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Top 100 Words With Synonyms and


Antonyms for Letter A - Notes in PDF
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Top 100 Words With Synonyms and Antonyms for Letter A
1. ABET
� Meaning: to give encouragement, to help, to aid, assist, usually in doing some
wrong, encourage a bad act, foment, instigate
� Synonyms: be an accomplice, help, support
� Antonyms: oppose, protest, hinder, hamper
2. ABASE
� Meaning: to lower, to degrade, to humiliate
� Synonyms: fall, debase, devalue, defile
� Antonyms: honour, upgrade, grace, elevat
3. ABEYANCE
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� Meaning: temporary suppression or suspension
� Synonyms: unresolved, incomplete
� Antonyms: continuing, under way
4. ABASH
� Meaning: to strike with shame, to embarrass
� Synonyms: awe, humiliate, humble, deflate
� Antonyms: embolden, reassure
5. ABHOR
� Meaning: to loathe, detest
� Synonyms: despise, abominate
� Antonyms: love, admire
6. ABATE
� Meaning: to lessen, to nullify, to decrease, moderate, slacken, wane
� Synonyms: lessen, shrink
� Antonyms: increase, augment, swell, grow
7. ABJECT
� Meaning: miserable, pitiful
� Synonyms: appalling, contemptible
� Antonyms: proud, respected
8. ABANDON
� Meaning: total lack of inhibition
� Synonyms: recklessness, carelessness, desert, discontinue
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� Antonyms: restraint, caution, retain, continue
9. ABJURE
� Meaning: to reject, abandon formally
� Synonyms: renounce, repudiate
� Antonyms: cherish, retain
10. ABDICATE
� Meaning: to give up a position, right, or power
� Synonyms: relinquish, renounce
� Antonyms: accept, accede to
11. ABLUTION
� Meaning: act of cleansing
� Synonyms: purification, sanctification
� Antonyms: contamination, defilement
12. ABDUCT
� Meaning: to forcefully take away
� Synonyms: kidnap, carry off, steal, nab
� Antonyms: deliver, rescue, salvage, liberate
13. ABERRATION
� Meaning: something different from the usual
� Synonyms: digression, deviation
� Antonyms: normality, regularity
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14. ABORTIVE
� Meaning: stopped before completion, failed attempt
� Synonyms: unsuccessful, unprogressive
� Antonyms: effective, fruitful
15. ABOLISH
� Meaning: to put an end to, to do away with
� Synonyms: eliminate, stop, eradicate, annul
� Antonyms: establish, found, start, create
16. ABSTEMIOUS
� Meaning: sparing in food, drink or enjoyment, moderate, temperate
� Synonyms: self � denying, ascetic, sober
� Antonyms: wild, abandoned, unreserved
17. ABSTRACT
� Meaning: theoretical , summation
� Synonyms: conceptual, synopsis
� Antonyms: actual, concrete, full � version
18. ABSTRUSE
� Meaning: difficult to understand
� Synonyms: perplexing, complicated
� Antonyms: clear, obvious
19. ABRIDGE
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� Meaning: to condense, shorten
� Synonyms: condense, compress
� Antonyms: expand, enlarge
20.ABUNDANT
� Meaning: ample, copious, luxuriant, overflowing
� Synonyms: plentiful, copious, rich, profuse
� Antonyms: meager, scarce, inadequate
21. ABSCOND
� Meaning: to depart secretly
� Synonyms: flee, run away
� Antonyms: arrest, stay
22.ABSOLVE
� Meaning: to forgive, free from blame
� Synonyms: acquit, exonerate
� Antonyms: condemn, incriminate
23.ACCEDE
� Meaning: to express approval, agree to
� Synonyms: endorse, comply
� Antonyms: refuse, deny
24.ACCOST
� Meaning: to approach and speak to someone
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� Synonyms: confront, waylay
