ANT: Friendship, love, affection, esteem, friendliness, cordiality.
=
KEY: Ennoble.
SYN: Exalt, dignify, elevate, ameliorate, aggrandize.
ANT: Debase, degrade, deprave, deteriorate, depress.
=
KEY: Enormity.
SYN: Atrocity, perpetration, abomination, sin.
ANT: Innocence, guiltlessness, clean hands, clear conscience.
=
KEY: Enormous.
SYN: Huge, immense, gigantic, colossal, elephantine, vast, gross, monstrous, prodigious.
ANT: Diminutive, insignificant, trivial, venial, average, ordinary, regular.
=
KEY: Enough.
SYN: Sufficient, ample, plenty, abundance.
ANT: Bare, scant, insufficient, inadequate, short.
=
KEY: Enrage.
SYN: Provoke, incite, madden, incense, excite, aggravate, irritate, inflame, embitter, infuriate, exasperate.
ANT: Soothe, conciliate, pacify, tame, mollify, allay, quiet.
=
KEY: Enrapture.
SYN: Beatify, entrance, enchant, fascinate, bewitch, captivate, transport, charm, attract, ravish.
ANT: Disgust, nauseate, torture, horrify, torment.
=
KEY: Enrich.
SYN: Aggrandize, endow, store, augment, fertilize, decorate, enhance.
ANT: Impoverish, reduce, rob, beggar, fleece, denude, disfigure.
=
KEY: Enrobe.
SYN: Drape, invest.
ANT: Disrobe, divest.
=
KEY: Enroll, [See ENLIST].
=
KEY: Enrollment, [See ENROLL].
=
KEY: Ensconce, [See HIDE].
=
KEY: Enshrine.
SYN: Consecrate, treasure, embalm, cherish.
ANT: Expose, desecrate, forget.
=
KEY: Enslave.
SYN: Captivate, charm, subjugate, enthrall.
ANT: repel, disgust, alienate, estrange, liberate, manumit, disenthrall.
=
KEY: Ensue.
SYN: Follow, accrue, supervise, befall.
ANT: Precede, threaten, premonish, forewarn.
=
KEY: Ensure.
SYN: Fix, determine, secure, {[eeal]?}.
ANT: Imperil, hazard, jeopardize, forfeit.
=
KEY: Entail.
SYN: Bequeath, leave, devolve, demise, involve, necessitate, induce.
ANT: Alienate, supersede, nullify, prevent, obviate.
=
KEY: Entangle.
SYN: Knot, mat, entrap, ensnare, ravel, implicate, involve, perplex, embarrass, inveigle, compromise.
ANT: Disentangle, unravel, extricate.
=
KEY: Enter.
SYN: Invade, penetrate.
ANT: Issue, depart, leave, quit, vacate.
=
KEY: Enterprise, [See ADVENTURE].
=
KEY: Enterprising.
SYN: Active, bold, daring, adventurous, speculative, dashing, venturesome.
ANT: Inactive, timid, inadventurous, cautious.
=
KEY: Entertain.
SYN: Harbor, maintain, conceive, foster, receive, recreate, amuse.
ANT: Eject, exclude, deny, debar, annoy, weary, bore, tire.
=
KEY: Enthrall, [See ENSLAVE].
=
KEY: Enthrone.
SYN: Crown, install.
ANT: Depose, dethrone, debase, degrade.
=
KEY: Enthusiasm.
SYN: Excitement, frenzy, sensation, inspiration, transport, rapture, warmth, fervor, fervency, zeal, ardor, vehemence, passion, devotion.
ANT: Coldness, callousness, indifference, disaffection, repugnance, alienation, contempt.
=
KEY: Enthusiastic, [See ENTHUSIASM].
=
KEY: Entice.
SYN: Allure, seduce, lure, tempt, attract, decoy.
ANT: Deter, warn, hinder, repel.
=
KEY: Enticing, [See ENTICE].
=
KEY: Entire.
SYN: Whole, complete, unimpaired, total, perfect, all, full, solid, integral, undiminished.
ANT: Partial, broken, impaired, incomplete.
=
KEY: Entirely, [See ENTIRE].
=
KEY: Entitle.
SYN: Qualify, empower, tit, enable, name, style, denominate, designate, characterize.
ANT: Disqualify, disentitle, disable, not designate, not characterize.
=
KEY: Entity.
SYN: Existence, being.
ANT: Nonentity, chimera.
=
KEY: Entomb.
SYN: Bury, inter, inhume.
ANT: Disinter, exhume.
=
KEY: Entrammel.
SYN: Entangle, impede, obstruct, hamper, decoy, entrap.
ANT: Disentangle, liberate, extricate, expedite, disentrammel, disenthrall.
=
KEY: Entrance \n.\
SYN: Introduction, opening, entry, inlet, porch, admission, penetration, avenue, portal, ingress, adit.
ANT: Exit, egress, departure, debouchure.
=
KEY: Entrance \v.\ [See ENRAPTURE].
=
KEY: Entrap, [See ENTRAMMEL].
=
KEY: Entreat \v.\
SYN: Implore, obsecrate, beg, beseech, importune, crave, solicit, supplicate, pray, ask, urge, petition.
ANT: Command, insist, bid, enjoin.
=
KEY: Entry.
SYN: Entrance, initiation, beginning, record, note, minute, register, memorandum.
ANT: Conclusion, quittance, disposal, blank, omission, falsification, misentry, misrecord.
=
KEY: Entwine.
