Chapter II: Preface (2)

ANT. _False, fictitious, spurious, unauthorized, apocryphal, fabulous, counterfeit._

=Author.= Creator, maker, contriver, originator, inventor; writer, composer.

ANT. _Destroyer, demolisher, spoiler, annihilator._

=Authority.= Power, government, empire, dominion; supremacy, control, influence, interest; order, precept, sanction, liberty, warranty; expert, master, connoisseur.

ANT. _Anarchy, license, insubordination, misrule, lynch law; embargo, restriction, hindrance, proscription, prohibition, injunction, interdiction; weakness, wrong, usurpation._

=Autocratic.= Absolute, unlimited, tyrannical, oppressive, disdainful, overbearing, arrogant.

ANT. _Subordinate, dependent, responsible, constitutional._

=Automatic.= Self-moving, self-acting.

ANT. _Voluntary, free, optional._

=Auxiliary=, _n._ Assistant, helper, confederate, aid, ally, accessory, promoter, subordinate.

ANT. _Opponent, antagonist, hinderer, opposer._

=Available.= Serviceable, useful, profitable, beneficial, advantageous.

ANT. _Useless, inappropriate, irrelevant, inoperative._

=Avaricious.= Grasping, sordid, greedy, covetous, miserly, stingy.

ANT. _Liberal, bountiful, extravagant, wasteful, prodigal, unselfish._

=Avenge.= Punish, retaliate, revenge, vindicate.

ANT. _Forgive, pardon, overlook, condone, waive, forego, remit._

=Avenue.= Access, entrance, entry, approach, passage; alley, walk, street, road; route, channel.

=Aver.= Assert, declare, say, protest, affirm, asseverate, allege.

ANT. _Deny, contradict, disavow._

=Average.= Medium, medial, middling, ordinary, tolerable, moderate, mediocre, passable.

ANT. _Extreme, excessive, perfect, extraordinary, excellent._

=Aversion.= Dislike, hatred, repugnance, disgust, loathing, antipathy, abhorrence, detestation, unwillingness.

ANT. _Sympathy, congeniality, ardor, eagerness, avidity, love, desire, affection._

=Avidity.= Eagerness, longing, desire, yearning; rapacity, craving, greediness.

ANT. _Apathy, indifference, coldness, aversion, loathing._

=Avoid.= Quit, shun, abandon, escape, elude, withdraw, forsake, dodge.

ANT. _Seek, court, approach, accost, address, affect._

=Avouch.= Assert, affirm, declare, protest, profess, asseverate.

ANT. _Deny, contradict, gainsay._

=Avow.= Confess, own, acknowledge, admit, profess, proclaim, testify.

ANT. _Disavow, repudiate, deny, contradict, disclaim, ignore._

=Awaken.= Rouse, kindle, excite, provoke.

ANT. _Allay, quiet, subdue._

=Award.= Grant, allot, accord, distribute, assign, decree, determine.

ANT. _Refuse, withhold, retain, misappropriate, deny._

=Aware.= Conscious, sensible, cognizant, knowing, apprised, mindful.

ANT. _Unconscious, ignorant, insensible._

=Awe.= Fear, dread, reverence, veneration, terror, wonder.

ANT. _Contempt, familiarity, irreverence, disrespect, insolence._

=Awful.= Dread, grand, imposing, majestic, noble, portentous, appalling, august, alarming, horrible, frightful, shocking, terrible.

ANT. _Commonplace, contemptible, despicable, vulgar, undignified._

=Awkward.= Clumsy, bungling, ungainly, uncouth, rough, unskilful.

ANT. _Clever, skilful, handy, dexterous, adroit._ =Awry.= Oblique, slanting, twisted, crooked, distorted, athwart.

ANT. _Straight, direct, true, right._

=Axiom.= Truism, postulate, self-evident proposition, necessary truth.

ANT. _Paradox, sophism, contradiction, nonsense, absurdity._

=Azure.= Blue, sky-color, cerulean.

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=Babble.= Chatter, prattle, jibber; prate, gossip, tattle; tell secrets, blab, blurt out; murmur.

ANT. _Hush, suppress; enunciate._

=Babel.= Tumult, disorder, clamor, confusion, discord, din, pother.

ANT. _Silence; articulation, distinctness, enunciation; monotony._

=Back=, _a._ and _ad._ Remote, hindmost, in the rear; again, return.

ANT. _Near, foremost, in advance._

=Back=, _v._ Support, aid, second, sustain, assist; retire, retreat, withdraw; move backward, cause to go backward.

ANT. _Fail, disappoint; advance, push._

=Backbiter.= Slanderer, defamer, traducer, calumniator, detractor, cynic.

ANT. _Advocate, upholder, defender, vindicator._

=Backslider.= Recreant, apostate, renegade, deserter, abjurer.

ANT. _Confessor, zealot, bigot, adherent._

=Backward.= Averse, indisposed, reluctant, loath, unwilling, hesitating, wavering; dull, slow, stupid, stolid; late, tardy.

ANT. _Forward, eager, willing, ready, prompt; quick, bright; previous, antecedent, prior._

=Bad.= Evil, wicked, depraved, abandoned, corrupt, immoral, unfair, unprincipled, villainous; pernicious, mischievous, hurtful, injurious, detrimental, unwholesome; unlucky, unfortunate; sad, unwelcome, distressing, disappointing; sorry, mean, shabby, vile, wretched, abominable; poor, imperfect; serious, hard, severe.

