English Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms

(n.) that which is pleasant or agreeable; (pl.) attractive features, customs, etc.
ANT: unpleasantness, disagreeableness

(n) An opening, gap, hole; Orifice
antonyms: Closure, Blockage, Occlusion

(n.) a difference of opinion; discontent
SYN: disagreement, dissent, disaffection
ANT: agreement, harmony, concord

(adj.) devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food; comfort and ease; (n.) a person with discriminating taste
SYN: (adj) sybaritic, discriminating
ANT: (adj) ascetic, self-denying, abstemious

(adj.) not thrifty; failing to plan ahead
SYN: prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant
ANT: frugal, economical, cautious

(n.) wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act
SYN: evil, crime
ANT: probity, rectitude, uprightness

(adj.) sacred; of such a character that it might not be broken, injured or profaned
SYN: unassailable
ANT: vulnerable, assailable

open to or capable of change, fickle
Synonyms: changeable, variable
Antonyms: changeless, steadfast, constant

(adj.) just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence
SYN: incipient, embryonic
ANT: dying, moribund, senescent

(n.) a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; homage
SYN: honor
ANT: disrespect, irreverence

(n) formal or elaborate praise, a tribute
Synonyms: encomium, testimonial
Antonyms: diatribe, tirade, philippic

(n.) a device for publicly punishing offenders; a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule
ant: (v.) praise, extol, laud, acclaim

(n.) a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion
SYN: modicum, trifle
ANT: fortune

(v.) to foreshadow and point to a future event; to predict; (n.) a warning or indication of the future
SYN: (v) augur, foretell

(n.) descendants, offspring, children, followers
SYN: issue, posterity
ANT: forebears, antecedents

(v.) to explain or issue officially; to make known far and wide
SYN: announce
ANT: withdraw, retract, abrogate, nullify

(n.) uprightness, righteousness; correctness
SYN: probity, integrity
ANT: iniquity, heinousness

(adj.) restless, hard to manage, balky
SYN: uneasy, recalcitrant
ANT: serene, unruffled, docile

(adj.) angelic, heavenly, celestial
syn: cherubic
ant: devilish, impish

(v.) to have existence; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue
syn: last, survive, sustain

ANT: unpleasantness, disagreeableness

ant: closure, blockage, occlusion

syn: disagreement, dissent, disaffection

ant: agreement, harmony, Concord

syn: hedonistic, sybaritic, discriminating

ant: ascetic, self-denying, abstemious

syn: prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant

ant: thrifty, frugal, economical, cautious

syn: evil, crime

ant: probity, rectitude, uprightness

syn: sacrosanct, unassailable

ant: vulnerable, assailable

syn: changeable, variable

ant: changeless, steadfast, Constant

syn: budding, incipient, embryonic

ant: dying, moribund, senescent

syn: respect, honor

ant: disrespect, irreverence, disregard

syn: tribute, encomium, testimonial

ant: diatribe, tirade, philippic

ant: (v.) praise, extol, laud, acclaim

syn: modicum, trifle

ant: fortune

syn: (v.) augur, portend, foretell

syn: issue, posterity

ant: ancestors, forebears, antecedents

syn: announce

ant: withdraw, retract, abrogate, nullify

syn: probity, integrity

ant: iniquity, heinousness

syn: uneasy, fidgety, recalcitrant

ant: serene, unruffled, docile

syn: cherubic

ant: devilish, impish

syn: last, survive, sustain

When I backpack, there are certain basic __________, such as hot meals and dry tent, that I will not go without.

After the earthquake, rain and cold came through the __________ in the wall of the damaged house.

When the commanding officer announced that all leave was canceled, there was widespread __________ in the ranks.

The chef took an e__________ delight in presenting the most delicious dishes to his demanding clientele.
Even the most fervent epicurean should not expect fine dining in a poor, war-torn country.

Some people are so __________ that despite high incomes they struggle to make ends meet.

English Puritans looked upon the court that surrounded King Charles I as a den of __________.

Safeguarding the retirement income of millions of Americans is an __________ trust of the federal government.

Most people would agree that one's principles and moral values should not be as __________ as fashion.

Recent public opinion polls registered __________ opposition to the proposed tax increase.

Upon entering the throne room, each courtier made a respectful __________ before the king and queen.

The speaker delivered a __________ in honor of the award-winning author.

The __________ was placed in the center of town so that everyone could view the outlaws and their shame.
The candidate tired to __________ her political opponent by suggesting that he had ties to organized crime.

In comparison to the overwhelming need for food and medicine, the shipments was a mere __________.

The skirmishes at the border presage a wary.
The fall in stock prices and retail sales may be a __________ of hard economic times to come.

The Bill of Rights guarantees certain civil rights and protections to us and our __________.

The School Board __________ a new approach to education that emphasized phonics.

The mayor is a person of unquestionable __________.

The __________ horse had not been taken out of the stable for five days.

The artist painted the children with __________ smiles to suggest their innocence.

Peasants in nineteen-century Ireland were able to __________ almost exclusively on potatoes.