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Sable.Dark, black, ebon, somber.
Ant.Light, white, cheerful, bright, ivory.
Sacrament.Eucharist, Lord’s Supper, communion; ceremony, rite, service, solemnity, ordinance, observance.
Sacred.Holy, divine, hallowed, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, religious, venerable, reverend.
Ant.Secular, profane, common, unconsecrated, human.
Sacrifice,n.Offering, propitiation, expiation, thanksgiving; destruction, immolation, devotion, surrender; oblation, atonement.
Ant.Offense, transgression; retention, reservation; acceptance.
Sad.Sorrowful, mournful, dejected, gloomy, depressed, sedate, cheerless, downcast, grievous; dull, grave, dark, somber; afflicted; calamitous; serious, staid; melancholy, disconsolate, despondent, disastrous, deplorable.
Ant.Cheerful, joyous, glad, mirthful, jubilant, jovial, light-hearted; exultant, gay, exhilarated, happy, blithe.
Sagacious.Sage, sensible, keen, discerning, clear-sighted, apt, acute, intelligent, sharp, wise, rational, shrewd, able, keen-sighted, keen-witted, judicious, perspicacious, quick-scented, sharp-witted.
Ant.Obtuse, senseless, irrational, silly, stupid, simple, unintelligent, undiscerning, dull, absurd, foolish, futile, sottish, ignorant.
Sale.Bargain, barter, deal, exchange, trade, change.
Salient.Leaping, bounding, jumping; projecting; prominent, conspicuous, noticeable, significant; strategic.
Ant.Retreating, retiring, low-lying; unimportant, inconspicuous, unnoticeable, minor, inconsiderable, subordinate, insignificant.
Salvation.Saving, preservation, deliverance; redemption; rescue.
Ant.Perdition, destruction, damnation, condemnation, loss.
Sample.Specimen, example, illustration, case, instance, exemplification.
Ant.Total, whole, exception, aggregate; abnormality, monstrosity.
Sanction.Authorization, authority, countenance; ratification, confirmation, approbation; approval, support, seal, allowance.
Ant.Discountenance, disallowance, unauthorization; cancelation, nullification; disapproval, non-support.
Sanguine.Blood-red, crimson; warm, ardent; hopeful, lively, animated, cheerful; confident, enthusiastic, buoyant; trustful.
Ant.Pallid, cold, frigid; unresponsive, depressed, lifeless, despondent, despairing, dejected, anxious, suspicious, misgiving, distrustful.
Sanity.Saneness, soundness, rationality; reasonableness, wisdom; amenableness.
Ant.Insanity, aberration, derangement, unsoundness, irrationality, madness, lunacy, alienation, dementia, folly.
Sarcasm.Taunt, gibe; scorn, contempt, satire; irony, sneer, ridicule.
Ant.Compliment, eulogy, praise, approbation, appreciation, panegyric.
Satisfy.Satiate, sate, compensate; cloy, surfeit, suffice, content, glut, fill, requite; relieve, reassure, convince; please, recompense, gratify, fulfil.
Ant.Deprive, deny, starve, stint, refuse; annoy, tantalize; aggravate, tease; displease.
Savage.Wild, uncultivated, untamed, uncivilized, rude, brutish, brutal, barbarous, cruel, inhuman, fierce, pitiless, merciless, atrocious, ferocious; murderous, violent.
Ant.Tame, civilized, cultivated, domesticated, tender, refined, polished, gentle, humane, considerate, pitiful, merciful, protective, generous, subdued, chivalrous, clement, self-controlled.
Save.Preserve, rescue, deliver; lay up, reserve, keep; spare, prevent; protect; be economical, hoard, husband; obviate, snatch, catch.
Ant.Lose, destroy, abandon, imperil, expose, endanger, risk, hazard; waste, lavish, spend, fling away.
Say.Utter, express, tell, speak, declare; repeat, rehearse, recite; assert; mention, suggest; suppose; answer; respond, reply; state, pronounce; affirm, deny; allege.
Ant.Silence, hush, whisper, mumble; be taciturn; suppress, repress; mispronounce.
Scarce.Rare, infrequent, deficient; uncommon; scant, sparing, meager, insufficient; unusual, unique, singular, wanting, few, precious.
Ant.Plenty, abundant, frequent, plentiful, common, thick.
Scheme,n.Plan, project, contrivance, design, purpose, plot, device; system, outline; machination, intrigue, stratagem, cabal, conspiracy; theory.
Ant.Blunder, derangement, misarrangement, bungle, botch.
Scholar.Learner, pupil, student, savant, disciple.
Ant.Dunce, fool, ignoramus, illiterate person, idiot, idler.
Science.Literature, art, knowledge; truth, facts; skill, expertness; comprehension; information,investigation, experimentation, learning, experience.
Ant.Ignorance, error, smattering, fallacy, sciolism; inexperience, unfamiliarity, incomprehension.
Scorn,n.Disdain, derision, contumely, despite, slight, mockery, dishonor; contempt, disregard; sneer, opprobrium.
Ant.Compliment, commendation, deference, approval, esteem, respect, regard, approbation.
Scruple,n.Unwillingness, hesitation, doubt; particle; qualm, reluctance, misgiving.
Ant.Confidence, assurance, recklessness, heedlessness; daring, self-complacency.
Scrupulous.Cautious, careful, conscientious, hesitating; exact, nice; questioning, unwilling, punctilious, precise; diffident, dubious.
Ant.Reckless, confident, careless, unconscientious, self-complacent, heedless, unwary, incautious, daring.
