English Synonyms and Antonyms / With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions

by James Champlin Fernald

• vacant, [363]
  • " idle, [208]
• vacate, abandon, [1]
  • " cancel, [92]
• vacillate, fluctuate, [173]
• vacuous, vacant, [363]
• vagary, fancy, [167]
• vain, [364]
• vainglory, pride, [286]
• valediction, farewell, [168]
• valedictory, farewell, [168]
• valiant, brave, [85]
• valor, prowess, [294]
• value, cherish, [104]
  • " esteem, v., [156]
  • " price, [285]
  • " profit, [288]
• vanity, egotism, [145]
  • " pride, [286]
• vanquish, beat, [75]
  • " conquer, [115]
• vapid, vain, [364]
• variant, heterogeneous, [196]
• variation, change, [101]
  • " difference, [131]
• variety, change, [101]
  • " difference, [131]
• various, heterogeneous, [196]
• vary, change, [100]
  • " fluctuate, [173]
• vast, large, [229]
• vaunt, ostentation, [259]
• vaunting, ostentation, [259]
• veer, change, [100]
  • " fluctuate, [173]
  • " wander, [371]
• vehemence, enthusiasm, [153]
• vehement, eager, [142]
• veil, hide, [197]
  • " palliate, [261]
• venal, [365]
• venerable, old, [257]
• venerate, [366]
  • " admire, [23]
• veneration, [366]
• vengeance, revenge, [316]
• venial, [367]
• venture, hazard, [194]
• venturesome, brave, [85]
• venturesomeness, temerity, [353]
• veracity, [367]
• verbal, [368]
• verbiage, circumlocution, [105]
  • " diction, [130]
• verbose, garrulous, [181]
• verbosity, circumlocution, [105]
• verdant, rustic, [321]
• verge, boundary, [84]
• veritable, authentic, [67]
  • " real, [301]
• verity, veracity, [367]
• vernacular, language, [228]
• verse, meter, [240]
  • " poetry, [277]
• vestige, trace, [359]
• vestments, dress, [140]
• vesture, dress, [140]
• vex, affront, [24]
• vexation, anger, [44]
  • " chagrin, [100]
• viands, food, [175]
• vibrate, shake, [330]
• vice, sin, [332]
• vicious, criminal, [120]
  • " restive, [314]
• viciousness, sin, [332]
• vicissitude, change, n., [101]
• victimize, abuse, [12]
• victory, [369]
• victuals, food, [175]
• view, look, [234]
• vigilance, care, [94]
• vigilant, [369]
  • " alert, [28]
• vigorous, active, [17]
  • " healthy, [195]
• vile, brutish, [87]
  • " criminal, [120]
• vilify, abuse, [12]
  • " slander, [336]
• villainy, abomination, [7]
• vindicate, avenge, [69]
• vindication, apology, [51]
  • " defense, [123]
• vinegarish, bitter, [81]
• violate, abuse, [12]
• violent, fierce, [171]
• virile, masculine, [237]
• virtue, [370]
  • " justice, [225]
• virtuous, innocent, [220]
  • " pure, [296]
• virtuousness, virtue, [370]
• virulence, acrimony, [15]
• virulent, bitter, [81]
• viscid, adhesive, [22]
• viscous, adhesive, [22]
• visible, evident, [159]
  • " physical, [272]
• vision, dream, [139]
• visionary, fanciful, [167]
  • " vain, [364]
• visit, avenge, [69]
• visitation, misfortune, [242]
• vitiate, defile, [124]
• vituperate, abuse, [12]
• vivacious, alive, [30]
• vocabulary, diction, [130]
  • " language, [228]
• vocal, verbal, [368]
• vocation, business, [88]
• vociferate, call, [91]
• void, vacant, [363]
• voluntary, spontaneous, [340]
• vow, oath, [254]
• voyage, journey, [223]
• vulgar, the, mob, [243]
• vulgarism, slang, [336]
• vulgarity, slang, [336]

