Part 7
ANT. _Confusion, inversion, disorder; mismanagement, laxity; antipathy, repulsion; obstinacy; mood; agglomeration, collection._
=Disputant.= Litigant, debater, arguer, controversialist, competitor, claimant.
ANT. _Advocate, auxiliary, partner._
=Dispute=, _v._ Quarrel, wrangle; debate, argue, discuss, agitate, ventilate; impugn, deny, contradict, oppose, contest.
ANT. _Allow, concede, grant, forego, relinquish._
=Disquisition.= Treatise, dissertation, discourse, essay, discussion.
ANT. _Effusion, tirade, diatribe, rhodomontade._
=Dissect.= Anatomize, scrutinize, analyze, explore, investigate, examine, sift.
ANT. _Integrate, organize, compound, grasp; comprehend, discern, diagnose._
=Dissemble.= Conceal, disguise, cloak, hide, restrain, smother.
ANT. _Reveal, confess, manifest, expose, vaunt, profess._
=Dissent.= Differ, disagree, decline.
ANT. _Assent, consent, agree._
=Dissertation.= Disquisition, discussion, treatise.
=Dissipate.= Scatter, vanish, disperse, disappear, waste, squander.
ANT. _Hoard, save, gather, conserve._
=Dissociate.= Separate, sever, disjoin, divide, part, sunder, disconnect.
ANT. _Associate, join, affiliate._
=Dissolute.= Abandoned, corrupt, loose, profligate, reprobate, dissipated.
ANT. _Upright, honest, conscientious, self-controlled._
=Distance.= Remoteness, space, interval; absence, separation; reserve, coldness, stiffness.
ANT. _Proximity, contiguity, nearness, presence, neighborhood, contact._
=Distend.= Dilate, extend, spread, stretch.
ANT. _Contract, narrow, constrict, condense._
=Distil.= Drop, extract, separate; percolate, emanate, drip.
ANT. _Condense, retain; suck; hold._
=Distinct.= Separate, definite, different, clear, plain, unmistakable.
ANT. _Blurred, dim, indefinite, confused, conjoined, obscure._
=Distinguish.= Discern, perceive, tell, discriminate; differentiate; characterize, mark; separate, divide; signalize, make famous or celebrated.
ANT. _Confound, miss, confuse._
=Distinguished.= Illustrious, famous, celebrated, noted, eminent, marked, conspicuous, supreme, extraordinary, consummate.
ANT. _Obscure, inconspicuous, hidden; infamous, notorious._
=Distortion.= Deformity, twist, perversion, falsification, misrepresentation, sophistry, corruption.
ANT. _Regularity, shapeliness, symmetry; right, truth, verification, rectification._
=Distract.= Divert, perplex, confuse, disconcert, bewilder, confound, derange, craze.
ANT. _Unite, fix, compose, concentrate, collect._
=Distraction.= Confusion, perplexity, abstraction, disturbance, perturbation, agitation; inattention; absence, frenzy, madness; alienation, aberration; delirium, mania, derangement, lunacy.
ANT. _Attention, composure, self-possession, tranquillity._
=Distress=, _n._ Affliction, calamity, adversity, misery, perplexity, misfortune; agony, suffering, anguish; privation, destitution, poverty, indigence.
ANT. _Consolation, relief, assuagement, alleviation; boon, blessing, pleasure._
=Distribute.= Dispense, scatter, allot, apportion, grant, appoint.
ANT. _Restrict, retain, collect, gather, hold, reserve, keep._
=District.= Region, tract, territory, province, circuit, quarter.
=Disturb.= Agitate, shake, stir, disorder, confuse, derange; molest, annoy, plague, trouble, vex, worry; interrupt, hinder.
ANT. _Soothe, quiet, assist, compose, pacify; arrange, order._
=Diversion.= Detour, deviation, divergence; recreation, amusement, enjoyment, pastime.
ANT. _Directness, business, procedure, continuity, task, labor._
=Diversify.= Vary, change, alter, modify; variegate, streak, spot.
ANT. _Settle, fix, stereotype, arrest._
=Diversity.= Difference, dissimilitude, variation, unlikeness, divergence, dissonance, heterogeneousness, multiformity.
ANT. _Identity, similarity, uniformity, consonance, homogeneousness, coincidence._
=Divest.= Dismantle, strip, unclothe, undress, unrobe, deprive.
ANT. _Clothe, invest, shroud, indue, encumber._
=Divide.= Sever, part, separate, disunite, sunder; alienate, estrange; distribute, allot, apportion, assign, share, dispense.
ANT. _Unite, commingle, collocate, congregate, convene._
=Divination.= Magic, foretelling, augury, prophecy, presage, prediction.
ANT. _Investigation, study; information; analysis._
=Divorce=, _v._ Separate, part, sunder, alienate, disunite.
ANT. _Marry, wed, betroth, consort._
=Do.= Accomplish, achieve, bring to pass, complete, effect, realize, discharge, perpetuate, perform, commit, consummate, actualize; execute, finish, fulfil; work out, transact.
