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Labor, n. Toil, exertion, work, effort, task, travail; drudgery, industry, painstaking; burden, duties.
Ant. Ease, indolence, rest, respite, recreation, refreshment, vacation, inactivity, laziness.
Labored. Elaborate, studied, highly wrought, overwrought, stiff, heavy.
Ant. Easy, natural, simple.
Laborer. Workman, operative, workingman, hand, employee, bread-winner.
Ant. Employer.
Laborious. Toilsome, difficult, tiresome, onerous, wearisome, fatiguing, arduous, hard, burdensome, tedious, irksome; industrious, diligent, toiling, assiduous, hard-working, painstaking, sedulous, indefatigable, active.
Ant. Easy, light, simple, facile, feasible; lazy, indolent, indiligent, idle.
Labyrinth. Maze, confusion, intricacy, windings; perplexity, complexity, bewilderment, involutions; difficulty.
Ant. Simplicity, calm, perspicacity; insight, understanding.
Lack, n. Deficiency, want, need, destitution, failure, scantiness, dearth, scarcity, fault, deficit, shortness, insufficiency.
Ant. Plenty, fulness, abundance, supply, sufficiency, competence, satisfaction.
Laconic, Laconical. Short, epigrammatic, brusk, brief, concise, pithy, sententious, terse, curt.
Ant. Wordy, tedious, prolix, diffuse, prosy, loquacious, garrulous.
Laggard, n. Loiterer, lingerer, sluggard, saunterer, dawdler, idler.
Laical. Laic, lay, unprofessional; secular, temporal; civil, non-legal.
Ant. Clerical, professional, theological, sacred, divine, ecclesiastic, ministerial, priestly, canonical, legal, sacerdotal.
Laity. Laymen, the people.
Ant. Clergy, professional people.
Lame. Hobbling, crippled, limping; inefficient, imperfect, defective; weak, feeble, poor, unsatisfactory, insufficient; halt, faltering, impotent.
Ant. Robust, strong, potent, efficient, cogent, effective, convincing, telling, satisfactory.
Lament, v. Mourn, bemoan, bewail, deplore, sorrow over, regret, grieve.
Ant. Rejoice, enjoy, hail, welcome.
Language. Idiom, speech, dialect, tongue, patois, barbarism, diction, expression, vernacular, vocabulary, mother tongue, phraseology, discourse, conversation, talk; articulation, accents; style, utterance, voice.
Ant. Jargon, gibberish, cry, howl, roar; speechlessness, inarticulateness, muteness, dumbness.
Languid. Drooping, indisposed, inanimate, feeble, weak, faint, sickly, pining, weary, listless, heavy, dull, exhausted, heartless; enervated, flagging, spiritless, unnerved, unbraced.
Ant. Strong, vigorous, robust, active, braced, healthy, energetic, animated, alert.
Languish. To be languid, pine, droop, sink, faint, decline.
Ant. Luxuriate, thrive, prosper, flourish, bloom.
Languor. Feebleness, weakness, faintness, weariness, lassitude, listlessness, heaviness, dulness.
Ant. Strength, vigor, energy, freshness, lithesomeness.
Lank. Slender, thin, shrunken, lean, loose, slim, long, lax.
Ant. Plump, fat, chubby, short, full, rounded.
Lapse, n. Slipping, falling, slip, fault; termination, failure; escheatment, flow, flux, progress, reversion, elapsing; apostasy.
Ant. Stability, fixedness, retention, fixture, stoppage, uprightness; inheritance, possession.
Large. Colossal, ample, broad, bulky, extensive, vast, massive, spacious, wide, commodious, enormous, coarse, grand, long, gigantic, immense, huge, great, big, capacious, considerable, abundant; diffuse, comprehensive, profuse, plentiful, populous, copious, liberal; enlightened, catholic.
Ant. Circumscribed, illiberal, contracted, niggardly, sordid, bigoted; small, little, microscopic, mean, minute, tiny, slender, trifling, trivial, diminutive, inconsiderable, slight, infinitesimal, limited, short, insignificant, scanty, petty, narrow, paltry.
Lash, v. Strike, whip, scourge, flog, beat, tie, fasten; censure, satirize, castigate.
Ant. Soothe, smooth, caress; eulogize, compliment, extol.
Lassitude. Languor, weariness, weakness, debility, inertia.
Ant. Energy, strength, robustness, vigor, freshness.
