Chapter V

=Vacancy.= Emptiness; leisure, intermission, idleness; vacuum; chasm, gap; interval; vacuity, space, void.

ANT. _Fulness, plethora, repletion; business, occupation, employment._

=Vacant.= Blank, empty, void, unoccupied, waste, unemployed, untenanted, vacuous, unfilled, devoid, unencumbered, disengaged, idle, uncrowded; inane, silly; free; thoughtless, unreflective; abandoned; inane; leisure; unmeaning.

ANT. _Full, filled, occupied, replenished, diligent, busy, engaged, employed; reflective, thoughtful, meaningful; brimful, busy, crammed, inhabited, packed, replete, brimmed, overflowing, brimming, jammed, gorged, crowded._

=Vacate.= Empty, make vacant, quit, resign, surrender; annul, abrogate, cancel, invalidate, abscind, abolish, overrule, neutralize.

ANT. _Fill, occupy, employ, hold, retain, substantiate._

=Vacation.= Interval, intermission, holidays, rest, leisure.

ANT. _Worktime, term, business._

=Vacillate.= Fluctuate, waver, be unsteady, stagger, reel, sway, rock, hesitate, be inconstant, dubitate.

ANT. _Adhere, abide, determine, be steadfast, stay._

=Vacillation.= Wavering, fluctuating, swaying, reeling, rocking, fluctuation, hesitation, inconstancy, unsteadiness.

ANT. _Steadiness, firmness, inflexibility, determination._

=Vacuity.= Emptiness, vacancy, void, vacuum; inanity, nihility, inanition, unreality; space.

ANT. _Fulness, bulk, matter, substance; occupation, actuality, reality; contents._

=Vagabond.= Wanderer, vagrant, tramp, rascal; outcast, loafer, nomad, idler, beggar, rogue.

ANT. _Worker, laborer._

=Vagary.= Whim, freak, crotchet, whimsicality, caprice, fancy.

ANT. _Purpose, idea, determination, judgment, seriousness, conviction._

=Vagrant=, _a._ Wandering, erratic, unsettled, strolling, itinerant, roving, sauntering, nomadic.

ANT. _Domestic, local, established, resident, abiding, dwelling._

=Vague.= Unsettled, undetermined, indefinite, ambiguous, lax, uncertain, dim, doubtful, obscure, indistinct, unfixed, general, intangible, equivocal, pointless; unwarranted, unauthorized.

ANT. _Determined, limited, strict, specific, pointed, definite, distinct, scientific, settled, clear, fixed, manifest, perspicuous._

=Vain.= Futile, trivial, vapid, visionary, worthless, abortive, unsatisfying, fruitless, empty, deceitful, baseless, delusive, bootless, idle, ineffectual, shadowy, trifling, unserviceable, unsubstantial, profitless, inconstant, unprofitable, null, nugatory, unavailing, unimportant, unreal; showy, useless; conceited, arrogant, ostentatious.

ANT. _Adequate, solid, useful, effective, powerful, worthy, important, sufficient, serviceable, potent, competent, advantageous, beneficial, efficient, expedient, profitable, real, sound, substantial, valid, valuable, essential, cogent, availing, satisfactory, modest._

=Valediction.= Farewell, valedictory, leave-taking, adieu.

ANT. _Salutation, welcome, hail, reception, recognition._

=Valiant.= Strong, powerful, intrepid, courageous, brave, valorous, heroic, gallant, chivalrous, daring, dauntless, bold, fearless, redoubtable, undaunted, stout-hearted.

ANT. _Timid, cowardly, fearful, timorous, recreant, craven._

=Valid.= Sound, good, justified, trustworthy, well-grounded, efficacious, weighty, powerful, efficient, conclusive, logical, solid, cogent, important, grave, substantial, sufficient.

ANT. _Weak, invalid, null, void, unsound, baseless, fallacious, unfounded, untrue; unavailable, inoperative, superseded._

=Validity.= Soundness, justness, efficacy, force, weight, cogency, importance.

ANT. _Weakness, impotency, ineffectiveness, lightness, futility._

=Valor.= Bravery, courage, prowess, intrepidity, heroism, boldness, daring.

ANT. _Timidity, fearfulness, cowardice, pusillanimity._

=Valuable.= Worthy, estimable, costly, precious, expensive, useful, dear, serviceable.

ANT. _Worthless, valueless, cheap, inexpensive, silly, useless, trifling, trivial._

=Value=, _n._ Worth, utility, desirability, importance, power; import, signification; esteem, regard, excellence; price, cost, equivalent.

ANT. _Cheapness, reduction, depreciation._

=Value=, _v._ Compute, esteem, respect, regard; be worth, rate, appraise, estimate; appreciate, prize, treasure, account.

ANT. _Cheapen, reduce, contemn, despise, undervalue, underestimate; disregard, disesteem, misprize._

=Vanish.= Disappear, fade, pass away, dissolve, melt away, be annihilated.

ANT. _Appear, approach, be manifest, loom up, arrive._

=Vanity.= Pride, conceit; unreality, worthlessness, emptiness; hollowness, triviality, futility, unsubstantiality, falsity; egoism, self-sufficiency; show, ostentation.

ANT. _Reality, truth, worth; simplicity; modesty, humility, self-distrust; substance, solidity._

=Vanquish.= Conquer, overcome, subdue, defeat, surmount, confute, silence; subjugate, overthrow, master, foil, discomfit, quell; disprove, confound.

ANT. _Succumb, yield, fail._

=Vapid.= Dead, spiritless, flat, insipid, dull, unanimated; tasteless, stale, tame; languid, prosaic, feeble, prosy.

ANT. _Pungent, spirited, animated, pithy, trenchant._

=Vapor=, _n._ Fume, steam, reek, exhalation, smoke, fog, mist; vagary, phantom, whim, dream, vision; flatulence; fantasy.

ANT. _Inhalation, absorption._

=Variable.= Changeable, fickle, inconstant, mutable, shifting, unsteady, vacillating, wavering, fluctuating, versatile, capricious.

ANT. _Unchanging, immutable, constant, firm, unwavering, steady, invariable, unalterable._

=Variance.= Variation, dissension, disagreement, discord, difference, alteration, strife; hostility, antagonism, discrepancy, estrangement.

ANT. _Harmony, agreement, assimilation, reconciliation, accommodation, peace._

=Variation.= Modification, alteration, mutation, change, diversity, vicissitude, variety, deviation; departure, difference, discrepancy.

ANT. _Fixity, harmony, continuance, uniformity, rule, law, agreement._

=Variegated.= Streaked, dappled, particolored, diversified, varied, checkered, figured, mottled.

ANT. _Unspotted, spotless, speckless._

=Variety.= Diversity, difference, assortment, species, class, multifariousness, medley, miscellany, multiplicity, kind.

ANT. _Type, species, specimen, uniformity._

=Various.= Different, diverse, several, manifold, changeable, uncertain, inconstant, variable, variegated, sundry, diversified.

ANT. _Identical, few, same, uniform, similar, single._

=Varnish=, _v._ Gloss, palliate, conceal, cover, embellish, disguise, lacquer, extenuate, excuse, mitigate, glaze over.

ANT. _Simplify, divest; reveal, bare, manifest._

=Vary.= Alter, change, modify, alternate, diversify, variegate, differ, deviate, depart, be diverse, swerve, disagree, transform, metamorphose.