ANT. _Neglect, ruin, spoil, defeat, destroy, mar, miscarry, fail, frustrate, baffle, omit, come short._
=Docile.= Manageable, amenable, compliant, gentle, tame, submissive, yielding, tractable, pliable, obedient.
ANT. _Obstinate, firm, inflexible, stubborn, self-willed, wilful, determined, dogged, resolute, opinionated._
=Doctrine.= Tenet, dogma, opinion, belief, precept, principle, teaching, creed.
ANT. _Duty, practice, action, conduct, operation, application._
=Dogmatic.= Arrogant, authoritative, imperious, domineering, positive, self-opinionated, doctrinal, magisterial, dictatorial.
ANT. _Practical, active, modest, diffident, vacillating, considerate._
=Domestic.= Private, family, familiar, homelike.
ANT. _Public, foreign, alien, strange._
=Domicile.= Home, abode, house, residence, mansion, dwelling.
ANT. _World, wilderness; estrangement, migration, travel, exile._
=Dominance=, =Domination=. Superiority, lordship, mastery, sway, supremacy, command, ascendancy, government.
ANT. _Servility, subjection, inferiority, weakness, minority, subordination._
=Domineer.= Lord, tyrannize, dictate, bully, swagger.
ANT. _Submit, yield, bow, defer, patronize, succumb; resist, contend._
=Dominion.= Government, domination, supremacy, sway, dominance, control, authority, domain, territory, sovereignty.
ANT. _Submission, subjugation, servitude._
=Doom=, _n._ Condemnation, fate, sentence, judgment, destiny, verdict.
ANT. _Liberation, respite, escape, acquittal, discharge._
=Dormant.= Sleeping, latent, inert, quiescent.
ANT. _Active, operative, vigilant, awake, alert._
=Doubt=, _n._ Distrust, skepticism, disbelief, suspicion, suspense, hesitation, incredulity, irresolution, misgiving, unbelief, perplexity, uncertainty.
ANT. _Conviction, certainty, assurance; belief, confidence; determination, resolution, resolve._
=Downwards.= Below, beneath, down.
ANT. _Upwards, above, aloft._
=Drag.= Draw, pull, haul, bring.
ANT. _Carry, push, propel, raise._
=Drain.= Empty, exhaust, draw, strain, dry.
ANT. _Fill, supply, replenish, moisten, drench._
=Draw.= Haul, lead, pull, drag, lure, entice, attract, incline, induce.
ANT. _Repel, repulse, rebuff, alienate, estrange, reject._
=Dread=, _n._ Fear, terror, awe, apprehension, horror, alarm.
ANT. _Confidence, courage; familiarity._
=Dream.= Reverie, fancy, vision, delusion, conceit, hallucination, romance, trance, vagary.
ANT. _Fact, reality, realization, verity, certainty, substance._
=Dreary.= Dismal, gloomy, dark, lonesome, solitary, cheerless.
ANT. _Cheerful, bright, promising, inviting._
=Dress.= Clothing, garments, apparel, garb, array, uniform, attire, costume, raiment, habiliments, vesture, robes, habit, vestments.
ANT. _Nakedness, disarray, nudity, bareness, deshabille, exposure, undress._
=Drift=, _n._ Direction, bearing, course; aim, purpose, intention, scope, tendency, design; rush, impulse, current; heap, mass.
ANT. _Aimlessness, vagueness, aberrancy, indefiniteness._
=Drink.= Swallow, imbibe, quaff, drain, absorb, suck in.
ANT. _Pour, exude, disgorge, water, moisten._
=Drive.= Impel, propel, compel, push, thrust, urge; repulse, repel, resist; ride.
ANT. _Draw, attract, invite, summon._
=Droll.= Whimsical, comical, ludicrous, funny, ridiculous, odd, queer, facetious.
ANT. _Sober, solemn, tragic, funereal._
=Droop.= Languish, sink, decline, flag, pine, wither, fade, wilt.
ANT. _Prosper, revive, rally, flourish, raise, luxuriate._
=Drown.= Sink, immerse, swamp, overwhelm, overflow, inundate, deluge, flood, overcome, overpower.
ANT. _Dry, drain, air, ventilate, expose._
=Dry.= Arid, parched; thirsty, craving drink; barren, meager, dull, dreary, tedious, plain; severe, sarcastic, sharp, keen.
ANT. _Moist, fresh, juicy; lively, entertaining; fulsome, florid._
=Due.= Proper, fitting, suitable, appropriate, becoming; owing, obligatory.
ANT. _Improper, unsuitable, independent; unfair, extravagant, deficient._
=Dull.= Heavy, stupid, unintelligent, apathetic, insensible, callous, dead; inert, lifeless, inactive, slow, torpid; blunt, obtuse; gloomy, sad, dismal; dim, obscure; wearisome, dreary, tedious.
ANT. _Bright, light, sparkling, brilliant, quick, interesting, lively, keen, witty, cheery, inviting, entertaining._
=Dumb.= Speechless, mute, silent, still, inarticulate.
ANT. _Talkative, chatty, loquacious._
=Duplicate.= Copy, counterpart, facsimile, imitation, likeness, replica, reproduction, double, transcript.
