Edith B. Ordway

“ Fight, n. Combat, conflict, contest, battle, struggle, engagement, encounter, action, affair, fray, affray, brush; broil, riot; spirit, fighting temper; resistance, disposition to struggle, contention.
Ant. Pacification, reconciliation. ”

“ Humor, n. Disposition, temper, bent, propensity, bias, predilection; mood, frame of mind, fancy, caprice, whim, freak, vagary, crotchet; pleasantry, fun, jocularity, wit, facetiousness.
Ant. Nature, personality, mind, purpose, will, seriousness.
Humorous. Facetious, jocular, jocose, funny, comical, sportive, comic, ludicrous, pleasant, witty.
Ant. Grave, serious, sober, matter-of-fact, solemn, sad.
Hurry, n. Flutter, flurry, precipitation, confusion, bluster, bustle, agitation, perturbation; haste, despatch, celerity, expedition, quickness, promptness.
Ant. Slowness; composure. ”

“ Cheat, n. Fraud, trick, artifice, swindle, deceit, fiction, imposture.
Ant. Truth, reality, fact, honesty, authenticity, certainty, openness, sincerity.
Check, v. Restrain, curb, stop, bridle, hinder, impede, inhibit; reprove, chide, reprimand, rebuke.
Ant. License, indulge, allow, loose, liberate, abet, instigate.
Cheer, n. Gladness, joy, gaiety, mirth, merriment, cheerfulness, happiness, hope, conviviality, plenty, hospitality.
Ant. Gloom, dearth, sullenness, niggardliness, unsociableness. ”

“ Divert, perplex, confuse, disconcert, bewilder, confound, derange, craze.
Ant. Unite, fix, compose, concentrate, collect.
Distraction. Confusion, perplexity, abstraction, disturbance, perturbation, agitation; inattention; absence, frenzy, madness; alienation, aberration; delirium, mania, derangement, lunacy.
Ant. Attention, composure, self-possession, tranquillity.
Distress, n. Affliction, calamity, adversity, misery, perplexity, misfortune; agony, suffering, anguish; privation, destitution, poverty, indigence.
Ant. Consolation, relief, assuagement, alleviation; boon, blessing, pleasure. ”

“ Work, n. Exertion, activity, effort, toil, employment, labor; business, duty; product, fabric, production, performance, manufacture; act, deed, service, result, effect, achievement, feat; composition, structure; management, treatment, operation, issue, fruit; occupation; action, drudgery.
Ant. Frustration, abortion, hodge-podge; failure, deficiency, defect, fault; miscarriage; rest, inertia, fruitlessness, inoperativeness; inefficiency, futility; repose, relaxation, ease, vacation, idleness, leisure, recreation.
Work, v. Exert one’s self, labor, be engaged, toil; operate, act, perform ”

“ Miss, omit, fail, pass, spare, pass by, neglect, discard.
Happiness. Delight, joy, pleasure, satisfaction, comfort, bliss, triumph, mirth, gaiety, ecstasy, gladness, rejoicing, rapture, contentment, merriment, blessedness, felicity, cheer, enjoyment, well-being, light-heartedness, cheerfulness, brightness; beatitude, prosperity.
Ant. Grief, sorrow, anguish, trouble, mourning, misfortune, affliction, disaster, woe, agony, distress, torture, torment, melancholy. ”

“ Compute, esteem, respect, regard; be worth, rate, appraise, estimate; appreciate, prize, treasure, account.
Ant. Cheapen, reduce, contemn, despise, undervalue, underestimate; disregard, disesteem, misprize.
Vanish. Disappear, fade, pass away, dissolve, melt away, be annihilated.
Ant. Appear, approach, be manifest, loom up, arrive.
Vanity. Pride, conceit; unreality, worthlessness, emptiness; hollowness, triviality, futility, unsubstantiality, falsity; egoism, self-sufficiency; show, ostentation.
Ant. Reality, truth, worth; simplicity; modesty, humility, self-distrust; substance, solidity. ”

