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Synonyms and Antonyms: Engage

Enemy-foe, antagonist, adversary, opponent. (Friend, ally, partisan, associate, confederate.) Energetic-active, vigorous, sinewy, nervous, forcible, robust, hardy. (Lazy, languid, inert, flabby, flaccid, slack, effete.) Engage (see Employ)-occupy, busy, bespeak, entice, captivate, entertain, engross. Engross-(see Engage)-monopolize, absorb, take up.

Engulf-swallow up, drown, submerge, entomb, overwhelm, bury. Enjoin-order, command, decree, ordain, appoint, direct, prescribe, bind, impose, stipulate.

Enjoyment-pleasure, gratification, fruition, satisfaction, delectation, relish, zest. (Privation, deprivation, grief, worry, canker, friction, misery.) Enlarge-expand, widen, augment, broaden, increase, extend. (Diminish, narrow, straiten, contract.) Enlighten-illumine, illuminate, irradiate, instruct, indoctrinate. (Darken, befog, becloud, blind, mystify.) Enliven-cheer, vivify, animate, exhilarate, brighten, stir up, incite, inspire. (Sadden, deaden, mortify, depress.) Enmity (See Affection and Enemy)-hostility, hatred, dudgeon, spleen, antipathy, aversion, detestation, grudge, pique. (Love, fondness, partiality, predilection, sympathy.) Enormous-huge, immense, vast, stupendous, monstrous, gigantic, colossal, elephantine. (Little, minute, puny, petty, tiny, diminutive, infinitesimal, dwarfish.) Enough-sufficient, adequate, satisfactory, competent. (Insufficient, short, bare, scrimp.) Enraged infuriated, wrathful, wroth, rabid, mad, raging, furious. (Pacified, calmed, lulled, assuaged.) Enrapture-captivate, fascinate, enchant, bewitch, ravish, transport, entrance. (Irritate, rile, gall, shock, repel.) Enroll-enlist, register, inscroll, enter, record, minute. Enterprise-undertaking, emprise, endeavor, adventure, pursuit, hunt. Enthusiasm ardor, zeal, verve, furore, glow, unction, vehemence, fervor. (Coolness, indifference, apathy, phlegm, nonchalance, aversion.) Enthusiast-visionary, fanatic, devotee, zealot.