Part 16

=Name=, _n._ Appellation, denomination, cognomen, designation, surname, title, style, epithet.

=Name=, _v._ Call, indicate, designate, specify, mention, denominate, style, nominate.

ANT. _Miscall, misname, misindicate; be nameless or anonymous; hint, suggest, shadow, intimate, imply._

=Narrate.= Relate, tell, recount, describe, detail, rehearse, report, recite.

ANT. _Misrepresent, mistake; suppress, conceal._

=Narrative.= Narration, recital, account, rehearsal, relation, description, story, tale, history.

=Narrow.= Not wide, straitened, limited, without margin; bigoted, illiberal; parsimonious, niggardly, selfish; close, scrutinizing, exact; slender, spare, thin, contracted, cramped.

ANT. _Wide, broad, ample, expanded, thick; generous, benevolent; unlimited; liberal._

=Nascent.= Embryo, rudimental, budding, incipient.

ANT. _Grown, developed, mature; aged; confirmed, set._

=Nasty.= Filthy, foul, dirty, offensive, damp, disgusting, disagreeable, wet; indecent, obscene.

ANT. _Pleasant, sweet, agreeable, savory, nice, pure._

=Nation.= People, race, stock; realm, community, state, commonwealth.

=Native.= Innate, natal, natural, original, indigenous.

ANT. _Alien, artificial, foreign, unnatural, acquired, assumed._

=Natural.= Native; essential, normal, regular, intrinsic, cosmical, spontaneous, original, artless, ingenuous; kind, affectionate; genuine, unaffected.

ANT. _Abnormal, monstrous, unnatural, improbable, adventitious, fictitious, coarse; artful, affected._

=Nature.= Creation, universe; essence, constitution; kind, sort, character, quality; temper, disposition, mood; mind, intelligence; vitality.

ANT. _Thing, subject, object, man, being, creature, monstrosity, unnaturalness; art, fiction, romance, invention._

=Naught.= Nothing, cipher, zero.

ANT. _Anything, everything, aught._

=Naughty.= Mischievous, perverse, froward; bad, corrupt, worthless, good-for-nothing; refractory, wicked.

ANT. _Good, worthy, well-behaved, tractable, pure, docile, innocent._

=Nausea.= Seasickness, loathing, disgust, qualm; repugnance, aversion.

ANT. _Enjoyment, taste, delight, relish._

=Nautical.= Marine, maritime, naval, oceanic.

=Near=, _ad._ Nigh, not remote, almost, nearly, well-nigh, intimately, closely.

=Near=, _a._ Nigh, close, adjacent, adjoining, approximate; imminent, impending, forthcoming, approaching; familiar, dear, intimate; immediate; literal, accurate; narrow, parsimonious; short; proximate, contiguous, present, ready.

ANT. _Distant, remote, far; reserved, uncordial, cool, stiff; indistinct, obscure, future._

=Nearly.= Almost, well-nigh, intimately, closely, approximately.

ANT. _Quite, entirely, distantly, remotely._

=Neat.= Trim, tidy, prim, precise, spruce, clean, cleanly, orderly, natty, dapper, nice.

ANT. _Negligent, slack, slovenly, slouchy, dirty, soiled, disorderly, dowdy, untidy, rough, unkempt, rude, uncared for._

=Necessary.= Essential, inevitable, needful, infallible, undeniable, indispensable, required, requisite, unavoidable.

ANT. _Optional, useless, contingent, worthless, casual, non-essential, needless._

=Necessitate.= Force, compel, coerce, make necessary, oblige, constrain, make, drive, impel.

ANT. _Persuade, convince, induce, tempt, coax, allure; liberate, release._

=Necessity.= Need, requirement, want, compulsion, fate, fatality, requisite, destiny, essential, emergency, extremity, exigency, indispensableness, urgency, unavoidableness, sine qua non.

ANT. _Choice, contingency, doubt, option, freedom, uncertainty, fortuity, doubtfulness, dubiousness, possibility._

=Need.= Exigency, emergency, extremity, strait, distress, indigence, penury.

ANT. _Competence, affluence, choice, wealth, luxury, profuseness; superfluity, uselessness, dispensableness; casualty, accident; contingency, freedom._

=Needful.= Requisite, needy, necessitous, distressful, essential, indispensable.

ANT. _Contingent, casual, unnecessary, unessential, discretional, optional, needless._

=Needless.= Unnecessary, useless, superfluous, groundless, gratuitous.

ANT. _Needful, useful, helpful, obligatory._

=Nefarious.= Wicked, abominable, iniquitous, execrable, atrocious, impious.

ANT. _Noble, honorable, admirable, laudable; benevolent, generous, humane._

=Negation.= Denial, disavowal, disclaimer, contradiction.

ANT. _Assertion, declaration, deposition, avowal, affirmation, allegation, protestation, claim._

=Negative=, _a._ Denying, indirect, unaffirmative, privative, disclaiming.

ANT. _Positive, direct, assertive, attributive, affirmative, declarative._

=Neglect=, _n._ Negligence, failure, omission, disregard, oversight, indifference, remissness, slight, thoughtlessness, slackness, default, carelessness, disrespect, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, scorn.

ANT. _Care, attention, notice, regard, esteem, consideration, respect._

=Negotiate.= Transfer, sell, pass, arrange, treat, bargain, trade, communicate, transact, effect, perform.