SYN: Lace, convolve, interlace, weave.
ANT: Disentwine, dissever.
=
KEY: Enumerate.
SYN: Specify, name, number, recount, detail, reckon, compute, calculate, call over.
ANT: Confound, Miscount, misreckon.
=
KEY: Enunciate.
SYN: State, propound, pronounce, syllable.
ANT: Mutter, babble, balbutiate, stammer.
=
KEY: Envelop, [See DEVELOP].
SYN: Wrap, enfold, encase, environ, inwrap, enclose, cover.
ANT: Unwrap, develop, reveal, expose, unfold, extract.
=
KEY: Envelope \n.\ [See ENVENOM], [See POISON].
=
KEY: Environ.
SYN: Surround, hem, in-close, encircle, enfold.
ANT: Disinclose, disenfold.
=
KEY: Envy.
SYN: Grudging, jealousy, suspicion.
=
KEY: Ephemeral.
SYN: Transient, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary.
ANT: Abiding, persistent, permanent, perpetual, eternal, perennial, immortal.
=
KEY: Epigrammatic.
SYN: Pointed, terse, graphic, concise, laconic.
ANT: Diffuse, circumlocutory, pointless.
=
KEY: Epitome, [See ABBREVIATION].
=
KEY: Equable.
SYN: Uniform, regular, proportionate, even, smooth, easy.
ANT: Irregular, desultory, vari able, fitful, disjointed, uneasy.
=
KEY: Equal.
SYN: Uniform, commensurate, co-ordinate, adequate, alike, equivalent, even, equable, sufficient, impartial, co-extensive, smooth.
ANT: [See INEQUAL], incommensurate, inco-ordinate, inadequate, disparate, variable.
=
KEY: Equality, [See EQUAL].
=
KEY: Equanimity.
SYN: Calmness, composure, tranquillity, collectedness, even-mindedness.
ANT: Restlessness, disquiet, perturbation, impatience.
=
KEY: Equip.
SYN: Accoutre, garnish, invest, prepare, furnish, arrange.
ANT: Divest, dismantle, denude, despoil, derange.
=
KEY: Equipage.
SYN: Accoutrements, trappings, furniture, habiliments, apparatus, carriage, attendance, retinue.
ANT: Dismantlement, unstateliness.
=
KEY: Equipment, [See EQUIP].
=
KEY: Equipoise, [See BALANCE].
=
KEY: Equipollent, [See EQUIVALENT].
=
KEY: Equiponderant, [See EQUIPOISE].
ANT: [See EQUIVALENT].
=
KEY: Equitable.
SYN: Fair, just, proportionate, impartial, upright, proper, reasonable, even-handed, honest.
ANT: Unfair, unjust, disproportionate, partial.
=
KEY: Equity, [See EQUITABLE].
=
KEY: Equivalence, [See EQUIVALENT].
=
KEY: Equivalent.
SYN: Equiponderant, equipollent.
ANT: Unequal, unequivalent.
=
KEY: Equivocal.
SYN: Dubious, ambiguous, doubtful, double-sided.
ANT: Univocal, plain, direct, clear.
=
KEY: Eradicate.
SYN: Extirpate, abolish, extinguish, exterminate, excise, uproot, destroy, root out.
ANT: Implant, import, instil, foster, propagate, cherish, encourage.
=
KEY: Eradication, [See ERADICATE].
=
KEY: Erase.
SYN: Obliterate, efface, expunge, blot, cancel.
ANT: Mark, write, delineate.
=
KEY: Erasure, [See ERASE].
=
KEY: Erect.
SYN: Elevate, raise, establish, plant, uplift, construct, build, found, institute, set up.
ANT: Lower, supplant, subvert, der press, remove, destroy, demolish.
=
KEY: Erection, [See ERECT].
=
KEY: Erode, [See COURAGE].
=
KEY: Err.
SYN: Deviate, wander, mistake, blunder, misjudge, stumble, stray, go astray, misapprehend.
ANT: Succeed, prosper, correct, rectify.
=
KEY: Errand.
SYN: Message, commission, mission, delegation, charge.
ANT: Misdelivery, misannouncement.
=
KEY: Erratic.
SYN: Desultory, aberrant, abnormal, flighty, changeful, capricious.
ANT: Regular, normal, methodical, calculable, unalterable, steady, undeviate.
=
KEY: Erring.
SYN: Misguided, misled, sinful, wandering.
ANT: Virtuous, good, upright.
=
KEY: Error.
SYN: Fault, mistake, blunder, falsity, deception, fallacy, untruth, hallucination.
ANT: Correction, correctness, truth, accuracy, soundness, rectification.
=
KEY: Erudition.
SYN: Learning, lore, letters, scholarship.
ANT: Illiterateness, duncedom, sciolism.
=
KEY: Eruption.
SYN: Outburst, explosion, discharge, eruptation, exumation.
ANT: Absorption, engulfing, engrossment, swallowing, irruption, inburst, devourment.
=
KEY: Escape.
SYN: Elude, decamp, abscond, fly, flee, evade, avoid.
ANT: Incur, confront, encounter, meet, suffer.
=
KEY: Escheat, [See CHEAT].
=
KEY: Eschew, [See AVOID].
=
KEY: Escort, [See CONVOY].
=
KEY: Esculent, [See EDIBLE].
=
KEY: Esoteric.
SYN: Private, special, exacter, advanced.
ANT: Public, popular, rudimentary, exoteric.
