Chapter I

=Idea.= Concept, conception, impression, judgment, plan, opinion, purpose, conceit, design, fancy, pattern, thought, theory, belief, image, imagination, notion, supposition, ideal, apprehension, fantasy, model, sentiment, archetype; doctrine, understanding; fiction.

ANT. _Object, form, subject; substance, fact, actuality, reality._

=Ideal=, _n._ Idea, archetype, original, model, standard, prototype.

ANT. _Fact, performance, reality, practice, act, accomplishment, achievement, action, realization, attainment, development, doing, incarnation, embodiment, execution._

=Ideal=, _a._ Mental, conceptional, intellectual, notional, creative, spiritual, poetical, supposititious, unreal, fictitious, imaginary, fanciful, imaginative, chimerical.

ANT. _Physical, material, visible, tangible, historical, substantial, real, actual, palpable._

=Ideality.= Imagination, conception, invention, fancy, creativeness, genius.

ANT. _Imitation, uninventiveness, copyism, unimaginativeness; literality._

=Identical.= Same, selfsame, not different; particular.

ANT. _Different, separate, contrary._

=Identify.= Prove identical, make identical, confound; unite, integrate, incorporate, recognize, verify.

ANT. _Divide, disunite, confound, confuse, overlook, mistake._

=Identity.= Sameness, unity, oneness, union, personality, individuality, convertibility.

ANT. _Difference, separateness, distinctness, contrariety, plurality._

=Idiocy.= Imbecility; foolishness, fatuity, irrationality; aberration, insanity; stupidity, folly, senselessness, incapacity.

ANT. _Intelligence, sagacity, wisdom, capacity, brilliancy, astuteness, acuteness, sense, common sense, soundness; sanity, judgment._

=Idiom.= Specialty, phrase, turn, peculiarity, characteristic.

ANT. _Barbarism, solecism._

=Idiosyncrasy.= Peculiarity, idiocrasy; constitution, temperament, specialty, characteristic, individuality, singularity, eccentricity.

ANT. _Community, universality, generality._

=Idiot.= Fool, natural, imbecile.

ANT. _Sage, authority, luminary._

=Idle.= Unbusied, unused, leisure; useless, ineffectual, fruitless, bootless, unavailing, vain, abortive, futile; trifling, trivial, unimportant, trashy, foolish, unprofitable; waste, empty; indolent, inert, lazy, slothful, unoccupied, vacant, inactive, sluggish, unemployed.

ANT. _Active, busy, diligent, industrious, employed, working; occupied; tilled; filled, populated; assiduous._

=Idolize.= Deify; adore, worship, reverence, venerate.

ANT. _Loathe, abominate, execrate, abhor._

=Ignoble.= Plebeian, vulgar, untitled, baseborn, low, mean, rustic, peasant; worthless, insignificant, contemptible; dishonorable, disgraceful, inferior, unworthy; humble.

ANT. _Honorable, eminent, exalted, noble, lordly, illustrious, grand, notable._

=Ignominious.= Dishonorable, infamous, disgraceful, shameful, scandalous, disreputable, opprobrious; despicable, base, deserving ignominy, contemptible.

ANT. _Honorable, creditable, reputable, estimable, worthy._

=Ignominy.= Dishonor, disgrace, discredit, shame, infamy, disrepute, contempt, obloquy, opprobrium, scandal, abasement, odium; reprobation, reproach.

ANT. _Credit, honor, reputation, glory, luster, distinction, renown._

=Ignoramus.= Smatterer, novice, wiseacre, dunce, simpleton, dullard, greenhorn, numskull.

ANT. _Savant, sage, luminary._

=Ignorance.= Illiteracy, stupidity, nescience, blindness, darkness.

ANT. _Knowledge, wisdom, sense, learning, erudition._

=Ignorant.= Illiterate, unlearned, unlettered, unskilled, untaught, untutored, uneducated, ill-informed, uninstructed, uninformed.

ANT. _Educated, learned, instructed, sage, wise, skilled, cultured, trained, well-informed, cultivated._

=Ignore.= Disregard, neglect, overlook, not recognize; set aside, reject; disown, repudiate.

ANT. _Own, notice, recognize, mark, visit, avow, claim._

=Ill=, _n._ Wickedness, depravity, evil; misfortune, calamity, affliction, misery, harm, pain.

ANT. _Good, blessing, fortune; righteousness, integrity, honor._

=Ill=, _a._ Bad, evil, unfortunate, unfavorable; wicked, wrong, iniquitous, naughty; sick, ailing, diseased, disordered, poorly, indisposed; cross, crabbed, surly, peevish, hateful, malicious; ill-favored, ugly.

ANT. _Well, strong, good, vigorous, healthy, robust, hearty, hale._

=Ill-bred.= Impolite, uncivil, uncourteous, uncourtly, uncouth, unpolished, rude, ill-behaved, ill-mannered.

ANT. _Polite, well-behaved, civil, refined, courteous._

=Illuminate.= Light, illumine, illume; enlighten, make wise, instruct, inspire; emblazon, irradiate.

ANT. _Darken, obscure, bedim, mislead, delude._

=Illusion.= Delusion, hallucination, deception, error, fallacy, mockery, fantasy, phantasm, chimera; dream, vision, myth.

ANT. _Body, substance, form, reality, actuality, essence._

=Illusive.= Delusive, deceptive, deceitful, fallacious; visionary, unreal, disappointing, fugitive, erroneous, false, imaginary, illusory, chimerical.

ANT. _Substantial, real, true, satisfactory, solid, permanent._

=Illustrate.= Elucidate, explain, exemplify, make clear; interpret, demonstrate, represent, embody, paint, image; adorn with pictures.

ANT. _Obscure, misinterpret, confuse, mystify, darken, misrepresent._

=Illustrious.= Glorious, splendid, brilliant, bright, radiant; famous, famed, noted, renowned, distinguished, celebrated, eminent, signal, remarkable, conspicuous; deathless, noble.

ANT. _Ignominious, disgraceful, infamous, inglorious, disreputable._

=Ill will.= Malevolence, unkindness, malice, enmity, hatred, hate, rancor, envy, grudge, uncharitableness, ill nature; antipathy, dislike, aversion.

ANT. _Good will, benevolence, beneficence._

=Im-= or =In-=. This prefix, which is regularly _in-_, and which becomes _il-_ before _l_, _ir-_ before _r_, and _im-_ before a labial, means _in_, _into_, _on_, or _among_, or denotes the negative _not_, or, occasionally, has a simple intensive meaning. Such words as begin with this prefix without modification of the combined meaning of the prefix and root word, will be easily derived from the antonyms and synonyms of the root words. Others of more derived meaning are found here.

=Image.= Statue; idol, object of worship; likeness, effigy, figure, resemblance, similitude, representation, picture; trope, metaphor; idea, copy, conception, fiction, shadow, vision.

ANT. _Person, original, substance, subject, object, reality, truth, verity._

=Imagery.= Phantasm, phantom, vision, dream; tropes, figures of speech, poetry, fancy, illustration, metaphor, similitude.

ANT. _Prose, statement, fact._

=Imagination.= Conception, invention, ideality, fancy, fantasy, creative power; esemplastic faculty; idea, notion; contrivance, scheme, device, plot; illusion.

=Imaginative.= Inventive, creative, plastic, poetical, esemplastic, poetic; conceptive, romantic, ideal, original.

ANT. _Unimaginative, unpoetical, prosaic, unromantic, literal, uninventive, matter-of-fact._

=Imagine.= Conceive, think, image, fancy, picture; devise, contrive, frame, project, invent, create, mold; suppose, assume; deem, apprehend, believe; surmise, understand, fabricate, presume.

ANT. _Represent, exhibit, depict, prove, demonstrate, verify, substantiate._

=Imbecile=, _a._ Weak, feeble, helpless, infirm, decrepit; foolish, witless, idiotic, driveling, fatuous.

ANT. _Shrewd, clever, sagacious._

=Imbecility.= Weakness, debility, feebleness, infirmity, helplessness; foolishness, childishness, idiocy, fatuity, dotage, senility.

ANT. _Strength, energy, virility, vigor, power._

=Imbibe.= Absorb, take in, suck in, swallow up; receive, gather, gain, acquire, get, pick up; assimilate, learn.

ANT. _Discard, reject, renounce, disavow, abjure, repudiate._

=Imitate.= Copy, follow, pattern after; mimic, ape, mock, impersonate, take off; burlesque, travesty, parody; represent, resemble, portray, depict, repeat, counterfeit.

ANT. _Misrepresent, caricature, alter, vary, distort, remodel, differentiate, dissimilate, modify._

=Imitative.= Imitating, copying, mimicking, aping, apish, caricaturing, unoriginal, servile.

ANT. _Original, creative, inventive._

=Immaculate.= Spotless, unspotted, stainless, unsullied, unsoiled, untainted, unblemished, untarnished, clean, pure, undefiled; innocent, guiltless, sinless, faultless, fair, holy, saintly; virgin, unpolluted.

ANT. _Impure, corrupt, sinful, contaminated, defiled, polluted, tainted, spotted._

=Immanent.= Intrinsic, inherent, internal, indwelling; empirical; innate, subjective, congenital, ingrained, natural, implicit.

ANT. _Emanant, transitive, developed, projective, exsilient, phenomenal, explicit, accidental, transcendental, transeunt._

=Immaterial.= Incorporeal, unbodied, unfleshly, spiritual, supersensible; unimportant, insignificant, unessential, non-essential, trivial, trifling.

ANT. _Material, physical, important, corporeal, essential._

=Immature.= Unripe, crude, raw, green, unformed, unprepared, imperfect, rudimentary, unfinished; premature, hasty, unseasonable, untimely; undeveloped.

ANT. _Ripe, complete, developed, mature, finished._

=Immeasurable.= Illimitable, unbounded, boundless, limitless, measureless, immense, infinite; vast, unfathomable.

ANT. _Finite, limited, circumscribed, restricted, shallow, bounded._

=Immediate.= Proximate, close, near, next; direct, unmediated; instantaneous, instant, present; contiguous.

