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

Ant. Degrade, impoverish, debase, humiliate, dishonor, lower.

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

Ant. Soothe, assuage, palliate, diminish, conciliate, alleviate.

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

Ant. Dispersion, dissipation, separation, division; unit; element, individual, ingredient, item.

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

Ant. Retaliation, repulsion, retreat, resistance, evacuation.

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

Ant. Cool, fearless, indifferent, unmoved, unaffected, unexcited.

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

Ant. Slow, heavy, clumsy, bulky, awkward, inert, ponderous.

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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.

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Ago. Past, gone, since.

Ant. Future, coming, hereafter, hence.

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

Ant. Assuagement, comfort, relief, composure, ease, enjoyment.

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

Ant. Contend, disagree, deny; dissent, dispute, protest, oppose, demur, differ; decline.

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

Ant. Unpleasant, disobliging, obnoxious, disagreeable, unwelcome, offensive, inharmonious, unaccommodating.

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

Ant. Promise, understanding, parole; discord, dissension.

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

Ant. Fallowness, sterility, unproductiveness, waste.

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

Ant. Afloat, loose, abroad, adrift; flush.

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

Ant. Abaft, astern, back, behind, aft.

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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.

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

Ant. Well, healthy, energetic, strong, vigorous.

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

Ant. Health, sanity, convalescence, vigor, recovery.

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Aim. Direction, course, tendency, bent, proclivity, bearing; intention, purpose, design, scheme; reason; view, scope, drift, mark, goal, point; endeavor, attempt, aspiration, determination.

Ant. Deviation, divergence, deflection, digression, aberration; tangent; venture, leap, fluke, chance, hazard, speculation; neglect, avoidance, carelessness, oversight.

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Air. Atmosphere, gas; breeze, vapor, zephyr, wind; weather; appearance, aspect, manner, sort, style, way, behavior, carriage, bearing, expression, look, demeanor, mien, fashion; tune.

Airy. Aërial, thin, rare, ethereal; light, subtle, sublimated; sprightly, buoyant, vivacious, volatile, jolly, jovial, light-hearted; graceful, lithe, pliant, flexible, showy, jaunty, flaunting, garish; windy, empty.