“ Honesty. Integrity, uprightness, probity, justice, fairness, equity, honor, fidelity, faithfulness; truth, truthfulness, veracity; genuineness, thoroughness; chastity, virtue; sincerity, candor, frankness, openness, unreserve, ingenuousness; straightforwardness, rectitude.
Ant. Insincerity, trickery, dishonesty, guile, fraud, deception, unfairness, chicanery.
Honor. Veneration, reverence, respect, homage, deference, civility; dignity, elevation, distinction; majesty; reputation, repute, fame, esteem, credit, glory, consideration; integrity, probity, rectitude ”

“ Lovely, loveable, desirable, delightful, attractive, enticing, enjoyable, tempting, pleasant.
Hatred. Enmity, dislike, hostility, anger, abhorrence, aversion, spite, revenge, grudge, ill will, malice, antipathy, resentment, animosity, malignity, repugnance, rancor, detestation, malevolence.
Ant. Friendship, love, benevolence, charity, beneficence.
Have. Hold, occupy, own, possess, be in possession of, regard, consider, esteem; wish, require, desire; obtain, get, acquire, receive, gain; be obliged, be under necessity; take, accept; bear, bring forth; feel, entertain, enjoy, keep. ”

“ Debilitate, enfeeble, enervate; invalidate; depress, impair, reduce, lower, sap, dilute, attenuate.
Ant. Strengthen, empower, invigorate; confirm, corroborate, substantiate; augment, increase, mend, improve; enhance.
Weakness. Feebleness, debility, languor, imbecility, infirmity, decrepitude, faintness, frailty.
Ant. Strength, vigor, tone, health, power, efficiency, nerve, spirit.
Wealth. Riches, affluence, opulence, abundance, plenty, fortune, competence, estate, treasure, money, funds, cash, property; luxury, satiety.
Ant. Poverty, scarcity, indigence, lack, want, need, impecuniosity. ”

“ Ant. Necessaries, commons, fare; coarseness, roughness, rudeness; vigor, strength; grossness.
Delicious. Dainty, savory, delightful, luscious, exquisite.
Ant. Nauseous, repulsive, bitter, loathsome, unpalatable, acrid.
Delight. Joy, gladness, charm, rapture, transport, satisfaction, pleasure, ecstasy, happiness, enjoyment, bliss.
Ant. Pain, suffering, sorrow, misery, discomfort, dejection, melancholy, discontent, trouble, distress, depression.
Delightful. Agreeable, congenial, grateful, pleasant, refreshing, welcome, satisfying, delicious, acceptable, pleasurable. ”

“ Power, force, might, efficiency, vigor, skill, energy, dexterity, adroitness, skilfulness, cleverness, ingenuity, talent, aptitude, facility, knack, expertness, readiness, quickness, strength, capacity, qualification, competency, genius, caliber, capability, capableness, faculty, gift, parts. ”

“ Malevolence, unkindness, malice, enmity, hatred, hate, rancor, envy, grudge, uncharitableness, ill nature; antipathy, dislike, aversion.
Ant. Good will, benevolence, beneficence.
Im- or In-. This prefix, which is regularly in-, and which becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial, means in, into, on, or among, or denotes the negative not, or, occasionally, has a simple intensive meaning. Such words as begin with this prefix without modification of the combined meaning of the prefix and root word, will be easily derived from the antonyms and synonyms of the root words. ”

“ Judgment, prudence, reason, understanding, sense, skill, sagacity, attainment, discernment, depth, discretion, information, foresight, learning, profundity, reasonableness, prescience, knowledge, insight, judiciousness, erudition, enlightenment.
Ant. Folly, imbecility, stupidity, error, foolishness, fatuity, idiocy, absurdity, imprudence, indiscretion, miscalculation, nonsense, misjudgment, silliness, senselessness.
Wise. Knowing, erudite, wary, learned, sagacious; crafty; judicious, discreet; skilled, intelligent, rational; sage, sensible; logical; deep, discerning, profound, philosophical. ”

“ Satisfaction, comfort, solace, joy, gladness, delight, will, choice, purpose, command, kindness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, self-indulgence, voluptuousness.
Ant. Suffering, affliction, pain, sorrow, sadness, distress, misery, compulsion, force, coercion; mourning, depression, dejection, melancholy, misfortune, poverty, want.
Plenitude. Fulness, abundance, completeness, plenty, repletion, plethora; luxury, affluence, exuberance, wealth, richness, profusion, amplitude, enough, supply, sufficiency. ”

