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Eager. Impatient, anxious, desirous, longing, yearning, ardent, enthusiastic, earnest, animated, fervent, impetuous, vehement.
Ant. Torpid, sluggish, slow, backward, belated, late, tardy.
Earn. Acquire, merit, win, get, gain, procure, deserve, achieve, obtain, realize.
Ant. Waste, lose, spend, forfeit, squander.
Earnest. Eager, zealous, fervent; steady, intent, fixed; sincere, serious, true; important, momentous.
Ant. Indifferent, irresolute, sportive, jesting, flippant.
Ease. Facility, knack, readiness, expertness, easiness, satisfaction, contentment, comfort, repose, refreshment, relief.
Ant. Perplexity, irritation, annoyance, constraint, disquiet, trouble, vexation, difficulty, uneasiness, awkwardness, worry.
Easy. Quiet, comfortable, tranquil, compliant, facile, complacent, submissive; unaffected, natural, smooth; moderate, affluent.
Ant. Disturbed, uncomfortable, hard, difficult, anxious, exacting.
Ebb. Retire, recede, abate, decrease, subside, wane, sink.
Ant. Flow, swell, increase, flood, inundate, deluge.
Eccentric. Irregular, abnormal, uncommon, peculiar, singular, wayward, strange, aberrant, erratic, whimsical.
Ant. Normal, conventional, common, usual, regular, customary.
Echo. Resonance, repetition, reverberation, imitation, answer.
Ant. Sound, voice, original, tone, noise, speech.
Eclipse, n. Obscuration, dimming, obscurity, hiding, shrouding, concealment, vanishing, extinction, obliteration, annihilation, destruction.
Ant. Illumination, enlightenment, revelation; perpetuation; radiation; unveiling, discovery.
Economics. Science of wealth, public or political economy; household management, household economy, housewifery.
Economize. Save, husband, retrench, manage frugally, be frugal or prudent, practice economy, avoid waste; develop resources, utilize.
Ant. Waste, misuse, sacrifice, be lavish, profuse, or extravagant; squander, dissipate.
Economy. Thrift, thriftiness, frugality, providence, good husbandry; management, arrangement, regulation, administration; plan, system, established order, dispensation.
Ant. Prodigality, wastefulness, extravagance, lavishness.
Ecstasy. Transport, rapture, inspiration, fervor, frenzy, emotion, delight, enthusiasm, happiness.
Ant. Coolness, dulness, ennui, weariness, tedium, indifference.
Edge. Border, margin, brink, rim, brim, verge; sharpness, keenness, intensity, animation, zest.
Ant. Center, interior; dulness, bluntness, flatness; inertness, inactivity.
Edible. Eatable, esculent, wholesome, culinary.
Ant. Poisonous, deleterious, harmful, dangerous, noxious, uneatable.
Edict. Decree, command, order, proclamation, mandate, ordinance.
Ant. Hoax, canard; request, wish.
Edifice. Building, tenement, fabric, structure.
Ant. Ruin, heap, demolition, destruction.
Edify. Build up, enlighten, improve, stimulate, strengthen, nurture.
Ant. Defile, debase, mislead, misguide, pervert, corrupt.
Edit. Revise, correct, prepare for the press, annotate, emend; bring out; conduct, manage.
Ant. Distort, pervert, falsify, garble, mutilate.
Educate. Discipline, teach, instruct, train, nurture, breed, develop.
Ant. Dwarf, stunt, hinder; pervert, corrupt.
Education. Training, teaching, tuition, instruction, schooling, discipline, cultivation, breeding, development, nurture, information, knowledge, learning, reading, study.
Ant. Ignorance, illiteracy, nescience, blindness, darkness.
Educe. Draw out, extract, elicit, evolve, produce.
Ant. Adduce, cite, allege, quote, advance, name, mention; apply, insert, deposit, bestow.
Efface. Obliterate, erase, blot out, destroy, cancel, eradicate, expunge.
Ant. Restore, revive, delineate, imprint, portray, replace, reinstate, renew.
Effect, n. Result, consequence, event, issue; force, efficiency, validity, weight, power; purport, drift, tenor, meaning; fact, reality, truth; impression, appearance, ensemble; (pl.) chattels, goods, commodities, property, movables.
Ant. Cause, motive, source, incentive; origin.
Effect, v. Cause, produce, accomplish, change, achieve, create, execute, perform, realize, compass, effectuate, consummate, fulfil.
Ant. Obviate, frustrate, prevent, mar, hinder; deter, deflect.
Effective. Adequate, competent, effectual, sufficient; potent, cogent, efficacious, forcible, energetic, powerful; active, efficient, operative; conducive; serviceable, able, talented.
Ant. Weak, futile, nugatory, inconducive, inoperative, inadequate, impotent, incompetent, powerless.
Effectuate. Accomplish, effect, execute, achieve, secure, fulfil.
Ant. Prevent, hinder, abolish, defeat, nullify, stifle, blight.
Effeminate. Feminine, womanly, delicate; womanish, feeble, unmanly, timorous, enervated, soft, weak, emasculated.
Ant. Strong, manly, masculine, virile, manlike, vigorous, hardy, robust.
Effervesce. Boil, bubble, froth, foam, ferment, sparkle; express irrepressible emotion.
Ant. Subside; acquiesce, refrain, bear, brook, digest.
Effete. Barren, unfruitful; decayed, spent, exhausted, worn, wasted, decrepit.
Ant. Vigorous, fertile, prolific, productive, exuberant, luxuriant, rank.
Efficacious. Effectual, effective, active, operative, powerful, adequate, cogent.
Ant. Insufficient, inadequate, ineffectual.
Efficacy. Power, potency, force, competency, strength, effectiveness, vigor, energy, usefulness.
Ant. Inefficacy, incompetency.
Efficiency. Power, strength, capability, virtue, energy, usefulness, productiveness, effectiveness; attentiveness, aptitude, skill, ingenuity, competence, inventiveness, readiness, ingeniousness, faculty, cleverness, genius, acuteness.
Ant. Weakness, inability, incompetence, unproductivity; inattention, awkwardness, absence of mind, thoughtlessness, preoccupation, distraction, laziness, stupidity.
Efficient. Operative, active, potent, efficacious, effective, effectual; able, skilled, ready, energetic, proficient, competent.
Ant. Inactive, impotent, ineffective, abortive; dull, inert, indolent, sluggish, senseless, stupid.
Effigy. Image, representation, figure, statue, likeness; dummy.
Ant. Caricature, misrepresentation, distortion; bust, portrait.
Efflorescence. Flowering, blooming, blossoming, budding; outburst; bloom, luxuriance.
Ant. Deflorescence, fading, waning, blasting, withering; nudity, bareness, denudation; absorption, desiccation.
Effluence. Emanation, flow, effusion, efflux; issue, outpouring; emission, discharge; abundance, overflow.
Ant. Influx, infusion, refluence, ebb; exhaustion; absorption, retention.
Effluvium. Exhalation, emanation, malaria, miasma, stink, noxious vapor.
Ant. Ventilation, scent, disinfectant; zephyr, aroma, balm.
Effort. Endeavor, attempt, trial, exertion, struggle, essay, strain, striving, stretch.
Ant. Failure, frustration, futility, weakness, deficiency, misadventure; ease, inactivity, spontaneity, facility.
Effrontery. Assurance, impudence, audacity, shamelessness, presumption, hardihood, boldness, brass; insolence, sauciness.
Ant. Modesty, coyness, shyness, diffidence, sensitiveness, shrinking, timidity, bashfulness.
Effulgence. Brilliancy, splendor, luster, brightness, radiance, refulgence, glory, flame, luminosity, resplendence.
Ant. Darkness, tenebrosity, obscuration, gloom, opaqueness, shade.
Effuse, a. Profuse, poured forth freely, lavish, prodigal, copious, abundant, effluent.
Ant. Dry, scanty, sparing, meager, thin.
Effusion. Outpouring, effluence, discharge, emission; abundance; speech, address, oration; waste, shedding, spilling.
Ant. Infusion, absorption; essay, reading, document, instrument; influx; retention.
Effusive. Lavish, generous, profuse, prodigal, gushing; spread widely, diffused.
Ant. Sparing; taciturn, laconic, curt, brief.
Egoism. Selfishness, self-assurance, self-conceit, self-consciousness, self-confidence, self-esteem, conceit, vanity, self-assertion, self-praise, self-admiration, self-love, self-exaltation.
