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Tacit. Silent, implied, granted, unexpressed, understood, implicit.
Ant. Mentioned, expressed, explicit, declared.
Taciturn. Mute, silent, speechless, reserved, close, dumb, uncommunicative, reticent.
Ant. Communicative, free, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, unreserved.
Take. Lay hold, seize, grasp, obtain; capture, fasten on; attack; gain, captivate, charm; choose, turn to; employ, use, demand, require; copy, delineate; assume, adopt; acquire; engage in, indulge in; carry, convey, conduct; remove, withdraw, deduct; acknowledge, accept; receive, admit; partake of, swallow; undertake, clear; tolerate, endure; consider, interpret, suppose; receive, submit to, bear.
Ant. Drop, reject, abandon, surrender, miss, lose, repel, refuse, decline, repulse, spurn.
Talent. Ability, gift, endowment, genius, faculty; capacity, cleverness, aptitude, forte.
Ant. Inability, ineptitude, incompetence, imbecility, stupidity.
Tangible. Perceptible, tactile, palpable; apprehensible, evident, manifest, clear; material, substantial, sensible, obvious.
Ant. Impalpable, spiritual, intangible, incorporeal, immaterial, incomprehensible.
Tart. Sharp, acid, sour; keen, severe; harsh, caustic, petulant, acrimonious.
Ant. Gentle, mild, genial, kindly, polite; mellow, sweet.
Taste, n. Savor, relish, flavor, sensibility, judgment; discernment, nicety, perception, zest, choice, elegancy, refinement.
Ant. Disrelish, insipidity, ill-savor, coarseness, indelicacy, non-perception, indiscrimination.
Tasteful. Delicate, artistic, elegant, dainty, esthetic, exquisite, fastidious, fine, chaste, nice, tasty, delicious, esthetical.
Ant. Coarse, rough, rude, harsh, hideous, clumsy, disgusting, deformed, displeasing, fulsome, gaudy, grotesque, distasteful, horrid, inartistic, inharmonious, meretricious, offensive, ragged, tawdry.
Taunt, v. Ridicule, mock, jeer, deride, revile, flout, scoff, scorn, insult; reproach, rebuke, censure.
Ant. Compliment, flatter, approve of, congratulate.
Teach. Discipline, instruct, tutor, school, train, educate, enlighten, drill, inculcate, give lessons, give instructions, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instill, nurture.
Ant. Learn, study, practice, investigate, experiment, try, develop, receive, drink in, acquire, attain, imbibe, understand, glean, gather, collect.
Tedious. Wearisome, fatiguing, irksome, tiresome; prolix, dull, slow, monotonous, tiring, trying.
Ant. Interesting, exciting, amusing, charming, delightful, stirring, bright, entertaining.
Tell. Enumerate, communicate, impart, reveal, disclose, report, acquaint, repeat, rehearse, discover; count, number, reckon, recount; narrate, divulge; inform, teach; order, command, request.
Temerity. Audacity, foolhardiness, rashness, presumption, recklessness, hardihood, hastiness, heedlessness, precipitation, overconfidence, precipitancy, venturesomeness.
Ant. Care, caution, hesitation, cowardice, timidity, wariness, circumspection.
Temporal. Transient, fleeting, transitory, temporary; terrestrial, worldly, secular, mundane.
Ant. Eternal, permanent, everlasting; religious, spiritual.
Tendency. Proneness, drift, aim, disposition; direction, course; influence; inclination, leaning, bent, bias; proclivity, aptitude, propensity, liability.
Ant. Aversion, repulsion, repugnance; opposition, reluctance, divergence, tangency, deviation.
Tender. Effeminate, soft, sensitive, compassionate, humane, kind, merciful, pitiful, dear, delicate; gentle, mild, susceptible.
Ant. Hard, pitiless, callous, careless, heedless, rough, coarse, unkind, inhuman, unmerciful, unfeeling; hardy, strong, sturdy.
Tension. Strain, stretch, effort, stretching, tensity, tenseness, rigor, severity, harshness, stiffness, tightness.
Ant. Relaxation, release, relief, laxity, slackness, looseness.
Term. Boundary, limit; expression, phrase, word, name; member, condition, denomination.
Termination. Limit, end, conclusion, bound, result; completion, consequence, effect; fulfilment, consummation, accomplishment, achievement, finis, finality, exit, issue.
Ant. Beginning, initiation, inception, commencement, rise, start, origin, source, cause, process, course.
Terrible. Terrific, fearful, horrible, shocking, awful; dreadful, formidable, frightful; tremendous; astounding, startling.
Ant. Insignificant, amusing, pleasing; unastonishing.
Terse. Concise, pithy, succinct, short, brief, laconic, compact, sententious, condensed, compendious, neat.
Ant. Long, lengthy, tedious, wordy, diffuse, prolix, verbose.
