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carnal: (adj, adv) fleshly; (adj) bodily, earthly, sensual, brutal, sexual, worldly, physical, erotic, fleshy, brute. ANTONYMS: (adj) chaste, godly, moral, pure, spiritual carpet: (v) cover, drape, rebuke, encase, row, chew out; (n) rug, carpeting, tapis, runner, covering carriage: (n) attitude, conveyance, cab, air, walk, position, mien, shipping; (n, v) transport, behavior, port

cart: (n) car, carriage, handcart, barrow, applecart, wagon; (v) haul, drag, bear, take, transfer

carter: (n) whip, carrier, coachman, Jehu, drayman, wagoner, teamster, delivery service, cartman, hauler, charioteer

carved: (adj) cut, incised, sculptured;

(v) graven, engraved, stamped, fixed, imprinted. ANTONYM: (adj) uncarved

caryatides: (n) atlas, Hercules, Persides

cashmere: (n) calico, cambric, Kasmir, cloth, fabric, material, textile, wool casual: (adj) adventitious, careless, chance, occasional, nonchalant, irregular, easy, cursory, coincidental, passing, random. ANTONYMS: (adj) deliberate, formal, thorough, careful, rushed, premeditated, predetermined, planned, serious, permanent, intense

catching: (adj) communicable, infectious, epidemic, gripping, transferable, zymotic; (n) discovery, take, playing, uncovering, getting. ANTONYM: (adj) noncommunicable

category: (n) division, variety, type, kind, class, sort, level, form, gang, assortment, group

catherine: (n) Catherine of Aragon, Catherine the great

catholic: (adj) liberal, general, universal, Christian, prevailing, broad-minded, tolerant, scriptural, schismless, divine; (n) Roman. ANTONYMS: (adj) sectarian, limited, parochial, provincial, conservative

cave: (n) lair, hole, grotto, hollow, cove, den, cell, grot, nest; (v) undermine, calve. ANTONYMS: (n) hump; (v) withstand

caveman: (n) cave dweller, troglodyte, Cro-Magnon man; (adj) masculine

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cease: (n, v) end, finish, stop; (v) quit, terminate, break, break off, close, conclude, discontinue, abstain. ANTONYMS: (v) begin, start, commence, persist, stay

ceased: (adj) finished

cedar: (n) true cedar, pahautea, kawaka, deodar, cedar tree ceiling: (n) cap, limit, maximum, overhead, upper limit, top, roof, limitation, confine, tile, thatch. ANTONYMS: (n) minimum, floor celebrated: (adj) renowned, famous, distinguished, notable, noted, splendid, well-known, known, famed, eminent; (adj, n) glorious. ANTONYMS: (adj) minor, unexalted, ordinary, obscure, undistinguished, inglorious, insignificant

censer: (n) incensory, incense burner, Agnus Dei, beads, vessel, patera, rood, rosary, reliquary, relics, pyx censure: (n, v) accuse, reprimand, reproach, attack, animadversion, abuse; (n) accusation, condemnation; (v) carp, condemn, berate. ANTONYMS: (v) approve, commend, allow, endorse, laud, permit, sanction; (n) approval, blessing, commendation; (n, v) compliment

cent: (adj) picayune, mill, pistareen;

(n) subunit, rupee, red cent, centime centuries: (n) century

ceremony: (n) courtesy, celebration, ceremonial, parade, pomp, rite, ceremonies, manners, custom, ritual, pageant. ANTONYMS: (n) modesty, understatement

certainty: (n) assurance, sureness, certain, trust, confidence, fact, reliability, surety, security, reality, certitude. ANTONYMS: (n) doubt, unpredictability, indecisiveness, skepticism, unknown, idealism, vagueness, fantasy, feeling, hesitation, insecurity

chains: (n) fetters, bond, chain, bonds, handcuffs, irons, manacles, shackles, iron, confine, trammel chairs: (n) seats

chalice: (n) grail, goblet, bowl, glass, trophy, calyx, jar, tumbler, rummer, basin, flask

chalk: (n) trace, score, mold, subsoil, whiteness, gravel, clod; (v) black lead, mark, pastel; (adj) lily chamber: (n) hall, bedchamber, cavity, cell, council, compartment, assembly, apartment, ventricle, dormitory, cubicle

chambers: (n) bureau, consulting room, countinghouse, apartment, lodging, suite

champagne: (v) chain lightning, cocktail; (n) sparkling wine, blonde champak: (n) olibanum, spirit of Myrcia, muskrat, mint, Marrubium, NAPHA water

champion: (n) partisan, backer, hero, fighter, champ, warrior, victor, defender; (adj, n) ace; (n, v) support;

(v) defend. ANTONYMS: (v) reject, counter; (n) loser, detractor, attacker, opponent; (adj) worst, poorest, lousy

chaos: (n) disarray, jumble, maze, mess, muddle, clutter, uproar, disorder, bedlam, pandemonium, mix-up. ANTONYMS: (n) peace, orderliness, regulation, regularity, organization, tranquility, serenity, neatness, calm

chap: (n) fellow, blighter, guy, crevice, cranny, crack, lad, man, scissure, beau, chink

chapman: (n) hawker, dealer, merchant, peddler, packman, pedlar, chap, buyer, blow, John chapman, johnny Appleseed chaps: (n) chops, fauces, crack chapters: (n) contents characteristic: (adj, v) typical, representative; (adj) individual, distinctive, original, specific; (n)

sign, attribute, character, point; (adj, n) peculiar. ANTONYMS: (adj) common, unusual, untypical, rare, abnormal, typical, atypical charcoal: (n, v) coke; (n) coal, fusain, wood coal, anthracite, greyness; (adj) soot, smut, sloe; (v) black lead, pastel

chariot: (n) car, wagon, carriage, waggon, vehicle, wain, equipage, char

charitable: (adj) kind, clement, gentle, benevolent, liberal, bountiful, philanthropic, generous, humane, kindly, lenient. ANTONYMS: (adj) uncharitable, mean, nasty, tightfisted, inhumane, selfish, miserly, hard, cruel, commercial, cheap

charity: (n) dole, favor, aid, liberality, generosity, kindness, alms, mercy, virtue; (v) almsgiving; (adj, n) brotherly love. ANTONYMS: (n) intolerance, meanness, unkindness, cruelty, malice, stinginess, cheapness, nastiness, inhumanity charm: (n, v) allure, captivate, appeal, spell, fascinate, bewitch, conjure;

(adj, v) attract; (n) amulet; (v) enchant, entrance. ANTONYMS: (n) ugliness, repulsion, repulsiveness, awkwardness, hatefulness, unpleasantness; (v) repulse, offend, irritate, disgust, bore

charmed: (adj) enchanted, delighted, fascinated, spellbound, entranced, captive, beguiled, infatuated, absorbed, enamored, captive hours charming: (adj) beautiful, lovely, captivating, winning, attractive, enchanting, delightful, pleasing, nice, magic, cute. ANTONYMS: (adj) repellent, unpleasant, unappealing, repulsive, charmless, disgusting, gross, irritating, offensive, uninteresting, annoying charmingly: (adv) pleasingly, prettily, alluringly, attractively, fascinatingly, pleasantly, enchantingly, temptingly, engagingly, sweetly, beautifully. ANTONYMS: (adv) unpleasantly, unattractively, horribly, awkwardly charms: (n) trinkets, jewelry, jewels chase: (v) pursue, trail, follow, track, stalk, expel, banish, go after; (n, v) hunt, search; (n) game. ANTONYMS: (v) escape, lead, find, precede

chasing: (n) chase, engraving; (v) follow, pursue

chaste: (adj) virtuous, moral, virgin, modest, unsullied, austere, vestal, severe, continent, spotless, decent.

