Chapter D (1)

=Dainty.= Exquisite, choice, rare, refined; savory, palatable, delicious, toothsome, tasty, epicurean; fastidious, luxurious.

ANT. _Common, dirty, vulgar, coarse, defiled, nasty, foul, filthy._

=Damage.= Hurt, injury, detriment, loss, mischief, impairment.

ANT. _Benefit, compensation, advantage, blessing, reparation._

=Danger.= Peril, risk, hazard, venture, insecurity, liability, jeopardy.

ANT. _Safety, security, precaution, defense._

=Daring.= Adventurous, fearless, risky, brave, courageous, dauntless, intrepid, valorous.

ANT. _Cautious, timid, wary, fearful._

=Dark.= Black, swarthy, opaque, obscure, shadowy, lurid, sunless, murky, cloudy, overcast, ebon, pitchy, secret; mysterious, enigmatical, unintelligible, occult, abstruse; gloomy, disheartening, cheerless, dismal; ignorant, rude, untaught, benighted; wicked, foul, horrible, damnable, vile, atrocious, infernal; joyless, mournful, sad, sorrowful.

ANT. _White, fair, light, radiant, bright, clear, buoyant, plain, brilliant, glaring, crystalline, transparent, dazzling, luminous, illumed; happy, joyful, festive._

=Darling.= Sweetheart, love, pet, favorite, idol, dear.

=Dash.= Strike, hurl, cast, throw, drive, send, speed, dart; alloy, adulterate; suffuse, overspread, color; disappoint, ruin, frustrate; surprise, abash.

ANT. _Raise, erect, reinstate; creep, crawl; fulfil, realize, effect._

=Dastard.= Coward, craven, recreant.

ANT. _Hero, champion; daredevil._

=Data.= Facts, basis, grounds, postulates, premises, given conditions.

ANT. _Conjectures, assumptions, inferences, deductions._

=Date.= Time, era, epoch, period, age.

ANT. _Non-duration; eternity._

=Daub.= Smear, plaster, sully, begrime, soil, deface, defile.

ANT. _Embellish, decorate; cleanse, whiten._

=Daunt.= Terrify, alarm, intimidate, appal, frighten off, tame.

ANT. _Rally, inspirit, encourage._

=Dauntless.= Valiant, fearless, intrepid, bold, indomitable, unconquerable, valorous, chivalrous, heroic, brave, daring.

ANT. _Cowardly, timid, cautious, fearful, afraid, faint-hearted, shrinking._

=Dawn.= Appear, begin, open; break, grow light, rise.

ANT. _Wane, set, sink, close._

=Dazzle.= Daze, blind; astonish, surprise, overpower, bewilder, confuse.

ANT. _Enlighten, illumine, illuminate; make clear, instruct._

=Dead.= Lifeless, breathless, inanimate, deceased, defunct, departed; dull, cold, frigid, inert, indifferent; tasteless, insipid, flat; insensible, heavy, unconscious, spiritless, still, torpid.

ANT. _Quick, live, living, animate, alive, stirring, vivacious._

=Deadly.= Mortal, fatal, destructive, noxious, murderous, malignant, pernicious, baneful, venomous.

ANT. _Vital, wholesome, life-giving._

=Deaf.= Hard of hearing; dull, insensible, heedless; inexorable, averse, disinclined; inaudible.

ANT. _Acute, listening, attentive, willing, susceptible._

=Deal.= Bargain, chaffer, trade, traffic, do business; distribute, allot, divide, share, mete out.

ANT. _Close, stop, fail; collect, gather, glean, muster._

=Dear.= Costly, high-priced, expensive, precious; beloved, valued.

ANT. _Cheap, common, inexpensive; hated, abhorred._

=Dearth.= Lack, want, scarcity, poverty.

ANT. _Plenty, abundance, luxury._

=Death.= Decease, dying, dissolution, departure, exit, expiration.

ANT. _Life, birth, rise, vitality, growth, activity._

=Debar.= Exclude, bar out, stop, prevent, prohibit, restrain, hinder.

ANT. _Admit, enclose, embrace; allow, indulge, permit, entitle._

=Debase.= Degrade, deprave, corrupt, alloy, deteriorate, lower, impair.

ANT. _Raise, enhance, exalt, honor, purify, improve, ameliorate._

=Debate=, _n._ Discussion, dispute, controversy, contention, altercation, contest.

ANT. Compliance, surrender, withdrawal of opposition.

=Debatable.= Dubious, doubtful, uncertain, disputable, problematical.

ANT. _Sure, certain, incontestable, self-evident._

=Debauch.= Seduce, corrupt, vitiate, defile.

ANT. _Purify, elevate._

=Debility.= Infirmity, weakness, languor, exhaustion, feebleness.

ANT. _Vigor, strength, nerve, energy, tone, vitality._

=Debt.= Liability, obligation, default, claim, score.

ANT. _Liquidation, assets, accommodation, credit._

=Debtor.= Borrower, mortgagor.

ANT. _Creditor, lender, mortgagee._

=Decay=, _v._ Corrupt, putrefy, decompose, rot, spoil, molder, wither, perish.

ANT. _Flourish, luxuriate, expand, vegetate, grow, increase._

=Deceit.= Fraud, deception, cheating, artifice, imposition, guile.

ANT. _Honesty, openness, fair dealing, frankness, truth, verity._

=Deceive.= Cheat, dupe, delude, beguile, fool, trick, impose upon, disappoint, mislead, circumvent, entrap.

ANT. _Enlighten, guide, disabuse, deliver._

=Deception.= Craft, cunning, lying, fraud, hypocrisy, trickery, delusion, duplicity, deceitfulness, falsehood, prevarication.

ANT. _Candor, honesty, sincerity, truth, veracity, guilelessness, frankness, simplicity._

=Decide.= Determine, settle, conclude, close, terminate, end, resolve.

ANT. _Waver, hesitate, vacillate, fluctuate, be irresolute._

=Decipher.= Reveal, explain, unravel, unfold.

ANT. _Puzzle, mystify._

=Decision.= Determination, sentence, conclusion, judgment; firmness, resolution.

ANT. _Vacillation, vagueness, uncertainty._

=Decisive.= Conclusive, positive, final, definitive, indisputable.

ANT. _Vague, hypothetical, indeterminate, dubious, problematical._

=Deck.= Adorn, dress, ornament.

ANT. _Strip, despoil; deform, deface._

=Declaim.= Recite, speak, debate, harangue.

ANT. _Study, compose, elaborate._

=Declamation.= Harangue, effusion, debate, oratory, elocution.

ANT. _Hesitation, stammering._

=Declaration.= Assertion, affirmation, avowal; publication, proclamation, official announcement.

ANT. _Denial; concealment; recantation, disavowal, retraction._

=Declare.= Announce, publish, advertise, reveal, proclaim.

ANT. _Suppress, withhold, conceal._

=Decline.= Fall, decay, decadence, degeneration; refusal, rejection, repudiation.

ANT. _Rise, advancement, improvement; acceptance._

=Declivity.= Fall, slope, descent.

ANT. _Ascent, rise._

=Decoction.= Concoction, mixture, mess.

ANT. _Rawness. crudity._

=Decompose.= Analyze, dissolve, resolve; decay, putrefy, become corrupt.

ANT. _Compound, mix, organize, compose._

=Decorate.= Adorn, embellish, improve.

ANT. _Spoil, mar, denude, deface._

=Decorum.= Dignity, order, propriety, seemliness.

ANT. _Disorder, disturbance, unseemliness._

=Decrease.= Lessen, diminish, subside, want, dwindle, curtail, retrench, reduce, lower.

ANT. _Increase, grow, augment, expand._

=Decree.= Decision, determination, law, edict, mandate, manifesto.

ANT. _Suggestion, request, hint._

=Decrepit.= Weak, infirm, tottering, aged.

ANT. _Strong, youthful._

=Decry.= Disparage, detract, depreciate, denounce, abase, traduce.

ANT. _Extol, praise, eulogize, laud._

=Dedicate.= Devote, hallow, sanctify, consecrate; address, inscribe; assign, apply, set apart.

ANT. _Desecrate, misuse, alienate._

=Deduce.= Infer, draw, derive, conclude.

ANT. _Induce, state, conjecture, guess, anticipate, foresee._

=Deed.= Performance, act, action, exploit; reality, fact, truth; document, instrument.

ANT. _Omission, failure, invalidation, reversal, recall; undoing._

=Deep.= Profound; difficult, mysterious, hard, intricate; penetrating, sagacious, astute, intelligent, discerning, shrewd; heartfelt, intense, thorough.

ANT. _Shallow; superficial, artless, undesigning; indifferent._

=Default.= Neglect, failure, omission; want, destitution, lack; lapse, forfeit, delinquency, absence.

ANT. _Satisfaction; appearance, plea; maintenance, supply; presence._

=Defeat.= Overthrow, frustration, discomfiture.

ANT. _Success, triumph, victory._

=Defect.= Fault, flaw, imperfection; omission, want, shortcoming.

ANT. _Emendation, perfection; supply, sufficiency._

=Defense.= Apology, justification, vindication; shelter, shield, protection, guard, resistance, rampart, fortress, safeguard, bulwark.

ANT. _Surrender, betrayal, exposure, hazard; challenge._

=Defer.= Delay, postpone, procrastinate, adjourn, put off; yield to, respect.

ANT. _Hasten, hurry, expedite, quicken, overdrive; slight, disregard._

=Deference.= Respect, consideration, esteem, veneration, homage.

ANT. _Disrespect, contumely, impudence, defiance, disobedience._

=Defile.= Contaminate, spoil, pollute, vitiate, infect, taint, befoul.

ANT. _Purify, cleanse, disinfect, wash, hallow, sanctify._

=Definition.= Description, exposition, comment, explanation, interpretation, rendering, translation.

ANT. _Misstatement._

=Deformity.= Ugliness, malformation, distortion, disfigurement, abnormity, hideousness.

ANT. _Grace, beauty, regularity, symmetry._

=Defrayment.= Payment, settlement, liquidation, discharge.

ANT. _Failure, insolvency, repudiation, embezzlement, nonpayment._

=Defy.= Challenge, dare, provoke, scorn, brave.

ANT. _Dread, cower, shrink, shun._

=Degeneracy.= Degradation, deterioration, growing worse, decay, decline; inferiority, meanness.

ANT. _Improvement, advancement._

=Degree.= Grade, rank, step, station, stage, quality, standing; measure, interval, space.

ANT. _Mass, magnitude, size, numbers._

=Dejected.= Disheartened, discouraged, depressed, downcast, despondent, gloomy, melancholy, low-spirited.

ANT. _Cheerful, elated, gay, blithe, inspirited, joyous, jovial, merry._

=Delay.= Postponement, procrastination; hindrance, impediment.

ANT. _Hurry, despatch, quickening, urgency; assistance, furtherance._

=Delegate=, _n._ Substitute, proxy, representative, legate, deputy.

=Delegate=, _v._ Depute, commission, appoint, empower, constitute, ordain.

ANT. _Relegate, recall, supersede, remove._

=Deleterious.= Destructive, noxious, deadly, poisonous; hurtful, harmful, injurious, pernicious, unwholesome.

ANT. _Wholesome, healthy, beneficial, sanitary, salubrious, nutritious._

=Deliberate=, _v._ Meditate, ponder, debate, confer, consider, reflect, consult, weigh, cogitate.

ANT. _Shelve, dismiss, discard, put aside; hazard, chance, risk._

=Deliberate=, _a._ Cautious, careful, wary; well-advised, purposed, studied; slow, leisurely; intentional, earnest, unbiased.

