Ant.Harsh, discordant, dissonant.
Euphuism.Purism, finical style, fastidious delicacy, affected elegance, high-flown diction, pompous or extravagantly ornate diction; affectation, factitiousness, pedantry, highflying (used of language).
Ant.Simplicity, vernacular, mother tongue, bluntness, naturalness, rusticity.
Evacuate.Empty; eject, expel, excrete, throw out, discharge, void; quit, leave, forsake, desert, abandon, withdraw from, relinquish.
Ant.Seize, occupy, hold, fill.
Evaporate.Vaporize, disperse in vapor; disappear, evanesce, vanish; exhale, emit in vapor; turn to vapor; melt, colliquate, liquefy, dissolve, distil.
Ant.Consolidate, compact, solidify, crystallize, indurate.
Evasion.Prevarication, equivocation, quibbling, subterfuge, shuffling, sophistry, tergiversation, disingenuousness; shift, quibble, fencing.
Ant.Answer, counter-argument, grappling; straightforwardness; challenge.
Even.Smooth, level, flat, plane; equal, uniform, calm, steady, unruffled; fair, just, equitable; plain, flush; well-balanced.
Ant.Variable, uneven; abrupt, inclined, rugged.
Event.Circumstance, chance, incident, fortune, result, possibility, sequel, outcome, fact, episode, end, contingency, case, issue, consequence; occurrence, adventure, accident.
Ant.Cause, antecedent, operation, inducement, contribution, convergence, tendency, predisposition.
Eventful.Stirring, memorable, signal, momentous, important, critical, remarkable, marked, noted, notable.
Ant.Ordinary, unmarked, eventless, uninteresting, unimportant, characterless, trivial.
Ever.At any time; always, perpetually, continually, evermore, eternally, aye, for aye, forever, at all times; constantly, incessantly.
Ant.Never.
Everlasting.Endless, unending, perpetual, incessant, ceaseless, continual, uninterrupted, unceasing, interminable, eternal, constant, never-ending, never-ceasing; imperishable, undying, never-dying, deathless, immortal, ever-living; infinite.
Ant.Ephemeral, transient, transitory.
Every.All, any, both, either, each.
Ant.None, no one, not any one.
Evict.Dispossess, eject, throw out.
Ant.Reinstate, admit; locate, lodge, settle.
Evidence.Testimony, ground of belief, proof; manifestation, attraction, testimony, averment, deposition, declaration, appearance, sign, token, indication, exemplification, illustration.
Ant.Surmise, conjecture; counter-evidence; refutation, disproof; concealment, misindication, suppression, fallacy.
Evident.Patent, clear, palpable, manifest, transparent, visible, perceptible, obvious, open,conspicuous, apparent, distinct, discernible, indubitable, overt, plain, unmistakable, tangible; indisputable, incontrovertible.
Ant.Doubtful, uncertain, questionable, dubious; hidden, concealed, secret, undiscovered, obscure, latent, unseen, unimagined, unknown; covert, dark, invisible; impenetrable, occult, impalpable, imperceptible, unthought of.
Evil,a.Ill, noxious, deleterious, wrong, bad, hurtful, mischievous, sinful, unhappy, adverse, unpropitious, harmful, wicked, corrupt, unfair, notorious, miserable, sorrowful.
Ant.Wholesome, right, virtuous, beneficial, holy, pure, felicitous, happy, fortunate, joyous, welcome, grateful, worthy, good, honorable.
Evince.Prove, show, evidence, exhibit, manifest, demonstrate; establish; indicate, display.
Ant.Suppress, negative, disprove, conceal.
Evoke.Summon, call forth; excite, arouse, elicit, rouse, provoke, educe, produce; eliminate, extract.
Ant.Allay, stifle, stop, silence, prevent, seal.
Exactly.Precisely, accurately, strictly, nicely.
Ant.Loosely, inaccurately, incorrectly, differently.
Exaggerate.Overstate, strain, overcharge, stretch, overcolor; amplify, enlarge, magnify, overdraw, heighten, overpaint, overestimate.
