Villain

hobby: (n) amusement, cockhorse,

passion; (v) bake, burn; (n) warmth,

heroine: (n) woman, persona, brave

pursuit, avocation, interest, pastime,

fervor, summer, estrus; (n, v) fire;

woman, role, protagonist, part,

entertainment, indulgence, fancy,

(adj) flush. ANTONYMS: (n) cold,

leading lady, heroess, role model,

hobbyhorse, sideline. ANTONYMS:

chill, coldness, anestrus, apathy,

female lead, character

(n) work, job

coolness, dryness, indifference

hers: (pron) she, his; (adj) own

hold: (n, v) keep, grip, grasp,

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entertain; (v) endure, detain, adhere,

despondent, forlorn, disconsolate,

menage; (v) everyday, usual.

bear, have, contain, comprise.

desperate, impossible, useless,

ANTONYMS: (adj) unfamiliar,

ANTONYMS: (v) fail, disagree, lose,

abject, despair, dismal, irreparable.

public

free, deny, remove, lack; (n)

ANTONYMS: (adj) cheerful,

housekeeper: (n) factotum, mistress,

separation, repulsion

competent, promising, optimistic,

shepherd, householder, housewife,

hole: (adj, n) gap; (n) aperture, den,

encouraging, helpful, useful,

domestic, cleaning woman,

hollow, crack, pocket, break, lair,

successful, practical, laudable,

croupier, domestic help, seneschal,

pit, fix, depression. ANTONYMS:

effective

house servant

(n) mansion, mend

horrible: (adj) awful, fearful,

housekeeping: (n) housewifery,

home: (n) domicile, abode, house,

frightful, abominable, grisly,

household, domestic science

residence, base, place, dwelling,

formidable, dire, ghastly, dreadful,

housemaid: (n) amah, maid,

family, habitation; (adj) domestic;

fearsome; (adj, v) horrid.

handmaiden, handmaid,

(adj, n) household. ANTONYMS:

ANTONYMS: (adj) wonderful,

maidservant, cleaning woman, girl,

(adj) external, national, public,

lovely, nice, lovable, fair, delightful,

ayah, charwoman, biddy, maiden

away, foreign; (adv) out

slight, appealing, minor, attractive,

housing: (n) habitation, dwelling,

honest: (adj) fair, genuine, sincere,

great

casing, lodging, abode, caparison,

good, equitable, artless, heartfelt,

horribly: (adv) horrifically, awfully,

accommodation, apartment,

guileless, frank, forthright, faithful.

terrifically, hideously, atrociously,

domicile, tenement; (adj) residential

ANTONYMS: (adj) lying,

appallingly; (adj, adv) frightfully,

however: (adv, conj, prep) but; (adj,

misleading, guarded, corrupt,

terribly, fearfully, shockingly; (adj)

adv, conj) although; (adv)

disloyal, unwholesome,

ghastly. ANTONYMS: (adv)

nevertheless, anyway, nonetheless,

discourteous, disreputable, fictional,

pleasantly, wonderfully, kindly,

how, notwithstanding; (adv, conj)

crafty, crooked

sweetly

though, yet; (conj) albeit; (n) while

honeymoon: (n) period, pleasure;

horrified: (v) horrify, chagrined, cut

hubbub: (n) commotion, uproar,

(adj) wedding, nuptial, marriage

up, terrify, frighten; (adj) scared,

disorder, din, noise, bustle, tumult,

honor: (n, v) respect, reputation,

dismayed, alarmed, frightened,

bedlam, brouhaha; (n, v) racket,

glory, fame, reward; (n) award,

aghast, terrified. ANTONYM: (adj)

brawl. ANTONYM: (n) calm

accolade, reverence; (v) celebrate;

proud

huge: (adj) vast, immense, large,

(adj, n, v) worship, grace.

horse: (n, v) mount; (n) buck, heroin,

gigantic, enormous, extensive, great,

ANTONYMS: (n, v) dishonor,

junk, charger, knight, pony, rider,

colossal, elephantine, major,

disgrace; (n) shame, humiliation,

trestle, eohippus, dog

considerable. ANTONYMS: (adj)

wickedness, contempt, insult; (v)

hospital: (n) clinic, sanitarium,

insignificant, miniature, small,

break, ignore, disrespect, discredit

institution, home, asylum, hospice,

affordable, compact, measly, minor,

honorable: (adj) good, estimable,

lazaret, health facility, lazaretto,

minute, slight, slim

exalted, respectable, fair, decent,

spital, foundling hospital

human: (n) person, man, human

reputable, ethical, honor; (adj, v)

hostess: (n) mistress, air hostess,

being, homo, gay, party; (adj, adv)

great, noble. ANTONYMS: (adj)

flight attendant, housewife, steward,

fleshly; (adj) humane, earthly,

shameful, disgraceful, corrupt,

innkeeper, landlady, prostitute, host

corporeal, worldly. ANTONYMS:

degenerate, immoral, humiliating,

hostility: (n) animosity, antagonism,

(adj) nonhuman, otherworldly,

dishonest, unethical, decadent, bad,

aggression, feud, aversion, animus,

heavenly, immortal

deceitful

bitterness, hatred, rancor, bad blood,

humanity: (n) benevolence, mankind,

honored: (adj) esteemed, reputable,

conflict. ANTONYMS: (n) closeness,

flesh, human race, human,

respected, honoured, privileged,

goodwill, accord, friendship,

humankind; (adj, n) compassion,

glorious, distinguished, honorable,

receptiveness, peace, receptivity,

charity, kindness, benignity,

worshipful, exalted, revered.

