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Macerate.Weaken, soften; attenuate, make lean, waste, wear away; harass, mortify, torture; steep, soak, digest.
Ant.Fatten, replenish, repair, pamper, swell.
Machinate.Plan, contrive, devise, plot, scheme, harm.
Ant.Think aloud, speak out, be artless; counterplot, compete; expose, defeat, baffle.
Machination.Plot, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, stratagem, design, trick, artifice, contrivance, scheme.
Ant.Detection, counteraction, overthrow, baffling, defeat, exposure, defiance, challenge; conflict, competition.
Machine.Engine, instrument; tool, puppet; organization, machinery, system, supernatural agency.
Maculate,a.Blotched, defiled, impure, spotted, blurred, corrupt, unclean, mottled.
Ant.Unspotted, spotless, speckless, pure, clean, immaculate.
Mad.Crazy, insane; excited, inflamed, furious, rabid, angry; distracted, lunatic, delirious, crazed, deranged, demented, maniac; enraged, raging; exasperated, provoked, incensed, wrathful; wild, infatuated; frenzied, frantic, raving.
Ant.Sane, sound, sensible, quiet, composed, sober, unexcited.
Madden.Make mad, enrage; irritate, provoke, inflame, infuriate.
Ant.Calm, pacify, assuage, mesmerize; heal, soothe, restore.
Madness.Insanity, craziness, derangement, mania, aberration; frenzy, fury, rage, delirium.
Ant.Sanity, calmness, rationality, soberness, reason.
Magazine.Warehouse, receptacle, storehouse, depository, repository; periodical.
Magic.Sorcery, witchcraft, conjuration, necromancy, enchantment, incantation; fascination, witchery, charm.
Magisterial.Stately, pompous, august, lordly, dignified, lofty, official, imperious, proud, domineering, haughty, despotic, arrogant, dogmatical; dictatorial, consequential, imposing, authoritative.
Ant.Submissive, docile, undignified, unimposing, unassuming, modest.
Magistrate.Judge; civilorpolice officer, chief official.
Ant.Citizen, prisoner, civilian, subject.
Magnanimity.Generosity, disinterestedness,greatness, heroism, nobleness, forbearance.
Ant.Meanness, pettiness, paltriness, spitefulness, spleen.
Magnanimous.Great, elevated, generous, lofty, noble, courageous; brave, dauntless, heroic, illustrious; unselfish, exalted, chivalrous, high-minded, honorable.
Ant.Mean, small, ignoble, base, selfish, cowardly, cringing; mediocre; parsimonious, carping.
Magnificent.Glorious, grand, majestic, splendid, admirable, superb, sublime; imposing, gorgeous, stately, showy; august, dignified.
Ant.Petty, mean, paltry, little, flat, beggarly, ordinary, small-minded, tawdry, unimposing, tame.
Magnify.Enlarge, augment, increase, amplify; laud, extol; exaggerate; celebrate, glorify, bless, praise.
Ant.Diminish, curtail, contract, palliate, extenuate, decry.
Magniloquent.Pompous, grandiloquent, bombastic, declamatory, stilted, high-flown, turgid, inflated, boastful.
Ant.Simple, vernacular, unaffected, plain-spoken.
Magnitude.Extent, size; grandeur, greatness; importance; volume, dimension, mass; consequence; sublimity, loftiness.
Ant.Smallness, diminutiveness, littleness, meagerness; insignificance, meanness, unimportance.
Maid.Maiden, girl, damsel, virgin, lass.
Ant.Matron, married woman.
Maim.Disable, cripple, mangle, mar, mutilate, disfigure, lame.
Ant.Restore, strengthen, invigorate, mend.
Main,a.Bulk, majority, body, principal, trunk, chief, leading, most important, first, cardinal, capital; necessary, vital, essential, indispensable, requisite; huge, enormous; absolute, entire, mere, direct.
Ant.Subordinate, non-essential, auxiliary, minor, tributary, inferior.
Main,n.Ocean, mainland, continent; main conduit or pipe; force, power, might, strength; gross, majority.
Ant.Bay, gulf; island; inability, weakness; tributaries; minority.
Mainly.Chiefly, principally; largely, greatly, mightily, absolutely, primarily, entirely.
Ant.Secondarily, subordinately; partially, somewhat, slightly.
Maintain.Uphold, assert, vindicate, allege, support, sustain; defend, continue; supply; provide; affirm.
Ant.Retract, deny, withdraw; fail, turn traitor to.
Maintenance.Sustenance, support, vindication, defense, justification, provisions, subsistence, livelihood.
Majestic.August, sublime, magnificent, regal, royal, pompous, stately, dignified, elevated, imperial, princely, grand, imposing.
Ant.Low, humble, mean, sordid, groveling; plebeian, vulgar, common; unassuming.
Majesty.Dignity, power, authority, loftiness, stateliness, augustness, grandeur, elevation.
Ant.Meanness, paltriness; humility.
Majority.Superiority, seniority;eldership, priority; bulk, preponderance.
Ant.Minority, inferiority, juniority.