ANT. _Good, perfect, right, holy, beautiful, pleasant._

=Baffle.= Frustrate, thwart, defeat, circumvent, checkmate, undermine; bewilder, perplex, confound, disconcert.

ANT. _Aid, assist, advance, encourage, promote._

=Balance.= Poise, hold in equilibrium; weigh, compare, estimate; neutralize, counteract, compensate; equalize, square, adjust.

ANT. _Upset, cant, tilt, overbalance, subvert._

=Bald.= Bare, hairless; treeless, unsheltered, naked, verdureless; unadorned, prosaic, dull, vapid, tame, inelegant; literal, unvarnished; mere, unsupported, uncorroborated.

ANT. _Adorned, periwigged; forested, shaded; bright, elegant, rhetorical; ornate, polished, witty, scintillating._

=Baleful.= Harmful, hurtful, injurious, baneful, pernicious, deadly, ruinous.

ANT. _Innocent, beneficial, salutary, advantageous._

=Balk.= Frustrate, defeat, foil.

ANT. _Aid, promote, instigate._

=Banish.= Dismiss, drive out, eject, expel, exile, ostracize, evict, expatriate.

ANT. _Welcome, admit, protect, domesticate, harbor._

=Banquet.= Feast, treat, regalement, entertainment, festivity, carousal, cheer.

ANT. _Fast, starvation, abstinence._

=Banter=, _n._ Badinage, irony, raillery, ridicule, satire, chaff, mockery, jeering, derision.

ANT. _Discourse, discussion._

=Barbarous.= Brutal, atrocious, cruel, inhuman, merciless, savage, barbaric, barbarian.

ANT. _Civilized, humane, polite, refined, tender, delicate, cultured, elegant, nice, courtly._

=Bare.= Nude, naked, unclothed, exposed; sheer, simple, mere; bald, unadorned, meager; poor, destitute, indigent, empty.

ANT. _Dressed, protected; rich, luxurious, costly._

=Bargain.= Agreement, contract, stipulation, transaction; purchase, speculation, haggling, getting, proceeds; cheap purchase.

ANT. _Loss, misprofit; cheat._

=Barren.= Sterile, childless, unprolific; unfertile, unproductive; uninstructive, ineffectual.

ANT. _Productive, fertile, luxuriant, fecund; profitable, useful._

=Barrier.= Obstruction, hindrance, obstacle, bar, barricade, rampart; restraint, restriction.

ANT. _Thoroughfare, entrance, admittance, opening, passage._

=Base.= Cheap, worthless, inferior; vulgar, humble, unknown; mean, contemptible, servile; shameful, scandalous, vile.

ANT. _Noble, honored, exalted, pure, valued, lofty, esteemed, refined._

=Bashful.= Modest, shy, retiring, reserved, diffident.

ANT. _Bold, forward, pert, impudent, confident, conceited, egoistic._

=Basis.= Base, foundation, groundwork.

ANT. _Apex, top, superstructure._

=Bathe.= Wash, lave, cover, flood, immerse, suffuse.

ANT. _Dry, expose._

=Battle=, _n._ Fight, contest, skirmish, combat, encounter, bout, engagement, strife, action, conflict.

ANT. _Armistice, truce, concord._

=Bauble.= Trifle, toy, plaything, trinket, gimcrack, knickknack.

ANT. _Valuable, jewel, ornament, decoration, gem, possession._

=Bays.= Crown, wreath, garland, chaplet; honors, renown, plaudits, praise, glory, applause.

ANT. _Disgrace, contumely, stigma, brand._

=Beach.= Shore, strand, margin, sands, marge, rim, coast, seashore, seaboard.

ANT. _Ocean, sea, deep, main._

=Beacon=, _n._ Signal fire, mark, sign, guide, light, flame.

ANT. _Shadow; dark; will-o’-the-wisp, ignis fatuus._

=Beam=, _v._ Shine, emit rays, beacon, gleam, glitter, be radiant.

ANT. _Die out, grow dark, go out._

=Bear.= Support, sustain, hold up, carry; have, hold, possess; suffer, undergo, endure, tolerate, submit to; permit, allow; maintain, cherish, harbor; be responsible for; produce, yield, give birth to; generate.

ANT. _Drop, drag; release, give up; protest, resist, rebel, resent, reject._

=Bearing.= Behavior, deportment, demeanor, appearance, aspect, position, carriage, mien, air; relation, connection; patience, endurance; direction, course, aim; effect, force, meaning, scope; producing; bed, socket.

ANT. _Misbehavior; disconnection, independence, irrelevancy; pendency, suspension; diversion, deflection; inanity, absurdity._

=Beat.= Strike, thrash, flog, cudgel, pound, scourge, whip, batter, smite, pommel, overcome, chastise, conquer, defeat, castigate, bruise, bastinado, belabor, switch, spank, worst, vanquish.

ANT. _Soothe, stroke, caress, pat, shield, protect, mollify, heal._

=Beatific.= Ravishing, enrapturing, enchanting, transporting, ecstatic.

ANT. _Tormenting, disgusting, obnoxious._

=Beatitude.= Bliss, felicity, blessedness.

ANT. _Suffering, tribulation, pain, dolor._

=Beautiful.= Handsome, lovely, charming, fair, pretty, graceful, exquisite, beauteous, bewitching, attractive, picturesque, comely.

ANT. _Hideous, repulsive, ugly, deformed, frightful, ghastly, grim._

=Because.= Since, inasmuch as, for, as.