cooperation, ease, gentleness,

gentleness. ANTONYMS: (n)

ANTONYMS: (adj) disadvantaged,

harmony

severity, inhumanity, nastiness,

disreputable

hotel: (n) lodge, house, guesthouse,

selfishness

honors: (n) formality

hostelry, inn, tavern, hospice, court,

humble: (v) demean, humiliate,

hope: (n, v) trust, desire; (n)

restaurant, spa, khan

mortify; (n, v) disgrace, debase; (adj,

aspiration, faith, belief, expectation,

hottentot: (n) Zulu, yahoo, savage,

n, v) abase; (adj) base, lowly,

confidence, expectancy, anticipation;

barbarian, vandal, Khoikhoi

unassuming, docile, low.

(v) confide, anticipate.

hour: (n) clock, o'clock, hours, time,

ANTONYMS: (adj) impressive,

ANTONYMS: (n) reality, past,

hr, term, nonce, moment, occasion,

arrogant, haughty, imposing,

pessimism, distrust, independence

dawn, dusk

conceited, pompous, snooty,

hopefully: (adv) confidently,

house: (adj, n, v) family; (adj, n)

overbearing, presumptuous, proud,

optimistically, brightly, cheerfully,

home; (v) accommodate; (n)

exalted

positively, auspiciously,

dwelling, firm, abode, domicile,

humbled: (adj) humble, humiliated,

expectantly, rosily, encouragingly,

edifice, habitation, housing; (n, v)

crushed, depressed, dispirited,

promisingly, buoyantly.

lodge. ANTONYM: (adj) public

abased, broken in, abject, ashamed;

ANTONYMS: (adv) hopelessly,

household: (adj, n) house, home;

(n) humbler; (v) apart

despairingly, pessimistically

(adj) domestic; (adj, v) ordinary,

humbly: (adv) lowly, meanly,

hopeless: (adj) incurable,

common; (n) folk, stock, clan,

modestly, submissively, low, shyly,

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lowlily, naturally, regretfully,

help; (n) reparation, pleasure

worthwhile, diligent; (v) change,

remorsefully, repentantly.

hurting: (adj) aching, painful, tender;

run, work

ANTONYMS: (adv) conceitedly,

(n) hurt, ache, sting, pain, colic,

ignoramus: (n) fool, dolt, idiot,

haughtily, pompously,

dysmenorrhea, agony; (v) causing

blockhead, simpleton, numskull,

ostentatiously, unrepentantly,

pain. ANTONYM: (adj) painless

bungler, dullard, dumbbell,

affluently, brashly, pretentiously

husband: (v) conserve, economize,

dummy, booby

humbug: (n) deceit, cheat, claptrap,

preserve, save; (n) consort, hubby,

ignorance: (n) illiteracy, nescience,

fake, faker, deception, boloney; (n,

man, fellow, lover, master, mate.

folly, unwisdom, innocence,

v) hoax, cant, duplicity; (v) hum

ANTONYMS: (n) wife, bachelor

denseness, ignorancy, stupidity,

humiliation: (n) degradation,

hysterical: (adj, n) feverish; (adj)

obtuseness, tabula rasa,

disgrace, chagrin, abjection,

wild, violent, eccentric, frenzied,

unawareness. ANTONYMS: (n)

comedown, indignity,

emotional, fitful, febrile, erratic; (n)

intelligence, acquaintance, education

embarrassment, mortification,

fanatical, hysterics. ANTONYMS:

ignorant: (adj) unconscious,

dishonor, discredit; (adj, n) shame.

(adj) relaxed, composed, restrained

unwitting, rude, illiterate,

ANTONYMS: (n) glorification,

hysterically: (adv) feverishly,

uneducated, blind, dull, unaware,

aggrandizement, pride, success,

frantically, agitatedly, worriedly,

uninformed, unlearned, innocent.

making

wildly, violently, turbulently,

ANTONYMS: (adj) conscious,

humility: (n) diffidence, modesty,

excitedly, emotionally, passionately,

versed, cultured, educated,

submission, shyness, meekness,

stormily. ANTONYM: (adv)

informed, wary, literate, aware,

lowliness, timidity, trait,

peacefully

polite

humiliation, resignation; (adj)

idea: (n) meaning, belief, opinion,

illiberally: (adv) parsimoniously,

veneration. ANTONYMS: (n)

concept, estimation, fancy, plan,

ungenerously, meanly, narrowly,

haughtiness, affectation, conceit,

impression, apprehension, notion,

stingily, penuriously, churlishly,

arrogance

conception. ANTONYM: (n)

covetously, sordidly, insularly,

humor: (n, v) caprice, freak, humour;

certainty

unhandsomely

(n) temper, mood, disposition, wit;

ideal: (adj) perfect, fanciful,

ill-natured: (adj) cantankerous,

(v) indulge, gratify; (adj, n) spirit,

consummate, abstract, classic,

peevish, sour, surly, catty, crabbed,

frame of mind. ANTONYMS: (n)

unreal; (n) standard, paragon,

gruff, disagreeable, malignant,

seriousness, gravity, solemnity; (v)

example, archetype, perfection.

