning._
=Institute=, _v._ Found, establish, originate, appoint, settle, fix; ordain, enact, pass; begin, commence; invest, instal, appoint, induct, organize.
ANT. _Subvert, degrade, deprive, disestablish._
=Institution.= Establishment, investiture, custom, practice; college, school, academy, seminary, university.
=Instruct.= Teach, inform, train, educate, enlighten, indoctrinate; direct, command, order; acquaint, discipline, initiate.
ANT. _Misinform, misguide, mislead, deceive, neglect; brutalize; learn, study._
=Instruction.= Teaching, education, training, schooling, information, discipline, tuition, advice, counsel, direction, precept, order, command, mandate.
ANT. _Misguidance, misinformation, misdirection; pupilage, obedience._
=Instrument.= Tool, utensil, implement; agent, medium, machine; document, deed, writing, charter, indenture, record.
ANT. _Obstruction, bar, stop, preventive; counteragent, opponent, neutralizer; misapplication, counteraction._
=Instrumentality.= Intervention, medium, means, agency, mediation; use, employment.
ANT. _Property, quality, virtue, force, efficacy; non-intervention, spontaneity; counteragency, neutralization._
=Insult=, _n._ Offense affront, indignity, outrage, abuse, rudeness, dishonor, slight, disrespect.
ANT. _Respect, homage, compliment, deference._
=Insult=, _v._ Outrage, offend, dishonor, abuse; provoke, mock, ridicule.
ANT. _Respect, salute, honor, compliment, flatter, praise._
=Insure.= Make secure; assure; underwrite; provide, warrant, secure, guarantee, stabilitate.
ANT. _Imperil, jeopardize, shake, stake._
=Insurgent=, _n._ Rebel, malcontent, mutineer, traitor, rioter.
ANT. _Patriot, adherent, supporter; ruler, magistrate._
=Insurgent=, _a._ Rebellious, disobedient, mutinous, unruly, insubordinate, seditious.
ANT. _Obedient, loyal, patriotic._
=Insurrection.= Rebellion, revolt, uprising, mutiny, sedition, riot, tumult, anarchy; pronouncement.
ANT. _Law, order, peace, subjection, obedience, submission, bondage, subsidence, acquiescence; government, pacification._
=Intact.= Untouched, unhurt, unharmed, uninjured, scatheless; whole, entire, unbroken, undiminished; safe, inviolate, sacred, undefiled, uncorrupted, uncontaminated.
ANT. _Defiled, hurt, touched, injured, corrupt, affected, contaminated._
=Integrate.= Unite, combine, consolidate, solidify, incorporate; sum, complete.
ANT. _Analyze, dismember, detach, remove, amputate, disintegrate._
=Integrity.= Completeness, entirety, wholeness; honesty, rectitude, virtue, goodness, principle; uprightness, honor, probity, candor, truthfulness, conscientiousness.
ANT. _Fraud, meanness, rascality, duplicity, unfairness, underhandedness._
=Intellect.= Reason, mind, sense, brains, understanding; consciousness, instinct; ability, genius, talent.
ANT. _Matter, mechanism, force; passion; spirit, soul._
=Intellectual.= Mental, psychological, inventive, learned, cultured; philosophical, metaphysical.
ANT. _Illiterate, unlearned, ignorant._
=Intelligence.= Knowledge, information, understanding, apprehension, discernment, acumen, penetration, quickness, brightness, comprehension; news, announcement, tidings, report, rumor, statement, notice, notification, publication, advice, instruction; intellect, spirit.
ANT. _Misinformation, misunderstanding; ignorance, concealment, stupidity, misapprehension, dulness, suppression, silence._
=Intelligible.= Clear, plain, understandable, distinct, comprehensible, explainable, familiar, self-evident, obvious.
ANT. _Inscrutable, mysterious, hidden, insolvable, impenetrable, unfathomable._
=Intend.= Design, resolve, mean, propose, purpose, contemplate, determine, meditate.
