Synonyms and antonyms

by Edith B. Ordway

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Gabble, n. Prate, jargon, stuff, jabber, rattle, twaddle, chatter, gibber, gibberish, babble, gab, gossip, palaver, prattle, cackle.

Ant. Speech, conversation, eloquence; reticence, taciturnity; mincing, mouthiness, euphuism, grandiloquence.

Gabble, v. Prate, prattle, chatter, cackle, rattle, jabber, gossip, palaver.

Ant. Drone, drawl, murmur.

Gag. Silence, stifle, muzzle, muffle, hush.

Ant. Evoke, provoke, inspire, animate.

Gage, n. Measure, standard; dimensions, estimate; security; challenge, defiance.

Gage, v. Measure, estimate, fathom, probe.

Ant. Survey, conjecture, observe, view, scan, guess, mismeasure.

Gain, n. Profits, earnings, increase, gainings; emolument, lucre, money-making; blessing, profit, advantage, good, benefit.

Ant. Loss, detriment, damage, privation, injury.

Gain, v. Get, acquire, win, earn, obtain, procure, secure, carry, achieve; conciliate, enlist, persuade, prevail upon, win over, gain over, bring over; reach, attain, arrive at; profit; benefit, realize, reap.

Ant. Lose, forfeit, suffer.

Gainful. Advantageous, profitable, beneficial; lucrative, paying, productive, remunerative, winning.

Ant. Unprofitable, disadvantageous, detrimental, injurious, losing, gainless.

Gallant, a. Gay, fine, magnificent, well-dressed, showy, splendid; courageous, brave, valiant, valorous, intrepid, chivalrous, fearless, bold, daring, high-spirited; noble, lofty, honorable, magnanimous, high-minded; attentive, polite, courteous; amorous; heroic.

Ant. Cowardly, discourteous, churlish.

Gambol. Frisk, frolic, romp, caper, leap, hop, skip, jump, sport.

Ant. Droop, tire, weary, flag.

Game, n. Sport, play, amusement, pastime; plan, scheme, stratagem, strategy, adventure, enterprise, measure, undertaking; quarry, prey; recreation, frolic, diversion.

Ant. Toil, study, duty, labor; weariness, flagging; business.

Garb. Dress, clothes, habit, apparel, raiment, garments, vesture, costume, attire, habiliment; uniform, vestments.

Ant. Undress; rags, tatters, shreds; nudity, nakedness.

Garble. Mutilate, falsify, corrupt, misrepresent, misquote, pervert; cook, dress, color, distort.

Ant. Quote, cite, extract, recite, report verbatim.

Garnish. Adorn, embellish, decorate, deck, grace, beautify, ornament, prank, set off, trick out; furnish, furbish.

Ant. Strip, dismantle, denude, bare, deprive, divest.

Garrulity. Loquacity, babble, loquaciousness, babbling, talkativeness, prattle, prate; verbosity, chatter.

Ant. Reticence, taciturnity, laconism, reserve, silence.

Garrulous. Chattering, loquacious, verbose, talkative.

Ant. Taciturn, speechless, laconic, reserved, reticent, silent.

Gaud. Trinket, finery, gewgaw, trumpery, whim, gimcrack, toy, bauble, trifle.

Ant. Ornament, gem, decoration, jewel, valuable.

Gaudy. Flaunting, garish, glittering, tawdry, tinsel, flashy, showy, overdecorated, loud; bespangled, fine, gay, meretricious.

Ant. Rich, simple, handsome, chaste.

Gaunt. Lean, lank, thin, meager, emaciated, slender, attenuated, spare; grim, savage, hungry.

Ant. Docile, tractable, well-fed, tame, sleek.

Gawky. Awkward, clownish, ungainly, clumsy, raw, boorish, rustic, green, uncouth, loutish.

Ant. Neat, handy, graceful, handsome.

Gay. Showy, bright, fine, brilliant, dashing; gaudy, flaunting, flashy, garish, tawdry, glittering, tinsel; merry, lively, jovial, cheerful, gleeful, blithe, sportive, airy, gladsome, frolicsome, jolly, hilarious, light-hearted; sprightly, smart, festive, pleasuresome.