Last, v. Continue, endure, persist, remain, hold, abide, live.
Ant. End, stop, terminate, depart, fade, cease, fail, die.
Last, a. Final, hindmost, farthest; next, past; highest or lowest, supreme, utmost; most unlikely, least fit; latest, final, concluding, ultimate.
Ant. First, foremost, opening, introductory, initiatory; ensuing, next, nearest.
Lasting. Durable, permanent, unending, enduring, abiding, perpetual.
Ant. Temporary, transient, ephemeral, momentary, occasional, periodic, recurrent.
Late. Slow, tardy; deceased, departed; far advanced; recent; not long past; delayed.
Ant. Early, coming, present, future, forthcoming, existing.
Lately. Recently, of late, not far past, but just.
Ant. Formerly, remotely, distantly in past or future.
Latent. Hidden, secret, invisible, dormant, unobserved, concealed, inapparent, potential, implicit, undeveloped, inherent.
Ant. Visible, explicit, apparent, exposed, developed, active, conspicuous, manifest.
Lateral. At the side, oblique; indirect, secondary, resultant, parallel, incidental.
Ant. Direct, primary, immediate, lineal.
Latter. Later, modern, more recent; last, final.
Ant. Former, previous, ancient; penultimate.
Laudable. Praiseworthy, commendable.
Ant. Blameworthy, execrable.
Laughter. Laughing, mirth, merriment, glee; derision, ridicule, contempt.
Ant. Weeping, tears, sorrow, mourning, lamentation; respect, veneration, admiration.
Launch, v. Hurl, throw, let fly; set afloat; start, propel, move; expatiate, enlarge.
Ant. Recall, repress, retain; ignore, avoid, shun.
Lavish, a. Profuse, prodigal; superabundant, excessive, extravagant, bountiful, wasteful.
Ant. Sparing, economical, close, niggardly, chary.
Law. Code, canon, edict, decree, order, mandate, legislation, ordinance, rule, regulation, jurisprudence, enactment, command, commandment, economy, formula, polity, principle, statute; mode, method, sequence, adjudication, jurisdiction.
Ant. Misrule, anarchy, disorder, insubordination, rebellion; caprice, chance, irregularity, accident, casualty.
Lawful. Conformable to law, legitimate, competent, constituted, authorized; legal, constitutional, rightful, regular; permissible, orderly, right, allowable, fair.
Ant. Illegal, impermissible, unlawful, wrong.
Lawless. Contrary to law, illegal; unrestrained, unregulated; wild, rebellious, savage, disorderly.
Ant. Peaceful, law-abiding, loyal, civilized, honest, tractable, well-disposed.
Lawyer. Counselor, attorney, counsel, advocate.
Ant. Client.
Lax. Slack, vague, unconfined; dissolute, licentious; incoherent; unprincipled, loose, remiss, flabby.
Ant. Concise, strict, rigid, coherent, compact; conscientious, principled.
Lay. Put, place, establish, deposit, arrange, spread, dispose, set down; allay, prostrate.
Ant. Raise, erect, lift up; excite, disorder, disarrange.
Lazy. Shirking, idle, inactive, slothful, slow, sluggish.
Ant. Industrious, energetic, active, assiduous.
Lead, n. Guidance, direction, initiative, control; precedence, priority, preëminence.
Ant. Following, submission, subordination; inferiority.
Lead, v. Guide, conduct, direct, counsel; precede, draw, induce, entice, allure; convoy; commence, inaugurate; persuade, influence.
Ant. Follow; dissuade, mislead, misguide; leave, abandon.
Leader. Guide, conductor; director, chief, head.
Ant. Follower, disciple.
League. Alliance, compact, coalition, confederacy, confederation, bond, combination, union.
Ant. Neutrality; divorce, disruption, disunion, secession, disconnection, alienation, dissolution.
Lean, v. Incline, deviate, bend, rest, rely on; conform; tend, depend, hang; slope; repose, confide.
Ant. Support, raise, erect, stabilitate, rise, straighten.
Lean, a. Slender, spare, meager, thin, lank, gaunt, skinny, bare, scant, barren, mean; shriveled, emaciated, bony, scraggy.
Ant. Fat, plump, brawny, well-conditioned, obese, stout.
Leaning. Tendency, proclivity, propensity, bias, liking, partiality, inclination.
