Louis A. Flemming

“ Antonym: feminine.
masculineness, n. masculinity.
mask, n. disguise, pretext, subterfuge, screen, cloak, veil, ruse, feint, blind; domino; maskoid; masquerade; mascaron.
mask, v. disguise, masquerade, veil.
masker, n. masquerader, mummer.
masquerade, n. mask, revel; disguise.
mass, n. aggregate, aggregation, totality, lump, heap, assemblage, collection, accumulation; majority; size, bigness, bulk, dimensions, magnitude; conglomeration, agglomeration.
mass, v. amass, assemble, accumulate, agglomerate, conglomerate.
massacre, n. carnage, butchery (of human beings) , slaughter, havoc. ”

“ It happens frequently that the word which one thinks of first does not express the exact shade of thought one desires to express and some other word of similar meaning is necessary. For this reason there is, for those who want to write and speak with precision and effectiveness, an important use for collections of synonyms. ”

“ Antonym: minor.
majority, n. seniority, manhood; plurality. Antonyms: minority, youth.
make, v. force, compel, coerce, constrain, require, necessitate, occasion, oblige; create, construct, fabricate manufacture, compose, invent, prepare, concoct, shape, form, forge.
make, n. construction, shape, form, structure, conformation
make account of. esteem, regard.
make away. alienate, transfer, make over.
make believe. feign, pretend, simulate, personate, affect.
make-believe, a. feigned, mock, sham, counterfeit, spurious, supposititious, simulated. ”

“ Antonyms: sad, sorrowful. See sad.
gladden, v. cheer, delight, please, exhilarate, gratify, buoy, elate, rejoice.
gladness, n. delight, pleasure, elation, exhilaration, jubilation, rejoicing.
glamour, n. charm, witchery, magic, spell; illusion, glitter, delusion, glory. Antonyms: disillusionment, disenchantment.
glance, n. glimpse; allusion; gleam, flash, glitter.
glance, v. glimpse; allude, hint; gleam, beam, glitter.
glare, v. glitter, glisten, dazzle; frown, glower.
glaring, a. dazzling, intense, brilliant; flagrant, notorious, barefaced. ”

“ Antonyms: undeceive, disillusionize, disabuse.
deceiver, n. impostor, charlatan, mountebank, swindler, knave, cogger.
decency, n. propriety, seemliness, decorum, modesty, Antonyms: See indecency.
decent, a. suitable, modest, decorous, seemly, respectable. Antonyms: See indecent.
deception, n. imposition, craft, duplicity, deceit, hoax, fallacy, ruse, imposture, artifice, illusion, prevarication, finesse, dissimulation, cozenage, sophistry, coggery. Antonyms: guilelessness, candor, disillusionment, fair dealing, sincerity. ”

“ Magi.
wish, v. desire, aspire; invoke, imprecate; congratulate, felicitate (wish happiness to) .
wish, n. desire, longing, aspiration, hankering.
wishbone, n. merry thought, furculum; fourchette.
wishing, n. longing, aspiration.
wit, n. sense, understanding; repartee, drollery, facetiousness, jocularity, waggishness; wag, humorist.
witch, n. sorceress, enchantress; hag; siren; warlock (male witch) .
witchcraft, n. sorcery, enchantments, necromancy, black art, conjuration, incantation; fascination, witchery.
witchery, n. witchcraft, sorcery; fascination, spell, charm, entrancement. ”

“ Antonyms: excited, stormy, agitated, ruffled, discomposed, perturbed, boisterous.
calm, v. lull, allay, hush, tranquillize, becalm, still, compose, quiet, appease, pacify, assuage, moderate, alleviate, conciliate, abate, console.
calmness, n. tranquillity, serenity, placidity, stillness, composure, imperturbability, dispassion, imperturbation, unconcern, equanimity, collectedness, self-possession. Antonyms: commotion, excitement, agitation, discomposure.
camel, n. dromedary (one hump) ; bactrian camel (two humps) ; deloul, maharik (the swift camel) . ”

“ Antonyms: induce, inveigle, seduce, persuade.
force, n. strength, energy, power, vigor, might, potency, cogency, validity, efficacy, efficiency; compulsion, coercion, violence, constraint, tension, impetus; armament, troops, army, legion, battalion, phalanx. ”