ANT. _Venture, risk, hazard, chance._
=Intense.= Close, severe, strict, intent, strained; extreme; forcible, energetic, powerful; ardent, earnest, vehement, excessive, immoderate.
ANT. _Relaxed, easy, moderate, forceless, impotent, indifferent, cool, languid._
=Intensity.= Intenseness, closeness, severity, strictness; tension, force, concentration, attention, strain; vehemence, violence, excess; ardor, energy, eagerness, power, vigor, activity, strength.
ANT. _Laxity, relaxation, debility, languor, coolness, indifference._
=Intent=, _n._ Purpose, aim, object, design, end, meaning, intention, purport, scope, drift, view.
ANT. _Chance, lot, accident, fate._
=Intent=, _a._ Eager, fixed, earnest, close, bent, set.
ANT. _Distracted, diverted, indifferent._
=Intention.= Design, purpose, intent, meaning, purport.
ANT. _Chance, fortune, luck._
=Intentional.= Deliberate, contemplated, designed, intended, studied, purposed, premeditated.
ANT. _Casual, accidental, undesigned, fortuitous._
=Inter.= Bury, entomb, inhume.
ANT. _Exhume, disinter._
=Inter-.= The synonyms and antonyms of words beginning with the prefix _inter-_, signifying _between_, _among_, _amidst_, _mutually_, may be obtained by adding this meaning to that of the synonyms and antonyms of the root word, in such cases as are of simple derivation.
=Intercede.= Mediate, arbitrate, interpose, plead, make intercession, advocate, interfere.
ANT. _Abandon, excuse, incriminate, inculpate._
=Intercept.= Stop, cease; arrest, catch; obstruct, interrupt.
ANT. _Send, despatch, delegate, forward, commission, interchange._
=Intercourse.= Converse, communication, communion, commerce, connection, correspondence, intimacy, dealing, intercommunication.
ANT. _Cessation, suspension, reticence, disconnection, interception._
=Interdict.= Prohibit, forbid, proscribe, inhibit, restrain, stop, debar, disallow.
ANT. _Indulge, grant, allow, concede._
=Interest=, _n._ Advantage, benefit, profit, good; part, portion; regards, sympathy, concern, attention, curiosity, selfishness, behalf, share; authority, influence; premium.
ANT. _Disadvantage, loss; inattention, unconcern, indifference; disconnection, repudiation._
=Interfere.= Intermeddle, interpose; clash, conflict, intervene, be opposed.
ANT. _Withdraw, retract, retire, recede._
=Interior.= Inside, internal, inner, inward, inland.
ANT. _Outside, exterior._
=Interloper.= Intruder, meddler, supernumerary.
ANT. _Member, constituent._
=Intermediate.= Intervening, interposed, interjacent, included, comprised, middle, moderate.
ANT. _Surrounding, enclosing, outside, embracing, circumjacent; extreme; exclusive._
=Interment.= Burial, sepulture, inhumation.
ANT. _Exhumation, resurrection._
=Intermission.= Suspension, interruption, stoppage, rest, stop, pause, suspense, respite, interlude, remission, cessation, discontinuance, interval, interregnum.
ANT. _Continuity, continuance, constancy, uninterruptedness, permanence, perpetuity._
=Intermit.= Suspend, interrupt, relax, discontinue, break, stop, cease, abate, subside.
ANT. _Continue, prosecute; urge, despatch._
=Internal.= Inner, interior, inside; within.
ANT. _Outer, exterior, outside._
=Internecine.= Destructive, exterminating, deadly, inextinguishable, irreconcilable, mortal, internecinal.
ANT. _Desultory, incursive, marauding, skirmishing, buccaneering, guerilla, freebooting._
=Interpolate.= Introduce, insert, foist in, intercalate; interlard, interweave, import, garble, intersperse, gloss.