malicious, malevolent

displease

ANTONYMS: (adj) wrong, real,

image: (n, v) picture, fancy, design;

humorist: (n) comic, comedian,

imperfect; (n) nightmare

(n) impression, conception, effigy,

clown, wit, joker, zany, entertainer,

idealism: (n) magnanimousness,

idea, form, resemblance, epitome;

humourist, jester, buffoon; (v) wag

nobility, immaterialism, mentalism,

(v) depict. ANTONYM: (n) reality

hundred: (adj) a hundred, one

perfection, rose-colored glasses,

imagination: (n) vision, fancy, image,

hundred, many; (adj, n) c; (n) cent,

quixotism, optimism,

dream, conceit, imagery, originality,

centred, riding, lathe, soke, tithing,

imaginationalism, ideality,

invention, resource, reflection,

carbon

greatness. ANTONYMS: (n) reality,

phantasy

hung: (n) hanging; (v) Heng; (adj)

disillusionment

imaginative: (adj) inventive,

fatigued, puzzled, decorated

idealize: (v) deify, idealizing, realize,

ingenious, original, clever, fanciful,

hurling: (adj) moving; (n) field game

see, view, regard, reckon, poetize,

fantastic, resourceful, artistic,

hurricane: (n) storm, tempest,

perfect, unrealize, concoct

imaginal, whimsical, imaginary.

cyclone, squall, tornado, whirlwind,

idealized: (adj) idyllic, perfect,

ANTONYMS: (adj) unimaginative,

twister, tropical storm, gust, spring

perfecter, theoretical

logical, dull, pedestrian, trite,

hawser, monsoon

ideas: (n) idea, thoughts, thought,

unoriginal

hurry: (n) haste; (n, v) bustle, hasten,

thinking, principles, philosophy,

imagine: (v) believe, conjecture,

dispatch, flurry, rush; (v) scurry,

information, imaginings, data,

fancy, conceive, daydream, assume,

dash, accelerate, expedite, run.

content, communication

guess, consider, fantasize; (conj, v)

ANTONYMS: (n) slowness,

idiot: (n) dolt, blockhead, dunce,

suppose; (n, v) dream

calmness, patience, unimportance;

dimwit, moron, cretin, ass, imbecile,

imitate: (n, v) duplicate; (v) forge,

(v) dawdle, delay, linger, crawl,

oaf, changeling, idiocy. ANTONYM:

ape, emulate, follow, feign,

amble; (intj) wait

(n) intellectual

counterfeit, mimic, mock, assume,

hurrying: (n) hastening, speed,

idiotic: (adj) absurd, foolish, fatuous,

act

quickening, rushing, early,

imbecile, crazy, stupid, ridiculous,

imitation: (adj, n) fake, sham,

speeding, speeding up, stepping up,

mindless, silly, unwise, daft.

reproduction; (n) dummy, forgery,

amphetamine, forward, eager

ANTONYMS: (adj) wise, genius,

mockery, copy, emulation; (n, v)

hurt: (adj, n, v) damage, detriment;

clever

parody; (adj) false, bogus.

(adj, n) evil; (n, v) wound, pain,

idle: (adj) lazy, indolent, inactive,

ANTONYMS: (adj) genuine, real,

ache, distress; (n) disadvantage,

free, unfounded, fruitless, baseless,

natural; (n) original, formalism

lesion; (v) afflict; (adj, v) injure.

groundless, frivolous, empty,

immediately: (adv) instantly,

ANTONYMS: (adj) unhurt,

disengaged. ANTONYMS: (adj)

presently, readily, rapidly, quickly,

unaffected, healed; (v) encourage,

active, employed, industrious,

promptly, instantaneously, speedily,

please, protect, repair, defend; (n, v)

energetic, meaningful, productive,

right; (adj, adv) at once, forthwith.

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ANTONYMS: (adv) slowly,

meaninglessness

(n) cheek, gall, audacity,

whenever, gradually, now,

important: (adj, v) grave; (adj)

impertinence, insolence, face,

eventually

fundamental, significant, crucial,

cheekiness, effrontery, assurance.

immense: (adj) vast, enormous, great,

key, serious, remarkable, chief,

ANTONYMS: (n) cowardice,

gigantic, immeasurable, colossal,

earnest, central, heavy.

reticence

boundless, big, large, giant, infinite.

ANTONYMS: (adj) insignificant,

impudent: (adj, n) bold, daring; (adj)

ANTONYMS: (adj) tiny, small,

trivial, minor, irrelevant, low,

disrespectful, audacious,

insignificant, miniature, slight,

worthless, frivolous, secondary,

impertinent, brassy, barefaced,

negligible, compact, narrow, short,

little, superfluous, inconsequential

brazen, insolent, brash, cheeky.

minor

impossible: (adj) unimaginable,

ANTONYMS: (adj) polite, cowardly

immensely: (adv) highly, infinitely,

insufferable, unbelievable, hopeless,

incapable: (adj) impotent,

greatly, enormously, tremendously,

impracticable, impractical,

inadequate, unable, helpless,

extremely, mightily, hugely,

inconceivable, unlikely,

powerless, unqualified, inept,

massively, immeasurably,

unthinkable, unable, ridiculous.

insufficient, inapt, ineffectual, unfit.