ANT. _Stop, quash, mismanage, misconduct._

=Neighborly.= Kind, civil, social, friendly, near, adjoining, adjacent, neighboring, friendly, attentive.

ANT. _Individual, solitary, personal, distant, remote, unkind, uncivil, unfriendly._

=Nerve.= Steadiness, firmness, fortitude, self-command, resolution, strength, courage, pluck, endurance, coolness, presence of mind.

ANT. _Weakness, cowardice, timidity, feebleness, nervelessness._

=Nervous.= Excitable, agitated, annoyed, irritable, weak, fearful; strong, vigorous, spirited, nervy, forceful.

ANT. _Self-possessed, self-controlled, poised, calm, composed; dull, inert, phlegmatic, sluggish._

=Neutral.= Neuter, undecided, indifferent, unpronounced, uninterfering, negative, impartial, unavowed, unaffiliated.

ANT. _Interested, interfering, positive, partial, active, allied, avowed, declared._

=Neutralize.= Render neutral, invalidate, counteract, counterbalance, countervail, render inoperative.

ANT. _Enhance, intensify, aggravate._

=New.= Fresh, modern, novel, late, recent, juvenile, upstart, young, new-fangled, youthful, new-fashioned.

ANT. _Old, antique, ancient, old-fashioned, aged, elderly._

=News.= Information, tidings, intelligence, advice, word, report, account, announcement, rumor.

ANT. _Ignorance, silence, nonpublication, suppression; misintelligence, misreport._

=Nice.= Exquisite, accurate, correct, precise, particular, punctilious, squeamish, finical, effeminate, silly, exact, critical, definite, strict, fastidious, cautious, scrupulous; discerning, discriminating; fine, minute, refined, delicate, dainty, pleasant, agreeable.

ANT. _Coarse, rude, rough, inaccurate, blind, undiscriminating, unscrupulous, incautious, undiscerning, careless, negligent, disagreeable, nauseous._

=Nicety.= Fastidiousness, accuracy, scrupulousness, delicacy, precision, daintiness, subtlety, distinction, exactness.

ANT. _Coarseness, roughness, inaccuracy, rudeness._

=Niggardly.= Avaricious, covetous, parsimonious, miserly, sordid, sparing, penurious, stingy.

ANT. _Generous, bountiful, copious, ample, profuse, abundant, bounteous, plentiful, munificent._

=Nimble.= Alert, brisk, bustling, lively, prompt, quick, speedy, swift, spry, agile, sprightly, active.

ANT. _Clumsy, dilatory, dull, heavy, inert, inactive, slow, unready, sluggish._

=Nobility.= Greatness, dignity, superiority, nobleness, eminence, elevation, worthiness; family, rank, title, birth; aristocracy, peerage, patrician class.

ANT. _Obscurity, meanness, serfdom, paltriness, plebeianism._

=Noble.= Honorable, worthy, dignified, elevated, superior, sublime, great, eminent, stately. generous, liberal, free, aristocratic, patrician, illustrious, grand, lordly, renowned, magnificent, knightly.

ANT. _Ignoble, plebeian, paltry, vulgar, baseborn, low-born, rustic, peasant, contemptible, unworthy, mean._

=Nobody.= No person, no one, not anybody, cipher, nonentity.

ANT. _Somebody, notability, celebrity, colossus, star._

=Nocturnal.= Nightly, dark, tenebrose, gloomy.

ANT. _Daily, diurnal, solar, brilliant, light._

=Noise.= Cry, outcry, clamor, din, clatter, uproar; rumor, report, rattle, tumult.

ANT. _Music, melody, harmony; silence, hush, stillness, voicelessness._

=Noiseless.= Silent, quiet, inaudible.

ANT. _Noisy, uproarious, turbulent, clamorous, boisterous, brawling, tumultuous, loud._

=Noisome.= Noxious, insalubrious, unwholesome, mischievous, destructive, nocuous, hurtful, pestilential, harmful.

ANT. _Wholesome, salutary, salubrious, beneficial._

=Noisy.= Loud, clamorous, stunning, boisterous, turbulent.

ANT. _Noiseless, subdued, inaudible, whispering; melodious, tuneful._

=Nominal.= Literal, verbal, titular; formal, avowed, pretended, ostensible, supposititious.

ANT. _Veritable, essential, intrinsic, actual, substantial, important, real, serious, true._

=Nominate.= Name, specify, appoint, designate, entitle.

ANT. _Suggest, withdraw, reject, indicate, cancel, deprive, recall._

=Nonsense.= Folly, silliness, absurdity, trash, inanity, platitude, pretense.

ANT. _Sense, wisdom, fact, truth, gravity, reason, science._

=Normal.= Regular, ordinary, natural, standard, usual, typical, recognized, common.

ANT. _Exceptional, abnormal, uncommon, singular, unusual, monstrous, irregular, peculiar, rare, unprecedented, remarkable, unnatural._

=Notable.= Plain, evident, noted, noticeable, distinguished, memorable, extraordinary, conspicuous, manifest; notorious.

ANT. _Ordinary, mean, commonplace, everyday, undistinguished, unimpressive, insignificant._

=Note.= Memorandum, comment, remark, record, scholium; account, catalogue, bill; heed, observation; reputation, distinction, celebrity, fame, repute, renown.

ANT. _Misindication, misrepresentation, misleader._

=Notice=, _n._ Observation, regard, cognizance, information, advice, news, intelligence, intimation, announcement, premonition, instruction, warning, attention, consideration.