Ant.Disparage, attenuate, palliate, understate, underestimate, minimize, mitigate, qualify, soften, modify.
Examine.Inspect, observe, investigate, scrutinize, consider, study; canvass, test, inquire into, search into, look into; weigh, ponder, criticize, prove, discuss, overhaul, explore.
Ant.Conjecture, guess; discard, slur; misconsider, misinvestigate.
Example.Model, pattern, ideal, archetype, exemplar, standard, sample, specimen, type, warning, ensample, exemplification, prototype; copy, illustration, instance; issue, development.
Ant.Stock, material, substance, law, rule, case, system, character, principle, quality.
Excavate.Hollow, dig, scoop out, cut, trench; discover, disinter.
Ant.Inter, inhume, bury; conceal; fill, level.
Except,prep.Excepting, without, saving, unless, exclusive of.
Except,v.Exclude, save, bar; segregate, negative.
Ant.Include, reckon, count, state, classify, propound, admit, affirm.
Exception.Exclusion, omission, non-inclusion; objection; affront, offense; unusual case, anomaly; qualification, separation.
Ant.Rule, class; statement, proposition.
Exceptionable.Undesirable, objectionable.
Ant.Unobjectionable, desirable, exemplary.
Exceptional.Irregular, rare, unusual, uncommon, unnatural, peculiar, anomalous, abnormal, aberrant, exceptive.
Ant.Common, usual, normal, ordinary, regular.
Excess.Surplus, waste, extravagance, wastefulness, superfluity, lavishness, exorbitance, superabundance, dissipation, intemperance, profusion, prodigality,redundance; increase, debauchery.
Ant.Frugality, economy; dearth, deficiency, defect, want, shortcoming, lack, need, poverty; failure, destitution, inadequacy, insufficiency, scantiness; temperance, sobriety.
Excessive.Superabundant, disproportionate, undue, exuberant, superfluous; immoderate, intemperate, extreme; violent, vehement; enormous, exorbitant, overmuch, inordinate, unreasonable, extravagant.
Ant.Insufficient, scant, inadequate, lacking, wanting, deficient.
Excitability.Sensibility, sensitiveness; irritability, irascibility, passionateness.
Ant.Immobility, hebetude, composure; insensitiveness, imperturbability.
Excommunicate.Dismiss, expel, denounce, proscribe, anathematize, exscind; exclude, banish, bar, eject, blackball.
Ant.Admit, readmit, enroll, inaugurate.
Excrescence.Tumor, protuberance; superfluity, useless appendage; redundancy.
Ant.Eradication, extirpation, excision, levigation, exsection.
Excruciate.Torture, torment, rack, agonize.
Ant.Soothe, please, tranquilize.
Exculpate.Absolve, exonerate, acquit, clear, set right, vindicate; defend, release.
Ant.Charge, implicate, inculpate.
Excursion.Trip, ramble, tour, jaunt, journey, expedition.
Excusable.Pardonable, venial.
Ant.Inexcusable, unpardonable.
Excuse,v.Pardon, forgive, absolve, acquit, exonerate, exculpate; extenuate, justify; free, exempt, release, let off; overlook, regard indulgently, condone; remit, vindicate, defend, mitigate.
Ant.Charge, condemn, inculpate, convict, sentence; exact, accuse.
Execrable.Detestable, cursed, loathsome, accursed, villainous, hateful, abominable, damnable, diabolical, odious, abhorrent; offensive, disgusting, nauseous, obnoxious, repulsive, revolting, vile.
Ant.Desirable, respectable, laudable, eligible.
Execration.Curse, malediction, ban, anathema, imprecation of evil; detestation, abhorrence, horror, loathing, abomination; denunciation.
Ant.Benediction, blessing.
Execute.Administer, perform, enforce, carry out, do.
Ant.Fail, be lacking, disappoint.
Exemplary.Laudable, praiseworthy, excellent, correct, estimable, worthy, virtuous; patternlike, close, faithful, exact, scrupulous, assiduous, punctilious, rigid, punctual, rigorous; worthy of imitation, fit for a pattern.
