GRE单词在Webster中的全部同义反义

GRE单词在Webster中的全部同义反义 jest,joke, crack, drollery, gag, jape, quip, waggery, wisecrack, witticis abandoned, dissolute, profligate, reprobate, self-abandoned, unprincipled aver aversion avert averse banish cast out, deport, displace, exile, expatriate, expel, expulse, ||lag, ostracize, oust, relegate, run out, transport; compare EJECT 1 barrage, Synonyms bombardment, broadside, burst, cannonade, drumfire, fusillade, hail, salvo, shower, storm, volley Related Word burst, eruption, flare, outburst, stream, surge, tornado banter, Synonyms chaff, fool, fun, jest, ||jive, joke, jolly, josh, kid, rag, razz, rib Related Word deride, guy, mock, quiz, rally, ridicule, satirize, taunt, tease, twit Idioms make fun of, make merry with, poke fun at || 2 Synonyms FACE 3, beard, brave, challenge, dare, defy, ||double-dog dare, front, outface, venture || 3 Synonyms COAX, blandish, blarney, cajole, con, soft-soap, sweet-talk, wheedle bathetic, Synonyms TRITE, clich*, clich*d, commonplace, hack, hackneyed, stale, stereotyped, stereotypical, tired 2 Synonyms SENTIMENTAL, lovey-dovey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, romantic, slushy, ||soppy, sticky, tear-jerking besmirch , Synonyms TAINT 1, besmear, defile, discolor, smear, soil, stain, sully, tar,tarnish bereft, Synonyms BEREAVED betray, Synonyms DECEIVE, beguile, bluff, delude, double-cross, humbug, illude, juggle, mislead, take in Related Word ensnare, entrap, snare, trap 2 to prove faithless or treacherous *betrayed his own people by going over to the enemy* Synonyms cross, double-cross, sell, sell out, ||split Related Word desert, renegade; give away, inform, turn in; collaborate; apostatize Idioms act (or play) the traitor, break faith, round on, sell down the river 3 Synonyms REVEAL 1, blab (out), disclose, discover, divulge, give away, spill, tell, uncover, unveil Related Word demonstrate, evidence, evince, manifest, show; betoken, indicate Contrasted Words defend, guard, protect, bilk, Synonyms FRUSTRATE 1, baffle, balk, beat, circumvent, dash, disappoint, foil, ruin, thwart Contrasted Words fulfill 2 Synonyms CHEAT, beat, chouse, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, flimflam, gyp, overreach 3 Synonyms ESCAPE 2, avoid, double, duck, elude, eschew, evade, shun, shy Related Word dodge, shake blasphemy, Synonyms cursing, cussing, execration, imprecation, profanity, swearing Related Word affront, indignity, insult; abuse, billingsgate, scurrility, vituperation Contrasted Words reverence, veneration, worship Antonyms adoration 2 Synonyms PROFANATION, desecration, sacrilege, violation Related Word abuse, befouling, shaming blatant, Synonyms VOCIFEROUS, boisterous, clamorous, ||dinsome, loudmouthed, multivocal, obstreperous, openmouthed, strident, vociferant Related Word screaming; obtrusive Contrasted Words modest, soft-spoken 2 Synonyms GAUDY, brazen, chintzy, flashy, garish, glaring, loud, meretricious, tawdry, tinsel 3 Synonyms SHAMELESS, arrant, barefaced, brassy, brazen, brazenfaced, impudent, overbold, unabashed, unblushing bleak, Synonyms GRIM 2, austere, dour, hard, harsh, severe, stringent 2 Synonyms GLOOMY 3, depressing, disheartening, dismal, drear, dreary, funereal, morne, oppressive, somber blotch, Synonyms SPLOTCH, mottle, ||splodge bombast, Synonyms fustian, highfalutin, rant, rhapsody, rhetoric, rodomontade Related Word grandiloquence, magniloquence; flatulence, orotundity, tumidity, turgidity; heroics, pyrotechnics, sesquipedality; Johnsonese; spread-eagleism; nonsense Idioms purple prose bolt, Synonyms START 1, jump, spring, startle 2 Synonyms RUSH 1, boil, charge, chase, dash, fling, lash, race, shoot, tear 3 Synonyms RUN 2, flee, fly, make off, scamper, scoot, ||screw, skedaddle, skip, skirr 4 Synonyms EXCLAIM, blat, blurt (out), cry out, ejaculate 5 Synonyms GULP, cram, englut, gobble, guzzle, ingurgitate, slop, slosh, wolf brassy, Synonyms SHAMELESS, arrant, barefaced, blatant, brazen, brazenfaced, impudent, overbold, unabashed, unblushing 2 Synonyms BRAZEN 4, aeneous brawl, Synonyms QUARREL, altercation, bickering, dispute, dust, dustup, feud, fight, hassle, squabble 2 a rough, noisy, and often prolonged hand-to-hand fight usually involving several people *windows and furniture were broken in the barroom brawl* Synonyms affray, bobbery, broil, dogfight, donnybrook, fight, fracas, fray, free-for-all, knock-down-and-drag-out, maul, melee, mellay, ||muss, rough-and-tumble, row, rowdydow, ruction, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to; compare QUARREL Related Word fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfest; struggle, tussle; conflict, contention, contest, riot; altercation, embroilment, imbroglio, quarrel, wrangle; commotion, disturbance, eruption, hubbub, pandemonium, ruckus, rumpus, turn-to, ||turnup, upheaval, uproar; incident, ||rumble Idioms a coming to blows, exchange of blows bruit, Synonyms DECLARE 1, advertise, announce, annunciate, blaze (abroad), blazon, broadcast, proclaim, promulgate, publish Related Word hint, intimate, rumor, suggest bully, an insolent, overbearing person who persists in tormenting another *a big bully who picked on little kids* Synonyms browbeater, bulldozer, harasser, harrier, hector, intimidator; compare TOUGH Related Word annoyer, antagonizer, heckler, persecutor, pest, tease, tormenter 2 Synonyms PIMP 1, ||cadet, ||easy rider, fancy man, ||mack, macquereau, pander bungle, bungler Synonyms BOTCH, ||blow, bollix, flub, fluff, goof (up), gum (up), louse up, muff, ||screw (up) burlesque, Synonyms MOCKERY 2, caricature, farce, mock, sham, travesty 2 Synonyms CARICATURE 2, parody, takeoff, travesty cajole, Synonyms COAX, ||banter, blandish, blarney, con, soft-soap, sweet-talk, wheedle Related Word beguile, deceive, delude; tantalize; crowd, push callow, Synonyms YOUNG 1, green, immature, infant, juvenile, unfledged, unripe, youthful 2 Synonyms INEXPERIENCED, fresh, green, raw, unexperienced, unpracticed, unseasoned, untried, unversed, young candid, Synonyms FAIR 4, dispassionate, equal, equitable, impartial, just, objective, unbiased, uncolored, unprejudiced Related Word aboveboard, forthright, straightforward; honest, scrupulous, upright 2 Synonyms FRANK, open, openhearted, plain, straightforward, unconcealed, undisguised, undissembled, undissembling, unreserved Antonyms evasive cantankerous, habitually ill-humored, irritable, and disagreeable *one of our more cantankerous fellow workers* Synonyms bearish, cankered, cranky, cross-grained, crotchety, ornery, rantankerous, vinegarish, vinegary, waspish, waspy; compare IRASCIBLE, IRRITABLE Related Word dour, morose, sour; crabbed, cross, crusty, huffy, petulant, prickly, snappish; dyspeptic, ill-conditioned, ill-natured; liverish Idioms like a bear with a sore paw Contrasted Words benign, kindly, mellow, mild; amiable, congenial, friendly, pleasant, well-disposed; benevolent, gracious, kind caprice, an arbitrary, impulsive, and often illogical notion or change of mind *given to sudden caprices and random fancies* Synonyms bee, boutade, conceit, crank, crotchet, fancy, freak, humor, maggot, megrim, notion, vagary, whigmaleerie, whim, whimsy Related Word mood, temper, vein; contrariety, inconsistency, perversity; characteristic, foible, habit, mannerism, peculiarity, trait, trick captious, Synonyms CRITICAL 1, carping, caviling, cavillous, censorious, critic, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical Related Word demanding, exacting, finicky; contrary, perverse; irritable, peevish, petulant, snappish, snappy, testy Contrasted Words judicious, sensible, wise; rational, reasonable; knowing, knowledgeable Antonyms appreciative captivate, Synonyms ATTRACT 1, allure, bewitch, charm, draw, enchant, fascinate, magnetize, take, wile Related Word delight, gratify, please; enthrall, grip, hold, mesmerize, spellbind Antonyms repulse categorical, Synonyms ULTIMATE 3, absolute Contrasted Words conjectural, hypothetical, supposititious; conditional, contingent, dependent, relative 2 Synonyms EXPLICIT, clean-cut, clear-cut, definite, definitive, express, specific, unambiguous Related Word certain, positive, sure; direct, downright, forthright Contrasted Words ambiguous; doubtful, dubious, problematic, questionable 3 Synonyms POSITIVE 1, decided, definite, unequivocal catholic, Synonyms UNIVERSAL 2, cosmic, cosmopolitan, ecumenical, global, planetary, worldwide Related Word comprehensive, inclusive; general, generic, indeterminate; extensive, large-scale Antonyms parochial; provincial 2 Synonyms ECLECTIC 2 charlatan, one who pretends unscrupulously to knowledge or skill *the medical establishment called him a charlatan* Synonyms mountebank, quack, quacksalver, quackster, saltimbanque; compare IMPOSTOR Related Word bluff, four-flusher, sham chasm, Synonyms GULF 2, abysm, abyss 2 Synonyms RAVINE, arroyo, cleft, clough, clove, gap, gorge, gulch 3 Synonyms OMISSION, blank, overlook, oversight, preterition, pretermission, skip 4 Synonyms SCHISM 3, cleavage, cleft, split nag, to find fault incessantly *stop nagging her over nothing* Synonyms carp (at), fuss, henpeck, peck (at) Related Word annoy, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease, worry; bother, irk, vex; badger, bait, chivy, heckle, hector, hound, ride; egg, goad, needle, prod, urge Idioms give a bad (or hard) time, pick at (or on), take it out on Contrasted Words commend, compliment, praise; acclaim, applaud, hail nautical, Synonyms MARINE 2, maritime, navigational negligent, failing to give proper attention or care * negligent in taking care of the children* *a negligent man, prone to forgetfulness* Synonyms behindhand, careless, delinquent, derelict, discinct, disregardful, lax, neglectful, regardless, remiss, slack Related Word heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, thoughtless, unheedful, unthinking; incurious, indifferent, unconcerned; slipshod, slovenly Contrasted Words rigid, rigorous, strict; attentive, considerate, heedful, thoughtful; careful, exact, fussy, meticulous, punctilious, punctual, scrupulous Antonyms attentive nettle, Synonyms IRRITATE, exasperate, get, huff, peeve, pique, provoke, put out, rile, roil Related Word agitate, discompose, disturb, perturb, upset nonchalant, Synonyms COOL 2, collected, composed, disimpassioned, imperturbable, unflappable, unruffled Related Word cheerful, glad, lighthearted; easy, effortless, light, smooth Contrasted Words anxious, careful, concerned, solicitous, worried nonplus, 1 to cause to be at a total loss as to how to act or decide *was totally nonplussed by the economic problems* Synonyms beat, buffalo, get, stick, stump; compare PUZZLE Related Word baffle, frustrate, stymie, thwart; confound, perplex; mystify; dumbfound; overcome, throw; paralyze; confuse, flurry, fluster, muddle, rattle Idioms put (or drive) to one's wit's end, put up a tree (or stump), throw on one's beam end 2 Synonyms STAGGER 5, boggle, dumbfound Related Word faze, rattle; baffle, balk, frustrate novice, one who is just entering a field in which he has no previous experience *a novice in the theater --had never even had a walk-on role* Synonyms apprentice, beginner, boot, colt, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newcomer, novitiate, prentice, punk, recruit, rookie, tenderfoot, tyro Related Word amateur; cub; postulant, probationer; greenhorn, greeny; learner, student, trainee, undergraduate Contrasted Words expert, pro, professional Antonyms