H
Habiliment. Dress, garments, clothes, apparel, vesture, raiment, habit, costume, vestment, garb, robes, uniform, clothing.
Ant. Undress, nudity, bareness, deshabille, divestment.
Habit. Condition, constitution, temperament; way, manner; dress, garb, habiliment; habituation, familiarity, association, inurement; routine, rule, custom, fashion, practice, system, habitude, use, usage, wont.
Ant. Dishabituation, inexperience, inconversance, desuetude, disuse, breach, infringement, disusage.
Habitation. Abode, dwelling, lodging, domicil, headquarters, quarters, dwelling-place.
Habitual. Usual, customary, wonted, common, accustomed, regular, ordinary, familiar, everyday, perpetual.
Ant. Irregular, extraordinary, unusual, occasional, exceptional, rare.
Haggard. Wild, wayward, intractable, refractory, unruly, untamed; gaunt, lean, spare, meager, worn, wasted, raw-boned; attenuated, wrinkled, ghastly, hollow-eyed.
Ant. Sleek, smug, plump, chubby, comely, sightly, pretty.
Hail. Accost, address, salute, greet, welcome, call, speak, signal.
Ant. Ignore, avoid, pass, cut, disdain, insult, rebuff.
Halcyon. Calm, quiet, placid, still, peaceful, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, palmy, serene, happy, golden, balmy.
Ant. Stormy, tempestuous, troublous, boisterous, blustering, turbulent, violent.
Hale. Healthy, sound, strong, robust, hearty, hardy, well.
Ant. Feeble, sickly, weak.
Half, n. Bisection, dimidiation, moiety.
Ant. Integrity, total, whole, entirety, sum, amount, aggregate, quantity, number.
Hallow. Consecrate, dedicate, sanctify, devote, make holy; reverence, venerate, honor, respect, pay homage to, enshrine.
Ant. Desecrate, profane, execrate, blaspheme, abominate.
Halt. Stop, hold, stand, pull up; limp, hobble; rest, falter, hamper, stammer, demur, dubitate, pause, stand still, hesitate.
Ant. Advance, flow, speed; determine, decide, conclude, finish.
Hamper. Hinder, fetter, entangle, shackle, clog, encumber, restrain, impede.
Ant. Free, liberate, loose; expedite, hasten, speed, accelerate.
Hand. Palm and fingers; side, direction, part; skill, dexterity, talent, ability, faculty; handiwork, workmanship; management, course; agency, share, intervention, participation; laborer, workman, operative, artificer, artisan, craftsman, employee; possession, power, control; index, pointer, indicator; chirography, handwriting; influence; handful, bunch.
Ant. Employer.
Handle. Touch, feel, take; manage, use, wield; treat, discuss, discourse; deal with; operate, manipulate.
Ant. Drop, bungle, mismanage, botch, spoil, mar.
Handsome. Comely, stately, well-formed, fine-looking; easy, graceful, becoming, appropriate; generous, liberal, noble, magnanimous, disinterested; ample, sufficient, large, plentiful; beautiful, pretty, lovely, elegant.
Ant. Uncomely, ill-looking, ungenerous, illiberal, ugly, unsightly, ghastly.
Handy. Dexterous, adroit, skilful, skilled, ready, clever, expert; convenient, near, at hand.
Ant. Remote, inconvenient, unwieldy, cumbrous, awkward, useless, unhandy.
Hang. Rest, lean, depend, poise, suspend; attach, incline, drop, decline, droop; execute; drape, adorn; dangle, be suspended, adhere, rely, stick, cling; hover, float, play; attend.
Ant. Stand, recline, lean, lie; prop, support, uphold.
Happen. Chance, occur, befall, bechance, betide, fall, come to pass, fall out, take place, supervene.
Ant. Miss, omit, fail, pass, spare, pass by, neglect, discard.
Happiness. Delight, joy, pleasure, satisfaction, comfort, bliss, triumph, mirth, gaiety, ecstasy, gladness, rejoicing, rapture, contentment, merriment, blessedness, felicity, cheer, enjoyment, well-being, light-heartedness, cheerfulness, brightness; beatitude, prosperity.
Ant. Grief, sorrow, anguish, trouble, mourning, misfortune, affliction, disaster, woe, agony, distress, torture, torment, melancholy.