Ant. Heavy, sad, grave, dull, dowdy, somber, melancholy.

Gaze, v. Stare, scan, behold, regard, contemplate, view, gloat, glower.

Ant. Wink, ignore, overlook, ogle, glance, disregard.

General, a. Ordinary, universal, common, commonplace, customary, everyday, public, prevalent, familiar, normal, popular, habitual, frequent, usual.

Ant. Singular, uncommon, exceptional, rare, unknown, infrequent, unusual; particular, special.

Generality. Universality; bulk, mass, body, majority.

Ant. Section, minority, exception, individuality.

Generate. Beget, procreate, engender, breed, propagate; produce, form, make, cause, bring about, originate.

Ant. Stifle, extinguish, terminate, annihilate.

Generation. Procreation; production, formation; offspring, progeny, succession of descendants; family, stock, race, breed; contemporaries; period, epoch, age, era, lifetime; origination.

Ant. Perpetuity, eternity, immortality; posterity.

Generic. General, common, collective, racial, comprehensive.

Ant. Particular, personal, specific, individual.

Generous. Liberal, noble, magnanimous, bountiful, free, munificent, open-handed, disinterested, open-hearted, chivalrous, honorable.

Ant. Avaricious, covetous, greedy, parsimonious, penurious, petty, rapacious, stingy, close, illiberal, ignoble, mean, miserly, niggardly, churlish, selfish.

Genial. Fostering, cheering, enlivening, encouraging, inspiriting; cordial, hearty; cheerful, pleasant, merry, mirthful, jovial, warm, balmy, festive, joyous, revivifying, rejuvenating, restorative.

Ant. Cold, cutting, harsh, deleterious, noxious, deadly, destructive, blighting, lethal, ungenial.

Genius. Bent, turn, aptitude, aptness, faculty, capacity, endowment, talent, gift; ingenuity, invention, sagacity, intellect, brains, parts, wit, inspiration, creative or inventive power; adept, proficient, master, master hand; nature, character, disposition, constitution, characteristic; spirit, tutelary deity, guardian angel; cleverness, inventiveness, skill, creativeness, giftedness, ideality, talents.

Ant. Stupidity, senselessness, folly, dulness, imbecility, obtuseness, stolidity, inanity.

Genteel. Refined, polite, courteous, civil, polished, well-bred, gentlemanly or ladylike; fashionable, stylish, elegant; graceful, refined, aristocratic, cultivated, cultured.

Ant. Rude, clownish, uncultivated, ill-bred, boorish, uncultured, plebeian, unfashionable, unpolished, inelegant.

Gentle. Mild, bland, moderate, kind, tender, compassionate, indulgent, meek, soft, lenient, humane, clement, merciful, tender-hearted, gentle-hearted; tame, docile, peaceable, calm, peaceful, tranquil, tractable, pacific, quiet; light, zephyrlike; noble, high-born, well-born; cultivated, refined, courteous, well-bred, polished; placid, amiable.

Ant. Rough, rude, coarse, fierce, savage; uneven, uncut; boisterous; shaggy, ragged, disordered; harsh, uncivil, offensive; tempestuous, stormy; inclement.

Genuine. Pure, uncorrupt, unalloyed, unadulterated, true, authentic, real, veritable; native, unaffected, sincere; sound, natural.

Ant. Spurious, adulterated; fictitious; apocryphal, counterfeit, false, artificial.

Germ. Embryo, ovule, seed-bud; origin, source, first principle; nucleus, seed, bud.

Ant. Fruit, result, development, product, produce, issue, outgrowth.

Germane. Related, akin, cognate, allied; pertinent, relevant, appropriate, apposite, fitting, suitable; kindred, homogeneous.

Ant. Foreign, alien, irrelevant, unconnected.

Germinate. Bud, shoot, vegetate, sprout, push, burst forth, put forth, spring up.

Ant. Rot, decay, spoil, die, putrefy, corrupt.

Get. Attain, earn, achieve, acquire, obtain, procure, receive, win, secure, gain.

Ant. Abandon, lose, forfeit, surrender, forego.

Ghastly. Pale, wan, cadaverous, deathlike; grim, dismal, hideous, terrible, horrible, frightful, shocking, grisly; spectral, pallid.

