Part 19
ANT. _Coldness, deadness, unconsciousness, hardness, numbness, insensibility._
=Sentiment.= Thought, opinion, notion, sensibility, feeling; susceptibility, impressibility, impression, conviction; emotion; maxim, saying, toast.
ANT. _Nonsense, conjecture, vacuity; assumption, prejudice, preconception._
=Separate=, _v._ Disunite, divide, sever; come between, part; disjoin, divorce; disengage, detach; sunder; withdraw, eliminate, remove, segregate.
ANT. _Unite, consolidate, integrate, connect, join, attach, link, weld, engage, wed; gather, convene, collect._
=Sequence.= Succession, following, consequence, arrangement, order; series, progression, continuity.
ANT. _Precedence, introduction, priority; disorder, disconnection; intermission, irregularity._
=Serious.= Sober, earnest, momentous, grave; thoughtful, sedate, solemn; important, weighty; dangerous.
ANT. _Gay, thoughtless, frivolous, laughing, joking, jocose, careless, trifling, trivial, unimportant, light, insignificant._
=Serve.= Obey, minister to, subserve, promote, aid, help, abet, assist, benefit, succor.
ANT. _Command, order, manage; obstruct, counteract, retard, defeat, injure, thwart, oppose._
=Set.= Put, seat, place, fix; affix, attach; fasten, make stable or firm; obstruct, embarrass; determine upon, fix upon; plant; frame; stiffen, solidify; adjust, regulate, adapt; prepare; replace; spread; stud, variegate; value at, rate at; establish, furnish, prescribe, strengthen, stabilitate, ground, confirm, determine, appoint, assign.
ANT. _Remove, uproot, transfer, eradicate, transplant, unsettle, weaken, soften, destroy, demolish; disperse, discard; denude, disarrange, divest, strip; misvalue, under- or over-rate; abolish, frustrate._
=Settle.= Regulate, arrange, compose, decide; establish; still, calm; clear; restore; depress, sink, lower, make compact, harden; determine, adjust, make up, pacify; liquidate, balance; colonize, people.
ANT. _Disturb, confuse, derange; agitate, unsettle, excite, uproot, overturn; obstruct; elevate, upheave, break up; discompose, disorder, rise, ascend, move; misregulate, aggravate._
=Severe.= Stern, strict, austere, hard, relentless, rigorous, unrelenting, inexorable, harsh, inflexible, rigid, morose, stiff, uncompromising, unmitigated, unyielding; critical, grave, serious.
ANT. _Lenient, clement, unexacting, mild, easy, gay, cheerful, joyous; loose, slack, inexact, indulgent, uncritical, moderate, kind, considerate._
=Shade.= Shadow; darkness, obscurity; screen, shelter, protection; body, spirit, ghost; umbrage, adumbration; degree, minuteness; seclusion.
ANT. _Light, illumination, sunshine, brightness, daylight; glare, radiance, exposure; publicity; quantity, amount; defenselessness._
=Shake.= Agitate, fluctuate, flutter, oscillate, quake, quiver, quaver, rock, shiver, shudder, totter, tremble, waver, wave, sway, swing, vibrate, thrill, jar.
ANT. _Fasten, fix, set, secure, settle, confirm._
=Shame.= Disgrace, reproach, dishonor, ignominy; degradation, contempt, infamy; diffidence, modesty, discredit; humiliation, abashment; decency, decorum.
ANT. _Fame, honor, glory, approval, renown, credit; impudence, shamelessness, indecency, immodesty, indecorum, impropriety._
=Shape.= Appearance, figure, aspect, form, guise; outline; embodiment; character, fashion, mold, pattern, cast, model.
ANT. _Imitation, reproduction, copy; deformity, disfigurement._
=Sharp.= Quick, sagacious, witty, discerning, shrewd, ingenious, sour, acid, tart, acrid, biting, poignant, acrimonious, sarcastic, bitter, painful, afflictive, violent, fierce, ardent, fiery; acute, keen, trenchant, astute, subtle, penetrating, discriminating, inventive, piquant; severe, vigilant, attentive; caustic, cutting; eager, hungry; thin, emaciated; shrill, high; exacting, close.
ANT. _Dull, blunt, slow, obtuse, undiscerning, unresourceful, sweet, honeyed, cloying, saccharine, mellow; soft, gentle, mild, tender, considerate, kindly, lenient, clement; uninventive, indifferent, sluggish, inactive, tame, characterless, spiritless, careless, inattentive; thick; generous, unexacting._
=Shelter.= Defend, guard, harbor, protect, shield, screen, ward, cover, conceal.
ANT. _Expose, betray, imperil, endanger, exhibit, lay bare, discover, attack._
=Short.= Brief, contracted, inadequate, limited, scanty; insufficient, incomplete, imperfect; abrupt, petulant, quick; near, direct, straight; succinct, concise, condensed, compendious; terse, pithy, laconic, curt, sententious; severe, uncivil; narrow; destitute.