Happy. Gay, glad, joyous, cheerful, blessed, delighted, joyful, jolly, successful, rejoicing, blissful, lucky, merry, fortunate, rejoiced, jocund, buoyant, felicitous, bright, blithesome, sunny, cheering, cheery, sprightly, delightful, smiling, mirthful, pleased, prosperous, rapturous; light-hearted, blest, gladdened, charmed; ready, expert, apt, skilful, adroit, able, dexterous; seasonable, opportune, befitting, pertinent, well-timed; auspicious, propitious, favorable.
Ant. Unlucky, unfortunate, unsuccessful, infelicitous, sorrowful, sorry, dull, lugubrious, disappointed, desponding, unhappy.
Harangue. Speech, public or formal address, oration; bombast, declamation, tirade, screed; effusion, rant.
Ant. Mumble, drawl, insinuation, suggestion, stammering, reasoning, blandiloquence, stuttering.
Harass. Fatigue, tire, weary, annoy, exhaust; vex, plague, worry, distress, trouble, molest, disturb, torment, harry; jade, tease, irritate, chafe, harrow, pester, perplex.
Ant. Relieve, refresh, comfort, solace, soothe, animate, inspirit.
Harbinger. Herald, forerunner, precursor, announcer.
Ant. Reporter, narrator, follower, attendant, historian, relator.
Harbor, n. Asylum, refuge, shelter, cover, retreat, sanctuary, resting-place; port, haven, destination, home, anchorage.
Ant. Labor, toil, peril, exposure, roving, wandering, voyage, roaming, pilgrimage.
Harbor, v. Shelter, lodge, protect; entertain, indulge, foster, cherish; secrete; accommodate, encourage.
Ant. Eject, expel, discard, discourage, stifle, exclude, banish, dismiss.
Hard. Firm, solid, compact, impenetrable, rigid, unyielding; difficult, embarrassing, knotty, puzzling, intricate, perplexing; laborious, arduous, toilsome, wearying, fatiguing; unkind, insensible, cruel, oppressive, rigorous, severe, exacting, inflexible, obdurate, callous, unfeeling, unsympathetic; grievous, distressing, painful, calamitous, unpleasant, disagreeable; inclement, stormy, cold, severe, tempestuous; harsh, sour, acid, rough; coarse, unpalatable; unfavorable, unprosperous, unpropitious; stiff, unnatural, forced, constrained, ungraceful; excessive, intemperate; inexplicable, flinty, dense, stubborn, hardy, hardened.
Ant. Soft, fluid, liquid, elastic, brittle, easy, penetrable, mild, lenient, tender, ductile, simple, uninvolved, intelligible, perspicuous.
Harden. Indurate, make hard; habituate, inure, season, form, train, accustom, discipline; fortify, strengthen, steel, nerve, brace; scar, make callous, make obdurate; consolidate, compact.
Ant. Disinure, relax, enervate, debilitate, soften, dishabituate, melt, mollify, vaporize, colliquate.
Hardihood. Firmness, fortitude, resolution, mettle, pluck, manhood, courage, bravery, boldness, intrepidity, audacity, decision, determination; effrontery, assurance, brass.
Ant. Weakness, effeminacy; timidity, fear; indecision; cowardice.
Hardly. Scarcely, barely, just; severely, rigorously, unkindly, roughly, cruelly; merely, narrowly.
Ant. Fully, amply, easily, abundantly, largely.
Hardship. Toil, fatigue, weariness; grievance, suffering, trial, affliction, trouble, misfortune, calamity, burden, hardness; annoyance, infliction, endurance.
Ant. Pleasure, amusement, alleviation, recreation, gratification, relief, assuagement, facilitation, treat, boon.
Hardy. Bold, intrepid, resolute, brave, daring, valiant, heroic, manly, stout-hearted, courageous; strong, robust, firm, lusty, stout, healthy, rigorous, hale, sound, hearty; inured, vigorous.
Ant. Weak, uninured, irresolute, delicate, debilitated, tender, fragile, frail, infirm.
Harm. Injury, hurt, detriment, mischief, damage, prejudice, disadvantage; evil, criminality, wrong, wickedness; misfortune, ill, mishap.
Ant. Benefit, boon, amelioration, improvement, compensation, reparation, remedy, healing.
Harmless. Innocuous, innocent, innoxious, gentle, inoffensive; unhurt, unharmed, uninjured.