Ant. Loathing, aversion, repugnance, avoidance, dislike.
Leap, v. Jump, vault, spring, bound, hop, bounce.
Ant. Walk, dive, swim, run.
Learn. Acquire, imbibe, attain, collect, know, gather, understand, study.
Ant. Forget, lose; teach, instruct.
Learned. Erudite, versed, well-informed, scholarly, skilled, literary, conversant, read.
Ant. Ignorant, unlearned, illiterate, unscholarly.
Learner. Pupil, scholar, student, disciple, novice.
Ant. Teacher, professor, authority, adept, master, doctor.
Learning. Knowledge, erudition, skill, literature, science, lore, letters, education, culture, tuition, acquirements, attainments, scholarship.
Ant. Ignorance, illiteracy, boorishness, stupidity; inspiration, revelation.
Least. Smallest, shortest, lowest, most unimportant, meanest, last.
Ant. Greatest, longest, noblest, highest, most important, first, principal, main, leading, preëminent.
Leave, v. Quit, abandon, give up, forego, resign, surrender, forbear; cease, stop, desist; depart, go from; bequeath.
Ant. Persist, stay, hold, retain; continue; arrive.
Legal. Authorized, legitimate, constitutional, licit, lawful, allowable.
Ant. Illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional, lay, illegitimate.
Legend. Chronicle; myth, fable; inscription, motto; hearsay, fiction.
Ant. Fact, history, truth, verity.
Legible. Distinct, plain, apparent, discernible, clear, manifest, decipherable, well-written.
Ant. Illegible, cryptographic, cabalistic, undecipherable, obscure.
Legitimate. Lawful, valid; authorized, real, genuine, licit, allowable, normal, standard.
Ant. Illegitimate, unallowable, unfair, unauthorized, illicit, false.
Leisure. Freedom, ease, vacation, convenience; opportunity, retirement, spare time.
Ant. Occupation, employment, absorption, work, labor, constraint, engagement, business, toil.
Leisurely. Deliberate, convenient, easy, sauntering.
Ant. Hurried, hasty, difficult, speedy, industrious, assiduous, eager, precipitate, expeditious.
Lend. Let, afford, furnish, loan, advance, grant.
Ant. Refuse, withhold, retain, appropriate, withdraw; recall.
Lengthen. Elongate, stretch, extend, prolong.
Ant. Shorten, contract, confine, narrow.
Lengthy. Long, drawn out, tedious, verbose, diffuse, prolix.
Ant. Concise, comprehensive, laconic, short, brief, condensed, succinct, compact.
Lenient. Merciful, mild, relaxing, assuasive, softening, compassionate.
Ant. Harsh, cruel, hard, severe, stern.
Lessen. Diminish, reduce, decrease, abate, lower, impair, degrade, weaken.
Ant. Increase, enlarge, extend, develop, heighten, multiply, strengthen, spread, enhance.
Lesson. Instruction, precept, doctrine, study; reproof, warning, rebuke, lecture, homily.
Ant. Misguidance, misinformation, deception.
Let. Permit, allow, suffer; rent, lease, hire out; assign, grant, give, contract.
Ant. Prevent, hinder, check, thwart; refuse, deny, withhold, withdraw.
Lethal. Fatal, deadly, mortal, poisonous, venomous, baneful, noxious.
Ant. Remedial, wholesome, salutary, vital, invigorating, restorative.
Lethargy. Drowsiness, torpor, swoon, trance, stupor, oblivion; indifference.
Ant. Alertness, liveliness, vigilance, wakefulness, life, activity, quickness; eagerness, attention, interest.
Letter. Epistle; mark, character; note, communication, message, missive; (pl.) erudition, learning.
Level, n. Plane; surface, floor; rank, standard, degree, position; ground; horizontality, equality, platform.
Ant. Unevenness, acclivity, inequality, verticality, declivity.
Level, v. Smooth, flatten, even; overthrow; aim, direct; plane, raze, equalize.
Ant. Roughen, furrow, graduate, grade.
Level, a. Flat, horizontal, even, plane, smooth.
Ant. Rough, uneven, broken, rolling, undulating, hilly.
Levity. Inconstancy, unsteadiness, thoughtlessness, frivolity, fickleness; flightiness, volatility.
Ant. Gravity, earnestness, seriousness, sobriety, dignity, importance.
Levy, v. Raise, collect, assess, seize, exact; attack; tax, impose, muster.