� Antonyms: retreat, withdraw
25.ACCESSIBLE
� Meaning: attainable, available, approachable
� Synonyms: obtainable, reachable
� Antonyms: inapproachable, unreachable
26.ACCRETION
� Meaning: growth in size or increase in amount
� Synonyms: accumulation, amassing
� Antonyms: erosion, attrition
27.ACCESSORY
� Meaning: attachment, ornament, accomplice, partner
� Synonyms: appendage, appurtenance
� Antonyms: principal, adversary
28.ACCURE
� Meaning: to accumulate, grow by additions
� Synonyms: amass, build up
� Antonyms: disperse, diffuse
29.ACCLAIM
� Meaning: commendation, citation, eulogy, applaud, announce with great
approval
� Synonyms: applause, cheer, encomium
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� Antonyms: disapprove, odium, boycott
30.ACE
� Meaning: of highest quality, outstanding
� Synonyms: first rate, world class, winner
� Antonyms: miserable, terrible, abysmal
31. ACERBIC
� Meaning: bitter and sour, corrosive
� Synonyms: acidulous, cutting, caustic, mordant
� Antonyms: mild, gentle, meek, placid, calm
32.ACCOLADE
� Meaning: praise, distinction
� Synonyms: honour, recognition
� Antonyms: criticism, disparagement
33.ACME
� Meaning: highest point, summit
� Synonyms: pinnacle, zenith
� Antonyms: pit, nadir
34.ACQUISITION
� Meaning: possession, property, addition, gain, prize
� Synonyms: attainment, achievement
� Antonyms: loss, defeat, beating, hammering
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35.ACQUITTAL
� Meaning: release from blame
� Synonyms: discharge, exoneration
� Antonyms: conviction, incarceration
36.ACTUATE
� Meaning: to put something into action, to start something, motivate
� Synonyms: drive, incite, goad, instigate
� Antonyms: hinder, deter, restrain
37.ACRIMONY
� Meaning: bitterness, animosity
� Synonyms: resentment, causticity
� Antonyms: goodwill, benevolence
38.ACRID
� Meaning: bitter, pungent, sarcastic, acerbic, vitriolic, caustic, sharp, biting
� Synonyms: choking, unpleasant, harsh
� Antonyms: savory, delectable
39.ACUMEN
� Meaning: sharpness of insight
� Synonyms: astuteness, sagacity
� Antonyms: witlessness, idiocy
40.ADAMANT
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� Meaning: uncompromising, unyielding
� Synonyms: uncompromising, obdurate
� Antonyms: flexible, adaptable
41. ADAPT
� Meaning: to accommodate, adjust
� Synonyms: acclimatize, conform
� Antonyms: preserve, unfit
42.ADDUCE
� Meaning: to quote examples in a discussion or a debate
� Synonyms: propose, volunteer, give
� Antonyms: disprove, refute, withdraw
43.ADMONISH
� Meaning: to caution or reprimand
� Synonyms: reproach, chastise
� Antonyms: encourage, praise
44.ADEPT
� Meaning: highly skilled, consummate, proficient, expert at
� Synonyms: expert, adroit, clever
� Antonyms: novice, beginner, clumsy, sloppy
45.ADORE
� Meaning: dote on, idolise, love, worship, revere, venerate
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� Synonyms: worship, esteem, respect, admire
� Antonyms: hate, abhorrence, detestation
46.ADHERE
� Meaning: to cling to or follow without deviation
� Synonyms: stick to, cohere
� Antonyms: flout, ignore
47.ADORN
� Meaning: decorate, beautify, garnish
� Synonyms: embellish, polish, glamorise
� Antonyms: blemish, disfigure, distort
48.ADIEU
� Meaning: a farewell
� Synonyms: goodbye, bon voyage, sayonara
� Antonyms: salutation, welcome, greet
49.ADROIT
� Meaning: skillful, accomplished, highly competent
� Synonyms: dexterous, adept
� Antonyms: clumsy, inept
50.ADULATION
� Meaning: high praise
� Synonyms: exaltation, idolization
� Antonyms: detestation, abhorrence