ANT. _Long, protracted, extended, adequate, ample, sufficient, plentiful, abundant, copious; perfect, complete; civil, suave, complaisant; circuitous, indirect; tedious, prolix, verbose, extended, wordy; broad; provided for._
=Show=, _v._ Exhibit, present, display; tell, reveal; direct, conduct; clear, prove, manifest, explain, evince; bestow, confer; appear, look, seem; demonstrate, unfold, inform, teach; evidence.
ANT. _Conceal, hide, withhold, suppress, obscure, mystify, cloak, wrap; contradict, deny, refute, disprove, falsify; misinterpret._
=Shrewd.= Keen, critical, subtle, arch, astute, sagacious, acute, discerning, penetrating; malicious, evil, vicious; wily, artful, cunning; clever, sharp, able; discriminating, intelligent.
ANT. _Stolid, stupid, unintelligent, dull, thick, unsagacious, undiscerning, undiscriminating; plain, blank, blunt, frank; kindly, sincere, benevolent; fair, open._
=Sick.= Diseased, ill, disordered, distempered, indisposed, weak, ailing, feeble, morbid; imperfect, impaired, weakened, corrupted; disgusted, surfeited.
ANT. _Healthy, whole, well, sound, strong, robust, salubrious, vigorous, hale, wholesome, salutary._
=Side.= Margin, edge, verge, border, boundary; party, sect, faction, interest, cause, policy, behalf; face, aspect, plane; slope, declivity; half.
ANT. _Center, interior, body, heart, core; opposition, secession, neutrality._
=Sight.= Vision, show, representation, exhibition; faculty of seeing, view; visibility, spectacle; inspection, examination; opinion, judgment; perception, ken, cognizance; contemplation, survey; insight; appearance.
ANT. _Blindness, non-visibility, obscuration; non-appearance; oversight, neglect; disappearance; vanishing; impression, prejudice._
=Sign.= Mark, manifestation, indication, presage, symbol, type, token, emblem, note, omen, signal, prognostic, symptom.
=Significant.= Expressive, suggestive, important; weighty, momentous; manifest, intimating, declarative, betokening, implying, meaning, denoting; telling, speaking; forcible; conspicuous.
ANT. _Insignificant, meaningless, inconspicuous, mute, inexpressive, expressionless, unsuggestive._
=Silence.= Stillness, hush, restfulness, quiet, muteness, noiselessness, calm, peace, tranquillity; dumbness, taciturnity; obscurity, secrecy, oblivion.
ANT. _Noise, sound, tumult, clamor, roar, storm, din, unrest, babel, commotion, reverberation, resonance, agitation, clatter; talkativeness, loquacity, garrulity; publicity, fame, rumor, repute, celebrity._
=Similar.= Corresponding, like, resembling, uniform, homogeneous; congruous, harmonious.
ANT. _Dissimilar, unlike, different, alien, discordant, heterogeneous, incongruous._
=Simple.= Silly; single, uncombined; plain, unadorned; mere; sincere, artless, unaffected, natural; direct, clear, perspicuous; credulous, foolish; humble, undistinguished, lowly; innocent; elementary.
ANT. _Complex, double, compound, combined, mixed; ornate, adorned; blended, fused, multiform; artful, affected, artificial; indirect, complicated, circuitous, skeptic, pragmatic; proud, haughty, distinguished, celebrated; various, organized, elaborate; designing, insincere, double-minded; developed, perfect._
=Sin.= Evil, crime, guilt, offense, wickedness, fault, vice, criminality, misdeed; viciousness, ungodliness, wrong, wrongdoing, unrighteousness, iniquity, transgression, immorality, depravity, delinquency.
ANT. _Virtue, godliness, rectitude, uprightness, sinlessness, excellence, blamelessness, goodness, holiness, innocence, morality, integrity, purity, righteousness, right._
=Sing.= Chant, carol, chirp, hum, warble, chirrup.
=Singular.= Unexampled, eminent, unprecedented, extraordinary, remarkable, uncommon, rare, unusual, peculiar, strange, odd, eccentric, fantastic; individual, unique; conspicuous, consummate, exceptional,
## particular; curious, queer.
ANT. _Common, everyday, ordinary, commonplace, general, universal, usual, regular, customary, frequent, numerous; unnoticeable, normal, typical, inconspicuous, humdrum._
=Sink.= Subside, drop, droop, decay, lower, lessen; submerge, immerse, engulf; depress, degrade, debase, diminish; fall, descend; decline, dwindle, decrease; weary, flag, abate; reduce; drown; attenuate.
ANT. _Rise, ascend, mount, increase, augment, aggrandize, swell; flourish, exalt, heighten, promote, enhance; encourage, perpetuate._
=Situation.= Site, station, post, case, plight, state; location, position; place, office; condition; locality, seat, ground, spot; circumstance, predicament; category; employment; footing, aspect; birth, standing.
ANT. _Absence, dislodgment, displacement, non-assignment._
=Skeptic.= Agnostic, doubter, freethinker, infidel, unbeliever, deist, atheist, disbeliever.
ANT. _Christian, believer._
=Sketch=, _n._ Outline, picture, design, drawing, draft; skeleton, plan, brief.