Ant. Pay, forego, surrender, reimburse, repay, liquidate.
Liable. Accountable, bound, responsible, answerable, subject, exposed, obnoxious; amenable.
Ant. Irresponsible, refractory, independent, autocratic.
Libel, n. Lampoon, satire, defamation, detraction, slander, calumny, traducement.
Ant. Retraction, vindication, apology; puff, praise, encomium, advocacy, panegyric.
Liberal. Generous, munificent, beneficent, large, free, catholic, unselfish, unrestrained, tolerant; ample, profuse.
Ant. Mean, grasping, greedy, niggardly, avaricious; narrow-minded, bigoted, prejudiced, inadequate, contracted, scanty.
Liberate. Deliver, set free, disengage, release.
Ant. Confine, imprison, arrest; sentence, doom, condemn.
Libertine. Rake, debauchee, dissolute person, profligate.
Ant. Ascetic, anchorite.
Liberty. Emancipation, choice, freedom, license, independence, leave, permission, exemption; privilege, franchise, immunity.
Ant. Slavery, captivity, servitude, serfdom, compulsion, necessity, constraint, imprisonment, oppression, thraldom, superstition, obligation.
License, n. Permission, leave, privilege, right, warrant; laxity, disorder, anarchy, lawlessness.
Ant. Obligation, constraint, compulsion, submission, necessity, restraint, restriction, moderation, temperance.
License, v. Permit, authorize, let.
Ant. Prohibit, restrain, forbid, constrain, inhibit, interdict, withhold, withdraw; annul, disallow.
Licentious. Excessive, abusive; unrestrained, uncurbed, unruly, lawless, immoral, lewd, riotous, ungovernable, wanton, lax, dissolute, profligate, loose, sensual, impure, unchaste, lascivious.
Ant. Temperate, strict, moderate, controlled, self-controlled, ascetic, austere, sober, self-denying, puritanic, renunciatory.
Licit. Lawful, legal.
Ant. Illegal, illicit, unlawful, unlicensed, unauthorized, illegitimate, improper, forbidden.
Lie, n. Untruth, fiction, fable, deception, falsehood, falsification; delusion, illusion.
Ant. Truth, verity, reality, fact; veracity, exactness, precision, principle, honesty, sincerity.
Lie, v. Utter a lie; rest, recline, be situated; abide, remain, continue; exist, belong, consist; lodge, sleep.
Ant. Rise, stir, move, walk, be active, go, change, run.
Life. Being, soul, spirit; affairs; animation, vivacity, energy, vigor, living being; biography.
Ant. Death, mortality, decease, lifelessness, annihilation, non-existence; lethargy, coma, stupor; demise, departure, dissolution.
Lift, v. Raise, elevate; exalt, improve; steal.
Ant. Lower, sink, depress, let descend; reduce, degrade, humble; crush, overwhelm; hurl, dash, fling, throw.
Ligament. Bandage, bond, connection, ligature, strap, girth, band, brace, tie; tying, binding.
Ant. Fracture, disconnection, dislocation, disruption, severance, laceration, splinter, rupture, break.
Light, n. Gleam, shine, glitter, flame, blaze, illumination, incandescence, glow, flash, flare, sparkle, twinkle, flicker, glare, glimmer, glistening, sheen, luster, shimmer, shining, scintillation, day; open view, publicity; enlightenment, knowledge, information; prosperity, joy, happiness, felicity.
Ant. Dark, gloom, darkness, dimness, blackness, dusk, shade, shadow, gloominess, obscurity; extinction, night, tenebrosity, death; confusion, mystification, ignorance, misunderstanding, illiteracy, blindness, nescience.
Light, a. Bright, clear, white; unweighty, imponderable, portable, easy, volatile, insubstantial, buoyant; small, trifling, inconsiderable, moderate, insignificant; porous, spongy; unsteady, fickle, frivolous, unsettled; empty, slight, vain, capricious, thoughtless.
Ant. Weighty, ponderous, oppressive, grievous, burdensome; onerous, difficult, laborious, hard; dejected, depressed, despondent; dull, inert, inactive.
Like, v. Be pleased with, approve, enjoy, love, relish, esteem, fancy, affect.
Ant. Dislike, hate, loathe, detest, abhor, abominate.
Like, a. Resembling, similar; equal; probable, likely; disposed to, inclined toward; correspondent.