Ant. Blooming, fresh, ruddy, comely, buxom, seemly.

Ghost. Spirit, soul; apparition, specter, sprite, phantom, shade, departed spirit; vision.

Ant. Body, organism, animal.

Gibe. Sneer, scoff, taunt, flout, jest, jeer, ridicule, deride, mock, rail at.

Ant. Salute, compliment.

Giddy. Dizzy, vertiginous; inconstant, fickle, changeable, unsteady, mutable, unstable, vacillating, irresolute; careless, heedless, wild, reckless, headlong, thoughtless, light-headed, flighty; whirling, hare-brained, beetling, flighty.

Ant. Slow, ponderous, stationary; earnest, thoughtful, steady; low, wary, unelevated, circumspect.

Gift. Bequest, benefaction, donation, boon, grant, present, largess, bribe, bounty, gratuity; endowment, talent, genius, faculty, power, capacity, capability, ability, turn, forte; donation, douceur, offering, alms, allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, dower, legacy, demise.

Ant. Reservation, refusal, purchase; inanity, stupidity, forfeit, penalty, fine, surrender; earnings, wages, remuneration, compensation; reward, guerdon.

Gigantic. Vast, huge, colossal, enormous, giant, prodigious, Herculean, Cyclopean, immense, tremendous.

Ant. Puny, feeble, dwarfish, petty, insignificant, pigmy.

Girdle. Gird, bind round; surround, encircle, encompass, enclose, embrace, shut in; belt, hem, environ, engirdle, begird.

Ant. Disclose, open, disencircle, expand, ungird, disengirdle.

Girl. Damsel, lass, lassie, miss, maiden, maid, virgin, young unmarried woman.

Gist. Essence, pith, core, marrow, substance, kernel, main point, force, ground, foundation.

Ant. Surplusage, additament, redundancy, environment; accessories; clothing, garb; excess, overplus.

Give. Deliver, bestow, supply, grant, cede, confer, communicate, impart, furnish; produce, yield, surrender, concede, present, afford, spare, accommodate with; pay, exchange; permit, allow, vouchsafe, deign; utter, pronounce, render; occasion, cause; devote, apply, addict, give up; sink, bend; retreat, give way, recede, retire.

Ant. Withhold, withdraw, refuse, retain, grasp, fail, restrain, deny, take back, remove, recall; take, receive, accept; hold, support.

Glad. Rejoiced, pleased, gratified, delighted, happy, well-contented; cheerful, joyous, joyful, gladsome, elated, jocund, playful, light-hearted, cheery, animated; exhilarating, pleasing, bright, gratifying; blithesome, gleeful.

Ant. Unhappy, sad, sorrowful, disastrous, sorry, dismal, disappointed, discontented, uneasy.

Gladden. Delight, cheer, exhilarate, bless, rejoice, gratify, make glad.

Ant. Grieve, disappoint, depress, dispirit, trouble, wound, afflict, sadden, displease.

Glare. Glitter, glisten, dazzle, flare, gleam, sparkle; glower, look fierce; beam, shine, glow, ray, radiate.

Ant. Shimmer, scintillate, waver, glimmer, smolder, burn fitfully, flash, flicker, glister; obscure, darken.

Glassy. Vitreous; crystal, crystalline, transparent, gleaming, lucent, brilliant, shining; smooth, polished, glacial, glabrous, brittle, pellucid, limpid, glossy, silken.

Ant. Rough, uneven, pliant, rugged, tough, opaque, turbid, muddy, dull, dark.

Glaze, v. Set glass; calender, polish, burnish, gloss, furbish; become glassy, grow dim; vitrify.

Ant. Roughen, corrugate, rumple, crumple, wrinkle, furrow.

Glimpse, n. Glance, glimmering, sight, inkling, flash, survey, trace, tinge.

Ant. Observation, scrutiny, investigation, inspection, exposure, analysis, examination.

Gloom. Obscurity, darkness, dimness, gloominess, cloud; dejection, sadness, depression, despondency, melancholy; gloaming, twilight, shadow, obscuration, dulness, cloudiness.

Ant. Light, radiance, clearness, daylight, brightness.