ANT. _Distant, remote, mediate, future._

=Immediately.= Presently, this instant, straightway, directly, forthwith, at once, now, right off, instantly, without delay.

ANT. _Hereafter, by-and-by, after a while, sometime._

=Immemorial.= Olden, ancient, hoary, archaic, primitive, remote, time-honored, primordial.

ANT. _Recent, modern, late, fresh, upstart._

=Immerse.= Dip, plunge, submerge, sink, douse, duck, bury; soak, steep, macerate, drown, inundate, overwhelm.

ANT. _Dry, drain, parch, ventilate, air, ground, strand._

=Immigration.= Migration, colonization, settlement.

ANT. _Exodus, emigration._

=Imminent.= Impending, hovering, threatening.

ANT. _Improbable, doubtful, unexpected, unlikely, contingent, chimerical, problematical; warded, staved, escaped._

=Immunity.= Freedom, exemption, release, exoneration; prerogative, privilege, right, liberty, charter, franchise; dispensation.

ANT. _Liability, obligation, jurisdiction, impost, amenability, burden._

=Imp.= Sprite, hobgoblin, demon, devil, flibbertigibbet, scamp, brat.

ANT. _Cherub, angel._

=Impact.= Impulse, shock, impression, stroke; collision, contact, striking, impinging; application.

ANT. _Isolation, separation, interval, removal, avoidance, non-contact, shave._

=Impair.= Deteriorate, vitiate, injure, harm, make worse; lessen, diminish, decrease; enervate, weaken, enfeeble; reduce, damage.

ANT. _Enhance, improve, repair, augment, better, increase._

=Impassioned.= Passionate, vehement, impetuous, animated, exciting, glowing, intense, fervid, fervent, warm, ardent, zealous; spirited.

ANT. _Cool, impassive, unimpassioned, apathetic, indifferent._

=Impatience.= Uneasiness, disquietude, restlessness; haste, vehemence, eagerness, precipitation, impetuosity; heat, violence of temper, irritability, irritableness.

ANT. _Patience, calmness, endurance, composure, leniency, submission, forbearance, long-suffering._

=Impediment.= Bar, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, difficulty, clog, encumbrance, stumbling-block, check.

ANT. _Assistance, aid, benefit, help, relief, succor, advantage; aidance, support, furtherance._

=Imperative.= Commanding, authoritative, peremptory; binding, obligatory; urgent, irresistible, dictatorial, inexorable, compulsory.

ANT. _Indulgent, lenient, supplicatory, mild, optional, discretional, entreative._

=Imperial.= Belonging to an empire, kingly, regal, sovereign, royal; majestic, grand, magnificent, exalted, great, noble, supreme, consummate, superb.

ANT. _Ignoble, servile, slavish, beggarly, mean, paltry._

=Imperious.= Magisterial, dictatorial, despotic, domineering, tyrannical, overbearing, lordly, haughty, arrogant, authoritative, exacting.

ANT. _Yielding, compliant, submissive, gentle, mild, docile, ductile._

=Impetuous.= Fierce, vehement, violent, furious, passionate, precipitate, hasty, headlong, over-zealous, reckless, rash, excitable.

ANT. _Careful, slow, deliberate, thoughtful, reflective, leisurely._

=Implement.= Utensil, tool, appliance, instrument.

ANT. _Labor, work, science, art, agriculture, manufacture._

=Implicate.= Entangle, enfold, involve, connect, associate, compromise, charge, incriminate.

ANT. _Disconnect, extricate, acquit, dissociate._

=Implication.= Entanglement, involution; inference, conclusion; intricacy, complication; concealment, latency; allusion, insinuation, innuendo, adumbration.

ANT. _Arrangement, system, orderliness; manifestation, expression, exposition, demonstration, production._

=Implicit.= Understood, implied, inferred, tacit; unreserved, unhesitating, firm, steadfast, unshaken, undoubting; involved.

ANT. _Expressed, explicit, developed, stated, plain, specific, unambiguous._

=Imply.= Involve, import, include, signify, mean, indicate, suggest, hint, denote.

ANT. _Express, declare, state, pronounce._

=Import=, _n._ Meaning, sense, purport, drift, signification, gist, spirit, bearing, tenor, intention.

ANT. _Statement, proceeding._

=Import=, _v._ Bring into; purport, denote, imply, betoken, signify, mean; concern, be of significance to; introduce.

ANT. _Export, banish, exile, send abroad._

=Importance.= Consequence, moment, weight, significance, momentousness, import, concern; avail; self-importance, pomposity.

ANT. _Nothingness, insignificance, unimportance, immateriality._

=Important.= Grave, weighty, momentous, serious, material, significant; influential, prominent, pompous, self-important, consequential; expressive, leading, main, relevant, considerable, essential, great, dignified.

ANT. _Insignificant, trivial, inconsiderable, irrelevant, secondary, petty, mean, uninfluential, minor, unimportant._

=Importunate.= Urgent, pertinacious, pressing, teasing, busy, solicitous, overurgent, overentreative.

ANT. _Modest, diffident, self-reliant, self-respecting._

=Importune.= Urge, entreat, press, solicit, dun, beset, pester, tease, worry, trouble.

ANT. _Surrender, sacrifice, abandon; grant, bestow._

=Impose.= Put, set, lay, place; appoint, enjoin, prescribe; obtrude, palm off, pass; inflict, subject.

ANT. _Remove, disburden, unload, free; hold up, arrest, disclose._

=Imposing.= Stately, august, majestic, grand, noble, commanding, impressive; striking, effective, dignified.

ANT. _Petty, undignified, unimposing, insignificant, paltry, puny._

=Imposition.= Imposing, putting, placing, laying; burden, levy, tax, constraint, oppression, injunction; deception, fraud, artifice, trickery, imposture, cheating; presumption, exaction, encroachment.

ANT. _Sanction, warrant, authority; truth, verity, fact, certainty, verification, genuineness, authenticity, honesty._

=Impost.= Tax, duty, custom, excise, levy, toll, tribute, rate; imposition.

ANT. _Revenue, proceeds, exemption, immunity._

=Impostor.= Deceiver, pretender, cheat, hypocrite, knave, charlatan, mountebank, rogue, Pharisee, trickster, dissembler.

ANT. _Guide, enlightener, detector, undeceiver._

=Imposture.= Cheat, trick, deception, imposition, fraud, ruse, delusion, dodge, artifice, wile, deceit, stratagem, hoax.

ANT. _Truth, fact, verity, reality._

=Impotence.= Disability, incapacity, incompetence, powerlessness, weakness, inefficiency, infirmity, frailty, imbecility, inability, incapability, helplessness, disqualification.

ANT. _Capacity, vigor, qualification, ability._

=Impoverish.= Make poor or indigent, exhaust, deplete, rob, beggar, fleece, denude.

ANT. _Enrich, aggrandize, augment, store, enhance, endow._

=Impregnable.= Invincible, unassailable, invulnerable, immovable, inexpugnable, secure, tenable, irrefragable.

ANT. _Pregnable, weak, exposed, defenseless, expugnable._

=Impregnate.= Fecundate, imbue, infuse, tincture, saturate, fill, fertilize; mix, combine, insert, steep, vivify, teach.

ANT. _Remove, evolve, extricate, separate, destroy, quench, extinguish, be studious, learn._

=Impression.= Printing, stamping, imprinting; stamp, impress, brand; mark; sensation, effect, influence; notion, idea, opinion, fancy.

ANT. _Concept, apprehension, comprehension._

=Impressive.= Affecting, touching, moving, stirring, powerful, striking, overpowering; forcible, solemn, imposing, important.

ANT. _Weak, feeble, vapid, tame, unimpressive, dry, insignificant._

=Improve.= Mend, gain, become better, get on, gain ground; increase, rise, be enhanced; better, amend, ameliorate, rectify; progress; avail one’s self of, use, make productive; correct, reform.

ANT. _Debase, deteriorate, vitiate, spoil, mar, impair, injure, depress._

=Improvement.= Amending, bettering, amelioration, amendment, progress, efficiency, proficiency, advancement, use, betterment; increase, correction.

ANT. _Degeneracy, retrogradation, degeneration, debasement, deterioration, retrogression._

=Impudence.= Assurance, boldness, impertinence, pertness, rudeness, sauciness, effrontery, forwardness, incivility, insolence, presumption, officiousness, intrusiveness.

ANT. _Bashfulness, humility, diffidence, meekness, lowliness, modesty, submissiveness; coyness, obsequiousness, subserviency, abasement._

=Impugn.= Attack, assail, contradict, oppose, resist, gainsay, controvert, deny, blame.

ANT. _Declare, state, allege, approve, commend, defend, repel; propose, propound, confront, face._

=Impulse.= Thrust, push, impetus; passion, instinct, proclivity, inclination, appetite; motive, influence, incitement, instigation, incentive, force, sudden thought.

ANT. _Deliberation, premeditation, rebuff, repulse._

=Impulsive.= Propulsive, impelling, moving; hot, quick, rash, hasty, passionate; wayward, impressible.

ANT. _Discreet, hesitating, reluctant, timid, calculating, wary, cautious._

=Impute.= Ascribe, refer, charge, attribute, imply, insinuate.

ANT. _Withdraw, retract, recall; clear, justify, acquit._

=Inane.= Empty, void; worthless, trifling, vacuous, vain, puerile, frivolous; pointless, feeble, vapid, characterless.

ANT. _Significant, pointed, powerful, sensible, forcible._

=Inanition.= Emptiness, vacuity, inanity; vanity, folly, puerility, worthlessness, frivolousness; exhaustion, starvation.

ANT. _Fulness, repletion, plethora; significance, meaning._

=Inaugurate.= Install, invest, induct; celebrate; commence, begin, initiate, originate.

ANT. _Divert, deprive, conclude, terminate._

=Inauguration.= Investiture, installation, induction, consecration, institution, initiation; commencement, formal opening, beginning, origination.

ANT. _Dismissal, discharge; valediction, valedictory; close, conclusion, end, termination._

=Incandescence.= White heat, incalescence, glow.

