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Ant. Thick, ponderous, heavy, inert, clumsy, dull, sluggish, wooden, slow, cheerless, sullen, doleful, leaden, lugubrious.

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Akin. Related, allied, homogeneous, cognate, similar, congenial, sympathetic.

Ant. Foreign, alien, hostile, heterogeneous, dissimilar.

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Alacrity. Readiness, briskness, activity, quickness, willingness, promptness, compliance, cheerfulness, eagerness, gaiety, agility.

Ant. Slowness, reluctance, repugnance, aversion, refusal, shrinking, recoil, disinclination.

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Alarm. Summons, tocsin, distress signal, war-cry; fear, terror, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, affright.

Ant. Lullaby; confidence, quiet, composure, assurance, courage.

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Alert. Lively, prompt, ready, prepared, vigilant, wide-awake, bustling, active, brisk, nimble, watchful, sprightly, agile.

Ant. Slow, lazy, absent, oblivious, sluggish, dilatory, drowsy.

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Alien, n. Foreigner, stranger.

Ant. Citizen, countryman, native, naturalized person.

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Alien, a. Strange, foreign, hostile, remote, distant, contrasted, contrary, unlike, unconnected.

Ant. Pertinent, essential; domesticated, naturalized; germane, akin, appropriate.

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Alienation. Estrangement, transfer, conveyance, disaffection, variance, rupture, breach; (relating to the mind) insanity, aberration, delusion, lunacy, delirium, mania, imbecility.

Ant. Confederacy, coalition, alliance, league, union; sanity, soundness, sobriety, rationality.

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Alight. Perch, settle, drop, lodge; dismount, descend.

Ant. Soar, spring, ascend, start, mount.

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Alike. Similar, kindred, same, resembling, equivalent, homogeneous, identical, analogous, uniform, akin, allied.

Ant. Different, unequal, dissimilar, unlike, heterogeneous, distinct, various.

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Aliment. Food, nourishment, subsistence, fare, diet, regimen, nutriment, viands, meat, sustenance.

Ant. Poison, bane; starvation, exhaustion; venom, scourge.

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Alive. Living, quick, subsisting, animate, alert, active, breathing; sensitive, susceptible; operative; cheerful, joyous; brisk.

Ant. Dead, defunct, lifeless, deceased; inanimate, dull; departed, cold; dispirited.

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All, n. Whole, totality.

Ant. Part, piece, share, portion.

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All, a. Whole, entire, complete, total; each, every.

Ant. Some, part.

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Allay. Repress, restrain, check, subdue, silence, still, hush, soothe, compose, calm, appease, lull, alleviate, mitigate, solace, abate, relieve, palliate.

Ant. Aggravate, arouse, excite, stir, kindle, fan, provoke.

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Allege. Declare, affirm, claim, maintain, state, asseverate; advance, aver, introduce; profess, cite.

Ant. Contradict, gainsay, refute, deny, disprove, quash.

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Allegiance. Fealty, loyalty, devotion, homage, faithfulness, obedience.

Ant. Treason, rebellion, sedition, disloyalty, disaffection.

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Allegory. Parable, fable, myth, story, tale, apologue, metaphor, illustration, simile.

Ant. History, fact, narrative, chronicle, record.

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Alleviate. Abate, mitigate, reduce, relieve, lessen, assuage, remove, soften, moderate, lighten.

Ant. Augment, increase, heighten, intensify, magnify, aggravate, enhance, embitter.

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Alliance. Connection, relationship, affinity; confederacy, league, union, treaty, co-partnership, coalition; affiliation, similarity.

Ant. Separation, estrangement, divorce; antagonism, disruption, enmity, hostility, schism, secession.

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Allot. Divide, apportion, distribute, deal out, dispense; assign, grant, give, appoint, destine.

Ant. Refuse, retain, misdeal, deny, confiscate, appropriate, seize, withhold.

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Allow. Grant, own, confess, admit; permit, let, authorize; suffer, tolerate, endure; yield, give, grant; approve, sanction, abate, remit.