ANT. _Original, pattern, prototype, archetype, model._
=Duplicity.= Deceit, deception, circumvention, guile, artifice, hypocrisy, fraud, dishonesty.
ANT. _Candor, straightforwardness, frankness, sincerity, honesty._
=Duration.= Continuance, term, period, protraction, prolongation (_in time_).
ANT. _Brevity, momentariness; infinity, eternity._
=Duty.= Office, responsibility, obligation, function, business, accountability, right, righteousness.
ANT. _Immunity, freedom, license, exemption, dispensation._
=Dwell.= Live, reside, rest, stop, stay, abide, lodge, sojourn.
ANT. _Visit, migrate, hasten, flit, roam, depart, travel._
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=Eager.= Impatient, anxious, desirous, longing, yearning, ardent, enthusiastic, earnest, animated, fervent, impetuous, vehement.
ANT. _Torpid, sluggish, slow, backward, belated, late, tardy._
=Earn.= Acquire, merit, win, get, gain, procure, deserve, achieve, obtain, realize.
ANT. _Waste, lose, spend, forfeit, squander._
=Earnest.= Eager, zealous, fervent; steady, intent, fixed; sincere, serious, true; important, momentous.
ANT. _Indifferent, irresolute, sportive, jesting, flippant._
=Ease.= Facility, knack, readiness, expertness, easiness, satisfaction, contentment, comfort, repose, refreshment, relief.
ANT. _Perplexity, irritation, annoyance, constraint, disquiet, trouble, vexation, difficulty, uneasiness, awkwardness, worry._
=Easy.= Quiet, comfortable, tranquil, compliant, facile, complacent, submissive; unaffected, natural, smooth; moderate, affluent.
ANT. _Disturbed, uncomfortable, hard, difficult, anxious, exacting._
=Ebb.= Retire, recede, abate, decrease, subside, wane, sink.
ANT. _Flow, swell, increase, flood, inundate, deluge._
=Eccentric.= Irregular, abnormal, uncommon, peculiar, singular, wayward, strange, aberrant, erratic, whimsical.
ANT. _Normal, conventional, common, usual, regular, customary._
=Echo.= Resonance, repetition, reverberation, imitation, answer.
ANT. _Sound, voice, original, tone, noise, speech._
=Eclipse=, _n._ Obscuration, dimming, obscurity, hiding, shrouding, concealment, vanishing, extinction, obliteration, annihilation, destruction.
ANT. _Illumination, enlightenment, revelation; perpetuation; radiation; unveiling, discovery._
=Economics.= Science of wealth, public _or_ political economy; household management, household economy, housewifery.
=Economize.= Save, husband, retrench, manage frugally, be frugal _or_ prudent, practice economy, avoid waste; develop resources, utilize.
ANT. _Waste, misuse, sacrifice, be lavish, profuse_, or _extravagant; squander, dissipate_.
=Economy.= Thrift, thriftiness, frugality, providence, good husbandry; management, arrangement, regulation, administration; plan, system, established order, dispensation.
ANT. _Prodigality, wastefulness, extravagance, lavishness._
=Ecstasy.= Transport, rapture, inspiration, fervor, frenzy, emotion, delight, enthusiasm, happiness.
ANT. _Coolness, dulness, ennui, weariness, tedium, indifference._
=Edge.= Border, margin, brink, rim, brim, verge; sharpness, keenness, intensity, animation, zest.
ANT. _Center, interior; dulness, bluntness, flatness; inertness, inactivity._
=Edible.= Eatable, esculent, wholesome, culinary.
ANT. _Poisonous, deleterious, harmful, dangerous, noxious, uneatable._
=Edict.= Decree, command, order, proclamation, mandate, ordinance.
ANT. _Hoax, canard; request, wish._
=Edifice.= Building, tenement, fabric, structure.
ANT. _Ruin, heap, demolition, destruction._
=Edify.= Build up, enlighten, improve, stimulate, strengthen, nurture.
ANT. _Defile, debase, mislead, misguide, pervert, corrupt._
=Edit.= Revise, correct, prepare for the press, annotate, emend; bring out; conduct, manage.
ANT. _Distort, pervert, falsify, garble, mutilate._
=Educate.= Discipline, teach, instruct, train, nurture, breed, develop.
ANT. _Dwarf, stunt, hinder; pervert, corrupt._
=Education.= Training, teaching, tuition, instruction, schooling, discipline, cultivation, breeding, development, nurture, information, knowledge, learning, reading, study.
ANT. _Ignorance, illiteracy, nescience, blindness, darkness._
=Educe.= Draw out, extract, elicit, evolve, produce.
ANT. _Adduce, cite, allege, quote, advance, name, mention; apply, insert, deposit, bestow._
=Efface.= Obliterate, erase, blot out, destroy, cancel, eradicate, expunge.
ANT. _Restore, revive, delineate, imprint, portray, replace, reinstate, renew._
=Effect=, _n._ Result, consequence, event, issue; force, efficiency, validity, weight, power; purport, drift, tenor, meaning; fact, reality, truth; impression, appearance, _ensemble_; (_pl._) chattels, goods, commodities, property, movables.