doyen, old hand, old-timer, veteran oblige, Synonyms FORCE 2, coerce, compel, concuss, constrain, make, shotgun 2 to do a service or courtesy *you will oblige me greatly if you will get there on time* Synonyms accommodate, convenience, favor Related Word gratify, please; avail, benefit, profit; aid, assist, contribute, help Contrasted Words bother, discommode, incommode, inconvenience, trouble Antonyms disoblige oblivious, Synonyms FORGETFUL, unmindful, unwitting Related Word absorbed, unaware, unconscious Idioms turned off 2 Synonyms IGNORANT 2, incognizant, inconversant, unacquainted, unaware, unfamiliar, uninformed, uninstructed, unknowing, unwitting obsolete, dead, disused, extinct, outmoded, outworn, superseded obstinate, unwilling to submit (as to reason or control) *he had an obstinate determination to live as he pleased* Synonyms bullheaded, closed-minded, deaf, hardheaded, headstrong, incompliant, intractable, intransigent, muleheaded, muley, mulish, pertinacious, perverse, pervicacious, pigheaded, refractory, self-willed, ||sot, stiff, stiff-necked, stubborn, tough, unpliable, unpliant, unyielding, willful, wrongheaded; compare UNRULY 1 Related Word resistant, unsubmissive, withstanding; contrary, crabbed, recalcitrant, renitent; inexorable, inflexible, obdurate; opinionated; resolute, staunch, steadfast, unbudging Contrasted Words acquiescent, complaisant, compliant; submissive, yielding; agreeable, cooperative, willing Antonyms pliable, pliant obtuse, Synonyms DULL 6, blunt occult, Synonyms RECONDITE, abstruse, acroamatic, deep, esoteric, heavy, hermetic, orphic, profound, secret Related Word arcane, mysterious; cabalistic, mystical, supernatural; eerie, unearthly, weird ode offset, Synonyms COMPENSATE 1, atone (for), balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, make up, outweigh, redeem, set off Related Word check, stop officious, Synonyms IMPERTINENT 2, busy, intrusive, meddlesome, ||nebby, obtrusive, polypragmatic onerous, imposing great hardship or strain *found the care of his old mother an onerous task* Synonyms burdensome, demanding, exacting, exigent, grievous, oppressive, superincumbent, taxing, tough, trying, weighty Related Word arduous, difficult, hard, laborious; heavy, hefty, ponderous; cumbersome, unruly, unwieldy; driving, heavy-handed Contrasted Words easy, effortless; facile, light, simple, smooth, unexacting, untaxing opportune, Synonyms TIMELY 1, auspicious, favorable, propitious, prosperous, seasonable, timeous, well-timed Related Word appropriate, felicitous, happy Antonyms inopportune opprobrious, Synonyms ABUSIVE, contumelious, invective, scurrile, scurrilous, truculent, vituperative, vituperatory, vituperous 2 Synonyms INFAMOUS 1, ill-famed, notorious outlandish, Synonyms BARBARIC 1, barbarian, barbarous, graceless, tasteless, vulgar, wild Related Word foreign, strange 2 Synonyms STRANGE 4, bizarre, curious, odd, peculiar, queer, singular, uncouth, unusual, weird Related Word monstrous; outr* Contrasted Words commonplace, everyday 3 marked by sharp departure from the traditional or usual *men who wear beads, earrings, and other outlandish ornaments* Synonyms far-out, kinky, outr*, ultra; compare EXTREME 3 Related Word bizarre, extravagant, outrageous, wild; unconventional, unorthodox Contrasted Words conservative, conventional; compliant, conformable; moderate 4 Synonyms BACK 1, frontier, remote, unsettled outstrip, 1 to go faster than *could outstrip even the fastest horse* Synonyms distance, outdistance, outpace, outrun, outspeed Related Word outfly, outsoar, outwing; outfoot, outrace, outride; outsail; outtravel; lose, shake off Contrasted Words follow, trail; drag, hang back, lag 2 Synonyms SURPASS 1, beat, best, better, exceed, excel, outdo, outshine, top, transcend overture(序曲), Synonyms INTRODUCTION, exordium, foreword, preamble, preface, prelude, prelusion, proem, prolegomenon, prologue paean, encomium, tribute pall, bore, ennui, tire, weary palliate, to give a speciously fine appearance to what is erroneous, base, or evil *did not try to conceal or palliate his errors* Synonyms blanch (over), extenuate, gloss (over), gloze (over), prettify, sugarcoat, varnish, veneer, white, whiten, whitewash Related Word alleviate, lighten, mitigate; condone, excuse; moderate, qualify, soften, temper; camouflage, cloak, conceal, cover up, disguise, dissemble, mask; hush (up) Idioms paper over the cracks, put a good face on (or upon) palter, Synonyms LIE, equivocate, falsify, fib, prevaricate Related Word evade, fence Idioms play false, play fast and loose 2 Synonyms HAGGLE 2, bargain, chaffer, dicker, higgle, huckster pantry, larder, buttery sturdy, Synonyms STRONG 2, stalwart, stout, tenacious, tough Related Word sound, substantial Antonyms decrepit stygian, Synonyms INFERNAL 2, avernal, cimmerian, hellish, pandemoniac, plutonian, plutonic subdue, Synonyms CONQUER 1, bear down, beat down, crush, defeat, overpower, reduce, subjugate, vanquish Related Word extinguish, put down, quash, quell, quench, squelch, suppress subliminal subsume, Synonyms INCLUDE, comprehend, contain, embody, embrace, encompass, have, involve, take in subterfuge, Synonyms DECEPTION 1, cheat, chicane, chicanery, dishonesty, double-dealing, dupery, fraud, highbinding, trickery succor, Synonyms HELP 1, aid, assist, assistance, comfort, hand, lift, relief, secours, support Related Word ministration, ministry; maintenance, nourishment, sustenance sulky(生气的)， Synonyms SULLEN, ||chuffy, crabbed, ||dorty, dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, surly Related Word cranky, testy, touchy; cantankerous, irritable, querulous Idioms having the sulks sumptuous, Synonyms LUXURIOUS 3, Capuan, deluxe, luscious, lush, luxuriant, opulent, palatial, plush, upholstered Related Word gorgeous, resplendent, splendid, superb; lavish, rich 2 Synonyms GRAND 2, gorgeous, impressive, lavish, luxurious, splendid Related Word awe-inspiring, grandiose, imposing superintend, Synonyms SUPERVISE, boss, chaperon, overlook, oversee, quarterback, survey supple, Synonyms ELASTIC 1, flexible, resilient, springy, stretch, stretchy, whippy Antonyms stiff 2 Synonyms PLASTIC, adaptable, ductile, malleable, moldable, pliable, pliant 3 showing freedom and ease of bodily movement (as in bending or twisting) *the light supple spring of a cat* Synonyms limber, lissome, lithe, lithesome Related Word agile, graceful, willowy, wiry, withy Contrasted Words awkward, clumsy, gawky, maladroit, unhandy; ungraceful; arthritic, creaky, decrepit Antonyms stiff surfeit, Synonyms EXCESS 1, overabundance, overflow, overkill, overmuch, overplus, plethora, superfluity, surplus, surplusage surrogate, Synonyms SUBSTITUTE 1, alternate, backup, fill-in, locum tenens, pinch hitter, replacement, stand-in, sub, succedaneum 2 Synonyms RESOURCE 3, dernier ressort, expediency, expedient, makeshift, recourse, refuge, resort, stopgap, substitute suspend, Synonyms EXCLUDE, bar, bate, count out, debar, eliminate, except, rule out 2 Synonyms DEFER, delay, hold off, hold up, intermit, postpone, prorogue, put off, shelve, stay Related Word arrest, check, interrupt; cease, discontinue, stop Idioms lay on the table, put on the shelf 3 Synonyms HANG 1, dangle, depend, sling swill, Synonyms DRINK 3, booze, guzzle, ||lush (up), soak, swig, swizzle, tank up, tipple, tope 2 Synonyms CONSUME 5, polish off, punish, put away, put down, shift tackle, Synonyms ATTACK 2, bang away (at) Related Word take on, undertake; plunge into, set about Idioms get on the job, put one's shoulder to the wheel, start the ball rolling Contrasted Words avoid, delay, hesitate, put off tame, domestic, domesticated, subdued, submissive tart, Synonyms SOUR 1, acerb, acerbic, acetose, acid, acidulous, dry Related Word piquant, pungent Antonyms flat taut, Synonyms TIGHT 3, close, tense Related Word firm, trim; stretched Contrasted Words flabby; relaxed Antonyms slack tawdry, Synonyms GAUDY, blatant, brazen, chintzy, flashy, garish, glaring, loud, meretricious, tinsel Related Word common, sleazy; flaring, screaming temerity ,conspicuous or flagrant boldness (as in speech, behavior, or action) *had the temerity to order an attack when hopelessly outnumbered* Synonyms assurance, audacity, brashness, hardihood, hardiness, nerve Related Word daring, foolhardiness, heedlessness, rashness, recklessness, venturesomeness; impetuosity, precipitateness; impertinence, intrusiveness Contrasted Words deliberation, judgment, judiciousness, prudence; heed, heedfulness Antonyms caution tendentious,Synonyms BIASED 2, colored, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced, prepossessed, unindifferent, warped terse, Synonyms CONCISE, breviloquent, brief, compendiary, compendious, curt, laconic, short, succinct, summary Related Word close, compact; lean, precise; clear-cut, crisp, incisive; taut Contrasted Words circuitous; pleonastic, redundant, repetitious testy, Synonyms IRASCIBLE, choleric, cranky, cross, quick-tempered, ratty, ||stomachy, temperish, tetchy, touchy Related Word annoyed, exasperated, grouchy, irritable, *pissed off tiff, Synonyms QUARREL, altercation, bickering, dispute, falling-out, miff, rhubarb, run-in, spat, squabble tint, Synonyms COLOR 1, cast, hue, shade, tinge, tone Related Word tincture, touch; coloration, pigmentation; dye, stain, wash titular, Synonyms NOMINAL, formal, so-called toil, Synonyms LABOR 1, drive, moil, strain, strive, tug, work 2 Synonyms DRUDGE, grind, grub, ||muck, plod, slave, slog 3 Synonyms PLOD 1, footslog, ||plodge, plunther, slog, slop, stodge, ||trash, trudge tonic tongs, topple torpid torpor toy, Synonyms KNICKKNACK, bauble, bibelot, curio, gewgaw, gimcrack, novelty, trifle, trinket, whatnot 2 something for a child to play with *games, dolls, and other toys* Synonyms ||die, ||play-pretty, plaything, ||pretty tract传单, Synonyms AREA 1, belt, region, territory, zone Related Word amplitude, spread, stretch; part, portion, section, sector 2 Synonyms LOT 3, parcel, plat, plot 3 Synonyms FOOTPRINT, footstep, spoor, step, track, vestige transient, lasting or staying only a short time *features of a transient culture now extinct* Synonyms ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, momentaneous, momentary, passing, short-lived, transitory, volatile; compare TEMPORARY Related Word deciduous, flitting, unstable; temporal, temporary; insubstantial Idioms as transient as the clouds, here today and gone tomorrow Contrasted Words lasting, perdurable, permanent, substantial; durable, stable Antonyms perpetual travesty歪曲模仿， 曲解, Synonyms CARICATURE 2, burlesque, parody, take off Related Word mimicry; distortion, exaggeration; ridicule 2 Synonyms MOCKERY 2, burlesque, caricature, farce, mock, sham trenchant, Synonyms INCISIVE, biting, clear-cut, crisp, cutting, ingoing, penetrating Related Word piercing, probing, razor-sharp; sarcastic, sardonic, satiric; acrid; piquant, poignant, pungent 2 Synonyms CAUSTIC 1, mordacious, mordant, salty, scathing Related Word scalding, scorching trite, used or occurring so often as to have lost interest, freshness, or force *unrequited love has become a trite theme* Synonyms bathetic, chain, clich*, clich*d, commonplace, corny, hack, hackneyed, musty, old hat, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stereotypical, threadbare, timeworn, tired, twice-told, warmed-over, well-worn, worn-out Related Word common, ordinary; banal, dull, flat, jejune, mildewed, vapid; bedridden, drained, exhausted, used-up; bromidic, platitudinous, prosaic, ready-made, set, stock