Ant. Different, dissimilar, counterpart; improbable, unlikely; disinclined, indisposed.
Likelihood. Probability, semblance, appearance, verisimilitude.
Ant. Improbability, inconceivability, impossibility, unlikelihood; distinction, difference, uncertainty, contrariety; inconsistency.
Likely. Probable, presumable, reasonable, apt, credible, conceivable, conjectural.
Ant. Unlikely, doubtful, incredible, dubious, improbable, questionable, unreasonable.
Likeness. Resemblance, similarity; guise; portrait, similitude, correspondence, copy, imitation, image, representation, effigy, picture.
Ant. Unlikeness, disparity, dissimilarity, inequality; original.
Likewise. Also, moreover, too, besides.
Ant. Otherwise.
Liking. Inclination, pleasure, desire, preference, approval, affection, fondness, taste, partiality.
Ant. Dislike, disrelish, abhorrence, hatred, loathing, repugnance, aversion.
Limit. Boundary, termination, restriction, confine, enclosure, border.
Ant. Expanse, space, interior, center, tract, land; void.
Limitless. Boundless, illimitable, immeasurable, vast, immense, infinite, interminable, unrestricted, unhindered, unobstructed.
Ant. Bounded, limited, restricted, circumscribed, defined, restrained, hindered, prevented, hampered, obstructed, conditioned.
Limpid. Clear, transparent, lucid, pellucid, pure, translucent, bright, crystal.
Ant. Turbid, foul, muddy, opaque, dark, black.
Line, n. Thread, cord, hawser, rope; boundary, contour, outline; family, race; track, railroad, course, method; continuity, sequence, succession.
Ant. Breadth, width; expanse, space, deviation, divergency, variation; discontinuance.
Lineage. Ancestry, family, descendants, house, breed, race, descent, progeny.
Ant. Ancestor, source, ancestry, origin, founder, progenitor.
Lineament. Profile, form, feature, mark, outline.
Ant. Face, aspect, countenance, visage, front, expression.
Linear. Direct, straight, rectilinear, lineal.
Ant. Zigzag, wandering, divergent, crooked, hooked, incurvate.
Linger. Lag, saunter, tarry, delay, halt, stop, hesitate, wait, pause.
Ant. Hasten, speed, push on, go, press forward, advance, progress.
Liquid, a. Fluid, flowing, fluent, running, melting, liquescent; mellifluous, soft, limpid, clear.
Ant. Solid, hard, congealed, insoluble, solidified, concrete; harsh, discordant.
List. Roll, catalogue, schedule, inventory, record, register, index.
Ant. Non-registration.
Listen. Harken, hear, attend, hark, heed, list.
Ant. Ignore, scorn, neglect, slight, be deaf to.
Listless. Indifferent, spiritless, heedless, careless, languid, uninterested; indolent, vacant, supine, torpid.
Ant. Interested, eager, earnest, spirited, careful, heedful, thoughtful, alert, attentive, absorbed, curious, engaged, active.
Literal. Unimaginative, matter-of-fact; real; accurate, correct, exact, grammatical, positive, verbal, close, plain, actual; word by word, specific.
Ant. General, free, liberal, metaphorical.
Literary. Learned, bookish, literate, lettered, erudite, scholarly, well-read, studious, instructed, educated.
Ant. Illiterate, unlettered, unscholarly.
Literature. Books, literary productions or works, publications, writings, belles-lettres; study, lore, reading, scholarship, attainment; inspiration, genius, intuition, the divine afflatus; science, learning, letters, erudition.
Lithe. Pliant, flexible, limber, supple, elastic, agile, flexile.
Ant. Stiff, tough, inelastic, inflexible, unresponsive, hard, resistant.
Litter. Clutter, disorder, untidiness, rubbish.
Ant. Order, cleanliness, arrangement, tidiness, system, method.
Little. Small, diminutive; insignificant, contemptible; short, brief; inefficient, weak, slight; narrow, mean, illiberal; pigmy, scanty, unimportant, inconsiderable, trivial, petty, paltry, dwarf, puny.
Ant. Great, big, large, huge, monstrous, enormous, long, developed, bulky, full; important, momentous, grave, serious, considerable, significant; colossal.
Live, v. Have life; abide, dwell, reside; survive, remain, last; enjoy; feed, subsist; vegetate, grow, continue, behave, act, exist, breathe.
