A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning. Fallows Samuel
ANT: Foulness, ugliness, deformity, hideousness, bareness, unattractiveness.
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KEY: Because.
SYN: Owing, consequently, accordingly.
ANT: Irrespectively, independently, inconsequently, unconnectedly.
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KEY: Beck.
SYN: Nod, sign, signal, symbol, token, indication, authority, orders, instruction, subserviency, influence, call, command, control, mandate.
ANT: Independence, insubservience.
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KEY: Become.
SYN: Befit, grace, beseem, behove.
ANT: Misbeseem, misfit, misbecome, disgrace.
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KEY: Becoming.
SYN: Beseeming, neat, fit, proper, decorous, comely, seemly, befitting, graceful, decent, suitable, improving.
ANT: Unbeseeming, unseemly, uncomely, unbecoming, unbefitting, ungraceful, indecent, unsuitable, {[miinoproving]?}, derogatory.
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KEY: Bedaub.
SYN: Bespatter, befoul, discolor, mar, disfigure, deface, besmear, spoil, soil, stain.
ANT: Cleanse, absterge, purify, embellish, whiten, decorate, beautify.
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KEY: Bedeck, [See {[DBCH&}?].
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KEY: Bedizen.
SYN: Tawdry, {[betinselled]?}, gaudy, flashy, bespangled.
ANT: Adorned, robed, decorated, beautified.
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KEY: Befall.
SYN: Happen, occur, betide, fall, supervene, bechance.
ANT: Miss, pass, spare, pretermit.
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KEY: Befitting.
SYN: Fitting, decent, becoming, suitable, appropriate, proper, consistent, expedient, desirable.
ANT: Obligatory, compulsory, unbefitting, indecent, unbecoming, unsuitable, inappropriate, incompatible, inexpedient, improper.
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KEY: Befool.
SYN: Deceive, cheat, mystify, bamboozle, ensnare, hoodwink, mislead.
ANT: Guide, enlighten, advise, undeceive, lead.
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KEY: Before.
SYN: Precedently, anteriorly, antecedently.
ANT: After, afterwards, subsequently, posteriorly, later, behind.
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KEY: Befriend.
SYN: Assist, countenance, support, advocate, promote, protect, defend.
ANT: Oppose, di?countenanced, withstand, thwart, decry, defame, oppress, annoy.
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KEY: Beg.
SYN: Ask, request, entreat, supplicate, beseech, implore, pray, petition, crave.
ANT: Insist, exact, extort, require, demand.
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KEY: Beggar.
SYN: Mendicant, petitioner, suitor, suppliant, applicant.
ANT: Exactor, extortioner.
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KEY: Beggarly, Miserable, poor, stinted, wretched, niggardly, stingy, scant, illiberal.
ANT: Noble, princely, stately, prodigal, sumptuous, liberal, profuse, gorgeous, magnificent.
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KEY: Beggary.
SYN: Want, penury, destitution, indigence, mendicancy.
ANT: Affluence, riches, abundance, plenty.
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KEY: Begin.
SYN: Initiate, commence, prepare, start, originate, arise, inaugurate.
ANT: Achieve, complete, terminate, conclude, consummate, finish, close, end.
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KEY: Beginner.
SYN: Tyro, novice, neophyte, learner, pupil.
ANT: Adept, expert, master, authority.
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KEY: Beginning.
SYN: Commencement, start, origin, rise, initiation, preparation, preface, prelude, inauguration, inception, threshold, opening, source, outset, foundation.
ANT: End, close, termination, conclusion, consummation, completion.
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KEY: Beguile, [See BEFOOL].
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KEY: Behalf.
SYN: Side, interest, advantage, aid, bestead.
ANT: [See BESTEAD].
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KEY: Behavior.
SYN: Conduct, bearing, demeanor, proceeding, comportment, action, manner, deportment.
ANT: Misdemeanor, misbehavior, misconduct.
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KEY: Behest.
SYN: Injunction, command, instruction, mandate, commission, requirement, trust.
ANT: Option, liberty, non-interference, discretion.
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KEY: Behind, [See BEFORE].
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KEY: Behold.
SYN: Look, discern, regard, view, descry, look_upon, gaze, contemplate, observe, see, scan, survey.
ANT: Overlook, disregard, ignore, miss, blink, wink, connive.
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KEY: Beholden.
SYN: Bound, obliged, indebted, thankful, grateful.
ANT: Unindebted, unobliged, unbound, unthankful, ungrateful.
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KEY: Beholder.
SYN: Spectator, observer, bystander, witness, looker-on.
ANT: [See BEHOLD].
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KEY: Belief.
SYN: Assent, faith, trust, credence, avowal, assurance, admission, conviction, opinion, permission, creed, reliance, concession, confidence.
ANT: Dissent, unbelief, distrust, denial, misgiving, disavowal, rejection, disbelief.
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KEY: Bellicose.
SYN: Quarrelsome, pugnacious, belligerent, irascible, contentious.
ANT: Peaceful, peaceable, unquarrelsome, pacific, unwarlike, unexcitable, good-tempered, genial.
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KEY: Belligerent.
SYN: Contending, engaging, fighting, opposed, adverse, rival, conflicting, antagonist, assailant, hostile.
ANT: Neutral, pacific, peaceful, nonbelligerent, appeased, reconciled.
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KEY: Bellow, [See BAWL].
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KEY: Belonging.
SYN: Related, connected, appertaining,