Glorify. Extol, exalt, magnify, bless, honor, praise; brighten, make illustrious, elevate, ennoble, adorn; laud, signalize, aggrandize, panegyrize.

Ant. Debase, depress, abuse, abase, defame, degrade, decry, censure, blame, rebuke.

Glorious. Illustrious, renowned, celebrated, eminent, famed, famous, distinguished, conspicuous; resplendent, splendid, radiant, bright, brilliant; noble, lofty, exalted, supreme, high, excellent, consummate.

Ant. Mean, debased, undistinguished, disgraced, unknown, dishonorable, inglorious.

Glory. Honor, renown, celebrity, fame, praise; splendor, luster, brightness, brilliancy, pride, effulgence; gloriousness, nobleness, exaltation, grandeur; radiance, state, pomp, parade, magnificence.

Ant. Obscurity, cloud, ignominy, dishonor, degradation, disgrace, shame.

Gloss, n. Interpretation, comment, note, explanation, scholium, commentary, annotation; pretext, pretense, specious plea; luster, polish, shine, sheen; distortion, misinterpretation, perversion, twist, plea, speciousness.

Ant. Haze, nebulousness; truth, literalness, representation, reality, verity, actuality, solution, exposition.

Glowing. Shining, hot, intense, ardent, excited, fiery, fervid, fervent.

Ant. Cool, languid, dispassionate, dull, apathetic, chilling.

Glut, n. Repletion, superabundance, surplus, overplus, redundancy, overstock, superfluity.

Ant. Scarcity, want, scantiness, dearth, failure, drainage, exhaustion.

Glut, v. Cloy, sate, satiate, pall, surfeit; gorge, cram, stuff, fill, overfeed, make replete.

Ant. Empty, void, disgorge, eject, discharge, vomit.

Gluttony. Voracity, greed, gormandizement, deglutition.

Ant. Abstinence, abstemiousness, temperance, frugality.

Go. Move, pass, proceed, advance, progress; walk, travel, journey, fare; depart, set out, leave; reach, extend; contribute, concur, tend, avail; eventuate, turn out; be esteemed, be reckoned; accept, approve, endure, tolerate, swallow, bear; stir, budge.

Ant. Stand, stay, come, remain, rest, endure, persist, lack, abide, fail.

Good, n. Benefit, gain, advantage, utility, profit; welfare, weal, prosperity, interest; virtue, righteousness, excellence; abundance, riches; boon, blessing, mercy.

Ant. Hurt, loss, detriment, injury, evil, disadvantage, ill, calamity, affliction, infliction, curse.

Good, a. Advantageous, serviceable, profitable, useful, beneficial; suitable, fit, convenient, proper, well-adapted; upright, virtuous, worthy, pious, dutiful, righteous, religious; excellent, valuable, precious, sterling, admirable, capital; kind, humane, benevolent, friendly, favorable, gracious, merciful, obliging, well-disposed; fair, unblemished, untarnished, unsullied, immaculate, honorable, unimpeached; cheerful, lively, social, genial, companionable; able, skilful, expert, ready, dexterous, well-qualified; competent; pleasant, gratifying, agreeable; considerable; real, true, serious, unfeigned; right, complete, sound, propitious, efficient, sufficient, valid, actual, reputable, just.

Ant. Bad, wrong, evil, ill, wicked, depraved, imperfect, unsound, vicious, profane, niggardly, unpropitious, unserviceable, unsuitable, inefficient, incompetent, inadequate, invalid, fictitious, supposititious, inconsiderable, mean, disreputable, disgraceful; baneful, mischievous, pernicious, injurious, hurtful; abandoned, corrupt, immoral, unprincipled, dishonest, unfair, villainous; unfortunate, unlucky, unhappy; unwelcome, sad, depressing, discouraging, distressing; wretched, sorry, abominable; inferior, defective; severe, serious, hard, heavy.

Good-by. Farewell, adieu.

Ant. Salutation, welcome, hail, greeting.

Good-humored. Cheerful, buoyant, placid, amiable, good-natured, good-tempered.

Ant. Cross, ill-humored, ill-natured, unamiable, petulant, fretful, peevish.

Goodly. Graceful, comely, beautiful, good-looking; pleasant, happy, agreeable, desirable; excellent, fair, fine; considerable.

