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stop,n.cessation, discontinuation, surcease,pause,suspension, intermission, interception, interruption,obstruction,obstacle,impediment.stoppage,n.arrest, stopping,detention,stop.stopper,n.stopple,cork,bung.store,n.shop;accumulation,stock,abundance,plenty,hoard,supply.store,v.stock, replenish,save,hoard, garner,husband, treasure up.storehouse,n.warehouse,repository,depot,store,magazine, promptuary.storm,n.tempest.Antonyms:calm,subsidence,serenity, tranquillity.storm,v.assault,attack,besiege, expugn;rage,fume,rant.storminess,n.inclemency, tempestuousness, boisterousness,violence.stormy,a.tempestuous,boisterous, inclement,rugged, impetuous;violent,furious,wild; agitated, disturbed.Antonyms:calm, pacific,serene.story,n.fiction,tale, anecdote, romance,novel, fable,legend,myth, parable, apologue,chronicle,record,history,narrative,narration,yarn, rehearsal,recital, tradition, jeremiad;falsehood, canard;floor, loft; mezzanine, entresol.story-teller,n.raconteur.stout,a.strong,powerful,vigorous,enduring, durable,tough;portly,fleshy, corpulent, thickset, obese, burly, chubby,fat.straddle,v.bestride.straight,a.perpendicular,vertical,plumb,erect,upright;direct, rectilinear, undeviating, unswerving;square,honest, equitable,honorable; (Slang) unmixed,clear, undiluted.Antonyms:indirect, oblique,crooked,devious,circuitous. Seecrooked.straight-out,a.(Colloq.)unqualified, thoroughgoing,artless,undesigning.straightway,n.immediately, at once,directly,forthwith.strain,v.stretch,tighten; sprain, wrench;percolate,filter, defecate, filtrate; overtask, overwork.strain,n.pedigree,race, lineage, extraction;sort,kind; overexertion,effort; tension, intension;tune,melody;style,manner.strained,a.tense,unnatural,forced,artificial, agonistic, farfetched.strainer,n.colander,filter,sieve.strait,n.narrows,channel;dilemma,difficulty,pinch, exigency,restriction.straiten,v.limit,restrict,narrow,confine, constrain,tighten,embarrass.straitened,a.restricted,embarrassing,distressing.strait-laced,a.uncompromising,rigorous,strict, prudish,prim,precise.stranded,a.wrecked,aground,beached.strange,a.foreign,unfamiliar, exotic,outlandish;novel,odd,unusual,queer,unique,nondescript, exceptional,singular,peculiar,rare,erratic,unique,bizarre,eccentric, inexplicable;unaccustomed,unfamiliar;reserved,distant,unfriendly;unknown.Antonyms:familiar,accustomed,wonted,commonplace, conventional.strangle,v.choke, throttle,suffocate; stifle,suppress; garrote.strangling,n.strangulation, choking,suffocation,suppression, constriction.strap,n.thong, strop, leash.strapping,a.(Colloq.)stalwart,able-bodied,large,muscular,brawny.stratagem,n.artifice,device, machination,maneuver,intrigue,ruse,finesse.straw,n.stalk, culm;litter, mulch; sennet, platting.straw roof.thatch, thatching.strawy,a.stramineous.stray,v.wander,rove,roam,swerve,deviate;err,sin.stray,n.estray,waif.streak,n.stripe, wale, whelk,ridge,vein.streaked,a.striped, streaky, whelky, striated, whelked, brindled, barred, veined.stream,n.current,river,creek,brook,race,run,rivulet,rill, runnel;drift,course,tendency; torrent; arroyo; flume.stream,v.pour,gush,run;radiate,shed.streamer,n.ensign, pennon,banner, banderole,flag.street,n.highway, avenue, thoroughfare,boulevard.street car.trolleycar; tram (England).street cleaner.scavenger.street railway.tramway (England).strength,n.force,vigor,power,might,hardihood, potency, puissance,stamina;tenacity, toughness, durability; impregnability, invincibility;security,validity, conclusiveness, cogency,efficacy;support,stay; intensity, vividness;virility;vehemence,violence,force, impetuosity; fortitude; robustness, lustiness, stoutness, brawniness, muscularity, thew, sturdiness.Antonyms: debility,delicacy,fragility,weakness, impotency,frailty,infirmity.strengthen,v.invigorate,brace,nerve,steel, fortify,harden;intensify, heighten;confirm, corroborate, sustain.strengthening,a.invigorating, roborant,tonic, fortifying.strenuous,a.zealous,ardent,valiant, intrepid,vigorous,active,energetic.strenuousness,n.zeal,ardor, intrepidity,earnestness, strenuosity,activity,energy.stress,n.urgency, pressure;emphasis,accent;severity, inclemency;significance,importance.stretch,v.extend, elongate,lengthen,spread;overstate,exaggerate; distend.stretcher,n.litter.stretching,n.tension, distension,extension, porrection, pandiculation, intension.strict,a.rigorous,stringent,exacting,rigid.Antonyms:lax,remiss,indulgent.stricture,n.animadversion,criticism;contraction.strife,n.conflict,struggle,contention, emulation,competition,battle.strike,v.hit,smite, buffet,knock,beat, thump, whack,cuff,slap;deal, inflict; impress,affect.striking,a.impressive,noticeable,astonishing,surprising,forcible.string,n.cord,line,twine,warp; fillet, ribbon; series,chain, concatenation,row; chord; leash,learn; thong.Associated words: polychord, monochord.stringent,a.binding, restrictive,rigid,severe,rigorous,exact.stringer,n.sleeper,tie; joist.stringy,a.fibrous, filamentous;ropy, viscid,tenacious, viscous.strip,n.shred, fillet,batten, cleat,list.strip,v.deprive, divest,dispossess,dismantle;plunder,desolate,devastate,pillage,sack,fleece,rifle, despoil;undress, disrobe, denude,uncover.stripe,n.streak,band, wale, wheal, whelk,ridge, striation, stria.stripe,n.