ANT. _Stereotype, perpetuate; conform, assimilate, harmonize._

=Vast.= Spacious, huge, immense, great, mighty, transcendent, measureless, boundless, colossal, enormous, stupendous, prodigious, gigantic, monstrous, remarkable, extraordinary.

ANT. _Moderate, limited, confined, circumscribed, narrow, close, small._

=Vaticination.= Prediction, divination, prophecy, prognostication, augury.

ANT. _Fulfilment, ratification, realization, verification, accomplishment._

=Vault.= Jump, spring, bound, leap; tumble, turn.

ANT. _Crawl, creep, grovel._

=Vaunt.= Boast, brag, display, show off; advertise, flourish, parade.

ANT. _Conceal, disparage, decry, detract, repress, suppress._

=Veer.= Shift, turn, change, trim, vacillate.

ANT. _Stand, stick, adhere, persist, remain._

=Vegetate.= Sprout, grow, germinate; bask, idle, hibernate.

ANT. _Decay, fade, wither, pine; bustle, energize, work, stir._

=Vehemence.= Impetuosity, violence, fury, frenzy, ardor, fervor, fervency, warmth, zeal, enthusiasm, passion, force, intensity.

ANT. _Passivity, inertia, quiescence, coldness, stoicism, indifference, unconcern, apathy, inattention._

=Vehement.= Raging, hot, ardent, fervid, burning, passionate, eager, violent, impetuous, furious, urgent, mighty, forcible, powerful, sanguine, enthusiastic.

ANT. _Cool, impassive, indifferent, feeble, mild, controlled, subdued, cold, stoical, passionless, weak, inanimate._

=Veil=, _v._ Cover, invest, hide, conceal, screen, mask, shroud, envelop.

ANT. _Expose, disclose, strip, denude, unveil, make manifest._

=Velocity.= Celerity, fleetness, rapidity, speed, swiftness; impetus, momentum.

ANT. _Inertia, sluggishness, inertness; resistance; passivity, languor, inactivity._

=Venal.= Mercenary, hireling, sordid, purchasable, salable, prostitute.

ANT. _Honest, honorable, incorruptible, public-spirited, patriotic, unpurchasable, generous, disinterested._

=Vend.= Barter, trade, sell, hawk, retail.

ANT. _Buy, purchase, bribe, subsidize._

=Venerable.= Worthy, honorable, estimable; dread, awful; sage, wise, grave.

ANT. _Despicable, dishonored; informal, free, intimate, easy; foolish, silly._

=Venerate.= Honor, respect, revere, reverence, adore, admire, worship.

ANT. _Dishonor, disregard, scorn, scoff at, slight, spurn, detest, disdain, despise, contemn, abhor, execrate._

=Veneration.= Reverence, adoration, respect, awe, worship, esteem, dread.

ANT. _Irreverence, loathing, disrespect, contempt, disdain, dishonor, scorn._

=Vengeance.= Punishment, retribution, revenge, retaliation.

ANT. _Forgiveness, pardon, reprieve, indulgence, amnesty, remission, absolution._

=Venial.= Excusable, justifiable, pardonable, slight, trivial.

ANT. _Inexcusable, heinous, unpardonable, flagrant, mortal, infamous, unjustifiable, inexpiable._

=Venom.= Virus, bane, poison; spite, malice, malignity, hate, ill will, maliciousness, rancor, grudge, bitterness, acrimony.

ANT. _Medicine, remedy; benevolence, kindness, good will._

=Venomous.= Poisonous, malignant, noxious, mischievous, virulent, spiteful.

ANT. _Wholesome, remedial, salubrious; kindly, compassionate, genial._

=Vent.= Outlet, escape, emission, utterance, discharge, opening, hole, passage; market, sale.

ANT. _Close, stop-gap, end, termination, obstruction, stoppage._

=Venture=, _n._ Chance, risk, hazard, speculation; accident, contingency; stake, adventure, experiment; luck, hap; danger, jeopardy.

ANT. _Certainty, surety, security, inevitableness, assurance; safety, protection; law, method; caution, calculation._

=Venture=, _v._ Dare, hazard, adventure, risk, jeopardize, imperil, chance.

ANT. _Calculate, warrant, secure, guarantee, protect._

=Venturesome.= Bold, daring, adventurous, hardy, courageous, intrepid, enterprising, doughty, fearless.

ANT. _Fearsome, timid, reluctant, averse, loath, unwilling._

=Venturous.= Bold, daring, fearless, venturesome.

ANT. _Timid, fearful, diffident, shy._

=Veracious.= True, truthful, reliable, trustworthy, straightforward, honest, credible.

ANT. _False, deceitful, mendacious, lying, dishonest, perfidious._

=Veracity.= Honesty, truthfulness, reality, candor, truth, ingenuousness, frankness, verity, exactness, correctness, accuracy.

ANT. _Deception, duplicity, falsehood, fiction, guile, mendacity, untruth, lie, delusion, fabrication, deceit, error, falseness, falsity, imposture._

=Verbal.= Spoken, oral, literal, parole, vocal, unwritten, unrecorded.

ANT. _Written, recorded, epistolary, documentary._

=Verbose.= Wordy, prolix, diffuse, prosy, tedious.

ANT. _Laconic, terse, concise, succinct, curt._

=Verdict.= Decision, judgment, opinion, pronouncement, finding, sentence.

ANT. _Indecision, indetermination._

=Verge=, _n._ Border, limit, boundary, edge, margin, brink; circumference, circle, ring; rim, brim, confine, skirt.

ANT. _Center, midst, heart, depth._

=Verge=, _v._ Tend, incline, slope, lean, trend, bear, border, approach, approximate.

ANT. _Deviate, recede, revert, return, depart, retrocede._

=Verify.= Prove, correct, establish, confirm, authenticate, affirm; corroborate, attest, substantiate; fulfil, demonstrate, warrant.

ANT. _Falsify, misrepresent, subvert, misstate, fail, disestablish, mistake._

=Verisimilitude.= Likelihood, probability, consistency.

ANT. _Improbability, inconsistency, unlikelihood._

=Veritable.= Actual, real, genuine, true; positive, absolute; original, authentic.

ANT. _False, fictitious, sham, spurious, untrue, feigned, supposititious._

=Verity.= Fact, truth, reality, actuality, existence, truthfulness.

ANT. _Falsity, unreality, delusion, fancy, dream, conjecture, hypothesis._

=Vernal.= Spring, balmy, genial, youthful.

ANT. _Wintry, aged, autumnal, decadent, brumal, harsh, cutting._

=Versatile.= Changeable, inconsistent, variable, many-sided, capricious, erratic, fickle, unstable; mobile, plastic, ready.

ANT. _Fixed, uniform, one-sided, immobile, immutable, unvaried._

=Versed.= Experienced, studied, practiced, skilled, acquainted, conversant, proficient, familiar, clever, indoctrinated.

ANT. _Unskilled, ignorant, unpracticed, untaught, uninitiated._

=Version.= Account, description, translation, rendering, interpretation, reading; statement.

ANT. _Text, problem, difficulty; misinterpretation._

=Vertical.= Perpendicular, plumb, upright.

ANT. _Inclined, slanting, sloping._

=Vestige.= Trace, mark, footstep, track, sign, remains, trail, token, remnant, record.