ANT. _Yet, notwithstanding, however, although, nevertheless._

=Beckon.= Signal, sign, call by gesture, nod.

ANT. _Ignore, repulse._

=Become.= Suit, adorn, fit, set off, be appropriate to; get _or_ grow to, turn to, change into; befall, bechance, happen to.

ANT. _Disagree, clash, mismatch._

=Becoming.= Befitting, beseeming, fit, graceful, proper, neat, suitable, congruous, worthy.

ANT. _Unseemly, indecent, derogatory, unsuitable._

=Befall.= Happen, occur, chance, betide.

ANT. _Impend, threaten, loom._

=Befitting.= Decent, becoming, suitable, proper, appropriate, expedient.

ANT. _Compulsory, obligatory; improper, inexpedient._

=Before.= Preceding, in front of; prior to, previous; in advance of, ahead of; hitherto; above, in a former place _or_ previous passage; formerly, of old, already; under the judgment _or_ control of.

ANT. _Behind, after, subsequently, later._

=Beg.= Beseech, pray, ask, request, supplicate, solicit, sue, implore, importune.

ANT. _Require, demand, extort, exact, insist; refuse._

=Beggar.= Mendicant, supplicant, pauper, suitor, applicant.

ANT. _Bestower, giver, benefactor._

=Beggary.= Want, penury, indigence, destitution.

ANT. _Riches, wealth, affluence, abundance, plenty._

=Beginning.= Origin, commencement, fountain, source, spring, start, opening, initiation, arising, outset, rise, inception, inauguration.

ANT. _End, finish, fulfilment, outcome, conclusion, termination, result, effect, expiration, completion._

=Beguile.= Cheat, deceive, befool; amuse, entertain, cheer, solace.

ANT. _Enlighten, advise; weary, bore._

=Behavior.= Conduct, deportment, manners, breeding, carriage, bearing, action, demeanor, life.

ANT. _Misconduct, misdemeanor._

=Behest.= Command, injunction, charge, precept.

ANT. _Option, liberty._

=Behind.= Back, astern, rearward.

ANT. Before, in front of.

=Behold.= See, look, discern, gaze, scan, observe, contemplate.

ANT. _Ignore, miss, wink, overlook, disregard, connive._

=Behoof.= Advantage, profit.

ANT. _Loss, detriment, disadvantage._

=Being.= Reality, existence, actuality; essence, inmost nature, substance, life, vital principle, root, heart.

ANT. _Nonentity, nullity, non-existence._

=Beleaguer.= Besiege, beset, blockade, invest; compass, block up, surround, obstruct, environ.

ANT. _Abandon; conquer, subdue._

=Belief.= Trust, confidence, conviction, credence, persuasion, reliance, assurance; dogma, creed, tenets, opinion, view; credit, acceptance, assent, currency.

ANT. _Distrust, denial, discredit, dissent, rejection, disavowal._

=Belligerent.= Warlike, contending, conflicting, hostile, rival, opposed, adverse, antagonistic, pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome.

ANT. _Peaceful, friendly, forbearing, pacific, neutral._

=Belonging=, _n._ Quality, gift, endowment, attribute; property, goods, estate, chattel, possession; appendage, appurtenance, accessory.

=Belonging=, _a._ Related, connected, appertaining, congenial, cognate, accompanying.

ANT. _Alien, optional, independent, irrelevant._

=Below.= Under, beneath, underneath, hereinafter.

ANT. _Above, beforementioned, previously._

=Bend.= Curve, twist, crook, bow, deflect, deviate, diverge, twine; influence, persuade, incline, submit.

ANT. _Straighten, stiffen, direct; resist, break, crush._

=Beneath.= Below, under, underneath; unworthy of, unbefitting.

ANT. _Above, superior to; over, aloft._

=Benediction.= Benison, blessing, beatitude; gratitude, thanks, praise; benefit, grace, boon.

ANT. _Curse, censure, execration, ingratitude._

=Benefactor.= Patron, supporter, upholder, friend, contributor.

ANT. _Destroyer, enemy, oppressor, brute._

=Beneficence.= Charity, bounty, liberality, benevolence.

ANT. _Malevolence, hatred, stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness._

=Benefit.= Boon, service, advantage, profit, favor, blessing.

ANT. _Evil, loss, damage, calamity, injury, privation._

=Benevolence.= Kindness, humaneness, charitableness, good will, altruism, beneficence, liberality, philanthropy, benignity, bounty, humanity, sympathy, munificence, generosity, unselfishness, kind-heartedness.

ANT. _Malevolence, malignity, selfishness, stinginess, unkindness, brutality, churlishness, barbarity, illiberality, self-seeking, niggardliness, harshness_.

=Benign.= Kind, gracious, amiable, gentle, friendly, benevolent, humane, obliging, good.

ANT. _Hateful, harsh, brutal, churlish._

=Bequeath.= Will, leave, devise; hand down, transmit, impart.

ANT. _Withhold, alienate, disinherit._

=Bereavement.= Deprivation, loss, destitution, affliction, forlorn condition, desolation.

ANT. _Blessing, compensation, reparation, consolation, restitution, restoration, substitution._

=Bereft.= Stripped, despoiled, deprived.

ANT. _Endowed, blessed, enriched, compensated._

=Beseech.= Beg, implore, pray, ask, solicit, entreat, petition, importune.

ANT. _Grant, requite, confer; disdain, defy._

=Beset.= Surround, circle, hem in, besiege, beleaguer; embarrass.