Ant. Noxious, hurtful, nocuous, savage, cruel, deadly, mischievous, violent, pernicious, destructive.
Harmonious. Concordant, harmonic, consonant; melodious, tuneful, musical, dulcet, mellifluous; correspondent, consistent, symmetrical, congruent; friendly, cordial, amicable, fraternal, brotherly, neighborly; accordant, proportioned, uniform, peaceful, agreeable.
Ant. Discordant, incongruous, unshapely, harsh, disproportioned, unmelodious, sharp, grating, riotous, unfriendly, unpeaceful, quarrelsome.
Harmony. Concord, amity, accordance, unison, consent, unanimity, unity, accord, agreement, uniformity, symmetry, union, conformity, consonance, congruity, concurrence, consistency.
Ant. Hostility, separation, discord, warfare, battle, variance, conflict, disagreement, disunion, dissension, contention, antagonism, contest, controversy, schism, opposition, incongruity, difference, inconsistency, disproportion.
Harsh. Rough, sour, crabbed, tart, hard, biting, sharp, corrosive, caustic; grating, discordant, jarring; morose, severe, stern, austere, acrimonious, ill-natured, unkind, unfeeling; rude, uncivil, blunt, ungracious, gruff, brutal, bearish; abusive, rigorous, rancorous.
Ant. Smooth, lenient, melodious, genial, kindly, suave, bland, gentle.
Harvest. Fruit, crop, increase, yield, result, return, proceeds, product, growth, ingathering, harvest-feast, harvest-festival, harvest-time, harvest-home.
Haste. Despatch, celerity, speed, promptitude, quickness; hurry, precipitation, vehemence, precipitance; expedition, excitement, heedlessness, swiftness.
Ant. Delay, slowness, tardiness, coolness, reflection, moderation, steadiness.
Hasten. Expedite, despatch, accelerate, speed, hurry, hustle, quicken, precipitate, press on, urge forward; haste, make haste; urge, press.
Ant. Retard, impede, obstruct, demur, halt, hesitate.
Hasty. Quick, swift, fleet, fast, rapid, brisk, speedy; cursory, slight, hurried, superficial; headlong, rash, reckless, precipitate, indiscreet, thoughtless; passionate, touchy, irritable, petulant, waspish, excitable, fiery, hot, irascible, peppery, fretful; impetuous, crude, incomplete, immature, undeveloped.
Ant. Tardy, slow, leisurely, careful, reflective, developed, complete, matured, elaborate, thoughtful, deliberate.
Hateful. Malignant, malevolent, malign; abominable, detestable, odious, execrable, abhorrent, horrid, shocking, accursed, damnable; loathsome, disgusting, nauseous, foul, repulsive, offensive, vile, obnoxious, revolting, repugnant; heinous.
Ant. Lovely, loveable, desirable, delightful, attractive, enticing, enjoyable, tempting, pleasant.
Hatred. Enmity, dislike, hostility, anger, abhorrence, aversion, spite, revenge, grudge, ill will, malice, antipathy, resentment, animosity, malignity, repugnance, rancor, detestation, malevolence.
Ant. Friendship, love, benevolence, charity, beneficence.
Have. Hold, occupy, own, possess, be in possession of, regard, consider, esteem; wish, require, desire; obtain, get, acquire, receive, gain; be obliged, be under necessity; take, accept; bear, bring forth; feel, entertain, enjoy, keep.
Ant. Want, need, lose, discard, forego, miss, reject, covet, desire.
Havoc. Ravage, devastation, destruction, desolation, waste, ruin; carnage, slaughter; demolition, wreck.
Ant. Conservation, enrichment, enhancement, augmentation, development, prosperity, productiveness, luxuriance.
Hazard, n. Chance, peril, venture, risk, casualty, accident, contingency, danger, jeopardy, fortuity.
Ant. Safeguard, protection, security, surety, certainty, necessity, plan, assurance, safety; warrant, calculation, law.
Hazy. Foggy, misty, nebulous, filmy, gauzy, cloudy, murky, gloomy.
Ant. Clear, crystalline, diaphanous, transparent, bright, luminous, shining.
Head. Top, summit, acme; front, fore part; rise, commencement, source, origin, beginning; chief part, principal part; person, individual; chief, chieftain, leader, commander, master, superintendent, director; first place; understanding, mind, thought, intellect; topic, subject; class, section, department, category, division; seat of the brain; crown, ruler, crisis, gathering, culmination, leadership, guide.