“ Ant. Unrest, agitation, tumult, movement, restlessness, turmoil, commotion, distraction.
Represent. Present anew, portray, typify, delineate; personate, act; perform; depict, describe, show, exhibit.
Ant. Misrepresent; falsify, caricature, distort.
Reproach, n. Disrepute, opprobrium, discredit, dishonor, invective, contumely, reviling, vilification, abuse, scurrility, insolence, insult, scorn, contempt, ignominy, shame, scandal, disgrace, infamy.
Ant. Approbation, satisfaction, praise, encouragement, exaltation, commendation, honor, applause, eulogy, assent, acceptance, approval. ”

“ Energy, strength, potency, efficacy; value, merit, excellence; worth, meritoriousness; integrity, purity, virginity, chastity; goodness, morality, uprightness, rectitude, probity, righteousness; force, power, capacity; honor, worthiness, honesty, truth, duty, virtuousness, faithfulness, justice. ”

“ Misery. Unhappiness, wretchedness, woe; calamity, disaster, misfortune.
Ant. Happiness, contentment, ease, comfort, pleasure, enjoyment.
Misfortune. Adversity, failure, ill luck, hardship, harm, ill, affliction, calamity, blow, disaster, disappointment, trial, tribulation, sorrow, ruin, distress, stroke, misery, reverse, mischance, visitation, chastening, trouble, chastisement, misadventure, bereavement, mishap.
Ant. Consolation, blessing, boon, happiness, joy, prosperity, relief, triumph, success, comfort, good fortune, gratification, good luck, pleasure. ”

“ Counterfeit, n. Forgery, fraudulent copy, cheat, artifice, pretense, sham, fabrication.
Ant. Exposure, detection; verity, fact, truth, reality.
Countermand. Abrogate, annul, revoke, rescind, recall, make void.
Ant. Order, command, bid, charge, enjoin, direct, instruct.
Counterpart. Duplicate, copy; correlative, complement, supplement, obverse; match, mate, tally, twin.
Ant. Antithesis, contradiction, contrast.
Countervail. Balance, compensate, make up, counterbalance, offset.
Ant. Overthrow, unbalance, weigh down. ”

“ Untruth, fiction, fable, deception, falsehood, falsification; delusion, illusion.
Ant. Truth, verity, reality, fact; veracity, exactness, precision, principle, honesty, sincerity.
Lie, v. Utter a lie; rest, recline, be situated; abide, remain, continue; exist, belong, consist; lodge, sleep.
Ant. Rise, stir, move, walk, be active, go, change, run.
Life. Being, soul, spirit; affairs; animation, vivacity, energy, vigor, living being; biography.
Ant. Death, mortality, decease, lifelessness, annihilation, non-existence; lethargy, coma, stupor; demise, departure, dissolution. ”

“ Integrity. Completeness, entirety, wholeness; honesty, rectitude, virtue, goodness, principle; uprightness, honor, probity, candor, truthfulness, conscientiousness.
Ant. Fraud, meanness, rascality, duplicity, unfairness, underhandedness.
Intellect. Reason, mind, sense, brains, understanding; consciousness, instinct; ability, genius, talent. ”

“ Blaze, burning, conflagration, flame, combustion; discharge; heat, ardor, fervor, violence, force, passion, impetuosity, fervency, intensity, animation, vigor, spirit, enthusiasm; light, luster, radiance, splendor; vivacity, inspiration, imagination; torture, affliction, trouble, bitter trial, persecution. ”

“ Spiritual, ethereal, celestial, heavenly, lunar, solar; incorporeal, ghostly; ideal, abstract, mental, intellectual; sacred, holy, pure.
Worry, n. Care, anxiety, fret, solicitude, torment, vexation, trouble, annoyance, plague, disquiet; perplexity, concern, fear, apprehension, uneasiness, misgiving.
Ant. Trust, calm, courage, serenity, tranquillity, placidity, quiet, ease of mind, resolution, dauntlessness.
Worship, n. Reverence, homage, adoration, submission, obsequiousness, honor, abjectness.
Ant. Detestation, hatred, abhorrence, loathing, disgust, antipathy, assertion, defiance, challenge. ”

