A Treasury of
SYNONYMS
AND
ANTONYMS
10,000 INDEX WORDS & PHRASES FOR
YOUR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
By
Radharaman Agarwal
Assisted by
Priyanka Choudhry
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Preface
Great thinker, Terence (190 B.C.–159 B.C.) has said, ‘A word to the
wise is sufficient’. For one word a man is deemed to be wise and for one
word he is deemed to be foolish. So Confucius advised : ‘We ought to be
careful indeed what we say.’ Because the words are what hold society
together in the world.
Word rules the world as the word power makes the communication
effective. This requires the management of language which needs a rich
vocabulary, and the profound source of words is a storehouse (or treasury) of
Synonyms and Antonyms. A Synonym is a word that has a meaning similar
to that of another word, whereas an Antonym is a word that has a meaning
opposite to that of another word.
[Remember, a big vocabulary is a grand thing when well understood and
resourcefully used (with care), as otherwise it will have its own penalties.]
Hence, this book is designed with much care to meet the requirement of
everyone who wants to speak and write more effective and accurate English.
In a way it is a Thesaurus which introduces us to every possible sort and
condition of a word. To be more precise, it will show you how to use the
word to express your ideas most exactly. The salient features of the book
are—
* A wide range of Synonyms and Antonyms of the selected keywords is
given under different parts of speech (i.e. noun, verb, adj., and adv.).
* It contains nearly 10,000 index-words and phrases/idioms (used in the
text) for your effective communication.
* The meaning of the individual keyword (of both synonyms and
antonyms) and phrases/idioms is given in one or more definitions.
* Specific guidelines as how to use the index are given, and
* The alphabetical list of keywords of Synonyms with Antonyms is
affixed.
Thus, it is hoped that this book if gone through earnestly will prove to
be useful to a wide class of people (writers, speakers, advanced English
learners, aspirants of competitive examinations, and others) and they will
find it handy for solving their problems with speed and accuracy.
( vi )
I am indebted to the publishers and authors of various books, especially
the Collins Comprehensive and Concise Dictionary, Oxford Advanced
Learner’s Dictionary, Cambridge International Dictionary of English and
other books, which have been consulted to bring out this book as an
authentic record of information, in a distinct manner.
In the end, I sincerely thank my dear niece, Priyanka Choudhry, for her
assistance in preparing the manuscript.
With best wishes,
50, Devi Path
Takhte Shahi Road,
Jaipur–302004
—Radharaman Agarwal
Contents
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Table Showing Keywords of Synonyms
(with Antonyms)……….……………………...……… 321–344
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Index of 10,000 Words and Phrases/Idioms………… 345–483
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Phrases/Idioms used in the book………….………… 484–492
1–320
1–21
22–30
31–64
65–86
87–105
106–125
126–136
137–149
150–174
175–180
181–183
184–196
197–210
211–214
215–224
225–244
245–248
249–266
267–287
288–299
300–303
304–311
312–318
319–319
320–320
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1-2
(A)
1. AGREEMENT (N.) :
Syn :
Agreement (a common consent; being of the same
opinion; a settlement that is legally enforceable);
accord, accordance, unison, harmony, concord, understanding, consent, conformity, consistency, adaptation, accommodation.
(V.)
agree, accord, harmonize; consent; adapt, etc.
(Adj.)
agreeable, accordant, congenial; coherent;
harmonious, reconcilable, conformable;
Ant : (N.) Disagreement (refusal or failure to agree);
discord, dissonance, disunion, unconformity,
incongruity, conflict, opposition, misunderstanding.
(V.)
disagree, clash, dispute, oppose, protest, refuse,
decline.
(Adj.)
disagreeable, discordant, inharmonious, clashing, irreconcilable, inconsistent with, incongruous, etc.
2. ADDITION (N.) :
Syn :
(V.)
(Adj.)
Addition (the act, or process, or result of adding); annexation, accession, re-enforcement,
increase; affix, tag, postscript, adjunct, supplement; insertion.
add, annex, affix, subjoin, append, attach, insert;
re-enforce, strengthen, augment.
additional, supplemental,
extra, further.
supplementary;
Ant : (N.) Deduction (the process of subtracting); subtraction, retrenchment; abstraction, mutilation,
curtailment, abbreviation; decrease.
(V.)
deduct, subtract, retrench; withdraw; take away;
detract, reduce, eliminate, diminish, curtail.
(Adv.)
less; short of; minus, excepting, with the exception of, save, exclusive of.
2
3-4
3. ASSEMBLAGE (N.) :
Syn :
(V.)
(Adj.)
Assemblage (a number of things or persons assembled together); collection, gathering, meet,
ingathering, forgathering; concourse, conflux,
congregation; meeting, at home; social gathering; assembly, congress; caucus, convention.
be or come together, assemble, collect, muster;
meet, unite, join, rejoin; throng, associate; congregate.
teeming, swarming, populous.
Ant : (N.) Dispersion (the act of scattering, distributing over
a wide area; separation); disjunct on; divergence, dissemination, diffusion, dissipation,
distribution; apportionment, allotment.
(V.)
disperse, scatter, disseminate, diffuse, dispense, disband, dismember, distribute; apportion; dispel; deal out.
(Adj.)
scattered, disseminated, dispersed, diffusive,
sporadic, widespread.
4. ATTRIBUTION (N.) :
Syn :
Attribution (a property, quality or feature belonging to a person or thing); assignment, reference
to, accounting for; derivation; imputation.
(V.)
attribute to, ascribe to, impute to, refer to, trace
to; account for, derive from.
(Adj.)
attributed; attributable, referable; due to; owing
to.
(Adv.) hence, thence, therefore, for, since, on account
of, because, owing to; for as much as; whence.
Ant : (N.) Chance (the unknown and unpredictable element;
an opportunity or occasion); accident, fortune,
hazard, luck, casualty; fate, lottery, toss-up;
throw of the dice; heads or tails, wheel of fortune.
3
4-6
gamble, speculation, game of chance.
(Adj.)
Casual, accidental, incidental, unintentional,
fortuitous, random.
(Adv.) by chance, by accident, casually, at random.
5. ASCENT [Motion upward] (N.) :
Syn :
(V.)
(Adj.)
Ascent (the act of ascending; upward movement);
rising, upgrowth, upward flight; upgrade; leap,
etc.
ascend, rise, mount, arise, go up, get up, start
up, spring up, aspire.
rising, ascendant, upcast.
Ant : (N.) Descent (motion downward); declension, downward slop, deviation, subsidence, down-come,
downfall, stumble.
(V.)
(Adj.)
descend, fall, gravitate, drop, slip, skid, slide,
sink, subside, dismount, stoop, swoop.
descending, downcast, descendent.
6. ANIMAL (N.) :
Syn :
Animal kingdom, fauna, dumb friend, dumb
creature, brute, beast, mammal, quadruped,
shellfish.
[Domestic animals : horse, etc. (beast of burden),
cattle, Ox; bull, bullock; cow, calf, heifer; sheep; lamb;
pig, buffalo; dog, hound, canine, puppy; cat, feline,
pussy, tomcat or tom; kitten, kitty.
Wild animals : deer, buck, doe, fawn, stag, hart, hind,
roe, roebuck, caribou, elke, moose, reindeer, fallow
deer, red deer.
ape, monkey, gorilla, marmoset, chimpanezee, lemur,
baboon, orangutan.
antelope (any of a group of mammals of Africa and
asia-they are typically graceful, having long legs and
horns.
fox, reynard, vixen; dingo, coyote; wildcat, lyux, bobcat;
lion, tiger, etc.
rat, mouse.
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