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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