Part 8
=Enforce.= Urge, impress, compel, constrain, oblige, force, require, exact, exert, strain.
ANT. _Relax, abandon, remit, waive, forego._
=Enforcement.= Inculcation, execution, sanction, constraint, compulsion.
ANT. _Relaxation, abandonment, remission._
=Enfranchise.= Endow with franchise or suffrage; free, emancipate, release, qualify, manumit.
ANT. _Disenfranchise, disqualify._
=Engage.= Promise, bind, pledge, commit; plight, affiance, betroth; enlist, induce to serve; attract, allure, gain, win, entertain; arrest, fix, occupy, busy, employ, engross; encounter, attack, fight with, battle with; contend, struggle, contest; involve; stipulate, agree; adopt.
ANT. _Decline, refuse, withdraw, extricate, disengage, dismiss, discard; retreat, retract._
=Engagement.= Promise, stipulation, contract, obligation, assurance, pledge; betrothal, affiancing; employment, occupation, business, vocation; combat, battle, contest, fight, encounter, action, conflict.
ANT. _Release, liberation; dismissal; excuse._
=Engaging.= Attractive, winning, charming, pleasing, interesting, delightful.
ANT. _Repulsive, unattractive, disagreeable._
=Engender.= Beget, generate, create, breed, produce, cause, occasion, propagate.
ANT. _Stifle, destroy, extinguish. blight, prevent, neutralize._
=Engrave.= Carve, cut, chisel, imprint, cut in, infix, grave, impress deeply; sculpture, stereotype.
ANT. _Erase, obliterate, wear out, efface, destroy; carve in relief._
=Engross.= Absorb, engage, monopolize, engulf, occupy, forestall; copy.
ANT. _Distract, disperse, dissipate, scatter, vanish._
=Enhance.= Heighten, swell, raise the price of, advance; augment, increase; aggrandize.
ANT. _Undervalue, depreciate, disparage, detract, underestimate._
=Enigmatic, Enigmatical.= Obscure, puzzling, hidden, mysterious, perplexing, unintelligible, ambiguous, recondite, incomprehensible, mystical, occult.
ANT. _Plain, clear, manifest, self-evident, lucid, explanatory, open, intelligible._
=Enjoin.= Urge, admonish, advise, order, direct, command, bid, require; prohibit, restrain; commission, ordain, oblige, prescribe.
ANT. _Dissuade; remit, absolve, exonerate; recall, dispense with, disqualify._
=Enjoy.= Possess; delight in, like, be pleased with.
ANT. _Dislike, loathe, endure, tolerate, lose, disrelish._
=Enjoyment.= Pleasure, delight, happiness, gratification; fruition; possession; satisfaction, gladness, felicity.
ANT. _Misery, wretchedness, grief, affliction, suffering, calamity._
=Enlarge.= Amplify, augment, increase, extend, expand, magnify; make greater, ennoble; dilate, descant, expatiate; swell, grow.
ANT. _Contract, narrow, reduce, diminish, restrict, lessen, curtail._
=Enlighten.= Illuminate, light up; inform, teach, edify, make intelligent, instruct.
ANT. _Darken, obscure; mystify, mislead, perplex, confound._
=Enlist.= Enroll, register, incorporate, enter, embody, record, chronicle, muster.
ANT. _Erase, expunge, withdraw, dismiss, disband, muster out._
=Enliven.= Amuse, quicken, animate, rouse, invigorate, inspire, inspirit, cheer, delight, gladden, exhilarate.
ANT. _Depress, dispirit, subdue, sober, moderate, oppress, weary, paralyze, deaden, tire, stupefy._
=Enmity.= Hatred, hostility, malice, rancor, animosity, antagonism, acrimony, bitterness, ill will, malevolence, spite, malignity, maliciousness, opposition, asperity, aversion, hate, discord.
ANT. _Friendship, love, affection, esteem, cordiality, amity, alliance, concord, agreement, regard, harmony, sympathy, kindliness, kindness._
=Ennoble.= Dignify, elevate, exalt, ameliorate, enlarge, make great.
ANT. _Debase, degrade, deteriorate, depress, deprave, corrupt, vitiate._
=Enormity.= Depravity, atrocity, wickedness, villainy, outrageousness, heinousness, nefariousness, abomination, perpetration, sin.
ANT. _Innocence, righteousness, guilelessness, inoffensiveness._
=Enormous.= Huge, vast, immense, immoderate, inordinate, abnormal, exceptional, monstrous, gigantic, colossal, prodigious, elephantine; heinous, depraved, nefarious.
ANT. _Trivial, insignificant, ordinary, average, diminutive, moderate._
=Enough.= Sufficient, plenty, satisfactory, ample, abundant.
ANT. _Insufficient, short, inadequate, scant, ill-supplied, bare._
=Enrage.= Exasperate, provoke, irritate, madden, incite, incense, inflame, infuriate, excite, aggravate, anger.
ANT. _Soothe, conciliate, allay, tame, quiet, mollify, appease, pacify, tranquilize._
=Enrapture.= Enchant, entrance, enravish, delight, transport, beatify, satisfy, please, gladden, fascinate, bewitch, captivate, charm, attract, enamor, enslave.