Scrutiny.Examination, inspection, observation, search, sifting, exploration, inquisition, inquiry.
Ant.Oversight, misobservance, disregard, slight, inattention.
Season.Time, period, term, interval, spell, while; occasion, opportunity, timeliness, seasonableness.
Ant.Contretemps, unseasonableness, untimeliness, unsuitableness.
Seasonable.Opportune, suitable, timely, fit, convenient, appropriate, normal; periodical; welcome.
Ant.Inopportune, unsuitable, unfit, untimely, inconvenient, inappropriate, unwelcome, unexpected, abnormal.
Secure,a.Undisturbed, assured, heedless, inattentive; easy, unanxious, trustful, insured; obtained, acquired; fast, firm; defended, guarded, protected, certain, sheltered, safe.
Ant.Disturbed, endangered, imperiled, insecure, hazardous; anxious, distrustful, suspicious, careful, precarious; loose, drifting, doubtful, dubious.
Sedate.Settled, composed, calm, quiet, tranquil, still, serene, unruffled, undisturbed, contemplative, sober, serious; passive.
Ant.Flighty, disturbed, uneasy, restless, excited, discomposed, agitated, indiscreet; active, moving; frivolous.
Sedition.Riot, rebellion, revolt, insurrection, mutiny; outbreak, uprising, secession, treason; insubordination; tumult, turmoil, anarchy.
Ant.Peace, pacification, order, quiet, orderliness, obedience, allegiance, fealty, union, patriotism, fidelity.
See.Perceive, behold, descry, view; observe, discern, understand, comprehend; watch, look after; interview, visit; associate, meet; accompany, escort; attend, heed, be attentive; gaze, glance at.
Ant.Be blind; overlook, mistake; misunderstand, miscomprehend; pass, ignore, neglect; disregard, misconceive.
Seek.Search, try for, solicit, inquire for, strive after, hunt, follow, trace, prosecute, attempt, endeavor, investigate.
Ant.Shun, elude, ignore, neglect, disregard, avoid, relinquish, drop, abandon, discard.
Seldom.Rarely, not often, infrequently;hardly ever, occasionally.
Ant.Often, frequently, generally, commonly, regularly, habitually, invariably, uniformly, systematically.
Selection.Choice, pick, preference, election, option.
Ant.Repudiation, rejection, discarding, refusal; exclusion.
Self-abnegation.Self-renunciation, self-sacrifice, self-control, self-devotion, self-immolation, self-denial.
Ant.Self-indulgence, self-gratification, self-will, selfishness, self-seeking.
Selfish.Self-seeking, mean, ungenerous, narrow, illiberal, mercenary, greedy, egoistical, self-indulgent.
Ant.Generous, liberal, altruistic, philanthropic, beneficent, self-denying, public-spirited, magnanimous, unselfish, considerate.
Send.Sling, throw, fling, hurl, lance, launch, propel, project, cast, dart, despatch, discharge, drive, emit; forward, transmit, impel, dismiss, delegate, depute.
Ant.Receive, keep, retain, hold; bring, carry, hand, get, give, convey.
Sensation.Emotion, sense, feeling, perception.
Ant.Apathy, non-sensibility, non-perception, indifference.
Sense.Understanding, reason; cognition, apprehension; deduction; perception, feeling; recognition, discernment; reasoning; opinion, judgment, notion, meaning, import, signification.
Ant.Nonsense, misunderstanding; stupidity, non-apprehension; non-comprehension; stolidity, inertness, non-observance; fancy, folly, unsoundness.
Sensibility.Feeling, sensitiveness, susceptibility, impressibility.
Ant.Coldness, deadness, unconsciousness, hardness, numbness, insensibility.
Sentiment.Thought, opinion, notion, sensibility, feeling; susceptibility, impressibility, impression, conviction; emotion; maxim, saying, toast.
Ant.Nonsense, conjecture, vacuity; assumption, prejudice, preconception.
Separate,v.Disunite, divide, sever; come between, part; disjoin, divorce; disengage, detach; sunder; withdraw, eliminate, remove, segregate.
Ant.Unite, consolidate, integrate, connect, join, attach, link, weld, engage, wed; gather, convene, collect.
Sequence.Succession, following, consequence, arrangement, order; series, progression, continuity.
Ant.Precedence, introduction, priority; disorder, disconnection; intermission, irregularity.
Serious.Sober, earnest, momentous, grave; thoughtful, sedate, solemn; important, weighty; dangerous.
Ant.Gay, thoughtless, frivolous, laughing, joking, jocose, careless, trifling, trivial, unimportant, light, insignificant.
Serve.Obey, minister to, subserve, promote, aid, help, abet, assist, benefit, succor.
Ant.Command, order, manage; obstruct, counteract, retard, defeat, injure, thwart, oppose.
Set.Put, seat, place, fix; affix, attach; fasten, make stable orfirm; obstruct, embarrass; determine upon, fix upon; plant; frame; stiffen, solidify; adjust, regulate, adapt; prepare; replace; spread; stud, variegate; value at, rate at; establish, furnish, prescribe, strengthen, stabilitate, ground, confirm, determine, appoint, assign.
Ant.Remove, uproot, transfer, eradicate, transplant, unsettle, weaken, soften, destroy, demolish; disperse, discard; denude, disarrange, divest, strip; misvalue, under- or over-rate; abolish, frustrate.
Settle.Regulate, arrange, compose, decide; establish; still, calm; clear; restore; depress, sink, lower, make compact, harden; determine, adjust, make up, pacify; liquidate, balance; colonize, people.
