Synonyms and Antonyms

1. Abandon:(v) We had to abandon the car and walk the rest of the way.

SYN: forsake, leave, give up, relinquish
        ANT: retain, stay with

2.    Abase:(v) Don't abase yourself before your boss.
        SYN: humiliate, disgrace, bring down, humble
        ANT: exalt, uplift, honour

3.    Abash:(v) He said nothing but looked abashed.
        SYN: confuse, feel or made to feel ashamed, confound
        ANT: encourage, cheer to

4.    Abate:(v) The industry should use the best practicable methods to abate pollution.
        SYN: lessen, reduce, diminish, decline
        ANT: raise, increase, rise, augment

5.    Abet:(v) His clerk had aided and abetted him in the fraud.
        SYN: help, assist, encourage
        ANT: discourage, hinder, block

6.    Abhor:(v) I abhor all forms of terrorism.
        SYN: dislike, detest, hate
        ANT: approve, like

7.    Abject:(adj) Abject poverty prevails in Pakistan.
        SYN: degraded, mean, groveling, wretched or miserable
        ANT: proud, independent

8.    Abnormal: (adj) His abnormal behavior surprised us all.
        SYN:unusual, irregular, unnatural
        ANT: normal, usual, regular

9.    Abjure:(v) The government had to abjure such a disreputable way of proceeding.
        SYN: disclaim, forswear, repudiate, disavow
        ANT: accept, claim, avow

10.    Aboriginal:(adj) Australian aboriginals are almost non-existent now.
        SYN: native, indigenous
        ANT: immigrant, imported

1.    Abortive:(adj) The government made an abortive attempt to reform local government.
        SYN: futile, unsuccessful, fruitless, miscarriage of birth
        ANT: successful, effective, well-timed

2.    Abridge:(v) The abridged edition of this novel was published in 2008.
        SYN: condense summarized shorten curtail
        ANT: expand, extend, enlarge

3.    Abrupt:(adj) The bus came to an abrupt halt.
        SYN: sudden, steep, hasty
        ANT: gentle, gently, sloping

4.    Abscond:(v) He has absconded with the money.
        SYN: decamp, run away, go away secretly
        ANT: remain, stay, live in

5.    Absolve:(v) The court absolved him from all blame for the accident.
        SYN: acquit, release, pardon, set free from guilt
        ANT: condemn, sentence

6.    Abstain:(v) He took a vow to abstain from smoking
        SYN: refrain, desist, forbear
        ANT: continue, permit

7.    Abstruse:(adj) This is an abstruce philosophical essay.
        SYN: hidden, obscure, deep
        ANT: simple, open, revealed

8.    Abundant:(adj) Heap consumer goods are abundant in this country
        SYN: ample, plentiful, rich, exuberant
        ANT: meager, inadequate, poor, insufficient

9.    Abuse:(v) He abused the trust I placed in him
        SYN: injure, maltreat, revile, upbraid
        ANT: praise, use well

10.    Accede:(v) He graciously acceded to our request
        SYN: consent, assent, comply
        ANT: refuse, resign, quit

1.    Accelerate:(v) Seeing the police, he accelerated the speed of the car.
        SYN: hasten, expedite, quicken
        ANT: retard, hinder, reduce speed

2.    Accession:(n) Akbar was a teen-ager at the time of his accession to the throne.
        SYN: addition, enlargement, extension
        ANT: diminution, loss

3.    Accommodate:(v) This school cannot accommodate so many children.
        SYN: suit, reconcile, oblige
        ANT: refuse, disoblige

4.    Accomplish:(v) If we all work together, we can accomplish our goal.
        SYN: finish, fulfill, execute, achieve
        ANT: fail, leave undone

5.    Accord:(n) He married Jameela of his own accord.
        SYN: agreement, harmony, willingness
        ANT: discord, disagreement, unwillingness

6.    Accredited:(adj) This degree programme is fully accredited by the university.
        SYN: authorized, entrusted, delegated
        ANT: discredited, unauthorized

7.    Accumulate:(v) Our leaders wish to accumulate more and more wealth.
        SYN: collect, pile up, store
        ANT: squander, waste, distribute

8.    Acquaintance:(n) I have only a nodding acquaintance with her
        SYN: knowledge, cognizance
        ANT: ignorance, unfamiliar

9.    Acute:(adj) He is suffering from acute malaria
        SYN: sharp, penetrating
        ANT: dull, blunt

10.    Addicted:(adj) All his sons are addicted to gambling.
        SYN: devoted, accustomed to
        ANT: unaddicted, free

1.    Adept:(adj) With the passage of time, she became an adept singer
        SYN: Skilful, expert
        ANT: clumsy, not expert/ inexpert

2.    Adhere:(v) All his life, he has adhered to certain principles.
        SYN: stick, abide by, cling
        ANT: break from, come undone

3.    Adjacent: The fire started in the building adjacent to the library.
        SYN: close, near, contiguous
        ANT: remote, distant, far away

4.    Adjourn:(v) The meeting was adjourned because of inclement weather.
        SYN: postpone, defer, delay, put off, suspend
        ANT: advance, hurry on schedule

5.    Adoration:(n) She was known in the family for her complete adoration of her husband
        SYN: worship, reverence, beautify
        ANT: irreverence, contempt, disfiguring, marring

6.    Affinity:(n) There are several close affinities between the two paintings.
        SYN: alliance, liking, sympathy, attraction
        ANT: dislike, discord, antipathy, repulsion, repugnance

7.    Aggravate:(v) The treatment only aggravated the condition.
        SYN: intensify, make worse
        ANT: diminish, reduce, please, satisfy

8.    Alienate:(v) His wanton ways have alienated him from his family.
        SYN: estrange, transfer, desolation
        ANT: reconcile, recover

9.    Alienation:(n) Depressed people frequently feel a sense of alienation from those around them.
        SYN: desolation, disaffection
        ANT: allegiance, camaraderie, companionship, fellowship

10.    Allegiance:(n) Students pledged allegiance to the national flag on the Independence Day.
        SYN: loyalty, fidelity, fealty
        ANT: disloyalty, treachery, disaffection, rebellion