Indifference, somnolence,

demand, understand, hope, think,

excellent: (adj, n) estimable, worthy,

despondency, lifelessness

suppose, calculate, await, abide,

capital; (adj) superior, admirable,

exciting: (adj) provocative,

conceive. ANTONYMS: (v) fear,

beautiful, distinctive, superb, great,

breathtaking, impressive, stirring,

despair

good, splendid. ANTONYMS: (adj)

exhilarating, moving, rousing,

expectations: (n) outlook,

poor, abysmal, awful, mediocre,

dramatic, emotional, agitated; (adv)

expectation, expectancy, potential

terrible, imperfect, inadequate,

excitingly. ANTONYMS: (adj) dull,

expected: (adj) likely, expect,

middling, shoddy, bad, used

bland, monotonous, insipid,

predictable, prospective,

except: (adj, conj, prep) save; (v)

uninteresting, unexciting,

anticipated, usual, conventional,

exclude, demur, omit, elide; (adv,

uninspiring, listless, unenthusiastic,

intended, due, assumed, hoped-for.

conj, prep) but; (adv, prep) besides;

staid, somnolent

ANTONYMS: (adj) unusual,

(prep) excepting, excluding, aside

exclaiming: (n) deuce, Dickens,

surprising, unconventional,

from; (conj, n) without.

ejaculation, exclaim, devil,

unexpected, unlikely, exceptional

ANTONYMS: (prep) including; (v)

interjection, ecphonesis

expense: (n) disbursement,

receive, admit

excuse: (n, v) pardon, palliate; (v)

expenditure, price, outlay, amount,

exceptional: (adj) abnormal,

absolve, exculpate, condone, acquit,

toll, fee, payment, costs; (n, v)

excellent, particular, prodigious,

justify, forgive; (n) alibi, pretext,

charge, detriment. ANTONYM: (n)

extraordinary, uncommon, singular,

evasion. ANTONYMS: (v) blame,

income

unusual, outstanding, unique,

accuse, chide, discipline, include,

expenses: (n) expenditure, expense,

superior. ANTONYMS: (adj)

reprimand, castigate; (n) accusation

charge, costs, fee, spending,

common, ordinary, average, normal,

excused: (adj) privileged, immune

disbursement, overheads, payment,

usual, poor, abysmal, inferior,

exercise: (n, v) employ, practice, use,

outlay, upkeep

unexceptional, regular, everyday

discipline; (v) apply, train, exert; (n)

experience: (v) endure, suffer,

excessive: (adj) exaggerated, intense,

employment, application, play,

examine, meet, live, know, receive;

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(adj, v) see; (n) event, episode,

smile, insinuation, concealment,

unremarkably, ordinarily

happening. ANTONYMS: (n)

misconstruction

extraordinary: (adj) odd, exceptional,

inexperience, greenness, naivete,

expressive: (adj) significant,

curious, rare, special, phenomenal,

inability, ignorance

meaningful, descriptive, mobile,

amazing, astonishing, unusual,

experienced: (adj) educated, capable,

revelatory, indicative, articulate,

strange, abnormal. ANTONYMS:

expert, trained, competent, skillful,

graphic, emphatic, suggestive, vivid.

(adj) ordinary, normal, everyday,

sophisticated, knowledgeable,

ANTONYMS: (adj) unemotional,

usual, common, mundane, regular,

proficient, practiced, old.

undemonstrative, nondescript, cold,

undistinguished, unremarkable,

ANTONYMS: (adj) naive, immature,

expressionless, empty, emotionless,

insignificant, natural

unsophisticated, unseasoned,

inarticulate, innocent, impassive,

extreme: (adj) deep, excessive,

unknowledgeable, ignorant, green,

reserved

enormous, supreme, terrible,

untrained, inept, unqualified, coarse

exquisite: (adj) beautiful, delicate,

uttermost, ultimate, utmost, intense,

experiment: (n, v) attempt, try, taste,

excellent, dainty, gorgeous,

immoderate; (n) edge. ANTONYMS:

venture; (n) essay, trial, tentative,

admirable, acute, heavenly, choice,

(adj, n) mild, slight; (adj) middle,

examination, probation, experience;

wonderful; (adj, v) delightful.

reasonable, near, limited, close,

(v) examine

ANTONYMS: (adj) dull, inferior,

conventional, ordinary, normal,

expert: (adj, n) adept, proficient,

ugly, subdued, rough, poor, coarse,

insignificant

professional; (adj) skillful, adroit,

mild, imperfect, horrible, flawed

extremely: (adv) enormously,

dexterous, able, experienced, clever,

exquisitely: (adv) excellently, finely,

excessively, greatly, extraordinarily,

deft; (n, v) critic. ANTONYMS: (adj)

magnificently, perfectly, beautifully,

utterly, severely, hugely, intensely,

unskilled, inept, untrained, inferior,

gorgeously, superbly, keenly,

desperately; (adj, adv) highly, very.