Ant.Detestable, objectionable, exceptionable.
Exemplify.Illustrate, show by example; manifest, embody, exhibit, represent.
Ant.Belie, betray, misrepresent, falsify.
Exempt,v.Relieve, set free, release, grant immunity to, excuse, exonerate, except.
Ant.Subject, render liable, bind, oblige; expose.
Exempt,a.Free, irresponsible,liberated, clear, absolved, privileged, unamenable.
Ant.Liable, subject, amenable, responsible.
Exemption.Immunity, privilege, exception, release, freedom from liability; dispensation, license.
Ant.Liability, amenableness, responsibility, subjection, obligation.
Exercise,n.Application, drill, employment, exertion; practice, training; occupation, use; performance, operation, act, activity, action.
Ant.Inaction, idleness, relaxation, rest, inactivity; ease, recreation.
Exertion.Use, exercise; effort, endeavor, struggle, trial, attempt, stretch, strain; labor, toil.
Ant.Relaxation, rest, recreation.
Exhalation.Evaporation; vapor, fume, steam, smoke, fog, reek; mist, damp, effluvium.
Ant.Inhalation, exsiccation, absorption.
Exhale.Emit, breathe out, give out, evaporate; vaporize.
Ant.Inhale, breathe in, inspire.
Exhaust.Drain, empty, expend, spend, waste, consume, squander, lavish, dissipate, destroy; prostrate, cripple, weaken, debilitate, enervate, disable, wear out, weary.
Ant.Fill, replenish, augment, refresh, invigorate.
Exhibit.Show, display; manifest, express, disclose, indicate, make known, evince; offer, present, propose; betray; demonstrate, illustrate.
Ant.Conceal, mask, hide, secrete, suppress.
Exhibition.Sight, representation, pageant, display, manifestation, show.
Exhilarate.Cheer, enliven, inspire, inspirit, stimulate, animate, elate, gladden; rejoice, delight, please.
Ant.Depress, unnerve, unhinge, dispirit.
Exhort.Urge, stimulate, persuade, incite, encourage; advise, counsel, enjoin.
Ant.Dissuade, warn, deprecate, remonstrate.
Exigency.Demand, urgency, need, necessity, requirement, want; pressure, crisis, emergency, juncture, quandary; conjuncture, pass, pinch, strait.
Ant.Provision, rule, supply, course, preparation.
Exile,n.Banishment, expulsion, ostracism, proscription, expatriation; separation, isolation; banished person.
Ant.Welcome, return; remaining; cherishing, fostering, retaining.
Exile,v.Banish, expatriate, ostracize, expel, proscribe, relegate.
Ant.Welcome, reinstate, domesticate, domiciliate.
Existence.Being, subsistence; entity, essence, creature, thing; life, animation; continuation, duration.
Ant.Nonentity, non-existence, chimera.
Expand.Open, spread out; dilate, enlarge, stretch, distend; swell, diffuse, extend, increase; develop, unfold, amplify.
Ant.Contract, curtail, condense, restrict, attenuate.
Expanse.Extent, stretch, expansion; firmament, sky, canopy, vault, welkin; vast, void, space, breadth.
Ant.Limit, enclosure, confine, bound.
Expatiate.Rove, range; dilate, enlarge, descant, be copious, launch out, amplify.
Ant.Contract, summarize, condense, epitomize.
Expect.Await, look for; anticipate, rely upon, count upon, reckon or calculate upon, look forward to; look for, forecast, forebode, foresee.
Ant.Welcome, greet, hail, recognize; realize.
Expectation.Anticipation, expectance, prospect, expectancy; reliance, confidence, assurance, presumption; trust, hope.
Ant.Recollection, remembrance, retrospect; distrust, despair, discouragement.
Expediency.Fitness, propriety, suitableness, desirableness, advisability; advantage, utility, profit, usefulness; profitableness, advantageousness; interest.
Ant.Disadvantage, detriment, inutility, inexpediency.