Ant. Die, perish, depart, decay, wither, fade, vanish, fail, demise, drop, languish, expire, decline, faint, sink, fall.
Live, a. Alive, living, active, vigorous, earnest, energetic, animate.
Ant. Defunct, inanimate, dead, moribund, deceased, departed, gone.
Livelihood. Support, maintenance, sustenance, subsistence; substance, living.
Ant. Beggary, want, starvation, penury, inanition.
Liveliness. Sprightliness, animation, gaiety, vivacity, smartness, briskness, activity.
Ant. Slowness, torpor, stupidity, dulness, insensibility, listlessness, languor, inertness.
Lively. Quick, nimble, smart, active, alert, sprightly, brisk, animated, prompt, earnest, energetic, strong, vivacious, gleeful, blithe, airy, gay, jocund, keen, eager, vivid, spirited, vigorous.
Ant. Lifeless, dull, torpid, inanimate, inert, insensate, listless, languid, indifferent.
Livery. Release, deliverance; clothing, food, uniform, peculiar garb; ration, boarding; dependence, servitude, badge, retinue.
Living, n. Subsistence, estate, existence.
Ant. Want, starvation, privation, beggary, dearth, insufficiency, paucity, poverty, indigence.
Living, a. Active, lively, vigorous; issuing, flowing; quickening, invigorating; burning, ignited; vegetating, growing.
Ant. Dead, perishable, decaying, perishing, departed, inanimate, vanishing, deceased, defunct, withered.
Load. Burden, charge, weight, pack, lading, incubus, clog, encumbrance, cargo, freight, drag, oppression, pressure.
Ant. Support, solace, alleviation, lightness, refreshment, emptiness.
Loan, n. Advance, mortgage, hypothecation.
Ant. Foreclosure, recall, resumption.
Loath, a. Averse, unwilling, reluctant; backward, indisposed, disinclined.
Ant. Eager, ardent, zealous, enthusiastic, anxious, desirous, impatient, impetuous, earnest, forward, fervent.
Loathe, v. Abominate, execrate, abhor, dislike, detest, hate.
Ant. Desire, like, long for, love.
Locality. Position, location; town, village, city; situation, place, habitat.
Locate. Place, set; designate, define; establish, settle, lodge, fix, dispose.
Ant. Remove, leave, disestablish, dislodge, displace.
Lock, n. Clasp, catch, bar, bolt, fastening, hasp, hook, latch.
Locomotion. Movement, travel, passage, migration.
Ant. Rest, abode, stoppage, remanence, fixture, stationariness, permanence.
Lodge, v. Rest, remain, shelter, stay, abide, stop.
Ant. Remove, travel, pass on, go, move, journey.
Lofty. Tall, sublime, exalted, dignified, stately, majestic, sublime, proud, haughty, elevated, towering, high, eminent.
Ant. Low, stunted, ordinary, unimposing, unassuming, undignified, depressed.
Logical. Dialectical, reasonable, coherent, consistent, sound, argumentative, close, discriminating.
Ant. Illogical, unsound, inconsistent, unreasonable, incoherent, undiscriminating, fallacious, inconclusive.
Lonely, Lonesome. Forlorn, forsaken, dreary, wild, desolate, secluded, solitary, depressed, alone, retired.
Ant. Frequented, populous, companioned; cheerful, festive, gay, bustling, animated.
Long, a. Drawn out, protracted, extended; continued; lingering; distant, far away; extensive, far-reaching.
Ant. Short, brief, curtailed, contracted, abbreviated, condensed, concise.
Look, n. Appearance, aspect; manner; glance, sight, view.
Look, v. Behold, see, stare, scan, contemplate, view, glance, descry, watch, discern, gaze, regard, inspect, survey; consider; seem, appear; face, front, take notice; expect, anticipate.
Ant. Be blind or unseeing; overlook, miss, pass, neglect.
Loose, a. Unbound, untied, free, unattached, unfastened, unconstrained; vague; liberal, unchaste, dissolute; unconnected, rambling; lax; detached, flowing, scattered, sparse; inexact.
Ant. Tight, close; bound, tied, fastened, secured; thick, compact, dense; accurate, exact, strict, logical, scientific; conscientious, self-controlled, firm, rigorous.
Loquacity. Garrulity, talkativeness.
Ant. Taciturnity, silence, unresponsiveness.