ANT. _Iciness, refrigeration, congelation, crystallization._

=Incantation.= Sorcery, charm, enchantment, spell, magic, conjuration, witchcraft, witchery, necromancy; recitation, invocation.

ANT. _Evocation, exorcism._

=Incarnation.= Embodiment, impersonation, manifestation, exemplification, personification.

ANT. _Disembodiment, abstraction, spiritualization._

=Incendiarism.= Arson; conflagration.

ANT. _Extinction, quenching, annihilation._

=Incense=, _v._ Enrage, exasperate, irritate, provoke, inflame, anger, excite, heat, chafe, sting, nettle, gall.

ANT. _Allay, soothe, pacify, appease, conciliate, mollify._

=Incentive.= Inducement, incitement, spur, impulse, stimulant, goad, motive, cause, encouragement, rousing, excitation.

ANT. _Deterrent, prohibition, warning, discouragement, dissuasion._

=Inception.= Beginning, inauguration, commencement.

ANT. _Ending, finis, conclusion, termination._

=Incessant.= Ceaseless, continual, unceasing, unremitting, perpetual, constant, everlasting, eternal, uninterrupted, unintermittent.

ANT. _Periodic, occasional, intermittent, interrupted._

=Incidence.= Impact, stroke, impingement.

ANT. _Reflection, resilience, rebound._

=Incident=, _n._ Event, occurrence, circumstance, chance, accident, fact, adventure, casualty.

ANT. _Cause, antecedent, reason, tendency, inducement, influence._

=Incident=, =Incidental=, _a._ Happening, liable; belonging, pertaining, appertaining, natural, relating; falling, impinging; casual, occasional, pertinent, fortuitous, concurrent, concomitant, accidental.

ANT. _Regular, systematic, disconnected, independent, irrelative, inherent, essential, immanent, invariable, uniform._

=Incipient.= Beginning, inchoate, commencing, embryonic.

ANT. _Final, terminal._

=Inclemency.= Harshness, severity, rigor, roughness, boisterousness, storminess, tempestuousness.

ANT. _Clemency, mildness, leniency, gentleness._

=Inclement.= Harsh, tyrannical, cruel, unmerciful, severe, rigorous, stormy, rough, boisterous.

ANT. _Benign, clement, mild, genial, merciful._

=Inclination.= Inclining, slope, leaning, slant; trend, verging, obliquity; disposition, predilection, bent, bias, proclivity, proneness, tendency, leaning, aptitude, propensity; desire, wish, fondness, liking, partiality; aptness, attachment, affection.

ANT. _Tangency, disinclination, divergence, ineptitude, inaptness, dislike._

=Incline=, _v._ Slant, lean, slope; trend, verge, tend; be disposed, have a desire _or_ propensity; dispose, predispose, turn, bias; bend, bow; bear, dip, induce, prompt.

ANT. _Deter, restrain, check; ascend, rise; indispose, disincline._

=Include.= Hold, contain; comprise, embody, comprehend, embrace, take in.

ANT. _Exclude, leave out._

=Inclusive.= Enclosing, encircling; including, comprehending, embracing; comprehensive, additive, implied.

ANT. _Exclusive, excepted; adversative, opposite, contrary, antithetical._

=Income.= Revenue, profits, gains; proceeds, pay, allowance.

ANT. _Expenditure, disbursement, outlay, expense._

=Incongruous.= Inconsistent, unsuitable, absurd, conflicting, discordant, discrepant, repugnant, mismated, incompatible, inapposite, contrary, contradictory, inappropriate, inharmonious, ill-matched, irreconcilable, mismatched.

ANT. _Consistent, harmonious, suitable, accordant, agreeing, compatible._

=Increase=, _n._ Accession, growth, extension, augmentation, addition, enlargement, expansion, increment; product, produce, gain, profit; offspring, issue, progeny, descendants.

ANT. _Deduction, detraction, diminution, contraction, loss, waste, detriment, curtailment, reduction, expenditure, impoverishment._

=Increase=, _v._ Advance, heighten, pile up, enhance, aggregate, dilate, magnify, spread, augment, greaten, enlarge, raise; extend, prolong; aggravate, intensify; grow; multiply, be fruitful.

ANT. _Decrease, lessen, diminish, decline, abate, lower, reduce, curtail, retrench._

=Inculcate.= Infuse, impress, enforce, instil, implant, ingraft, urge, teach.

ANT. _Insinuate, suggest, abjure, disavow, denounce._

=Incumbent.= Obligatory, binding, devolving; lying, leaning, reclining, resting, weighing down, prone; coercive, indispensable, urgent; threatening, impending.

ANT. _Optional, discretional, elective, voluntary._

=Incur.= Contract, become liable to; bring on; meet, run.

ANT. _Avoid, shun._

=Incursion.= Inroad, raid, invasion, irruption, descent, foray, sally, encroachment.

ANT. _Encampment, retreat, abode, settlement._

=Indebted.= Owing, obliged, beholden, under obligation.

ANT. _Disobliged, unbeholden._

=Indeed.= Truly, really, verily, positively, absolutely, in fact, veritably, certainly, in truth; strictly, in point of fact.

ANT. _By no means, not at all._

=Indefatigable.= Unwearied, untiring, persevering, persistent, assiduous, sedulous, unremitting, never-tiring, unflagging; incessant, indomitable.

ANT. _Idle, indifferent, indolent._

=Indelible.= Ineffaceable, indestructible, ingrained, indefeasible, irreversible, persistent.

ANT. _Mutable, evanescent, transient, effaceable._

=Indemnify.= Secure, save; compensate, remunerate, reimburse, requite; satisfy.

ANT. _Fine, mulct, amerce._

=Indicate.= Show, denote, mark, betoken, signify, point out, designate, specify; evidence, evince, betray, manifest, declare.

ANT. _Conceal, misdirect, falsify, misindicate, negative, contradict._

=Indication.= Indicating sign, mark, note, index, symptom, token, hint, suggestion, manifestation; evidence, demonstration, proof, prognostic.

ANT. _Silence, surmise, misdirection, undemonstrativeness, misguidance, misindication._

=Indictment.= Indicting, presentment; accusation, charge, impeachment, arraignment, crimination.

=Indifference.= Neutrality, impartiality, disinterestedness; unconcern, apathy, coolness, negligence, carelessness, inattention, heedlessness; triviality, insignificance, unimportance; inferiority; insensibility, composure.

ANT. _Importance, interest, significance, weight, gravity, affection, ardor, eagerness._

=Indifferent.= Neutral, unbiased, impartial, disinterested; cool, unconcerned, unmoved, cold, inattentive, apathetic, dead, regardless, heedless, unmindful; equal, all the same, all one, just the same; passable, tolerable, ordinary, middling, mediocre, rather poor; lukewarm, careless.

ANT. _Anxious, careful, susceptible, sympathetic, sensitive._

=Indigent.= Poor, needy, destitute, necessitous, reduced, penniless, moneyless, distressed, insolvent, in want; impecunious, straitened.

ANT. _Wealthy, moneyed, rich, affluent, opulent._

=Indignation.= Resentment, anger, ire, wrath, fury, rage, exasperation, choler; denunciation, displeasure, protestation.

ANT. _Gratification, admiration, approval, applause, complacency._

=Indignity.= Insult, outrage, affront, slight, dishonor, abuse, disrespect, contumely, reproach, opprobrium, obloquy; rudeness, contemptuousness, ignominy, disgrace.

ANT. _Deference, compliment, honor, respect._

=Indiscriminate.= Undistinguishing, undiscriminating; mixed, confused, mingled, promiscuous, indistinguishable; ill-assorted, undiscerning.

ANT. _Careful, sorted, select, discerning._

=Indisposed.= Averse, disinclined, unwilling, reluctant, backward, loath; ill, ailing, sick.

ANT. _Prompt, willing, eager, desirous, inclined; healthful, sound._

=Indite.= Compose, write, dictate, pen; prompt, suggest, word, describe, phrase.

ANT. _Transcribe, copy, imitate, duplicate._

=Individual=, _n._ Person, personage, character, some one; unit, single instance; personality.

ANT. _Species, genus, family, kind._

=Individual=, _a._ Particular, special, separate, single, unique, one; peculiar, personal; positive, decided, unconventional, independent, specific, indivisible, singular, identical, idiosyncratic.

ANT. _General, common, collective, plural, universal._

=Individuality.= Personality, distinct existence; character, decision, self-direction, originality, self-determination, uniqueness.

ANT. _Generality, mediocrity._

=Indolence.= Laziness, sloth, inertness, idleness, sluggishness, slothfulness.

ANT. _Activity, energy._

=Indomitable.= Unyielding, unconquerable, invincible; untamable, irrepressible, indefatigable.

ANT. _Effortless, feeble, languid._

=Indorse.= Superscribe; sanction, approve, vouch for, confirm, ratify; accept.

ANT. _Protest, repudiate, renounce, abjure, cancel._

=Induce.= Influence, impel, move, prompt, instigate, persuade, actuate, urge, incite, spur, prevail upon; cause, produce, effect, bring on.

ANT. _Prevent, disincline, dissuade, deter, hinder, restrain._

=Induction.= Introduction, installation, inauguration, institution; conclusion, inference, generalization, inductive method; collection, collation, application.

ANT. _Statement, hypothesis; deduction; subtraction; principle, class, law, proposition, argumentation, discourse._

=Indulge.= Gratify, yield, satisfy; humor, pamper, favor; allow, permit, suffer, cherish, foster, harbor; spoil, revel, grovel.

ANT. _Thwart, deny, disappoint, discard, contradict, renounce, counteract, mortify, abjure, discipline._

=Indulgence.= Gratification, humoring, pampering; leniency, kindness, tenderness, favor, liberality.

ANT. _Abstinence, self-sacrifice, repression, restraint._

=Indulgent.= Yielding, compliant; lenient, mild, clement, tolerant, gentle, kind, tender, forbearing.

ANT. _Harsh, severe, rough, austere, self-controlled, abstinent._

=Industrious.= Diligent, active, busy, assiduous, engaged, employed, sedulous, occupied, laborious, hard-working; brisk, persistent, persevering.

