Synonyms and antonyms

Part 2

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ANT. _Decline, declivity, hollow, descent, depth._

=Accommodate.= Oblige, serve, furnish, supply, contain, hold, convenience; adapt, reconcile, adjust, harmonize, suit, conform, arrange.

ANT. _Deprive, aggravate, inconvenience, disturb, disoblige; misfit, incommode._

=Accommodating.= Kind, obliging, considerate, unselfish, polite, yielding, conciliatory.

ANT. _Rude, churlish, disobliging, inconsiderate, exacting._

=Accompany.= Follow, attend, consort with, go with, escort, convoy.

ANT. _Abandon, leave, quit, avoid, discard, desert._

=Accomplice.= Confederate, accessory, abettor, associate, ally, aid, assistant, promoter, coadjutor.

ANT. _Rival, enemy, foe, adversary._

=Accomplish.= Complete, finish, achieve, effect, perform, carry out, attain, realize, consummate, execute, perfect, fulfil, do; equip, furnish.

ANT. _Fail, mar, spoil, frustrate, defeat, disconcert, destroy._

=Accomplished.= Educated, experienced, practiced, finished, versed, consummate, adroit, expert, apt, skilful, talented, fine, qualified, proficient, polite, elegant; completed, effected, established.

ANT. _Unskilled, unfettered, ignorant, unpolished, uncouth, inefficient, incapable, inexpert, incompetent._

=Accomplishment.= Execution, achievement, performance, completion; acquirement, attainment, proficiency, ornament, grace.

ANT. _Failure, blunder, folly, stupidity, incompetency, mismanagement, bungling._

=Accord.= Agree, correspond, harmonize; grant, concede, give, yield, deign, vouchsafe, consent, answer.

ANT. _Differ, disagree; withhold, deny, refuse._

=Accordant.= Agreeable, suitable, consonant, harmonious, congruous, agreeing, corresponding, conformable.

ANT. _Adverse, inconsistent, discordant._

=Accordingly.= Suitably, conformably, agreeably; consequently, therefore, hence, wherefore.

ANT. _Conversely, inconsistently, impertinently._

=Accost.= Approach, address, salute, greet, confront, speak to.

ANT. _Depart, rebuff, check, repulse, shun, elude, pass, ignore._

=Account=, _n._ Record, register, inventory; bill, charge; count, calculation, enumeration; statement, description, narration, relation, narrative, recital, chronicle, history; explanation, exposition; consideration, regard, motive, reason; importance, worth, dignity, profit, advantage, benefit.

ANT. _Suppression, silence; attempt, project; misannouncement._

=Account=, _v._ Esteem, regard, deem, judge, think, hold, believe, consider, view; estimate, reckon, rate; explain, solve.

ANT. _Underrate, undervalue; disesteem, misestimate; mystify, perplex, darken._

=Accountable.= Responsible, punishable, answerable, liable, amenable; accredited, delegated.

ANT. _Independent, absolute, supreme, despotic, autocratic._

=Accouter.= Equip, furnish, dress, fit out, arm, array.

ANT. _Despoil, impoverish, denude, strip, bare._

=Accredit.= Credit, authorize, trust, empower, commission, depute.

ANT. _Recall, supersede, dismiss, discard; disbelieve, distrust, suspect._

=Accredited.= Authorized, commissioned, sanctioned; confidential, trusted, believed.

ANT. _Unauthorized, distrusted, discredited._

=Accretion.= Growth, accumulation, adhesion, coherence, increase.

ANT. _Abrasion, disintegration, diminution._

=Accrue.= Result, arise, issue, ensue, follow, proceed, come, increase, augment.

ANT. _Cause, occasion; reduce, weaken, abate._

=Accumulate.= Pile, collect, gather up, bring together; store, amass, garner, treasure, husband, lay by, hoard; aggregate.

ANT. _Separate, dissipate, disperse, scatter, waste, expend._

=Accumulation.= Collection, heap, mass, accretion, hoard, store.

ANT. _Separation, segregation; unit, individual; prodigality, leakage, expenditure._

=Accuracy.= Exactness, precision, nicety, truth, carefulness, correctness, exactitude, fidelity.

ANT. _Looseness, slovenliness, incorrectness, error, fallacy, misconception, misstatement._

=Accurate.= Careful, exact, faithful, precise, truthful, correct, rigorous, close, severe, just, unerring.

