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study, learning, reading, speculation stung: (adj) sting, bit, annoyed, roiled, irritated, nettled, peeved, pissed, riled, stings, thrust

stupid: (adj, n) foolish, silly, simple, absurd; (adj, adv, n) dull; (adj) idiotic, ridiculous, senseless, fatuous, crass, insane. ANTONYMS: (adj) wise, clever, bright, intelligent, shrewd, prudent, responsible, smart, great, sensitive, useful

stupidity: (n) foolishness, nonsense, obtuseness, dullness, fatuity, absurdity, stolidity, slowness, denseness, idiocy, imbecility. ANTONYMS: (n) sense, logic, cleverness, shrewdness, wisdom, ability

subaltern: (adj, n) subordinate, sub; (adj) secondary, lower, menial, dependent, petty, underling, lowly, subject; (n) ensign

submission: (n) compliance, obedience, acquiescence, bid, offer, deference, entry, presentation, conformity; (adj, n) resignation, surrender. ANTONYMS: (n) defiance, divergence, disobedience substance: (adj, n) subject; (n) body, significance, import, material, matter, meaning, amount, means, gist, core. ANTONYMS: (n) meaninglessness, lightness, surface substitute: (n) deputy, backup, delegate; (n, v) alternate, shift, surrogate; (adj, n) alternative, makeshift; (v) change, replace, fill in substitution: (n) replacement, exchange, substitute, interchange, switch, permutation, commutation, replacing, swap; (n, v) change, shift subtle: (adj) delicate, sharp, nice, acute, astute, insidious, exquisite, elusive; (adj, v) shrewd, sly, crafty. ANTONYMS: (adj) loud, bright, considerable, tactless, overpowering, harsh, concrete, dark subtlety: (n) refinement, elegance, nuance, delicacy, craft, finesse, nicety, niceness, penetration, polish, cunning. ANTONYMS: (n) tactlessness, coarseness, heaviness, vulgarity

succeeding: (adj) following, subsequent, after, consecutive, posterior, ensuing, consequent, successive, consequential; (adj, adv) later; (v) succeed. ANTONYMS: (adj) outgoing, preceding

suck: (v) nurse, drink, imbibe, suckle, absorb, lactate, puff, drain, pull, suck up; (n) sucking. ANTONYM:

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sucking: (n) suck, intake, uptake, aspiration, ingestion, consumption suffer: (v) encounter, stand, accept, undergo, brook, experience, have, endure, abide, sustain; (adj, v) allow. ANTONYMS: (v) enjoy, rejoice, flourish

suffering: (n) distress, agony, affliction, anguish, torture, grief, torment, misery, hardship; (adj, n) hurt; (adj) miserable. ANTONYMS: (adj, n) content; (n) peace, ecstasy, joy, pleasure

sugar: (n) darling, saccharide, carbohydrate, love, beloved, jaggary; (adj, n) dear; (v) saccharify, sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate suggestion: (n) advice, intimation, proposal, counsel, allusion, sign, trace, proposition, recommendation; (n, v) touch, dash. ANTONYMS: (n) warning, practice

suicide: (n) harikari, killer, suttee, putting to death, Juggernaut, assisted suicide, slayer; (adj) suicidal suited: (adj, v) proper, fit, fitted, adapted, convenient; (adj) appropriate, good, apt, eligible, capable, useful. ANTONYMS: (adj) incompatible, wrong, inappropriate sulkily: (adv) morosely, glumly, peevishly, crossly, grumpily, petulantly, moodily, gloomily, surly, resentfully, angrily. ANTONYMS: (adv) cheerily, gladly

sulks: (n) mood, sullen, doldrums, dudgeon, dumps, hermit, moroseness, mumps

sulky: (adj) gloomy, grouchy, morose, surly, peevish, moody, dismal, cross, petulant, crabby; (adj, v) glum. ANTONYMS: (adj) resigned, cheerful; (n) cheeriness sullen: (adj, n) morose, sulky, sour; (adj) gloomy, gruff, glum, moody, dark, cross, surly; (adj, v) grim. ANTONYMS: (adj) bright, cheery;