Testimony. Affirmation, certification, deposition, proof, evidence, witness, affidavit, attestation, oath.
Ant. Demonstration.
Theory. Hypothesis, speculation; doctrine, conjecture, explanation; assumption, scheme, postulate, plan; science, philosophy; exposition, rationale; supposition.
Ant. Fact, truth, verity, actuality.
Therefore. Consequently, then, hence, thence, whence, wherefore, accordingly.
Ant. Because, as for, inasmuch as, since.
Thick. Dense, close, compact, solid, coarse, gross; muddy, turbid, misty; crowded, abundant; indistinct; dull; numerous; inarticulate.
Ant. Thin, rare, sparse, infrequent; pure, limpid, crystalline, clear, distinct, incompact, shallow, articulate.
Think. Cogitate, contemplate; remember, reflect, muse, meditate, ponder, consider, deliberate, judge, conclude, believe; purpose, intend, design, mean; presume, venture; imagine, apprehend.
Ant. Guess, hazard; dream, idle, stargaze, wander, rove.
Thought. Imagination, fancy, conceit, notion, consideration, supposition, contemplation, deliberation; reflection, cogitation, meditation, conception, solicitude, care, concern; reasoning; idea, opinion, concept, judgment, purpose, intention, provision.
Ant. Thoughtlessness, giddiness, carelessness, inconsideration, dreaminess, dulness, stupidity, rashness, impulsiveness; vacuity, dream, hallucination, aberration.
Threat. Menace, denunciation, threatening, intimidation.
Ant. Promise, encouragement, allurement, enticement; anticipation.
Thrifty. Economical, saving, careful; sparing, frugal, industrious, prosperous, thriving; provident, foresighted.
Ant. Wasteful, prodigal, uneconomical, lavish, spendthrift, extravagant; slack, lazy; improvident, unprepared.
Throng. Concourse, crowd, host, jam, mass, multitude, press.
Ant. Solitude; wilderness, desert, waste.
Tidings. Message, information, intelligence, news, rumor, report, advices, announcement.
Ant. Suppression, censorship, misinformation, canard.
Time. Epoch, era, period, date, age, eon, season, term, while, succession, sequence, duration.
Timid. Fearful, timorous, cowardly, afraid, pusillanimous, faint-hearted, shrinking, retiring, shy; diffident, bashful.
Ant. Bold, confident, venturesome, courageous, adventurous, heedless.
Tip. Incline, lean, list, slant, slope, tilt, cant, careen, dip, heel over.
Tire. Exhaust, fag, weary, fatigue, jade, harass, wear out.
Ant. Refresh, recreate, rest, relax, relieve, repose, restore, invigorate.
Title. Epithet, name, appellation, designation, cognomen, denomination; address, inscription, heading, style.
Ant. Nondescript, namelessness.
Together. With, in company, associated, conjoined, unitedly, simultaneously, contemporaneously, coincidently.
Ant. Separately, variously, independently.
Toil. Labor, drudgery, work, exertion, employment, occupation, task, travail.
Ant. Rest, relaxation, recreation, ease; amusement, pleasure, enjoyment, fun.
Tolerable. Endurable, bearable, supportable; passable, medium, ordinary, mediocre, indifferent.
Ant. Intolerable, unendurable, insufferable, unbearable, insupportable.
Tool. Appliance, implement, apparatus, mechanism, utensil, machine, weapon.
Topic. Head, division, motion, point, proposition, question, issue, subject, theme, matter.
Torment. Pain, misery, agony, anguish, torture, distress.
Ant. Enjoyment, pleasure, comfort, ease, gratification, delight.
Total, a. Whole, entire, full, absolute, complete, undivided.
Ant. Partial, imperfect, incomplete, divided, fractional, sectional.
Trace. Mark, remains, sign, vestige, track, token, trail, footmark, footprint, footstep, impression, memorial, remnant.
Trade. Profession, occupation, office, calling, avocation, employment, commerce, dealing, traffic.
Ant. Stagnation, inactivity, dulness, embargo; leisure, vacation, idleness, vacancy.
Tragedy. Mournful drama; catastrophe, calamity, adversity, disaster, affliction.
Ant. Comedy, happiness, mirthful drama, prosperity, luck, good fortune.
Traitor. Betrayer, turncoat, renegade, rebel, deceiver, apostate; insurgent, deserter, mutineer.
Ant. Patriot, adherent, defender, supporter.
Tranquil. Quiet, calm, undisturbed, peaceful, unagitated; unruffled, composed, poised, collected, cool.
Ant. Agitated, excited, uneasy, anxious, troubled, restless.
Transact. Conduct, carry on, perform, act, accomplish, do, negotiate, treat.
Ant. Leave alone, rest, stop, refrain, desist, cease.
Transaction. Business, action, deed, proceeding, doing, affair, act, negotiation, performance.
Ant. Inactivity, quiescence, rest, neglect, inaction, passivity.