Lordly. Imperious, noble, honorable; proud, haughty, lofty, majestic, magnificent.
Ant. Humble, mean, servile, ignoble, lowly, meek, dishonorable, abject.
Lordship, n. Manor; dominion, power, authority; rule, jurisdiction.
Ant. Subjection, subordination, homage, submission, subservience.
Lore. Knowledge; instruction, wisdom, advice, counsel.
Ant. Ignorance, illiteracy, inexperience, folly, imprudence.
Lose. Part with, deprive of; destroy, waste, squander, wander, miss, ruin; fail of.
Ant. Keep, retain, hold, obtain, grasp, recover, preserve, treasure, hoard, save, husband, economize, guard, utilize.
Loss. Failure, destruction, privation; defect, harm; waste; squandering, deprivation, forfeiture; detriment, ruin, defeat, injury, damage, disadvantage.
Ant. Restoration, recovery, reimbursement, retention, preservation, hoarding, guarding; utilization; gain, aggrandizement, augmentation, advantage, acquisition, profit, benefit, increment, earnings.
Lot. Chance, accident, fate, fortune, hazard; destiny, doom, allotment, apportionment; portion, division, part, parcel, land.
Ant. Law, arrangement, design, purpose, plan, prearrangement.
Loud. Noisy; clamorous, boisterous, vociferous; obstreperous, turbulent, blustering; ostentatious, gaudy.
Ant. Gentle, subdued, soft, quiet, silent, inaudible; whispering, murmuring; rustling.
Love, n. Friendship, liking, tenderness, regard, fondness, devotion, affection, attachment, attraction, charity, courtship; good will; kindness, delight, inclination; benevolence.
Ant. Antipathy, hatred, enmity; alienation, dislike, disaffection, estrangement, bitterness, coldness, repugnance, infidelity; desertion.
Lovely. Beautiful, charming, delightful, delectable, enchanting, lovable, amiable; pleasing, winning, sweet, admirable.
Ant. Hateful, hideous, ugly, homely, unattractive, unlovely, plain, gawky, unamiable, unlovable.
Low. Sunken; quiet; small; submissive, humble; mean, vulgar, base, ignoble, dishonorable; moderate; feeble, weak; plain, simple; reasonable, cheap, abject, servile, slavish, degraded, vile, groveling; deep; reverent; dejected, depressed, dispirited.
Ant. High, tall, lofty, elevated, exalted; eminent, noble, illustrious, rising, strong, influential; honorable; elaborate, ornate; notable; costly, expensive, precious, dear; arrogant, haughty, proud, masterly, lordly; high, loud, violent; irreverent, sacrilegious, blatant; elated, excited; intensified.
Lower, v. Depress, sink, reduce, diminish, humble; let down, drop; degrade, disgrace, debase; lessen.
Ant. Raise, exalt, elevate, hoist; increase, aggrandize.
Lower, a. Inferior.
Ant. Higher, superior, more influential.
Lowering. Gloomy, threatening, sullen; cloudy, overcast, murky, dark.
Ant. Clear, bright, light; vaporless.
Lowly. Low, humble, unimportant, meek, modest; mean, unpretending, mild.
Ant. Lofty, eminent, proud, arrogant, lordly, haughty, elevated; supercilious, conceited, pretentious.
Loyal. Faithful, true, constant, devoted, staunch, trusty, obedient, submissive.
Ant. Inconstant, untrue, traitorous, mutinous, seditious, insurgent, insubmissive, rebellious, disobedient, unfaithful, disaffected, dastardly.
Loyalty. Allegiance, fidelity, fealty, faithfulness, constancy.
Ant. Treason, treachery, unfaithfulness, disloyalty; sedition, rebellion, inconstancy, insurrection.
Lucid. Luminous, transparent, sane, reasonable; shining, resplendent, bright; clear; radiant, brilliant; limpid, lucent; distinct, intelligible, perspicuous, sober, sound.
Ant. Dark, opaque, muddy, black, somber, turbid, obscure; indistinct, unintelligible, mystifying, insane, unsound, confused, involved; illegible.
Luck. Chance, hap, fate, fortune, hazard, casualty, accident; success, good fortune.
Ant. Rule, law, causation, purpose, design, certainty; fate.
Luckless. Unfortunate, unsuccessful, unlucky, ill-fated, unprosperous, ill-starred, unpropitious, unhappy.