ANT. _Expunge, erase, expurgate; verify, authenticate; elide._
=Interpose.= Interfere, intercede, interrupt, mediate, meddle, arbitrate, intermeddle.
ANT. _Avoid, shun, retire, withdraw, hold aloof, let be, keep clear, stand aside._
=Interpret.= Explain, define, expound, elucidate, unfold, decipher; translate, render, construe; declare, represent, solve.
ANT. _Mistake, misconceive, misunderstand, falsify, misinterpret, distort, misrepresent._
=Interpretation.= Exposition, explanation, elucidation; version, construction, rendering, translation; sense, meaning, definition, signification, solution.
ANT. _Misinterpretation, misrendering; problem, text, difficulty._
=Interrogate.= Question, ask, examine, inquire of, catechise.
ANT. _Affirm, answer, assert, indorse, pronounce._
=Interrupt.= Disturb, stop, hinder, delay, interfere with; separate, disconnect, divide, sever, sunder, cut, dissolve; suspend, discontinue, break off; intersect.
ANT. _Continue, prosecute, expedite._
=Interstice.= Crevice, hole, interval, chink, cleft, cranny, gap, crack, fissure, interspace.
ANT. _Seam, suture, stop-gap._
=Interval.= Interstice; spell, season, period, term, intermediate time, interim, meantime, intermission, interspace, cessation.
ANT. _Continuity, uninterruptedness, simultaneousness._
=Intervention.= Interposition, interference, intrusion, intercession, insinuation; agency, mediation.
ANT. _Continuance, non-interference._
=Interview.= Meeting, parley, conference, consultation, colloquy, confabulation.
ANT. _Isolation, exclusion, independence, avoidance._
=Intestate.= Unwilled, undevised, unbequeathed.
ANT. _Willed, bequeathed, devised._
=Intestine=, _a._ Internal, domestic, interior, inward; civil; subjective.
ANT. _External, outward, foreign, federal; objective._
=Intimate=, _n._ Confidant, associate, crony, familiar, companion, friend.
=Intimate=, _v._ Suggest, hint, insinuate, allude to, remind of; announce, declare, communicate, tell.
ANT. _Conceal, reserve, withhold, repress._
=Intimate=, _a._ Near, close, familiar, friendly, confidential; internal, interior, inward, deep-seated, hearty; thorough, complete, direct, exact; conversant.
ANT. _Distant, strange, unfamiliar; superficial._
=Intimidate.= Frighten, alarm, scare, daunt, dismay, threaten, appal, terrify, deter, dishearten.
ANT. _Calm, compose; encourage, inspirit, animate, reassure._
=Intolerable.= Insufferable, unendurable, insupportable, unbearable.
ANT. _Endurable, comfortable, tolerable, supportable, possible to be borne._
=Intolerant.= Bigoted, unforbearing; extreme.
ANT. _Tolerant, forbearing, large-minded, indulgent._
=Intoxication.= Inebriety, inebriation, drunkenness; excitement, infatuation, exhilaration, delirium, bewilderment, hallucination, ecstasy; poison, venom.
ANT. _Antidote, sobriety, sanity, gravity, melancholy, depression; abstinence, abstemiousness._
=Intrenchment.= Ditch, dike, fortification, earthwork, moat; defense, protection, shelter, invasion, inroad, encroachment, infringement, trespass.
ANT. _Wall, rampart, mole, embankment, mound, bastion; forbearance, deference, respect._
=Intrepid.= Bold, brave, fearless, undaunted, courageous, valorous, unterrified, dauntless, chivalrous, heroic, undismayed, unawed, valiant, doughty.
ANT. _Cautious, timid, fearful, cowardly, dismayed, terrified._
=Intricacy.= Complexity, complication, entanglement, perplexity, difficulty, intricateness, obscurity, confusion.