inexperienced, immature,

subtlely; (adj, adv) intensely,

ANTONYMS: (adv) quite, fairly,

unschooled; (n) beginner, novice,

exceedingly

slightly, moderately, unremarkably,

tyro, apprentice

exquisiteness: (n) perfection,

sensibly, hardly, somewhat,

explain: (v) comment, interpret,

delicacy, fineness, magnificence,

commonly, reasonably,

account, define, decipher, clarify,

prettiness, loveliness, elegance,

insufficiently

solve, gloss, excuse, expound,

dreamy quality, attractiveness, good

eyes: (n) sight, eye, vision, view, baby

explicate. ANTONYMS: (v)

looks. ANTONYMS: (n) ugliness,

blues, guard, propensity, eyen

complicate, perplex, obfuscate,

unattractiveness

face: (adj, n, v) front; (v) confront,

puzzle, outline

extending: (adj) expanding

audacity; (n, v) look, aspect, top; (n)

explaining: (n) amplification,

extension: (n) expansion,

side, expression, countenance,

illumination, clearing up, defense

enlargement, augmentation,

exterior, facade. ANTONYMS: (n, v)

expletive: (n) cuss, oath, swearword,

increase, addition, elongation,

back; (n) timidity, nobody,

exclamation, swearing, swear word,

expanse, annex, stretch,

underside, shyness, rear; (v) evade,

curse word, cry, malediction; (v)

development, circulation.

elude, hide, withdraw, submit

spare, duplicate

ANTONYMS: (n) contraction, limit,

facing: (n) revetment, face, coating,

exploit: (n, v) act, achievement, feat,

abridgment, curtailment, shrinkage,

lining, veneer, cladding, front,

action; (n) accomplishment,

shortening, flexion, head, reduction

covering; (prep) against, before;

adventure, effort; (v) exercise, apply,

extent: (n) extension, amplitude,

(adj) fronting

use, employ. ANTONYM: (v) waste

bulk, amount, ambit, compass,

fact: (n) event, detail, truth,

exposed: (adj) open, defenseless,

boundary, scope; (n, v) area,

particular, reality, point, thing,

uncovered, unprotected, nude,

expanse; (adj, n) distance.

occurrence, experience, actuality; (n,

subject, obvious, naked, bald; (adj,

ANTONYMS: (n) weakness,

v) deed. ANTONYMS: (n)

v) vulnerable, liable. ANTONYMS:

mildness, scarcity

guesswork, fallacy, conjecture,

(adj) covered, hidden, safe, guarded,

extort: (v) exact, soak, compel, take,

report, falsehood, fiction, concept,

armed, secluded, sheltered,

wring, force, extract, pry; (adj)

fabrication, fantasy, illusion, lie

sheathed, enclosed, safeguarded,

bleed, fleece, overcharge

fail: (adj, v) fade, decline, cease; (v)

protected

extra: (adj) additional, odd,

abort, die, break, bust, want,

express: (adj) explicit, direct, definite,

extraordinary; (adj, adv) over, more;

disappoint, deteriorate, default.

distinct, especial; (n, v) declare; (v)

(adj, n) excess, supernumerary; (n)

ANTONYMS: (v) succeed, triumph,

demonstrate, convey, articulate,

accessory; (adj, adv, n) plus; (adv)

win, thrive, procure, accomplish,

display, mean. ANTONYMS: (v)

especially; (v) additive.

achieve, attain, boom, complete,

suppress, hide, retain; (adj) vague,

ANTONYMS: (adj) basic, less,

continue

slow, unexpressed, roundabout,

enough, main, sufficient, lacking; (n)

failure: (n) bankruptcy, breakdown,

unsaid, uncertain, indirect; (n) local

lack, shortfall, normal; (adv) barely,

loser, downfall, disappointment,

expressing: (adj) significant; (n)

scarcely

disaster, defeat, debacle; (n, v)

speech

extraordinarily: (adv) singularly,

deficiency, decline, loss.

expression: (n) phrase, voice, aspect,

rarely, unusually, exceptionally,

ANTONYMS: (n) achievement, hit,

appearance, demonstration,

extremely, peculiarly, remarkably,

winner, victory, capability, achiever,

declaration, manifestation,

phenomenally, uncommonly,

attainment, growth, triumph, Victor,

articulation, express, face, style.

exceedingly, especially.

champion

ANTONYMS: (n) hint, suggestion,

ANTONYMS: (adv) slightly,

fair: (adj) clear, beautiful, sweet,

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reasonable, dispassionate, average,

doit, small change; (adj) bulrush,

support, benefit, boon; (adj, n)

fine, impartial; (adj, v) bright; (adj,

pinch of snuff, peppercorn, old son,

kindness; (n) advantage; (v)

adv) clean; (n) blonde.

jot

befriend, encourage, patronize.