Expedition.Haste, speed, celerity, despatch, alertness, promptness, alacrity, quickness; enterprise, undertaking; march, voyage.
Ant.Delay, tardiness, procrastination.
Expend.Disburse, spend, lay out; use, exert, consume, employ; waste, exhaust, spread, scatter, dissipate.
Ant.Save, economize, husband.
Expense.Expenditure, outgo, cost, outlay; price, charge, payment.
Ant.Income, gain, proceeds, return, profit, product, receipts.
Expensive.Dear, costly, high-priced; lavish, wasteful, extravagant; valuable, rich.
Ant.Cheap, worthless, poor; economical.
Experience,n.Actual observation, feeling, or presentation; practice, experimental knowledge; experiment, trial, proof, test, knowledge, habit.
Ant.Anticipation, expectation.
Experience,v.Feel, undergo, prove by trial, endure, suffer, be subject to; try, encounter.
Ant.Evade, escape, lose, miss.
Experienced.Practiced, versed, accomplished, able, qualified, instructed, thoroughbred; familiar, skilled, accustomed, conversant.
Ant.Inexperienced, strange, unpracticed.
Experiment.Trial, test, assay, examination, proof, touchstone, ordeal; observation, investigation, experimentation; illustration, exemplification.
Ant.Hypothesis, conjecture, assumption.
Explain.Elucidate, expound, interpret, unfold, clear up, make plain; account for, make intelligible, give the reasons for, solve, warrant, trace to causes, justify; teach, decipher.
Ant.Mystify, bewilder, obscure, darken, misinterpret.
Explanation.Elucidation, interpretation, exposition, illustration, description, explication; solution, warrant, justification, account, key; mutual understanding; sense.
Ant.Confusion, misinterpretation, mystification, obscuration.
Explicit.Express, clear, plain, definite, positive, unambiguous, unreserved, categorical, determinate; detailed, declaratory, unobscure, stated.
Ant.Ambiguous, doubtful, indefinite, uncertain, vague, implied,implicit, indeterminate; hinted, suggestive, obscure.
Exponent.Index, indication, example, type, representative, illustration, specimen; advocate, interpreter, propounder.
Ant.System, creed, principle, opinion.
Export,v.Send out, carry out, send abroad, ship, produce.
Ant.Import; consume.
Exposed.Unprotected, defenseless, unguarded, endangered.
Ant.Guarded, defended, protected.
Expostulate.Object, dissuade, remonstrate.
Ant.Abet, coincide, agree, confirm.
Express,v.Squeeze out; utter, declare, assert, speak; represent, indicate, show, signify, exhibit, denote, intimate; send by express.
Ant.Suppress, repress, conceal.
Express,a.Explicit, clear, definite, plain, determinate, positive, categorical; exact, accurate, faithful, true, close, precise; special, particular; swift, rapid, fast; specific, pointed, direct.
Ant.General; vague; leisurely; inaccurate, inexact, approximate.
Expression.Squeezing out; assertion, statement, utterance, declaration; phrase, mode of speech, term; general tone, pervading effect, look, cast of countenance; lively representation; modulation, feeling, execution; indication.
Ant.Suppression, restraint, repression; face, features, lineament; falsification, misstatement, solecism, enigma.
Expunge.Erase, efface, obliterate, cancel, blot out, delete.
Ant.Mark, write, trace, delineate.
Exquisite.Nice, accurate, delicate, discriminating, exact, refined; precious, valuable, select, choice, rare, excellent; perfect, complete, matchless, consummate; keen, poignant, acute, intense; delicious.
Ant.Common, coarse, ordinary; unrefined.
Extemporaneous.Improvised, unpremeditated, extempore, impromptu, extemporary, offhand.
Ant.Prepared, studied, premeditated, read, written, elaborated; rehearsed, recited.
Extend.Stretch, reach; prolong, continue, lengthen, protract; expand, dilate, enlarge, widen, augment, increase; diffuse; impart, give, offer, yield; amplify, avail, apply.
Ant.Contract, restrict, curtail, limit, narrow, reduce, condense; miss, fail.