ANT. _Lazy, shiftless, idle._

=Industry.= Diligence, labor, application, assiduity, attention, constancy, exertion, intentness, patience, perseverance, persistence, sedulousness, pains, effort, activity, toil.

ANT. _Idleness, inattention, neglect, negligence, sloth, remissness, changeableness, indolence, inconstancy, inactivity, fickleness, ease, indiligence._

=Ineffable.= Unspeakable, indescribable, inexpressible, unutterable; inconceivable, unsurpassable, undeclarable, exquisite, perfect.

ANT. _Common, trivial, superficial, vulgar, commonplace, conversational, colloquial, obvious._

=Inert.= Inactive, lifeless, dead, passive, motionless; dull, indolent, torpid, lazy, idle, supine, sluggish, slothful; heavy, dormant.

ANT. _Active, alert, brisk, energetic, quick, vigorous._

=Inevitable.= Necessary, unavoidable, infallible, certain, fixed, irresistible.

ANT. _Uncertain, avoidable, indeterminate._

=Infamy.= Dishonor, shame, disgrace, discredit, ignominy, opprobrium, scandal, obloquy, abasement; villainy, disgracefulness, wickedness, atrocity, shamefulness; despair, degradation.

ANT. _Honor, reputation, renown, glory, celebrity._

=Infantile.= Young, childish, tender; babyish, weak; childlike, babylike; puerile, imbecile.

ANT. _Manly, vigorous, mature, robust._

=Infatuation.= Folly, stupefaction, foolishness, prepossession, obsession; fatuity, hallucination, madness, self-deception.

ANT. _Sagacity, soundness, wisdom, sanity, clear-sightedness._

=Infection.= Contagion; contamination, taint, bane, pest, poison, corruption, defilement, vitiation, pollution.

ANT. _Purification, disinfection, antidote, antisepsis._

=Infectious.= Contagious, catching, pestilential, pestiferous; contaminating, corrupting, defiling, polluting, poisoning, vitiating.

ANT. _Wholesome, sanative, beneficial, antiseptic._

=Infer.= Deduce, conclude, gather, collect, consider probable; derive, argue.

ANT. _State, enunciate, assume, guess, conjecture, propound, anticipate, prognosticate._

=Inference.= Conclusion, deduction, corollary, consequence; generalization, induction.

ANT. _Statement, proposition, enunciation._

=Inferiority.= Subordination; deficiency, imperfection, minority, poverty, subjection, servitude, depression; mediocrity.

ANT. _Superiority, eminence, excellence, majority, elevation, independence, mastery, exaltation._

=Infernal.= Hellish; diabolical, devilish, fiendish, demoniacal, satanic, atrocious, nefarious, dark, accursed, abominable.

ANT. _Angelic, cherubic._

=Infest.= Throng, overrun, beset, swarm in; disturb, plague, annoy, tease, harass, trouble, molest, torment, worry, pester.

ANT. _Comfort, refresh, regale, gratify._

=Infidel.= Unbeliever, disbeliever, atheist, denier, freethinker, deist, skeptic, heretic.

ANT. _Believer, pietist, devotee, Christian._

=Infidelity.= Unbelief, disbelief, skepticism; faithlessness, unfaithfulness, disloyalty.

ANT. _Fidelity, belief, faith, religiousness, credulity, credulousness; faithfulness, loyalty._

=Infinite.= Absolute, illimitable, limitless, boundless, interminable, eternal, unlimited, unmeasured, measureless, unfathomable, unconditioned, numberless, unbounded, immeasurable, innumerable, countless.

ANT. _Brief, bounded, relative, short, limited, finite, restricted, transient, transitory, small, little, evanescent, circumscribed, measurable, moderate, narrow, shallow; infinitesimal._

=Infinitesimal.= Minute, atomic, microscopic, inappreciable, inconspicuous, undiscernible, infinitely small.

ANT. _Enormous, vast, infinite, immeasurable._

=Infinitude=, =Infinity=. Boundlessness, vastness, immensity; infiniteness; eternity, absoluteness, self-determination, self-existence.

ANT. _Relativity._

=Infirm.= Weak, feeble, frail, debilitated, enfeebled, weakened; faltering, wavering, irresolute, vacillating; unsound, unstable, insecure; decrepit, lame, failing, impotent.

ANT. _Sound, forcible, firm, strong, sure, cogent, healthy, healthful._

=Infirmity.= Weakness, decrepitude, debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty; foible, fault, failing, defect; disease, malady, unsoundness.

ANT. _Strength, vigor, unhealthfulness, soundness._

=Inflame.= Excite, stimulate, incite, enkindle, rouse, animate, inspirit, work up, fire; irritate, exasperate, anger, nettle, provoke, enrage, incense, madden, infuriate; fan, embitter.

ANT. _Quench, extinguish, allay, cool, pacify, quiet._

=Inflate.= Distend, expand, swell, bloat, blow up; puff up, make conceited; increase, enlarge.

ANT. _Exhaust, empty, flatten, squeeze, compress._

=Inflated.= Distended, swollen, bloated; tumid, turgid, bombastic, stilted, declamatory, rhetorical, sophomorical, high-flown; pompous.

ANT. _Simple, plain, unaffected, concise, laconic, explicit, brief._

=Inflection.= Bend, bending, curvature, flexure, crook; variation, declension, conjugation, comparison; flexion.

ANT. _Straightness, directness, rectilinearity._

=Inflict.= Impose, lay on, put on; afflict.

ANT. _Spare, remove, alleviate, suspend._

=Infliction.= Imposition, inflicting; punishment, judgment; grievance, trouble, nuisance.

ANT. _Remission, sparing; pleasure, gratification; accommodation, condoning._

=Influence=, _n._ Authority, ascendency, control, predominance, sway; reputation, weight of character, credit; influx, inflow; effect, causation, impulse, affection, power, weight, prestige.

ANT. _Inefficiency, ineffectiveness, inefficacy, nullity, inoperativeness, neutrality._

=Influence=, _v._ Induce, incite, incline, persuade, move, stir, actuate, sway, compel, urge, instigate, prompt, lead, impel, excite, drive, draw, direct, bias.

ANT. _Prevent, restrain, retard, deter, discourage, impede, inhibit, hinder, dissuade._

=Influential.= Potent, powerful, controlling; efficacious, persuasive, forcible, guiding, considerable; authoritative.

ANT. _Weak, ineffective, inoperative, inconsiderable, unpersuasive._

=Inform.= Quicken, animate, inspire; acquaint, apprise, mention to, notify, advise, tell; educate, enlighten, instruct, impart, communicate.

ANT. _Misinstruct, misjudge, deceive, hoodwink, misinform, mystify._

=Information.= Advice, notice, intelligence; knowledge; accusation, complaint, denunciation; instruction, counsel, notification.

ANT. _Concealment, mystification, ignorance, occultation._

=Infringe.= Transgress, violate, break, disobey, nullify.

ANT. _Preserve, observe, conserve, maintain._

=Infuse.= Instil, inspire, introduce, inculcate, implant, diffuse, shed, steep, soak, water, infiltrate, insinuate, breathe into.

ANT. _Strain, dry, drain, divert, retract._

=Ingenious.= Inventive, gifted, able, clever, bright, ready, sagacious, adept, skilful.

ANT. _Unskilful, uninventive, slow, unready, unresourceful, unprepared, unapt._

=Ingenuity.= Inventiveness, ingeniousness, acuteness, skill, ability, readiness, faculty, aptitude, cunning, turn, gift, genius.

ANT. _Inability, ineptitude, clumsiness._

=Ingenuous.= Artless, open, candid, frank, sincere, straightforward, honest, transparent, guileless, truthful, childlike, naive, noble, generous, honorable.

ANT. _Mean, reserved, sly, insincere, disingenuous._

=Ingratiate.= Commend one’s self into favor, insinuate, recommend.

ANT. _Alienate, estrange._

=Ingredient.= Element, component, constituent.

ANT. _Refuse, residuum, incongruity, counteragent._

=Inherent.= Sticking fast, adhering; essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, native, natural, subjective, innate, intrinsic, inhering, congenital, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, internal, ingrained, inseparable, inwrought.

ANT. _Extrinsic, superficial, fortuitous, casual, accidental, external, outward, superfluous, transient, unconnected, supplemental, incidental, subsidiary, superadded; foreign, extraneous, separable, temporary._

=Inherit.= Get as legacy; occupy, possess, enjoy.

ANT. _Acquire, earn, gain, squander, bequeath, leave, demise, devise; dissipate, alienate._

=Inheritance.= Inheriting; heritage, patrimony; bequest, possession, legacy.

ANT. _Acquisition, purchase, donation; forfeiture, lapse; escheatment, alienation._

=Inheritor.= Heir, successor, legatee, devisee.

ANT. _Testator, devisor._

=Inimical.= Antagonistic, hostile, unfriendly; adverse, opposed, contrary, repugnant, noxious, pernicious, hurtful, harmful.

ANT. _Friendly, companionable, comradely; unanimous, agreeable, beneficial._

=Iniquity.= Injustice, wickedness, sin, unrighteousness; crime, offense, misdeed, grievance, evil-doing.

ANT. _Justice, integrity, virtue, holiness, honesty, uprightness._

=Initiation.= Introduction, entrance, admission; instruction; opening, beginning, inauguration, commencement.

ANT. _Termination, completion, finish, fulfilment, outcome._

=Initiative.= Commencement, beginning; power to originate or begin; start, leadership, example.

ANT. _Termination, wake, rear; prosecution, progress, perseverance, accomplishment._

=Injunction.= Command, order, mandate, precept, exhortation.

ANT. _Disobedience, non-observance, non-compliance, insubordination._

=Injure.= Maltreat, wrong, abuse; harm, damage, spoil, mar, disfigure, wound, cripple, sully.

ANT. _Benefit, profit, advantage, advance, repair._

=Injurious.= Wrong, unjust, iniquitous; hurtful, detrimental, pernicious, deleterious, noxious, deadly, mischievous, baneful, fatal, destructive, damaging, ruinous, disadvantageous; libelous, slanderous; prejudicial.