Ant. Self-abnegation, deference, self-forgetfulness, diffidence, bashfulness, humility, modesty, self-distrust, shyness, unobtrusiveness, considerateness, unostentatiousness.
Egregious. Surpassing, extraordinary, remarkable, enormous, monstrous, outrageous, tremendous, prodigious, peculiar; flagrant, gross.
Ant. Ordinary, usual, commonplace, mediocre, everyday.
Egress. Exit, way out, departure, going out, outlet; sally.
Ant. Entrance, avenue, approach, inlet; inroad, incursion, invasion.
Either. One or the other of two; each, both.
Ant. Neither, not any one of two.
Ejaculation. Exclamation, cry, utterance; expletive.
Ant. Silence, speechlessness, dumfounderment; drawl; oration, speech.
Eject. Cast out, emit, vomit, void, evacuate; expel, dismiss, discharge, oust; reject, banish, throw aside, cast away.
Ant. Retain, absorb; accept, receive, house, store, admit, accommodate, welcome; introduce, inject.
Eke out. Add to, supply, increase, stretch, raise, augment, help.
Ant. Stint, drain, withhold, diminish, exhaust.
Elaborate. Improve, refine, develop, mature, execute, forge, prepare, concoct, work upon, labor over.
Ant. Slight, neglect, disregard, overlook; miscontrive, mismanage; chance, hit, guess, conjecture, extemporize.
Elapse. Pass, slip, glide away, lapse; intervene.
Ant. Wait, abide, halt, hold; continue, endure; grasp, seize.
Elastic. Flexible, springy, resilient, extensile, ductile, buoyant; alterable, modifiable; rebounding, recoiling.
Ant. Rigid, tough, inflexible; crystallized, unchangeable; dull, inert.
Elated. Cheered, excited, exhilarated, animated, flushed, inspirited, inflated.
Ant. Depressed, dejected, discouraged, dispirited, humiliated, abashed, confounded.
Elder. Senior, older, more ancient, earlier born; superior; precedent.
Ant. Younger, junior, juvenile.
Elect, a. Picked, selected, chosen, choice; appointed, delegated; redeemed, saved; élite, accepted.
Ant. Rejected, doomed, reprobate; abandoned, depraved.
Election. Selection, preference, choice; appointment by vote; alternative, free will, freedom, power to choose; discrimination, discernment, distinction; predestination.
Ant. Postponement; rejection, reprobation, abandonment.
Electric. Charged with electricity, relating to electricity; inspiring, inspiriting, stimulating; lightninglike, swift, flashing, thrilling, stirring, exciting.
Electrify. Charge with electricity, render electric; rouse, excite, thrill, stir, astonish, astound, amaze, appal.
Ant. “Kill” (of something charged, from which the electricity is suddenly removed); disconnect, sever (of apparatus for carrying electricity); stupefy, soothe, deaden, calm, mesmerize.
Elegance. Grace, beauty, propriety, symmetry; polish, politeness, refinement, gentility, gracefulness, taste.
Ant. Deformity, awkwardness, coarseness, rudeness, disproportion.
Elegant. Graceful, well-formed, symmetrical, lovely, handsome, comely, refined, tasteful, ornamental, accomplished, polished.
Ant. Awkward, deformed, ill-proportioned, misshapen, ungraceful, hideous, coarse, rude.
Elegy. Dirge, threnody, lament, jeremiad, requiem, coronach, funeral song; serious or melancholy poem.
Ant. Pæan, jubilee, halleluiah, anthem.
Element. Constituent, component, ingredient, part, principle, atom; (pl.) rudiments, outlines, essential parts.
Ant. Whole, mass, aggregate, total, totality, gross, sum, amount.
Elementary. Simple, uncompounded, rudimentary, primary; physical, material, natural; ultimate, component, constituent.
Ant. Compounded, collective, aggregate, developed, organized; immaterial, incorporeal, impalpable.
Elevate. Raise, lift up, exalt, promote, advance, aggrandize; improve, dignify, ennoble, refine, inspire, greaten; animate, elate, cheer, excite, exhilarate.
Ant. Lower, degrade, debase, depress, demean, humble, humiliate.
Elevation. Raising, elevating; promotion, aggrandizement, exaltation; dignity, refinement, improvement; amelioration; hill, height, altitude, superiority, eminence, loftiness, tallness.
Ant. Degradation, debasement, depression, decline, fall, depth; deterioration, inferiority; shortness, stuntedness.
Elicit. Draw out, evoke, educe, call forth, bring out, deduce, bring to light; express, extract, evolve, worm out, extort.
Ant. Insert, implant, introduce, inoculate, inject, infuse, instill, incorporate, insinuate; suggest.
Eligible. Desirable, preferable, worthy of choice, qualified, capable, suitable, prime, choice.
Ant. Worthless, ordinary, indifferent, unprofitable, undesirable.
Elimination. Expulsion, exclusion, discharge, removal, rejection, eradication, erasure, riddance, obliteration.
Ant. Inclusion, retention; approval; preservation, conservation.
Elision. Omission, ejection, ellipsis, abridgment, excerption.
Ant. Insertion, inoculation, introduction, implantation; inclusion; augmentation.
Elliptical. Contracted, abbreviated; suggestive, latent, allusive; significant, pregnant; defective, incomplete.
Ant. Explanatory, categorical, full; expository, declaratory, enunciative.
Elocution. Speech, power of expression, utterance, delivery, declamatory art; eloquence, oratory.
Ant. Reading, lection.
Elongation. Protraction, extension, production, drawing out, continuation; withdrawal, distance.
Ant. Apocope, elision, curtailment, abridgment, contraction.
Eloquence. Oratory, graceful utterance, appropriate expression, impassioned speech.
Ant. Verbosity, wordiness, prolixity, tediousness; grandiloquence, bombast, fustian.
Elucidate. Explain, illustrate, clear, make manifest, unfold, make plain, expound.
Ant. Confuse, mystify, obscure, puzzle, bewilder, befog.
Elucidation. Explanation, exposition, illustration, demonstration; comment, annotation, commentary, gloss, scholium.
Ant. Mystification, confusion; obscurity, ambiguity.
Elude. Escape, avoid, shun, slip away; baffle, foil, thwart, disappoint, disconcert, balk, frustrate, evade, mock.
Ant. Meet, encounter, confront; dare, defy; court, invite, challenge.
Elusive, Elusory. Evasive, delusive, equivocating, deceptive, fraudulent, fallacious, deceitful, illusory; shuffling, shifting, slippery, fugitive; shadowy, unsubstantial, intangible.
Ant. Persistent, staple, certain, solid; true, sure, unequivocal.
Em-, or en-. A prefix meaning in or into, sometimes interchangeable with in-. The form em- is used before words beginning with p, b, or m. The prefix has also a causal force. Words beginning with this prefix, whose original meaning is simply the meaning of the root word plus that of the prefix, are omitted here, for their synonyms and antonyms may be readily formed from those of the root word.
Emaciation. Leanness, lankness, thinness, tenuity, attenuation, wasting, gauntness, skinniness, meagerness.
Ant. Obesity, fatness, corpulence.
Emanate. Flow forth continuously, issue, arise, spring, proceed, emerge.
Ant. End, terminate, culminate, eventuate, cease; dry up.
Emancipate. Free, enfranchise, liberate, rescue, release, manumit, unfetter, unchain, disenthrall, set free.
Ant. Subjugate, enslave, enthrall, bind; disqualify, incapacitate.
Embalm. Preserve, cherish, enshrine, keep; scent, perfume, make fragrant; treasure, store, consecrate.
Ant. Abandon, desecrate, expose, vulgarize, violate, profane.
Embargo. Prohibition, ban, restraint, hindrance, restriction; detention, stoppage.
Ant. Permit, permission, release, discharge, congé, liberation, dismissal.
Embark. Ship; engage, enlist, put in, invest; launch, enter, start.
Ant. Land, arrive, anchor, disembark, go ashore.
Embarrass. Entangle, perplex, make intricate or difficult; distress, trouble, harass, hamper, confuse, disconcert, clog, puzzle, abash, confound, encumber.
Ant. Extricate, relieve, disentangle, liberate, deliver; expedite, facilitate, accelerate, assist; calm, compose, tranquilize.
Embellish. Adorn, decorate, ornament, deck, beautify.