(n) cheeriness

sullenly: (adv) sulkily, sourly, grumpily, morosely, moodily, dourly, somberly, peevishly, surly, crossly, petulantly. ANTONYMS: (adv) graciously, contentedly, gladly, cheerily

sulphurous: (adj) stifling, acerb, hot, sulphureous, infernal, brimstony, virulent, caustic, containing acid, sultry, burning hot

sunbeams: (n) sunshine, light, daylight, rays

sunburnt: (adj) brown, burnt,

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gloomy, fiery, sallow, adust sunless: (adj) cloudy, dark, cheerless, clouded, lightless, gloomy, tenebrous, mentally disordered, blurred

sunlight: (n) sunshine, daylight, the sun, positive, solar, sunbeam, brightness, sunbeams, rays, shaft, beam

sunset: (n) dusk, sundown, nightfall, twilight, night, sunsetting, periodic event, crepuscule, atmospheric phenomenon, hour, recurrent event. ANTONYMS: (n) sunrise, daybreak sunstone: (n) moonstone, alexandrite, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, quartz, aventurine feldspar, goldstone superb: (adj) beautiful, brilliant, magnificent, exquisite, gorgeous, super, rich, marvelous, grand, excellent, glorious. ANTONYMS: (adj) poor, inferior, terrible, meager, abysmal, dire, humble, inglorious, ugly, unattractive, unimpressive superbly: (adv) magnificently, gloriously, beautifully, wonderfully, brilliantly, grandly, gorgeously, excellently, splendidly, marvellously, outstandingly. ANTONYMS: (adv) badly, incompetently, poorly, abysmally, meagerly, slightly

supercargo: (n) visitor, husband, aedile, ranger, officer, inspector supercilious: (adj) proud, haughty, disdainful, lofty, contemptuous, contumelious, cavalier, lordly, arrogant, scornful, high and mighty. ANTONYMS: (adj) modest, affable superficial: (adj) shallow, external, sketchy, slight, outward, frivolous, exterior, surface, apparent, outer, flimsy. ANTONYMS: (adj) innate, deep, real, profound, permanent, inner, weighty, authentic, genuine, intense, serious

supper: (n) meal, tea, lunch, repast, reception, mealtime, siesta, social affair; (v) dejeuner, bever, whet supplies: (n) food, stores, resources, provender, cache, ways and means, wherewithal, stocks; (n, v) equipment, outfit; (v) furniture supports: (n) ropes, chains, rigging supreme: (adj, n) maximum, utmost; (adj) dominant, sovereign, chief, principal, superlative, uppermost, consummate, preeminent; (adj, v) head. ANTONYMS: (adj) inferior, vulnerable, lowly, poor, secondary, worst, abysmal, powerless, provisional, weak

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surcoat: (n) chesterfield, capote, greatcoat, tunic, coat, great coat, Ulster, hooded coat, overcoating, raincoat, topcoat

surpass: (v) beat, outdo, exceed, surmount, better, excel, outstrip, overcome, overrun, best, go beyond. ANTONYMS: (v) fail, lose, follow, trail

surrender: (v) concede, abandon, give up, capitulate, submit, deliver; (adj, n) resignation; (n, v) resign, render, release; (n) capitulation. ANTONYMS: (v) conquer, appropriate, persevere, subdue, enforce; (n, v) fight, win; (n) capture, confrontation, conquest, victory surrendered: (adj) given surrendering: (n) yielding; (v) giving up

surroundings: (n) atmosphere, environment, environs, setting, neighborhood, habitat, milieu, neighbourhood, scene, background, ambiance

survival: (n) existence, relic, subsistence, life, aliveness, living, selection, natural selection, endurance, remnant, hangover. ANTONYM: (n) death

survive: (v) live, outlast, outlive, endure, exist, pull through, remain, continue, breathe, last, be. ANTONYMS: (v) succumb, perish, cease, stop, crumble

suspect: (v) mistrust, suppose, distrust, conjecture, guess, surmise, divine, disbelieve; (adj) fishy, questionable, shady. ANTONYMS: (adj) trustworthy, trusted, innocent, reliable, credible, aboveboard; (n) plaintiff; (v) know, believe suspected: (adj) supposed, doubted, suspicious, suspicion, inspiring distrust, distrusted