ANT. _Inexact, faulty, inaccurate, defective, loose, careless._

=Accusation.= Charge, indictment, arraignment, impeachment, imputation, crimination, censure.

ANT. _Discharge, acquittal, vindication, absolution, approval._

=Accuse.= Charge, indict, arraign, incriminate, impeach, cite, summon, tax, censure, taunt, blame, reproach.

ANT. _Discharge, acquit, defend, vindicate, exonerate, pardon, absolve, condone, release._

=Accustom.= Habituate, use, be wonted, harden, familiarize, train, addict, drill, break in, discipline.

ANT. _Estrange, wean, alienate, dishabituate._

=Acerbity.= Sourness, acidity, tartness, bitterness, roughness, harshness, acrimony.

ANT. _Sweetness, mildness, softness, gentleness, smoothness._

=Ache=, _n._ Pain, dull or continued pain, anguish, suffering, agony.

ANT. _Pleasure, relief, ease, refreshment, delight._

=Achieve.= Accomplish, perform, complete, finish, realize, bring to pass, work out, conclude; obtain, acquire, gain, win, get.

ANT. _Neglect, undo, mar, omit; fail of, lose._

=Achievement.= Accomplishment, performance, attainment, completion, consummation; exploit, deed, feat.

ANT. _Forfeit, failure, negligence, frustration, blunder._

=Acknowledge.= Recognize, be aware of; admit, concede, allow, accept; confess, avow; express thanks for; own _or_ profess.

ANT. _Disclaim, disown, deny, repudiate, ignore, disavow._

=Acme.= Summit, zenith, climax, top, apex, vertex, pinnacle, culmination.

ANT. _Base, nadir, depth, ground, foundation, foot, root._

=Acquaintance.= Association, familiarity; friend; intimacy, companionship, experience, knowledge, friendship, fellowship.

ANT. _Ignorance, inexperience, unfamiliarity, ignoring._

=Acquiesce.= Assent, concur, yield, comply, submit, agree, consent.

ANT. _Object, demur, dissent._

=Acquire.= Gain, earn, win, reap, obtain, attain, achieve, get, secure; master, learn thoroughly.

ANT. _Lose, surrender, miss, forego, forfeit._

=Acquit.= Discharge, exonerate, release, absolve, excuse, pardon, exculpate.

ANT. _Charge, condemn, sentence, compel, indict, imprison._

=Acquittal.= Discharge, release, deliverance, liberation, absolution.

ANT. _Judgment, punishment, penalty, trial, retribution, correction, castigation._

=Acrimony.= Bitterness, sharpness, sourness, tartness, severity, asperity, hardness, rancor, ill-temper, spite, unkindness.

ANT. _Gentleness, good nature, kindness, sweetness, courtesy._

=Act=, _n._ Deed, performance, exploit, accomplishment, achievement, effect, movement, transaction, work.

ANT. _Cessation, inertia, quiescence, inaction, rest, repose, quiet, deliberation._

=Act=, _v._ Work, do, perform, execute; behave; play, feign, pretend, dissemble; operate, have effect; be, realize, actualize.

ANT. _Rest, cease, stop, stay; neglect, omit, mar, undo; expose, reveal, vaunt; be quiescent or latent; fancy; endure, suffer._

=Action.= Exercise, motion, movement, deed, performance; agency, force, operation; battle, conflict; gesture; representation, play; subject, plot; lawsuit, case.

ANT. _Inertia, torpor, languor; quiescence, rest, passiveness; harmony, truce, peace._

=Active.= Agile, brisk, alert, lively, quick, prompt, ready, spry; industrious, energetic, busy, diligent.

ANT. _Dull, idle, indolent, lazy, quiet, slow, stupid._

=Actual.= Real, true, genuine, certain, absolute, positive, veritable, substantial; present, sensible, perceptible.

ANT. _Possible, fictitious, supposititious, virtual, theoretical, hypothetical, conjectural._

=Acumen.= Discernment, penetration, keenness, shrewdness, insight, sharpness, sagacity, acuteness.

ANT. _Dulness, obtuseness, stupidity, bluntness._

=Acute.= Sharp, pointed, keen, shrewd; violent, intense; high, sudden, severe, distressing; subtile, ingenious, sagacious, discerning.

ANT. _Dull, blunt, obtuse, stupid, heavy; chronic; stolid._

=Adaptation.= Adjustment, fitness, conformity, suitableness, aptness, harmony.