Ant. Tail, bottom, foot, follower, servant, retainer, subordinate, subordination, inferiority, body, bulk, substance, continuation.
Heal. Cure, remedy, restore; reconcile, compose, soothe, harmonize, settle; be cured, get well; repair, assuage, cicatrize.
Ant. Harm, hurt, wound, pierce, ulcerate.
Healthy. Healthful, sanitary, hearty, hygienic, well, vigorous, strong, sound, wholesome, hale, salutary, salubrious, invigorating, bracing.
Ant. Unhealthy, noxious, pernicious, insalubrious; ill, sickly, unhealthful, weak, diseased, feeble, wasted, emaciated, fainting, failing, unsound, worn, frail, fragile, exhausted, delicate.
Heart. Organ of circulation; interior, center, essence, core, kernel; disposition, mind, will, inclination, intent, passion, purpose; spirit, courage, firmness, fortitude, resolution; love, affection, feeling, emotion; conscience, character, moral nature; nucleus, hardihood, life, benevolence.
Ant. Hand, action, aspect, exterior, manifestation, deed, conduct, timidity.
Heart-broken. Forlorn, disconsolate, inconsolable, miserable, wretched, desolate, cheerless, comfortless, in despair, broken-hearted, wobegone.
Ant. Cheerful, hopeful, trusting.
Heartily. Cordially, zealously, sincerely, earnestly.
Ant. Half-heartedly, insincerely, indifferently.
Hearty. Earnest, warm, cordial, sincere, true, deep, profound, heartfelt, unfeigned; active, zealous, vigorous, energetic, animated; healthy, hale, sound, strong, well, robust; abundant, full, heavy; nourishing, rich, nutritious; honest, genuine.
Ant. Delicate, infirm, unhealthy, cold, insincere, hollow, dissembling, deceptive, deceitful, hypocritical, false.
Heat. Warmth, high temperature; excitement, flush, vehemence, impetuosity, passion, violence, fever; ardor, earnestness, fervor, zeal; contest, race, struggle; intensity, ebullition.
Ant. Coolness, indifference, calmness, subsidence, composure, reflection.
Heathenish. Heathen, pagan, Gentile; cruel, savage, inhuman, ferocious; unconverted, unChristian, unbelieving, uncivilized.
Ant. Christian, believing, refined, civilized, polished.
Heave. Lift, hoist, raise, elevate; breathe, exhale; throw, toss, hurl, fling, send; uplift, upraise, subelevate.
Ant. Dash, sink, lower, detrude, precipitate.
Heaven. Firmament, sky, welkin, empyrean; Paradise, bliss, Elysium; felicity, transport, ecstasy, happiness, rapture, transcendent delight.
Ant. Gehenna, limbo, abyss, Hades, Tartarus, Avernus, infernal regions; misery, agony, torment, remorse.
Heavenly. Celestial, divine, angelic, seraphic, cherubic, godlike, saintly, sainted, blessed, holy, beatific, beatified, glorified, blest; enrapturing, ravishing, rapturous, transporting, ecstatic, delightful, blissful, golden.
Ant. Demoniacal, diabolical, foul, hideous, fiendish, hellish, infernal; terrene, human, terrestrial.
Heavy. Weighty, ponderous, oppressive, grievous, severe, burdensome, cumbersome, afflictive; dull, sluggish, inert, inactive, stupid, torpid, indolent, slow, lifeless, inanimate; dejected, depressed, sorrowful, sad, gloomy, despondent, melancholy, disconsolate, crushed, downcast, crestfallen; onerous, difficult, laborious, hard; tedious, weary, tiresome, wearisome; loaded, encumbered, burdened; miry, muddy, clayey, cloggy, soggy, ill-raised; tempestuous, stormy, strong, violent, energetic, boisterous; impenetrable, stolid; loud, deep, roaring; dense, dark, gloomy, cloudy, lowering; thick.
Ant. Light, trifling, trivial, agile, active, joyous, brisk, alleviative, quick, consolatory, buoyant, inspiriting, animating.
Hector. Threaten, bully, menace; vex, tease, annoy, worry, fret, irritate, provoke, harass, harry; swagger, bluster, boast, vaunt.