suspended: (adj) hanging, dormant, pendulous, abeyant, dangling, in abeyance, inactive, pendant, in suspension, pensile, suspensory suspense: (n) doubt, expectancy, anticipation, indecision, insecurity, unrest, expectation, irresolution, suspension, tension; (adj, n) hesitation. ANTONYM: (n) knowledge

suspicions: (adj) entertain doubts, have doubts; (n) doubts, misgivings, reservations, qualms, worries, fears, uncertainties

swallowed: (adj) engulfed, gulped, inundated, overcome, overwhelmed, flooded,

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robins, Passeriformes, Hirundinidae, etc, order Passeriformes

swarthy: (adj) dusky, black, swart, sable, somber, dun, tawny, coloured, colored, atramentous; (n) brunette. ANTONYMS: (adj) fair, light

sway: (n, v) command, rule, control, rock, stagger, roll; (v) oscillate, reel, lurch, shake; (n) reign.

ANTONYMS: (v) stay, dissuade, discourage

swayed: (adj) persuaded, susceptible, touched, convinced. ANTONYM: (adj) doubtful

swear: (v) declare, assure, assert, affirm, curse, pledge; (n, v) promise, avow, depone, depose, aver. ANTONYMS: (v) distrust, refute, deny, compliment

sweat: (n, v) work, toil, struggle; (v) perspire, drudge, exude; (n) perspiration, lather, sudor, effort; (adj) perspiring. ANTONYMS: (v) ignore; (n) entertainment, ease, relaxation

sweep: (adj, v) brush, rake; (n, v) range, reach, sway; (n) compass, expanse, scope, field; (v) sail; (adj, n) curve

sweet: (adj) fresh, mellow, lovable, dear, pleasant, musical, melodious, pleasing, sugary; (adj, v) lovely; (adj, n) beloved. ANTONYMS: (adj) discordant, bitter, acid, sharp, acidic, pungent, salty, harsh, detestable, cacophonous, dry

sweetness: (n) sugariness, sweet, redolence, pleasantness, fragrance, aroma, charm, perfume, amenity, niceness, kindness. ANTONYMS:

(n) sourness, sharpness, unpleasantness, harshness, tastelessness, unkindness sweet-smelling: (adj) aromatic, fragrant, sweet, odorous swell: (n, v) rise, heave, increase,

wave, billow; (v) enlarge, expand, puff, grow, bloat; (adj, n) dandy. ANTONYMS: (v) deflate, desiccate, shrink, compress, concentrate, wane; (n, v) decline; (adj) bad, horrible, shabby, awful

swept: (adj) clean

swift: (adj, adv, v) fast; (adj) quick, fleet, speedy, alert, nimble, hasty, prompt, sudden, hurried; (adj, v) rapid. ANTONYMS: (adj) considered, leisurely, sluggish, gradual, delayed, clumsy swiftness: (n) speed, haste, rapidity,

celerity, acceleration, quickness, promptness, pace, velocity, agility, dispatch. ANTONYM: (n) clumsiness

swinger: (n) rake, playboy, wanton, tramp, bum, philanderer, athlete, jock, debauchee; (adj, n) nonconformist; (adj) single swinging: (adj) swaying, excessive, lilting, inordinate, hanging, exorbitant, pendulous, outrageous, preposterous, extravagant; (n) slewing

swoon: (adj, n, v) faint; (adj, n) collapse; (n) fainting, syncope, prostration, deliquium; (v) conk, black out, pass out, die; (adj) puff symbol: (n) emblem, number, badge, mark, stamp, numeral, type, insignia, token, image, indication symbolical: (adj) emblematic, emblematical, representative, figurative, sign, symbolics, allusive, exemplary

symbolize: (v) represent, typify, stand for, signify, symbolise, personify, exemplify, mean, embody, indicate; (n, v) illustrate sympathetic: (adj, v) compassionate, tender, affectionate; (adj, n) kindly, congenial, humane, gentle, favorable; (adj) merciful, agreeable, friendly. ANTONYMS: (adj) hardhearted, unfeeling, callous, uncaring, unsociable, unforgiving, unfriendly, negative, sarcastic, opposed, unhelpful

