Chapter 18

Ant.Property, quality, virtue, force, efficacy; non-intervention, spontaneity; counteragency, neutralization.

Insult,n.Offense affront, indignity, outrage, abuse, rudeness, dishonor, slight, disrespect.

Ant.Respect, homage, compliment, deference.

Insult,v.Outrage, offend, dishonor, abuse; provoke, mock, ridicule.

Ant.Respect, salute, honor, compliment, flatter, praise.

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

Ant.Imperil, jeopardize, shake, stake.

Insurgent,n.Rebel, malcontent, mutineer, traitor, rioter.

Ant.Patriot, adherent, supporter; ruler, magistrate.

Insurgent,a.Rebellious, disobedient, mutinous, unruly, insubordinate, seditious.

Ant.Obedient, loyal, patriotic.

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

Ant.Law, order, peace, subjection, obedience, submission, bondage, subsidence, acquiescence; government, pacification.

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

Ant.Defiled, hurt, touched, injured, corrupt, affected, contaminated.

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

Ant.Analyze, dismember, detach, remove, amputate, disintegrate.

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

Ant.Fraud, meanness, rascality, duplicity, unfairness, underhandedness.

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

Ant.Matter, mechanism, force; passion; spirit, soul.

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

Ant.Illiterate, unlearned, ignorant.

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

Ant.Misinformation, misunderstanding; ignorance, concealment, stupidity, misapprehension, dulness, suppression, silence.

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

Ant.Inscrutable, mysterious, hidden, insolvable, impenetrable, unfathomable.

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

Ant.Venture, risk, hazard, chance.

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

Ant.Relaxed, easy, moderate, forceless, impotent, indifferent, cool, languid.

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

Ant.Laxity, relaxation, debility, languor, coolness, indifference.

Intent,n.Purpose, aim, object, design, end, meaning, intention, purport, scope, drift, view.

Ant.Chance, lot, accident, fate.

Intent,a.Eager, fixed, earnest, close, bent, set.

Ant.Distracted, diverted, indifferent.

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

Ant.Chance, fortune, luck.

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

Ant.Casual, accidental, undesigned, fortuitous.

Inter.Bury, entomb, inhume.

Ant.Exhume, disinter.

Inter-.The synonyms and antonyms of words beginning with the prefixinter-, signifyingbetween,among,amidst,mutually, may be obtained by adding this meaning to that of the synonyms and antonyms of the root word, in such cases as are of simple derivation.

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

Ant.Abandon, excuse, incriminate, inculpate.

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

Ant.Send, despatch, delegate, forward, commission, interchange.

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

Ant.Cessation, suspension, reticence, disconnection, interception.

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

Ant.Indulge, grant, allow, concede.

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

Ant.Disadvantage, loss; inattention, unconcern, indifference; disconnection, repudiation.

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

Ant.Withdraw, retract, retire, recede.

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

Ant.Outside, exterior.

Interloper.Intruder, meddler, supernumerary.

Ant.Member, constituent.

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

Ant.Surrounding, enclosing, outside, embracing, circumjacent; extreme; exclusive.

Interment.Burial, sepulture, inhumation.

Ant.Exhumation, resurrection.

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

Ant.Continuity, continuance, constancy, uninterruptedness, permanence, perpetuity.

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

Ant.Continue, prosecute; urge, despatch.

Internal.Inner, interior, inside; within.

Ant.Outer, exterior, outside.

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

Ant.Desultory, incursive, marauding, skirmishing, buccaneering, guerilla, freebooting.

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

Ant.Expunge, erase, expurgate; verify, authenticate; elide.

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

Ant.Avoid, shun, retire, withdraw, hold aloof, let be, keep clear, stand aside.

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

Ant.Mistake, misconceive, misunderstand, falsify, misinterpret, distort, misrepresent.

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

Ant.Misinterpretation, misrendering; problem, text, difficulty.

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

Ant.Affirm, answer, assert, indorse, pronounce.

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

Ant.Continue, prosecute, expedite.

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

Ant.Seam, suture, stop-gap.

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

Ant.Continuity, uninterruptedness, simultaneousness.

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

Ant.Continuance, non-interference.

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

Ant.Isolation, exclusion, independence, avoidance.

Intestate.Unwilled, undevised, unbequeathed.

Ant.Willed, bequeathed, devised.

Intestine,a.Internal, domestic, interior, inward; civil; subjective.

Ant.External, outward, foreign, federal; objective.

