Part 30

ANT. _Levity, triviality, gaiety, vulgarity; secularity, desecration, profanity; meaning, unimpressiveness, unimposingness; simplicity._

=Solid.= Hard, sound, real, valid, weighty, profound; compact, resistant, dense; heavy; strong, firm, stable; substantial; impenetrable; cubic.

ANT. _Hollow, yielding, soft, resilient, malleable, fluid, flexible, impressible, liquid; brittle, frail; light, trifling, frivolous; invalid, weak, fallacious, unsound._

=Solitude.= Loneliness, solitariness, loneness, recluseness, retiredness; withdrawal, remoteness, destitution, absence; seclusion, retirement; desertion, retreat, wilderness, desert, privacy, isolation.

ANT. _Populousness, society, popularity, throng, crowd, intercourse, meeting, convening, populace, multitude._

=Solution.= Disruption, separation, breach; disentanglement, explanation, clearing up; resolution, disintegration; release, discharge; solvency; disconnection, discontinuance; key, answer, elucidation.

ANT. _Union, amalgamation, conjunction, connection, combination, entanglement, complication; continuity; integration; obscurity, confusion, perplexity, mystification._

=Soothe.= Soften, allay, compose, tranquilize, pacify; humor, flatter, please; assuage, calm, mollify, comfort; lull; mitigate, relieve.

ANT. _Rouse, excite, disturb, disquiet; aggravate, displease, scold, irritate, exasperate, annoy, infuriate; dissatisfy._

=Sordid.= Vile, base, gross; mean, avaricious, covetous, niggardly; greedy; low, degraded; stingy, close, ungenerous, penurious; illiberal.

ANT. _Pure, noble, honorable, refined; generous, unselfish, liberal, broad, munificent, uncovetous; prodigal, profuse, lavish; high-minded._

=Soul.= Spirit, life, courage, fire, ardor; vitality, animus; leader, inspirer; passion, fervor, affection; person; reason, intellect, emotions; ghost, specter.

ANT. _Lifelessness, soullessness; body; coldness, spiritlessness; irrationality, unintellectuality._

=Sound=, _n._ Noise, note, tone, report; impulse, vibration.

ANT. _Silence; taciturnity; stillness, hush, lull, muteness._

=Sound=, _a._ Whole, unbroken, unharmed, free, perfect, healthy; firm, strong, solid, safe; correct, true, orthodox; deep, profound, undisturbed; right; legal, valid, undefective; entire, thorough, substantial, irrefutable.

ANT. _Unsound, broken, partial, harmed; imperfect, soft, diseased; weak, mellow, unsafe; incorrect, untrue, heterodox; light, trivial, fragile; illegal, illegitimate, invalid, defective; insubstantial, fallacious, hollow, unfounded._

=Sovereign=, _n._ King, prince, potentate, monarch, emperor; ruler.

ANT. _Subject, peasant, serf._

=Sovereign=, _a._ Supreme, paramount, superior, chief; independent, unlimited, absolute; controlling, efficacious; princely, royal; primary, principal, regal, imperial; predominant.

ANT. _Inferior, subordinate, subservient, ministerial, secondary, subject; popular, menial; inefficient, unefficacious, uncertain, weak._

=Space.= Extension, room; interval, duration, time; capacity, distance, measure, quantity; boundlessness, illimitableness; immeasurableness, immensity.

ANT. _Confinement, proximity, limitation, restriction, contiguity, continuity._

=Spare=, _a._ Scanty, sparing, frugal, wanting, lacking, parsimonious, needed, chary; superfluous; lean, meager, thin, gaunt.

ANT. _Ample, abundant, profuse, plentiful, liberal, bountiful, unsparing, unstinted, unrestricted, generous; plump, fat, corpulent, portly._

=Sparse.= Scattered, sprinkled, infrequent, thin, scanty, meager, few.

ANT. _Dense, thick, plentiful, many, populous, crowded, numerous, frequent, multitudinous._

=Speak.= Say, talk, tell, utter, discourse, articulate, converse, express, chat, chatter, enunciate, pronounce; announce, declaim, declare, deliver.

ANT. _Be mute or dumb; keep silence, be taciturn; suppress; recall._

=Speculation.= Venture; theory, view, notion, conjecture; consideration, meditation, contemplation, thought, weighing; hypothesis, scheme.