sympathize: (v) pity, understand, condole, compassionate, feel, sympathise, identify with, empathize, have compassion, feel sorry for, feel for. ANTONYMS: (v) disapprove, disregard

sympathy: (n) compassion, kindness, commiseration, mercy, feeling, understanding, rapport, benevolence, agreement; (adj, n) humanity, charity. ANTONYMS: (n) indifference, cruelty, coldness, disdain, incompatibility, thoughtlessness, mercilessness, callousness, incomprehension, inhumanity, insensitivity symphonic: (adj) harmonious, symphonious, musical, melodious, accordant

tabernacle: (n) church, synagogue, dwelling, chapel, meetinghouse, abode, address, subtectacle, sojourn, seat; (v) tent

tableau: (n) scene, prospect, scenery, perspective, spectacle, landscape,

lookout, act, outlook; (v) painting, piece

tail: (n, v) shadow, trail; (v) follow, track, pursue, dog, tag, chase; (n) behind, posterior, butt.

ANTONYMS: (n, v) head, front; (v) lead

tailor-made: (adj) appropriate taint: (n, v) blemish, disgrace, corrupt, spot, blot; (adj, v) defile, sully, pollute, contaminate; (n) pollution, contamination. ANTONYMS: (v) enhance, right, respect, disinfect, clean; (n) perfection, cleanliness; (adv) cheerfully

tainted: (adj, v) rotten, rancid, bad, musty, reasty, vitiated; (adj) rank, contaminated, faulty, putrid, dirty. ANTONYMS: (adj) unadulterated, unchanged, untarnished, clean tale: (n) account, narrative, narration, recital, fib, fable, report, fiction, lie, relation, yarn. ANTONYM: (n) fact tangled: (adj) involved, complex, knotted, intricate, complicated, entangled, knotty, convoluted, disheveled, tousled, matted. ANTONYMS: (adj) tidy, straightforward, untangled, neat, simple

taper: (n) candle, taper hole, bougie, rushlight, taper ratio; (v) sharpen, point, acuminate, diminish, lessen, reduce. ANTONYMS: (v) rise, widen

tapestry: (n) arras, tapis, textile, embroidery, hanging, carpet, cloth, complexness, fabric, material, mending

tapped: (adj) poor, powerless, helpless. ANTONYM: (adj) untapped

tarnished: (adj) stained, tainted, dim, besmirched, spotted, imperfect, damaged, flyblown, dull, messy, maggoty. ANTONYMS: (adj) clean, unblemished, famous

tarry: (v) linger, loiter, stay, remain, delay, lag, dally, dawdle, bide, rest; (adj) pitchy. ANTONYMS: (v) complete, finish

tartuffe: (n) phony, dissembler, phoney, hypocrite

tasselled: (adj) decorated

tasting: (n) degustation, gustation, savoring, relishing, sample, gustatory sensation, gustatory perception, discernment, drinking, eating, feeding

tattered: (adj) shabby, ragged, scruffy, dilapidated, threadbare,

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frayed, seedy, worn out, torn, shattered; (adj, v) bedraggled. ANTONYMS: (adj) elegant, smart, new

taught: (adj) instructed, educated, schooled, instruct, well-bred, scholarly, provided; (v) firm, fast, close, taut

taunt: (n, v) ridicule, gibe, flout, insult, mock, deride, sneer, twit, quip; (n) scoff; (v) bait. ANTONYMS: (n, v) respect, compliment; (v) applaud, comfort tavern: (n) hotel, saloon, bar, inn, pub, public house, pothouse, taphouse, cabaret, khan, hostelry tawdrily: (adv) garishly, tackily, loudly, cheaply, showily, tastelessly, flashily, trashily, meretriciously, shoddily, sleazily

tawdry: (adj) cheap, shoddy, meretricious, showy, flashy, garish, loud, tasteless, trashy, tacky, brassy. ANTONYMS: (adj) sophisticated, nice, quality

tawny: (n) tan, buff; (adj, n) brown, auburn; (adj) luteous, golden, sallow, russet, chestnut, creamy, moderately black

teach: (v) enlighten, educate, instruct, coach, indoctrinate, drill, learn, lecture, school; (adj, v) guide, show tear: (n, v) rip, break, split, rupture, crack, run, slit; (v) pull, rend, lacerate; (adj, v) rush. ANTONYMS:

