V) procession; (n) row, stanchion,

prelude

reveal, expose

prop, post, line, obelisk, standard,

clinging: (adj) adhering, sticky,

coax: (n, v) wheedle, allure, entice,

support

adherent, devoted, adhering closely,

charm, tempt, seduce; (v) cajole,

combination: (n) union, blend,

affectionate, dependent, tenacious,

beguile, blarney, blandish; (n)

coalition, merger, association,

osculant; (n) coherence

coaxial cable. ANTONYMS: (v)

league, amalgam, mix, mixture,

cloak: (n, v) veil, mask, camouflage,

bully, compel, allow, dissuade

junction; (adj, n) complex.

wrap, masquerade, screen, pall; (n)

coaxing: (n) blarney, flattery, sweet

ANTONYMS: (n) separation,

cape; (v) conceal, dissemble, hide.

talk, temptation, enticement, soft

division, dissolution, rejection; (adj)

ANTONYMS: (v) reveal, uncloak,

soap; (adv) coaxingly; (adj)

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combine: (v) associate, blend, fuse,

plebeian, common man, common

contrast

affiliate, attach, piece, aggregate,

person, proletary, proletaire,

compelled: (adj) forced, obligate,

unite, incorporate; (n, v) league; (n)

democrat, roturier, republican, pleb

enforced, constrained, responsible,

cartel. ANTONYMS: (v) detach,

commonly: (adv) ordinarily, usually,

answerable, unwilling, destined

disconnect, divide, subtract,

generally, customarily, normally,

competent: (adj, n) able, efficient;

disband, undo

habitually, regularly, plebeianly,

(adj) adequate, fit, sufficient,

combined: (adj) united, collective,

currently, popularly, publicly.

effective, clever, commensurate,

cooperative, amalgamated,

ANTONYMS: (adv) unusually,

qualified, skillful, proficient.

aggregate, concerted, conjoint,

uncommonly, seldom, narrowly,

ANTONYMS: (adj) useless, inept,

incorporate, conjunct, joined,

tastefully, specifically

incapable, unable, lacking,

conjunctive. ANTONYMS: (adj)

commonplace: (adj, v) trite,

inadequate, unqualified,

simple, solitary, uncombined,

hackneyed; (adj) banal, ordinary,

unprofessional, untrained, bad,

disjointed

humdrum, common, average, plain,

clumsy

comfortable: (adj, v) easy, snug; (adj)

mundane, dull; (n) platitude.

complain: (v) bemoan, protest,

pleased, pleasing, prosperous,

ANTONYMS: (adj) extraordinary,

whine, squawk, bewail, beef,

agreeable, pleasurable, congenial,

unusual, exceptional, infrequent,

grudge, accuse, carp, plain,

rich, enjoyable, homely.

rare, romantic, uncommon, weird;

complaint. ANTONYMS: (v) praise,

ANTONYMS: (adj) poor, tense,

(n) deepness, profundity,

applaud, cheer, recommend, rejoice,

formal, unpleasant, unhappy,

profoundness

laud, approve, agree, accept

unaccustomed, intimidating,

communist: (adj) communistic,

complete: (adj, v) perfect,

difficult, anxious, broke, destitute

bonnet rouge, carbonaro, frondeur;

consummate; (adj, n) absolute, stark;

comfortingly: (adv) consolatorily,

(n) Benthamite, cosmopolite, pol,

(v) achieve, finish, accomplish,

satisfyingly, cheeringly,

politician, terrorist, politico,

execute; (adj, n, v) close; (adj) whole,

encouragingly, soothingly

anarchist. ANTONYM: (adj)

full. ANTONYMS: (adj) unfinished,

coming: (n) advent, approach,

capitalist

partial, abridged, sketchy,

appearance, arrival, return; (adj, n)

community: (adj) communal,

shortened, lacking, qualified,

approaching; (adj) forthcoming,

neighborhood; (n) association,

narrow, missing; (v) neglect, start

imminent, future, impending; (adj,

nation, agreement, people,

completely: (adv) thoroughly,

v) instant. ANTONYMS: (n)

commune, commonwealth,

perfectly, fully, totally, altogether,

departure, exit, leaving, departing;

fraternity, world, brotherhood.

