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incompatible: (adj) incongruous, inappropriate, inconsistent, discrepant, discordant, conflicting, irreconcilable, clashing; (adj, v) antagonistic, repugnant, hostile. ANTONYMS: (adj) consistent, matching, identical, befitting, complementary, congenial, synergistic, friendly

incompetent: (adj) incapable, inapt, inadequate, unable, awkward, clumsy, feeble, useless, powerless, insufficient, unskilled. ANTONYMS: (adj) capable, skillful, dynamic, efficient, clever, helpful, professional, trained, organized, practical, brilliant

incomplete: (adj) faulty, deficient, inadequate, imperfect, short, lacking, unfinished, half, insufficient, sketchy; (adj, adv) halfway. ANTONYMS: (adj) finished, whole, entire, comprehensive, boundless, adequate

inconvenient: (adj) inopportune, awkward, disadvantageous, bothersome, improper, unfavorable, troublesome, hard, inapt, untoward, unfortunate. ANTONYMS: (adj) convenient, suitable, opportune, timely, advantageous

incorrigible: (adj) hopeless, irredeemable, confirmed, irreparable, hardened, uncorrectable, insubordinate; (adj, n) incurable; (v) obdurate, past praying for, reprobate. ANTONYMS: (adj) corrigible, repentant, mild

incredible: (adj, n) astonishing, marvelous; (adj, v) inconceivable; (adj) fabulous, extraordinary, unbelievable, implausible, fantastic, unlikely, preposterous, wonderful. ANTONYMS: (adj) credible, believable, conceivable, unspectacular, likely, mundane, unremarkable, plausible, awful, sensible, real

incrusted: (adj) crusted indefinable: (adj) ineffable, unspeakable, vague, indeterminate, undefinable, inexpressible, elusive, indefinite, undefined, nondescript, equivocal. ANTONYMS: (adj) concrete, precise

indifference: (adj, n) coldness, phlegm; (n) detachment, impassiveness, disregard, aloofness, nonchalance, neglect, unconcern, impassivity, disinterest.

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ANTONYMS: (n) fervor, interest, eagerness, dedication, sympathy, favorite, compassion, anxiety, responsiveness, forcefulness, care indifferent: (adj) apathetic, impassive, cold, cool, callous, fair, insensible, unconcerned, careless, dull, average. ANTONYMS: (adj) enthusiastic, fervent, keen, obsessive, energetic, eager, involved, surprised, exceptional, concerned, shocked

indignation: (n) anger, resentment, displeasure, grudge, umbrage, rage, outrage, exasperation, choler, dudgeon; (adj, n) wrath. ANTONYMS: (n) contentment, pleasure

individualism: (n) distinctiveness, egoism, self-love, ism, philosophy, trait, uniqueness, self-interest, selfseeking, identity, personality.

ANTONYMS: (n) commonality, conformity, dependence individuality: (n) character, individualism, personality, originality, distinctiveness, identity, peculiarity, selfhood, ego, disposition, independence. ANTONYMS: (n) commonality, sameness, conformity

indolence: (n) laziness, inaction, lethargy, inertia, inactivity, listlessness, slowness, torpor, sluggishness, apathy; (adj, n) sloth. ANTONYMS: (n) energy, nimbleness, activity, bustle, liveliness, vigor

induce: (v) generate, tempt, cause, impel, bring, create, draw, engender, beget, get, infer. ANTONYMS: (v) prevent, restrain inevitable: (adj) ineluctable, unavoidable, inescapable, destined, fatal, fated, necessary, obvious, irrevocable, irresistible; (n) ineluctability. ANTONYMS: (adj) evitable, avoidable, optional, preventable, unpredictable, unlikely; (adv) surprisingly inexperienced: (adj) naive, young, callow, ignorant, unsophisticated, new, unexperienced, clumsy; (adj, v) raw; (v) green; (n) inexperience. ANTONYMS: (adj) trained, sophisticated, skilled, knowledgeable, expert, accustomed, sharp, seasoned

infamous: (adj) disreputable, flagrant, notorious, disgraceful, dishonourable, contemptible; (adj, v) foul, shameful, base; (adj, n, v)

scandalous; (adj, adv, v) nefarious. ANTONYMS: (adj) reputable, famous

infamy: (n) dishonor, disrepute, ignominy, notoriety, shame, opprobrium, reproach, stain, discredit, baseness; (adj, n) pollution. ANTONYMS: (n) fame, virtue, honor, obscurity, pride infatuation: (adj) devotion, fascination, enchantment, gross credulity; (adj, n) passion, fervor, fanaticism; (n) crush, idolatry, love, hobby. ANTONYM: (n) indifference inferior: (adj) secondary, bad, humble, poor, junior, petty, lesser, cheap, base, feeble, vulgar. ANTONYMS: (adj) better, choice, excellent, premium, adscript, perfect, higher, quality, senior; (adj, n) superscript; (n) boss

infinite: (adj) absolute, eternal, endless, countless, immense, incalculable, boundless, innumerable, immeasurable, everlasting, spaceless. ANTONYMS: (adj) finite, limited, restricted, small, tiny, slight

infinitely: (adv) greatly, vastly, immensely, immeasurably, boundlessly, enormously, unboundedly, hugely, ceaselessly, unendingly; (adj, adv) incalculably. ANTONYM: (adv) finitely influenced: (adj) partial, unfair, acted upon, convinced, persuaded, susceptible, unjust, prejudiced. ANTONYM: (adj) unbiased inform: (v) acquaint, impart, advise, enlighten, announce, tell, familiarize, explain, advertise, apprise, warn

informed: (adj) cognizant, educated, conscious, knowledgeable, familiar, apprised, wise, conversant, experienced, sensible; (adv) abreast. ANTONYMS: (adj) uninformed, unconcerned

infused: (adj) mixed

inhabitants: (n) population, citizens, populace, folk, country, community, abode, group, inhabitation, nation, natives

inheritance: (adj, n) heritage; (n) heredity, heirloom, birthright, bequest, legacy, dowry, estate, appanage, heirship; (v) descent inherited: (adj) inborn, genetic, familial, ancestral, transmissible, congenital, inherent, incarnate, transmitted, instinctive, intuitive inlaid: (adj) decorated

inmost: (adj) innermost, inward, deep, intimate, private, inner, interior, internal, personal, secret, intrinsic. ANTONYM: (adj) outermost

innocence: (n) blamelessness, chastity, ignorance, ingenuousness, purity, gullibility, artlessness, innocent, simplicity, harmlessness, guiltlessness. ANTONYMS: (n) sophistication, experience, fault, dirtiness, wariness, dishonesty innocent: (adj) chaste, artless, clear, ingenuous, innocuous, guileless, guiltless, ignorant, unsophisticated, spotless, naive. ANTONYMS: (adj) culpable, responsible, wicked, wary, experienced, corrupt, worldly, unfair, meaningful, offensive, jaded innumerable: (adj) countless, numberless, incalculable, multitudinous, infinite, innumerous, unnumbered, uncounted, myriad, immeasurable, untold. ANTONYM: (adj) finite

inordinate: (adj) immoderate, extravagant, exorbitant, undue, exuberant, unconscionable, unreasonable, fulsome, irregular, extreme, preposterous. ANTONYMS: (adj) moderate, small inorganic: (adj) lifeless, mineral, dead, unorganized, inorganical, inorganized. ANTONYM: (adj) organic

inquest: (n) inquiry, investigation, quest, probe, inquisition, inspection, search, interrogation, survey, trial, research

inquire: (v) demand, ask, explore, enquire, inspect, research, consult, pry, request, wonder; (n, v) question. ANTONYM: (v) answer inquisitive: (adj) inquiring, speculative, nosy, prying, questioning, nosey, meddling, investigative, meddlesome, quizzical, overcurious. ANTONYMS: (adj) apathetic, uninterested

insane: (adj) foolish, daft, demented, mad, delirious, lunatic, fool, moonstruck, frantic, idiotic, nutty. ANTONYM: (adj) sensible insanity: (adj, n) craziness, derangement, frenzy, aberration; (n) delirium, dementia, mania, folly, lunacy, idiocy; (adj) madness. ANTONYMS: (n) sanity, sense inseparable: (adj) indissoluble, inextricable, inherent, indiscerptible, built-in, indispensable, infrangible,