(v) wait, mend, idle, fix, amble, dawdle

tearing: (adj) fierce, violent, vehement, furious, ripping, ferocious; (n) lachrymation, lacrimation, riving ahead, tear, lancination

tedious: (adj) tiresome, boring, dreary, slow, heavy, humdrum, irksome, lifeless; (adj, v) monotonous, arid, dry. ANTONYMS: (adj) exciting, varied, easy, readable, lively, entertaining, enthralling, brisk, concise, exotic, pleasant

tediously: (adv) tiresomely, slowly, dully, monotonously, heavily, irksomely, wearisomely, uninterestingly, drearily, laboriously, verbosely. ANTONYMS: (adv) briskly, animatedly

telegram: (n) cablegram, wire, telegraph, message, letter telegram, report, overseas telegram, news, marconigram, embassy, conducting wire

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temper: (adj, v) moderate, soften, mitigate, harden; (n) character, disposition, humor, nature; (v) modify, season, qualify. ANTONYMS: (n, v) upset; (v) soften, agitate, excite, flex, bend, increase; (n) composure, happiness, wrath, equanimity

temperament: (n) character, nature, disposition, constitution, personality, quality, spirit, humor, equanimity, composure, mettle tempered: (adj) attempered, temperate, moderated, toughened, subdued, set, enured, proportioned, properly adapted, emotionally hardened, treated. ANTONYM: (adj) untempered

tempest: (adj, n) storm, gust; (n) gale, hurricane, squall, disturbance, cyclone, typhoon, agitation, tornado, blizzard. ANTONYM: (n) serenity temple: (n) church, place of worship, shrine, Fane, house of worship, pantheon, pagoda, synagogue, brow, sanctuary, mosque

tempt: (adj, v) attract, allure; (v) entice, decoy, charm, inveigle, invite, coax, seduce, fascinate, attempt. ANTONYMS: (v) discourage, appall, repel temptation: (n, v) lure, enticement, bait; (n) attraction, allurement, invitation, seduction, inducement, allure, appeal, pull. ANTONYMS:

(n) dislike, discouragement tenderness: (n) fondness, soreness, love, affection, sympathy; (adj, n) clemency, mildness, compassion, gentleness, softness, delicacy. ANTONYMS: (n) pleasure, dryness, hatred, strength, detachment terrace: (n) veranda, bench, porch, balcony, yard, ledge, platform, portico, backyard, area, accommodation

terribly: (adv) horribly, awfully, terrifically, very, badly, awful, appallingly, atrociously, terrificly; (adj, adv) frightfully, shockingly. ANTONYMS: (adv) wonderfully, slightly, superbly, fortunately, happily, laudably, little, marvelously, pleasantly, hardly, honorably

terrify: (n, v) frighten, alarm, fright, affright; (v) panic, dismay, startle, horrify, intimidate, terrorize, daunt. ANTONYMS: (v) please, delight, calm, soothe, comfort

terror: (n, v) alarm, scare; (adj, n) dread, awe; (n) fear, dismay,

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consternation, horror, panic, apprehension, scourge. ANTONYMS: (n) peace, security, delight, calm, confidence terror-stricken: (adj) afraid, scared textile: (n) fabric, cloth, stuff, tapestry, drapery, linen, webbing, chintz, doeskin, plaid, dimity texture: (adj, n) grain; (n) fabric, constitution, weave, tissue, web, woof, roughness, marbleizing; (n, v) finish, make

theatrical: (adj) melodramatic, dramatic, histrionic, stagy, theatric, stilted, artificial, pretentious, spectacular, pedantic, full of affectation. ANTONYMS: (adj) undramatic, restrained, real, quiet thickened: (adj) calloused, concentrated, incrassated, spissated, stiff, tough, becoming thicker, inspissated

thicket: (n) brake, coppice, brush, grove, spinney, bush, brushwood, cluster, underbrush, undergrowth, underwood

thickly: (adv) deeply, heavily, thick, viscously, thicksetly, solidly, dully, dumbly, compactly, closely, turbidly. ANTONYMS: (adv) thinly, finely, slightly, sparsely, loosely, distinctly