Make.Produce, falsify; find; acquire; travel over; cause; esteem, suppose, represent; compel, force; be; amount to; attain, reach, arrive at; manage, interfere; proceed, tend, move, go; contribute, increase, accrue, constrain, bring about, occasion, require; shape, fabricate, construct, fashion, frame, manufacture, perform, do; become, compose, constitute, create, establish, effect, execute, reach, get, render.
Ant.Abolish, demolish, annihilate, break, disintegrate, unmake, undo; destroy, defeat, mar, disestablish, miss, lose, fail of; upset; misrepresent, mismanage; hesitate, stop; decrease, diminish.
Maker.Creator, former, manufacturer, builder, constructor; author, composer, writer, compiler.
Ant.Destroyer, exterminator, annihilator.
Make up.Collect; constitute, form; reconcile, settle, adjust, compose; make good, compensate; supply, furnish, provide; determine.
Ant.Distribute, disperse, scatter; pi; default.
Mal-orMale-. A prefix denotingill. For words thus compounded and not found here, see the synonyms and antonyms of the root word, from which derivatives may be readily chosen.
Malady.Disorder, distemper, disease, sickness, ailment, illness; complaint, indisposition.
Ant.Health, sanity, vigor, robustness, soundness.
Malediction.Curse, cursing, execration, imprecation, denunciation, anathema.
Ant.Benediction, blessing, praise, compliment.
Malefactor.Evil-doer, culprit, felon, criminal, convict, outlaw.
Ant.Benefactor, hero.
Malice.Spite, ill will, malevolence, grudge, pique, bitterness, animosity, malignity, rancor, maliciousness, virulence.
Ant.Good will, benevolence, kindliness.
Manacle,n.Handcuff, shackle, fetter.
Manacle,v.Handcuff, shackle, fetter, bind, chain.
Ant.Unbind, unfetter, unchain.
Manage.Direct, govern, control, wield, order, contrive, concert, conduct, transact; administer, regulate, supervise, superintend, handle, rule.
Ant.Mismanage, misgovern, misconduct, upset, misuse, derange; let go.
Manageable.Tractable, governable, controllable, tamable, docile.
Ant.Unmanageable, untamable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, difficult, impracticable, impossible, refractory.
Management.Conduct, administration, government, guidance, direction, care, charge, contrivance, intrigue; skill, address; economy, treatment, superintendence, surveillance; negotiations, dealings, transactions.
Ant.Misconduct, maladministration, mismanagement.
Manager.Director, superintendent, supervisor, comptroller, governor, overseer, conductor; economist.
Ant.Workman, follower, workingman, employee.
Mandate.Command, commission, order, charge, precept, injunction, requirement, edict.
Ant.Petition, request, entreaty, suggestion.
Maneuver(Manœuvre),n.Management; stratagem, artifice, scheme, plan, trick, ruse, intrigue; evolution, movement; operation, tactics, contrivance.
Ant.Countermovement, defeat, check, bafflement, counteraction, detection, neutralization.
Maneuver,v.Perform an evolution, move; scheme, plot, intrigue, manage, contrive.
Ant.Counteract, play up to, check, checkmate.
Mangle.Cut, bruise, mutilate, lacerate, maim, hack, tear; destroy, mar, spoil; polish, calender, smooth, press.
Ant.Restore, heal.
Manhood.Virility, maturity; humanity; courage, resolution, bravery, hardihood, fortitude, manliness, manfulness.
Ant.Womanhood, femininity; effeminacy; cowardliness, cowardice, delicacy.
Mania.Insanity, derangement, madness, lunacy, aberration, alienation, delirium, frenzy.
Ant.Sanity, health, soundness; poise, self-control.
Maniac.Lunatic, madman, insane, bedlamite.
Manifest,a.Open, clear, evident, apparent, visible, conspicuous, plain, obvious; patent, palpable, unmistakable, distinct, indubitable.
Ant.Hidden, indistinct, inconspicuous, occult, latent, obscure, confused, hazy, foggy.
Manifest,v.Reveal, declare, evince, make known, disclose, discover, display, show, exhibit, evidence, expose.
Ant.Hide, cover, conceal.
Manifold.Various, duplicate, multiplied; numerous, many, multitudinous; diverse, multifarious; sundry.
Ant.Few, rare, limited, scarce, scant; uniform, facsimile.
Mankind.Man; humanity, humankind; men; society.
Ant.Womankind; childhood; divinity, deity, Heaven, God; earth, world, universe, nature, creation; cattle, animals, minerals, vegetables.
Manly.Bold, daring, valorous, courageous, undaunted, hardy, dignified; intrepid, heroic, vigorous, firm, noble, chivalrous; mature, masculine, manlike.
Ant.Womanly, childlike; timid, womanish, childish, unmanly, boyish, weak, dastardly, cowardly; effeminate.
Manner.Mode, custom, habit, deportment, fashion, air, look, mien, aspect, appearance; behavior, conduct; method, form, style.
Ant.Being, action, proceeding, life, work, performance, project, business.
Mannerism.Characteristic, peculiarity, uniformity, self-repetition, self-consciousness, affectation, idiosyncrasy, specialty.
Ant.Unaffectedness, simplicity, naturalness, character, genuineness.
