Part 15

ANT. _Unfold, expose, disengage._

=Follow.= Attend, accompany, result, pursue, succeed, chase, go after, come after, copy, ensue, heed, imitate, observe, obey, practice; shadow.

ANT. _Avoid, elude, precede, quit, disobey, cause, produce, shun, abandon._

=Follower.= Pursuer; attendant, retainer, supporter, dependant, companion, associate; adherent, disciple, pupil, partisan; imitator, copier.

ANT. _Leader, teacher, rival, antagonist, opponent._

=Folly.= Foolishness, imbecility, fatuity, stupidity, shallowness, dulness; absurdity, extravagance, infatuation, unwisdom, imprudence, nonsense, indiscretion; slip, lapse, misstep; madness, misconduct, silliness, weakness.

ANT. _Wisdom, sanity, sense, prudence, judgment, sobriety._

=Foment.= Bathe; excite, instigate, stimulate, brew, encourage, promote, abet, stir up; fan, cherish, propagate.

ANT. _Allay, extinguish, extirpate, quench, discourage._

=Fond.= Foolish, silly, weak, absurd, empty, vain, senseless, baseless; doting, affectionate, loving, attached, enamored, devoted.

ANT. _Averse, unloving, unaffectionate, strong-minded, rational, austere, sensible, well-grounded, undemonstrative._

=Fondle.= Caress, coddle, blandish, pet; dandle; spoil, indulge.

ANT. _Worry, annoy, tease, chafe, irritate, ruffle._

=Fondness.= Delusion, folly, silliness, weakness, absurdity; tenderness, doting; liking, preference, partiality, predilection, affection; relish, appetite.

ANT. _Repulsion, aversion, dislike, antipathy; hatred, contempt; harshness, brutality, loathing._

=Food.= Aliment, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, viands, sustenance, victuals, provender, regimen, pabulum, fodder, diet, forage, feed, fare; bread, meat, provisions, cheer, commons, rations, subsistence.

=Fool.= Idiot, natural; dolt, witling, driveler, blockhead, simpleton, dunce; buffoon, harlequin, droll, punch, antic, jester, clown.

ANT. _Wise man, adept, expert, scholar, master._

=Foolish.= Senseless, idiotic, silly, weak, daft, simple, irrational, insensate, shallow, brainless, witless; unwise, unreasonable, absurd, ridiculous, preposterous, indiscreet, imprudent; puerile, idle, trivial, trifling, contemptible, vain, childish; injudicious, objectionable, imbecile, nonsensical; crazed.

ANT. _Sensible, sane, clear-sighted, deep, strong-minded, sound, sagacious, wise, prudent, judicious, eligible, calculating, advisable._

=Footing.= Foothold; foundation, basis, groundwork; standing, rank, grade, status, state, condition; settlement, establishment; sum total.

ANT. _Dislodgment, ousting, unstableness._

=Foppish.= Dandyish, vain, coxcombical, dressy, dandified.

ANT. _Unassuming, modest, dowdy, unaffected, clownish, slovenly._

=Foray.= Inroad, irruption, raid, invasion, incursion; sally, escapade, dragonnade.

ANT. _Flight, retreat, recall, stampede, decampment._

=Forbear.= Abstain, avoid, withhold, refrain, forego; stop, desist, pause, cease, stay, hold, break off, give over; be tolerant, endure, be patient; shun, decline; omit; spare, tolerate, put up with.

ANT. _Seek, indulge, gratify, yield, grant, bestow; continue, advance, progress; rebel, resist._

=Forbidding.= Repulsive, repellent, unpleasant, odious, abhorrent, disagreeable, offensive; deterrent, prohibitory.

ANT. _Attractive, seductive, permissive, alluring, encouraging._

=Force=, _n._ Strength, power, energy, might, vigor; efficacy, efficiency, potency, validity, virtue, cogency, agency; compulsion, violence, constraint, coercion, enforcement; army, troop, legion, battalion, host, squadron, phalanx; instrumentality, dint, vehemence, pressure.

ANT. _Weakness, feebleness, inefficiency, counteraction, neutralization, debility, inconclusiveness, pointlessness._

=Fore=, _a._ Anterior, preceding, antecedent, prior, previous, former, foregoing; front, face; advanced, leading, head, foremost, first.

ANT. _Posterior, subsequent, following; rear, back, hindmost, last._

=Forefather.= Progenitor, ancestor, father.