ANT. _Misindication; obliteration, effacement._

=Veteran.= Old soldier; expert, adept, proficient; habitué.

ANT. _Novice, recruit, tyro._

=Veto.= Prohibit, forbid, negative, withhold assent to.

ANT. _Pass, approve, assent to, promulgate, endorse._

=Vex.= Agitate, disquiet, harass, afflict, tease, weary, jade; torment, worry, hector, distress, annoy, trouble, perplex, bother, persecute, fret, irritate, offend, provoke, affront, disturb, tantalize.

ANT. _Please, soothe, quiet, allay, appease._

=Vexation.= Chagrin, agitation, mortification, uneasiness, grief, trouble, sorrow, distress, irritation, displeasure, affliction, plague, torment.

ANT. _Pleasure, enjoyment, gratification, satisfaction._

=Vibrate.= Swing, oscillate, fluctuate, quiver, waver, undulate, quake.

ANT. _Rest, be still._

=Vice.= Crime, sin, fault, iniquity; defect, error, blemish, imperfection, immorality, depravity, wickedness; evil, corruption.

ANT. _Virtue, goodness, perfection, righteousness, nobility, honor._

=Vicinity.= Neighborhood, vicinage, nearness, proximity, propinquity.

ANT. _Distance, remoteness, separation, removal._

=Vicious.= Faulty, wicked, corrupt, depraved; foul, noxious, defective, unruly, refractory, spiteful, malignant, mischievous, immoral.

ANT. _Virtuous, pure, good, upright, noble, moral, perfect._

=Vicissitude.= Change, alternation, mutation, interchange, variation, revolution.

ANT. _Fixity, changelessness, stability, perpetuity, immutability._

=Victorious.= Conquering, triumphant, winning, successful, exultant, elated, boastful, vanquishing, subduing, prevailing, overcoming, mastering, subjugating.

ANT. _Defeated, worsted, humiliated, beaten, baffled, discomfited, conquered, overcome, vanquished, routed, repulsed, foiled, disconcerted._

=Victory.= Success, supremacy, triumph, achievement, advantage, conquest, mastery.

ANT. _Defeat, disaster, destruction, overthrow, miscarriage, retreat, rout, failure, disappointment, frustration._

=Victuals.= Food, provisions, viands, sustenance, meat.

=View=, _n._ Sight, look, survey, inspection; perception, examination; reach, range; scene, prospect; sketch; conception, judgment, opinion; object, aim, purpose, design; vista, perspective; picture, intention, scope, drift; estimate; apprehension.

ANT. _Blindness, darkness, obscuration, mistiness; prejudice, misconception, misrepresentation, deception, error, delusion, aimlessness, non-intention, occultation._

=View=, _v._ See, behold, look at, survey, examine, inspect, explore, consider, contemplate, regard, scan, witness, study, reflect upon, reconnoiter.

ANT. _Overlook, neglect, pass by, miss, slight, ignore; misestimate, misjudge._

=Vigilance.= Sleeplessness, wakefulness, watchfulness, circumspection, attentiveness, wariness, cautiousness, caution, activity, lookout, alertness, observation.

ANT. _Torpor, dulness, inattention, somnolence, carelessness, drowsiness, indifference, apathy._

=Vigilant.= Alert, awake, careful, on the alert, on the lookout, wary, watchful, wakeful, wide-awake, sleepless, cautious, circumspect.

ANT. _Negligent, thoughtless, unwary, oblivious, drowsy, inattentive, careless, dull, heedless, inconsiderate, neglectful, incautious._

=Vigorous.= Full of vigor, strong, lusty, robust; forcible, energetic, powerful, sturdy, hearty, thrifty, flourishing, spirited, lively.

ANT. _Weak, impotent, incapacitated, feeble, inactive, debilitated, powerless, effete, enervated, indolent._

=Vile.= Low, base, worthless, despicable, mean, depraved, impure, sinful, wicked, bad, dishonorable, ignoble, degraded, sordid, infamous, low-minded.

ANT. _Noble, exalted, honorable, upright, estimable, great, worthy, eminent, liberal, free, generous, superior, dignified, sublime, stately._

=Villain.= Scoundrel, knave, rascal, scamp, ruffian, rogue; malefactor.

ANT. _Gentleman, man of refinement, polish, delicacy, and honor._

=Villainous.= Base, vile, mean, depraved; sorry, mischievous, infamous, knavish; heinous, sinful, outrageous, atrocious.

ANT. _Gentlemanly, noble, refined, honorable, worthy, upright._

=Vindicate.= Maintain, defend, justify; assert, protest, pronounce, declare, asseverate; uphold, claim, substantiate, support, advocate.

ANT. _Surrender, yield, give up, resign; abandon, forego, waive; destroy, annul, vitiate; accuse, charge, impute, tax, slur._

=Vindictive.= Revengeful, unforgiving, implacable, spiteful, unrelenting, malicious.

ANT. _Forgiving, generous, merciful, long-suffering, magnanimous._

=Violate.= Injure, disturb, interrupt, transgress, desecrate, debauch, dishonor, outrage, profane, abuse, infringe, ravish.

ANT. _Respect, protect, reverence, honor, value, prize, foster, shelter._

=Violence.= Vehemence, impetuosity, fierceness, force, violation, infraction, infringement, transgression, profanation, assault, outrage.

ANT. _Preservation, defense, protection; mildness, self-control, gentleness, respect, obedience, conservation._

=Violent.= Fierce, vehement, outrageous, boisterous, turbulent, impetuous, passionate, severe, extreme.

ANT. _Sane, sober, calm, collected, unruffled, composed, cool._

=Virgin=, _n._ Maid, maiden, girl, damsel.

ANT. _Wife, mother, married woman; prostitute, whore._

=Virgin=, _a._ Chaste, maidenly, modest; pure, undefiled, fresh, new.

ANT. _Married, matronly, motherly; defiled, polluted._

=Virile.= Mature, masculine; masterful, forceful; robust, vigorous.

ANT. _Feminine; feeble, effeminate, puerile, emasculate._

=Virtual.= Potential, efficacious, energizing, implicit, indirect, practical, essential, equivalent.

ANT. _Stated, direct, definite, expressed, explicit, emphatic, categorical._

=Virtue.= Energy, strength, potency, efficacy; value, merit, excellence; worth, meritoriousness; integrity, purity, virginity, chastity; goodness, morality, uprightness, rectitude, probity, righteousness; force, power, capacity; honor, worthiness, honesty, truth, duty, virtuousness, faithfulness, justice.

ANT. _Inability, weakness, impotency, inefficacy; badness, corruption, impurity, unchastity, depravity, wickedness, laxity, dishonesty._

=Virtuous.= Excellent, upright, righteous, pure, chaste; good, honest, exemplary, blameless, worthy, modest.

ANT. _Wicked, bad, wrong, unrighteous, impure, dishonest, worthless, immodest, blameworthy._

=Virulence.= Malignancy, virus, contagion, poison, venom; bitterness, malevolence, acrimony.

ANT. _Mildness, blandness, salubriousness, abatement, assuagement; potency; benevolence, virtue._

=Visible.= Perceptible, noticeable, apparent, open, conspicuous, obvious, manifest, evident, clear, plain, observable, palpable, discernible.

ANT. _Invisible, unseen, imperceptible, concealed, eclipsed, indistinguishable, impalpable, microscopic, indiscernible._

=Vision.= Sight; apparition, creation, phantom, fancy, specter, appearance, chimera, illusion, phantasm.

