Part 8

ANT. _Representative, nominee; constitution, system, compound, whole._

=Constitution.= Organization, formation; quality, character, temperament, peculiarity, characteristic; charter, law.

ANT. _Conspiracy, rebellion, tyranny, anarchy, despotism, destruction, disorganization; disposition, mood, frame of mind, temper._

=Construct.= Build, erect, invent, form, shape, combine.

ANT. _Demolish, overthrow, destroy, derange._

=Construction.= Building, erection, composition, fabrication; structure, formation, form, figure; explanation, version, rendering, interpretation.

ANT. _Dislocation, dismemberment, dissolution; misunderstanding, misconception._

=Consult.= Deliberate, take counsel, confer, advise with, canvass, question, consider, regard.

ANT. _Dictate, counteract, contradict._

=Consume.= Eat up, devour; destroy, lavish, dissipate, waste, spend.

ANT. _Discard, reject, throw aside; preserve, replenish, supply, provide._

=Consummate=, _a._ Perfect, excellent, supreme, finished, complete.

ANT. _Common, faulty, defective, ordinary, mediocre._

=Consummation.= Achievement, attainment, completion, termination, accomplishment, fulfilment, realization, close, finish, finale.

ANT. _Beginning, attempt, inception, initiation, source, origin._

=Consumption.= Expenditure, use, waste, extinction, destruction.

ANT. _Development, increase, growth, enlargement, augmentation._

=Contact.= Touch, junction, contiguity, closeness, union.

ANT. _Adjacence, proximity; separation, distance, isolation._

=Contagion.= Infection; contamination, taint, pestilence, corruption.

ANT. _Prevention; antisepsis, disinfection._

=Contain.= Include, embody, comprehend, comprise, embrace; restrain, hold.

ANT. _Omit, exclude, drop, discharge; yield, give way._

=Contaminate.= Taint, defile, corrupt, sully.

ANT. _Cleanse, purify._

=Contemn.= Despise, scorn, disdain, slight.

ANT. _Venerate, respect._

=Contemplate.= Meditate, study, ponder, survey, reflect; intend, design.

ANT. _Overlook, waive, abandon; execute, complete, do._

=Contemptible.= Despicable, abject, base, worthless, mean, low.

ANT. _Respectable, venerable; worthy, estimable, important, grave._

=Contend.= Strive, fight, struggle, combat; debate, argue, dispute; affirm, assert, maintain, claim.

ANT. _Concede, allow, surrender._

=Content.= Satisfied, pleased, easy, willing, resigned, gratified.

ANT. _Reluctant, unwilling, unsatisfied, rebellious, discontent._

=Contention.= Strife, dissension, quarrel, rupture, dispute, debate, controversy, altercation.

ANT. _Peace, amity, harmony, concord, reconciliation._

=Contingent=, _a._ Casual, happening, fortuitous, dependent, incidental, provisional, uncertain.

ANT. _Independent, absolute, positive, uncontrolled, uninfluenced, unaffected._

=Continual.= Incessant, ceaseless, invariable, perpetual, constant, uninterrupted, unbroken, unremitting, continuous.

ANT. _Exceptional, irregular, casual, contingent, intermittent, interrupted, suspended._

=Continually.= Constantly, perpetually, ever, always, repeatedly, frequently, continuously.

ANT. _Occasionally, rarely, sometimes._

=Continue.= Remain, endure, persist; abide, stay, tarry; persevere, be constant or steadfast.

ANT. _Stop, cease, fail, pause._

=Contract=, _n._ Compact, stipulation, agreement, arrangement, bargain, covenant, pact, obligation, pledge, engagement, bond.

ANT. _Promise, parole, assurance, understanding, assumption._

=Contract=, _v._ Narrow, abbreviate, abridge, lessen, reduce, compress; shrivel, shrink; agree, stipulate, bargain.

ANT. _Expand, amplify, dilate; reverse, cancel, abandon._

=Contradict.= Deny, gainsay, dispute, impugn, controvert; oppose, counteract, annul, thwart, abrogate.

ANT. _Maintain, argue, confirm, state, affirm, endorse._

=Contrary.= Opposite, opposed, adverse, counter; conflicting, contradictory, antagonistic, repugnant; perverse, obstinate, stubborn, headstrong.

ANT. _Compatible, agreeing, kindred, compliant, submissive; consistent._

=Contrast=, _v._ Differentiate, discriminate, oppose, compare.