=
KEY: Especial, [See SPECIAL].
=
KEY: Espousal, [See MARRIAGE].
=
KEY: Espy, [See SPY].
=
KEY: Essay \v.\ [See ASSAY].
=
KEY: Essay \n.\ [See ASSAY and DISQUISITION].
=
KEY: Essence.
SYN: Being, life, entity, nature, substance.
ANT: Accident, property, additament, garb, clothing, surroundings.
=
KEY: Essential.
SYN: Innate, inherent, requisite, necessary, vital, immanent, indispensable, leading, accidental, qualitative, quantitative, promotive, regulative, induced, imported, adventitious, ascititious, redundant, superfluous.
=
KEY: Establish.
SYN: Plant, fir, settle, found, demonstrate, organize, confirm, institute, prove, substantiate.
ANT: Suppliant, unsettle, break-up, disestablish, misstate, confute, refute upset, subvert, presume, suppose, guess, conjecture, surmise.
=
KEY: Established, [See ESTABLISH].
=
KEY: Estate.
SYN: Lands, fortune, property, possessions, demesne, order, rank, condition, freehold, domain.
ANT: State, community, country, waste, chattels, goods, effects.
=
KEY: Esteem.
SYN: Price, value, consider, deem, judge, believe, estimate, think, regard, affect, appreciate, revere, honor, respect, admire, venerate, prize, love, like.
ANT: Disregard, disconsider, disaffect, dislike, undervalue, underrate, decry, depreciate.
=
KEY: Estimable.
SYN: Amiable, delectable, worthy, good, meritorious, deserving, lovable, praiseworthy.
ANT: Unamiable, {[iiidelec]?}, iiidelec table, unworthy, bad.
=
KEY: Estimate, [See ESTEEM].
=
KEY: estimator, [See ESTEEM].
=
KEY: Estrange, [See ALIENATE].
=
KEY: Esurient, [See STARVED].
=
KEY: Eternal.
SYN: Infinite, endless, everlasting, deathless, imperishable, never-dying, ceaseless, everliving, perpetual, undying, unceasing.
ANT: Ephemeral, transient, temporal, fleeting, evanescent, sublunary.
=
KEY: Etiquette.
SYN: Manners, breeding, fashion, conventionality.
ANT: boorishness, rudeness, misobservance, singularity, nonconformance.
=
KEY: Eulogy, [See PRAISE].
=
KEY: Euphonious.
SYN: Musical, mellifluous, silvery, sweet-toned.
ANT: Harsh, dissonant, discordant.
=
KEY: Euphuism.
SYN: Affectation, pedantry, purism, highflying, finicality, factitiousness.
ANT: Simplicity, rusticity, bluntness, naturalness, mother tongue, vernacular.
=
KEY: euphuistic, [See EUPHUISM].
=
KEY: Evacuate.
SYN: Void, abandon, desert.
ANT: Occupy, seize, fill, hold.
=
KEY: Evade, [See ELUDE].
=
KEY: Evanescent, [See EPHEMERAL].
=
KEY: Evaporate.
SYN: Melt, colliquute, liquefy, vaporize, disappear, dissolve, exhale, distil.
ANT: Consolidate, compact, solidify, Indurate, crystallize.
=
KEY: Evaporation, [See EVAPORATE].
=
KEY: Evasion.
SYN: Prevarication, shuffle, fencing, sheet, subterfuge, quibble, equivocation.
ANT: Answer, counterargument, grappling.
=
KEY: Even.
SYN: Level, smooth, uniform, equable, plain, flush, well-balanced, equal.
ANT: Inclined, abrupt, rugged, variable, uneven.
=
KEY: Event.
SYN: Occurrence, circumstance, episode, adventure, issue, accident, result, fact, incident.
ANT: Cause, antecedent, operation, inducement, contribution, convergence, predisposition, tendency.
=
KEY: Eventful.
SYN: Remarkable, memorable, signal, important, marked, noted, critical, stirring, notable.
ANT: Ordinary, unmarked, unimportant, eventless, uninteresting, characterless, trivial.
=
KEY: Ever.
SYN: Always, continually, forever, eternally, constantly, incessantly.
ANT: Never.
=
KEY: Everlasting.
SYN: Infinite, endless, [See ETERNAL].
=
KEY: Eversion.
SYN: Evolution, Explication.
ANT: Inversion, Involution, implication.
=
KEY: Every.
SYN: [See AIL].
ANT: None.
=
KEY: Evict.
SYN: Dispossess, eject.
ANT: Reinstate, admit, settle, locate, lodge.
=
KEY: Eviction, [See EVICT].
=
KEY: Evidence.
SYN: Manifestation, attraction, averment, testimony, deposition, declaration, appearance, sign, token, proof, indication, exemplification, illustration.
ANT: Surmise, conjecture, counterevidence, disproof, refutation, concealment, suppression, misindication, fallacy.
=
KEY: Evident.
SYN: Plum, visible, conspicuous, manifest, indisputable, obvious, clear, palpable, incontrovertible.
ANT: Doubtful, obscure, questionable, uncertain, dubious.
=
KEY: Evil.
SYN: [See {[111]?}], noxious, deleterious, wrong, bad, mischievous, hurtful, sinful, unhappy, adverse, unpropitious, wicked, corrupt, harmful, unfair, notorious, miserable, sorrowful.
ANT: Wholesome, beneficial, right, virtuous, holy, pure, happy, fortunate, felicitous, joyous, welcome, grateful, good.