ANT. _Certainty, fact, verity, proof, realization, verification._

=Speech.= Address, discourse, language, speaking, talk, oration, utterance, sermon, harangue, dissertation, oratory, disquisition.

ANT. _Hush, silence, stillness, taciturnity, speechlessness._

=Spirit.= Life, soul; ghost, specter; fairy, sprite; energy, vivacity, ardor, courage, enthusiasm; intellectuality; meaning, intent; vapor; distilled liquid; air, breath; intelligence, immateriality, essence, disembodiment, apparition; activity, earnestness, zeal; temper, disposition; principle, motive.

ANT. _Substance, body, corporeity, flesh, frame, materiality, embodiment, organization; spiritlessness, timidity, lifelessness, soullessness, deadness, torpor, dejection, slowness._

=Spiritual.= Immaterial, incorporeal, mental, intellectual; holy, divine, heavenly-minded; ecclesiastical, sacred; moral; religious, ethical.

ANT. _Carnal, fleshly, material, sensuous; gross; unspiritual._

=Splendid.= Shining, showy, magnificent, sumptuous, pompous; illustrious, brilliant, famous; gorgeous, grand, glorious; imposing; superb, heroic, noble.

ANT. _Dull, tame, obscure, tarnished, tawdry, somber, beggarly, gloomy, poor, ordinary, ineffective, inglorious, insignificant, mean, low._

=Spontaneous.= Free, intentional, voluntary, willing, unbidden, impulsive, automatic, instinctive, deliberate.

ANT. _Forced, compelled, coerced, unwilling, reluctant._

=Spread=, _v._ Open, unfurl, disperse, distribute, scatter, circulate, disseminate, dispense; extend, stretch, expand, amplify; divulge, propagate, publish, diffuse.

ANT. _Collect, condense, contract, furl, gather, close, shut; confine, suppress, restrict, recall, conceal, hush, localize._

=Spring=, _v._ Leap, bound, jump; shoot, fly, dart, start; emerge; bend, warp; proceed, issue, result; burst, emanate, flow; rise, originate, germinate.

ANT. _Settle, alight, arrive, land, drop; end, terminate, debouch, finish, eventuate._

=Spy.= Scout, emissary, detective.

=Stable=, _a._ Steady, abiding, firm, strong, durable; fixed, established; constant, resolute, unwavering; secure, stanch, permanent; solid, lasting, perpetual; immobile, rigid, unmovable.

ANT. _Vacillating, wavering, unsteady, toppling, weak, tottering, infirm, insecure, precarious, frail, unstable; transient, ephemeral, evanescent, vanishing, non-durable._

=Stain=, _v._ Blot, spot, sully, tarnish, tinge, tint, color, discolor, disgrace, dishonor, dye, soil.

ANT. _Preserve inviolate or unspotted._

=Stand=, _v._ Rest, continue upright or erect, be situated or located; cease, stop, pause, halt; endure, last; maintain, be fixed or steady; be, consist; agree, accord; endure, sustain, bear; withstand; submit to.

ANT. _Advance, move, proceed, progress; fail, fall, die, depart, run, yield, succumb, drop; give up, surrender; retaliate, avenge, resent._

=Standard=, _n._ Flag, colors, banner, ensign; criterion, test; support, frame; model, type, norm; gage, measure, scale; upright; exemplar.

ANT. _Misrule, mismeasurement, misadjustment, misfit, non-criterion._

=State=, _v._ Declare, tell, assert, affirm, asseverate, allege, testify, assure, swear, set forth, protest, predicate, pronounce, specify, propound, maintain, inform, express, depose, claim, avow, avouch, aver, certify.

ANT. _Deny, contradict, controvert, disprove, refute, repudiate, waive, contravene, dispute, gainsay, oppose, retract._

=Station.= Depot; place, spot, position, stand; office, sphere; state, rank, condition, occupation, business.

ANT. _Removal, departure; dislodgment, ejection, displacement; locomotion._

=Stay=, _v._ Stop; prop, hold up, support, sustain; hold, restrain; hold back, hinder, delay; check; fasten, secure; continue, abide, remain; dwell, tarry, linger, wait; forbear; rest, depend, rely.

ANT. _Loose, liberate, free; fail, let fall; expedite, speed, accelerate; proceed, advance, progress, go on; move, depart; oppress, burden; overthrow._

=Steadfast.= Established, firm; constant, resolute; grounded, rooted, placed; resolved, unwavering, stanch.