ANT. _Defend, defy, repel._

=Beside.= Near, close together; aside from; out of.

ANT. _Far, distant._

=Besides= or =Beside=. Except, save, distinct from; moreover, furthermore, else, beyond that.

ANT. _Apart, separate from; exclusively; finally._

=Bestow.= Give, present, award, grant, confer; place, stow, store.

ANT. _Receive; seize, appropriate, usurp; disperse, throw away._

=Bet.= Stake, wager, pledge.

ANT. _Plan, calculate, dispose._

=Betide.= Happen, bechance, befall, come to pass, occur, take place.

ANT. _Result, be destined_ or _doomed_.

=Betimes.= Seasonably, in good time or season.

ANT. _Inopportune, late, tardy, unseasonable._

=Betoken.= Signify, denote, indicate, represent, imply, prove, show, augur; presage, prefigure, foretell, portend.

ANT. _Mask, hide, mislead, belie, misrepresent._

=Betray.= Reveal, expose, divulge, deliver up, deceive; manifest, show, indicate; lure, ensnare, entrap, beguile; seduce, ruin, corrupt.

ANT. _Protect, preserve, foster, cherish, conceal, suppress, guard._

=Betrothal.= Engagement, plighting, affiancing.

=Better.= Amend, ameliorate, improve, correct, advance, reform.

ANT. _Make worse, degrade, wreck, weaken, cripple, impair, injure._

=Between.= Amid, among, betwixt.

ANT. _Outside, beyond, without._

=Bewail.= Bemoan, lament, sorrow, grieve.

ANT. _Rejoice, joy, exult._

=Beware.= Take care, be cautious, be wary, look out, mind.

ANT. _Be reckless, careless; neglect, ignore._

=Bewilderment.= Confusion, embarrassment, daze, maze, perplexity, mystification.

ANT. _Enlightenment, self-possession, calmness, discernment, perspicacity._

=Bewitch.= Charm, enchant, fascinate, captivate.

ANT. _Repulse, avoid, recoil, annoy, harass._

=Beyond.= Over, across, remote, farther than, before; yonder, above, exceeding.

ANT. _Beside, near, at hand, close; behind, back; below, less than._

=Bias.= Bent, inclination, tendency, leaning, proneness, proclivity, propensity, partiality, predilection.

ANT. _Repulsion, reaction, repugnance._

=Bicker.= Wrangle, quarrel, dispute, squabble.

ANT. _Agree, sympathize, understand, harmonize._

=Bidding.= Command, order, direction, appointment, mandate; offer, bid, proposal.

ANT. _Request, solicitation; refusal, rebuff._

=Bide.= Dwell, stay, reside, wait, tarry, remain; endure, bear.

ANT. _Depart, go, move, migrate; resist, rebel, protest._

=Big.= Large, great, wide, bulky, huge, gross, fat; proud, arrogant, haughty, pompous.

ANT. _Small, little, least, thin, narrow; humble, subservient, unassuming._

=Bigot.= Zealot, fanatic, dogmatist, devotee.

ANT. _Skeptic, liberal, apostate, proselyte, doubter, agnostic._

=Bigoted.= Intolerant, opinionated, prejudiced, dogmatical, narrow-minded, one-sided.

ANT. _Liberal, broad-minded, open to conviction._

=Bill.= Account, charge, score, amount due, reckoning; draft of law; poster, placard, advertisement.

=Bind.= Fetter, tie, fasten, shackle, restrict, restrain, secure; compel, oblige, engage.

ANT. _Free, loose, set free, untie._

=Birth.= Family, parentage, origin, source, lineage, nativity, descent, extraction, race; rise.

ANT. _Death, extinction._

=Bit.= Part, piece, fragment, morsel.

ANT. _Whole, mass, aggregation._

=Biting.= Gnawing, sharp, severe, sardonic, censorious, piercing, sarcastic, trenchant.

ANT. _Pleasant, gentle, soothing, genial, flattering._

=Bitter.= Harsh, caustic, cutting, savage, acidulous, acrimonious, irate, sharp, sour, stinging, pungent, virulent.

ANT. _Sweet, honeyed, nectared, luscious, dulcet, saccharine._

=Blacken.= Slander, malign, defame, daub, bespatter, befoul, asperse, traduce, vilify, decry, calumniate.

ANT. _Clear, eulogize, vindicate, whiten, whitewash._

=Blackguard.= Rascal, scoundrel, villain.

ANT. _Gentleman._

=Blame.= Censure, rebuke, chide, reprove, reproach, condemn, vituperate, reprobate, reprehend, dispraise.

ANT. _Approve, praise, exonerate, acquit, exculpate._

=Blameless.= Pure, innocent, irresponsible, without fault.

ANT. _Guilty, implicated, blameworthy, faulty._

=Blanch.= Bleach, whiten, whitewash.

ANT. _Blacken, stain, dye, darken, color._

=Bland.= Soft, gentle, mild, affable, gracious, tender, benign, courteous, complaisant.

ANT. _Harsh, abrupt, rough, biting, savage, severe, impolite._

=Blandishment.= Flattery, coaxing, fascination, wheedling, attraction, charm, fawning, cajolery.

ANT. _Bluntness, unmannerliness, roughness, scolding, severity, sternness._

=Blank.= Bare, drear, bleak, void, empty; utter, pure, simple, mere, unqualified, unmitigated; amazed, astonished, confused, disconcerted.