ANT. _Disgust, nauseate, repel, torment, torture, horrify._
=Enrich.= Aggrandize, enhance, endow, augment, store, supply; adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish; fertilize.
ANT. _Impoverish, rob, denude, fleece, reduce, beggar, despoil, strip._
=Enroll.= Enlist, register, record, chronicle, embody, list, catalogue.
ANT. _Erase, expunge, withdraw._
=Enrolment.= Registration; register, record.
ANT. _Omission; withdrawal; erasure._
=Enshrine.= Treasure, preserve, cherish, embalm, consecrate.
ANT. _Lose, misplace, expose, destroy, desecrate._
=Enslave.= Captivate, charm, enthral, subjugate, master, dominate, bewitch, delight, fascinate.
ANT. _Repel, disgust, alienate; free._
=Ensue.= Follow, result, eventuate, succeed, befall, accrue, happen, take place, supervene; issue, arise, spring, come.
ANT. _Precede, herald, introduce; forewarn, threaten, premonish, caution._
=Entail.= Transfer, transmit, fix, devolve, involve, bequeath, demise, leave, induce, necessitate.
ANT. _Prevent, obviate, nullify; neutralize; estrange, alienate, supersede._
=Entangle.= Implicate, involve, compromise, entrap, knot, perplex, embarrass, confuse, intertwist, interweave, intertwine.
ANT. _Straighten, extricate, disentangle, unravel, deliver._
=Enter.= Go or come into; pierce, penetrate; begin, commence; enroll, inscribe, chronicle, note, register, record; engage in; embark, enlist, join; invade.
ANT. _Depart, leave, issue, quit, vacate; go out; finish, end; withdraw from, retire, resign._
=Enterprise.= Adventure, undertaking, effort, attempt, essay, endeavor, trial, experiment; energy, activity, readiness, willingness; progress.
ANT. _Routine, monotony, humdrum, matter-of-fact, unprogressiveness; caution, inactivity._
=Enterprising.= Venturesome, adventurous, daring, audacious, bold; prompt, alert, active, energetic, efficient, spirited, strenuous, eager, zealous, stirring; progressive, speculative.
ANT. _Timid, cautious, inactive, fearful, cowardly; conservative; wary, prudent, discreet, anxious, careful, thoughtful; indolent, unenterprising, inactive, unready, laggard._
=Entertain.= Amuse, interest, divert, cheer, delight, recreate, beguile, please, occupy, gratify, enliven, disport; consider, ponder; lodge, treat hospitably, cherish, harbor, hold, receive.
ANT. _Annoy, tire, bore, disturb, weary, distract, disquiet; refuse, reject, deny, debar, exclude, eject._
=Entertainment.= Delight, diversion, amusement, cheer, enjoyment, pastime, fun, merriment, pleasure, recreation, sport, hospitality, frolic, reception, lodging.
ANT. _Weariness, work, toil, ennui, labor, fatigue, disturbance; refusal, rejection._
=Enthrone.= Crown, instal, exalt, elevate, invest with power.
ANT. _Dethrone, depose, debase, degrade._
=Enthusiasm.= Ardor, earnestness, excitement, inspiration, frenzy, vehemence, warmth, ecstasy, passion, zeal, rapture, eagerness, devotion, fervency, fanaticism, fervor, intensity, transport.
ANT. _Indifference, caution, calmness, prudence, timidity, policy, coldness, dulness, calculation, lukewarmness, deadness, callousness._
=Entice.= Lure, attract, seduce, coax, persuade, wheedle, cajole, delude, entrap, decoy, inveigle, lead astray, induce.
ANT. _Warn, hinder, deter, repel, admonish, caution, make aware._
=Entire.= Whole, complete, perfect, unimpaired, unbroken, undiminished, undivided; full, integral, thorough, solid, unalloyed, plenary; unmixed, sheer, mere, unmitigated, pure; total, absolute.
ANT. _Partial, incomplete, broken, impaired, alloyed, limited, divided, defective, mixed; relative._
=Entitle.= Name, designate, denominate, call, style, characterize; christen; enable, fit, empower, qualify.
ANT. _Disable, disqualify._
=Entity.= Being, essence, existence.
ANT. _Nonentity, chimera, phantom, fantasy, hallucination._
=Entomb.= Bury, inter, inhume.
ANT. _Exhume, disinter._
=Entrance.= Approach, doorway, opening, door, entry, ingress, gate, gateway, inlet, portal, access, admission, admittance, entrée, introduction, penetration, avenue, adit; beginning, commencement, initiation.
ANT. _Departure, egress, refusal, exit, withdrawal, ejection, exclusion, expulsion, rejection._
=Entreat.= Beg, supplicate, solicit, beseech, implore, pray, appeal, petition, adjure, crave, importune, enjoin, urge.
ANT. _Command, insist, bid, enjoin, charge, direct; grant, heed, hear, answer, respond._
=Entry.= Entrance, ingress, access; avenue, passage, hall, inlet; minute, note, record, register, memorandum; initiation, beginning.