ANT. _Helpful, advantageous, beneficial, salutary, profitable._

=Injury.= Blemish, damage, evil, disadvantage, detriment, hurt, loss, wrong, prejudice, injustice, mischief, impairment, outrage, harm.

ANT. _Remedy, advantage, amelioration, benefit, service, boon, help, blessing, improvement, utility._

=Injustice.= Wrong, unrighteousness, iniquity, grievance, unfairness, injury.

ANT. _Equity, fairness, justice, right, rectitude, integrity, honesty, impartiality, uprightness, lawfulness, righteousness, honor, faithfulness, fair play._

=Inlet.= Opening, entrance, commencement, ingress.

ANT. _Outlet, egress, debouchure._

=Inmate.= Occupant, dweller, denizen, inhabitant, tenant, resident.

ANT. _Visitor, intruder, foreigner, stranger, traveler._

=Inn.= Hotel, public house, tavern.

=Innate.= Inherent, inborn, natural, inbred, native, congenital, organic.

ANT. _Unnatural, adventitious, assumed._

=Inner.= Inmost, within, interior, secret, close, vital.

ANT. _Outer, outermost, exterior, open._

=Innocence.= Harmlessness, inoffensiveness, innocuousness; sinlessness, purity, stainlessness, simplicity, guilelessness, guiltlessness, blamelessness.

ANT. _Guilt, offensiveness, contamination, sinfulness, impurity, guile, corruption._

=Innocent.= Pure, sinless, virtuous, upright, stainless, right, faultless, guileless, clear, clean, blameless, guiltless, harmless, inoffensive, righteous, spotless, immaculate, innocuous.

ANT. _Criminal, culpable, immoral, guilty, blameworthy._

=Innocuous.= Harmless, innocent, inoffensive, wholesome, innoxious.

ANT. _Hurtful, deleterious, insidious, obnoxious._

=Innovation.= Change, alteration, novelty, reversal.

ANT. _Archaism, conservation, maintenance, old fashion, obsolescence._

=Inoculate.= Vaccinate, impregnate, indoctrinate, instil, insert, imbue, ingraft, ingrain.

ANT. _Prune, divest; disabuse._

=Inquiry.= Query, interrogation, question, interrogatory; study, investigation, research, exploration, examination, scrutiny; asking, search.

ANT. _Guess, intuition, conjecture, assumption, supposition, hypothesis._

=Inquisitive.= Curious, meddlesome, intrusive, searching, prying, inquiring, meddling, peeping, scrutinizing.

ANT. _Uninterested, unconcerned, careless, heedless, apathetic, inattentive, indifferent._

=Inroad.= Incursion, foray, raid, irruption, encroachment, trespass, infringement, dragonnade.

ANT. _Occupation, sally, retreat, settlement, evacuation, excursion, egress._

=Insane.= Crazy, lunatic, mad, deranged, demented, crazed, delirious.

ANT. _Sane, sound, sensible, quiet, composed, sober._

=Insanity.= Delirium, dementia, frenzy, lunacy, mania, aberration, madness, alienation, derangement, monomania, hallucination, craziness.

ANT. _Sanity, clearness, rationality, lucidity, good sense, reason, intellect, intelligence._

=Inscribe.= Write, engrave, impress, imprint; address, dedicate; label, letter, mark, delineate.

ANT. _Erase, efface, cancel, expunge, obliterate._

=Inscrutable.= Incomprehensible, unsearchable, impenetrable, unintelligible, hidden, mysterious, untraceable, insolvable, profound.

ANT. _Obvious, intelligible, explainable, self-evident, familiar._

=Insert.= Set in, place in, introduce.

ANT. _Exclude, follow, add._

=Inside.= Within, internally.

ANT. _Without, outside, externally._

=Insidious.= Artful, crafty, scheming, cunning, intriguing, tricky, designing; secret, deceptive.

ANT. _Straightforward, sincere, undesigning._

=Insinuate.= Push slily, ingratiate; infuse, inculcate; hint, intimate, suggest; introduce, insert.

ANT. _Withdraw, extract, retract, alienate._

=Insipid.= Tasteless, stale, flat; spiritless, heavy, stupid, uninteresting, prosaic, tame, prosy, dull, unentertaining, characterless, flavorless.

ANT. _Racy, interesting, engaging, piquant, spirited, lively._

=Insist.= Demand, maintain, urge, contend, persist, press, persevere.

ANT. _Abandon, surrender, concede, yield, waive, forego._

=Insolence.= Rudeness, contempt, disrespect, contumely; impertinence, pertness, impudence; frowardness, disobedience, insubordination; arrogance, assumption.

ANT. _Consideration, deference, modesty, respect, politeness, bashfulness._

=Insolvent.= Bankrupt, penniless, beggared, ruined.

ANT. _Solvent, wealthy, flush, flourishing, thriving._

=Inspect.= Examine, scrutinize, investigate, oversee, superintend, supervise, overhaul.

ANT. _Overlook, connive, dismiss, glance, pretermit._

=Inspector.= Examiner, critic, visitor, superintendent, censor, supervisor.

=Inspiration.= Inhalation; afflatus, obsession; exaltation, enthusiasm, frenzy, impulse, revelation, intuition; insight, genius.

ANT. _Study, education, acquirement, learning, elaboration, observation, deduction._

=Instance.= Request, impulse, instigation, incitement; solicitation, importunity, pressure, urgency; illustration, example, citation, case, exemplification, specification; entreaty, point, prompting, persuasion, occurrence.

ANT. _Dissuasion, warning, deprecation, reluctance; rule, principle, statement._

=Instant=, _n._ Moment, twinkling, second, minute, flash, trice, jiffy; particular hour or moment.

ANT. _Period, time, cycle, duration; eternity, permanence, perpetuity._

=Instant=, _a._ Immediate, instantaneous, quick; pressing, earnest, urgent; current, present, passing.

ANT. _Continuous, continual; perpetual, eternal._

=Instantly.= Immediately, forthwith, directly, at once, presently, straightway.

ANT. _In the future, after a time._

=Instigate.= Incite, impel, move, urge, prompt, provoke, stimulate, rouse, influence, encourage, persuade, prevail upon.

ANT. _Repress, restrain, discourage, withhold, retard._

=Instil.= Infuse, insinuate; implant, enforce, impress, inculcate, import, introduce.

ANT. _Extract, remove, eliminate, eradicate, drain, extirpate._

=Instinct=, _n._ Impulse, proclivity, tendency, inclination, prompting, intuition.

ANT. _Reason, deliberation, experience, judgment, elaboration, experiment._

=Instinctive.= Natural, spontaneous; impulsive, unreflecting; voluntary, intuitive.

ANT. _Rational, cultivated, logical, judicious, reasonable, reasoning._

=Institute=, _v._ Found, establish, originate, appoint, settle, fix; ordain, enact, pass; begin, commence; invest, instal, appoint, induct, organize.

ANT. _Subvert, degrade, deprive, disestablish._

=Institution.= Establishment, investiture, custom, practice; college, school, academy, seminary, university.

=Instruct.= Teach, inform, train, educate, enlighten, indoctrinate; direct, command, order; acquaint, discipline, initiate.

ANT. _Misinform, misguide, mislead, deceive, neglect; brutalize; learn, study._

=Instruction.= Teaching, education, training, schooling, information, discipline, tuition, advice, counsel, direction, precept, order, command, mandate.

ANT. _Misguidance, misinformation, misdirection; pupilage, obedience._

=Instrument.= Tool, utensil, implement; agent, medium, machine; document, deed, writing, charter, indenture, record.

ANT. _Obstruction, bar, stop, preventive; counteragent, opponent, neutralizer; misapplication, counteraction._

=Instrumentality.= Intervention, medium, means, agency, mediation; use, employment.

ANT. _Property, quality, virtue, force, efficacy; non-intervention, spontaneity; counteragency, neutralization._

=Insult=, _n._ Offense affront, indignity, outrage, abuse, rudeness, dishonor, slight, disrespect.

ANT. _Respect, homage, compliment, deference._

=Insult=, _v._ Outrage, offend, dishonor, abuse; provoke, mock, ridicule.

ANT. _Respect, salute, honor, compliment, flatter, praise._

=Insure.= Make secure; assure; underwrite; provide, warrant, secure, guarantee, stabilitate.

ANT. _Imperil, jeopardize, shake, stake._

=Insurgent=, _n._ Rebel, malcontent, mutineer, traitor, rioter.

ANT. _Patriot, adherent, supporter; ruler, magistrate._

=Insurgent=, _a._ Rebellious, disobedient, mutinous, unruly, insubordinate, seditious.

ANT. _Obedient, loyal, patriotic._

=Insurrection.= Rebellion, revolt, uprising, mutiny, sedition, riot, tumult, anarchy; pronouncement.

ANT. _Law, order, peace, subjection, obedience, submission, bondage, subsidence, acquiescence; government, pacification._

=Intact.= Untouched, unhurt, unharmed, uninjured, scatheless; whole, entire, unbroken, undiminished; safe, inviolate, sacred, undefiled, uncorrupted, uncontaminated.

ANT. _Defiled, hurt, touched, injured, corrupt, affected, contaminated._

=Integrate.= Unite, combine, consolidate, solidify, incorporate; sum, complete.

ANT. _Analyze, dismember, detach, remove, amputate, disintegrate._

=Integrity.= Completeness, entirety, wholeness; honesty, rectitude, virtue, goodness, principle; uprightness, honor, probity, candor, truthfulness, conscientiousness.

ANT. _Fraud, meanness, rascality, duplicity, unfairness, underhandedness._

=Intellect.= Reason, mind, sense, brains, understanding; consciousness, instinct; ability, genius, talent.

ANT. _Matter, mechanism, force; passion; spirit, soul._

=Intellectual.= Mental, psychological, inventive, learned, cultured; philosophical, metaphysical.

ANT. _Illiterate, unlearned, ignorant._

=Intelligence.= Knowledge, information, understanding, apprehension, discernment, acumen, penetration, quickness, brightness, comprehension; news, announcement, tidings, report, rumor, statement, notice, notification, publication, advice, instruction; intellect, spirit.