ANT. _Facetious, playful; irresolute, hesitant, faltering, vacillating; impulsive, rash, hasty; prejudiced._

=Delicacy.= Dainty, morsel, tidbit, relish; refinement, luxury, nicety, elegance; frailty, weakness; fastidiousness, scrupulousness; purity, sensibility.

ANT. _Necessaries, commons, fare; coarseness, roughness, rudeness; vigor, strength; grossness._

=Delicious.= Dainty, savory, delightful, luscious, exquisite.

ANT. _Nauseous, repulsive, bitter, loathsome, unpalatable, acrid._

=Delight.= Joy, gladness, charm, rapture, transport, satisfaction, pleasure, ecstasy, happiness, enjoyment, bliss.

ANT. _Pain, suffering, sorrow, misery, discomfort, dejection, melancholy, discontent, trouble, distress, depression._

=Delightful.= Agreeable, congenial, grateful, pleasant, refreshing, welcome, satisfying, delicious, acceptable, pleasurable.

ANT. _Miserable, depressing, disappointing, horrible, melancholy, painful, woful, wretched, mournful, saddening._

=Delineate.= Describe, figure, represent, sketch, draw, portray, depict, paint.

ANT. _Caricature, misrepresent, exaggerate._

=Delinquent.= Offender, culprit, criminal, miscreant, malefactor.

ANT. _Worthy, model, paragon, pattern, beau ideal._

=Deliver.= Free, liberate, release; save, rescue; give, hand over, transfer; yield, grant, resign, surrender; pronounce, declare, speak; discharge, deal.

ANT. _Confine, capture; suppress, retain; withdraw, betray; appropriate._

=Deluge.= Inundation, flood, overflow, rush, cataclysm.

ANT. _Drought, dearth, aridity; mist, moisture; subsidence, ebb, abatement._

=Delusion.= Error, fallacy, illusion, hallucination, trick, snare, fraud, deception, imposture.

ANT. _Fact, certainty, verity, actuality, truth, reality._

=Demand.= Require, ask, call for, insist, exact, challenge.

ANT. _Request, petition, supplicate; disclaim, forego, waive._

=Demarcation.= Outline, sketch, limit, boundary, division, enclosure, separation, distinction.

ANT. _Openness, space, expanse, extent._

=Demean.= Behave, comport, act, conduct one’s self.

ANT. _Misbehave._

=Demerit.= Fault, delinquency, misdeed, failure.

ANT. _Credit, merit, worth, excellence, desert._

=Democratic.= Popular, representative, republican, radical.

ANT. _Imperial, aristocratic, regal, oligarchical, autocratic, despotic, tyrannical, constitutional, conservative._

=Demolish.= Overthrow, destroy, overturn, raze, ruin.

ANT. _Restore, repair; build, construct, make._

=Demonstration.= Exhibition, exemplification; manifestation, illustration; evidence, proof, certainty, conclusion, consequence, induction, inference, deduction.

ANT. _Concealment, secrecy; theory, supposition._

=Demoralize.= Corrupt, deprave, vitiate, undermine, subvert.

ANT. _Stimulate, impel, promote, incite, reassure, animate, uplift._

=Demure.= Sedate, staid, modest, prudish, discreet.

ANT. _Lively, vivacious, facetious, wanton, wild._

=Denial.= Refusal; contradiction, negation, disavowal.

ANT. _Affirmation, avowal, admission, concession._

=Denizen.= Citizen, subject, inhabitant, dweller, sojourner.

ANT. _Foreigner, alien, traveler, stranger, transient._

=Denomination.= Name, designation, description, appellation, class, sect, school.

ANT. _Misnomer._

=Denounce.= Brand, defame, stigmatize, decry; accuse; menace, threaten; proscribe, vituperate.

ANT. _Eulogize, applaud, uphold, vindicate._

=Dense.= Thick, slow, compact, solid, close, thickset.

ANT. _Sparse, thin, scattered; quick, intelligent, clever, alert, ready._

=Denunciation.= Censure, arraignment; threat, menace; exposure.

ANT. _Vindication, defense, apology, plea, excuse._

=Deny.= Refuse, withhold; contradict, gainsay; renounce, abjure, disown.

ANT. _Affirm, grant, accept, concede; indulge, yield, admit._

=Depart.= Leave, go, start, sally, retire, disappear, vanish, bid farewell; die, decease.

ANT. _Arrive, alight; stay, remain, cling._

=Department.= Division, section, portion; function, office, duty, station; province, branch, line.

ANT. _Organization, whole, body._

=Dependent.= Hanging, resting, contingent, conditioned, relying, subject, relative.

ANT. _Independent, free, absolute, irrespective._

=Depict.= Portray, draw, paint, delineate.

ANT. _Caricature, parody._

=Deplorable.= Lamentable, pitiable, sad, mournful, disastrous, calamitous, grievous, distressing, melancholy.

ANT. _Acceptable, felicitous, happy, welcome, glad, joyous, beneficent, pleasing._

=Deportment.= Conduct, carriage, behavior, demeanor, character.

ANT. _Misbehavior, misconduct._

=Depose.= Dethrone, debase, degrade, dismiss, oust, displace.

ANT. _Enthrone, install, initiate, elevate, exalt, invest with power._

=Deprecate.= Regret, disapprove, lament; intercede, expostulate.

ANT. _Rejoice in, approve; invoke, imprecate, curse._

=Depreciate.= Disparage, decry, undervalue, detract, underestimate.

ANT. _Appreciate, value, esteem._

=Depredation.= Robbery, pillage, plunder, spoliation, theft, invasion, trespass, havoc, encroachment.

ANT. _Restitution, compensation, restoration, amends, reparation._

=Depression.= Lowering, degradation, abasement, perversion, depreciation, dejection, discouragement; hollow, valley, decline.

ANT. _Elevation, raising, exaltation, promotion, amelioration, preferment, prominence, eminence._

=Deprive.= Bereave, rob, divest, strip, despoil, dispossess, depose; prevent, hinder.

ANT. _Endow, enrich, invest, compensate, present, indemnify._

=Deputy.= Lieutenant, agent, representative, envoy, legate, substitute, vicegerent, proxy, delegate.

ANT. _Master, principal, governor, chief, sovereign, ruler._

=Derangement.= Disorder, confusion, disarrangement; disturbance, discomposure; madness, lunacy, insanity, mania, delirium, alienation, aberration.

ANT. _Order, arrangement, regulation; calmness; sanity, poise, rationality._

=Derision.= Scorn, contempt, ridicule, mockery, contumely, scoffing.

ANT. _Admiration, respect, reverence, regard, esteem, veneration._

=Derivation.= Source, origin, genesis, fountain, descent, root, etymology.

ANT. _Result, issue, termination, effect, application, use._

=Derogate.= Detract, depreciate, disparage, compromise, lessen.

ANT. _Esteem, value, overestimate, enhance, extol._

=Descendant.= Offspring, posterity, progeny, stock, family, lineage, scion, branch, issue.

ANT. _Ancestry, progenitor, origin, root, source, founder, parent._

=Describe.= Trace, draw, portray, mark out, represent, depict, recount, narrate, illustrate, define, explain, characterize.

ANT. _Caricature, misrepresent, distort; mystify, perplex, confuse._

=Descry.= Perceive, discern, recognize, discover, espy, see, behold, detect, find out.

ANT. _Overlook, miss, neglect._

=Desecrate.= Profane, pollute, pervert, abuse, secularize, prostitute.

ANT. _Hallow, sanctify, respect, esteem, dedicate, devote._

=Desert.= Solitude, wild, wilderness, waste.

ANT. _Oasis, pasture, meadow._

=Deserter.= Renegade, turncoat, recanter, backslider, abjurer, traitor, apostate.

ANT. _Adherent, devotee, supporter, bigot, disciple, ally._

=Deserve.= Merit, earn, win, be entitled to.

ANT. _Forfeit, lose, miss, fail of._

=Desideratum.= Very desirable thing, requisite, want, essential.

ANT. _Superfluity, surplus, perquisite._

=Design=, _n._ Intention, purpose, aim, end, scheme, proposal, project, object, plan, device, purport, meaning, drift, scope, mark; delineation, sketch, artifice, drawing, draft; invention, contrivance; cunning, guile.

ANT. _Execution, performance, structure, construction, issue, result; candor, openness, sincerity; chance, accident._

=Design=, _v._ Intend, plan, prepare, project, contrive, scheme, purpose, mean, propose; draw, delineate, sketch; contemplate, outline, plot.

ANT. _Risk, guess, conjecture, chance; misconceive, misinterpret, misrepresent._

=Designate.= Specify, particularize; describe, define, denominate, name, call, style, christen, dub; appoint, allot.

ANT. _Misname, miscall; generalize; misrepresent._

=Desirable.= Eligible, expedient, advantageous, beneficial, advisable, valuable, profitable, enviable, proper, judicious.

ANT. _Inexpedient, disadvantageous, harmful, inadvisable, evil._

=Desire.= Appetite, inclination, longing, proclivity, craving, impulse, hankering, coveting, propensity, wish; aspiration, will.

ANT. _Loathing, disgust, aversion, hate, repugnance, horror._

=Desolate=, _a._ Bereaved, comfortless, forlorn, cheerless, lonely, solitary; uninhabited, forsaken, unfrequented, waste, dreary, wild.

ANT. _Peopled, colonized, developed, cultivated; populous, crowded, frequented._

=Despair.= Desperation, discouragement, hopelessness, despondency.

ANT. _Courage, hope, expectation, anticipation, assurance, confidence, elation, cheer, trust, hopefulness, encouragement._

=Despatch=, _v._ Expedite, speed, accelerate, quicken, hasten; kill, slay.

ANT. _Delay, retard, impede, obstruct; preserve, save, spare._

=Desperate.= Wild, reckless, despondent, hopeless, wretched, forlorn, lost; heroic, extreme, defiant; precipitate, headlong, frantic.

ANT. _Cautious, timid, shy; hopeful, promising, propitious._

=Despise.= Contemn, scorn, slight, disdain, spurn.

ANT. _Respect, esteem, venerate, regard, revere._

=Despoil.= Strip, denude, ravage; rob, plunder, pillage, devastate.

ANT. _Adorn, enrich, rehabilitate._

=Despotic.= Tyrannical, absolute, imperious, autocratic, arrogant.

ANT. _Conciliatory, humane, merciful; constitutional, democratic, representative._

=Destination.= Aim, end, object, purpose, design; goal, harbor.

ANT. _Action, movement; initiation, project, effort._

=Destiny.= Fate, lot, doom, star, fortune, necessity, end, predestination.

ANT. _Choice, will, freedom, volition, free will._

=Destructive.= Ruinous, injurious, pernicious, deleterious, baneful, detrimental, hurtful, noxious.

ANT. _Constructive, restorative, beneficial, wholesome, preservative._

=Desuetude.= Disuse, non-observance, obsolescence.

ANT. _Use, custom, practice, exercise, operation._

=Desultory.= Rambling, irregular, capricious, wandering, roving, discursive, cursory, erratic, spasmodic, unsystematic.

ANT. _Methodical, continuous, periodical, diligent, exact, untiring, persevering, earnest, serious, settled, consecutive._

=Detail.= Account, narrative, recital; detachment; individual, particular, item, specialty, element, point, component.

ANT. _Totality, whole, generality, aggregation, mass, bulk._

=Detention.= Hindrance, retaining, restraint, stopping.

ANT. _Relinquishment, abandonment, letting go, release, liberation._

=Deter.= Hinder, discourage, prevent, restrain, withhold, terrify, scare, dishearten, dissuade.

