Ant. False, fictitious, spurious, unauthorized, apocryphal, fabulous, counterfeit.
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Author. Creator, maker, contriver, originator, inventor; writer, composer.
Ant. Destroyer, demolisher, spoiler, annihilator.
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Authority. Power, government, empire, dominion; supremacy, control, influence, interest; order, precept, sanction, liberty, warranty; expert, master, connoisseur.
Ant. Anarchy, license, insubordination, misrule, lynch law; embargo, restriction, hindrance, proscription, prohibition, injunction, interdiction; weakness, wrong, usurpation.
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Autocratic. Absolute, unlimited, tyrannical, oppressive, disdainful, overbearing, arrogant.
Ant. Subordinate, dependent, responsible, constitutional.
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Automatic. Self-moving, self-acting.
Ant. Voluntary, free, optional.
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Auxiliary, n. Assistant, helper, confederate, aid, ally, accessory, promoter, subordinate.
Ant. Opponent, antagonist, hinderer, opposer.
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Available. Serviceable, useful, profitable, beneficial, advantageous.
Ant. Useless, inappropriate, irrelevant, inoperative.
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Avaricious. Grasping, sordid, greedy, covetous, miserly, stingy.
Ant. Liberal, bountiful, extravagant, wasteful, prodigal, unselfish.
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Avenge. Punish, retaliate, revenge, vindicate.
Ant. Forgive, pardon, overlook, condone, waive, forego, remit.
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Avenue. Access, entrance, entry, approach, passage; alley, walk, street, road; route, channel.
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Aver. Assert, declare, say, protest, affirm, asseverate, allege.
Ant. Deny, contradict, disavow.
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Average. Medium, medial, middling, ordinary, tolerable, moderate, mediocre, passable.
Ant. Extreme, excessive, perfect, extraordinary, excellent.
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Aversion. Dislike, hatred, repugnance, disgust, loathing, antipathy, abhorrence, detestation, unwillingness.
Ant. Sympathy, congeniality, ardor, eagerness, avidity, love, desire, affection.
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Avidity. Eagerness, longing, desire, yearning; rapacity, craving, greediness.
Ant. Apathy, indifference, coldness, aversion, loathing.
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Avoid. Quit, shun, abandon, escape, elude, withdraw, forsake, dodge.
Ant. Seek, court, approach, accost, address, affect.
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Avouch. Assert, affirm, declare, protest, profess, asseverate.
Ant. Deny, contradict, gainsay.
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Avow. Confess, own, acknowledge, admit, profess, proclaim, testify.
Ant. Disavow, repudiate, deny, contradict, disclaim, ignore.
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Awaken. Rouse, kindle, excite, provoke.
Ant. Allay, quiet, subdue.
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Award. Grant, allot, accord, distribute, assign, decree, determine.
Ant. Refuse, withhold, retain, misappropriate, deny.
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Aware. Conscious, sensible, cognizant, knowing, apprised, mindful.
Ant. Unconscious, ignorant, insensible.
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Awe. Fear, dread, reverence, veneration, terror, wonder.
Ant. Contempt, familiarity, irreverence, disrespect, insolence.
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Awful. Dread, grand, imposing, majestic, noble, portentous, appalling, august, alarming, horrible, frightful, shocking, terrible.
Ant. Commonplace, contemptible, despicable, vulgar, undignified.
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Awkward. Clumsy, bungling, ungainly, uncouth, rough, unskilful.
Ant. Clever, skilful, handy, dexterous, adroit.
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Awry. Oblique, slanting, twisted, crooked, distorted, athwart.
Ant. Straight, direct, true, right.
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Axiom. Truism, postulate, self-evident proposition, necessary truth.
Ant. Paradox, sophism, contradiction, nonsense, absurdity.
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Azure. Blue, sky-color, cerulean.
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Babble. Chatter, prattle, jibber; prate, gossip, tattle; tell secrets, blab, blurt out; murmur.
Ant. Hush, suppress; enunciate.
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Babel. Tumult, disorder, clamor, confusion, discord, din, pother.
Ant. Silence; articulation, distinctness, enunciation; monotony.
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Back, a. and ad. Remote, hindmost, in the rear; again, return.
Ant. Near, foremost, in advance.
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Back, v. Support, aid, second, sustain, assist; retire, retreat, withdraw; move backward, cause to go backward.
Ant. Fail, disappoint; advance, push.
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Backbiter. Slanderer, defamer, traducer, calumniator, detractor, cynic.
Ant. Advocate, upholder, defender, vindicator.
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Backslider. Recreant, apostate, renegade, deserter, abjurer.
Ant. Confessor, zealot, bigot, adherent.
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Backward. Averse, indisposed, reluctant, loath, unwilling, hesitating, wavering; dull, slow, stupid, stolid; late, tardy.
Ant. Forward, eager, willing, ready, prompt; quick, bright; previous, antecedent, prior.
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Bad. Evil, wicked, depraved, abandoned, corrupt, immoral, unfair, unprincipled, villainous; pernicious, mischievous, hurtful, injurious, detrimental, unwholesome; unlucky, unfortunate; sad, unwelcome, distressing, disappointing; sorry, mean, shabby, vile, wretched, abominable; poor, imperfect; serious, hard, severe.
Ant. Good, perfect, right, holy, beautiful, pleasant.
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Baffle. Frustrate, thwart, defeat, circumvent, checkmate, undermine; bewilder, perplex, confound, disconcert.
Ant. Aid, assist, advance, encourage, promote.
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Balance. Poise, hold in equilibrium; weigh, compare, estimate; neutralize, counteract, compensate; equalize, square, adjust.
Ant. Upset, cant, tilt, overbalance, subvert.
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Bald. Bare, hairless; treeless, unsheltered, naked, verdureless; unadorned, prosaic, dull, vapid, tame, inelegant; literal, unvarnished; mere, unsupported, uncorroborated.
Ant. Adorned, periwigged; forested, shaded; bright, elegant, rhetorical; ornate, polished, witty, scintillating.
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Baleful.