Venturesome, calm, confident, cool,

albert: (n) Eugne D'Albert, Jeanne

heretofore, yet, in advance

courageous, eager, unafraid, valiant,

d'Albert, Prince Albert, Albert

alter: (v) change, adapt, move,

bold, carefree

Francis Charles Augustus

convert, adjust, amend, affect,

african: (adj) Afric; (n) ewe

Emmanuel

transform, correct, vary, shift.

afternoon: (n) Pm, farewell, greeting,

alexander: (n) Alexanders, horse

ANTONYMS: (v) continue, keep,

P, salutation, in the afternoon,

parsley, black lovage

leave, preserve, worsen, retain,

daytime, noon, postmeridian,

alfred: (n) Alfred the Great

standardize, straighten, clarify

midday, daylight. ANTONYMS: (n)

alight: (v) light, land, perch,

although: (adv, prep)

morning, nighttime

dismount, get down, settle, get off,

notwithstanding; (prep) in spite of,

afterthought: (n) aftercome,

descend; (adj) ablaze, burning,

even though, however; (adv, conj)

aftercourse, aftergrowth, afterpart,

blazing. ANTONYM: (v) mount

though; (conj) whereas; (adv) even,

afterpiece, second thought, reversal,

alive: (adj) live, vivacious, living,

tho, when, anyway, tho'

turnaround, turnabout, improver,

sensible, delicate, snappy, animated,

altogether: (adv) absolutely, all,

postscript. ANTONYMS: (n)

lively, spry, responsive; (n) life.

wholly, perfectly, purely, all in all,

presupposition, forethought

ANTONYMS: (adj) deceased,

completely, entirely, totally, simply,

afterwards: (adv) afterward,

inanimate, unanimated, dispirited,

ensemble. ANTONYMS: (adv)

subsequently, later, thereafter, later

dull, inactive, lethargic, lifeless,

incompletely, partially

on, next, behind, thereupon; (adj)

listless, nonfunctioning, sluggish

always: (adv) continuously,

following, subsequent; (n)

alliteration: (n) rhyme, pun,

whenever, permanently, ever,

termination

agnomination, annomination,

usually, eternally, unceasingly; (adj)

again: (adv) more, then, repeatedly,

beginning rhyme, figure of speech,

perpetual, still, eternal; (adj, adv)

anew, encore, furthermore, yet, also,

head rhyme, initial rhyme; (v)

without exception. ANTONYMS:

often, once again, once more

alliterate; (adj, n) paronomasia; (adj)

(adv) erratically, intermittently,

against: (adj, adv) counter; (prep)

antithesis

temporarily

toward, versus, from; (pref) by; (v)

allow: (adj, v) admit, accord; (v)

amazed: (adj) astounded, astonished,

oppose; (adv, prep) on; (n)

agree, permit, grant, accede,

stunned, dumbfounded,

opposition; (adj) unwilling,

acquiesce, afford, authorize, bear; (n,

flabbergasted, shocked, staggered,

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bewildered, surprised,

among: (prep) between, amidst, mid,

another: (adj) second, more,

thunderstruck, aghast

in, amongst, in the middle of, inter,

alternative, additional, new, further,

amazement: (n) admiration, wonder,

in the midst of, with, within, middle.

fresh, extra; (adj, v) other; (adj, pron)

surprise, consternation,

ANTONYM: (prep) outside

some other; (n) the other.

stupefaction, stupor, wonderment,

amused: (adj) amusing, smiling,

ANTONYMS: (n, pron) same

feeling, alarm, jolt; (v) amaze.

tickled pink, pleased, diverted

answer: (n, v) respond, retort; (v)

ANTONYMS: (n) preparation,

amusement: (n) pleasure, recreation,

counter, serve, resolve,

indifference, expectation, coolness,

entertainment, distraction,

acknowledge, correspond; (n)

cool, composure, calmness,

diversion, sport, pastime, laughter,

solution, defence, return, reaction.

contempt, belief

enjoyment, joy, hobby.

ANTONYMS: (n, v) question; (v)

amazing: (adj) astonishing, terrific,

ANTONYMS: (n) sadness, boredom,

ask, differ, fail, ignore; (n) request,

wonderful, incredible, awesome,

work, tedium, business,

problem, invitation, poison

astounding, breathtaking,

despondency, discomfort,

answers: (n) replies; (adj) answering

extraordinary, fabulous, impressive,

displeasure

anxiety: (n) disquiet, trouble, fear,

tremendous. ANTONYMS: (adj)

amusing: (adj) humorous, fun,

care, alarm, anxiousness,

ordinary, boring, predictable,

pleasant, entertaining, risible,

uneasiness, worry, anguish, concern;

unremarkable, modest, insignificant,

comical, diverting, enjoyable,

(adj, n) solicitude. ANTONYMS: (n)

comforting, dire, humdrum

laughable, agreeable, pleasing.