ANTONYMS: (adj) corrupt, wanton, lewd, sleazy, promiscuous, immoral, dirty, defiled, impure, tainted

chat: (n, v) converse, talk, chatter, chitchat, confab, prattle; (n) conversation, causerie, gab; (v) confabulate, chaffer

chatter: (n, v) babble, gossip, prattle, gab, cackle, natter; (adj, n, v) jabber; (adj, v) prate, palaver; (v) blabber, patter. ANTONYM: (v) drawl chattering: (n) chatter, cackle, yak, grabbing, claver; (adj) talkative, loquacious, noisy, gabby, garrulous;

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cheated: (adj) embittered, resentful cheek: (n) audacity, nerve, brass, boldness, impertinence, face, lip, mouth, gall, insolence, impudence. ANTONYMS: (n) respect, cowardice, timidity, humbleness, meekness, reticence, seriousness; (v) praise

cheeks: (n) Gemini, twins, couple, posterior, pair, deuce, two, duet cheeky: (adj) brash, audacious, nervy,

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rude, presumptuous, brazen, insolent, impertinent, impudent, disrespectful, forward. ANTONYM: (adj) shy

chef: (n) cook, baker

chemical: (n) bactericide, restrainer, ammunition, product, fumigant, bacteriacide, carbon tetrahalide, carrier; (adj) plastic, alkaline, alchemical

chemist: (n) pharmacist, druggist, pharmacy, pharmaceutist, drug store, pharmacopolist, scientist, pharmaceutical chemist, dispensing chemist, pharmacologist, carver chemistry: (n) alchemy, photochemistry, natural science, attraction, charm, geochemistry, interpersonal chemistry; (adj) physicochemical, acyclic, botany, photochemical

chess: (n) chess game, chess set, cheat, shogi, cheater, cheating, brome, bromegrass, bearded darnel, checkers, board game

chestnut: (adj, n) auburn, commonplace; (n) chestnut tree, sweet chestnut, wood, anecdote, joke, banality; (adj) bay, trite, castaneous

chicago: (n) boodle, Windy City, cabbage, Michigan, Newmarket, stops

chiefly: (adv) principally, primarily, above all, especially, headly, mostly, largely, primely, predominantly; (adj, adv) mainly, particularly. ANTONYM: (adv) partially childhood: (n) babyhood, boyhood, immaturity, infancy, puerility, youth, youthhood, immatureness, adolescence, age, anal phase. ANTONYMS: (adj) recent; (n) maturity

childish: (adj) childlike, naive, babyish, immature, simple, puerile, infantile, juvenile, silly, frivolous, young. ANTONYMS: (adj) sensible, old, wise, adult, jaded

childlike: (adj) ingenuous, simple, babyish, young, innocent, pure, unsophisticated, juvenile, immature, childly, childish. ANTONYMS: (adj) old, untrusting, experienced, cunning, complicated, jaded, worldly

chile: (n) chili, chilli, cayenne pepper, Republic of Chile, jalapeno, capsicum annuum longum, chilly, chili pepper

chill: (adj, v) cool; (adj, n) cold; (adj) bleak, icy, chilly, frosty, depressing;

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(v) freeze, dispirit, damp; (n) coolness. ANTONYMS: (adj, v) warm; (n) warmth, warmness; (v) encourage, hearten, inspirit, thaw; (adj) hot, gregarious, friendly, sociable

chime: (n) carillon, melody; (adj) harmonize; (v) go, jingle, clang, peal, tinkle, buzz, ring, chimb

chimney: (n) fireplace, smokestack, shaft, flue, hearth, vent, lamp chimney, chimneys, nostril, throat, weasand

chinese: (adj) Taiwanese, Formosan;

(n) Min

chirrup: (v) cheep, peep, sing, trill, tweet, warble, emit, cuckoo; (adj, v) carol, lilt; (n) twitter

chiselled: (adj) chiseled, clean-cut chocolate: (n) bonbon, hot chocolate, cocoa, burnt umber, sweet, candy; (n, v) coffee; (adj) brunette, tan, tawny; (v) tea

choked: (adj) clogged, smothered, congested, annoyed, high-strung, strained, neurotic, tense, angry, anxious, insecure

choking: (n) strangulation, throttling, slugging, asphyxiation; (adj) suffocative, suffocating, smothering, breathless, clogging, bitter, blinding chop: (n, v) chip, slice, cut; (v) mince, slash, whittle, hash, hack, cleave, hew, chop up

chord: (n) harmony, bowstring, catgut, arpeggio, ligament, sinew, tendon; (v) harmonize, harmonise, accord; (adj) subtense

chords: (n) key, clef

chose: (v) choose, opt, decide; (n) thing

christening: (n) naming, denomination, chrism, designation, identification

chrysoberyl: (n) beryllium aluminate, cymophane, alexandrite

chuck: (n, v) fling; (v) ditch, toss, pitch, throw, throw away, discard, vomit, abandon, hurl; (n) chow. ANTONYMS: (v) continue, endure, maintain

churchill: (n) John Churchill, sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill, duke of Marlborough, Winston Churchill

churchyard: (n) graveyard, burial ground, yard, necropolis, cloisters, kirkyard

cigar: (n) cheroot, cigars, smoke, cigarette, corona, panatela, panetella, segar, cigarillo

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butt, can, coffin nail, cubeb, scroll, buttocks, reefer, butt joint cigarettes: (n) tobacco, cigaret cigars: (n) cigar

cinnamon: (adj, n) brown; (n) Ceylon cinnamon tree, laurel, cassia, cinnamon bark, nutmeg; (adj) chestnut, dapple, auburn, bay, castaneous

circle: (n) association, field, range, beat, set; (n, v) ring, band, compass, turn, whirl; (v) encircle

circling: (v) snaky, serpentine; (adj) rotating, spinning, circular, spiral, moving; (n) circulation, circuit, cycling; (adv) around

circulated: (adj) disseminated, diffuse, dispersed, distributed circumstance: (n) affair, incident, matter, event, occasion, chance, accident, opportunity, adventure, casualty, fact

circus: (n) arena, hippodrome, circle, ring, square, pygargus, Flavian amphitheater, amphitheater, cockpit, turf, troupe

citizen: (n) national, inhabitant, denizen, resident, burgher, the people, subject, freeman, native, nationality, voter. ANTONYMS: (n) foreigner, immigrant, tourist, alien, stranger

civilization: (n) culture, civilisation, enlightenment, humanity, education, customs, town, mores; (n, v) cultivation; (adj) civility, civilized. ANTONYMS: (n) barbarity, savagery, wilderness, wildness, uncouthness

civilized: (adj) civil, refined, polite, civilised, cultivated, educated, courteous, urbane, kind, gentle, genteel. ANTONYMS: (adj) uncouth, noncivilized, discourteous, loutish, rude, inhumane, wild clammy: (adj) viscous, sweaty, sticky, muggy, moist, humid, damp, viscid, sultry, dank; (n) ropy. ANTONYMS: (adj) arid, dried, fresh

clatter: (n, v) rattle, jingle, bang, clank, clang, roll, clink; (v) clash, chatter; (n) noise, racket. ANTONYM: (n) quiet

claws: (v) tentacle, tenaculum, unguis, hook, fangs, teeth; (n) clutches, jaws

clay: (n) soil, remains, adobe, loam, dust, dirt, mud, bentonite, ashes; (adj, n) pottery; (adj) earthen cleaned: (adj) purified, spick-and- span; (n) cleaner, curried cleanse: (adj, v) clean; (v) bathe,

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clematis: (n) blue jasmine clenched: (adj) tight, clinched clever: (adj) capable, acute,

intelligent, able, apt, expert, skillful, cunning, sharp; (adj, v) brilliant, smart. ANTONYMS: (adj) clumsy, unintelligent, dim, dull, inept, thick, naive, idiotic, moronic, incompetent, open

click: (n, v) clack, tick; (n) catch, chink, dog, detent, pawl, clink; (v) chatter, beat, cluck

climax: (n, v) peak, crown; (n) top, zenith, culmination, acme, height, summit, pinnacle, meridian; (adj, n) orgasm. ANTONYMS: (v) dip, drop, delve; (n) low, nadir, bathos, anticlimax, comedown, base, trough, prelude

cling: (v) adhere, cleave, stick, cohere, hang, attach, grasp, adjoin, clutch, grip, hold. ANTONYMS: (v) detach, repel, unfasten

cloak: (n, v) veil, mask, camouflage, wrap, masquerade, screen, pall; (n) cape; (v) conceal, dissemble, hide.

