Ant. Hypothesis, supposition, fancy, theory, conjecture; generalization, principle, universality.

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Cash. Coin, money, specie, currency, capital.

Ant. Paper money, greenbacks, bills.

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Cast. Hurl, throw, pitch, fling, drive, thrust, sling, toss; shed, lay aside; calculate, compute, reckon; found, form; direct, turn; assign, appoint, allot; impart, shed, diffuse, communicate.

Ant. Raise, elevate, erect; accept, approve, retain, carry; miscalculate; break, dismember, dissipate.

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Caste. Grade, rank, order, lineage, dignity, respect.

Ant. Abasement, degradation, disrepute, taboo, reproach, ostracism.

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Castigate. Whip, flagellate, cane.

Ant. Reward, encourage, caress, pat.

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Casual. Accidental, incidental, fortuitous, chance, contingent.

Ant. Regular, certain, fixed, ordinary, periodic, systematic.

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Casuistry. Sophistry, fallacy, quibble; refinement.

Ant. Reason, common sense, conscience.

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Catalogue. List, register, index, enrolment, entry, record, roll, inventory, schedule.

Ant. Non-registration, obliteration, oblivion, forgetfulness; non-entry, oversight, omission.

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Catastrophe. Revolution, disaster, mishap, misfortune, calamity, cataclysm, blow, visitation.

Ant. Victory, triumph, benefit, ovation, success, felicitation, blessing.

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Catch. Grasp, seize, clutch, capture, clasp, secure, snatch, take, arrest, ensnare, entrap, grip, lay hold; comprehend, apprehend, understand.

Ant. Lose, miss, fail of, let go, give up, release, restore.

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Categorical. Plain, absolute, distinct, positive, declaratory, affirmative.

Ant. Obscure, ambiguous, dubious, hypothetical, contingent, mystical, enigmatical.

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Category. Class, division, order, rank; universal aspect, primitive relation.

Ant. Essence, truth, being, substance, nature.

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Causality. Causation, potentiality, eventuality, operativeness.

Ant. Counteractivity, barrenness, sterility; finality.

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Cause. Agent, origin, source, creator, spring; reason, power; designer, antecedent, originator, author, producer; condition, principle.

Ant. Effect, result, end, production, issue, accomplishment, development, consequence, creation, fruit, event, outcome, outgrowth.

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Caution. Care, heed, wariness, circumspection, forethought, discretion; warning, admonition, advice, counsel.

Ant. Temerity, heedlessness, unguardedness, improvidence, imprudence.

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Cavalier, a. Arrogant, haughty, overbearing, insolent, disdainful.

Ant. Courteous; subservient, servile; civil, polite.

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Cavil. Carp, object, censure.

Ant. Approve, allow, concede.

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Cavity. Opening, gap, aperture, hole, fissure.

Ant. Obstruction, filling.

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Cease. End, finish, desist, leave off, quit, stop, refrain, abstain, discontinue, pause, terminate.

Ant. Begin, commence, continue, originate, inaugurate, start, set going, set in operation.

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Celebrated. Famous, renowned, distinguished, famed, illustrious, eminent, glorious, notable, exalted.

Ant. Obscure, unknown, unnotable, mean, insignificant, inconspicuous.

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Celebration. Solemnization, observance, commemoration, laudation, praise, commendation.

Ant. Oblivion, desuetude, non-observance.

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Celebrity. Fame, renown, reputation, glory, honor, repute, eminence, distinction; person of note, “lion.”

Ant. Obscurity, ignominy, disgrace, contempt, meanness; infamy; oblivion.

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Celerity. Rapidity, speed, haste, velocity, swiftness, fleetness, despatch.

Ant. Slowness, tardiness, inertness.

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Celestial. Heavenly, angelic, supernal, ethereal, atmospheric, immortal, seraphic, divine, godlike.

Ant. Earthly, terrestrial; human, mortal; infernal.

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Censure. Blame, disapproval, reproach, disapprobation, reprimand, condemnation, remonstrance, rebuke.