“ Ant. Ignorance, error, smattering, fallacy, sciolism; inexperience, unfamiliarity, incomprehension.
Scorn, n. Disdain, derision, contumely, despite, slight, mockery, dishonor; contempt, disregard; sneer, opprobrium.
Ant. Compliment, commendation, deference, approval, esteem, respect, regard, approbation.
Scruple, n. Unwillingness, hesitation, doubt; particle; qualm, reluctance, misgiving.
Ant. Confidence, assurance, recklessness, heedlessness; daring, self-complacency. ”

“ Honor, renown, celebrity, fame, praise; splendor, luster, brightness, brilliancy, pride, effulgence; gloriousness, nobleness, exaltation, grandeur; radiance, state, pomp, parade, magnificence.
Ant. Obscurity, cloud, ignominy, dishonor, degradation, disgrace, shame.
Gloss, n. Interpretation, comment, note, explanation, scholium, commentary, annotation; pretext, pretense, specious plea; luster, polish, shine, sheen; distortion, misinterpretation, perversion, twist, plea, speciousness.
Ant. Haze, nebulousness; truth, literalness, representation, reality, verity, actuality, solution, exposition. ”

“ Craft. Skill, ability, power, talent, dexterity, aptitude, tact; artifice, shrewdness, guile, deception, cunning, deceit; art, trade, employment, vocation, calling; vessel.
Ant. Inaptitude, tactlessness; fairness, openness, candor, sincerity, frankness, ingenuousness, straightforwardness.
Cramp. Restrain, hinder, check, confine, hamper, clog, fetter, cripple.
Ant. Free, liberate, loose, expand, ease, relieve, extricate. ”

“ Frankness, freedom, impudence, indiscretion, self-conceit, sauciness, abandon, arrogance, confidence, egoism, assumption, assurance, boldness, forwardness, haughtiness, loquacity, pertness, pride, vanity, self-sufficiency, openness, effrontery. ”

“ Ingenuity, humor, satire, sarcasm, irony, burlesque; intellect, mind, understanding, sense; man of genius or humor; penetration, discernment, insight, acumen; facetiousness, drollery, waggery, jocularity, sparkle, repartee, joke, playfulness, fun, witticism, pleasantry, banter, jest, raillery.
Ant. Stupidity, inanity, obtuseness, vapidity, dulness, commonplace, matter-of-fact; irrationality, platitude; dolt, dullard; sobriety, solemnity, seriousness, gravity, stolidity. ”

“ Dishonor, shame, disgrace, discredit, ignominy, opprobrium, scandal, obloquy, abasement; villainy, disgracefulness, wickedness, atrocity, shamefulness; despair, degradation.
Ant. Honor, reputation, renown, glory, celebrity.
Infantile. Young, childish, tender; babyish, weak; childlike, babylike; puerile, imbecile.
Ant. Manly, vigorous, mature, robust.
Infatuation. Folly, stupefaction, foolishness, prepossession, obsession; fatuity, hallucination, madness, self-deception.
Ant. Sagacity, soundness, wisdom, sanity, clear-sightedness. ”

“ Abettor, ally, friend, accomplice, supporter, helper, accessory, associate, companion, familiar, confidant, adherent.
Energetic. Vigorous, active, forcible, powerful, effective, potent, efficacious, efficient, able, capable.
Ant. Weak, languid, faint, drooping, pining, exhausted, feeble; listless, spiritless, inactive.
Energy. Agility, activity, force, power, potency, strength, intensity, vigor, might, efficacy, efficiency; spirit, animation, life, manliness, animal spirits, zeal.
Ant. Indolence, slowness, sloth, clumsiness, lassitude, inactivity, sluggishness, heaviness, inertness, laziness. ”

“ Genius. Bent, turn, aptitude, aptness, faculty, capacity, endowment, talent, gift; ingenuity, invention, sagacity, intellect, brains, parts, wit, inspiration, creative or inventive power; adept, proficient, master, master hand; nature, character, disposition, constitution, characteristic; spirit, tutelary deity, guardian angel; cleverness, inventiveness, skill, creativeness, giftedness, ideality, talents.
Ant. Stupidity, senselessness, folly, dulness, imbecility, obtuseness, stolidity, inanity. ”