=Skilful.= Expert, dexterous, apt, handy, adroit, clever, deft, proficient, skilled, trained, accomplished, happy, ingenious, practiced; adept, masterly, cunning.
ANT. _Unskilled, clumsy, inexpert, unskilful, unintelligent, awkward, incompetent, unprepared, untrained, unable, untaught, bungling, helpless, maladroit, shiftless._
=Slander=, _v._ Defame, disparage, depreciate, malign, asperse, calumniate, libel, vilify, revile, traduce, decry, backbite.
ANT. _Extol, eulogize, laud, praise, vindicate, defend._
=Slang.= Vulgarity, cant, colloquialism, vulgarism.
ANT. _Diction, language._
=Slender.= Small, narrow, slim; weak, feeble, slight; moderate, trivial, inconsiderable, meager; spare, abstemious, frugal.
ANT. _Thick, stout, robust, broad, ample, deep, bulky, considerable, massive, weighty; giant, colossal._
=Slippery.= Smooth, glib; mutable, uncertain, fickle, inconstant; unstable, changeable; wanton, loose, unchaste; icy, glassy, insecure, perilous, unsafe; shifty, elusive; deceptive, evasive; unprincipled.
ANT. _Rough, firm, safe, secure, stable; constant, certain, dependable, upright, sincere, outright, trustworthy, sound._
=Slow.= Deliberate, dilatory, lingering, gradual, moderate, procrastinating, tardy; inert, inactive, sluggish, drowsy, dull, delaying, dawdling.
ANT. _Nimble, active, brisk, alert, lively, prompt, speedy, quick, spry, swift, agile._
=Small.= Little, diminutive, inconsiderable; inconsequential, uninfluential, trivial, insignificant; paltry, mean, incapable, unable; short; weak, slender, gentle, low; tiny, puny; unimportant; scanty, moderate; sordid, selfish; inferior, unintellectual, ungifted, unintelligent.
ANT. _Large, great, big, extensive, enormous, bulky, massive, weighty, ample, spacious, broad, strong, stout, generous, liberal, munificent; important, significant, notable, influential, distinguished, gifted, magnanimous, intelligent, intellectual, superior, competent._
=Smart.= Acute, quick, lively, brisk, clever, dashy, showy; pungent, pricking; keen, severe, poignant; vigorous, sharp; active, shrewd; efficient, witty; pretentious, spruce; fresh.
ANT. _Dull, heavy, blunt, obtuse, dense, stupid; aching; slow, inactive, sluggish, inefficient, shabby, dowdy, boorish, clownish._
=Sneer.= Jeer, mock, gibe, taunt, fling, scoff.
ANT. _Smile, laugh; flatter, compliment; cheer._
=Sober.= Abstinent, abstemious, moderate, regular; steady, collected, quiet, cool, staid, somber; temperate; dispassionate, self-controlled, calm, self-possessed, solemn, sedate.
ANT. _Intemperate, intoxicated, drunk, impassioned, excited, heated, furious, passionate; unreasonable, immoderate, uncontrolled, agitated, extravagant; erratic, eccentric._
=Socialism.= Communism, collectivism, fabianism.
=Society.= Companionship, fellowship, company; participation, connection; association, partnership; community, sodality, communion, intercourse.
ANT. _Solitude, solitariness, privacy, separation, segregation; individuality, personality; disconnection, dissociation, unsociability._
=Soft.= Yielding, impressible, malleable; smooth, delicate; agreeable, gentle, flowing; flexible; mild, tender, conciliatory, kind; effeminate, weak; easy; quiet, peaceful, tranquil.
ANT. _Hard, unyielding, impervious, tough, stubborn, impermeable; non-resilient; disagreeable, harsh, brusk, gruff, unkind; strong, manly; virile; rough, coarse, rigid, rigorous, abrupt; resolute, determined._
=Solemnity.= Gravity, formality, ritual, ceremonial, sobriety, seriousness, reverence, devotion; celebration, observance; sanctity, awfulness, sacredness; impressiveness.
ANT. _Levity, triviality, gaiety, vulgarity; secularity, desecration, profanity; meaning, unimpressiveness, unimposingness; simplicity._
=Solid.= Hard, sound, real, valid, weighty, profound; compact, resistant, dense; heavy; strong, firm, stable; substantial; impenetrable; cubic.
ANT. _Hollow, yielding, soft, resilient, malleable, fluid, flexible, impressible, liquid; brittle, frail; light, trifling, frivolous; invalid, weak, fallacious, unsound._
=Solitude.= Loneliness, solitariness, loneness, recluseness, retiredness; withdrawal, remoteness, destitution, absence; seclusion, retirement; desertion, retreat, wilderness, desert, privacy, isolation.
ANT. _Populousness, society, popularity, throng, crowd, intercourse, meeting, convening, populace, multitude._
=Solution.= Disruption, separation, breach; disentanglement, explanation, clearing up; resolution, disintegration; release, discharge; solvency; disconnection, discontinuance; key, answer, elucidation.
ANT. _Union, amalgamation, conjunction, connection, combination, entanglement, complication; continuity; integration; obscurity, confusion, perplexity, mystification._
=Soothe.= Soften, allay, compose, tranquilize, pacify; humor, flatter, please; assuage, calm, mollify, comfort; lull; mitigate, relieve.