Ant. Detract, diminish, derogate from, strip, destroy, denude.
Embezzle. Appropriate, steal, purloin, peculate; falsify, forge, counterfeit.
Ant. Square, clear, balance; restore, refund, retrieve.
Embitter. Make bitter, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, enrage, anger, madden; molest, provoke, excite.
Ant. Alleviate, soothe; compose, quiet, pacify; sweeten; delight, please, comfort.
Emblem. Figure, image, sign, symbol, token, type, attribute; device, cognizance, representation; badge, mark, signal.
Ant. Disguise, decoy, incognito, ruse, blind, domino, mask.
Embody. Incorporate, make corporeal, concentrate, compact, integrate, combine, collect; systematize, codify; comprehend, include, embrace, comprise, contain.
Ant. Analyze, dismember, disband, disintegrate, dissipate.
Embolden. Encourage, animate, reassure, inspirit, incite, urge, stimulate.
Ant. Intimidate, frighten, alarm, deter, overwhelm, discourage.
Embosomed. Concealed, enveloped, surrounded, encircled, enfolded.
Ant. Exposed, open, unconcealed, revealed.
Embrace. Clasp, hug, press; seize, welcome, accept; comprehend, include, cover, contain, embody, take in.
Ant. Cast off, reject; exclude, except.
Embroider. Embellish, enrich, emboss, adorn with needlework.
Ant. Darn, botch, patch, repair.
Embroil. Implicate, entangle, ensnarl, involve; disturb, perplex, confuse, distract, trouble.
Ant. Extricate, separate, remove; compose, pacify, arrange, calm.
Embryo. Germ, rudiment, nucleus, origin.
Ant. Development, completion, maturity, fulfilment.
Emendation. Amendment, correction, rectification, reformation, improvement.
Ant. Error, defect, fault, incorrectness, inaccuracy.
Emerge. Rise, issue, emanate, escape; appear, become visible.
Ant. Disappear, sink; retreat, abscond, recede; enter; depart.
Emergency. Exigency, urgency, necessity, crisis, difficulty, extremity, strait; juncture, turn of events; unforeseen occasion; embarrassment, difficulty, casualty.
Ant. Rescue, deliverance, solution, provision, arrangement, anticipation, foresight, climax.
Emigration. Removal, exodus, migration from, colonization; departure.
Ant. Immigration, migration to or into; settlement, sojourn, abode, stay; domiciliation, domestication.
Eminence. Prominence, projection, elevation, protuberance, hill, high point; distinction, celebrity, reputation, renown, repute, fame, preferment; note, conspicuousness; superiority.
Ant. Debasement, degradation, lowliness, decline; infamy, disgrace, shame, obloquy, opprobrium, scandal.
Eminent. High, lofty, elevated; celebrated, distinguished, prominent, illustrious, remarkable, renowned, conspicuous, famous, reputed.
Ant. Mediocre, worthless; infamous, notorious; egregious, outrageous.
Emission. Ejection, expulsion, issue; issuance, putting into circulation.
Ant. Injection, admission, entrance.
Emit. Eject, expel, throw out; issue, decree, discharge; put into circulation.
Ant. Inject; retain, withhold.
Emollient. Softening, laxative, balsamic, soothing, palliative.
Ant. Irritant, astringent, irritating, galling.
Emolument. Gain, pay, profit, remuneration, wages, salary, income, hire, stipend, lucre, compensation; advantage, benefit; gratuity, perquisite.
Ant. Loss, damage, waste; disadvantage.
Emotion. Feeling, passion, excitement, agitation, sensibility, perturbation, tremor, trepidation.
Ant. Indifference, insensibility, impassiveness, stoicism, imperturbability.
Emphasis. Stress, force, ictus; weight, significance, impressiveness.
Ant. Elision, monotony, uniformity.
Emphatic. Significant, expressive, strong, forcible, positive, energetic, decided, distinct, unequivocal, earnest, important, special.
Ant. Mild, ordinary, usual, unimportant, commonplace, unnoticeable, cool, unimpassioned, undemonstrative.
Empire. Dominion, supremacy, sovereignty, authority, government, command, control, sway, rule, kingdom.
Ant. Independence, insurrection, anarchy, mutiny, sedition, uprising.
Empiric, Empirical. Tentative, experimental, provisional, hypothetic, experiential; quackish.
Ant. Regular, scientific, uniform, constant, inductive, categorical.
Employ. Engage, call, hire, use, engross, busy, exercise; apply, enlist, entrust, occupy, economize.
Ant. Discard, dismiss, misuse.
Employment. Business, vocation, pursuit, calling, profession, craft, trade, occupation; service, agency, office, employ; application, engrossment.
Ant. Leisure, laziness, indolence; recreation, vacation.
Empower. Commission, authorize, warrant, qualify; enable, encourage; delegate, sanction, direct.
Ant. Hinder, prevent, discourage, disqualify, disable; recall, revoke, withdraw.
Empty, a. Void, without contents, vacant, unoccupied; destitute, devoid; unsupplied, unfurnished, unfilled; unsatisfactory, vain, hollow, unsubstantial; desolate, waste, deserted, uninhabited; senseless, weak, frivolous; clear, unencumbered, unobstructed, vacuous, untenanted, evacuated; silly, idle, deficient.
Ant. Full, occupied, inhabited, colonized, obstructed, encumbered; cultivated, informed, well-instructed, sensible, experienced; significant, important, forcible, substantial.
Emulation. Rivalry, desire to excel, exceed, or surpass, competition; jealousy, envy, contention; vying, aspiration, contest.
Ant. Stagnation, inactivity, dulness; contempt, disregard, disdain, disaffection; abandonment, resignation, discouragement.
Enable. Empower, strengthen, qualify, make capable, capacitate, invigorate.
Ant. Weaken, disqualify, incapacitate, disable, hinder.
Enact. Decree, establish by law, ordain; play, personate, represent, act, feign, dissimulate; pass.
Ant. Abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, repeal, rescind, expunge.
Enamor. Charm, captivate, fascinate, inflame with love, enslave, endear, bewitch, enchain.
Ant. Disenthrall, repel, estrange, disgust, disenchant, horrify.
Encamp. Bivouac, pitch, settle, quarter, camp.
Ant. March, decamp, retire, retreat, advance, charge.
Enchain. Bind with chains, fetter, manacle, enslave.
Ant. Loose, liberate, manumit, extricate, free.
Enchant. Charm, fascinate, bewitch, enamor, captivate, win, catch, lead captive; enrapture, ravish, transport, beatify, delight.
Ant. Repel, estrange, disgust, horrify, shock, alienate.
Enchantment. Incantation, fascination, charm, conjuration, necromancy, magic, witchery, sorcery, spell; delight, rapture, ravishment, transport, bliss.
Ant. Disillusionment, repulsion, shock, alienation.
Encircle. Surround, encompass, environ, gird, enclose; embrace, fold, clasp; hem in, beset, circumscribe.
Enclose. Encompass, encircle, shut, include, environ, envelop, wrap, circumscribe.
Enclosure. Space enclosed, compass, circle; yard, compound; fence, ring, limit, park, field, boundary, precinct.
Ant. Space, waste, desert, wild, open, prairie, wilderness, stretch, void, clearing.
Encomium. Eulogy, praise, eulogium, panegyric, commendation, laudation, pæan, compliment, good word.
Ant. Invective, taunt, vituperation, obloquy, vilification, slander.
Encompass. Encircle, enclose, gird, hem in, surround, circumscribe.
Encounter. Meet, confront, face, withstand; assault, combat, engage, fight, attack, contend, compete with; fall upon.
Ant. Elude, avoid, escape, shun, miss, flee, frustrate.
Encourage. Inspirit, animate, embolden, hearten, incite, stimulate; cheer, comfort, console; support, countenance, reassure; advance, further; foster, abet, aid, help, patronize; prompt, urge.
Ant. Deter, discourage, dishearten, dissuade; depress, deject; provoke, incite, exasperate; retard, hinder, prevent.
Encroach. Intrude, trespass, infringe, invade; creep, advance stealthily; transgress.
Ant. Respect, recognize, observe; protect; refrain.
Encumber. Clog, load, impede, obstruct, hinder, burden, overload; embarrass, perplex, involve, entangle, complicate.
Ant. Free, liberate; assist, aid, help; relieve, straighten.