ANTONYMS: (v) reveal, uncloak, unmask; (n, v) uncover

clock: (n) chronometer, horologe, alarm, alarm clock, clepsydra, ticker, cuckoo clock, clock radio; (n, v) time, stopwatch; (v) measure clogged: (adj) choked, jammed, blocked, teeming, thick, swarming, stuffed, stopped up, overfull, overcrowded, filled to capacity closing: (n) end, finish, conclusion, close, ending, shutting, finishing; (adj) ultimate, last, final, terminal. ANTONYMS: (adj, n) opening; (adj) first

cloth: (n) drapery, fabric, clothes, clothing, rag, stuff, linen, tapestry, silk, flannel; (v) napkin

clothe: (v) dress, cover, garb, apparel, clad, vest, arrange, deck, invest, wrap; (n, v) attire. ANTONYMS: (v) reveal, strip, uncover

clotted: (n) clammy, ropy, mastic, glutenous, gelatin; (adj) thick, clogged, grumous, bloody, choked, fleamy

cloud: (n, v) mist, blur; (v) becloud, obscure, eclipse, blacken, taint,

befog, overshadow; (adj, n) swarm;

(n) haze. ANTONYMS: (v) clear, refine, accentuate, illuminate, explain, clarify, unveil cloudless: (adj) bright, clean, fair, light, sunny, unclouded, pure, distinct, legible, perspicuous; (v) unalloyed

clouds: (n) exhaust, fumes, gas, smoke, vapors

clue: (n, v) tip; (n) cue, hint, sign, suggestion, signal, guide, token, indication, key, vestige.

ANTONYM: (v) hide

clumsy: (adj) bumbling, bungling, cumbersome, unwieldy, rude, inept, inapt, maladroit, gawky, unskilled, wooden. ANTONYMS: (adj) graceful, dexterous, clever, skillful, deft, adroit, elegant, coordinated, expert, athletic, agile

clustered: (adj) agglomerated, agglomerative, bunched, bunchy, gregarious, concentrated, conglomerate, collective clustering: (n) bunch, clusterization, clunk, Pleiades, tussock, tuft, swad;

(v) classification, analysis, division, digestion

clutched: (adj) tense, worried, anxious, neurotic

clutching: (n) locking coachman: (n) teamster, cabman, charioteer, carter, carman, Jehu, postboy, drayman, wagoner, postilion; (v) whip

coarse: (adj) vulgar, boorish, rough, brutal, crude, gross, common, earthy, blunt, bawdy; (adj, v) harsh. ANTONYMS: (adj) sophisticated, refined, smooth, polite, soft, civil, cultured, delicate, fine, genteel, gentlemanly

coat: (v) cloak, blanket; (n, v) sheath, plaster; (n) coating, fur, film, crust, jacket, layer, bark. ANTONYMS: (v) reveal, expose

cognizance: (n, v) cognition, acquaintance; (n) sense, consciousness, ken, notice, jurisdiction, note, observation, recognition; (v) knowledge coil: (n, v) spiral, curl, roll, circle,

loop, reel; (v) round, wind, involve; (adj, v) twist; (adj) coiling. ANTONYMS: (v) uncoil, untwist, unwind, straighten

coins: (v) coinage; (n) hard cash, money, loose change, small change, legal tender, ready money

coldly: (adv) frigidly, icily, coolly, indifferently, frostily, distantly,

gelidly, reservedly, bleakly, wintrily, frozenly. ANTONYMS: (adv) warmly, affectionately, sympathetically, sensitively, kindly, cheerfully, emotionally

coldness: (n) chilliness, coolness, indifference, distance, apathy, iciness, reserve, frost, frigidity, unconcern; (adj, n) cold. ANTONYMS: (n) friendliness, sympathy, sensitivity, hotness, heat, responsiveness, concern, brightness, kindness

collar: (n, v) arrest, catch, capture, pinch; (n) choker, ruff, lapel; (v) apprehend, nail, grab, clutch.

ANTONYMS: (v) free, release collect: (v) gather, amass, accumulate, pick, aggregate, congregate, acquire, harvest, accrue, pick up, cull. ANTONYMS: (v) distribute, scatter, spread, lose, give, divide, dispense, disband, compensate, need, dispatch collected: (adj) calm, accumulated, amassed, tranquil, sober, assembled, cool, poised, unflappable, peaceful; (adj, v) composed. ANTONYMS: (adj) nervous, worried, upset, uncollected, flustered, scatterbrained, anxious, excitable coloured: (adj) colorful, biased, black, partial, painted, dyed, unfair, blue, hued, color, artificial

colouring: (n) coloration, painting, colour, coloring, color, tincture, tint, hue, colouration, dyeing, exterior condition

colourless: (adj) colorless, drab, pale, neutral, wan, pallid, ashen, clear, white, washy, bloodless. ANTONYM: (adj) colorful combine: (v) associate, blend, fuse, affiliate, attach, piece, aggregate, unite, incorporate; (n, v) league; (n) cartel. ANTONYMS: (v) detach, disconnect, divide, subtract, disband, undo

comedy: (n) play, humor, drollery, show, clowning, drama, wittiness, slapstick, jesting, interlude, hilarity. ANTONYMS: (n) melodrama, seriousness, solemnity comeliness: (n) charm, grace, loveliness, fairness, beauteousness, attractiveness, pulchritude, goodliness, blondness, mense, form

comely: (adj) beautiful, good-looking, decent, fair, attractive, decorous, shapely, proper; (adj, adv, v) seemly; (adj, adv) sightly, lovely. ANTONYMS: (adj) repulsive,

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homely, plain, revolting, unattractive, ugly

commit: (v) consign, assign, charge, confide, dedicate, apply, entrust, submit, intrust, leave, give. ANTONYMS: (v) stop, desist, divest, end, idle, withhold, wait, cease, keep, refuse

commonly: (adv) ordinarily, usually, generally, customarily, normally, habitually, regularly, plebeianly, currently, popularly, publicly. ANTONYMS: (adv) unusually, uncommonly, seldom, narrowly, tastefully, specifically commonplace: (adj, v) trite, hackneyed; (adj) banal, ordinary, humdrum, common, average, plain, mundane, dull; (n) platitude. ANTONYMS: (adj) extraordinary, unusual, exceptional, infrequent, rare, romantic, uncommon, weird;

(n) deepness, profundity, profoundness

communicate: (v) express, impart, advertise, advise, carry, convey, transmit, commune, apprise; (adj, v) announce, intimate. ANTONYMS:

(v) excommunicate, conceal, suppress

communications: (n) connections, transportation, communication studies, telecommunications. ANTONYM: (n) secret communion: (n) communication, denomination, intercourse, alliance, Eucharist, faction, sacrament, traffic, sharing, fellowship, Holy Communion. ANTONYMS: (n) hostility, disunity, distance, disagreement, alienation, contention companion: (adj, n) associate; (n) colleague, buddy, mate, peer, chum, partner, fellow, comrade, assistant, brother. ANTONYMS: (n) foe, stranger, adversary

companions: (n) circle, entourage, people

compelled: (adj) forced, obligate, enforced, constrained, responsible, answerable, unwilling, destined complain: (v) bemoan, protest, whine, squawk, bewail, beef, grudge, accuse, carp, plain, complaint. ANTONYMS: (v) praise, applaud, cheer, recommend, rejoice, laud, approve, agree, accept compliment: (n, v) praise, honor; (v) laud, flattery, applaud, greet, adulation, congratulate, belaud; (n) eulogy, tribute. ANTONYMS: (n) criticism, reproach, disparagement;