Ant.Disturb, confuse, derange; agitate, unsettle, excite, uproot, overturn; obstruct; elevate, upheave, break up; discompose, disorder, rise, ascend, move; misregulate, aggravate.
Severe.Stern, strict, austere, hard, relentless, rigorous, unrelenting, inexorable, harsh, inflexible, rigid, morose, stiff, uncompromising, unmitigated, unyielding; critical, grave, serious.
Ant.Lenient, clement, unexacting, mild, easy, gay, cheerful, joyous; loose, slack, inexact, indulgent, uncritical, moderate, kind, considerate.
Shade.Shadow; darkness, obscurity; screen, shelter, protection; body, spirit, ghost; umbrage, adumbration; degree, minuteness; seclusion.
Ant.Light, illumination, sunshine, brightness, daylight; glare, radiance, exposure; publicity; quantity, amount; defenselessness.
Shake.Agitate, fluctuate, flutter, oscillate, quake, quiver, quaver, rock, shiver, shudder, totter, tremble, waver, wave, sway, swing, vibrate, thrill, jar.
Ant.Fasten, fix, set, secure, settle, confirm.
Shame.Disgrace, reproach, dishonor, ignominy; degradation, contempt, infamy; diffidence, modesty, discredit; humiliation, abashment; decency, decorum.
Ant.Fame, honor, glory, approval, renown, credit; impudence, shamelessness, indecency, immodesty, indecorum, impropriety.
Shape.Appearance, figure, aspect, form, guise; outline; embodiment; character, fashion, mold, pattern, cast, model.
Ant.Imitation, reproduction, copy; deformity, disfigurement.
Sharp.Quick, sagacious, witty, discerning, shrewd, ingenious, sour, acid, tart, acrid, biting, poignant, acrimonious, sarcastic, bitter, painful, afflictive, violent, fierce, ardent, fiery; acute, keen, trenchant, astute, subtle, penetrating, discriminating, inventive, piquant; severe, vigilant, attentive; caustic, cutting; eager, hungry; thin, emaciated; shrill, high; exacting, close.
Ant.Dull, blunt, slow, obtuse, undiscerning, unresourceful, sweet, honeyed, cloying, saccharine, mellow; soft, gentle, mild, tender, considerate, kindly, lenient, clement; uninventive, indifferent, sluggish, inactive, tame, characterless, spiritless, careless, inattentive; thick; generous, unexacting.
Shelter.Defend, guard, harbor, protect, shield, screen, ward, cover, conceal.
Ant.Expose, betray, imperil, endanger, exhibit, lay bare, discover, attack.
Short.Brief, contracted, inadequate, limited, scanty; insufficient, incomplete, imperfect; abrupt, petulant, quick; near, direct, straight; succinct, concise, condensed, compendious; terse, pithy, laconic, curt, sententious; severe, uncivil; narrow; destitute.
Ant.Long, protracted, extended, adequate, ample, sufficient, plentiful, abundant, copious; perfect, complete; civil, suave, complaisant; circuitous, indirect; tedious, prolix, verbose, extended, wordy; broad; provided for.
Show,v.Exhibit, present, display; tell, reveal; direct, conduct; clear, prove, manifest, explain, evince; bestow, confer; appear, look, seem; demonstrate, unfold, inform, teach; evidence.
Ant.Conceal, hide, withhold, suppress, obscure, mystify, cloak, wrap; contradict, deny, refute, disprove, falsify; misinterpret.
Shrewd.Keen, critical, subtle, arch, astute, sagacious, acute, discerning, penetrating; malicious, evil, vicious; wily, artful, cunning; clever, sharp, able; discriminating, intelligent.
Ant.Stolid, stupid, unintelligent, dull, thick, unsagacious, undiscerning, undiscriminating; plain, blank, blunt, frank; kindly, sincere, benevolent; fair, open.
Sick.Diseased, ill, disordered, distempered, indisposed, weak, ailing, feeble, morbid; imperfect, impaired, weakened, corrupted; disgusted, surfeited.
Ant.Healthy, whole, well, sound, strong, robust, salubrious, vigorous, hale, wholesome, salutary.
Side.Margin, edge, verge, border, boundary; party, sect, faction, interest, cause, policy, behalf; face, aspect, plane; slope, declivity; half.
Ant.Center, interior, body, heart, core; opposition, secession, neutrality.
Sight.Vision, show, representation, exhibition; faculty of seeing, view; visibility, spectacle; inspection, examination; opinion, judgment; perception, ken, cognizance; contemplation, survey; insight; appearance.
Ant.Blindness, non-visibility, obscuration; non-appearance; oversight, neglect; disappearance; vanishing; impression, prejudice.
Sign.Mark, manifestation, indication, presage, symbol, type, token, emblem, note, omen, signal, prognostic, symptom.
Significant.Expressive, suggestive, important; weighty, momentous; manifest, intimating, declarative, betokening, implying, meaning, denoting; telling, speaking; forcible; conspicuous.
Ant.Insignificant, meaningless, inconspicuous, mute, inexpressive, expressionless, unsuggestive.
Silence.Stillness, hush, restfulness, quiet, muteness, noiselessness, calm, peace, tranquillity; dumbness, taciturnity; obscurity, secrecy, oblivion.
Ant.Noise, sound, tumult, clamor, roar, storm, din, unrest, babel, commotion, reverberation, resonance, agitation,clatter; talkativeness, loquacity, garrulity; publicity, fame, rumor, repute, celebrity.
Similar.Corresponding, like, resembling, uniform, homogeneous; congruous, harmonious.