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insist: (v) affirm, assert, contend, demand, claim, asseverate, declare, maintain, urge, importune, press. ANTONYMS: (v) request, deny insistence: (n) stubbornness, adherence, pressure, steadfastness, press, insistency, urgency, insisting, instancy, persistence, imperativeness. ANTONYMS: (n) flexibility, weakness

insolent: (adj) impertinent, abusive, disrespectful, impudent, fresh, arrogant, brazen, defiant, offensive, brassy, bold. ANTONYMS: (adj) respectful, modest, gracious, meek, submissive

inspire: (adj, v) cheer, enliven, exhilarate; (v) encourage, excite, inhale, incite, affect, infuse, hearten, actuate. ANTONYMS: (v) extinguish, disenchant, douse, knock, dampen, calm, dishearten instance: (n) exemplar, case, time, illustration, sample, affair, pattern, chance, cause; (v) exemplify, illustrate

instantaneously: (adv) directly, instantly, at once, forthwith, suddenly, promptly, abruptly, momentarily, outright, right away, in a flash. ANTONYM: (adv) eventually

instinct: (n) impulse, urge, aptitude, gift, feeling, sixth sense, inherent aptitude, knack, inspiration, talent, genius

instinctively: (adv) involuntarily, mechanically, spontaneously, automatically, intuitively, inherently, automaticly, unconsciously, impulsively, unthinkingly, instinctually. ANTONYMS: (adv) consciously, objectively

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insult: (n, v) contumely, affront, abuse, flout, outrage, wound, taunt;

(n) disgrace, indignity, contempt; (v) cut. ANTONYMS: (n, v) compliment, praise; (v) flatter, consecrate; (n) privilege

intellect: (n) mind, intelligence, understanding, reason, brains, head, intellectual, apprehension, psyche, genius, brainpower. ANTONYM:

(n) stupidity

intellectual: (n) intellect, brain, thinker, scholar; (adj) rational, mental, cerebral, learned, spiritual; (adj, n) mind, academic. ANTONYMS: (adj) nonintellectual, intuitive, emotional, dim, ignorant, physical, thick, lowbrow; (n) dunce intellectually: (adv) rationally, intelligently, spiritually, cerebrally, intellectively, learnedly, academically, mindly, ideally, culturedly, smartly

intelligence: (n) cleverness, intellect, news, tidings, understanding, acumen, mentality, knowledge, brains, comprehension, brainpower. ANTONYMS: (n) stupidity, emotion, slowness, foolishness, ineptness

intelligent: (adj) intellectual, astute, sensible, alert, rational, quickwitted, bright, cunning, gifted, knowledgeable, brilliant. ANTONYMS: (adj) dim, thick, slow, stupid, dull, foolish

intend: (v) destine, design, mean, aim, determine, denote, contemplate, plan, purpose, consider, believe. ANTONYM: (v) improvise

intense: (adj) acute, deep, brilliant, fervent, fierce, ardent, burning, severe, furious, extreme; (adj, v) vivid. ANTONYMS: (adj) dull, calm, weak, slight, imperceptible, superficial, shallow, gentle, dim, insignificant, relaxed

intensely: (adj, adv) extremely; (adv) strongly, powerfully, severely, violently, vehemently, acutely, keenly, brightly, profoundly, fiercely. ANTONYMS: (adv) mildly, calmly, gently, dully, indifferently, impassively, jokingly, slightly, hardly, superficially, unexceptionally

intensified: (adj) intense, resonant, furious

intently: (adv) fixedly, attentively, seriously, raptly, intensely, closely, steadily, eagerly, absorbedly, hard,

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interfere: (n, v) interpose; (v) intercede, obstruct, disturb, conflict, impede, hinder, meddle, intervene;

(n) interference; (adj, v) intermeddle interminable: (adj) endless, eternal, incessant, infinite, illimitable, immeasurable, unending, ceaseless, timeless, continual, unlimited. ANTONYMS: (adj) temporary, finite, intermittent, sporadic, concise interrupt: (v) disturb, break, hinder, intermit, stop, cut, break in, arrest, check; (n, v) suspend; (adj, v) pause. ANTONYMS: (v) cheer, respect, restore

interrupted: (adj) discontinuous, fitful, intermittent, discontinued, disconnected, unsuccessive, intervallic, episodic, gaping, periodic; (prep) interrupt interruption: (n) disruption, intermission, halt, pause, suspension, discontinuance, hiatus; (n, v) break, hindrance, impediment;

(v) interrupt. ANTONYMS: (n) permanence, help, respect intimacy: (adj, n) familiarity, acquaintance; (n) closeness, fellowship, association, friendship, intercourse, affair, camaraderie, conversance, confidence. ANTONYMS: (n) distance, formality intimate: (adj, adv, v) close; (n, v) express, imply; (v) hint, indicate, allude, suggest; (adj) informal, inner, internal; (adj, v) confidential. ANTONYMS: (adj) formal, cold, unfriendly, external, outermost, public, superficial

intimately: (adv) nearly, familiarly, personally, secretly, internally, privately, narrowly, thoroughly, near, well, thickly. ANTONYM: (adv) superficially

intolerable: (adj) unbearable, insupportable, painful, obnoxious, detestable, inexcusable, deplorable, undesirable, hard, excruciating, difficult. ANTONYMS: (adj) bearable, tolerable, acceptable, reasonable, nice, understandable, lovable, excusable, inoffensive, manageable

intoxicated: (adj) drunken, drunk, inebriate, tipsy, elated, stimulated, intoxicate, infatuated, fuddled, loaded, plastered. ANTONYM: (adj) sober

introduce: (v) interject, inject, advance, infuse, initiate, acquaint,

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implant, inaugurate, bring in, present, enter. ANTONYMS: (v) end, terminate, remove, export intruding: (adj) aggressive, interfering, intrusive

intrusive: (adj) obtrusive, curious, meddling, officious, busy, meddlesome, nosy, inquisitive, inquiring, inopportune, unfortunate. ANTONYMS: (adj) protrusive, extrusive

invalid: (adj) false, illogical, unreasonable, null, weak, void, unhealthy, sick, flawed; (n) infirm;

(v) disable. ANTONYMS: (adj) valid, legitimate, current, healthy, true, watertight, correct invaluable: (adj) valuable, inestimable, incalculable, precious, costly, rare, unvalued, beyond price, unvaluable, serviceable, unprizable. ANTONYM: (adj) dispensable invariably: (adv) constantly, ever, forever, permanently, continually, incessantly; (adj) never otherwise, unfailingly, without exception, without fail; (adj, adv) uniformly invent: (v) devise, form, create, excogitate, concoct, imagine, contrive; (n, v) forge, fabricate, design, coin

invented: (adj) fictional, fabricated, imaginary, unreal, fake, mythical, legendary, fictive, fancied, fabulous, ben trovato. ANTONYMS: (adj) genuine, factual, true, actual invention: (n) fabrication, conception, fiction, imagination, creation, discovery, device, innovation, excogitation, artifice; (n, v) forgery. ANTONYM: (n) truth

inverted: (adj) upside down, upsidedown, anatropous, overturned, topsy-turvy, reversed, upturned, on its head, invert, hyperbatic; (adj, adv) backward. ANTONYM: (adj) amphitropous

investigated: (adj) studied investigating: (n) detection, enumeration, calibration, examination, analysis, counting, reckoning, tabulation, detecting, testing, surveillance

inveterate: (adj) incorrigible, confirmed, chronic, ingrained, old, irredeemable; (adj, v) fixed; (v) rooted, ingrafted, hackneyed; (n) ineffaceable

invisible: (adj) obscure, hidden, inconspicuous, intangible, sightless, concealed, impalpable, occult, indiscernible, inappreciable, unseen.