Ant. Unpleasant, undesirable, inconsiderable, uncomely, ungainly, clumsy, awkward.

Gorgeous. Showy, glittering, splendid, shining, magnificent, resplendent, fine, rich, superb, dazzling; costly, grand, strong.

Ant. Poor, naked, dingy, bare, threadbare, cheap; grimy, soiled; dull, obscure, dim.

Govern. Manage, reign over, direct, command, control, rule, sway, influence, mold, restrain, curb, moderate, guide, supervise, conduct; regulate, steer, bridle.

Ant. Be subject, obey, submit, comply, yield; misrule, misdirect, misconduct.

Grace. Favor, kindness, condescension, love, benignity, good will; piety, devotion, sanctity, devoutness, faith, holiness, religion; mercy, pardon, forgiveness; elegance, polish, accomplishment, refinement; beauty, symmetry, comeliness, gracefulness, ease; short prayer; excellence, charm.

Ant. Disfavor, deformity, pride, unkindness, gawkiness, awkwardness, inelegance.

Graceful. Beautiful, comely, elegant, stately, easy, natural, becoming, flowing, rounded, sinuous.

Ant. Awkward, homely, uncouth, ugly, plain, gawky, ungraceful.

Graceless. Depraved, degenerate, corrupt, reprobate, dissolute, profligate, lost, abandoned, hardened, obdurate, shameless, incorrigible, wicked, irreclaimable; ungraceful, scampish, vicious, worthless.

Ant. Graceful, virtuous, upright, conscientious, worthy; gracious, tender-hearted.

Gracious. Benevolent, benign, kind, favorable, benignant, compassionate, friendly, merciful, tender, lenient, condescending, mild, gentle; affable, familiar, civil, polite, easy, courteous, beneficent.

Ant. Haughty, discourteous, ungracious, ill-disposed, churlish, unfriendly, impolite.

Gradation. Progress, progression, succession; graduation, precedency, arrangement, ordination, standing, rank, degree, stage, tier.

Ant. Equality, uniformity, fraternity; abruptness, break, hiatus.

Gradual. Regular, progressive; slow, approximate; continuous, unintermittent, step by step, gradational.

Ant. Sudden, momentary, instantaneous, periodic, intermittent, recurrent, broken, discontinuous, disconnected.

Grand. Stately, lordly, princely, august, exalted, majestic, elevated, illustrious, eminent, dignified, great, high; magnificent, glorious, superb, splendid, lofty, noble, sublime; principal, chief, main, leading, supreme; large, imposing, important, eventful, pompous, gorgeous.

Ant. Little, undignified, unimposing, inferior, petty, paltry, secondary, unimportant, insignificant, mean, common, beggarly, contemptible, small.

Grandeur. Greatness, vastness, loftiness, elevation, immensity; state, dignity, majesty, stateliness, pomp, augustness, splendor; magnificence, display, ostentation.

Ant. Meanness, paltriness; humiliation, shame, disgrace.

Grandiloquence. Bombast, fustian, turgidity; verbosity, pomposity, mouthiness, grandiosity, antiloquence, stiltedness, euphuism.

Ant. Simplicity, naïveté, unaffectedness; vernacular.

Grant. Yield, admit, concede, allow; give, bestow, confer, deign, vouchsafe; convey, transfer; allot, accord, cede, impart.

Ant. Withhold, withdraw, reserve, resume, deny, refuse.

Graphic. Vivid, lively, picturesque, well-drawn, striking, telling; illustrative, pictorial, descriptive, forcible, feeling; described.

Ant. Undescriptive, unillustrative, unpicturesque; hazy, obscure, indefinite.

Grasp. Clasp, gripe, seize, grip, grapple, catch, clutch, clinch, lay hold of; hold, retain, comprehend.

Ant. Loose, lose, abandon, relinquish, surrender, release, miss, misunderstand.

Grateful. Obliged, thankful, indebted, beholden; agreeable, acceptable, pleasing, pleasant, delightful, gratifying, welcome, charming, satisfying; delicious, savory, nice, cordial, luscious, refreshing, invigorating; comforting, soothing, alleviating.

Ant. Unpleasant, unacceptable, disobliged, ungrateful, disagreeable.