ANT. _Full, replete; complex; modified, qualified; composed, controlled, self-possessed, cognizant, intelligent._

=Blasphemy.= Profanity, sacrilege, impiety, swearing.

ANT. _Reverence, godliness, veneration._

=Blast.= Shrivel, destroy, blight, kill, ruin, wither, annihilate; explode, rend, burst.

ANT. _Restore, expand, swell._

=Blazon.= Exhibit, show off, blaze, blare, trumpet, proclaim, publish.

ANT. _Conceal, hush, cover, hide, suppress, shroud, bury._

=Bleach.= Blanch, whiten.

ANT. _Blacken, darken, soil, stain._

=Bleak.= Windy, exposed, bare; cold, chill, raw, desolate, comfortless, cheerless.

ANT. _Sheltered, protected, warm, balmy, cheerful, comfortable._

=Blemish.= Blot, spot, flaw, fault, imperfection, stain; defacement, tarnish, disfigurement, disgrace, defect, dishonor, stigma, taint.

ANT. _Purity, unsulliedness, honor, integrity, wholeness._

=Blend.= Mix, unite, fuse, merge, mingle, amalgamate, combine, coalesce, harmonize.

ANT. _Separate, run, dissociate, divide._

=Bless.= Delight, gladden, make happy, thank, glorify, exalt, praise, extol, felicitate, cheer.

ANT. _Curse, anathematize, sadden, grieve._

=Blessing.= Benediction, benison; good, benefit, happiness, profit, boon, gain; glory, praise, gratitude.

ANT. _Malediction, curse; bereavement, impoverishment, calamity, deprivation, disaster, damage, detriment._

=Blight.= Pestilence, withering, blast, destruction.

ANT. _Development, maturity._

=Blind.= Sightless, unseeing, eyeless, undiscerning, ignorant, unconscious, uninformed.

ANT. _Clear-sighted, far-seeing, discerning, penetrating, conscious, keen, aware, sensitive._

=Blink.= Wink, ignore, connive, overlook.

ANT. _Notice, note, mark._

=Bliss.= Blessedness, happiness, joy, ecstasy, rapture, felicity, beatitude.

ANT. _Torment, woe, suffering, misery, accursedness._

=Blithe.= Merry, joyous, cheerful, gay, lively, airy, sportive, blithesome, mirthful, jocund, elated, vivacious, joyful.

ANT. _Dejected, heavy, dull, sullen._

=Block.= Obstruct, arrest, stop, fill.

ANT. _Free, open, clear._

=Blockhead.= Dunce, dolt, stupid fellow, numskull, ninny, simpleton, ignoramus, dullard, booby.

ANT. _Sage, adept, savant, philosopher, schoolman, luminary._

=Blood-thirsty.= Cruel, savage, ferocious, murderous, bloody, bloody-minded, gory, barbarous, inhuman, ruthless, sanguinary.

ANT. _Humane, kind, merciful, mild, tender, compassionate._

=Bloom=, _n._ Blossom, flower, flowering, efflorescence; flush, freshness, prime, vigor, glow; delicacy, innocence.

ANT. _Decay, decadence, blight, blast, roughness, toughness, ghastliness, superannuation, cadaverousness, coarseness._

=Bloom=, _v._ Blossom, bud, flower, germinate, sprout, blow, develop.

ANT. _Blight, be blasted, wither._

=Blooming.= Flourishing, flowering; young, beautiful, fair, fresh.

ANT. _Fading, waning, old, unsightly, deformed, blasted, withered._

=Blot.= Sully, spot, tarnish, spoil, discolor, pollute, stain, erase, blur, blotch, smear, smutch, obliterate.

ANT. _Cleanse, clear, whiten, blanch; perpetuate, preserve._

=Blot out.= Erase, cancel, expunge, obliterate, efface, destroy, wipe out.

ANT. _Restore, replace._

=Blow=, _n._ Knock, thump, stroke, box, buffet, calamity, cuff, cut, concussion, disaster, lash, misfortune, rap, shock, stroke, wound, affliction, blast, gale, gust; disappointment.

ANT. _Relief, comfort, blessing, consolation, assuagement._

=Bluff.= Abrupt, blunt, inconsiderate, open, rough, unmannerly, uncivil, blustering, bold, brusque, coarse, discourteous, frank, impolite, plain-spoken, rude.

ANT. _Bland, courteous, genial, polite, refined, reserved, urbane, polished._

=Blunder.= Error, mistake, misunderstanding, fault, slip, oversight, inaccuracy, delusion.

ANT. _Accuracy, correctness, truthfulness, exactness, ratification, foresight, achievement, success, correction._

=Blunt=, _a._ Obtuse, dull, pointless, edgeless, brusk, abrupt, plain, informal, stupid, stolid.

ANT. _Sharp, keen, acute, sensitive, polished, courteous, refined._

=Blunt=, _v._ Subdue, numb, harden, dull, make dull, deaden, paralyze, stupefy; moderate, allay, mitigate, assuage.

ANT. _Quicken, sharpen, instigate, excite, stimulate, animate, vitalize._

=Blush=, _n._ Bloom, color, reddening, carnation, complexion; shame, confusion, guiltiness.

ANT. _Pallor; innocence, purity, unconsciousness; boldness, effrontery._

=Bluster.= Storm, rage, insult, roar, swagger, vaunt, boast.

ANT. _Cringe, whine, whimper._

=Boast.= Vaunt, brag, swagger, magnify, make much of, swell, bluster, triumph, glory, vapor.