“ Antonyms: doubt, incredulity, misgiving, unbelief. Associated words: Fides, fiduciary, fiducial, bona fide, pistiology.
faithful, a. true, constant, stanch, unwavering, devoted, loyal; trustworthy, reliable, conscientious; exact, accurate, precise.
faithfulness, n. constancy, devotion, loyalty, fidelity, true-heartedness, fealty, allegiance, trustworthiness; exactness, accuracy. ”

“ See disappear.
vanishing, a. evanescent, disappearing, transient.--n. disappearance, evanescence.
vanity, n. unsubstantialness, unreality, inanity, delusiveness, emptiness, sham; conceit, self-admiration, egotism.
vanquish, v. overcome, defeat, subjugate, subdue, rout, overpower.
vanquishment, n. defeat, subjugation, routing, conquering.
vapid, a. lifeless, spiritless; insipid, stale, tasteless; prosy, tame.
vapidity, n. lifelessness; insipidity, tastelessness; prosiness, tameness.
vapor, n. gas, haze, fog, fume, effluvium, exhalation, reek, emanation, rack. ”

“ Antonyms: disillusionize, decharm, repel.
fascinating, a. charming, captivating, bewitching, siren, witching, entrancing.
fascination, n. enchantment, witchcraft, bewitchery, sorcery, magic, witchery, captivation, charm, enravishment Antonyms: disenchantment, disillusionment.
fashion, n. vogue, style, mode.
fashionable, a. stylish, in vogue, smart, modish.
fast, a. immovable, firm, rigid; impregnable, strong, invincible, invulnerable, fortified; steadfast, faithful, true; permanent, durable; rapid, swift, fleet, quick, expeditious, speedy ”

“ Unfailing, a. sure, certain, constant, inexhaustible, infallible, inevitable.
unfair, a. unjust, partial, unconscionable, inequitable, disingenuous.
unfairness, n. injustice, inequity, partiality.
unfaithful, a. disloyal, faithless, perfidious, undutiful, renegade, apostate, recreant, derelict, false, treacherous, traitorous, treasonable, untrustworthy, pervert, inconstant, unsteadfast, fickle.
unfaithfulness, n. disloyalty, perfidy, apostasy, recreancy, inconstancy, treachery, treason, bad faith, dereliction, fickleness, defection. ”

“ Associated words: fissile, fissility.
splotch, n. smear, smudge, smutch, daub, spot, stain.
spoil, v. plunder, rob, pillage, ravage, depredate, despoil devastate, sack; corrupt, vitiate, debase, mar, demoralize, deprave, sophisticate, infect, defile, contaminate; disfigure, deface, damage; decay, addle, putrefy, rot.
spoil, n. plunder, pillage, booty, prize, gain, loot; waste, robbery, devastation, sacking, rapine, spoliation; corruption, decay, vitiation. ”

“ Associated-words: eschatology, thanatology, thanatopsis, necrology, thanatophobia, necrophobia, necrolatry, requiem, necromancy, posthumous, post-mortem, ante-mortem, euthanasian, dirge, crossbones, placebo, in extremis, decedent, funeral, obit, obitual, necrologist, fatality, fatal, casualty.
deathless, a. immortal, imperishable, undying.
death notice. obituary, necrology.
debar, v. preclude, exclude.
debase, v. degrade, deteriorate, abase, vitiate, corrupt, alloy, humiliate.
debasement, n. degradation, abasement, deterioration, vitiation, depravation. ”

“ Antonym: inedible
edict, n. mandate, decree, proclamation, rescript, manifesto, ordinance.
educate, v. teach, instruct, school, nurture, edify, enlighten.
educated, a. learned, versed, erudite, scholarly, enlightened, schooled, literate.
education, n. culture, learning, schooling, tuition, scholarship, nurture, enlightenment, literacy.
efface, v. expunge, obliterate, erase, eradicate.
effect, n. result, outcome, consequence, issue; validity, force, weight; execution, performance, realization; meaning, tenor, purport, intent; ensemble. ”

“ Associated words: binnacle, gimbal.
compass, n. extent, reach, sweep.
compassion, n. pity, sympathy, commiseration, condolence mercy.
compel, v. force, make, constrain, oblige, necessitate, coerce, drive, dragoon, overpower.
compelling, a. forcible, coercive, constraining, imperative, compulsory. Antonyms: elective, optional, discretional.
compelling, n. compulsion, coercion, constraint, duress, force.
compendium, n. epitome, summary, digest.
competency, n. fitness, ability, qualification, efficiency, proficiency, capability.
competent, a. qualified, capable, efficient, proficient, able. ”

