Page:Synonyms and antonyms; an alphabetical list of words in common use, grouped with others of similar and opposite meaning.djvu/14

aba] ANT. Embolden, cheer, encourage, animate, uphold, rally, countenance, inspirit, abet, incite, buoy.

Abate. Lessen, lower, reduce, diminish, moderate, decrease, decline, ebb, mitigate, subside, suppress, terminate, remove; temper, assuage, alleviate, appease, pacify; remit, allow; relax, slacken; bate, deduct; soothe, soften, qualify, allay, mollify, compose, tranquilize, quiet, quell, calm, dull, blunt; batter down, beat down, demolish, raze. ANT. Increase, prolong, magnify, foment, enlarge, extend, aggravate, continue, develop, revive, raise, enhance, amplify. Abatement. Subsidence, decline, lowering, reduction, decrease; allowance, discount, rebate, depreciation, drawback; moderation, lessening, mitigation, assuagement, remission, sinking, settling, waning, fading, ebb, evanishment, declension, deduction, diminution. ANT. Increase, augmentation, enlargement, increment, accretion, development, growth, aggrandizement, dilation, accession.

Abbreviate. Shorten, contract, curtail, reduce, abridge, condense, epitomize, compress. ANT. Lengthen, extend,, elongate, dilate, expand, amplify, enlarge, produce, stretch, prolong, expatiate.

Abbreviation. Abridgment, contraction, condensation, compend, abstract, epitome, reduction, summary, curtailment, compression. ANT. Expansion, amplification, expatiation, extension, production, enlargement, dilation.

Abdicate. Resign, relinquish office (especially of the throne), surrender, abandon, vacate, forego, renounce, give up, cede. ANT. Retain, claim, occupy, maintain, usurp, seize, grasp.

Abdomen. Belly, paunch, ventral region, visceral cavity.

Abduct. Take away (surreptitiously or forcibly), kidnap, run away with, carry off, spirit away, drag away. ANT. Restore, reinstate, adduct.

Abduction. Withdrawal, drawing away, abstraction, kidnapping, seizure, appropriation. ANT. Adduction, replacement, restitution, restoration, surrender, reinstatement.

Aberrant. Wandering, rambling, divergent, deviating, devious, erratic ; irregular, abnormal, unusual, exceptional. ANT. Regular, true, consistent, uniform, consecutive, normal, natural, continuous.

Aberration. Wandering, divergence, irregularity, rambling, disconnectedness, hallucination, illusion, delusion, eccentricity, singularity, peculiarity. ANT. Uniformity, consecutiveness, regularity, progression, continuity, order, type, norm.

Abet. Aid, assist, promote, support, sanction, uphold, countenance, encourage, advocate, incite, instigate, embolden, favor, foment, connive at, cooperate with. ANT. Hinder, impede, obstruct, frustrate, baffle, confound, counteract, deter, discourage, thwart, contradict, disconcert, disapprove, denounce, dissuade, expose.

Abettor. Assistant, helper, aid, ally, cooperator, advocate, confederate, accomplice, accessory,