ANT. _Oversight, disregard, neglect, slight, ignorance, connivance, omission, heedlessness, misinformation._

=Notice=, _v._ Mark, observe, note, heed, regard, perceive, see, remark, mention, comment on, attend, mind.

ANT. _Overlook, disregard, misjudge, neglect._

=Notification.= Information, notice, declaration, publication, announcement, advertisement.

=Notify.= Intimate, declare, publish, announce, acquaint, warn, apprise, communicate, inform.

ANT. _Withhold, conceal, suppress, misinform, misreport._

=Notion.= Idea, conception, apprehension, sentiment, judgment, opinion, belief, impression, estimation, conceit, conviction.

ANT. _Misconception, misapprehension, frustration, falsification._

=Notorious.= Distinguished, conspicuous, remarkable, famous, celebrated, noted, renowned.

ANT. _Suspected, reputed, reported._

=Notwithstanding=, _conj._ Still, however, although, but, nevertheless, howbeit, yet, though.

=Notwithstanding=, _prep._ Despite, in spite of.

=Nourish.= Feed, foster, cherish, nurse, tend, support, maintain, train, educate, promote.

ANT. _Starve, blight, destroy, kill._

=Nourishment.= Nutrition, nutriment, food, aliment, provision, sustenance.

ANT. _Poison, venom, bane, starvation, exhaustion._

=Novel=, _a._ New, recent, modern, fresh, strange, uncommon, rare, unusual, fantastic, odd, upstart, new-fangled.

ANT. _Venerable, ancient, old-fashioned, time-honored._

=Noxious.= Noisome, injurious, hurtful, pernicious, unwholesome, deadly, poisonous.

ANT. _Wholesome, salutary, beneficial, healthful, salubrious._

=Nucleus.= Kernel, core, center.

ANT. _Exterior, face, appearance._

=Nudity.= Nakedness, exposure, bareness.

ANT. _Clothing, dress, vestment, drapery._

=Nugatory.= Trifling, vain, insignificant, futile, ineffectual, unavailing, trivial, worthless, useless, null.

ANT. _Important, potent, momentous, efficacious, successful, grave, serious, satisfactory._

=Nuisance.= Annoyance, plague, pest, affliction, bane, trouble.

ANT. _Pleasure, delight, benefit, blessing, gratification._

=Nullify.= Revoke, annul, cancel, abolish, render void, abrogate, neutralize, repeal.

ANT. _Enact, confirm, perpetuate, establish, stabilitate._

=Numb.= Enfeebled, destitute, torpid, benumbed, insensible, paralyzed, deadened.

ANT. _Alive, alert, sensitive, keen, lively, animated, attentive._

=Number=, _n._ Aggregation, multitude, collection, numeral, numerous, quantity.

ANT. _Scarcity, fewness, paucity._

=Number=, _v._ Count, enumerate, calculate, tell, compute, reckon, estimate.

ANT. _Guess, hazard, conjecture; lump, mass._

=Numberless.= Innumerable, infinite, countless.

ANT. _Few, scarce, rare, infrequent._

=Numerous.= Many, abundant, diverse, multifarious, manifold, sundry.

ANT. _Few, scarce, rare, infrequent._

=Nuptial.= Wedding, marriage, hymeneal, espousal, connubial, bridal.

ANT. _Bachelor, virgin._

=Nurse=, _v._ Nourish, cherish, foster, attend, manage, train, educate, teach, feed, nurture.

ANT. _Starve, kill, destroy; neglect._

=Nurture.= Nourish, nurse, tend, cherish, educate, train, feed.

ANT. _Neglect, deprive, disregard, slight._

=Nutriment.= Aliment, food, sustenance, nourishment, sustentation, subsistence, nutrition.

ANT. _Starvation, detriment, exhaustion, poison, decay, inanition._

=Nutrition.= Nutriment, feeding, sustentation.

ANT. _Poison, venom._

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=Oath.= Curse, imprecation, profanity, swearing, adjuration, affidavit, anathema, ban, blasphemy, denunciation, execration, malediction, vow, reprobation, sworn statement.

ANT. _Blessing, benediction, benison._

=Obdurate.= Firm, unbending, inflexible, unyielding, obstinate, stubborn, impenitent, callous, unfeeling, insensible.

ANT. _Yielding, teachable, tender, docile, amenable, flexible, softened._

=Obedience.= Submission, duty, compliance, respect, dutifulness, subservience.

ANT. _Resistance, rebellion, transgression, disobedience, antagonism, insubordination._

=Obedient.= Dutiful, respectful, compliant, submissive, humble, yielding, obsequious, modest, docile.

ANT. _Disrespectful, undutiful, arrogant, hard, unyielding, obstinate, obdurate, stubborn._

=Obesity.= Fatness, corpulence, fleshiness, corpulency.

ANT. _Leanness, thinness._

=Obey.= Submit, yield, comply.

ANT. _Resist, refuse, disobey._

=Object=, _n._ Reality, fact, existence, phenomenon; aim, intention, end, purpose, appearance, motive, design, sight, view, goal.

ANT. _Subject, idea, fancy, conception._

=Objective.= Outward, external, extrinsic, concrete, universal, actual, positive, real.

ANT. _Subjective, intrinsic, abstract, notional._

=Oblation.= Offering, gift, sacrifice, contribution, presentation.

ANT. _Spoliation, sacrilege, withholding, refusal._

=Obligation.= Responsibility, engagement, contract, agreement, bond, covenant, stipulation, necessity, debt, duty, compulsion.