ANTONYMS: (adj) obvious, conspicuous, noticeable, palpable invite: (v) tempt, allure, bid, call, entice, ask, summon, attract, receive, solicit; (n) invitation. ANTONYMS:

(v) elect, repel

inwrought: (adj) inborn, inbred, innate, ingrained, enwrought, essential, indispensable, inseparable, decorated, inherent, native iridescent: (adj) opalescent, pearly, chatoyant, changeable, shimmering, colorful, shining, prismatic, pavonine, opaline, clear

irons: (n) fetters, iron, chain, shackles, fetter, manacles, gyve, bond, bonds, pinion, handcuffs

irony: (n) sarcasm, ridicule, raillery, banter, derision, quiz, mockery, figure of speech; (adj, n) satire, humor, burlesque. ANTONYM: (n) sincerity

irreproachable: (adj) blameless, spotless, faultless, flawless, innocent, unimpeachable, inculpable, impeccable, immaculate, unblemished, above reproach. ANTONYMS: (adj) reprehensible, shameful, blameworthy, guilty irresistible: (adj) resistless, invincible, irrefragable, irrefutable, overpowering, overwhelming, impregnable, indomitable, charming, fascinating; (adj, v) uncontrollable. ANTONYMS: (adj) resistible, insignificant, unappealing, weak

irresponsible: (adj) rash, reckless, untrustworthy, flighty, feckless, unreliable, unwise, imprudent, wild, loose; (v) not answerable. ANTONYMS: (adj) cautious, sensible, dependable, dutiful, careful, prudent, mature irretrievable: (adj) irrecoverable, irremediable, irreversible, remediless, irreclaimable, irrevocable, unrecoverable, incurable, irredeemable, desperate;

(v) indefeasible. ANTONYMS: (adj) superficial, flexible, impermanent, temporary

irrevocable: (adj) irrecoverable, final, irreparable, irremediable, irredeemable, conclusive, irreclaimable, unchangeable, fixed; (adj, v) irretrievable, inevitable. ANTONYMS: (adj) revocable, superficial, provisional, flexible, impermanent

irritable: (adj) fractious, irascible, edgy, cantankerous, touchy,

petulant, excitable, cross, sensitive, grumpy, disagreeable. ANTONYMS: (adj) calm, happy, cheerful, amiable, patient, pleasant, stable, courteous; (n) cheeriness irritating: (adj) infuriating, bothersome, annoying, exasperating, irksome, irritative, vexatious, aggravating, troublesome, irritant; (v) stinging. ANTONYMS: (adj) soothing, calming, delightful, pleasant iteration: (n) iterance, reiteration, run, succession, frequency, repeating, recurrence, rehearsal, backbone, stereotypy, grit

ivory: (n) tusk, dentin, whiteness, elephant, teeth, yellow, dentine; (adj) chalk, lily, milk, paper jacinth: (n) zircon, amethyst, carbuncle

jacket: (n) sheath, cover, case, covering, envelope, coat, blazer, doublet, dust cover, skin, shield jagged: (adj) rough, angular, irregular, crooked, craggy, toothed, scraggy, rugged, bumpy, jaggy; (adj, n) ragged. ANTONYMS: (adj) smooth, even, straight, blunt, level jasmine: (n) jessamine, Jasminum, East Indian rose-bay, shrub, bush, Oleaceae, common jasmine, ash, olive family, family Oleaceae jaspers: (n) Karl Theodor Jaspers java: (n) chicory, coffee capuccino, coffee bean, ice coffee, chocolate, coffee berry, coffee royal, decaf, decaffeinated coffee, deep brown, demitasse

jealous: (adj) distrustful, envious, covetous, suspicious, jealousy, resentful, invidious, green, grudging, jaundiced, attentive. ANTONYM: (adj) trusting jealousy: (n) suspicion, jealous, jealousness, envy, envious, alertness, distrust, contention, competition, scruple, qualm

jerk: (n, v) jump, yank, shake, twitch, jar, tug, bump, heave, pull; (v) fling, flip. ANTONYM: (v) ease

jerkin: (n) jacket, doublet, barbe, CHUDDER, waistcoat, jubbah, talma jacket, pilot jacket, pajamas, oilskins, gabardine

jerking: (adj) arrhythmic, arrhythmical, jerky, unsteady; (n) movement, jolt, dork, jar

jest: (n) gag, gibe, quip, game; (n, v) jape; (v) banter, jeer, deride, gird, sneer, clown

jesting: (adj) jocular, jocose, facetious,

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humorous, playful; (n) banter, humor, comedy, pleasantry, fun, joke. ANTONYM: (n) tragedy jets: (n) blue jets, atmospheric electricity

jewel: (n) gemstone, darling, diamond, jewelry, trinket, treasure, ornament, idol; (adj, n) bijou, precious stone; (adj) brilliant jewelled: (adj) gemmed, bejewelled, bejeweled, beady, beaded, bespangled, spangly, sequined, buttony, decorated, buttonlike jewels: (n) jewelry, gems, wealth, hoops, Perrie, riches, studs, fortune, fineness, earrings, decoration jewish: (adj) Judaic, Hebrew, Judaical, Jew

jordan: (n) Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Jordan river

joviality: (n) glee, cheerfulness, happiness, mirth, merriment, gaiety, festivity, conviviality, hilarity, geniality; (adj) jocundity. ANTONYMS: (n) misery, sadness jovially: (adv) merrily, gaily, gleefully, cheerfully, jolly, gladly, pleasantly, convivially, cheerily, lively; (adv, v) happily

joyous: (adj) happy, gleeful, elated, jolly, glad, gay, jovial, merry, festive, cheerful, jocund. ANTONYMS: (adj) despairing, joyless, miserable joyousness: (n) joyfulness, mirth, joy, exhilaration, exultation, gaiety, cheerfulness, excitement, exuberance, glee, gladness. ANTONYMS: (n) unhappiness, sadness

judgement: (n) adjudication, evaluation, discretion, determination, discernment, opinion, assessment, decision, conclusion, estimate, belief judging: (n) judge, judgment, judged, decision making, assessment, thought, deciding, prejudgment, discernment

juice: (n) extract, succus, blood, gravy, liquid, fluid, liquor, gasoline, fuel; (adj) humor; (adj, n) serum juliet: (n) lover

justification: (n, v) apology, excuse;

(n) account, reason, defence, cause, grounds, vindication, basis, explanation, foundation. ANTONYM: (n) accusation justified: (adj) correct, right, proper, elected, adopted, due, righteous, sanctified, unearthly, regenerated, even. ANTONYMS: (adj) unfounded, unjustified,

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unreasonable, wrong, unworthy keenly: (adv) eagerly, zealously, piercingly, acutely, cuttingly, ardently, strongly, lively, penetratingly, fervently, avidly. ANTONYMS: (adv) unenthusiastically, apathetically, faintly, reluctantly, patiently, passively, halfheartedly, vaguely keenness: (n) ardor, eagerness, enthusiasm, acumen, sharpness, zeal, acuity, quickness, diligence, fervor; (n, v) edge. ANTONYMS: (n) unwillingness, dullness, indifference, faintness, dislike, patience, reluctance

keeper: (n) curator, guardian, guard, warden, janitor, jailer, gaoler, warder, caretaker, sentry, conservator

kindly: (adj) kind, amiable, genial, charitable; (adv) sympathetically, benevolently, tenderly; (adj, n) benign, gentle, sympathetic, benevolent. ANTONYMS: (adv) harshly, nastily, callously, cruelly, sharply, disagreeably, grumpily, malevolently; (adj) upsetting, unfeeling, sour

kindness: (n) generosity, clemency, compassion, grace, good will, graciousness, humanity, goodness, affection; (adj, n) courtesy, gentleness. ANTONYMS: (n) miserliness, spite, nastiness, callousness, cruelty, unfriendliness, maliciousness, thoughtlessness, sourness, severity, disservice

kiss: (n, v) caress, brush, embrace, touch; (n) osculation, salute, lip, Kiss of peace, kiss hands; (v) osculate, love

kneel: (v) genuflect, cringe, stoop, bob, cry for quarter, dip, duck, humble oneself; (n) kneeling, knee, movement

knees: (n) knee

knife: (adj, n) blade; (adj) cutlery, edge tool; (v) stab; (n) sword, cleaver, whittle, cutter, tongue, pocketknife, chopper

knit: (adj, v) tie, lace; (v) plait, intertwine, bind, join, pucker, fasten, interlace; (adj) stitch, knitted knitting: (n) knitwork, needlework, needlecraft, knitted fabric, web, braid, weave, creating from raw materials, knit stitch

knock: (n, v) hit, blow, bang, bump, tap, strike, whack, bash, punch, cuff;