ANT. _Directness, obviousness; system, method; disposition, array._
=Intricate.= Involved, perplexed, complicated, entangled, complex; mazy, labyrinthine, tortuous.
ANT. _Simple, direct, obvious, plain, uninvolved._
=Intrigue.= Plot, scheme, cabal, conspiracy, machination, artifice, cunning, duplicity, trickery, chicanery, ruse; liaison, amour.
ANT. _Insurrection, assault, rebellion, force, violence; sincerity, candor, honesty, openness, straightforwardness._
=Intrinsic.= Inward, internal, essential, real, genuine, true, inherent, native, innate, natural, immanent, inbred, inborn.
ANT. _Extrinsic, acquired, apparent, accidental, borrowed, assumed, pretended, added, external, adventitious._
=Introduce.= Lead in, usher in, present, conduct in, commence, make acquainted, make known, begin, preface.
ANT. _Come after, succeed, follow; end, conclude._
=Introduction.= Introducing, presentation, ushering in; preface, prelude, preamble, proem, exordium; induction, importation, insertion, commencement, preliminary; portico, gate, vestibule, entrance.
ANT. _Eduction, ejection; extraction, exportation, elimination, estrangement; completion, conclusion, end; egress._
=Introductory.= Prefatory, initiatory, preliminary, precursory, preparatory; commendatory.
ANT. _Final, conclusive, terminal, valedictory, supplemental; alienative._
=Intrude.= Obtrude, encroach, infringe, trespass, trench, interfere, meddle.
ANT. _Withdraw, retire, recede; remove, retract._
=Intrusion.= Encroachment, interference, intruding, obtrusion, infringement.
ANT. _Withdrawal, removal, retirement, retraction._
=Intuition.= Apprehension, cognition, perception, beholding; instinct, insight, recognition.
ANT. _Information, instruction, learning, experience, acquirement, induction._
=Inundate.= Flood, deluge, overflow, submerge, cover, overwhelm.
ANT. _Drain, dry, reclaim, desiccate, parch._
=Invade.= Attack, infringe, violate, encroach on, trench upon; march into, enter in, assault, assail, occupy.
ANT. _Abandon, relinquish, vacate, evacuate._
=Invalid=, _a._ Week, feeble, infirm, sick, frail; null, void; unsound, baseless, untrue, unfounded, fallacious.
ANT. _Strong, well, healthy, vigorous; sound, legal, constitutional; legitimate, authorized; genuine, true, correct, exact._
=Invalidate.= Nullify, cancel, annul, overthrow, make void.
ANT. _Conserve, maintain, establish, confirm, enact, institute._
=Invasion.= Trespass, incursion, irruption, encroachment, inroad.
ANT. _Evacuation, abandonment, relinquishment; settlement; retreat._
=Invective.= Satire, sarcasm, diatribe, railing, abuse; obloquy, denunciation, vituperation, reproach, castigation.
ANT. _Praise, commendation, encomium, eulogy, panegyric._
=Invent.= Discover, find out, devise, contrive, produce; design, concoct, elaborate; conceive, contrive, fabricate, originate, forge, frame.
ANT. _Copy, imitate, reproduce; execute._
=Invention.= Contrivance, construction, device; fiction, fabrication, falsehood; thought, idea.
ANT. _Material._
=Inventive.= Ingenious, skilful, clever, adept, resourceful.
ANT. _Slow, unskilful, uninventive._
=Inventor.= Contriver, originator, author, creator.
ANT. _Destroyer._
=Inventory.= List, catalogue, register, record, enrolment, enumeration.
=Inversion.= Reversal, transposition, alteration, deflection, violation, permutation.
ANT. _Erectness, verticality; stability, permanence, fixity, state, order, sequence; conservation._
=Invert.= Upset, overthrow, reverse, subvert.
ANT. _Restore, set up, make upright._
=Invest.= Clothe, dress, array, endow; attend, surround; lay out.