ANT. _Descendants, progeny._

=Forefend.= Avert, prevent, ward off, hinder, keep off, forbid; stave, obviate.

ANT. _Remedy, rectify, cure, mend, redress._

=Forego.= Relinquish, resign, renounce, surrender, cede, yield, abandon, give up, part with, let go; waive, drop, abjure.

ANT. _Claim, assume, seize, grasp, retain, vindicate._

=Foreign.= Alien, external, exterior, outward, strange, exotic, from abroad; extraneous, extrinsic, adventitious, irrelevant; outlandish.

ANT. _Domestic, congenial, native, relative, germane._

=Forerunner.= Precursor, herald, harbinger, foregoer, avant-courier; prelude; prognostic, sign, omen, premonition; predecessor.

ANT. _Successor, follower; postlude; fulfilment._

=Foresee.= Foreknow, forecast, have prescience of; predict, anticipate, foretell, forebode, divine.

ANT. _Remember, recollect, recall, reflect._

=Foretell.= Prognosticate, foreshow, foreshadow, betoken, portend, augur, bode, forebode, presage; predict, prophesy; pre-indicate, forewarn.

ANT. _Recite, narrate, detail; recollect, remember._

=Forethought.= Foresight, anticipation, precaution, forecast, provision, prudence.

ANT. _Delay, procrastination._

=Forever.= Always, perpetually, eternally, everlastingly, ever, endlessly, evermore, aye.

ANT. _Never, at no time._

=Forfeit=, =Forfeiture=. Loss, fine, mulct, amercement, confiscation, penalty; damages.

ANT. _Bribe, premium, douceur, compensation, gratuity, reward, remuneration._

=Forge.= Beat, hammer out, fabricate, frame, form; devise, invent, coin; falsify, counterfeit; work, produce, elaborate, feign, make falsely, shape.

ANT. _Shatter, batter, shiver, blast, fuse, detect, expose; misconstrue, misshape, misfabricate; verify._

=Forgery.= Counterfeit; falsification, fraudulent imitation.

ANT. _Attestation, verification, signature; genuineness._

=Forget.= Consign to oblivion, overlook; slight, neglect, cease to care for; unlearn, pretermit, obliterate.

ANT. _Acquire, learn, recollect, remember, retain, treasure, mind._

=Forgetful.= Apt to forget; negligent, inattentive, careless, heedless, neglectful, mindless.

ANT. _Attentive, retentive, careful, mindful._

=Forgetfulness.= Aptness to forget; failure of memory; negligence, inattention, carelessness, heedlessness; oblivion.

ANT. _Retentiveness, recollection, recalling._

=Forgotten.= Unremembered, bygone, slighted, overlooked, obsolete, neglected, disregarded.

ANT. _Remembered, present, treasured, cherished, guarded, regarded._

=Forlorn.= Deserted, forsaken, solitary, abandoned, lost, friendless; wretched, miserable, pitiable, destitute, desolate; helpless, comfortless, disconsolate, wobegone; hapless, luckless; lone, lonesome.

ANT. _Supported, cherished, attended, protected, befriended, cheered._

=Form=, _n._ Shape, figure, configuration, mold, fashion, cast, cut; mode, method, formula, formulary, ritual; manner, system, sort, kind, order; regularity, arrangement; shapeliness, ceremony, formality, ceremonial; conventionality, etiquette; pattern, model; mere appearance, empty show.

=Form=, _v._ Shape, mold, fashion, constitute, arrange, frame, construct, contrive, conceive, make, produce, create, devise, invent, compose, dispose, combine.

ANT. _Deform, dislocate, distort, derange, disintegrate, dismember, dissipate, disorganize, analyze._

=Formal.= Express, explicit, positive, strict, official; regular, set, methodical, fixed, rigid, stiff; ceremonious, precise, punctilious, starched, prim, exact; essential, constitutive; external; complete, shapely, sufficient, affected, correct, stately, dignified, pompous.

ANT. _Incomplete, irregular, informal, incorrect, inadequate, easy, unassuming, unceremonious._

=Formalism.= Rigidity, parade, ceremoniousness, pomposity, externalism, punctilio.

ANT. _Simplicity, unaffectedness, unostentatiousness, unceremoniousness._

=Formality.= Custom, established mode; ceremony, etiquette, conventionality, mere form; parade, affectation, punctiliousness, stateliness.

ANT. _Informality; unceremoniousness, unconventionality; originality._

=Formation.= Creation, production; composition, constitution; arrangement, disposal, combination, disposition; construction, shape, structure.

