Synonyms and Antonyms
Synonyms and Antonyms
In the following list of nearly 15,000 synonyms and antonyms the index words are distinguished by italic type, and arranged alphabetically…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Effective
Effect, n. See Consequence. -v.-(see Achieve) produce, bring about, execute, realize. Effective (see Robust)-efficient, operative…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Engage
Enemy-foe, antagonist, adversary, opponent. (Friend, ally, partisan, associate, confederate.) Energetic-active, vigorous, sinewy, nervous…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Eradicate
Equal-even, level, co-ordinate, balanced, equable, equitable, alike. (Unequal, disproportionate.) Eradicate - root out, extirpate…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Examination
Examination-(see Essay)-investigation, inquiry, search, research, scrutiny, exploration, test, sifting, trial, experiment. Exceed-excel…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Fire
Find-discover, trace, get at, elicit, obtain. (Lose, miss, overlook, drop.) Fine, adj. See Delicate and Delicacy. -v.-mulct, amerce…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Head
Fluent-flowing, liquid, running, current, glib, voluble, unembarrassed, unimpeded. (Stagnant, stockish, choked, impeded, stuttering…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Forlorn
Forlorn-(see Abandoned)-forsaken, deserted, desolate, lone, lonesome, solitary, friendless. (Befriended, visited, thronged, attended.)…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Gain
Gain, n.-profit, emolument, acquisition, earnings, winnings, proceeds, product, outcome, return, fruit, advantage. (Loss, damage, injury…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Gleam
Glimmer. See Gleam.
Synonyms and Antonyms: Guilty
Guiltless-innocent, unculpable, blameless, irreproachable. (Guilty, culpable, blameworthy, censurable, reprehensible.) Guilty. See…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Venial
Heinous (see Venial)-flagrant, flagitious, shameful, scandalous, villanious, atrocious, distinguishedly bad, infamous. (Venial, excusable…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Disgrace
Honor. See Disgrace.
Synonyms and Antonyms: Ideal-pure
Hypothesis-supposition, assumption, theory, surmise, presumption, suggestion. (Certainty, fact, assurance, truth.) Idea (see Intellect…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Illusory
Illusion-fallacy of vision, error, mistake, misconception, delusion, deception, phantom. (Fact, reality, truth, verity.) Illusory-(see…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Imply
Imply-(see Comprehend and Elucidate) - involve, enfold, comprise, include, import, implicate, envelop, enwrap. (Explain, evolve, expound…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Harmless
Iniquity (see Justice)-wrong, unfairness, injustice, vice, grievance. (Equity, justice, evenhandedness, fairness.) Injure (see…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Design
Intent. See Design.
Synonyms and Antonyms: Abandon
Judge, n.--justice, umpire, arbiter, arbitrator, referee, censor, reviewer, critic, connoisseur. Judgment-discrimination, discernment…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Miss
Lose-(see Earn, Miss, and Gain)-miss, mislay, let slip, forfeit, suffer loss. (Find, obtain, get, win, acquire.) Loss (see Detriment, Gain…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Malevolent
Malediction-malison, curse, imprecation, anathema, execration, ban, fulmination. (Benediction, blessing, greeting.) Malevolent (see…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Memorial
Mark, n.-(see Memorial and Note)-sign, symbol, indication, note, token, symptom, index, figure, type. -- v.-(see Argue)-impress, print…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Cheerful
Melancholy. See Cheerful, Glad, and Miserable.
Synonyms and Antonyms: Simple
Mindful-heedful, attentive, observant, watchful, painstaking, considerate, studious, thoughtful. (Heedless, blind, insensible, thoughtless…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Adjacent
Native-indigenous, autochthonous, domestic, homely, vernacular, inborn, innate. (Foreign, outlandish, exotic.) Natural-spontaneous…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Notice
Notice, n. advice, information, notification, intimation, warning, specification, intelligence. -v-mark, note, heed, observe, regard…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Injurious
Object, n.-(see Design)-aim, end, purpose, goal, mark, butt. -v.-dissapprove, oppose, take exception to, contravene, censure, impeach…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Overbear
Overrule-(see Overbear)-control, overawe, supersede, suppress. Overspread-overrun, cover, overtake, diffuse, ravage. Overturn-(see…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Exact
Prompt-(see Dilatory, Exact, and Ready)-quick, instant, ready, instantaneous, timely.) Prop, v.-(see Bear) -support, carry, sustain, hold…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Ransom
Rank (see Method)-order, grade, scale, degree, dignity. Ransack-rummage, explore, overhaul, pillage, plunder. Ransom, v.-(see Deliver and…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Rational
Rational (see Absurd)-wise, sage, sound, sensible, judicious. Ravage-(see Overspread)-desolate, despoil, destroy, waste Ravish-(see…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Redress
Redress-(see Relief)-remedy, antidote, corrective, restoration, palliative, repair, remission, cure, reparation.
Synonyms and Antonyms: Superficial
Superficial (see Deep)-shallow, showy, slight, flimsy. (Thorough, solid, substantial, profound, unfathomable.) Superfluous. See…
Synonyms and Antonyms: Beautiful
Ugly. See Beautiful.