ANT. _Resemble, be like or similar, liken, harmonize._

=Contribute.= Add, give, coöperate, assist, subscribe, supply.

ANT. _Refuse, withhold, deny._

=Contribution.= Donation, offering, gift, subscription, subsidy, aid, assistance.

ANT. _Withholding, retention, reservation._

=Contrive.= Plan, design, devise, invent, project, form, frame, scheme, plot, consider; manage, make out; concert, adjust.

ANT. _Hit, chance, venture, bungle, hazard; mismanage, miscontrive._

=Control=, _v._ Direct, manage, rule, command, sway, superintend; hinder, repress, restrain, curb, check.

ANT. _License, free; neglect, abandon; mismanage, misconduct._

=Controversy.= Dispute, altercation, contention, disagreement.

ANT. _Agreement, unanimity, coincidence._

=Contumacy.= Obstinacy, stubbornness, perverseness, pertinacity, obduracy; disobedience, insolence.

ANT. _Docility, tractableness, flattering, fawning, servility._

=Contumely.= Obloquy, reproach, opprobrium, insolence, abuse, contempt, scorn, disdain, arrogance.

ANT. _Regard, consideration, adulation, obsequiousness._

=Convene.= Assemble, meet, congregate, summon, master, collect.

ANT. _Dismiss, disperse, disband, dissipate._

=Convenient.= Suitable, fit, appropriate, proper, adapted; advantageous, commodious, comfortable, useful, serviceable.

ANT. _Inconvenient, useless, awkward, superfluous; inopportune._

=Convention.= Assemblage, conference, meeting, concourse, session, synod, congress, convocation; treaty, compact.

ANT. _Recess, dissolution, prorogation; dispersion, scattering; promise, understanding, parole._

=Conventional.= Usual, customary, ordinary, habitual, regular, wonted, prevalent, social, everyday; stipulated.

ANT. _Unusual, erratic, extraordinary; legal, compulsory._

=Conversant.= Familiar, skilled, acquainted, proficient, versed.

ANT. _Strange, ignorant, unversed, unlearned._

=Conversation.= Converse, communion, intercourse, parley, talk, chat, conference, communication, discourse, colloquy, dialogue.

ANT. _Speech, oration, harangue, soliloquy, apostrophe, monologue, silence, taciturnity._

=Converse=, _a._ Opposite, reverse, contrary, counter, contradictory.

ANT. _Identical, one, same, indistinguishable; direct, primary._

=Conversion.= Alteration, transmutation, change, transformation.

ANT. _Permanence, identity, persistence, conservation._

=Convertible.= Equivalent, interchangeable, identical; reversible.

ANT. _Variant, contrary, incommensurate._

=Convey.= Take, transfer, move, change, carry, shift, transmit, transport, remove, consign, relegate.

ANT. _Retain, preserve, hold, cling to, possess._

=Conviction.= Belief, assurance, persuasion; confutation, refutation; proof, detection.

ANT. _Doubt, disbelief, misgiving; vindication, justification._

=Convince.= Persuade, satisfy, enlighten, indoctrinate, inoculate.

ANT. _Mislead, mystify, perplex, puzzle, unsettle, upset; turn, convert._

=Convivial.= Social, festive, hospitable, jovial, jolly, companionable, gay.

ANT. _Inhospitable, unsocial, unneighborly, churlish; abstemious, ascetic, austere._

=Convocation.= Convention, congress, assemblage, council, synod.

ANT. _Dispersion, disruption, dismission, dismissal._

=Convolution.= Coil, involution, spiral, twist, contortion.

ANT. _Unfolding, evolution, unraveling, explication._

=Convoy.= Escort, guard, attendance, protection.

ANT. _Capture, betrayal, onset, onslaught, hold up._

=Convulse.= Disturb, shake, agitate.

ANT. _Calm, compose, soothe, assuage._

=Cool.= Somewhat cold, chilling, frigid, freezing; unimpassioned, composed, collected, unruffled, self-possessed, sedate, placid, quiet; indifferent, unconcerned, apathetic.

ANT. _Hot, warm, burning, heated, excitable, ardent, eager._

=Coöperate.= Assist, abet, help, conspire, concur, co-labor.

ANT. _Oppose, thwart, rival, counteract, conflict, hinder, defeat, frustrate._

=Coördinate.= Equal, equivalent, proportionate, commensurate, tantamount, equipollent.

ANT. _Subordinate; disparate, extraneous; inferior, superior._

=Copy.= Portraiture, facsimile, duplicate, imitation, likeness, image, transcript, counterfeit.