ANT. _Incite, provoke, allure, tempt, seduce, prompt, persuade._

=Deteriorate.= Impair, degrade, debase; decline, degenerate.

ANT. _Ameliorate, promote, advance, rectify._

=Determine.= Settle, adjust, decide; ascertain, verify; influence, lead, incline; resolve.

ANT. _Vacillate, waver, unsettle, doubt._

=Detest.= Abominate, abhor, execrate, loathe, shrink from.

ANT. _Like, approve, appreciate, praise, love._

=Dethrone.= Depose, uncrown, drive out of power, cause to abdicate.

ANT. _Crown, enthrone, exalt._

=Detract.= Depreciate, disparage, lessen, derogate, calumniate, slander, defame, decry, vilify.

ANT. _Enhance, augment, increase, flatter, compliment._

=Detriment.= Loss, damage, injury, harm, evil, prejudice, disadvantage, impairment, inconvenience.

ANT. _Enhancement, remedy, augmentation, improvement, repair, reinstatement._

=Develop.= Evolve, unfold, educe, disclose, unravel, exhibit, expand, enlarge; open, grow, mature.

ANT. _Envelop, wrap, conceal, contract, compress; stunt, dwarf, hinder, prevent._

=Deviate.= Digress, wander, deflect, veer, diverge; depart, err, stray, swerve; differ, vary.

ANT. _Cohere, coincide; accompany, continue, remain; advance; converge; agree, assimilate._

=Device.= Contrivance, invention, design, project, plan, scheme, expedient, resource; wile, artifice, stratagem, evasion, fraud; emblem, symbol, type.

ANT. _Fortune, luck, hazard, hit; openness, frankness, candor._

=Devious.= Erratic, wandering, deviating, crooked, circuitous, misleading, treacherous, roundabout.

ANT. _Direct, plain, straightforward, frequented._

=Devise.= Plan, design, contrive, imagine, scheme, project, concoct; bequeath, leave.

ANT. _Mismanage, miscontrive; inherit._

=Devoid.= Void, wanting, empty, destitute, vacant, unprovided for.

ANT. _Full, supplied, provided, replete, furnished, abundant, plentiful, sufficient._

=Devolve.= Transfer, consign, convey, demise, devise, deliver; impose, place, attach, commission, charge, depute; fall, pass, be transferred.

ANT. _Deprive, withhold, recall, cancel, alienate, skip, pass, miss._

=Devotion.= Dedication, consecration, piety, religion, sanctity, holiness, worship, adoration; attachment, affection, love; ardor, earnestness, zeal, eagerness, self-sacrifice.

ANT. _Impiety, profanity, sacrilege, irreverence; aversion, alienation, antipathy, indifference, apathy._

=Devour.= Consume, gorge, eat ravenously, swallow; destroy, annihilate, waste, swallow up, expend.

ANT. _Disgorge, vomit; save, conserve._

=Dexterity.= Aptitude, skill, expertness, readiness, adroitness.

ANT. _Ineptitude, inability, weakness, awkwardness, clumsiness._

=Diadem.= Crown, chaplet, fillet, wreath, tiara, circlet.

=Diagnosis.= Investigation, determination, analysis.

ANT. _Misjudgment, error._

=Diagnostic.= Symptom, feature, sign, cue, indication, mark, index.

ANT. _Development, consummation, crisis, head, formation._

=Dialect.= Language, phraseology, tongue, speech, provincialism, idiom, accent.

=Dialogue.= Conversation between two people, colloquy, discourse, tête-à-tête.

ANT. _Monologue, soliloquy, apostrophe, oration._

=Dictate.= Direct, ordain, command, prescribe, order, bid, require, decree; utter; prompt, suggest, enjoin, instruct.

ANT. _Follow, repeat, obey, answer; accept._

=Dictation.= Injunction, precept, command, rule, maxim, direction, utterance.

ANT. _Consultation, conference, council; advice, recommendation._

=Dictatorial.= Imperious, imperative, domineering, arbitrary, absolute, unlimited, authoritative, unrestricted, overbearing.

ANT. _Condescending, supplicatory, affable, suppliant, unassuming, persuasive._

=Diction.= Expression, language, phrase, phraseology, style, verbiage, vocabulary, wording.

ANT. _Provincialism, barbarism, solecism._

=Dictionary.= Lexicon, word-book, glossary, vocabulary.

=Didactic.= Instructive, perceptive, moral, directive, educative.

ANT. _Unsound, misleading, erroneous, uninstructive, pernicious._

=Die.= Expire, decease, depart; wither, perish, decay, decline, fade; cease, vanish, disappear; sink, faint, fall; subside.

ANT. _Live, recover, be born; survive, exist; originate, develop, grow, strengthen, flourish, luxuriate, vegetate._

=Diet.= Food, victuals, nourishment, aliment, nutriment, provision, viands, rations, fare, subsistence; assembly, parliament, congress.

ANT. _Starvation, fasting, abstinence, fast; gluttony, omnivorousness._

=Difference.= Contrast, diversity, variation, variety, discrepancy, disagreement, disparity, distinction, divergence, unlikeness.

ANT. _Agreement, uniformity, unity, consonance, identity, likeness, resemblance, harmony, sameness, similarity._

=Differentiate.= Discriminate, individualize, distinguish, particularize, specify, segregate, identify.

ANT. _Generalize, classify, confuse, amalgamate._

=Difficult.= Arduous, exhausting, severe, onerous, trying, toilsome, hard, laborious; intricate, involved, obscure, enigmatical; unmanageable, reserved, opposed, unamenable.

ANT. _Easy, facile, trifling, slight, trivial, pleasant, light; simple, plain, clear, manifest; approachable, amenable, pliant._

=Diffident.= Modest, doubtful, reluctant, hesitating; bashful, timid, shy, self-distrustful.

ANT. _Bold, aggressive, forward, arrogant, self-conceited._

=Diffuse=, _a._ Prolix, loose, copious, rambling, verbose, longwinded, diluted.

ANT. _Epigrammatic, laconic, terse, condensed._

=Digest.= Methodize, systematize, arrange, classify, codify; study, ponder, consider, contemplate, meditate, con; master, assimilate.

ANT. _Confound, complicate, disorder, derange, disturb; reject, refuse._

=Dignified.= Stately, noble, grand, majestic, self-respecting, imposing, decorous, august, lofty, exalted, pompous.

ANT. _Stunted, low, mean, unimposing, depressed, ordinary, self-accusing._

=Dignify.= Advance, promote, exalt, ennoble, prefer; grace, honor, adorn; elevate, aggrandize.

ANT. _Humiliate, debase, degrade._

=Digress.= Deviate, ramble, wander; differ.

ANT. _Proceed, advance; harmonize, agree._

=Dilapidation.= Ruin, decay, disintegration, downfall, demolition.

ANT. _Construction, reparation; soundness, solidity; fabrication, building._

=Dilate.= Stretch wide, expand, enlarge, widen, distend.

ANT. _Compress, compact, restrict, narrow, condense, concentrate._

=Dilatory.= Slow, loitering, tardy, procrastinating, dawdling, lagging, lingering, sluggish.

ANT. _Prompt, vigilant, alert, eager, earnest._

=Diligence.= Industry, assiduity, activity, perseverance, application, attention, care, heed.

ANT. _Neglect, carelessness, idleness, inertness, inattention, desultoriness._

=Dim.= Obscure, dark, covered, hidden, dusky, indistinct, uncertain.

ANT. _Bright, clear, manifest, light._

=Dimension.= Measurement, bulk, mass, extent; (pl.) size, capacity, amplitude, massiveness, greatness.

ANT. _Segment, section, portion, part._

=Diminish.= Lessen, reduce, decrease, abate, subside, shorten, dwarf, retrench.

ANT. _Augment, amplify, increase, magnify, expand._

=Din.= Racket, clamor, noise, uproar.

ANT. _Crash, explosion; silence._

=Dingy.= Dirty, dull, soiled, tarnished, dim, obscure, somber.

ANT. _Bright, burnished, radiant, glittering, gleaming, luminous._

=Dip.= Immerse, plunge, inundate, soak, steep, drown, submerge.

ANT. _Dry, drain, parch; air, ventilate, evaporate, vaporize._

=Diplomacy.= Negotiation, indirection, tact, artful management, contrivance, circumvention; embassage, ministry, ambassadorship.

ANT. _Dismissal, congé, recall; candor, naïveté, ingenuousness; mismanagement, maladministration; self-defeat._

=Diplomatic.= Prudent, wise, tactful, astute, politic, sagacious, judicious, discreet.

ANT. _Blundering, tactless, injudicious._

=Direct=, _a._ Unswerving, straight, rectilinear, undeviating.

ANT. _Meandering, crooked, roundabout, circuitous._

=Direction.= Course, tendency, aim, bearing; oversight, management, control, superintendence, conduct; order, command; address, superscription.

ANT. _Deviation, aberration; miscontrol._

=Directly.= Straightly, immediately, forthwith, soon, speedily, instantly, promptly, presently, quickly, straightway, at once.

ANT. _Secondarily, by-and-by; remotely, obliquely, circuitously._

=Dirge.= Requiem, elegy, lament, wake, threnody, coronach.

ANT. _Anthem, Te Deum, jubilate, pæan, jubilee, halleluiah._

=Dirt.= Filth, uncleanness, dung, foulness, meanness, filthiness, defilement.

ANT. _Cleanness, purity, ablution; innocence, spotlessness._

=Dis-.= The prefix _dis-_ has usually a negative, sometimes an intensive, force. Therefore, for words beginning with it look under the antonyms of the root words. When its force is intensive, however, they will be found under the synonyms of the root words. Only a few of derived significance are here given.

=Disability.= Unfitness, inability, incompetence, incapacity, disqualification.

ANT. _Merit, fitness, recommendation, qualification, capability._

=Disabuse.= Undeceive, set right, correct, enlighten, inform, rectify.

ANT. _Deceive, delude, hoodwink._

=Disappoint.= Frustrate, foil, defeat, baffle, disconcert, mortify, vex, betray, tantalize.

ANT. _Fulfil, realize, satisfy, gratify, encourage, verify, support._

=Disaster.= Misfortune, mishap, reverse, calamity, catastrophe.

ANT. _Blessing, benefit, good fortune, profit, gain, boon._

=Disburse.= Spend, expend, consume, waste, use, lay out, pay.

ANT. _Save, economize, hoard, husband._

=Discern.= Observe, discriminate, distinguish, perceive, see, descry, behold, espy, discover, penetrate, differentiate.

ANT. _Overlook, neglect, miss._

=Discernible.= Discoverable, perceptible, visible, apparent, conspicuous, palpable, plain, manifest, evident.

ANT. _Obscure, minute, invisible, microscopic, impalpable._

=Discernment.= Sagacity, perception, discrimination, brightness, astuteness, insight, intelligence, perspicacity, penetration, acuteness, judgment, ingenuity.

ANT. _Blindness, inattention, dulness, density._

=Discharge=, _v._ Unburden, unload; expel, eject; shoot, fire; release, exonerate, acquit, liberate, free; dismiss, discard, cashier; remove, destroy; perform, execute, observe.

ANT. _Confine, charge, load, burden, contain; detain, check, delay, stop; preserve; ignore._

=Disciple.= Follower, student, believer, pupil, learner, scholar, supporter, adherent, votary.

ANT. _Master, teacher, professor, leader, rabbi._

=Discipline.= Training, teaching, drill, exercise; control, regulation, subjection, government; punishment, correction, coercion, chastisement.