=Former.= Anterior, antecedent, previous, prior, preceding, foregoing; quondam, late, old-time; past, bygone, foregone, previous; first-named, first-mentioned; earlier, ancient.

ANT. _Subsequent, succeeding, posterior, latter, modern, coming, future._

=Formidable.= Terrible, redoubted, tremendous, dangerous; awful, alarming, terrifying, discouraging, appalling, serious, horrible, dreadful, fearful, shocking.

ANT. _Light, trivial; feeble, harmless, contemptible, powerless, despicable, weak, helpless._

=Forthwith.= Instantly, directly, immediately, without delay, instantaneously.

ANT. _Hereafter, soon, by-and-by, presently._

=Fortification.= Fort, stronghold, fortress, fastness, castle, citadel; bulwark, fortified place.

=Fortify.= Protect, surround; reinforce, brace, stiffen, strengthen; confirm, corroborate; garrison, intrench.

ANT. _Weaken, dismantle; invalidate._

=Fortitude.= Endurance, heroism, resolution, courage; firmness, patience; bravery; calmness, resignation, hardihood, composure, stoicism.

ANT. _Impatience, timidity, flinching, irritation, faintness, delicacy, effeminacy, womanishness, childishness._

=Fortuitous.= Accidental, casual, contingent, chance, incidental, undesigned.

ANT. _Purposed, planned, designed; anticipated, foreseen._

=Fortunate.= Favored, lucky, successful, prosperous, happy, felicitous, propitious, auspicious, favorable, advantageous, providential.

ANT. _Miserable, unhappy, unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate, wretched, woful, fallen, infelicitous, broke, crushed._

=Fortune.= Chance, accident, luck, hap, casualty, fortuity; livelihood; estate, substance, property, possessions; wealth, affluence, riches, opulence; destiny, fate, destination, doom, star, lot; issue, result, event; success.

ANT. _Design, purpose; misfortune, ill luck, poverty; inception, cause, failure._

=Forward=, _a._ Onward, progressive, advancing; front, fore, anterior; ready, prompt, eager, willing, zealous, earnest; presumptuous, confident, bold, impertinent, pert, assuming, flippant; early, premature; obtrusive, anxious, self-assertive.

ANT. _Tardy, reluctant, retiring, backward, slow, modest, indifferent._

=Forward=, _v._ Support, foster, advance, promote, further, encourage, aid, favor, help; hasten, accelerate, quicken, speed, hurry, despatch, expedite; transmit, send on, ship.

ANT. _Retard, delay, prevent, hinder, frustrate._

=Foul.= Impure, nasty, dirty, unclean, squalid, filthy, tarnished, soiled, stained, polluted, sullied; disgusting, loathsome, offensive, noisome; dishonorable, unfair, sinister, underhanded; base, scandalous, infamous, vile, wicked, dark, abominable, detestable, disgraceful, shameful; vulgar, coarse, low; abusive, insulting, scurrilous; thick, turbid, muddy; stormy, cloudy, rainy; entangled, tangled.

ANT. _Pure, uncorrupt, unstained, undefiled, uncontaminated, unsullied, stainless, fair, unspotted, spotless, unpolluted, holy._

=Found=, _v._ Base, set, fix, place, ground, rest; build, construct, raise, erect; establish, institute, originate, plant, set up; cast, mold; endow, root.

ANT. _Uproot, subvert, supplant, disestablish._

=Foundation.= Base, groundwork, basis, bottom, footing; establishment, settlement; endowment; institution, origin, rudiments, ground, substratum, underlying principle.

ANT. _Disestablishment; superstructure; demolition, ruin, overthrow._

=Founder.= Originator, institutor, establisher, planter; molder, caster; author.

ANT. _Subverter, destroyer._

=Fountain.= Spring, well, jet; source, origin, original cause, first principle.

=Fraction.= Part, portion, fragment, piece, bit, scrap, section.

ANT. _Whole, total, amount, sum, aggregate._

=Fractious.= Cross, captious, petulant, testy, peevish, fretful, irritable, waspish, snappish; pettish.

ANT. _Good-humored, blithesome, agreeable, complaisant, genial._

=Fragile.= Brittle, easily broken, frangible; infirm, frail, weak, feeble, delicate, slight.

ANT. _Tough, hardy, stout, strong._

=Fragment.= Remnant, fraction, scrap, chip, detached part, bit, piece, morsel.