Ant.Dissimilar, unlike, different, alien, discordant, heterogeneous, incongruous.
Simple.Silly; single, uncombined; plain, unadorned; mere; sincere, artless, unaffected, natural; direct, clear, perspicuous; credulous, foolish; humble, undistinguished, lowly; innocent; elementary.
Ant.Complex, double, compound, combined, mixed; ornate, adorned; blended, fused, multiform; artful, affected, artificial; indirect, complicated, circuitous, skeptic, pragmatic; proud, haughty, distinguished, celebrated; various, organized, elaborate; designing, insincere, double-minded; developed, perfect.
Sin.Evil, crime, guilt, offense, wickedness, fault, vice, criminality, misdeed; viciousness, ungodliness, wrong, wrongdoing, unrighteousness, iniquity, transgression, immorality, depravity, delinquency.
Ant.Virtue, godliness, rectitude, uprightness, sinlessness, excellence, blamelessness, goodness, holiness, innocence, morality, integrity, purity, righteousness, right.
Sing.Chant, carol, chirp, hum, warble, chirrup.
Singular.Unexampled, eminent, unprecedented, extraordinary, remarkable, uncommon, rare, unusual, peculiar, strange, odd, eccentric, fantastic; individual, unique; conspicuous, consummate, exceptional, particular; curious, queer.
Ant.Common, everyday, ordinary, commonplace, general, universal, usual, regular, customary, frequent, numerous; unnoticeable, normal, typical, inconspicuous, humdrum.
Sink.Subside, drop, droop, decay, lower, lessen; submerge, immerse, engulf; depress, degrade, debase, diminish; fall, descend; decline, dwindle, decrease; weary, flag, abate; reduce; drown; attenuate.
Ant.Rise, ascend, mount, increase, augment, aggrandize, swell; flourish, exalt, heighten, promote, enhance; encourage, perpetuate.
Situation.Site, station, post, case, plight, state; location, position; place, office; condition; locality, seat, ground, spot; circumstance, predicament; category; employment; footing, aspect; birth, standing.
Ant.Absence, dislodgment, displacement, non-assignment.
Skeptic.Agnostic, doubter, freethinker, infidel, unbeliever, deist, atheist, disbeliever.
Ant.Christian, believer.
Sketch,n.Outline, picture, design, drawing, draft; skeleton, plan, brief.
Skilful.Expert, dexterous, apt, handy, adroit, clever, deft, proficient, skilled, trained, accomplished, happy, ingenious, practiced; adept, masterly, cunning.
Ant.Unskilled, clumsy, inexpert, unskilful, unintelligent, awkward, incompetent, unprepared, untrained, unable, untaught, bungling, helpless, maladroit, shiftless.
Slander,v.Defame, disparage, depreciate, malign, asperse, calumniate, libel, vilify, revile, traduce, decry, backbite.
Ant.Extol, eulogize, laud, praise, vindicate, defend.
Slang.Vulgarity, cant, colloquialism, vulgarism.
Ant.Diction, language.
Slender.Small, narrow, slim; weak, feeble, slight; moderate, trivial, inconsiderable, meager; spare, abstemious, frugal.
Ant.Thick, stout, robust, broad, ample, deep, bulky, considerable, massive, weighty; giant, colossal.
Slippery.Smooth, glib; mutable, uncertain, fickle, inconstant; unstable, changeable; wanton, loose, unchaste; icy, glassy, insecure, perilous, unsafe; shifty, elusive; deceptive, evasive; unprincipled.
Ant.Rough, firm, safe, secure, stable; constant, certain, dependable, upright, sincere, outright, trustworthy, sound.
Slow.Deliberate, dilatory, lingering, gradual, moderate, procrastinating, tardy; inert, inactive, sluggish, drowsy, dull, delaying, dawdling.
Ant.Nimble, active, brisk, alert, lively, prompt, speedy, quick, spry, swift, agile.
Small.Little, diminutive, inconsiderable; inconsequential, uninfluential, trivial, insignificant; paltry, mean, incapable, unable; short; weak, slender, gentle, low; tiny, puny; unimportant; scanty, moderate; sordid, selfish; inferior, unintellectual, ungifted, unintelligent.
Ant.Large, great, big, extensive, enormous, bulky, massive, weighty, ample, spacious, broad, strong, stout, generous, liberal, munificent; important, significant, notable, influential, distinguished, gifted, magnanimous, intelligent, intellectual, superior, competent.
Smart.Acute, quick, lively, brisk, clever, dashy, showy; pungent, pricking; keen, severe, poignant; vigorous, sharp; active, shrewd; efficient, witty; pretentious, spruce; fresh.
Ant.Dull, heavy, blunt, obtuse, dense, stupid; aching; slow, inactive, sluggish, inefficient, shabby, dowdy, boorish, clownish.
Sneer.Jeer, mock, gibe, taunt, fling, scoff.
Ant.Smile, laugh; flatter, compliment; cheer.
Sober.Abstinent, abstemious, moderate, regular; steady, collected, quiet, cool, staid, somber; temperate; dispassionate, self-controlled, calm, self-possessed, solemn, sedate.
Ant.Intemperate, intoxicated, drunk, impassioned, excited, heated, furious, passionate; unreasonable, immoderate, uncontrolled, agitated, extravagant; erratic, eccentric.
Socialism.Communism, collectivism, fabianism.
Society.Companionship, fellowship, company; participation, connection; association, partnership; community, sodality, communion, intercourse.
Ant.Solitude, solitariness, privacy, separation, segregation; individuality, personality; disconnection, dissociation, unsociability.