calm, bravery, confidence,

ambassador: (n) emissary, minister,

ANTONYMS: (adj) tragic, boring,

reassurance, security, relaxation,

messenger, envoy, agent, delegate,

unpleasant, unfunny, tiring, grim,

indifference, serenity, tranquility,

representative, embassador, herald,

depressing, sad, annoying, heavy,

peace, satisfaction

ambassadress, deputy

serious

anxious: (adj) uneasy, alarmed,

ambition: (n) aim, hope, goal, drive,

analysis: (n) inspection, analyses,

thoughtful, fearful, apprehensive,

ambitiousness, wish, dream,

breakdown, inquiry, decomposition,

agitated, keen; (adj, v) nervous,

purpose, target, objective, intention.

investigation, study, scrutiny,

tense, solicitous, jumpy.

ANTONYMS: (n) satisfaction,

psychoanalysis, review; (v) analyse

ANTONYMS: (adj) relaxed, carefree,

contentment, sloth, laziness,

anchor: (n) mainstay, armature,

confident, rational, unconcerned,

lethargy

grappling iron, grapnel, chapelet; (v)

undisturbed, untroubled, assured,

ambitious: (adj) eager, difficult,

fasten, secure, cast anchor, fix; (adj)

comfortable, cool, apathetic

energetic, competitive, desirous,

refuge, rest. ANTONYMS: (v)

anybody: (adv) any, each; (n, pron)

grandiose, enterprising, pushy,

release, detach

any person, a person; (n) everyone,

challenging; (adj, v) aspiring,

angel: (n, v) sponsor, support; (n)

somebody, nobody, everybody,

vaulting. ANTONYMS: (adj)

backer, cherub, messenger, patron,

someone; (pron) whoever

fulfilled, undemanding,

benefactor, saint; (adj) Dulcinea,

anyhow: (adv) somehow, at any rate,

unambitious, slothful, simple,

goddess; (adj, n) darling.

in any case, whatever, in any event,

satisfied, lazy, humble, facile, easy,

ANTONYMS: (n) fiend, devil, jerk,

regardless, however, though,

content

demon

besides, nonetheless, one way or

amenity: (n) courtesy, agreeableness,

angle: (n, v) hook, incline, tilt; (v)

another

convenience, facility, refinement,

lean; (n) view, viewpoint, aspect,

anyone: (n) one, someone,

affability, geniality, sweetness,

position, point of view, pitch,

everybody, everyone, somebody,

pleasantness, amiability, civility.

perspective

any person, individual, human

ANTONYMS: (n) unpleasantness,

angrily: (adv) irately, passionately,

being; (adv) any, each; (pron)

disagreeableness, discomfort,

fiercely, indignantly, cholericly,

whoever. ANTONYM: (pron)

nastiness, rudeness

resentfully, enragedly, infuriatedly,

nobody

america: (n) United States, United

wrathfully, madly, crossly.

anything: (adv) any, somewhat; (n)

States of America, USA, us,

ANTONYMS: (adv) warmly, lightly,

thing, aught, everything, something,

American, north, Psilotum nudum,

calmly, cheerfully, gently, gladly

any part; (adj) whatsoever; (pron)

New world, union, Columbia, the

angry: (adj) anger, furious, provoked,

suchlike

Americas

incensed, vehement, fierce, irate,

anyway: (adv) somehow, however,

american: (n) Missourian, Alabamian,

raging, maddened, shirty,

regardless, though, besides, at any

aboriginal, Hoosier, wolverine,

indignation. ANTONYMS: (adj)

rate, in any case, in any event, all the

Tory, Oregonian, Ohioan,

pleased, gentle, joyful, content,

same, although, nonetheless

northerner, American English,

euphoric, mild, happy, resigned,

anywhere: (adv, n) anyplace; (adv)

Nebraskan

joyous, gleeful, quiet

someplace, wherever, everywhere

amiable: (adj) friendly, genial,

announcement: (n) annunciation,

apart: (adj, adv) aloof; (adv) aside,

agreeable, benign, complaisant,

advertisement, declaration, release,

asunder, especially; (adj) alone,

sweet, cordial, pleasant, likable,

statement, communication, report,

distant, detached, isolated, only;

nice, lovely. ANTONYMS: (adj)

proclamation, promulgation,

(adj, v) separate; (v) segregate.

disagreeable, argumentative,

pronouncement, intimation.