ANT. _Egress, exit, departure; outlet, vent; misrecord, falsification, blank, omission; conclusion, quittance, disposal._
=Entwine.= Interlace, weave, entwist, wreathe together or round.
ANT. _Disentwine, dissever, untwist._
=Enumerate.= Compute, reckon, numerate, number, tell, cite, estimate, recount, specify, detail, calculate, rehearse, recapitulate.
ANT. _Mingle, jumble, confuse; miscount, misreckon, miscalculate._
=Enunciate.= Announce, proclaim, declare; pronounce, syllable; state, propound, articulate, relate, utter, publish, promulgate.
ANT. _Mutter, babble, stammer._
=Envelop=, _v._ Wrap, surround, encircle, fold, encompass, cover, hide.
ANT. _Expose, unwrap, reveal, extract; develop._
=Envenom.= Poison, taint, vitiate, infect, pollute; embitter; enrage, provoke, exasperate, irritate, madden, inflame.
ANT. _Purify, disinfect; delight, please, gratify._
=Envious.= Jealous, suspicious, grudging.
ANT. _Friendly, kindly, well-disposed, trustful, contented, satisfied._
=Environ.= Surround, encircle, encompass, gird, belt, enclose, envelop; invest, besiege, hem in, beset.
=Envoy.= Messenger (_in diplomatic service_); ambassador, minister, legate, plenipotentiary.
ANT. _Scout, spy, orderly_ (as messengers in military service).
=Envy.= Malice, ill will; jealousy, hate, spite, hatred, grudging; chagrin, discontent, mortification.
ANT. _Admiration, good will, regard, esteem, benevolence; aspiration, emulation._
=Ephemeral.= Transient, momentary, daily, diurnal, fleeting, fugitive, brief, evanescent, transitory.
ANT. _Permanent, immortal, eternal, lasting, enduring, perpetual, abiding, persistent, perennial._
=Epigrammatic.= Pointed, terse, laconic, concise, graphic.
ANT. _Diffuse, prolix, pointless, copious, circumlocutory, verbose, periphrastic._
=Epitome.= Summary, compend, abstract, curtailment, reduction.
ANT. _Expansion, extension, amplification, dilation._
=Equable.= Even, uniform, steady, regular, proportionate, smooth, easy, invariable.
ANT. _Variable, fitful, irregular, disjointed, desultory, uneasy._
=Equal.= Like, equivalent, identical, tantamount; uniform, regular, even, steady; proportionate, commensurate; impartial, unbiased; competent, fit, adequate, sufficient; fair, equitable, just.
ANT. _Dissimilar, unsteady, incommensurate, irregular, disproportionate; incompetent, inadequate; unjust, unfair; variable, disparate._
=Equality.= Likeness, uniformity, identity, evenness, equableness, sameness of rank.
ANT. _Dissimilarity, difference._
=Equanimity.= Composure, calmness, tranquillity, steadiness, serenity.
ANT. _Impatience, perturbation, restlessness, disquiet._
=Equip.= Accouter, arm, provide, furnish, fit out, supply, dress, array, garnish, arrange, invest, clothe.
ANT. _Divest, denude, dismantle, despoil, derange._
=Equipage.= Carriage, retinue, vehicle, attendance, procession, suite, train; equipment, furniture, baggage, effects.
=Equipment.= Accouterments, apparatus, furnishings, dress, rigging, trappings, gear, outfit, provisions, equipage, arms, supplies.
=Equitable.= Upright, just, impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced, reasonable, fair, right, proper, honest, even-handed, proportionate.
ANT. _Unfair, unjust, unreasonable, partial, prepossessed, prejudiced, biased._
=Equity.= Justice, right, uprightness, rectitude, fairness, impartiality, fair play, honesty, integrity.
ANT. _Injustice, corruption, dishonesty, partiality, unfairness, prejudice._
=Equivalent.= Equal, equipollent, tantamount; synonymous, interchangeable, equiponderant.
ANT. _Unequal, incommensurate, uneven, unbalanced._
=Equivocal.= Ambiguous, indefinite, enigmatical, dubious, uncertain, doubtful, questionable, perplexing, indeterminate, indistinct, suspicious.
ANT. _Evident, clear, plain, direct, manifest, obvious, indubitable, unquestionable, perspicuous, unambiguous, lucid, distinct, certain, indisputable._
=Eradicate.= Abolish, extinguish, exterminate, extirpate, uproot, destroy, annihilate, excise.
ANT. _Cherish, encourage, instil, propagate, implant, inculcate, inspire, foster._
=Erase.= Efface, expunge, cancel, obliterate, blot out, scratch out.
ANT. _Mark, delineate, write, inscribe, imprint, engrave._
=Erect=, _a._ Upright, standing, elevated; bold, undaunted, firm.
ANT. _Leaning, lying, supine; groveling, abject; mean, servile, cowardly._
=Erect=, _v._ Raise, uplift, place _or_ set upright, build, construct; exalt, elevate, magnify; establish, institute, form, found, plant.
ANT. _Lower, incline, slant; subvert, depress, remove, destroy, demolish; debase, degrade._
=Err.= Deviate, wander, ramble, rove; mistake, misjudge, blunder; sin, fall, lapse, trip, offend, trespass, misapprehend, stray, stumble, go astray.