ANT. _Misinformation, misunderstanding; ignorance, concealment, stupidity, misapprehension, dulness, suppression, silence._

=Intelligible.= Clear, plain, understandable, distinct, comprehensible, explainable, familiar, self-evident, obvious.

ANT. _Inscrutable, mysterious, hidden, insolvable, impenetrable, unfathomable._

=Intend.= Design, resolve, mean, propose, purpose, contemplate, determine, meditate.

ANT. _Venture, risk, hazard, chance._

=Intense.= Close, severe, strict, intent, strained; extreme; forcible, energetic, powerful; ardent, earnest, vehement, excessive, immoderate.

ANT. _Relaxed, easy, moderate, forceless, impotent, indifferent, cool, languid._

=Intensity.= Intenseness, closeness, severity, strictness; tension, force, concentration, attention, strain; vehemence, violence, excess; ardor, energy, eagerness, power, vigor, activity, strength.

ANT. _Laxity, relaxation, debility, languor, coolness, indifference._

=Intent=, _n._ Purpose, aim, object, design, end, meaning, intention, purport, scope, drift, view.

ANT. _Chance, lot, accident, fate._

=Intent=, _a._ Eager, fixed, earnest, close, bent, set.

ANT. _Distracted, diverted, indifferent._

=Intention.= Design, purpose, intent, meaning, purport.

ANT. _Chance, fortune, luck._

=Intentional.= Deliberate, contemplated, designed, intended, studied, purposed, premeditated.

ANT. _Casual, accidental, undesigned, fortuitous._

=Inter.= Bury, entomb, inhume.

ANT. _Exhume, disinter._

=Inter-.= The synonyms and antonyms of words beginning with the prefix _inter-_, signifying _between_, _among_, _amidst_, _mutually_, may be obtained by adding this meaning to that of the synonyms and antonyms of the root word, in such cases as are of simple derivation.

=Intercede.= Mediate, arbitrate, interpose, plead, make intercession, advocate, interfere.

ANT. _Abandon, excuse, incriminate, inculpate._

=Intercept.= Stop, cease; arrest, catch; obstruct, interrupt.

ANT. _Send, despatch, delegate, forward, commission, interchange._

=Intercourse.= Converse, communication, communion, commerce, connection, correspondence, intimacy, dealing, intercommunication.

ANT. _Cessation, suspension, reticence, disconnection, interception._

=Interdict.= Prohibit, forbid, proscribe, inhibit, restrain, stop, debar, disallow.

ANT. _Indulge, grant, allow, concede._

=Interest=, _n._ Advantage, benefit, profit, good; part, portion; regards, sympathy, concern, attention, curiosity, selfishness, behalf, share; authority, influence; premium.

ANT. _Disadvantage, loss; inattention, unconcern, indifference; disconnection, repudiation._

=Interfere.= Intermeddle, interpose; clash, conflict, intervene, be opposed.

ANT. _Withdraw, retract, retire, recede._

=Interior.= Inside, internal, inner, inward, inland.

ANT. _Outside, exterior._

=Interloper.= Intruder, meddler, supernumerary.

ANT. _Member, constituent._

=Intermediate.= Intervening, interposed, interjacent, included, comprised, middle, moderate.

ANT. _Surrounding, enclosing, outside, embracing, circumjacent; extreme; exclusive._

=Interment.= Burial, sepulture, inhumation.

ANT. _Exhumation, resurrection._

=Intermission.= Suspension, interruption, stoppage, rest, stop, pause, suspense, respite, interlude, remission, cessation, discontinuance, interval, interregnum.

ANT. _Continuity, continuance, constancy, uninterruptedness, permanence, perpetuity._

=Intermit.= Suspend, interrupt, relax, discontinue, break, stop, cease, abate, subside.

ANT. _Continue, prosecute; urge, despatch._

=Internal.= Inner, interior, inside; within.

ANT. _Outer, exterior, outside._

=Internecine.= Destructive, exterminating, deadly, inextinguishable, irreconcilable, mortal, internecinal.

ANT. _Desultory, incursive, marauding, skirmishing, buccaneering, guerilla, freebooting._

=Interpolate.= Introduce, insert, foist in, intercalate; interlard, interweave, import, garble, intersperse, gloss.

ANT. _Expunge, erase, expurgate; verify, authenticate; elide._

=Interpose.= Interfere, intercede, interrupt, mediate, meddle, arbitrate, intermeddle.

ANT. _Avoid, shun, retire, withdraw, hold aloof, let be, keep clear, stand aside._

=Interpret.= Explain, define, expound, elucidate, unfold, decipher; translate, render, construe; declare, represent, solve.

ANT. _Mistake, misconceive, misunderstand, falsify, misinterpret, distort, misrepresent._

=Interpretation.= Exposition, explanation, elucidation; version, construction, rendering, translation; sense, meaning, definition, signification, solution.

ANT. _Misinterpretation, misrendering; problem, text, difficulty._

=Interrogate.= Question, ask, examine, inquire of, catechise.

ANT. _Affirm, answer, assert, indorse, pronounce._

=Interrupt.= Disturb, stop, hinder, delay, interfere with; separate, disconnect, divide, sever, sunder, cut, dissolve; suspend, discontinue, break off; intersect.

ANT. _Continue, prosecute, expedite._

=Interstice.= Crevice, hole, interval, chink, cleft, cranny, gap, crack, fissure, interspace.

ANT. _Seam, suture, stop-gap._

=Interval.= Interstice; spell, season, period, term, intermediate time, interim, meantime, intermission, interspace, cessation.

ANT. _Continuity, uninterruptedness, simultaneousness._

=Intervention.= Interposition, interference, intrusion, intercession, insinuation; agency, mediation.

ANT. _Continuance, non-interference._

=Interview.= Meeting, parley, conference, consultation, colloquy, confabulation.

ANT. _Isolation, exclusion, independence, avoidance._

=Intestate.= Unwilled, undevised, unbequeathed.

ANT. _Willed, bequeathed, devised._

=Intestine=, _a._ Internal, domestic, interior, inward; civil; subjective.

ANT. _External, outward, foreign, federal; objective._

=Intimate=, _n._ Confidant, associate, crony, familiar, companion, friend.

=Intimate=, _v._ Suggest, hint, insinuate, allude to, remind of; announce, declare, communicate, tell.

ANT. _Conceal, reserve, withhold, repress._

=Intimate=, _a._ Near, close, familiar, friendly, confidential; internal, interior, inward, deep-seated, hearty; thorough, complete, direct, exact; conversant.

ANT. _Distant, strange, unfamiliar; superficial._

=Intimidate.= Frighten, alarm, scare, daunt, dismay, threaten, appal, terrify, deter, dishearten.

ANT. _Calm, compose; encourage, inspirit, animate, reassure._

=Intolerable.= Insufferable, unendurable, insupportable, unbearable.

ANT. _Endurable, comfortable, tolerable, supportable, possible to be borne._

=Intolerant.= Bigoted, unforbearing; extreme.

ANT. _Tolerant, forbearing, large-minded, indulgent._

=Intoxication.= Inebriety, inebriation, drunkenness; excitement, infatuation, exhilaration, delirium, bewilderment, hallucination, ecstasy; poison, venom.

ANT. _Antidote, sobriety, sanity, gravity, melancholy, depression; abstinence, abstemiousness._

=Intrenchment.= Ditch, dike, fortification, earthwork, moat; defense, protection, shelter, invasion, inroad, encroachment, infringement, trespass.

ANT. _Wall, rampart, mole, embankment, mound, bastion; forbearance, deference, respect._

=Intrepid.= Bold, brave, fearless, undaunted, courageous, valorous, unterrified, dauntless, chivalrous, heroic, undismayed, unawed, valiant, doughty.

ANT. _Cautious, timid, fearful, cowardly, dismayed, terrified._

=Intricacy.= Complexity, complication, entanglement, perplexity, difficulty, intricateness, obscurity, confusion.

ANT. _Directness, obviousness; system, method; disposition, array._

=Intricate.= Involved, perplexed, complicated, entangled, complex; mazy, labyrinthine, tortuous.

ANT. _Simple, direct, obvious, plain, uninvolved._

=Intrigue.= Plot, scheme, cabal, conspiracy, machination, artifice, cunning, duplicity, trickery, chicanery, ruse; liaison, amour.

ANT. _Insurrection, assault, rebellion, force, violence; sincerity, candor, honesty, openness, straightforwardness._

=Intrinsic.= Inward, internal, essential, real, genuine, true, inherent, native, innate, natural, immanent, inbred, inborn.

ANT. _Extrinsic, acquired, apparent, accidental, borrowed, assumed, pretended, added, external, adventitious._

=Introduce.= Lead in, usher in, present, conduct in, commence, make acquainted, make known, begin, preface.

ANT. _Come after, succeed, follow; end, conclude._

=Introduction.= Introducing, presentation, ushering in; preface, prelude, preamble, proem, exordium; induction, importation, insertion, commencement, preliminary; portico, gate, vestibule, entrance.

ANT. _Eduction, ejection; extraction, exportation, elimination, estrangement; completion, conclusion, end; egress._

=Introductory.= Prefatory, initiatory, preliminary, precursory, preparatory; commendatory.

ANT. _Final, conclusive, terminal, valedictory, supplemental; alienative._

=Intrude.= Obtrude, encroach, infringe, trespass, trench, interfere, meddle.

ANT. _Withdraw, retire, recede; remove, retract._

=Intrusion.= Encroachment, interference, intruding, obtrusion, infringement.

ANT. _Withdrawal, removal, retirement, retraction._

=Intuition.= Apprehension, cognition, perception, beholding; instinct, insight, recognition.

ANT. _Information, instruction, learning, experience, acquirement, induction._

=Inundate.= Flood, deluge, overflow, submerge, cover, overwhelm.

ANT. _Drain, dry, reclaim, desiccate, parch._

=Invade.= Attack, infringe, violate, encroach on, trench upon; march into, enter in, assault, assail, occupy.

ANT. _Abandon, relinquish, vacate, evacuate._

=Invalid=, _a._ Week, feeble, infirm, sick, frail; null, void; unsound, baseless, untrue, unfounded, fallacious.