ANT. _Model, original, pattern, example, prototype, archetype, exemplar._

=Cordial.= Earnest, warm, hearty, ardent, affectionate, sincere, invigorating, refreshing, pleasing, grateful.

ANT. _Cool, formal, ceremonious, distant, reserved, disinclined._

=Corner.= Angle, bend, crotch, knee; nook, recess, niche, retreat.

ANT. _Abutment, protrusion, prominence, convexity, projection._

=Corollary.= Inference, conclusion, deduction, consequence.

ANT. _Problem, proposition._

=Corporal, Corporeal.= Fleshly, bodily, material, physical.

ANT. _Spiritual, mental, intellectual, moral, ethereal, immaterial._

=Corps.= Body of troops, division of army, squadron, band, company.

ANT. _Aggregate, army, host, mass, force, organization._

=Corpse.= Remains, dead body, cadaver, carcass, dust.

ANT. _Soul, spirit, individual, personality, mentality._

=Corpulent.= Fat, fleshy, plump, obese, portly, round, stout.

ANT. _Lean, thin, attenuated, emaciated, slight, slender, frail._

=Correct.= True, exact, accurate, proper, faultless, right.

ANT. _False, untrue, wrong, inexact, inaccurate, fallacious, defective._

=Corrective.= Regulative, preventive, alterative, preservative, rectifying, modifying, improving, reformatory.

ANT. _Confirmative, stimulative, intensitive, provocative, conducive._

=Correlation.= Interrelation, correspondence, apposition, interdependence, mutuality, reciprocation, interchange, reciprocity.

ANT. _Contradiction, independence, opposition, inconsistency, incongruity._

=Correspond.= Agree, suit, match, fit, tally, harmonize, answer, correlate, stand counter; communicate, write.

ANT. _Vary, disagree, clash, jar; ignore, disregard, neglect._

=Correspondence.= Adaptation, agreement, congruity; writing, letter, despatches, communication.

ANT. _Conversation; withdrawal, non-intercourse; incongruity, discord, disagreement._

=Corroborate.= Strengthen, establish, sustain, support, confirm.

ANT. _Weaken, confute, rebut, invalidate, shake, enfeeble, overthrow._

=Corrode.= Consume, eat away, waste, impair, rust, canker, wear, crumble.

ANT. _Renew, restore._

=Corrupt=, _v._ Defile, pollute, infect, taint, vitiate, demoralize, contaminate, debase, spoil, deteriorate.

ANT. _Cleanse, purify, better, correct, ameliorate._

=Corruption.= Decay, decomposition, pollution, defilement, infection, contamination, adulteration; depravity, immorality, laxity, wickedness; dishonesty, bribery.

=Cost.= Price, worth, expenditure, expense, charge, disbursement, outlay; preciousness, richness, splendor; loss, damage, pain.

=Costume.= Dress, livery, robes, uniform.

ANT. _Disguise, incognito; nudity, nakedness._

=Council.= Cabinet, bureau, chamber, conclave, synod, convocation, meeting, conference, parliament, consultation, convention.

ANT. _Cabal, league, conspiracy; multitude, mob._

=Counsel.= Advice, consultation, opinion, suggestion, recommendation, instruction, caution, admonition; deliberation, forethought; plan, design, scheme; purpose; lawyer, barrister, attorney.

=Count.= Compute, reckon, add, tell, estimate, number, enumerate, sum, calculate.

ANT. _Guess, conjecture, surmise, think, fancy._

=Countenance=, _v._ Approve, support, sanction, help, aid, abet, encourage, patronize, befriend, assist, favor.

ANT. _Oppose, confront, discourage, browbeat, face, compare, disparage._

=Counter.= Contrary, opposed, opposite, against.

ANT. _Accordant with, coincident, consonant._

=Counteract.= Oppose, foil, baffle, thwart, hinder, rival, resist, defeat, cross, frustrate, neutralize.

ANT. _Aid, coöperate, subserve, promote, advance, assist._

=Counterfeit=, _n._ Forgery, fraudulent copy, cheat, artifice, pretense, sham, fabrication.

ANT. _Exposure, detection; verity, fact, truth, reality._

=Countermand.= Abrogate, annul, revoke, rescind, recall, make void.

ANT. _Order, command, bid, charge, enjoin, direct, instruct._

=Counterpart.= Duplicate, copy; correlative, complement, supplement, obverse; match, mate, tally, twin.