Encumbrance. Load, impediment, hindrance; debt, claim, liability.
Ant. Aid, assistance; relief; cancelation.
End, n. Limit, outcome, period, extremity, extent, bound, conclusion, boundary, completion, close, effect, expiration, finish, finis, finale; issue, goal, intent, fulfilment, purpose, point, result, termination, terminus; utmost, uttermost; accomplishment, achievement; cessation, consummation, design, consequence; fragment, scrap, remnant.
Ant. Commencement, origin, beginning, source, spring, start, fountain, arising, inception, opening, initiation, outset, rise.
End, v. Cease, break off, close, complete, conclude, stop, quit, desist, terminate, finish, expire, wind up; destroy, kill, put to death.
Ant. Begin, commence, initiate, start, open; restore, revivify.
Endanger. Hazard, risk, peril; commit, compromise, expose to danger, jeopardize.
Ant. Protect, shield, save, defend, cover, screen, preserve.
Endear. Make dear, attach, secure the affection of, gain; conciliate.
Ant. Estrange, alienate, embitter, antagonize.
Endeavor, v. Attempt, essay, try, strive, undertake, make effort, labor, aim, exert one’s self.
Ant. Neglect, omit, abandon, drop, dismiss, pass by, let go, give up, throw away, up, or over, overlook.
Endless. Interminable, boundless, limitless, infinite, immeasurable, illimitable; everlasting, perpetual, eternal, unending, without end; incessant, ceaseless, uninterrupted, continual, continuous; immortal, deathless, undying, imperishable.
Ant. Limited, brief, temporary, periodic, transient, fugitive, finite, ephemeral, transitory, temporal.
Endow. Furnish with dowry, enrich, endue, put on, invest, present, furnish, qualify, supply, clothe.
Ant. Denude, deprive, divest, spoliate, strip, impoverish, despoil.
Endowment. Grant, gift, bequest, bounty, present, largess, boon; property, fund, revenue; talent, faculty, power, quality, capability, aptitude, parts, genius, qualification, ability; attainment, provision, benefaction.
Ant. Poverty, lack, incapacity, impoverishment, spoliation.
Endure. Suffer, submit, bear, tolerate, allow, sustain, support, undergo, abide, afford, brook; experience; continue, remain, persist, be permanent.
Ant. Fail, sink, succumb, surrender, yield, break down, despair, droop, faint, fall, falter, give out, give up.
Enemy. Adversary, competitor, foe, opponent, rival, antagonist.
Ant. Abettor, ally, friend, accomplice, supporter, helper, accessory, associate, companion, familiar, confidant, adherent.
Energetic. Vigorous, active, forcible, powerful, effective, potent, efficacious, efficient, able, capable.
Ant. Weak, languid, faint, drooping, pining, exhausted, feeble; listless, spiritless, inactive.
Energy. Agility, activity, force, power, potency, strength, intensity, vigor, might, efficacy, efficiency; spirit, animation, life, manliness, animal spirits, zeal.
Ant. Indolence, slowness, sloth, clumsiness, lassitude, inactivity, sluggishness, heaviness, inertness, laziness.
Enervate. Unnerve, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, effeminate; break, paralyze; incapacitate.
Ant. Invigorate, strengthen, harden, nerve, brace, empower.
Enfeeble. Enervate, weaken, debilitate, unnerve.
Ant. Strengthen, nerve, invigorate, brace.
Enfold. Envelop, wrap, enclose, embrace, encircle, encompass.
Ant. Disclose, unwrap, develop, reveal, expose.
Enforce. Urge, impress, compel, constrain, oblige, force, require, exact, exert, strain.
Ant. Relax, abandon, remit, waive, forego.
Enforcement. Inculcation, execution, sanction, constraint, compulsion.
Ant. Relaxation, abandonment, remission.
Enfranchise. Endow with franchise or suffrage; free, emancipate, release, qualify, manumit.
Ant. Disenfranchise, disqualify.
Engage. Promise, bind, pledge, commit; plight, affiance, betroth; enlist, induce to serve; attract, allure, gain, win, entertain; arrest, fix, occupy, busy, employ, engross; encounter, attack, fight with, battle with; contend, struggle, contest; involve; stipulate, agree; adopt.
Ant. Decline, refuse, withdraw, extricate, disengage, dismiss, discard; retreat, retract.
Engagement. Promise, stipulation, contract, obligation, assurance, pledge; betrothal, affiancing; employment, occupation, business, vocation; combat, battle, contest, fight, encounter, action, conflict.
Ant. Release, liberation; dismissal; excuse.
Engaging. Attractive, winning, charming, pleasing, interesting, delightful.
Ant. Repulsive, unattractive, disagreeable.
Engender. Beget, generate, create, breed, produce, cause, occasion, propagate.
Ant. Stifle, destroy, extinguish. blight, prevent, neutralize.
Engrave. Carve, cut, chisel, imprint, cut in, infix, grave, impress deeply; sculpture, stereotype.
Ant. Erase, obliterate, wear out, efface, destroy; carve in relief.
Engross. Absorb, engage, monopolize, engulf, occupy, forestall; copy.
Ant. Distract, disperse, dissipate, scatter, vanish.
Enhance. Heighten, swell, raise the price of, advance; augment, increase; aggrandize.
Ant. Undervalue, depreciate, disparage, detract, underestimate.
Enigmatic, Enigmatical. Obscure, puzzling, hidden, mysterious, perplexing, unintelligible, ambiguous, recondite, incomprehensible, mystical, occult.
Ant. Plain, clear, manifest, self-evident, lucid, explanatory, open, intelligible.
Enjoin. Urge, admonish, advise, order, direct, command, bid, require; prohibit, restrain; commission, ordain, oblige, prescribe.
Ant. Dissuade; remit, absolve, exonerate; recall, dispense with, disqualify.
Enjoy. Possess; delight in, like, be pleased with.
Ant. Dislike, loathe, endure, tolerate, lose, disrelish.
Enjoyment. Pleasure, delight, happiness, gratification; fruition; possession; satisfaction, gladness, felicity.
Ant. Misery, wretchedness, grief, affliction, suffering, calamity.
Enlarge. Amplify, augment, increase, extend, expand, magnify; make greater, ennoble; dilate, descant, expatiate; swell, grow.
Ant. Contract, narrow, reduce, diminish, restrict, lessen, curtail.
Enlighten. Illuminate, light up; inform, teach, edify, make intelligent, instruct.
Ant. Darken, obscure; mystify, mislead, perplex, confound.
Enlist. Enroll, register, incorporate, enter, embody, record, chronicle, muster.
Ant. Erase, expunge, withdraw, dismiss, disband, muster out.
Enliven. Amuse, quicken, animate, rouse, invigorate, inspire, inspirit, cheer, delight, gladden, exhilarate.
Ant. Depress, dispirit, subdue, sober, moderate, oppress, weary, paralyze, deaden, tire, stupefy.
Enmity. Hatred, hostility, malice, rancor, animosity, antagonism, acrimony, bitterness, ill will, malevolence, spite, malignity, maliciousness, opposition, asperity, aversion, hate, discord.
Ant. Friendship, love, affection, esteem, cordiality, amity, alliance, concord, agreement, regard, harmony, sympathy, kindliness, kindness.
Ennoble. Dignify, elevate, exalt, ameliorate, enlarge, make great.
Ant. Debase, degrade, deteriorate, depress, deprave, corrupt, vitiate.
Enormity. Depravity, atrocity, wickedness, villainy, outrageousness, heinousness, nefariousness, abomination, perpetration, sin.
Ant. Innocence, righteousness, guilelessness, inoffensiveness.
Enormous. Huge, vast, immense, immoderate, inordinate, abnormal, exceptional, monstrous, gigantic, colossal, prodigious, elephantine; heinous, depraved, nefarious.
Ant. Trivial, insignificant, ordinary, average, diminutive, moderate.
Enough. Sufficient, plenty, satisfactory, ample, abundant.
Ant. Insufficient, short, inadequate, scant, ill-supplied, bare.
Enrage. Exasperate, provoke, irritate, madden, incite, incense, inflame, infuriate, excite, aggravate, anger.
Ant. Soothe, conciliate, allay, tame, quiet, mollify, appease, pacify, tranquilize.
Enrapture. Enchant, entrance, enravish, delight, transport, beatify, satisfy, please, gladden, fascinate, bewitch, captivate, charm, attract, enamor, enslave.