ANT. _Incompatibility, incongruity, misfit, discord._

=Add.= Sum up, increase, adjoin, append, attach, augment, enlarge, amplify, annex, affix.

ANT. _Deduct, subtract, lessen, reduce, remove, diminish._

=Addicted.= Habituated, disposed to, inclined, prone, attached to, devoted, given over to, wedded to.

ANT. _Averse, disinclined, unaccustomed, indisposed, divorced from._

=Addition.= Accession, enlargement, increase, extension, accretion, augmentation, adjunct.

ANT. _Subtraction, decrease, diminution._

=Address=, _n._ Courtesy, manners, politeness, tact, ingenuity, dexterity, discretion, adroitness; discourse, harangue, oration, lecture, speech, appeal, request, suit, solicitation.

ANT. _Clumsiness, rudeness, stupidity, unmannerliness, folly; refusal._

=Address=, _v._ Accost, approach, court, greet, hail, salute, speak to.

ANT. _Avoid, elude, ignore, shun, cut, pass, overlook._

=Adduce.= Offer, present, advance; cite, quote, introduce, name, mention; allege.

ANT. _Withdraw, except, deduct, suppress, retract._

=Adept.= Expert, master, proficient, genius, veteran, professor.

ANT. _Novice, tyro, blunderer, inexpert._

=Adequate.= Equal, competent, fitted, qualified, suitable, sufficient, capable, adapted, satisfactory; proportionate, commensurate.

ANT. _Inferior, poor, useless, worthless, unfit, incompetent._

=Adhere.= Stick, cling, cohere, hold, cleave; belong, pertain; be attached, fixed, or devoted.

ANT. _Part, separate, sunder, sever, give way._

=Adherence.= Tenacity, attachment, constancy, fidelity, devotion, partisanship; adhesion.

ANT. _Desertion, separation, disunion, unfaithfulness._

=Adjacent.= Near, close, bordering, adjoining, contiguous, beside.

ANT. _Separate, distant, remote, detached, disconnected._

=Adjourn.= Postpone, delay, defer; suspend, interrupt, close, end, dissolve.

=Ant.= _Despatch, hasten, conclude, complete, terminate, consummate._

=Adjunct.= Addition, appendage, accessory, aid, advantage, help; colleague, associate.

ANT. Detriment, impediment, hindrance, obstruction, detraction.

=Adjure.= Entreat, beseech, pray, supplicate, implore, beg; swear by.

ANT. _Defy, deprecate, remonstrate, dare, expostulate, warn._

=Adjustment.= Arrangement, disposal; settlement, agreement, understanding; fitting, adaptation, conformity; regulation, rectification, accommodation.

ANT. _Disturbance, disorder, confusion; dissension, divergence; non-conformity._

=Administer.= Dispense, distribute, supply; direct, manage, control, superintend; offer, proffer, tender.

ANT. _Withhold, refuse, retain; betray, mismanage; repulse, rebuff._

=Admiration.= Wonder, approval, love, surprise, astonishment, appreciation, reverence, high regard.

ANT. _Disapproval, contempt, dislike._

=Admire.= Honor, esteem, approve, adore, wonder at, venerate, extol, marvel at, applaud, revere, respect.

ANT. _Despise, dislike, execrate, hate, abhor, scorn, detest._

=Admissible.= Allowable, lawful, permissible, possible, probable.

ANT. _Absurd, preposterous, improper, wrong, unlawful._

=Admission.= Admittance, entrance, access; avowal, acknowledgment, concession, concurrence, allowance.

ANT. _Denial, contradiction, rejection, negation._

=Admit.= Receive; accept, acknowledge, own, confess; permit, allow, suffer.

ANT. _Exclude, debar; disown, deny; dismiss, reject, repudiate._

=Admonish.= Advise, warn, caution, counsel, censure, rebuke, reprove; forewarn, remind, dissuade; instruct, teach, apprise, acquaint.

ANT. _Encourage, urge, countenance, applaud, abet, instigate._

=Admonition.= Caution, warning, advice, counsel, instruction, reminder, hint, reproof, reprehension.

ANT. _Applause, encouragement, incitement, urging, instigation._

=Ado.= Trouble, toil, labor, pains; bustle, stir, fuss, noise, turmoil.

ANT. _Quiet, calm, composure, tranquillity._

=Adopt.= Appropriate, assume; approve, accept, support, maintain; affiliate, father.

