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| 202645373 | arbiter | A person or power to decide a dispute; a person or agency whose judgment or opinion is considered authoritative Synonyms: judge Antonym: dictator | |
| 202645374 | arbitrary | Existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance Synonyms: random Antonyms: logical | |
| 202645375 | ascetic | Practicing strict self-denial as a measure or personal or spiritual discipline; austere in appearance, manner, or attitude Synonym: abstemious Antonym: self-indulgent | |
| 202645376 | aesthetic | Of, or relating to or dealing with, the beautiful; a work of artistic value; pleasing in appearance Synonym: artistic Antonym: displeasing | |
| 202645377 | averse | Having an active feeling of repugnance or distaste Synonym: loathe Antonym: inclined | |
| 202645378 | adverse | Acting against or in a contrary direction; opposed to one's interests; causing harm Synonyms: undesirable Antonyms: favorable | |
| 202645379 | ban | To prohibit, especially by legal means Synonyms: forbid Antonyms: allow | |
| 202645380 | bane | A source of harm or ruin Synonym: nuisance Antonym: fortune | |
| 202645381 | complacent | Pleased, especially with one's self or one's merits Synonyms: smug, unbothered, egotistic, confident Antonyms: discontent, dissatisfied | |
| 202645382 | complaisant | Agreeable, gracious, inclined to please Synonyms: Accommodating, generous, compliant Antonyms: disagreeable, antagonistic, obstinate | |
| 202645383 | consul | A official appointed by the government of a country to look after its commercial interests and welfare of its citizens Synonyms: delegate, emissary, representative | |
| 202645384 | council | An assembly of people for consulting, deliberating, or advising Synonyms: assembly, board, cabinet, committee | |
| 202645385 | counsel | Advice; an opinion or instruction given to someone aiming to direct their judgment or conduct Synonym: advice, instruction, suggestion, tip | |
| 202645386 | demure | Characterizing by shyness, modesty, or reserved nature Synonym: bashful, timid, introverted Antonym: bold, outgoing, extroverted, shameless | |
| 202645387 | demur | To make an objection or act of making an objection Synonyms: challenge, disapprove, dispute, oppose Antonyms: agree, accept | |
| 202645388 | discreet | Judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or mantaining silence about something of a delicate nature Synonyms: careful, controlled, reserved, restrained Antonyms: indiscreet, careless, rash, foolish | |
| 202645389 | discrete | Apart or detached from others Synonyms: separate, disconnected, discontinued, unattached Antonyms: combined, joined, attached | |
| 202645390 | divers | More than one; sundry; several Synonyms: many Antonyms: few, one | |
| 202645391 | diverse | Unlike in nature or qualities; varied Synonyms: assorted, various Antonyms: homogeneous, identical, uniform | |
| 202645392 | elicit | Draw out; evoke; draw forth Synonyms: bring out, extract, educe Antonyms: hide, repress, cover | |
| 202645393 | illicit | Unlawful, forbidden, secret, furtive Synonyms: illegitimate, prohibited, criminal Antonyms: legal, permissible | |
| 202645394 | ingenious | Clever at inventing, constructing, organizing, etc. Skillful; resourceful; cleverly contrived Synonyms: inventive, inspired, nifty Antonyms: incompetent, awkward | |
| 202645395 | ingenuous | Innocent; artless; open; frank Synonyms: candid, naive Antonyms: dishonest, sly | |
| 202645396 | mendacious | Lying; untruthful Synonyms: misleading, unreliable, false Antonyms: ingenuous, straightforward | |
| 202645397 | meritorious | Deserving reward, praise, or gratitude. Deserving commendation for thoroughness, etc. Synonyms: commendable, praiseworthy Antonyms: unworthy, corrupt | |
| 202645398 | perspicacious | Having mental penetration or discernment Synonyms: insightful, wise, astute Antonyms: dense | |
| 202645399 | perspicuous | Easily understood; clearly expressed Synonyms: apparent, distinct, understandable Antonyms: obscure, vague | |
| 202645400 | panegyrize | To deliver or write a panegyric about; to eulogize Synonyms: acclaim, commend, praise Antonyms: condemn, curse | |
| 202645401 | tout | To describe or advertise boastfully; publicize or promote Synonyms: acclaim, laud, praise Antonyms: conceal, hide | |