ANT. _Cause, motive, source, incentive; origin._
=Effect=, _v._ Cause, produce, accomplish, change, achieve, create, execute, perform, realize, compass, effectuate, consummate, fulfil.
ANT. _Obviate, frustrate, prevent, mar, hinder; deter, deflect._
=Effective.= Adequate, competent, effectual, sufficient; potent, cogent, efficacious, forcible, energetic, powerful; active, efficient, operative; conducive; serviceable, able, talented.
ANT. _Weak, futile, nugatory, inconducive, inoperative, inadequate, impotent, incompetent, powerless._
=Effectuate.= Accomplish, effect, execute, achieve, secure, fulfil.
ANT. _Prevent, hinder, abolish, defeat, nullify, stifle, blight._
=Effeminate.= Feminine, womanly, delicate; womanish, feeble, unmanly, timorous, enervated, soft, weak, emasculated.
ANT. _Strong, manly, masculine, virile, manlike, vigorous, hardy, robust._
=Effervesce.= Boil, bubble, froth, foam, ferment, sparkle; _express irrepressible emotion_.
ANT. _Subside; acquiesce, refrain, bear, brook, digest._
=Effete.= Barren, unfruitful; decayed, spent, exhausted, worn, wasted, decrepit.
ANT. _Vigorous, fertile, prolific, productive, exuberant, luxuriant, rank._
=Efficacious.= Effectual, effective, active, operative, powerful, adequate, cogent.
ANT. _Insufficient, inadequate, ineffectual._
=Efficacy.= Power, potency, force, competency, strength, effectiveness, vigor, energy, usefulness.
ANT. _Inefficacy, incompetency._
=Efficiency.= Power, strength, capability, virtue, energy, usefulness, productiveness, effectiveness; attentiveness, aptitude, skill, ingenuity, competence, inventiveness, readiness, ingeniousness, faculty, cleverness, genius, acuteness.
ANT. _Weakness, inability, incompetence, unproductivity; inattention, awkwardness, absence of mind, thoughtlessness, preoccupation, distraction, laziness, stupidity._
=Efficient.= Operative, active, potent, efficacious, effective, effectual; able, skilled, ready, energetic, proficient, competent.
ANT. _Inactive, impotent, ineffective, abortive; dull, inert, indolent, sluggish, senseless, stupid._
=Effigy.= Image, representation, figure, statue, likeness; dummy.
ANT. _Caricature, misrepresentation, distortion; bust, portrait._
=Efflorescence.= Flowering, blooming, blossoming, budding; outburst; bloom, luxuriance.
ANT. _Deflorescence, fading, waning, blasting, withering; nudity, bareness, denudation; absorption, desiccation._
=Effluence.= Emanation, flow, effusion, efflux; issue, outpouring; emission, discharge; abundance, overflow.
ANT. _Influx, infusion, refluence, ebb; exhaustion; absorption, retention._
=Effluvium.= Exhalation, emanation, malaria, miasma, stink, noxious vapor.
ANT. _Ventilation, scent, disinfectant; zephyr, aroma, balm._
=Effort.= Endeavor, attempt, trial, exertion, struggle, essay, strain, striving, stretch.
ANT. _Failure, frustration, futility, weakness, deficiency, misadventure; ease, inactivity, spontaneity, facility._
=Effrontery.= Assurance, impudence, audacity, shamelessness, presumption, hardihood, boldness, brass; insolence, sauciness.
ANT. _Modesty, coyness, shyness, diffidence, sensitiveness, shrinking, timidity, bashfulness._
=Effulgence.= Brilliancy, splendor, luster, brightness, radiance, refulgence, glory, flame, luminosity, resplendence.
ANT. _Darkness, tenebrosity, obscuration, gloom, opaqueness, shade._
=Effuse=, _a._ Profuse, poured forth freely, lavish, prodigal, copious, abundant, effluent.
ANT. _Dry, scanty, sparing, meager, thin._
=Effusion.= Outpouring, effluence, discharge, emission; abundance; speech, address, oration; waste, shedding, spilling.
ANT. _Infusion, absorption; essay, reading, document, instrument; influx; retention._
=Effusive.= Lavish, generous, profuse, prodigal, gushing; spread widely, diffused.
ANT. _Sparing; taciturn, laconic, curt, brief._
=Egoism.= Selfishness, self-assurance, self-conceit, self-consciousness, self-confidence, self-esteem, conceit, vanity, self-assertion, self-praise, self-admiration, self-love, self-exaltation.
ANT. _Self-abnegation, deference, self-forgetfulness, diffidence, bashfulness, humility, modesty, self-distrust, shyness, unobtrusiveness, considerateness, unostentatiousness._
=Egregious.= Surpassing, extraordinary, remarkable, enormous, monstrous, outrageous, tremendous, prodigious, peculiar; flagrant, gross.
ANT. _Ordinary, usual, commonplace, mediocre, everyday._
=Egress.= Exit, way out, departure, going out, outlet; sally.
ANT. _Entrance, avenue, approach, inlet; inroad, incursion, invasion._
=Either.= One _or_ the other of two; each, both.
ANT. _Neither, not any one of two._
=Ejaculation.= Exclamation, cry, utterance; expletive.