Contrasted Words first, new, seminal; novel, unique; creative, imaginative; uncopied; memorable; distinctive Antonyms fresh, original turbulent, 1 given to insubordination and disorder *a turbulent and irresponsible group* Synonyms boisterous, disorderly, rambunctious, raucous, rowdy, rowdydowdy, rowdyish, rumbustious, termagant, tumultuous, unruly; compare UNRULY 1 Related Word mutinous; fast, roisterous, uncontrollable, uninhibited, wild; clamorous, loudmouthed; brawling, quarrelsome, rough, roughhouse; hell-for-leather, rip-roaring, tempestuous Contrasted Words calm, placid, quiet, tranquil; controlled, orderly, peaceful, restrained 2 Synonyms WILD 6, blustering, blustery, ||coarse, furious, raging, rough, stormful, stormy, tempestuous Related Word agitated, convulsed, moiling, stirred up; boiling, roily, ruffled, swirling; howling, riotous, roaring; tempest-tossed turpitude unctuous, Synonyms FATTY 2, greasy, oily, oleaginous 2 Synonyms FULSOME, oily, oleaginous, slick, smarmy, soapy, unctious palatable, agreeable or pleasant especially to the sense of taste *a palatable meal* Synonyms aperitive, appetizing, flavorsome, good-tasting, ||gusty, mouth-watering, relishing, sapid, saporous, savorous, savorsome, savory, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, toothy Related Word delectable, delicious, delightful, luscious, scrumptious, yummy; tempting; saporific Contrasted Words bad-tasting, disagreeable, distasteful, ill-flavored, unappetizing Antonyms unpalatable unpalatable unqualified 绝对，无限制的, Synonyms UNFIT 2, disqualified, incapable, incompetent, ineligible, unequipped, unfitted Related Word unskilled; unsuitable Antonyms qualified 2 Synonyms SURE 2, abiding, enduring, firm, never-failing, steadfast, steady, unfaltering, unquestioning, wholehearted Related Word unconditional, unlimited, unreserved; clear, explicit, express; entire, perfect, utter Antonyms qualified 3 Synonyms UTTER, absolute, blasted, blessed, complete, confounded, gross, infernal, out-and-out, rank 4 Synonyms PURE 2, absolute, perfect, sheer, simple, unadulterated, unalloyed, undiluted, unmitigated, unmixed cliche, Synonyms COMMONPLACE, banality, bromide, platitude, prosaicism, prosaism, rubber stamp, shibboleth, tag, truism chortle, Synonyms LAUGH, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, hee-haw, snicker, ||sniggle, tehee, titter contumacy, Synonyms DEFIANCE 2, contempt, despite, recalcitrance, stubbornness decoy, decree, defalcate, defray, defunct defunct ,Synonyms DEAD 1, asleep, cold, deceased, departed, exanimate, extinct, inanimate, late, lifeless Related Word inactive, inert Antonyms alive; live 2 Synonyms EXTINCT 2, bygone, dead, departed, gone, lost, vanished Antonyms surviving demure, Synonyms SHY 1, backward, bashful, coy, diffident, modest, retiring, timid, unassertive, unassured Related Word decent, decorous, nice, proper, seemly; prim; earnest, serious, solemn; close, reserved, reticent, silent Contrasted Words impertinent, intrusive, meddlesome, obtrusive, officious; brash, forward, unbashful, unretiring depute, Synonyms DELEGATE, commission, deputize despoil, Synonyms RAVAGE, depredate, desecrate, desolate, devastate, devour, pillage, sack, spoliate, waste disheveled, Synonyms SLOVENLY 1, ill-kempt, messy, raunchy, slipshod, sloppy, uncombed, unfastidious, unkempt, untidy disport, Synonyms PLAY 1, diversion, fun, recreation, sport Related Word jollity, merriment Embitter, Synonyms EXACERBATE, acerbate, envenom Related Word bitter, sour Enthrall, Synonyms ENSLAVE, subjugate Related Word master, subdue Contrasted Words emancipate 2 to hold spellbound *told mystery stories that enthralled his playmates* Synonyms catch up, fascinate, grip, hold, mesmerize, spellbind Related Word absorb, engage, preoccupy; charm, enchant, engross, intrigue Contrasted Words bore, ennui, weary Estuary, delta Execration, Synonyms BLASPHEMY 1, cursing, cussing, imprecation, profanity, swearing Fray, Synonyms BRAWL 2, affray, broil, donnybrook, fight, fracas, melee, row, ruction, scuffle Related Word contention, discord, dissension, strife 2 Synonyms CLASH 2, affray, brush, melee, mellay, scrimmage, skirmish Freak, Synonyms CAPRICE, bee, boutade, conceit, crotchet, fancy, humor, megrim, vagary, whim 2 one that is physically abnormal *pitiful freaks displayed in sideshows* Synonyms abortion, lusus, miscreation, monster, monstrosity Related Word aberration, chimera, malconformation, malformation, misshape, mosaic, mutation, sport; abnormality, anomaly, curiosity, oddity; rara avis, rarity; androgyne, hermaphrodite Idioms freak of nature 3 Synonyms ENTHUSIAST, bigot, bug, fanatic, fiend, maniac, nut, zealot Gaunt, Synonyms LEAN, angular, bony, lank, lanky, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, spare 2 Synonyms EMACIATED, cadaverous, skeletal, wasted Antonyms bloated Ocular, Synonyms VISUAL 2, seeable, viewable, visible 2 Synonyms VISUAL 1, optic, optical, visional Perverse, Synonyms VICIOUS 2, corrupt, degenerate, depraved, miscreant, nefarious, putrid, rotten, unhealthy, villainous 2 Synonyms OBSTINATE, headstrong, mulish, pertinacious, refractory, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, wrongheaded, unyielding Related Word cranky, irritable, unreasonable 3 Synonyms CONTRARY 3, balky, cross-grained, froward, ornery, restive, wayward, wrongheaded Pervert, Synonyms DEBASE 1, animalize, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, corrupt, debauch, demoralize, deprave, warp Related Word abuse, maltreat, mistreat, misuse, outrage; ruin 2 Synonyms ABUSE 2, misapply, misemploy, mishandle, misimprove, misuse, prostitute Related Word ill-treat 3 Synonyms MISREPRESENT, belie, color, distort, falsify, garble, miscolor, misstate, twist, warp Pillage, Synonyms RAVAGE, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, sack, spoliate, waste Related Word encroach, invade, trespass; appropriate, arrogate, confiscate, usurp Idioms lay waste 2 Synonyms STEAL 1, appropriate, filch, lift, nab, pilfer, pinch, purloin, swipe, thieve Pilfer, Synonyms STEAL 1, appropriate, ||cop, filch, lift, pinch, purloin, snitch, swipe, thieve Phony, Synonyms COUNTERFEIT, bogus, brummagen, fake, false, pinchbeck, pseudo, sham, snide, spurious Pettish, Synonyms IRRITABLE, fractious, fretful, huffy, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, waspish, waspy Poach Prance, Synonyms SASHAY, flounce, mince, ||prink, strut 2 Synonyms DANCE 1, foot (it), hoof (it), step, tread Prehensile, Synonyms COVETOUS, acquisitive, desirous, grabby, grasping, greedy, itchy Puberty, Synonyms YOUTH 1, adolescence, greenness, juvenility, pubescence, spring, springtide, springtime, youthfulness, youthhood Puffery, Synonyms PUBLICITY, advertising, buildup, hype, press-agentry, promotion Putrefy, Synonyms DECAY, break down, crumble, decompose, disintegrate, molder, rot, spoil, taint, turn Qualm, a misgiving about what one is going to do *had qualms about the secret meeting* Synonyms compunction, conscience, demur, scruple, squeam Related Word apprehension, foreboding, misgiving, presentiment; doubt, mistrust, suspicion, uncertainty; agitation, insecurity, perturbation; objection, remonstrance; reluctance, unwillingness; impatience, nervousness, unease, uneasiness Contrasted Words aplomb, assurance, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, self-possession; certainty, certitude, conviction Ravish, Synonyms TRANSPORT 2, enrapture, enravish, entrance, trance 2 Synonyms RAPE, defile, deflorate, deflower, force, outrage, spoil, violate Remit, Synonyms EXCUSE 1, condone, forgive, pardon 2 Synonyms DEFER, delay, hold off, hold up, intermit, postpone, prorogue, put off, shelve, stay 3 Synonyms SEND 1, address, consign, dispatch, forward, route, ship, transmit Renunciation, voluntary surrender or putting aside of something desired or desirable *led a life of total renunciation as a monk* Synonyms abnegation, denial, renouncement, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation Related Word abjurement, eschewing, forbearing, forgoing, forswearing, sacrifice, self-sacrifice; rejection, repudiation, surrender, yielding Contrasted Words gripping, holding, keeping Antonyms retention Retrench, Synonyms SHORTEN, abbreviate, abridge, curtail, cut, cut back, slash Scrape, 1 to rub or slide against something that is often harsh, rough, or sharp *chalk scraping on the blackboard* Synonyms grate, rasp, scratch Related Word graze, rub, scuff; abrade, chafe, grind 2 Synonyms SCRIMP, pinch, screw, skimp, ||skinch, spare, stint 3 to make one's way with great difficulty or succeed by a narrow margin *the student barely scraped through the exam* Synonyms shave Related Word struggle; get along, get by Idioms cut it (or the corner) pretty close, have a close shave Sedition, an offense against official ruling authority (as a government or sovereign) to which one owes allegiance *considered the defense industry strike to be overt sedition* Synonyms seditiousness, treason Related Word alienation, disaffection, estrangement; action, protest, strike; coup, coup d'etat, putsch; insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, revolution, uprising; quislingism Contrasted Words allegiance, fealty, fidelity, loyalty; duty, respect, responsibility Shabby, 1 being ill-kept and showing signs of wear and tear *a shabby neighborhood full of depressing tenements* Synonyms bedraggled, broken-down, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, disreputable, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, moth-eaten, run-down, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shoddy, sleazy, slipshod, squalid, tacky, tagrag, tattered, threadbare, tired Related Word disfigured, dog-eared; decaying, deteriorated, deteriorating; ramshackle, ratty, rickety; bare, miserable, neglected, poor, poverty-stricken; sordid; worm-eaten; outworn, worn-out; abandoned, desolate, ruined, ruinous, wrecked Idioms gone to seed Contrasted Words neat, spick-and-span, tidy, trig, trim, well-kept; brand-new, fresh, new; unused Antonyms spruce 2 Synonyms CONTEMPTIBLE, beggarly, cheap, despicable, despisable, mean, pitiable, scummy, scurvy, sorry 3 Synonyms DISREPUTABLE 1, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, ignominious, inglorious, shady, shameful, shoddy, unrespectable Sinister, seriously threatening disaster *a sinister plot* Synonyms baleful, malefic, maleficent, malign; compare OMINOUS Related Word fateful, ill-omened, inauspicious, ominous, portentous, unpropitious; apocalyptic, dire, doomful, ill-boding, threatening; lowering, menacing; evil, malicious Contrasted Words harmless, innocent, innocuous Skittish, Synonyms GIDDY 1, bird-witted, dizzy, empty-headed, flighty, frivolous, harebrained, light-headed, rattlebrained, scatterbrained Related Word irresponsible, undependable, unreliable 2 Synonyms EXCITABLE, agitable, alarmable, combustible, edgy, skittery, startlish, volatile Related Word restive; nervous Slaver, Synonyms DROOL 2, dribble, drivel, salivate, slabber, slobber 2 Synonyms FAWN, apple-polish, bootlick, cower, cringe, grovel, honey (up), kowtow, toady, truckle Slobber, Synonyms DROOL 2, dribble, drivel, salivate, slabber, slaver Spoor, Synonyms FOOTPRINT, footstep, step, track, tract, vestige Sprawl, 1 to lie or sit with arms and legs stretched out carelessly and awkwardly *the dog lay sprawled out on the sofa* Synonyms