thief: (n) burglar, bandit, pirate, plunderer, filcher, stealer, pickpocket, pilferer, crook, brigand, despoiler

thinning: (n) dilution, press clipping, press cutting, singling, tapering, newspaper clipping, slip; (adj) receding, retreating, withdrawing, moving back

thirst: (n, v) hunger, lust, wish; (n) longing, yen, craving, hankering, dryness, appetite; (v) starve, crave. ANTONYM: (n) dislike

thirteen: (n) long dozen, large integer thorn: (n) barb, prickle, bramble, spike, point, brier, pricker, needle, sticker, fang; (adj, n) sting thoroughly: (adv, v) fully; (adv) entirely, totally, soundly, exhaustively, carefully, absolutely, perfectly, deeply, utterly, exactly. ANTONYMS: (adv) superficially, incompletely, negligently, partially, partly, barely, halfheartedly, deficiently, inadequately, insufficiently, hastily

thou: (n) chiliad, grand, m, g, one thousand, gramme, gram, gm, gigabyte, Gb, curtilage thoughtful: (adj, v) serious, solemn,

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grave; (adj) kind, careful, pensive, heedful, attentive, discreet, sensible, courteous. ANTONYMS: (adj) thoughtless, careless, heedless, uncaring, unkind, tactless, superficial, stupid, negligent, idiotic, unthinking

thoughtless: (adj, v) careless, heedless, rash, improvident; (adj) reckless, inattentive, hasty, unthinking, negligent, neglectful, imprudent. ANTONYMS: (adj) considerate, considered, heedful, prudent, kind, cautious, mindful, responsible, attentive, observant, sensible

thousandth: (adj) millesimal; (n) simple fraction

thread: (n) screw thread, yarn, rope, wire, twine, ligature; (adj, n, v) line, file; (n, v) string together; (adj, v) range; (v) penetrate

threadbare: (adj, v) stale, shabby, dilapidated, bald, frayed, faded; (adj) hackneyed, worn, banal, trite, tattered. ANTONYMS: (adj) new, unused, reliable, fresh, unworn, pristine, original

threads: (n) duds, clothing, apparel, clothes, wear, vesture, coat, cords, dress, garb, garment

threatened: (adj) vulnerable, in jeopardy, exposed, endangered, doomed, at risk

thrift: (n) economy, parsimony, husbandry, frugalness, prosperity, prudence, thriftiness, parsimoniousness, sea pink, welfare;

(v) gain. ANTONYMS: (n) generosity, spending, waste

thrill: (n, v) delight, shudder, quiver, shiver; (v) excite, exhilarate, exalt, stir; (n) shake, excitement, chill. ANTONYMS: (v) dishearten, discourage, disappoint, displease;

(n) depression, calm, boredom, agony, sorrow; (n, v) bore throat: (n) orifice, pharynx, gorge, mouth, muzzle, nozzle, sucker, shaft, quarl, throat depth, nostril throb: (n, v) quiver, ache, pulse, pound, thrill, tingle; (v) pulsate, palpitate, flutter, shudder; (n) pulsation

throbbing: (adj, n) beating; (n) pounding, pulsation, pulse, ache, palpitation, sting; (adj) painful, pulsatile, palpitating, palpitant. ANTONYM: (n) pleasure throne: (v) enthrone; (n) can, stool, place, fecal matter, potty, chair, cathedra, lavatory, crapper, pot

throw: (n, v) cast, pitch, push; (v) shed, hurl, heave, chuck, flip, pass, hurtle; (n) shot. ANTONYMS: (v) explain, help, receive, clarify, encourage

thrown: (adj) puzzled, confused, thrown and twisted, upset, disconcerted, unnerved, terrified, scared out of your wits, mystified, frightened; (n) reminder. ANTONYM: (adj) calm

thrush: (n) mavis, ouzel, Whiterumped thrush, candidiasis, blackbird, bluethroat, fieldfare, merl, moniliasis, ousel, philomel thrust: (n, v) poke, stab, jab, drive, shove, force, punch, boost, cast, dig;