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51. ADJOURN
� Meaning: to postpone, put off to another date
� Synonyms: suspend, differ, delay, stop, end
� Antonyms: advance, expedite
52.ADULTERATE
� Meaning: to corrupt or make impure
� Synonyms: contaminate, pollute
� Antonyms: cleanse, decontaminate
53.AFFABLE
� Meaning: friendly, easy to approach
� Synonyms: genial, jovial
� Antonyms: aloof, frosty
54.ADVERSE
� Meaning: unfavorable, unlucky, harmful
� Synonyms: detrimental, pernicious
� Antonyms: beneficial, favourable
55. AFFINITY
� Meaning: fondness, liking, similarity
� Synonyms: inclination, empathy
� Antonyms: dislike, aversion
56.AFFLUENT
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� Meaning: rich, abundant
� Synonyms: wealthy, propertied
� Antonyms: poor, impoverished
57. AERIAL
� Meaning: having to do with the air
� Synonyms: airborne, inflight
� Antonyms: terrestrial, earthly
58.AFFRONT
� Meaning: personal offence, insult
� Synonyms: indignity, aspersion
� Antonyms: compliment, justice
59.AESTHETIC
� Meaning: pertaining to beauty or art
� Synonyms: graceful , elegant
� Antonyms: distasteful , unattractive
60.AGNOSTIC
� Meaning: one who doubts that God exists
� Synonyms: disbeliever, doubter
� Antonyms: believer, worshipper
61. AGONY
� Meaning: affliction, pain
� Synonyms: suffering, anguish, distress
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� Antonyms: relish, delight, exulting, rejoicing
62.AGRARIAN
� Meaning: related to farming or rural matters
� Synonyms: agricultural, bucolic
� Antonyms: urban, metropolitan
63.AGGRAVATE
� Meaning: to worsen, to make more grievous, intensify, to exacerbate, burden,
irritate
� Synonyms: worsen, exaggerate, intensify
� Antonyms: calm, pacify, quiet, appease
64.AGGREGATE
� Meaning: collective mass or sum, total
� Synonyms: cumulative, sum
� Antonyms: individual, divided
65.AGILE
� Meaning: well-coordinated, nimble
� Synonyms: sprightly, lithe
� Antonyms: stiff, clumsy
66.AGOG
� Meaning: full of intense interest or excitement
� Synonyms: eager, anxious, keen
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� Antonyms: aloof
67.ALACRITY
� Meaning: cheerful willingness, eagerness, speed
� Synonyms: sprightliness, promptitude
� Antonyms: apathy, clumsiness
68.AGITATE
� Meaning: to stir violently, excite, perturb, disturb
� Synonyms: trouble, excite, disquiet, rouse
� Antonyms: calm, tranquil, quiet, still, serene
69.ALLEGE
� Meaning: to assert as true but without proof,
� Synonyms: aver, charge, arraign, impute
� Antonyms: reject, rebuff, contradict, refuse
70.ALLEGIANCE
� Meaning: total devotion or faithfulness, loyalty
� Synonyms: adherence, fidelity, affiliation
� Antonyms: treachery, subversion, perfidy
71. ALLEGORY
� Meaning: parable, story with a hidden meaning
� Synonyms: myth, apologue
� Antonyms: fact, history
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72.ALLEVIATE
� Meaning: to reduce the burden of, to mitigate
� Synonyms: relieve, assuage, moderate
� Antonyms: heighten, accentuate
73.ALIENATE
� Meaning: estrange, set at odds, detach, make hostile, separate
� Synonyms: disaffect, set against, distance
� Antonyms: engage, include, contain
74.ALLOCATION
� Meaning: allowance, portion, share
� Synonyms: allotment, quota
� Antonyms: declassification, lumping
75. ALLAY
� Meaning: to lessen, ease, or soothe
� Synonyms: alleviate, mollify
� Antonyms: increase, intensify
76.ALLURE
� Meaning: to entice by charm, attract
� Synonyms: appeal, seduce
� Antonyms: repulsion, revulsion
77. AMALGAMATE
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� Meaning: to mix, combine