(n) crash. ANTONYMS: (n) improvement, boost; (v) encourage,

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knocking: (n) sound, bang, beating, hit, rap, strike, belt, criticism, bash knotting: (n) knotting varnish koran: (n) Quran, Alcoran, Alkoran label: (n, v) name, title, tag, brand, earmark, group; (v) call, classify, check; (n) designation, ticket laboratory: (n) lab, testing ground, workplace, laboratories, factory, research laboratory, Chem lab, chemistry lab, chemistry laboratory, course; (adj) experimental laburnum: (n) genus laburnum labyrinth: (n) inner ear, tangle, confusion, complication, internal ear, web, unit, system; (adj, n) network; (v) eel, labyrinthian

lace: (v) entwine, interlace, braid, bind; (adj, v) tie, string; (n) lacing, ribbon, edging; (n, v) net, rope. ANTONYMS: (v) untie, untwine, unpick

lacquer: (v) Japan, finish, enamel; (n, v) polish, glaze, veneer; (n) lacker, coat, japanning, garnish, French polish

laden: (adj) burdened, full, loaded, ladened, filled, hampered, heavy, charged, encumbered; (v) lade, load. ANTONYMS: (adj) empty, lacking laid: (adj) layed, lay, place, placed, put, situated, arranged, determined, dictated, hardened, ordered

lamp: (n) light, lantern, beacon, headlight, flashbulb, flashgun, table lamp, oil lamp, storm lantern; (n, v) look; (v) behold

landing: (n) disembarkation, land, dock, touchdown, debarkation, disembarkment, floor, platform, landing place, bank, bankingground

landscape: (n) sight, vista, scene, scenery, outlook, view, ground, lookout, landscape painting, countryside, perspective languid: (adj) lazy, dull, indolent, feeble, lethargic, lackadaisical, sluggish, faint, torpid, inert,

apathetic. ANTONYMS: (adj) active, lively, exciting, vigorous

languidly: (adv) languorously, listlessly, wearily, lethargically, slowly, dreamily, limply, weakly, torpidly, indolently, impassively. ANTONYMS: (adv) dynamically, vigorously

languorous: (adj) lackadaisical, lethargic, dreamy, lazy, torpid, listless, weak, sluggish, spiritless, inert, languishing

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lank: (adj) gaunt, angular, emaciated, meager, thin, skinny, spindly, spare, scrawny; (adj, v) lean, barren lantern: (n) beacon, light, dormer, tube, lighting fitting, bedside light, street light, street lamp, oil lamp, lime light, lanthorn

lapse: (n, v) decline, drop, mistake; (adj, n, v) fall; (v) expire, elapse, collapse, go by; (n) oversight, error, fault. ANTONYMS: (v) behave, start, rise, renew, improve

lash: (n, v) beat, chastise, scourge, goad; (v) flog, bind, batter; (adj, v) strap, tie, lace; (n) hit. ANTONYMS:

(v) unlash, untie

latch: (v) bar, fasten, grab; (n, v) bolt; (adj, n, v) lock; (n) hasp, clasp, door latch, hook; (adj) link, yoke

lately: (adv) tardily, newly, freshly, belatedly, slowly, latterly, deadly; (adj, adv) anew, late, afresh; (adj) recent

lateness: (n) slowness, delay, sluggishness, timing, dilatoriness, late, slothfulness, earliness, late maturity, tarriance, posteriority. ANTONYMS: (n) promptness, punctuality, earliness

latticed: (adj) interlaced, fretted, lattice, reticulate, reticulated, latticelike, tabernacular, having frets, common, reticular

laugh: (n, v) joke, giggle, chortle, titter, snicker; (v) smile; (n) jest, gag, jape, laughter, cackle. ANTONYM:

(v) weep

laughing: (adj) merry, smiling, laughable, jolly, gay, lighthearted, frolicsome, playful, pleased, dizzy; (adv) laughingly. ANTONYM: (adj) serious

laughs: (n) diversion, comedy, amusement, sport, recreation, merriment, entertainment, levity laughter: (n) amusement, fun, guffaw, merriment, chortle, chuckle, mirth, hilarity, giggle, derision, happiness. ANTONYMS: (n) sadness, gloom, despair, boredom, misery, despondency

laurel: (n) bays, honor, rose-laurel, cassia, cinnamon, sweet bay, Daphne, bay tree, palm, garland, fame

laying: (n) egg laying, placing, parturition, place, repose, setting, put, position, lay, oyster park, oviposition

leaded: (adj) fixed

leaden: (adj) heavy, gray, sluggish, grey, inert, torpid, grave, languid,

drab, burdensome, livid. ANTONYM: (adj) bright

leaf: (n) page, folio, foliage, petal, frond, leafage, slip, verdure, leaflet; (n, v) sheet; (v) leave

leafless: (adj) bald, bare, aphyllous, leaveless, hairless. ANTONYM: (adj) leafy

leafy: (adj) green, verdant, lush, foliose, foliate, leafed, luxuriant, foliaceous, leaved, bowery, flourishing. ANTONYMS: (adj) leafless, urban, withering

lean: (adj, v) gaunt; (adj) emaciated, thin, bony, lank; (n, v) bend, tilt, slant, list, careen; (n) inclination. ANTONYMS: (adj) plump, rich, chubby, greasy, stout; (v) straighten, repel

leaned: (v) erudite, lettered; (adj) tilted, inclined, educated leaning: (adj, n) bent, disposition, partiality; (n) propensity, bias, tendency, incline, lean; (adj) tilted,

canted, inclined. ANTONYMS: (n) antipathy, dislike; (adj) upright leap: (n, v) bound, spring, bounce, caper, dive, vault, lunge; (v) dance, hop, start; (n) curvet. ANTONYMS: (n, v) plummet; (v) surface, drop, hesitate; (n) slump

leaping: (n) jump, bounce, bound, leap, spring, saltation, bouncing; (v) jumping; (adj, v) bounding; (adj) springing; (adv) leapingly

leather: (n) fur, fleece, skin, buckskin, fell, pelt, doeskin; (v) drub, thresh, thrash; (n, v) hit

ledger: (n) book, account book, daybook, account, book of account, leger, books, calendar, diary, ephemeris, crossbar

leer: (n, v) glance; (n) grin, wink, smirk, look, gaze, nudge, shrug, tip the wink; (v) simper, ogle legacies: (n) bequest, heritage legacy: (n) devise, heritage, inheritance, heirloom, estate, will, gift, leftover, legacies, endowment, birthright

lend: (v) grant, give, advance, impart, bestow, contribute, borrow, bring, add, confer; (n) lending

lending: (n) lend, loaning, borrowing, usury, disposal, disposition

lent: (n) Quadragesima, Lententide leper: (n) lazar, outcast, leprous, sufferer, pariah, refugee, mesel, invalid, castaway, derelict, diseased person

lesson: (n) example, education,

instruction, class, learning, sermon, recitation, task, study, message; (n, v) rebuke

lethargy: (n) drowsiness, indifference, apathy, inactivity, fatigue, inertia, stupor, laziness, sluggishness, idleness, languor. ANTONYMS: (n) verve, vitality, liveliness, nimbleness, animation, alertness, vigor, activity, wakefulness, interest, speediness liberals: (n) socialists, Tories liberty: (adj, n) freedom, franchise;