Transgression. Infringement, misdemeanor, misdeed, affront; violation, breach, fault, crime, offense, sin.
Ant. Innocence, guiltlessness; purity, righteousness; observance, obedience, fulfilment.
Transient. Fleeting, temporary, transitory, ephemeral, evanescent, brief, flitting, flying, momentary, passing, fugitive, short.
Ant. Permanent, perpetual, lasting, enduring, abiding, immortal, everlasting, unfading, undying, persistent, eternal, imperishable.
Transparent. Translucent, pellucid, clear, lucid; diaphanous; open, porous; crystalline, limpid, bright; perspicuous.
Ant. Opaque, thick, turbid; mysterious, questionable, dubious.
Travel. Go, pass, journey, migrate, move, traverse, wander, roam.
Ant. Dwell, reside, stay, remain, settle.
Treasure. Wealth, abundance, plenty; money, jewels, cash, valuables, hoard, riches, bullion; reserve.
Ant. Refuse, trash, offal; dregs, trifles.
Treaty. Negotiation, compact, agreement, covenant, alliance, convention, contract.
Ant. Neutrality, non-interference, non-intervention.
Tremendous. Frightful, terrific, horrible, awful; fearful, appalling, alarming, horrifying, dreadful.
Ant. Unappalling, inconsiderable, unimposing.
Trial. Attempt, endeavor, essay; effort, exertion; experience, proof, test; examination, experiment; criterion, ordeal, assay; temptation, trouble, affliction, distress, grief, suffering, tribulation.
Ant. Non-attempt; ease, facility; acceptance; oversight, disregard; trifle, triviality.
Trick. Stratagem, wile, fraud, cheat, juggle, finesse, sleight; deception, imposture, delusion, imposition; artifice, machination, contrivance, legerdemain.
Ant. Exposure, revelation, examination; blunder, botch, bungling, fumbling, maladroitness, mishap; genuineness, artlessness, openhandedness.
Triumph. Success, conquest, victory; ovation, celebration, jubilee, jubilation, exultation; achievement, attainment.
Ant. Defeat, failure, disappointment, discomfiture, abortion, baffling.
Trouble. Affliction, sorrow, disturbance, perplexity, vexation, molestation, annoyance, inconvenience, calamity, misfortune, adversity, misery; tribulation, distress, disaster, torment, difficulty, anxiety.
Ant. Blessing, peace, composure, alleviation, appeasement, pleasure, fortune, boon, affluence, happiness, joy, success, gladness, ease, facility, amusement, recreation.
True. Correct, accurate, precise, exact; unwavering, faithful, loyal; actual, pure, real, genuine; veritable.
Ant. Untrue, false, fictitious, unreliable, incorrect, inaccurate, inexact; vacillating, disloyal, faithless; counterfeit, impure, unreal, factitious, untrustworthy, adulterated, spurious, fickle, treacherous.
Trust, n. Confidence, belief, expectation, faith, hope; reliance.
Ant. Doubt, misgiving, distrust, skepticism, suspense; despair.
Truth. Fact, reality, fidelity, conformity, exactness; steadfastness; veracity, verity; accuracy, precision, faithfulness.
Ant. Falsehood, falsity, lie, untruth, fabrication, fiction; fallacy, mistake, sophism.
Tumult. Ferment, disturbance, turbulence, disorder, bluster, hubbub, bustle, brawl, riot; excitement, distraction, confusion, turmoil, noise.
Ant. Peace, order, orderliness, pacification, quiet, subsidence.
Turn, n. Revolution; alteration, vicissitude; winding, bending, meandering; stroll; succession, alternation; chance, occasion; convenience, purpose, exigence; form, cast, shape, manner, fashion; rotation, recurrence; opportunity; deed, office, treatment, act; tendency, talent, gift; crisis.
Ant. Fixity, unchangeableness, immobility, uniformity, stability, continuity; independence; malformation, shapelessness.
Turn, v. Revolve, reverse, deflect, change; divert, transfer, use, employ, apply, devote; alter, metamorphose, transform, convert; shape, mold, adapt; whirl; hinge, depend; eventuate, issue, terminate.
Ant. Stick, stop, remain; adhere, hold to; persist, continue; stabilitate, perpetuate, arrest, stereotype.
Tutor. Teacher, instructor, professor, preceptor, master, savant, guardian, governor.
Ant. Pupil, student, novice, disciple, scholar, ward, learner.
Twist, v. Contort, writhe, convolve; pervert, distort; wind, wreathe; insinuate; encircle.
Ant. Straighten, untwist, rectify, unwind, disentangle, unravel; verify, substantiate.
Type. Mark, stamp, sign, emblem; style, semblance; representation, similitude, figure, symbol, token; character, pattern, archetype, model, norm; cast, mold, fashion.
Ant. Caricature, monstrosity, abnormity; falsification, deviation; misrepresentation.