(v) ram. ANTONYM: (n) inertia thunderstruck: (adj) astonished, flabbergasted, dumbfounded, amazed, stupefied, stunned, speechless, dumfounded, aghast, dazed; (v) awestruck

tiara: (n) crown, coronet, circlet, miter, triple crown, cap of maintenance, jewelled headdress, jewelry, tiar

tiberius: (n) Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Augustus

ticking: (n) tick, cloth, fabric, ticken; (adj) living

tied: (adj) bound, connected, laced, united, fixed, even, liable, tight, spiked, responsible, attached. ANTONYMS: (adj) untied, unlaced tier: (n) layer, floor, stratum, grade, level, degree; (adj, n) rank, row, line, range, file

tight: (adj, v) narrow, parsimonious, compact, stingy; (adj, adv, v) fast, firm; (adj) mean, taut, secure, snug, tense. ANTONYMS: (adj) generous, baggy, slack, wide, easy, open, leaky, giving, free, floppy; (adv) loosely

tightened: (adj) secure, securer, firm tightening: (n) clamping, thinning, tapering, alteration, modification, narrowing, reduction, adjustment. ANTONYM: (n) expansion

tightly: (adv) closely, steadily, tautly, strictly, securely, densely, stiffly, solidly, tipsily, stably, parsimoniously. ANTONYMS: (adv) loosely, insecurely, sparsely

tiled: (adj) paved, lined, smooth, cemented

tilt: (n, v) slant, slope, lean, list, rock, careen, sway; (v) pitch, tip, cant, lurch. ANTONYMS: (n, v) surrender; (n) agreement; (v) yield tilting: (adj) slanting, leaning,

sloping, oblique, lopsided, fighting;

(n) single wheel tilting, shearing, overturning

timidly: (adv) fearfully, timorously, cautiously, shyly, diffidently, anxiously, nervously, shily, gingerly, modestly, apprehensively. ANTONYMS: (adv) confidently, bravely, daringly, brashly, fearlessly, decisively, brazenly tingling: (n) tingle, itch, thrill, pins and needles, tickle, somesthesia, somatic sensation; (adj) stinging, tickling, tickly; (v) turn

tiptoe: (v) tip, tippytoe, creep, patter, skirt, skip, tilt, sidle, lean; (adj) alert;

(n) quieter. ANTONYM: (v) clump tire: (n, v) bore, jade; (adj, n, v) fatigue; (v) exhaust, harass, fag, weary, wear, pall, prostrate; (n) tyre. ANTONYMS: (v) interest, invigorate, energize

tired: (adj, v) fatigued, weary, exhausted, stale; (adj) threadbare, commonplace, trite, banal, haggard, stock, jaded. ANTONYMS: (adj) invigorated, alert, refreshed, energetic, original, strong, awake, energized, lively, rested, relaxed titan: (n) colossus, heavyweight, monster, behemoth, Goliath, Hyperion, Ahriman, hulk, cocus, atlas; (adj) gigantic

tithe: (adj, n) tenth; (n) gavel, excise, custom, assessment, octroi, benevolence, tithing, disme; (n, v) tax; (adj) decimal

titter: (n, v) laugh, chuckle, snigger, chortle, twitter, gurgle, snort, guffaw; (v) snicker; (n) laughter, quiet laughter

toad: (n) batrachian, anuran, salientian, crapaud, sneak, sheep frog, robber frog, spadefoot, spadefoot toad; (v) toady; (adj) satyr tokyo: (n) Yeddo, Tokio, Japanese capital, Edo, capital of Japan

tomb: (n) sepulchre, sepulcher, crypt, pit, sepulture, vault, monument, entomb, mausoleum; (n, v) bury; (v) inter

tongue: (n) lingua, speech, idiom, dialect, clapper, glossa, natural language, striker, talk; (v) lick; (adj) flowing

tonic: (n) stimulant, restorative, keynote, soda pop, medicine, corroborant, tonic water; (adj) brisk, refreshing, fresh, invigorating. ANTONYM: (n) sedative

topic: (n) theme, question, matter, affair, issue, text, point, business,

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subject matter, substance, area torch: (n) brand, light, flambeau, burner, great mullein, blowlamp, Verbascum Thapsus, flannel mullein, common mullein, blowtorch; (v) burn