Intimate,n.Confidant, associate, crony, familiar, companion, friend.

Intimate,v.Suggest, hint, insinuate, allude to, remind of;announce, declare, communicate, tell.

Ant.Conceal, reserve, withhold, repress.

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

Ant.Distant, strange, unfamiliar; superficial.

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

Ant.Calm, compose; encourage, inspirit, animate, reassure.

Intolerable.Insufferable, unendurable, insupportable, unbearable.

Ant.Endurable, comfortable, tolerable, supportable, possible to be borne.

Intolerant.Bigoted, unforbearing; extreme.

Ant.Tolerant, forbearing, large-minded, indulgent.

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

Ant.Antidote, sobriety, sanity, gravity, melancholy, depression; abstinence, abstemiousness.

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

Ant.Wall, rampart, mole, embankment, mound, bastion; forbearance, deference, respect.

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

Ant.Cautious, timid, fearful, cowardly, dismayed, terrified.

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

Ant.Directness, obviousness; system, method; disposition, array.

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

Ant.Simple, direct, obvious, plain, uninvolved.

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

Ant.Insurrection, assault, rebellion, force, violence; sincerity, candor, honesty, openness, straightforwardness.

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

Ant.Extrinsic, acquired, apparent, accidental, borrowed, assumed, pretended, added, external, adventitious.

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

Ant.Come after, succeed, follow; end, conclude.

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

Ant.Eduction, ejection; extraction, exportation, elimination, estrangement; completion, conclusion, end; egress.

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

Ant.Final, conclusive, terminal, valedictory, supplemental; alienative.

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

Ant.Withdraw, retire, recede; remove, retract.

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

Ant.Withdrawal, removal, retirement, retraction.

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

Ant.Information, instruction, learning, experience, acquirement, induction.

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

Ant.Drain, dry, reclaim, desiccate, parch.

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

Ant.Abandon, relinquish, vacate, evacuate.

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

Ant.Strong, well, healthy, vigorous; sound, legal, constitutional; legitimate, authorized; genuine, true, correct, exact.

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

Ant.Conserve, maintain, establish, confirm, enact, institute.

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

Ant.Evacuation, abandonment, relinquishment; settlement; retreat.

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

Ant.Praise, commendation, encomium, eulogy, panegyric.

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

Ant.Copy, imitate, reproduce; execute.

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

Ant.Material.

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

Ant.Slow, unskilful, uninventive.

Inventor.Contriver, originator, author, creator.

Ant.Destroyer.

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

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

Ant.Erectness, verticality; stability, permanence, fixity, state, order, sequence; conservation.

Invert.Upset, overthrow, reverse, subvert.

Ant.Restore, set up, make upright.

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

Ant.Divest, dismantle, unclothe, strip, disrobe; deprive.

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

Ant.Conjecture, guess.

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

Ant.Discovery, clue, indication; solution, thread.

Investiture.Installation, induction, investment, habilitation.

Ant.Divestiture, divestment.

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

Ant.Undeveloped, incipient, unformed.

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

Ant.Fair, just, considerate, impartial, due.

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

Ant.Weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, deteriorate, relax, unstring, enervate.

Invitation.Solicitation, allurement, enticement.

Ant.Rebuff, snub, check, repulse.

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

Ant.Repel, forbid, deprecate; exclude, discard.

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

Ant.Defy; deprecate, deter; ignore, elude; warn, inhibit.

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

Ant.Evolution, disconnection, evolvement, extrication, separation.

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

Ant.Extricate, remove, disconnect, separate, disentangle, distinguish, explicate.

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

Ant.Outward, external, exterior.

Iota.Jot, tittle, particle, atom.

Ant.Whole, mass.

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

Ant.Good-tempered, calm, forbearing, gentle, mild.

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

Ant.Good will, patience, forbearance, mildness, forgiveness, reconciliation, peaceableness.

Irridescent.Prismatic; opaline, polychromatous, nacreous.

Ant.Blanched, neutral, colorless, dingy, achromatic.

Isolate.Separate, detach, dissociate; insulate.

Ant.Associate, unite.

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

Ant.Organization, community, co-membership, connection; continuity, concatenation.

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

Ant.Cause, principle, influence,action, working, operation; law, system, commencement; ancestry, paternity.

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

Ant.Single statement.

Itinerant,a.Traveling, wandering, roving, roaming, journeying, unsettled, nomadic.

Ant.Stationary, domestic, settled, fixed, local.

Itinerary.Guide, guidebook, schedule.


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