monstrously

ANTONYMS: (adj) feasible,

ANTONYMS: (adj) able, competent,

immorality: (n) iniquity, degeneracy,

achievable, manageable, bearable,

strong, powerful, effective

corruption, evil, vice, sin, evilness,

attainable, on, tolerable, probable,

incensed: (adj) angry, exasperated,

wickedness, debauchery, devilry,

hopeful, easy, consistent

enraged, indignant, irate, infuriated,

wrong. ANTONYMS: (n)

impostor: (n) fraud, cheat, hypocrite,

irritated, mad, livid, angered,

righteousness, decency, piety,

fake, imposter, sham, charlatan,

aggravated. ANTONYM: (adj)

morality, restraint, honesty, good

deceiver, faker, cheater, pretender

pleased

impatience: (n) annoyance,

impressed: (adj) touched,

incident: (n) fact, experience,

eagerness, anger, intolerance,

bewildered, amazed, susceptible,

circumstance, occasion, adventure,

restlessness, fidget, nervousness,

stupefied, stunned, confused,

happening, occurrence, episode,

fidgetiness, enthusiasm, edginess;

bemused; (v) imprinted, stamped,

instance, case, contingency.

(adj) nonendurance. ANTONYMS:

carved. ANTONYM: (adj)

ANTONYMS: (adj) basic; (n)

(n) calmness, endurance, apathy

unimpressed

defense

impatient: (adj) eager, anxious,

impression: (n) feeling, idea, imprint,

incipient: (adj) initial, budding,

petulant, fidgety, vexed, keen, edgy,

conception, depression, notion,

nascent, imperfectly formed,

quick, avid, irritable, fretful.

mark, image, dent, feel, opinion.

commencing, first, undeveloped;

ANTONYMS: (adj) patient,

ANTONYMS: (n) certainty, hump,

(adj, v) introductory; (v) inceptive;

enduring, unenthusiastic, calm,

lump

(n) beginning

happy, relaxed, slow

impressive: (adj) effective,

include: (v) contain, comprise,

impatiently: (adv) petulantly,

commanding, striking, powerful,

embody, insert, encompass,

restlessly, keenly, intolerantly,

imposing, influential, exciting,

implicate, involve, embrace,

hastily, avidly, uneasily,

formidable, spectacular; (adj, n)

comprehend, number, cover.

enthusiastically, edgily, fidgetily,

noble, grand. ANTONYMS: (adj)

ANTONYMS: (v) omit, excuse, lack,

restively. ANTONYMS: (adv)

humble, ordinary, weak,

delete

uncomplainingly, calmly,

unremarkable, insignificant, minor,

including: (v) include, comprise,

unenthusiastically, lightly

pathetic, tiny, uninteresting,

comprehend, involve; (conj) and;

imperial: (adj) majestic, grand,

ineffective, average

(adv) not to mention, let alone, also;

dignified, imperious, purple, stately,

improbable: (adj) implausible,

(adj) inclusive; (prep) in addition to,

August, regal, noble, lordly; (adj, n)

impossible, incredible, unbelievable,

plus. ANTONYMS: (prep) without,

beard

fishy, questionable, inconceivable,

except

impertinent: (adj) fresh, pert, saucy,

impractical, unthinkable, absurd;

income: (n) earnings, revenue, profit,

forward, audacious, brash, brazen,

(adj, n) marvelous. ANTONYMS:

proceeds, pay, means, gain, yield,

extraneous, discourteous,

(adj) probable, certain, plausible,

return, salary, receipts.

disrespectful, flippant.

truthful, ordinary, on, practical

ANTONYMS: (n) loss, expenditure,

ANTONYMS: (adj) respectful,

improper: (adj) false, illicit,

outgo, spending, cost

polite, courteous

illegitimate, unsuitable, wrong,

incompetent: (adj) incapable, inapt,

impetuous: (adj) boisterous, hasty,

indecent, bad, coarse, amiss, faulty;

inadequate, unable, awkward,

fiery, headlong, heady, hot, brash,

(adj, v) indecorous. ANTONYMS:

clumsy, feeble, useless, powerless,

foolhardy, dashing, fierce; (adj, v)

(adj) suitable, fitting, polite,

insufficient, unskilled.

impulsive. ANTONYMS: (adj)

acceptable, sensitive, moral, correct,

ANTONYMS: (adj) capable, skillful,

considered, careful, slow, sensible,

dignified, lawful, clean, honest

dynamic, efficient, clever, helpful,

patient

improved: (adj) enhanced, new,

professional, trained, organized,

importance: (n) account, gravity,

reformed, finer, enlarged, greater,

practical, brilliant

import, dignity, prominence, stress,

greater than before, more, higher,

inconsiderate: (adj) headlong,

emphasis, value, concern,

increased, transformed.

unadvised, unthinking, unkind,

magnitude; (n, v) consequence.

ANTONYMS: (adj) inferior, lesser,

indiscreet, negligent, tactless,

ANTONYMS: (n) unimportance,

unimproved

incautious, imprudent, heedless;

insignificance, triviality,

impudence: (adj, n) boldness, brass;

(adj, adv) thoughtless.