ANT. _Whine, cringe; minimize, apologize._

=Bodily.= Corporeally; completely, wholly, altogether, entirely, collectively, unitedly.

ANT. _Spiritually, ghostly; piecemeal, partially, gradually, fragmentarily._

=Body.= Material _or_ physical substance; carcass, corpse; trunk, stem, bulk, main part; person, individual, mortal, creature, being; company, society, corporation; system; consistency, substance; ashes, form, dust, frame, remains, clay.

ANT. _Intellect, intelligence, soul, spirit, mind; branch, limb; world, universe; mass, conglomeration._

=Boil.= Bubble, rage, effervesce, explode, fume.

ANT. _Calm, subside, cool, recover._

=Boisterous.= Loud, unrestrained, stormy, noisy, furious, violent, clamorous.

ANT. _Quiet, silent, unostentatious, mild, gentle, peaceful, calm, serene, self-possessed._

=Bold.= Courageous, fearless, adventurous, brave, intrepid, dauntless, audacious, daring, valiant.

ANT. _Timorous, fearful, retiring, shy, bashful._

=Bolster.= Support, prop, help, sustain, aid, buoy, patch, defend, maintain.

ANT. _Depress, fail, relax._

=Bombast.= Bluster, pomposity, fustian, braggadocio, rhodomontade.

ANT. _Modesty, humility, veracity, moderation, temperance._

=Bond.= Tie, fastening, manacle, fetter; compact, obligation, security.

ANT. _Option, freedom, parole, honor, discretion._

=Bondage.= Servitude, slavery, imprisonment, captivity, incarceration, subjection, serfdom, confinement, thraldom.

ANT. _Liberty, freedom, manumission, independence._

=Bondsman.= Slave, serf, captive, vassal, prisoner.

ANT. _Freeman, gentleman, master, lord._

=Bonny.= Fair, pretty, pleasant, handsome, shapely, buxom.

ANT. _Homely, ugly, unseemly, deformed, ill-favored._

=Bonus.= Premium, douceur, boon, benefit.

ANT. _Fine, penalty, discount, mulct._

=Booby.= Dunce, idiot, numskull.

ANT. _Wiseacre, solon, oracle._

=Bookish.= Pedantic, studious, learned, erudite, educated.

ANT. _Illiterate, ignorant._

=Boor.= Rustic, clown, lout, peasant, countryman, plowman, swain, bumpkin.

ANT. _Gentleman, courtier._

=Boorish.= Rude, rustic, clownish, loutish, ungainly, awkward, coarse, rough, gawky.

ANT. _Polite, civil, polished, urbane, courtly, affable, gracious._

=Bootless.= Useless, unavailing, unprofitable, profitless, vain.

ANT. _Effectual, profitable, useful, effective._

=Booty.= Plunder, prey, spoil, pillage, loot.

ANT. _Restitution, fine, forfeiture, confiscation, penalty._

=Border.= Edge, limit, boundary, brink, rim, verge, enclosure, confine, band.

ANT. _Land, tract, interior, center, space, substance._

=Bore.= Pierce, perforate, penetrate, drill; weary, plague, trouble, vex, worry, annoy.

ANT. _Delight, gratify, please._

=Bosom.= Breast, heart, affection; hollow, depths, midst, inmost recesses; retreat, retirement, quiet, privacy.

ANT. _Surface, exterior, expanse; manner, deportment, demeanor._

=Both.= Twain, two.

ANT. _Either, each, every, neither, none, not any, no one._

=Bother.= Worry, pester, perplex, harass, plague, tease, vex, molest, annoy, excite.

ANT. _Aid, assist, calm, quiet, compose._

=Bottom.= Deep, profound, base, foot; foundation, basis, groundwork; valley, meadow; ship, vessel; seat; grounds, lees, sediments; stamina, power of endurance.

ANT. _Top, height, acme, apex, summit, crown, brow; surface._

=Bound=, _v._ Skip, leap, frisk, jump, spring; confine, limit, circumscribe, terminate, restrict, restrain.

ANT. _Hobble, limp, crawl, creep, shamble; enlarge, open, extend, spread out._

=Boundary.= Margin, limit, confines, border, bound, frontier, line, marge, verge, termination, term, barrier, bourn, edge, enclosure, landmark; circumference.

ANT. _Land, region, estate, interior, territory; center, citadel; inside._

=Boundless.= Unlimited, illimitable, unbounded, measureless, infinite.

ANT. _Narrow, restricted, confined, circumscribed._

=Bountiful.= Liberal, generous, benevolent, unselfish, munificent.

ANT. _Miserly, selfish, stingy, niggardly._

=Bounty.= Liberality, gift, generosity, charity, benefaction, benignity, benevolence, munificence, donation; premium, reward, bonus.

ANT. _Closeness, stinginess, niggardliness, miserliness._

=Bower.= Recess, arbor, retreat, alcove, summerhouse.

ANT. _Open place._

=Brag.= Boast, vaunt, bully, swagger.

ANT. _Cringe, whine, whimper._

=Braid.= Bind, weave, plait, tie.

ANT. _Unbind, dishevel._

=Branch.= Member, bough, limb, shoot, arm, twig, scion, offshoot, ramification; section, department, division; article, part, portion; tributary; derivative line, cognate stock.

ANT. _Trunk, stock, stem; race, family, house._

=Brand=, _v._ Denounce, mark, stigmatize, disgrace.