“ Antonyms: discomposure, agitation.
self-righteous, a. pharisaic, sanctimonious.
self-sufficiency, n. self-complacency.
self-taught person. autodidact, automath.
self-worship, n. autolatry, idiolatry.
sell, v. vend, barter, exchange; betray; (Slang) deceive, impose upon, cheat.
sell, n. (Slang) imposition, cheat, hoax, deception, trick, fraud. ”

“ Associated words: shrive, shrift, confessional, shriven, shriver, shrift, father.
confidence, n. reliance, trust, faith, dependence; assurance, certainty. Antonyms: See doubt.
confidence game. swindle.
confident, a. sure, undoubting, sanguine, reliant, undaunted.
confine, n. boundary, border, frontier, limit.
confine, v. restrain, restrict, limit, circumscribe, pinion, inclose, bound; immure, imprison, incarcerate.
confinement, n. restraint, imprisonment, durance, duress, incarceration, immurement, limbo; limitation, circumscription; lying-in, childbirth. ”

“ Associated words: technical, paleotechnics, technics, technic, intransigeant, intransigeance, artist, artistic, artistry.
artful, a. designing, crafty, diplomatic, disingenuous, ingenious, dexterous, politic.
article, n. thing, commodity; portion, clause, stipulation, detail, item; contribution, piece, essay, feature.
articulation, n. joint; utterance, pronunciation, enunciation.
artifice, n. stratagem, finesse, craft, guile, subtlety, wile, machination, ruse, diplomacy.
artificial, a. factitious; feigned, affected, assumed, fictitious, counterfeit, spurious. ”

“ Associated words: capitular, capitulary.
character, n. personality, nature, individuality. Associated words: ethology, ethologist.
characteristic, n. trait, peculiarity, feature, attribute, attribution, idiosyncrasy.
characterize, v. distinguish.
charge, n. accusation, complaint, allegation, indictment, imputation, crimination, impeachment, arraignment, gravamen (burden of a charge) ; trust, ward; custody, care, responsibility, oversight, obligation, commission, management; onset, attack, assault, onslaught, fusillade; tutelage. ”

“ Associated words: statutable, statutory, purview.
stay, v. sojourn, tarry, lodge, remain, continue, abide; support, prop, buttress, brace, uphold, strengthen; delay, obstruct, hinder, restrain, appease, withhold, forbear, withstand, impede, retard.
stay, n. sojourn, abidance, stop; dependence, support, upholder; impediment, hindrance, obstruction, restraint.
steadfast, a. firm, fixed; constant, unswerving, unwavering, stanch, unshaken.
steady, a. steadfast, constant; stable, firm, fixed; unremitted, constant, uniform, undeviating. ”

“ Antonyms: uncharitable, illiberal, intolerant.
charity, n. benevolence, good will, love, benignity, philanthropy, beneficence, bounty, liberality, tolerance. Associated words: eleemosynary, alms, dependent.
charlatan, n. pretender, quack, impostor, fraud, cheat, mountebank, empiric.
charlatanic, a. pretentious, empirical, quackish.
charlatanry, n. quackery, pretension, empiricism, charlatanism.
charm, n. spell, incantation, enchantment, conjuration; periapt, amulet, phylactery, talisman, fetich, abraxas; fascination, glamour, witchery, attraction, illusion, rhetoric; breloque (jewel) ”

“ Antonym: infallible.
fall in. collapse, cave in.
falling away. emaciation, pining; renunciation, desertion, revolt, unfaithfulness; apostasy, defection, backsliding; decline, declension.
falling back. recession, retreat, retirement, withdrawal.
falling down. prostration, collapse.
falling in with. meeting; concurrence, agreement, compliance.
falling off. dropping; withdrawal, separation, detachment; apostasy, defection, desertion; depreciation, deterioration.
falling out. See quarrel.
falling short. deficiency, inadequacy, deficit, shortcoming. ”

“ Antonyms: dull, lackluster, obscure, dim, opaque, murky, nebulous, dingy, tarnished, sullied.
brighten, v. polish, burnish, furbish; illuminate, irradiate, cheer, rally, enliven, inspirit.
brightness, n. brilliancy, splendor, luster, luminosity, resplendence, radiance, refulgence, effulgence, glow; aptness, precocity, acuteness, sharpness, discernment; vivacity, animation, liveliness.
brilliancy, n. brightness, resplendence, refulgence, brilliance. ”