drape, ||scamble, ||spelder, spraddle, spread-eagle Related Word loll, lounge; slouch, slump 2 to grow, develop, or spread irregularly and without apparent design or plan *the city sprawls down the whole coast* Synonyms ramble, scramble, sprangle, spread-eagle, straddle, straggle Related Word extend, stretch; spread Trammel, Synonyms ENTANGLE 3, embrangle, enmesh, ensnarl 2 Synonyms HAMPER, clog, curb, entrammel, fetter, hobble, hog-tie, leash, shackle, tie Related Word circumscribe, confine, limit; bind, enchain, handcuff, manacle 3 Synonyms STULTIFY, constipate, stagnate, stifle Treachery, betrayal of a trust or confidence *corruption in public office is little short of treachery* Synonyms disloyalty, faithlessness, perfidiousness, perfidy, treacherousness, treason; compare INFIDELITY Related Word falseheartedness, falseness; double cross, double-dealing; sellout Idioms dirty pool, dirty work at the crossroads Contrasted Words incorruptibility, reliability; probity, rectitude, uprightness; constancy, fidelity, loyalty, staunchness Antonyms dependability; trustworthiness Clarion, Synonyms FAIR 2, clear, cloudless, fine, pleasant, rainless, sunny, sunshiny, unclouded, undarkened Collate, Synonyms COMPARE 2, bracket, contrast Condescend, Synonyms STOOP 1, deign Confidential, Synonyms PRIVATE 2, closet, hushed, inside 2 Synonyms FAMILIAR 1, chummy, close, intimate, thick Related Word secret; tried, trustworthy, trusty Congeal, Synonyms HARDEN 1, cake, concrete, dry, indurate, set, solidify Related Word chill, cool, freeze 2 Synonyms COAGULATE, clot, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jellify, jelly, set Conjure,变魔术 Synonyms BEG, appeal, beseech, brace, crave, entreat, implore, importune, pray, supplicate Conspicuous, Synonyms CLEAR 5, apparent, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, open-and-shut, openhanded, patent, plain 2 Synonyms NOTICEABLE, arresting, arrestive, marked, outstanding, pointed, prominent, remarkable, salient, striking Related Word celebrated, eminent, illustrious; showy Contrasted Words common, everyday, ordinary; covert, secret; concealed, hidden Antonyms inconspicuous Constraint, Synonyms FORCE 4, coercion, compulsion, duress, violence Related Word repression, suppression; driving, impelling, impulsion; goad, motive, spring, spur 2 Synonyms RESTRICTION 2, circumscription, confinement, constrainment, cramp, restraint Contention, Synonyms DISCORD, conflict, difference, disaccord, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, strife, variance Related Word altercation, quarrel, squabble, wrangle; argument, controversy, dispute Contrasted Words agreement, coincidence, concurrence 2 Synonyms ARGUMENT 2, controversy, dispute, hurrah, rumpus 3 Synonyms THESIS 1, contestation Contiguous, Synonyms ADJACENT 3, abutting, adjoining, approximal, bordering, conterminous, juxtaposed, touching Related Word close, near, nearby, nigh Contrasted Words apart, separate; distant, remote 2 Synonyms NEIGHBORING, adjacent, close-at-hand, close-by, near-at-hand, nearby Cosset, Synonyms CARESS, cuddle, dandle, fondle, love, pet 2 Synonyms BABY, cater (to), cocker, coddle, humor, indulge, mollycoddle, ||much, pamper, spoil Countenance, Synonyms ENCOURAGE 2, advocate, favor Related Word applaud, commend; back, champion, support, uphold Contrasted Words deride, ridicule; criticize, reprehend, reprobate; reproach, reprove Antonyms discountenance 2 Synonyms APPROVE 1, accept, approbate, favor, go (for), hold (with Cringe, Synonyms FAWN, apple-polish, bootlick, ||brownnose, cower, grovel, kowtow, slaver, toady, truckle Related Word blench, flinch, quail, recoil, wince; ||croodle, crouch, shrink Idioms bow and scrape, eat dirt Paucity, Synonyms SCARCITY, insufficience, insufficiency, poverty, ||scant, scarceness Related Word fewness Pauper, a person having no financial resources except those derived from charity Synonyms beggar, down-and-out Related Word have-not, indigent; ||casual; almsman, lazarus Contrasted Words have, millionaire, plutocrat Penchant, Synonyms LEANING 2, bent, disposition, inclination, inclining, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency Penury, Synonyms POVERTY 1, destitution, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, need, neediness, poorness, privation, want Antonyms luxury Pertinacious, Synonyms OBSTINATE, bullheaded, headstrong, mulish, perverse, refractory, self-willed, stubborn, willful, unyielding Related Word fixed, unshakable; dogged, tenacious Petulant, Synonyms IRRITABLE, fractious, fretful, huffy, peevish, pettish, querulous, snappish, waspish, waspy Related Word grouchy, sulky Flax, linen Malapropism: verbal --gaffe:social Stream:eddy---trend:anomaly sober vernacular 方言 groom, jockey understudy:star---deputy副警长: sheriff,---curate:vicar pique, Synonyms IRRITATE, aggravate, exasperate, get, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out, rile, roil 2 Synonyms PROVOKE 4, excite, galvanize, innervate, innerve, motivate, move, quicken, rouse, stimulate Related Word prick, punch; ignite 3 Synonyms PRIDE, plume, preen Plangent, Synonyms RESONANT, consonant, orotund, resounding, ringing, rotund, round, sonorant, sonorous, vibrant Ploy, Synonyms TRICK 1, artifice, device, feint, gambit, maneuver, play, ruse, stratagem, wile Plunge, Synonyms THRUST 2, dig, drive, ram, run, sink, stab, stick 2 to thrust or cast oneself or something into or as if into deep water *plunged into the crowd* Synonyms burst, dive, drive, lunge, pitch, ||splunge; compare RUSH 1 Related Word dip, immerse, submerge; plump, plunk; propel, push, shove, thrust; boil, charge, fling, rush, tear Idioms plunge headlong Contrasted Words ease, glide, slide, slip 3 Synonyms FALL 2, drop, go down, keel (over), pitch, slump, topple, tumble Idioms take a plunge 4 Synonyms PLUMMET, dip, drop, fall, nose-dive, skid, tumble Idioms drop like a rock, take a downward plunge Posit, Synonyms PRESUPPOSE, assume, postulate, premise, presume Potentate, potential, potentiate, Prate, Synonyms CHAT 1, babble, chatter, clack, gab, gabble, jaw, prattle, yak, yakety-yak 2 Synonyms BOAST, blow, brag, cock-a-doodle-doo, crow, gasconade, mouth, puff, redomontade, vaunt 3 Synonyms BABBLE 2, blabber, blather, drivel, drool, gabble, prattle, twaddl Prelude, Synonyms INTRODUCTION, exordium, foreword, overture, preamble, preface, prelusion, proem, prolegomenon, prologue pristine profuse, proffered in or characterized by great abundance *profuse apologies* *a profuse flow of blood* Synonyms exuberant, lavish, lush, luxuriant, opulent, prodigal, profusive, riotous Related Word abundant, copious; abounding, swarming, teeming; excessive, extravagant, immoderate; bounteous, bountiful, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded Contrasted Words exiguous, meager, scrimpy, skimpy, slight, small, sparse Antonyms scant, scanty Promulgate, Synonyms DECLARE 1, advertise, announce, annunciate, broadcast, disseminate, proclaim, publish, sound, toot Propitiate讨好，抚慰, Synonyms PACIFY, appease, assuage, conciliate, mollify, placate, sweeten Related Word adapt, adjust, conform, reconcile; content, satisfy; intercede, mediate Propitious, Synonyms FAVORABLE 5, auspicious, benign, bright, dexter, fortunate, white Antonyms unpropitious; adverse 2 Synonyms TIMELY 1, auspicious, favorable, opportune, prosperous, seasonable, timeous, well-timed Antonyms unpropitious 3 Synonyms GOOD 1, advantageous, benefic, beneficial, brave, favorable, favoring, helpful, toward, useful Antonyms unpropitious; adverse Reprobate, Synonyms VILLAIN 1, *bastard, blackguard, heel, lowlife, miscreant, roperipe, scoundrel, ||slubberdegullion, *son of a bitch Evince, Synonyms SHOW 2, demonstrate, evidence, exhibit, illustrate, manifest, mark, ostend, proclaim Related Word argue, attest, bespeak, betoken, confirm, indicate, prove; display, exhibit, expose, illustrate, signify Contrasted Words repress, suppress; conceal, hide 2 Synonyms EDUCE 1, elicit, evoke, extort, extract, milk Related Word bring (about), cause; provoke, stimulate Submissive, Synonyms TAME, domestic, domesticated, domitae naturae, subdued Related Word complying, conformable, obeying; bowing down, unerect; menial, servile, slavish, subservient Antonyms rebellious 2 Synonyms PASSIVE 2, acquiescent, nonresistant, nonresisting, resigned, unresistant, unresisting, yielding permissive spate, Synonyms FLOOD 2, cataract, deluge, flooding, inundation, niagara, overflow, pour, spate, torrent 2 Synonyms DISASTER, calamity, catastrophe, misadventure, tragedy, woe(s Factious, Synonyms INSUBORDINATE, contumacious, insurgent, mutinous, rebellious, seditious Related Word contending, fighting, warring; belligerent, contentious, quarrelsome; alienated, disaffected, estranged Contrasted Words companionable, gregarious, social; acquiescent, compliant; faithful, loyal, true Antonyms cooperative Scad, a great number or abundance *scads of opportunities* Synonyms gob(s), heap, jillion, load(s), million, oodles, quantities, ream(s), ||rimption(s), slather(s), slew, thousand, trillion, wad(s); compare MUCH, MULTITUDE 1 Related Word great deal, lot Contrasted Words few, handful, scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling Mandatory, containing or constituting a command *mandatory entrance examinations* Synonyms compulsatory, compulsory, imperative, imperious, obligatory, required Related Word essential, indispensable, irremissible, necessary, needful, requisite; binding, commanding, compelling, de rigueur; forced, involuntary Contrasted Words discretionary, elective, voluntary Antonyms optional Rig, Synonyms FURNISH 1, accouter, appoint, arm, equip, fit out, gear, outfit, turn out Repudiate, Synonyms DECLINE 4, disapprove, dismiss, refuse, reject, reprobate, spurn, turn down Contrasted Words acknowledge, admit, avow, confess, own Antonyms adopt 2 Synonyms DEFECT, apostatize, desert, rat, renounce, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn 3 Synonyms DISCLAIM, deny, disacknowledge, disallow, disavow, disown Related Word abandon, desert, forsake; cast, discard Contrasted Words allow, concede, grant Antonyms own Lubricant, 1 : a substance (as grease) capable of reducing friction, heat, and wear when introduced as a film between solid surfaces 2 : something that lessens or prevents friction or difficulty *a social lubricant* 杔ubricant adjective Malleable, 1 : capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers 2 a : capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces or influences b : having a capacity for adaptive change synonyms see PLASTIC 杕aleaily \*ma-l*-*-*bi-l*-t*, *mal-y*-, *ma-l*-\ noun Desultory, Synonyms FITFUL, catchy, on-again-off-again, spasmodic, sporadic, spotty Related Word erratic; shifting, vagrant, wavering Contrasted Words constant, invariable, unchanging, unfailing Antonyms steady 2 Synonyms RANDOM, aimless, casual, designless, haphazard, hit-or-miss, indiscriminate, purposeless, unconsidered, unplanned Related Word fitful, spasmodic; disorderly, unmethodical, unsystematic; capricious, fickle, inconstant, mercurial Contrasted Words orderly, systematic Antonyms assiduous; methodical Palpable, Synonyms TANGIBLE 1, tactile, touchable 2 Synonyms PERCEPTIBLE, appreciable, detectable, discernible, observable, sensible, tangible Related Word apparent, ostensible, seeming; believable, colorable, credible, plausible 3 Synonyms CLEAR 5, apparent, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, patent, plain, straightforward, unequivocal