Lucky. Fortunate, successful, auspicious, prosperous, happy, favored, blessed.
Lucrative. Profitable, gainful, paying, remunerative.
Ant. Disadvantageous, unremunerative, unprofitable, useless, fruitless, vain, unproductive.
Lucre. Gain, profit, riches, pelf, emolument, greed, mammon.
Ant. Loss, poverty, failure, privation.
Lucubration. Nocturnal study, meditation, speculation, cogitation.
Ant. Idleness, dulness, stupidity, torpor, vacuity.
Ludicrous. Laughable, comic, burlesque, droll, sportive, ridiculous, comical, odd, funny, farcical, absurd.
Ant. Grave, serious, important, momentous; sad, sorrowful, melancholy, tragic, mournful, lugubrious.
Lugubrious. Mournful, woful, pitiable, doleful, sad, sorrowful, melancholy, complaining.
Ant. Ludicrous, droll, ridiculous, comic, witty, jovial, absurd, funny, laughable, comical.
Lull, v. Compose, calm, quiet, soothe, hush, tranquilize, still.
Ant. Excite, aggravate, incite, stimulate, exasperate, provoke, inflame.
Luminous. Shining, brilliant, bright; illuminated; enlightened, intelligent, clear, intelligible.
Ant. Dark, black, gloomy; unintelligible, unintelligent, involved, mixed, confused.
Lunacy. Derangement, mania, craziness, insanity, madness, aberration.
Ant. Sanity, intellect, reason, rationality, lucidity, intelligence, brains; mind; self-control.
Lunatic, n. Insane person, maniac, madman.
Ant. Philosopher, sage, luminary, savant, scholar, scientist, intellectual person.
Lunatic, a. Insane, mad, crazy, cracked, deranged.
Ant. Sane, rational, intelligent, reasonable, reasoning, intellectual, knowing, sound.
Lure, n. Enticement, decoy; allurement, bait, temptation, attraction.
Lure, v. Allure, entice, decoy, tempt, attract, inveigle, seduce.
Ant. Warn, guide, alarm, premonish, ward, instruct, conduct, guard; extricate, save.
Lurid. Yellow, pale, wan, dismal, ghastly, gloomy, murky, lowering.
Ant. Bright, luminous, radiant, clear.
Lurk. Lie hid, lie in wait, hide, skulk.
Ant. Rise, spring, emerge, appear, reveal.
Luscious. Sweet, delicious, fulsome, cloying, savory, delightful, pleasing, grateful; sugary, honeyed; rank, nauseous, unctuous.
Ant. Sour, sharp, tart, bitter, pungent, acid.
Luster. Brilliancy, brightness, splendor, glitter; renown, distinction, glory; gleam, radiance, resplendence; eminence, repute, celebrity, honor.
Ant. Darkness, tenebrosity, blackness, gloom, obscuration; detraction, derogation, infamy, disrepute, dishonor, notoriety.
Lustration. Washing, purification, cleansing; lustrum.
Ant. Defilement, contamination, infection, desecration; soiling, pollution.
Lustrous. Bright, shiny, gleaming, luminous, brilliant, radiant.
Ant. Dark, black, gloomy.
Lusty. Stout, strong, vigorous, robust, healthful, able, lively, sturdy; bulky, large, fat.
Ant. Weak, infirm, feeble, incapable, ailing, effete, listless, invalid, powerless, convalescent.
Luxuriant. Exuberant, excessive, rank, abundant, profuse, plentiful, plenteous.
Ant. Delicate, frail, scanty, scarce, feeble.
Luxuriate. Grow exuberantly, feed luxuriously; flourish, indulge; revel, wanton; delight, indulge to excess.
Ant. Toil, slave, drudge, labor, work; pine, waste, droop, decay, languish.
Luxurious. Voluptuous, epicurean, sensual, intemperate, effeminate, self-indulgent.
Ant. Austere, ascetic, hard, painful, self-denying, self-controlled, temperate, restrained, restricted.
Luxury. Voluptuousness, epicurism, effeminacy, sensuality; dainty, delicacy, gratification; pleasure, enjoyment, delight; treat, animalism.
Ant. Stoicism, asceticism, self-denial, austerity, hardship; spirituality.
Lying, a. False, mendacious, untruthful, untrue; recumbent.
Ant. Truthful, true, veracious, upright, honest, accurate, exact; erect.