(Colloq.)sort,likeness,color,kind.striped,a.streaked, striate, striated.stripping,n.deprivation, divestiture, divestment,dispossession, dismantling;plunder, desolation,devastation,depredation, despoliation, fleecing, sacking,rapine; denudation,undressing, denuding, disrobing.strive,v.struggle,try, endeavor,contend,vie, cope.stroll,v.ramble,rove,range,stray, straggle,wander.strolling,a.wandering,nomadic, itinerant, roving,vagrant, straggling.strong,a.firm,tough,enduring, hale,sound,robust,hardy, durable, puissant;powerful,mighty,invincible, impregnable, irresistible, fortified;virile,athletic,muscular,brawny,vigorous,stout,strapping,lusty,sturdy, sinewy,stalwart, thewy,able-bodied;violent,forcible, impetuous,vehement;potent,cogent, influential,urgent,convincing, conclusive;ardent, eager,zealous,strenuous,stanch,unwavering, determined; spirituous, intoxicating, alcoholic; vivid,dazzling,intense,glaring;effective, drastic,potent;racy,pungent,piquant;tough,tenacious;rank,strong-smelling;valid.Antonyms:weak, vulnerable,frail,fragile,delicate,faint,mild, frangible.stronghold,n.fastness,fort,fortress, muniment, donjon, citadel,keep,bulwark.strong-smelling,a.fetid,rank,frowzy,rancid, malodorous,offensive,musty.struggle,n.conflict,contest,strife.struggle,v.strive, cope,grapple,labor.stub,n.stump, counterfoil.stubble,n.eddish, rowen, arrish.stubborn,a.unyielding,obstinate, obdurate,mulish,refractory,indocile,headstrong,inflexible, intractable,perverse, contumacious, impersuadable, recalcitrant,stiff-necked,rugged,persistent, incompliant.stuck-up,a.(Colloq.)proud,arrogant,haughty,vain,overbearing, cavalier, supercilious,uppish.studio,n.atelier.study,n.research, excogitation, lucubration, cogitation; étude (Mus.); curriculum (course of study).study,v.muse, pore, conover, lucubrate, excogitate;dig,grind.stuff,n.material, fabric,cloth;trash,refuse,rubbish;goods,things;nonsense,balderdash.stuff,v.cram,press, stow,crowd,fill.stuffing,n.filling, forcemeat,dressing,farce.stumbling-block,n.difficulty,obstruction,hindrance,barrier, stumbling-stone.stump,v.(Colloq.)dare,challenge,nonplus.stun,v.overcome,stupefy,dumfound,bewilder.stunning,a.overpowering, stupefying;astonishing,striking,fine.stunt,v.dwarf, atrophy.stunted,a.dwarfed, atrophied,undeveloped,scrubby, undersized.stupefier,n.stupefacient,narcotic,opiate.stupefy,v.dull,benumb, hebetate,blunt, besot.stupid,a.dull,stolid, obtuse,sluggish, inept, bovine, beef-witted, beetle-headed, besotted, fat-witted, doltish, undiscerning; prosaic,vapid,prosy,humdrum, uninspiringtame; lethargic, comatose, stupefied,torpid,insensible.Antonyms:shrewd,sharp,apt,spirited,lively,exciting, interesting.stupor,a.lethargy,insensibility,unconsciousness, narcoma, torpor, coma.sturdy,a.obstinate,stubborn,pertinacious;strong,hardy,robust.sty,n.hordeolum.style,n.mode, vogue,fashion;manner,way, method.stylish,a.modish,fashionable, in vogue,á la mode, genteel,smart.Styx,n.Associated words: Stygian, Charon.suasion,n.persuasion,inducement.suave,a.urbane,courteous,debonair,bland,affable.suavity,n.urbanity,courtesy,affability.subdue,v.conquer,vanquish,subject,overpower, subjugate,crush,master,quell; tonedown,soften.subdued,a.vanquished, conquered,submissive,tame.subject,a.exposed,liable, prone;answerable,amenable;subservient, subordinate.Antonyms: exempt, immune,independent,free.subject,v.subordinate,expose.subject,n.dependant, subordinate;topic, subjectmatter, theme.subjection,n.subjugation,conquest, subordination, subserviency.sublime,a.exalted,grand,magnificent,glorious,majestic.submerge,v.plunge,immerse,sink, submerse;overflow,flood, deluge, inundate.submerging,n.submergence, submersion,immersion, inundation.submission,n.compliance, acquiescence,surrender,resignation,obedience; meekness, submissiveness, fortitude,forbearance, long-sufferance.submissive,a.yielding,obedient, tractable,meek,resigned,passive.Antonyms: insubmissive,defiant, intractable,rebellious,refractory.