ANT. _Silence, speechlessness, dumfounderment; drawl; oration, speech._
=Eject.= Cast out, emit, vomit, void, evacuate; expel, dismiss, discharge, oust; reject, banish, throw aside, cast away.
ANT. _Retain, absorb; accept, receive, house, store, admit, accommodate, welcome; introduce, inject._
=Eke out.= Add to, supply, increase, stretch, raise, augment, help.
ANT. _Stint, drain, withhold, diminish, exhaust._
=Elaborate.= Improve, refine, develop, mature, execute, forge, prepare, concoct, work upon, labor over.
ANT. _Slight, neglect, disregard, overlook; miscontrive, mismanage; chance, hit, guess, conjecture, extemporize._
=Elapse.= Pass, slip, glide away, lapse; intervene.
ANT. _Wait, abide, halt, hold; continue, endure; grasp, seize._
=Elastic.= Flexible, springy, resilient, extensile, ductile, buoyant; alterable, modifiable; rebounding, recoiling.
ANT. _Rigid, tough, inflexible; crystallized, unchangeable; dull, inert._
=Elated.= Cheered, excited, exhilarated, animated, flushed, inspirited, inflated.
ANT. _Depressed, dejected, discouraged, dispirited, humiliated, abashed, confounded._
=Elder.= Senior, older, more ancient, earlier born; superior; precedent.
ANT. _Younger, junior, juvenile._
=Elect=, _a._ Picked, selected, chosen, choice; appointed, delegated; redeemed, saved; élite, accepted.
ANT. _Rejected, doomed, reprobate; abandoned, depraved._
=Election.= Selection, preference, choice; appointment by vote; alternative, free will, freedom, power to choose; discrimination, discernment, distinction; predestination.
ANT. _Postponement; rejection, reprobation, abandonment._
=Electric.= Charged with electricity, relating to electricity; inspiring, inspiriting, stimulating; lightninglike, swift, flashing, thrilling, stirring, exciting.
=Electrify.= Charge with electricity, render electric; rouse, excite, thrill, stir, astonish, astound, amaze, appal.
ANT. “_Kill_” (of something charged, from which the electricity is suddenly removed); _disconnect, sever_ (of apparatus for carrying electricity); _stupefy, soothe, deaden, calm, mesmerize_.
=Elegance.= Grace, beauty, propriety, symmetry; polish, politeness, refinement, gentility, gracefulness, taste.
ANT. _Deformity, awkwardness, coarseness, rudeness, disproportion._
=Elegant.= Graceful, well-formed, symmetrical, lovely, handsome, comely, refined, tasteful, ornamental, accomplished, polished.
ANT. _Awkward, deformed, ill-proportioned, misshapen, ungraceful, hideous, coarse, rude._
=Elegy.= Dirge, threnody, lament, jeremiad, requiem, coronach, funeral song; serious _or_ melancholy poem.
ANT. _Pæan, jubilee, halleluiah, anthem._
=Element.= Constituent, component, ingredient, part, principle, atom; (_pl._) rudiments, outlines, essential parts.
ANT. _Whole, mass, aggregate, total, totality, gross, sum, amount._
=Elementary.= Simple, uncompounded, rudimentary, primary; physical, material, natural; ultimate, component, constituent.
ANT. _Compounded, collective, aggregate, developed, organized; immaterial, incorporeal, impalpable._
=Elevate.= Raise, lift up, exalt, promote, advance, aggrandize; improve, dignify, ennoble, refine, inspire, greaten; animate, elate, cheer, excite, exhilarate.
ANT. _Lower, degrade, debase, depress, demean, humble, humiliate._
=Elevation.= Raising, elevating; promotion, aggrandizement, exaltation; dignity, refinement, improvement; amelioration; hill, height, altitude, superiority, eminence, loftiness, tallness.
ANT. _Degradation, debasement, depression, decline, fall, depth; deterioration, inferiority; shortness, stuntedness._
=Elicit.= Draw out, evoke, educe, call forth, bring out, deduce, bring to light; express, extract, evolve, worm out, extort.
ANT. _Insert, implant, introduce, inoculate, inject, infuse, instill, incorporate, insinuate; suggest._
=Eligible.= Desirable, preferable, worthy of choice, qualified, capable, suitable, prime, choice.
ANT. _Worthless, ordinary, indifferent, unprofitable, undesirable._
=Elimination.= Expulsion, exclusion, discharge, removal, rejection, eradication, erasure, riddance, obliteration.
ANT. _Inclusion, retention; approval; preservation, conservation._
=Elision.= Omission, ejection, ellipsis, abridgment, excerption.
ANT. _Insertion, inoculation, introduction, implantation; inclusion; augmentation._
=Elliptical.= Contracted, abbreviated; suggestive, latent, allusive; significant, pregnant; defective, incomplete.
ANT. _Explanatory, categorical, full; expository, declaratory, enunciative._
=Elocution.= Speech, power of expression, utterance, delivery, declamatory art; eloquence, oratory.
ANT. _Reading, lection._
=Elongation.= Protraction, extension, production, drawing out, continuation; withdrawal, distance.