| 202645402 | calumniate | To make false and malicious statements about; slander Synonyms: accuse, slander, vilify Antonyms: conceal, hide | |
| 202645403 | excoriate | To denounce or berate severely; flay verbally Synonyms: flay, scarify Antonyms: compliment, laud, praise | |
| 202645404 | lambaste | To beat or whip severely; to reprimand or berate harshly Synonyms: censure, excoriate Antonyms: praise, uphold | |
| 202645405 | upbraid | To find fault with or reproach severely Synonyms: reprove, blame Antonyms: acclaim, commend | |
| 202645406 | allay | To lessen or relieve; to put fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc. to rest Synonyms: assuage, to calm Antonyms: excite, provoke | |
| 202645407 | palliate | To mitigate the intensity of; to gloss over or cover up Synonyms: cure, heal, alleviate Antonyms: accuse, blame | |
| 202645408 | quell | Put an end to, typically by the use of force; suppress or silence someone or something Synonyms: suppress, repress, smother, stifle, quench, subdue Antonyms: foster, agitate | |
| 202645409 | embitter | To make (a person) resentful or bitter; to make bitter in taste Synonyms: sour, rankle, envenom | |
| 202645410 | oppugn | To assail by argument, criticism, or action; to call in question, dispute Synonyms: contradict, criticize, attack, debate, argue Antonyms: agree, support | |
| 202645411 | cantankerous | Ill-tempered and quarrelsome, disagreeable to deal with Synonyms: bad-tempered, grouchy, snappish, sour, cranky, critical Antonyms: good-natured, pleasent, easy, happy | |
| 202645412 | churlish | Having a bad disposition; being difficult to work with Synonyms: harsh, unpolishable, surly, crude, oafish, ornery Antonyms: gentle, polite | |
| 202645413 | irascible | Marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger Synonyms: touchy, uptight, crabby, feisty Antonyms: cheerful, happy, kind | |
| 202645414 | ireful | Full of intense anger; wrathful; easily roused to anger Synonyms: unreasonable, infuriated Antonyms: calm, reasonable | |
| 202645415 | esoteric | Understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest Synonyms: private, secret, confidential, cryptic, mystical, profound Antonyms: commonplace, simple | |
| 202645416 | espouse | To make one's own; adopt or embrace a cause; to marry Synonyms: advocate, embrace, defend, uphold, approve Antonyms: abandon | |
| 202645417 | ornery | Having an irritable disposition Synonyms: bad-tempered, ratty, crabby, grouchy Antonyms: cheerful, good-natured, pleasant, genial | |
| 202645418 | querulous | Constantly complaining Synonyms: whining, peevish, petulant, argumentative Antonyms: amiable, friendly, sociable, agreeable | |
| 202645419 | skinflinty | Very stingy or cheap Synonyms: parsimonious, miserly, sparing, tightfisted Antonyms: generous, openhanded, munificent, charitable | |
| 202645420 | exiguous | Excessively inadequate Synonyms: meager, scarce Antonyms: bountiful, copious | |
| 202645421 | paucity | A small quantity Synonyms: scarcity, shortage Antonyms: abundance, opulence | |
| 202645422 | pliant | Easily influenced Synonyms: flexible, bendable, elastic Antonyms: stiff, inflexible, rigid, firm | |
| 202645423 | stalwart | Stout or strong Synonyms: brave, valiant, courageous, fearless Antonyms: feeble, cowardly, weak, vulnerable | |
| 202645424 | intransigent | Refusing to compromise or abandon a position or belief Synonyms: dogged, adamant Antonyms: agreeable, acquiescent | |
| 202645425 | recalcitrant | To be stubbornly disobedient Synonyms: headstrong, willful, unruly, refractory, ungovernable Antonyms: obedient, dutiful, well-mannered, tractable | |
| 202645426 | laconic | Using few words, concise Synonyms: brief, privy Antonyms: voluble, verbose | |
| 202645427 | lugubrious | Mournful, often to an exaggerated degree Synonyms: gloomy, somber, sorrowful Antonyms: joyful, rejoicing, cheery | |
| 202645428 | chary | Hesitant and cautious about dangers and risks Synonyms: alert, careful, conservative Antonyms: unwary, careless, unsafe | |
| 202645429 | insouciant | Lighthearted unconcern Synonyms: casual, disregarding, nonchalant Antonyms: concerned, regarding | |
| 202645430 | lackadaisical | Lacking life or spirit Synonyms: limp, unenthusiastic, spiritless Antonyms: energetic, enthusiastic | |
| 202645431 | temerarious | Rashly or presumptuously daring Synonyms: reckless, overconfident, audacious Antonyms: prudent, careful | |