Gratification. Satisfaction, indulgence; enjoyment, delight, pleasure, fruition; reward, recompense.

Ant. Pain, dislike, disappointment, abstinence, stinting, discipline, inurement, abnegation.

Gratify. Please, delight, gladden; indulge, satisfy, humor, fulfil.

Ant. Displease, dissatisfy, stint, deprive, deny, discipline.

Gratitude. Thankfulness, obligation, gratefulness.

Ant. Thanklessness, ingratitude, ungratefulness, unthankfulness, resentment, oblivion, indignation.

Gratuitous. Free, voluntary, uncompensated, groundless, unwarranted, unsought, unnecessary; spontaneous, baseless, unrecompensed.

Ant. Compulsory, involuntary, obligatory, necessitated, warranted, well-founded; unwilling, enforced, enjoined.

Grave, a. Important, weighty, serious, cogent, momentous; sober, sedate, thoughtful, staid, solemn; plain, subdued, quiet, silent; sad, pressing, demure, somber, aggravated, heavy.

Ant. Joyous, merry, unimportant, facetious, ridiculous, trivial, light, frivolous, futile, trifling, petty, slight.

Great. Large, big, vast, huge, bulky, ample, immense, gigantic, enormous; much, excessive, high; numerous, countless; considerable, important, weighty; distinguished, eminent, exalted, prominent, excellent, elevated, celebrated, noted, famed, illustrious, famous, renowned; august, grand, dignified, noble, sublime, majestic, lofty; generous, magnanimous, chivalrous, high-minded; sumptuous, rich, magnificent; difficult, onerous, hard, burdensome, grievous; chief, principal, main, leading, grand; superior, preëminent; protracted, noticeable.

Ant. Little, narrow, scanty, puny, few, short, mean, ignoble, weak, unimportant.

Greediness. Avidity, hunger, voracity, ravenousness, gluttony; eagerness, longing, greed, intense desire; grasping, avarice, rapacity, selfishness.

Ant. Generosity, prodigality, benevolence.

Greedy. Voracious, ravenous, insatiable, gluttonous, insatiate, rapacious; eager, desirous; selfish, grasping, avaricious; hungry.

Ant. Abstemious, abstinent, contented, apathetic, indifferent; generous, unselfish.

Grief. Bitterness, misery, agony, anguish, heartache, heartbreak; trial, grievance; melancholy, sadness, sorrow, trouble, tribulation, woe, mourning, affliction, distress, regret.

Ant. Happiness, joy, elation, delight, hilarity, exultation, cheer, mirth, gaiety.

Grievance. Hardship, wrong, injury, burden, oppression; affliction, trial, sorrow, grief, distress, woe; complaint, trouble, injustice.

Ant. Congratulation, boon, benefit, rejoicing, privilege, alleviation, riddance, disburdenment.

Grieve. Afflict, pain, hurt, distress, sadden, agonize; sorrow, mourn, lament, suffer, bewail; burden, annoy, wound, complain, deplore.

Ant. Ease, soothe, console, please, rejoice, exult, alleviate, gratify, content, satisfy.

Grievous. Sad, heavy, distressing, afflictive, painful, deplorable, lamentable; hurtful, injurious, noxious, mischievous, detrimental, calamitous; atrocious, heinous, outrageous, intolerable, dreadful, flagrant, aggravated; sorrowful, baleful, burdensome, unhappy, disastrous.

Ant. Pleasant, joyous, delightful, glad, consolatory, acceptable, welcome, grateful, light, trivial, trifling.

Grim. Fierce, ruthless, cruel, savage, ferocious; frightful, horrible, hideous, dire, horrid, appalling, terrific, dreadful; ugly, ghastly, sullen, stern.

Ant. Mild, attractive, benign, placid, docile.

Gross. Great, large, big, bulky; dense, thick; coarse, rough, rude, unrefined, unseemly, unbecoming; indelicate, sensual, impure, vulgar, low, broad; enormous, flagrant, shameful, outrageous, grievous; palpable, manifest, glaring; whole, total, entire, aggregate; vicious, animal, bloated.

Ant. Partial, component; net; refined, pure; elegant, delicate, subtle.

