Synonyms And Antonyms

Synonyms And Antonyms  


1.aback

Definition:
towards or situated to the rear; back

Synonyms:
backwards, rearwards, aft, abaft, astern, behind, back

Antonyms:
onwards, forwards, ahead, before, afront, beyond, afore

2.abandon

Definition:
leave something behind

Example:
We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot

Synonyms:
relinquish,resign, forgo, discontinue, waive, abdicate, leave, quit, evacuate, discard

Antonyms:
pursue, chase, hunt, prosecute, follow

3.abandoned

Definition:
having been deserted or left

Example:
an abandoned sadness born of grief

Synonyms:
profligate, wicked, vicious, unprincipled, reprobate, incorrigible, sinful, graceless, demoralized, dissolute, depraved, bad, licentious, corrupt

Antonyms:
virtuous, conacientious, correct, upright, worthy, righteous, selfcontrolled, high-principled, steady, good

4.abase

Definition:
To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade

Synonyms:
degrade,disgrace, bring low, reduce, humble, demean, stoop, humiliate, depress, lower, sink, dishonor

Antonyms:
promote, exalt, honor, raise, elevate, dignify, aggrandize

5.abasement

Definition:
depriving one of self-esteem

Example:
each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement

Synonyms:
degradation, depression, disgrace, humiliation, abjection, dishonor, shame

Antonyms:
promotion, elevation, honor, exaltation, dignity, aggrandizement

6.abash

Definition:
feel embarrassed or ill at ease

Synonyms:
humiliate, humble, debase, degrade, reduce, depress, mortify, denigrate, embarrass, disconcert

Antonyms:
self-esteem,self-love, self-praise, complacency, immodesty

7.abate

Definition:
become less in amount or intensity

Example:
The storm abated

Synonyms:
terminate, remove, suppress, lower, reduce, mitigate, dimiuish,moderate,lessen, subside,decrease

Antonyms:
prolong, continue, revive, develop, increase, aggravate, magnify, brew, ferment, rage, extend, enlarge, amplify, raise, enhance

8.abattoir

Definition:
A place where animals are slaughtered for the market

Synonyms:
butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse

9.abbreviate

Definition:
abbreviate is to use a shortened form of something, such as a word or phrase, to represent the full form

Synonyms:
abridge, condense, contract, shorten, curtail

Antonyms:
lengthen, extend, elongate, stretch, prolong

10.abbreviation

Definition:
Shortening something by omitting parts of it

Synonyms:
abridgment,reduction, contraction, curtailment, abstract, summary, epitome, condensation, compression

Antonyms:
elongation, prolongation, extension, production, amplification, enlargement, expansion, dilation, expatiation, explication, dilution.

11.babble

Definition:
chatter idly

Example:
The two women 7 and crooned at the baby

Synonyms:
prate, prattle, dribble, chatter, gabble, twaddle, blab, cackle

Antonyms:
enunciate, vociferate, hush, suppress

12.backbiter

Definition:
one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel

Synonyms:
detractor, traducer, calumniator, slanderer, cynic, maligner, defamer

Antonyms:
vindicator, upholder, palliator, advocate, mitigator, defender, befriender

13 backward

Definition:
directed behind

Example:
a backward lover

Synonyms:
unwilling, dull, reluctant

Antonyms:
willing, ahead, alert, advancing, forward, prompt, eager.

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