ANT. _Unsteady, unattached; vacillating, wavering, weak, insecure, irresolute, inconstant, unreliable._

=Steep.= Sharp, sheer, high, precipitous, abrupt.

ANT. _Gradual, level, slight, flat, easy, gentle, horizontal, low._

=Stiff.= Rigid, inflexible, strong, obstinate, pertinacious, rigorous, constrained, affected; unbending, unpliant; starched; formal, ceremonious, difficult, punctilious, stately; austere, peremptory, inexorable, uncompromising.

ANT. _Flexible, pliant, unaffected, amenable, easy, yielding, affable, genial, unceremonious, informal; pliable, malleable; considerate, compromising._

=Still.= Noiseless; inert, stagnant, serene; motionless, restful, quiet; silent, calm, soundless, low; hushed, mute, placid, quiescent; stationary; gentle, soft, mild, pacific, peaceful.

ANT. _Disturbed, agitated, moved, restless; noisy, moving, loud, resonant, turbulent; unquiet, rough, harsh._

=Stop.= Suppress, discontinue, delay, interrupt; close, obstruct; arrest, impede; restrain, hinder, repress; cease, halt, stay, tarry; bar, seal; suspend, end, terminate.

ANT. _Assist, advance, continue, expedite, speed, hasten, promote; clear, open; improve, push, benefit; progress; facilitate; initiate, commence, begin._

=Storm.= Agitation, disturbance, tempest.

ANT. _Calm, hush, peace, serenity, stillness, tranquillity, fair weather._

=Story.= Narrative, legend, anecdote, account, tale, record, recital, incident, myth, narration, novel, relation.

ANT. _Annals, chronicle, biography, history, memoir._

=Stout.= Corpulent; portly; vigorous, strong, lusty, robust; firm, resolute, bold; tough; large, bulky; brawny; valiant, courageous, redoubtable.

ANT. _Thin, slender, weak, lean, frail, feeble, attenuated, emaciated; timid, irresolute, cowardly._

=Strange.= Outlandish, wonderful, astonishing, marvelous, uncommon, irregular, queer, odd, eccentric; foreign, new, novel, unusual; reserved, distant; unfamiliar, unaccustomed, inexperienced.

ANT. _Familiar, usual, common, general, universal, accustomed, ordinary, home, domestic, regular, customary, habitual, commonplace._

=Strength.= Robustness, toughness, hardness, stoutness, spirit, lustiness, puissance, authority; force, vigor, power; endurance, resistance; security, validity; firmness; intensity; virtue; energy, nerve, sinew, fiber; soundness.

ANT. _Weakness, thinness, frailty, softness, delicacy; imbecility, feebleness; spiritlessness, impotence, inability; insecurity, invalidity; wavering._

=Strenuous.= Eager, pressing, urgent; zealous, ardent, earnest; bold, intrepid; strong, determined, resolute; vigorous, energetic, vehement, forceful.

ANT. _Weak, irresolute, vacillating, wavering, enervated, undetermined._

=Strong.= Powerful, cogent, muscular; robust, lusty, sinewy, hale, hearty, vigorous, forceful; enduring, resistant; violent, forcible; ardent, zealous, vehement, earnest, solid, nourishing; firm; capable, potent, effective, influential, sound; pungent; hardy, tenacious.

ANT. _Weak, feeble, infirm, sickly, exhausted, debilitated, wanting, pliant, frail, soft; low, faint; spiritless, foolish; wavering, impotent, powerless, defenseless, insecure, delicate; unefficacious, unconvincing, unsatisfactory, unavailing, flaccid, nerveless._

=Stubborn.= Obstinate, inflexible, obdurate, headstrong, harsh, intractable, firm, contumacious, heady; unbending, unyielding, persistent, refractory.

ANT. _Yielding, pliant, mild, gentle, docile, tractable, manageable, flexible, pliable; vacillating, wavering, irresolute, undecided._

=Studious.= Contemplative, observant; sedulous, earnest, diligent; studied; absorbed, meditative, thoughtful, attentive, pondering, devoted, musing, cogitative; careful, literary, reflective, assiduous.

ANT. _Illiterate, unliterary, idle, indulgent, careless, inattentive, thoughtless, negligent, regardless, indifferent._

=Study=, _n._ Application, learning, acquisition, meditation, contemplation; diligence, consideration, thought, research, endeavor, knowledge, purpose, intention, attention, concentration.