Grotesque. Fantastic, whimsical, fanciful, droll, odd, unnatural, strange, wild, bizarre, extravagant; ludicrous, absurd, ridiculous, antic, burlesque; quaint, old, archaic, distorted, caricatured.

Ant. Classic, chaste, graceful, fine, severe, regular, fashionable, symmetrical, typical, formal, normal.

Ground. Basis, base, groundwork, support, foundation; sod, soil, clod, earth, loam, turf; region, territory, country, land, domain; estate, acres, field; motive, consideration, reason, cause, account, inducement; premise, plea.

Ant. Superstructure, statement, argument, inference, deduction; product, development, result, effect; ocean, sea, deep, main, waters.

Grounded. Rooted, established, initiated, inaugurated, trained, prepared, fixed, set; indoctrinated.

Ant. Ungrounded, unprepared, uninitiated, baseless, unfounded, groundless, unauthorized.

Groundless. Vain, supposititious, unfounded, false, baseless, fanciful, chimerical, gratuitous.

Ant. Well-founded, authoritative, substantial, actual, authentic.

Group. Cluster, collection, assemblage, order, bunch, knot, class, clump, assembly, collocation.

Ant. Individual, crowd, isolation, medley, confusion; dispersion, distribution, scattering.

Grovel. Creep, crawl, sneak, be prone, fawn, cringe, lie, grub, wallow.

Ant. Soar, aspire, mount, rise, domineer, intimidate, dictate, browbeat.

Grow. Enlarge, increase, swell, expand, extend, augment; vegetate, shout, sprout, germinate; advance, wax, progress, improve; adhere; raise, produce, cultivate; accrue, become, develop, amplify.

Ant. Diminish, recede, contract, fail, stop, die, wane, decline, subside, ebb, decay, depreciate, crumble, weaken.

Grudge, n. Hatred, pique, rancor, spite, malice, malevolence; grievance, aversion, dissatisfaction, discontent, refusal.

Ant. Welcome, satisfaction, approval, contentment, benefaction, complacency, bestowal.

Guardian. Warden, keeper, protector, defender, preserver; custodian, conservator.

Ant. Pupil, ward; traitor, betrayer; charge, minor.

Guess. Conjecture, divine, surmise, mistrust, suspect; find out, solve, penetrate, fathom; suppose, think, believe, fancy, imagine; hazard, risk.

Ant. Examine, prove, investigate, establish, demonstrate, deduce, elaborate, illustrate.

Guide, n. Director, conductor, pilot; mentor, monitor, adviser, instructor, counselor; clue, key; itinerary.

Ant. Follower, disciple, imitator, pupil.

Guide, v. Lead, conduct, pilot; direct, rule, manage, regulate, govern, control, steer; superintend, influence, train.

Ant. Mislead, misconduct, misdirect, mismanage, misregulate, misguide, miseducate, betray, deceive, impose upon, disappoint, cheat.

Guile. Cunning, craft, subtlety, artifice, artfulness, deceit, duplicity, deception, fraud, wiles, trickery; treachery, insidiousness, hypocrisy.

Ant. Frankness, simplicity, honesty, candor, generosity, sincerity, truth, veracity.

Guilt. Guiltiness, culpability, criminality; wrong, offensiveness, wickedness, ill desert, iniquity, sin, offense.

Ant. Sinlessness, innocence, purity, godliness, righteousness.

Guise. Aspect, appearance, garb, dress, form, shape, figure, manner, mode, fashion; practice, habit, custom; semblance, plea, demeanor, mien.

Ant. Character, person, individual, sentiment, disposition, opinion, life, mind, soul, self.

Gumption. Shrewdness, discernment, sagacity, skill, cleverness, ability, capacity, power, penetration, common sense.

Gush, v. Burst, stream, flow, rush, spout, pour out, flow out; sentimentalize, be overeffusive.

Ant. Drip, drop, filter, ooze, percolate, dribble, drain, strain, trickle.

Gust. Taste, relish, zest, liking; pleasure, enjoyment, delight, delectation, gratification; turn, fancy, favor; blast, squall; fit, outburst, burst, paroxysm; puff, breeze, gale.

Ant. Calm, tranquillity, subsidence, composure, restraint, zephyr; insipidity, tastelessness.