stop,n.cessation, discontinuation, surcease,pause,suspension, intermission, interception, interruption,obstruction,obstacle,impediment.

stoppage,n.arrest, stopping,detention,stop.

stopper,n.stopple,cork,bung.

store,n.shop;accumulation,stock,abundance,plenty,hoard,supply.

store,v.stock, replenish,save,hoard, garner,husband, treasure up.

storehouse,n.warehouse,repository,depot,store,magazine, promptuary.

storm,n.tempest.Antonyms:calm,subsidence,serenity, tranquillity.

storm,v.assault,attack,besiege, expugn;rage,fume,rant.

storminess,n.inclemency, tempestuousness, boisterousness,violence.

stormy,a.tempestuous,boisterous, inclement,rugged, impetuous;violent,furious,wild; agitated, disturbed.Antonyms:calm, pacific,serene.

story,n.fiction,tale, anecdote, romance,novel, fable,legend,myth, parable, apologue,chronicle,record,history,narrative,narration,yarn, rehearsal,recital, tradition, jeremiad;falsehood, canard;floor, loft; mezzanine, entresol.

story-teller,n.raconteur.

stout,a.strong,powerful,vigorous,enduring, durable,tough;portly,fleshy, corpulent, thickset, obese, burly, chubby,fat.

straddle,v.bestride.

straight,a.perpendicular,vertical,plumb,erect,upright;direct, rectilinear, undeviating, unswerving;square,honest, equitable,honorable; (Slang) unmixed,clear, undiluted.Antonyms:indirect, oblique,crooked,devious,circuitous. Seecrooked.

straight-out,a.(Colloq.)unqualified, thoroughgoing,artless,undesigning.

straightway,n.immediately, at once,directly,forthwith.

strain,v.stretch,tighten; sprain, wrench;percolate,filter, defecate, filtrate; overtask, overwork.

strain,n.pedigree,race, lineage, extraction;sort,kind; overexertion,effort; tension, intension;tune,melody;style,manner.

strained,a.tense,unnatural,forced,artificial, agonistic, farfetched.

strainer,n.colander,filter,sieve.

strait,n.narrows,channel;dilemma,difficulty,pinch, exigency,restriction.

straiten,v.limit,restrict,narrow,confine, constrain,tighten,embarrass.

straitened,a.restricted,embarrassing,distressing.