ANT. _Laxity, latitude, negligence; reward, encouragement; disorganization, mutiny, rebellion, confusion, disorder._

=Discomfit.= Defeat, overpower, conquer; foil, disconcert.

ANT. _Encourage, rally, aid, assist._

=Disconcert.= Frustrate, balk, defeat, thwart, baffle; discompose, embarrass, disturb, upset, perplex, abash, confuse, bewilder.

ANT. _Assist, countenance, encourage, compose, calm, appease, pacify, tranquilize._

=Disconsolate.= Inconsolable, sorrowful, heart-broken, comfortless, melancholy, desolate, forlorn, sad.

ANT. _Joyous, cheerful, glad, merry, jovial, happy, blithe._

=Discordance.= Disagreement, discord, dissonance, conflict, opposition.

ANT. _Accordance, harmony, concord._

=Discover.= Find, detect, discern, ferret out, invent, expose, ascertain, descry, disclose, betray, indicate, manifest.

ANT. _Hide, conceal, cover, secrete, bury, suppress, withhold._

=Discreet.= Discerning, wise, sagacious, prudent, cautious, judicious, considerate, circumspect.

ANT. _Foolish, heedless, reckless, silly, imprudent, undiscerning, unrestrained._

=Discrepancy.= Dissonance, discord, discordance, difference, variation, disagreement.

ANT. _Agreement, harmony, correspondence._

=Discrimination.= Acuteness, penetration, sagacity, discernment, shrewdness, insight.

ANT. _Dulness, shortsightedness._

=Discursive.= Reasoning, argumentative; roving, wandering, rambling, desultory, inconsequent.

ANT. _Orderly, coherent, continuous; condensed, succinct, concise; strategic._

=Discuss.= Debate, argue, reason, agitate, deliberate upon, consider.

ANT. _Confound, obscure; assert, dogmatize._

=Disdain=, _n._ Contempt, scorn, disregard, haughtiness, arrogance.

ANT. _Reverence, respect, esteem, considerateness, humility._

=Disease.= Infirmity, ailment, distemper, complaint, illness, sickness, malady, indisposition, unsoundness, affection.

ANT. _Health, strength, robustness, soundness, sturdiness, vigor; convalescence; sanity, salubrity._

=Disgust=, _n._ Distaste, loathing, dislike, repugnance, aversion, abhorrence.

ANT. _Partiality, desire, liking, relish, fondness._

=Dismal.= Dark, gloomy, cheerless, dull, dreary, melancholy, lonesome, somber, sad, doleful, funereal; horrible, terrible, frightful.

ANT. _Cheerful, bright, inviting, cordial, gay, propitious, promising._

=Dismay.= Affright, terrify, appal, alarm, intimidate, daunt.

ANT. _Rally, inspirit, assure, encourage, hearten._

=Dismember.= Disintegrate, mutilate, separate, rend asunder, sever.

ANT. _Integrate, incorporate; constitute, construct._

=Dismiss.= Banish, discard, discharge, remove.

ANT. _Recall, welcome._

=Disparage.= Depreciate, decry, undervalue, underrate; defame, reproach.

ANT. _Appreciate, overestimate, extol, praise, exaggerate._

=Dispel.= Drive away, disperse, dissipate, banish, scatter.

ANT. _Collect, summon, accumulate._

=Dispensation.= Apportionment, allotment, distribution; administration; exemption; system, scheme, plan, régime.

ANT. _Retention, restriction, reservation, injunction, prohibition; enforcement._

=Disperse.= Dispel, scatter, separate; diffuse, spread, disseminate.

ANT. _Gather, collect, concentrate; recall, summon._

=Display.= Expand, unfold, extend, uncover, open, spread; exhibit, show, parade.

ANT. _Conceal, hide, wrap, dissemble, suppress._

=Disposition.= Arrangement, location, placing, grouping; management, control, regulation, direction; tendency, inclination, propensity; temper, character, nature, humor; willingness; distribution.

ANT. _Confusion, inversion, disorder; mismanagement, laxity; antipathy, repulsion; obstinacy; mood; agglomeration, collection._

=Disputant.= Litigant, debater, arguer, controversialist, competitor, claimant.

ANT. _Advocate, auxiliary, partner._

=Dispute=, _v._ Quarrel, wrangle; debate, argue, discuss, agitate, ventilate; impugn, deny, contradict, oppose, contest.

ANT. _Allow, concede, grant, forego, relinquish._

=Disquisition.= Treatise, dissertation, discourse, essay, discussion.

ANT. _Effusion, tirade, diatribe, rhodomontade._

=Dissect.= Anatomize, scrutinize, analyze, explore, investigate, examine, sift.

ANT. _Integrate, organize, compound, grasp; comprehend, discern, diagnose._

=Dissemble.= Conceal, disguise, cloak, hide, restrain, smother.

ANT. _Reveal, confess, manifest, expose, vaunt, profess._

=Dissent.= Differ, disagree, decline.

ANT. _Assent, consent, agree._

=Dissertation.= Disquisition, discussion, treatise.

=Dissipate.= Scatter, vanish, disperse, disappear, waste, squander.

ANT. _Hoard, save, gather, conserve._

=Dissociate.= Separate, sever, disjoin, divide, part, sunder, disconnect.

ANT. _Associate, join, affiliate._

=Dissolute.= Abandoned, corrupt, loose, profligate, reprobate, dissipated.

ANT. _Upright, honest, conscientious, self-controlled._

=Distance.= Remoteness, space, interval; absence, separation; reserve, coldness, stiffness.

ANT. _Proximity, contiguity, nearness, presence, neighborhood, contact._

=Distend.= Dilate, extend, spread, stretch.

ANT. _Contract, narrow, constrict, condense._

=Distil.= Drop, extract, separate; percolate, emanate, drip.

ANT. _Condense, retain; suck; hold._

=Distinct.= Separate, definite, different, clear, plain, unmistakable.

ANT. _Blurred, dim, indefinite, confused, conjoined, obscure._

=Distinguish.= Discern, perceive, tell, discriminate; differentiate; characterize, mark; separate, divide; signalize, make famous or celebrated.

ANT. _Confound, miss, confuse._

=Distinguished.= Illustrious, famous, celebrated, noted, eminent, marked, conspicuous, supreme, extraordinary, consummate.

ANT. _Obscure, inconspicuous, hidden; infamous, notorious._

=Distortion.= Deformity, twist, perversion, falsification, misrepresentation, sophistry, corruption.

ANT. _Regularity, shapeliness, symmetry; right, truth, verification, rectification._

=Distract.= Divert, perplex, confuse, disconcert, bewilder, confound, derange, craze.

ANT. _Unite, fix, compose, concentrate, collect._

=Distraction.= Confusion, perplexity, abstraction, disturbance, perturbation, agitation; inattention; absence, frenzy, madness; alienation, aberration; delirium, mania, derangement, lunacy.

ANT. _Attention, composure, self-possession, tranquillity._

=Distress=, _n._ Affliction, calamity, adversity, misery, perplexity, misfortune; agony, suffering, anguish; privation, destitution, poverty, indigence.

ANT. _Consolation, relief, assuagement, alleviation; boon, blessing, pleasure._

=Distribute.= Dispense, scatter, allot, apportion, grant, appoint.

ANT. _Restrict, retain, collect, gather, hold, reserve, keep._

=District.= Region, tract, territory, province, circuit, quarter.

=Disturb.= Agitate, shake, stir, disorder, confuse, derange; molest, annoy, plague, trouble, vex, worry; interrupt, hinder.

ANT. _Soothe, quiet, assist, compose, pacify; arrange, order._

=Diversion.= Detour, deviation, divergence; recreation, amusement, enjoyment, pastime.

ANT. _Directness, business, procedure, continuity, task, labor._

=Diversify.= Vary, change, alter, modify; variegate, streak, spot.

ANT. _Settle, fix, stereotype, arrest._

=Diversity.= Difference, dissimilitude, variation, unlikeness, divergence, dissonance, heterogeneousness, multiformity.

ANT. _Identity, similarity, uniformity, consonance, homogeneousness, coincidence._

=Divest.= Dismantle, strip, unclothe, undress, unrobe, deprive.

ANT. _Clothe, invest, shroud, indue, encumber._

=Divide.= Sever, part, separate, disunite, sunder; alienate, estrange; distribute, allot, apportion, assign, share, dispense.

ANT. _Unite, commingle, collocate, congregate, convene._

=Divination.= Magic, foretelling, augury, prophecy, presage, prediction.

ANT. _Investigation, study; information; analysis._

=Divorce=, _v._ Separate, part, sunder, alienate, disunite.

ANT. _Marry, wed, betroth, consort._

=Do.= Accomplish, achieve, bring to pass, complete, effect, realize, discharge, perpetuate, perform, commit, consummate, actualize; execute, finish, fulfil; work out, transact.

ANT. _Neglect, ruin, spoil, defeat, destroy, mar, miscarry, fail, frustrate, baffle, omit, come short._

=Docile.= Manageable, amenable, compliant, gentle, tame, submissive, yielding, tractable, pliable, obedient.

ANT. _Obstinate, firm, inflexible, stubborn, self-willed, wilful, determined, dogged, resolute, opinionated._

=Doctrine.= Tenet, dogma, opinion, belief, precept, principle, teaching, creed.

ANT. _Duty, practice, action, conduct, operation, application._

=Dogmatic.= Arrogant, authoritative, imperious, domineering, positive, self-opinionated, doctrinal, magisterial, dictatorial.

ANT. _Practical, active, modest, diffident, vacillating, considerate._

=Domestic.= Private, family, familiar, homelike.

ANT. _Public, foreign, alien, strange._

=Domicile.= Home, abode, house, residence, mansion, dwelling.

ANT. _World, wilderness; estrangement, migration, travel, exile._

=Dominance=, =Domination=. Superiority, lordship, mastery, sway, supremacy, command, ascendancy, government.

ANT. _Servility, subjection, inferiority, weakness, minority, subordination._

=Domineer.= Lord, tyrannize, dictate, bully, swagger.

ANT. _Submit, yield, bow, defer, patronize, succumb; resist, contend._

=Dominion.= Government, domination, supremacy, sway, dominance, control, authority, domain, territory, sovereignty.

ANT. _Submission, subjugation, servitude._

=Doom=, _n._ Condemnation, fate, sentence, judgment, destiny, verdict.

ANT. _Liberation, respite, escape, acquittal, discharge._

=Dormant.= Sleeping, latent, inert, quiescent.

ANT. _Active, operative, vigilant, awake, alert._

=Doubt=, _n._ Distrust, skepticism, disbelief, suspicion, suspense, hesitation, incredulity, irresolution, misgiving, unbelief, perplexity, uncertainty.

ANT. _Conviction, certainty, assurance; belief, confidence; determination, resolution, resolve._

=Downwards.= Below, beneath, down.

ANT. _Upwards, above, aloft._

=Drag.= Draw, pull, haul, bring.

ANT. _Carry, push, propel, raise._

=Drain.= Empty, exhaust, draw, strain, dry.

ANT. _Fill, supply, replenish, moisten, drench._

=Draw.= Haul, lead, pull, drag, lure, entice, attract, incline, induce.

ANT. _Repel, repulse, rebuff, alienate, estrange, reject._

=Dread=, _n._ Fear, terror, awe, apprehension, horror, alarm.

ANT. _Confidence, courage; familiarity._

=Dream.= Reverie, fancy, vision, delusion, conceit, hallucination, romance, trance, vagary.