ANTONYMS: (adj) biased, unjust,

fascinating: (adj, v) captivating,

ANTONYMS: (v) hinder, contradict,

exceptional, dark, partial,

charming, engaging, interesting;

dislike, hurt, differ, thwart, reject,

mismatched, unwarranted, foul,

(adj) engrossing, absorbing,

demean; (n) derogation,

imbalanced, prejudiced, poor

attractive, delightful, alluring,

disapproval, unkindness

fairly: (adj, adv) justly; (adv)

bewitching, seductive.

favorite: (adj, n) darling, favourite,

moderately, honestly, completely,

ANTONYMS: (adj) boring, dull,

dear, number one; (adj) favored,

purely, impartially, somewhat,

repellent, unappealing, repulsive

beloved, popular; (n) pet, choice,

righteously, lightly, rightly,

fascination: (n) charm, glamor,

pick, preference. ANTONYMS: (n)

squarely. ANTONYMS: (adv)

bewitchment, glamour,

indifference, superior, underdog;

unjustly, extremely, subjectively,

enchantment, enthrallment,

(adj) unwanted, despised, disliked,

very, dishonestly, unreasonably,

charisma, magnetism, allure, magic,

hated, unusual

completely, entirely, unlawfully,

captivation. ANTONYMS: (n)

fear: (n) awe, dismay, alarm, fright,

excessively, wholly

disinterest, boredom,

consternation, care, anguish; (n, v)

faith: (n) confidence, belief,

disenchantment, disenthrallment,

apprehension, doubt, concern,

conviction, trust, credence, credit,

repulsion

reverence. ANTONYMS: (n)

creed, assurance, cult, expectation,

fashion: (n) mode, craze, fad,

fearlessness, reassurance,

dependence. ANTONYMS: (n)

manner, method, way; (n, v) cut,

confidence, courage, valor, calm,

disbelief, distrust, dubiosity,

construct, style; (v) contrive, make.

boldness, security, equanimity,

skepticism, despair, uncertainty,

ANTONYM: (v) destroy

peace; (v) brave

doubt, independence

fashionable: (adj) popular, current,

fearful: (adj, n) afraid; (adj, v)

fall: (n, v) decline, dip, rain, decrease,

classy, trendy, chic, up to date,

dreadful, cowardly; (adj) terrible,

plunge, dive; (n) downfall, descent,

stylish, dressy, modern, swanky,

apprehensive, awful, timid, anxious,

autumn; (v) descend, sink.

swell. ANTONYMS: (adj)

craven, frightful, eerie.

ANTONYMS: (n, v) increase, win,

unpopular, styleless, dated, out,

ANTONYMS: (adj) rational, calm,

climb, triumph; (n) ascent,

outmoded, tacky, inclusive, old,

confident, bold, unimpressed,

improvement, rising; (v) ascend,

plain

charming, fearless, courageous,

advance, conquer, elevate

fast: (adj, v) firm; (adj) dissolute,

reassuring, unafraid, wonderful

familiarity: (adj, n) acquaintance; (n)

instant, agile, staunch, quick,

fearfully: (adv) timidly, timorously,

intimacy, closeness, experience,

hurried, fixed, rapid; (adv) soon,

awfully, apprehensively,

casualness, conversancy,

hard. ANTONYMS: (adv) slowly,

horrendously, hideously, anxiously,

knowledge, conversance,

loosely, sluggishly; (n) binge; (adj)

appallingly, terribly; (adj, adv)

naturalness, nearness, friendship.

sluggish, loose, unattached,

shockingly, dreadfully.