=
KEY: Evince.
SYN: Exhibit, evidence, show, prove, manifest, demonstrate.
ANT: Suppress, disprove, negative, conceal.
=
KEY: Eviscerate.
SYN: Disembowel, draw.
ANT: Stuff, cram, pad.
=
KEY: Evoke.
SYN: Excite, educe, provoke, elicit, produce, eliminate, extract, summon, call out.
ANT: Allay, stifle, stop, silence, prevent, seal.
=
KEY: Evolution, [See ALTITUDE].
=
KEY: Exacerbate, [See EXASPERATE].
=
KEY: Exact, [See ACCURATE].
=
KEY: Exactly.
SYN: Precisely, accurately, correspondently.
ANT: Loosely, inadequately, incorrectly, differently, otherwise.
=
KEY: Exaggerate.
SYN: Amplify, enlarge, heighten, magnify, overstate, overdraw, strain, overpaint, overestimate.
ANT: Disparage, attenuate, palliate, understate, underestimate, lenity, mitigate, soften, qualify, modify.
=
KEY: Exalt, [See ELEVATE].
=
KEY: Exalted, [See EXALT].
=
KEY: Examine.
SYN: Weigh, ponder, investigate, perpend, test, scrutinize, criticize, prove, study, discuss, inquire, search, {[ovvjrua-il]?}, explore, inspect.
ANT: Discard, conjecture, gnew, slur, misconsider, misinvestigate.
=
KEY: Examination, [See INQUIRY].
=
KEY: Example.
SYN: Sample, specimen, pattern, model, copy, illustration, in, stance, issue, development.
ANT: Stock material, substantial, law, rule, character, principle, system, quality, case.
=
KEY: Exanimate, [See INANIMATE].
=
KEY: Exasperate, [See AGGRAVATE].
=
KEY: Excavate.
SYN: Dig, hollow, trench, discover, deserter.
ANT: Bury, fill level, conceal, inter, inhume.
=
KEY: Exceed, [See SURPASS].
=
KEY: Exceeding, [See EXCEED].
=
KEY: Exceedingly, [See EXCEED], [See SURPASS].
=
KEY: Excellence, [See EXCEL].
=
KEY: Except, prep.
SYN: Excepting, saving, without, unless, exclusive of.
=
KEY: Except \v.\
SYN: Exclude, save, bar, {[*egre!]?}, ate, negative.
ANT: Count, include, reckon, state, classify, propound, affirm, admit.
=
KEY: Exception.
SYN: Qualification, separation, exclusion.
ANT: Statement, rule, class, proposition.
=
KEY: Exceptionable.
SYN: Objectionable, undesirable.
ANT: Unobjectionable, desirable, unexceptionable, exemplary.
=
KEY: Exceptional.
SYN: Rare, peculiar, uncommon, irregular, unusual, abnormal.
ANT: Common, regular, normal, usual, ordinary.
=
KEY: Exceptions, [See CONTENTIOUS].
=
KEY: Excess.
SYN: Advance, increase, abundance, redundancy, superfluity, extravagance, surplus, debauchery, intemperance.
ANT: Deficiency, failure, shortcoming, insufficiency, temperance, sobriety.
=
KEY: Excessive.
SYN: Enormous, undue, exorbitant, overmuch, superabundant, superfluous, unreasonable, immoderate, inordinate, extravagant.
ANT: Insufficient, scant, inadequate.
=
KEY: Exchange, [See CHANGE].
=
KEY: Excision, [See ERADICATION].
=
KEY: Excitability.
SYN: Sensibility, sensitiveness, irascibility, irritability.
ANT: Immobility, imperturbability, Insensitiveness-composure-hebetude.
=
KEY: Excitation, [See ROUSE].
=
KEY: Excite.
SYN: [See ALLAY].
=
KEY: Exclaim, [See EJACULATE].
=
KEY: Exclude, [See ADMIT].
=
KEY: Exclusive, [See EXCLUDE and COMPREHENSIVE].
=
KEY: Excogitation. \n.\ A complete cogitation. (/q.v./)
SYN: Elaboration, deduction.
ANT: Guess, surmise.
=
KEY: Excommunicate.
SYN: Exclude, banish, bar, eject, blackball.
ANT: Admit, readmit, inaugurate, enroll.
=
KEY: Excrescence.
SYN: Superfluity, redundancy, imposthume, tumor.
ANT: Eradication, extirpation, excision, levigation, exsection.
=
KEY: Excruciate.
SYN: Agonize, torture, torment, rack.
ANT: Soothe, please, tranquilize.
=
KEY: Excruciating, [See EXCRUCIATE].
=
KEY: Exculpate.
SYN: Defend, vindicate, exonerate, acquit, release.
ANT: Charge, inculpate, Implicate.
=
KEY: Excursion.
SYN: Trip, ramble, tour, journey, jaunt.
=
KEY: Excursive, [See DISCURSIVE].
=
KEY: Excusable.
SYN: Justifiable, venal, pardonable.
ANT: Inexcusable, unpardonable.
=
KEY: Excuse.
SYN: Exculpate, absolve, pardon, forgive, overlook, condone, i emit, indulge, justify, vindicate, defend, acquit, mitigate, extenuate, release, exempt, exonerate.
ANT: Charge, inculpate, condemn, sentence, exact, strain, accuse.
=
KEY: Execrable.
SYN: Detestable, loathsome, accursed, cursed, villainous, diabolical, hateful, abominable, {[danjiable]?}.