ANT. _Idleness, dawdling, illiteracy, ease, indifference, indiligence, negligence, carelessness, unstudiousness, thoughtlessness._

=Stupid.= Simple, insensible, sottish, sluggish, senseless, doltish, heavy, dull; stolid, insensate, obtuse, prosy.

ANT. _Quick, bright, sharp, intelligent, responsive, clever, sensible, eager, animated, penetrating._

=Stupidity.= Slowness, dulness, obtuseness, insensibility, sluggishness, stupor, apathy.

ANT. _Intelligence, animation, brilliancy, acuteness, sensibility, cleverness, sense, sagacity, quickness, readiness, alertness, keenness._

=Stupor.= Apathy, swoon, torpor, lethargy, coma, fainting, unconsciousness, stupefaction, asphyxia, swooning, insensibility, syncope.

=Sublime.= Exalted, lofty, noble, majestic, grand, stately, magnificent, dignified, elevated, august, pompous, high, eminent, glorious.

ANT. _Low, ignoble, debased, degraded, inglorious, ordinary, mean, undignified, inconspicuous, unimposing, ridiculous._

=Submissive.= Obedient, compliant, yielding, obsequious, subservient, humble, modest, passive, docile, acquiescent.

ANT. _Disobedient, haughty, proud, arrogant, unyielding, conceited, active, rebellious, reluctant, defiant, refractory, resistant._

=Subsidy.= Aid, allowance, gift, bounty, reward, tribute, support, subvention, pension, bonus, premium, grant, indemnity.

=Substantial.= Real, solid, true, existing, essential; corporeal, material; strong, stout, resourceful, massive, tangible, bulky; sensuous.

ANT. _Imaginary, unreal, insubstantial, fictitious, supposititious, immaterial, weak, chimerical, visionary, spiritual, disembodied, ghostly._

=Subtle.= Artful, crafty, cunning, shrewd, sly, wily; astute, guileful, discriminating, insinuating, sophistical.

ANT. _Frank, honest, open, sincere, artless, undiscriminating, undiscerning, simple, direct, blunt, unsophisticated._

=Subvert.= Destroy, ruin, supplant, suppress, supersede, extinguish, overthrow, overturn.

ANT. _Conserve, preserve, uphold, sustain, keep, perpetuate._

=Succeed.= Follow, pursue; ensue, result, be subsequent; descend, devolve; gain, acquire, attain, obtain, achieve, accomplish; supervene; flourish, prosper, thrive.

ANT. _Precede, anticipate, antecede; fail, deteriorate, be lacking, lose, miss, disappoint, be deficient in; decline, wane, decay._

=Succession.= Succeeding, series, sequence, order; lineage, descent; following, continuity, consecution, rotation, regularity.

ANT. _Antecedence, precedence, anticipation, forerunning, prevention; disorder, irregularity, non-sequence, intermission, gap, failure, inconsecutiveness._

=Sudden.= Unexpected, unusual, abrupt, unlooked for, hasty, unanticipated, unforeseen, unprovided for; rash, quick, heedless, reckless.

ANT. _Anticipated, foreseen, expected; slow, gradual, transitional, moderate; wary, cautious, careful, provident._

=Suffer.= Support, sustain, tolerate, permit; allow, let, grant, consent to; endure, bear, submit to, undergo, be affected by, experience.

ANT. _Resist, rebel, repel, withstand; forbid, disallow, refuse, reject, expel, repudiate; fight, antagonize, challenge._

=Sufficient.= Competent, satisfactory, full, ample; equal, adequate, enough; qualified, capable, responsible; efficient; adapted, fitted.

ANT. _Inadequate, incompetent, unsatisfactory, lacking, wanting, unequal, unfit, incapable, unqualified, insufficient, unsuited, meager, short, deficient, scanty._

=Suggestion.= Hint, innuendo, intimation, insinuation, implication.

=Suitable.= Proper, competent, correspondent, consonant, compatible, congruous, consistent; fitting, accordant, becoming, adapted; seemly, appropriate, agreeable, convenient; harmonious, uniform; homogeneous.