(n) license, leave, independence, autonomy, emancipation, latitude, permission, scope, release. ANTONYMS: (n) slavery, domination, constraint, suppression, dependence

lids: (n) lid

lifelong: (adj) perpetual, livelong, undying, eternal, enduring, continuing, chronic, inveterate, perennial, ongoing, old. ANTONYM: (adj) ephemeral

lifted: (adj) raised, elevated, lift, lofty, upraised, steep

lighted: (adj) illuminated, lit, light, ablaze, bright, ignited, burn, burning, ignite, kindled, lighten lighten: (v) assuage, alleviate, light, illuminate, brighten, lessen, allay, clear, mitigate, relieve, illumine. ANTONYMS: (v) darken, intensify, increase, dye, depress, aggravate, exacerbate

lighter: (n) light, flatboat, igniter, cigarette lighter, wherry, primer, scow, kindling, fuze, fuzee, houseboat

lighting: (n) light, kindling, ignition, firing, inflammation, burning, combustion, setup, the illumination supplied by lights, illume, illuminate

lightning: (n) levin, electricity, thunderbolt, Leven, ignis fatuus, heat lightning, forked lightning, fetter, dart, chain lightning; (adj) wind

likeness: (n) resemblance, copy, effigy, image, affinity, similarity, correspondence, facsimile; (adj, n) figure, form, semblance. ANTONYMS: (n) difference, diversity, dissimilarity, unlikeness, contrast

likes: (n) kind, sort, type

liking: (n, v) inclination; (n) fancy, appetite, taste, fondness, predilection, affection, partiality, admiration, approval, appreciation.

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ANTONYMS: (n) dislike, aversion, hatred, indifference, detachment, dissatisfaction, antipathy

lilac: (adj) lavender, mauve, purple, violet, puce, chromatic; (n) shrub, heliotrope, ash, common lilac, family Oleaceae

lilies: (n) lily

lily: (adj) chalk, tiger lily, snow, paper, effeminate, milk; (n) daffodil, kentan, martagon, leopard lily, ivory lined: (adj) wrinkled, creased, wrinkly, striped, streaked, ruled, banded, paved, worn, with stripes, windswept. ANTONYMS: (adj) smooth, plain, unlined, straight linen: (n) fabric, flax, lingerie, doily, doyley, doyly, cambric, underwear, underclothes, hemp; (v) muslin linger: (v) loiter, delay, dally, hover, stay, hesitate, hang around, procrastinate, dawdle, tarry, saunter. ANTONYMS: (v) hurry, end, rush, depart, lead

lingering: (adj) long, chronic, extended, dilatory, protracted, prolonged, residual, lengthy, inactive, dull; (n) delay. ANTONYM: (adj) quick

lining: (n) liner, backing, bushing, insulation, covering, coating, bearing lining, babbitting, inside, protection, cladding

lionize: (v) celebrate, observe, fete, commemorate, glorify, worship; (n) blazon, enshrine, inscribe; (adj) prick up the ears, see sights

lions: (n) dogs, order Carnivora, leopards, jackals, bears, Felidae, family Felidae, cheetahs, cats, Carnivora

liquor: (n) fluid, broth, alcohol, booze, brew, brandy, arrack, spirits, schnapps; (n, v) drink; (adj, n) liquid lisp: (v) enunciate, mince, enounce, breathe, lipse

listeners: (n) listener, viewers, spectators, addressees listless: (adj) indifferent, dull,

indolent, careless, languid, inert, inattentive, dispirited, slow, uninterested, spiritless. ANTONYMS: (adj) lively, animated, energetic, strong, spirited listlessly: (adv) sluggishly, spiritlessly, indifferently, languidly, slowly, weakly, indolently, supinely, lazily, inanimately, slackly. ANTONYMS: (adv) brightly, nimbly

literary: (adj) bookish, cultured, educated, erudite, literate, formal,

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literature, writing, scholarly, knowledgeable, studious

lithe: (adj, v) limber, flexible; (adj) graceful, slender, lissom, supple, lissome, svelte, agile, ductile, elastic. ANTONYMS: (adj) clumsy, stiff, inflexible

litter: (adj, n) brood, jumble; (n) bedding, stretcher, waste, refuse, junk, trash, mess; (n, v) clutter; (adj) disarray. ANTONYMS: (v) clean; (n) space

livery: (adj) liverish, bilious; (n) clothing, accouterment, uniform, complexion, legal transfer, color, hue, dye, bailment

load: (adj, n, v) charge, fill; (n) cargo, freight, weight, consignment; (n, v) stack, heap, pack, pile; (v) encumber. ANTONYMS: (v) unpack, remove, eject, relieve, empty, alleviate; (n) lightness loaded: (adj) full, flush, moneyed, wealthy, affluent, rich, tipsy, tight, intoxicated, charged; (adj, prep) burdened. ANTONYMS: (adj) empty, lacking, unloaded, innocent, impoverished

loathe: (v) detest, hate, abominate, execrate, despise, loathing, dislike, disgust, disdain, contempt, nauseate. ANTONYMS: (v) like, admire, adore

loathed: (adj) unpopular, hated, reviled, undesirable

loathing: (n, v) abomination, aversion, dislike, distaste; (n) hate, hatred, abhorrence, detestation, nausea, antipathy, execration. ANTONYMS: (n) love, adoration, liking, delight, goodwill loathsome: (adj) foul, hideous, distasteful, disgusting, hateful, abominable, revolting, execrable, loathly, nauseous, horrible. ANTONYMS: (adj) delightful, nice, noble, inoffensive, pleasant, admirable, good, attractive

lock: (n, v) bar, hug; (v) close, latch, fasten, engage, hold; (adj, n) hair; (n) curl, padlock, hook. ANTONYMS:

(v) open, undo, disengage, flex; (n) key; (adv) partially, partly locked: (adj) bolted, closed, fast, barred, blocked, fixed, guaranteed,

barricaded, safe, protected, fastened locking: (n) lockup, bolting, interlocking, engagement, cordoning off, closing off, binding, guarding

lodging: (n) abode, apartment, accommodation, housing, hostel,

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residence, quarter, home, lodgement, address, hospice logic: (n) argument, logical, sense,

reasoning, reason, good sense, art of reasoning, order, logics, principle, coherence. ANTONYMS: (n) inconsistency, disorder

logical: (adj) coherent, sensible, rational, legitimate, reasonable, justifiable, valid, judicious, lucid, orderly; (n) logic. ANTONYMS: (adj) unintelligible, imaginative, confused, irrational, unreasonable, random, disorganized, intuitive, incomprehensible, haphazard, disorderly

loitering: (n) delay, dalliance; (adj) slow, dilatory, delaying, inactive, truant, trifling, tardy; (v) loiter; (adv) loiteringly

lonely: (adj) deserted, lone, dreary, solitary, forsaken, desert; (adj, n) isolated, alone; (adv) lonesomely, solely, solitarily. ANTONYMS: (adj) sheltered, populous, cheerful, nearby; (n) foe

longing: (n, v) desire, aspiration; (adj) eager, wistful, nostalgic; (n) nostalgia, wish, hankering, urge, appetite; (adj, n) yearning. ANTONYMS: (n) apathy, disinclination; (adj) satisfied, unconcerned

loose: (adj, v) lax, dissolute; (adj, n) limp, liberal, licentious; (adj) light, vague; (v) disengage, relax, release, liberate. ANTONYMS: (adj) dense, close, taut, compressed, strict, compact, wedged, secure, strong, similar; (v) confine

loosened: (adj) disentangled, loose, freed, disengaged, extricated, unsnarled

lordship: (n) ownership, supremacy, domain, dominance, manor, worship, authority, power, dynasty, grandeeship, headship

losing: (v) lose; (n) loss; (adv) losingly, behind; (adj) unbeneficial. ANTONYM: (adj) lucrative

loud: (adj) flashy, garish, gaudy, blatant, brassy, boisterous, high, jazzy, brazen, piercing; (adj, adv) forte. ANTONYMS: (adj) tasteful, gentle, quiet, subtle, subdued, low, muted, weak, tranquil, thin; (adv) softly

loudly: (adv) vociferously, noisily, loud, clamorously, showily, strongly, flamboyantly, obstreperously, luridly, boisterously; (adj, adv) forte.