ANT. _Apocope, elision, curtailment, abridgment, contraction._
=Eloquence.= Oratory, graceful utterance, appropriate expression, impassioned speech.
ANT. _Verbosity, wordiness, prolixity, tediousness; grandiloquence, bombast, fustian._
=Elucidate.= Explain, illustrate, clear, make manifest, unfold, make plain, expound.
ANT. _Confuse, mystify, obscure, puzzle, bewilder, befog._
=Elucidation.= Explanation, exposition, illustration, demonstration; comment, annotation, commentary, gloss, scholium.
ANT. _Mystification, confusion; obscurity, ambiguity._
=Elude.= Escape, avoid, shun, slip away; baffle, foil, thwart, disappoint, disconcert, balk, frustrate, evade, mock.
ANT. _Meet, encounter, confront; dare, defy; court, invite, challenge._
=Elusive, Elusory.= Evasive, delusive, equivocating, deceptive, fraudulent, fallacious, deceitful, illusory; shuffling, shifting, slippery, fugitive; shadowy, unsubstantial, intangible.
ANT. _Persistent, staple, certain, solid; true, sure, unequivocal._
=Em-=, or =en-=. A prefix meaning _in_ or _into_, sometimes interchangeable with _in-_. The form _em-_ is used before words beginning with _p_, _b_, or _m_. The prefix has also a causal force. Words beginning with this prefix, whose original meaning is simply the meaning of the root word plus that of the prefix, are omitted here, for their synonyms and antonyms may be readily formed from those of the root word.
=Emaciation.= Leanness, lankness, thinness, tenuity, attenuation, wasting, gauntness, skinniness, meagerness.
ANT. _Obesity, fatness, corpulence._
=Emanate.= Flow forth continuously, issue, arise, spring, proceed, emerge.
ANT. _End, terminate, culminate, eventuate, cease; dry up._
=Emancipate.= Free, enfranchise, liberate, rescue, release, manumit, unfetter, unchain, disenthrall, set free.
ANT. _Subjugate, enslave, enthrall, bind; disqualify, incapacitate._
=Embalm.= Preserve, cherish, enshrine, keep; scent, perfume, make fragrant; treasure, store, consecrate.
ANT. _Abandon, desecrate, expose, vulgarize, violate, profane._
=Embargo.= Prohibition, ban, restraint, hindrance, restriction; detention, stoppage.
ANT. _Permit, permission, release, discharge, congé, liberation, dismissal._
=Embark.= Ship; engage, enlist, put in, invest; launch, enter, start.
ANT. _Land, arrive, anchor, disembark, go ashore._
=Embarrass.= Entangle, perplex, make intricate _or_ difficult; distress, trouble, harass, hamper, confuse, disconcert, clog, puzzle, abash, confound, encumber.
ANT. _Extricate, relieve, disentangle, liberate, deliver; expedite, facilitate, accelerate, assist; calm, compose, tranquilize._
=Embellish.= Adorn, decorate, ornament, deck, beautify.
ANT. _Detract, diminish, derogate from, strip, destroy, denude._
=Embezzle.= Appropriate, steal, purloin, peculate; falsify, forge, counterfeit.
ANT. _Square, clear, balance; restore, refund, retrieve._
=Embitter.= Make bitter, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, enrage, anger, madden; molest, provoke, excite.
ANT. _Alleviate, soothe; compose, quiet, pacify; sweeten; delight, please, comfort._
=Emblem.= Figure, image, sign, symbol, token, type, attribute; device, cognizance, representation; badge, mark, signal.
ANT. _Disguise, decoy, incognito, ruse, blind, domino, mask._
=Embody.= Incorporate, make corporeal, concentrate, compact, integrate, combine, collect; systematize, codify; comprehend, include, embrace, comprise, contain.
ANT. _Analyze, dismember, disband, disintegrate, dissipate._
=Embolden.= Encourage, animate, reassure, inspirit, incite, urge, stimulate.
ANT. _Intimidate, frighten, alarm, deter, overwhelm, discourage._
=Embosomed.= Concealed, enveloped, surrounded, encircled, enfolded.
ANT. _Exposed, open, unconcealed, revealed._
=Embrace.= Clasp, hug, press; seize, welcome, accept; comprehend, include, cover, contain, embody, take in.
ANT. _Cast off, reject; exclude, except._
=Embroider.= Embellish, enrich, emboss, adorn with needlework.
ANT. _Darn, botch, patch, repair._
=Embroil.= Implicate, entangle, ensnarl, involve; disturb, perplex, confuse, distract, trouble.
ANT. _Extricate, separate, remove; compose, pacify, arrange, calm._
=Embryo.= Germ, rudiment, nucleus, origin.
ANT. _Development, completion, maturity, fulfilment._
=Emendation.= Amendment, correction, rectification, reformation, improvement.
ANT. _Error, defect, fault, incorrectness, inaccuracy._
=Emerge.= Rise, issue, emanate, escape; appear, become visible.
ANT. _Disappear, sink; retreat, abscond, recede; enter; depart._
=Emergency.= Exigency, urgency, necessity, crisis, difficulty, extremity, strait; juncture, turn of events; unforeseen occasion; embarrassment, difficulty, casualty.