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ANTONYMS: (adj) thoughtful,

demonstrating, signifying, indicant,

flagrant, notorious, disgraceful,

considerate, altruism, altruistic,

designatory, indicative of

dishonourable, contemptible; (adj, v)

caring, cautious, constructive,

indications: (n) discriminating

foul, shameful, base; (adj, n, v)

gentle, polite, tactful

marks, indicia, chance

scandalous; (adj, adv, v) nefarious.

incorrigible: (adj) hopeless,

indictment: (n) accusation,

ANTONYMS: (adj) reputable,

irredeemable, confirmed,

impeachment, complaint, bill of

famous

irreparable, hardened,

indictment, information, lawsuit,

infatuated: (adj, n) fanatical; (adj, v)

uncorrectable, insubordinate; (adj,

blame, accusal, true bill; (n, v)

besotted; (adj) gaga, crazy, mad,

n) incurable; (v) obdurate, past

allegation, attack. ANTONYMS: (n)

dotty, in love, obsessed, smitten,

praying for, reprobate.

acquittal, confirmation

taken with; (v) illiberal

ANTONYMS: (adj) corrigible,

indifference: (adj, n) coldness,

infatuation: (adj) devotion,

repentant, mild

phlegm; (n) detachment,

fascination, enchantment, gross

increase: (n, v) extend, gain, accrue,

impassiveness, disregard, aloofness,

credulity; (adj, n) passion, fervor,

augmentation, extension; (adj, n, v)

nonchalance, neglect, unconcern,

fanaticism; (n) crush, idolatry, love,

augment; (v) grow, expand,

impassivity, disinterest.

hobby. ANTONYM: (n) indifference

aggrandize, enhance; (n) addition.

ANTONYMS: (n) fervor, interest,

inferiority: (n) poorness, degeneracy,

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

eagerness, dedication, sympathy,

subordinacy, minority,

reduction, contraction, decline; (v)

favorite, compassion, anxiety,

disadvantage, calibre, vulgarity,

reduce, diminish, drop, deteriorate,

responsiveness, forcefulness, care

quality, subordination, meanness,

damage, abate, contract

indifferent: (adj) apathetic,

deteriority. ANTONYMS: (n)

increases: (adj) increasing; (n)

impassive, cold, cool, callous, fair,

superiority, advantage, excellence,

augmentation, addition

insensible, unconcerned, careless,

preeminence

indeed: (adv) certainly, exactly, in

dull, average. ANTONYMS: (adj)

infinite: (adj) absolute, eternal,

reality, surely, of course, assuredly,

enthusiastic, fervent, keen,

endless, countless, immense,

as a matter of fact, admittedly; (adj,

obsessive, energetic, eager,

incalculable, boundless,

adv) really, much; (n) yes.

involved, surprised, exceptional,

innumerable, immeasurable,

ANTONYMS: (adv) possibly,

concerned, shocked

everlasting, spaceless. ANTONYMS:

doubtfully

indignant: (adj) angry, incensed,

(adj) finite, limited, restricted, small,

independence: (n) freedom,

furious, enraged, wrathful, hurt,

tiny, slight

autonomy, individuality,

rage, provoked, hot, anger, irate.

infinitely: (adv) greatly, vastly,

independency, latitude, detachment,

ANTONYMS: (adj) cool, content,

immensely, immeasurably,

neutrality, sovereignty, autarchy,

unaffected

boundlessly, enormously,

inconsequence, autarky.

indispensable: (adj, v) necessary,

unboundedly, hugely, ceaselessly,

ANTONYMS: (n) dependence,

imperative, requisite; (adj)

unendingly; (adj, adv) incalculably.

childhood, subjugation, bias,

obligatory, fundamental, required,

ANTONYM: (adv) finitely

reliance, subservience, conformity,

mandatory, vital, urgent, absolutely

influenza: (adj, n) grippe; (n) flu,

suppression, subjectivity, restriction

necessary; (v) needful.

plague, contagion, contagious

independent: (adj) autonomous,

ANTONYMS: (adj) dispensable,

disease; (adj) grip

separate, substantive, nonpartisan,

nonessential, optional, marginal,

information: (n) communication,

sovereign, impartial, self-

unnecessary, worthless, minor

data, evidence, datum, note, tidings,

supporting, unallied, self-sufficient;

inefficient: (adj) inadequate,

report, enlightenment, complaint,

(n) freelance, mugwump.

ineffective, ineffectual, incapable,

counsel, announcement

ANTONYMS: (adj) dependent,

inefficacious, shiftless, feeble,

informed: (adj) cognizant, educated,

simultaneous, needy, constrained,

impotent, unfit, useless, unable.

conscious, knowledgeable, familiar,

biased, tied, autocratic, weak,

ANTONYMS: (adj) economical,

apprised, wise, conversant,

inseparable, conventional, subjective

competent, diligent, productive

experienced, sensible; (adv) abreast.

india: (n) Indian, crotalaria

ineligible: (adj) inapt, incompetent,

ANTONYMS: (adj) uninformed,

spectabilis, Africa, Bharat, Dovyalis,

unqualified, incapable, inadmissible,

unconcerned

genus Dovyalis, IND, Indian

unworthy, unsuitable, unfit,

informer: (n) detective, betrayer,

rattlebox

inconvenient, inappropriate,

delator, sneak, tattletale, informant,

indian: (n) American Indian, Red

inexpedient. ANTONYMS: (adj)

canary, rat, grass, nark, snitch

Indian, redskin, India, Amerindian,

entitled, competent

injured: (adj) hurt, broken, wounded,

Shoshones, Aleut, squaw, sannup,

inexplicable: (adj) incomprehensible,

affected, damaged, pained,

creeks; (adj, n) Amerind

mysterious, unaccountable,

offended, insulted, defective,

indicate: (v) direct, betoken, mark,

inscrutable, unfathomable,

prejudiced; (n) casualty.