ANT. _Choice, freedom, assurance, promise, declaration, intention._

=Oblige.= Bind, please, gratify, accommodate, favor, constrain, compel, force, coerce, benefit, necessitate, obligate.

ANT. _Release, acquit; persuade, induce; annoy, disoblige._

=Obliging.= Civil, courteous, complaisant, kind, considerate, accommodating, compliant.

ANT. _Discourteous, inconsiderate, rude, disobliging, unaccommodating._

=Oblique.= Indirect, slanting, inclined, perverse, disingenuous, diagonal, divergent, angular.

ANT. _Straightforward, rectilineal._

=Oblivion.= Forgetfulness, disremembrance.

ANT. _Memory, reminiscence, remembrance, recollection, celebration, commemoration._

=Obloquy.= Censure, odium, contumely, reproach, gainsaying, reviling, calumny, slander, detraction.

ANT. _Praise, acclamation, encomium, panegyric._

=Obnoxious.= Odious, detrimental, blameworthy, pernicious, offensive.

ANT. _Pleasant, grateful, independent, wholesome, beneficial, salutary._

=Obscure=, _a._ Abstruse, deep, involved, difficult, hidden, profound, mysterious, ambiguous, unintelligible, cloudy, complex, complicated, dark, darksome, dense, dim, doubtful, intricate, dusky, indistinct, enigmatical, incomprehensible, muddy, turbid, shadowy, misty, unknown, secluded, unascertained, remote.

ANT. _Clear, luminous, distinct, lucid, plain, plain-spoken, intelligible, prominent, eminent._

=Obsequious.= Servile, cringing, fawning, compliant, submissive, deferential, sycophantic, flattering.

ANT. _Impudent, self-assertive, independent, arrogant, insubmissive, haughty, proud._

=Observance.= Observation, heeding, form, practice, custom, attention, celebration, ceremony, performance.

ANT. _Inobservance, inattention, disuse, disregard, disrespect, omission, unceremoniousness, informality._

=Observant.= Observing, watchful, attentive, regardful, obedient, mindful, careful, heedful.

ANT. _Unmindful, disobedient, disregardful, heedless._

=Observation.= Contemplation, remark, study, notice, view, conclusion, judgment, attention, comment, note, observance.

ANT. _Inattention, oversight, silence, ignorance, inadvertence._

=Observe.= Remark, note, watch, heed, see, discover, attend, comment.

ANT. _Overlook, misconceive, misunderstand._

=Obsolete.= Disused, ancient, neglected, antiquated, archaic, effete, past, old-fashioned, old, rare, obsolescent.

ANT. _Fashionable, modern, current, customary, new, novel, extant._

=Obstacle.= Impediment, obstruction, difficulty, hindrance, barrier, check.

ANT. _Course, proceeding, career, advancement, progress._

=Obstinacy.= Pertinacity, firmness, resoluteness, inflexibility, persistency, perverseness, contumacy.

ANT. _Flexibility, docility, complaisance._

=Obstinate.= Perverse, obdurate, intractable, determined, stubborn, resolved, resolute, inflexible, unyielding, intractable, indomitable, unflinching, contumacious, decided, dogged, mulish, heady, headstrong, fixed, firm, immovable, opinionated, persistent, pertinacious, refractory, unconquerable.

ANT. _Pliant, docile, submissive, dutiful, gentle, obedient, compliant, tractable, yielding, amenable, complaisant, irresolute, wavering, undecided, pliable, teachable._

=Obstruct.= Bar, barricade, hinder, oppose, impede, stay, stop, arrest, check, embarrass, clog, choke, retard, interrupt.

ANT. _Aid, facilitate, accelerate, forward, promote, clear, advance, open, pave the way for, further, free, expedite._

=Obstruction.= Obstacle, barrier, bar, impediment, check, clog, hindrance.

ANT. _Course, proceeding, advancement, progress, career._

=Obtain.= Attain, gain, procure, acquire, earn, win.

ANT. _Lose, forfeit, surrender, forego._

=Obtrude.= Intrude, force, interfere, thrust.

ANT. _Suggest, hint, insinuate; retire, withdraw._

=Obtuse.= Blunt, dull, stupid, unintelligent, stolid.

ANT. _Keen, quick, sharp, intelligent, acute, clever._

=Obverse.= Opposite, facing.

ANT. _Hinder, reverse._

=Obvious.= Opposing; plain, evident, clear, manifest, apparent, discovered, perceived, open, explicit, patent.

ANT. _Remote, obscure, far-fetched, involved, latent._

=Occasion=, _v._ Cause, produce, create, induce, originate, furnish, compose, constitute, generate.

=Occasionally.= Sometimes, casually, rarely.

ANT. _Always, constantly, regularly, frequently._

=Occult.= Secret, concealed, hidden, unknown, invisible, latent, eclipsed, unrevealed, mysterious.

ANT. _Developed, plain, exposed, patent, clear, familiar, open._

=Occupancy.= Possession, occupation, tenury.

ANT. _Eviction, ejection, dispossession._

=Occupation.= Occupancy, avocation, employment, engagement, vocation, calling, office, trade, profession.

ANT. _Idleness, leisure, vacancy, vacation, abandonment, resignation._

=Occupy.= Possess, hold, employ, fill.

ANT. _Abandon, release, desert, surrender, vacate, concede._

=Occur.= Happen, appear, meet, befall, betide, take place.