ANT: Desirable, eligible, respectable, laudable.
=
KEY: Execrate, [See ABOMINATE].
=
KEY: Execration.
SYN: Curse, imprecation, denunciation, anathema, detestation, malediction.
ANT: [See BENEDICTION].
=
KEY: Execute, [See CONSUMMATE].
=
KEY: Exemplary.
SYN: Laudable, praiseworthy, conspicuous, honorable, wary, meritorious, worthy, excellent.
ANT: Detestable, objectionable, exceptionable.
=
KEY: Exemplify.
SYN: Illustrate, manifest, embody, exhibit, represent.
ANT: Betray, falsify, misrepresent, belie.
=
KEY: Exempt.
SYN: Free, irresponsible, unamenable, clear, liberated, privileged, absolved.
ANT: Subject, responsible, liable, amenable.
=
KEY: Exemption.
SYN: Freedom, immunity, dispensation, privilege, license.
ANT: Liability, amenableness, subjection, responsibility.
=
KEY: Exercise \v.\
SYN: Practise, train, cultivate, develop.
ANT: Rest, ease, disuse, respite, relax, recreate.
=
KEY: Exercise.
SYN: Exertion, use, practice, application, training, employment, drill.
ANT: Rest, ease, relaxation, recreation.
=
KEY: Exertion.
SYN: Effort, labor, toil.
ANT: Relaxation, recreation, rest.
=
KEY: Exhalation.
SYN: Mist, damp, effluvium.
ANT: Absorption, exsiccation, inhalation.
=
KEY: Exhale.
SYN: Emit, give out, breathe out, evaporate.
ANT: Inhale, breathe in, Inspire, contain.
=
KEY: Exhaust.
SYN: Empty, spend, consume, debilitate, waste, void, drain, weaken, weary.
ANT: Fill, replenish, augment, invigorate, refresh.
=
KEY: Exhaustion, [See EXHAUST].
=
KEY: Exhibit.
SYN: Show, manifest, evidence, evince, betray, demonstrate, illustrate.
ANT: Suppress, conceal, secrete, mask, hide.
=
KEY: Exhibition.
SYN: Representation, sight, [See PAGEANT].
=
KEY: Exhilarate.
SYN: Gladden, rejoice, inspirit, elate.
ANT: Depress, dispirit, unnerve, unhinge.
=
KEY: Exhort.
SYN: Urge, advise, counsel, enjoin, incite, animate.
ANT: Deprecate, dissuade, warn, remonstrate.
=
KEY: Exhume, [See INTER].
=
KEY: Exigency.
SYN: Urgency, pressure, emergency, conjuncture, crisis.
ANT: Provision, preparation, supply, rule, course.
=
KEY: Exile \v.\
SYN: Banish, relegate.
ANT: Welcome, reinstate, domesticate, domiciliate.
=
KEY: Exile \n.\ [See BANISHMENT].
=
KEY: Existence.
SYN: Being, entity, creature.
ANT: Nonentity, non-existence, chimera.
=
KEY: Exit, [See APPROACH and EGRESS].
=
KEY: Exonerate, [See EXCULPATE].
=
KEY: Exorbitant, [See EXCESSIVE].
=
KEY: Exoteric, [See ESOTERIC].
=
KEY: Exotic, [See FOREIGN].
=
KEY: Expand.
SYN: Swell, dilate, spread, extend, open, diffuse, develop, unfold, enlarge, amplify.
ANT: Contract, curtail, attenuate, restrict, condense.
=
KEY: Expanse.
SYN: Vast, void, space, breadth.
ANT: Limit, enclosure, confine, bound.
=
KEY: Expatiate.
SYN: Amplify, enlarge, dilate.
ANT: Contract, condense, epitomize, summarize.
=
KEY: Expatriate, [See BANISH].
=
KEY: Expect.
SYN: Anticipate, await, forecast, forebode, wait for, rely on, look for, foresee.
ANT: Welcome, hail, recognize, greet, realize.
=
KEY: Expectation.
SYN: Expectancy, trust, confluence, [See HOPE].
=
KEY: Expediency.
SYN: Utility, advantage, interest.
ANT: Inexpediency, disadvantage, inutility, detriment.
=
KEY: Expedient, [See EXPEDIENCY].
=
KEY: Expedite, [See ACCELERATE].
=
KEY: Expedition.
SYN: Haste, speed, despatch.
ANT: Delay, tardiness, procrastination.
=
KEY: Expel, [See EJECT].
=
KEY: Expend.
SYN: Spend, disburse, lay out, waste, consume, use.
ANT: Save, husband, economize.
=
KEY: Expense.
SYN: Price, cost, charge, payment, expenditure, outlay.
ANT: Income, profit, receipt.
=
KEY: Expensive.
SYN: Costly, valuable, rich, high-priced, dear, extravagant.
ANT: Cheap, worthless, poor, economical.
=
KEY: Experience \v.\
SYN: Try, feel, undergo, encounter, endure.
ANT: Evade, escape, miss, lose.
=
KEY: Experience \n.\
SYN: Experiment, trial, test, proof, habit, knowledge.
ANT: [See TRIAL].
=
KEY: Experienced.
SYN: Skilled, practiced, familiar, accustomed, conversant.
ANT: Inexperienced, strange, unpracticed.
=
KEY: Experiment.
SYN: Trial, illustration, test, exemplification.
ANT: Conjecture, assumption, hypothesis.