ANT. _Honor, decorate, distinguish._

=Brandish.= Flourish, wield, whisk, shake, wave.

ANT. _Suspend, stay, arrest._

=Bravado.= Boasting, bragging, bluster.

ANT. _Diffidence, reserve, concealment, modesty._

=Brave.= Fearless, heroic, undaunted, undismayed, adventurous, bold, courageous, daring, dauntless, gallant, intrepid, valiant, venturesome, doughty, chivalrous, chivalric, splendid, courteous.

ANT. _Afraid, cringing, fearful, shrinking, timid, timorous, frightened, cowardly, faint-hearted, pusillanimous, churlish, discourteous, fearsome._

=Brawny.= Muscular, strong, powerful, athletic, sinewy, herculean, robust, stout.

ANT. _Weak, fragile, delicate, feeble, effeminate, lean._

=Breach.= Break, rupture, opening, fracture, flaw, fissure, rent; violation, infringement, non-observance; quarrel, difference, variance, dissension, schism, alienation.

ANT. _Integrity, wholeness, flawlessness, completeness; reconciliation, healing; conservation, observance; inviolateness; union, fidelity, amalgamation._

=Break.= Fracture, rend, part, sever, shatter, smash, shiver; weaken, impair, enfeeble, enervate; tame; make bankrupt; dismiss, discard, degrade, cashier; mitigate, assuage; interrupt, stop, cut short; open, unfold; destroy, sunder, burst, rive, crack, crush, demolish, rupture, split, transgress.

ANT. _Fasten, join, mend, secure, unite, weld, attach, bind, solder, heal, piece, conjoin, rejoin; protect, conserve; encourage, strengthen, preserve; observe, obey._

=Breast.= Bosom, heart, affection, conscience.

=Breathless.= Out of breath; lifeless, dead; exhausted, eager, absorbed, attentive, fascinated; astonished, astounded, bewildered.

ANT. _Calm, collected, cool, composed; indifferent, uninterested._

=Breed=, _n._ Lineage, race, pedigree, progeny, stock, line, family, extraction, strain.

ANT. _Ancestor, source, original, origin._

=Breed=, _v._ Bring forth, bear, beget, produce; nurture, foster, nourish; discipline, educate, instruct, train, teach, school; occasion, originate, generate, procreate, propagate, cause, evolve.

ANT. _Destroy, extirpate, stifle, extinguish._

=Breeding.= Discipline, instruction, education, nurture, training, schooling; manners, deportment.

ANT. _Ill manners, misbehavior; ignorance, illiteracy._

=Brevity.= Shortness, terseness, conciseness, compression, pithiness, succinctness, pointedness; abbreviation, abridgment.

ANT. _Prolixity, diffuseness, verbosity, length, protraction, elongation, extension, tediousness._

=Brew.= Concoct, compound, mix, hatch, foment, excite; prepare, collect, gather, grow; threaten, impend; form.

ANT. _Disperse, break, spoil, mar, miscompound._

=Bridle=, _v._ Restrain, curb, control, govern, check; bristle, ruffle; master, moderate, compress, repress.

ANT. _Relax, loosen, give vent, liberate, discharge; soothe, calm._

=Brief.= Short, concise, succinct.

ANT. _Long, tedious, diffuse._

=Bright.= Shining, resplendent, luminous, glowing, lustrous, beaming, gleaming, glistening, blazing, flaming, flashing, radiant, ruddy, refulgent, brilliant, dazzling, sparkling, scintillating, burnished; lucid, clear, transparent, pellucid, lambent, cloudless, limpid; glorious, famous, illustrious; intelligent, acute, discerning, keen, ingenious; auspicious, promising, propitious, favorable, inspiring; cheerful, merry, lively, happy, animated.

ANT. _Opaque, dull, dark, gloomy, black, ebon, shadowy, rayless, sunless, murky, cloudy, overcast, pitchy, lurid; obscure, mysterious, enigmatical, mystic, unintelligible, occult, recondite, abstruse, cabalistic, transcendental; disheartening, discouraging, dismal, cheerless; ignorant, unlettered, untaught, imbecile, rude, benighted; foul, infamous, horrible, damnable, vile, infernal, wicked, sullen, atrocious, dejected._

=Brilliant.= Bright, radiant, flashing, lustrous, glorious, luminous, effulgent, beaming, sparkling; illustrious, distinguished, celebrated, famous, renowned, eminent.

ANT. _Dark, dull, stupid, gloomy; notorious, infamous; obscure, insignificant._

=Bring.= Bear, fetch, convey; conduct, guide, lead, attend, accompany, convoy; obtain, gain, procure, produce; induce, prevail upon.

ANT. _Remove, export, send, exclude, debar, transport, abstract, subtract._

=Brisk.= Lively, quick, vivacious, active, alert, animated, prompt, sprightly, nimble, spry, agile.

ANT. _Slow, heavy, dull, sluggish, indolent, inactive, unenergetic, stagnant._

=Bristling.= Full, crowded, swarming, stocked, multifarious, multitudinous; bristly, standing on end like bristles; ruffled, roughened, corrugated, bespined; bridled, angered, offended.

ANT. _Smooth, soothed, allayed; prone; bare, nude, scant, devoid, vacant._

=Brittle.= Fragile, crumbling, shivery, frail, easily broken.

ANT. _Tough, stout, strong, hardy._

=Broach.= Open, pierce, tap; suggest, hint, approach, break; utter, publish, proclaim, give out; originate, propound.