Ant. Cower, shrink, hide, abscond, skulk.
Heed. Observe, regard, notice, mind, attend, harken to, listen to, obey, care, be wary or cautious.
Ant. Slight, ignore, disregard, neglect, omit, overlook.
Heedful. Observing, regardful, watchful, careful, cautious, attentive, wary, provident, circumspect, mindful.
Ant. Heedless, careless, unobserving, thoughtless, unobservant, inattentive, negligent, regardless, unmindful, neglectful, remiss, inconsiderate, precipitate, reckless, headlong, rash.
Height. Altitude, elevation; eminence, summit, top, apex, acme; hill, mountain; exaltation, stature, dignity, loftiness, grandeur; tallness, culmination, crisis.
Ant. Depth, lowness, depression, base, littleness, abasement; profundity.
Heighten. Elevate, raise; magnify, exalt, ennoble; increase, enhance, augment, improve; aggravate, intensify; color, exaggerate, vivify, amplify, lift up.
Ant. Lower, diminish, depress, abase, deteriorate, temper, tone, modify, qualify, extenuate.
Heinous. Flagrant, flagitious, infamous, villainous, nefarious, wicked, atrocious, enormous, monstrous; hateful, detestable, odious, abominable, execrable.
Ant. Excellent, laudable, distinguished, praiseworthy, justifiable, meritorious, excusable.
Help. Foster, aid, assist, encourage, succor, uphold, sustain, support, abet, coöperate, second, stand by, befriend, remedy, prevent, avoid, promote, relieve.
Ant. Obstruct, incur, resist, aggravate, oppose, thwart, discourage, withstand, counteract.
Hereditary. Ancestral, patrimonial; transmitted, inherited; lineal.
Ant. Conferred, acquired, won, achieved.
Heresy. Heterodoxy, error, unsound doctrine, schism, unorthodoxy.
Ant. Orthodoxy, catholicity; convention, prevailing belief.
Heretic. Dissenter, schismatic, nonconformist, heresiarch.
Ant. Orthodox believer, fanatic, adherent.
Heritage. Inheritance, entailment, legacy, bequest, portion, patrimony, estate.
Ant. Wages, acquisition, merit, compensation.
Hermetically. Secretly, mysteriously, mystically, occultly, emblematically, symbolically; air-tight, closely.
Ant. Loosely, misfittingly; openly.
Heroic. Brave, valiant, courageous, bold, daring, intrepid, fearless, dauntless, noble, magnanimous, gallant; epic; violent, extreme, desperate, extravagant; undaunted, chivalrous, romantic.
Ant. Dastardly, cowardly, cravenly, fearful, timorous.
Hesitate. Doubt, pause, delay, demur, waver, vacillate; falter, stammer; dubitate, scruple.
Ant. Decide, run, flow, determine, precipitate.
Heterodox. Unsound, unorthodox, heretical, freethinking.
Ant. Sound, orthodox.
Heterogeneous. Unlike, variant, various, confused, conglomerate, mingled, mixed, discordant, miscellaneous, dissimilar, non-homogeneous; alien, strange, different, opposed, contrary, contrasted.
Ant. Homogeneous, identical, like, same, pure, uniform, similar, alike, accordant, congruous.
Hew. Cut, chop, hack; smooth, fashion, form; mold, model, engrave, carve, sculpture, turn.
Ant. Leave intact.
Hibernal. Wintry, brumal, arctic, glacial, frigid.
Ant. Summery, balmy, zephyrous, halcyon, tropical.
Hide. Conceal, secrete, mask, dissemble, protect, store, disguise, screen, cover, burrow, ensconce; suppress, shelter, withhold, cloak, veil, bury, inter, entomb, overwhelm.
Ant. Expose, disclose, discover, exhume, show, tell, raise, reveal, unveil, unmask, uncover, exhibit, confess, betray, avow, divulge, disinter, make known, lay bare, lay open, publish, advertise, manifest, promulgate, admit; strip.
Hideous. Frightful, dreadful, appalling, horrible, ghastly, terrible, horrid, grim, shocking, grisly; unshapely, ugly, monstrous.
Ant. Graceful, beautiful, attractive, captivating.
