Исторический словарь английских синонимов и антонимов. Том I. A – I.

VOLUME I

A – I

KEY: Aback.

SYN: Backwards, rearwards, aft, abaft, astern, behind, back.

ANT: Onwards, forwards, ahead, before, afront, beyond, afore.

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KEY: Abandon.

SYN: Leave, forsake, desert, renounce, cease, relinquish, discontinue, castoff, resign, retire, quit, forego, forswear, depart from, vacate, surrender, abjure, repudiate.

ANT: Pursue, prosecute, undertake, seek, court, cherish, favor, protect, claim, maintain, defend, advocate, retain, support, uphold, occupy, haunt, hold, assert, vindicate, keep.

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KEY: Abandoned.

SYN: Profligate, wicked, vicious, unprincipled, reprobate, incorrigible, sinful, graceless, demoralized, dissolute, depraved, bad, licentious, corrupt.

ANT: Virtuous, conscientious, correct, upright, worthy, righteous, self-controlled, high-principled, steady, good.

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KEY: Abase.

SYN: Degrade, disgrace, bring low, reduce, humble, demean, stoop, humiliate, depress, lower, sink, dishonor.

ANT: Promote, exalt, honor, raise, elevate, dignify, aggrandize.

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KEY: Abasement.

SYN: Degradation, depression, disgrace, humiliation, abjection, dishonor, shame.

ANT: Promotion, elevation, honor, exaltation, dignity, aggrandizement.

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KEY: Abash.

SYN: Confound, confuse, discompose, bewilder, daunt, cow, humble, disconcert, dishearten, motility, shame, humiliate.

ANT: Countenance, cheer, uphold, encourage, rally, inspirit, animate, incite, embolden, abet, buoy.

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KEY: Abate.

SYN: Terminate, remove, suppress, lower, reduce, mitigate, diminish, moderate, lessen, subside, decrease.

ANT: Prolong, continue, revive, develop, increase, aggravate, magnify, brew, ferment, rage, extend, enlarge, amplify, raise, enhance.

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KEY: Abbreviate.

SYN: Shorten, reduce, abridge, contract, curtail, epitomize, condense, prune, compress.

ANT: Lengthen, prolong, extend, enlarge, produce, elongate, amplify, expand, dilate.

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KEY: Abbreviation.

SYN: Abridgment, reduction, contraction, curtailment, abstract, summary, epitome, condensation, compression.

ANT: Elongation, prolongation, extension, production, amplification, enlargement, expansion, dilation, expatiation, explication, dilution.

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KEY: Abderite.

SYN: Cynic, sardonic, derisive, sarcastic, jocular, flippant, nonchalant, sportive, sprightful, buoyant.

ANT: Lachrymose, plaintive, maundering, querimonious, plaintive, dolesome, lackadaisical, grumbling, croaking, lugubrious.

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KEY: Abdicate.

SYN: Abandon, relinquish, resign, surrender, vacate.

ANT: Retain, maintain, claim, occupy, assert, grasp, seize, usurp.

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KEY: Abdomen.

SYN: Belly, paunch.

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KEY: Abduction.

SYN: Abstraction, subtraction, deprivation, ablution, rape, seizure, appropriation.

ANT: Addition, adduction, replacement, restitution, restoration, surrender, reinstatement.

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KEY: Aberrant.

SYN: Erratic, devious, divergent, incontinuous, desultory, disconnected, wandering, idiotic, inconsistent, inconsecutive, abnormal, exceptional.

ANT: Continuous, rectilineal, true, consistent, uniform, consecutive, normal, natural, faithful, regular.

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KEY: Aberration.

SYN: Wandering, divergence, deviation, desultoriness, rambling, disconnectedness, hallucination, inconsecutiveness, idiocy, insanity, exception, abnormity.

ANT: Uniformity, consecutiveness, continuity, connectedness, principle, law, order, type, norm, project, line, tenor, progression, rectilinearity, regularity.