ANT. _Reject, discard; renounce, abandon, disclaim; disown, repudiate._

=Adoration.= Worship, devotion, homage, reverence, veneration, idolatry.

ANT. _Execration, disesteem, abomination, abhorrence, hatred, detestation._

=Adorn.= Beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament, garnish, illustrate, gild, bedeck, grace, dignify, honor, exalt.

ANT. _Mar, spoil, deface, disfigure, deform, denude, strip._

=Adroit.= Dexterous, expert, skilful, apt, handy, quick, clever, ready, deft, ingenious, cunning.

ANT. _Clumsy, unskilful, awkward, bungling, unhandy, maladroit._

=Adulation.= Flattery, extravagant compliment, fulsome praise, fawning, sycophancy, blandishment, obsequiousness.

ANT. _Defamation, obloquy, ridicule, satire, sarcasm, detraction, aspersion, libel._

=Adumbrate.= Shadow, outline, indicate, hint, trace, delineate; typify, represent, symbolize; darken, obscure, hide, conceal.

ANT. _Fulfil, realize, embody; misrepresent; reveal, illumine._

=Advance=, _n._ Progress, improvement, growth; offer, proposal, overture, tender, proposition; rise, appreciation.

ANT. _Regress, return, retrogression; diminution; depreciation._

=Advance=, _v._ Push _or_ send forward, propel; promote, elevate, dignify, exalt; improve, strengthen, benefit; propose, offer; furnish, lend, loan; increase, augment, raise; proceed, progress; thrive, prosper; accelerate.

ANT. _Retard, hinder, withhold, withdraw; suppress, degrade, depress; oppose, recall, weaken, retreat; lessen, diminish._

=Advantage.= Benefit, profit, expediency, favorable opportunity, blessing; behalf, account, interest; privilege, convenience, assistance, utility, service.

ANT. _Loss, disappointment, frustration, difficulty, dilemma._

=Advent.= Approach, coming, arrival, accession.

ANT. _Departure, exit, exodus, retirement._

=Adventitious.= Accidental, incidental, extrinsic, non-essential, foreign, casual; redundant, superfluous.

ANT. _Intrinsic, pertinent, regular, proper, necessary, appropriate._

=Adventure.= Chance, hazard, risk, venture, experiment, trial; event, incident, occurrence, contingency, crisis.

ANT. _Matter-of-fact, matter-of-course; prospect; monotony, routine._

=Adventurous.= Bold, daring, venturesome, rash, reckless, headlong; dangerous, perilous, uncertain; fearless, enterprising.

ANT. _Timid, nervous, hesitating, cautious, cowardly._

=Adversary.= Foe, enemy, antagonist, opponent, rival, assailant.

ANT. _Ally, helper, assistant, accomplice, aider, abettor, accessory._

=Adverse.= Opposite, contrary, conflicting; hostile, injurious, harmful; unlucky, unfortunate, disastrous.

ANT. _Favorable, friendly, propitious, fortunate, lucky._

=Adversity.= Calamity, affliction, trouble, disaster, woe, distress, suffering.

ANT. _Success, prosperity, advancement, good luck._

=Advert to.= Consider, notice, remark, heed, attend, refer, allude, mention, touch upon; regard.

ANT. _Ignore, pass, drop, overlook, omit._

=Advertent.= Mindful, regardful, attentive, watchful, observant, thoughtful, considerate, heedful.

ANT. _Thoughtless, heedless, inconsiderate, inattentive._

=Advertise.= Announce, publish, proclaim, declare, circulate, noise abroad; offer for sale; inform, notify, apprise; promulgate.

ANT. _Suppress, ignore, hush, conceal; mislead, misinform._

=Advice.= Counsel, suggestion, admonition, instruction, caution; tidings, intelligence, notice; deliberation, care, forethought; recommendation, exhortation, information.

ANT. _Remonstrance, restraint, expostulation, prohibition; deception, delusion._

=Advisable.= Judicious, expedient, politic, prudent, desirable, beneficial, profitable; proper, fitting.

ANT. _Imprudent, undesirable, inexpedient, improper, detrimental._

=Advocate.= Counsel, lawyer, attorney; defender, promoter, friend, patron, supporter, pleader, maintainer.

ANT. _Accuser, impugner, gainsayer, adversary, opponent._

=Affable.= Open, free, frank, unreserved; accessible, familiar; cordial, social, courteous, polite, obliging, urbane, benign, gracious, mild, well-bred; condescending.