ANT. _Fact, reality, realization, verity, certainty, substance._

=Dreary.= Dismal, gloomy, dark, lonesome, solitary, cheerless.

ANT. _Cheerful, bright, promising, inviting._

=Dress.= Clothing, garments, apparel, garb, array, uniform, attire, costume, raiment, habiliments, vesture, robes, habit, vestments.

ANT. _Nakedness, disarray, nudity, bareness, deshabille, exposure, undress._

=Drift=, _n._ Direction, bearing, course; aim, purpose, intention, scope, tendency, design; rush, impulse, current; heap, mass.

ANT. _Aimlessness, vagueness, aberrancy, indefiniteness._

=Drink.= Swallow, imbibe, quaff, drain, absorb, suck in.

ANT. _Pour, exude, disgorge, water, moisten._

=Drive.= Impel, propel, compel, push, thrust, urge; repulse, repel, resist; ride.

ANT. _Draw, attract, invite, summon._

=Droll.= Whimsical, comical, ludicrous, funny, ridiculous, odd, queer, facetious.

ANT. _Sober, solemn, tragic, funereal._

=Droop.= Languish, sink, decline, flag, pine, wither, fade, wilt.

ANT. _Prosper, revive, rally, flourish, raise, luxuriate._

=Drown.= Sink, immerse, swamp, overwhelm, overflow, inundate, deluge, flood, overcome, overpower.

ANT. _Dry, drain, air, ventilate, expose._

=Dry.= Arid, parched; thirsty, craving drink; barren, meager, dull, dreary, tedious, plain; severe, sarcastic, sharp, keen.

ANT. _Moist, fresh, juicy; lively, entertaining; fulsome, florid._

=Due.= Proper, fitting, suitable, appropriate, becoming; owing, obligatory.

ANT. _Improper, unsuitable, independent; unfair, extravagant, deficient._

=Dull.= Heavy, stupid, unintelligent, apathetic, insensible, callous, dead; inert, lifeless, inactive, slow, torpid; blunt, obtuse; gloomy, sad, dismal; dim, obscure; wearisome, dreary, tedious.

ANT. _Bright, light, sparkling, brilliant, quick, interesting, lively, keen, witty, cheery, inviting, entertaining._

=Dumb.= Speechless, mute, silent, still, inarticulate.

ANT. _Talkative, chatty, loquacious._

=Duplicate.= Copy, counterpart, facsimile, imitation, likeness, replica, reproduction, double, transcript.

ANT. _Original, pattern, prototype, archetype, model._

=Duplicity.= Deceit, deception, circumvention, guile, artifice, hypocrisy, fraud, dishonesty.

ANT. _Candor, straightforwardness, frankness, sincerity, honesty._

=Duration.= Continuance, term, period, protraction, prolongation (_in time_).

ANT. _Brevity, momentariness; infinity, eternity._

=Duty.= Office, responsibility, obligation, function, business, accountability, right, righteousness.

ANT. _Immunity, freedom, license, exemption, dispensation._

=Dwell.= Live, reside, rest, stop, stay, abide, lodge, sojourn.

ANT. _Visit, migrate, hasten, flit, roam, depart, travel._

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=Eager.= Impatient, anxious, desirous, longing, yearning, ardent, enthusiastic, earnest, animated, fervent, impetuous, vehement.

ANT. _Torpid, sluggish, slow, backward, belated, late, tardy._

=Earn.= Acquire, merit, win, get, gain, procure, deserve, achieve, obtain, realize.

ANT. _Waste, lose, spend, forfeit, squander._

=Earnest.= Eager, zealous, fervent; steady, intent, fixed; sincere, serious, true; important, momentous.

ANT. _Indifferent, irresolute, sportive, jesting, flippant._

=Ease.= Facility, knack, readiness, expertness, easiness, satisfaction, contentment, comfort, repose, refreshment, relief.

ANT. _Perplexity, irritation, annoyance, constraint, disquiet, trouble, vexation, difficulty, uneasiness, awkwardness, worry._

=Easy.= Quiet, comfortable, tranquil, compliant, facile, complacent, submissive; unaffected, natural, smooth; moderate, affluent.

ANT. _Disturbed, uncomfortable, hard, difficult, anxious, exacting._

=Ebb.= Retire, recede, abate, decrease, subside, wane, sink.

ANT. _Flow, swell, increase, flood, inundate, deluge._

=Eccentric.= Irregular, abnormal, uncommon, peculiar, singular, wayward, strange, aberrant, erratic, whimsical.

ANT. _Normal, conventional, common, usual, regular, customary._

=Echo.= Resonance, repetition, reverberation, imitation, answer.

ANT. _Sound, voice, original, tone, noise, speech._

=Eclipse=, _n._ Obscuration, dimming, obscurity, hiding, shrouding, concealment, vanishing, extinction, obliteration, annihilation, destruction.

ANT. _Illumination, enlightenment, revelation; perpetuation; radiation; unveiling, discovery._

=Economics.= Science of wealth, public _or_ political economy; household management, household economy, housewifery.

=Economize.= Save, husband, retrench, manage frugally, be frugal _or_ prudent, practice economy, avoid waste; develop resources, utilize.

ANT. _Waste, misuse, sacrifice, be lavish, profuse_, or _extravagant; squander, dissipate_.

=Economy.= Thrift, thriftiness, frugality, providence, good husbandry; management, arrangement, regulation, administration; plan, system, established order, dispensation.

ANT. _Prodigality, wastefulness, extravagance, lavishness._

=Ecstasy.= Transport, rapture, inspiration, fervor, frenzy, emotion, delight, enthusiasm, happiness.

ANT. _Coolness, dulness, ennui, weariness, tedium, indifference._

=Edge.= Border, margin, brink, rim, brim, verge; sharpness, keenness, intensity, animation, zest.

ANT. _Center, interior; dulness, bluntness, flatness; inertness, inactivity._

=Edible.= Eatable, esculent, wholesome, culinary.

ANT. _Poisonous, deleterious, harmful, dangerous, noxious, uneatable._

=Edict.= Decree, command, order, proclamation, mandate, ordinance.

ANT. _Hoax, canard; request, wish._

=Edifice.= Building, tenement, fabric, structure.

ANT. _Ruin, heap, demolition, destruction._

=Edify.= Build up, enlighten, improve, stimulate, strengthen, nurture.

ANT. _Defile, debase, mislead, misguide, pervert, corrupt._

=Edit.= Revise, correct, prepare for the press, annotate, emend; bring out; conduct, manage.

ANT. _Distort, pervert, falsify, garble, mutilate._

=Educate.= Discipline, teach, instruct, train, nurture, breed, develop.

ANT. _Dwarf, stunt, hinder; pervert, corrupt._

=Education.= Training, teaching, tuition, instruction, schooling, discipline, cultivation, breeding, development, nurture, information, knowledge, learning, reading, study.

ANT. _Ignorance, illiteracy, nescience, blindness, darkness._

=Educe.= Draw out, extract, elicit, evolve, produce.

ANT. _Adduce, cite, allege, quote, advance, name, mention; apply, insert, deposit, bestow._

=Efface.= Obliterate, erase, blot out, destroy, cancel, eradicate, expunge.

ANT. _Restore, revive, delineate, imprint, portray, replace, reinstate, renew._

=Effect=, _n._ Result, consequence, event, issue; force, efficiency, validity, weight, power; purport, drift, tenor, meaning; fact, reality, truth; impression, appearance, _ensemble_; (_pl._) chattels, goods, commodities, property, movables.

ANT. _Cause, motive, source, incentive; origin._

=Effect=, _v._ Cause, produce, accomplish, change, achieve, create, execute, perform, realize, compass, effectuate, consummate, fulfil.

ANT. _Obviate, frustrate, prevent, mar, hinder; deter, deflect._

=Effective.= Adequate, competent, effectual, sufficient; potent, cogent, efficacious, forcible, energetic, powerful; active, efficient, operative; conducive; serviceable, able, talented.

ANT. _Weak, futile, nugatory, inconducive, inoperative, inadequate, impotent, incompetent, powerless._

=Effectuate.= Accomplish, effect, execute, achieve, secure, fulfil.

ANT. _Prevent, hinder, abolish, defeat, nullify, stifle, blight._

=Effeminate.= Feminine, womanly, delicate; womanish, feeble, unmanly, timorous, enervated, soft, weak, emasculated.

ANT. _Strong, manly, masculine, virile, manlike, vigorous, hardy, robust._

=Effervesce.= Boil, bubble, froth, foam, ferment, sparkle; _express irrepressible emotion_.

ANT. _Subside; acquiesce, refrain, bear, brook, digest._

=Effete.= Barren, unfruitful; decayed, spent, exhausted, worn, wasted, decrepit.

ANT. _Vigorous, fertile, prolific, productive, exuberant, luxuriant, rank._

=Efficacious.= Effectual, effective, active, operative, powerful, adequate, cogent.

ANT. _Insufficient, inadequate, ineffectual._

=Efficacy.= Power, potency, force, competency, strength, effectiveness, vigor, energy, usefulness.

ANT. _Inefficacy, incompetency._

=Efficiency.= Power, strength, capability, virtue, energy, usefulness, productiveness, effectiveness; attentiveness, aptitude, skill, ingenuity, competence, inventiveness, readiness, ingeniousness, faculty, cleverness, genius, acuteness.

ANT. _Weakness, inability, incompetence, unproductivity; inattention, awkwardness, absence of mind, thoughtlessness, preoccupation, distraction, laziness, stupidity._

=Efficient.= Operative, active, potent, efficacious, effective, effectual; able, skilled, ready, energetic, proficient, competent.

ANT. _Inactive, impotent, ineffective, abortive; dull, inert, indolent, sluggish, senseless, stupid._

=Effigy.= Image, representation, figure, statue, likeness; dummy.

ANT. _Caricature, misrepresentation, distortion; bust, portrait._

=Efflorescence.= Flowering, blooming, blossoming, budding; outburst; bloom, luxuriance.

ANT. _Deflorescence, fading, waning, blasting, withering; nudity, bareness, denudation; absorption, desiccation._

=Effluence.= Emanation, flow, effusion, efflux; issue, outpouring; emission, discharge; abundance, overflow.

ANT. _Influx, infusion, refluence, ebb; exhaustion; absorption, retention._

=Effluvium.= Exhalation, emanation, malaria, miasma, stink, noxious vapor.

ANT. _Ventilation, scent, disinfectant; zephyr, aroma, balm._

=Effort.= Endeavor, attempt, trial, exertion, struggle, essay, strain, striving, stretch.

ANT. _Failure, frustration, futility, weakness, deficiency, misadventure; ease, inactivity, spontaneity, facility._

=Effrontery.= Assurance, impudence, audacity, shamelessness, presumption, hardihood, boldness, brass; insolence, sauciness.

ANT. _Modesty, coyness, shyness, diffidence, sensitiveness, shrinking, timidity, bashfulness._

=Effulgence.= Brilliancy, splendor, luster, brightness, radiance, refulgence, glory, flame, luminosity, resplendence.

ANT. _Darkness, tenebrosity, obscuration, gloom, opaqueness, shade._

=Effuse=, _a._ Profuse, poured forth freely, lavish, prodigal, copious, abundant, effluent.

ANT. _Dry, scanty, sparing, meager, thin._

=Effusion.= Outpouring, effluence, discharge, emission; abundance; speech, address, oration; waste, shedding, spilling.

ANT. _Infusion, absorption; essay, reading, document, instrument; influx; retention._

=Effusive.= Lavish, generous, profuse, prodigal, gushing; spread widely, diffused.