strait-laced,a.uncompromising,rigorous,strict, prudish,prim,precise.

stranded,a.wrecked,aground,beached.

strange,a.foreign,unfamiliar, exotic,outlandish;novel,odd,unusual,queer,unique,nondescript, exceptional,singular,peculiar,rare,erratic,unique,bizarre,eccentric, inexplicable;unaccustomed,unfamiliar;reserved,distant,unfriendly;unknown.Antonyms:familiar,accustomed,wonted,commonplace, conventional.

strangle,v.choke, throttle,suffocate; stifle,suppress; garrote.

strangling,n.strangulation, choking,suffocation,suppression, constriction.

strap,n.thong, strop, leash.

strapping,a.(Colloq.)stalwart,able-bodied,large,muscular,brawny.

stratagem,n.artifice,device, machination,maneuver,intrigue,ruse,finesse.

straw,n.stalk, culm;litter, mulch; sennet, platting.

straw roof.thatch, thatching.

strawy,a.stramineous.

stray,v.wander,rove,roam,swerve,deviate;err,sin.

stray,n.estray,waif.

streak,n.stripe, wale, whelk,ridge,vein.

streaked,a.striped, streaky, whelky, striated, whelked, brindled, barred, veined.

stream,n.current,river,creek,brook,race,run,rivulet,rill, runnel;drift,course,tendency; torrent; arroyo; flume.

stream,v.pour,gush,run;radiate,shed.

streamer,n.ensign, pennon,banner, banderole,flag.

street,n.highway, avenue, thoroughfare,boulevard.

street car.trolleycar; tram (England).

street cleaner.scavenger.

street railway.tramway (England).

strength,n.force,vigor,power,might,hardihood, potency, puissance,stamina;tenacity, toughness, durability; impregnability, invincibility;security,validity, conclusiveness, cogency,efficacy;support,stay; intensity, vividness;virility;vehemence,violence,force, impetuosity; fortitude; robustness, lustiness, stoutness, brawniness, muscularity, thew, sturdiness.Antonyms: debility,delicacy,fragility,weakness, impotency,frailty,infirmity.

strengthen,v.invigorate,brace,nerve,steel, fortify,harden;intensify, heighten;confirm, corroborate, sustain.

strengthening,a.invigorating, roborant,tonic, fortifying.

strenuous,a.zealous,ardent,valiant, intrepid,vigorous,active,energetic.

strenuousness,n.zeal,ardor, intrepidity,earnestness, strenuosity,activity,energy.

stress,n.urgency, pressure;emphasis,accent;severity, inclemency;significance,importance.

stretch,v.extend, elongate,lengthen,spread;overstate,exaggerate; distend.

stretcher,n.litter.

stretching,n.tension, distension,extension, porrection, pandiculation, intension.

strict,a.rigorous,stringent,exacting,rigid.Antonyms:lax,remiss,indulgent.

stricture,n.animadversion,criticism;contraction.

strife,n.conflict,struggle,contention, emulation,competition,battle.

strike,v.hit,smite, buffet,knock,beat, thump, whack,cuff,slap;deal, inflict; impress,affect.

striking,a.impressive,noticeable,astonishing,surprising,forcible.

string,n.cord,line,twine,warp; fillet, ribbon; series,chain, concatenation,row; chord; leash,learn; thong.Associated words: polychord, monochord.

stringent,a.binding, restrictive,rigid,severe,rigorous,exact.

stringer,n.sleeper,tie; joist.

stringy,a.fibrous, filamentous;ropy, viscid,tenacious, viscous.

strip,n.shred, fillet,batten, cleat,list.

strip,v.deprive, divest,dispossess,dismantle;plunder,desolate,devastate,pillage,sack,fleece,rifle, despoil;undress, disrobe, denude,uncover.

stripe,n.streak,band, wale, wheal, whelk,ridge, striation, stria.

stripe,n.(Colloq.)sort,likeness,color,kind.

striped,a.streaked, striate, striated.

stripping,n.deprivation, divestiture, divestment,dispossession, dismantling;plunder, desolation,devastation,depredation, despoliation, fleecing, sacking,rapine; denudation,undressing, denuding, disrobing.

strive,v.struggle,try, endeavor,contend,vie, cope.

stroll,v.ramble,rove,range,stray, straggle,wander.

strolling,a.wandering,nomadic, itinerant, roving,vagrant, straggling.