Extent.Expanse, amplitude, extension; volume, bulk, magnitude, size; stretch, reach, compass, length; degree, distance, quantity.
Ant.Limitation, diminution, restriction.
Extenuate.Lessen, diminish, reduce; palliate, mitigate, excuse, qualify, apologize for.
Ant.Enhance, aggravate, heighten.
Exterior,a.Outward, external, outer, outside, superficial; foreign, extrinsic, from without.
Ant.Inner, internal, domestic, inward.
Exterminate.Eradicate, overthrow, uproot, expel, extirpate, annihilate, banish, destroy, remove, root out, wipe out.
Ant.Augment, breed, cherish, develop, increase, populate, replenish, settle, plant, foster,propagate, colonize, build up, beget.
Extermination.Extirpation, annihilation, eradication, abolition, destruction, extinction, excision, elimination.
Ant.Settlement, replenishment, augmentation, colonization, population, propagation, increase.
External.Outward, outer, exterior, outside, superficial; foreign, extrinsic; visible, apparent; manifest, palpable.
Ant.Inner, internal, intestine, inmost, hidden, non-apparent.
Extinction.Destruction, annihilation, extirpation, extermination, abolition; extinguishment; stifling, death, suffocation, cessation, obsolescence.
Ant.Inception, origination, birth, course, life, operation, action, exercise, continuance, prosperity, survival.
Extinguish.Quench; destroy, suppress, put down; extirpate, abolish, eradicate, kill, annihilate, put out.
Ant.Replenish, replant, implant, cherish, propagate, promote, invigorate, establish, confirm, secure.
Extort.Exact, wrest, wrench, wring out, force; despoil, express, fleece, squeeze out, extract.
Ant.Coax, cheat, wheedle, cajole.
Extortionate.Oppressive, exacting, severe, hard, harsh; exorbitant, close-fisted, rigorous, monstrous, preposterous.
Ant.Liberal, bountiful, indulgent, fair, moderate, reasonable.
Extract,n.Selection, excerpt, passage, citation, quotation.
Extract,v.Draw, pull, take out; derive, select, quote, cite; determine, find; educe, elicit, gather, collect, extort.
Ant.Insert, replace, incorporate, restore, reinsert, impose.
Extraneous.Foreign, extrinsic; non-pertinent, not germane, unessential, superfluous; unconnected, alien, unrelated, adventitious, ascititious.
Ant.Intrinsic, vital, internal, connected, essential.
Extraordinary.Unusual, remarkable, uncommon, singular, signal, egregious, rare, extra; unwonted, peculiar, wonderful, unprecedented, marvelous, prodigious, monstrous, preposterous, strange.
Ant.Common, usual, frequent, wonted, unremarkable, unimportant, ordinary.
Extravagance.Excess, exorbitance, enormity, unreasonableness, preposterousness; wildness, folly, absurdity, irregularity; prodigality, lavish expenditure, profusion, waste.
Ant.Carefulness, economy, frugality, saving, provision, prudence, foresight.
Extravagant.Excessive, inordinate, unreasonable, preposterous, exorbitant; wild, foolish, absurd, irregular; lavish, profuse, wasteful, spendthrift, prodigal.
Ant.Sound, sober, consistent, fair, rational, economical, frugal, careful, regular, usual.
Extreme.Utmost, farthest, uttermost, outermost; greatest, highest; last, final, ultimate; extravagant, immoderate, excessive, unreasonable; remote, terminal, distant, most violent.
Ant.Initial, primal, judicious, moderate.
Extremity.End, verge, termination,edge, border, extreme, utmost point; close, conclusion.
Ant.Beginning, commencement, opening, center, origin, bulk, body.
Exudation.Ooze, drip, percolation, excretion, secretion.
Ant.Absorption, parching, aridity.
Exultant.Exulting, jubilant, triumphant, elated, joyous, transported.
Ant.Mournful, dispirited, depressed.
Exultation.Elation, joy, triumph, delight, transport, ecstasy.
Ant.Mourning, depression.