ANT. _Sparing; taciturn, laconic, curt, brief._

=Egoism.= Selfishness, self-assurance, self-conceit, self-consciousness, self-confidence, self-esteem, conceit, vanity, self-assertion, self-praise, self-admiration, self-love, self-exaltation.

ANT. _Self-abnegation, deference, self-forgetfulness, diffidence, bashfulness, humility, modesty, self-distrust, shyness, unobtrusiveness, considerateness, unostentatiousness._

=Egregious.= Surpassing, extraordinary, remarkable, enormous, monstrous, outrageous, tremendous, prodigious, peculiar; flagrant, gross.

ANT. _Ordinary, usual, commonplace, mediocre, everyday._

=Egress.= Exit, way out, departure, going out, outlet; sally.

ANT. _Entrance, avenue, approach, inlet; inroad, incursion, invasion._

=Either.= One _or_ the other of two; each, both.

ANT. _Neither, not any one of two._

=Ejaculation.= Exclamation, cry, utterance; expletive.

ANT. _Silence, speechlessness, dumfounderment; drawl; oration, speech._

=Eject.= Cast out, emit, vomit, void, evacuate; expel, dismiss, discharge, oust; reject, banish, throw aside, cast away.

ANT. _Retain, absorb; accept, receive, house, store, admit, accommodate, welcome; introduce, inject._

=Eke out.= Add to, supply, increase, stretch, raise, augment, help.

ANT. _Stint, drain, withhold, diminish, exhaust._

=Elaborate.= Improve, refine, develop, mature, execute, forge, prepare, concoct, work upon, labor over.

ANT. _Slight, neglect, disregard, overlook; miscontrive, mismanage; chance, hit, guess, conjecture, extemporize._

=Elapse.= Pass, slip, glide away, lapse; intervene.

ANT. _Wait, abide, halt, hold; continue, endure; grasp, seize._

=Elastic.= Flexible, springy, resilient, extensile, ductile, buoyant; alterable, modifiable; rebounding, recoiling.

ANT. _Rigid, tough, inflexible; crystallized, unchangeable; dull, inert._

=Elated.= Cheered, excited, exhilarated, animated, flushed, inspirited, inflated.

ANT. _Depressed, dejected, discouraged, dispirited, humiliated, abashed, confounded._

=Elder.= Senior, older, more ancient, earlier born; superior; precedent.

ANT. _Younger, junior, juvenile._

=Elect=, _a._ Picked, selected, chosen, choice; appointed, delegated; redeemed, saved; élite, accepted.

ANT. _Rejected, doomed, reprobate; abandoned, depraved._

=Election.= Selection, preference, choice; appointment by vote; alternative, free will, freedom, power to choose; discrimination, discernment, distinction; predestination.

ANT. _Postponement; rejection, reprobation, abandonment._

=Electric.= Charged with electricity, relating to electricity; inspiring, inspiriting, stimulating; lightninglike, swift, flashing, thrilling, stirring, exciting.

=Electrify.= Charge with electricity, render electric; rouse, excite, thrill, stir, astonish, astound, amaze, appal.

ANT. “_Kill_” (of something charged, from which the electricity is suddenly removed); _disconnect, sever_ (of apparatus for carrying electricity); _stupefy, soothe, deaden, calm, mesmerize_.

=Elegance.= Grace, beauty, propriety, symmetry; polish, politeness, refinement, gentility, gracefulness, taste.

ANT. _Deformity, awkwardness, coarseness, rudeness, disproportion._

=Elegant.= Graceful, well-formed, symmetrical, lovely, handsome, comely, refined, tasteful, ornamental, accomplished, polished.

ANT. _Awkward, deformed, ill-proportioned, misshapen, ungraceful, hideous, coarse, rude._

=Elegy.= Dirge, threnody, lament, jeremiad, requiem, coronach, funeral song; serious _or_ melancholy poem.

ANT. _Pæan, jubilee, halleluiah, anthem._

=Element.= Constituent, component, ingredient, part, principle, atom; (_pl._) rudiments, outlines, essential parts.

ANT. _Whole, mass, aggregate, total, totality, gross, sum, amount._

=Elementary.= Simple, uncompounded, rudimentary, primary; physical, material, natural; ultimate, component, constituent.

ANT. _Compounded, collective, aggregate, developed, organized; immaterial, incorporeal, impalpable._

=Elevate.= Raise, lift up, exalt, promote, advance, aggrandize; improve, dignify, ennoble, refine, inspire, greaten; animate, elate, cheer, excite, exhilarate.

ANT. _Lower, degrade, debase, depress, demean, humble, humiliate._

=Elevation.= Raising, elevating; promotion, aggrandizement, exaltation; dignity, refinement, improvement; amelioration; hill, height, altitude, superiority, eminence, loftiness, tallness.

ANT. _Degradation, debasement, depression, decline, fall, depth; deterioration, inferiority; shortness, stuntedness._

=Elicit.= Draw out, evoke, educe, call forth, bring out, deduce, bring to light; express, extract, evolve, worm out, extort.

ANT. _Insert, implant, introduce, inoculate, inject, infuse, instill, incorporate, insinuate; suggest._

=Eligible.= Desirable, preferable, worthy of choice, qualified, capable, suitable, prime, choice.

ANT. _Worthless, ordinary, indifferent, unprofitable, undesirable._

=Elimination.= Expulsion, exclusion, discharge, removal, rejection, eradication, erasure, riddance, obliteration.

ANT. _Inclusion, retention; approval; preservation, conservation._

=Elision.= Omission, ejection, ellipsis, abridgment, excerption.

ANT. _Insertion, inoculation, introduction, implantation; inclusion; augmentation._

=Elliptical.= Contracted, abbreviated; suggestive, latent, allusive; significant, pregnant; defective, incomplete.

ANT. _Explanatory, categorical, full; expository, declaratory, enunciative._

=Elocution.= Speech, power of expression, utterance, delivery, declamatory art; eloquence, oratory.

ANT. _Reading, lection._

=Elongation.= Protraction, extension, production, drawing out, continuation; withdrawal, distance.

ANT. _Apocope, elision, curtailment, abridgment, contraction._

=Eloquence.= Oratory, graceful utterance, appropriate expression, impassioned speech.

ANT. _Verbosity, wordiness, prolixity, tediousness; grandiloquence, bombast, fustian._

=Elucidate.= Explain, illustrate, clear, make manifest, unfold, make plain, expound.

ANT. _Confuse, mystify, obscure, puzzle, bewilder, befog._

=Elucidation.= Explanation, exposition, illustration, demonstration; comment, annotation, commentary, gloss, scholium.

ANT. _Mystification, confusion; obscurity, ambiguity._

=Elude.= Escape, avoid, shun, slip away; baffle, foil, thwart, disappoint, disconcert, balk, frustrate, evade, mock.

ANT. _Meet, encounter, confront; dare, defy; court, invite, challenge._

=Elusive, Elusory.= Evasive, delusive, equivocating, deceptive, fraudulent, fallacious, deceitful, illusory; shuffling, shifting, slippery, fugitive; shadowy, unsubstantial, intangible.

ANT. _Persistent, staple, certain, solid; true, sure, unequivocal._

=Em-=, or =en-=. A prefix meaning _in_ or _into_, sometimes interchangeable with _in-_. The form _em-_ is used before words beginning with _p_, _b_, or _m_. The prefix has also a causal force. Words beginning with this prefix, whose original meaning is simply the meaning of the root word plus that of the prefix, are omitted here, for their synonyms and antonyms may be readily formed from those of the root word.

=Emaciation.= Leanness, lankness, thinness, tenuity, attenuation, wasting, gauntness, skinniness, meagerness.

ANT. _Obesity, fatness, corpulence._

=Emanate.= Flow forth continuously, issue, arise, spring, proceed, emerge.

ANT. _End, terminate, culminate, eventuate, cease; dry up._

=Emancipate.= Free, enfranchise, liberate, rescue, release, manumit, unfetter, unchain, disenthrall, set free.

ANT. _Subjugate, enslave, enthrall, bind; disqualify, incapacitate._

=Embalm.= Preserve, cherish, enshrine, keep; scent, perfume, make fragrant; treasure, store, consecrate.

ANT. _Abandon, desecrate, expose, vulgarize, violate, profane._

=Embargo.= Prohibition, ban, restraint, hindrance, restriction; detention, stoppage.

ANT. _Permit, permission, release, discharge, congé, liberation, dismissal._

=Embark.= Ship; engage, enlist, put in, invest; launch, enter, start.

ANT. _Land, arrive, anchor, disembark, go ashore._

=Embarrass.= Entangle, perplex, make intricate _or_ difficult; distress, trouble, harass, hamper, confuse, disconcert, clog, puzzle, abash, confound, encumber.

ANT. _Extricate, relieve, disentangle, liberate, deliver; expedite, facilitate, accelerate, assist; calm, compose, tranquilize._

=Embellish.= Adorn, decorate, ornament, deck, beautify.

ANT. _Detract, diminish, derogate from, strip, destroy, denude._

=Embezzle.= Appropriate, steal, purloin, peculate; falsify, forge, counterfeit.

ANT. _Square, clear, balance; restore, refund, retrieve._

=Embitter.= Make bitter, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, enrage, anger, madden; molest, provoke, excite.

ANT. _Alleviate, soothe; compose, quiet, pacify; sweeten; delight, please, comfort._

=Emblem.= Figure, image, sign, symbol, token, type, attribute; device, cognizance, representation; badge, mark, signal.

ANT. _Disguise, decoy, incognito, ruse, blind, domino, mask._

=Embody.= Incorporate, make corporeal, concentrate, compact, integrate, combine, collect; systematize, codify; comprehend, include, embrace, comprise, contain.

ANT. _Analyze, dismember, disband, disintegrate, dissipate._

=Embolden.= Encourage, animate, reassure, inspirit, incite, urge, stimulate.

ANT. _Intimidate, frighten, alarm, deter, overwhelm, discourage._

=Embosomed.= Concealed, enveloped, surrounded, encircled, enfolded.

ANT. _Exposed, open, unconcealed, revealed._

=Embrace.= Clasp, hug, press; seize, welcome, accept; comprehend, include, cover, contain, embody, take in.

ANT. _Cast off, reject; exclude, except._

=Embroider.= Embellish, enrich, emboss, adorn with needlework.

ANT. _Darn, botch, patch, repair._

=Embroil.= Implicate, entangle, ensnarl, involve; disturb, perplex, confuse, distract, trouble.

ANT. _Extricate, separate, remove; compose, pacify, arrange, calm._

=Embryo.= Germ, rudiment, nucleus, origin.

ANT. _Development, completion, maturity, fulfilment._

=Emendation.= Amendment, correction, rectification, reformation, improvement.

ANT. _Error, defect, fault, incorrectness, inaccuracy._

=Emerge.= Rise, issue, emanate, escape; appear, become visible.

ANT. _Disappear, sink; retreat, abscond, recede; enter; depart._

=Emergency.= Exigency, urgency, necessity, crisis, difficulty, extremity, strait; juncture, turn of events; unforeseen occasion; embarrassment, difficulty, casualty.

ANT. _Rescue, deliverance, solution, provision, arrangement, anticipation, foresight, climax._

=Emigration.= Removal, exodus, migration from, colonization; departure.

ANT. _Immigration, migration to_ or _into; settlement, sojourn, abode, stay; domiciliation, domestication_.

=Eminence.= Prominence, projection, elevation, protuberance, hill, high point; distinction, celebrity, reputation, renown, repute, fame, preferment; note, conspicuousness; superiority.