ANT. _Rouse, excite, disturb, disquiet; aggravate, displease, scold, irritate, exasperate, annoy, infuriate; dissatisfy._
=Sordid.= Vile, base, gross; mean, avaricious, covetous, niggardly; greedy; low, degraded; stingy, close, ungenerous, penurious; illiberal.
ANT. _Pure, noble, honorable, refined; generous, unselfish, liberal, broad, munificent, uncovetous; prodigal, profuse, lavish; high-minded._
=Soul.= Spirit, life, courage, fire, ardor; vitality, animus; leader, inspirer; passion, fervor, affection; person; reason, intellect, emotions; ghost, specter.
ANT. _Lifelessness, soullessness; body; coldness, spiritlessness; irrationality, unintellectuality._
=Sound=, _n._ Noise, note, tone, report; impulse, vibration.
ANT. _Silence; taciturnity; stillness, hush, lull, muteness._
=Sound=, _a._ Whole, unbroken, unharmed, free, perfect, healthy; firm, strong, solid, safe; correct, true, orthodox; deep, profound, undisturbed; right; legal, valid, undefective; entire, thorough, substantial, irrefutable.
ANT. _Unsound, broken, partial, harmed; imperfect, soft, diseased; weak, mellow, unsafe; incorrect, untrue, heterodox; light, trivial, fragile; illegal, illegitimate, invalid, defective; insubstantial, fallacious, hollow, unfounded._
=Sovereign=, _n._ King, prince, potentate, monarch, emperor; ruler.
ANT. _Subject, peasant, serf._
=Sovereign=, _a._ Supreme, paramount, superior, chief; independent, unlimited, absolute; controlling, efficacious; princely, royal; primary, principal, regal, imperial; predominant.
ANT. _Inferior, subordinate, subservient, ministerial, secondary, subject; popular, menial; inefficient, unefficacious, uncertain, weak._
=Space.= Extension, room; interval, duration, time; capacity, distance, measure, quantity; boundlessness, illimitableness; immeasurableness, immensity.
ANT. _Confinement, proximity, limitation, restriction, contiguity, continuity._
=Spare=, _a._ Scanty, sparing, frugal, wanting, lacking, parsimonious, needed, chary; superfluous; lean, meager, thin, gaunt.
ANT. _Ample, abundant, profuse, plentiful, liberal, bountiful, unsparing, unstinted, unrestricted, generous; plump, fat, corpulent, portly._
=Sparse.= Scattered, sprinkled, infrequent, thin, scanty, meager, few.
ANT. _Dense, thick, plentiful, many, populous, crowded, numerous, frequent, multitudinous._
=Speak.= Say, talk, tell, utter, discourse, articulate, converse, express, chat, chatter, enunciate, pronounce; announce, declaim, declare, deliver.
ANT. _Be mute or dumb; keep silence, be taciturn; suppress; recall._
=Speculation.= Venture; theory, view, notion, conjecture; consideration, meditation, contemplation, thought, weighing; hypothesis, scheme.
ANT. _Certainty, fact, verity, proof, realization, verification._
=Speech.= Address, discourse, language, speaking, talk, oration, utterance, sermon, harangue, dissertation, oratory, disquisition.
ANT. _Hush, silence, stillness, taciturnity, speechlessness._
=Spirit.= Life, soul; ghost, specter; fairy, sprite; energy, vivacity, ardor, courage, enthusiasm; intellectuality; meaning, intent; vapor; distilled liquid; air, breath; intelligence, immateriality, essence, disembodiment, apparition; activity, earnestness, zeal; temper, disposition; principle, motive.
ANT. _Substance, body, corporeity, flesh, frame, materiality, embodiment, organization; spiritlessness, timidity, lifelessness, soullessness, deadness, torpor, dejection, slowness._
=Spiritual.= Immaterial, incorporeal, mental, intellectual; holy, divine, heavenly-minded; ecclesiastical, sacred; moral; religious, ethical.
ANT. _Carnal, fleshly, material, sensuous; gross; unspiritual._
=Splendid.= Shining, showy, magnificent, sumptuous, pompous; illustrious, brilliant, famous; gorgeous, grand, glorious; imposing; superb, heroic, noble.
ANT. _Dull, tame, obscure, tarnished, tawdry, somber, beggarly, gloomy, poor, ordinary, ineffective, inglorious, insignificant, mean, low._
=Spontaneous.= Free, intentional, voluntary, willing, unbidden, impulsive, automatic, instinctive, deliberate.
ANT. _Forced, compelled, coerced, unwilling, reluctant._
=Spread=, _v._ Open, unfurl, disperse, distribute, scatter, circulate, disseminate, dispense; extend, stretch, expand, amplify; divulge, propagate, publish, diffuse.
ANT. _Collect, condense, contract, furl, gather, close, shut; confine, suppress, restrict, recall, conceal, hush, localize._
=Spring=, _v._ Leap, bound, jump; shoot, fly, dart, start; emerge; bend, warp; proceed, issue, result; burst, emanate, flow; rise, originate, germinate.