ANT. _Material, substance; reality, fact, actuality._

=Visionary.= Fanciful, fantastic, unreal, imaginary, ideal, chimerical, fantastical, wild, whimsical, capricious, illusory, romantic, shadowy, dreamy, unsubstantial, fabulous.

ANT. _Actual, real, true, substantial, genuine, palpable, authentic, veritable._

=Vital.= Living; mortal; important, necessary, essential; animate; indispensable, material, paramount.

ANT. _Mortal, lifeless, inanimate, secondary, separable, unessential, unimportant, immaterial._

=Vitiate.= Impair, contaminate, annul, spoil, void, destroy, injure; cause to deteriorate, taint; invalidate.

ANT. _Adhere to, corroborate, support, confirm, substantiate, justify, sanction, vindicate; refresh, improve, remedy._

=Vivacious.= Animated, sportive, gay, jocund, light-hearted; merry, sprightly; brisk, frolicsome, spirited, cheerful, mirthful.

ANT. _Inanimate, dead, lifeless, spiritless, heavy, somber, melancholy, mournful, sad, inert, dull, stolid._

=Vivid.= Clear, lucid, striking, active, lively, quick; fresh, intense, animated, bright, strong, spirited, sprightly; brilliant, lustrous, radiant, glowing, scintillant, sunny.

ANT. _Dull, opaque, lurid, obscure, rayless, somber, cloudy, dark, colorless, dim, pale, wan, dusky, non-luminous._

=Vocation.= Call, summons, citation; business, profession, employment, calling, occupation, trade; function, mission, office.

ANT. _Leisure, non-employment; avocation, hobby._

=Vogue.= Mode, custom, way, use, fashion, practice, usage.

ANT. _Disfavor, desuetude, disuse, unfashionableness, abolition._

=Voice=, _n._ Sound, utterance, tone; language, words, speech, judgment, expression, vote; command, precept; opinion.

ANT. _Dumbness, silence, inexpression, muteness, inarticulation, obtumescence._

=Void=, _a._ Empty, vacant, devoid, wanting, ineffectual, destitute, lacking; unoccupied, unused, unfilled; null, invalid, nugatory; vain, unreal, imaginary, unsubstantial.

ANT. _Occupied, solid, substantial, possessed, endued; effectual, valid, operative, good, efficacious, furnished._

=Volatile.= Light-hearted, airy; changeable, fickle; lively, evaporating, vaporable, vivacious, buoyant, jocund; inconstant, flighty, whimsical, capricious, unsteady, reckless.

ANT. _Fixed, steady, established, determined, solid, settled; persistent, resolute; involatile; somber, demure._

=Volition.= Will, choice, preference, determination, purpose; discretion, free will, election, deliberation.

ANT. _Necessity, force, predestination, fate, coercion, foreordination._

=Voluble.= Rotating; nimble, glib; active; fluent, loquacious, talkative, rapid, running, coursing.

ANT. _Direct; slow, deliberate, hesitating, stuttering, torpid, stammering, creeping, lazy._

=Volume.= Book, tome; convolution, coil; dimension, mass, capacity, bulk, size.

ANT. _Minuteness, smallness._

=Voluntary.= Spontaneous, willing, uncompelled; free, impulsive; unconstrained, deliberate, intentional, optional, gratuitous, by choice; discretional.

ANT. _Coerced, forced, involuntary, compulsory, necessitated, constrained._

=Volunteer=, _v._ Offer, bestow, or act freely, proffer, tender, present.

ANT. _Levy, draft, requisition, request, demand, suborn, confiscate._

=Voluptuous.= Sensual, sensuous, epicurean, luxurious, pleasurable, licentious, self-indulgent.

ANT. _Self-sacrificing, abstinent, ascetic, self-denying, austere, puritanical, renunciatory._

=Voracious.= Hungry, greedy, rapacious, eager, ravenous, gluttonous, insatiate, omnivorous.

ANT. _Fastidious, dainty, refined, delicate, nice._

=Vouch.= Declare, affirm, attest, support, asseverate, aver, protest, assure, promise, warrant, guarantee.

ANT. _Repudiate, abjure, renounce, protest against, demur, decline, abnegate._

=Vouchsafe.= Grant, concede, bestow; condescend, deign, stoop, descend, yield.

ANT. _Deny, refuse, withhold._

=Vow=, _n._ Promise, pledge; oath, asseveration.

=Vow=, _v._ Devote, promise, consecrate, dedicate; assert, asseverate, swear.

ANT. _Release, absolve, free; pollute, defile, profane._

=Vulgar.= Common, general, ordinary, public; vernacular; plebeian; popular; rustic, boorish, low, coarse, base, underbred.

ANT. _Noble, aristocratic, patrician, high-born, refined, polite, high-bred, stylish, select, choice, cultivated; strict, scientific, philosophical, technical, accurate._

=Vulnerable.= Susceptible, liable, subject, assailable, weak, tender, exposed.

ANT. _Impregnable, unassailable, unexposed, concealed, fortified, defended._

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=Waft.= Bear, convey, transmit, carry, transport, make to float on waves (_of air or water_).

ANT. _Sink, weigh down, depress._

=Wages.= Salary, stipend, allowance, remuneration, fruit, hire, pay, compensation; earnings; reward, emolument.

ANT. _Gratuity, bonus, premium, grace, douceur, gift, boon._

=Wait.= Stay, tarry, delay, stop, abide, remain, linger; rest; expect, watch, await, look for.

ANT. _Hasten, hurry, speed, press on; go, depart._

=Waive.= Relinquish, forbear, refuse, forego; throw away, cast off, reject, desert; abandon, remit, quit claim, cancel, drop, renounce, surrender.

ANT. _Urge, assert, press, enforce, claim, defend, vindicate._

=Wake.= Be awake, watch; excite, arouse, stir; reanimate, revive; call, evoke, summon, provoke.

ANT. _Soothe, hush, tranquilize, quiet; mesmerize; allay, appease, calm._

=Wakeful.= Vigilant, awake, sleepless; watchful, observant, wary.

ANT. _Drowsy, sleepy; heedless, careless, incautious, unwary._

=Walk.= Move on foot, proceed; be stirring, be abroad; behave, pursue, conduct one’s self; perambulate, pass, traverse; step, stride, march, stalk, tramp, plod, trudge, tread.

ANT. _Halt, stop, stand still; ride, drive._

=Wan.= Pale, sickly, languid, pallid; ashen, colorless, haggard, cadaverous; livid, bloodless.

ANT. _Fresh-colored, bright, rosy, lively, sanguine, incarnadine._

=Wander.= Straggle, stroll, range; turn aside; be delirious, rave; be crazed; expatiate; depart, saunter; navigate, travel; deviate, diverge, err, ramble, go astray, rove, stray, veer, roam, swerve, digress.

ANT. _Remain, stay, settle, rest, stop, pause, moor, anchor, perch, bivouac, halt, alight, repose._

=Wane.= Be diminished, decrease; decline, fail, sink; fade, pale; ebb; pine, droop, deteriorate, attenuate, contract, recede.

ANT. _Wax, increase, rally, improve, brighten, expand, develop, advance._

=Want=, _n._ Defect, failure, dearth, indigence, absence, scarcity, deficiency, lack; destitution, poverty, need, shortness, insufficiency, scantiness.

