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Jade,v.Tire, weary, fatigue, exhaust, fag; worry, harass, oppress.

Ant.Refresh, recruit, invigorate, inspirit.

Jagged.Notched, indented, uneven, ragged.

Ant.Smooth.

Jangle,n.Jargon, babel, bickering, wrangle, quarrel, squabble, contention.

Ant.Argument, discourse, debate.

Jar,v.Shake, agitate; clash, interfere; wrangle, quarrel, contend, bicker, spar, squabble, jangle.

Ant.Agree, harmonize, accord, concur.

Jargon.Gabble, gibberish; nonsense, twaddle, flummery, trash, stuff, gabble; slang; lingo, patois.

Ant.Speech, conversation; discourse, oration; literature.

Jaundiced.Biased, prejudiced, warped, prepossessed; bilious.

Ant.Unprejudiced, unbiased.

Jaunty.Airy, showy, finical, fluttering, gay, fine, bedizened, flighty, fantastic, flaunting.

Ant.Staid, sober, sedate, dignified, demure.

Jealous.Envious, suspicious, resentful, covetous, invidious; anxious, apprehensive, solicitous, zealous, watchful.

Ant.Indifferent, genial, unenvious, liberal, self-denying.

Jealousy.Suspicion, envy, rivalry, solicitude.

Ant.Vigilance, watchfulness, magnanimity, generousness, friendliness; certainty.

Jeer,v.Scoff, taunt, jibe, sneer, flout, mock, jest, deride, banter.

Ant.Flatter, compliment, praise; adulate, fawn, cringe.

Jejune.Empty, barren, meager, dry, sterile, bare, lean, uninteresting, thin, scant, poverty-stricken, poor, void.

Ant.Full, rich, exuberant, racy, interesting, overwrought, redundant, abundant.

Jeopardy.Hazard, peril, risk, danger, venture.

Ant.Security, safety, insurance, provision.

Jest,n.Joke, witticism, quip, sally, raillery, fun, sport.

Ant.Seriousness, gravity, earnest.

Jest,v.Joke, sport, rally, banter, ridicule, mock, grin.

Ant.Preach, sermonize.

Jocose.Humorous, facetious, witty, droll, funny, comical, jocular, sportive, merry, waggish.

Ant.Melancholy, serious, earnest, grave, lugubrious.

Jocund.Joyous, joyful, merry, frolicsome, blithe, jolly, sportive, lively, playful, airy, gay,debonair, jovial, gleeful, careless, blithesome, mirthful, hilarious, sprightly, vivacious.

Ant.Melancholy, dull, sorrowful, grave, mournful, cheerless, rueful, doleful, careworn, woful.

Join.Add, attach, annex; connect, couple, link, unite, conjoin, cement; adjoin, be adjacent to, connect with; associate with, confederate, league.

Ant.Separate, disconnect, disjoin, subtract, sever.

Joint.Juncture, union; flexure, elbow, knee, articulation.

Ant.Disconnection, continuity, uniformity, solution, disjunction.

Jollification.Revelry, conviviality, festivity, revel, carousal, wassail, carouse, fun, carnival.

Ant.Weariness, tedium, tediousness, soberness, monotony.

Jolly.Merry, joyous, gay, jovial, mirthful, jocund, sportive, jocular, funny, sprightly, facetious, waggish, blithe, blithesome, cheery, cheerful; portly, bouncing, stout, plump.

Ant.Sad, mournful, cheerless, mirthless, joyless, lugubrious, gloomy, morose.

Jostle.Push, crowd, hustle, collide, strike against; shake, incommode, joggle, jog, jolt.

Ant.Clear, lead, convoy, escort, pilot, precede, extricate, attend.

Jot.Iota, whit, tittle, particle, atom, grain, bit, mite, scrap, scintilla, cipher, trifle, idea, thought, morsel, fraction.

Ant.World, mass, volume, heap, bulk.

Journey.Travel, transit, expedition, excursion, tour, voyage, trip, pilgrimage.

Ant.Sojourn, tarrying, delay, stop, stay, abiding, stopover.

Jovial.Merry, joyous, gay, festive, mirthful, jolly, gleeful, hilarious, genial, convivial.

Ant.Ungenial, gloomy, lugubrious, melancholy, saturnine.

Joviality.Merriment, jollity, mirth, hilarity, gaiety, frolic, fun.

Ant.Sadness, seriousness, soberness.

Joy.Gladness, delight, pleasure, happiness, transport, felicity, exultation, ecstasy, bliss, rapture, gaiety, hilarity, glee, beatitude, ravishment.