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(n, v) slander, libel; (v) criticize, denounce, disparage, denigrate, complain, belittle compliments: (n) respects, commendation, wish, greetings, salutation, respect, applause, flattery, acclamation, regards, approbation

concealed: (adj) covert, clandestine, blind, occult, secret, mysterious, obscure, buried, invisible, secreted, surreptitious. ANTONYMS: (adj) unconcealed, available, overt, open, divulged, Shown, revealed, disclosed, uncovered, noticeable, mainstream

concealing: (n) covering, concealment, burial, stealing, stealth, screening, burying, screenings, activity; (adj) suppressive

conceive: (v) think, imagine, comprehend, design, apprehend, realize, discover, cogitate, appreciate, invent, catch. ANTONYMS: (v) destroy, doubt, misunderstand, question, ruin concentrate: (adj, v) centralize; (v) centre, focus, condense, compact, abridge, center, boil down, gather, congregate, consolidate. ANTONYMS: (v) decentralize, scatter, thin, dissipate, extend, dilute, wander

concentrated: (adj) intense, solid, compressed, condensed, deep, compact, heavy, thick, dense, intent, intensive. ANTONYMS: (adj) dispersed, unsaturated, uncondensed, moderate, diluted, weakened, watery, sketchy, relaxed, distributed, diffuse

conception: (n) concept, idea, view, thought, creation, mind, design, imagination, impression, understanding, fancy. ANTONYMS:

(n) termination, finish, ending, concrete, abortion, ignorance, destruction

conductor: (n, v) guide, guard; (n) chief, director, driver, chauffeur, bandmaster, collector, commander, pilot, ringleader. ANTONYMS: (n) insulator, nonconductor

confess: (adj, v) own, allow, admit, avow; (v) concede, profess, recognize, divulge, disclose, reveal, receive. ANTONYMS: (v) suppress, hide, dispute, conceal, repress, harbor

confession: (n) admission, acknowledgment, recognition,

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acknowledgement, concession, divulgence, disclosure, shrift, penance, profession, admission of guilt. ANTONYMS: (n) disavowal, refutation

confessions: (n) confession, life, journal, fortunes, personal narrative, memoir, experiences, biography confused: (adj) abashed, baffled, befuddled, bemused, dizzy, chaotic, confounded, deranged, incoherent, disjointed, indistinct. ANTONYMS: (adj) enlightened, orderly, alert, clearheaded, organized, oriented, precise, systematic, ordered, unimpressed, methodical congratulate: (v) compliment, felicitate, preen, pride, celebrate, applaud, joy, salute, commemorate, approve; (n) congratulation. ANTONYMS: (v) commiserate, slur, disparage, belittle, condemn, boo conjecture: (n) supposition, speculation, assumption, surmise, hypothesis; (v) suppose, believe, anticipate, assume, speculate; (n, v) estimate. ANTONYMS: (n) certainty; (v) demonstrate, know, learn, prove

conjugal: (adj, v) marital; (adj) connubial, nuptial, bridal, married, wedded, spousal, marriage, wedding, house, familial. ANTONYMS: (adj) unmarried, single, public, divorced connected: (adj, v) related; (adj)

attached, allied, affiliated, coherent, linked, committed, conjoint, combined, relevant, consecutive. ANTONYMS: (adj) unrelated, separate, unimportant, disjoined, unaffiliated, disconnected, unattached, irrelevant

connection: (n) communication, concatenation, attachment, joint, bearing, affiliation, association, knot, conjunction, alliance, link. ANTONYMS: (n) breach, enemy, dissociation, disjunction, unconnectedness, foe, detachment, rival, interruption, clash, difference conqueror: (n) champion, winner, subjugator, vanquisher, hero, superior, defeater, subduer, invader, colonist, Alexander. ANTONYM: (n) loser

conscience: (n) moral sense, Conscience money, sense of right and wrong, scruple, intention, tender conscience, small voice, principles, morals, morality, inward monitor. ANTONYM: (n)

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conscious: (adj) alive, premeditated, mindful, deliberate, cognizant, calculated, intended, discerning, self-conscious, studied, voluntary. ANTONYMS: (adj) unaware, ignorant, unintentional, dead, accidental, inanimate, spontaneous, subconscious, unplanned, inadvertent, oblivious consciousness: (n) feeling, sense, conscience, cognizance, mind, notion, knowledge, sensibility, feel, Consciousness of kind, self. ANTONYMS: (n) ignorance, oblivion, certainty, numbness consequence: (n) effect, outcome, import, result, importance, product, account, concern, event, aftermath; (n, v) weight. ANTONYMS: (n) cause, inconsequence, insignificance, antecedent, unimportance, triviality, source, meaninglessness consequently: (adv) therefore, subsequently, as a result, then, sequentially, followingly, so, naturally, in consequence, hence; (conj) ergo

conservatory: (n) conservatoire, greenhouse, orangery, glasshouse, nursery, summerhouse, winter garden, seed plot, grotto, porch, schoolhouse

considerably: (adv, v) well, fully; (adv) much, very, substantially, hugely, largely, rather, noticeably, markedly, immensely. ANTONYMS: (adv) insignificantly, somewhat, faintly, unremarkably, modestly, barely

considerate: (adj, n) thoughtful, benevolent, nice, gentle, sympathetic, humane; (adj) magnanimous, kind, polite, delicate, discreet. ANTONYMS: (adj) uncaring, thoughtless, tactless, inconsiderate, selfish, rude, unkind, unforgiving, offhand, disrespectful, unsympathetic

considering: (conj, prep) because, bearing in mind; (conj) as, since; (adv) whereas, enough; (v) consider;

(n) consideration, thought, deliberation; (prep) in view of consistency: (n) agreement, body, coherence, consonance, conformity, density, thickness, uniformity, viscosity, congruity, congruence. ANTONYMS: (n) discrepancy, variability, incongruity, disagreement, untrustworthiness, variety, divergence

consistent: (adj) uniform, logical, compatible, agreeable, congruous, regular, consonant, conformable, unchanging, concurrent; (adj, v) constant. ANTONYMS: (adj) erratic, contradictory, illogical, unpredictable, unreliable, incompatible, incongruous, opposing, irregular, indecisive, inconstant

consolation: (n) comfort, relief, balm, succor, ease, cheer, solacement, encouragement, sympathy, alleviation, express sympathy. ANTONYMS: (n) grief, sorrow, distress, discouragement, aggravation

console: (v) cheer, soothe, quiet, relieve, reassure, encourage; (n, v) solace; (n) cabinet, allay, control console, control panel. ANTONYMS: (v) hurt, discourage, grieve, sadden, distress, dispirit, dishearten, upset

conspiracy: (n) cabal, plot, complot, combination, collusion, coalition, design, scheme, plan; (n, v) intrigue;

(v) conspire. ANTONYMS: (n) faithfulness, loyalty, openness consult: (v) consider, negotiate, deliberate, advise, refer, discuss, ask, reason, look up, canvass; (n, v) talk. ANTONYMS: (v) ignore, bypass

consume: (v) exhaust, absorb, dissipate, use, squander, fritter, expend, eat, swallow, burn; (adj, v) waste. ANTONYMS: (v) save, abstain, conserve, make, store, accumulate, produce, manufacture, hoard, gather, fast

consummate: (adj, v) perfect; (n, v) conclude, crown; (v) accomplish, achieve, execute; (adj) accomplished, absolute, profound, matchless, masterful. ANTONYMS: (adj) inadequate, mediocre, incomplete, deficient, amateurish, untrained, abysmal, inept; (v) start, initiate, begin

consumption: (adj, n) decline; (n) use, expense, diminution, pulmonary tuberculosis, wear and tear, Tb, ingestion, phthisis, uptake; (v) tabes. ANTONYMS: (n) conservation, preservation, savings

contained: (adj) implicit, unspoken, unexpressed, latent, understood, numbered, inside, confined to a small area, being within, limited to a small area. ANTONYMS: (adj) unrestrained, generalized, pervasive

contemplation: (n) consideration, reflection, thought, attention, cogitation, musing, introspection, speculation, animus, deliberation; (n, v) study

contempt: (n, v) scorn; (v) despise; (n) disrespect, derision, mockery, disregard, ridicule, shame, slight, reproach, discourtesy. ANTONYMS:

(n) approval, admiration, regard, honor, esteem

contented: (adj) content, happy, comfortable, quiet, cheerful, smug, complacent, satisfied, easy, proud, delighted. ANTONYMS: (adj) discontented, unhappy, depressed, unsatisfied, sad, anxious contents: (n) substance, content, matter, inside, subject matter, list,

volume, synopsis, conspectus, cargo, catalogue

continuance: (n) duration, abidance, existence, endurance, protraction, adjournment, resumption, prolongation, time, standing, perseverance. ANTONYMS: (n) discontinuation, destruction contour: (n) contour line, outline, form, profile, shape, line, configuration, silhouette, curve, circuit, edge. ANTONYM: (n) core contradict: (v) deny, oppose, belie, conflict, confute, controvert, contravene, disprove, refute, invalidate, impugn. ANTONYMS:

(v) agree, match, correspond, approve, corroborate, prove, support, reinforce

contralto: (n) vocalist, singer, contratenor; (adj, n) countertenor contrary: (adj, n) contradictory, reverse; (adj) adverse, conflicting, unfavorable, perverse, cross, disobedient, alien, different, obstinate. ANTONYMS: (adj) similar, harmonious, helpful, obliging, compatible, complaisant, concordant, parallel, agreeable, cooperative, favorable

convent: (n, v) abbey, cloister; (n) monastery, friary, priory, nunnery, community, retreat

convention: (n) congress, meeting, contract, council, custom, convocation, assembly, tradition, practice, habit, assemblage. ANTONYMS: (n) informality, innovation

converted: (adj) consecrated, unearthly, changed, altered, justified, invert, persuaded, inspired, reborn, reformed,

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convey: (v) communicate, channel, bring, conduct, transfer, fetch, express, transmit, bear, transport, take. ANTONYMS: (v) keep, maintain, withhold, retain, refrain, hold, absorb, receive

conveyed: (v) borne, sent convinced: (adj, v) sure, positive, confident, firm; (v) cocksure, persuaded, satisfied, assured, bold; (adj) clear, definite. ANTONYMS: (adj) doubtful, unconvinced, uncertain, cynical

convolvulus: (n) scammony convulsively: (adv) spasmodically, paroxysmally, spasticly, with convulsions

cookery: (n) cuisine, kitchen, gastronomy, browning, broiling, preparation, culinary art, roasting, toasting, frying, braising

cool: (adj, v) chill, assuage, soothe; (adj) chilly, cold, collected, composed, fine, aloof; (v) quench;

(n) poise. ANTONYMS: (v) heat; (adj) hot, agitated, excited, friendly, feverish, enthusiastic, tepid, temperate, bad, upset

copied: (adj) counterfeit, derivative, sham, false, phony, mock, imitative, forged, fake, ersatz, bogus. ANTONYM: (adj) real

copper: (n) brass, bull, cop, Cu, constable, gold, fuzz, pig, cent, bobby, coin

cord: (n) band, bond, tie, twine, tape, whipcord, thread, yarn, lace, rope, leash

cords: (n) trousers, bands, line, strings, corduroys, raised bands cores: (n) nucleuses

corked: (adj) bad

cornelian: (n) chalcedony, calcedony corners: (adj) cornered

coronation: (n) accession, enthronement, induction, initiation, crowning, enthronization, investiture, installation, enthronisation

coroner: (n) Coroner of the royal household, medical examiner, edile, investigator, portreeve, paritor, aedile, crowner

corps: (n) company, army, army corps, detachment, troop, battalion, body, regiment, crew, party, task force

corpse: (n) carcass, body, carcase, dead person, stiff, dead body, remains, corse, clay, dry bones; (adj) lich

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correctly: (adv) rightly, justly, precisely, properly, strictly, accurately, appropriately, aright, right, punctually, nicely. ANTONYMS: (adv) wrongly, wrong, improperly, inappropriately, unlawfully, unduly, irresponsibly, falsely, badly, vaguely, inaccurately correspondence: (n) accord, connection, agreement, communication, coincidence, concord, affinity, parallelism, parallel, similarity, symmetry. ANTONYMS: (n) dissimilarity, asymmetry, disagreement, incongruity, divergence, imbalance, contrast, clash

corridor: (n) aisle, lobby, hall, lane, hallway, vestibule, artery, alley, gallery, way; (n, v) passage corroborative: (adj) corroboratory, collateral, confirmative, confirming, affirmative, corroborant, substantiating, verifying, verificatory, validatory, substantiative

corrupt: (adj, v) adulterate, taint, infect, rotten, canker; (adj, n, v) contaminate, poison; (v) bribe, debase, defile; (adj) impure.

ANTONYMS: (adj) moral, pure, principled, ethical, honorable, wholesome, virtuous, uncorrupt, truthful; (v) purify; (adj, v) clean corruption: (n) depravity, pollution, adulteration, filth, infection, vitiation, taint, bribery, canker, blight, foulness. ANTONYMS: (n) purification, incorruptness, decency, honesty, morality, pureness, incorruption, purity, righteousness, scruples, virtue

cortes: (n) senate, Chamber of Deputies, musnud, storthing, divan, sanhedrim, witenagemote, junta, Hernan Cortes, Hernando Cortez, Hernando Cortes

cosmopolitan: (adj) universal, international, sophisticated, global, Catholic, ecumenical, planetary, widely distributed, oecumenical; (adj, n) cosmopolite; (n) creeping wood sorrel. ANTONYMS: (adj) insular, country, endemic, parochial, rustic

costume: (n) clothing, clothes, apparel, garb, suit, outfit, uniform, garments, drapery; (n, v) dress; (v) clothe

cotton: (n) absorbent cotton, yarn, thread, cotton cloth, cotton plant, cotton wool, upland cotton, cord,

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string, fiber; (v) agree

couch: (n) bed, sofa, settee, divan; (adj, v) lie; (v) express, put, frame, lower, repose; (adj) recline counter: (adj, n) converse; (n, v)

reply; (n) bench, reverse, numerator;

(v) contradict, resist, react, retort, respond; (adj) antagonistic. ANTONYMS: (v) yield, surrender; (adv) similarly, same, equally; (adj) corroborating, corresponding, consistent, concurring, analogous, agreeing

counterpart: (n) twin, duplicate, companion, complement, double, equivalent, parallel, copy, mate, pendant, replica. ANTONYM: (n) opposite

counting: (n) calculation, count, reckoning, computation, enumeration, numbering, numeration, tally, nosecount; (adj) calculating, including. ANTONYM: (prep) excluding

courage: (n) audacity, fortitude, boldness, nerve, spirit, backbone, valor, heroism, gallantry, mettle, chivalry. ANTONYMS: (n) cowardice, faintheartedness, weakness, wimpiness, yellowness courteous: (adj, v) civil; (adj) affable, attentive, gracious, decorous, chivalrous, bland, thoughtful, urbane, mannerly, gentlemanly. ANTONYMS: (adj) rude, impolite, boorish, insulting, unmannerly, gruff, improper, vulgar, unhelpful, neglectful, graceless

courteously: (adv) graciously, civilly, considerately, decorously, decently, gallantly, obligingly, urbanely, suavely, thoughtfully, kindly. ANTONYMS: (adv) coarsely, uncooperatively, disrespectfully, impolitely

cousin: (n) nephew, cousins, friend, cousinship, relation, akin, relative, full cousin, companion

covering: (n) cover, coating, blanket, coat, casing, wrapper, case, concealment, awning; (adj, n, v) clothing; (n, v) apparel. ANTONYMS: (prep) exactly, beneath

coverlet: (n) blanket, bedspread, cover, bedcover, bed cover, tarpaulin, drugget, coverlid, spread, mantle, quilt

cowardice: (n) dastardliness, poltroonery, pusillanimity, fear, spirit, cravenness, timidity, fearfulness, base fear, cowardship.