ANT. _Threaten, pass, impend._

=Occurrence.= Event, happening, incident, affair, adventure, circumstance, transaction, episode.

ANT. _Cause, antecedent, inducement, predisposition, tendency, contribution._

=Odd.= Quaint, unmatched, queer, unusual, eccentric, fantastical, droll, comical, singular, peculiar.

ANT. _Common, usual, regular, normal, matched._

=Odious.= Hateful, detestable, disgusting, abominable, repulsive, forbidding, unpopular, invidious, loathsome.

ANT. _Pleasing, pleasant, acceptable, agreeable, grateful, delectable, bewitching, charming._

=Odium.= Hatred, abhorrence, detestation, antipathy, unpopularity, offensiveness.

ANT. _Welcome, acceptableness, popularity._

=Odor.= Scent, perfume, smell, fragrance, aroma, redolence; trail, effluvium, fume.

ANT. _Inodorousness._

=Odorous.= Fragrant, perfumed, balmy, aromatic, odorant.

ANT. _Scentless, inodorous; fetid._

=Offend.= Displease, affront, harm, pain, annoy, transgress.

ANT. _Please, gratify, conciliate._

=Offense.= Umbrage, misdeed, delinquency, transgression, fault, affront, indignity, outrage, insult.

ANT. _Defense, guiltlessness, innocence._

=Offensive.= Disagreeable, obnoxious, distasteful, impertinent, disgusting, rude, saucy, opprobrious, insulting, insolent, attacking, abusive, invading, assailant.

ANT. _Defensive, pleasing, grateful, savory._

=Offer.= Propose, propound, tender, sacrifice, immolate, undertake, attempt, try, proffer.

ANT. _Withhold, withdraw, retract, retain, alienate, divert._

=Offhand.= Instant, ready, extemporaneous, unpremeditated, unstudied, impromptu.

ANT. _Premeditated, elaborate, studied, thought-out._

=Office.= Service, duty, custom, position, charge, authority, function, business.

ANT. _Leisure, vacancy, sinecure, resignation._

=Officer.= Official, functionary, director, dignitary, manager, administrator.

ANT. _Member, servant, private, employee._

=Official=, _a._ Administrative, authoritative, functional, professional.

ANT. _Private, unofficial, unprofessional._

=Officiate.= Act, serve, perform.

ANT. _Witness, retire._

=Officious.= Impertinent, meddlesome, interfering, forward, intrusive, pushing.

ANT. _Negligent, backward, remiss; retiring, modest._

=Often.= Frequently, repeatedly, commonly, many times, not seldom.

ANT. _Infrequently, seldom, rarely._

=Old.= Aged, ancient, primitive, pristine, antique, antiquated, old-fashioned, obsolete; senile; gray, hoary, olden, immemorial, time-honored, decrepit, elderly, patriarchal, remote, venerable, time-worn.

ANT. _Youthful, childlike, young; recent, modern, fresh, new-fashioned, current._

=Omen.= Prognostic, augury, presage, sign, portent, foreboding.

ANT. _Fulfilment, event, occurrence, realization._

=Ominous.= Significant, portentous, unpropitious, threatening, inauspicious, foreboding, premonitory, suggestive.

ANT. _Encouraging, auspicious, propitious._

=Omit=, _v._ Leave out, neglect, forbear, fail, miss, overlook.

ANT. _Consider, observe, notice, attend, regard._

=Omnipotent.= All-powerful, irresistible, Almighty.

ANT. _Powerless, inefficient, impotent._

=Omniscient.= All-knowing, infallible, all-wise.

ANT. _Shortsighted, fallible, ignorant._

=One.= Single, individual, solitary, certain, undivided, common, united, unitary.

ANT. _Many, several; few._

=Onerous.= Burdensome, oppressive, heavy, toilsome, difficult, laborious, responsible.

ANT. _Light, easy, trivial._

=Only=, _ad._ Solely, singly, exclusively, merely, barely, wholly.

ANT. _Among, amongst, together, collectively._

=Only=, _a._ Single, sole, alone, preëminent, chief.

ANT. _Many, together, several, mixed._

=Onset=, =Onslaught=. Assault, attack, storming, aggression, invasion.

ANT. _Repulse, resistance, protection, shelter, support, defense._

=Onward.= Forward, in advance, ahead.

ANT. _Aback, astern, backward._

=Opaque.= Impervious, not transparent, obscure, unintelligible.

ANT. _Pellucid, translucent, transparent, obvious, clear, intelligible, perspicuous._

=Open=, _v._ Unclose, disclose, expose, explain, begin, commence, initiate.

ANT. _Close, shut, cover, conceal; conclude, terminate; misinterpret, mystify._

=Open=, _a._ Unclosed, uncovered, unprotected, exposed, plain, obvious, evident, public, artless, candid, free, available, accessible, undisguised, ingenuous.

ANT. _Closed, barred, inaccessible, unavailable, reserved, shut, secreted._

=Opening.= Aperture, hole, space, breach, gap, fissure; start, inauguration, commencement, initiation, beginning; opportunity.

ANT. _Obstruction, stop-gap, termination, enclosure, close, end, conclusion, inopportunity, unseasonableness._

=Operation.= Agency, action, exercise, production, influence, force, performance, result, procedure, effect, execution.

ANT. _Failure, uselessness, futility, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, powerlessness, inaction, cessation, rest._

=Opinion.= Persuasion, idea, sentiment, view, conviction, judgment, notion, impression, estimation.