imply, show, augur, foretell,

enigmatic, baffling, indecipherable,

ANTONYMS: (adj) uninjured,

foreshadow, evince, argue; (n, v)

unexplained, incognizable,

unaffected, well

designate. ANTONYMS: (v)

preternatural. ANTONYMS: (adj)

injury: (n, v) harm, grievance,

dismiss, disprove, reject

understandable, explicable,

detriment, damage, hurt; (n)

indicating: (v) indicatory, indicate;

mundane, apparent, explainable,

disservice, wound, impairment, ill,

(n) indication, reference; (adj)

straightforward, natural, legible

bruise, affront. ANTONYMS: (n)

representing, representative,

infamous: (adj) disreputable,

reparation, justice, help, defense,

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benefit

genius

keenly, brightly, profoundly,

inner: (adj) interior, mental, inward,

instinctively: (adv) involuntarily,

fiercely. ANTONYMS: (adv) mildly,

intrinsic, inside, central, middle,

mechanically, spontaneously,

calmly, gently, dully, indifferently,

within, in, privy, clandestine.

automatically, intuitively,

impassively, jokingly, slightly,

ANTONYMS: (adj) outer,

inherently, automaticly,

hardly, superficially,

superficial, exterior

unconsciously, impulsively,

unexceptionally

innocent: (adj) chaste, artless, clear,

unthinkingly, instinctually.

intensity: (adj, n) strength; (n) force,

ingenuous, innocuous, guileless,

ANTONYMS: (adv) consciously,

forcefulness, volume, depth,

guiltless, ignorant, unsophisticated,

objectively

fierceness, emphasis, energy, forte,

spotless, naive. ANTONYMS: (adj)

institute: (adj, v) establish, found,

fury, ferocity. ANTONYMS: (n)

culpable, responsible, wicked, wary,

enact; (v) build, constitute, form,

weakness, dullness, indifference,

experienced, corrupt, worldly,

appoint, fix, initiate, begin, create

mildness, softness, scarcity,

unfair, meaningful, offensive, jaded

institution: (n) creation, formation,

quietness, calmness, apathy,

inscrutable: (adj) inexplicable,

asylum, agency, founding, academy,

gentleness, faintness

incomprehensible, mysterious,

foundation, organ, initiation,

intention: (n) idea, intent, goal,

weird, cryptic, cryptical, deep,

method; (adj, n) institute

purpose, cause, motive, mind; (n, v)

enigmatic, uncanny, hidden, arcane.

instruction: (n) charge, direction,

aim, end, design, drift

ANTONYMS: (adj) transparent,

education, guidance, prescription,

interest: (n, v) advantage, care,

expressive, clear, straightforward

guideline, teaching, information,

benefit; (adj, v) engage; (n) affair,

insect: (n) worm, flea, hymenopteran,

injunction; (n, v) advice, counsel.

account, gain, hobby, eagerness,

hymenopteron, earwig, dirt ball,

ANTONYM: (n) plea

enthusiasm, sake. ANTONYMS: (n)

homopteran, hemipteran, gallfly,

instrument: (n) channel, deed, tool,

indifference, apathy, boredom,

fish, biting louse

pawn, apparatus, agency,

distraction, hostility, detachment,

insensibility: (n) callousness,

document, expedient, appliance,

inattention, repulsion; (v) repel,

hardness, indifference, dullness,

gear; (n, v) implement

appall

stupidity, stupor, impassiveness,

insult: (n, v) contumely, affront,

interested: (adj) concerned, involved,

coma, physical insensibility,

abuse, flout, outrage, wound, taunt;

inquiring, inquisitive, keen,

impassivity, trance

(n) disgrace, indignity, contempt; (v)

interesting, attentive, fascinated,

insides: (n) bowels, innards, entrails,

cut. ANTONYMS: (n, v)

responsive, partial, eager.

intestines, filling, belly, gut, viscera,

compliment, praise; (v) flatter,

ANTONYMS: (adj) uninterested,

stomach

consecrate; (n) privilege

bored, indifferent, unconcerned,

inspector: (n) supervisor, auditor,

insulted: (adj) affronted, offended,

hostile

controller, warden, superintendent,

injured, huffy

interesting: (adj) entertaining,

surveyor, visitor, assessor, manager,

intellectual: (n) intellect, brain,

amusing, attractive, absorbing,

reviewer; (n, v) investigator.

thinker, scholar; (adj) rational,

delightful, fascinating, exciting,

ANTONYM: (n) underling

mental, cerebral, learned, spiritual;

readable, diverting; (adj, v)

inspired: (adj) ingenious, adopted,

(adj, n) mind, academic.

charming, engaging. ANTONYMS:

elysian, creative, imaginative,

ANTONYMS: (adj) nonintellectual,

(adj) boring, dull, unremarkable,

elected, inventive, unearthly,

intuitive, emotional, dim, ignorant,

unappealing, repulsive, repellent,

brilliant, stimulated, enthusiastic.