Related Word certain, positive, sure; arresting, noticeable, remarkable, striking Contrasted Words doubtful, dubious, problematic, questionable Antonyms impalpable Rampart, Synonyms BULWARK, bastion, breastwork, parapet Levee, Synonyms WHARF, berth, dock, jetty, pier, quay, slip 2 Synonyms RED-LIGHT DISTRICT, stew(s), tenderloin Pliable, Synonyms PLASTIC, adaptable, ductile, malleable, moldable, pliant, supple Related Word manipulable, manipulatable Contrasted Words unadaptable, unflexible, unmalleable, unpliant Antonyms unpliable Edible, suitable for use as food *edible plant products* Synonyms comestible, eatable, esculent Related Word digestible; nourishing, nutritious, nutritive; palatable, savory, succulent, tasty, toothsome Antonyms inedible Lament, Synonyms DEPLORE 1, bemoan, bewail, grieve, moan, weep Antonyms exult; rejoice Tedious, Synonyms IRKSOME, boresome, boring, drudging, tiresome, tiring 2 Synonyms ARID 2, bromidic, dry, dryasdust, dull, dusty, insipid, uninteresting, weariful, wearisome Related Word dragging, mortal, slow, tiresome Torpor, Synonyms LETHARGY 1, coma, dullness, hebetude, languor, lassitude, sleep, stupor, torpidity, torpidness Related Word stolidity; passivity Antonyms activity; animation Staid, Synonyms SERIOUS 1, earnest, grave, no-nonsense, sedate, sober, sobersided, solemn, somber, weighty Related Word decorous, formal; collected, composed, cool; priggish, smug; starchy, stuffy Contrasted Words breezy, devil-may-care, easy, frivolous; debonair, jaunty; playful, sportive; hoydenish, rakish; fresh, irreverent; uncontrolled, unrestrained Antonyms unstaid Bruit, Synonyms DECLARE 1, advertise, announce, annunciate, blaze (abroad), blazon, broadcast, proclaim, promulgate, publish Related Word hint, intimate, rumor, suggest Epilogue, 1 the final part that rounds out or completes the design of a nondramatic literary work *the author wrote an epilogue to his book explaining that some of his earlier impressions were wrong* Synonyms afterword coda Related Word postlude; conclusion, ending Contrasted Words prelude; foreword, introduction, preface Antonyms prologue 2 something that resembles an epilogue in rounding out or giving point to something else *an incident that can be regarded as an epilogue to the history of Roman Britain* Synonyms sequel Related Word follow-up, postscript Antonyms prologue Ratiocination, Synonyms INFERENCE 1, deduction, illation, judgment Antonyms intuition 2 Synonyms INFERENCE 2, conclusion, deduction, illation, judgment, sequitur Fiety, 1 : the quality or state of being pious: as a : fidelity to natural obligations (as to parents) b : dutifulness in religion : DEVOUTNESS 2 : an act inspired by piety 3 : a conventional belief or standard : ORTHODOXY synonyms see FIDELITY clout, Synonyms CUFF, box, buffet, chop, ||paste, poke, punch, slap, smack, sock 2 Synonyms PULL 2, ||drag, in, influence Equanimity, the characteristic quality of one who is self-possessed and not easily disturbed or perturbed *faced disaster with bland equanimity* Synonyms ataraxy, calmness, composure, coolness, imperturbability, phlegm, sangfroid, self-possession; compare CONFIDENCE 2 Related Word balance, equilibrium, equipoise, poise; aplomb, assurance, confidence, self-assurance; detachment; placidity, serenity, tranquillity Contrasted Words alarm, anxiety, apprehension; excitability, nervousness; agitation, discomposure, disquiet, disturbance, perturbation Counterfeit, being an imitation intended to mislead or deceive *counterfeit money* *counterfeit sympathy* Synonyms bogus, brummagem, fake, false, phony, pinchbeck, pseudo, sham, snide, spurious; compare SPURIOUS 3 Related Word feigned, pretended, simulated; deceptive, delusive, delusory, misleading; fraudulent Contrasted Words authentic, veritable; actual, real, true; unquestionable, valid Antonyms bona fide, genuine baleful baleful, Synonyms SINISTER, malefic, maleficent, malign Related Word deadly, evil, harmful, pernicious; bodeful, foreboding; unfavorable, unpromising Contrasted Words auspicious, benign, favorable, promising, propitious; advantageous, beneficial Antonyms beneficent 2 Synonyms OMINOUS, apocalyptic, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, ill-boding, ill-omened, threatening, unpropitious Menace, Synonyms THREATEN Related Word alarm, frighten, scare; endanger, torment; loom, lower 2 Synonyms ENDANGER, compromise, hazard, imperil, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, peril, risk Solicitous, Synonyms EAGER, anxious, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, impatient, keen, raring, thirsty Sturdy, Synonyms STRONG 2, stalwart, stout, tenacious, tough Related Word sound, substantial Antonyms decrepit Flit, Synonyms HURRY 2, fleet, fly, hasten, run, rush, speed, ||tatter, whiz, zip 2 to move briskly, irregularly, and usually intermittently *the hummingbird flitted from flower to flower* Synonyms dance, flicker, flitter, flutter, hover Related Word dart, float, fly, scud, skim 3 Synonyms FLY 4, fleet, sail, sweep, wing deploy relinquish, to let out of one's possession or control completely *few leaders willingly relinquish power* Synonyms abandon, cede, give up, hand over, lay down, leave, resign, surrender, ||turn up, waive, yield; compare ABDICATE 1 Related Word lay aside; quit, throw up; abdicate, renounce; desert, forsake; abnegate, forbear, forgo, sacrifice; cast, discard, shed Antonyms keep Bake, Synonyms BURN 3, broil, cook, melt, roast, scorch, swelter 2 Synonyms FIRE 6, burn, kiln Convert, 1 to induce (another or others) to accept the validity of something (as a belief, course of action, or point of view) *Chinese missionaries converted many Japanese to Buddhism* Synonyms bring, lead, move, persuade Related Word redeem, reform, save; bend, bias, incline, sway; actuate, budge, impel; proselyte, proselytize 2 Synonyms TRANSFORM, change, commute, metamorphose, transfigure, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate Related Word fabricate, forge, make, manufacture; apply, employ, use, utilize Laud, Synonyms PRAISE 2, bless, celebrate, cry up, eulogize, extol, glorify, hymn, magnify, panegyrize Related Word adore, revere, reverence, venerate, worship; admire; flatter Contrasted Words blame, condemn; anathematize, curse, damn, execrate, objurgate Antonyms revile Foster, Synonyms NURSE 2, cherish, cultivate, nourish, nursle, nurture Related Word back, champion, support, uphold; entertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter; accommodate, assist, favor, help, oblige Contrasted Words combat, fight, oppose, resist, withstand; curb, inhibit, restrain; ban, forbid, interdict, prohibit; abuse, disregard, neglect 2 Synonyms ADVANCE 1, encourage, forward, further, promote, serve Complimentary, Synonyms FREE 5, chargeless, costless, gratis, gratuitous Fulsome, too obviously extravagant or ingratiating to be accepted as genuine or sincere *offering sickeningly fulsome praise* Synonyms oily, oleaginous, slick, smarmy, soapy, unctious, unctuous Related Word canting, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, pecksniffian, pharisaical, sanctimonious; bland, glib, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, ingratiating, mealy-mouthed, oily-tongued, smooth, smooth-tongued, suave; buttery, flattering, wheedling; excessive, extravagant, exuberant, lavish, profuse; cloying, satiating, sating; bombastic, grandiloquent, magniloquent Contrasted Words earnest, genuine, heartfelt, hearty, sincere, true, truthful, unfeigned, wholehearted, whole-souled Conceit, Synonyms IDEA, apprehension, concept, conception, image, impression, intellection, notion, perception, thought 2 an attitude of regarding oneself with favor *his constant boasting was an indication of conceit* Synonyms amour propre, complacence, complacency, conceitedness, consequence, egoism, egotism, narcissism, outrecuidance, pride, self-admiration, self-complacency, self-conceit, self-consequence, self-esteem, self-exaltation, self-glory, self-importance, self-love, self-opinion, self-pride, swelled head, swellheadedness, vainglory, vainness, vanity Related Word assurance, pomposity, self-partiality, smugness, stuffiness Contrasted Words humbleness, humility, self-depreciation, unpretentiousness Antonyms modesty 3 Synonyms CAPRICE, bee, boutade, crotchet, fancy, freak, humor, megrim, vagary, whim Soporific, tending to induce sleep *a soporific drug* *soporific prose* Synonyms hypnotic, narcotic, opiate, sleepy, slumberous, somnifacient, somniferous, somnific, somnolent, somnorific, soporiferous, soporifical Related Word calming, quietening, sedative, tranquilizing; anesthetic, deadening, numbing Contrasted Words arousing, waking; invigorating, stimulating 2 Synonyms SLEEPY 1, dozy, drowsy, nodding, ||peepy, ||sloomy, slumberous, slumbery, snoozy, somnolent Probity, Synonyms GOODNESS, morality, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtue Fulminate, denounce, condemn, reprehend, rail, inveigh, censure, upbraid, chastise, chide, belabor, lambaste, vituperate, castigate, reprimand, berate, reprove, rebuke, revile, excoriate, reproach, opprobrium, impugn, flay, pan, stricture, Commend, extol, exalt, acclaim, laud, eulogize, accolade, applaud, glorify, rave=tout, tribite, plaudits, approbation, archid, encomium, Panegyric, eulogy, hymn, paean, carol, psalm, Inveigle, Synonyms LURE, allure, bait, decoy, entice, entrap, lead on, seduce, tempt, toll Supplicate, Synonyms BEG, appeal, beseech, crave, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, plead, pray Idioms ask on bended knee, ||come down on one's marrowbones Incipient, ,Synonyms INITIAL 1, beginning, inceptive, initiative, initiatory, introductory, nascent Arbitrator, Synonyms MODERATOR, mediator 2 Synonyms JUDGE 1, arbiter, referee, umpire Rehabitate, Synonyms RESTORE 3, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, recover, rejuvenate, restitute Intransigent, Synonyms OBSTINATE, incompliant, intractable, pertinacious, self-willed, tough, stubborn, willful, unpliable, unyielding Tractable, Synonyms OBEDIENT, amenable, biddable, docile, ||docious Related Word flexible, pliable, pliant; manageable; subdued Contrasted Words headstrong, unmanageable, willful; obstinate, refractory, stubborn Antonyms intractable, unruly Rash, 1 acting, done, or expressed with undue haste or disregard for consequences *don't do anything rash* *that was a very rash statement* Synonyms brash, hasty, hotheaded, ill-advised, incautious, incogitant, inconsiderate, mad-brained, madcap, reckless, thoughtless, unadvised, unconsidered, unwary; compare CARELESS 1 Related Word abrupt, headlong, impetuous, precipitate, precipitous, sudden; foolhardy, foolish, impulsive, silly; careless, heedless, imprudent, indiscreet, injudicious, unthinking, unwise Contrasted Words careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, wary; advised, considered, deliberate, designed, premeditated, studied; calm, cool, level-headed Antonyms calculating 2 Synonyms ADVENTUROUS, adventuresome, audacious, daredevil, daring, foolhardy, reckless, temerarious, venturesome, venturous Restless Fastidious, 1 acting, done, or expressed with undue haste or disregard for consequences *don't do anything rash* *that was a very rash statement* Synonyms brash, hasty, hotheaded, ill-advised, incautious, incogitant, inconsiderate, mad-brained, madcap, reckless, thoughtless, unadvised, unconsidered, unwary; compare CARELESS 1 Related Word