ANT. _Distant, unapproachable, inaccessible, haughty, contemptuous, supercilious._

=Affair.= Business, concern, function, matter, circumstance, question, subject; event, incident, occurrence, performance; battle, combat, engagement, skirmish, collision, brush, encounter.

ANT. _Detail, item, feature, point._

=Affect.= Influence, change, transform, modify, alter; concern, interest, touch, move, impress; crave, yearn, desire, like; assume, adopt, feign, pretend; operate, act on; melt, soften, subdue, overcome.

ANT. _Shun, repel, repudiate, spurn, dislike, eschew._

=Affectation.= Airs, mannerism, pretension, pretense, foppery, display.

ANT. _Simplicity, artlessness, naturalness, genuineness._

=Affection.= Feeling, passion, attachment, fondness, tenderness, love; propensity, disposition; endearment, devotion, partiality; attribute, quality, characteristic, mark.

ANT. _Indifference, repulsion, disaffection, repugnance._

=Affiance.= Trust, confidence, homage, reliance, betrothal, fealty, faith, plighting.

ANT. _Disloyalty, distrust, treason, suspicion, infidelity._

=Affiliate.= Associate, adopt, join, connect, incorporate, annex.

ANT. _Sever, transplant, separate, disjoin, dissociate._

=Affinity.= Relationship, kin, consanguinity, propinquity; likeness, resemblance, relation, analogy, connection, correspondence; sympathy, attraction.

ANT. _Repugnance, discordance, antipathy, antagonism._

=Affirm.= Assert, swear, state, declare, maintain, allege, protest, confirm, ratify, approve, endorse, aver, asseverate, assure, avouch, establish.

ANT. _Deny, doubt, demur, contradict, negative, gainsay, impugn, oppose, dispute._

=Affirmation.= Avowal, declaration, statement, assertion, testimony, deposition, confirmation, ratification, approval, endorsement.

ANT. _Doubt, denial, contradiction, disputation, disapproval._

=Affix.= Join, annex, attach, fasten, connect to, unite to, append.

ANT. _Remove, detach, separate, unfasten._

=Affliction.= Adversity, misfortune, grief, sorrow, distress, tribulation, disaster, trial, misery, calamity, pain, anguish, trouble, hardship.

ANT. _Consolation, relief, blessing, gratification, pleasure._

=Affluence.= Wealth, fortune, riches, opulence, abundance, plenty, profusion.

ANT. _Want, scarcity, poverty, penury, lack, indigence._

=Afford.= Supply, furnish, contribute, bestow, offer, confer, bear, endure, support, yield, impart, administer.

ANT. _Withhold, deny, retain, stint, grudge, withdraw._

=Affray.= Quarrel, tussle, scuffle, scrimmage, collision, brawl, disturbance, fight, rumpus, struggle, contest, strife, encounter, feud, tumult.

ANT. _Peace, amity, friendship, good will._

=Affront.= Outrage, insult, abuse, annoyance, displeasure, offense, provocation, wrong, vexation, wound, exasperation, irritation.

ANT. _Courtesy, homage, amends, compliment, apology._

=Afire.= Ablaze, burning, ignited, aflame.

ANT. _Out, quenched, extinguished._

=Afloat.= Adrift, at sea, abroad, loose; happening, betiding, brewing.

ANT. _Moored, anchored, aground, stranded, fixed, steadfast, firm._

=Afoot.= Afloat, preparing, forthcoming, ready, brewing, on hand, astir.

ANT. _Unprepared, unprovided for, inactive, sluggish, latent._

=Aforesaid.= Above-mentioned, foregoing, preceding, abovenamed.

ANT. _Following, subsequent, subjoined, forthcoming, after-cited._

=Afraid.= Fearful, timid, apprehensive, anxious, alarmed, terrified, frightened.

ANT. _Fearless, bold, confident, reckless, venturesome, indifferent, secure, hopeful, audacious._

=Afresh.= Anew, again, newly, frequently, repeatedly, once more.

ANT. _Uniformly, connectedly, continuously._

=After.= Subsequent, later; following, behind, rear, back, posterior; concerning, about, for, in relation to; in imitation of, in the pattern of.

ANT. _Before, preceding, introducing; in front of; opposite; facing; previous or prior to, afore; in advance; previously, already._

=Again.= Anew, afresh, repeatedly; further, moreover, besides; on the contrary; back, in answer _or_ restitution, in return; once more.

