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(v.) to speed up, cause to move faster; to bring about more quickly.
Synonyms: step up, quicken, hasten
Antonyms: slow down, retard, decelerate |
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(n.) one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part.
Synonyms: observer, spectator, onlooker
Antonym: active participant |
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(v.) to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over in detail; to discuss
Synonyms: poll, survey, solicit |
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(adj.) happening by chance or on an irregular basis; showing little concern; informal
Synonyms: accidental, haphazard, offhand
Antonyms: formal, serious, premeditated, intentional |
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(adj.) treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed
Synonyms: mistreated, ground underfoot
Antonyms: uplifted, liberated |
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(v.) to attract, tempt
Synonyms: lure, beguile
Antonyms: nauseate, sicken, revolt, repel |
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(v.) to wear away gradually, eat away
Synonyms: corrode, abrade
Antonyms: nurture, promote, encourage |
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(v.) to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way
Synonyms: wallow, struggle |
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(adj.) lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts
Synonyms: lively, colorful, descriptive
Antonyms: dull, boring, unrealistic, colorless |
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(adj.) horrible, revolting, ghastly
Synonyms: gory, hideous, grisly
Antonyms: pleasant, delightful, appealing |
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(adj.) sad, gloomy, unhappy; (n.) sadness, gloominess
Synonyms: (adj.) depressed, dejected; (n.) dejection, depression
Antonyms: (adj.) merry, happy, cheerful; (n.) joy, elation |
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(n.) a difficult or painful experience, a trial
Synonyms: test, hardship
Antonyms: pleasure, cinch |
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(v.) to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat
Synonyms: dry up, dehydrate, desiccate
Antonyms: soak, drench, saturate, waterlog |
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(v.) to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain
Synonyms: persevere, keep at it, endure
Antonyms: give up, discontinue |
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(adj.) of less than normal strength or size; of no importance
Synonyms: undersized, pint-size, small, weak
Antonyms: robust, brawny, mammoth, gigantic |
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(v.) to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections; (n.) a petty objection
Synonyms: (v.) nitpick, split hairs, cavil; (n.) squabble |
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(v.) to approve, give formal approval to, confirm
Synonyms: endorse, sanction, uphold
Antonyms: cancel, repeal, annul, veto |
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(adj.) royal, kinglike; fit for a king
Synonyms: majestic, stately, princely, august
Antonyms: lowly, humble, abject, servile |
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(v.) to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off
Synonyms: strangle, suppress, snuff
Antonyms: nurture, promote, encourage |
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(adj.) having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial
Synonyms: indispensable, fundamental
Antonyms: nonessential, unnecessary |
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