Ant. Disgust, nauseate, repel, torment, torture, horrify.
Enrich. Aggrandize, enhance, endow, augment, store, supply; adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish; fertilize.
Ant. Impoverish, rob, denude, fleece, reduce, beggar, despoil, strip.
Enroll. Enlist, register, record, chronicle, embody, list, catalogue.
Ant. Erase, expunge, withdraw.
Enrolment. Registration; register, record.
Ant. Omission; withdrawal; erasure.
Enshrine. Treasure, preserve, cherish, embalm, consecrate.
Ant. Lose, misplace, expose, destroy, desecrate.
Enslave. Captivate, charm, enthral, subjugate, master, dominate, bewitch, delight, fascinate.
Ant. Repel, disgust, alienate; free.
Ensue. Follow, result, eventuate, succeed, befall, accrue, happen, take place, supervene; issue, arise, spring, come.
Ant. Precede, herald, introduce; forewarn, threaten, premonish, caution.
Entail. Transfer, transmit, fix, devolve, involve, bequeath, demise, leave, induce, necessitate.
Ant. Prevent, obviate, nullify; neutralize; estrange, alienate, supersede.
Entangle. Implicate, involve, compromise, entrap, knot, perplex, embarrass, confuse, intertwist, interweave, intertwine.
Ant. Straighten, extricate, disentangle, unravel, deliver.
Enter. Go or come into; pierce, penetrate; begin, commence; enroll, inscribe, chronicle, note, register, record; engage in; embark, enlist, join; invade.
Ant. Depart, leave, issue, quit, vacate; go out; finish, end; withdraw from, retire, resign.
Enterprise. Adventure, undertaking, effort, attempt, essay, endeavor, trial, experiment; energy, activity, readiness, willingness; progress.
Ant. Routine, monotony, humdrum, matter-of-fact, unprogressiveness; caution, inactivity.
Enterprising. Venturesome, adventurous, daring, audacious, bold; prompt, alert, active, energetic, efficient, spirited, strenuous, eager, zealous, stirring; progressive, speculative.
Ant. Timid, cautious, inactive, fearful, cowardly; conservative; wary, prudent, discreet, anxious, careful, thoughtful; indolent, unenterprising, inactive, unready, laggard.
Entertain. Amuse, interest, divert, cheer, delight, recreate, beguile, please, occupy, gratify, enliven, disport; consider, ponder; lodge, treat hospitably, cherish, harbor, hold, receive.
Ant. Annoy, tire, bore, disturb, weary, distract, disquiet; refuse, reject, deny, debar, exclude, eject.
Entertainment. Delight, diversion, amusement, cheer, enjoyment, pastime, fun, merriment, pleasure, recreation, sport, hospitality, frolic, reception, lodging.
Ant. Weariness, work, toil, ennui, labor, fatigue, disturbance; refusal, rejection.
Enthrone. Crown, instal, exalt, elevate, invest with power.
Ant. Dethrone, depose, debase, degrade.
Enthusiasm. Ardor, earnestness, excitement, inspiration, frenzy, vehemence, warmth, ecstasy, passion, zeal, rapture, eagerness, devotion, fervency, fanaticism, fervor, intensity, transport.
Ant. Indifference, caution, calmness, prudence, timidity, policy, coldness, dulness, calculation, lukewarmness, deadness, callousness.
Entice. Lure, attract, seduce, coax, persuade, wheedle, cajole, delude, entrap, decoy, inveigle, lead astray, induce.
Ant. Warn, hinder, deter, repel, admonish, caution, make aware.
Entire. Whole, complete, perfect, unimpaired, unbroken, undiminished, undivided; full, integral, thorough, solid, unalloyed, plenary; unmixed, sheer, mere, unmitigated, pure; total, absolute.
Ant. Partial, incomplete, broken, impaired, alloyed, limited, divided, defective, mixed; relative.
Entitle. Name, designate, denominate, call, style, characterize; christen; enable, fit, empower, qualify.
Ant. Disable, disqualify.
Entity. Being, essence, existence.
Ant. Nonentity, chimera, phantom, fantasy, hallucination.
Entomb. Bury, inter, inhume.
Ant. Exhume, disinter.
Entrance. Approach, doorway, opening, door, entry, ingress, gate, gateway, inlet, portal, access, admission, admittance, entrée, introduction, penetration, avenue, adit; beginning, commencement, initiation.
Ant. Departure, egress, refusal, exit, withdrawal, ejection, exclusion, expulsion, rejection.
Entreat. Beg, supplicate, solicit, beseech, implore, pray, appeal, petition, adjure, crave, importune, enjoin, urge.
Ant. Command, insist, bid, enjoin, charge, direct; grant, heed, hear, answer, respond.
Entry. Entrance, ingress, access; avenue, passage, hall, inlet; minute, note, record, register, memorandum; initiation, beginning.
Ant. Egress, exit, departure; outlet, vent; misrecord, falsification, blank, omission; conclusion, quittance, disposal.
Entwine. Interlace, weave, entwist, wreathe together or round.
Ant. Disentwine, dissever, untwist.
Enumerate. Compute, reckon, numerate, number, tell, cite, estimate, recount, specify, detail, calculate, rehearse, recapitulate.
Ant. Mingle, jumble, confuse; miscount, misreckon, miscalculate.
Enunciate. Announce, proclaim, declare; pronounce, syllable; state, propound, articulate, relate, utter, publish, promulgate.
Ant. Mutter, babble, stammer.
Envelop, v. Wrap, surround, encircle, fold, encompass, cover, hide.
Ant. Expose, unwrap, reveal, extract; develop.
Envenom. Poison, taint, vitiate, infect, pollute; embitter; enrage, provoke, exasperate, irritate, madden, inflame.
Ant. Purify, disinfect; delight, please, gratify.
Envious. Jealous, suspicious, grudging.
Ant. Friendly, kindly, well-disposed, trustful, contented, satisfied.
Environ. Surround, encircle, encompass, gird, belt, enclose, envelop; invest, besiege, hem in, beset.
Envoy. Messenger (in diplomatic service); ambassador, minister, legate, plenipotentiary.
Ant. Scout, spy, orderly (as messengers in military service).
Envy. Malice, ill will; jealousy, hate, spite, hatred, grudging; chagrin, discontent, mortification.
Ant. Admiration, good will, regard, esteem, benevolence; aspiration, emulation.
Ephemeral. Transient, momentary, daily, diurnal, fleeting, fugitive, brief, evanescent, transitory.
Ant. Permanent, immortal, eternal, lasting, enduring, perpetual, abiding, persistent, perennial.
Epigrammatic. Pointed, terse, laconic, concise, graphic.
Ant. Diffuse, prolix, pointless, copious, circumlocutory, verbose, periphrastic.
Epitome. Summary, compend, abstract, curtailment, reduction.
Ant. Expansion, extension, amplification, dilation.
Equable. Even, uniform, steady, regular, proportionate, smooth, easy, invariable.
Ant. Variable, fitful, irregular, disjointed, desultory, uneasy.
Equal. Like, equivalent, identical, tantamount; uniform, regular, even, steady; proportionate, commensurate; impartial, unbiased; competent, fit, adequate, sufficient; fair, equitable, just.
Ant. Dissimilar, unsteady, incommensurate, irregular, disproportionate; incompetent, inadequate; unjust, unfair; variable, disparate.
Equality. Likeness, uniformity, identity, evenness, equableness, sameness of rank.
Ant. Dissimilarity, difference.
Equanimity. Composure, calmness, tranquillity, steadiness, serenity.
Ant. Impatience, perturbation, restlessness, disquiet.
Equip. Accouter, arm, provide, furnish, fit out, supply, dress, array, garnish, arrange, invest, clothe.
Ant. Divest, denude, dismantle, despoil, derange.
Equipage. Carriage, retinue, vehicle, attendance, procession, suite, train; equipment, furniture, baggage, effects.
Equipment. Accouterments, apparatus, furnishings, dress, rigging, trappings, gear, outfit, provisions, equipage, arms, supplies.
Equitable. Upright, just, impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced, reasonable, fair, right, proper, honest, even-handed, proportionate.
Ant. Unfair, unjust, unreasonable, partial, prepossessed, prejudiced, biased.
Equity. Justice, right, uprightness, rectitude, fairness, impartiality, fair play, honesty, integrity.