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ANTONYMS: (adv) softly, thinly, silently, piano, pleasantly

louis: (n) Joe Louis

louvre: (n) heat Louvre, jalousie, smoke hatch, Louvre museum, ventilation flap, Little Phoebe, cinque, flippers, fivesome, five, fin loveless: (adj) unloving, unloved loveliness: (n) comeliness, fairness, grace, attractiveness, charm, glamour, pulchritude, beauteousness, good looks, cuteness, fineness. ANTONYMS: (n) unattractiveness, unpleasantness, awkwardness

lover: (n) dear, darling, fan, devotee, beau, buff, love, admirer, beloved, amorist, man

loving: (adj) fond, devoted, amorous, kind, friendly, ardent, attached, admiring, gentle, fatherly; (adj, v) tender. ANTONYMS: (adj) cold, uncaring, malicious, cruel, unloving, rough, paternal, indifferent, distant, disapproving, callous

loyalty: (n) allegiance, faith, honesty, devotion, fealty, faithfulness, dedication, integrity, commitment, attachment; (adj, n) fidelity. ANTONYMS: (n) unfaithfulness, disobedience, infidelity, treachery, impoliteness, deceit, indifference, doubt, dishonesty, unreliability luck: (n) fortune, fate, accident, destiny, hazard, lot, advantage, providence, portion, happiness; (n, v) chance. ANTONYM: (n) design lucrative: (adj, v) profitable, gainful, remunerative; (adj) fat, fruitful, moneymaking, favourable, helpful, beneficial, worthwhile; (v) paying. ANTONYMS: (adj) unbeneficial, unproductive

luggage: (n) baggage, bag, gear, grip, thing, goods, stuff, things, trunk, suitcase, pack

lull: (n, v) calm, quiet, hush, rest, pause; (adj, v) assuage, pacify, tranquilize; (v) allay, still; (n) peace. ANTONYMS: (v) waken; (n) activity, intensification

lumpy: (adj) chunky, uneven, cumbersome, granular, knobby, unshapely, rude, indolent, gawky;

(v) lumpish; (n) failure

luncheon: (n) meal, tiffin, dejeuner, dinner, repast, party; (v) nunchion lunching: (n) feeding

lurid: (adj) ghastly, grisly, gruesome, loud, frightful, sharp, shocking, gaudy, sensational, hideous, horrific. ANTONYMS: (adj) subtle,

muted, bland, dull, modest

lustre: (n) brilliance, gloss, brilliancy, grandeur, splendour, effulgence, splendor, shininess, shine, sheen, brightness

lustreless: (adj) dull, lackluster, lacklustre, dim, mat, matt, duller, flat

lute: (n) harp, glue, solder, luting, gum, mortar, plaster, stucco, paste, size, wafer

luxe: (adj) luxury, de luxe, elegant, edition de luxe, gilded luxurious: (adj) voluptuous, costly, deluxe, lavish, sumptuous,

epicurean, grand, luscious, opulent, magnificent; (adj, n) lush. ANTONYMS: (adj) meager, frugal, poor, Spartan, austere, humble, unpleasant, ascetic, impoverished luxuriously: (adv) richly, sumptuously, extravagantly, opulently, magnificently, voluptuously, lushly, lavishly, palatially, sensually, gorgeously. ANTONYMS: (adv) meagerly, cheaply, simply

luxury: (n) comfort, luxuriousness, extravagance, opulence, wealth; (adj, n) delicacy, gratification, elegance; (adj) luxurious, deluxe, indulgence. ANTONYMS: (n) paucity, necessity, poverty, filth, discomfort, bareness, shabbiness; (adj) basic, inferior, cheap, Spartan macaroni: (n) fop, buck, Italian paste, exquisite, beau, man about town, pasta, dude, blood, blade, alimentary paste

macerated: (adj) pultaceous mackintosh: (n) Macintosh, mac, material, textile, raincoat, slicker, waterproof, fabric, cloth, oilskin, cagoule

madame: (n) ma'am, dame, lady, Mrs, woman, mistress, adult female, Grande dame, gentlewoman, brothel keeper, bawd

maddened: (adj) angry, furious, deranged, angered, enraged, moonstruck, fierce, upset, aggravated, ferocious; (v) frantic madly: (adv) insanely, furiously, sorely, frantically, wildly, devilishly, deadly, dementedly, foolishly, distractedly; (adj, adv) rabidly. ANTONYMS: (adv) sensibly, calmly, sanely, carefully; (adj) slightly

madness: (n) frenzy, insanity, lunacy, idiocy, folly, delirium, insaneness; (adj, n) furor, rage, desperation,

furore. ANTONYMS: (n) sense, calmness, order

madrid: (n) capital of Spain, Spanish capital

magenta: (n) fuchsia, battle of magenta, roseine, red, process red; (adj) chromatic

magic: (n) incantation, charm, enchantment, sorcery, legerdemain, conjuring, glamour, black magic, illusion, theurgy; (adj) magical. ANTONYMS: (n) dullness, science; (adj) everyday, prosaic, normal, natural

magical: (adj) charming, supernatural, mystic, wizard, occult, sorcerous, mysterious, witching, wizardly, enchanting, miraculous. ANTONYMS: (adj) normal, prosaic, everyday, boring

magnificent: (adj) imposing, brilliant, splendid, grandiose, superb, elegant; (adj, n) grand, excellent, gorgeous, illustrious, glorious. ANTONYMS: (adj) awful, ridiculous, unimpressive, humble, inglorious, modest, meager, unattractive, boring, unexceptional, humdrum

mahogany: (n) brown, kalantas, hardtack, tree, wood, table, mahogany tree, cedar mahogany, mahogany wood

maid: (n) damsel, chambermaid, lass, lassie, girl, domestic, amah, virgin, maiden, housemaid, handmaid maiden: (n) maid, girl, demoiselle, damosel, wench, fille, lass, miss; (adj) first, initiatory, unmarried mail: (n, v) armor, shield; (v) send, get off, remit, habergeon; (n) hauberk, coat of mail, chain mail, mailing; (adj) postal. ANTONYM:

(v) keep

maim: (adj, v) cripple, deface; (v) mutilate, injure, deform, mar, damage, lacerate, truncate, disable; (adj) wound

malady: (n, v) illness, ailment, indisposition, distemper; (adj, n, v) disorder; (adj, n) complaint, infirmity; (n) sickness, condition, trouble, ill

mall: (n) center, esplanade, hammer, plaza, promenade, walk, shopping mall, square, sledge hammer, crescent, circus

mandolin: (n) mandoline, chordophone

manger: (n) crib, cage, bunk, gutter, rack, flume, feed bunk, bowl, container

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mania: (n) passion, craze, delirium, fad, fury, enthusiasm, rage, obsession; (adj, n) insanity, lunacy, madness

mannerly: (adj) civil, polite, genteel, urbane, decent, decorous, refined, courtly, gentlemanly; (adv) kindly, sortly. ANTONYMS: (adj) rude, common, vulgar, impolite manners: (n) conduct, etiquette, propriety, behavior, deportment, manner, courtesy, custom, decorum, good manners, usage. ANTONYM:

(n) vulgarity

mantelpiece: (n) chimneypiece, mantlepiece, shelf, chimneybreast, blanket, cape, sill, clavy, curtain, drape, drapery

mantle: (n) cloak, cape, pall, blanket, curtain, blind, coat; (n, v) cover, veil; (adj, n, v) blush, flush manufacture: (v) construct, frame, fabricate, produce, build, contrive, invent; (n) formation, construction, production, fabrication. ANTONYMS: (v) consume, destroy marble: (n) taw, marver, leopard, heart of stone, granite, cheetah, marbling; (adj, n) stone; (v) foolscap; (adj) flint, quartz

marbles: (n) wit, sanity, mind, reason, jackstones, jacks, cods mare: (n) Maria, Money makes the

mare go, broodmare, doe, hen, bitch, horse, region, part, jennet, roe marguerite: (n) Paris daisy, white daisy, moon daisy, flower, oxeye daisy, chrysanthemum maximum, chrysanthemum frutescens, marguerite daisy

maria: (n) Calophyllum longifolium, tree, part, region, female horse marigold: (adj) day lily, daffodil, buttercup, asphodel, anemone; (n) aster family, dandelion, compositae, big marigold, family Asteraceae, Asteraceae

marqueterie: (n) inlay

marred: (adj) damaged, defaced, dilapidated, crippled, deformed, faulty, flawed, hurt, impaired, imperfect, scarred. ANTONYMS: (adj) pure, unspoiled

marriages: (n) marriage, matrimony marring: (n) defacement, defect, disfigurement, harm

marry: (n, v) wed, espouse; (v) get married, link, conjoin, wive, splice, tie, unite, couple; (n) marriage. ANTONYMS: (v) divorce, separate, split

marrying: (adj) married

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mars: (v) grim visaged war; (n) solar system, terrestrial planet, Red Planet, Bellona

martyr: (n) sufferer, victim, prey, object of compassion, wretch, shorn lamb; (v) martyrize, excruciate, persecute, torture, afflict martyrdom: (n) torture, suffering, calvary, agony, pain, ordeal, Golgotha; (adj) devotion, suttee, stoicism; (v) vivisection

marvel: (n, v) wonder; (n) prodigy, curiosity, phenomenon, amazement, miracle, portent, marl, surprise, admiration; (v) admire. ANTONYMS: (v) disregard; (n) nightmare

marvellous: (adj) fantastic, extraordinary, terrific, tremendous, wondrous, marvelous, wonderful, tall, miraculous, improbable, thumping

marvellously: (adv) wondrously, wonderfully, terrifically, superbly, fantastically, miraculously, terrificly, phenomenally, gloriously, tremendously, tally

mask: (n, v) cover, veil, hide, conceal, disguise, screen, camouflage; (v) dissemble; (n) guise, blind, curtain. ANTONYMS: (v) unmask, enhance, reinforce, reveal, expose, amplify masses: (adj, n) plenty, heaps, loads; (adj, adv, n) lots; (n) mass, public, people, hoi polloi, crowd, common people, multitude. ANTONYMS: (n) aristocracy, few, elite; (adj) inadequate

masterpiece: (adj, n) tour de force; (n) achievement, chef d'oeuvre, standard, model, paragon, creation; (adj) prime, pick, nonpareil, nonesuch

masters: (n) Edgar lee Masters matched: (adj) fitting, complementary, equal, fitted, duplicate, conformable, level, suitable, competitive, coordinated, corresponding. ANTONYM: (adj) wrong

materialistic: (adj) mercenary, commercial, conservative, worldly, unspiritual, temporal, secular, cautious, greedy, impersonal, physical. ANTONYM: (adj) generous

mausoleum: (n) grave, vault, crypt, sepulcher, tomb, catacomb, monument, mausole, burial chamber, narrow house, shrine mauve: (adj) lavender, purple, plum, chromatic, violet, puce; (n)

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purpleness, heliotrope; (adj, n) amethyst, light purple, blue meagre: (adj) exiguous, paltry, necessitous, miserable, marginal, meagerly, gaunt, emaciated, inadequate, deficient, beggarly. ANTONYM: (adj) ample

meals: (n) nourishment, fare, food, meal, the food we eat, provisions meanest: (adj) last, least meaningless: (adj) empty, pointless, hollow, useless, stupid, worthless, futile, needless, inane, absurd, vain. ANTONYMS: (adj) meaningful, worthwhile, sensible, significant, reasonable, purposeful, provoked, offensive, justifiable, clear, useful mechanically: (adv) mechanistically, instinctively, routinely, involuntarily, industrially, unconsciously, automaticly, intuitively, impulsively, technically, technologically. ANTONYMS: (adv) manually, consciously

mediaeval: (adj) medieval, knightly, chivalric, nonmodern

mediocre: (adj, n) mean, average; (adj) middling, ordinary, commonplace, fair, passable, indifferent, common, inferior, intermediate. ANTONYMS: (adj) exceptional, excellent, impressive, talented, unusual, exciting, superior, strong

mediocrity: (n) indifference, medium, balance, averageness, mean, person, somebody, someone, soul, ordinariness; (adj, n) moderation. ANTONYM: (n) excellence meditative: (adj, v) thoughtful, pensive; (adj) wistful, reflective, broody, museful, ruminative, musing, brooding; (v) philosophical, sedate

medium: (adj, n) mediocre, mean; (adj) intermediate, fair, mid; (n) instrument, vehicle, atmosphere, gobetween, means, agency melancholy: (adj, v) dreary; (adj, n) gloom, melancholic; (adj) depressed, dejected, dismal, gloomy, doleful; (n, v) low spirits; (n) gloominess, depression. ANTONYMS: (n) happiness, cheerfulness, hopefulness, optimism; (adj) happy, bright, cheery, satisfied

mellow: (adj, v) ripe, mollify, smooth, soften; (adj) gentle, luscious, mild, soft, juicy; (v) melt, ripen. ANTONYMS: (adj) harsh, frantic, fresh, bright, strict, young, frenetic melodious: (adj) harmonious,

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musical, sweet, tuneful, mellow, dulcet, soft, gentle, full, canorous, mellifluous. ANTONYMS: (adj) harsh, unmelodious, inharmonious, tuneless, grating, loud melodramatic: (adj) theatrical, histrionic, sensational, exaggerated, overemotional, affected, buskined, comic, farcical, melodramatics, operatic. ANTONYMS: (adj) calm, natural, quiet, restrained

melody: (n) air, tune, music, measure, harmony, aria, song, strain, line, melodic phrase; (n, v) chant memories: (n) recollections, reminiscences, nostalgia, memento Mori

mentally: (adv) spiritually, psychologically, rationally, ideally, innerly, psychically, lunatically, subjectively, madly, spiritual, inwardly. ANTONYMS: (adv) emotionally, physically

menu: (n, v) bill of fare, table; (n) fare, card, carte, bill, list, food, listing, carte du jour, computer menu merchantman: (n) freighter, bottom, merchant vessel, trader, keister, hindquarters, buns, butt, bed, behind, merchant

mercy: (n) kindness, compassion, pity, favor, leniency, pardon, forgiveness, grace, charity, humanity; (n, v) quarter. ANTONYMS: (n) cruelty, harshness, unkindness, severity, mercilessness, ruthlessness, impatience, inhumanity

mere: (adj, n) entire; (adj) bare, simple, pure; (n) loch, tarn, boundary, absolute; (n, v) downright; (adv) merely; (adj, v) clear

merton: (n) Robert king Merton, Thomas Merton

messalina: (n) petite dame, lorette, grisette, cocotte, Phryne, Thais, Delilah

metaphors: (n) images, descriptions metaphysics: (n) ontology, metaphysic, outside actual experience, ontological, cosmological, philosophy mexican: (n) wetback michelangelo: (n) Michael Angelo, Michelangelo Buonarroti microscope: (n) micrometer, megascope, light microscope, electron microscope, magnifier midland: (adj) upcountry, continental, earthy, riparian, internal, inner, coastal, located

inward

midnight: (n) dark, noon, hour mighty: (adj) immense, huge, grand, intense, high, big, forcible, strong, large, great; (adj, adv) powerful. ANTONYMS: (adj) puny, tiny, weak, insignificant

mildew: (n, v) mold, rust, decay, cast;