ANT. _Bulk, body, whole, mass._

=Fragrance=, =Fragrancy=. Redolence, perfume, aroma, balminess, incense, grateful odor _or_ smell, pleasant scent.

=Fragrant.= Aromatic, redolent, spicy, balmy, odoriferous, perfumed, sweet-scented, odorous, sweet-smelling.

ANT. _Inodorous, scentless, fetid._

=Frail.= Fragile, brittle, frangible; weak, feeble, infirm; irresolute, erring, mutable.

ANT. _Resolute, lasting, virtuous; tough, hardy, strong, stout._

=Frame=, _n._ Framework, skeleton, carcass, framing; form, structure, system, fabric, constitution, scheme; condition, state, temper, mood.

=Frame=, _v._ Construct, build, put together; form, compose, make, constitute; invent, devise, plan, contrive; fabricate, forge.

=Franchise.= Right, privilege; exemption, immunity; freedom.

ANT. _Obligation, disability, disqualification, liability, jurisdiction._

=Frank.= Open, ingenuous, free, sincere, candid, artless, frank-hearted, without disguise, unreserved; familiar, honest, outspoken, easy, plain.

ANT. _Close, reserved; disingenuous._

=Frantic.= Furious, raving, raging, mad, wild, infuriate, frenzied, distracted; maniacal.

ANT. _Sane, sober, calm, collected, cool, unruffled, composed._

=Fraternity.= Association, circle, society, company, brotherhood, sodality, league, clan; brotherliness.

=Fraternize.= Harmonize, sympathize, consort, concur; associate with, coöperate with; coalesce.

ANT. _Renounce, abjure, forswear; ostracize._

=Fraud.= Duplicity, deceit, deception, dishonesty, treason, artifice, trick, cheat, imposture, swindle, treachery, imposition.

ANT. _Good faith, honesty, truth, uprightness, fairness, integrity._

=Fraught.= Filled, stored, laden, freighted, charged, abounding, pregnant, big; loaded, teeming.

ANT. _Devoid, divested, exempt, empty, wanting, poor, scant._

=Freakish.= Whimsical, erratic, capricious, odd, fanciful, humorsome; sportful, frisky, joking, mirthful.

ANT. _Sober, steady, demure, unwhimsical, unfanciful, reliable, consistent, equable, uniform._

=Free=, _a._ Independent, at liberty, unrestrained; released, emancipated, delivered, liberated; exempt, clear, allowed, permitted, open; unobstructed, unimpeded, unrestricted; frank, ingenuous, candid, artless, unreserved, sincere, frank-hearted; generous, liberal, bountiful, hospitable, charitable, munificent, open-handed; prodigal, lavish, immoderate; ready, eager, willing, prompt; gratuitous, spontaneous; loose, lax; familiar, unconstrained, easy, informal; detached, playing, operating, unoccupied, unhindered, unconditional, untrammeled, careless, unconfined, bounteous.

ANT. _Bound, shackled, subservient, restricted, obstructed, clogged; occupied; impeded, unlawful, compulsory, biased, subject, liable, amenable; conditional, qualified; stingy, niggardly._

=Freedom.= Independence, liberty; scope, range, play, free swing; franchise, immunity, privilege; license, laxity, looseness, familiarity.

ANT. _Slavery, serfdom, servitude; imprisonment, captivity._

=Frenzy.= Madness, rage, fury, insanity, raving, distraction, lunacy, derangement, mania, delirium, aberration of mind; fanaticism, fire.

ANT. _Calm, composure, collectedness, coolness, sanity, sobriety, equanimity._

=Frequent=, _a._ Oft-repeated; common, usual, everyday; many, repeated, recurrent, general, numerous, continual.

ANT. _Few, solitary, scanty, rare, casual._

=Fresh.= New, recent, novel; renewed, revived; blooming, flourishing, unfaded, unwilted, unwithered, well-preserved; unimpaired, undecayed; rosy, ruddy, fair, delicate, fresh-colored; well, hearty, florid, vigorous, healthy, hardy, strong; unworn, unwearied, unexhausted, unfatigued; vivid, lively, keen, unabated; unsalted; pure, cool, refreshing, sweet, health-giving, bracing; brisk, stiff, strong; raw, uncultivated, unpracticed, untrained, unskilled, inexperienced; young, untried, modern.