ANT. _Divest, dismantle, unclothe, strip, disrobe; deprive._
=Investigate.= Inquire, examine, test, scrutinize, prove, search, explore, inspect, criticize, discuss, study.
ANT. _Conjecture, guess._
=Investigation.= Search, examination, inquiry, research, exploration, inquisition, sifting, scrutiny, study.
ANT. _Discovery, clue, indication; solution, thread._
=Investiture.= Installation, induction, investment, habilitation.
ANT. _Divestiture, divestment._
=Inveterate.= Long-established, obstinate; malignant, spiteful, virulent; besetting, confirmed, chronic, ingrain, incarnate, habitual, deep-rooted, hardened, accustomed.
ANT. _Undeveloped, incipient, unformed._
=Invidious.= Hateful, offensive, odious; unfair, partial, inconsiderate; gratuitous.
ANT. _Fair, just, considerate, impartial, due._
=Invigorate.= Strengthen, brace, harden, nerve, refresh, stimulate, animate, exhilarate.
ANT. _Weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, deteriorate, relax, unstring, enervate._
=Invitation.= Solicitation, allurement, enticement.
ANT. _Rebuff, snub, check, repulse._
=Invite.= Ask, summon, bid, request, solicit, call, attract, entice, persuade, allure; tempt, incite, challenge.
ANT. _Repel, forbid, deprecate; exclude, discard._
=Invoke.= Supplicate, implore, solicit, summon, call, beseech, invite, challenge, invocate, appeal to, conjure, imprecate.
ANT. _Defy; deprecate, deter; ignore, elude; warn, inhibit._
=Involution.= Complication, entanglement; envelope; implication, mingling.
ANT. _Evolution, disconnection, evolvement, extrication, separation._
=Involve.= Envelop, wrap, cover; comprise, embrace, contain; connect, unite, mingle, blend, twine, interweave; implicate, entangle, complicate, embroil, embarrass, include, overwhelm, imply.
ANT. _Extricate, remove, disconnect, separate, disentangle, distinguish, explicate._
=Inward.= Secretly, privately; internal, interior, inner; within.
ANT. _Outward, external, exterior._
=Iota.= Jot, tittle, particle, atom.
ANT. _Whole, mass._
=Irate=, =Irascible=. Hasty, angry, enraged, incensed, choleric, irritable.
ANT. _Good-tempered, calm, forbearing, gentle, mild._
=Ire.= Anger, wrath, rage, fury, choler, indignation, resentment, displeasure, vexation.
ANT. _Good will, patience, forbearance, mildness, forgiveness, reconciliation, peaceableness._
=Irridescent.= Prismatic; opaline, polychromatous, nacreous.
ANT. _Blanched, neutral, colorless, dingy, achromatic._
=Isolate.= Separate, detach, dissociate; insulate.
ANT. _Associate, unite._
=Isolation.= Separation, loneliness, segregation, detachment, disconnection, insulation; solitariness, solitude.
ANT. _Organization, community, co-membership, connection; continuity, concatenation._
=Issue.= Egress, exit, outlet; delivery; copy, number, edition, impression; event, outcome, result, end, conclusion, consummation, effect, termination; children, offspring, posterity, progeny; antagonism, controversy, contest.
ANT. _Cause, principle, influence, action, working, operation; law, system, commencement; ancestry, paternity._
=Iteration.= Recital, repetition, reiteration, recurrence, harping, succession.
ANT. _Single statement._
=Itinerant=, _a._ Traveling, wandering, roving, roaming, journeying, unsettled, nomadic.
ANT. _Stationary, domestic, settled, fixed, local._
=Itinerary.= Guide, guidebook, schedule.
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=Jade=, _v._ Tire, weary, fatigue, exhaust, fag; worry, harass, oppress.
ANT. _Refresh, recruit, invigorate, inspirit._
=Jagged.= Notched, indented, uneven, ragged.