ANT. _Settle, alight, arrive, land, drop; end, terminate, debouch, finish, eventuate._
=Spy.= Scout, emissary, detective.
=Stable=, _a._ Steady, abiding, firm, strong, durable; fixed, established; constant, resolute, unwavering; secure, stanch, permanent; solid, lasting, perpetual; immobile, rigid, unmovable.
ANT. _Vacillating, wavering, unsteady, toppling, weak, tottering, infirm, insecure, precarious, frail, unstable; transient, ephemeral, evanescent, vanishing, non-durable._
=Stain=, _v._ Blot, spot, sully, tarnish, tinge, tint, color, discolor, disgrace, dishonor, dye, soil.
ANT. _Preserve inviolate or unspotted._
=Stand=, _v._ Rest, continue upright or erect, be situated or located; cease, stop, pause, halt; endure, last; maintain, be fixed or steady; be, consist; agree, accord; endure, sustain, bear; withstand; submit to.
ANT. _Advance, move, proceed, progress; fail, fall, die, depart, run, yield, succumb, drop; give up, surrender; retaliate, avenge, resent._
=Standard=, _n._ Flag, colors, banner, ensign; criterion, test; support, frame; model, type, norm; gage, measure, scale; upright; exemplar.
ANT. _Misrule, mismeasurement, misadjustment, misfit, non-criterion._
=State=, _v._ Declare, tell, assert, affirm, asseverate, allege, testify, assure, swear, set forth, protest, predicate, pronounce, specify, propound, maintain, inform, express, depose, claim, avow, avouch, aver, certify.
ANT. _Deny, contradict, controvert, disprove, refute, repudiate, waive, contravene, dispute, gainsay, oppose, retract._
=Station.= Depot; place, spot, position, stand; office, sphere; state, rank, condition, occupation, business.
ANT. _Removal, departure; dislodgment, ejection, displacement; locomotion._
=Stay=, _v._ Stop; prop, hold up, support, sustain; hold, restrain; hold back, hinder, delay; check; fasten, secure; continue, abide, remain; dwell, tarry, linger, wait; forbear; rest, depend, rely.
ANT. _Loose, liberate, free; fail, let fall; expedite, speed, accelerate; proceed, advance, progress, go on; move, depart; oppress, burden; overthrow._
=Steadfast.= Established, firm; constant, resolute; grounded, rooted, placed; resolved, unwavering, stanch.
ANT. _Unsteady, unattached; vacillating, wavering, weak, insecure, irresolute, inconstant, unreliable._
=Steep.= Sharp, sheer, high, precipitous, abrupt.
ANT. _Gradual, level, slight, flat, easy, gentle, horizontal, low._
=Stiff.= Rigid, inflexible, strong, obstinate, pertinacious, rigorous, constrained, affected; unbending, unpliant; starched; formal, ceremonious, difficult, punctilious, stately; austere, peremptory, inexorable, uncompromising.
ANT. _Flexible, pliant, unaffected, amenable, easy, yielding, affable, genial, unceremonious, informal; pliable, malleable; considerate, compromising._
=Still.= Noiseless; inert, stagnant, serene; motionless, restful, quiet; silent, calm, soundless, low; hushed, mute, placid, quiescent; stationary; gentle, soft, mild, pacific, peaceful.
ANT. _Disturbed, agitated, moved, restless; noisy, moving, loud, resonant, turbulent; unquiet, rough, harsh._
=Stop.= Suppress, discontinue, delay, interrupt; close, obstruct; arrest, impede; restrain, hinder, repress; cease, halt, stay, tarry; bar, seal; suspend, end, terminate.
ANT. _Assist, advance, continue, expedite, speed, hasten, promote; clear, open; improve, push, benefit; progress; facilitate; initiate, commence, begin._
=Storm.= Agitation, disturbance, tempest.
ANT. _Calm, hush, peace, serenity, stillness, tranquillity, fair weather._
=Story.= Narrative, legend, anecdote, account, tale, record, recital, incident, myth, narration, novel, relation.
ANT. _Annals, chronicle, biography, history, memoir._
=Stout.= Corpulent; portly; vigorous, strong, lusty, robust; firm, resolute, bold; tough; large, bulky; brawny; valiant, courageous, redoubtable.
ANT. _Thin, slender, weak, lean, frail, feeble, attenuated, emaciated; timid, irresolute, cowardly._
=Strange.= Outlandish, wonderful, astonishing, marvelous, uncommon, irregular, queer, odd, eccentric; foreign, new, novel, unusual; reserved, distant; unfamiliar, unaccustomed, inexperienced.
ANT. _Familiar, usual, common, general, universal, accustomed, ordinary, home, domestic, regular, customary, habitual, commonplace._
=Strength.= Robustness, toughness, hardness, stoutness, spirit, lustiness, puissance, authority; force, vigor, power; endurance, resistance; security, validity; firmness; intensity; virtue; energy, nerve, sinew, fiber; soundness.