ANT. _Old, stale, weary, jaded; former; stagnant, impaired; original, ordinary, tarnished, faded, decayed, pallid, sickly, putrid, moldy, musty, fusty._

=Fretful.= Touchy, peevish, petulant, testy, snappish, waspish, splenetic, spleeny, captious, irritable, ill-humored, ill-tempered; fractious, impatient, discontented.

ANT. _Patient, contented, forbearing, meek, resigned, unmurmuring._

=Friction.= Attrition, abrasion, resistance, confrication, rubbing; grating, contact.

ANT. _Lubrication, non-contact, detachment, isolation._

=Friend.= Confidant, intimate, associate, companion; ally, confrère, fellow-adherent; favorer, encourager, well-wisher, advocate, patron, adherent, defender, supporter; acquaintance, familiar, chum, messmate, coadjutor.

ANT. _Opponent, foe, adversary, antagonist, enemy._

=Friendly.= Companionable, genial, neighborly, cordial, affectionate, brotherly, fond, favorable, kind, kindly, loving, well-disposed, social, tender, affable, accessible, sociable, amicable, complaisant, hearty, sincere.

ANT. _Adverse, estranged, ill-disposed, unfriendly, antagonistic, unkind, inimical, alienated, distant, disaffected, frigid, hostile, cold, indifferent, contentious, belligerent, bellicose._

=Friendship.= Affection, good will, devotion, attachment, amity, comity, consideration, favor, friendliness, love, regard, esteem, admiration.

ANT. _Hostility, hatred, enmity, feud; contempt, disdain; antipathy._

=Frighten.= Alarm, affright, intimidate, scare, terrify, daunt, appall, browbeat, depress, dismay.

ANT. _Calm, soothe, comfort, ease; reassure, encourage._

=Frightful.= Terrible, fearful, terrific, dire, dread, dreadful, horrid, horrible, awful, shocking, hideous, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, alarming; ugly, monstrous.

ANT. _Pleasing, fair, attractive, encouraging, lovely, beautiful._

=Frigid.= Cold, dull, cool, uninteresting, lifeless, unanimated, tame, spiritless; formal, prim, stiff, forbidding, chilling, rigid, freezing, repulsive, repellent; inanimate, passionless, distant.

ANT. _Warm, ardent, impassioned; vehement, zealous._

=Frisk.= Leap, skip, hop, frolic, jump, romp, gambol, wanton, dance, sport, play.

ANT. _Lie, ruminate, roost, mope, sulk, rest, repose._

=Frisky.= Gay, lively, sportive, playful, coltish, wanton, frolicsome.

ANT. _Demure, sedate, pensive, meditative._

=Fritter.= Slice, break, shiver, shatter; dribble, waste, dissipate, idle.

ANT. _Husband, economize, cultivate, provide, be frugal._

=Frivolous.= Trivial, worthless, light, trifling, silly, petty, idle, flimsy, childish, puerile, foolish, trashy.

ANT. _Serious, earnest, important, grave._

=Frolic=, _n._ Gambol, lark, escapade, prank; fun, pleasantry, drollery; merriment, merry-making; play, game, festivity, sport, entertainment, gaiety, spree.

ANT. _Study, engagement, occupation, purpose, undertaking._

=Frolicsome.= Gay, lively, frisky, sportive, playful, frolic, merry, joyous; wanton, festive.

ANT. _Grave, serious, laborious, earnest, studious._

=Froward.= Contrary, fractious, perverse, contumacious, refractory, untoward, unyielding, ungovernable, wayward, disobedient, peevish, cross, captious, petulant.

ANT. _Docile, amenable, favorable, agreeable, obedient, ductile._

=Frugal.= Provident, economical, careful, choice, saving, chary, thrifty, unwasteful, sparing; parsimonious, abstinent, abstemious, temperate.

ANT. _Profuse, lavish, luxurious, extravagant, prodigal, intemperate, self-indulgent._

=Frugality.= Parsimony, thrift, providence, prudence, economy, sparing, miserliness, parsimoniousness, scrimping.

ANT. _Liberality, luxury, opulence, waste, wealth, extravagance, bounty, affluence, abundance, riches._

=Fruit.= Harvest, crop, product; production, result, effect, consequence, outcome; offspring, issue, young; produce, reward, outgrowth.

ANT. _Seed, cause, origin, operation, growth._

=Fruitful.= Productive; prolific, fertile, fecund; abundant, rich, plentiful, plenteous; pregnant, fraught, causative, successful, effectual, useful.