abrupt, headlong, impetuous, precipitate, precipitous, sudden; foolhardy, foolish, impulsive, silly; careless, heedless, imprudent, indiscreet, injudicious, unthinking, unwise Contrasted Words careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, wary; advised, considered, deliberate, designed, premeditated, studied; calm, cool, level-headed Antonyms calculating indiscriminate 2 Synonyms ADVENTUROUS, adventuresome, audacious, daredevil, daring, foolhardy, reckless, temerarious, venturesome, venturous Brook, Synonyms BEAR 10, abide, endure, go, stand, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, tolerate Primp, Synonyms DRESS UP 1, deck (out), doll out, doll up, fix up, gussy up, slick, smarten (up), spiff, spruce (up Vapid, vaporous Gloat, Synonyms GAZE 1, bore, gape, ||gaup (or gawp), gawk, glare, goggle, peer, stare Contrasted Words begrudge, covet, envy, grudge Retard, Synonyms DELAY 1, bog (down), decelerate, detain, embog, hang up, mire, set back, slacken, slow (up or down) Related Word decrease, lessen, reduce; clog, fetter, hamper; baffle, balk Antonyms accelerate; advance Dispatch, Synonyms HASTE 1, celerity, expedition, expeditiousness, hurry, hustle, rustle, speed, speediness, swiftness Contrasted Words dawdling, loitering, procrastination Antonyms delay 2 Synonyms ALACRITY, expedition, goodwill, promptitude, readiness Related Word diligence, industriousness Serene, Synonyms CALM 2, collected, composed, easy, easygoing, placid, poised, self-composed, self-possessed, tranquil Related Word noiseless, quiet, still; quiescent, resting; undisturbed Contrasted Words agitated, disquieted, upset Inspired, brilliant, antonyms, mediocrity, derivative, perfunctory, Denial, 1 refusal to satisfy a request or desire *denial of his visiting privileges* Synonyms disallowance, refusal, rejection Related Word declination, nonacceptance Contrasted Words allowing, conceding, grant, letting; leave, permission, sufferance 2 refusal to admit the truth *his denial that he took the money* Synonyms contradiction, gainsaying, negation Related Word controversion, disproof, rebuttal, refutal, refutation; refusal, rejection, repudiation Contrasted Words acknowledgment, avowal, confession; affirmation, assertion, confirmation Antonyms admission 3 Synonyms RENUNCIATION, abnegation, renouncement, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation Related Word abstaining, refraining Contrasted Words indulgence, self-indulgence; overdoing, overindulgence Rancor, Synonyms ENMITY, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, hostility Related Word bitterness, vindictiveness, virulence Supple, Synonyms ELASTIC 1, flexible, resilient, springy, stretch, stretchy, whippy Antonyms stiff 2 Synonyms PLASTIC, adaptable, ductile, malleable, moldable, pliable, pliant 3 showing freedom and ease of bodily movement (as in bending or twisting) *the light supple spring of a cat* Synonyms limber, lissome, lithe, lithesome Related Word agile, graceful, willowy, wiry, withy Contrasted Words awkward, clumsy, gawky, maladroit, unhandy; ungraceful; arthritic, creaky, decrepit Antonyms stiff Curb, Synonyms HAMPER, clog, entrammel, fetter, hobble, hog-tie, leash, shackle, tie, tie up 2 Synonyms DENY 3, abstain, constrain, hold back, refrain Related Word repress, suppress Antonyms goad 3 Synonyms RESTRAIN 1, bit, bridle, check, constrain, hold back, hold down, hold in, inhibit, withhold Related Word fetter, hamper, hog-tie, manacle, shackle Idioms hold in leash, keep a tight rein on Contrasted Words unbridle, unleash Antonyms spur Stupor, Synonyms LETHARGY 1, coma, dullness, hebetude, languor, lassitude, sleep, slumber, torpidity, torpor Related Word sopor; anesthesia, insensibility Fondness, Synonyms LOVE 1, affection, attachment, devotion 2 Synonyms APPETITE 3, inclination, liking, soft spot, taste, weakness Related Word partiality, predilection; relish Contrasted Words disgust; hate Coalesce, Synonyms JOIN 1, associate, bracket, combine, conjoin, connect, link, relate, unite, wed Related Word adhere, cleave, cling, stick; blend, fuse, merge, mingle, mix Colloquial, Synonyms VERNACULAR, vulgar, vulgate Gimmick, Synonyms GADGET 1, concern, gizmo, jigger, widget 2 Synonyms TRICK 1, artifice, feint, gambit, maneuver, ploy, ruse, stratagem, whizzer, wile Related Word cheat, counterfeit, deceit, dodge, fake, humbug, imposture; fun, game, jest, method, sport Pedestrian, Synonyms DULL 9, banausic, blah, ||dim, dreary, humdrum, monotone, monotonous, plodding, stodgy Related Word commonplace, platitudinous, truistic; banal, inane, jejune, wishy-washy; heavy Palliate, to give a speciously fine appearance to what is erroneous, base, or evil *did not try to conceal or palliate his errors* Synonyms blanch (over), extenuate, gloss (over), gloze (over), prettify, sugarcoat, varnish, veneer, white, whiten, whitewash Related Word alleviate, lighten, mitigate; condone, excuse; moderate, qualify, soften, temper; camouflage, cloak, conceal, cover up, disguise, dissemble, mask; hush (up) Idioms paper over the cracks, put a good face on (or upon Plain, 1 free from all ostentation or superficial embellishment *just give the plain facts* Synonyms discreet, dry, homely, inelaborate, modest, simple, unadorned, unbeautified, undecorated, unelaborate, unembellished, unembroidered, ungarnished, unornamented, unostentatious, unpretentious Related Word muted, restrained; austere, bald, bare, severe, spartan, stark, unluxurious; homespun Contrasted Words adorned, beautified, elaborate, embellished, embroidered, exaggerated; high-flown, ostentatious, pretentious; flamboyant, rococo Antonyms rich 2 Synonyms STRAIGHT 3, neat, pure, unadulterated, undiluted, unmixed 3 Synonyms CLEAR 5, apparent, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, palpable, patent, unambiguous, unequivocal Related Word broad, unmistakable; legible Antonyms abstruse 4 Synonyms FRANK, candid, open, openhearted, straightforward, unconcealed, undisguised, undissembled, undissembling, unvarnished Related Word unfeigned; abrupt Idioms plain and open 5 lacking allure without being positively ugly *a plain woman, drably dressed* Synonyms homely, unalluring, unattractive, unbeauteous, unbeautiful, uncomely, unhandsome, unpretty Related Word plain-featured; inelegant; ordinary, plain Jane, unremarkable; ill-favored Idioms not much for looks, not much to look at, short on looks Contrasted Words alluring, attractive, beautiful, comely, handsome; elegant; striking; knockout, sensational 6 Synonyms ORDINARY 1, everyday, plain Jane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, usual, workaday Talkative, given to talk or talking *a talkative, sociable man* Synonyms babblative, chatty, gabby, garrulous, loose-lipped, loose-tongued, loquacious, mouthy, multiloquent, multiloquious, talky, tonguey; compare GLIB Related Word articulate, eloquent, fluent; vocal, voluble; buzzy, gossipy Contrasted Words closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, uncommunicative; speechless Antonyms silent Mete out执行 Relinquish, to let out of one's possession or control completely *few leaders willingly relinquish power* Synonyms abandon, cede, give up, hand over, lay down, leave, resign, surrender, ||turn up, waive, yield; compare ABDICATE 1 Related Word lay aside; quit, throw up; abdicate, renounce; desert, forsake; abnegate, forbear, forgo, sacrifice; cast, discard, shed Antonyms keep stodgy preclude, Synonyms PREVENT 2, avert, deter, forestall, forfend, obviate, rule out, stave off, ward Related Word cease, discontinue, quit, stop Countenance, Synonyms LOOK 2, cast, expression, face, visage Idioms (the) cut of one's jib 2 Synonyms FACE 1, ||dial, features, ||kisser, ||map, mug, ||pan, phiz, ||puss, visage Rekindle Synonyms REVIVE 3, reactivate, renew, renovate, resurrect, resuscitate, retrieve, revitalize, revivify Turbid, clouded with or as if with roiled sediment *a turbid stream* Synonyms muddy, riley, roily Related Word dark, dense, obscure; mucky, thick; clouded, cloudy, murky, opaque, smoky; dull Contrasted Words translucent; lucid, pellucid, transparent; crystal, crystalline; clean, pure, undefiled Antonyms clear, limpid Pungent, sharp and stimulating to the mind or senses *his pungent wit* Synonyms peppery, piquant, poignant, racy, snappy, spicy, zesty Related Word acute, keen, salt, salty, sharp; biting, bitter, cutting, hot, incisive, trenchant; exciting, provocative, stimulating; rich Contrasted Words banal, corny, dull, flat, hackneyed, insipid, old hat, platitudinous, prosaic, prosy, stale, stodgy, tasteless, unimaginative, uninteresting Antonyms bland Guzzle, Synonyms DRINK 3, booze, imbibe, liquor (up), soak, swig, swill, swizzle, tank up, tipple 2 Synonyms GULP, bolt, cram, englut, gobble, ingurgitate, slop, slosh, wolf Fatuous, Synonyms SIMPLE 3, asinine, brainless, foolish, sheepheaded, silly, unwitty, weak-headed, weak-minded, witless Related Word idiotic, imbecile, moronic; besotted, fond, infatuated, insensate; absurd, dumb, silly, stupid Contrasted Words judicious, prudent, sage, sane, sapient, wise Antonyms sensible Ingenuous, Synonyms NATURAL 5, artless, naive, simple, unaffected, unartful, unartificial, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied Contrasted Words covert, furtive, stealthy, surreptitious, underhand; artful, crafty, foxy, guileful, insidious, sly, tricky, wily Antonyms disingenuous Guileless, Synonyms NATURAL 5, artless, ingenuous, naive, unaffected, unartful, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, untutored Antonyms guileful Imperious, Synonyms MASTERFUL 1, bossy, domineering, high-handed, imperative, imperial, magisterial, overbearing, peremptory Related Word heavy-handed, oppressive, strict, stringent; absolute, arbitrary Contrasted Words considerate, easy, gentle, kindly 2 Synonyms MANDATORY, compulsatory, compulsory, imperative, obligatory, required Noisome, Synonyms UNWHOLESOME 1, insalubrious, insalutary, noxious, sickly, unhealthful, unhealthy, unsalutary Antonyms wholesome 2 Synonyms MALODOROUS 1, fetid, funky, fusty, musty, nidorous, putrid, rancid, rank, stinking Related Word dirty, filthy, squalid; loathsome, revolting Antonyms balmy 3 Synonyms OFFENSIVE, disgusting, foul, horrid, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, repulsive, sickening, vile Abrogate, Synonyms ANNUL 4, discharge, dissolve, quash, vacate, void Related Word abate, extinguish Contrasted Words establish, found; confirm, ratify Antonyms institute (as by enacting or decreeing) 2 Synonyms ABOLISH 1, abate, annihilate, annul, invalidate, negate, nullify, quash, undo, vitiate Related Word extinguish; blot out, cancel, obliterate; ruin, wreck Contrasted Words support, uphold Antonyms establish, fix (as a right, a quality, or a custom) Extemporaneous， composed, devised, or done at the moment rather than beforehand *made an extemporaneous speech after the dinner* Synonyms autoschediastic, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvised, offhand, spur-of-the-moment, unrehearsed, unstudied; compare UNINTENTIONAL Related Word casual, informal; unprepared, unthought-out; impulsive, snap, spontaneous Idioms off the cuff, on the spur of the moment Contrasted Words designed, planned, prepared, projected, schemed, thought-out; considered, deliberated, premeditated, studied Bent, 1 a : a strong inclination or interest : BIAS b : a special inclination or capacity : TALENT 2 : capacity of endurance 3 : a transverse framework (as in a