Soft.Yielding, impressible, malleable; smooth, delicate; agreeable, gentle, flowing; flexible; mild, tender, conciliatory, kind; effeminate, weak; easy; quiet, peaceful, tranquil.
Ant.Hard, unyielding, impervious, tough, stubborn, impermeable; non-resilient; disagreeable, harsh, brusk, gruff, unkind; strong, manly; virile;rough, coarse, rigid, rigorous, abrupt; resolute, determined.
Solemnity.Gravity, formality, ritual, ceremonial, sobriety, seriousness, reverence, devotion; celebration, observance; sanctity, awfulness, sacredness; impressiveness.
Ant.Levity, triviality, gaiety, vulgarity; secularity, desecration, profanity; meaning, unimpressiveness, unimposingness; simplicity.
Solid.Hard, sound, real, valid, weighty, profound; compact, resistant, dense; heavy; strong, firm, stable; substantial; impenetrable; cubic.
Ant.Hollow, yielding, soft, resilient, malleable, fluid, flexible, impressible, liquid; brittle, frail; light, trifling, frivolous; invalid, weak, fallacious, unsound.
Solitude.Loneliness, solitariness, loneness, recluseness, retiredness; withdrawal, remoteness, destitution, absence; seclusion, retirement; desertion, retreat, wilderness, desert, privacy, isolation.
Ant.Populousness, society, popularity, throng, crowd, intercourse, meeting, convening, populace, multitude.
Solution.Disruption, separation, breach; disentanglement, explanation, clearing up; resolution, disintegration; release, discharge; solvency; disconnection, discontinuance; key, answer, elucidation.
Ant.Union, amalgamation, conjunction, connection, combination, entanglement, complication; continuity; integration; obscurity, confusion, perplexity, mystification.
Soothe.Soften, allay, compose, tranquilize, pacify; humor, flatter, please; assuage, calm, mollify, comfort; lull; mitigate, relieve.
Ant.Rouse, excite, disturb, disquiet; aggravate, displease, scold, irritate, exasperate, annoy, infuriate; dissatisfy.
Sordid.Vile, base, gross; mean, avaricious, covetous, niggardly; greedy; low, degraded; stingy, close, ungenerous, penurious; illiberal.
Ant.Pure, noble, honorable, refined; generous, unselfish, liberal, broad, munificent, uncovetous; prodigal, profuse, lavish; high-minded.
Soul.Spirit, life, courage, fire, ardor; vitality, animus; leader, inspirer; passion, fervor, affection; person; reason, intellect, emotions; ghost, specter.
Ant.Lifelessness, soullessness; body; coldness, spiritlessness; irrationality, unintellectuality.
Sound,n.Noise, note, tone, report; impulse, vibration.
Ant.Silence; taciturnity; stillness, hush, lull, muteness.
Sound,a.Whole, unbroken, unharmed, free, perfect, healthy; firm, strong, solid, safe; correct, true, orthodox; deep, profound, undisturbed; right; legal, valid, undefective; entire, thorough, substantial, irrefutable.
Ant.Unsound, broken, partial, harmed; imperfect, soft, diseased; weak, mellow, unsafe; incorrect, untrue, heterodox; light, trivial, fragile; illegal, illegitimate, invalid, defective; insubstantial, fallacious, hollow, unfounded.
Sovereign,n.King, prince, potentate, monarch, emperor; ruler.
Ant.Subject, peasant, serf.
Sovereign,a.Supreme, paramount, superior, chief; independent, unlimited, absolute; controlling, efficacious; princely, royal; primary, principal, regal, imperial; predominant.
Ant.Inferior, subordinate, subservient, ministerial, secondary, subject; popular, menial; inefficient, unefficacious, uncertain, weak.
Space.Extension, room; interval, duration, time; capacity, distance, measure, quantity; boundlessness, illimitableness; immeasurableness, immensity.
Ant.Confinement, proximity, limitation, restriction, contiguity, continuity.
Spare,a.Scanty, sparing, frugal, wanting, lacking, parsimonious, needed, chary; superfluous; lean, meager, thin, gaunt.
Ant.Ample, abundant, profuse, plentiful, liberal, bountiful, unsparing, unstinted, unrestricted, generous; plump, fat, corpulent, portly.
Sparse.Scattered, sprinkled, infrequent, thin, scanty, meager, few.
Ant.Dense, thick, plentiful, many, populous, crowded, numerous, frequent, multitudinous.
Speak.Say, talk, tell, utter, discourse, articulate, converse, express, chat, chatter, enunciate, pronounce; announce, declaim, declare, deliver.
Ant.Be mute or dumb; keep silence, be taciturn; suppress; recall.
Speculation.Venture; theory, view, notion, conjecture; consideration, meditation, contemplation, thought, weighing; hypothesis, scheme.
Ant.Certainty, fact, verity, proof, realization, verification.
Speech.Address, discourse, language, speaking, talk, oration, utterance, sermon, harangue, dissertation, oratory, disquisition.
Ant.Hush, silence, stillness, taciturnity, speechlessness.
Spirit.Life, soul; ghost, specter; fairy, sprite; energy, vivacity, ardor, courage, enthusiasm; intellectuality; meaning, intent; vapor; distilled liquid; air, breath; intelligence, immateriality, essence, disembodiment, apparition; activity, earnestness, zeal; temper, disposition; principle, motive.
Ant.Substance, body, corporeity, flesh, frame, materiality, embodiment, organization; spiritlessness, timidity, lifelessness, soullessness, deadness, torpor, dejection, slowness.