=
KEY: Expert, [See CLEVER].
=
KEY: Expiate, [See ATONEMENT].
=
KEY: Expire, [See DIE and TERMINATE].
=
KEY: Explain.
SYN: Expound, teach, illustrate, clear up, interpret, elucidate, decipher.
ANT: Mystify, obscure, darken, bewilder, misinterpret.
=
KEY: Explanation.
SYN: Exposition, explication, interpretation, sense, description.
ANT: Mystification, obscuration, confusion, misinterpretation.
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KEY: Explanatory, [See EXPLAIN].
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KEY: Explication, [See EXPLANATION].
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KEY: Explicit
SYN: Plain, detailed, inobscure, declaratory, categorical, stated, distinctly stated, express, definite, determinate.
ANT: Implicit, implied, hinted, suggestive, obscure.
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KEY: Explode, [See BURST].
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KEY: Exploit, [See ACHIEVEMENT].
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KEY: Explore, [See EXAMINE].
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KEY: Explosion, [See EXPLODE].
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KEY: Exponent.
SYN: Interpreter, propounder, advocate, representative.
ANT: System, opinion, creed, principle.
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KEY: Export.
SYN: Ship, produce.
ANT: Import, consume, expose, [See CONCEAL].
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KEY: Exposed.
SYN: Unprotected, unguarded, laagered, defenseless.
ANT: Guarded, defended, protected.
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KEY: Exposition, [See EXPONENT and EXPLANATION].
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KEY: Expositor, [See EXPONENT].
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KEY: Expository, [See EXPLANATORY].
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KEY: Expostulate.
SYN: Object, remonstrate.
ANT: Coincide, abet.
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KEY: Expound, [See EXPLAIN].
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KEY: Express \v.\
SYN: [See ENUNCIATE and STATE].
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KEY: Express \a.\
SYN: Specific, pointed, direct.
ANT: General, vague, leisurely.
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KEY: Expression.
SYN: Countenance, look, indication, {[phrae % term]?}.
ANT: Face, features, lineament, falsification, misstatement, solecism, enigma, suppression, Expulsion, [See EXPEL].
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KEY: Expunge.
SYN: Efface, obliterate, erase, cancel, blot out.
ANT: Write, delineate, mark, trace.
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KEY: Expurgation, [See ABSTERGE].
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KEY: Exquisite.
SYN: Choice, rare, refined, delicate, perfect, matchless, intense, consummate, delicious.
ANT: Common, coarse, ordinary.
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KEY: Exquisitely, [See EXQUISITE].
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KEY: Exsufflation.
SYN: Ebullition, eruption, eructation.
ANT: Absorption, inhalation, disgorgement, deglutition.
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KEY: Exsuscitate, SusciTATE.
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KEY: Extant.
SYN: Existent, surviving, current, forthcoming, present.
ANT: Defunct, lost, obsolete, past.
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KEY: Extempore.
SYN: Offhand, unpremeditated.
ANT: Studied, prepared, premeditated.
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KEY: Extend.
SYN: Prolong, stretch, expand, enlarge, increase, augment, reach, spread, amplify, avail, apply.
ANT: Curtail, contract, restrict, narrow, limit, recur, return, miss, fail.
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KEY: Extensile, [See EXTEND and DUCTILE].
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KEY: Extension, [See EXTEND and SPACE].
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KEY: Extensive, [See RECORD].
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KEY: Extent.
SYN: Degree, distance, quantity, space, size.
ANT: Diminution, restriction, limitation.
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KEY: Extenuate.
SYN: Mitigate, qualify, palliate.
ANT: Aggravate, heighten, enhance.
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KEY: Exterior.
SYN: Outside, surface, face, aspect, phase.
ANT: Interior, heart, core.
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KEY: Exterior \a.\
SYN: Outer, outward, external, on the outside, foreign.
ANT: Inner, inward, internal, domestic.
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KEY: Exterminate, [See EXTERMINATION].
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KEY: Extermination.
SYN: Eradication, extirpation, abolition, destruction.
ANT: Settlement, replenishment, augmentation, colonization, population, propagation, increase.
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KEY: External.
SYN: Outer, exterior, apparent, manifest, superficial, visible, palpable.
ANT: Inner, internal, inapparent, hidden, inmost, intestine.
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KEY: Extinction.
SYN: Destruction, stifling, suffocation, death, cessation, annihilation, obsolescence.
ANT: Origination, inception, planting, birth, fife, course, operation, action, exercise, prosperity, continuance, survival.
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KEY: Extinguish.
SYN: Abolish, destroy, extirpate, eradicate, kill, quench, annihilate, put out.
ANT: Implant, replenish, cherish, promote, invigorate, propagate, establish, confirm, secure.
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KEY: Extirpate, [See ERADICATE].
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KEY: Extol, [See PRAISE].
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KEY: Extort.
SYN: Wring, despoil, fleece, exact, express, squeeze out, wrench, wrest, extract.
ANT: Coax, wheedle, cajole, cheat.
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KEY: Extortionate.
SYN: Hard, closefisted, severe, rigorous, exorbitant, preposterous, monstrous, exacting.
ANT: Liberal, indulgent, bountiful, reasonable, fair, moderate.
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KEY: Extract.
SYN: Draw, educe, elicit, cite, excerpt, select, take out, gather, quote, collect, extol.
ANT: Replace, insert, restore, impose, incorporate, reinsert.
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KEY: Extraneous.