High. Prominent, superior, distinguished, preëminent; dignified, great, admirable; recondite, abstruse, occult, profound, dark, obscure, transcendental; proud, haughty, arrogant, supercilious, lordly; boastful, ostentatious, bragging, vainglorious; despotic, domineering, overbearing, tyrannical; turbulent, violent, strong, tumultuous, boisterous; extreme; complete, full; dear; shrill, acute, sharp, high-pitched; northerly, southerly; early, primeval; capital, principal; strong-flavored; noble, exalted, steep, tall, towering, uplifted, elevated, eminent, lofty.
Ant. Low, base, degraded, inferior, mean, short, stunted, depressed, dwarfed, ignoble.
Hinder. Delay, embarrass, oppose, prevent, stay, stop, retard, hamper, impede, baffle, encumber, check, bar, clog, counteract, frustrate, foil, interrupt, obstruct, resist, thwart, block, balk, debar.
Ant. Quicken, hasten, speed, accelerate, expedite, enable, facilitate, promote.
Hinge. Turn, depend, hang, be dependent; move, work, rotate, circulate.
Ant. Halt, jar, grate, precipitate, abrade; give, fail.
Hire. Engage, commission, rent, employ; bribe, buy up; lease, let.
Ant. Buy, purchase.
History. Annals, chronicle, recital, memoir, narrative, record, register, story, account, archives, narration, muniment, memorial, autobiography, biography.
Ant. Fiction, fable.
Hit. Strike; reach, attain, win, secure, gain; suit, accord with; clash, collide; succeed, be successful; chance, hazard, touch, mistake.
Ant. Fail, err, miss, mischance, swerve, deflect, overshoot.
Hitch. Catch, get stuck or impeded; go by jerks; fasten, unite, connect, tie, attach; bar, stick, stickle, jam.
Ant. Run, glide, slide, rotate, flow, continue.
Hoard. Store, deposit, save, garner, husband, hive, accumulate, amass, treasure.
Ant. Waste, squander, dissipate, scatter.
Hoarse. Husky, raucous; grating, rough, harsh, low, guttural, gruff.
Ant. Melodious, rich, mellow, sweet, mellifluous.
Hoary. Hoar, white, gray, silvery, frosty.
Ant. Dark, raven, jet, black.
Hoax. Deceive, cheat, impose upon; befool, bamboozle, trick, dupe.
Ant. Guide, enlighten, inform, undeceive, direct, regulate, correct.
Hobby. Nag, hobby-horse; pursuit, whim, amusement, specialty, idiosyncrasy.
Ant. Nuisance, horror, aversion, incubus, bugbear, scarecrow.
Hold. Possess, retain, have, occupy; clasp, grasp, clutch, clinch; restrain, confine, imprison, detain; bind, fasten, unite, connect; stop, stay, arrest, suspend, withhold; support, maintain, sustain, continue, prosecute; embrace, entertain, cherish; heed, regard, consider, notice, judge, esteem, count, reckon, deem; contain, admit; celebrate, solemnize; assemble, convene; cohere, adhere, cling, stick, cleave; be firm, be fast, persist, last, endure; be derived; think, be of opinion, believe; stand, be true.
Ant. Drop, surrender, fail, abandon, desert, release, forego, vacate, concede, break, cease; speed, accelerate; give, dispense; disperse.
Hollow, a. Empty, void, vacant, vacuous, cavernous; insincere, false, faithless, hypocritical, treacherous, deceitful, false-hearted, pharisaical; artificial, concave, insubstantial, flimsy, transparent, senseless, unsound; deep, low, rumbling.
Ant. Full, solid, firm, sincere, well-stored, strong, true, sound, genuine, substantial.
Holy. Hallowed, sacred, consecrated, blessed, devoted, set apart; righteous, saintly, spiritual, devout, saintlike, godly, religious, heavenly-minded, pious, pure; reverend, sanctified, divine.
Ant. Cursed, polluted, unsanctified, unconsecrated, unhallowed, wicked, worldly, abominable, common, impure, unholy, secular, profane, evil.
Homage. Fealty, allegiance, devotion, loyalty, fidelity; reverence, obeisance, respect, deference, duty, service, honor; worship, adoration; affiance, submission, veneration.
Ant. Treason, rebellion, defiance, insubordination, disaffection.
Home. Habitation, hearth, residence, house, abode, dwelling, domicil, fireside, hearthstone, ingleside.