ANT. _Succeed, prosper; correct, rectify._
=Errand.= Message, mandate, commission, mission, charge, delegation.
ANT. _Misannouncement, misdelivery._
=Erratic.= Wandering, nomadic, roving, rambling; planetary, moving; irregular, eccentric, abnormal; desultory, aberrant, flighty, changeful, capricious.
ANT. _Static, stationary; undeviating, steady, regular, normal; unalterable, methodical, calculable._
=Erring.= Sinful, fallible, liable to err, wandering, misguided, misled.
ANT. _Virtuous, good, upright._
=Error.= Blunder, mistake, misapprehension, oversight, inaccuracy; sin, fault, offense, transgression, iniquity, trespass, delinquency, misdeed, shortcoming, wrongdoing; deception, fallacy, untruth, falsity, hallucination.
ANT. _Truth, correctness, accuracy; correction, soundness, rectification; exactness, verification._
=Erudition.= Knowledge, learning, lore, scholarship, letters.
ANT. _Illiterateness, duncedom, sciolism, ignorance, stupidity._
=Eruption.= Explosion, outbreak, outburst; sally, sudden excursion; discharge, eructation, exsufflation, ejection.
ANT. _Absorption, swallowing, engulfing, engrossment, irruption, inburst; consumption, devouring._
=Escape.= Avoid, shun, evade, flee from, elude; pass unobserved; abscond, fly, hide.
ANT. _Incur, encounter, meet, confront; suffer._
=Esoteric.= Private, secret, acroamatic, inner, inmost; abstruse, profound; special, advanced.
ANT. _Exoteric, public, popular; rudimentary, primary, elementary._
=Essence.= Nature, quintessence, substance, vital part, element; volatile part, extract; perfume; scent, odor; being, existence, entity, life.
ANT. _Accident; property; garb, clothing, surroundings._
=Essential.= Vital, necessary, indispensable, requisite, important; volatile, pure, diffusible, highly rectified; innate, inherent, immanent, leading.
ANT. _Accidental, induced, imported, adventitious; quantitative, qualitative; promotive, redundant, regulative, superfluous._
=Establish.= Fix, settle, make steadfast; decree, enact, ordain; institute, originate, constitute, found, plant, organize, form; place, secure, set up; confirm, sanction, ratify, approve; verify, prove, substantiate; fulfil, carry out, make good; endow; demonstrate.
ANT. _Unsettle, supplant, disestablish, break up, subvert, upset; misstate, refute, confute; guess, conjecture, presume, suppose, surmise._
=Estate.= State, condition; rank, position; property, possessions, fortune, effects; class, division, order; lands, demesne, domain, freehold.
ANT. _State, country, chattels, community, waste, goods, effects._
=Esteem=, _n._ Estimate, favor, regard, respect, estimation; admiration.
ANT. _Aversion, hatred, dislike, contempt, abhorrence, antipathy, repugnance, loathing._
=Esteem=, _v._ Estimate, hold, regard, prize, value, think, appreciate, deem, calculate, consider; price; believe, affect; revere, honor, respect, admire, venerate, love, like.
ANT. _Disregard, depreciate, undervalue, dislike, misprize, underrate, decry._
=Estimable.= Appreciable, calculable, computable; worthy, excellent, good, deserving, meritorious; amiable, lovable, delectable, praiseworthy.
ANT. _Unworthy, bad, indelectable, unamiable; undeserving, unlovable._
=Eternal.= Immortal, perpetual, fadeless, perennial, unfailing, imperishable, endless, everlasting, ever-living, interminable, never-ending, never-fading, unceasing, timeless, undying, unending, unfading; infinite.
ANT. _Ephemeral, transient, fleeting, mortal, temporal, transitory, evanescent, sublunary._
=Etiquette.= Manners, breeding, fashion, conventionality.
ANT. _Misobservance, nonconformance, boorishness, rudeness, singularity._
=Euphonious.= Euphonic, mellifluous, clear, musical, silvery, sweet-toned, melodious, harmonious, mellow.
ANT. _Harsh, discordant, dissonant._
=Euphuism.= Purism, finical style, fastidious delicacy, affected elegance, high-flown diction, pompous or extravagantly ornate diction; affectation, factitiousness, pedantry, highflying (_used of language_).
ANT. _Simplicity, vernacular, mother tongue, bluntness, naturalness, rusticity._
=Evacuate.= Empty; eject, expel, excrete, throw out, discharge, void; quit, leave, forsake, desert, abandon, withdraw from, relinquish.
ANT. _Seize, occupy, hold, fill._
=Evaporate.= Vaporize, disperse in vapor; disappear, evanesce, vanish; exhale, emit in vapor; turn to vapor; melt, colliquate, liquefy, dissolve, distil.
ANT. _Consolidate, compact, solidify, crystallize, indurate._
=Evasion.= Prevarication, equivocation, quibbling, subterfuge, shuffling, sophistry, tergiversation, disingenuousness; shift, quibble, fencing.
ANT. _Answer, counter-argument, grappling; straightforwardness; challenge._
=Even.= Smooth, level, flat, plane; equal, uniform, calm, steady, unruffled; fair, just, equitable; plain, flush; well-balanced.