| 202645432 | plebian | One of the common people Synonyms: ignoble, working class, inferior Antonyms: noble, aristocrat, upper-class | |
| 202645433 | flippant | Lacking proper respect or seriousness Synonyms: smart-aleck, disrespectful, joker Antonyms: respectful, sincere | |
| 202645434 | acrimony | Sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc. Synonyms: bitterness, animosity, spitefulness Antonyms: goodwill, kindness, politeness | |
| 202645435 | affable | Pleasantly easy to approach and talk to Synonyms: cordial, friendly, gracious, complaisant Antonyms: impolite, unfriendly | |
| 202645436 | altruistic | Unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others Synonyms: charitable, generous, unselfish Antonyms: self-centered, selfish | |
| 202645437 | amenable | Ready or willing to answer or act; open to influence Synonyms: agreeable, manageable, easy, open Antonyms: stubborn, reserved | |
| 202645438 | ample | Fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs Synonyms: plentiful, enough, lavish, overflowing Antonyms: scanty, meager, scarce | |
| 202645439 | banal | Devoid of freshness or originality Synonyms: cliched, commonplace, stereotyped Antonyms: fresh, new, original, uncommon | |
| 202645440 | candor | The state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression Synonyms: openness, frankness, honesty, truthfulness Antonyms: deception, falsehood, lying | |
| 202645441 | coalesce | To grow together or into one body, to unite so as to form one mass, to blend or some together Synonyms: unite, combine, join, fuse, blend, merge Antonyms: divide, separate | |
| 202645442 | congenial | Agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character Synonyms: favorable, pleasant, affable, complaisant Antonyms: disagreeable, incompatible | |
| 205404455 | contentious | Likely to cause disagreement or argument Synonyms: disputative, argumentative, confrontational Antonyms: pacific, peaceful | |
| 205404456 | curtail | To make less or cut away or off some part Synonyms: Abridge, abbreviate, shorten, cut back Antonyms: Lengthen, elongate | |
| 205404457 | dawdle | To spend time idly; to move lackadaisically Synonyms: Lollygag, crawl, tarry Antonyms: exert, hurry, hasten | |
| 205404458 | dearth | An inadequate supply Synonyms: Deficit, lack, insufficiency Antonyms: Abundance | |
| 205404459 | debilitate | To impair the strength of Synonyms: devitalize, enfeeble, weaken Antonyms: strengthen | |
| 205404460 | decry | To express strong disapproval of Synonyms: Belittle, minimize, write-off Antonyms: Laud, applaud, acclaim | |
| 205404461 | deference | Respect and esteem to a superior or elder Synonyms: compliancy, obedience, submissiveness Antonyms: disobedience | |
| 205404462 | deplore | To feel or express grief for Synonyms: mourn Antonyms: rejoice | |
| 205404463 | derision | The use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt Synonyms: mock, jest Antonyms: commendation, praise | |
| 205404464 | deterrent | A thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from some act Synonyms: preventative, obstacle, impediment Antonyms: incentive, motivation, encouragement | |
| 205404465 | didactic | Designed or intended to teach; educational Synonyms: academic, enlightening, edifying, informative Antonyms: uninstructive | |
| 205404466 | diffident | Modest or shy because of lack of self-confidence; reserved Synonyms: insecure, timid, self-conscious, bashful Antonyms: confident, bold, outgoing | |
| 205404467 | disparage | Regard or represent as being of little worth; belittle Synonyms: degrade, discourage, underestimate Antonyms: commend, praise, compliment | |
| 205404468 | disparate | Distinct; not allowing comparison Synonyms: diverse, contrasting, separate, unalike Antonyms: equal, similar, alike | |
| 205404469 | erratic | Not even or regular in pattern or movement Synonyms: unpredictable, odd, abnormal, irregular, unusual, strange Antonyms: consistent, certain, unchanging, reliable, definite | |
| 205404470 | erroneous | Mistaken, wrong Synonyms: amiss, flawed, untrue, false, invalid Antonyms: correct, true, right, valid | |
| 205404471 | exonerate | To clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame Synonyms: Absolve, acquit, discharge, dismiss, exculpate, exempt, pardon, vindicate Antonyms: Accuse, blame, charge, condemn, incarcerate, incriminate, sentence | |