Ant. Injustice, corruption, dishonesty, partiality, unfairness, prejudice.
Equivalent. Equal, equipollent, tantamount; synonymous, interchangeable, equiponderant.
Ant. Unequal, incommensurate, uneven, unbalanced.
Equivocal. Ambiguous, indefinite, enigmatical, dubious, uncertain, doubtful, questionable, perplexing, indeterminate, indistinct, suspicious.
Ant. Evident, clear, plain, direct, manifest, obvious, indubitable, unquestionable, perspicuous, unambiguous, lucid, distinct, certain, indisputable.
Eradicate. Abolish, extinguish, exterminate, extirpate, uproot, destroy, annihilate, excise.
Ant. Cherish, encourage, instil, propagate, implant, inculcate, inspire, foster.
Erase. Efface, expunge, cancel, obliterate, blot out, scratch out.
Ant. Mark, delineate, write, inscribe, imprint, engrave.
Erect, a. Upright, standing, elevated; bold, undaunted, firm.
Ant. Leaning, lying, supine; groveling, abject; mean, servile, cowardly.
Erect, v. Raise, uplift, place or set upright, build, construct; exalt, elevate, magnify; establish, institute, form, found, plant.
Ant. Lower, incline, slant; subvert, depress, remove, destroy, demolish; debase, degrade.
Err. Deviate, wander, ramble, rove; mistake, misjudge, blunder; sin, fall, lapse, trip, offend, trespass, misapprehend, stray, stumble, go astray.
Ant. Succeed, prosper; correct, rectify.
Errand. Message, mandate, commission, mission, charge, delegation.
Ant. Misannouncement, misdelivery.
Erratic. Wandering, nomadic, roving, rambling; planetary, moving; irregular, eccentric, abnormal; desultory, aberrant, flighty, changeful, capricious.
Ant. Static, stationary; undeviating, steady, regular, normal; unalterable, methodical, calculable.
Erring. Sinful, fallible, liable to err, wandering, misguided, misled.
Ant. Virtuous, good, upright.
Error. Blunder, mistake, misapprehension, oversight, inaccuracy; sin, fault, offense, transgression, iniquity, trespass, delinquency, misdeed, shortcoming, wrongdoing; deception, fallacy, untruth, falsity, hallucination.
Ant. Truth, correctness, accuracy; correction, soundness, rectification; exactness, verification.
Erudition. Knowledge, learning, lore, scholarship, letters.
Ant. Illiterateness, duncedom, sciolism, ignorance, stupidity.
Eruption. Explosion, outbreak, outburst; sally, sudden excursion; discharge, eructation, exsufflation, ejection.
Ant. Absorption, swallowing, engulfing, engrossment, irruption, inburst; consumption, devouring.
Escape. Avoid, shun, evade, flee from, elude; pass unobserved; abscond, fly, hide.
Ant. Incur, encounter, meet, confront; suffer.
Esoteric. Private, secret, acroamatic, inner, inmost; abstruse, profound; special, advanced.
Ant. Exoteric, public, popular; rudimentary, primary, elementary.
Essence. Nature, quintessence, substance, vital part, element; volatile part, extract; perfume; scent, odor; being, existence, entity, life.
Ant. Accident; property; garb, clothing, surroundings.
Essential. Vital, necessary, indispensable, requisite, important; volatile, pure, diffusible, highly rectified; innate, inherent, immanent, leading.
Ant. Accidental, induced, imported, adventitious; quantitative, qualitative; promotive, redundant, regulative, superfluous.
Establish. Fix, settle, make steadfast; decree, enact, ordain; institute, originate, constitute, found, plant, organize, form; place, secure, set up; confirm, sanction, ratify, approve; verify, prove, substantiate; fulfil, carry out, make good; endow; demonstrate.
Ant. Unsettle, supplant, disestablish, break up, subvert, upset; misstate, refute, confute; guess, conjecture, presume, suppose, surmise.
Estate. State, condition; rank, position; property, possessions, fortune, effects; class, division, order; lands, demesne, domain, freehold.
Ant. State, country, chattels, community, waste, goods, effects.
Esteem, n. Estimate, favor, regard, respect, estimation; admiration.
Ant. Aversion, hatred, dislike, contempt, abhorrence, antipathy, repugnance, loathing.
Esteem, v. Estimate, hold, regard, prize, value, think, appreciate, deem, calculate, consider; price; believe, affect; revere, honor, respect, admire, venerate, love, like.
Ant. Disregard, depreciate, undervalue, dislike, misprize, underrate, decry.
Estimable. Appreciable, calculable, computable; worthy, excellent, good, deserving, meritorious; amiable, lovable, delectable, praiseworthy.
Ant. Unworthy, bad, indelectable, unamiable; undeserving, unlovable.
Eternal. Immortal, perpetual, fadeless, perennial, unfailing, imperishable, endless, everlasting, ever-living, interminable, never-ending, never-fading, unceasing, timeless, undying, unending, unfading; infinite.
Ant. Ephemeral, transient, fleeting, mortal, temporal, transitory, evanescent, sublunary.
Etiquette. Manners, breeding, fashion, conventionality.
Ant. Misobservance, nonconformance, boorishness, rudeness, singularity.
Euphonious. Euphonic, mellifluous, clear, musical, silvery, sweet-toned, melodious, harmonious, mellow.
Ant. Harsh, discordant, dissonant.
Euphuism. Purism, finical style, fastidious delicacy, affected elegance, high-flown diction, pompous or extravagantly ornate diction; affectation, factitiousness, pedantry, highflying (used of language).
Ant. Simplicity, vernacular, mother tongue, bluntness, naturalness, rusticity.
Evacuate. Empty; eject, expel, excrete, throw out, discharge, void; quit, leave, forsake, desert, abandon, withdraw from, relinquish.
Ant. Seize, occupy, hold, fill.
Evaporate. Vaporize, disperse in vapor; disappear, evanesce, vanish; exhale, emit in vapor; turn to vapor; melt, colliquate, liquefy, dissolve, distil.
Ant. Consolidate, compact, solidify, crystallize, indurate.
Evasion. Prevarication, equivocation, quibbling, subterfuge, shuffling, sophistry, tergiversation, disingenuousness; shift, quibble, fencing.
Ant. Answer, counter-argument, grappling; straightforwardness; challenge.
Even. Smooth, level, flat, plane; equal, uniform, calm, steady, unruffled; fair, just, equitable; plain, flush; well-balanced.
Ant. Variable, uneven; abrupt, inclined, rugged.
Event. Circumstance, chance, incident, fortune, result, possibility, sequel, outcome, fact, episode, end, contingency, case, issue, consequence; occurrence, adventure, accident.
Ant. Cause, antecedent, operation, inducement, contribution, convergence, tendency, predisposition.
Eventful. Stirring, memorable, signal, momentous, important, critical, remarkable, marked, noted, notable.
Ant. Ordinary, unmarked, eventless, uninteresting, unimportant, characterless, trivial.
Ever. At any time; always, perpetually, continually, evermore, eternally, aye, for aye, forever, at all times; constantly, incessantly.
Ant. Never.
Everlasting. Endless, unending, perpetual, incessant, ceaseless, continual, uninterrupted, unceasing, interminable, eternal, constant, never-ending, never-ceasing; imperishable, undying, never-dying, deathless, immortal, ever-living; infinite.
Ant. Ephemeral, transient, transitory.
Every. All, any, both, either, each.
Ant. None, no one, not any one.
Evict. Dispossess, eject, throw out.
Ant. Reinstate, admit; locate, lodge, settle.
Evidence. Testimony, ground of belief, proof; manifestation, attraction, testimony, averment, deposition, declaration, appearance, sign, token, indication, exemplification, illustration.
Ant. Surmise, conjecture; counter-evidence; refutation, disproof; concealment, misindication, suppression, fallacy.
Evident. Patent, clear, palpable, manifest, transparent, visible, perceptible, obvious, open, conspicuous, apparent, distinct, discernible, indubitable, overt, plain, unmistakable, tangible; indisputable, incontrovertible.
Ant. Doubtful, uncertain, questionable, dubious; hidden, concealed, secret, undiscovered, obscure, latent, unseen, unimagined, unknown; covert, dark, invisible; impenetrable, occult, impalpable, imperceptible, unthought of.