ANT. _Variable, uneven; abrupt, inclined, rugged._
=Event.= Circumstance, chance, incident, fortune, result, possibility, sequel, outcome, fact, episode, end, contingency, case, issue, consequence; occurrence, adventure, accident.
ANT. _Cause, antecedent, operation, inducement, contribution, convergence, tendency, predisposition._
=Eventful.= Stirring, memorable, signal, momentous, important, critical, remarkable, marked, noted, notable.
ANT. _Ordinary, unmarked, eventless, uninteresting, unimportant, characterless, trivial._
=Ever.= At any time; always, perpetually, continually, evermore, eternally, aye, for aye, forever, at all times; constantly, incessantly.
ANT. _Never._
=Everlasting.= Endless, unending, perpetual, incessant, ceaseless, continual, uninterrupted, unceasing, interminable, eternal, constant, never-ending, never-ceasing; imperishable, undying, never-dying, deathless, immortal, ever-living; infinite.
ANT. _Ephemeral, transient, transitory._
=Every.= All, any, both, either, each.
ANT. _None, no one, not any one._
=Evict.= Dispossess, eject, throw out.
ANT. _Reinstate, admit; locate, lodge, settle._
=Evidence.= Testimony, ground of belief, proof; manifestation, attraction, testimony, averment, deposition, declaration, appearance, sign, token, indication, exemplification, illustration.
ANT. _Surmise, conjecture; counter-evidence; refutation, disproof; concealment, misindication, suppression, fallacy._
=Evident.= Patent, clear, palpable, manifest, transparent, visible, perceptible, obvious, open, conspicuous, apparent, distinct, discernible, indubitable, overt, plain, unmistakable, tangible; indisputable, incontrovertible.
ANT. _Doubtful, uncertain, questionable, dubious; hidden, concealed, secret, undiscovered, obscure, latent, unseen, unimagined, unknown; covert, dark, invisible; impenetrable, occult, impalpable, imperceptible, unthought of._
=Evil=, _a._ Ill, noxious, deleterious, wrong, bad, hurtful, mischievous, sinful, unhappy, adverse, unpropitious, harmful, wicked, corrupt, unfair, notorious, miserable, sorrowful.
ANT. _Wholesome, right, virtuous, beneficial, holy, pure, felicitous, happy, fortunate, joyous, welcome, grateful, worthy, good, honorable._
=Evince.= Prove, show, evidence, exhibit, manifest, demonstrate; establish; indicate, display.
ANT. _Suppress, negative, disprove, conceal._
=Evoke.= Summon, call forth; excite, arouse, elicit, rouse, provoke, educe, produce; eliminate, extract.
ANT. _Allay, stifle, stop, silence, prevent, seal._
=Exactly.= Precisely, accurately, strictly, nicely.
ANT. _Loosely, inaccurately, incorrectly, differently._
=Exaggerate.= Overstate, strain, overcharge, stretch, overcolor; amplify, enlarge, magnify, overdraw, heighten, overpaint, overestimate.
ANT. _Disparage, attenuate, palliate, understate, underestimate, minimize, mitigate, qualify, soften, modify._
=Examine.= Inspect, observe, investigate, scrutinize, consider, study; canvass, test, inquire into, search into, look into; weigh, ponder, criticize, prove, discuss, overhaul, explore.
ANT. _Conjecture, guess; discard, slur; misconsider, misinvestigate._
=Example.= Model, pattern, ideal, archetype, exemplar, standard, sample, specimen, type, warning, ensample, exemplification, prototype; copy, illustration, instance; issue, development.
ANT. _Stock, material, substance, law, rule, case, system, character, principle, quality._
=Excavate.= Hollow, dig, scoop out, cut, trench; discover, disinter.
ANT. _Inter, inhume, bury; conceal; fill, level._
=Except=, _prep._ Excepting, without, saving, unless, exclusive of.
=Except=, _v._ Exclude, save, bar; segregate, negative.
ANT. _Include, reckon, count, state, classify, propound, admit, affirm._
=Exception.= Exclusion, omission, non-inclusion; objection; affront, offense; unusual case, anomaly; qualification, separation.
ANT. _Rule, class; statement, proposition._
=Exceptionable.= Undesirable, objectionable.
ANT. _Unobjectionable, desirable, exemplary._
=Exceptional.= Irregular, rare, unusual, uncommon, unnatural, peculiar, anomalous, abnormal, aberrant, exceptive.
ANT. _Common, usual, normal, ordinary, regular._
=Excess.= Surplus, waste, extravagance, wastefulness, superfluity, lavishness, exorbitance, superabundance, dissipation, intemperance, profusion, prodigality, redundance; increase, debauchery.
ANT. _Frugality, economy; dearth, deficiency, defect, want, shortcoming, lack, need, poverty; failure, destitution, inadequacy, insufficiency, scantiness; temperance, sobriety._
=Excessive.= Superabundant, disproportionate, undue, exuberant, superfluous; immoderate, intemperate, extreme; violent, vehement; enormous, exorbitant, overmuch, inordinate, unreasonable, extravagant.