ANTONYMS: (adv) adjoining, near,

aggressive, antisocial, unkind,

ANTONYM: (n) request

surrounded; (adj) connected, nearby

hateful, mean, quarrelsome, rude,

announcing: (n) publicity,

apiece: (adj, adv) each; (adj) one by

surly, cold

communication; (adj) annunciative

one; (pron) all, both, each one; (adv)

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individually, singly, for each, for

applied: (adj) pragmatic, useful,

hardware, blazon; (adj) armed

each one, from each one, to each

used, concrete. ANTONYMS: (adj)

around: (adv) approximately, almost,

one. ANTONYM: (adv) together

unrelated, untested, unused,

roughly, just about, some; (adv,

apologies: (n) regret

unenforced

prep) round, encompassing; (adj)

apologize: (n) palliate, extenuate,

appointment: (n) assignment, date,

near; (n) vicinity; (prep) all round,

apology, gloze; (n, v) excuse; (v)

post, designation, rendezvous,

encircling

apologise, beg pardon, give

engagement, appointments, fitting,

arrangement: (n) order, settlement,

satisfaction, justify, plead; (adj)

berth, blind date, conference.

array, distribution, design, system,

sorry. ANTONYM: (v) defy

ANTONYM: (n) dismissal

adjustment, sequence, contract,

apparent: (adj, adv) visible; (adj)

appointments: (n) installation,

alignment; (adj, n) method.

discernible, patent, plain, open,

schedule, upholstery, fixture,

ANTONYMS: (n) disarray,

obvious, ostensible, clear, definite,

furnishings, furniture, movements,

individual

evident, perceptible. ANTONYMS:

possession, actions, arrangements,

arranging: (n) arrange, arrangements,

(adj) unclear, real, obscure,

activities

disposition, composing,

mysterious, hidden, ambiguous,

appreciate: (adj, v) understand,

composition, order, position, set,

unlikely, questionable, uncertain,

realize; (v) esteem, treasure, prize,

orchestration, organization,

imperceptible, doubtful

fathom, appraise, comprehend,

agreement

apparently: (adv) manifestly,

admire, acknowledge, apprize.

arrived: (adv) here, at home; (adj)

evidently, patently, obviously,

ANTONYMS: (v) scorn, disregard,

accepted

clearly, plainly, supposedly,

ignore, neglect, disparage,

artful: (adj) crafty, cunning,

conspicuously, overtly, outwardly,

underrate, underestimate, dislike,

scheming, wily, shrewd, insidious,

allegedly. ANTONYMS: (adv)

overlook, assume, undervalue

designing, sly, adroit, subtle,

unclearly, actually, doubtfully,

apprehensiveness: (adj) fearfulness;

disingenuous. ANTONYMS: (adj)

questionably, uncertainly,

(n) fear, presentiment, premonition,

artless, unskillful, inept, ingenuous,

underneath, unlikely, truly,

misgiving, foreboding, worry,

unskilled, open, straight

equivocally, imperceptibly

concern, uneasiness, diffidence,

article: (n) thing, object, chapter,

apparition: (n) ghost, phantom,

unease. ANTONYM: (n) serenity

feature, commodity, composition,

spirit, spectre, hallucination, spook,

approach: (n) access, entry, means,

ware, entity, discourse, essay,

shade, eidolon, wraith, advent; (n, v)

advent, coming, entrance, arrival; (n,

column

vision

v) advance; (v) accost, address; (adv,

articulate: (v) speak, pronounce,

appeal: (n, v) request, demand; (n)

v) near. ANTONYMS: (n) departure,

utter, vocalize, voice, state, say,

plea, address, attraction, prayer,

withdrawal, leaving, distancing; (v)

joint, enunciate, express; (adj)

recourse, complaint, application; (v)

end, withdraw, finish, distance,

eloquent. ANTONYMS: (adj)

sue, interest. ANTONYMS: (v) repel,

depart, conclude, close

incoherent, unintelligible, illogical,

disclaim, repulse, deny, refuse,

approval: (n) applause, approbation,

misrepresented, mumbled, unclear,

disgust, revoke; (n) unpleasantness,

acclaim, agreement, recognition,

unarticulated; (v) mumble,

repulsion, refusal, rejection

admiration, acquiescence, praise,

disconnect, misrepresent, misspeak

appear: (v) occur, seem, sound, come

acknowledgment, appreciation,

artificial: (adj) affected, theatrical,

out, turn up, show, emerge, break,

permission. ANTONYMS: (n)

unreal, unnatural, strained, man-

arrive, feel, arise. ANTONYMS: (v)

rejection, condemnation, scorn,

made, bogus, forced, phony,

vanish, hide, stop, sink, recede, go,

criticism, refusal, caution,

feigned, false. ANTONYMS: (adj)

depart

dissatisfaction, disrespect, denial,

genuine, real, sincere, authentic,

appearance: (n) look, face, shape,

veto, opposition

organic, untreated

show, apparition, advent, form,

apron: (n) skirt, proscenium, pall,

artistic: (adj) esthetic, aesthetic,

image, surface, impression; (adj, n)

pontificals, lawn sleeves, pinafore,

elegant, ingenious, pleasing,

semblance. ANTONYMS: (n)

petticoat, gathering head, wife, jupe,

tasteful, attic, imaginative, creative,

departure, vanishing

farthingale

inventive, harmonious.