ANT. _Evidence, argument, inquiry, speculation, investigation, pleading._

=Opponent.= Antagonist, foe, adversary, enemy, rival.

ANT. _Helper, assistant, accomplice, ally._

=Opportune.= Timely, seasonable, convenient, ready, suitable, auspicious, meet, appropriate.

ANT. _Untimely, unseasonable, inopportune, infelicitous._

=Opportunity.= Occasion, convenience, occurrence, turn, opening.

ANT. _Lapse, omission, inopportuneness, contre-temps._

=Oppose.= Combat, withstand, contradict, deny, gainsay, oppugn, contravene, check, obstruct.

ANT. _Aid, abet, support, advance, expedite._

=Opposite.= Facing, contrary, repugnant, antagonistic, adverse, counter, contradictory, opposed.

ANT. _Agreeing, coincident, harmonious, conformable, suiting, fitting, accordant._

=Opposition.= Restraint, defeat, resistance, hostility, obstacle, obstruction, animosity.

ANT. _Sympathy, harmony, concord, alliance, congeniality._

=Oppress.= Impose, weigh down, burden, grind, persecute, overwhelm, crush, overpower, subdue.

ANT. _Encourage, assist, support, befriend._

=Oppression.= Cruelty, tyranny, hardship, injustice, severity.

ANT. _Kindness, mercy, justice, clemency, leniency._

=Oppressive.= Heavy, oppressing, rigorous, tyrannical, unjust, extortionate, grinding.

ANT. _Light, easy, compassionate, just, humane, generous._

=Opprobrium.= Disgrace, infamy, reproach, contempt, scandal, obloquy, odium.

ANT. _Popularity, welcome, acceptableness._

=Option.= Choice, preference, selection, discretion, wish, election.

ANT. _Compulsion, necessity, obligation._

=Opulence.= Wealth, riches, fortune, affluence, independence.

ANT. _Poverty, impecuniosity, indigence, want._

=Oracle.= Revelation; prophet, angel.

ANT. _Empiricism, pragmatism._

=Oracular.= Prophetic, ominous, portentous; authoritative, positive, dogmatical; wise, grave, sage; obscure, equivocal, ambiguous.

ANT. _Cautious, modest, vacillating, diffident._

=Oral.= Verbal, unwritten, vocal, spoken, traditional.

ANT. _Documentary, written._

=Oration.= Address, speech, discourse, harangue, lecture, disputation, declamation, effusion.

ANT. _Reasoning, suggestion, insinuation._

=Oratory.= Eloquence, rhetoric, elocution, declamation.

ANT. _Hesitation, stammering, dulness._

=Orb.= Sphere, globe, ball; circle, orbit, circuit; disk; revolution.

=Orbit.= Revolution, path, circuit, sphere.

ANT. _Deviation, eccentricity, perturbation._

=Ordain.= Set, regulate, establish, appoint, decree, constitute, institute, prescribe, dictate.

ANT. _Revoke, subvert, cancel, countermand._

=Ordeal.= Test, trial, experiment, probation, proof, scrutiny, assay, investigation.

ANT. _Result, event; argument, evidence, plea, discussion._

=Order.= Arrangement, system, procedure, method, rule, regulation; command, mandate, rank, direction, grade, class, character, kind, management, injunction, prohibition, requirement, instruction.

ANT. _Allowance, consent, leave, permission, permit, liberty, license._

=Orderly.= Regular, obedient, systematic, quiet, peaceable, methodical, well-regulated.

ANT. _Disorderly, riotous, irregular._

=Ordinance.= Statue, law, edict, decree, rescript, regulation, institute, rule.

ANT. _Custom, usage, tradition, fashion._

=Ordinary.= Normal, usual, common, customary, settled, frequent, wonted, habitual, indifferent, mediocre, plain, commonplace.

ANT. _Extraordinary, superior, unusual, uncommon._

=Organic.= Inherent, fundamental, essential, constitutional, radical, vital; organized, systematized.

ANT. _Non-essential, circumstantial, provisional, contingent, inorganic, secondary._

=Organization.= Structure, form, construction; organism.

ANT. _Disorganization._

=Organize.= Arrange, constitute, shape, adjust, frame, establish, construct, systematize.

ANT. _Disorganize, dismember, disband, break up, annul._

=Origin.= Source, rise, commencement, spring, fountain, derivation, cause, root, foundation.

ANT. _Termination, conclusion, extinction._

=Original.= Primitive, new, primary, pristine, genuine, inventive, peculiar, initiatory, primordial, ancient, former, first.

ANT. _Subsequent, later, derivative, modern, terminal._

=Originate.= Begin, cause, commence, start, invent, create, spring, rise.

ANT. _Prosecute, conduct; conclude, finish, end._

=Ornament.= Decoration, embellishment, adornment.

ANT. _Disgrace, brand, disfigurement, detraction._

=Ornate.= Adorned, beautiful, embellished, decorated, elaborate, rich, ornamented.

ANT. _Bare, bald, nude, plain, naked._

=Orthodox.= Sound, conventional, approved, correct.

ANT. _Heretical, unorthodox, liberal, radical._

=Ostensible.= Exhibited, avowed, professed, apparent, pretended, declared, manifest, specious, plausible, outward.

ANT. _Real, actual, genuine, veritable, concealed, hidden._

=Ostentation.= Display, boasting, show, boast, vaunting, flourish, pageant, pomp, parade, pageantry.