Homely. Domestic, homelike; plain, coarse, uncomely, inelegant, homespun; rather ugly.
Ant. Handsome, beautiful, courtly, refined, elegant.
Honest. Honorable, fair, open, straightforward, equitable; upright, virtuous, conscientious, just, true, faithful, trusty, reliable, trustworthy; genuine, thorough; decent, reputable, respectable, creditable, suitable, proper; chaste; truthful, ingenuous, sincere, frank, unreserved, candid, good.
Ant. Lying, unscrupulous, mendacious, untrue, deceitful, dishonest, false, hypocritical, fraudulent, disingenuous, perfidious, faithless, treacherous, unfaithful, traitorous; dishonorable, improper, wrong, insincere, vicious.
Honesty. Integrity, uprightness, probity, justice, fairness, equity, honor, fidelity, faithfulness; truth, truthfulness, veracity; genuineness, thoroughness; chastity, virtue; sincerity, candor, frankness, openness, unreserve, ingenuousness; straightforwardness, rectitude.
Ant. Insincerity, trickery, dishonesty, guile, fraud, deception, unfairness, chicanery.
Honor. Veneration, reverence, respect, homage, deference, civility; dignity, elevation, distinction; majesty; reputation, repute, fame, esteem, credit, glory, consideration; integrity, probity, rectitude; pride, nobility, eminence, high-mindedness, spirit, self-respect, grandeur, renown.
Ant. Contempt, irreverence, disrespect, slight, obscurity, demoralization, degradation, debasement, disgrace, cowardice, infamy, dishonor.
Honorable. Honest, upright, high-minded, illustrious, noble, great, just, fair, trustworthy, conscientious, virtuous, estimable, reputable, right, proper, creditable, equitable.
Ant. Dishonorable, dishonest, false, treacherous.
Honorary. Unofficial, nominal, gratuitous, titular, unremunerative.
Ant. Professional, official, remunerative, jurisdictional.
Hoot. Shout; cry like an owl; denounce, hiss, execrate, cry down, decry, sibilate.
Ant. Salute, welcome, cheer, honor, acclaim, eulogize.
Hope. Trust, confidence, faith, reliance; expectancy, expectation, possibility; dependence; anticipation, prospect, longing, vision, desire.
Ant. Despair, despondency, distrust, abandonment, disbelief, abjuration.
Horizontal. Plain, flat, level, even, plane.
Ant. Vertical, inclined, uneven, slanting, sloping, hilly, broken, irregular, rough, rolling, rugged.
Horrible. Horrid, frightful, terrible, terrific, alarming, dire, portentous, appalling, horrific, horrifying, formidable, awful, harrowing, dreadful, hideous, fearful; abominable, ghastly, detestable, hateful, direful.
Ant. Lovely, desirable, enjoyable, attractive, beautiful, fair, pleasant, amiable.
Horror. Fright, alarm, dread, fear, consternation, terror, affright, dismay, panic; abomination, abhorrence, detestation, disgust, hatred, shuddering, antipathy; shrinking.
Ant. Love, attraction, enticement, allurement.
Horse. Steed, charger, stallion, gelding, mare, colt, pony, nag, courser, barb, filly, palfrey; cavalry, horsemen; stand, support, frame.
Hospitable. Generous, liberal, bountiful, open, kind, unconstrained, unreserved, receptive, large-minded; sociable, neighborly, charitable.
Ant. Unsociable, exclusive, retired, recluse, unneighborly, churlish.
Host. Entertainer; innkeeper, landlord; army, legion; multitude, horde, throng, number, assemblage.
Ant. Handful, sprinkling, group, knot, corps, section; guest, traveler, boarder, lodger.
Hostage. Sponsor, bail, surety.
Ant. Dictator, conqueror.
Hostile. Inimical, unfriendly; adverse, opposite, contrary, repugnant, opposing, opposed.
Ant. Friendly, kindly, amicable, neighborly, cordial, congenial.
Hostility. Enmity, animosity, hatred, unfriendliness, ill will; opposition, repugnance, variance, contrariety.
Ant. Companionship, congeniality, sympathy, harmony, fellow-feeling, concord, alliance, kindliness, friendship.
Hot. Burning, fiery, scalding, heated, very warm; irascible, impetuous, excitable, passionate, hasty, furious, violent; ardent, fervent, vehement, eager, glowing, animated, fervid; biting, pungent, sharp, acrid, peppery, stinging, piquant, high-flavored; choleric.