Spiritual.Immaterial, incorporeal, mental, intellectual; holy, divine, heavenly-minded; ecclesiastical, sacred; moral; religious, ethical.
Ant.Carnal, fleshly, material, sensuous; gross; unspiritual.
Splendid.Shining, showy, magnificent, sumptuous, pompous; illustrious, brilliant, famous; gorgeous, grand, glorious; imposing; superb, heroic, noble.
Ant.Dull, tame, obscure, tarnished, tawdry, somber, beggarly, gloomy, poor, ordinary, ineffective, inglorious, insignificant, mean, low.
Spontaneous.Free, intentional, voluntary, willing, unbidden, impulsive, automatic, instinctive, deliberate.
Ant.Forced, compelled, coerced, unwilling, reluctant.
Spread,v.Open, unfurl, disperse,distribute, scatter, circulate, disseminate, dispense; extend, stretch, expand, amplify; divulge, propagate, publish, diffuse.
Ant.Collect, condense, contract, furl, gather, close, shut; confine, suppress, restrict, recall, conceal, hush, localize.
Spring,v.Leap, bound, jump; shoot, fly, dart, start; emerge; bend, warp; proceed, issue, result; burst, emanate, flow; rise, originate, germinate.
Ant.Settle, alight, arrive, land, drop; end, terminate, debouch, finish, eventuate.
Spy.Scout, emissary, detective.
Stable,a.Steady, abiding, firm, strong, durable; fixed, established; constant, resolute, unwavering; secure, stanch, permanent; solid, lasting, perpetual; immobile, rigid, unmovable.
Ant.Vacillating, wavering, unsteady, toppling, weak, tottering, infirm, insecure, precarious, frail, unstable; transient, ephemeral, evanescent, vanishing, non-durable.
Stain,v.Blot, spot, sully, tarnish, tinge, tint, color, discolor, disgrace, dishonor, dye, soil.
Ant.Preserve inviolate or unspotted.
Stand,v.Rest, continue upright or erect, be situated or located; cease, stop, pause, halt; endure, last; maintain, be fixed or steady; be, consist; agree, accord; endure, sustain, bear; withstand; submit to.
Ant.Advance, move, proceed, progress; fail, fall, die, depart, run, yield, succumb, drop; give up, surrender; retaliate, avenge, resent.
Standard,n.Flag, colors, banner, ensign; criterion, test; support, frame; model, type, norm; gage, measure, scale; upright; exemplar.
Ant.Misrule, mismeasurement, misadjustment, misfit, non-criterion.
State,v.Declare, tell, assert, affirm, asseverate, allege, testify, assure, swear, set forth, protest, predicate, pronounce, specify, propound, maintain, inform, express, depose, claim, avow, avouch, aver, certify.
Ant.Deny, contradict, controvert, disprove, refute, repudiate, waive, contravene, dispute, gainsay, oppose, retract.
Station.Depot; place, spot, position, stand; office, sphere; state, rank, condition, occupation, business.
Ant.Removal, departure; dislodgment, ejection, displacement; locomotion.
Stay,v.Stop; prop, hold up, support, sustain; hold, restrain; hold back, hinder, delay; check; fasten, secure; continue, abide, remain; dwell, tarry, linger, wait; forbear; rest, depend, rely.
Ant.Loose, liberate, free; fail, let fall; expedite, speed, accelerate; proceed, advance, progress, go on; move, depart; oppress, burden; overthrow.
Steadfast.Established, firm; constant, resolute; grounded, rooted, placed; resolved, unwavering, stanch.
Ant.Unsteady, unattached; vacillating, wavering, weak, insecure, irresolute, inconstant, unreliable.
Steep.Sharp, sheer, high, precipitous, abrupt.
Ant.Gradual, level, slight, flat, easy, gentle, horizontal, low.
Stiff.Rigid, inflexible, strong, obstinate, pertinacious, rigorous, constrained, affected; unbending, unpliant; starched; formal, ceremonious, difficult, punctilious, stately; austere, peremptory, inexorable, uncompromising.
Ant.Flexible, pliant, unaffected, amenable, easy, yielding, affable, genial, unceremonious, informal; pliable, malleable; considerate, compromising.
Still.Noiseless; inert, stagnant, serene; motionless, restful, quiet; silent, calm, soundless, low; hushed, mute, placid, quiescent; stationary; gentle, soft, mild, pacific, peaceful.
Ant.Disturbed, agitated, moved, restless; noisy, moving, loud, resonant, turbulent; unquiet, rough, harsh.
Stop.Suppress, discontinue, delay, interrupt; close, obstruct; arrest, impede; restrain, hinder, repress; cease, halt, stay, tarry; bar, seal; suspend, end, terminate.
Ant.Assist, advance, continue, expedite, speed, hasten, promote; clear, open; improve, push, benefit; progress; facilitate; initiate, commence, begin.
Storm.Agitation, disturbance, tempest.
Ant.Calm, hush, peace, serenity, stillness, tranquillity, fair weather.
Story.Narrative, legend, anecdote, account, tale, record, recital, incident, myth, narration, novel, relation.
Ant.Annals, chronicle, biography, history, memoir.
Stout.Corpulent; portly; vigorous, strong, lusty, robust; firm, resolute, bold; tough; large, bulky; brawny; valiant, courageous, redoubtable.
Ant.Thin, slender, weak, lean, frail, feeble, attenuated, emaciated; timid, irresolute, cowardly.
Strange.Outlandish, wonderful, astonishing, marvelous, uncommon, irregular, queer, odd, eccentric; foreign, new, novel, unusual; reserved, distant; unfamiliar, unaccustomed, inexperienced.