ANT. _Improper, divergent, incompetent, incompatible, dissonant, incongruous, inconsistent, unfit, discordant, unbecoming; unseemly, inappropriate, inconvenient; unharmonious, different, heterogeneous._

=Sum.= Aggregate, quantity, magnitude, amount; compendium, substance, gist; height, completion; total, whole, computation; example, problem; collection; drift, bearing.

ANT. _Part, portion, half, fraction, item, particular; incompleteness, imperfection, discrepancy; article, detail, fragment, component, constituent, element._

=Superb.= Grand, magnificent, august, stately; rich, elegant; showy, excellent; princely, gorgeous, splendid; proud.

ANT. _Mean, shabby, poor, undignified, dingy; meager; tawdry, impoverished; ordinary, common; humble, plain, unimposing._

=Superior.= Elevated, higher, upper; surpassing, greater; preëminent, excellent, ascendent, predominant, prevalent, advantageous, beneficial.

ANT. _Inferior, lower, worse, deeper, meaner, subordinate, lesser, mediocre, ordinary, average, common, unremarkable, inconspicuous, detrimental, disadvantageous; declining, deteriorating._

=Supernatural.= Miraculous, preternatural, superhuman.

ANT. _Common, natural, ordinary, commonplace, everyday, usual._

=Supple.= Pliant, flexible, bending; fawning, soft; yielding, compliant, submissive; flattering, obsequious, subservient, servile, cringing, adulatory; lithe, limber, elastic.

ANT. _Firm, stiff, unyielding, obstinate, inflexible, hard, dominant, domineering; abusive, scolding, tyrannous; unbending, stubborn, independent, self-assertive, supercilious, arrogant, haughty._

=Support.= Maintain, sustain, uphold, cherish, keep, bear, prop, carry, tolerate, hold up, keep up.

ANT. _Demolish, abandon, betray, destroy, drop, desert, wreck, break down, cast down, overthrow, let go, throw down._

=Suppose.= Deem, guess, imagine, think, conjecture, surmise.

ANT. _Conclude, ascertain, discover, prove, know, be sure._

=Suppress.= Repress, subdue, restrain, overthrow, quell, overwhelm, conceal, stifle, smother, stop; overpower, extinguish, destroy.

ANT. _Excite, fan, increase, augment, strengthen, raise, aggravate; publish, promulgate, advertise, spread, disseminate; intensify._

=Sure.= Unfailing, infallible, permanent, steady, stable, strong, indisputable, confident, positive, firm; certain, safe, secure, assured, believing, trusting, unquestioning; abiding, fast.

ANT. _Insecure, fallible, unsteady, inconstant, wavering, indeterminate, dubitable, uncertain, questionable, impermanent, doubtful, hesitating, distrustful, precarious, disputable, loose._

=Surrender.= Abandon, give over, relinquish, resign, waive, yield, alienate, capitulate, cede, let go, sacrifice, give one’s self up.

ANT. _Resist, withstand, oppose, thwart, baffle; die._

=Suspense.= Uncertainty, expectation, apprehension, anxiety, indetermination, indecision; solicitude, intermission, protraction, abeyance, doubt; pause, stop.

ANT. _Decision, settlement, determination, finality, execution; achievement, termination, accomplishment, end; uninterruption, continuance, continuity, regularity, sequence._

=Sustenance.= Subsistence, food, provision, maintenance, support; supplies, aliment, nutriment, nourishment; livelihood, living, nutrition, sustentation.

ANT. _Starvation, want, indigence, poverty, hunger, lack, thirst, inanition, exhaustion; non-subsistence, non-support._

=Sweet.= Sugary, saccharine, dulcet, luscious; agreeable, pleasing, fragrant, soft, melodious; beautiful, mild, fair; fresh; amiable, winning; wholesome.

ANT. _Sour, bitter, sharp, acid; discordant, inharmonious, dissonant; disagreeable, displeasing; fetid, malodorous; plain, homely; stale, unwholesome, spoiled; offensive, repulsive, unlovely._

=Swift.= Quick, fleet, speedy, expeditious, rapid, prompt; accelerated, nimble, alert, ready, headlong, eager, fast.

ANT. _Slow, tardy, delaying, late, unready, laggard, deliberate, sedate, reluctant, lingering, lazy, loitering, inactive, sluggish, inexpeditious._

=Symmetry.= Proportion, grace, conformity, uniformity, similarity, regularity, shapeliness, harmony, agreement; comeliness.