ANT. _Strong, well, healthy, vigorous; sound, legal, constitutional; legitimate, authorized; genuine, true, correct, exact._

=Invalidate.= Nullify, cancel, annul, overthrow, make void.

ANT. _Conserve, maintain, establish, confirm, enact, institute._

=Invasion.= Trespass, incursion, irruption, encroachment, inroad.

ANT. _Evacuation, abandonment, relinquishment; settlement; retreat._

=Invective.= Satire, sarcasm, diatribe, railing, abuse; obloquy, denunciation, vituperation, reproach, castigation.

ANT. _Praise, commendation, encomium, eulogy, panegyric._

=Invent.= Discover, find out, devise, contrive, produce; design, concoct, elaborate; conceive, contrive, fabricate, originate, forge, frame.

ANT. _Copy, imitate, reproduce; execute._

=Invention.= Contrivance, construction, device; fiction, fabrication, falsehood; thought, idea.

ANT. _Material._

=Inventive.= Ingenious, skilful, clever, adept, resourceful.

ANT. _Slow, unskilful, uninventive._

=Inventor.= Contriver, originator, author, creator.

ANT. _Destroyer._

=Inventory.= List, catalogue, register, record, enrolment, enumeration.

=Inversion.= Reversal, transposition, alteration, deflection, violation, permutation.

ANT. _Erectness, verticality; stability, permanence, fixity, state, order, sequence; conservation._

=Invert.= Upset, overthrow, reverse, subvert.

ANT. _Restore, set up, make upright._

=Invest.= Clothe, dress, array, endow; attend, surround; lay out.

ANT. _Divest, dismantle, unclothe, strip, disrobe; deprive._

=Investigate.= Inquire, examine, test, scrutinize, prove, search, explore, inspect, criticize, discuss, study.

ANT. _Conjecture, guess._

=Investigation.= Search, examination, inquiry, research, exploration, inquisition, sifting, scrutiny, study.

ANT. _Discovery, clue, indication; solution, thread._

=Investiture.= Installation, induction, investment, habilitation.

ANT. _Divestiture, divestment._

=Inveterate.= Long-established, obstinate; malignant, spiteful, virulent; besetting, confirmed, chronic, ingrain, incarnate, habitual, deep-rooted, hardened, accustomed.

ANT. _Undeveloped, incipient, unformed._

=Invidious.= Hateful, offensive, odious; unfair, partial, inconsiderate; gratuitous.

ANT. _Fair, just, considerate, impartial, due._

=Invigorate.= Strengthen, brace, harden, nerve, refresh, stimulate, animate, exhilarate.

ANT. _Weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, deteriorate, relax, unstring, enervate._

=Invitation.= Solicitation, allurement, enticement.

ANT. _Rebuff, snub, check, repulse._

=Invite.= Ask, summon, bid, request, solicit, call, attract, entice, persuade, allure; tempt, incite, challenge.

ANT. _Repel, forbid, deprecate; exclude, discard._

=Invoke.= Supplicate, implore, solicit, summon, call, beseech, invite, challenge, invocate, appeal to, conjure, imprecate.

ANT. _Defy; deprecate, deter; ignore, elude; warn, inhibit._

=Involution.= Complication, entanglement; envelope; implication, mingling.

ANT. _Evolution, disconnection, evolvement, extrication, separation._

=Involve.= Envelop, wrap, cover; comprise, embrace, contain; connect, unite, mingle, blend, twine, interweave; implicate, entangle, complicate, embroil, embarrass, include, overwhelm, imply.

ANT. _Extricate, remove, disconnect, separate, disentangle, distinguish, explicate._

=Inward.= Secretly, privately; internal, interior, inner; within.

ANT. _Outward, external, exterior._

=Iota.= Jot, tittle, particle, atom.

ANT. _Whole, mass._

=Irate=, =Irascible=. Hasty, angry, enraged, incensed, choleric, irritable.

ANT. _Good-tempered, calm, forbearing, gentle, mild._

=Ire.= Anger, wrath, rage, fury, choler, indignation, resentment, displeasure, vexation.

ANT. _Good will, patience, forbearance, mildness, forgiveness, reconciliation, peaceableness._

=Irridescent.= Prismatic; opaline, polychromatous, nacreous.

ANT. _Blanched, neutral, colorless, dingy, achromatic._

=Isolate.= Separate, detach, dissociate; insulate.

ANT. _Associate, unite._

=Isolation.= Separation, loneliness, segregation, detachment, disconnection, insulation; solitariness, solitude.

ANT. _Organization, community, co-membership, connection; continuity, concatenation._

=Issue.= Egress, exit, outlet; delivery; copy, number, edition, impression; event, outcome, result, end, conclusion, consummation, effect, termination; children, offspring, posterity, progeny; antagonism, controversy, contest.

ANT. _Cause, principle, influence, action, working, operation; law, system, commencement; ancestry, paternity._

=Iteration.= Recital, repetition, reiteration, recurrence, harping, succession.

ANT. _Single statement._

=Itinerant=, _a._ Traveling, wandering, roving, roaming, journeying, unsettled, nomadic.

ANT. _Stationary, domestic, settled, fixed, local._

=Itinerary.= Guide, guidebook, schedule.

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=Jade=, _v._ Tire, weary, fatigue, exhaust, fag; worry, harass, oppress.

ANT. _Refresh, recruit, invigorate, inspirit._

=Jagged.= Notched, indented, uneven, ragged.

ANT. _Smooth._

=Jangle=, _n._ Jargon, babel, bickering, wrangle, quarrel, squabble, contention.

ANT. _Argument, discourse, debate._

=Jar=, _v._ Shake, agitate; clash, interfere; wrangle, quarrel, contend, bicker, spar, squabble, jangle.

ANT. _Agree, harmonize, accord, concur._

=Jargon.= Gabble, gibberish; nonsense, twaddle, flummery, trash, stuff, gabble; slang; lingo, patois.

ANT. _Speech, conversation; discourse, oration; literature._

=Jaundiced.= Biased, prejudiced, warped, prepossessed; bilious.

ANT. _Unprejudiced, unbiased._

=Jaunty.= Airy, showy, finical, fluttering, gay, fine, bedizened, flighty, fantastic, flaunting.

ANT. _Staid, sober, sedate, dignified, demure._

=Jealous.= Envious, suspicious, resentful, covetous, invidious; anxious, apprehensive, solicitous, zealous, watchful.

ANT. _Indifferent, genial, unenvious, liberal, self-denying._

=Jealousy.= Suspicion, envy, rivalry, solicitude.

ANT. _Vigilance, watchfulness, magnanimity, generousness, friendliness; certainty._

=Jeer=, _v._ Scoff, taunt, jibe, sneer, flout, mock, jest, deride, banter.

ANT. _Flatter, compliment, praise; adulate, fawn, cringe._

=Jejune.= Empty, barren, meager, dry, sterile, bare, lean, uninteresting, thin, scant, poverty-stricken, poor, void.

ANT. _Full, rich, exuberant, racy, interesting, overwrought, redundant, abundant._

=Jeopardy.= Hazard, peril, risk, danger, venture.

ANT. _Security, safety, insurance, provision._

=Jest=, _n._ Joke, witticism, quip, sally, raillery, fun, sport.

ANT. _Seriousness, gravity, earnest._

=Jest=, _v._ Joke, sport, rally, banter, ridicule, mock, grin.

ANT. _Preach, sermonize._

=Jocose.= Humorous, facetious, witty, droll, funny, comical, jocular, sportive, merry, waggish.

ANT. _Melancholy, serious, earnest, grave, lugubrious._

=Jocund.= Joyous, joyful, merry, frolicsome, blithe, jolly, sportive, lively, playful, airy, gay, debonair, jovial, gleeful, careless, blithesome, mirthful, hilarious, sprightly, vivacious.

ANT. _Melancholy, dull, sorrowful, grave, mournful, cheerless, rueful, doleful, careworn, woful._

=Join.= Add, attach, annex; connect, couple, link, unite, conjoin, cement; adjoin, be adjacent to, connect with; associate with, confederate, league.

ANT. _Separate, disconnect, disjoin, subtract, sever._

=Joint.= Juncture, union; flexure, elbow, knee, articulation.

ANT. _Disconnection, continuity, uniformity, solution, disjunction._

=Jollification.= Revelry, conviviality, festivity, revel, carousal, wassail, carouse, fun, carnival.

ANT. _Weariness, tedium, tediousness, soberness, monotony._

=Jolly.= Merry, joyous, gay, jovial, mirthful, jocund, sportive, jocular, funny, sprightly, facetious, waggish, blithe, blithesome, cheery, cheerful; portly, bouncing, stout, plump.

ANT. _Sad, mournful, cheerless, mirthless, joyless, lugubrious, gloomy, morose._

=Jostle.= Push, crowd, hustle, collide, strike against; shake, incommode, joggle, jog, jolt.

ANT. _Clear, lead, convoy, escort, pilot, precede, extricate, attend._

=Jot.= Iota, whit, tittle, particle, atom, grain, bit, mite, scrap, scintilla, cipher, trifle, idea, thought, morsel, fraction.

ANT. _World, mass, volume, heap, bulk._

=Journey.= Travel, transit, expedition, excursion, tour, voyage, trip, pilgrimage.

ANT. _Sojourn, tarrying, delay, stop, stay, abiding, stopover._

=Jovial.= Merry, joyous, gay, festive, mirthful, jolly, gleeful, hilarious, genial, convivial.

ANT. _Ungenial, gloomy, lugubrious, melancholy, saturnine._

=Joviality.= Merriment, jollity, mirth, hilarity, gaiety, frolic, fun.

ANT. _Sadness, seriousness, soberness._

=Joy.= Gladness, delight, pleasure, happiness, transport, felicity, exultation, ecstasy, bliss, rapture, gaiety, hilarity, glee, beatitude, ravishment.

ANT. _Sorrow, grief, melancholy, affliction, tears, depression, despondency, pain, misery, trouble, despair._

=Joyful.= Glad, joyous, merry, jubilant, jocund, happy, jolly, jovial, elate, elated, delighted, buoyant.