Mannerly.Civil, complaisant, respectful, courteous, polite, urbane, refined, well-behaved, ceremonious, well-bred.
Ant.Rude, coarse, unmannerly, rough, impolite, uncivil, boorish.
Manufacture,n.Making, production, fabrication; product,composition, construction, manipulation, molding.
Ant.Use, consumption, employment, wear.
Manumission.Release, emancipation, liberation, deliverance, enfranchisement, dismissal, discharge.
Ant.Slavery, capture, subjugation; restraint, repression, coercion.
Manumit.Release, liberate, enfranchise, free, emancipate.
Ant.Enslave, capture, subjugate, enthral.
Many.Frequent, manifold, diverse, divers, sundry, numerous, multiplied, various, abundant, multifarious.
Ant.Few, rare, scarce, infrequent, scanty.
Mar.Injure, mark, spoil, ruin, blemish, damage, disfigure, deface, hurt, harm, impair, maim, deform.
Ant.Make, mend, restore, improve, reinstate, enhance, repair, conserve.
Marauder.Plunderer, robber, ravager, pillager, outlaw, bandit, brigand, freebooter, rover, invader.
Ant.Guard, sentry, keeper, steward, ranger, outpost.
Margin.Border, edge, brim, lip, rim, brink, verge, confine, limit, skirt, boundary, extremity; loophole, profit, interest, leeway.
Ant.Center, main, space; limitation, stringency, restriction.
Marine.Naval, nautical, maritime; oceanic, salt-water, pelagic.
Ant.Terrene, fresh-water, terrestrial, land.
Marital.Connubial, nuptial, hymeneal, conjugal, wedded, matrimonial.
Ant.Single, unwedded, celibate.
Maritime.Marine, oceanic, nautical.
Ant.Terrene, land.
Mark,n.Impress, stamp, vestige, impression, imprint, track, evidence, proof, characteristic, badge, indication; distinction, eminence, importance.
Ant.Effacement, obliteration, erasure, plainness.
Mark,v.Remark, notice, regard, heed, show, betoken, characterize, denote, stamp, imprint, impress, brand; label, designate, observe, stigmatize, signalize, specify, specialize; decorate.
Ant.Overlook, ignore, omit; mislabel, misindicate, mismark.
Marked.Noted, notable, prominent, remarkable, eminent, distinguished, conspicuous.
Ant.Ordinary, mean, commonplace, everyday, undistinguished.
Marriage.Matrimony, wedlock, wedding, espousal, nuptials, conjugal union, spousal, union.
Ant.Divorce, celibacy, virginity, bachelorhood, widowhood, maidenhood.
Marrow.Medulla, pith, essence, quintessence; gist, substance, cream, kernel.
Ant.Excrescence, surplusage, redundancy, superfluity; surface, exterior; amplification; body, volume, mass.
Marsh.Fen, swamp, quagmire, morass, bog, slough.
Ant.Solid ground.
Marshal,v.Order, arrange, direct, guide, lead, rank, array, dispose, draw up; herald.
Ant.Disarray, misguide, disarrange, disorder.
Martial.Warlike, military, soldierly, brave.
Ant.Peaceful, unmilitary, unwarlike.
Martyrdom.Martyrlike state; torture, torment, persecution; confession.
Ant.Denial, retraction; abjuration, renegation.
Marvel,n.Wonder, prodigy, miracle; surprise, astonishment, amazement, admiration; portent, phenomenon.
Ant.Commonplace, imposture, cipher, farce, trifle.
Marvelous.Wonderful, astonishing, surprising, strange, improbable, incredible; miraculous, stupendous, extraordinary, wondrous, supernatural, portentous, prodigious.
Ant.Commonplace, everyday, regular, normal, customary, natural, anticipated, current, calculated, expected.
Masculine.Male, manly, virile, manlike; strong, robust, powerful, bold, hardy, courageous.
Ant.Feminine, womanly, womanlike, female; effeminate, womanish.
Mask,n.Cover, disguise, pretext, subterfuge, screen; revel, frolic, evasion, pretense, ruse, plea; redoubt; domino, blind, veil; hypocrisy.
Ant.Truth, nakedness, candor, verity, openness; exposure, detection, unmasking.
Mask,v.Disguise, cover, hide, protect, conceal, veil, shroud, screen.
Ant.Expose, unmask, discover, detect.
Mass.Quantity, sum, bulk, magnitude, body, size, main part, majority; aggregate, whole, totality; heap, assemblage, combination, concretion.
Ant.Fragment, section, portion, bit, morsel, minority, segment.
Massacre,v.Murder, butcher, kill, slaughter, slay.
Ant.Preserve, spare, rescue, restore.
Massive.Compacted, weighty, heavy, massy, ponderous, bulky, huge, immense, vast, solid, colossal.
Ant.Slight, slender, frail, airy; petty, small, light.
Master,n.Ruler, director, manager, leader, employer, owner, governor, superintendent, commander, captain; teacher, instructor, tutor; adept; possessor, proprietor; professor, head, chief.
Ant.Servant, slave, pupil, employee, subject, learner, student.
Master,v.Conquer, subdue, vanquish, overcome; acquire, learn.
Ant.Yield, fail, surrender, succumb.