ANTONYMS: (n) unfamiliarity,

plodding; (adj, adv) leisurely; (v)

ANTONYMS: (adv) bravely, calmly,

formality, abnormality, distance,

gorge, eat

confidently, wonderfully, rationally,

animosity

fatal: (adj) deadly, pestilent, lethal,

unconcernedly

family: (adj, n) household, descent,

disastrous, destructive, dangerous,

feathers: (n) plumage, fur, indument,

home; (n) name, genus, house,

deathly, fateful, murderous, critical;

garment, garb, fine hair, clothing,

people, breed, brood, kin, lineage

(adj, v) mortal. ANTONYMS: (adj)

dress, apparel, attire, array

fancied: (adj) unreal, chimerical,

harmless, nourishing, healthful,

featherweight: (adj) thin, lightweight;

fictional, fanciful, fictitious,

benign, uncritical, mild

(n) boxer

fabricated, preferred, assumed,

father: (n) dad, begetter, creator,

features: (n) face, characteristics,

illusory, imagined, ideal

abba, patriarch, beginner, founder,

aspect, appearance, character, facial

fancies: (n) stock

padre; (n, v) sire; (v) engender,

appearance, trait, complexion,

fancy: (n, v) desire, fantasy, caprice,

generate. ANTONYMS: (n) disciple,

nature; (adj) declensions; (v)

dream, wish, daydream; (v)

follower

lineaments

imagine, consider; (adj, v) conceive;

fatherly: (adj) fatherlike, loving,

feeble: (adj) delicate, decrepit, ailing,

(n) conception, conceit.

motherly, sisterly, parental,

helpless, powerless, poor, mild, lax,

ANTONYMS: (n) reality, certainty,

affectionate, benevolent, benign;

thin; (adj, v) faint, debilitated.

actuality, conviction; (adj)

(adj, adv) kind; (adv) patriarchal,

ANTONYMS: (adj) strong, vigorous,

unadorned, common; (v) hate,

indulgent. ANTONYM: (adv)

hearty, tough, effective, powerful,

demonstrate, detest, disapprove, test

motherly

unrelenting, robust, potent,

fantastically: (adv) wonderfully,

fault: (adj, n, v) deficiency; (n) error,

persuasive, able

fabulously, tremendously,

blot, delinquency, flaw, break,

feeding: (n) alimentation, eating,

marvelously, extraordinarily,

blunder; (adj, n) failing, blemish; (n,

nourishment, grazing, dining,

strangely, queerly, magnificently,

v) blame, crime. ANTONYMS: (n)

browsing, feed supply, banqueting,

grotesquely, whimsically,

strength, virtue, capability,

supplying, ingestion, intake

peculiarly. ANTONYMS: (adv)

innocence, perfection, credit, ease;

feel: (v) experience, finger, handle,

plausibly, abysmally

(v) praise, absolve

consider, find; (n, v) sense, sound;

farthing: (n) craps, faro, ante, chuck,

favor: (n, v) countenance, aid, grace,

(n) feeling, texture, atmosphere, air.

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ANTONYMS: (v) observe, doubt,

fifty: (adj, n) l; (n) half a hundred,

substantial, wretched, unpleasant,

question, mistrust, ignore,

fifty dollar bill, cubic decimeter,

unimpressive, dark, cloudy

disregard, disbelieve, challenge

cubic decimetre

finer: (adj) superior, advanced,

feeling: (n) affection, feel, emotion,

fight: (n, v) battle, dispute, contest,

bigger, higher, more, greater

sensitivity, mood, hunch, opinion,

quarrel, engagement, feud,

finest: (adj, n) elite; (adj) top, select,

belief, impression, atmosphere; (adj,

squabble, argue, struggle, clash;

excellent, most favorable, most

n) sentiment. ANTONYMS: (n)

(adj, n, v) brawl. ANTONYMS: (n, v)

excellent, most advantageous,

indifference, overtone, insensibility,

withdrawal, retreat; (n) fear,

exclusive, classic, best possible; (n)

certainty, insensitivity, hatred, trust;

surrender, agreement; (v)

cream

(adj) unfeeling

compromise, favor, submit

finger: (v) feel, handle, touch, thumb,

feelings: (n) emotions, opinion,

figure: (n, v) form, design, cast,

indicate, point; (n) digit, dactyl,

bosom, emotion, thought,

estimate, shape, image; (v) count,

forefinger, pointer; (n, v) hand.

reputation, honor, feeling,

cipher; (adj, n) appearance; (n)

ANTONYM: (v) clear

sentiments, thoughts, manner

character, cost. ANTONYM: (v)

finished: (adj, adv) ended,

feet: (v) legs, pegs, pins, trotters; (n)

estimate

completed; (adj) complete,

foots, ft, fete, meter, rescue

file: (n) document, roll, series; (v)

consummate, absolute,

fellow: (adj, n) comrade, associate;

rasp, order, scrape; (n, v) list,

accomplished, ruined, spent, ripe,

(n) boy, equal, brother, peer, chap,

procession, string, record; (adj, n)

polished; (adj, v) done.

colleague, compeer, buddy; (adj, n,

rank. ANTONYM: (v) blunt

ANTONYMS: (adj) incomplete,