ANT. _Insufficient, scant, inadequate, lacking, wanting, deficient._
=Excitability.= Sensibility, sensitiveness; irritability, irascibility, passionateness.
ANT. _Immobility, hebetude, composure; insensitiveness, imperturbability._
=Excommunicate.= Dismiss, expel, denounce, proscribe, anathematize, exscind; exclude, banish, bar, eject, blackball.
ANT. _Admit, readmit, enroll, inaugurate._
=Excrescence.= Tumor, protuberance; superfluity, useless appendage; redundancy.
ANT. _Eradication, extirpation, excision, levigation, exsection._
=Excruciate.= Torture, torment, rack, agonize.
ANT. _Soothe, please, tranquilize._
=Exculpate.= Absolve, exonerate, acquit, clear, set right, vindicate; defend, release.
ANT. _Charge, implicate, inculpate._
=Excursion.= Trip, ramble, tour, jaunt, journey, expedition.
=Excusable.= Pardonable, venial.
ANT. _Inexcusable, unpardonable._
=Excuse=, _v._ Pardon, forgive, absolve, acquit, exonerate, exculpate; extenuate, justify; free, exempt, release, let off; overlook, regard indulgently, condone; remit, vindicate, defend, mitigate.
ANT. _Charge, condemn, inculpate, convict, sentence; exact, accuse._
=Execrable.= Detestable, cursed, loathsome, accursed, villainous, hateful, abominable, damnable, diabolical, odious, abhorrent; offensive, disgusting, nauseous, obnoxious, repulsive, revolting, vile.
ANT. _Desirable, respectable, laudable, eligible._
=Execration.= Curse, malediction, ban, anathema, imprecation of evil; detestation, abhorrence, horror, loathing, abomination; denunciation.
ANT. _Benediction, blessing._
=Execute.= Administer, perform, enforce, carry out, do.
ANT. _Fail, be lacking, disappoint._
=Exemplary.= Laudable, praiseworthy, excellent, correct, estimable, worthy, virtuous; patternlike, close, faithful, exact, scrupulous, assiduous, punctilious, rigid, punctual, rigorous; worthy of imitation, fit for a pattern.
ANT. _Detestable, objectionable, exceptionable._
=Exemplify.= Illustrate, show by example; manifest, embody, exhibit, represent.
ANT. _Belie, betray, misrepresent, falsify._
=Exempt=, _v._ Relieve, set free, release, grant immunity to, excuse, exonerate, except.
ANT. _Subject, render liable, bind, oblige; expose._
=Exempt=, _a._ Free, irresponsible, liberated, clear, absolved, privileged, unamenable.
ANT. _Liable, subject, amenable, responsible._
=Exemption.= Immunity, privilege, exception, release, freedom from liability; dispensation, license.
ANT. _Liability, amenableness, responsibility, subjection, obligation._
=Exercise=, _n._ Application, drill, employment, exertion; practice, training; occupation, use; performance, operation, act, activity,
## action.
ANT. _Inaction, idleness, relaxation, rest, inactivity; ease, recreation._
=Exertion.= Use, exercise; effort, endeavor, struggle, trial, attempt, stretch, strain; labor, toil.
ANT. _Relaxation, rest, recreation._
=Exhalation.= Evaporation; vapor, fume, steam, smoke, fog, reek; mist, damp, effluvium.
ANT. _Inhalation, exsiccation, absorption._
=Exhale.= Emit, breathe out, give out, evaporate; vaporize.
ANT. _Inhale, breathe in, inspire._
=Exhaust.= Drain, empty, expend, spend, waste, consume, squander, lavish, dissipate, destroy; prostrate, cripple, weaken, debilitate, enervate, disable, wear out, weary.
ANT. _Fill, replenish, augment, refresh, invigorate._
=Exhibit.= Show, display; manifest, express, disclose, indicate, make known, evince; offer, present, propose; betray; demonstrate, illustrate.
ANT. _Conceal, mask, hide, secrete, suppress._
=Exhibition.= Sight, representation, pageant, display, manifestation, show.
=Exhilarate.= Cheer, enliven, inspire, inspirit, stimulate, animate, elate, gladden; rejoice, delight, please.
ANT. _Depress, unnerve, unhinge, dispirit._
=Exhort.= Urge, stimulate, persuade, incite, encourage; advise, counsel, enjoin.
ANT. _Dissuade, warn, deprecate, remonstrate._
=Exigency.= Demand, urgency, need, necessity, requirement, want; pressure, crisis, emergency, juncture, quandary; conjuncture, pass, pinch, strait.
ANT. _Provision, rule, supply, course, preparation._
=Exile=, _n._ Banishment, expulsion, ostracism, proscription, expatriation; separation, isolation; banished person.
ANT. _Welcome, return; remaining; cherishing, fostering, retaining._
=Exile=, _v._ Banish, expatriate, ostracize, expel, proscribe, relegate.
ANT. _Welcome, reinstate, domesticate, domiciliate._
=Existence.= Being, subsistence; entity, essence, creature, thing; life, animation; continuation, duration.