(n) fungus, blight, mushroom, helminth, moulding; (v) must, become moldy

mile: (n) MI, nautical mile, land mile, knot, Swedish mile, international nautical mile, Admiralty mile, air mile, geographical mile, Roman mile; (v) furlong

milky: (adj) milk, cloudy, lacteal, white, muddy, pearly, milklike, opalescent, lacteous, tender, mild mills: (n) Milles

mimic: (adj, v) mock; (v) imitate, mime, copy, impersonate, parody, emulate; (n, v) counterfeit; (n) imitator, mimicker, ape

mineral: (n) ore, apatite, arsenopyrite, augite, argentite, amphibole, millerite, mica, manganite, cobaltite, malachite. ANTONYM: (adj) vegetable minion: (n) cosset, follower, servant, pet, underling, hanger-on, spoiled child, sycophant, tool, henchman, lackey. ANTONYM: (n) superior ministerial: (adj) sacerdotal, pastoral, priestly, subservient, theocratic, departmental, official, ecclesiastical, prelatical, mediatorial, ministral mint: (n) fortune, pile, heap, mass, peck, lot, peppermint; (v) invent, manufacture, strike, stamp misadventure: (n) calamity, disaster, mischance, ill, plague, mishap, misfortune, bad luck, catastrophe, woe, ill luck

misanthrope: (n) misanthropist, cynic, pessimist, skeptic, misogynist, misanthropos, Timon, grump, man hater, hermit, egotist

miserable: (adj, v) forlorn, wretched, unhappy; (adj) mean, low, abject, deplorable, downcast, bad, desolate; (adj, adv) meager. ANTONYMS: (adj) happy, generous, cheerful, cheery, bright, fortunate, hopeful, jubilant, luxurious, overjoyed, heavenly

misery: (adj, n) grief; (n, v) distress;

(n) affliction, agony, anguish, woe, hardship, evil, ill, infelicity, suffering. ANTONYMS: (n) joy, ecstasy, cheerfulness, fun, hopefulness, peace, contentment,

pleasure, wealth, sport, cheer misfortune: (n) accident, hardship, misadventure, disaster, calamity, mischance, catastrophe, mishap, bad luck, misery, affliction. ANTONYMS: (n) joy, bonus, opportunity, privilege, success, happiness

mislaid: (adj) misplaced, absent, disordered, gone astray, not there, missing, lost temporarily. ANTONYM: (adj) found misshapen: (adj) deformed, malformed, shapeless, crooked, ugly, contorted, monstrous, unshapely, grotesque, deformity, perverted. ANTONYMS: (adj) straight, attractive

mist: (n, v) cloud; (v) blur, cover, obscure, befog, drizzle, bedim; (n) haze, vapor, brume; (adj) misty mistaking: (n) misunderstanding, mistake, imbroglio, misinterpretation, misconstruction, misapprehension, misconstrual, interpretation, misreading; (adj) mistaken, misleading misunderstood: (adj) mistreated, confused

mittens: (n) glove, gloves mixed: (adj) miscellaneous,

composite, assorted, heterogeneous, medley, integrated, impure, amalgamated, motley, diverse; (adj, v) mingled. ANTONYMS: (adj) homogeneous, pure, insular, uniform, limited

mixing: (n) mix, commixture, admixture, mixed, compounding, combination, amalgamation, mixture, mingling, hybrid, intermixture

mixture: (n) mix, alloy, concoction, hodgepodge, blend, jumble, medley, assortment, miscellany, combination, commixture. ANTONYMS: (n) agitation, uniformity, likeness

moan: (n, v) grumble, gripe, whine, lament, cry, howl; (v) bewail, complain, mourn; (n) complaint, lamentation. ANTONYMS: (v) compliment; (n) praise

mock: (adj, v) counterfeit; (n, v) ridicule, jeer, gibe, laugh at, flout; (adj, n, v) burlesque, sham; (v) mimic, ape, taunt. ANTONYMS: (adj) real, natural; (v) praise, applaud, respect, approve mockery: (n) gibe, jeer, irony, farce, charade, derision, parody, mock, scorn, imitation, burlesque.

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ANTONYM: (n) approval mocking: (adj) derisive, ironic, jeering, mock, quizzical, sarcastic, taunting, derisory, teasing, sardonic, sneering. ANTONYMS: (adj) respectful, approving, complimentary, sympathetic; (n) praise

mode: (n) means, method, form, way, style, custom, condition, guise; (n, v) manner, fashion, wise

moderation: (n) abstinence, abstemiousness, moderateness, abatement, measure, alleviation, sobriety, patience, restraint, soberness, easing. ANTONYMS: (n) intemperance, overindulgence, excess, increase, immoderation, strength, extremism, indulgence, impatience, harshness, abandon modernity: (n) modernness, novelty, contemporaneousness, contemporaneity, originality, currency, currentness

mohammed: (n) Mahomet, Confucius, Mohammad, prophet, Mahound, Zoroaster, Elijah Muhammad

moist: (adj) damp, wet, muggy, clammy, dank, damps, dampish, soggy, soppy, wettish, moisture. ANTONYMS: (adj) dry, limp, fresh momentary: (adj) brief, fugitive, transient, short, instantaneous, ephemeral, passing, momentaneous, temporary, impermanent, temporal. ANTONYMS: (adj) lasting, lengthy, long

monotonous: (adj) dull, flat, boring, dreary, tedious, insipid, monotone, monotonic; (adj, v) dry, uninteresting, stupid. ANTONYMS: (adj) exciting, varied, stimulating, lively, exotic, enthralling, brilliant, flexible

monotonously: (adv) uninterestingly, boringly, drearily, tiresomely, tediously, wearisomely, flatly, humdrumly, prosaically, tonelessly, routinely. ANTONYM: (adv) brightly

monotony: (n) boredom, dullness, evenness, sameness, tediousness, flatness, dreariness, tautophony, tiresomeness; (adj) dull work, humdrum. ANTONYMS: (n) variety, variation

monster: (n) beast, fiend, devil, freak, brute, demon, ogre, leviathan, behemoth, monstrosity; (adj) huge monstrance: (n) vessel, manifestation, demonstration, demo

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monstrous: (adj) huge, atrocious, heinous, monster, immense, gigantic, grievous, ugly, flagitious, dreadful; (adj, v) grotesque. ANTONYMS: (adj) tiny, minute, beautiful, good, small, lovely, attractive

montaigne: (n) Michel Montaigne monte: (n) lotto, poker, reversis, nap, squeezers, old maid, card game, cards, fright

mood: (adj, n) humor, frame of mind;

(n) atmosphere, climate, disposition, attitude, air, feeling, mode, temper, temperament

moon: (adj) lunar; (n) month, moonshine, satellite, moonlight, luck, lunar month, GHURRY, epoch, orb of night; (v) daydream moonlight: (adj, n) moonshine; (n) moonbeam, moonglade, occupation, lunation, lunar month, labor; (n, v) work; (v) pilfer, do work; (adj) moonshiny

moorish: (adj) marshy, fenny, boggy, moory; (n) Moorish architecture moral: (n) lesson, meaning; (adj) good, decent, right, honest, virtuous, proper, chaste, upright, righteous. ANTONYMS: (adj) bad, unwholesome, unethical, amoral, decadent, wrong, unjust, sinful, irreverent, dishonorable, degenerate morality: (n) ethics, goodness, virtue, honesty, decency, integrity, righteousness, chastity, behavior, moral philosophy, rectitude. ANTONYMS: (n) immorality, decadence, wickedness, indecency moralize: (v) moralise, preach, lecture, preachify, advocate, moral, sermonise

morals: (n) ethics, moral, light, hedonism, ethical motive, conscience, motivation, motive, need, behavior, moral philosophy morbid: (adj) diseased, gruesome, macabre, corrupt, pathologic, unwholesome, peccant, sick, unhealthy, pathological; (adj, v) sickly

morose: (adj) grim, dismal, glum, dark, moody, grumpy, dour, depressed, sullen, blue, dejected. ANTONYMS: (adj) happy, cheery, stable

morse: (n) Samuel Morse, international Morse code, Samuel Finley Breese Morse

mortuary: (n) crematorium, dead room, crematory, undertaker, cadaver storage, mute, funeral