Sunday, September 13, 2009

synonyms and antonyms

WORD SYNONYMS
A
abandon discard, vacate
accord agree, grant
adversity difficulty, misfortune
affluent plentiful, rich
aggravate annoy, infuriate
alleviate lighten, mitigate
amenable agreeable, favourable
anguish distress, sorrow
apathetic dispirited, lifeless
arrogant disdainful, imperious
astonish confound, overwhelm
atrocious appalling, detestable
augment add, enlarge
avoid ignore, shun
awkward graceless, inept
B
baffle confuse, deceive
banal common, plain
barren desolate, sterile
berate criticize, disapprove
betray deceive, fool
bias inclination, predisposition
bitter acrid, sour
blend combine, mix
bliss happiness, joy
bluff boast, feign
bold daring, fearless
bonus award, gift
bother annoy, irritate
brief concise, short
brilliant clever, intelligent
brisk fast, swift
budget allot, plan
C
candid honest, truthful
caricature cartoon, imitation
casual informal, natural
category classification, division
cease desist, stop
chaotic disordered, messy
cherish esteem, love
circumvent avoid, go around
commemorate celebrate, honour
compensate balance, recompence
competent able, capable
conceive design, plan
confirmation acknowledgement, proof
contradict deny, oppose
contribution donation, grant
courteous polite, well-mannered
craving desire, longing
credulous confident, trustful
D
damp moist, wet
dare challenge, defy
decay decline, rot
decent honourable, pure
dense filled, packed
designate name, select
detain hold, keep
disclose announce, reveal
dogma belief, view
durable constant, lasting
dwindle abate, diminish
E
eager earnest, keen
eccentric abnormal, idiosyncratic
elaborate embellish, enhance
emanate arise, radiate
embezzle purloin, steal
eminent distinguished, prominent
encourage foster, induce
endure last, persist
essential cultured, learned
essential basic, necessary
estimate guess, predict
evaluate appraise, judge
exhaust deplete, empty
exhilarated cheerful, zestful
explicit definite, specific
F
fastidious exacting, particular
federation alliance, band
feeble helpless, infirm
fervor intensity, passion
feud argument, dispute
filth dirt, squalor
flatter compliment, praise
fleet nimble, swift
frivolous inconsequential, trivial
frugal prudent, saving
furious angry, outraged
G
generous benevolent, unselfish
genuine actual, real
glare gleam, glisten
gloomy cheerless, dim
goad provoke, badger
grasp grab, hold
greed avarice, longing
guarantee assure, pledge
guile cunning, deceit
gullible credulous, unsuspicious
H
habitual accustomed, regular
handicap disability, disadvantage
harass annoy, disturb
harmless innocuous,inoffensive
harsh hard, coarse
hasty abrupt, hurried
haughty arrogant, pretentious
humiliate humble, shame
hygiene cleanliness, sanitation
hypocrisy duplicity, falseness
I
ideal goal, perfection
idle lazy, unoccupied
ignorant stupid, unintelligent
illogical incongruent, rambling
illustrious eminent, famous
imitate copy, reflect
immense huge, mammoth
impartial candid, impersonal
impatient anxious, eager
implicate accuse, insinuate
importune beg, solicit
inadvertent accidental, unintentional
indifferent apathetic, disinterested
isolate detach, quarantine
J
jargon argot, slang
jovial genial, merry
judge estimate, referee
justification excuse, reason
juvenile adolescent, immature
K
keen clever, observant
L
label brand, classify
labour toil, work
lead direct, proceed
lean slim, thin
leave abandon, desert
liberal copious, unrestrained
liberal lenient, open-minded
limitation boundary, constraint
lucid clear, understandable
lucky auspicious, fortunate
M
mad furious, irate
manage administer, control
manipulate control, shape
marginal borderline, limited
match agree, correspond
maze complexity, labyrinth
meditate ponder, think
memorial commemoration, monument
mention allude, refer to
merge blend, fuse
N
narrow confined, restricted
nature aspect, character
necessary mandatory, requisite
negate contradict, refute
negligent careless, remiss
negotiate bargain, deal
nice affable, benign
noble aristocratic, distinguished
novice beginner, nonprofessional
nuisance annoyance, offense
O
obedient faithful, loyal
objection disapproval, protest
obligatory compulsory, required
observe notice, watch
obvious conspicuous, definite
offend anger, irritate
offer bid, proposal
omen premonition, sign
omit exclude, remove
opportune advantageous, auspicious
P
pacify appease, placate
pain ache, discomfort
paramount chief, leading
partisan biased, dogmatic
passive inactive, lethargic
pause break, cease
permeate diffuse, disseminate
perpetuate endure, preserve
perplex astonish, baffle
persecute afflict, harass
R
radiate effuse, emanate
radical basic, fundamental
range anger, furor
rank arrange, classify
realize accomplish, fulfill
recalcitrant obstinate, stubborn
receptacle container, repository
reconcile atone, conciliate
regret deplore, grieve
reliable dependable, trustworthy
S
sanction approval, permit
scope aim, extent
section division, portion
settle adjust, compromise
shallow superficial, trivial
shrewd careful, calculating
significant distinctive, important
slight delicate, slender
spontaneous impromptu, unplanned
spread announce, broadcast
stabilize balance, steady
T
tame domesticate, subdue
tangle intertwine, twist
temper mood, nature
tendency inclination, trend
term cycle, duration
thrift conservation, conservation
tough aggressive, unyielding
transfer convey, exchange
tumult agitation, commotion
turbulent disordered, violent
V
vain boastful, inflated
valid authorized, legitimate
variety assortment, diversify
verify authenticate, substantiate