ANT. _Smooth._
=Jangle=, _n._ Jargon, babel, bickering, wrangle, quarrel, squabble, contention.
ANT. _Argument, discourse, debate._
=Jar=, _v._ Shake, agitate; clash, interfere; wrangle, quarrel, contend, bicker, spar, squabble, jangle.
ANT. _Agree, harmonize, accord, concur._
=Jargon.= Gabble, gibberish; nonsense, twaddle, flummery, trash, stuff, gabble; slang; lingo, patois.
ANT. _Speech, conversation; discourse, oration; literature._
=Jaundiced.= Biased, prejudiced, warped, prepossessed; bilious.
ANT. _Unprejudiced, unbiased._
=Jaunty.= Airy, showy, finical, fluttering, gay, fine, bedizened, flighty, fantastic, flaunting.
ANT. _Staid, sober, sedate, dignified, demure._
=Jealous.= Envious, suspicious, resentful, covetous, invidious; anxious, apprehensive, solicitous, zealous, watchful.
ANT. _Indifferent, genial, unenvious, liberal, self-denying._
=Jealousy.= Suspicion, envy, rivalry, solicitude.
ANT. _Vigilance, watchfulness, magnanimity, generousness, friendliness; certainty._
=Jeer=, _v._ Scoff, taunt, jibe, sneer, flout, mock, jest, deride, banter.
ANT. _Flatter, compliment, praise; adulate, fawn, cringe._
=Jejune.= Empty, barren, meager, dry, sterile, bare, lean, uninteresting, thin, scant, poverty-stricken, poor, void.
ANT. _Full, rich, exuberant, racy, interesting, overwrought, redundant, abundant._
=Jeopardy.= Hazard, peril, risk, danger, venture.
ANT. _Security, safety, insurance, provision._
=Jest=, _n._ Joke, witticism, quip, sally, raillery, fun, sport.
ANT. _Seriousness, gravity, earnest._
=Jest=, _v._ Joke, sport, rally, banter, ridicule, mock, grin.
ANT. _Preach, sermonize._
=Jocose.= Humorous, facetious, witty, droll, funny, comical, jocular, sportive, merry, waggish.
ANT. _Melancholy, serious, earnest, grave, lugubrious._
=Jocund.= Joyous, joyful, merry, frolicsome, blithe, jolly, sportive, lively, playful, airy, gay, debonair, jovial, gleeful, careless, blithesome, mirthful, hilarious, sprightly, vivacious.
ANT. _Melancholy, dull, sorrowful, grave, mournful, cheerless, rueful, doleful, careworn, woful._
=Join.= Add, attach, annex; connect, couple, link, unite, conjoin, cement; adjoin, be adjacent to, connect with; associate with, confederate, league.
ANT. _Separate, disconnect, disjoin, subtract, sever._
=Joint.= Juncture, union; flexure, elbow, knee, articulation.
ANT. _Disconnection, continuity, uniformity, solution, disjunction._
=Jollification.= Revelry, conviviality, festivity, revel, carousal, wassail, carouse, fun, carnival.
ANT. _Weariness, tedium, tediousness, soberness, monotony._
=Jolly.= Merry, joyous, gay, jovial, mirthful, jocund, sportive, jocular, funny, sprightly, facetious, waggish, blithe, blithesome, cheery, cheerful; portly, bouncing, stout, plump.
ANT. _Sad, mournful, cheerless, mirthless, joyless, lugubrious, gloomy, morose._
=Jostle.= Push, crowd, hustle, collide, strike against; shake, incommode, joggle, jog, jolt.
ANT. _Clear, lead, convoy, escort, pilot, precede, extricate, attend._
=Jot.= Iota, whit, tittle, particle, atom, grain, bit, mite, scrap, scintilla, cipher, trifle, idea, thought, morsel, fraction.
ANT. _World, mass, volume, heap, bulk._
=Journey.= Travel, transit, expedition, excursion, tour, voyage, trip, pilgrimage.