ANT. _Rescue, deliverance, solution, provision, arrangement, anticipation, foresight, climax._
=Emigration.= Removal, exodus, migration from, colonization; departure.
ANT. _Immigration, migration to_ or _into; settlement, sojourn, abode, stay; domiciliation, domestication_.
=Eminence.= Prominence, projection, elevation, protuberance, hill, high point; distinction, celebrity, reputation, renown, repute, fame, preferment; note, conspicuousness; superiority.
ANT. _Debasement, degradation, lowliness, decline; infamy, disgrace, shame, obloquy, opprobrium, scandal._
=Eminent.= High, lofty, elevated; celebrated, distinguished, prominent, illustrious, remarkable, renowned, conspicuous, famous, reputed.
ANT. _Mediocre, worthless; infamous, notorious; egregious, outrageous._
=Emission.= Ejection, expulsion, issue; issuance, putting into circulation.
ANT. _Injection, admission, entrance._
=Emit.= Eject, expel, throw out; issue, decree, discharge; put into circulation.
ANT. _Inject; retain, withhold._
=Emollient.= Softening, laxative, balsamic, soothing, palliative.
ANT. _Irritant, astringent, irritating, galling._
=Emolument.= Gain, pay, profit, remuneration, wages, salary, income, hire, stipend, lucre, compensation; advantage, benefit; gratuity, perquisite.
ANT. _Loss, damage, waste; disadvantage._
=Emotion.= Feeling, passion, excitement, agitation, sensibility, perturbation, tremor, trepidation.
ANT. _Indifference, insensibility, impassiveness, stoicism, imperturbability._
=Emphasis.= Stress, force, ictus; weight, significance, impressiveness.
ANT. _Elision, monotony, uniformity._
=Emphatic.= Significant, expressive, strong, forcible, positive, energetic, decided, distinct, unequivocal, earnest, important, special.
ANT. _Mild, ordinary, usual, unimportant, commonplace, unnoticeable, cool, unimpassioned, undemonstrative._
=Empire.= Dominion, supremacy, sovereignty, authority, government, command, control, sway, rule, kingdom.
ANT. _Independence, insurrection, anarchy, mutiny, sedition, uprising._
=Empiric, Empirical.= Tentative, experimental, provisional, hypothetic, experiential; quackish.
ANT. _Regular, scientific, uniform, constant, inductive, categorical._
=Employ.= Engage, call, hire, use, engross, busy, exercise; apply, enlist, entrust, occupy, economize.
ANT. _Discard, dismiss, misuse._
=Employment.= Business, vocation, pursuit, calling, profession, craft, trade, occupation; service, agency, office, employ; application, engrossment.
ANT. _Leisure, laziness, indolence; recreation, vacation._
=Empower.= Commission, authorize, warrant, qualify; enable, encourage; delegate, sanction, direct.
ANT. _Hinder, prevent, discourage, disqualify, disable; recall, revoke, withdraw._
=Empty=, _a._ Void, without contents, vacant, unoccupied; destitute, devoid; unsupplied, unfurnished, unfilled; unsatisfactory, vain, hollow, unsubstantial; desolate, waste, deserted, uninhabited; senseless, weak, frivolous; clear, unencumbered, unobstructed, vacuous, untenanted, evacuated; silly, idle, deficient.
ANT. _Full, occupied, inhabited, colonized, obstructed, encumbered; cultivated, informed, well-instructed, sensible, experienced; significant, important, forcible, substantial._
=Emulation.= Rivalry, desire to excel, exceed, _or_ surpass, competition; jealousy, envy, contention; vying, aspiration, contest.
ANT. _Stagnation, inactivity, dulness; contempt, disregard, disdain, disaffection; abandonment, resignation, discouragement._
=Enable.= Empower, strengthen, qualify, make capable, capacitate, invigorate.
ANT. _Weaken, disqualify, incapacitate, disable, hinder._
=Enact.= Decree, establish by law, ordain; play, personate, represent, act, feign, dissimulate; pass.
ANT. _Abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, repeal, rescind, expunge._
=Enamor.= Charm, captivate, fascinate, inflame with love, enslave, endear, bewitch, enchain.
ANT. _Disenthrall, repel, estrange, disgust, disenchant, horrify._
=Encamp.= Bivouac, pitch, settle, quarter, camp.
ANT. _March, decamp, retire, retreat, advance, charge._
=Enchain.= Bind with chains, fetter, manacle, enslave.
ANT. _Loose, liberate, manumit, extricate, free._
=Enchant.= Charm, fascinate, bewitch, enamor, captivate, win, catch, lead captive; enrapture, ravish, transport, beatify, delight.
ANT. _Repel, estrange, disgust, horrify, shock, alienate._
=Enchantment.= Incantation, fascination, charm, conjuration, necromancy, magic, witchery, sorcery, spell; delight, rapture, ravishment, transport, bliss.
ANT. _Disillusionment, repulsion, shock, alienation._
=Encircle.= Surround, encompass, environ, gird, enclose; embrace, fold, clasp; hem in, beset, circumscribe.