| 205404472 | fallacious | Tending to deceive or mislead Synonyms: Deceiving, deceptive, fraudulent, misleading, phony Antonyms: Correct, real, true, faithful | |
| 205404473 | fastidious | Showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care Synonyms: Choosy, critical, demanding, finicky, fussy, nit-picky Antonyms: Indifferent, undemanding | |
| 205404474 | fervor | Intensity of feeling or expression. Synonyms: Eagerness, fervency, intensity, passion, sincerity, zeal Antonyms: Apathy, coolness, discouragement | |
| 205404475 | garrulous | pointlessly or annoyingly talkative Synonyms: Babbling, chatty, loquacious, wordy Antonyms: Quiet, reserved, silent | |
| 205404476 | gregarious | marked by or indicated by a liking for companion-ship Synonyms: Affable, amicable, cordial, good-natured, sociable Antonyms: Cold, cool, introverted, unfriendly, unsociable | |
| 205404477 | hackneyed | Lacking in freshness or originality Synonyms: Banal, commonplace, obsolete, outdated, stale, unoriginal Antonyms: Fresh, new, original, uncommon | |
| 205404478 | iconoclastic | Characterized by an attack on settled beliefs or institutions. Synonyms: deviant, enfant, terrible Antonyms: conformist | |
| 205404479 | implacable | Not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated Synonyms: adamant, hard-headed, uncompromising, inexorable Antonyms: acquiescent, pliable | |
| 205404480 | inexorable | Not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped Synonyms: unrelenting, unyielding, implacable Antonyms: complaisant, slack | |
| 205404481 | ingrate | An ungrateful person Synonyms: unthankful, selfish Antonyms: appreciative, thankful | |
| 205404482 | innocuous | Producing no injury Synonyms: benign, harmless, safe Antonyms: adverse, dangerous | |
| 205404483 | languid | Sluggish in character, disposition, or movement Synonyms: apathetic, enervated, lackadaisical Antonyms: alert, animated, vivacious | |
| 205404484 | larceny | The unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently Synonyms: robbery, thievery Antonyms: return, pay | |
| 205404485 | mutability | Prone to change Synonyms: fluctuating, imbalance, insecurity Antonyms: stable, constant | |
| 211130773 | naïveté | a naïve remark or action; the quality or state of being naïve Synonyms: artlessness, greenness, guilelessness, ingenuousness, innocence Antonyms: artfulness, cynicism, knowingness, sophistication, worldliness | |
| 211130774 | ostentatious | marked by or fond of conspicuous or vainglorious and sometimes pretentious display Synonyms: flamboyant, flaring, flashy, garish, glitzy, Antonyms: conservative, quiet, understated, unflamboyant, unflashy | |
| 211130775 | outmoded | No longer in style; no longer acceptable, usable, or current Synonyms: antiquated, archaic, dated, obsolete Antonyms: contemporary, current, mod, modern, new | |
| 211130776 | pedantic | of, related to, or being a pedant (one who makes a show of knowledge, or is a precisionist on very small details); narrowly or ostentatiously learned Synonyms: overscrupulous, scrupulous, precise, exact, perfectionist, punctilious, meticulous Antonyms: imprecise | |
| 211130777 | pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters Synonyms: down-to-earth, earthy, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, practical Antonyms: idealistic, impractical, unrealistic, utopian, visionary | |
| 211130778 | proliferation | growth by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring; growth by multiplication Synonyms: accretion, accrual, addendum, addition, augmentation, boost, expansion, gain, increment Antonyms: abatement, decline, decrease, decrement, depletion, diminishment, diminution | |
| 211130779 | recluse | a person who leads a secluded or solitary life Synonyms: anchorite, eremite, hermit, isolate, solitary Antonyms: socialite; socializer | |
| 211130780 | reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reproach or blame Synonyms: blamable, censurable, culpable, reproachable Antonyms: blameless, faultless, impeccable, irreproachable | |
| 211130781 | reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech; restrained in expression, presentation, or appearance; unwilling to do something Synonyms: reserved, quiet, restrained, uncommunicative, silent Antonyms: talkative, open | |