bridge) to carry lateral as well as vertical loads synonyms see GIFT liability, Synonyms DEBT 3, arrear(s), arrearage, due, indebtedness Antonyms asset 2 Synonyms INDEBTEDNESS 1, arrearage, debt, obligation 3 Synonyms EXPOSURE, openness, vulnerability, vulnerableness Prodigious, Synonyms MARVELOUS 1, amazing, astonishing, astounding, miraculous, spectacular, staggering, stupendous, surprising, wonderful 2 Synonyms MONSTROUS 1, cracking, fantastic, massive, monumental, mortal, stupendous, towering, tremendous 3 Synonyms HUGE, colossal, enormous, gigantic, immense, mammoth, massive, mighty, tremendous, vast Corroborate, Synonyms CONFIRM 2, authenticate, bear out, justify, substantiate, validate, verify Contrasted Words invalidate, negate, nullify Antonyms contradict Concur, Synonyms UNITE 2, band, coadjute, combine, conjoin, cooperate, league Related Word accord, agree, harmonize, jibe 2 Synonyms AGREE 3, coincide, concert, concord, harmonize Related Word accede, acquiesce, assent, consent Antonyms contend; altercate Crass, Synonyms COARSE 3, crude, gross, inelegant, raw, rough, rude, uncouth, unrefined, vulgar Related Word churlish, loutish Antonyms refined Vulgar, Synonyms VERNACULAR, colloquial, vulgate Related Word conversational, spoken; idiomatic 2 Synonyms PUBLIC 4, general, popular 3 Synonyms COARSE 3, crass, crude, gross, inelegant, raw, rough, rude, uncouth, unrefined 4 Synonyms OBSCENE 2, barnyard, dirty, gross, indecent, nasty, profane, ribald, scatological, smutty Related Word base, low, vile; loathsome, offensive, repulsive, revolting; indecorous, indelicate, uncouth Contrasted Words decent, delicate, refined; high-minded, lofty, noble 5 Synonyms BARBARIC 1, barbarian, barbarous, graceless, outlandish, tasteless, wild Related Word inelegant, ungraceful; improper, incorrect, unseemly; uncouth, unpolished, unrefined Idioms in very poor taste Contrasted Words elegant, graceful, coorect, proper, seemly, Florid, Synonyms RHETORICAL, aureate, bombastic, declamatory, euphuistic, flowery, grandiloquent, magniloquent, overblown, sonorous 2 Synonyms ORNATE, baroque, flamboyant, luscious, rich, rococo Related Word ostentatious, pretentious, showy Contrasted Words bald, bare, barren; austere, unadorned 3 Synonyms RUDDY 1, flush, flushed, full-blooded, glowing, rubicund, sanguine Antonyms pallid Adjourn, Synonyms DEFER, delay, hold off, hold over, hold up, postpone, put off, shelve, stay, suspend Related Word curb, hold back, restrain Contrasted Words advance, expedite, further, promote 2 to bring to a formal close *adjourn the legislature* Synonyms dissolve, prorogate, prorogue, recess, rise, terminate Related Word break up, close, disband, discontinue, disperse; stay, suspend Contrasted Words open; mobilize, muster, rally Antonyms convene, convoke Commodious, Synonyms SPACIOUS, ample, capacious, roomy, wide Contrasted Words cramped, narrow, strait Antonyms incommodious Cramped, having insufficient size or capacity *a cramped cubbyhole of an office* Synonyms confined, cramp, incommodious, squeezy, ||tucked up Related Word close, narrow, tight, two-by-four; little, minute, small, tiny Contrasted Words commodious, unconfined Antonyms spacious Frustrate, to come between a person and his aim or desire or to defeat another's plan *frustrated their plot* Synonyms baffle, balk, beat, bilk, buffalo, circumvent, dash, disappoint, foil, ruin, thwart; compare OUTWIT Related Word annul, cancel, counteract, negative, neutralize, nullify; anticipate, forestall; conquer, defeat, lick, overcome; forbid, inhibit, prohibit; obviate, preclude, prevent; bar, block, hinder, impede, obstruct; arrest, check, halt Idioms cut the ground from under one, dash one's hope, defeat expectation, throw a monkey wrench into the works, upset one's applecart Contrasted Words accomplish, achieve, bring about, effect, perform; advance, forward, further, promote; abet, incite, instigate Antonyms fulfill 2 Synonyms NEUTRALIZE, annul, cancel (out), counteract, countercheck, negate, negative, Abet, Synonyms INCITE, foment, instigate, provoke, raise, set, set on, stir (up), whip (up) Related Word egg, exhort, goad, prod, spur, urge; advocate, countenance, encourage, endorse Contrasted Words forbid, prevent, prohibit; debar, deter, discourage 2 Synonyms HELP 1, aid, assist, benefact, do for, help out, stead Aspersion, Synonyms ANIMADVERSION, obloquy, reflection, slam, slur, stricture Related Word abuse, invective, muck, vituperation; backbiting, calumny, detraction, scandal, slander; lampoon, libel, pasquinade, skit, squib Contrasted Words eulogy, extolling, laudation, praise; acclaim, acclamation, applause, plaudits; commendation, compliment Prate, Synonyms CHAT 1, babble, chatter, clack, gab, gabble, jaw, prattle, yak, yakety-yak 2 Synonyms BOAST, blow, brag, cock-a-doodle-doo, crow, gasconade, mouth, puff, redomontade, vaunt 3 Synonyms BABBLE 2, blabber, blather, drivel, drool, gabble, prattle, twaddl Saunter, to walk slowly in an idle or leisurely manner *sauntered about the streets, stopping in at various shops* Synonyms amble, bummel, drift, linger, mope, mosey, ||muck, stroll; compare WANDER 1 Related Word meander, ramble, roam, rove, spatiate, ||stravage, wander; loiter, tarry Contrasted Words bustle, chase, hustle, scurry, tear Meander, Synonyms WANDER 1, drift, gallivant, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, traipse, vagabond Related Word snake, turn, twist, wind Murky, Synonyms DARK 1, caliginous, dim, dun, dusk, dusky, gloomy, obscure, somber, tenebrous Related Word glooming, glowering, lowering Contrasted Words bright, brilliant, effulgent, radiant 2 Synonyms OBSCURE 3, ambiguous, amphibological, double-edged, double-faced, dusky, equivocal, nubilous, opaque, sibylline 3 having visible material in suspension *a murky liquid* Synonyms cloudy, mucky Related Word muddy, roily, turbid Contrasted Words clear, limpid, lucent, translucent, transparent; clean, fresh, pure, unpolluted 4 Synonyms DULL 8, drab, muddy, subfusc 5 Synonyms DIRTY 1, black, filthy, foul, grubby, mucky, nasty, sordid, squalid, unclean Apposite, Synonyms RELEVANT, ad rem, applicable, applicative, applicatory, apropos, germane, material, pertinent, pointful Related Word felicitous, happy; opportune, pat, seasonable, timely Idioms to the point (or purpose) Contrasted Words awkward, inept; casual, haphazard, hit-or-miss, random Antonyms inapposite, inapt Plummet, to decrease suddenly and sharply in financial value or price *the stock plummeted 60 points when the story broke* Synonyms dip, drop, fall, nose-dive, plunge, skid, tumble Related Word decline, decrease, descend, sink; dump; precipitate; collapse, crash Idioms take a sudden downturn (or downtrend) Contrasted Words increase; rise; shoot up Antonyms skyrocket, soar Extemporize, Synonyms IMPROVISE, ad-lib, improvisate Related Word dash off, knock off, toss off Idioms do offhand, play (it) by ear Contrasted Words cook up, plan, prepare, think out Fuss, Synonyms STIR 1, ado, bustle, flurry, furore, pother, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind Related Word fluster, perturbation; bother, flap, stew; racket, rumpus; haste, hurry, speed 2 Synonyms COMMOTION 3, ||catouse, coil, furore, hurrah, ruckus, rumpus, shindig, shindy, to-do 3 Synonyms QUARREL, altercation, beef, bickering, controversy, dispute, falling-out, fight, hassle, miff Presumption, Synonyms EFFRONTERY, brashness, brass, cheek, chutzpah, confidence, ||crust, face, gall, nerve 2 Synonyms PRESUPPOSITION 1, assumption 3 Synonyms ASSUMPTION 2, apriorism, posit, postulate, postulation, premise, presupposition, supposition, thesis Sinewy, Synonyms MUSCULAR 1, fibrous, ropy, stringy, wiry Related Word strong, sturdy, tenacious, tough Antonyms flabby 2 Synonyms MUSCULAR 2, athletic, brawny Exhaustive, testing all possibilities or considering all the elements of *an exhaustive investigation was soon under way* Synonyms complete, full-dress, thorough, thoroughgoing, whole-hog Related Word all-encompassing, all-out, comprehensive, full-blown, full-scale, out-and-out, profound, total; intensive, radical, sweeping Contrasted Words cursory, shallow; incomplete, partial; slipshod, unthorough Antonyms superficial Exact, Synonyms EXTORT 1, gouge, pinch, screw, shake down, squeeze, wrench, wrest, wring 2 Synonyms LEVY, assess, impose, put (on or upon) 3 s Synonyms DEMAND 1, call, challenge, claim, postulate, require, requisition, solicit Related Word coerce, compel, constrain, force, oblige; extort, extract, squeeze, wrest, wring Scurvy, Synonyms CONTEMPTIBLE, beggarly, cheap, despicable, despisable, mean, pitiable, scummy, shabby, sorry Related Word base, low, vile distinct to scurry Miserable, Synonyms WOEFUL 1, afflicted, doleful, dolent, dolorous, rueful, ruthful, sorrowful, wretched Related Word despairing, despondent, forlorn, hopeless; piteous, pitiable, pitiful; melancholy Contrasted Words cheerful, glad, happy, joyful, joyous, lighthearted Digress, Synonyms SWERVE 2, depart, deviate, diverge 2 to turn aside from the main subject of attention or course of argument *he digressed into too many side issues* Synonyms depart, divagate, diverge, excurse, ramble, stray, wander Related Word drift, roam Idioms get off the subject, go off on a tangent Contrasted Words advance, proceed, progress Chicanery, Synonyms DECEPTION 1, chicane, dishonesty, double-dealing, fourberie, fraud, hanky-panky, highbinding, sharp practice, trickery Related Word intrigue, machination, plot; furtiveness, surreptitiousness, underhandedness Contrasted Words forthrightness, straightforwardness; honesty, honor, integrity, probity Tactless, marked by a lack of tact *his tactless remark hurt her* Synonyms brash, impolitic, maladroit, undiplomatic, unpolitic, untactful Related Word impolite, inconsiderate, indelicate, rude; bungling, inept Contrasted Words diplomatic, polite, tactical Antonyms tactful Clever, Synonyms SKILLFUL 2, adroit, good, pretty, ||skilly, wicked, workmanlike, workmanly 2 Synonyms DEXTEROUS 1, adroit, deft, handy, neat-handed, nimble 3 Synonyms INTELLIGENT 2, alert, brainy, bright, brilliant, knowing, quick-witted, ready-witted, sharp, smart Related Word apt, prompt, quick, ready; able, capable, competent; all-around, many-sided, versatile Idioms quick as a flash, sharp (or smart) as a whip Contrasted Words asinine, fatuous, foolish, simple Antonyms dull 4 highly skilled in devising or contriving *very clever about getting her own way* Synonyms adroit, canny, ||coony, cunning, dexterous, ingenious, ||sleighty, slim, sly; compare SKILLFUL 2 Related Word able, adept, expert, handy, masterly, proficient, skilled, skillful; capable, competent, qualified; crafty, deceitful, slick, tricky Contrasted Words awkward, clumsy, gauche, inept, maladroit; dilatory, laggard, slow, sluggish; incapable, incompetent, inept, unqualified 5 pleasing because of aptness, sparkle, and usually wit *delighted her audience with a series of clever comparisons* Synonyms good, scintillating, smart, sprightly Related Word bright, brilliant, coruscating, dazzling, sparkling; piquant, racy, salty; fanciful, whimsical; amusing, entertaining, pleasing; facetious, funny, humorous, witty; laughable, risible Contrasted Words drab, dull, humdrum, monotonous, stodgy; barren, empty, inane; fatuous, pointless; absurd, foolish, nonsensical, ridiculous Antonyms stupid Affable, Synonyms GRACIOUS 1, congenial, cordial, genial, sociable, ||sonsy Related Word