Ant. Together, collectively, synthetically, in the aggregate.

Apocalyptic. In or from “The Revelation of St. John the Divine”; prophetic, mystical, mysterious; manifesting, revealing, unveiling.

Ant. Concealing, obscuring, shrouding, eclipsing.

Apocryphal. Unauthentic, uncanonical, legendary, fictitious, false, equivocal, doubtful, spurious.

Ant. Palpable, authorized, accepted, authentic, genuine, current, verified, attested.

Apology. Plea, excuse, defense, confession, acknowledgment, justification, vindication, explanation, extenuation.

Ant. Charge, censure, imputation, condemnation, insult, complaint, offense, wrong.

Apostate. Renegade, turncoat, backslider, deserter, pervert, traitor.

Ant. Adherent, supporter, zealot, dogmatist, fanatic.

Apothegm. Saying, dictum, proverb, aphorism, precept, byword.