ANT. _Supply, sufficiency, allowance, provision, abundance, production, adequacy, supplement._

=Ward=, _n._ Watch, guardianship, guard; garrison, defender, protector; defense, protection; custody; keeper, guardian, warden; pupil, minor; division; apartment.

=Ward=, _v._ Watch, guard; defend, protect; repel, turn aside; be vigilant; keep guard, avert, repel, parry, fend.

ANT. _Betray, surrender, admit._

=Warfare.= Hostilities, war; contest, struggle; strife, discord; belligerence, antagonism; campaign, battle, skirmish, engagement.

ANT. _Peace, truce, armistice; amity, pacification; neutrality; reconciliation; tranquillity, friendliness, harmony, order, quiet, concord._

=Warlike.= Military, martial, hostile, soldierly, inimical, bellicose, unfriendly, belligerent.

ANT. _Peaceful, civil, unmilitary, friendly, pacific, amicable._

=Warm.= Ardent, zealous, fervent, cordial, hot, glowing; violent, vehement, furious, excited, passionate; warm-blooded, warm-hearted; sunny, mild, genial, pleasant; close, oppressive; fervid, earnest, eager, enthusiastic, hearty; lively, interested; irascible.

ANT. _Cool, cold; dispassionate, collected, composed, calm, unruffled, placid, sedate, quiet, staid; unconcerned, frigid, apathetic, chilling; repellent._

=Warmth.= Fervency, glow, earnestness, cordiality, animation, eagerness, excitement, vehemence; interest, zeal, ardor, enthusiasm, passion, fervor, heat, intensity, spirit; emotion, life.

ANT. _Coolness, calmness, indifference, frigidity, torpidity, apathy, impassiveness; calm, chill, obtuseness, frost, iciness._

=Warn.= Make ware, notify, admonish, caution; advise, mention to, inform, apprise; dissuade, deter, alarm, premonish.

ANT. _Encourage, embolden, inspirit, hearten, induce, instigate, prompt, impel._

=Warrant=, _n._ Guaranty, security, voucher; commission, credentials.

=Warrant=, _v._ Secure, guarantee, support, justify, sanction, assure; empower, engage, undertake, authorize.

ANT. _Invalidate, nullify, repudiate, cancel, make void; endanger, imperil._

=Wary.= Circumspect, watchful, cautious, vigilant, prudent, discreet, heedful, thoughtful, careful, guarded, scrupulous, chary.

ANT. _Unsuspecting, unwary, incautious, negligent, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, remiss._

=Wash=, _v._ Cleanse, wet, scrub, moisten, bathe, lave; overflow, fall on; waste, abrade; stain, tint, color; overlay, cover; cleanse, rinse.

ANT. _Soil, stain, pollute, defile, contaminate, bemire._

=Waste=, _n._ Squandering, devastation, loss, decrease; void, desert, wilderness; refuse; prodigality, diminution, dissipation, destruction, havoc, desolation, ravage; solitude, expanse; consumption, expenditure, extravagance.

ANT. _Restoration, renovation, reimbursement, renewal, recovery, restitution, reparation; accumulation, frugality, economy, thrift, hoard, store, accretion._

=Waste=, _v._ Squander, dissipate, lavish, desolate; ruin, devastate, destroy; wear away, impair, use up, consume, spend; damage, injure.

ANT. _Restore, renovate, repair, renew; develop, multiply, augment; economize, hoard, accumulate, treasure, husband, protect._

=Waste=, _a._ Desolate, devastated, stripped, bare, dreary, dismal, gloomy, cheerless; worthless, valueless, refuse, rejected, unused, superfluous.

ANT. _Populated, occupied, cheerful, lively; valuable, useful, essential, necessary._

=Wasteful.= Destructive, ruinous; lavish, prodigal, profuse, extravagant.

ANT. _Careful, economical, frugal, protective._

=Watch=, _v._ Be awake, keep vigil, be on guard, tend; heed, observe, expect.

ANT. _Sleep, drowse, slumber; be careless, neglect, overlook._

=Watchful.= Circumspect, wakeful, heedful; vigilant, awake, attentive, wary, cautious, observant.

ANT. _Drowsy, slumbrous, inobservant, careless, heedless, inattentive, unwary, incautious, remiss, distracted, inadvertent._

=Waver.= Reel, totter, vacillate, fluctuate, hesitate, dubitate, be undetermined, alternate, be perplexed, scruple.

ANT. _Decide, choose, settle, determine, dispose of, be steadfast._

=Wavering=, _n._ Fluctuation, hesitancy, indecision, vacillation; uncertainty, irresolution.

ANT. _Decision, determination, resolution, promptness._

=Way.= Path, road, route, street, track, alley, avenue, channel, course, highway, pathway, highroad, driveway, lane, pass, passageway, passage, thoroughfare, roadway; distance, interval; motion, progression, journey; means, scheme, device, plan; manner, method, mode, fashion, style; practice, habit, habitude, custom, wont.

ANT. _Deviation, error, discursion; deflection, divergence, rambling, wandering; exception, variation._

=Wayward.= Disobedient, headstrong, froward, perverse, wilful, obstinate, stubborn, unruly, capricious, contrary.

ANT. _Amenable, docile, manageable, compliant, obedient._

=Weak.= Feeble, infirm, sickly, exhausted, unable; deficient; soft, pliant, frail; low, faint; spiritless; foolish, wavering, lacking; debilitated, unsound, invalid, fragile, delicate, tender; exposed, unguarded, defenseless; pliable, irresolute; simple, silly, witless, shallow, imbecile, childish; injudicious, unwise; insipid, tasteless, thin, diluted, watery; imprudent, indiscreet, erring; flimsy, slight, frivolous; unsafe, unsubstantial, untrustworthy; ineffectual.

ANT. _Strong, sturdy, vigorous, hardy, robust, powerful; sound, hale, healthy, stout, able; efficient, capable, potent, mighty; firm, compact, secure, impregnable; forcible, intense, energetic; biting, sharp, racy, pungent; rank; tough, tenacious, cohesive, resisting; strenuous, ardent, eager, zealous, hearty; vivid, brilliant; solid, substantial; valid, confirmed, binding._

=Weaken.= Debilitate, enfeeble, enervate; invalidate; depress, impair, reduce, lower, sap, dilute, attenuate.

ANT. _Strengthen, empower, invigorate; confirm, corroborate, substantiate; augment, increase, mend, improve; enhance._

=Weakness.= Feebleness, debility, languor, imbecility, infirmity, decrepitude, faintness, frailty.

ANT. _Strength, vigor, tone, health, power, efficiency, nerve, spirit._

=Wealth.= Riches, affluence, opulence, abundance, plenty, fortune, competence, estate, treasure, money, funds, cash, property; luxury, satiety.

ANT. _Poverty, scarcity, indigence, lack, want, need, impecuniosity._

=Wear.= Carry, bear, have on; use up; impair, waste, diminish, consume; last; don, exhibit, sport.

ANT. _Doff, abandon; renew, renovate, repair; increase, augment, swell._

=Weariness.= Fatigue, languor, exhaustion, lassitude, prostration, depression.

ANT. _Strength, vigor, force, energy, restedness._

=Wearisome.= Tiresome, tedious, irksome, vexatious, fatiguing; trying, wearing; prosy, monotonous, annoying, uninteresting; toilsome, laborious.