SYN: Extrinsic, external, foreign, outside, alien, unconnected, unrelated, ascititious, adventitious.
ANT: Intrinsic, internal, vital, connected, essential.
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KEY: Extraordinary.
SYN: Unwonted, uncommon, peculiar, unusual, unprecedented, wonderful, marvelous, prodigious, monstrous, remarkable, strange, preposterous.
ANT: Wonted, common, usual, ordinary, frequent, unremarkable, unimportant.
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KEY: Extravagance.
SYN: Waste, wastefulness, prodigality, profusion.
ANT: Carefulness, [See ECONOMY].
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KEY: Extravagant.
SYN: Wild, monstrous, preposterous, absurd, prodigal, wasteful, reckless, excessive, lavish, profuse, abnormal.
ANT: Sound, sober, consistent, rational, fair, economical, frugal, careful, regular, usual.
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KEY: Extreme.
SYN: Terminal, final, remote, utmost, farthest, {[ln*t]?}, extravagant, immoderate, most violent, distant, ultimate.
ANT: Initial, primal, moderate, judicious.
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KEY: Extremity.
SYN: End, termination, close, conclusion.
ANT: Beginning, commencement, opening, origin, body, centre, bulk.
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KEY: Extricate, [See INVOLVE].
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KEY: Intrinsic, [See EXTRANEOUS].
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KEY: Extrude.
SYN: Thrust out, eject, expel.
ANT: Intrude, insert, introduce.
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KEY: Exuberant, [See ABUNDANT].
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KEY: Exudation.
SYN: Ooze, drip, percolation.
ANT: Absorption, aridity, parching.
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KEY: Exude, [See EXUDATION].
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KEY: Exult, [See EXULTANT].
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KEY: Exultant.
SYN: Rejoicing, elated, jubilant, joyous, triumphant.
ANT: Mournful, depressed, dispirited.
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KEY: Exultation.
SYN: Transport, delight, triumph, joy, ecstasy.
ANT: Mourning, depression.
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KEY: Fable.
SYN: Apologue, fiction, parable, allegory, romance, invention, fabrication, untruth, novel, falsehood.
ANT: History, narrative, fact.
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KEY: Fabric.
SYN: Work, construction, edifice, tissue, structure, web, texture.
ANT: Destruction, dismantlement, demolition, fragment, wreck, tatters, ruin, rags, shreds.
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KEY: Fabricate.
SYN: Construct, make, form, forge, invent, falsify, manufacture, produce, frame, devise, coin, misrepresent.
ANT: Demolish, tear, spoil, lacerate, dismember, destroy, narrate, copy, represent, portray, repeat.
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KEY: Fabulous.
SYN: Fictitious, incredible, feigned, imaginary, pretended, false, monstrous.
ANT: Actual, real, historic, authentic, reasonable, fair, true.
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KEY: Face, [See ASPECT].
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KEY: Facetious.
SYN: Witty, funny, humorous, jocular, waggish, playful, droll, jocose.
ANT: Heavy, matter-of-fact, dull, grave, serious, lugubrious, sombre, saturnine.
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KEY: Facile.
SYN: Docile, tractable, manageable, indulgent, weak, irresolute, easy, affable, flexible, characterless, pliable.
ANT: Sturdy, obstinate, determined, resolute, pig-headed, crusty, inflexible, self-willed, independent, self-reliant.
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KEY: Facilitate, [See FACILE and EXPEDITE].
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KEY: Facility.
SYN: Ease, address, readiness, quickness, adroitness, dexterity, pliancy.
ANT: Labor, effort, awkwardness, difficulty.
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KEY: Facinorous, [See ATROCIOUS].
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KEY: Fact.
SYN: Truth, deed, occurrence, certainty, circumstance, event, reality.
ANT: Fiction, supposition, falsehood, unreality, lie, delusion, chimera, invention, romance.
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KEY: Faction, [See CABAL].
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KEY: Factious.
SYN: Oppositions, exceptions, litigious, crusty, malcontent, adversative.
ANT: Agreeable, genial, complaisant, amenable, loyal, public-spirited, harmonious, co-operative, auxiliary, sympathetic.
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KEY: Factitious.
SYN: Artificial, affected, euphuistic, conventional, cramped, finical, ascititious, spurious.
ANT: Natural, unaffected, genial, truthful, genuine, pure.
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KEY: Faculty, [See CAPABILITY].
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KEY: Facundity, [See ELOQUENCE].
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KEY: Fade.
SYN: Fall, fail, decline, sink, droop, dwindle, vanish, change, pale, bleach, set, etiolate.
ANT: rise, increase, grow, bloom, flourish, abide, stand, last, endure.
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KEY: Fading, Faded \v.\ [See FADE].
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KEY: Fag.
SYN: Work, toil, slave, drudge.
ANT: Bask, idle, lounge, dawdle, strike.
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KEY: Fail.
SYN: Fall, miss, miscarry, fall short, trip, lose.
ANT: Succeed, exceed, surpass, excel, achieve, abound, yield.
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KEY: Fain \adj.\ and \adv.\ [See GLAD and GLADLY].
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KEY: Faint.
SYN: Weak, languid, fatigued, unenergetic, timid, irresolute, feeble, exhausted, half-hearted, obscure, dim, pale, faded, inconspicuous.
ANT: Strong, vigorous, energetic, fresh, daring, resolute, prominent, marked, conspicuous, glaring.
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KEY: Fair.