ANT. _Diffidence, modesty, reserve, timidity, shrinking, retirement, quietness, unobtrusiveness._

=Ostracism.= Banishment, exclusion, expulsion, blackball, excommunication, separation.

ANT. _Admittance, enlistment, enrolment; welcome, fellowship._

=Outbreak.= Outburst, eruption, tumult, commotion, rebellion, insurrection, riot, conflict.

ANT. _Quiet, order, pacification, subsidence, quelling._

=Outcast.= Exile, vagabond, reprobate, castaway, pariah, vagrant.

=Outcry.= Clamor, tumult, vociferation, alarm, yell, scream, noise.

ANT. _Quiet, silence; acclamation, plaudit._

=Outer.= Outside, outward, external, exterior.

ANT. _Inward, inside, internal, interior._

=Outlaw.= Brigand, bandit, robber, highwayman, marauder, freebooter.

=Outlet.= Egress, exit, vent.

ANT. _Entrance, ingress._

=Outline.= Contour, sketch, delineation, draft, plan.

ANT. _Form, substance, bulk, figure, field, ground, space; object, subject._

=Outrage.= Outbreak, offense, violence, mischief, abuse, affront, insult, indignity.

ANT. _Favor; self-restraint, self-control._

=Outrageous.= Violent, furious, excessive, exorbitant, wanton, atrocious, monstrous, nefarious, heinous.

ANT. _Moderate, reasonable, justifiable._

=Outskirts.= Border, edge, outpost, precincts, environs, suburbs.

ANT. _Interior, center, bulk, mass, body, heart._

=Outstanding.= Uncollected, undischarged, unappropriated, unpaid; projecting; opposing.

ANT. _Collected, appropriated, gathered, paid; supporting; reëntrant._

=Outward.= Out, outer, external, exterior, public, visible, sensible, extraneous, superficial, apparent, extrinsic, ostensible.

ANT. _Internal, intrinsic, inward, withdrawn._

=Overcast.= Cloudy, lowering, obscured, murky, darkened, overspread, eclipsed.

ANT. _Cloudless, clear, luminous._

=Overcome.= Vanquish, conquer, surmount, excel, overthrow, subjugate, rule, domineer over.

ANT. _Lose, forfeit, surrender, fail, submit, retreat, succumb._

=Overflow=, _n._ Redundancy, inundation, deluge, exuberance, superabundance.

ANT. _Subsidence, deficiency, exhaustion._

=Overruling.= Governing, controlling, superior, predominant, directing, prevailing.

ANT. _Governed, controlled, inferior, subordinate._

=Oversight.= Charge, superintendence, management, supervision, command, care, watchfulness, surveillance, control, inspection, direction, watch; omission, error, inadvertence.

ANT. _Mismanagement, negligence, disregard, slight; particularity, attention to minutiæ._

=Overt.= Public, manifest, apparent, deliberate, open, avowed.

ANT. _Covert, secret, furtive, clandestine, implied._

=Overthrow.= Upset, ruin, demolish, destroy, overcome, defeat.

ANT. _Restore, reinstate, revive._

=Overture.= Proposal, proposition, offer, opening, prelude, invitation, advance, initiation.

ANT. _Inaction, quiescence._

=Overweening.= Rash, arrogant, egoistic, vain, haughty, conceited.

ANT. _Affable, courteous, sociable, condescending, gracious, polite, approachable._

=Overwhelm.= Submerge, engulf, immerse, overpower, extinguish, bury, crush, sink, subdue, vanquish, conquer, defeat.

ANT. _Raise, reinstate, reëstablish, rescue, extricate._

=Owe.= Be indebted for, be obliged for, borrow, hypothecate, attribute.

ANT. _Repay, requite, defray, liquidate._

=Own.= Possess, grant, acknowledge, admit, confess, avow.

ANT. _Lose, disown, abandon, forfeit, alienate, disinherit, abjure._

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=Pacific.= Appeasing, reconciling, tranquil, mild, calm, peaceful, conciliatory.

ANT. _Harsh, irritating, exasperating, quarrelsome, turbulent, tumultuous, warlike._

=Pacification.= Conciliation, compromise, reconcilement, adjustment, reconciliation.

ANT. _Warfare, fighting, hostilities, war._

=Pact.= Agreement, league, compact, covenant, bargain, stipulation, alliance, bond.

ANT. _Understanding, promise, parole, honor._

=Pæan.= Jubilation.

ANT. _Dirge._

=Pagan=, _a._ Gentile, heathen, idolater.

ANT. _Christian, believer._

=Paganism.= Heathenism, polytheism, pantheism.

ANT. _Christianity, Christendom._

=Pageant.= Spectacle, exhibition, display, show, ceremony, procession, parade.

ANT. _Illusion, mockery, fantasmagoria, dream._

=Pageantry.= Pomp, parade, display, show, spectacle, splendor, magnificence.

=Pain=, _n._ Agony, ache, distress, suffering, torture, anguish, torment, pang, throe, paroxysm, twinge, woe, grief.

ANT. _Ease, peace, rapture, enjoyment, relief, solace, comfort, delight._

=Pain=, _v._ Hurt, grieve, afflict, disquiet, trouble, distress, agonize, torment, torture.

ANT. _Please, delight, rejoice, charm, refresh._

=Painful.= Disquieting, troublesome, afflictive, distressing, laborious, grievous, toilsome, arduous, difficult.