tore: (v) tare; (n) moulding, molding tories: (n) liberals, socialists

torn: (adj, prep) lacerated, rent, mangled; (adj) ripped, tattered, blasted, lacerate, shabby, goddamned, infernal, made uninhabitable. ANTONYMS: (adj) pristine, sure, resolute, healed, decided, mended

torpid: (adj) inactive, sluggish, indolent, dull, slow, dormant, lazy, dead, lifeless, flat, supine. ANTONYMS: (adj) energetic, lively tort: (n) civil wrong, wrongdoing, crime, wrong, offence, injury, presumption, invasion of privacy, encroachment, assumption; (adj) violation

torture: (n, v) pain, distress, agonize, afflict; (n) agony, anguish, suffering, excruciation, grief; (v) rack, excruciate. ANTONYMS: (n) relief, alleviation, content, ecstasy, joy, pleasure; (v) relieve, alleviate

tory: (n) conservative; (adj) reactionary, right

tossing: (n) cast; (adj) moving touched: (adj) insane, cracked, tinged, not right, daft, crazy, nutty;

(v) compassionate, sympathetic, pitiful, mucid. ANTONYMS: (adj) untouched, sane, unemotional, unmoved, well

touching: (adj, v) affecting; (adj) poignant, pitiful, pathetic, adjacent, adjoining, emotional; (n) touch, contact; (prep) concerning, about. ANTONYMS: (adj) unaffecting, everyday, heartwarming, unmoving, heartbreaking, emotionless, unemotional, impassive

tout: (v) bluster, brag, advertise, boast, canvass, blow, gas, bespeak, gasconade, swash; (n) hotel runner. ANTONYMS: (v) conceal, understate

tower: (n) column, spire, steeple, pinnacle, pylon, castle; (adj, n) pillar;

(v) ascend, rise, loom, arise toying: (n) flirtation, coquetry, flirting, flirt, tease, romp, prickteaser, play, minx, gambol, frolic

trace: (n, v) line, shadow, spot, hunt, trail; (n) dash, clue, indication,

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suggestion, sign; (v) pursue. ANTONYMS: (v) ignore; (n) lot, overtone

traced: (adj) graphic

tracing: (n) trace, copy, design, model, chase, drafting, action of tracing, blueprint, cast, draftsmanship, ghost tradesmen: (n) fellow tradesmen tragedy: (n) calamity, disaster,

misfortune, play, cataclysm, drama, bad luck, bale, apocalypse, farce, tragic. ANTONYMS: (n) humor, blessing, joy, boon, advantage, comedy

tragic: (adj) calamitous, disastrous, dreadful, grievous, catastrophic, unlucky, unfortunate, woeful, tragical, comic, heartbreaking. ANTONYMS: (adj) humorous, heartwarming, blessed, advantageous, lucky, fortunate, joyous

trailing: (n) tracking, drift, pursuit, streaminess, hunt, heeling; (adj) following, rambling, sprawling, prone, procumbent

tramping: (adj) moving trampled: (adj) crushed, damaged,

flattened, compressed, packed down trampling: (n) trample; (adj) moving transaction: (n) dealing, business, dealings, proceeding, trade, concern, matter, bargain, negotiation, action, affair. ANTONYMS: (n) refusal, rejection, denial

transformed: (adj) changed, malformed, rehabilitated, bewitched, misshapen, distorted, reformed

transparency: (n) clearness, clarity, slide, limpidity, pellucidness, lucidity, diaphaneity, translucency, overhead, foil, pellucidity. ANTONYMS: (n) ambiguity, opacity, dirtiness, impurity

trap: (n, v) net, catch, ambush, mesh, trick; (v) entrap, ensnare, entangle;

(n) gin, noose, entanglement. ANTONYM: (v) release trappings: (n) equipment, rigging, caparison, embroidery, trapping, tackle, suit, skirt, accouterment, lappet, flap

travail: (n, v) labor, toil, labour, grind, childbirth, confinement; (v) drudge, moil; (n) effort, sweat, exertion

travelled: (adj) cosmopolitan tray: (n) plate, salver, dish,

cheeseboard, tray bar, server, waiter, Cran, inkstand, icetray, jardiniere