ANT. _Once, continuously, uninterruptedly, uniformly._

=Against.= Opposite, across, adverse to, counter to, athwart; facing, fronting, close up to, in contact with; for, in preparation for, in expectation of; in compensation for, in requital of, to match.

ANT. _With, for, beside, accompanying, aiding, promoting._

=Agape.= Yawning, open-mouthed; wondering, gazing, dazed, amazed; curious, inquisitive, agog, astare, eager.

ANT. _Listless, lukewarm, incurious, indifferent._

=Age.= Duration; period, date, epoch, time; maturity, generation; era, century.

ANT. _Infancy, youth, boyhood, childhood; moment, instant._

=Agent.= Actor, doer, operator, promoter, performer; cause, force, power; deputy, factor, attorney, representative, substitute; means, instrument.

ANT. _Counteragent, counteractor, opponent, neutralizer; chief, principal; originator, inventor._

=Agglomeration.= Accumulation, heap, pile, mass, conglomeration, cluster.

ANT. _Dispersion, division, separation, sifting, dissipation._

=Aggrandize.= Exalt, honor, elevate, dignify, promote, advance, enrich, augment.

ANT. _Degrade, impoverish, debase, humiliate, dishonor, lower._

=Aggravate.= Exasperate, provoke, wound, make worse, intensify, embitter, heighten.

ANT. _Soothe, assuage, palliate, diminish, conciliate, alleviate._

=Aggregation.= Collection, accumulation, mass, heap, pile, amount, total, sum, result, whole, agglomeration.

ANT. _Dispersion, dissipation, separation, division; unit; element, individual, ingredient, item._

=Aggression.= Attack, invasion, encroachment, assault, injury, offense, onslaught, provocation, intrusion.

ANT. _Retaliation, repulsion, retreat, resistance, evacuation._

=Aghast.= Dismayed, horrified, terrified, frightened; amazed, astounded, startled, astonished, dumfounded.

ANT. _Cool, fearless, indifferent, unmoved, unaffected, unexcited._

=Agile.= Nimble, active, lively, smart, prompt, alert, supple, brisk, quick, ready, sprightly, spry.

ANT. _Slow, heavy, clumsy, bulky, awkward, inert, ponderous._

=Agitate.= Disturb, trouble, shake, jar, convulse; excite, rouse, ferment; fluster, hurry, disconcert; discuss, controvert, debate, examine, ventilate, investigate; deliberate, contrive, devise, plan.

ANT. _Calm, allay, pacify, smooth, compose, quiet; solve, determine, settle._

=Ago.= Past, gone, since.

ANT. _Future, coming, hereafter, hence._

=Agony.= Anguish, torture, torment, distress, throe, pangs, pain, suffering, woe, excruciation.

ANT. _Assuagement, comfort, relief, composure, ease, enjoyment._

=Agree.= Accept, assent, approve, comply, consent, concur, admit, accede.

ANT. _Contend, disagree, deny; dissent, dispute, protest, oppose, demur, differ; decline._

=Agreeable.= Suitable, proper, appropriate, befitting, accordant, conformable, consonant, welcome, amiable, pleasing, gratifying.

ANT. _Unpleasant, disobliging, obnoxious, disagreeable, unwelcome, offensive, inharmonious, unaccommodating._

=Agreement.= Contract, compact, bond, bargain, covenant, harmony, liaison, obligation, undertaking, treaty.

ANT. _Promise, understanding, parole; discord, dissension._

=Agriculture.= Farming, husbandry, cultivation of the soil, tillage.

ANT. _Fallowness, sterility, unproductiveness, waste._

=Aground.= Ashore, stranded, not afloat; exhausted in resources.

ANT. _Afloat, loose, abroad, adrift; flush._

=Ahead.= In front, forward, onward, in advance.

ANT. _Abaft, astern, back, behind, aft._

=Aid.= Help, support, assist, serve, befriend, minister to, relieve, succor; supply, give alms to; foster, protect, encourage, favor.

ANT. _Oppose, discourage, thwart, baffle, deter, confront._

=Ailing.= Sick, ill, indisposed, unwell, feeble, infirm, weakly, delicate, unhealthy, pining.

ANT. _Well, healthy, energetic, strong, vigorous._

=Ailment.= Disease, malady, indisposition, distemper, complaint.

ANT. _Health, sanity, convalescence, vigor, recovery._