ANT. _Antithesis, contradiction, contrast._

=Countervail.= Balance, compensate, make up, counterbalance, offset.

ANT. _Overthrow, unbalance, weigh down._

=Countryman.= Rustic, agriculturist, farmer, swain, yeoman, laborer, peasant, husbandman; clown, boor.

ANT. _Citizen, townsman; alien._

=Couple=, _v._ Link, unite, connect, join, clasp, tie, yoke, buckle, pair, splice, button; marry, wed.

ANT. _Loose, part, separate, detach, isolate, unclasp; divorce._

=Courage.= Bravery, valor, fearlessness, spirit, heroism, fortitude, hardihood, boldness, daring, mettle, pluck, resolution, intrepidity.

ANT. _Cowardice, timidity, fear, dread, terror, dismay, consternation._

=Course.= Route, way, road, track, race; direction, bearing, progress, process; career; succession, order, regularity; deportment, conduct; series, system.

ANT. _Deviation; disorder, discursion; hindrance, error._

=Court=, _v._ Woo, flatter, seek, invite, solicit.

ANT. _Avoid, shun, repudiate, repel, antagonize._

=Courtesy.= Politeness, affability, urbanity, civility, complaisance.

ANT. _Rudeness, incivility, churlishness, ungraciousness._

=Courtly.= Polished, elegant, polite, ceremonious, formal, respectful.

ANT. _Undignified, unrefined, coarse, awkward, boorish, plebeian._

=Covenant.= Agreement, stipulation, bond, compact, contract, bargain, arrangement, concordant, pact, treaty.

ANT. _Promise, understanding, assurance, parole._

=Cover=, _v._ Hide, conceal, overspread, overlay, secrete, cloak, veil, screen, mask, shroud, disguise; invest, clothe, wrap; protect, shelter, shield, guard, defend; comprehend, comprise, embrace; balance, compensate, countervail.

ANT. _Expose, reveal, produce, exhibit; betray, divulge; omit, exclude._

=Covet.= Desire, long for, wish for, aim after, aspire to.

ANT. _Dislike, despise; undervalue._

=Covetous.= Eager, avaricious, desirous, greedy, grasping, acquisitive, rapacious.

ANT. _Liberal, unselfish, generous, bountiful._

=Coward.= Craven, recreant, dastard.

ANT. _Hero, champion; daredevil, desperado._

=Coy.= Bashful, shy, modest, reserved, retreating, shrinking.

ANT. _Bold, forward, impertinent, pert, brazen, flippant._

=Crack.= Split, break, chop, rend, cleave, snap; craze, madden.

ANT. _Mend, unite, repair; restore, heal._

=Craft.= Skill, ability, power, talent, dexterity, aptitude, tact; artifice, shrewdness, guile, deception, cunning, deceit; art, trade, employment, vocation, calling; vessel.

ANT. _Inaptitude, tactlessness; fairness, openness, candor, sincerity, frankness, ingenuousness, straightforwardness._

=Cramp.= Restrain, hinder, check, confine, hamper, clog, fetter, cripple.

ANT. _Free, liberate, loose, expand, ease, relieve, extricate._

=Crash.= Jar, uproar, clash, rending, noise, clang, resonance.

ANT. _Murmur, whisper; silence._

=Crassitude.= Grossness, thickness, density, corpulence, obesity.

ANT. _Tenuity, agility, activity; spareness, slightness._

=Crave.= Intreat, beg, beseech, implore, supplicate, desire, long for, hunger for, yearn.

ANT. _Demand, insist, require._

=Crazy.= Shattered, broken, tottering; distracted, mad, lunatic, insane, delirious, cracked, demented, deranged.

ANT. _Sound, robust, vigorous, sane, whole._

=Create.= Form, produce, make, originate, cause, occasion, appoint, constitute; beget, engender, generate; imagine, compose, fashion, design.

ANT. _Destroy, demolish, annihilate._

=Creature.= Created being, being, animal, man, person; dependent, vassal, parasite; wretch, miscreant.

ANT. _Chimera, ghost, hallucination, fantasy, phantom, conceit, crotchet._

=Credence.= Belief, trust, faith, acceptance, confidence, reliance.

ANT. _Denial, distrust, disbelief, doubt, skepticism._

=Credentials.= Diploma, missive, title, warrant, vouchers, certificates, testimonials.

=Credible.= Probable, possible, reliable, trustworthy, likely.