Masterly.Imperious, domineering, arbitrary, despotic; skilful, clever, expert, dexterous, adroit; finished, excellent, artistic, consummate.
Ant.Humble, obedient, compliant, rude, clumsy, bungling.
Mastery.Authority, dominion, supremacy; victory, triumph, preëminence, ascendency, superiority; acquirement, attainment, acquisition; skill, dexterity, cleverness, ability.
Ant.Subservience, tutelage, submission, guidance, obedience, inexpertness, ignorance; defeat, failure, surrender.
Masticate.Grind, chew.
Ant.Bolt, gobble, swallow.
Match,n.Equal, mate; contest; union, marriage; competition, trial; companion; pair.
Ant.Superior, inferior; disparity,mismatch, oddity, inequality.
Match,v.Mate, rival, oppose, equal; correspond; adapt, fit, suit; marry; harmonize; join, couple, combine.
Ant.Fail, exceed, surpass, preponderate; separate, dissociate.
Matchless.Unequaled, peerless, unparalleled, incomparable, inimitable, consummate, exquisite, excellent, surpassing, unrivaled.
Ant.Common, ordinary, mediocre, everyday, commonplace, general.
Mate,n.Companion, associate, compeer, match, equal; fellow, intimate; assistant, subordinate; peer.
Ant.Stranger; superior, inferior; principal, chief, head.
Material,n.Substance, solidity, weight, stuff, matter.
Ant.Work, production, design; spirit, purpose.
Material,a.Corporeal, physical; important, essential; momentous, vital, weighty; bodily.
Ant.Spiritual, sublimated, incorporeal, evanescent, ethereal.
Matrimony.Marriage, wedlock.
Ant.Celibacy, virginity.
Matron.Wife, widow, dame; housekeeper, head nurse; dowager.
Ant.Girl, maid, maiden, virgin, spinster, miss, lass.
Matter.Substance, body, material, constituency; concern, affair, business; trouble, difficulty; amount, portion, space; sense, significance, moment; import, importance; topic, subject, question; thing, event.
Ant.Immateriality, incorporeality, spirituality; mind, soul, spirit, intellect; animus, zeal, temper.
Mature.Ripe, perfect, ready, perfected, completed, full-grown.
Ant.Raw, crude, blighted, immature, undeveloped, unripe.
Matutinal.Morning, dawning, early, waking.
Ant.Vesper, evening, late, waning, twilight.
Maudlin.Tearful, sentimental, weak, silly; drunken; intoxicated, inebriated, tipsy, muddled.
Ant.Dry, sober, sensible, unsentimental, unromantic.
Mawkish.Nauseous, disgusted, squeamish; insipid, flat, stale, sickly, disgusting, loathsome, maudlin.
Ant.Sensible, savory, fine, sound, palatable, pungent.
Maxim.Principle, axiom, proverb, aphorism, apothegm, adage, saying, saw, dictum, precept, rule.
Ant.Sophism, quibble, absurdity, enigma, paradox.
Maximum.Greatest; climax, zenith, apex, acme, culmination, completion, utmost, ultimate.
Ant.Minimum, least; morsel, fragment; initiative, commencement; decrease, wane; incompletion, abortion.
Maybe,ad.Perhaps, possibly, haply, mayhap.
Maze.Labyrinth, intricacy; bewilderment, uncertainty, perplexity; embarrassment.
Ant.Clue, elimination, explication; solution.
Meager.Thin, lean, lank, poor, gaunt, starved, hungry, emaciated, barren, scanty.
Ant.Stout, brawny, fat, chubby; abundant, fertile, copious.
Mean,n.Middle, medium, average, intermediate point; (pl.) resources, property, revenue; media.
Ant.Extreme, excess, exorbitance, enormity, extravagance; poverty, end, purpose, object.
Mean,v.Purpose, intend, design; signify, import, indicate, denote, express.
Ant.Do, perform, execute; say, state, enunciate, declare.
Mean,a.Ignoble, abject, beggarly, wretched, degraded, degenerate, vulgar, vile, servile, menial, groveling, slavish, dishonorable, disgraceful, shameful, despicable, contemptible, paltry, sordid.
Ant.Noble, kingly, heroic, princely, exalted, generous, eminent, honorable, spirited, liberal, masterly, worthy, bountiful, munificent.
Meaning.Purpose, aim, intention, import, design, object; sense, explanation, significance, interpretation, force, purport, acceptation.
Ant.Statement; proceeding; affidavit, declaration.
Meanness.Stinginess, illiberality, sordidness, vileness, penuriousness, niggardliness, abjectness, baseness; destitution, poverty, lowness, scantiness, smallness, rudeness, selfishness.
Ant.Nobleness, generosity, unselfishness, liberality, large-heartedness.
Measure,n.Dimension, capacity, quantity, amount; moderation, restraint; extent, limit, proportion, degree; rule, gage, standard; meter.
Ant.Bulk, mass; segment, section, portion; immensity, infinity.
Measureless.Unlimited, infinite, immeasurable, immense, boundless, limitless, vast, unbounded.
Ant.Circumscribed, finite, limited, bounded, restricted.