� Synonyms: integrate, incorporate
� Antonyms: separate, detach
78.ALLY
� Meaning: partner, friend, associate
� Synonyms: helper, supporter, assistant
� Antonyms: opponent, adversary, foe, rival
79.AMATEUR
� Meaning: an enthusiast or admirer, nonprofessional
� Synonyms: beginner, dabbler, dilettante
� Antonyms: professional, specialist, skilled
80.ALOOF
� Meaning: reserved, conservative, indifferent, uninterested, apart, cool in
manner
� Synonyms: distant, detached, cold, remote
� Antonyms: friendly, gracious, responsive
81. ALTERCATION
� Meaning: a heated dispute, quarrel , noisy fight, angry dispute, heated dispute
� Synonyms: brawl, ruckus, melee, fracas
� Antonyms: safeguarding, defense
82.ALTRUISM
� Meaning: unselfish concern for others' welfare
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� Synonyms: compassion, benevolence
� Antonyms: selfishness, malevolence
83.AMBIGUOUS
� Meaning: uncertain, subject to multiple interpretations
� Synonyms: ambivalent, enigmatic
� Antonyms: unambiguous, clear
84.AMIABLE
� Meaning: friendly, pleasant, likable
� Synonyms: affable, agreeable
� Antonyms: unfriendly, disagreeable
85.AMICABLE
� Meaning: friendly, agreeable
� Synonyms: amiable, likable
� Antonyms: unfriendly, disagreeable
86.AMELIORATE
� Meaning: to make better, improve
� Synonyms: rectify, mend
� Antonyms: worsen, leave something untended
87.AMNESTY
� Meaning: a general pardon, a period during which offenders are exempted from
punishment
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� Synonyms: exoneration, reprieve, respite
� Antonyms: punishment, imprisonment
88.AMPLE
� Meaning: abundant, plentiful
� Synonyms: enough, sufficient
� Antonyms: insufficient, meager
89.AMPLIFY
� Meaning: increase, intensify
� Synonyms: louden, magnify
� Antonyms: reduce, quieten
90.ANATHEMA
� Meaning: ban, curse, something shunned or disliked
� Synonyms: abhorrent, abomination
� Antonyms: benediction, blessing
91. ANCHOR
� Meaning: a device to stabilise a structure, a reliable, principal support, secure
or
fasten firmly
� Synonyms: attach, newscaster, presenter
� Antonyms: unfasten, undo, disengage
92.ANNIHILATE
� Meaning: to reduce to zero, destroy completely, exterminate, to wipe out, to
vanquish, abolish
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� Synonyms: abrogate, obliterate, liquidate
� Antonyms: regenerate, retrieve
93.ANGUISH
� Meaning: excessive pain of body and mind, agony, acute pain, extreme suffering
� Synonyms: affliction, dolour, bale, torment
� Antonyms: satisfied, contented, pleased
94.ANNUL
� Meaning: to cancel, or make legally invalid
� Synonyms: nullify, declare void
� Antonyms: restore, reinstate
95.ANOMALY
� Meaning: irregularity or deviation from the norm
� Synonyms: aberration, exception
� Antonyms: regularity, norm
96.ANIMOSITY
� Meaning: hatred, hostility
� Synonyms: acrimony, antagonism
� Antonyms: affection, friendship
97.ANTAGONISM
� Meaning: hostility, active resistance
� Synonyms: rivalry, opposition, aggression
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� Antonyms: collaboration, assistance, help
98.ANTECEDENT
� Meaning: before in time; prior
� Synonyms: preceding, previous
� Antonyms: consequent, subsequent
99.ANTIPATHY
� Meaning: dislike, hostility, extreme opposition or aversion
� Synonyms: abhorrence, antagonism
� Antonyms: empathy, sympathy
100. ANTIQUITY
� Meaning: ancient times, the quality of being old
� Synonyms: ancientness, archaism
� Antonyms: modernity, trendy
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