ANT. _Unproductive, sterile, barren, fruitless, useless, abortive, ineffectual._

=Fruition.= Fulfilment, enjoyment; reaping, attainment, use, possession.

ANT. _Loss, disappointment, non-attainment._

=Fugacious.= Transitory, transient, evanescent, fugitive, ephemeral, fleeting.

ANT. _Persistent, perennial, permanent, perpetual._

=Fulfil.= Accomplish, effectuate, effect, realize, execute, consummate, complete, perfect; obey, observe, perform, do, discharge, keep, adhere to, comply with; meet, satisfy, answer, fill, fill out; verify, achieve.

ANT. _Neglect, ignore; falsify, disappoint; render abortive; overlook, disregard, slight._

=Fulminate.= Explode, detonate; utter denunciations, thunder, fulmine, hurl threats; clamor, roar, denounce, vociferate.

ANT. _Laud, panegyrize, eulogize._

=Fulsome.= Gross, excessive, offensive, extravagant, nauseous, disgusting, repulsive, coarse, ribald, questionable, loathsome, sickening, fawning.

ANT. _Chaste, sober, delicate, nice, temperate, moderate._

=Fume=, _v._ Smoke, reek, emit vapor, exhale; rave, rage, chafe, storm, bluster, fret, flare up, be in a rage.

ANT. _Acquiesce; smile; submit, accede, consent, concur._

=Function=, _n._ Exercise, performance, execution, discharge; employment, office, duty, business, occupation, part, province; character, capacity, operation, administration, power.

ANT. _Usurpation, misdemeanor, misconduct, maladministration._

=Functionary.= Office-holder, official, officer, servant, personage, incumbent.

=Fund.= Stock, capital; supply, store; foundation, permanent fund; money, means, resources; investment.

ANT. _Expenditure, outlay, disbursement._

=Fundamental.= Essential, radical, primary, organic, constitutional, indispensable, principal, important.

ANT. _Secondary, unimportant, non-essential, ascititious, adventitious._

=Funereal.= Mournful, sad, lugubrious, woful, dark, plaintive, somber, melancholy, funeral, gloomy, dismal, sepulchral, solemn, deathlike.

ANT. _Joyous, festive, funny, stirring, lively, ridiculous, farcical._

=Funny.= Ludicrous, droll, comical, farcical, sportive, humorous, amusing, laughable, diverting, jocose, ridiculous.

ANT. _Tedious, dull, mournful, lugubrious, grave, serious, dismal, sad, lamentable._

=Furbish.= Burnish, polish, rub, scour, brighten.

ANT. _Dull, tarnish, cloud._

=Furnish.= Provide, supply; fit, equip, fit up; afford, give, bestow, contribute, present, purvey, yield.

ANT. _Withhold, withdraw; dismantle; retain, keep._

=Furtive.= Secret, sly, clandestine, stolen, stealthy, surreptitious, secretive.

ANT. _Open, public, undisguised, unconcealed, unreserved._

=Fuse.= Melt, liquefy, smelt; intermix, amalgamate, blend, commingle, intermingle; coalesce.

ANT. _Disunite, diffuse, disamalgamate, disincorporate._

=Fuss=, _n._ Hurry, worry, ado, fidget, bustle, flurry, stir, agitation, excitement, tumult.

ANT. _Quiet, peace, sedateness, calm, composure, tranquillity._

=Futile.= Trifling, frivolous, trivial; worthless, valueless, vain, idle, unprofitable, profitless, unavailing, fruitless, bootless, ineffectual; weak, ineffective, useless, nugatory.

ANT. _Cogent, effective, potent, powerful, useful, substantial, solid._

=Future.= Forthcoming, coming, advenient.

_Ant._ _Past, gone, bygone._

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=Gabble=, _n._ Prate, jargon, stuff, jabber, rattle, twaddle, chatter, gibber, gibberish, babble, gab, gossip, palaver, prattle, cackle.

ANT. _Speech, conversation, eloquence; reticence, taciturnity; mincing, mouthiness, euphuism, grandiloquence._

=Gabble=, _v._ Prate, prattle, chatter, cackle, rattle, jabber, gossip, palaver.

ANT. _Drone, drawl, murmur._

=Gag.= Silence, stifle, muzzle, muffle, hush.

ANT. _Evoke, provoke, inspire, animate._

=Gage=, _n._ Measure, standard; dimensions, estimate; security; challenge, defiance.

=Gage=, _v._ Measure, estimate, fathom, probe.