Синонимы и антонимы. Сборник общеупотребительных слов с похожими и с противоположными по смыслу словами.
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Brilliant. Bright, radiant, flashing, lustrous, glorious, luminous, effulgent, beaming, sparkling; illustrious, distinguished, celebrated, famous, renowned, eminent.
Ant. Dark, dull, stupid, gloomy; notorious, infamous; obscure, insignificant.
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Bring. Bear, fetch, convey; conduct, guide, lead, attend, accompany, convoy; obtain, gain, procure, produce; induce, prevail upon.
Ant. Remove, export, send, exclude, debar, transport, abstract, subtract.
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Brisk. Lively, quick, vivacious, active, alert, animated, prompt, sprightly, nimble, spry, agile.
Ant. Slow, heavy, dull, sluggish, indolent, inactive, unenergetic, stagnant.
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Bristling. Full, crowded, swarming, stocked, multifarious, multitudinous; bristly, standing on end like bristles; ruffled, roughened, corrugated, bespined; bridled, angered, offended.
Ant. Smooth, soothed, allayed; prone; bare, nude, scant, devoid, vacant.
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Brittle. Fragile, crumbling, shivery, frail, easily broken.
Ant. Tough, stout, strong, hardy.
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Broach. Open, pierce, tap; suggest, hint, approach, break; utter, publish, proclaim, give out; originate, propound.
Ant. Repress, cork, bottle, secrete, conceal, hide.
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Broad. Wide; large, ample, extensive, vast, spacious, capacious; liberal, tolerant, free, hospitable; spread, diffused, open; gross, vulgar, indecent, coarse.
Ant. Narrow; contracted, restricted, confined, limited; prejudiced, illiberal, bigoted, reserved; veiled, enigmatical, shrouded, shaded; refined, delicate, sketchy; specific, pointed.
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Broil. Affray, quarrel, contention.
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Brook. Tolerate, bear, suffer, endure, abide, submit to, undergo, permit.
Ant. Resist, resent, reject.
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Brotherhood. Fraternity, fellowship, association, sodality, society.
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Browbeat. Bully, intimidate, bulldoze, overawe.
Ant. Rally, support.
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Bruise. Pommel, crush, squeeze, break, pound, batter, deface.
Ant. Heal, soothe.
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Brunt. Shock, attack, impulse, onslaught, onset, assault.
Ant. Repulse, resistance, endurance.
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Brutal. Brutish, animal, beastly, bestial; savage, ferocious, cruel, harsh, uncivil, rude, rough, gruff, impolite, brusque; sensual, carnal.
Ant. Humane, self-controlled, civilized, enlightened, elevated, noble, refined, intelligent, grand.
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Bubble. Toy, trifle, fancy, conceit, dream, vision, froth, trash.
Ant. Prize, treasure, reality, substance, jewel, good, advantage.
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Buffoon. Wag, clown, jester, mountebank, harlequin, droll, punch, fool.
Ant. Wit, genius, pedant, philosopher.
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Build. Make, form, shape, figure, model; construct, erect, raise.
Ant. Demolish, overthrow, destroy.
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Building. Architecture, edifice, structure, fabric, pile, erection.
Ant. Ruin, demolition, dilapidation, dismantlement.
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Bulk. Magnitude, size, volume, mass; greatness, amplitude, massiveness; majority, major part, most, principal part; dimension.
Ant. Portion, section, atom, particle; diminution, tenuity, contraction, dismemberment, disintegration.
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Bulwark. Rampart, fortress, fortification, stronghold, intrenchment, bastion, parapet, citadel.
Ant. Siege, bombardment, cannonade, boarding, storming.
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Bungler. Botcher, clown, fumbler, clumsy workman, novice.
Ant. Adept, adroit, master, artist, proficient workman, professor.
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Buoy, v. Float, support, sustain; elevate, inspire, assure, animate, cheer.
Ant. Sink, drown, depress, swamp; crush, betray, fail, deject, overcome.
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Buoyant. Light; cheerful, hopeful, sprightly, vivacious, joyous, blithesome, jocund, sportive, jubilant, elastic, floating.
Ant. Heavy, dejected, depressed, moody, joyless, cheerless, desponding.
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Burden. Load, weight; cargo, freight; capacity, tonnage: impediment, incubus, grievance, trial, trouble, affliction, sorrow; chorus, refrain; topic, drift, tenor, point, substance.
Ant. Ease, lightness; facility, airiness, light-heartedness; consolation, assuagement, alleviation, liberation, mitigation.
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Burial. Interment, sepulture, entombment, burying.
Ant. Exhumation, disinterment.
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Burlesque. Parody, travesty, caricature, ridicule, farce.
Ant. Classic, history, fact.
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Burn. Char, consume, cremate, scorch, set on fire, singe, ignite, incinerate, kindle, blaze, cauterize, glow, smolder.
Ant. Smother, stifle, subdue, extinguish, cool, put out; subside, glimmer, lower, pale.
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Burnish. Brighten, polish, make to glisten, glaze, gloss.
Ant. Dull, bedim, cloud, scratch, abrade.
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Burst. Break, open, explode, blow up, rend, split, crack, discharge, shatter, disrupt.
Ant. Cohere, hold, stand, stick together, adhere.
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Bury. Inter, cover up, entomb, inearth, inhume, inurn; shroud, conceal, secrete, hide; immure, confine; cancel, compose, hush, cover with oblivion.
Ant. Resurrect, exhume, disinter, excavate, expose, resuscitate; publish, announce, advertise.
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Business. Employment, craft, trade, commerce, handicraft, traffic, transaction, work, vocation, job, affairs, avocation, profession, occupation, calling, concern, duty, office, interest.