ANT. _Sojourn, tarrying, delay, stop, stay, abiding, stopover._
=Jovial.= Merry, joyous, gay, festive, mirthful, jolly, gleeful, hilarious, genial, convivial.
ANT. _Ungenial, gloomy, lugubrious, melancholy, saturnine._
=Joviality.= Merriment, jollity, mirth, hilarity, gaiety, frolic, fun.
ANT. _Sadness, seriousness, soberness._
=Joy.= Gladness, delight, pleasure, happiness, transport, felicity, exultation, ecstasy, bliss, rapture, gaiety, hilarity, glee, beatitude, ravishment.
ANT. _Sorrow, grief, melancholy, affliction, tears, depression, despondency, pain, misery, trouble, despair._
=Joyful.= Glad, joyous, merry, jubilant, jocund, happy, jolly, jovial, elate, elated, delighted, buoyant.
ANT. _Grave, solemn, mournful, sad, melancholy, lugubrious._
=Jubilant.= Rejoicing, exultant, triumphant, joyous, festive, exulting, congratulatory.
ANT. _Doleful, sorrowful, remorseful, wailing, penitent, lugubrious._
=Jubilee.= Festival, season of rejoicing, feast, holiday, festivity, revel, carnival, merriment.
ANT. _Fast, mourning, humiliation, penitence._
=Judge.= Justice, referee, arbiter, arbitrator, umpire; magistrate, authority; critic, connoisseur.
ANT. _Criminal, novice, tyro, ignoramus._
=Judgment.= Discernment, estimate, award, criticism, understanding, discrimination, intelligence, taste, sagacity, penetration, wisdom, brains, prudence, sense; determination, decision, opinion, notion, conclusion; judiciousness, intellect; verdict, sentence, reward, condemnation.
ANT. _Argument, speculation, inquiry, proposition, investigation, consideration, evidence, pleading, pronouncement; fickleness, insagacity, impulsiveness._
=Judicial.= Just, well-balanced, deliberative; juridical, forensic.
ANT. _Legislative, executive, or administrative; impulsive._
=Judicious.= Discreet, wise, prudent, sagacious, sensible, reasonable, rational, sober, sound, staid, politic, enlightened, well-considered, well-chosen; discerning, thoughtful.
ANT. _Silly, imprudent, indiscreet, ill-judged, inexpedient, rash, impolitic, blind, foolish._
=Juggle=, _v._ Cheat, conjure, impose, trick, practice jugglery, deceive, defraud; bamboozle, beguile, swindle, mystify, mislead, overreach.
ANT. _Expose, enlighten, undeceive; detect, reveal, correct._
=Jumble=, _n._ Confusion, disorder, hodge-podge.
ANT. _Order, system, neatness, arrangement._
=Jump=, _v._ Leap, skip, bound, hop, spring, vault, caper; bounce, jolt, overleap; coincide, agree, accord.
ANT. _Walk, pace, promenade; dance._
=Junction.= Joining, union, combination, coalition, connection, linking, coupling; joint, juncture, angle; fastening, attachment; alliance, confederacy.
ANT. _Division, separation, disconnection, hiatus, chasm, uncoupling, disunion; continuity._
=Jungle.= Thicket, brake, wilderness, labyrinth, underbrush, entanglement.
ANT. _Open, clearing; order, arrangement, system._
=Junior.= Younger; subordinate, less advanced.
ANT. _Senior, elder, older; more advanced, superior._
=Jurisdiction.= Right, authority, sphere, judicature, legal power; government, control, sway, administration, magistracy.
ANT. _Immunity, exemption, freedom, independence._
=Just.= Upright, righteous, honest, true, conforming to justice; exact, normal, reasonable, due; equitable, fair, impartial, right, rightful, lawful; fair-minded, blameless, honorable, straightforward, virtuous, uncorrupt; accurate, correct; deserved, fit, merited, appropriate, suitable, happy, proper, harmonious.
