Ant. Deviation, divergence, deflection, digression, aberration; tangent; venture, leap, fluke, chance, hazard, speculation; neglect, avoidance, carelessness, oversight.
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Air. Atmosphere, gas; breeze, vapor, zephyr, wind; weather; appearance, aspect, manner, sort, style, way, behavior, carriage, bearing, expression, look, demeanor, mien, fashion; tune.
Airy. Aërial, thin, rare, ethereal; light, subtle, sublimated; sprightly, buoyant, vivacious, volatile, jolly, jovial, light-hearted; graceful, lithe, pliant, flexible, showy, jaunty, flaunting, garish; windy, empty.
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Ant. Thick, ponderous, heavy, inert, clumsy, dull, sluggish, wooden, slow, cheerless, sullen, doleful, leaden, lugubrious.
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Akin. Related, allied, homogeneous, cognate, similar, congenial, sympathetic.
Ant. Foreign, alien, hostile, heterogeneous, dissimilar.
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Alacrity. Readiness, briskness, activity, quickness, willingness, promptness, compliance, cheerfulness, eagerness, gaiety, agility.
Ant. Slowness, reluctance, repugnance, aversion, refusal, shrinking, recoil, disinclination.
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Alarm. Summons, tocsin, distress signal, war-cry; fear, terror, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, affright.
Ant. Lullaby; confidence, quiet, composure, assurance, courage.
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Alert. Lively, prompt, ready, prepared, vigilant, wide-awake, bustling, active, brisk, nimble, watchful, sprightly, agile.
Ant. Slow, lazy, absent, oblivious, sluggish, dilatory, drowsy.
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Alien, n. Foreigner, stranger.
Ant. Citizen, countryman, native, naturalized person.
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Alien, a. Strange, foreign, hostile, remote, distant, contrasted, contrary, unlike, unconnected.
Ant. Pertinent, essential; domesticated, naturalized; germane, akin, appropriate.
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Alienation. Estrangement, transfer, conveyance, disaffection, variance, rupture, breach; (relating to the mind) insanity, aberration, delusion, lunacy, delirium, mania, imbecility.
Ant. Confederacy, coalition, alliance, league, union; sanity, soundness, sobriety, rationality.
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Alight. Perch, settle, drop, lodge; dismount, descend.
Ant. Soar, spring, ascend, start, mount.
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Alike. Similar, kindred, same, resembling, equivalent, homogeneous, identical, analogous, uniform, akin, allied.
Ant. Different, unequal, dissimilar, unlike, heterogeneous, distinct, various.
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Aliment. Food, nourishment, subsistence, fare, diet, regimen, nutriment, viands, meat, sustenance.
Ant. Poison, bane; starvation, exhaustion; venom, scourge.
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Alive. Living, quick, subsisting, animate, alert, active, breathing; sensitive, susceptible; operative; cheerful, joyous; brisk.
Ant. Dead, defunct, lifeless, deceased; inanimate, dull; departed, cold; dispirited.
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All, n. Whole, totality.
Ant. Part, piece, share, portion.
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All, a. Whole, entire, complete, total; each, every.
Ant. Some, part.
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Allay. Repress, restrain, check, subdue, silence, still, hush, soothe, compose, calm, appease, lull, alleviate, mitigate, solace, abate, relieve, palliate.
Ant. Aggravate, arouse, excite, stir, kindle, fan, provoke.
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Allege. Declare, affirm, claim, maintain, state, asseverate; advance, aver, introduce; profess, cite.
Ant. Contradict, gainsay, refute, deny, disprove, quash.
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Allegiance. Fealty, loyalty, devotion, homage, faithfulness, obedience.
Ant. Treason, rebellion, sedition, disloyalty, disaffection.
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Allegory. Parable, fable, myth, story, tale, apologue, metaphor, illustration, simile.