Evil, a. Ill, noxious, deleterious, wrong, bad, hurtful, mischievous, sinful, unhappy, adverse, unpropitious, harmful, wicked, corrupt, unfair, notorious, miserable, sorrowful.
Ant. Wholesome, right, virtuous, beneficial, holy, pure, felicitous, happy, fortunate, joyous, welcome, grateful, worthy, good, honorable.
Evince. Prove, show, evidence, exhibit, manifest, demonstrate; establish; indicate, display.
Ant. Suppress, negative, disprove, conceal.
Evoke. Summon, call forth; excite, arouse, elicit, rouse, provoke, educe, produce; eliminate, extract.
Ant. Allay, stifle, stop, silence, prevent, seal.
Exactly. Precisely, accurately, strictly, nicely.
Ant. Loosely, inaccurately, incorrectly, differently.
Exaggerate. Overstate, strain, overcharge, stretch, overcolor; amplify, enlarge, magnify, overdraw, heighten, overpaint, overestimate.
Ant. Disparage, attenuate, palliate, understate, underestimate, minimize, mitigate, qualify, soften, modify.
Examine. Inspect, observe, investigate, scrutinize, consider, study; canvass, test, inquire into, search into, look into; weigh, ponder, criticize, prove, discuss, overhaul, explore.
Ant. Conjecture, guess; discard, slur; misconsider, misinvestigate.
Example. Model, pattern, ideal, archetype, exemplar, standard, sample, specimen, type, warning, ensample, exemplification, prototype; copy, illustration, instance; issue, development.
Ant. Stock, material, substance, law, rule, case, system, character, principle, quality.
Excavate. Hollow, dig, scoop out, cut, trench; discover, disinter.
Ant. Inter, inhume, bury; conceal; fill, level.
Except, prep. Excepting, without, saving, unless, exclusive of.
Except, v. Exclude, save, bar; segregate, negative.
Ant. Include, reckon, count, state, classify, propound, admit, affirm.
Exception. Exclusion, omission, non-inclusion; objection; affront, offense; unusual case, anomaly; qualification, separation.
Ant. Rule, class; statement, proposition.
Exceptionable. Undesirable, objectionable.
Ant. Unobjectionable, desirable, exemplary.
Exceptional. Irregular, rare, unusual, uncommon, unnatural, peculiar, anomalous, abnormal, aberrant, exceptive.
Ant. Common, usual, normal, ordinary, regular.
Excess. Surplus, waste, extravagance, wastefulness, superfluity, lavishness, exorbitance, superabundance, dissipation, intemperance, profusion, prodigality, redundance; increase, debauchery.
Ant. Frugality, economy; dearth, deficiency, defect, want, shortcoming, lack, need, poverty; failure, destitution, inadequacy, insufficiency, scantiness; temperance, sobriety.
Excessive. Superabundant, disproportionate, undue, exuberant, superfluous; immoderate, intemperate, extreme; violent, vehement; enormous, exorbitant, overmuch, inordinate, unreasonable, extravagant.
Ant. Insufficient, scant, inadequate, lacking, wanting, deficient.
Excitability. Sensibility, sensitiveness; irritability, irascibility, passionateness.
Ant. Immobility, hebetude, composure; insensitiveness, imperturbability.
Excommunicate. Dismiss, expel, denounce, proscribe, anathematize, exscind; exclude, banish, bar, eject, blackball.
Ant. Admit, readmit, enroll, inaugurate.
Excrescence. Tumor, protuberance; superfluity, useless appendage; redundancy.
Ant. Eradication, extirpation, excision, levigation, exsection.
Excruciate. Torture, torment, rack, agonize.
Ant. Soothe, please, tranquilize.
Exculpate. Absolve, exonerate, acquit, clear, set right, vindicate; defend, release.
Ant. Charge, implicate, inculpate.
Excursion. Trip, ramble, tour, jaunt, journey, expedition.
Excusable. Pardonable, venial.
Ant. Inexcusable, unpardonable.
Excuse, v. Pardon, forgive, absolve, acquit, exonerate, exculpate; extenuate, justify; free, exempt, release, let off; overlook, regard indulgently, condone; remit, vindicate, defend, mitigate.
Ant. Charge, condemn, inculpate, convict, sentence; exact, accuse.
Execrable. Detestable, cursed, loathsome, accursed, villainous, hateful, abominable, damnable, diabolical, odious, abhorrent; offensive, disgusting, nauseous, obnoxious, repulsive, revolting, vile.
Ant. Desirable, respectable, laudable, eligible.
Execration. Curse, malediction, ban, anathema, imprecation of evil; detestation, abhorrence, horror, loathing, abomination; denunciation.
Ant. Benediction, blessing.
Execute. Administer, perform, enforce, carry out, do.
Ant. Fail, be lacking, disappoint.
Exemplary. Laudable, praiseworthy, excellent, correct, estimable, worthy, virtuous; patternlike, close, faithful, exact, scrupulous, assiduous, punctilious, rigid, punctual, rigorous; worthy of imitation, fit for a pattern.
Ant. Detestable, objectionable, exceptionable.
Exemplify. Illustrate, show by example; manifest, embody, exhibit, represent.
Ant. Belie, betray, misrepresent, falsify.
Exempt, v. Relieve, set free, release, grant immunity to, excuse, exonerate, except.
Ant. Subject, render liable, bind, oblige; expose.
Exempt, a. Free, irresponsible, liberated, clear, absolved, privileged, unamenable.
Ant. Liable, subject, amenable, responsible.
Exemption. Immunity, privilege, exception, release, freedom from liability; dispensation, license.
Ant. Liability, amenableness, responsibility, subjection, obligation.
Exercise, n. Application, drill, employment, exertion; practice, training; occupation, use; performance, operation, act, activity, action.
Ant. Inaction, idleness, relaxation, rest, inactivity; ease, recreation.
Exertion. Use, exercise; effort, endeavor, struggle, trial, attempt, stretch, strain; labor, toil.
Ant. Relaxation, rest, recreation.
Exhalation. Evaporation; vapor, fume, steam, smoke, fog, reek; mist, damp, effluvium.
Ant. Inhalation, exsiccation, absorption.
Exhale. Emit, breathe out, give out, evaporate; vaporize.
Ant. Inhale, breathe in, inspire.
Exhaust. Drain, empty, expend, spend, waste, consume, squander, lavish, dissipate, destroy; prostrate, cripple, weaken, debilitate, enervate, disable, wear out, weary.
Ant. Fill, replenish, augment, refresh, invigorate.
Exhibit. Show, display; manifest, express, disclose, indicate, make known, evince; offer, present, propose; betray; demonstrate, illustrate.
Ant. Conceal, mask, hide, secrete, suppress.
Exhibition. Sight, representation, pageant, display, manifestation, show.
Exhilarate. Cheer, enliven, inspire, inspirit, stimulate, animate, elate, gladden; rejoice, delight, please.
Ant. Depress, unnerve, unhinge, dispirit.
Exhort. Urge, stimulate, persuade, incite, encourage; advise, counsel, enjoin.
Ant. Dissuade, warn, deprecate, remonstrate.
Exigency. Demand, urgency, need, necessity, requirement, want; pressure, crisis, emergency, juncture, quandary; conjuncture, pass, pinch, strait.
Ant. Provision, rule, supply, course, preparation.
Exile, n. Banishment, expulsion, ostracism, proscription, expatriation; separation, isolation; banished person.
Ant. Welcome, return; remaining; cherishing, fostering, retaining.
Exile, v. Banish, expatriate, ostracize, expel, proscribe, relegate.
Ant. Welcome, reinstate, domesticate, domiciliate.
Existence. Being, subsistence; entity, essence, creature, thing; life, animation; continuation, duration.
Ant. Nonentity, non-existence, chimera.
Expand. Open, spread out; dilate, enlarge, stretch, distend; swell, diffuse, extend, increase; develop, unfold, amplify.
Ant. Contract, curtail, condense, restrict, attenuate.
Expanse. Extent, stretch, expansion; firmament, sky, canopy, vault, welkin; vast, void, space, breadth.
Ant. Limit, enclosure, confine, bound.
Expatiate. Rove, range; dilate, enlarge, descant, be copious, launch out, amplify.
Ant. Contract, summarize, condense, epitomize.
Expect. Await, look for; anticipate, rely upon, count upon, reckon or calculate upon, look forward to; look for, forecast, forebode, foresee.
Ant. Welcome, greet, hail, recognize; realize.