appearances: (n) show, semblance,

arbitrary: (adj) optional, capricious,

ANTONYMS: (adj) inelegant,

outlook, indicia

dictatorial, erratic, random,

scientific, ugly, unattractive,

appeared: (n) appearing

peremptory, masterful, haphazard,

unimaginative, crude

appears: (n) appearing

unfair, domineering, dogmatic.

ashamed: (adj) hangdog, guilty,

appetizing: (adj) delectable,

ANTONYMS: (adj) reasonable,

embarrassed, sheepish, remorseful,

delicious, appetising, luscious,

nonarbitrary, scientific, rational,

regretful, bashful, disconcerted,

savory, palatable, scrumptious,

supported, reasoned, objective,

contrite, chagrined; (v) dashed.

alluring, exquisite; (adj, v)

circumspect, democratic, deliberate,

ANTONYMS: (adj) proud, arrogant,

tantalizing, spicy. ANTONYMS:

logical

unremorseful, unashamed, pleased,

(adj) tasteless, unsavory, sickening,

arcade: (n) colonnade, arch, portico,

blatant, bold, happy, unabashed,

nauseating, inedible, distasteful,

piazza, arc, construction, bow,

unrepentant

repulsive, revolting, unappealing

horseshoe, crane neck, vault, loop

aside: (adv) apart, away, beside,

apple: (n) Malus pumila, pome, earth,

arms: (n) armament, coat of arms,

alongside, in reserve, off, abreast;

city, world, orchard apple tree; (v)

weaponry, ammunition, shield,

(adj, adv) by; (n) digression,

apple slump, ball; (adj) green

ordnance, order, munition,

divagation, parenthesis.

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ANTONYMS: (adv) erectly,

wonderful, stupendous, prodigious,

view, outlook

uprightly, vertically

strange, surprising, astounding,

attractive: (adj) good-looking,

asking: (v) ask; (n) invitation, prayer,

incredible, breathtaking; (v)

engaging, appealing, amiable,

suit, application, begging,

astonish; (adj, n) marvelous.

charming, alluring, adorable,

supplication, entreaty, billing; (adj)

ANTONYMS: (adj) ordinary,

agreeable, striking, enchanting,

interrogatory, interrogative

humdrum, boring, mundane, dull,

sweet. ANTONYMS: (adj) ugly,

asleep: (adj) sleeping, deceased,

expected, predictable, usual,

unappealing, revolting, disgusting,

sleepy, dormant, numb, dead, sound

comforting

repellent, unpleasant, repulsive,

asleep, snoozing, slumbering,

astonishment: (n) admiration,

straight, boring, uninteresting,

napping, gone. ANTONYMS: (adj)

wonder, wonderment, surprise,

tasteless

up, attentive, alert, conscious

marvel, stupefaction, confusion,

audible: (adj) plain, hearable,

asparagus: (n) herb, veggie,

consternation, awe, alarm, startle.

distinct, detectable, sounding, sharp,

sparrowgrass, edible asparagus

ANTONYMS: (n) calmness, belief,

sonic, definite, discernible,

aspirant: (n) applicant, claimant,

contempt

perceptible, sensory. ANTONYMS:

amateur, contender, contestant,

attached: (adj) affectionate,

(adj) inaudible, unintelligible,

postulant, entrant; (adj, n) hopeful;

committed, affiliated, associated,

undetectable, silent, faint

(adj) aspiring, ambitious, wishful

devoted, fond, loving, loyal, near,

audibly: (adv) loudly, clearly, out

asset: (n) strength, forte, benefit,

added; (n) attachment.

loud. ANTONYMS: (adv)

purchase, good, estate, possession,

ANTONYMS: (adj) separate,

imperceptibly, inaudibly,

plus, virtue, investment, acquisition.

unmarried, unattached, vagile, free,

indistinctly, silently

ANTONYMS: (n) vice, weakness,

distant

august: (adj, v) grand, stately, lordly,

drawback, disadvantage, sale

attack: (n, v) assail, attempt, thrust,

dignified, proud, great; (adj)

assistant: (n, v) assist, aid, assistance;

raid, charge; (n) incursion, seizure,

majestic, royal, regal, superb; (n)

(adj, n) subordinate; (n) acolyte,

aggression, fit; (v) invade, aggress.

Aug. ANTONYMS: (adj) humble,

accomplice, colleague, auxiliary,

ANTONYMS: (v) defend, protect,

undignified, pedestrian, lowly,

helper, adjutant; (adj) ancillary.

flatter, aid, avoid, commend,