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ANTONYMS: (n) nerve, bravery, daring, determination

cracked: (adj) nutty, batty, crazy, chapped, balmy, wacky, dotty, crackled, deranged, loony, crackers. ANTONYMS: (adj) resonant, sane craft: (n) trade, ability, artfulness, guile, fraud, shift, occupation, vessel, skill; (adj, n) cunning, art. ANTONYMS: (n) naivety, clumsiness, avocation, hobby, incompetence, incompetency, inaptitude, inability, honesty, honestness; (v) destroy

crash: (n) collision; (n, v) clash, collapse, bang, clank, dash, clang, fall, crack, clatter; (v) break. ANTONYMS: (n) silence; (v) raise, repair, skyrocket, increase, fix, restore, mend, work, thrive craving: (n) appetite, addiction, appetence, eagerness, hankering, yen, hunger; (n, v) desire, appetency; (adj, n) longing; (adj) eager. ANTONYMS: (n) disgust, hatred, distaste, repulsion, aversion, apathy, disinclination; (adj) unconcerned, disinterested

crawl: (adv, v) grovel, lag; (n, v) clamber, climb; (v) sneak, fawn, cringe, teem, swarm, scramble, inch. ANTONYMS: (v) fly, rush, hurry, hasten, dart, dash, lead, soothe, speed

crawling: (adj, n) creeping; (n) creep, itch; (adj) slow, teeming, thick, swarming, reptant, populous, packed, moving

crease: (n, v) fold, crinkle, plait, pucker, furrow, line; (v) crumple, cockle, rumple, ruck; (n) pleat. ANTONYMS: (v) iron, flatten creature: (n) being, brute, animal, tool, individual, person, body, entity, human, puppet, somebody creed: (n) conviction, gospel, religion, credo, faith, tenet, dogma, doctrine, denomination, persuasion, church doctrine

creep: (v) grovel, sneak, steal, fawn, lurk, truckle, cringe; (n) creeping, crawling, toady, sycophant. ANTONYMS: (v) race, dash, hasten, hurry, speed, fly

creeping: (n) creep, crawl, locomotion, spreading; (v) lentor; (adj) reptile, slow, reptant, reptatory, serpiginous, moving creeps: (n) fear, dread, fright, animal disease, trepidation, nervousness, anxiety

crest: (n, v) crown, top, peak, climax;

(n) summit, brow, cockscomb, acme, pinnacle, zenith; (v) cap. ANTONYMS: (n) base, bottom, nadir, trough

crimson: (adj, n) carmine, ruby, scarlet, maroon; (v) blush, flush, redden; (adj) bloody, ruddy, cherry;

(n) deep red

crinkled: (adj) corrugated, wrinkled, zigzag, crinkly, uneven, curly, wavelike, knock kneed, wavy crisp: (adj) short, terse, fresh, crispy, sharp, crunchy, brisk; (adj, v) wrinkle; (v) crease, crinkle; (n) chip. ANTONYMS: (adj) soggy, soft, limp, wilted, rumpled, stale, slovenly, sloppy, wordy, long, lengthy

crocodiles: (n) alligators, caimans, Crocodilia

crooked: (adj) bent, corrupt, dishonest, curved, unfair, deformed; (adj, n, v) awry; (adj, v) irregular, askew, wry, indirect. ANTONYMS: (adj) straight, honest, principled, even, aboveboard, lawful, level, moral, flat, aligned, honorable

crop: (adj, v) clip, reap, shave; (v) browse, top, graze, cultivate, cut; (n, v) fruit, harvest; (n) craw

crossed: (adj) crossbred, mixed, hybrid, interbred, decussated, intercrossed; (v) matted, disconcerted dashed, unhinged, frustrated

crouch: (v) bend, couch, cringe, squat, sneak, bow, huddle, stoop, lie down, crawl, hunch

crouched: (v) subjacent, squat; (adj) crutched, hunkered down, hunkered, low, huddled crouching: (adj) sneaking, huddled, obsequious, squat, hunkered, cowering, hunkered down; (v) submissive, resigned

crowded: (adj) compact, congested, full, packed, busy, dense, populous, jammed, cramped, tight; (adj, n) thronged. ANTONYMS: (adj) sparse, deserted, uncrowded, loose crowned: (adj) laureled, fulfilled, browbound, incoronate, successful crucible: (n) melting pot, retort, calabash, touchstone, still, vessel, matrix, pix, reagent, ordeal, check crucifixion: (v) cruciation, impalement; (n) executing, death, martyrdom, capital punishment, excruciation, execution

crude: (adj, v) raw; (adj) clumsy, rough, rude, barbarous, uncouth, primitive, vulgar, immature,

barbarian, impolite. ANTONYMS: (adj) sophisticated, tasteful, cultured, permanent, polished, finished, formal, civilized, fine, clean, decent

crudely: (adv) roughly, coarsely, vulgarly, grossly, rawly, harshly, earthily, uncouthly, impolitely, boorishly, barbarously. ANTONYMS: (adv) finely, decently cruel: (adj, v) hard, harsh, sharp, severe; (adj) barbarous, unkind, brutal, bloody, bitter, savage, atrocious. ANTONYMS: (adj) merciful, gentle, sympathetic, humane, liberal, compassionate, charitable, friendly, caring, considerate, libertarian

cruelly: (adv) harshly, ferociously, fiercely, viciously, inhumanly, mercilessly, pitilessly, heartlessly, roughly, unkindly; (adj, adv) bitterly. ANTONYMS: (adv) kindly, mercifully, sympathetically, tamely, peacefully, humanely, compassionately, sensitively, respectfully, innocently, genially cruelty: (n) brutality, cruelness, oppression, barbarity, ferociousness, tyranny, violence, atrocity, ferocity, mercilessness, harshness. ANTONYMS: (n) compassion, gentleness, friendliness, humanity, benevolence, sensitivity, liberty, decency

crumpled: (adj) rumpled, crinkly, wrinkled, bent, corrugated, crinkled, disheveled, lined, furrowed, dented, damaged

crush: (n, v) squeeze, crunch, press;

(v) beat, break, compress, conquer, stamp, overpower, squash, bruise. ANTONYMS: (v) lose, congratulate, stretch, praise, inspirit, encourage, compliment, expand, resist, submit, smooth

crushed: (adj) beaten, subdued, low, conquered, flattened, dispirited, compressed, overwhelmed, shattered; (v) victimized; (n) crushing. ANTONYMS: (adj) victorious, euphoric

crushing: (adj) overpowering, overwhelming, destructive; (n) grinding, quelling, stifling, suppression, flattening, pressure; (v) shatter; (adv) crushingly. ANTONYMS: (adj) mild, wonderful crying: (adj, v) exigent, instant, pressing, urgent; (adj) insistent, clamant, imperative, blatant; (n) weeping; (v) weep; (adj, n) sniveling

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culminate: (v) end, finish, close, conclude, peak, cease, complete, terminate, mature; (adj) cap, come to a head. ANTONYMS: (v) start, begin, commence, open

cultured: (adj) polite, educated, learned, genteel, erudite, elegant, cultivated, civilized, urbane, scholarly, sophisticated. ANTONYMS: (adj) ignorant, unsophisticated, primitive, uneducated, unlearned, uncultured, wild, uncouth, regressive, graceless, uninformed

cunning: (adj) crafty, canny, adroit, wily, sly, shrewd, tricky, artful; (n) craftiness, craft, cleverness.

ANTONYMS: (adj) simple, honest, stupid, unimaginative, gullible, ingenuous, straightforward, candid, sincere; (n) frankness, straightforwardness

cunningly: (adv) craftily, artfully, cleverly, ingeniously, trickily, shrewdly, astutely, insidiously, smartly, foxily, slipperily. ANTONYMS: (adv) ineptly, openly cups: (n) plates, dishes, dishware, tableware

curate: (n) rector, clergyman, minister, chaplain, pastor, Stipendiary curate, priest, vicar, incumbent, reverend, canon

cure: (n, v) correct, medicine, help; (n) antidote, salve, therapy, treatment;

(v) treat, pickle, preserve, restore. ANTONYMS: (n) poison; (v) injure, hurt, harm, wound, damage, exacerbate

cured: (adj) recovered, corned, aged, mellow, whole, better, pickle cured, salted, vulcanised, well, vulcanized curiosity: (n) curiousness, rarity, interest, curio, oddity, prying, nosiness, peculiarity, novelty, marvel; (adj, n) prodigy. ANTONYMS: (n) emotionlessness, indifference, disinterest

curious: (adj) odd, unusual, abnormal, strange, peculiar, interested, quizzical, quaint, queer, inquiring, inquisitive. ANTONYMS: (adj) incurious, ordinary, apathetic, uninterested, unconcerned, typical, indifferent, everyday, disinterested, conventional, common

curiously: (adv) inquisitively, peculiarly, unusually, strangely, nosily, pryingly, queerly, funnily, weirdly; (adj, adv) singularly, particularly. ANTONYMS: (adv) ordinarily, typically

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curl: (n, v) crimp, loop, kink, roll, wave; (adj, v) bow; (adj, n) lock, tress; (v) crinkle, fold; (adj) crisp.