ANT. _Nonentity, non-existence, chimera._
=Expand.= Open, spread out; dilate, enlarge, stretch, distend; swell, diffuse, extend, increase; develop, unfold, amplify.
ANT. _Contract, curtail, condense, restrict, attenuate._
=Expanse.= Extent, stretch, expansion; firmament, sky, canopy, vault, welkin; vast, void, space, breadth.
ANT. _Limit, enclosure, confine, bound._
=Expatiate.= Rove, range; dilate, enlarge, descant, be copious, launch out, amplify.
ANT. _Contract, summarize, condense, epitomize._
=Expect.= Await, look for; anticipate, rely upon, count upon, reckon or calculate upon, look forward to; look for, forecast, forebode, foresee.
ANT. _Welcome, greet, hail, recognize; realize._
=Expectation.= Anticipation, expectance, prospect, expectancy; reliance, confidence, assurance, presumption; trust, hope.
ANT. _Recollection, remembrance, retrospect; distrust, despair, discouragement._
=Expediency.= Fitness, propriety, suitableness, desirableness, advisability; advantage, utility, profit, usefulness; profitableness, advantageousness; interest.
ANT. _Disadvantage, detriment, inutility, inexpediency._
=Expedition.= Haste, speed, celerity, despatch, alertness, promptness, alacrity, quickness; enterprise, undertaking; march, voyage.
ANT. _Delay, tardiness, procrastination._
=Expend.= Disburse, spend, lay out; use, exert, consume, employ; waste, exhaust, spread, scatter, dissipate.
ANT. _Save, economize, husband._
=Expense.= Expenditure, outgo, cost, outlay; price, charge, payment.
ANT. _Income, gain, proceeds, return, profit, product, receipts._
=Expensive.= Dear, costly, high-priced; lavish, wasteful, extravagant; valuable, rich.
ANT. _Cheap, worthless, poor; economical._
=Experience=, _n._ Actual observation, feeling, or presentation; practice, experimental knowledge; experiment, trial, proof, test, knowledge, habit.
=Ant.= _Anticipation, expectation._
=Experience=, _v._ Feel, undergo, prove by trial, endure, suffer, be subject to; try, encounter.
ANT. _Evade, escape, lose, miss._
=Experienced.= Practiced, versed, accomplished, able, qualified, instructed, thoroughbred; familiar, skilled, accustomed, conversant.
ANT. _Inexperienced, strange, unpracticed._
=Experiment.= Trial, test, assay, examination, proof, touchstone, ordeal; observation, investigation, experimentation; illustration, exemplification.
ANT. _Hypothesis, conjecture, assumption._
=Explain.= Elucidate, expound, interpret, unfold, clear up, make plain; account for, make intelligible, give the reasons for, solve, warrant, trace to causes, justify; teach, decipher.
ANT. _Mystify, bewilder, obscure, darken, misinterpret._
=Explanation.= Elucidation, interpretation, exposition, illustration, description, explication; solution, warrant, justification, account, key; mutual understanding; sense.
ANT. _Confusion, misinterpretation, mystification, obscuration._
=Explicit.= Express, clear, plain, definite, positive, unambiguous, unreserved, categorical, determinate; detailed, declaratory, unobscure, stated.
ANT. _Ambiguous, doubtful, indefinite, uncertain, vague, implied, implicit, indeterminate; hinted, suggestive, obscure._
=Exponent.= Index, indication, example, type, representative, illustration, specimen; advocate, interpreter, propounder.
ANT. _System, creed, principle, opinion._
=Export=, _v._ Send out, carry out, send abroad, ship, produce.
ANT. _Import; consume._
=Exposed.= Unprotected, defenseless, unguarded, endangered.
ANT. _Guarded, defended, protected._
=Expostulate.= Object, dissuade, remonstrate.
ANT. _Abet, coincide, agree, confirm._
=Express=, _v._ Squeeze out; utter, declare, assert, speak; represent, indicate, show, signify, exhibit, denote, intimate; send by express.
ANT. _Suppress, repress, conceal._
=Express=, _a._ Explicit, clear, definite, plain, determinate, positive, categorical; exact, accurate, faithful, true, close, precise; special,
## particular; swift, rapid, fast; specific, pointed, direct.
ANT. _General; vague; leisurely; inaccurate, inexact, approximate._
=Expression.= Squeezing out; assertion, statement, utterance, declaration; phrase, mode of speech, term; general tone, pervading effect, look, cast of countenance; lively representation; modulation, feeling, execution; indication.
ANT. _Suppression, restraint, repression; face, features, lineament; falsification, misstatement, solecism, enigma._
=Expunge.= Erase, efface, obliterate, cancel, blot out, delete.
ANT. _Mark, write, trace, delineate._
=Exquisite.= Nice, accurate, delicate, discriminating, exact, refined; precious, valuable, select, choice, rare, excellent; perfect, complete, matchless, consummate; keen, poignant, acute, intense; delicious.
ANT. _Common, coarse, ordinary; unrefined._
=Extemporaneous.= Improvised, unpremeditated, extempore, impromptu, extemporary, offhand.