ANT. _Evil, untrue, unjust, dishonest, prejudiced, unfair, unreasonable,
## partial, unlawful, unequitable; blameworthy, corrupt, dishonorable;
inaccurate, incorrect; undeserved, unfit, inappropriate, inharmonious._
=Justice.= Legality, equity, rectitude, fairness, law, lawfulness, right, truth, uprightness, virtue, fair play, faithfulness, impartiality, integrity, righteousness; reasonableness, desert, propriety.
ANT. _Injustice, dishonesty, favoritism, partiality, wrong, unlawfulness, unfairness, unreasonableness._
=Justification.= Vindication, defense, exoneration, exculpation; absolution; apology, advocacy, plea, maintenance.
ANT. _Censure, condemnation, conviction, implication, crimination, inculpation._
=Justify.= Vindicate, maintain, defend; absolve, clear, exonerate; pardon, exculpate; adjust; excuse.
ANT. _Condemn, convict, censure, criminate._
=Justness.= Exactness, propriety, correctness, accuracy, exactitude, strictness, fidelity, nicety.
ANT. _Incorrectness, inexactness, slovenliness._
=Juvenile.= Young, youthful, puerile, childish, boyish, girlish, infantine, immature, adolescent.
ANT. _Mature, elderly, aged, senile, adult, manly, womanly, superannuated._
=Juxtaposition.= Nearness, contiguity, adjacency, proximity, contact.
ANT. _Distance, remoteness, separateness; opposition._
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=Keen.= Sharp; acute; bitter, severe, piercing, stinging; eager, vehement, fierce; prompt, ardent, cutting, biting, sarcastic, penetrating, satirical, shrewd; poignant, acrimonious, caustic; discerning, quick, astute.
ANT. _Blunt, dull, languid, blind, indifferent, obtuse, undiscerning, slow, simple._
=Keep.= Retain, hold, reserve, detain, preserve, restrain, withhold, maintain, support, sustain, continue, guard, protect, adhere to, obey, fulfil; celebrate, honor, conduct, commemorate, solemnize; haunt, frequent; observe, perform; conceal, suppress; hinder, prevent, refrain.
ANT. _Release, speed, liberate, send, dismiss; neglect, betray, abandon, discard; disregard, disobey, transgress, forsake, desert, forget._
=Keeping.= Charge, guardianship, custody, care; holding, preservation, restraint; maintenance, support, feed, provision; harmony, consistency, congruity, conformity, agreement.
ANT. _Neglect, abuse, disregard; abandonment, destruction; non-support, betrayal; disagreement, incongruity._
=Keepsake.= Souvenir, token, remembrancer.
=Ken.= Sight, view, cognizance, knowledge, survey, range.
ANT. _Ignorance, oversight, inexperience, inobservance._
=Kernel.= Seed, grain; nucleus; core, gist.
ANT. _Peeling, meat, shell, husk._
=Key.= Lock opener; clue, guide, solution, explanation; keynote, tonic; wedge, clamp; lever.
ANT. _Mystification, confusion, mystery, secret, problem._
=Kick.= Strike or thrust at with the foot; recoil; resist, rebel, spurn, be calcitrant.
ANT. _Caress, soothe, flatter, obey._
=Kill.= Murder, massacre, assassinate, butcher, execute, despatch, slay, slaughter, put to death.
ANT. _Resuscitate, vivify, reanimate, revivify, quicken, enliven._
=Kin.= Family, birth, blood, consanguinity, descent, race, relationship, kind, kindred, affinity, alliance.
ANT. _Strangership, inaffinity, alienage, foreignership._
=Kind=, _n._ Race, family, species, breed, class, genus; character, sort, variety, nature, fashion, description, denomination, designation.
ANT. _Dissimilarity, differentiation._