courteous, polite; suave, urbane; loquacious, talkative Contrasted Words crabbed, glum, surly; reticent, withdrawn; silent, taciturn, uncommunicative Antonyms reserved 2 Synonyms GENTLE 2, amiable, genial Disobedient, refusing or neglecting to obey *the disobedient child refused to come in* Synonyms naughty, obstreperous, unruly; compare CONTRARY 3, NAUGHTY 1 Related Word headstrong, recalcitrant, willful; contumacious, insubordinate, rebellious Contrasted Words amenable, biddable, docile, tractable; decorous, good, well-behaved Antonyms obedient Miserable, Synonyms WOEFUL 1, afflicted, doleful, dolent, dolorous, rueful, ruthful, sorrowful, wretched Related Word despairing, despondent, forlorn, hopeless; piteous, pitiable, pitiful; melancholy Contrasted Words cheerful, glad, happy, joyful, joyous, lighthearted Derision, Synonyms LAUGHINGSTOCK, butt, jest, jestee, joke, mock, mockery, pilgarlic, sport Shirk, Synonyms SNEAK, creep, gumshoe, lurk, pussyfoot, skulk, slink, slip, ||snake, steal 2 Synonyms DODGE 1, duck, fence, parry, sidestep Related Word bilk, burke; bypass, double, eschew, get around; shuffle off, shun Dread, Synonyms FEAR 1, alarm, consternation, dismay, fright, horror, panic, terror, trepidation, trepidity Consolidation, Synonyms UNIFICATION, coadunation, coalition, combination, melding, mergence, merger, merging, union 2 a union of two or more businesses *consolidation is often accompanied by a new corporate name* Synonyms amalgamation, merger Antonyms dissolution Secure, Synonyms CONFIDENT 1, assured, sanguine, self-assured, self-confident, undoubtful 2 Synonyms SAFE 2, riskless Related Word firm, stable, strong Contrasted Words open, wide-open; assailable, weak; dangerous, precarious Antonyms insecure 3 Synonyms RELIABLE 1, dependable, tried, tried and true, trustworthy, trusty 4 Synonyms FAST 4, firm, fixed, set, tenacious, tight Related Word strong; iron 5 Synonyms STABLE 4, firm, solid, sound 6 Synonyms SURE 1, fast, firm, stable, staunch, strong Related Word established, settled; balanced Contrasted Words precarious; unbalanced, unstable, wobbly Antonyms insecure Grate, Synonyms SCRAPE 1, rasp, scratch Related Word abrade, bark, chafe, fray, gall, scuff, skin 2 Synonyms IRRITATE, aggravate, burn (up), gall, get, nettle, peeve, pique, provoke, rile Parch, Synonyms DRY 1, dehydrate, desiccate, exsiccate, sear Steep, Synonyms SOAK 1, drench, impregnate, insteep, saturate, sodden, ||sog, sop, souse, waterlog 2 Synonyms INFUSE 1, imbue, ingrain, inoculate, invest, leaven, suffuse Recumbent, Synonyms PRONE 4, decumbent, flat, procumbent, prostrate, reclining Antonyms erect, upright Natty, Synonyms DAPPER, bandbox, doggish, doggy, sassy, sparkish, spiffy, spruce, sprucy, well-groomed Sloppy, Synonyms SLIPSHOD 3, botchy, careless, messy, slapdash, slovenly, unthorough, untidy Related Word amateurish; mediocre; awkward, clumsy; poor Antonyms exact, precise 2 Synonyms SLOVENLY 1, careless, disheveled, ill-kempt, messy, slipshod, unfastidious, unkempt, unneat, untidy 3 Synonyms EFFUSIVE, gushing, gushy, slobbering, slobbery Related Word soft; oversentimental 4 Synonyms INTOXICATED 1, ||boozy, ||canned, disguised, drunk, inebriated, ||lushed, muddled, pixilated, ||plastered Exigent, Synonyms PRESSING, burning, clamant, clamorous, crying, imperative, importunate, insistent, instant, urgent Related Word acute; necessary; menacing, threatening 2 Synonyms ONEROUS, burdensome, demanding, exacting, grievous, oppressive, superincumbent, taxing, tough, weighty Defer, to delay an action or proceeding *decided to defer voting until the next meeting* Synonyms adjourn, delay, hold off, hold over, hold up, intermit, lay over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, shelve, stand over, stay, suspend, waive Related Word detain, retard, slow; block, hinder, impede, obstruct; stall; extend, lengthen, prolong, protract Idioms hold up on, lay to one side, put on ice, set aside Contrasted Words accelerate, hasten, hurry, speed; expedite, further, promote Antonyms advance Platitude, Synonyms COMMONPLACE, banality, bromide, clich*, prosaicism, prosaism, rubber stamp, shibboleth, tag, truism Related Word inanity, insipidity, vapidity; mawkishness, sentimentality Pompous, 1 characterized by or exhibiting self-importance *a pompous old fool* Synonyms arrogant, bloated, important, magisterial, pontifical, puffy, self-important, stuffy, wiggy; compare EGOCENTRIC 2, PROUD 1 Related Word conceited, narcissistic, self-conceited, stuck-up, vain, vainglorious; affected, highfalutin, hoity-toity, pretentious; presumptuous, self-centered, selfish; flaunting, flossy, ostentatious Contrasted Words natural, unaffected, unpretentious; humble, meek, plain, simple; modest, unassuming 2 Synonyms RHETORICAL, aureate, bombastic, declamatory, euphuistic, flowery, grandiloquent, magniloquent, overblown, sonorous Tirade, a violent, often protracted, and usually denunciatory speech or writing *lashed out with a vicious tirade of angry protest* Synonyms diatribe, harangue, jeremiad, philippic Related Word rant, rodomontade, screed; abuse, invective, revilement, vituperation; censure, condemnation, denunciation; berating, tongue-lashing; lecture, sermon Impassive, 1 unresponsive to what might normally excite interest or emotion *impassive endurance of pain* Synonyms apathetic, dry, matter-of-fact, phlegmatic, stoic, stolid Related Word calm, cold, cool; collected, composed, dispassionate, emotionless, imperturbable, inexcitable, unexcitable, unflappable; inexpressive, reserved, reticent, taciturn, unemotional, unexpressive; bovine, passionless, placid, spiritless, unconcerned, wooden; callous, hardened, indurated, insensible; cold-blooded, coldhearted, heartless Contrasted Words compassionate, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted Antonyms responsive 2 Synonyms INSUSCEPTIBLE, insensitive, insentient, unimpressible, unimpressionable, unresponsive, unsusceptible Perturb, Synonyms DISCOMPOSE 1, agitate, bother, discombobulate, dismay, disquiet, disturb, flurry, fluster, upset Related Word trouble; unsettle Antonyms compose Alienate, Synonyms TRANSFER 4, abalienate, alien, assign, cede, convey, deed, make over, remise, sign (over) Related Word give up, hand over, relinquish 2 Synonyms ESTRANGE, alien, disaffect, disunify, disunite, wean Related Word alter, change, convert Contrasted Words accommodate, adjust, conform, reconcile Antonyms unite; reunite Substantial, Synonyms MATERIAL 1, corporeal, gross, objective, phenomenal, physical, sensible, tangible Contrasted Words airy, ethereal Antonyms unsubstantial 2 Synonyms IMPORTANT 1, big, consequential, considerable, material, meaningful, momentous, significant, weighty Related Word key, principal; strong; serious 3 Synonyms PROSPEROUS 3, comfortable, easy, ||snug, well, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do Related Word solid, solvent Tenuous, Synonyms THIN 2, attenuate, attenuated, rare, rarefied, subtile, subtle 2 Synonyms THIN 1, attenuate, reedy, slender, slight, slim, squinny, stalky, twiggy Related Word aerial, airy, ethereal, fine Contrasted Words abundant Antonyms dense 3 having little substance or strength and usually not firmly based *only a tenuous link in the chain of evidence* Synonyms feeble, insubstantial, unsubstantial; compare IMPLAUSIBLE Related Word flimsy, weak; insignificant Contrasted Words significant, sound, strong Antonyms substantial Gratuitous, Synonyms FREE 5, chargeless, complimentary, costless, gratis Related Word voluntary, willing 2 Synonyms SUPEREROGATORY, supererogant, supererogative, unasked, uncalled-for, wanton 3 Synonyms BASELESS, bottomless, foundationless, groundless, uncalled-for, unfounded, ungrounded, unwarranted Related Word indefensible, reasonless, unsupportable Repellent Synonyms REPUGNANT 1, abhorrent, invidious, obnoxious, revulsive Contrasted Words alluring, bewitching, captivating, charming; enticing, luring, seductive, tempting Antonyms attractive; pleasing 2 Synonyms OFFENSIVE, disgusting, foul, loathsome, nasty, noisome, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, vile 3 Synonyms ANTIPATHETIC 2, aversive, kindless, repugnant, uncongenial, ungenial, unsympathetic Implacable, Synonyms GRIM 3, ironfisted, merciless, mortal, relentless, ruthless, unappeasable, unflinching, unrelenting, unyielding Contrasted Words peaceable, tractable; kindly, tolerant Antonyms placable Mutter, Synonyms MUMBLE, ||chunter, fumble, muddle, ||mump, murmur, swallow 2 Synonyms GRUMBLE 1, croak, grouch, grouse, ||grunt, murmur, scold Related Word repine, wail Repugnant, 1 so alien or unlikable as to arouse antagonism and aversion *the idea of moving again became repugnant to her* Synonyms abhorrent, invidious, obnoxious, repellent, revulsive Related Word alien, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign; incompatible, incongruous, inconsonant, uncongenial Contrasted Words acceptable, bearable, tolerable; agreeable, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable Antonyms congenial 2 Synonyms OFFENSIVE, disgusting, foul, loathsome, nasty, noisome, repellent, repulsive, revolting, vile 3 Synonyms ANTIPATHETIC 2, aversive, kindless, repellent, uncongenial, ungenial, unsympathetic Rescind, rescission Repel, Synonyms FEND (off), hold off, keep off, rebuff, rebut, repulse, stave off, ward (off) 2 Synonyms RESIST, buck, combat, contest, dispute, duel, fight, oppose, traverse, withstand 3 Synonyms DISGUST, nauseate, reluct, repulse, revolt, sicken Antonyms allure; attract Gouge, Synonyms EXTORT 1, exact, pinch, screw, shake down, squeeze, wrench, wrest, wring Related Word cheat, con, swindle; overcharge Fumble, Synonyms GROPE, feel, grabble 2 Synonyms BOTCH, ||blow, bobble, bollix, bungle, flub, goof (up), louse up, mess, muff Related Word flounder, stumble 3 Synonyms MUMBLE, ||chunter, muddle, ||mump, murmur, mutter, swallow Lambaste, Synonyms BEAT 1, baste, drub, hammer, paste, pelt, pound, pummel, thrash, wallop 2 Synonyms WHIP 2, beat, ||clobber, drub, lick, shellac, smear, smother, thrash, trim 3 to assail with withering oral or written denunciation *the senator has been publicly lambasted for taking bribes* Synonyms blister, castigate, ||crawl, drub, excoriate, flay, lash (into), roast, scarify, scathe, scorch, score, scourge, slam, slap, slash, ||slate; compare CRITICIZE, REPROVE, SCOLD 1 Related Word censure, criticize, denounce, pan; berate, scold, tongue-lash; assail, attack, squabash Idioms burn one's ears, ||crawl all over, give (one) a roasting, pin one's ears back, rake (one) over the coals, read the riot act, rip into Contrasted Words applaud, extol, praise; approve, countenance, endorse Slick, Synonyms POLISH 2, perfect, refine, round, sleek, smooth 2 Synonyms DRESS UP 1, deck (out), doll out, doll up, ||dude up, fix up, gussy up, smarten (up), spiff, spruce (up) 3 Synonyms SLIDE 1, glide, glissade, slip, slither Philistine, a crass, prosaic, often priggish individual guided by material rather than artistic or intellectual values *philistines who opposed everything new and creative in art* Synonyms Babbitt, boeotian, boob, middlebrow Related Word bourgeois; capitalist; materialist; boor, clown, lout, vulgarian Antonyms aesthete Odium, Synonyms DISGRACE, discredit, disesteem, dishonor, disrepute, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, opprobrium, shame Related Word hate, hatred Antonyms honor 2 Synonyms STIGMA, bar sinister, black eye, blot, blur, brand, onus, slur, spot, stain