Mechanic.Artificer, artisan, handicraftsman, hand, craftsman, operative, workman.
Ant.Artist, designer, planner, architect, constructor.
Mechanical.Approximate, empirical; machine-made; automatic, involuntary, blind; habitual, unreflective, spontaneous, effortless, unimpassioned.
Ant.Labored, feeling, self-conscious, forced, spirited, appreciative, lifelike, lively, animated, impassioned.
Meddle.Interfere, handle, disturb; intrude, interpose, intervene, intercede; mediate, arbitrate.
Ant.Withdraw, retire, remove, recede, retreat.
Meddlesome.Meddling, intrusive, officious; pragmatical, interfering; impertinent, obtrusive.
Ant.Unobtrusive, modest, unofficious, shy, retiring, unassuming, reserved.
Mediate,v.Intervene, reconcile, interpose, intercede, arbitrate.
Ant.Retire, withdraw, let be, leave, abandon.
Mediation.Interposition, intercession, intervention, arbitration, interference, adjustment, reconciliation.
Ant.Indifference, neutrality; non-interference.
Mediator.Reconciler, intercessor, interceder, advocate, umpire, propitiator.
Medicament.Remedy, specific, medicine, cure, relief, help, restorative.
Ant.Irritant, infection, aggravation, hurt, disease.
Medicate.Drug, treat, heal, cure.
Ant.Harm, infect; catch, contract.
Medicine,n.Drug, physic, remedy, medicament; antidote, corrective, salve, cure; therapeutics.
Ant.Poison, virus, bane; aggravation.
Mediocre.Moderate, indifferent, ordinary, mean, medium, average, middling, commonplace.
Ant.Superior, inferior, extraordinary, distinguished, distinctive.
Mediocrity.Inferiority, average, moderate or middle state, medium; moderation; commonplace, mean; sufficiency.
Ant.Excellence, superiority, distinction, brilliance, rarity.
Meditate.Consider, ponder, revolve, study, weigh, plan, contrive, devise, scheme, purpose, intend; contemplate, muse, reflect, think, cogitate.
Ant.Execute, enact, complete, consummate.
Medium,n.Middle, mean; moderation, average; proportion; mediator, intermediary; means, agency, instrumentality.
Medium,a.Middle, mean, middling, intermediate, medial, mediocre, central.
Ant.Outer, extreme, distant, remote.
Medley.Mixture, jumble, miscellany, potpourri, hodge-podge; tumult, confusion, litter, diversity, complexity.
Ant.Order, harmony, simplicity; arrangement, classification, assortment, disposition, grouping.
Meed.Merit, reward, recompense; worth, desert; guerdon, premium, prize, award, remuneration; gift, present.
Ant.Penalty, punishment, brand, stigma, amercement.
Meek.Submissive, yielding, unassuming, gentle; mild, patient, humble; lowly, modest.
Ant.Bold, arrogant, proud, self-assertive, irritable, presumptuous, high-spirited.
Meet,v.Join; confront, encounter; be present; perceive, experience, suffer; equal, satisfy; assemble, congregate; harmonize, agree, unite; fulfil, comply, gratify, answer.
Ant.Miss, escape, elude; be absent; avoid, separate, vary, diverge, decline, part, disagree; disappoint, fall short, fail.
Meet,a.Suitable, fit, proper, appropriate, qualified, convenient.
Ant.Inappropriate, unfit, inconvenient, unsuited, improper.
Meeting.Conference, assembly, company, convention, congregation, junction, union, confluence; interview, encounter; assemblage, concourse, gathering.
Melancholy,n.Melancholia; depression, dejection, brooding, gloominess.
Ant.Happiness, gladness, sanity, merriment, mirth, cheer, hopefulness.
Melancholy,a.Sad, dispirited, low-spirited, down-hearted, unhappy, hypochondriac, heavy, doleful, afflictive; dejected, depressed, disconsolate, gloomy, sorrowful, moody, desponding; grave, somber, dark.
Ant.Happy, cheerful, gladsome, sprightly, lively, merry, mirthful, blithesome, gleeful.
Mellifluous.Smooth, honeyed, sweet, mellow, euphonious, silvery, dulcet.
Ant.Raucous, hoarse, discordant, harsh, rough, broken, abrupt.
Mellow.Ripe, soft, tender; subdued, delicate; genial, jovial.
Ant.Unripe, hard, green, acid, sour; harsh, glaring; discordant.
Melodious.Musical, agreeable, harmonious, dulcet, sweet, tuneful, rhythmical, concordant, mellifluous.
Ant.Discordant, harsh, dissonant, raucous, jarring, inharmonious.
Melody.Harmony, rhythm, air, tune, music, song, sweetness of sound, descant, theme, unison, symphony.
Ant.Discord, jarring, dissonance, harshness, discordance.
Melt.Liquefy, fuse, thaw, mollify, soften; be dissipated, run, blend, flow, dissolve.
Ant.Harden, combine, consolidate, unite, crystallize.
Member.Organ, limb; constituent, part; clause, phrase; essential; portion, component.
Ant.Whole, body, entirety, aggregate, sum, totality, community, society, association, organization, constitution.
