Синонимы и антонимы. Сборник общеупотребительных слов с похожими и с противоположными по смыслу словами.
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Ant. Applause, encouragement, incitement, urging, instigation.
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Ado. Trouble, toil, labor, pains; bustle, stir, fuss, noise, turmoil.
Ant. Quiet, calm, composure, tranquillity.
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Adopt. Appropriate, assume; approve, accept, support, maintain; affiliate, father.
Ant. Reject, discard; renounce, abandon, disclaim; disown, repudiate.
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Adoration. Worship, devotion, homage, reverence, veneration, idolatry.
Ant. Execration, disesteem, abomination, abhorrence, hatred, detestation.
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Adorn. Beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament, garnish, illustrate, gild, bedeck, grace, dignify, honor, exalt.
Ant. Mar, spoil, deface, disfigure, deform, denude, strip.
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Adroit. Dexterous, expert, skilful, apt, handy, quick, clever, ready, deft, ingenious, cunning.
Ant. Clumsy, unskilful, awkward, bungling, unhandy, maladroit.
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Adulation. Flattery, extravagant compliment, fulsome praise, fawning, sycophancy, blandishment, obsequiousness.
Ant. Defamation, obloquy, ridicule, satire, sarcasm, detraction, aspersion, libel.
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Adumbrate. Shadow, outline, indicate, hint, trace, delineate; typify, represent, symbolize; darken, obscure, hide, conceal.
Ant. Fulfil, realize, embody; misrepresent; reveal, illumine.
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Advance, n. Progress, improvement, growth; offer, proposal, overture, tender, proposition; rise, appreciation.
Ant. Regress, return, retrogression; diminution; depreciation.
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Advance, v. Push or send forward, propel; promote, elevate, dignify, exalt; improve, strengthen, benefit; propose, offer; furnish, lend, loan; increase, augment, raise; proceed, progress; thrive, prosper; accelerate.
Ant. Retard, hinder, withhold, withdraw; suppress, degrade, depress; oppose, recall, weaken, retreat; lessen, diminish.
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Advantage. Benefit, profit, expediency, favorable opportunity, blessing; behalf, account, interest; privilege, convenience, assistance, utility, service.
Ant. Loss, disappointment, frustration, difficulty, dilemma.
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Advent. Approach, coming, arrival, accession.
Ant. Departure, exit, exodus, retirement.
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Adventitious. Accidental, incidental, extrinsic, non-essential, foreign, casual; redundant, superfluous.
Ant. Intrinsic, pertinent, regular, proper, necessary, appropriate.
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Adventure. Chance, hazard, risk, venture, experiment, trial; event, incident, occurrence, contingency, crisis.
Ant. Matter-of-fact, matter-of-course; prospect; monotony, routine.
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Adventurous. Bold, daring, venturesome, rash, reckless, headlong; dangerous, perilous, uncertain; fearless, enterprising.
Ant. Timid, nervous, hesitating, cautious, cowardly.
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Adversary. Foe, enemy, antagonist, opponent, rival, assailant.
Ant. Ally, helper, assistant, accomplice, aider, abettor, accessory.
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Adverse. Opposite, contrary, conflicting; hostile, injurious, harmful; unlucky, unfortunate, disastrous.
Ant. Favorable, friendly, propitious, fortunate, lucky.
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Adversity. Calamity, affliction, trouble, disaster, woe, distress, suffering.
Ant. Success, prosperity, advancement, good luck.
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Advert to. Consider, notice, remark, heed, attend, refer, allude, mention, touch upon; regard.
Ant. Ignore, pass, drop, overlook, omit.
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Advertent. Mindful, regardful, attentive, watchful, observant, thoughtful, considerate, heedful.
Ant. Thoughtless, heedless, inconsiderate, inattentive.
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Advertise. Announce, publish, proclaim, declare, circulate, noise abroad; offer for sale; inform, notify, apprise; promulgate.
Ant. Suppress, ignore, hush, conceal; mislead, misinform.
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Advice. Counsel, suggestion, admonition, instruction, caution; tidings, intelligence, notice; deliberation, care, forethought; recommendation, exhortation, information.
Ant. Remonstrance, restraint, expostulation, prohibition; deception, delusion.
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Advisable. Judicious, expedient, politic, prudent, desirable, beneficial, profitable; proper, fitting.
Ant. Imprudent, undesirable, inexpedient, improper, detrimental.
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Advocate. Counsel, lawyer, attorney; defender, promoter, friend, patron, supporter, pleader, maintainer.
Ant. Accuser, impugner, gainsayer, adversary, opponent.
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Affable. Open, free, frank, unreserved; accessible, familiar; cordial, social, courteous, polite, obliging, urbane, benign, gracious, mild, well-bred; condescending.
Ant. Distant, unapproachable, inaccessible, haughty, contemptuous, supercilious.
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Affair. Business, concern, function, matter, circumstance, question, subject; event, incident, occurrence, performance; battle, combat, engagement, skirmish, collision, brush, encounter.
Ant. Detail, item, feature, point.
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Affect. Influence, change, transform, modify, alter; concern, interest, touch, move, impress; crave, yearn, desire, like; assume, adopt, feign, pretend; operate, act on; melt, soften, subdue, overcome.
Ant. Shun, repel, repudiate, spurn, dislike, eschew.
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Affectation. Airs, mannerism, pretension, pretense, foppery, display.
Ant. Simplicity, artlessness, naturalness, genuineness.
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Affection. Feeling, passion, attachment, fondness, tenderness, love; propensity, disposition; endearment, devotion, partiality; attribute, quality, characteristic, mark.
Ant. Indifference, repulsion, disaffection, repugnance.
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Affiance. Trust, confidence, homage, reliance, betrothal, fealty, faith, plighting.
Ant. Disloyalty, distrust, treason, suspicion, infidelity.