=Enclose.= Encompass, encircle, shut, include, environ, envelop, wrap, circumscribe.
=Enclosure.= Space enclosed, compass, circle; yard, compound; fence, ring, limit, park, field, boundary, precinct.
ANT. _Space, waste, desert, wild, open, prairie, wilderness, stretch, void, clearing._
=Encomium.= Eulogy, praise, eulogium, panegyric, commendation, laudation, pæan, compliment, good word.
ANT. _Invective, taunt, vituperation, obloquy, vilification, slander._
=Encompass.= Encircle, enclose, gird, hem in, surround, circumscribe.
=Encounter.= Meet, confront, face, withstand; assault, combat, engage, fight, attack, contend, compete with; fall upon.
ANT. _Elude, avoid, escape, shun, miss, flee, frustrate._
=Encourage.= Inspirit, animate, embolden, hearten, incite, stimulate; cheer, comfort, console; support, countenance, reassure; advance, further; foster, abet, aid, help, patronize; prompt, urge.
ANT. _Deter, discourage, dishearten, dissuade; depress, deject; provoke, incite, exasperate; retard, hinder, prevent._
=Encroach.= Intrude, trespass, infringe, invade; creep, advance stealthily; transgress.
ANT. _Respect, recognize, observe; protect; refrain._
=Encumber.= Clog, load, impede, obstruct, hinder, burden, overload; embarrass, perplex, involve, entangle, complicate.
ANT. _Free, liberate; assist, aid, help; relieve, straighten._
=Encumbrance.= Load, impediment, hindrance; debt, claim, liability.
ANT. _Aid, assistance; relief; cancelation._
=End=, _n._ Limit, outcome, period, extremity, extent, bound, conclusion, boundary, completion, close, effect, expiration, finish, finis, finale; issue, goal, intent, fulfilment, purpose, point, result, termination, terminus; utmost, uttermost; accomplishment, achievement; cessation, consummation, design, consequence; fragment, scrap, remnant.
ANT. _Commencement, origin, beginning, source, spring, start, fountain, arising, inception, opening, initiation, outset, rise._
=End=, _v._ Cease, break off, close, complete, conclude, stop, quit, desist, terminate, finish, expire, wind up; destroy, kill, put to death.
ANT. _Begin, commence, initiate, start, open; restore, revivify._
=Endanger.= Hazard, risk, peril; commit, compromise, expose to danger, jeopardize.
ANT. _Protect, shield, save, defend, cover, screen, preserve._
=Endear.= Make dear, attach, secure the affection of, gain; conciliate.
ANT. _Estrange, alienate, embitter, antagonize._
=Endeavor=, _v._ Attempt, essay, try, strive, undertake, make effort, labor, aim, exert one’s self.
ANT. _Neglect, omit, abandon, drop, dismiss, pass by, let go, give up, throw away, up_, or _over, overlook_.
=Endless.= Interminable, boundless, limitless, infinite, immeasurable, illimitable; everlasting, perpetual, eternal, unending, without end; incessant, ceaseless, uninterrupted, continual, continuous; immortal, deathless, undying, imperishable.
ANT. _Limited, brief, temporary, periodic, transient, fugitive, finite, ephemeral, transitory, temporal._
=Endow.= Furnish with dowry, enrich, endue, put on, invest, present, furnish, qualify, supply, clothe.
ANT. _Denude, deprive, divest, spoliate, strip, impoverish, despoil._
=Endowment.= Grant, gift, bequest, bounty, present, largess, boon; property, fund, revenue; talent, faculty, power, quality, capability, aptitude, parts, genius, qualification, ability; attainment, provision, benefaction.
ANT. _Poverty, lack, incapacity, impoverishment, spoliation._
=Endure.= Suffer, submit, bear, tolerate, allow, sustain, support, undergo, abide, afford, brook; experience; continue, remain, persist, be permanent.
ANT. _Fail, sink, succumb, surrender, yield, break down, despair, droop, faint, fall, falter, give out, give up._
=Enemy.= Adversary, competitor, foe, opponent, rival, antagonist.
ANT. _Abettor, ally, friend, accomplice, supporter, helper, accessory, associate, companion, familiar, confidant, adherent._
=Energetic.= Vigorous, active, forcible, powerful, effective, potent, efficacious, efficient, able, capable.
ANT. _Weak, languid, faint, drooping, pining, exhausted, feeble; listless, spiritless, inactive._
=Energy.= Agility, activity, force, power, potency, strength, intensity, vigor, might, efficacy, efficiency; spirit, animation, life, manliness, animal spirits, zeal.
ANT. _Indolence, slowness, sloth, clumsiness, lassitude, inactivity, sluggishness, heaviness, inertness, laziness._
=Enervate.= Unnerve, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, effeminate; break, paralyze; incapacitate.
ANT. _Invigorate, strengthen, harden, nerve, brace, empower._
=Enfeeble.= Enervate, weaken, debilitate, unnerve.
ANT. _Strengthen, nerve, invigorate, brace._
=Enfold.= Envelop, wrap, enclose, embrace, encircle, encompass.
ANT. _Disclose, unwrap, develop, reveal, expose._