SYN: Open, clear, spotless, unspotted, untarnished, reasonable, unblemished, serene, beautiful, just, honorable, equitable, impartial.
ANT: Lowering, dull, foul, disfigured, ugly, unfair, dishonorable, fraudulent.
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KEY: Fairly, [See FAIR].
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KEY: Fairness, [See FAIR].
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KEY: Faith, [See BELIEF].
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KEY: Faithful.
SYN: true, firm, attached, loyal, accurate, close, consistent, correspondent, exact, equivalent, staunch, incorruptible.
ANT: false, fickle, capricious, wavering, inaccurate, untrue, faithless, inexact.
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KEY: Falcation, Falciform, [See CURVE].
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KEY: Fall.
SYN: Drop, descend, droop, decline, gravitate, sink, lapse.
ANT: rise, ascend, soar, mount, recover, climb.
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KEY: Fallacy.
SYN: Sophistry, error, blunder, misconception, bugbear, fiction, delusion, chimera.
ANT: Truth, verity, fact, logic, argument, soundness, proof, postulate, axiom.
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KEY: Fallible.
SYN: Erring, uncertain, ignorant, weak.
ANT: Infallible, certain, omniscient, unerring.
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KEY: Fallow.
SYN: Quiescent, idle, uncultivated, unproductive, untilled.
ANT: Cultivated, worked, tilled, sown, productive, operative, prolific, fruitful.
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KEY: false.
SYN: Untrue, erroneous, fallacious, sophistical, spurious, deceptive, fabrication, counterfeit, mendacious, sham, mock, bogus, unfaithful, fib, falsity, fiction, dishonorable, faithless.
ANT: true, correct, sound, conclusive, authentic, real, genuine, candid, honorable, faithful.
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KEY: Falsehood.
SYN: Untruth, error, fallacy, sophistry, deception, forgery, lie, cheat.
ANT: Truth, correctness, verity, fact, authenticity, genuineness, honesty, honor, reality.
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KEY: Falsify.
SYN: Mistake, misinterpret, misrepresent, belie, betray, garble, cook.
ANT: Verify, correct, rectify, certify, beck, justify, exhibit, publicate, expose, declare.
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KEY: faulter.
SYN: Halt, hesitate, hobble, slip, dubitate, stammer, demur, waver, flinch, vacillate.
ANT: Proceed, run, speed, flow, discourse, determine, persevere, resolve, career.
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KEY: Fame.
SYN: report, rumor, bruit, news, tidings, renown, glory, honor, laurels, celebrity, reputation, credit.
ANT: Silence, suppression, hush, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute.
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KEY: Familiar.
SYN: Household, common, free, frank, affable, everyday, well-acquainted, accustomed, conversant, intimate.
ANT: Uncommon, rare, strange, extraordinary, unaccustomed, unacquainted, new, inconversant, unfamiliar.
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KEY: Family, [See FAMILIAR].
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KEY: Famous.
SYN: Renowned, glorious, celebrated, illustrious, far-famed.
ANT: Unknown, obscure, unsung, inglorious.
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KEY: Fail, [See ALLAY].
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KEY: Fanatic.
SYN: Enthusiast, bigot, visionary, zealot.
ANT: Skeptic, unbeliever, cynic.
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KEY: Fanatical, [See FANATICISM].
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KEY: Fanaticism.
SYN: Frenzy, enthusiasm, superstition, bigotry.
ANT: Indifference, latitudinarianism, disbelief, profanity, disregard, skepticism, coldness, cynicism.
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KEY: Fanciful.
SYN: Grotesque, chimerical, unreal, imaginary, quaint, eccentric, freakish, humorsome, erroneous, capricious, whimsical, erratic, absurd, fitful.
ANT: Natural, literal, regular, real, sober, ordinary, truthful, accurate, correct, orderly, calculable.
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KEY: Fancy.
SYN: Thought, belief, idea, supposition, imagination, caprice, notion, conceit, vagary, inclination, whim, humor, predilection, desire.
ANT: Object, subject, fact, reality, order, law, truth, system, verity, aversion, horror, Fantastic, [See FANCIFUL].
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KEY: Fantasy, [See FANCY].
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KEY: Far, [See DISTANT].
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KEY: Farcical.
SYN: Ludicrous, comic, funny, nonsensical, droll, pantomimic.
ANT: Grave, serious, solemn, dismal, tragical, funereal, ghastly.
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KEY: Fare \v.\
SYN: Do, live, feed, subsist, speed.
ANT: Toil, fast, fail, droop, sink, drop, faint, halt, falter.
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KEY: Fare \n.\
SYN: Provision, passage, money.
ANT: Starvation, famine, abstinence, pauperism, mendicity.
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KEY: Fascinate, [See BEWITCH].
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KEY: Fascination, [See FASCINATE].
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KEY: Fashion.
SYN: Form, shape, guise, style, appearance, character, figure, mould, mode, custom, practice, usage, manner, way, ceremony.
ANT: Person, work, dress, speech, formlessness, shapelessness, derangement, eccentricity, strangeness, outlandishness.
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KEY: Fast.
SYN: Firm, secure, fixed, constant, steadfast, stable, unyielding, Unswerving, rapid, accelerated, wild, reckless, dissipated, pay.
ANT: Loose, insecure, slow, tardy, steady, sober, virtuous.
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KEY: Fasten.
SYN: Secure, hold, compact, tie, bind, join, unite, affix, annex, grapple, attach, fix.
ANT: Undo, loose, sever, relax, detach, remove, unfasten.