ANTONYMS: (v) align, straighten, uncurl, unwind

curled: (adj) coiled, curling, having curls, round, braided, twisted, bowed, wreathy, Crull, curled up, tressed

curls: (n) hair, tresses, ringlets curly: (adj) crinkly, kinky, curled, crimped, frizzed, permed, curved; (adv) wavily, kinkily, curledly, curlingly. ANTONYMS: (adj) unbent, uncoiled, flat

curse: (n, v) blight, plague; (n) anathema, blasphemy, malediction, denunciation; (adj, v) beshrew; (v) swear, ban, damn, vituperate. ANTONYMS: (n) blessing, benediction, making; (v) communicate

cursed: (adj) damned, doomed, execrable, cussed, wretched, unlucky, accursed, blamed, blasted, confounded; (v) accurst. ANTONYMS: (adj) commendable, honorable, nice, sweet, kine cursing: (adj) cursed, execrative; (n) blasphemy, anathema, swearing, swear word, malediction, execration, denunciation, cursedness; (v) beshrew

curtain: (n, v) cover; (n) barrier, drapery, blind, screen, mantle, mask, shade, pall, shroud; (v) hide curtains: (n) passing, demise, finish, decease, tragedy, termination, calamity, cataclysm; (adj) last, ultimate, terminal

curved: (adj) crooked, arched, curve, round, deformed, curvy, curving, rounded, hooked, tortuous; (v) bowed. ANTONYMS: (adj) concave, flat, sharp, square, unbent

curving: (adj) curved, winding, crooked, bowed, devious, falciform, smooth, serpentine; (n) bending, curve, curvature. ANTONYMS: (adj) straight, jerky

cushioned: (adj) spongy, cushiony custom: (n) habit, convention, usage, practice, consuetude, fashion, method, mores; (n, v) use, accustom; (adj) bespoke. ANTONYMS: (n) fad, innovation, phenomenon, rage, rarity

cuzco: (n) Curicancha, Sacsahuana, Cusco

cylindrical: (adj) cylinder, round, tubular, rounded, tubelike, vasiform, cylindroid, bulging,

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complete, circular

cynic: (adj, n) skeptic; (n) doubter, critic, misanthrope, detractor, yogi, sanyasi, doubting Thomas, frondeur, man hater; (adj) cynical. ANTONYMS: (n) supporter, optimist

cynical: (adj) distrustful, cynic, ironic, disenchanted, disbelieving, misanthropic, suspicious, negative, contumelious; (adj, v) satirical, sardonic. ANTONYMS: (adj) trusting, convinced, approving, dreamy, positive, hopeful, resigned, believing, aggressive, fresh, certain cynicism: (adj, n) mistrust; (n) suspicion, irony, skepticism, scorn, resentment, pessimism, negative attitude, mockery, lack of expectation, doubt. ANTONYMS:

(n) trust, gratification dacca: (n) Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh

dagger: (n) bodkin, sword, blade, obelisk, knife, stiletto, dirk, cutlass, grapheme, saber, skean

dahlia: (n) dahlia pinnata, flower, red dainties: (n) delicacies, food, cates daintily: (adv) nicely, finely, fragilely, elegantly, fastidiously, gracefully, refinedly, squeamishly, exquisitely, lightly, prettily. ANTONYMS: (adv) inelegantly, thickly

dainty: (adj, v) nice; (adj, n, v) delicacy; (adj) fastidious, savory, tasteful, squeamish, particular, mincing, refined; (adj, n) tidbit; (n) luxury. ANTONYMS: (adj) coarse, vulgar, rough, inelegant, harsh, gross, awkward, accepting, heavy, careless, thick

dais: (n) platform, podium, rostrum, stage, chair, pedestal, pulpit, seat, ambo, woolsack, estrade

daisy: (n) marguerite, Bellis, aster family, Asteraceae, compositae, family Compositae, freckle, genus Bellis, grave, family Asteraceae; (adj) admirable

dalmatic: (n) robe, pallium, gown, cassock, Geneva gown frock damask: (n) fabric, napery, purple, magenta, red, fancier, cloth damned: (adj) accursed, doomed, blasted, condemned, damn, cussed, wretched, infernal, hateful, goddamned; (adv) damnably. ANTONYM: (adj) saved

damp: (adj) moist, muggy, clammy, cool, dank; (v) check, chill, deaden, break; (n) moisture, dampness.

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ANTONYMS: (n) dryness; (adj) parched, arid, dried, fresh, hard dance: (v) caper, bop, to dance, cavort, play, skip, to show courage, step; (n, v) hop, jump, shake dandy: (n) beau, fop, coxcomb, dude,

buck, clipper, cockscomb; (adj) nifty, capital, fine, peachy. ANTONYMS: (adj) terrible, ghastly, awful, inferior dandyism: (v) foppery, conceit, puppyism, man millinery; (n) coxcombry

dank: (adj) damp, wet, moist, humid, sticky, soggy, sultry, muggy, juicy, rheumy, musty. ANTONYMS: (adj) arid, parched, bright

dare: (n, v) venture; (v) defy, brave, hazard, confront, risk, resist, make bold; (n) adventure, daring, defiance. ANTONYMS: (v) avoid, flee, pass, refrain, retreat, obey darkened: (adj) darkens, obscured, old, obfuscate, murky, cloudy, opaque, overcast

darkening: (adj) dark, blue, gloomy, causing dejection; (v) darken; (n) change of color, eclipse

darkness: (n) dark, shade, shadow, blindness, gloom, blackness, duskiness, murk, cloud, blackout, dimness. ANTONYMS: (n) brightness, lightness, glow, comprehension, knowledge, day, clearness

dash: (adj, n, v) rush; (n, v) touch, sprint, strike, splash, jog; (v) dart, break; (n) tinge, beat; (adj, n) animation. ANTONYMS: (v) dawdle, inspirit, languish, saunter, encourage, linger; (n) stagnation, languor, listlessness, mass, dullness dashing: (adj) stylish, dapper, gallant, showy, smart, snappy, impetuous, rakish, raffish, brave; (adj, n) spruce. ANTONYMS: (adj) boring, unstylish, dull, bumbling, bland, awkward, drab, graceless daubed: (adj) beplastered, covered, greasy

dawn: (adj, n) break of day, daybreak; (n) beginning, commencement, cockcrow, onset, morning, prime, aurora; (v) break, begin. ANTONYMS: (n) twilight, sunset, nightfall, close, departure, demise, conclusion, ending; (n, v) end, finish; (v) set

dazed: (adj) bewildered, stunned, dumbfounded, muzzy, stupefied, dizzy, stupid, groggy, amazed, astounded, bleary. ANTONYMS: (adj) indifferent, unimpressed,