physical, thick, lowbrow; (n) dunce

normal, ordinary

ANTONYMS: (adj) bland,

intelligence: (n) cleverness, intellect,

interests: (n) wellbeing, security,

unimaginative, abysmal, mediocre

news, tidings, understanding,

safety, power structure, investment,

instance: (n) exemplar, case, time,

acumen, mentality, knowledge,

health, happiness, capital, welfare,

illustration, sample, affair, pattern,

brains, comprehension, brainpower.

comfort

chance, cause; (v) exemplify,

ANTONYMS: (n) stupidity,

interfere: (n, v) interpose; (v)

illustrate

emotion, slowness, foolishness,

intercede, obstruct, disturb, conflict,

instantly: (adv, n) directly; (adj, adv)

ineptness

impede, hinder, meddle, intervene;

immediately, at once; (adv)

intend: (v) destine, design, mean,

(n) interference; (adj, v) intermeddle

instantaneously, promptly,

aim, determine, denote,

interrupted: (adj) discontinuous,

forthwith, now, readily, quickly,

contemplate, plan, purpose,

fitful, intermittent, discontinued,

momently, momentarily.

consider, believe. ANTONYM: (v)

disconnected, unsuccessive,

ANTONYMS: (adv) later, slowly,

improvise

intervallic, episodic, gaping,

gradually

intended: (adj) deliberate, calculated,

periodic; (prep) interrupt

instead: (adv) instead of,

destined, knowing, meant, planned,

intimacy: (adj, n) familiarity,

alternatively, as an alternative, in

premeditated, prospective, willful,

acquaintance; (n) closeness,

place of, more willingly, to

designed; (adj, v) voluntary.

fellowship, association, friendship,

compensate for, sooner, preferably,

ANTONYMS: (adj) accidental,

intercourse, affair, camaraderie,

otherwise, on the other hand; (n)

involuntary, unintended,

conversance, confidence.

lieu

spontaneous, unconscious

ANTONYMS: (n) distance, formality

instinct: (n) impulse, urge, aptitude,

intensely: (adj, adv) extremely; (adv)

intimate: (adj, adv, v) close; (n, v)

gift, feeling, sixth sense, inherent

strongly, powerfully, severely,

express, imply; (v) hint, indicate,

aptitude, knack, inspiration, talent,

violently, vehemently, acutely,

allude, suggest; (adj) informal,

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inner, internal; (adj, v) confidential.

irritation: (n) exasperation, anger,

ANTONYMS: (adj) gloomy,

ANTONYMS: (adj) formal, cold,

annoyance, displeasure, bother,

miserable, serious

unfriendly, external, outermost,

excitation, temper, excitement,

jones: (n) Robert tyre Jones, Inigo

public, superficial

irritability, vexation, annoying.

Jones, John Luther Jones, mother

intimidated: (adj) frightened, scared,

ANTONYMS: (n) satisfaction, balm,

Jones, Henry, dependence, mania,

afraid, browbeaten, cowed,

calm, calmness, equanimity,

bobby Jones, Daniel Jones, Casey

hangdog, timid, daunted, overcome,

patience

Jones, constraint

anxious, demoralized. ANTONYM:

island: (n, v) isle; (n) islet, reef, safety

joseph: (n) chief Joseph, vestal,

(adj) confident

zone, Cebu, Papua; (v) insulate,

Hippolytus

intolerable: (adj) unbearable,

isolate, segregate, sequester,

journey: (n, v) jaunt, go, travel,

insupportable, painful, obnoxious,

separate

cruise, fare; (n) excursion, way,

detestable, inexcusable, deplorable,

italian: (n) dago, romance language,

expedition, trip, passage, voyage.

undesirable, hard, excruciating,

Oscan, Guinea, greaseball, Etruscan,

ANTONYM: (v) settle

difficult. ANTONYMS: (adj)

Italian cloth; (adj) Ausonian

jove: (n) Jovian, Jovinianist,

bearable, tolerable, acceptable,

itself: (adj) herself, self, oneself,

thunderer

reasonable, nice, understandable,

personally, myself, themselves,

judicial: (adj) legal, judiciary,

lovable, excusable, inoffensive,

yourself

judicatory, critical, dispassionate,

manageable

jacket: (n) sheath, cover, case,

lawful, juridical, judicially, juridic,

intolerantly: (adv) bigotedly,

covering, envelope, coat, blazer,

judicious, discriminative

impatiently, narrowly, edgily,

doublet, dust cover, skin, shield

junior: (adj, n) inferior, subordinate,

prejudicedly, conservatively, rigidly,

japanese: (n) Chinese galls, geisha,

minor, puisne; (adj) juvenile, young,

unfairly, overweeningly,

shogun

associate, secondary, petty, lower;

opinionatedly, dogmatically.

jasmine: (n) jessamine, Jasminum,

(n) boy. ANTONYMS: (adj) senior,

ANTONYM: (adv) patiently

East Indian rose-bay, shrub, bush,

chief, advanced, major, higher

introducing: (n) introduction

Oleaceae, common jasmine, ash,

justice: (adj, n) equity, right,

invent: (v) devise, form, create,

olive family, family Oleaceae

integrity, honesty; (n) judge,

excogitate, concoct, imagine,

jaunt: (n, v) journey, drive, trip,

impartiality, judicature, jurist,

contrive; (n, v) forge, fabricate,

outing, ride; (v) travel, airing; (n)

morality, justness; (adj) just.

