Ant. Repulse, avoid, recoil, annoy, harass.

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Beyond. Over, across, remote, farther than, before; yonder, above, exceeding.

Ant. Beside, near, at hand, close; behind, back; below, less than.

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Bias. Bent, inclination, tendency, leaning, proneness, proclivity, propensity, partiality, predilection.

Ant. Repulsion, reaction, repugnance.

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Bicker. Wrangle, quarrel, dispute, squabble.

Ant. Agree, sympathize, understand, harmonize.

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Bidding. Command, order, direction, appointment, mandate; offer, bid, proposal.

Ant. Request, solicitation; refusal, rebuff.

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Bide. Dwell, stay, reside, wait, tarry, remain; endure, bear.

Ant. Depart, go, move, migrate; resist, rebel, protest.

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Big. Large, great, wide, bulky, huge, gross, fat; proud, arrogant, haughty, pompous.

Ant. Small, little, least, thin, narrow; humble, subservient, unassuming.

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Bigot. Zealot, fanatic, dogmatist, devotee.

Ant. Skeptic, liberal, apostate, proselyte, doubter, agnostic.

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Bigoted. Intolerant, opinionated, prejudiced, dogmatical, narrow-minded, one-sided.

Ant. Liberal, broad-minded, open to conviction.

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Bill. Account, charge, score, amount due, reckoning; draft of law; poster, placard, advertisement.

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Bind. Fetter, tie, fasten, shackle, restrict, restrain, secure; compel, oblige, engage.

Ant. Free, loose, set free, untie.

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Birth. Family, parentage, origin, source, lineage, nativity, descent, extraction, race; rise.

Ant. Death, extinction.

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Bit. Part, piece, fragment, morsel.

Ant. Whole, mass, aggregation.

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Biting. Gnawing, sharp, severe, sardonic, censorious, piercing, sarcastic, trenchant.

Ant. Pleasant, gentle, soothing, genial, flattering.

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Bitter. Harsh, caustic, cutting, savage, acidulous, acrimonious, irate, sharp, sour, stinging, pungent, virulent.

Ant. Sweet, honeyed, nectared, luscious, dulcet, saccharine.

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Blacken. Slander, malign, defame, daub, bespatter, befoul, asperse, traduce, vilify, decry, calumniate.

Ant. Clear, eulogize, vindicate, whiten, whitewash.

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Blackguard. Rascal, scoundrel, villain.

Ant. Gentleman.

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Blame. Censure, rebuke, chide, reprove, reproach, condemn, vituperate, reprobate, reprehend, dispraise.

Ant. Approve, praise, exonerate, acquit, exculpate.

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Blameless. Pure, innocent, irresponsible, without fault.

Ant. Guilty, implicated, blameworthy, faulty.

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Blanch. Bleach, whiten, whitewash.

Ant. Blacken, stain, dye, darken, color.

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Bland. Soft, gentle, mild, affable, gracious, tender, benign, courteous, complaisant.

Ant. Harsh, abrupt, rough, biting, savage, severe, impolite.

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Blandishment. Flattery, coaxing, fascination, wheedling, attraction, charm, fawning, cajolery.

Ant. Bluntness, unmannerliness, roughness, scolding, severity, sternness.

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Blank. Bare, drear, bleak, void, empty; utter, pure, simple, mere, unqualified, unmitigated; amazed, astonished, confused, disconcerted.

Ant. Full, replete; complex; modified, qualified; composed, controlled, self-possessed, cognizant, intelligent.

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Blasphemy. Profanity, sacrilege, impiety, swearing.

Ant. Reverence, godliness, veneration.

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Blast. Shrivel, destroy, blight, kill, ruin, wither, annihilate; explode, rend, burst.

Ant. Restore, expand, swell.

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Blazon. Exhibit, show off, blaze, blare, trumpet, proclaim, publish.

Ant. Conceal, hush, cover, hide, suppress, shroud, bury.

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Bleach. Blanch, whiten.

Ant. Blacken, darken, soil, stain.

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Bleak. Windy, exposed, bare; cold, chill, raw, desolate, comfortless, cheerless.

Ant. Sheltered, protected, warm, balmy, cheerful, comfortable.

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Blemish. Blot, spot, flaw, fault, imperfection, stain; defacement, tarnish, disfigurement, disgrace, defect, dishonor, stigma, taint.