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deadly: (adj, adv) deathly; (adj) baneful, lethal, fatal, destructive, mortal, pernicious, virulent, toxic; (adv) lifelessly, lethally. ANTONYMS: (adj) interesting, uplifting, readable, mild, healthy, healthful, benign, innocuous, exciting

dealings: (n) business, dealing, relations, traffic, proceedings, transaction, affairs, contact, intercourse, trade, communication dearest: (n) dear, darling, love, honey, lover, sweetheart, loved one, baby; (adj) precious, intimate, sweet dearly: (adv) affectionately, preciously, darlingly, sweetly, petly, expensively, belovedly, intimately, highly, heartfeltly, lovely deathlike: (adj) deadly, deathly, ghastly, dead, cadaverous, thanatoid, ghostly, pale; (v) awful, soft, solemn

debauchery: (n) dissipation, depravity, revel, excess, dissoluteness, riot, revelry, orgy, vice, bacchanal, Bacchanalia. ANTONYMS: (n) chastity, uprightness, decency, restraint debonair: (adj) jaunty, dapper, urbane, suave, buoyant, breezy, refined, elegant, smooth, courteous, smart. ANTONYMS: (adj) inelegant, unrefined, unfriendly, plain, crude, coarse, awkward, rude, graceless, unkempt, unsophisticated

debts: (n) amount overdue, amount outstanding. ANTONYM: (n) credit debut: (n) introduction, initiation, beginning, aim, adventure, coup d'essai, embarcation, incoming, Le premier pas, opening, premiere. ANTONYMS: (n) farewell, finale, retirement

decay: (adj, n, v) decline; (v) decompose, crumble, corrupt; (n, v) blight, ebb, rust, collapse; (n) decomposition, corruption, disintegration. ANTONYMS: (v) flourish, grow, thrive, strengthen, ripen, develop; (n) vigor, development

deceased: (adj, n) departed; (n) dead person, cadaver, decedent; (adj) defunct, asleep, passed away, passed on, extinct, lifeless, late. ANTONYMS: (adj) living, awake, animated

deceive: (v) cheat, circumvent, bamboozle, pretend, hoax, fool, cozen, trick, beguile; (n, v) dupe; (n)

fraud. ANTONYMS: (v) guide, inform, undeceive, protect deceived: (adj) mistaken, misguided deceiving: (adj) deceptive, deceitful, cheating, fallacious, dishonest, lying, treacherous, imposing, delusive, sanctimonious, mistaken. ANTONYM: (adj) correct

decency: (n) dignity, modesty, decorum, kindness, morality, courtesy, correctness, goodness, virtue, respectability, propriety. ANTONYMS: (n) indecency, offensiveness, corruption, immorality, wickedness, unsuitability, unkindness, rudeness, impropriety, badness, nastiness decent: (adj) adequate, appropriate, becoming, decorous, sufficient, honest, acceptable, modest, seemly, comely; (adj, adv) right. ANTONYMS: (adj) immoral, inappropriate, disreputable, indecent, unsuitable, inadequate, filthy, undressed, unkind, smutty, selfish

deception: (n, v) cheat; (n) illusion, trick, pretense, delusion, betrayal, fake, flam, bluff, gammon, cheating. ANTONYMS: (n) honesty, candidness, sincerity, openness, correction, integrity, genuine, truthfulness

declare: (v) advertise, assert, allege, attest, aver, admit, acknowledge, proclaim, avow; (n, v) affirm, say. ANTONYMS: (v) conceal, revoke, suppress, retract, repress, disclaim, withhold, request, refute, block declared: (adj) stated, apparent, state, public, professed, proclaimed, explicit, ostensible, expressed, confirmed, alleged

declined: (adj) less

decorated: (adj) ornate, fancy, frilled, beautiful, bejeweled, ornamental, embellished, decked, bedecked, ornamented, brocaded

decoration: (n) decor, garnish, award, medal, ornament, trimming, insignia, embellishment, ornamentation, finery, dcor decorative: (adj) fancy, ornate, artistic, cosmetic, embellishing, enhancing, attractive, elegant, pictorial, nonfunctional, illustrative. ANTONYMS: (adj) plain, ugly, detracting, useful, simple

deed: (n) accomplishment, act, feat, behavior, action, exploit, covenant, doing, document, title, fact.

ANTONYM: (n) failure

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deepened: (adj) concentrated, gathered

deer: (n) caribou, buck, fawn, stag, reynard, brocket, cervid, ruminant, roe, roebuck, hart

defeat: (v) overcome, conquer, beat, rout, abolish; (n, v) ruin, foil; (n) frustration, beating; (adj, n, v) repulse; (adj, n) rebuff. ANTONYMS: (v) lose, surrender, help, succumb, inspirit, encourage, concede; (n) success, win, triumph, conquest

defeated: (n) loser; (adj) frustrated, beaten, broken, overcome, balked, baffled, bested, thwarted, unsuccessful; (adj, n) discomfited. ANTONYM: (adj) victorious defect: (adj, n) blemish, imperfection, infirmity; (n) flaw, blot, shortcoming, weakness, deficiency, scar, failing, dearth. ANTONYMS:

(n) strength, merit, faultlessness, excellence, capability, enhancement, perfection; (v) uphold, remain, join, embrace

defend: (n, v) guard, shield, advocate; (v) justify, protect, assert, support, maintain, champion, apologize, shelter. ANTONYMS: (v) prosecute, abandon, endanger, surrender, renounce, oppose, forsake, assault, contradict, destroy, expose

defiance: (n) challenge, opposition, rebellion, insubordination, rebelliousness, disobedience, resistance, contempt, intractableness, mutiny, contradiction. ANTONYMS: (n) acceptance, surrender, deference, conformance, submission, acquiescence, cooperation, loyalty, meekness, support, agreement defile: (adj, v) debauch, pollute, stain, sully; (v) corrupt, contaminate, foul, taint, tarnish, infect; (n, v) soil. ANTONYMS: (v) purify, consecrate, conserve, honor, respect, sanctify, cleanse, praise

defiled: (adj) impure, polluted, dirty, maculate, debauched, contaminated, corrupt, violated, tainted, abusive, adulterate. ANTONYMS: (adj) hallowed, purified, sanctified, cleansed, untarnished

define: (v) characterize, explain, clarify, bound, name, interpret, limit, construe, restrict, circumscribe, outline. ANTONYMS:

(v) obscure, confuse, confound, conceal, tangle

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deformed: (adj) distorted, misshapen, bent, malformed, ugly, crippled, contorted, warped, shapeless, twisted, deform. ANTONYMS: (adj) beautiful, flawless, unflawed, perfect, straight

degenerate: (adj) corrupt, debauched, depraved, dissolute; (v) decay, degrade, relapse, decline, drop, rot; (adj, n) profligate. ANTONYMS: (adj) upright, honorable, moral, healthy, virtuous, regenerate; (v) develop, flourish, recuperate, uplift, upgrade

degradation: (n) fall, abasement, degeneracy, corruption, abjection, debasement, decadence, degeneration, humiliation, deposition, disgrace. ANTONYMS:

(n) elevation, glorification, honor degrade: (v) cheapen, demean, corrupt, decrease, dishonor, disparage; (n, v) disgrace, reduce; (adj, n, v) abase; (adj, v) debauch, lessen. ANTONYMS: (v) honor, admire, aggrade, elevate, uplift, worship, respect, promote, praise, dignify, purify

degraded: (adj) debased, low, ignoble, debauched, depraved, abject, sordid, dishonored, corrupted, contemptible, base. ANTONYM: (adj) good degrees: (n) degree, temperature, compass rose, cardinal points delay: (adj, v) defer, linger; (n, v) arrest, wait, check, stay; (n) deferment, interruption; (v) postpone, reserve, adjourn. ANTONYMS: (n, v) rush; (n) decisiveness, promptness; (v)

advance, hurry, begin, hasten, go, expedite, speed, prompt deliberation: (n) cogitation, counsel, debate, caution, thought, advisement, attention, contemplation, consultation; (adj, n) calculation, circumspection. ANTONYMS: (n) thoughtlessness, carelessness, impetuosity, distraction, rashness

delicacy: (adj, n) weakness, fragility, tidbit; (n) finesse, daintiness, delicate, elegance, sensitivity, luxury, treat, airiness. ANTONYMS:

(n) sturdiness, toughness, durability, frankness, inelegance, ruggedness, vulgarity, tactlessness, insensitivity, inaccuracy, clumsiness

delicate: (adj) accurate, tender, dainty, refined, breakable, fragile, beautiful, brittle, soft, nice, frail.