strong,a.firm,tough,enduring, hale,sound,robust,hardy, durable, puissant;powerful,mighty,invincible, impregnable, irresistible, fortified;virile,athletic,muscular,brawny,vigorous,stout,strapping,lusty,sturdy, sinewy,stalwart, thewy,able-bodied;violent,forcible, impetuous,vehement;potent,cogent, influential,urgent,convincing, conclusive;ardent, eager,zealous,strenuous,stanch,unwavering, determined; spirituous, intoxicating, alcoholic; vivid,dazzling,intense,glaring;effective, drastic,potent;racy,pungent,piquant;tough,tenacious;rank,strong-smelling;valid.Antonyms:weak, vulnerable,frail,fragile,delicate,faint,mild, frangible.

stronghold,n.fastness,fort,fortress, muniment, donjon, citadel,keep,bulwark.

strong-smelling,a.fetid,rank,frowzy,rancid, malodorous,offensive,musty.

struggle,n.conflict,contest,strife.

struggle,v.strive, cope,grapple,labor.

stub,n.stump, counterfoil.

stubble,n.eddish, rowen, arrish.

stubborn,a.unyielding,obstinate, obdurate,mulish,refractory,indocile,headstrong,inflexible, intractable,perverse, contumacious, impersuadable, recalcitrant,stiff-necked,rugged,persistent, incompliant.

stuck-up,a.(Colloq.)proud,arrogant,haughty,vain,overbearing, cavalier, supercilious,uppish.

studio,n.atelier.

study,n.research, excogitation, lucubration, cogitation; étude (Mus.); curriculum (course of study).

study,v.muse, pore, conover, lucubrate, excogitate;dig,grind.

stuff,n.material, fabric,cloth;trash,refuse,rubbish;goods,things;nonsense,balderdash.

stuff,v.cram,press, stow,crowd,fill.

stuffing,n.filling, forcemeat,dressing,farce.

stumbling-block,n.difficulty,obstruction,hindrance,barrier, stumbling-stone.

stump,v.(Colloq.)dare,challenge,nonplus.

stun,v.overcome,stupefy,dumfound,bewilder.

stunning,a.overpowering, stupefying;astonishing,striking,fine.

stunt,v.dwarf, atrophy.

stunted,a.dwarfed, atrophied,undeveloped,scrubby, undersized.

stupefier,n.stupefacient,narcotic,opiate.

stupefy,v.dull,benumb, hebetate,blunt, besot.

stupid,a.dull,stolid, obtuse,sluggish, inept, bovine, beef-witted, beetle-headed, besotted, fat-witted, doltish, undiscerning; prosaic,vapid,prosy,humdrum, uninspiringtame; lethargic, comatose, stupefied,torpid,insensible.Antonyms:shrewd,sharp,apt,spirited,lively,exciting, interesting.

stupor,a.lethargy,insensibility,unconsciousness, narcoma, torpor, coma.

sturdy,a.obstinate,stubborn,pertinacious;strong,hardy,robust.

sty,n.hordeolum.

style,n.mode, vogue,fashion;manner,way, method.

stylish,a.modish,fashionable, in vogue,á la mode, genteel,smart.

Styx,n.Associated words: Stygian, Charon.

suasion,n.persuasion,inducement.

suave,a.urbane,courteous,debonair,bland,affable.

suavity,n.urbanity,courtesy,affability.

subdue,v.conquer,vanquish,subject,overpower, subjugate,crush,master,quell; tonedown,soften.

subdued,a.vanquished, conquered,submissive,tame.

subject,a.exposed,liable, prone;answerable,amenable;subservient, subordinate.Antonyms: exempt, immune,independent,free.

subject,v.subordinate,expose.

subject,n.dependant, subordinate;topic, subjectmatter, theme.

subjection,n.subjugation,conquest, subordination, subserviency.

sublime,a.exalted,grand,magnificent,glorious,majestic.

submerge,v.plunge,immerse,sink, submerse;overflow,flood, deluge, inundate.

submerging,n.submergence, submersion,immersion, inundation.

submission,n.compliance, acquiescence,surrender,resignation,obedience; meekness, submissiveness, fortitude,forbearance, long-sufferance.

submissive,a.yielding,obedient, tractable,meek,resigned,passive.Antonyms: insubmissive,defiant, intractable,rebellious,refractory.


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