ANT. _Debasement, degradation, lowliness, decline; infamy, disgrace, shame, obloquy, opprobrium, scandal._

=Eminent.= High, lofty, elevated; celebrated, distinguished, prominent, illustrious, remarkable, renowned, conspicuous, famous, reputed.

ANT. _Mediocre, worthless; infamous, notorious; egregious, outrageous._

=Emission.= Ejection, expulsion, issue; issuance, putting into circulation.

ANT. _Injection, admission, entrance._

=Emit.= Eject, expel, throw out; issue, decree, discharge; put into circulation.

ANT. _Inject; retain, withhold._

=Emollient.= Softening, laxative, balsamic, soothing, palliative.

ANT. _Irritant, astringent, irritating, galling._

=Emolument.= Gain, pay, profit, remuneration, wages, salary, income, hire, stipend, lucre, compensation; advantage, benefit; gratuity, perquisite.

ANT. _Loss, damage, waste; disadvantage._

=Emotion.= Feeling, passion, excitement, agitation, sensibility, perturbation, tremor, trepidation.

ANT. _Indifference, insensibility, impassiveness, stoicism, imperturbability._

=Emphasis.= Stress, force, ictus; weight, significance, impressiveness.

ANT. _Elision, monotony, uniformity._

=Emphatic.= Significant, expressive, strong, forcible, positive, energetic, decided, distinct, unequivocal, earnest, important, special.

ANT. _Mild, ordinary, usual, unimportant, commonplace, unnoticeable, cool, unimpassioned, undemonstrative._

=Empire.= Dominion, supremacy, sovereignty, authority, government, command, control, sway, rule, kingdom.

ANT. _Independence, insurrection, anarchy, mutiny, sedition, uprising._

=Empiric, Empirical.= Tentative, experimental, provisional, hypothetic, experiential; quackish.

ANT. _Regular, scientific, uniform, constant, inductive, categorical._

=Employ.= Engage, call, hire, use, engross, busy, exercise; apply, enlist, entrust, occupy, economize.

ANT. _Discard, dismiss, misuse._

=Employment.= Business, vocation, pursuit, calling, profession, craft, trade, occupation; service, agency, office, employ; application, engrossment.

ANT. _Leisure, laziness, indolence; recreation, vacation._

=Empower.= Commission, authorize, warrant, qualify; enable, encourage; delegate, sanction, direct.

ANT. _Hinder, prevent, discourage, disqualify, disable; recall, revoke, withdraw._

=Empty=, _a._ Void, without contents, vacant, unoccupied; destitute, devoid; unsupplied, unfurnished, unfilled; unsatisfactory, vain, hollow, unsubstantial; desolate, waste, deserted, uninhabited; senseless, weak, frivolous; clear, unencumbered, unobstructed, vacuous, untenanted, evacuated; silly, idle, deficient.

ANT. _Full, occupied, inhabited, colonized, obstructed, encumbered; cultivated, informed, well-instructed, sensible, experienced; significant, important, forcible, substantial._

=Emulation.= Rivalry, desire to excel, exceed, _or_ surpass, competition; jealousy, envy, contention; vying, aspiration, contest.

ANT. _Stagnation, inactivity, dulness; contempt, disregard, disdain, disaffection; abandonment, resignation, discouragement._

=Enable.= Empower, strengthen, qualify, make capable, capacitate, invigorate.

ANT. _Weaken, disqualify, incapacitate, disable, hinder._

=Enact.= Decree, establish by law, ordain; play, personate, represent, act, feign, dissimulate; pass.

ANT. _Abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, repeal, rescind, expunge._

=Enamor.= Charm, captivate, fascinate, inflame with love, enslave, endear, bewitch, enchain.

ANT. _Disenthrall, repel, estrange, disgust, disenchant, horrify._

=Encamp.= Bivouac, pitch, settle, quarter, camp.

ANT. _March, decamp, retire, retreat, advance, charge._

=Enchain.= Bind with chains, fetter, manacle, enslave.

ANT. _Loose, liberate, manumit, extricate, free._

=Enchant.= Charm, fascinate, bewitch, enamor, captivate, win, catch, lead captive; enrapture, ravish, transport, beatify, delight.

ANT. _Repel, estrange, disgust, horrify, shock, alienate._

=Enchantment.= Incantation, fascination, charm, conjuration, necromancy, magic, witchery, sorcery, spell; delight, rapture, ravishment, transport, bliss.

ANT. _Disillusionment, repulsion, shock, alienation._

=Encircle.= Surround, encompass, environ, gird, enclose; embrace, fold, clasp; hem in, beset, circumscribe.

=Enclose.= Encompass, encircle, shut, include, environ, envelop, wrap, circumscribe.

=Enclosure.= Space enclosed, compass, circle; yard, compound; fence, ring, limit, park, field, boundary, precinct.

ANT. _Space, waste, desert, wild, open, prairie, wilderness, stretch, void, clearing._

=Encomium.= Eulogy, praise, eulogium, panegyric, commendation, laudation, pæan, compliment, good word.

ANT. _Invective, taunt, vituperation, obloquy, vilification, slander._

=Encompass.= Encircle, enclose, gird, hem in, surround, circumscribe.

=Encounter.= Meet, confront, face, withstand; assault, combat, engage, fight, attack, contend, compete with; fall upon.

ANT. _Elude, avoid, escape, shun, miss, flee, frustrate._

=Encourage.= Inspirit, animate, embolden, hearten, incite, stimulate; cheer, comfort, console; support, countenance, reassure; advance, further; foster, abet, aid, help, patronize; prompt, urge.

ANT. _Deter, discourage, dishearten, dissuade; depress, deject; provoke, incite, exasperate; retard, hinder, prevent._

=Encroach.= Intrude, trespass, infringe, invade; creep, advance stealthily; transgress.

ANT. _Respect, recognize, observe; protect; refrain._

=Encumber.= Clog, load, impede, obstruct, hinder, burden, overload; embarrass, perplex, involve, entangle, complicate.

ANT. _Free, liberate; assist, aid, help; relieve, straighten._

=Encumbrance.= Load, impediment, hindrance; debt, claim, liability.

ANT. _Aid, assistance; relief; cancelation._

=End=, _n._ Limit, outcome, period, extremity, extent, bound, conclusion, boundary, completion, close, effect, expiration, finish, finis, finale; issue, goal, intent, fulfilment, purpose, point, result, termination, terminus; utmost, uttermost; accomplishment, achievement; cessation, consummation, design, consequence; fragment, scrap, remnant.

ANT. _Commencement, origin, beginning, source, spring, start, fountain, arising, inception, opening, initiation, outset, rise._

=End=, _v._ Cease, break off, close, complete, conclude, stop, quit, desist, terminate, finish, expire, wind up; destroy, kill, put to death.

ANT. _Begin, commence, initiate, start, open; restore, revivify._

=Endanger.= Hazard, risk, peril; commit, compromise, expose to danger, jeopardize.

ANT. _Protect, shield, save, defend, cover, screen, preserve._

=Endear.= Make dear, attach, secure the affection of, gain; conciliate.

ANT. _Estrange, alienate, embitter, antagonize._

=Endeavor=, _v._ Attempt, essay, try, strive, undertake, make effort, labor, aim, exert one’s self.

ANT. _Neglect, omit, abandon, drop, dismiss, pass by, let go, give up, throw away, up_, or _over, overlook_.

=Endless.= Interminable, boundless, limitless, infinite, immeasurable, illimitable; everlasting, perpetual, eternal, unending, without end; incessant, ceaseless, uninterrupted, continual, continuous; immortal, deathless, undying, imperishable.

ANT. _Limited, brief, temporary, periodic, transient, fugitive, finite, ephemeral, transitory, temporal._

=Endow.= Furnish with dowry, enrich, endue, put on, invest, present, furnish, qualify, supply, clothe.

ANT. _Denude, deprive, divest, spoliate, strip, impoverish, despoil._

=Endowment.= Grant, gift, bequest, bounty, present, largess, boon; property, fund, revenue; talent, faculty, power, quality, capability, aptitude, parts, genius, qualification, ability; attainment, provision, benefaction.

ANT. _Poverty, lack, incapacity, impoverishment, spoliation._

=Endure.= Suffer, submit, bear, tolerate, allow, sustain, support, undergo, abide, afford, brook; experience; continue, remain, persist, be permanent.

ANT. _Fail, sink, succumb, surrender, yield, break down, despair, droop, faint, fall, falter, give out, give up._

=Enemy.= Adversary, competitor, foe, opponent, rival, antagonist.

ANT. _Abettor, ally, friend, accomplice, supporter, helper, accessory, associate, companion, familiar, confidant, adherent._

=Energetic.= Vigorous, active, forcible, powerful, effective, potent, efficacious, efficient, able, capable.

ANT. _Weak, languid, faint, drooping, pining, exhausted, feeble; listless, spiritless, inactive._

=Energy.= Agility, activity, force, power, potency, strength, intensity, vigor, might, efficacy, efficiency; spirit, animation, life, manliness, animal spirits, zeal.

ANT. _Indolence, slowness, sloth, clumsiness, lassitude, inactivity, sluggishness, heaviness, inertness, laziness._

=Enervate.= Unnerve, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, effeminate; break, paralyze; incapacitate.

ANT. _Invigorate, strengthen, harden, nerve, brace, empower._

=Enfeeble.= Enervate, weaken, debilitate, unnerve.

ANT. _Strengthen, nerve, invigorate, brace._

=Enfold.= Envelop, wrap, enclose, embrace, encircle, encompass.

ANT. _Disclose, unwrap, develop, reveal, expose._

=Enforce.= Urge, impress, compel, constrain, oblige, force, require, exact, exert, strain.

ANT. _Relax, abandon, remit, waive, forego._

=Enforcement.= Inculcation, execution, sanction, constraint, compulsion.

ANT. _Relaxation, abandonment, remission._

=Enfranchise.= Endow with franchise or suffrage; free, emancipate, release, qualify, manumit.

ANT. _Disenfranchise, disqualify._

=Engage.= Promise, bind, pledge, commit; plight, affiance, betroth; enlist, induce to serve; attract, allure, gain, win, entertain; arrest, fix, occupy, busy, employ, engross; encounter, attack, fight with, battle with; contend, struggle, contest; involve; stipulate, agree; adopt.

ANT. _Decline, refuse, withdraw, extricate, disengage, dismiss, discard; retreat, retract._

=Engagement.= Promise, stipulation, contract, obligation, assurance, pledge; betrothal, affiancing; employment, occupation, business, vocation; combat, battle, contest, fight, encounter, action, conflict.

ANT. _Release, liberation; dismissal; excuse._

=Engaging.= Attractive, winning, charming, pleasing, interesting, delightful.

ANT. _Repulsive, unattractive, disagreeable._

=Engender.= Beget, generate, create, breed, produce, cause, occasion, propagate.

ANT. _Stifle, destroy, extinguish. blight, prevent, neutralize._

=Engrave.= Carve, cut, chisel, imprint, cut in, infix, grave, impress deeply; sculpture, stereotype.

ANT. _Erase, obliterate, wear out, efface, destroy; carve in relief._

=Engross.= Absorb, engage, monopolize, engulf, occupy, forestall; copy.

ANT. _Distract, disperse, dissipate, scatter, vanish._

=Enhance.= Heighten, swell, raise the price of, advance; augment, increase; aggrandize.

ANT. _Undervalue, depreciate, disparage, detract, underestimate._

=Enigmatic, Enigmatical.= Obscure, puzzling, hidden, mysterious, perplexing, unintelligible, ambiguous, recondite, incomprehensible, mystical, occult.