design, coin

expedition, junket, run, tour

ANTONYMS: (n) unfairness,

inveterate: (adj) incorrigible,

jealous: (adj) distrustful, envious,

wickedness

confirmed, chronic, ingrained, old,

covetous, suspicious, jealousy,

justifiable: (adj) legitimate,

irredeemable; (adj, v) fixed; (v)

resentful, invidious, green,

defensible, excusable, lawful,

rooted, ingrafted, hackneyed; (n)

grudging, jaundiced, attentive.

logical, legal, reasonable, admissible,

ineffaceable

ANTONYM: (adj) trusting

rightful, warrantable, sound.

invitation: (n) call, bidding,

jeweler: (n) goldsmith, shaper,

ANTONYMS: (adj) inexcusable,

temptation, lure, asking, request,

merchandiser, maker, merchant,

unreasonable, invalid, gratuitous,

attraction, enticement; (v) invite,

silversmith, jewelry maker

unjustifiable, illogical, unlawful,

solicitation; (n, v) supplication

jewellery: (n) jewel, bijou, gem,

unworthy, untenable

invited: (adj) welcomer, wanted,

earring, band, clip, bracelet, bead,

keenly: (adv) eagerly, zealously,

cherished

bangle, bijouterie, pearls

piercingly, acutely, cuttingly,

involving: (prep) linking, between,

jewelry: (n) jewellery, jewel, gem,

ardently, strongly, lively,

connecting

bijou, gems, adornment, bangle,

penetratingly, fervently, avidly.

ireland: (n) Hibernia, cork, Emerald

earring, bead, bracelet, band

ANTONYMS: (adv)

Isle, Irish Free State

jewels: (n) jewelry, gems, wealth,

unenthusiastically, apathetically,

irishman: (n) mick, paddy, Teague,

hoops, Perrie, riches, studs, fortune,

faintly, reluctantly, patiently,

Irelander, Mickey, Scotchman,

fineness, earrings, decoration

passively, halfheartedly, vaguely

Canadian, aboriginal, Cambrian,

jingling: (adj) reverberant, clinking,

keep: (n, v) hold; (v) preserve, retain,

Scot, Caledonian

jingly

defend, guard, maintain, continue,

irresistible: (adj) resistless, invincible,

jointure: (n) dower, join, union,

have, save, confine, observe.

irrefragable, irrefutable,

inheritance, heritage, estate,

ANTONYMS: (v) lose, neglect,

overpowering, overwhelming,

coupling, conglutination,

entrust, return, let, discontinue,

impregnable, indomitable,

brotherhood, appanage, alimony

reimburse, allow, stop, destroy,

charming, fascinating; (adj, v)

joke: (n, v) banter; (n) hoax, fun,

break

uncontrollable. ANTONYMS: (adj)

quip, gag, caper, game, antic, prank,

keeping: (n) care, conservation,

resistible, insignificant, unappealing,

humor; (v) tease

charge, guardianship, maintenance,

weak

joking: (n) banter, fooling, fun; (adj)

holding, observance, storage,

irritated: (adj) annoyed, exasperated,

jocose, jocular, humorous, funny,

conformation, consistency,

incensed, enraged, aggravated,

kidding, playful, puckish, comical.

conformity

furious, irate, inflamed, sore,

ANTONYM: (n) seriousness

kept: (adj) reserved, preserve,

displeased, provoked. ANTONYMS:

jolly: (adj) gay, cheerful, happy,

retained, remain, store, reserve,

(adj) calm, pleased, patient,

festive, genial, bright, cheery, merry,

hold, lodge, keep, retain, detained.

contented

jocund; (v) chaff; (adv) lively.

ANTONYM: (adj) broken

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kerb: (n) curb, curbstone, ribband,

kneel, knee joint, genu, articulatio

countryside, perspective

kerbstone, bridle, curbing, Amex,

genus, scythe, zigzag, sickle, bend

lane: (n) alley, road, path, passage,

check, curb bit, American Stock

knees: (n) knee

avenue, way, track, aisle, side street,

Exchange

knew: (adj) known; (v) recognize,

line, artery

kerbstone: (n) curbstone, kerb, curb

wist

language: (n) speech, expression,

keyboard: (n) clavier, fingerboard,

knocking: (n) sound, bang, beating,

lingo, diction, tongue, idiom, jargon,

keypad, holder, bank of keys,

hit, rap, strike, belt, criticism, bash

conversation, word, words,

computer keyboard, console, device

knowing: (adj, v) canny, crafty, wise;

terminology

kick: (v) grumble, complain; (n)

(adj, n) clever; (adj) conscious,

large: (adj) ample, generous,

bitch, beef, thrill, gripe, charge,

aware, ingenious, intelligent, bright,

considerable, broad, handsome,

excitement; (n, v) recoil, spurn,

conversant, smart. ANTONYMS:

high, bulky, heavy, capacious,

protest. ANTONYMS: (v) start; (n)

(adj) naive, uncomprehending,

roomy; (adj, n) extensive.

bore

unconscious

ANTONYMS: (adj) small, cramped,

kill: (n, v) assassinate, destroy; (v)

knowledge: (n) information,