ANT. _Weakness, thinness, frailty, softness, delicacy; imbecility, feebleness; spiritlessness, impotence, inability; insecurity, invalidity; wavering._
=Strenuous.= Eager, pressing, urgent; zealous, ardent, earnest; bold, intrepid; strong, determined, resolute; vigorous, energetic, vehement, forceful.
ANT. _Weak, irresolute, vacillating, wavering, enervated, undetermined._
=Strong.= Powerful, cogent, muscular; robust, lusty, sinewy, hale, hearty, vigorous, forceful; enduring, resistant; violent, forcible; ardent, zealous, vehement, earnest, solid, nourishing; firm; capable, potent, effective, influential, sound; pungent; hardy, tenacious.
ANT. _Weak, feeble, infirm, sickly, exhausted, debilitated, wanting, pliant, frail, soft; low, faint; spiritless, foolish; wavering, impotent, powerless, defenseless, insecure, delicate; unefficacious, unconvincing, unsatisfactory, unavailing, flaccid, nerveless._
=Stubborn.= Obstinate, inflexible, obdurate, headstrong, harsh, intractable, firm, contumacious, heady; unbending, unyielding, persistent, refractory.
ANT. _Yielding, pliant, mild, gentle, docile, tractable, manageable, flexible, pliable; vacillating, wavering, irresolute, undecided._
=Studious.= Contemplative, observant; sedulous, earnest, diligent; studied; absorbed, meditative, thoughtful, attentive, pondering, devoted, musing, cogitative; careful, literary, reflective, assiduous.
ANT. _Illiterate, unliterary, idle, indulgent, careless, inattentive, thoughtless, negligent, regardless, indifferent._
=Study=, _n._ Application, learning, acquisition, meditation, contemplation; diligence, consideration, thought, research, endeavor, knowledge, purpose, intention, attention, concentration.
ANT. _Idleness, dawdling, illiteracy, ease, indifference, indiligence, negligence, carelessness, unstudiousness, thoughtlessness._
=Stupid.= Simple, insensible, sottish, sluggish, senseless, doltish, heavy, dull; stolid, insensate, obtuse, prosy.
ANT. _Quick, bright, sharp, intelligent, responsive, clever, sensible, eager, animated, penetrating._
=Stupidity.= Slowness, dulness, obtuseness, insensibility, sluggishness, stupor, apathy.
ANT. _Intelligence, animation, brilliancy, acuteness, sensibility, cleverness, sense, sagacity, quickness, readiness, alertness, keenness._
=Stupor.= Apathy, swoon, torpor, lethargy, coma, fainting, unconsciousness, stupefaction, asphyxia, swooning, insensibility, syncope.
=Sublime.= Exalted, lofty, noble, majestic, grand, stately, magnificent, dignified, elevated, august, pompous, high, eminent, glorious.
ANT. _Low, ignoble, debased, degraded, inglorious, ordinary, mean, undignified, inconspicuous, unimposing, ridiculous._
=Submissive.= Obedient, compliant, yielding, obsequious, subservient, humble, modest, passive, docile, acquiescent.
ANT. _Disobedient, haughty, proud, arrogant, unyielding, conceited,
## active, rebellious, reluctant, defiant, refractory, resistant._
=Subsidy.= Aid, allowance, gift, bounty, reward, tribute, support, subvention, pension, bonus, premium, grant, indemnity.
=Substantial.= Real, solid, true, existing, essential; corporeal, material; strong, stout, resourceful, massive, tangible, bulky; sensuous.
ANT. _Imaginary, unreal, insubstantial, fictitious, supposititious, immaterial, weak, chimerical, visionary, spiritual, disembodied, ghostly._
=Subtle.= Artful, crafty, cunning, shrewd, sly, wily; astute, guileful, discriminating, insinuating, sophistical.
ANT. _Frank, honest, open, sincere, artless, undiscriminating, undiscerning, simple, direct, blunt, unsophisticated._
=Subvert.= Destroy, ruin, supplant, suppress, supersede, extinguish, overthrow, overturn.
ANT. _Conserve, preserve, uphold, sustain, keep, perpetuate._
=Succeed.= Follow, pursue; ensue, result, be subsequent; descend, devolve; gain, acquire, attain, obtain, achieve, accomplish; supervene; flourish, prosper, thrive.
ANT. _Precede, anticipate, antecede; fail, deteriorate, be lacking, lose, miss, disappoint, be deficient in; decline, wane, decay._
=Succession.= Succeeding, series, sequence, order; lineage, descent; following, continuity, consecution, rotation, regularity.
ANT. _Antecedence, precedence, anticipation, forerunning, prevention; disorder, irregularity, non-sequence, intermission, gap, failure, inconsecutiveness._
=Sudden.= Unexpected, unusual, abrupt, unlooked for, hasty, unanticipated, unforeseen, unprovided for; rash, quick, heedless, reckless.
ANT. _Anticipated, foreseen, expected; slow, gradual, transitional, moderate; wary, cautious, careful, provident._
=Suffer.= Support, sustain, tolerate, permit; allow, let, grant, consent to; endure, bear, submit to, undergo, be affected by, experience.