ANT. _Disproportion, disharmony, incongruity, irregularity, disagreement, disparity, shapelessness; interdisparity._

=Sympathy.= Pity, compassion, commiseration, tenderness, condolence; fellow-feeling; agreement, conformity, reciprocity; congeniality.

ANT. _Antipathy, harshness, antagonism, unkindness, coldness, mercilessness, pitilessness._

=Synonymous.= Similar, correspondent, like, identical, interchangeable, alike, same, corresponding, synonymic, equivalent.

ANT. _Antonymic._

=System.= Order, mode, method, regularity, rule, manner.

ANT. _Confusion, chaos, disorder, derangement, irregularity, disarrangement._

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=Tacit.= Silent, implied, granted, unexpressed, understood, implicit.

ANT. _Mentioned, expressed, explicit, declared._

=Taciturn.= Mute, silent, speechless, reserved, close, dumb, uncommunicative, reticent.

ANT. _Communicative, free, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, unreserved._

=Take.= Lay hold, seize, grasp, obtain; capture, fasten on; attack; gain, captivate, charm; choose, turn to; employ, use, demand, require; copy, delineate; assume, adopt; acquire; engage in, indulge in; carry, convey, conduct; remove, withdraw, deduct; acknowledge, accept; receive, admit; partake of, swallow; undertake, clear; tolerate, endure; consider, interpret, suppose; receive, submit to, bear.

ANT. _Drop, reject, abandon, surrender, miss, lose, repel, refuse, decline, repulse, spurn._

=Talent.= Ability, gift, endowment, genius, faculty; capacity, cleverness, aptitude, forte.

ANT. _Inability, ineptitude, incompetence, imbecility, stupidity._

=Tangible.= Perceptible, tactile, palpable; apprehensible, evident, manifest, clear; material, substantial, sensible, obvious.

ANT. _Impalpable, spiritual, intangible, incorporeal, immaterial, incomprehensible._

=Tart.= Sharp, acid, sour; keen, severe; harsh, caustic, petulant, acrimonious.

ANT. _Gentle, mild, genial, kindly, polite; mellow, sweet._

=Taste=, _n._ Savor, relish, flavor, sensibility, judgment; discernment, nicety, perception, zest, choice, elegancy, refinement.

ANT. _Disrelish, insipidity, ill-savor, coarseness, indelicacy, non-perception, indiscrimination._

=Tasteful.= Delicate, artistic, elegant, dainty, esthetic, exquisite, fastidious, fine, chaste, nice, tasty, delicious, esthetical.

ANT. _Coarse, rough, rude, harsh, hideous, clumsy, disgusting, deformed, displeasing, fulsome, gaudy, grotesque, distasteful, horrid, inartistic, inharmonious, meretricious, offensive, ragged, tawdry._

=Taunt=, _v._ Ridicule, mock, jeer, deride, revile, flout, scoff, scorn, insult; reproach, rebuke, censure.

ANT. _Compliment, flatter, approve of, congratulate._

=Teach.= Discipline, instruct, tutor, school, train, educate, enlighten, drill, inculcate, give lessons, give instructions, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instill, nurture.

ANT. _Learn, study, practice, investigate, experiment, try, develop, receive, drink in, acquire, attain, imbibe, understand, glean, gather, collect._

=Tedious.= Wearisome, fatiguing, irksome, tiresome; prolix, dull, slow, monotonous, tiring, trying.

ANT. _Interesting, exciting, amusing, charming, delightful, stirring, bright, entertaining._

=Tell.= Enumerate, communicate, impart, reveal, disclose, report, acquaint, repeat, rehearse, discover; count, number, reckon, recount; narrate, divulge; inform, teach; order, command, request.

=Temerity.= Audacity, foolhardiness, rashness, presumption, recklessness, hardihood, hastiness, heedlessness, precipitation, overconfidence, precipitancy, venturesomeness.

ANT. _Care, caution, hesitation, cowardice, timidity, wariness, circumspection._

=Temporal.= Transient, fleeting, transitory, temporary; terrestrial, worldly, secular, mundane.

ANT. _Eternal, permanent, everlasting; religious, spiritual._

=Tendency.= Proneness, drift, aim, disposition; direction, course; influence; inclination, leaning, bent, bias; proclivity, aptitude, propensity, liability.

ANT. _Aversion, repulsion, repugnance; opposition, reluctance, divergence, tangency, deviation._