| 211130782 | stratagem | a clever ruse or scheme that is designed to deceive others or achieve a goal Synonyms: trick, feint, dodge, plot, scheme, device | |
| 211130783 | taciturn | habitually uncommunicative or reserved in speech and manner Synonyms: reticent, silent, reserved, laconic Antonyms: talkative, chatty, conversational, communicative | |
| 211130784 | trepidation | fear or uneasiness about the future or a future event; and involuntary trembling Synonyms: fear, anxiety, unease, nervousness, apprehension, foreboding, concern | |
| 211130785 | vacillate | to be indecisive or irresolute, changing between one opinion and another; to sway from side to side Synonyms: waver, hesitate, fluctuate Antonym: decide | |
| 211130786 | voracious | desiring or consuming food in great quantities; unusually eager or enthusiastic about an activity Synonyms: insatiable, big, hungry, ravenous, gluttony, greedy Antonyms: unenthusiastic, uneager, indifferent | |
| 211130787 | wary | cautious and alert for problems; showing watchfulness or suspicion Synonyms: cautious, suspicious, distrustful, mistrustful, careful Antonyms: careless, unwary, heedless, unmindful | |
| 211130788 | xenophobic | having an intense fear or dislike of foreign people, their customs and culture, or foreign things Synonyms: intolerant, racist Antonym: tolerant | |
| 214584374 | copious | yielding something abundantly; plentiful in number Synonyms: galore, lavish, gushing, ample, plentiful Antonyms: dribbing, trickling, scarce, minimal, lacking | |
| 214593695 | cosmopolitan | having worldwide or international scope or bearing rather than limited or provincial Synonyms: worldy-wise, smart, sophisticated, cultured, global Antonyms: rural, innocent, naïve, unsophisticated | |
| 214593696 | debacle | a violent disruption or great disaster; a complete failure. Synonyms: apocalypse, calamity, tragedy, catastrophe Antonyms: blockbuster, success, winner | |
| 214593697 | impetus | A driving force; impulse; incentive, stimulus; stimulus or encouragement resulting in increased activity OR the property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its mass and its motion Synonyms: boost, encouragement, goad, impulse, incentive, incitation, incitement, instigation, momentum, motivation, provocation, spur, stimulant, stimulus, yeast Antonyms: counterincentive, disincentive, block, check, hindrance | |
| 214593698 | incontrovertible | Not open to question; indisputable Synonyms: accomplished, certain, inarguable, incontestable, irrefutable, indisputable, indubitable, irrefragable, positive, sure, unanswerable, unarguable, unchallengeable, undeniable Antonyms: answerable, arguable, contradictable, controvertible, debatable, disputable, doubtable, moot, negotiable, problematic, questionable, refutable | |
| 214593699 | indigent | Suffering from extreme poverty: impoverished Synonyms: beggarly, broke, destitute, famished, impecunious, impoverished, poor, necessitous, needful, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, threadbare Antonyms: affluent, flush, moneyed, opulent, rich, wealthy, well-off | |
| 214593700 | engender | to produce, cause, or give rise to Synonyms: beget, procreate, precipitate, instigate, propagate, stimulate, generate, occasion, develop Antonyms: destroy, finish, halt, kill, stop | |
| 214593701 | equable | free from many changes or variations; uniform: an equable climate; uniform in operation or effect, as laws Synonyms: steady, even, temperate Antonyms: variable | |
| 214593702 | equitable | characterized by equity or fairness; just and right; fair; reasonable: equitable treatment of all citizens Synonyms: impartial, proper, unbiased Antonyms: unfair, unjust, unequitable, biased, prejudiced | |
| 214593703 | equivocal | allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous Synonyms: ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibological, borderline, clear as mud, clouded, disreputable, dubious, evasive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, misleading, muddled, muzzy, oblique, obscure Antonyms: certain, clear, definite, determined, obvious, plain, sure, unquestionable | |
| 214593704 | eulogize | to praise highly Synonyms: extol, laud, commend, panegyrize Antonyms: calumniate, condemn, criticize | |