Memoir.Memorial, biography, record, narrative, chronicle, register.
Memorable.Important, illustrious, remarkable, extraordinary, signal, distinguished, famous, celebrated, great, conspicuous, prominent.
Ant.Ordinary, trivial, commonplace, insignificant, mediocre.
Memorial.Monument, record, memorandum, memento, souvenir.
Ant.Silence, oblivion; non-observance; erasure.
Memory.Remembrance, recollection, reminiscence; fame, renown, reputation; monument; retrospection, retrospect; perpetuation, retention.
Ant.Oblivion, oversight, unmindfulness, obliviousness, forgetfulness.
Menace,n.Threat, evil intention, denunciation, threatening.
Ant.Good will, benediction, blessing, kindness; protection.
Mend.Help, amend, emend, correct, rectify; repair, improve, reform, better, restore, ameliorate.
Ant.Impair, damage, spoil, corrupt; harm, deteriorate, pervert.
Mendacity.Lying, deceit, falsehood, untruth, duplicity, lie, untruthfulness, deception; prevarication.
Ant.Truth, honesty, rectitude, uprightness, veracity, accuracy, exactness.
Menial.Servile, mean; domestic; dependent, attendant.
Ant.Noble, independent, autocratic, supreme, superior.
Mental.Intellectual, spiritual, metaphysical, subjective, psychological, psychical, intelligent.
Ant.Physical, corporeal, objective, bodily.
Mention,n.Reference, allusion, notice, remembrance, hint, communication, observation, declaration.
Ant.Omission, silence, suppression, forgetfulness, neglect.
Mention,v.Speak of, notice, announce, observe, remark, hint, declare, tell, state, report, disclose, allude to, name, refer to.
Ant.Suppress, omit, be silent about, forget, silence, drop, neglect, disregard, slight.
Mercantile. Commercial, traffic,business; wholesale, retail; interchangeable, marketable.
Ant.Professional; unmercantile, unmarketable, stagnant, unprofitable.
Mercenary.Paid, hired, hireling, venal; greedy, sordid, avaricious, selfish.
Ant.Generous, unselfish, lavish, prodigal, liberal, philanthropic, benevolent.
Merchandise.Wares, commodities, goods; trade, traffic, commerce; stock.
Merchant.Trader, shopkeeper, dealer, tradesman, trafficker; importer.
Ant.Shopman, salesman, retailer, pedler, huckster.
Merciful.Compassionate, tender, humane, gracious, kind, mild, clement, benignant, lenient, pitiful, forgiving; tender-hearted.
Ant.Remorseless, pitiless, inexorable, unrelenting, severe, cruel, hard, illiberal.
Mercy.Compassion, grace, favor, helpfulness, clemency, forbearance, tenderness, forgiveness, gentleness, pardon, blessing, pity, kindness, mildness, lenity, benevolence, benignity, lenience, leniency.
Ant.Harshness, rigor, severity, sternness, penalty, justice, vengeance, revenge, punishment, hardness, cruelty, implacability, ruthlessness, inhumanity, brutality, exaction.
Mere.Unmixed, pure, absolute, unqualified, simple, bare, unaffected; unadulterated.
Ant.Compound, mixed, impure, blended, combined, adulterated.
Meridian,n.Midday, noon, zenith, height, culmination, summit, apex, pinnacle, acme.
Ant.Midnight, antipodes, depth, profundity, base, depression, nadir.
Merit,n.Desert, worth, excellence, reward, approbation; worthiness, credit, goodness.
Ant.Worthlessness, error, unworthiness, demerit, weakness, imperfection, fault.
Merry.Gay, jovial, sportive; cheerful, happy; blithe, lively, sprightly, vivacious, mirthful, gleeful, joyous, jocund, hilarious.
Ant.Gloomy, sad, disconsolate, dismal, moody, dejected.
Message.Notice, word, communication, missive, letter, intimation.
Ant.Interception, silence, non-communication, neglect.
Messenger.Carrier, harbinger, intelligencer, courier, forerunner, herald, precursor.
Metaphysical.Mental, intellectual, psychological, abstract, general, ideal, psychical, subjective, rational, abstruse, conceptual.
Ant.Physical, substantial, physiological, material, practical, objective, palpable, external.
Method.Order, system, rule, way, manner, mode, course, arrangement, process, means, regularity.
Ant.Disorder, experimentation, guesswork, conjecture, attempt, empiricism.
Midst.Middle, center, heart; thick; press; burden.
Ant.Circumference, rim, surface, border, outside, perimeter.
Mien.Aspect, manner, bearing, look, carriage, deportment, appearance.
Ant.Character, disposition, nature, constitution, personality.
Might.Force, energy, power, means, resources; strength, capacity, ability.
Ant.Weakness, feebleness, infirmity, impotence; inability, inefficiency, incapability; want, lack.
Mild.Gentle, pleasant, clement, kind, soft, bland; moderate, placid, tender, genial, meek.
Ant.Harsh, fierce, savage, rough, wild, violent, merciless, severe.
Mind.Understanding, intellect, soul; opinion, judgment, belief; choice, inclination, liking, intent, will; courage, spirit; remembrance, memory, recollection; reason, brain, sense, consciousness, disposition, intelligence, thought, instinct.