ANT. _Pleasant, pleasurable, acceptable, agreeable, grateful, desirable, delectable, delicious._

=Painstaking.= Careful, diligent, attentive, faithful, laborious.

ANT. _Neglectful, heedless, unmindful, disregardful, improvident, thoughtless, careless._

=Paint.= Color, picture, depict, delineate, sketch, draw, portray.

ANT. _Misrepresent, caricature, daub._

=Pair.= Two, couple, span, brace, yoke.

ANT. _One, several, many._

=Pale.= Pallid, white, wan, colorless, dim, sallow.

ANT. _Ruddy, high-colored, conspicuous, brilliant._

=Palliate.= Cover, conceal, extenuate, hide, veil, screen, cloak, gloss over, apologize for, mitigate.

ANT. _Alleviate; aggravate, heighten, increase, intensify._

=Palm.= Laurels, bays, prize, trophy, crown.

ANT. _Shame, blot, stigma, brand._

=Palpable.= Perceptible, obvious, plain, gross, material, corporeal, manifest, evident, patent, distinct.

ANT. _Immaterial, intangible, ethereal, impalpable, indistinct, dubious, imperceptible._

=Paltry.= Contemptible, worthless, mean, vile, pitiful, trifling.

ANT. _Valuable, estimable, admirable, worthy, grand, excellent, magnificent._

=Panegyric.= Eulogy, encomium, praise, laudation, commendation.

ANT. _Satire, sarcasm, tirade, stricture, invective, philippic._

=Pang.= Agony, anguish, distress, paroxysm, throe.

ANT. _Pleasure, delight, refreshment, enjoyment, gratification._

=Parable.= Fable, allegory, apologue, similitude.

ANT. _History, fact, narrative._

=Parade=, _n._ Ostentation, display, show, pomp, pageant, spectacle, procession.

ANT. _Modesty, humility, retirement, simplicity, plainness, seclusion, suppression._

=Paradise.= Bliss, heaven, Eden, ecstasy, Elysium.

ANT. _Purgatory, hell, torture, misery, torment._

=Paradox.= Contradiction, ambiguity, absurdity, enigma, mystery.

ANT. _Axiom, postulate, precept, truism, proposition._

=Parallel.= Correspondent, correlative, analogous, concurrent, equidistant.

ANT. _Different, opposed, divergent, irrelative, incongruous._

=Paralyze.= Deaden, benumb, unnerve, destroy, impair, enfeeble, prostrate, debilitate.

ANT. _Nerve, strengthen, restore, invigorate._

=Paramount.= Supreme, preëminent, chief, superior, principal.

ANT. _Minor, inferior, secondary, subordinate._

=Parasite.= Flatterer, sycophant, courtier.

ANT. _Calumniator, traducer, detractor._

=Pardon=, _n._ Absolution, mercy, forgiveness, forbearance, remission, acquittal, indulgence.

ANT. _Penalty, punishment, vengeance, retribution, retaliation._

=Pardon=, _v._ Condone, forgive, absolve, excuse, overlook, remit, pass over or by, acquit.

ANT. _Convict, castigate, condemn, chastise, correct, punish, doom, sentence, scourge, visit upon, recompense, chasten._

=Pardonable.= Excusable, forgivable, venial.

ANT. _Inexcusable, unpardonable._

=Parentage.= Descent, extraction, lineage, birth, stock, pedigree.

=Parsimonious.= Avaricious, frugal, sparing, close, stingy, penurious, niggardly, illiberal.

ANT. _Liberal, profuse, unsparing, extravagant._

=Part=, _n._ Fraction, fragment, section, atom, segment, element, piece, portion, instalment, constituent, component, ingredient, member,

## particle, share, subdivision.

ANT. _Whole, mass, bulk, entirety, quantity, totality._

=Partake.= Share, participate.

ANT. _Yield, forfeit, forego, relinquish._

=Partial.= Biased, restricted, specific, limited, imperfect, incomplete, unfair, unjust, warped, interested, inequitable.

ANT. _Unrestricted, universal, general, equitable, just, unbiased, impartial._

=Particle.= Atom, corpuscle, iota, grain, jot, mite, molecule, element, whit, tittle, scrap, shred, scintilla.

ANT. _Mass, quantity, sum, entirety, sum total, whole, aggregate, total._

=Particular=, _n._ Detail, point, feature.

ANT. _Whole, subject, case._

=Particular=, _a._ Sole, single, individual, respective, appropriate, personal, singular, important, peculiar, especial, specific, precise, critical, circumstantial.

ANT. _Universal, general, comprehensive, indiscriminate, abstract, inaccurate, inexact, undiscriminating._

=Parting.= Separation, leave-taking, farewell, dividing, division, disruption, detachment.

ANT. _Union, attachment._

=Partisan.= Adherent, follower, supporter, disciple.

ANT. _Opponent, antagonist, adversary._

=Partition.= Division, distribution, separation, allotment, apportionment; compartment, interspace, barrier.

ANT. _Combination, inclusion, comprehension, collection, union._

=Partly.= In part, somewhat, partially, not wholly.

ANT. _Altogether, entirely, completely, to the full extent._

=Partner.= Associate, colleague, coadjutor, confederate, participator, partaker, comrade, mate, companion.

ANT. _Rival, competitor, opponent, adversary, alien._

=Partnership.= Company, firm, union, connection, society, interest, house, association, participation.

ANT. _Independence, disconnection, disjunction, disunion, dissociation._