ANT. _Easy, pleasing, comfortable; invigorating; facile; interesting, exciting, fascinating, delightful, amusing, stirring._

=Weary=, _a._ Fatigued, tiresome, irksome, wearisome; tired, sick, exhausted.

ANT. _Energetic, strong, refreshed, invigorated; pleased, interested._

=Weave.= Interlace, unite; compose, fabricate; intwine, plait, braid, plat.

ANT. _Disentangle, unravel, untwist, disunite, untwine; extricate, simplify._

=Wed.= Marry, espouse; unite, attach.

ANT. _Separate, divorce._

=Wedding.= Marriage, bridal, espousals, nuptials, nuptial ceremony.

ANT. _Celibacy, bachelorhood, virginity._

=Wedlock.= Marriage, matrimony, nuptial state.

ANT. _Celibacy, bachelorhood, virginity._

=Weep.= Cry, shed tears, lament, complain; drip, be soaked; sob, bewail, bemoan; droop.

ANT. _Laugh, smile; rejoice, be cheerful, enjoy._

=Weight.= Heaviness; pressure, burden; importance, influence, consequence, moment; ponderousness, gravity, load, power; efficacy, impressiveness.

ANT. _Lightness, levity, volatility; insignificance, triviality, weakness, inefficacy, worthlessness; portableness, ease, facility._

=Weighty.= Heavy, ponderous, burdensome, onerous; forcible, momentous; efficacious, impressive, cogent.

ANT. _Easy, light, unencumbered; active, swift; slight, unimportant; frivolous, volatile, unsettled, giddy._

=Welcome=, _n._ Greeting, salutation, reception.

ANT. _Farewell, adieu, parting, good-by, leave-taking; repulse, repudiation._

=Welcome=, _a._ Grateful, pleasing, gladly entertained, acceptable, agreeable, gratifying; gratuitous, free.

ANT. _Unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unacceptable._

=Welfare.= Prosperity, happiness, well-being, enjoyment, success, weal, advantage, benefit, profit, luck, thrift.

ANT. _Adversity, misfortune, reverses, failure, ill luck, unhappiness._

=Well=, _a._ Good, desirable, fortunate, advantageous; healthy; favored, lucky; hale, sound.

ANT. _Ill, sickly, diseased, unwell, poorly; unlucky, unfortunate._

=Well=, _adv._ Justly, rightly, abundantly, fully, adequately, thoroughly, satisfactorily, advantageously, conveniently, properly.

ANT. _Ill, wrongly, poorly, imperfectly, improperly, badly._

=Wet.= Damp, moist, rainy, humid; nasty; dank; showery; lively, interesting.

ANT. _Dry, parched, thirsty, arid; plain, unvarnished; shrewd, sharp, quaint._

=Wheedle.= Cajole, flatter, entice, coax, inveigle, fawn upon.

ANT. _Deter, undeceive, detract, decry; chide, scold, rebuke, blame._

=Whereas.= Since, considering; when in fact, while, although; seeing that; inasmuch as.

=Whimsical.= Capricious, fanciful, queer, strange, freakish, quaint, fantastic.

ANT. _Staid, serious, sober, matter-of-fact, steady, sedate._

=White.= Snowy, pale, pallid; unblemished, innocent, pure; gray, hoary; fortunate, happy, favorable.

ANT. _Black, dark, colorless, negro, sooty, coallike; dismal, gloomy, forbidding, threatening, sullen, foreboding; impure, sullied._

=Whole.= All, total, complete, entire, undivided, uninjured, unbroken; unimpaired, integral; sound, perfect, faultless, strong, well, healthy.

ANT. _Partial, imperfect, unsound, ill, sick; divided, fractional._

=Wholesome.= Salubrious, salutary, healthy, healthful, nourishing, nutritious, strengthening, invigorating; beneficial, good; fresh, sound, uncorrupt.

ANT. _Detrimental, deleterious, prejudicial, hurtful, pernicious, noxious._

=Wholly.= Entirely, completely, perfectly, totally, fully, altogether, utterly.

ANT. _Partially, imperfectly, incompletely, separately, in part._

=Wicked.= Sinful, criminal, guilty, immoral, ungodly, profane, unrighteous, atrocious, unholy, vicious, nefarious, heinous, abandoned, iniquitous, depraved, unprincipled, irreverent, vile, abandoned, bad, evil, unjust, ill, outrageous, monstrous, villainous.

ANT. _Good, righteous, just, godly, virtuous, fair, honorable, unsullied, pious, benevolent, upright, reputable, true, excellent._

=Wickedness.= Crime, sin, vice, iniquity, evil, depravity, immorality, enormity; badness, vileness, corruption.

ANT. _Goodness, piety, godliness, righteousness, honor, virtue, benevolence._

=Wide.= Broad, spacious, vast, extensive, comprehensive, liberal; remote, distant, far; ample, expanded.

ANT. _Narrow, contracted, confined, cramped, constricted, limited; bigoted, parsimonious; close, near._

=Wife.= Married woman, consort, spouse, helpmate.

ANT. _Sweetheart, maiden; widow._

=Wild=, _a._ Untamed, uncultivated, undomesticated; savage, uncivilized, rude, ferocious; violent, turbulent; disorderly, crazy, ungoverned; visionary; unsheltered, exposed.

ANT. _Tame, domesticated, cultivated, civilized; populated, frequented; polite, gentle, refined; rational, orderly, sane, controlled, sober, collected._

=Wile.= Trick, snare, artifice, beguilement, allurement, stratagem, cheat, fraud, imposture, deceit, deception, contrivance, device.

ANT. _Artlessness, openness, candor, straightforwardness._

=Wilful.= Self-determined, voluntary; obstinate, perverse, stubborn, refractory; self-willed, headstrong; wayward; intentional, prepense, preconceived, premeditated, designed, deliberate, purposed.

ANT. _Concessive, compliant, amenable, obedient, docile, manageable; adventitious, accidental._

=Will=, _n._ Choice, determination, preference, volition; decree, desire, command, purpose; control, disposal; testament; resolution, decision, self-reliance, force; inclination, pleasure, disposition; behest, order, direction.

ANT. _Indecision, vacillation, indeterminateness, indifference; sensibility, perception._

=Will=, _v._ Bequeath, devise, direct; choose, decide, determine, decree; wish, desire, incline to have; be willing.

ANT. _Die intestate; be indifferent._

=Willing.= Inclined, consenting, ready, complying; chosen, desired; disposed, minded, desirous; voluntary.

ANT. _Loath, disinclined, reluctant, averse, backward._

=Win.= Gain, get, procure, earn; be victorious, prevail; obtain; acquire, achieve; conquer; succeed, accomplish.

ANT. _Lose, fail of, miss, forfeit, be deprived or bereaved of._

=Wind=, _v._ Coil, twine, wreathe, twist, turn; enfold, encircle; direct; insinuate.

ANT. _Straighten, unravel, untwist._

=Winding.= Twisting, circuitous, bending, curving, meandering, flexuous, serpentine, sinuous.

ANT. _Straight, rectilinear, direct, undeviating, unswerving._

=Winning.= Charming, attractive, alluring, pleasing, bewitching, winsome, fascinating, delightful, lovely, captivating, prepossessing, enchanting.