Ant.Body, matter, brute force, brawn, limbs, material substance, members; feelings, emotions, heart, affections, sensibilities; conduct; forgetfulness, obliviousness.
Mindful.Regardful, attentive, heedful, observant, thoughtful, careful.
Ant.Inattentive, regardless, careless, forgetful, oblivious, absent-minded.
Mingle.Combine, join, confuse, compound, mix; unite, associate; intermarry; blend, amalgamate.
Ant.Separate, sever, segregate, dissolve, sift, sort, classify, analyze.
Minister,n.Delegate, official, ambassador; clergyman, priest, parson, ecclesiastic, preacher, divine, vicar, curate; envoy.
Ant.Monarch, master, superior, principal; layman; government.
Minor,a.Inferior, less important, smaller, less, junior, unimportant, younger.
Ant.Major, greater, older, senior, elder, main, important.
Minute.Small, tiny, slender, diminutive, slight, little; precise, particular, detailed, critical, circumstantial, exact, fine, comminuted, specific; inconsiderable; microscopic.
Ant.Monstrous, great, enormous, grand, huge; general, abstract, broad, comprehensive; inexact, superficial.
Miraculous.Supernatural, super-physical; wonderful, awesome.
Ant.Natural, ordinary, scientific.
Mis-.A prefix used in the sense ofamiss,wrong,ill. Words to which this prefix but adds this meaning are omitted here, and their synonyms and antonyms may usually be readily found by reference to the root words.
Misanthropy.Cynicism, hatred, egoism.
Ant.Philanthropy, benevolence, altruism, humanitarianism.
Miscellany.Mass, mixture, collection, medley, jumble, variety, hodge-podge, diversity.
Ant.Selection, system, arrangement, order, group, assortment, classification.
Mischief.Damage, harm, hurt, injury, detriment, evil, ill; mishap, trouble.
Ant.Benefit, good, blessing, profit, gratification, compensation, favor.
Miser.Niggard, skinflint, curmudgeon, churl.
Ant.Spendthrift, profligate.
Miserable.Abject, forlorn, pitiable, wretched, mean; worthless, despicable, contemptible; unfortunate, unlucky.
Ant.Comfortable, happy,respectable, contented, cheerful, easy.
Misery.Unhappiness, wretchedness, woe; calamity, disaster, misfortune.
Ant.Happiness, contentment, ease, comfort, pleasure, enjoyment.
Misfortune.Adversity, failure, ill luck, hardship, harm, ill, affliction, calamity, blow, disaster, disappointment, trial, tribulation, sorrow, ruin, distress, stroke, misery, reverse, mischance, visitation, chastening, trouble, chastisement, misadventure, bereavement, mishap.
Ant.Consolation, blessing, boon, happiness, joy, prosperity, relief, triumph, success, comfort, good fortune, gratification, good luck, pleasure.
Mission.Message, errand, commission, deputation; embassy; ministry, legation; trust, office.
Ant.Assumption, usurpation, self-appointment; faithlessness, betrayal.
Mist.Fog, vapor; obscuration, cloudiness, perplexity, bewilderment, haze.
Ant.Clarity, brightness; perspicuity, revelation, clearness, discernment, insight, understanding; lucidity.
Mob.Rabble, masses, dregs of the people, the vulgar, populace, crowd, canaille, lower classes.
Ant.Élite, aristocracy, nobility, nobles, patricians.
Mobile.Movable, excitable, inconstant, changeable, fickle; variable, ductile, sensitive.
Ant.Immovable, firm, set, steady, unvarying, unchangeable, inexorable.
Model.Mold, copy, design, example, image, imitation, standard, type, representation, pattern, prototype, facsimile, original, archetype; norm.
Ant.Imitation; work, production, execution; accomplishment.
Moderate,a.Sparing, temperate, frugal, calm, mild; limited, restrained, reasonable; dispassionate, controlled; abstinent, sober; austere, ascetic.
Ant.Immoderate, intemperate, luxurious, excessive, extravagant.
Modern.New, novel, modish, fashionable, present, late, extant, recent.
Ant.Past, ancient, antiquated, old, antique, obsolete, former.
Modesty.Humility, lowliness, humbleness, meekness, shyness, reserve, coldness, bashfulness, backwardness, constraint, timidity, unobtrusiveness, coyness.
Ant.Frankness, freedom, impudence, indiscretion, self-conceit, sauciness, abandon, arrogance, confidence, egoism, assumption, assurance, boldness, forwardness, haughtiness, loquacity, pertness, pride, vanity, self-sufficiency, openness, effrontery.
Moment.Instant, twinkling, consequence, weight, consideration, force, value, signification, avail; second, trice.
Ant.Age, period, decade, century, generation; insignificance, unimportance, triviality.
Monarch.Ruler, sovereign; king, prince, emperor, queen.
Ant.Subject, peer, plebes.
Money.Coin, cash, currency, gold, funds, property, specie, silver, bills, bullion, notes, capital.
Monopoly.Exclusiveness, possession, privilege, appropriation, engrossment, preëmption.
Ant.Community, partnership, competition, free trade; participation, sharing; communism; socialism.