ANT. _Plain, clear, manifest, self-evident, lucid, explanatory, open, intelligible._

=Enjoin.= Urge, admonish, advise, order, direct, command, bid, require; prohibit, restrain; commission, ordain, oblige, prescribe.

ANT. _Dissuade; remit, absolve, exonerate; recall, dispense with, disqualify._

=Enjoy.= Possess; delight in, like, be pleased with.

ANT. _Dislike, loathe, endure, tolerate, lose, disrelish._

=Enjoyment.= Pleasure, delight, happiness, gratification; fruition; possession; satisfaction, gladness, felicity.

ANT. _Misery, wretchedness, grief, affliction, suffering, calamity._

=Enlarge.= Amplify, augment, increase, extend, expand, magnify; make greater, ennoble; dilate, descant, expatiate; swell, grow.

ANT. _Contract, narrow, reduce, diminish, restrict, lessen, curtail._

=Enlighten.= Illuminate, light up; inform, teach, edify, make intelligent, instruct.

ANT. _Darken, obscure; mystify, mislead, perplex, confound._

=Enlist.= Enroll, register, incorporate, enter, embody, record, chronicle, muster.

ANT. _Erase, expunge, withdraw, dismiss, disband, muster out._

=Enliven.= Amuse, quicken, animate, rouse, invigorate, inspire, inspirit, cheer, delight, gladden, exhilarate.

ANT. _Depress, dispirit, subdue, sober, moderate, oppress, weary, paralyze, deaden, tire, stupefy._

=Enmity.= Hatred, hostility, malice, rancor, animosity, antagonism, acrimony, bitterness, ill will, malevolence, spite, malignity, maliciousness, opposition, asperity, aversion, hate, discord.

ANT. _Friendship, love, affection, esteem, cordiality, amity, alliance, concord, agreement, regard, harmony, sympathy, kindliness, kindness._

=Ennoble.= Dignify, elevate, exalt, ameliorate, enlarge, make great.

ANT. _Debase, degrade, deteriorate, depress, deprave, corrupt, vitiate._

=Enormity.= Depravity, atrocity, wickedness, villainy, outrageousness, heinousness, nefariousness, abomination, perpetration, sin.

ANT. _Innocence, righteousness, guilelessness, inoffensiveness._

=Enormous.= Huge, vast, immense, immoderate, inordinate, abnormal, exceptional, monstrous, gigantic, colossal, prodigious, elephantine; heinous, depraved, nefarious.

ANT. _Trivial, insignificant, ordinary, average, diminutive, moderate._

=Enough.= Sufficient, plenty, satisfactory, ample, abundant.

ANT. _Insufficient, short, inadequate, scant, ill-supplied, bare._

=Enrage.= Exasperate, provoke, irritate, madden, incite, incense, inflame, infuriate, excite, aggravate, anger.

ANT. _Soothe, conciliate, allay, tame, quiet, mollify, appease, pacify, tranquilize._

=Enrapture.= Enchant, entrance, enravish, delight, transport, beatify, satisfy, please, gladden, fascinate, bewitch, captivate, charm, attract, enamor, enslave.

ANT. _Disgust, nauseate, repel, torment, torture, horrify._

=Enrich.= Aggrandize, enhance, endow, augment, store, supply; adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish; fertilize.

ANT. _Impoverish, rob, denude, fleece, reduce, beggar, despoil, strip._

=Enroll.= Enlist, register, record, chronicle, embody, list, catalogue.

ANT. _Erase, expunge, withdraw._

=Enrolment.= Registration; register, record.

ANT. _Omission; withdrawal; erasure._

=Enshrine.= Treasure, preserve, cherish, embalm, consecrate.

ANT. _Lose, misplace, expose, destroy, desecrate._

=Enslave.= Captivate, charm, enthral, subjugate, master, dominate, bewitch, delight, fascinate.

ANT. _Repel, disgust, alienate; free._

=Ensue.= Follow, result, eventuate, succeed, befall, accrue, happen, take place, supervene; issue, arise, spring, come.

ANT. _Precede, herald, introduce; forewarn, threaten, premonish, caution._

=Entail.= Transfer, transmit, fix, devolve, involve, bequeath, demise, leave, induce, necessitate.

ANT. _Prevent, obviate, nullify; neutralize; estrange, alienate, supersede._

=Entangle.= Implicate, involve, compromise, entrap, knot, perplex, embarrass, confuse, intertwist, interweave, intertwine.

ANT. _Straighten, extricate, disentangle, unravel, deliver._

=Enter.= Go or come into; pierce, penetrate; begin, commence; enroll, inscribe, chronicle, note, register, record; engage in; embark, enlist, join; invade.

ANT. _Depart, leave, issue, quit, vacate; go out; finish, end; withdraw from, retire, resign._

=Enterprise.= Adventure, undertaking, effort, attempt, essay, endeavor, trial, experiment; energy, activity, readiness, willingness; progress.

ANT. _Routine, monotony, humdrum, matter-of-fact, unprogressiveness; caution, inactivity._

=Enterprising.= Venturesome, adventurous, daring, audacious, bold; prompt, alert, active, energetic, efficient, spirited, strenuous, eager, zealous, stirring; progressive, speculative.

ANT. _Timid, cautious, inactive, fearful, cowardly; conservative; wary, prudent, discreet, anxious, careful, thoughtful; indolent, unenterprising, inactive, unready, laggard._

=Entertain.= Amuse, interest, divert, cheer, delight, recreate, beguile, please, occupy, gratify, enliven, disport; consider, ponder; lodge, treat hospitably, cherish, harbor, hold, receive.

ANT. _Annoy, tire, bore, disturb, weary, distract, disquiet; refuse, reject, deny, debar, exclude, eject._

=Entertainment.= Delight, diversion, amusement, cheer, enjoyment, pastime, fun, merriment, pleasure, recreation, sport, hospitality, frolic, reception, lodging.

ANT. _Weariness, work, toil, ennui, labor, fatigue, disturbance; refusal, rejection._

=Enthrone.= Crown, instal, exalt, elevate, invest with power.

ANT. _Dethrone, depose, debase, degrade._

=Enthusiasm.= Ardor, earnestness, excitement, inspiration, frenzy, vehemence, warmth, ecstasy, passion, zeal, rapture, eagerness, devotion, fervency, fanaticism, fervor, intensity, transport.

ANT. _Indifference, caution, calmness, prudence, timidity, policy, coldness, dulness, calculation, lukewarmness, deadness, callousness._

=Entice.= Lure, attract, seduce, coax, persuade, wheedle, cajole, delude, entrap, decoy, inveigle, lead astray, induce.

ANT. _Warn, hinder, deter, repel, admonish, caution, make aware._

=Entire.= Whole, complete, perfect, unimpaired, unbroken, undiminished, undivided; full, integral, thorough, solid, unalloyed, plenary; unmixed, sheer, mere, unmitigated, pure; total, absolute.

ANT. _Partial, incomplete, broken, impaired, alloyed, limited, divided, defective, mixed; relative._

=Entitle.= Name, designate, denominate, call, style, characterize; christen; enable, fit, empower, qualify.

ANT. _Disable, disqualify._

=Entity.= Being, essence, existence.

ANT. _Nonentity, chimera, phantom, fantasy, hallucination._

=Entomb.= Bury, inter, inhume.

ANT. _Exhume, disinter._

=Entrance.= Approach, doorway, opening, door, entry, ingress, gate, gateway, inlet, portal, access, admission, admittance, entrée, introduction, penetration, avenue, adit; beginning, commencement, initiation.

ANT. _Departure, egress, refusal, exit, withdrawal, ejection, exclusion, expulsion, rejection._

=Entreat.= Beg, supplicate, solicit, beseech, implore, pray, appeal, petition, adjure, crave, importune, enjoin, urge.

ANT. _Command, insist, bid, enjoin, charge, direct; grant, heed, hear, answer, respond._

=Entry.= Entrance, ingress, access; avenue, passage, hall, inlet; minute, note, record, register, memorandum; initiation, beginning.

ANT. _Egress, exit, departure; outlet, vent; misrecord, falsification, blank, omission; conclusion, quittance, disposal._

=Entwine.= Interlace, weave, entwist, wreathe together or round.

ANT. _Disentwine, dissever, untwist._

=Enumerate.= Compute, reckon, numerate, number, tell, cite, estimate, recount, specify, detail, calculate, rehearse, recapitulate.

ANT. _Mingle, jumble, confuse; miscount, misreckon, miscalculate._

=Enunciate.= Announce, proclaim, declare; pronounce, syllable; state, propound, articulate, relate, utter, publish, promulgate.

ANT. _Mutter, babble, stammer._

=Envelop=, _v._ Wrap, surround, encircle, fold, encompass, cover, hide.

ANT. _Expose, unwrap, reveal, extract; develop._

=Envenom.= Poison, taint, vitiate, infect, pollute; embitter; enrage, provoke, exasperate, irritate, madden, inflame.

ANT. _Purify, disinfect; delight, please, gratify._

=Envious.= Jealous, suspicious, grudging.

ANT. _Friendly, kindly, well-disposed, trustful, contented, satisfied._

=Environ.= Surround, encircle, encompass, gird, belt, enclose, envelop; invest, besiege, hem in, beset.

=Envoy.= Messenger (_in diplomatic service_); ambassador, minister, legate, plenipotentiary.

ANT. _Scout, spy, orderly_ (as messengers in military service).

=Envy.= Malice, ill will; jealousy, hate, spite, hatred, grudging; chagrin, discontent, mortification.

ANT. _Admiration, good will, regard, esteem, benevolence; aspiration, emulation._

=Ephemeral.= Transient, momentary, daily, diurnal, fleeting, fugitive, brief, evanescent, transitory.

ANT. _Permanent, immortal, eternal, lasting, enduring, perpetual, abiding, persistent, perennial._

=Epigrammatic.= Pointed, terse, laconic, concise, graphic.

ANT. _Diffuse, prolix, pointless, copious, circumlocutory, verbose, periphrastic._

=Epitome.= Summary, compend, abstract, curtailment, reduction.

ANT. _Expansion, extension, amplification, dilation._

=Equable.= Even, uniform, steady, regular, proportionate, smooth, easy, invariable.

ANT. _Variable, fitful, irregular, disjointed, desultory, uneasy._

=Equal.= Like, equivalent, identical, tantamount; uniform, regular, even, steady; proportionate, commensurate; impartial, unbiased; competent, fit, adequate, sufficient; fair, equitable, just.

ANT. _Dissimilar, unsteady, incommensurate, irregular, disproportionate; incompetent, inadequate; unjust, unfair; variable, disparate._

=Equality.= Likeness, uniformity, identity, evenness, equableness, sameness of rank.

ANT. _Dissimilarity, difference._

=Equanimity.= Composure, calmness, tranquillity, steadiness, serenity.

ANT. _Impatience, perturbation, restlessness, disquiet._

=Equip.= Accouter, arm, provide, furnish, fit out, supply, dress, array, garnish, arrange, invest, clothe.

ANT. _Divest, denude, dismantle, despoil, derange._

=Equipage.= Carriage, retinue, vehicle, attendance, procession, suite, train; equipment, furniture, baggage, effects.

=Equipment.= Accouterments, apparatus, furnishings, dress, rigging, trappings, gear, outfit, provisions, equipage, arms, supplies.

=Equitable.= Upright, just, impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced, reasonable, fair, right, proper, honest, even-handed, proportionate.

ANT. _Unfair, unjust, unreasonable, partial, prepossessed, prejudiced, biased._