Adopt. Appropriate, assume; approve, accept, support, maintain; affiliate, father.

Ant. Reject, discard; renounce, abandon, disclaim; disown, repudiate.

Adoration. Worship, devotion, homage, reverence, veneration, idolatry.

Ant. Execration, disesteem, abomination, abhorrence, hatred, detestation.

Adorn. Beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament, garnish, illustrate, gild, bedeck, grace, dignify, honor, exalt.

Ant. Mar, spoil, deface, disfigure, deform, denude, strip.

Adroit. Dexterous, expert, skilful, apt, handy, quick, clever, ready, deft, ingenious, cunning.

Ant. Clumsy, unskilful, awkward, bungling, unhandy, maladroit.

Adulation. Flattery, extravagant compliment, fulsome praise, fawning, sycophancy, blandishment, obsequiousness.

Ant. Defamation, obloquy, ridicule, satire, sarcasm, detraction, aspersion, libel.