ANT. _Repulsive, unpleasing, repellent, disagreeable, offensive, repugnant, revolting, disgusting, odious._

=Wisdom.= Judgment, prudence, reason, understanding, sense, skill, sagacity, attainment, discernment, depth, discretion, information, foresight, learning, profundity, reasonableness, prescience, knowledge, insight, judiciousness, erudition, enlightenment.

ANT. _Folly, imbecility, stupidity, error, foolishness, fatuity, idiocy, absurdity, imprudence, indiscretion, miscalculation, nonsense, misjudgment, silliness, senselessness._

=Wise.= Knowing, erudite, wary, learned, sagacious; crafty; judicious, discreet; skilled, intelligent, rational; sage, sensible; logical; deep, discerning, profound, philosophical.

ANT. _Senseless, idiotic, irrational; nonsensical, imprudent, irrational, indiscreet, ridiculous, preposterous, insensate._

=Wish=, _v._ Long for, hanker after, desire; invoke, imprecate.

ANT. _Despise, dislike; disrelish, be averse to, displease._

=Wit.= Ingenuity, humor, satire, sarcasm, irony, burlesque; intellect, mind, understanding, sense; man of genius or humor; penetration, discernment, insight, acumen; facetiousness, drollery, waggery, jocularity, sparkle, repartee, joke, playfulness, fun, witticism, pleasantry, banter, jest, raillery.

ANT. _Stupidity, inanity, obtuseness, vapidity, dulness, commonplace, matter-of-fact; irrationality, platitude; dolt, dullard; sobriety, solemnity, seriousness, gravity, stolidity._

=Witchcraft.= Sorcery, enchantment, magic, necromancy, conjuration, incantation, charm, spell, thaumaturgy.

=Witchery.= Sorcery, witchcraft; fascination, enchantment, spell, entrancement, ravishment.

ANT. _Reality, actuality, disillusionment, bald facts._

=With.= By, on the side of, by the help of; attending, accompanying, close; against; according to; in contrast with; upon, immediately after.

=Withdraw.= Take back, recall, retire; draw back, remove; recede, depart.

ANT. _Offer, afford; produce; repeat, reiterate, confirm; renew; furnish, propose, give._

=Withhold.= Hold back, restrain, impede, hamper; retain, refuse; suppress, check, rein in, inhibit, stint, forbear; detain.

ANT. _Let go, give, bestow, confer; admit, yield; furnish, allow, provide, permit; encourage, embolden, cheer, hearten, animate._

=Within=, _a._ Inside, inwardly, internally, indoors, in the limits of.

ANT. _Without, outside, outwardly, externally, outdoors._

=Without=, _prep._ Out of, beyond, out of the limits of, in the absence of, in separation from; independently of; exclusive of, omitting.

ANT. _Within, inside of, in the limits of, including, embracing._

=Without=, _conj._ Unless, except.

=Withstand.= Oppose, resist, confront, thwart, combat, prevent, contradict.

ANT. _Concede, grant, assist, submit, acquiesce, abet, countenance, encourage, support._

=Witness=, _n._ Attestation, testimony, evidence, proof; one who attests or is directly cognizant of; eye-witness; deponent, corroborator; spectator, auditor, voucher.

ANT. _Belief, hearsay, rumor, report; invalidation, refutation._

=Witty.= Acute, sharp, smart, facetious, arch, keen, amusing, humorous, satirical, taunting, ironical.

ANT. _Dull, stupid, obtuse, dry, prosaic, prosy, tiresome, tedious, serious._

=Woe.= Grief, sorrow, misery, calamity; curse, malediction; disconsolateness, tribulation, melancholy, agony, depression, unhappiness.

ANT. _Joy, delight, pleasure, prosperity, enjoyment, bliss, felicity, welfare, cheerfulness, merriment._

=Woful.= Sorrowful, distressed, wretched, afflicted, unhappy, sad; paltry, poor, piteous, disconsolate, miserable, burdened, troubled.

ANT. _Joyous, light-hearted, cheerful, merry, rejoiced, glad, delighted, gay, blessed._

=Womanhood.= Muliebrity, maturity in woman, feminality; womanliness; woman, womankind.

ANT. _Manhood, manliness, masculinity; man, mankind._

=Womanish.= Effeminate, weak, foolishly feminine.

ANT. _Mannish, aping a man, foolishly masculine._

=Womanly.= Becoming a woman, feminine, delicate, refined.

ANT. _Manly, strong, virile, becoming a man._

=Wonder=, _n._ Astonishment, admiration, amazement, surprise, awe, bewilderment, curiosity; portent, miracle, prodigy, marvel; phenomenon, sight, rarity, spectacle.

ANT. _Expectation, anticipation; familiarity, apathy, indifference; foreknowledge, prescience; ennui; satiety; platitude, truism, commonplace._

=Wonderful.= Amazing, astonishing, marvelous, surprising, improbable, strange, incredulous; startling, awesome, portentous, extraordinary, prodigious, wondrous.

ANT. _Commonplace, familiar, expected, ordinary, wonted, hackneyed, customary, habitual._

=Wonted.= Accustomed, usual, habitual, customary, habituated, used, conventional, regular, frequent, common.

ANT. _Exceptional, unusual, unused, unconventional, infrequent, irregular._

=Wood.= Forest, grove, thicket; timber, trees; copse, woodland, forestland.

ANT. _Open, prairie, clearing._

=Word.= Term, expression, accents, tongue, vocable; account, tidings, message; statement, declaration, affirmation, promise; (_pl._) contention, dispute, wrangling, altercation; speech, talk, discourse, language.

ANT. _Idea, conception, suggestion; sentence, unit of composition, paragraph._

=Work=, _n._ Exertion, activity, effort, toil, employment, labor; business, duty; product, fabric, production, performance, manufacture; act, deed, service, result, effect, achievement, feat; composition, structure; management, treatment, operation, issue, fruit; occupation; action, drudgery.

ANT. _Frustration, abortion, hodge-podge; failure, deficiency, defect, fault; miscarriage; rest, inertia, fruitlessness, inoperativeness; inefficiency, futility; repose, relaxation, ease, vacation, idleness, leisure, recreation._

=Work=, _v._ Exert one’s self, labor, be engaged, toil; operate, act, perform; effect, affect, conduce, influence; strain; use, utilize; produce, accomplish; prevail upon, manage, lead; ferment.

ANT. _Rest, recreate, stop, repose, halt, relax, be at ease, lie, recline, sleep, slumber; fail, miscarry, be wanting, lapse._

=Workman.= Worker, artificer, laborer, artisan, mechanic, operative, craftsman; toiler, hand; master.

ANT. _Employer, superintendent, inspector, supervisor, director, overseer._

=Workmanship.= Handicraft, execution, skill, art, manipulation, handiwork.

ANT. _Bungling, botching._

=World.= Earth, universe, creation; affairs, interests, life, action, occupation; inhabitants, people, mankind; globe, cosmos, planet, nature; public, society, human race.

ANT. _Heaven; atom, individual._

=Worldly.= Human, common; secular, temporal; mundane, terrestrial, earthly; fleshly, carnal; universal; sublunary; sordid, selfish, ambitious, earthborn, groveling.

ANT. _Spiritual, ethereal, celestial, heavenly, lunar, solar; incorporeal, ghostly; ideal, abstract, mental, intellectual; sacred, holy, pure._

=Worry=, _n._ Care, anxiety, fret, solicitude, torment, vexation, trouble, annoyance, plague, disquiet; perplexity, concern, fear, apprehension, uneasiness, misgiving.