Ant. Cold, frigid, cool, arctic, chilled, chilly, boreal, bleak, wintry, frosty, icy; apathetic, unresponsive, unfeeling, stoical, passionless, uninspiring, dull, dead, indifferent, unconcerned.
Huge. Immense, enormous, colossal, vast, bulky, stupendous, gigantic, elephantine, Herculean, Cyclopean, large, great, monstrous, prodigious.
Ant. Petty, pigmy, puny, undersized, small, minute.
Human. Cosmical, ethnical, anthropological, rational, civilized.
Ant. Inhuman, beastly, irrational, animal, brutish.
Humane. Kind, benevolent, benignant, accommodating, tender, compassionate, charitable, sympathetic, gentle, clement, kind-hearted; tender-hearted; elevating, refining, cultivating, rational, spiritual, humanizing; benign, merciful, gracious, pitying, human, forgiving.
Ant. Barbarous; inhuman, unkind, cruel, unmerciful.
Humanity. Mankind; benevolence, kindness, philanthropy, tenderness, sympathy, charity, humaneness, good nature; human spirit, rationality, reason, culture; man, compassion, sensibility.
Ant. Unkindness, cruelty, inhumanity, irrationality, bestiality, barbarity.
Humanize. Soften, make humane; civilize, cultivate, refine, polish, improve, enlighten, reclaim, educate; ameliorate, christianize.
Ant. Barbarize, degrade, debase, brutalize, depress.
Humble. Meek, modest, unassuming, unobtrusive, lowly, unpretending, submissive, small, poor, low; obscure.
Ant. High, lofty, assuming, pretentious, proud, boastful, arrogant, eminent.
Humid. Damp, wet, moist, vaporous, dank, spongy.
Ant. Dry, arid, moistureless, parched.
Humor, n. Disposition, temper, bent, propensity, bias, predilection; mood, frame of mind, fancy, caprice, whim, freak, vagary, crotchet; pleasantry, fun, jocularity, wit, facetiousness.
Ant. Nature, personality, mind, purpose, will, seriousness.
Humorous. Facetious, jocular, jocose, funny, comical, sportive, comic, ludicrous, pleasant, witty.
Ant. Grave, serious, sober, matter-of-fact, solemn, sad.
Hurry, n. Flutter, flurry, precipitation, confusion, bluster, bustle, agitation, perturbation; haste, despatch, celerity, expedition, quickness, promptness.
Ant. Slowness; composure.
Hurry, v. Haste, hasten, move quickly; urge, speed, expedite, despatch, accelerate.
Ant. Delay, retard, slow down; loiter, saunter, move slowly.
Hurt, n. Damage, harm, injury, mischief, disadvantage, detriment, wound.
Ant. Benefit, pleasure.
Hurt, v. Injure, harm, damage, impair, mar; pain, wound; grieve, afflict, bruise.
Ant. Heal, soothe, console, repair, benefit, compensate, reinstate.
Hurtful. Harmful, injurious, mischievous, detrimental, deleterious, disadvantageous, baneful, noxious, prejudicial, pernicious, baleful.
Ant. Helpful, beneficial, advantageous, wholesome, salubrious, good, sanative, remedial.
Hybrid. Mixed, impure, mongrel, mule, half-breed.
Ant. Pure, unmixed, thoroughbred.
Hypocrisy. Formalism, Pharisaism, cant, pietism, sanctimoniousness, assumed piety; deceit, deception, dissimulation, false profession, imposture; sanctimony, pretense, sham, affectation.
Ant. Sincerity, transparency, truth, honesty, genuineness, candor, frankness, openness, ingenuousness, truthfulness.
Hypocrite. Deceiver, impostor, pretender, cheat, dissembler; Pharisee, formalist.
Ant. Saint, believer, Christian; dupe, bigot, fanatic, simpleton.
Hypocritical. Canting, Pharisaical, sanctimonious; insincere, dissembling, false, hollow, faithless, deceitful, unctuous, smug, smooth, mincing.
Ant. Candid, truthful, sincere, plain-spoken, transparent, genuine.
Hypothesis. Scheme, speculation, system, supposition, conjecture, guess, surmise, theory.
Ant. Certainty, demonstration, evidence, fact, proof, discovery.