consummately, roundly, purely,

(adj) distant, retreating, past

ANTONYMS: (n) disagreement,

absolutely, unreservedly; (adv, pref)

comment: (n) annotation,

dissimilarity, isolation; (adj)

all. ANTONYMS: (adv) partly,

commentary, critique, note,

individual, national

partially, hardly, slightly,

explanation, interpretation, mention;

compactness: (n) denseness, solidity,

incompletely, superficially,

(n, v) remark, gloss, censure, notice.

tightness, thickness, firmness,

somewhat, halfheartedly, barely

ANTONYM: (n) confirmation

closeness, spacing, conciseness,

compliance: (n) observance,

commercial: (adj) mercantile,

consistency, strength; (v)

approval, consent, acquiescence,

business, merchant, mercenary,

compression. ANTONYMS: (n)

obedience, complaisance,

profitable, economic, industrial; (n)

distribution, softness, looseness

accordance, deference, assent,

ad, publicity, announcement,

company: (adj, n) society, business;

submission, compliancy.

advertising. ANTONYMS: (adj)

(n) band, association, collection,

ANTONYMS: (n) disobedience,

noncommercial, private, personal

cohort, brigade, troop, club,

stubbornness, nonconformity,

commercialism: (n) business,

partnership; (v) accompany.

resistance, refusal, dissent,

commerce, exportation, payment,

ANTONYMS: (n) isolation, enmity,

disagreement, noncompliance,

merchandising, marketing,

host, hostess, absence

defiance, reluctance, rigidity

interchange, carriage trade,

comparable: (adj) analogous,

compliment: (n, v) praise, honor; (v)

importation, exchange, distribution

corresponding, alike,

laud, flattery, applaud, greet,

commission: (n) mission, job,

commensurate, similar, same, equal,

adulation, congratulate, belaud; (n)

delegation, mandate, appointment,

equivalent, parallel, akin; (v)

eulogy, tribute. ANTONYMS: (n)

work; (n, v) warrant, assign; (v)

allusive. ANTONYMS: (adj)

criticism, reproach, disparagement;

accredit, designate, entrust.

dissimilar, incomparable, unworthy,

(n, v) slander, libel; (v) criticize,

ANTONYMS: (v) withhold, retract;

unlike, unequal, unalike

denounce, disparage, denigrate,

(n) salary

comparative: (adj) qualified,

complain, belittle

common: (adj) coarse, mutual,

proportionate, illustrative,

composedly: (adv) serenely, calmly,

vulgar, mean, mediocre, ignoble,

approximate, near. ANTONYMS:

quietly, placidly, coolly, sedately,

plebeian, base; (adj, n) cheap,

(adj) absolute, unlike, far, unequal

steadily, soberly, unperturbedly,

habitual; (adj, n, v) usual.

comparison: (n) collation, likeness,

staidly, relaxedly. ANTONYM:

ANTONYMS: (adj) uncommon,

compare, resemblance,

(adv) nervously

rare, unusual, characteristic, specific,

correspondence, metaphor,

compulsory: (adj) obligatory,

unique, extraordinary, exclusive,

comparing, similarity, contrast,

involuntary, mandatory,

aristocratic, infrequent, refined

parallel; (n, prep) connection.

compulsive, coercive, binding,

commoner: (n) burgher, layman,

ANTONYMS: (n) difference,

necessary, imperative, forcible,

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unavoidable, essential.

arch, benign, affable, merciful.

disjointed, indistinct. ANTONYMS:

ANTONYMS: (adj) voluntary,

ANTONYMS: (adj) humble,

(adj) enlightened, orderly, alert,

elective, peaceful, willing

unassuming, approachable,

clearheaded, organized, oriented,

conceited: (adj) arrogant, cocky, vain,

unpretentious, friendly, admiring,

precise, systematic, ordered,

boastful, proud, smug, affected,

modest, respectful, deferential

unimpressed, methodical

assuming, egotistical, haughty,

condescension: (n) arrogance,

congenitally: (adv) inbredly,

pompous. ANTONYMS: (adj)

lordliness, disparagement,

inherently, naturally,

modest, insecure, meek, selfless,

patronage, affability, disdain, pride,

constitutionally, connately, natively,

unassuming

superciliousness, contempt, stoop,

inbornly, connaturally,

conceived: (adj) formed

depreciation. ANTONYMS: (n)

indigenously, hereditarily,

concentrated: (adj) intense, solid,

respect, acceptance, admiration

ingrainedly

compressed, condensed, deep,

condition: (n) position, status,

conscience: (n) moral sense,

compact, heavy, thick, dense, intent,

provision, standing, clause,

Conscience money, sense of right

intensive. ANTONYMS: (adj)

circumstances, term, predicament,

and wrong, scruple, intention,

dispersed, unsaturated,

rank; (n, v) aspect; (v) provide.

tender conscience, small voice,

uncondensed, moderate, diluted,

ANTONYMS: (v) disqualify; (n)

principles, morals, morality, inward

weakened, watery, sketchy, relaxed,

option

monitor. ANTONYM: (n)

distributed, diffuse

conducted: (adj) directed, guided

indifference

conception: (n) concept, idea, view,

confess: (adj, v) own, allow, admit,

conscious: (adj) alive, premeditated,

thought, creation, mind, design,

avow; (v) concede, profess,

mindful, deliberate, cognizant,

imagination, impression,

recognize, divulge, disclose, reveal,

calculated, intended, discerning,

understanding, fancy. ANTONYMS:

receive. ANTONYMS: (v) suppress,

self-conscious, studied, voluntary.

(n) termination, finish, ending,

hide, dispute, conceal, repress,

ANTONYMS: (adj) unaware,

concrete, abortion, ignorance,

harbor

ignorant, unintentional, dead,

destruction

confessed: (adj) known

accidental, inanimate, spontaneous,

concerned: (adj, v) careful, solicitous;

confident: (adj) bold, brave, secure,

subconscious, unplanned,

(adj) involved, interested,

sanguine, audacious, forward,

inadvertent, oblivious

thoughtful, considerate, worried,

fearless; (adj, v) certain, positive,

consent: (adj, n, v) accord; (n, v)

nervous, apprehensive, affected,

sure; (adj, n) hopeful. ANTONYMS:

acquiescence, agreement; (v) concur,

attentive. ANTONYMS: (adj)

(adj) insecure, timid, pessimistic,

approve, agree, acquiesce, accept;

uncaring, unfeeling, untroubled,

frightened, anxious, unsure,

(n) consensus, approval; (adj, v)

calm, unworried, uninvolved,

hesitant, unintelligent, doubtful,

allow. ANTONYMS: (v) refuse,

casual, detached, removed,

diffident, bland

reject, protest, object, differ, oppose;

indifferent, hardhearted

confidentially: (adv) privately,

(n, v) veto; (n) refusal, opposition,

conciliate: (v) appease, reconcile,

closely, privily, intimately,

dissent, disagreement

assuage, propitiate, placate, mollify,

familiarly, personally, clandestinely,

consequential: (adj) ensuing,

pacify, calm, accommodate,

in secret, in private, surreptitiously,

eventful, bumptious, significant,

mediate, allay. ANTONYM: (v)

occultly. ANTONYMS: (adv)

weighty, imperious, following, high,

enrage

publicly, openly, familiarly,

consequent, considerable,

conciliatory: (adj) complaisant,

commonly

supercilious. ANTONYMS: (adj)

pacific, mollifying, propitiatory,

confined: (adj) limited, cramped,

insignificant, unimportant, original,

friendly, appeasing, conciliating,

imprisoned, bounded, enclosed,

trivial, uneventful, optional

compromising, pacificatory,

restricted, narrow, constrained,

consequently: (adv) therefore,

assuaging, quiet. ANTONYMS: (adj)

strict; (adj, v) close, invalided.