ANT. _Grave, solemn, mournful, sad, melancholy, lugubrious._

=Jubilant.= Rejoicing, exultant, triumphant, joyous, festive, exulting, congratulatory.

ANT. _Doleful, sorrowful, remorseful, wailing, penitent, lugubrious._

=Jubilee.= Festival, season of rejoicing, feast, holiday, festivity, revel, carnival, merriment.

ANT. _Fast, mourning, humiliation, penitence._

=Judge.= Justice, referee, arbiter, arbitrator, umpire; magistrate, authority; critic, connoisseur.

ANT. _Criminal, novice, tyro, ignoramus._

=Judgment.= Discernment, estimate, award, criticism, understanding, discrimination, intelligence, taste, sagacity, penetration, wisdom, brains, prudence, sense; determination, decision, opinion, notion, conclusion; judiciousness, intellect; verdict, sentence, reward, condemnation.

ANT. _Argument, speculation, inquiry, proposition, investigation, consideration, evidence, pleading, pronouncement; fickleness, insagacity, impulsiveness._

=Judicial.= Just, well-balanced, deliberative; juridical, forensic.

ANT. _Legislative, executive, or administrative; impulsive._

=Judicious.= Discreet, wise, prudent, sagacious, sensible, reasonable, rational, sober, sound, staid, politic, enlightened, well-considered, well-chosen; discerning, thoughtful.

ANT. _Silly, imprudent, indiscreet, ill-judged, inexpedient, rash, impolitic, blind, foolish._

=Juggle=, _v._ Cheat, conjure, impose, trick, practice jugglery, deceive, defraud; bamboozle, beguile, swindle, mystify, mislead, overreach.

ANT. _Expose, enlighten, undeceive; detect, reveal, correct._

=Jumble=, _n._ Confusion, disorder, hodge-podge.

ANT. _Order, system, neatness, arrangement._

=Jump=, _v._ Leap, skip, bound, hop, spring, vault, caper; bounce, jolt, overleap; coincide, agree, accord.

ANT. _Walk, pace, promenade; dance._

=Junction.= Joining, union, combination, coalition, connection, linking, coupling; joint, juncture, angle; fastening, attachment; alliance, confederacy.

ANT. _Division, separation, disconnection, hiatus, chasm, uncoupling, disunion; continuity._

=Jungle.= Thicket, brake, wilderness, labyrinth, underbrush, entanglement.

ANT. _Open, clearing; order, arrangement, system._

=Junior.= Younger; subordinate, less advanced.

ANT. _Senior, elder, older; more advanced, superior._

=Jurisdiction.= Right, authority, sphere, judicature, legal power; government, control, sway, administration, magistracy.

ANT. _Immunity, exemption, freedom, independence._

=Just.= Upright, righteous, honest, true, conforming to justice; exact, normal, reasonable, due; equitable, fair, impartial, right, rightful, lawful; fair-minded, blameless, honorable, straightforward, virtuous, uncorrupt; accurate, correct; deserved, fit, merited, appropriate, suitable, happy, proper, harmonious.

ANT. _Evil, untrue, unjust, dishonest, prejudiced, unfair, unreasonable, partial, unlawful, unequitable; blameworthy, corrupt, dishonorable; inaccurate, incorrect; undeserved, unfit, inappropriate, inharmonious._

=Justice.= Legality, equity, rectitude, fairness, law, lawfulness, right, truth, uprightness, virtue, fair play, faithfulness, impartiality, integrity, righteousness; reasonableness, desert, propriety.

ANT. _Injustice, dishonesty, favoritism, partiality, wrong, unlawfulness, unfairness, unreasonableness._

=Justification.= Vindication, defense, exoneration, exculpation; absolution; apology, advocacy, plea, maintenance.

ANT. _Censure, condemnation, conviction, implication, crimination, inculpation._

=Justify.= Vindicate, maintain, defend; absolve, clear, exonerate; pardon, exculpate; adjust; excuse.

ANT. _Condemn, convict, censure, criminate._

=Justness.= Exactness, propriety, correctness, accuracy, exactitude, strictness, fidelity, nicety.

ANT. _Incorrectness, inexactness, slovenliness._

=Juvenile.= Young, youthful, puerile, childish, boyish, girlish, infantine, immature, adolescent.

ANT. _Mature, elderly, aged, senile, adult, manly, womanly, superannuated._

=Juxtaposition.= Nearness, contiguity, adjacency, proximity, contact.

ANT. _Distance, remoteness, separateness; opposition._

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=Keen.= Sharp; acute; bitter, severe, piercing, stinging; eager, vehement, fierce; prompt, ardent, cutting, biting, sarcastic, penetrating, satirical, shrewd; poignant, acrimonious, caustic; discerning, quick, astute.

ANT. _Blunt, dull, languid, blind, indifferent, obtuse, undiscerning, slow, simple._

=Keep.= Retain, hold, reserve, detain, preserve, restrain, withhold, maintain, support, sustain, continue, guard, protect, adhere to, obey, fulfil; celebrate, honor, conduct, commemorate, solemnize; haunt, frequent; observe, perform; conceal, suppress; hinder, prevent, refrain.

ANT. _Release, speed, liberate, send, dismiss; neglect, betray, abandon, discard; disregard, disobey, transgress, forsake, desert, forget._

=Keeping.= Charge, guardianship, custody, care; holding, preservation, restraint; maintenance, support, feed, provision; harmony, consistency, congruity, conformity, agreement.

ANT. _Neglect, abuse, disregard; abandonment, destruction; non-support, betrayal; disagreement, incongruity._

=Keepsake.= Souvenir, token, remembrancer.

=Ken.= Sight, view, cognizance, knowledge, survey, range.

ANT. _Ignorance, oversight, inexperience, inobservance._

=Kernel.= Seed, grain; nucleus; core, gist.

ANT. _Peeling, meat, shell, husk._

=Key.= Lock opener; clue, guide, solution, explanation; keynote, tonic; wedge, clamp; lever.

ANT. _Mystification, confusion, mystery, secret, problem._

=Kick.= Strike or thrust at with the foot; recoil; resist, rebel, spurn, be calcitrant.

ANT. _Caress, soothe, flatter, obey._

=Kill.= Murder, massacre, assassinate, butcher, execute, despatch, slay, slaughter, put to death.

ANT. _Resuscitate, vivify, reanimate, revivify, quicken, enliven._

=Kin.= Family, birth, blood, consanguinity, descent, race, relationship, kind, kindred, affinity, alliance.

ANT. _Strangership, inaffinity, alienage, foreignership._

=Kind=, _n._ Race, family, species, breed, class, genus; character, sort, variety, nature, fashion, description, denomination, designation.

ANT. _Dissimilarity, differentiation._

=Kind=, _a._ Benign, indulgent, humane, compassionate, gentle, tender, beneficent, propitious, generous, forbearing, lenient, bounteous, clement, mild, good, obliging, bland, friendly, amicable, philanthropic, charitable, sympathetic, affectionate, tender-hearted.

ANT. _Harsh, severe, hard, cruel, unkind, rough, stern, forbidding, austere, crabbed, illiberal._

=Kindle.= Light, ignite, inflame, enkindle, set on fire; excite, arouse, awaken, stir up, stimulate, incite, animate, foment; exasperate, provoke, enrage.

ANT. _Quench, suppress, extinguish, allay._

=Kindness=, =Kindliness=. Benevolence, humanity, charity, sympathy, compassion, amiability, good nature; mildness, gentleness, softness.

ANT. _Harshness, cruelty, severity, sternness, roughness, austerity._

=Kindred=, _n._ Relationship, consanguinity, affinity; relations, kin, kith and kin, relatives, kinsmen, kinsfolk.

ANT. _Disconnection, unrelatedness; strangers, foreigners._

=Kindred=, _a._ Related, cognate, akin, allied, congenial; responsive, sympathetic.

ANT. _Unrelated, uncongenial, unallied; different, unresponsive._

=Kingdom.= Empire, monarchy, sovereignty, domain, dominion.

=Kingly.= Regal, royal, monarchical, imperial, august, sovereign, noble, splendid, magnificent, imposing, grand, majestic.

ANT. _Plebeian, humble, popular, commonplace, simple, vulgar._

=Knack.= Toy, plaything, gimcrack; dexterity, skill, adroitness, facility, aptness, aptitude, expertness, quickness.

ANT. _Clumsiness, awkwardness, ineptitude._

=Knave.= Villain, rascal, rogue, scoundrel, cheat, scamp, miscreant, swindler, scapegrace.

ANT. _Gentleman, hero; gull, dupe, simpleton._

=Knavish.= Trickish, cheating; mischievous, roguish, waggish; fraudulent, villainous.

ANT. _Honest, upright, honorable._

=Knot=, _n._ Tie, bond, intricacy, connection; entanglement, complication; joint; group, band, clique, gang, crew.

ANT. _Loosening, unfastening, unraveling, dispersion; solution, simplification; evenness, smoothness; individual._

=Knotty.= Knotted, difficult, intricate, perplexed, tough, hard, complicated.

ANT. _Plain, simple, obvious, easy, smooth, uninvolved._

=Know.= Perceive, apprehend, understand; be convinced or assured; acquaint, recognize; distinguish, comprehend.

ANT. _Be ignorant or illiterate, overlook, misunderstand, misconstrue._

=Knowing.= Intelligent, skilful, competent, well-informed, proficient, qualified, experienced, accomplished; conscious, percipient, thinking; cunning, expressive, significant; shrewd, astute, discerning, sagacious.

ANT. _Simple, innocent, gullible, stolid, silly; dull, stupid, inefficient; unresponsive, non-suggestible._

=Knowledge.= Learning, wisdom, scholarship, science, comprehension, cognition, erudition, intelligence, light, lore, perception recognition, acquaintance, intuition, experience, information, apprehension, notice, understanding, conversance, cognizance, familiarity, instruction, enlightenment; acquirements, attainments.

ANT. _Ignorance, illiteracy, unfamiliarity, rudeness, inexperience, misapprehension, misconception, misunderstanding._