“ Associated words: technical, technology, technicals, technicality, technological, polytechnic, polytechnics, vocational, Mercury.
trade, v. exchange, barter, traffic, swap (Colloq.) .
trader, n. trafficker, dealer, merchant, tradesman, monger.
tradesman, n. trader, merchant; artisan, craftsman, mechanic, journeyman, handicraftsman.
trading, a. commercial, mercantile; venal, corrupt, jobbing.
trail, n. train; track, wake, spoor, footmark, foil, trace.
trailing, a. procumbent, prostrate. Antonyms: upright, erect. ”

“ Antonym: solvency.
banner, n. flag, standard, gonfalon, ensign, oriflame, vexillum, banderole, colors, pavilion.
banquet, n. junket, regalement, feast.--v. feast, junket, regale.
banter, n. joking, jesting, pleasantry, badinage, chaff, raillery, persiflage, asteism.
banter, v. jest, chaff, rally, roast.
baptism, n. baptizing; parabaptism, pedobaptism; hypothetical, baptism. Associated words: baptize, christen, font, baptistery, baptismal.
bar, n. obstruction, barrier, impediment, obstacle, barricade, hindrance; shoal, sandbar, bank; ingot; lever, pole, rod; tribunal, judgment-seat ”

“ Antonym: credulity.
sketch, n. draught, outline, plan, drawing, design, scenario, esquisse.
sketch, v. draught, portray, draw, depict, delineate.
skid, n. drag, clog, skidpan.
skill, n. adroitness, ingenuity, cleverness, technic, dexterity, proficiency, expertness, facility, deftness, knack. Antonyms: maladroitness, empiricism, quackery, inexpertness, clumsiness.
skillful, a. skilled, expert, adroit, dexterous, adept, masterly, proficient, deft, able, efficient, competent, accomplished. Antonyms: unskillful, empirical, maladroit. ”

“ Antonyms: believe, trust, rely upon.
doubt, n. indecision, uncertainty, vacillation, irresolution, misgiving, query, suspense, hesitancy, distrust, suspicion, quandary, perplexity; skepticism, incredulity, pyrrhonism; ambiguity, difficulty. Antonyms: conviction, credulity, confidence, decision, assurance, belief, certainty.
doubtful, a. unsettled, undetermined, dubious, wavering, precarious, undecided, irresolute; questionable, involved; ambiguous, enigmatical, problematical, equivocal, vague, indefinite. Antonyms: certain, implicit, sure, unquestionable, unwavering. ”

“ Antonyms: See impartial.
partiality, n. bias, favoritism; predilection, inclination, fondness, predisposition, bent.
partible, a. separable, divisible, detachable, dissoluble, severable. Antonym: impartible.
particle, n. See bit; atom, molecule, monad.
particular, a. special, especial, specific; minute, precise, detailed, circumstantial; individual, separate, sole, single; characteristic, distinctive, individual, personal, peculiar; fastidious, finical, scrupulous, precise, strict. ”

“ Antonyms: atrophy, blast, blight.
development, n. unfoldment, progression, evolution; hypertrophy (excessive development) . Antonyms: atrophy, undevelopment, abortion, embryo.
deviate, v. swerve, deflect, digress, stray, wander, diverge. Antonym: continue.
deviation, n. swerving, deflection, digression, divergence.
device, n. contrivance, invention, expedient, wile, maneuver, artifice, trickery; symbol, motto, legend, cognizance.
devil, n. Satan, Lucifer, Apollyon, Belial, Beelzebub, deuce, dickens, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus, Abaddon; demon, fiend. ”

“ Antonyms: constraint, difficulty, discomfort, uneasiness, awkwardness.
ease, v. facilitate, mitigate, appease, assuage, allay, soothe, alleviate, palliate, release, relax, mollify.
easiness, n. ease, facility.
east, a. Associated words: orientate, orientation, Orient, Orientalism, Orientalist, orientalize, orientality.
eastern, a. oriental, orient, ortive.
easy, a. facile, slight; comfortable, untroubled, quiet, tranquil; gullible, facile, credulous, submissive, compliant, tractable; affluent, independent; smooth, fluent, unconstrained. ”