Monotonous.Unvarying, uniform, wearisome, dull, tedious, same, unison, humdrum, undiversified; similar, like.
Ant.Varied, changed, diversified; harmonic; lively; divergent, variant.
Monster.Prodigy, enormity, marvel, portent; monstrosity, wonder; demon, fiend, dragon, sphinx, colossus, leviathan; ogre.
Ant.Pigmy, dwarf, elf; angel, beauty, cherub.
Monstrous.Abnormal, extraordinary, prodigious, portentous, marvelous, unnatural; vast, immense, colossal, stupendous; shocking, horrible, hateful, terrible, hideous.
Ant.Beautiful, small, reasonable, little, shapely, regular, fair, pretty, comely; ordinary, familiar, natural; charming, lovely.
Moral,a.Dutiful, right, virtuous, just, worthy, ethical; intellectual, spiritual, religious, pious, righteous, ideal.
Ant.Immoral, wrong, sinful, unjust, unworthy, vicious, gross; irreligious, impious, sensual; physical, bodily, carnal.
Moreover.Besides, further, in addition; also, likewise, in addition to.
Ant.Finally, lastly.
Morose.Gruff, gloomy, crusty, crabbed, acrimonious, severe, snappish, sullen, surly, churlish, dogged, ill-humored, ill-natured, sulky.
Ant.Bland, gentle, benignant, good-natured, kind, loving, pleasant, sympathetic, genial, amiable, friendly, tender, indulgent, complaisant, mild.
Mortal.Deathlike; deadly, destructive, poisonous; vulnerable, vital; human, perishable, ephemeral, transient, transitory.
Ant.Immortal, undying, everlasting, eternal, divine, celestial, life-giving, perennial.
Motherly.Maternal, motherlike, parental; kind, loving, affectionate.
Ant.Paternal, fatherlike, fatherly; harsh, unloving, unkind, hateful.
Motion.Movement, change, action, act, passage, move, process, transit, transition.
Ant.Quiescence, quiet, rest, repose, stillness, immobility.
Motive.Incentive, incitement, inducement, reason, spur, stimulus, cause; object, purpose; argument, conviction; impulse, prompting.
Ant.Deed, achievement, execution, action, attempt, project; deflector, preventive, dissuasion, deterrent.
Mourn.Lament, grieve, regret, rue, bewail, sorrow.
Ant.Exult, joy, rejoice, be joyful, triumph, make merry.
Mournful.Lugubrious, heavy, sad, sorrowful, grievous, calamitous.
Ant.Joyful, jubilant, gladsome, cheerful, happy, pleasant, joyous.
Move.Stir, agitate, trouble, affect, persuade, actuate, impel, prompt, instigate, incite, offer, induce.
Ant.Stop, stay, arrest, prevent, deter; calm, appease, deflect.
Movement.Motion; compulsion,stimulation, incitement, agitation, arousing, instigation.
Ant.Stoppage, stay, pause, calm, quiet.
Much.Great; long; considerable; abundant; far; ample, plenteous.
Ant.Little, small, scarce, few, scanty, near; narrow.
Multiplication.Teeming, multiplicity, multitude, increase, plurality, reproduction, augmentation, swarming, multifariousness, multitudinousness.
Ant.Diminution, division, subtraction, reduction; extinction; rarity, scantiness; unity, singularity.
Multitude.Throng, crowd, assembly, assemblage, commonalty, swarm, populace; host, rabble, mob, concourse.
Ant.Individual, solitude; aristocracy; oligarchy; scantiness, paucity, scarcity.
Mundane.Worldly, terrestrial, earthly; sublunary; secular, temporal.
Ant.Unworldly, spiritual, celestial, eternal, supramundane, stellar, solar, lunar.
Munificent.Bounteous, bountiful, liberal, generous; beneficent, free, lavish, extravagant.
Ant.Small, niggardly, saving, sparing, mean, close.
Musical.Melodious, harmonious, tuneful, symphonious, mellifluous, rhythmical.
Ant.Discordant, inharmonious, harsh, raucous, unmelodious.
Mute.Silent, dumb, speechless; voiceless; still, unpronounced; unresponsive; taciturn.
Ant.Talkative, chattering, garrulous, vocal, speaking, loquacious, loud, noisy.
Mutual.Common, correlative, reciprocal, joint, interchangeable.
Ant.Detached, distinct, disunited, separate, severed, sundered, unshared, unreciprocated, unrequited, disconnected.
Mysterious.Abstruse, enigmatical, dark, mystical, occult, obscure, secret, transcendental, unknown, unfathomable, mystic, hidden, inexplicable, inscrutable, cabalistic, incomprehensible, recondite.
Ant.Clear, plain, apparent, manifest, bright, light, explainable, simple, comprehensible, obvious, easy, revealed, understood.
Mystic.Unknowable, obscure, mysterious; allegorical, enigmatical; transcendental; cabalistic, symbolical.
Ant.Familiar, simple, ordinary, commonplace, obvious, plain.
Myth.Fable, tradition, legend; parable, invention, fiction, allegory; falsehood, lie.
Ant.Truth, fact, history, narrative, incident.