| 218105769 | parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent Synonyms: alike, corresponding, the same, Antonyms: different, unequal, dissimilar | |
| 218105770 | parsimonious | frugal, to the point of stinginess Synonyms: miserly, tightfisted, avaricious Antonyms: generous, lavish, liberal | |
| 218105771 | pecunious | Abounding in money; wealthy; rich. Synonyms: prosperous, affluent, opulent Antonyms: needy, poor, deprived | |
| 218105772 | munificent | extremely liberal in giving; very generous Synonyms: bountiful, bounteous, lavish, generous Antonyms: niggardly, penurious, miserly, mean, tight, avaricious, mercenary, conservative | |
| 218105773 | mutable | given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant Synonyms: changeable, variable. unstable, vacillating, unsettled, wavering, unsteady Antonyms: stable, constant | |
| 218105774 | myriad | a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things Synonyms: countless, boundless, infinite, untold. Adjectives: finite, bounded, few | |
| 218105775 | naive | having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality Synonyms: simple, unaffected, unsuspecting, artless, guileless, candid, open, plain Antonyms: sophisticated, artful | |
| 218105776 | neophyte | a beginner or novice Synonyms: abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, novice, recruit, rookie, trainee, tyro Antonyms: master, professional, expert, adept | |
| 218105777 | niggardly | reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly Synonyms: penurious, miserly, mean, tight, avaricious, mercenary, conservative Antonyms: bountiful, bounteous, lavish, generous, munificent | |
| 218105778 | obstinate | firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty Synonyms: mulish, obdurate, unyielding, unbending, intractable, perverse, inflexible, refractory, pertinacious Antonyms: submissive, tractable | |
| 218105779 | onerous | burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship Synonyms: heavy, crushing, grievous; irksome, galling Antonyms: light, complacent | |
| 218105780 | scintillating | animated; vivacious; effervescent; sparkling Synonyms: dazzling, bright, flashing, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glittering, lively, shining, twinkling, witty Antonyms: dull | |
| 218105781 | skinflint | ungenerous or niggardly person or a miser Synonyms: Scrooge, hoarder, miser, moneygrubber, penny-pincher, pinchfist, pinchpenny, tightwad Antonyms: spender, spendthrift, waster, wastrel | |
| 218105782 | sportive | playful or joyous; relating to or interested in sports Synonyms: boon, festive, frisky, frolicsome, game, gamesome, jocular, merry, prankish, sprightly, wanton Antonyms: solemn, staid | |
| 218105783 | substantiate | to establish by proof or competent evidence Synonyms: actualize, affirm, approve, attest to, authenticate, confirm, corroborate, establish, incarnate, justify,validate, verify Antonyms: break, disprove | |
| 218105784 | supercilious | haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression Synonyms: bossy, cavalier, cocky, condescending, contemptuous, disdainful, egotistic, haughty, high-and-mighty, imperious, snobby, superior, uppity, vainglorious Antonyms: humble, modest | |
| 218105785 | synergy | combined action or functioning Synonyms: alliance, coaction, combined effort, harmony, symbiosis, synergism, team effort, teaming, teamwork, union, unity, working together Antonyms: autonomy, competition, opposition, rivalry, undermining | |
| 218105786 | pejorative | having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force Synonyms: deprecatory Antonyms: complimentary, flattering, praising | |
| 218105787 | penchant | a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something Synonyms: affection, affinity Antonyms: dislike, hate | |
| 218105788 | penurious | extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly; extremely poor; destitute; indigent; poorly or inadequately supplied; lacking in means or resources Synonyms: tight, close, niggardly Antonyms: generous | |
| 218105789 | perfunctory | performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic Synonyms: negligent, heedless, thoughtless, uninterested Antonyms: careful, diligent | |
| 218105790 | pernicious | causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful Synonyms: deadly, fatal, evil, wicked, harmful, detrimental, destructive, damaging Antonyms: helpful, kind, loveable |