WORD ANTONYMS
A
absence presence
accept refuse
accurate inaccurate
advantage disadvantage
alive dead
always never
ancient modern
answer question, query
approval disapproval
approached receded, departed
abundant scarce
admit deny
advance retreat, retire
artificial natural
arrival departure
ascend descend
attack defense
attractive repulsive
attention inattention
asleep awake
ally enemy
agree disagree
B
bad good
backward forward, onward
bend straighten
beautiful ugly
beginning ending
below above
bent straight
big small, little
blunt sharp
better worse
best worst
blame praise
bless curse
bitter sweet
borrow lend
bravery cowardice
build destroy, demolish
bold timid, meek
bright dull
broad narrow
C
clear vague, cloudy
careful rush, careless
calm troubled
capable incapable
captivity freedom, liberty
cellar attic
cheap dear, expensive
close distant
clever stupid
cold hot
combine separate
clockwise anti-clockwise
correct incorrect
conceal reveal
come go
common rare
comfort discomfort
courage cowardice
cruel kind
courteous discourteous, rude
cunning simple
D
dainty clumsy
danger safety
dark light
deep shallow
decrease increase
definite indefinite
demand supply
despair hope
disappear appear
disease health
discourage encourage
dismal cheerful
doctor patient
dry wet
dull clear, bright
dusk dawn
E
early late
easy difficult
ebb flow
East West
economise waste
encourage discourage
entrance exit
employer employee
empty full
excited calm
end beginning
expand contract
expensive inexpensive, cheap
export import
exterior interior
external internal
F
fail succeed
FALSE TRUE
feeble sturdy, strong, powerful
foolish wise
fast slow
few many
famous unknown
forelegs hind legs
fat thin
find lose
first last
freedom captivity
fold unfold
frequent seldom
forget remember
found lost
fresh stale
friend enemy
fortunate unfortunate
frank secretive
full empty
G
generous mean
gentle rough
gather distribute
glad sorry
gloomy cheerful
giant dwarf, pygmy
granted refused
great minute, small, little
guardian ward
guest host
guilty innocent
H
happy sad, miserable
hard soft
harmful harmless
hasten dawdle
hate love
healthy unhealthy, ill, diseased
here there
heavy light
height depth
hero coward
hill valley
horizontal vertical
hinder aid, help
honest dishonest
humble proud
hunger thirst
I
imitation genuine
immense tiny, minute
imprison free
include exclude
increase decrease
inhabited uninhabited
inferior superior
inside outside
intelligent unintelligent, stupid
inhale exhale
interior exterior, outside
interesting uninteresting, dull
internal external
intentional accidental
J
join separate
junior senior
justice injustice
K
king subject
knowledge ignorance
L
laugh cry
lawful unlawful
lazy industrious, energetic
land sea
landlord tenant
large little, small
last first
lawyer client
lecturer student
lender borrower
lengthen shorten
left right
less more
light dark, heavy
like dislike, unlike
likely unlikely
leader follower
little large, much, big
lofty lowly
long short
loud soft
loss find, win
low high
loyal disloyal
M
mad sane
magnetize demagnetize
master servant
mature immature
maximum minimum
me you
merry mirthless, sad
minority majority
miser spendthrift
misunderstand understand
N
narrow wide
near far, distant
neat untidy
new old
night day
noisy quiet
North South
O
obedient disobedient
odd even
offer refuse
open shut
optimist pessimist
out in
P
parent child
past present
patient impatient
peace war
permanent temporary
please displease
plentiful scarce
poetry prose
possible impossible
poverty wealth
powerful feeble, weak
polite impolite, rude
private public
prudent imprudent
pretty unsightly, ugly
pure impure
Q
qualified unqualified
R
rapid slow
regularly irregularly
rich poor
right wrong, left
rigid pliable, soft
rough smooth
S
satisfactory unsatisfactory
security insecurity
scatter collect
serious trivial
second-hand new
sense nonsense
shopkeeper customer
singular plural
simple complicated
slim thick, stout
solid liquid
sober drunk
speaker listener
sour sweet
sorrow joy
sow reap
stand lie
straight crooked
strong weak
success failure
sunny cloudy
T
take give
tall short
tame wild
teacher pupil
thick thin
tight slack, loose
top bottom
transparent opaque
truth untruth, lie
U
up down
V
vacant occupied
valuable valueless
victory defeat
virtue vice
visible invisible
voluntary compulsory
vowel consonant
W
wax wane
wisdom folly
within without

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