subsequently, as a result, then,

provocative, challenging, hostile,

ANTONYMS: (adj) liberated,

sequentially, followingly, so,

aggressive, stubborn, bellicose,

invasive, roomy, unconfined,

naturally, in consequence, hence;

belligerent, fighting, antagonizing,

unlimited, open, spacious, general

(conj) ergo

uncompromising, antagonistic

confirmed: (adj) inveterate, assured,

consider: (v) think, regard, view,

concluded: (adj, adv) finished, done,

habitual, constant, settled, definite,

cogitate, deliberate, calculate,

completed, ended; (adj) over, closed,

established, affirmed, fixed,

conceive, reckon, reflect, assume; (n,

terminated, accomplished, all over,

ingrained, corroborated.

v) study. ANTONYMS: (v)

consummate, set

ANTONYMS: (adj) unproven,

disregard, forget, discard, doubt,

conclusion: (n) end, close, result,

unconfirmed, undecided,

reject, nevermind, dismiss, abandon,

termination, sequel, completion,

uncommitted, questionable,

leave, decide, overlook

cessation, dissolution, finish, finale;

infrequent, dubious, mild, unfaithful

consideration: (n, v) respect, regard,

(n, v) closing. ANTONYMS: (n)

confounded: (adj) bemused,

care, account, condition; (n)

beginning, opening, preface,

accursed, execrable, baffled, cursed,

reflection, thought, attention,

inauguration, foreword, launch,

befuddled, confused, puzzled,

cogitation, conception,

commencement, head

aghast, perplexed; (adj, v) abashed

thoughtfulness. ANTONYMS: (n)

condescending: (adj) arrogant,

confused: (adj) abashed, baffled,

impulsiveness, inconsideration,

snobbish, superior, haughty,

befuddled, bemused, dizzy, chaotic,

inattention, cruelty, rashness,

gracious, patronizing, supercilious,

confounded, deranged, incoherent,

unconcern, heedlessness, disregard,

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negligence, neglect, insensitivity

denial

(adj) salvation

considered: (adj) reasoned,

contents: (n) substance, content,

conviction: (n) belief, confidence,

premeditated, intentional, willful,

matter, inside, subject matter, list,

certainty, condemnation,

sensible, sound, advised, studied,

volume, synopsis, conspectus, cargo,

persuasion, faith, trust, certitude,

planned, calculated, regarded.

catalogue

firmness, doctrine, determination.

ANTONYMS: (adj) sudden,

context: (n) circumstance,

ANTONYMS: (n) acquittal, doubt,

impetuous, ingenuous, thoughtless,

environment, setting, surroundings,

release, absolution, disbelief,

swift, spontaneous, disregarded,

background, atmosphere, page,

justification, insecurity, distrust

unconsidered, unplanned,

note, milieu, condition, backdrop

convincing: (adj) cogent, forceful,

unstudied, casual

continuing: (adj) constant, lasting,

persuasive, compelling, believable,

consolation: (n) comfort, relief, balm,

abiding, ongoing, serial, persistent,

probable, impressive, likely,

succor, ease, cheer, solacement,

enduring, permanent, durable,

credible, valid, plausible.

encouragement, sympathy,

chronic, steady. ANTONYMS: (adj)

ANTONYMS: (adj) weak,

alleviation, express sympathy.

rapid, spasmodic, occasional,

unrealistic, unpersuasive,

ANTONYMS: (n) grief, sorrow,

fleeting

questionable, dubious, doubtful,

distress, discouragement,

contributing: (adj) tributary,

unbelievable, disputable, inaccurate,

aggravation

contributory, contributive,

hesitant, unreliable

consoling: (adj) consolatory,

philanthropic, incidental,

convulsions: (n) convulsion, spasm,

cheering, encouraging, grateful,

conducible, causative, causal; (n)

epilepsy, eclampsia, mirth

reassuring, soothing, calming; (n)

favorable, advantageous, beautiful

cool: (adj, v) chill, assuage, soothe;

encouragement. ANTONYM: (adj)

control: (n, v) command, curb, check,

(adj) chilly, cold, collected,

upsetting

bridle, handle, sway, hold,

composed, fine, aloof; (v) quench;

consort: (n, v) associate, husband; (n)