Ant.Sorrow, grief, melancholy, affliction, tears, depression, despondency, pain, misery, trouble, despair.

Joyful.Glad, joyous, merry, jubilant, jocund, happy, jolly, jovial, elate, elated, delighted, buoyant.

Ant.Grave, solemn, mournful, sad, melancholy, lugubrious.

Jubilant.Rejoicing, exultant, triumphant, joyous, festive, exulting, congratulatory.

Ant.Doleful, sorrowful, remorseful, wailing, penitent, lugubrious.

Jubilee.Festival, season of rejoicing, feast, holiday, festivity, revel, carnival, merriment.

Ant.Fast, mourning, humiliation, penitence.

Judge.Justice, referee, arbiter, arbitrator, umpire; magistrate, authority; critic, connoisseur.

Ant.Criminal, novice, tyro, ignoramus.

Judgment.Discernment, estimate, award, criticism, understanding, discrimination, intelligence, taste, sagacity, penetration, wisdom, brains, prudence,sense; determination, decision, opinion, notion, conclusion; judiciousness, intellect; verdict, sentence, reward, condemnation.

Ant.Argument, speculation, inquiry, proposition, investigation, consideration, evidence, pleading, pronouncement; fickleness, insagacity, impulsiveness.

Judicial.Just, well-balanced, deliberative; juridical, forensic.

Ant.Legislative, executive, or administrative; impulsive.

Judicious.Discreet, wise, prudent, sagacious, sensible, reasonable, rational, sober, sound, staid, politic, enlightened, well-considered, well-chosen; discerning, thoughtful.

Ant.Silly, imprudent, indiscreet, ill-judged, inexpedient, rash, impolitic, blind, foolish.

Juggle,v.Cheat, conjure, impose, trick, practice jugglery, deceive, defraud; bamboozle, beguile, swindle, mystify, mislead, overreach.

Ant.Expose, enlighten, undeceive; detect, reveal, correct.

Jumble,n.Confusion, disorder, hodge-podge.

Ant.Order, system, neatness, arrangement.

Jump,v.Leap, skip, bound, hop, spring, vault, caper; bounce, jolt, overleap; coincide, agree, accord.

Ant.Walk, pace, promenade; dance.

Junction.Joining, union, combination, coalition, connection, linking, coupling; joint, juncture, angle; fastening, attachment; alliance, confederacy.

Ant.Division, separation, disconnection, hiatus, chasm, uncoupling, disunion; continuity.

Jungle.Thicket, brake, wilderness, labyrinth, underbrush, entanglement.

Ant.Open, clearing; order, arrangement, system.

Junior.Younger; subordinate, less advanced.

Ant.Senior, elder, older; more advanced, superior.

Jurisdiction.Right, authority, sphere, judicature, legal power; government, control, sway, administration, magistracy.

Ant.Immunity, exemption, freedom, independence.

Just.Upright, righteous, honest, true, conforming to justice; exact, normal, reasonable, due; equitable, fair, impartial, right, rightful, lawful; fair-minded, blameless, honorable, straightforward, virtuous, uncorrupt; accurate, correct; deserved, fit, merited, appropriate, suitable, happy, proper, harmonious.

Ant.Evil, untrue, unjust, dishonest, prejudiced, unfair, unreasonable, partial, unlawful, unequitable; blameworthy, corrupt, dishonorable; inaccurate, incorrect; undeserved, unfit, inappropriate, inharmonious.

Justice.Legality, equity, rectitude, fairness, law, lawfulness, right, truth, uprightness, virtue, fair play, faithfulness, impartiality, integrity, righteousness; reasonableness, desert, propriety.

Ant.Injustice, dishonesty, favoritism, partiality, wrong, unlawfulness, unfairness, unreasonableness.

Justification.Vindication, defense, exoneration, exculpation; absolution; apology, advocacy, plea, maintenance.

Ant.Censure, condemnation, conviction, implication, crimination, inculpation.

Justify.Vindicate, maintain, defend; absolve, clear, exonerate; pardon, exculpate; adjust; excuse.

Ant.Condemn, convict, censure, criminate.

Justness.Exactness, propriety, correctness, accuracy, exactitude, strictness, fidelity, nicety.

Ant.Incorrectness, inexactness, slovenliness.

Juvenile.Young, youthful, puerile, childish, boyish, girlish, infantine, immature, adolescent.

Ant.Mature, elderly, aged, senile, adult, manly, womanly, superannuated.

Juxtaposition.Nearness, contiguity, adjacency, proximity, contact.

Ant.Distance, remoteness, separateness; opposition.


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