ANT. _Resist, rebel, repel, withstand; forbid, disallow, refuse, reject, expel, repudiate; fight, antagonize, challenge._
=Sufficient.= Competent, satisfactory, full, ample; equal, adequate, enough; qualified, capable, responsible; efficient; adapted, fitted.
ANT. _Inadequate, incompetent, unsatisfactory, lacking, wanting, unequal, unfit, incapable, unqualified, insufficient, unsuited, meager, short, deficient, scanty._
=Suggestion.= Hint, innuendo, intimation, insinuation, implication.
=Suitable.= Proper, competent, correspondent, consonant, compatible, congruous, consistent; fitting, accordant, becoming, adapted; seemly, appropriate, agreeable, convenient; harmonious, uniform; homogeneous.
ANT. _Improper, divergent, incompetent, incompatible, dissonant, incongruous, inconsistent, unfit, discordant, unbecoming; unseemly, inappropriate, inconvenient; unharmonious, different, heterogeneous._
=Sum.= Aggregate, quantity, magnitude, amount; compendium, substance, gist; height, completion; total, whole, computation; example, problem; collection; drift, bearing.
ANT. _Part, portion, half, fraction, item, particular; incompleteness, imperfection, discrepancy; article, detail, fragment, component, constituent, element._
=Superb.= Grand, magnificent, august, stately; rich, elegant; showy, excellent; princely, gorgeous, splendid; proud.
ANT. _Mean, shabby, poor, undignified, dingy; meager; tawdry, impoverished; ordinary, common; humble, plain, unimposing._
=Superior.= Elevated, higher, upper; surpassing, greater; preëminent, excellent, ascendent, predominant, prevalent, advantageous, beneficial.
ANT. _Inferior, lower, worse, deeper, meaner, subordinate, lesser, mediocre, ordinary, average, common, unremarkable, inconspicuous, detrimental, disadvantageous; declining, deteriorating._
=Supernatural.= Miraculous, preternatural, superhuman.
ANT. _Common, natural, ordinary, commonplace, everyday, usual._
=Supple.= Pliant, flexible, bending; fawning, soft; yielding, compliant, submissive; flattering, obsequious, subservient, servile, cringing, adulatory; lithe, limber, elastic.
ANT. _Firm, stiff, unyielding, obstinate, inflexible, hard, dominant, domineering; abusive, scolding, tyrannous; unbending, stubborn, independent, self-assertive, supercilious, arrogant, haughty._
=Support.= Maintain, sustain, uphold, cherish, keep, bear, prop, carry, tolerate, hold up, keep up.
ANT. _Demolish, abandon, betray, destroy, drop, desert, wreck, break down, cast down, overthrow, let go, throw down._
=Suppose.= Deem, guess, imagine, think, conjecture, surmise.
ANT. _Conclude, ascertain, discover, prove, know, be sure._
=Suppress.= Repress, subdue, restrain, overthrow, quell, overwhelm, conceal, stifle, smother, stop; overpower, extinguish, destroy.
ANT. _Excite, fan, increase, augment, strengthen, raise, aggravate; publish, promulgate, advertise, spread, disseminate; intensify._
=Sure.= Unfailing, infallible, permanent, steady, stable, strong, indisputable, confident, positive, firm; certain, safe, secure, assured, believing, trusting, unquestioning; abiding, fast.
ANT. _Insecure, fallible, unsteady, inconstant, wavering, indeterminate, dubitable, uncertain, questionable, impermanent, doubtful, hesitating, distrustful, precarious, disputable, loose._
=Surrender.= Abandon, give over, relinquish, resign, waive, yield, alienate, capitulate, cede, let go, sacrifice, give one’s self up.
ANT. _Resist, withstand, oppose, thwart, baffle; die._
=Suspense.= Uncertainty, expectation, apprehension, anxiety, indetermination, indecision; solicitude, intermission, protraction, abeyance, doubt; pause, stop.
ANT. _Decision, settlement, determination, finality, execution; achievement, termination, accomplishment, end; uninterruption, continuance, continuity, regularity, sequence._
=Sustenance.= Subsistence, food, provision, maintenance, support; supplies, aliment, nutriment, nourishment; livelihood, living, nutrition, sustentation.
ANT. _Starvation, want, indigence, poverty, hunger, lack, thirst, inanition, exhaustion; non-subsistence, non-support._
=Sweet.= Sugary, saccharine, dulcet, luscious; agreeable, pleasing, fragrant, soft, melodious; beautiful, mild, fair; fresh; amiable, winning; wholesome.
ANT. _Sour, bitter, sharp, acid; discordant, inharmonious, dissonant; disagreeable, displeasing; fetid, malodorous; plain, homely; stale, unwholesome, spoiled; offensive, repulsive, unlovely._
=Swift.= Quick, fleet, speedy, expeditious, rapid, prompt; accelerated, nimble, alert, ready, headlong, eager, fast.
ANT. _Slow, tardy, delaying, late, unready, laggard, deliberate, sedate, reluctant, lingering, lazy, loitering, inactive, sluggish, inexpeditious._
=Symmetry.= Proportion, grace, conformity, uniformity, similarity, regularity, shapeliness, harmony, agreement; comeliness.