• wages, pay, [266]
• waggery, wit, [373]
• waggishness, wit, [373]
• wait, abide, [5]
• [563]wakeful, vigilant, [369]
• wander, [371]
• want, necessity, [250]
  • " poverty, [279]
• warble, sing, [333]
• ward, shelter, [331]
• wariness, care, [94]
• warmth, enthusiasm, [153]
• warn, reprove, [312]
• warning, example, [160]
• warp, bend, [79]
• warrant, precedent, [282]
• wary, vigilant, [369]
• wash, cleanse, [107]
• waste, excess, [160]
  • " vacant, [363]
• wastefulness, excess, [160]
• watch, look, [234]
• watch for, abide, [5]
• watchful, alert, [28]
  • " vigilant, [369]
• watchfulness, care, [94]
• watch, on the, alert, [28]
• wave, shake, [330]
• waver, fluctuate, [173]
  • " shake, [330]
• way, [372]
  • " air, [27]
  • " direction, [132]
• wayward, perverse, [272]
• weak, faint, [164]
• weapon, tool, [358]
• weapons, arms, [55]
• wearied, faint, [164]
• wear out, tire, [357]
• weary, tire, [357]
• wedded, addicted, [19]
• wedding, marriage, [236]
• wedlock, marriage, [236]
• weigh, deliberate, [125]
• weight, load, [233]
• welcome, delightful, [126]
• well, healthy, [195]
• well-behaved, polite, [277]
• well-bred, polite, [277]
• well-disposed, friendly, [178]
• well-mannered, polite, [277]
• well off, comfortable, [110]
• well-provided, comfortable, [110]
• well to do, comfortable, [110]
• whence, therefore, [355]
• wherefore, therefore, [355]
• while, time, [356]
• whim, fancy, [167]
• whimsical, queer, [297]
• whip, beat, [75]
• whit, particle, [264]
• whiten, bleach, [82]
• whitewash, bleach, [82]
• wholesome, healthy, [195]
• wicked, criminal, [120]
• wickedness, abomination, [7]
  • " sin, [332]
• wide, large, [229]
• wide-awake, active, [17]
  • " alert, [28]
  • " vigilant, [369]
• widen, amplify, [43]
• wild, absurd, [11]
  • " fierce, [171]
• wile, artifice, [58]
  • " pretense, [283]
• wilful, perverse, [272]
• willing, spontaneous, [340]
• win, allure, [37]
  • " attain, [64]
  • " conquer, [115]
  • " get, [183]
  • " succeed, [346]
• wind up, end, v., [148]
• winning, amiable, [42]
  • " charming, [103]
• win over, persuade, [271]
• winsome, amiable, [42]
• wipe, cleanse, [107]
• wipe out, exterminate, [163]
• wisdom, [372]
  • " knowledge, [227]
  • " prudence, [294]
• wise, sagacious, [322]
• wish, desire, [128]
• wit, [373]
• with, by, [89]
• withal, also, [37]
• withdraw, abstract, [10]
• withdraw from, abandon, [1]
• wither, die, [130]
• withhold, keep, [226]
  • " restrain, [315]
• without delay, immediately, [211]
• without end, eternal, [157]
• witness, avow, [69]
  • " testimony, [355]
• witticism, wit, [373]
• wo, grief, [187]
  • " pain, [261]
• woful, pitiful, [273]
• womanish, feminine, [169]
• womanly, feminine, [169]
• wonder, admire, [23]
  • " amazement, [39]
• wont, habit, [187]
• wonted, usual, [362]
• woo, address, v., [19]
• word, term, [354]
• wordiness, circumlocution, [105]
• wording, diction, [130]
• work, [374]
  • " act, [16]
  • " business, [88]
• workman, artist, [58]
• work out, do, [135]
• worn, faint, [164]
• worn down, faint, [164]
• worn out, faint, [164]
• worry, anxiety, [49]
  • " care, [94]
• worship, religion, [307]
• worst, beat, [75]
  • " conquer, [115]
• worth, price, [285]
  • " virtue, [370]
• worthiness, virtue, [370]
• worthless, vain, [364]
• worthy, becoming, [77]
• wound, affront, [24]
• wrangle, reason, v., [302]
• wrath, anger, [44]
• [564]wretched, pitiful, [273]
• writing, metrical, poetry, [277]
• writings, literature, [233]
• wrong, v., abuse, [12]
• wrong, a., criminal, [120]
• wrong, n., injury, [219]
  • " injustice, [220]
  • " sin, [332]
• wrong-doing, sin, [332]

• yearning, eager, [142]
• yell, call, [91]
• yet, [374]
  • " but, [89]
  • " notwithstanding, conj., [254]
• yield, allow, [35]
  • " bend, [79]
  • " harvest, [192]
  • " surrender, [349]
• yielding, docile, [136]
• young, new, [252]
  • " youthful, [375]
• youthful, [375]
  • " new, [252]

• zeal, enthusiasm, [153]
• zealous, eager, [142]
• zest, appetite, [54]

Transcriber's Endnotes:

Significant amendments, invalid links and further notes have been listed below.

p. [45], ANIMAL, synonyms re-ordered (fauna originally last);

p. [45], ANIMAL, 'individal' amended to individual;

p. [70], AWFUL, 'mein' amended to mien;