ANT. _Prepared, studied, premeditated, read, written, elaborated; rehearsed, recited._
=Extend.= Stretch, reach; prolong, continue, lengthen, protract; expand, dilate, enlarge, widen, augment, increase; diffuse; impart, give, offer, yield; amplify, avail, apply.
ANT. _Contract, restrict, curtail, limit, narrow, reduce, condense; miss, fail._
=Extent.= Expanse, amplitude, extension; volume, bulk, magnitude, size; stretch, reach, compass, length; degree, distance, quantity.
ANT. _Limitation, diminution, restriction._
=Extenuate.= Lessen, diminish, reduce; palliate, mitigate, excuse, qualify, apologize for.
ANT. _Enhance, aggravate, heighten._
=Exterior=, _a._ Outward, external, outer, outside, superficial; foreign, extrinsic, from without.
ANT. _Inner, internal, domestic, inward._
=Exterminate.= Eradicate, overthrow, uproot, expel, extirpate, annihilate, banish, destroy, remove, root out, wipe out.
ANT. _Augment, breed, cherish, develop, increase, populate, replenish, settle, plant, foster, propagate, colonize, build up, beget._
=Extermination.= Extirpation, annihilation, eradication, abolition, destruction, extinction, excision, elimination.
ANT. _Settlement, replenishment, augmentation, colonization, population, propagation, increase._
=External.= Outward, outer, exterior, outside, superficial; foreign, extrinsic; visible, apparent; manifest, palpable.
ANT. _Inner, internal, intestine, inmost, hidden, non-apparent._
=Extinction.= Destruction, annihilation, extirpation, extermination, abolition; extinguishment; stifling, death, suffocation, cessation, obsolescence.
ANT. _Inception, origination, birth, course, life, operation, action, exercise, continuance, prosperity, survival._
=Extinguish.= Quench; destroy, suppress, put down; extirpate, abolish, eradicate, kill, annihilate, put out.
ANT. _Replenish, replant, implant, cherish, propagate, promote, invigorate, establish, confirm, secure._
=Extort.= Exact, wrest, wrench, wring out, force; despoil, express, fleece, squeeze out, extract.
ANT. _Coax, cheat, wheedle, cajole._
=Extortionate.= Oppressive, exacting, severe, hard, harsh; exorbitant, close-fisted, rigorous, monstrous, preposterous.
ANT. _Liberal, bountiful, indulgent, fair, moderate, reasonable._
=Extract=, _n._ Selection, excerpt, passage, citation, quotation.
=Extract=, _v._ Draw, pull, take out; derive, select, quote, cite; determine, find; educe, elicit, gather, collect, extort.
ANT. _Insert, replace, incorporate, restore, reinsert, impose._
=Extraneous.= Foreign, extrinsic; non-pertinent, not germane, unessential, superfluous; unconnected, alien, unrelated, adventitious, ascititious.
ANT. _Intrinsic, vital, internal, connected, essential._
=Extraordinary.= Unusual, remarkable, uncommon, singular, signal, egregious, rare, extra; unwonted, peculiar, wonderful, unprecedented, marvelous, prodigious, monstrous, preposterous, strange.
ANT. _Common, usual, frequent, wonted, unremarkable, unimportant, ordinary._
=Extravagance.= Excess, exorbitance, enormity, unreasonableness, preposterousness; wildness, folly, absurdity, irregularity; prodigality, lavish expenditure, profusion, waste.
ANT. _Carefulness, economy, frugality, saving, provision, prudence, foresight._
=Extravagant.= Excessive, inordinate, unreasonable, preposterous, exorbitant; wild, foolish, absurd, irregular; lavish, profuse, wasteful, spendthrift, prodigal.
ANT. _Sound, sober, consistent, fair, rational, economical, frugal, careful, regular, usual._
=Extreme.= Utmost, farthest, uttermost, outermost; greatest, highest; last, final, ultimate; extravagant, immoderate, excessive, unreasonable; remote, terminal, distant, most violent.
ANT. _Initial, primal, judicious, moderate._
=Extremity.= End, verge, termination, edge, border, extreme, utmost point; close, conclusion.
ANT. _Beginning, commencement, opening, center, origin, bulk, body._
=Exudation.= Ooze, drip, percolation, excretion, secretion.
ANT. _Absorption, parching, aridity._
=Exultant.= Exulting, jubilant, triumphant, elated, joyous, transported.
ANT. _Mournful, dispirited, depressed._
=Exultation.= Elation, joy, triumph, delight, transport, ecstasy.
ANT. _Mourning, depression._
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=Fable.= Story, myth, legend, allegory, apologue; plot, action, series of events; fiction, falsehood, lie, untruth, fabrication, forgery, invention, figment; romance, parable, novel.
ANT. _History, fact, narrative._
=Fabric.= Building, structure, edifice, pile; texture, make, workmanship, conformation; manufactured cloth, woven stuff; work, construction, tissue, web.
ANT. _Destruction, dismantlement, demolition, fragment, wreck, tatters, ruin, shreds, rags._
=Fabricate.= Build, frame, construct; make, manufacture; forge, invent, coin, feign; form, falsify, produce, devise, misrepresent.
ANT. _Demolish, tear, spoil, dismember, destroy, narrate, lacerate, copy, represent, repeat, portray._