ANT. _Disproportion, disharmony, incongruity, irregularity, disagreement, disparity, shapelessness; interdisparity._
=Sympathy.= Pity, compassion, commiseration, tenderness, condolence; fellow-feeling; agreement, conformity, reciprocity; congeniality.
ANT. _Antipathy, harshness, antagonism, unkindness, coldness, mercilessness, pitilessness._
=Synonymous.= Similar, correspondent, like, identical, interchangeable, alike, same, corresponding, synonymic, equivalent.
ANT. _Antonymic._
=System.= Order, mode, method, regularity, rule, manner.
ANT. _Confusion, chaos, disorder, derangement, irregularity, disarrangement._
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=Tacit.= Silent, implied, granted, unexpressed, understood, implicit.
ANT. _Mentioned, expressed, explicit, declared._
=Taciturn.= Mute, silent, speechless, reserved, close, dumb, uncommunicative, reticent.
ANT. _Communicative, free, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, unreserved._
=Take.= Lay hold, seize, grasp, obtain; capture, fasten on; attack; gain, captivate, charm; choose, turn to; employ, use, demand, require; copy, delineate; assume, adopt; acquire; engage in, indulge in; carry, convey, conduct; remove, withdraw, deduct; acknowledge, accept; receive, admit; partake of, swallow; undertake, clear; tolerate, endure; consider, interpret, suppose; receive, submit to, bear.
ANT. _Drop, reject, abandon, surrender, miss, lose, repel, refuse, decline, repulse, spurn._
=Talent.= Ability, gift, endowment, genius, faculty; capacity, cleverness, aptitude, forte.
ANT. _Inability, ineptitude, incompetence, imbecility, stupidity._
=Tangible.= Perceptible, tactile, palpable; apprehensible, evident, manifest, clear; material, substantial, sensible, obvious.
ANT. _Impalpable, spiritual, intangible, incorporeal, immaterial, incomprehensible._
=Tart.= Sharp, acid, sour; keen, severe; harsh, caustic, petulant, acrimonious.
ANT. _Gentle, mild, genial, kindly, polite; mellow, sweet._
=Taste=, _n._ Savor, relish, flavor, sensibility, judgment; discernment, nicety, perception, zest, choice, elegancy, refinement.
ANT. _Disrelish, insipidity, ill-savor, coarseness, indelicacy, non-perception, indiscrimination._
=Tasteful.= Delicate, artistic, elegant, dainty, esthetic, exquisite, fastidious, fine, chaste, nice, tasty, delicious, esthetical.
ANT. _Coarse, rough, rude, harsh, hideous, clumsy, disgusting, deformed, displeasing, fulsome, gaudy, grotesque, distasteful, horrid, inartistic, inharmonious, meretricious, offensive, ragged, tawdry._
=Taunt=, _v._ Ridicule, mock, jeer, deride, revile, flout, scoff, scorn, insult; reproach, rebuke, censure.
ANT. _Compliment, flatter, approve of, congratulate._
=Teach.= Discipline, instruct, tutor, school, train, educate, enlighten, drill, inculcate, give lessons, give instructions, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instill, nurture.
ANT. _Learn, study, practice, investigate, experiment, try, develop, receive, drink in, acquire, attain, imbibe, understand, glean, gather, collect._
=Tedious.= Wearisome, fatiguing, irksome, tiresome; prolix, dull, slow, monotonous, tiring, trying.
ANT. _Interesting, exciting, amusing, charming, delightful, stirring, bright, entertaining._
=Tell.= Enumerate, communicate, impart, reveal, disclose, report, acquaint, repeat, rehearse, discover; count, number, reckon, recount; narrate, divulge; inform, teach; order, command, request.
=Temerity.= Audacity, foolhardiness, rashness, presumption, recklessness, hardihood, hastiness, heedlessness, precipitation, overconfidence, precipitancy, venturesomeness.
ANT. _Care, caution, hesitation, cowardice, timidity, wariness, circumspection._
=Temporal.= Transient, fleeting, transitory, temporary; terrestrial, worldly, secular, mundane.
ANT. _Eternal, permanent, everlasting; religious, spiritual._
=Tendency.= Proneness, drift, aim, disposition; direction, course; influence; inclination, leaning, bent, bias; proclivity, aptitude, propensity, liability.
ANT. _Aversion, repulsion, repugnance; opposition, reluctance, divergence, tangency, deviation._
=Tender.= Effeminate, soft, sensitive, compassionate, humane, kind, merciful, pitiful, dear, delicate; gentle, mild, susceptible.
ANT. _Hard, pitiless, callous, careless, heedless, rough, coarse, unkind, inhuman, unmerciful, unfeeling; hardy, strong, sturdy._
=Tension.= Strain, stretch, effort, stretching, tensity, tenseness, rigor, severity, harshness, stiffness, tightness.
ANT. _Relaxation, release, relief, laxity, slackness, looseness._
=Term.= Boundary, limit; expression, phrase, word, name; member, condition, denomination.
=Termination.= Limit, end, conclusion, bound, result; completion, consequence, effect; fulfilment, consummation, accomplishment, achievement, finis, finality, exit, issue.