Ant.Familiar, usual, common, general, universal, accustomed, ordinary, home, domestic, regular, customary, habitual, commonplace.
Strength.Robustness, toughness, hardness, stoutness, spirit, lustiness, puissance, authority; force, vigor, power; endurance, resistance; security, validity; firmness; intensity; virtue; energy, nerve, sinew, fiber; soundness.
Ant.Weakness, thinness, frailty, softness, delicacy; imbecility, feebleness; spiritlessness, impotence, inability; insecurity, invalidity; wavering.
Strenuous.Eager, pressing, urgent; zealous, ardent, earnest; bold, intrepid; strong, determined, resolute; vigorous, energetic, vehement, forceful.
Ant.Weak, irresolute, vacillating, wavering, enervated, undetermined.
Strong.Powerful, cogent, muscular; robust, lusty, sinewy, hale, hearty, vigorous, forceful; enduring, resistant; violent, forcible; ardent, zealous, vehement, earnest, solid, nourishing; firm; capable, potent, effective, influential, sound; pungent; hardy, tenacious.
Ant.Weak, feeble, infirm,sickly, exhausted, debilitated, wanting, pliant, frail, soft; low, faint; spiritless, foolish; wavering, impotent, powerless, defenseless, insecure, delicate; unefficacious, unconvincing, unsatisfactory, unavailing, flaccid, nerveless.
Stubborn.Obstinate, inflexible, obdurate, headstrong, harsh, intractable, firm, contumacious, heady; unbending, unyielding, persistent, refractory.
Ant.Yielding, pliant, mild, gentle, docile, tractable, manageable, flexible, pliable; vacillating, wavering, irresolute, undecided.
Studious.Contemplative, observant; sedulous, earnest, diligent; studied; absorbed, meditative, thoughtful, attentive, pondering, devoted, musing, cogitative; careful, literary, reflective, assiduous.
Ant.Illiterate, unliterary, idle, indulgent, careless, inattentive, thoughtless, negligent, regardless, indifferent.
Study,n.Application, learning, acquisition, meditation, contemplation; diligence, consideration, thought, research, endeavor, knowledge, purpose, intention, attention, concentration.
Ant.Idleness, dawdling, illiteracy, ease, indifference, indiligence, negligence, carelessness, unstudiousness, thoughtlessness.
Stupid.Simple, insensible, sottish, sluggish, senseless, doltish, heavy, dull; stolid, insensate, obtuse, prosy.
Ant.Quick, bright, sharp, intelligent, responsive, clever, sensible, eager, animated, penetrating.
Stupidity.Slowness, dulness, obtuseness, insensibility, sluggishness, stupor, apathy.
Ant.Intelligence, animation, brilliancy, acuteness, sensibility, cleverness, sense, sagacity, quickness, readiness, alertness, keenness.
Stupor.Apathy, swoon, torpor, lethargy, coma, fainting, unconsciousness, stupefaction, asphyxia, swooning, insensibility, syncope.
Sublime.Exalted, lofty, noble, majestic, grand, stately, magnificent, dignified, elevated, august, pompous, high, eminent, glorious.
Ant.Low, ignoble, debased, degraded, inglorious, ordinary, mean, undignified, inconspicuous, unimposing, ridiculous.
Submissive.Obedient, compliant, yielding, obsequious, subservient, humble, modest, passive, docile, acquiescent.
Ant.Disobedient, haughty, proud, arrogant, unyielding, conceited, active, rebellious, reluctant, defiant, refractory, resistant.
Subsidy.Aid, allowance, gift, bounty, reward, tribute, support, subvention, pension, bonus, premium, grant, indemnity.
Substantial.Real, solid, true, existing, essential; corporeal, material; strong, stout, resourceful, massive, tangible, bulky; sensuous.
Ant.Imaginary, unreal, insubstantial, fictitious, supposititious, immaterial, weak, chimerical, visionary, spiritual, disembodied, ghostly.
Subtle.Artful, crafty, cunning, shrewd, sly, wily; astute, guileful, discriminating, insinuating, sophistical.
Ant.Frank, honest, open,sincere, artless, undiscriminating, undiscerning, simple, direct, blunt, unsophisticated.
Subvert.Destroy, ruin, supplant, suppress, supersede, extinguish, overthrow, overturn.
Ant.Conserve, preserve, uphold, sustain, keep, perpetuate.
Succeed.Follow, pursue; ensue, result, be subsequent; descend, devolve; gain, acquire, attain, obtain, achieve, accomplish; supervene; flourish, prosper, thrive.
Ant.Precede, anticipate, antecede; fail, deteriorate, be lacking, lose, miss, disappoint, be deficient in; decline, wane, decay.
Succession.Succeeding, series, sequence, order; lineage, descent; following, continuity, consecution, rotation, regularity.
Ant.Antecedence, precedence, anticipation, forerunning, prevention; disorder, irregularity, non-sequence, intermission, gap, failure, inconsecutiveness.
Sudden.Unexpected, unusual, abrupt, unlooked for, hasty, unanticipated, unforeseen, unprovided for; rash, quick, heedless, reckless.
Ant.Anticipated, foreseen, expected; slow, gradual, transitional, moderate; wary, cautious, careful, provident.
Suffer.Support, sustain, tolerate, permit; allow, let, grant, consent to; endure, bear, submit to, undergo, be affected by, experience.
Ant.Resist, rebel, repel, withstand; forbid, disallow, refuse, reject, expel, repudiate; fight, antagonize, challenge.