ANT. _Repress, cork, bottle, secrete, conceal, hide._

=Broad.= Wide; large, ample, extensive, vast, spacious, capacious; liberal, tolerant, free, hospitable; spread, diffused, open; gross, vulgar, indecent, coarse.

ANT. _Narrow; contracted, restricted, confined, limited; prejudiced, illiberal, bigoted, reserved; veiled, enigmatical, shrouded, shaded; refined, delicate, sketchy; specific, pointed._

=Broil.= Affray, quarrel, contention.

=Brook.= Tolerate, bear, suffer, endure, abide, submit to, undergo, permit.

ANT. _Resist, resent, reject._

=Brotherhood.= Fraternity, fellowship, association, sodality, society.

=Browbeat.= Bully, intimidate, bulldoze, overawe.

ANT. _Rally, support._

=Bruise.= Pommel, crush, squeeze, break, pound, batter, deface.

ANT. _Heal, soothe._

=Brunt.= Shock, attack, impulse, onslaught, onset, assault.

ANT. _Repulse, resistance, endurance._

=Brutal.= Brutish, animal, beastly, bestial; savage, ferocious, cruel, harsh, uncivil, rude, rough, gruff, impolite, brusque; sensual, carnal.

ANT. _Humane, self-controlled, civilized, enlightened, elevated, noble, refined, intelligent, grand._

=Bubble.= Toy, trifle, fancy, conceit, dream, vision, froth, trash.

ANT. _Prize, treasure, reality, substance, jewel, good, advantage._

=Buffoon.= Wag, clown, jester, mountebank, harlequin, droll, punch, fool.

ANT. _Wit, genius, pedant, philosopher._

=Build.= Make, form, shape, figure, model; construct, erect, raise.

ANT. _Demolish, overthrow, destroy._

=Building.= Architecture, edifice, structure, fabric, pile, erection.

ANT. _Ruin, demolition, dilapidation, dismantlement._

=Bulk.= Magnitude, size, volume, mass; greatness, amplitude, massiveness; majority, major part, most, principal part; dimension.

ANT. _Portion, section, atom, particle; diminution, tenuity, contraction, dismemberment, disintegration._

=Bulwark.= Rampart, fortress, fortification, stronghold, intrenchment, bastion, parapet, citadel.

ANT. _Siege, bombardment, cannonade, boarding, storming._

=Bungler.= Botcher, clown, fumbler, clumsy workman, novice.

ANT. _Adept, adroit, master, artist, proficient workman, professor._

=Buoy=, _v._ Float, support, sustain; elevate, inspire, assure, animate, cheer.

ANT. _Sink, drown, depress, swamp; crush, betray, fail, deject, overcome._

=Buoyant.= Light; cheerful, hopeful, sprightly, vivacious, joyous, blithesome, jocund, sportive, jubilant, elastic, floating.

ANT. _Heavy, dejected, depressed, moody, joyless, cheerless, desponding._

=Burden.= Load, weight; cargo, freight; capacity, tonnage: impediment, incubus, grievance, trial, trouble, affliction, sorrow; chorus, refrain; topic, drift, tenor, point, substance.

ANT. _Ease, lightness; facility, airiness, light-heartedness; consolation, assuagement, alleviation, liberation, mitigation._

=Burial.= Interment, sepulture, entombment, burying.

ANT. _Exhumation, disinterment._

=Burlesque.= Parody, travesty, caricature, ridicule, farce.

ANT. _Classic, history, fact._

=Burn.= Char, consume, cremate, scorch, set on fire, singe, ignite, incinerate, kindle, blaze, cauterize, glow, smolder.

ANT. _Smother, stifle, subdue, extinguish, cool, put out; subside, glimmer, lower, pale._

=Burnish.= Brighten, polish, make to glisten, glaze, gloss.

ANT. _Dull, bedim, cloud, scratch, abrade._

=Burst.= Break, open, explode, blow up, rend, split, crack, discharge, shatter, disrupt.

ANT. _Cohere, hold, stand, stick together, adhere._

=Bury.= Inter, cover up, entomb, inearth, inhume, inurn; shroud, conceal, secrete, hide; immure, confine; cancel, compose, hush, cover with oblivion.

ANT. _Resurrect, exhume, disinter, excavate, expose, resuscitate; publish, announce, advertise._

=Business.= Employment, craft, trade, commerce, handicraft, traffic, transaction, work, vocation, job, affairs, avocation, profession, occupation, calling, concern, duty, office, interest.

ANT. _Stagnation, leisure, inactivity._

=Bustle.= Activity, stir, commotion, excitement, haste, hurry, energy, eagerness, flurry.

ANT. _Idleness, inactivity, vacation, stagnation, quiet, indolence, indifference, unconcern._

=Busy.= Engaged, employed, occupied; diligent, industrious, active, working, sedulous; brisk, stirring, bustling, agile, spry, nimble; meddling, officious.

ANT. _Idle, lazy, indolent, slothful._

=But.= Save, except, furthermore, barely, besides, however, just, only, notwithstanding, though, unless, yet, still, merely, nevertheless, provided, moreover.

=Buxom.= Bonny, blithe, shapely.

ANT. _Lean, slender, ill-shaped._

=Buy.= Purchase, bargain, acquire; bribe, corrupt, pervert, suborn, subsidize.

ANT. _Sell, hawk, retail, vend._

=By.= Through, with; at, on; from, according to; near, close by; past; along, over; before, in the sight of, in the name of; per, at.