ANT. _Improbable, unlikely, incredible, unreliable, untrustworthy._

=Credit.= Trust, belief, faith, confidence, credence, reliance; reputation, influence, power; esteem, regard; loan, securities.

ANT. _Insecurity; distrust; shame, disgrace, censure._

=Credulity.= Gullibility, credulousness, simplicity.

ANT. _Skepticism, suspiciousness, incredulity, shrewdness._

=Creed.= Belief, catechism, confession, articles of faith, tenets, dogmas, doctrines.

ANT. _Protest, abjuration, disbelief, recantation, retraction._

=Crestfallen.= Downcast, dispirited, dejected, disheartened, depressed, desponding, low-spirited, down-hearted.

ANT. _Exuberant, elated, confident, inspirited._

=Crew.= Gang, set, band, horde, crowd, mob, throng.

ANT. _Supercargo; bevy, galaxy, cream, élite._

=Crime.= Offense, misdeed, wrong, felony, sin, iniquity, misdemeanor, enormity, transgression, wickedness, delinquency.

ANT. _Good deed, well-doing, exploit, achievement, duty, service, benefit, benefaction, heroism._

=Criminal=, _a._ Immoral, iniquitous, sinful, unlawful, wicked, wrong, vile, nefarious, culpable, abominable, illegal, vicious.

ANT. _Virtuous, moral, innocent, just, honorable, praiseworthy, lawful, legal, right, meritorious._

=Criminate.= Charge, accuse, arraign, impeach.

ANT. _Acquit, absolve, extricate._

=Cripple=, _v._ Weaken, disable, impair, break down, cramp, curtail.

ANT. _Renovate, strengthen, augment, liberate, ease, expedite._

=Criterion.= Standard, test, rule, touchstone, measure, canon, proof.

ANT. _Eye, glance; intention, conjecture._

=Critic.= Judge, censor, reviewer, connoisseur; caviller, carper; arbiter, savant.

ANT. _Artist, author, writer, performer, maker, poet, composer._

=Critical.= Accurate, nice, exact; decisive, crucial, determining, important; dangerous, hazardous, imminent, momentous, dubious, precarious.

ANT. _Inexact, loose, undiscriminating; unimportant, inconclusive; safe, sure, settled, decided, retrieved, redressed._

=Criticism.= Censure, stricture, animadversion, review, critique.

ANT. _Approbation, praise, approval._

=Criticize.= Examine, estimate, judge, discuss, analyze, anatomize, scan, animadvert.

ANT. _Survey, overlook, slur, skim, slight, neglect._

=Crooked.= Bent, curved, bowed; distorted, twisted, wry, askew, deformed, disfigured; perverse, contumacious, capricious; dishonest, unfair, unscrupulous, knavish, deceitful, tricky.

ANT. _Straight, linear, upright, direct, honest, straightforward._

=Cross.= Fretful, petulant, peevish, snappish, touchy, morose, ill-natured, sullen, snarling, cynical, sour, out of humor, captious, crabbed, sulky.

ANT. _Amiable, genial, good-tempered, good-natured, blithesome, charming, winsome, attractive, benign._

=Crowd.= Throng, multitude, concourse, press, horde, herd, host, rabble, mob, populace.

ANT. _Cream, élite, bevy, constellation, galaxy; solitude, solitariness._

=Crown=, _n._ Diadem, coronet, garland, chaplet, wreath, laurel, bays; reward, honor, distinction, dignity; summit, crest, top, head, brow, apex.

ANT. _Base, bottom, floor, foot, pedestal, foundation, sole; infamy, shame._

=Crown=, _v._ Complete, consummate, conclude, seal, achieve, accomplish.

ANT. _Mar, spoil, frustrate, fail._

=Crucial.= Severe, trying, searching, decisive, critical, momentous, strategic.

ANT. _Superficial, indifferent, mild, lenient, lax, unimportant._

=Crude.= Raw, immature, unripe; coarse, unrefined; undigested, unconsidered, unpolished, uncouth, awkward.

ANT. _Mature; refined, sensitive; well-considered, finished, classical, highly wrought, elaborate._

=Cruel.= Inhuman, merciless, unfeeling, dire, ruthless, pitiless, relentless, savage, brutal, ferocious, blood-thirsty, sanguinary; severe, sharp, bitter, hard.

ANT. _Gentle, mild, merciful, humane, forbearing, generous._

=Crush.= Pound, crumble, demolish, overpower, squeeze, compress, bruise, shatter, raze, pulverize.