Sufficient.Competent, satisfactory, full, ample; equal, adequate, enough; qualified, capable, responsible; efficient; adapted, fitted.
Ant.Inadequate, incompetent, unsatisfactory, lacking, wanting, unequal, unfit, incapable, unqualified, insufficient, unsuited, meager, short, deficient, scanty.
Suggestion.Hint, innuendo, intimation, insinuation, implication.
Suitable.Proper, competent, correspondent, consonant, compatible, congruous, consistent; fitting, accordant, becoming, adapted; seemly, appropriate, agreeable, convenient; harmonious, uniform; homogeneous.
Ant.Improper, divergent, incompetent, incompatible, dissonant, incongruous, inconsistent, unfit, discordant, unbecoming; unseemly, inappropriate, inconvenient; unharmonious, different, heterogeneous.
Sum.Aggregate, quantity, magnitude, amount; compendium, substance, gist; height, completion; total, whole, computation; example, problem; collection; drift, bearing.
Ant.Part, portion, half, fraction, item, particular; incompleteness, imperfection, discrepancy; article, detail, fragment, component, constituent, element.
Superb.Grand, magnificent, august, stately; rich, elegant; showy, excellent; princely, gorgeous, splendid; proud.
Ant.Mean, shabby, poor, undignified, dingy; meager; tawdry, impoverished; ordinary, common; humble, plain, unimposing.
Superior.Elevated, higher, upper; surpassing, greater; preëminent, excellent, ascendent,predominant, prevalent, advantageous, beneficial.
Ant.Inferior, lower, worse, deeper, meaner, subordinate, lesser, mediocre, ordinary, average, common, unremarkable, inconspicuous, detrimental, disadvantageous; declining, deteriorating.
Supernatural.Miraculous, preternatural, superhuman.
Ant.Common, natural, ordinary, commonplace, everyday, usual.
Supple.Pliant, flexible, bending; fawning, soft; yielding, compliant, submissive; flattering, obsequious, subservient, servile, cringing, adulatory; lithe, limber, elastic.
Ant.Firm, stiff, unyielding, obstinate, inflexible, hard, dominant, domineering; abusive, scolding, tyrannous; unbending, stubborn, independent, self-assertive, supercilious, arrogant, haughty.
Support.Maintain, sustain, uphold, cherish, keep, bear, prop, carry, tolerate, hold up, keep up.
Ant.Demolish, abandon, betray, destroy, drop, desert, wreck, break down, cast down, overthrow, let go, throw down.
Suppose.Deem, guess, imagine, think, conjecture, surmise.
Ant.Conclude, ascertain, discover, prove, know, be sure.
Suppress.Repress, subdue, restrain, overthrow, quell, overwhelm, conceal, stifle, smother, stop; overpower, extinguish, destroy.
Ant.Excite, fan, increase, augment, strengthen, raise, aggravate; publish, promulgate, advertise, spread, disseminate; intensify.
Sure.Unfailing, infallible, permanent, steady, stable, strong, indisputable, confident, positive, firm; certain, safe, secure, assured, believing, trusting, unquestioning; abiding, fast.
Ant.Insecure, fallible, unsteady, inconstant, wavering, indeterminate, dubitable, uncertain, questionable, impermanent, doubtful, hesitating, distrustful, precarious, disputable, loose.
Surrender.Abandon, give over, relinquish, resign, waive, yield, alienate, capitulate, cede, let go, sacrifice, give one’s self up.
Ant.Resist, withstand, oppose, thwart, baffle; die.
Suspense.Uncertainty, expectation, apprehension, anxiety, indetermination, indecision; solicitude, intermission, protraction, abeyance, doubt; pause, stop.
Ant.Decision, settlement, determination, finality, execution; achievement, termination, accomplishment, end; uninterruption, continuance, continuity, regularity, sequence.
Sustenance.Subsistence, food, provision, maintenance, support; supplies, aliment, nutriment, nourishment; livelihood, living, nutrition, sustentation.
Ant.Starvation, want, indigence, poverty, hunger, lack, thirst, inanition, exhaustion; non-subsistence, non-support.
Sweet.Sugary, saccharine, dulcet, luscious; agreeable, pleasing, fragrant, soft, melodious; beautiful, mild, fair; fresh; amiable, winning; wholesome.
Ant.Sour, bitter, sharp, acid; discordant, inharmonious, dissonant; disagreeable, displeasing; fetid, malodorous; plain, homely; stale, unwholesome,spoiled; offensive, repulsive, unlovely.
Swift.Quick, fleet, speedy, expeditious, rapid, prompt; accelerated, nimble, alert, ready, headlong, eager, fast.
Ant.Slow, tardy, delaying, late, unready, laggard, deliberate, sedate, reluctant, lingering, lazy, loitering, inactive, sluggish, inexpeditious.
Symmetry.Proportion, grace, conformity, uniformity, similarity, regularity, shapeliness, harmony, agreement; comeliness.
Ant.Disproportion, disharmony, incongruity, irregularity, disagreement, disparity, shapelessness; interdisparity.
Sympathy.Pity, compassion, commiseration, tenderness, condolence; fellow-feeling; agreement, conformity, reciprocity; congeniality.
Ant.Antipathy, harshness, antagonism, unkindness, coldness, mercilessness, pitilessness.
Synonymous.Similar, correspondent, like, identical, interchangeable, alike, same, corresponding, synonymic, equivalent.
Ant.Antonymic.
System.Order, mode, method, regularity, rule, manner.
Ant.Confusion, chaos, disorder, derangement, irregularity, disarrangement.