ANT. _Trust, calm, courage, serenity, tranquillity, placidity, quiet, ease of mind, resolution, dauntlessness._

=Worship=, _n._ Reverence, homage, adoration, submission, obsequiousness, honor, abjectness.

ANT. _Detestation, hatred, abhorrence, loathing, disgust, antipathy, assertion, defiance, challenge._

=Worship=, _v._ Adore, reverence, revere, idolize, respect, defer, venerate, deify, honor, exalt.

ANT. _Defy, dare; abhor, detest, hate, disdain, abominate, contemn, loathe._

=Worth.= Desert, merit, excellence; price, rate; value, quality, equivalence; virtue, character, worthiness, integrity; credit, cost, estimate.

ANT. _Demerit, worthlessness, cheapness, uselessness, futility, poverty._

=Worthless.= Undeserving, useless, valueless, vile, mean, miserable, poor, wretched, abject, unworthy, ignoble, abandoned, depraved; refuse, waste.

ANT. _Costly, valuable, dear, high-priced, expensive; sumptuous, splendid, rich, precious; useful, excellent, estimable, virtuous, worthy._

=Worthy.= Valuable, deserving, estimable, virtuous; suitable, adapted, meritorious, exemplary, upright, righteous, honest, honorable.

ANT. _Worthless, valueless, ignoble, defective, unsuitable._

=Wound=, _v._ Hurt, injure, damage, harm, cut, stab, rend, lacerate, pain; annoy, mortify, offend.

ANT. _Heal, allay, cure, remedy, soothe, repair; appease, assuage, comfort, harmonize._

=Wrap=, _v._ Wind, fold, cover, envelop, enfold, involve, conceal, hide, muffle.

ANT. _Unwind, unfold, lay bare, reveal, develop, expose._

=Wrath.= Fury, ire, resentment, passion, anger, rage, exasperation, indignation, choler, irritation.

ANT. _Calmness, control, restraint, composure, placidity, serenity._

=Wrathful.= Furious, raging, indignant, passionate, choleric, ireful, angry, exasperated, incensed, irate, wroth, mad, provoked, resentful.

ANT. _Calm, collected, controlled, repressed, masterly, restrained, good-tempered._

=Wreath.= Garland, chaplet, festoon, crown, bays, diadem.

=Wreck=, _n._ Ruins, remains, rubbish, wreckage, débris; havoc, destruction, shipwreck, ruin, desolation, perdition, demolition.

ANT. _Preservation, conservation, saving, protection, security._

=Wrench=, _v._ Pull, twist, wrest, force, strain, sprain; pervert, distort, wring.

ANT. _Straighten, untwist; rectify._

=Wretched.= Miserable, calamitous, afflicted, unhappy, degraded, woful; worthless, paltry; forlorn, wobegone, comfortless, distressed; shocking, deplorable, depressing, sad; contemptible, mean, pitiful, debased, humiliated.

ANT. _Prosperous, flourishing, fortunate, happy, enviable, felicitous, successful, thriving; valuable; honored, noble, exalted._

=Wrong=, _a._ Injurious, unjust, faulty, detrimental, unfit; improper, incorrect; mistaken, erroneous; illegal, immoral.

ANT. _Right, upright, lawful, equitable, fair, just, becoming, proper, suitable, appropriate, fit; correct, true, actual, real._

=Wrought.= Worked, elaborated; performed, done, effected, executed, produced, manufactured.

ANT. _Rough, crude, coarse, raw, unpolished._

=Wry.= Twisted, distorted; misdirected, perverted, wrested; askew, contorted, deformed, deranged; crooked, awry.

ANT. _Straight, rectilinear, direct, upright, erect; perpendicular, shapely, comely, symmetrical, proper, well-formed._

Y

=Yawn.= Open wide, gape; desire, be eager.

ANT. _Close, shut, engulf._

=Yearly.= Annual, happening each year, per annum, every year, year by year.

ANT. _Perennial, everlasting, evergreen._

=Yearn.= Long, desire, be eager, covet, crave, hanker.

ANT. _Loathe, revolt, recoil, shudder at, despise._

=Yell=, _v._ Cry out, shriek, scream, holler.

ANT. _Keep silence, subdue, silence._

=Yet.= Besides, nevertheless, notwithstanding, however, still, eventually, ultimately, at last, so far, thus far, hitherto, at present; over and above; further; now.

=Yield.= Furnish, produce, afford, bear, render; relinquish, give in, let go, forego; accede, acquiesce; resign, surrender, concede, allow, grant, submit, succumb; comply, consent, agree.

ANT. _Withdraw, withhold, retain, deny, refuse, vindicate, assert, claim, disallow, appropriate, resist, dissent, protest, struggle, strive._

=Yielding.= Conceding, producing, surrendering, supple, pliant, submissive, unresisting, obsequious, attentive, flexible, compliant, accommodating.

ANT. _Defiant, resisting, obstinate, firm, stiff, hard, perverse._

=Yoke=, _n._ Bond, chain, link, tie; servitude, bondage, vassalage, service, thraldom, subjection, subservience.

ANT. _Freedom, liberty; authority, command._

=Yoke=, _v._ Couple, conjoin, connect, link; enslave, subjugate.

ANT. _Dissever, divorce, disconnect, liberate, release, manumit, enfranchise._

=Young.= Juvenile, immature; inexperienced, innocent, ignorant; youthful, boyish, girlish, childlike.

ANT. _Old, mature, adult; experienced, knowing; senile, aged, decrepit, venerable; antique, antiquated, obsolete; superannuated._

=Youth.= Adolescence, childhood, infancy; youthfulness, juvenility; minority; lad, boy, girl, youngster.

ANT. _Age, senility, maturity._

=Youthful.= Puerile, juvenile, immature, young, fresh, vigorous, unripe, callow, childish, boyish, childlike, girlish, adolescent.

ANT. _Mature, adult, full-grown, ripe, ripened._

Z

=Zeal.= Ardor, eagerness, earnestness, fervor, enthusiasm, energy, feeling, devotion, intensity, passion, spirit.

ANT. _Apathy, indifference, coldness, carelessness, sluggishness, torpor._

=Zealot.= Partisan, bigot, enthusiast, fanatic, devotee, visionary, dreamer.

ANT. _Renegade, traitor, deserter; lukewarm person._

=Zealous.= Ardent, anxious, earnest, enthusiastic, fervid, eager, steadfast, keen, fervent, devoted, prompt, ready, fiery, passionate.

ANT. _Lukewarm, indifferent, cold, apathetic, passionless, phlegmatic._

=Zenith.= Height, pinnacle, acme, summit, culmination, maximum, apex, top.

ANT. _Nadir, lowest point, depth, minimum._

=Zephyr.= West wind, breeze, gentle wind.

ANT. _Gale, furious wind._

=Zero.= Naught, cipher, nothing.

ANT. _Something, existence, creation; infinity._

=Zest.= Flavor, appetizer, pleasure, gusto, gust, enjoyment, relish, sharpener, enhancement, savor, taste, smack, sauce, appetite.

ANT. _Distaste, disrelish, detriment._

=Zone.= Girdle, belt, girth, cincture, band, baldric; region, climate, clime; circuit, circumference; zodiac; orbit.

ANT. _Sphere, universe._

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