Expectation. Anticipation, expectance, prospect, expectancy; reliance, confidence, assurance, presumption; trust, hope.
Ant. Recollection, remembrance, retrospect; distrust, despair, discouragement.
Expediency. Fitness, propriety, suitableness, desirableness, advisability; advantage, utility, profit, usefulness; profitableness, advantageousness; interest.
Ant. Disadvantage, detriment, inutility, inexpediency.
Expedition. Haste, speed, celerity, despatch, alertness, promptness, alacrity, quickness; enterprise, undertaking; march, voyage.
Ant. Delay, tardiness, procrastination.
Expend. Disburse, spend, lay out; use, exert, consume, employ; waste, exhaust, spread, scatter, dissipate.
Ant. Save, economize, husband.
Expense. Expenditure, outgo, cost, outlay; price, charge, payment.
Ant. Income, gain, proceeds, return, profit, product, receipts.
Expensive. Dear, costly, high-priced; lavish, wasteful, extravagant; valuable, rich.
Ant. Cheap, worthless, poor; economical.
Experience, n. Actual observation, feeling, or presentation; practice, experimental knowledge; experiment, trial, proof, test, knowledge, habit.
Ant. Anticipation, expectation.
Experience, v. Feel, undergo, prove by trial, endure, suffer, be subject to; try, encounter.
Ant. Evade, escape, lose, miss.
Experienced. Practiced, versed, accomplished, able, qualified, instructed, thoroughbred; familiar, skilled, accustomed, conversant.
Ant. Inexperienced, strange, unpracticed.
Experiment. Trial, test, assay, examination, proof, touchstone, ordeal; observation, investigation, experimentation; illustration, exemplification.
Ant. Hypothesis, conjecture, assumption.
Explain. Elucidate, expound, interpret, unfold, clear up, make plain; account for, make intelligible, give the reasons for, solve, warrant, trace to causes, justify; teach, decipher.
Ant. Mystify, bewilder, obscure, darken, misinterpret.
Explanation. Elucidation, interpretation, exposition, illustration, description, explication; solution, warrant, justification, account, key; mutual understanding; sense.
Ant. Confusion, misinterpretation, mystification, obscuration.
Explicit. Express, clear, plain, definite, positive, unambiguous, unreserved, categorical, determinate; detailed, declaratory, unobscure, stated.
Ant. Ambiguous, doubtful, indefinite, uncertain, vague, implied, implicit, indeterminate; hinted, suggestive, obscure.
Exponent. Index, indication, example, type, representative, illustration, specimen; advocate, interpreter, propounder.
Ant. System, creed, principle, opinion.
Export, v. Send out, carry out, send abroad, ship, produce.
Ant. Import; consume.
Exposed. Unprotected, defenseless, unguarded, endangered.
Ant. Guarded, defended, protected.
Expostulate. Object, dissuade, remonstrate.
Ant. Abet, coincide, agree, confirm.
Express, v. Squeeze out; utter, declare, assert, speak; represent, indicate, show, signify, exhibit, denote, intimate; send by express.
Ant. Suppress, repress, conceal.
Express, a. Explicit, clear, definite, plain, determinate, positive, categorical; exact, accurate, faithful, true, close, precise; special, particular; swift, rapid, fast; specific, pointed, direct.
Ant. General; vague; leisurely; inaccurate, inexact, approximate.
Expression. Squeezing out; assertion, statement, utterance, declaration; phrase, mode of speech, term; general tone, pervading effect, look, cast of countenance; lively representation; modulation, feeling, execution; indication.
Ant. Suppression, restraint, repression; face, features, lineament; falsification, misstatement, solecism, enigma.
Expunge. Erase, efface, obliterate, cancel, blot out, delete.
Ant. Mark, write, trace, delineate.
Exquisite. Nice, accurate, delicate, discriminating, exact, refined; precious, valuable, select, choice, rare, excellent; perfect, complete, matchless, consummate; keen, poignant, acute, intense; delicious.
Ant. Common, coarse, ordinary; unrefined.
Extemporaneous. Improvised, unpremeditated, extempore, impromptu, extemporary, offhand.
Ant. Prepared, studied, premeditated, read, written, elaborated; rehearsed, recited.
Extend. Stretch, reach; prolong, continue, lengthen, protract; expand, dilate, enlarge, widen, augment, increase; diffuse; impart, give, offer, yield; amplify, avail, apply.
Ant. Contract, restrict, curtail, limit, narrow, reduce, condense; miss, fail.
Extent. Expanse, amplitude, extension; volume, bulk, magnitude, size; stretch, reach, compass, length; degree, distance, quantity.
Ant. Limitation, diminution, restriction.
Extenuate. Lessen, diminish, reduce; palliate, mitigate, excuse, qualify, apologize for.
Ant. Enhance, aggravate, heighten.
Exterior, a. Outward, external, outer, outside, superficial; foreign, extrinsic, from without.
Ant. Inner, internal, domestic, inward.
Exterminate. Eradicate, overthrow, uproot, expel, extirpate, annihilate, banish, destroy, remove, root out, wipe out.
Ant. Augment, breed, cherish, develop, increase, populate, replenish, settle, plant, foster, propagate, colonize, build up, beget.
Extermination. Extirpation, annihilation, eradication, abolition, destruction, extinction, excision, elimination.
Ant. Settlement, replenishment, augmentation, colonization, population, propagation, increase.
External. Outward, outer, exterior, outside, superficial; foreign, extrinsic; visible, apparent; manifest, palpable.
Ant. Inner, internal, intestine, inmost, hidden, non-apparent.
Extinction. Destruction, annihilation, extirpation, extermination, abolition; extinguishment; stifling, death, suffocation, cessation, obsolescence.
Ant. Inception, origination, birth, course, life, operation, action, exercise, continuance, prosperity, survival.
Extinguish. Quench; destroy, suppress, put down; extirpate, abolish, eradicate, kill, annihilate, put out.
Ant. Replenish, replant, implant, cherish, propagate, promote, invigorate, establish, confirm, secure.
Extort. Exact, wrest, wrench, wring out, force; despoil, express, fleece, squeeze out, extract.
Ant. Coax, cheat, wheedle, cajole.
Extortionate. Oppressive, exacting, severe, hard, harsh; exorbitant, close-fisted, rigorous, monstrous, preposterous.
Ant. Liberal, bountiful, indulgent, fair, moderate, reasonable.
Extract, n. Selection, excerpt, passage, citation, quotation.
Extract, v. Draw, pull, take out; derive, select, quote, cite; determine, find; educe, elicit, gather, collect, extort.
Ant. Insert, replace, incorporate, restore, reinsert, impose.
Extraneous. Foreign, extrinsic; non-pertinent, not germane, unessential, superfluous; unconnected, alien, unrelated, adventitious, ascititious.
Ant. Intrinsic, vital, internal, connected, essential.
Extraordinary. Unusual, remarkable, uncommon, singular, signal, egregious, rare, extra; unwonted, peculiar, wonderful, unprecedented, marvelous, prodigious, monstrous, preposterous, strange.
Ant. Common, usual, frequent, wonted, unremarkable, unimportant, ordinary.
Extravagance. Excess, exorbitance, enormity, unreasonableness, preposterousness; wildness, folly, absurdity, irregularity; prodigality, lavish expenditure, profusion, waste.
Ant. Carefulness, economy, frugality, saving, provision, prudence, foresight.
Extravagant. Excessive, inordinate, unreasonable, preposterous, exorbitant; wild, foolish, absurd, irregular; lavish, profuse, wasteful, spendthrift, prodigal.
Ant. Sound, sober, consistent, fair, rational, economical, frugal, careful, regular, usual.
Extreme. Utmost, farthest, uttermost, outermost; greatest, highest; last, final, ultimate; extravagant, immoderate, excessive, unreasonable; remote, terminal, distant, most violent.
Ant. Initial, primal, judicious, moderate.
Extremity. End, verge, termination, edge, border, extreme, utmost point; close, conclusion.
Ant. Beginning, commencement, opening, center, origin, bulk, body.
Exudation. Ooze, drip, percolation, excretion, secretion.
Ant. Absorption, parching, aridity.
Exultant. Exulting, jubilant, triumphant, elated, joyous, transported.
Ant. Mournful, dispirited, depressed.
Exultation. Elation, joy, triumph, delight, transport, ecstasy.
Ant. Mourning, depression.