ANT. _Consolidate, compact, amalgamate, solidify, stabilitate._

=Culmination.= Zenith, success, consummation, acme, completion, apex.

ANT. _Failure, downfall, defeat, descent, decline._

=Culpable.= Blameworthy, blamable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty, wrong.

ANT. _Innocent, blameless, laudable, praiseworthy._

=Culprit.= Criminal, delinquent, felon, malefactor, offender.

ANT. _Hero, example, pattern, model, saint, upright man._

=Cultivate.= Till; fertilize; improve, refine, train, discipline, develop; study, pursue, investigate; nourish, foster, cherish, promote.

ANT. _Neglect, blight, blast; uproot, eradicate, extirpate; stifle, abandon, prevent, discourage._

=Cunning.= Craft, artifice, deceit, intrigue, subtlety, chicane.

ANT. _Candor, guilelessness, sincerity._

=Cupidity.= Longing, greed, lust; covetousness, avarice, acquisitiveness, stinginess.

ANT. _Prodigality, liberality, generosity, extravagance._

=Curb.= Restrain, check, control, repress, bridle.

ANT. _Indulge, emancipate, loose, release, free, liberate._

=Cure=, _n._ Remedy, antidote, restorative, corrective, help, specific; healing, restoration, convalescence, alleviation, renovation.

ANT. _Complaint, contagion, disease, ailment; aggravation, confirmation; inoculation._

=Curiosity.= Inquisitiveness, wonder, marvel, rarity, celebrity; inquiry, investigation, scrutiny, research.

ANT. _Indifference, heedlessness, disregard, abstraction; apathy._

=Curious.= Prying, meddling, inquisitive, searching, scrutinizing; rare, singular, strange; elegant, finished.

ANT. _Indifferent, uninterested; trite, common, usual._

=Current.= Common, general, prevalent, present, floating, popular, ordinary, vulgar.

ANT. _Obsolete, rejected, exploded; private, secret; confined._

=Curse=, _n._ Execration, malediction, anathema, denunciation; scourge, plague, torment, affliction, trouble; imprecation, ban, oath.

ANT. _Blessing, benediction, joy, crown; prosperity, welfare, luck, success._

=Cursory.= Hasty, superficial, desultory, careless, slight, rapid.

ANT. _Elaborate, searching, minute, profound._

=Custody.= Care, keeping, protection; confinement, duress, imprisonment.

ANT. _Neglect, betrayal, exposure, desertion; liberation discharge._

=Custom.= Usage, habit, fashion, practice, rule; form, formality, observance; patronage; duty, tax.

ANT. _Law, regulation, command; disuse, non-observance, desuetude._

=Cutting.= Sharp, keen; sarcastic, severe, satirical, wounding, piercing, trenchant, stinging, sardonic, cruel.

ANT. _Mild, soothing, flattering, indulgent, consoling, gratifying._

=Cynical.= Censorious, churlish, carping, cross, peevish; derisive, contemptuous, scornful, pessimistic, misanthropic.

ANT. _Genial, lenient; optimistic, philanthropic._

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=Dainty.= Exquisite, choice, rare, refined; savory, palatable, delicious, toothsome, tasty, epicurean; fastidious, luxurious.

ANT. _Common, dirty, vulgar, coarse, defiled, nasty, foul, filthy._

=Damage.= Hurt, injury, detriment, loss, mischief, impairment.

ANT. _Benefit, compensation, advantage, blessing, reparation._

=Danger.= Peril, risk, hazard, venture, insecurity, liability, jeopardy.

ANT. _Safety, security, precaution, defense._

=Daring.= Adventurous, fearless, risky, brave, courageous, dauntless, intrepid, valorous.

ANT. _Cautious, timid, wary, fearful._

=Dark.= Black, swarthy, opaque, obscure, shadowy, lurid, sunless, murky, cloudy, overcast, ebon, pitchy, secret; mysterious, enigmatical, unintelligible, occult, abstruse; gloomy, disheartening, cheerless, dismal; ignorant, rude, untaught, benighted; wicked, foul, horrible, damnable, vile, atrocious, infernal; joyless, mournful, sad, sorrowful.

ANT. _White, fair, light, radiant, bright, clear, buoyant, plain, brilliant, glaring, crystalline, transparent, dazzling, luminous, illumed; happy, joyful, festive._

=Darling.= Sweetheart, love, pet, favorite, idol, dear.