Synonyms and Antonyms ‘A’

SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS

1. ADROIT

Synonyms :- expert, proficient, efficient, competent, skillful, versatile, veteran, dexterous, adept, deft, ept, savant, ingenious, acumen, insight

Antonyms :- maladroit, neophyte, novice, apprentice, beginner, tyro, inexpert, rookie, greenhorn, amateur, dabbler, inept, inadept, proselyte, ingenuous.

2. ABUNDANT

Synonyms :- surplus, plentiful, umpteen, surfeit, copious, plethora, redundant, luxuriant, bountiful, myriad, abounding, multitude,lush, populous, opulent.

Antonyms :- scarce, deficient, dearth, inadequate, meagre,shortage, paucity, sparse

3. ADVERSARY

Synonyms :- Opposer, opponent, competitor, antagonist, rival, contender.

Antonyms :- Supporter, ally/allies, endorser,promoter, follower, accessary.

4. ADVERSITY(Poorcondition)

Synonyms :- Tribulations(trials and tribulations), plight, despair, misery, sufferings, distress, pitiful, sorrow, grief,predicament, affliction

Antonyms :- Prosperity, opulence, thriving, flourishing, abounding.

5. ABANDON

Synonyms :- Reject, abjure, denounce, renounce, relinquish, shun, bequeath, acquit, forgo, disown, forswear, abdicate, forsake

Antonyms:- Accept, adopt, follow, own, retain, uphold, persist, persevere.

6. ABROGATE

Synonyms :- Dismiss, reject, abolish, rescind, repeal, annul, quash, revoke, nullify

Antonyms :- Enforce, implement, ratify, execute, retain, uphold, persevere

7.AFTERMATH

Synonyms:- Result (in bad sense), consequences, reaction, effect, outcome, repercussions, upshot, fallout

Antonyms:- Cause, origin, beginning, start.

8. ADVENT

Synonyms:- approach, arrival, emergence, dawn, onset, outset.

Antonyms:- exit, end, exodus, departure.

9.ALTERCATION

Synonyms:- fight, quarrel, duel, brawl, contention, skirmish, stifles, scuffles, fray, discord, disagreement, feud, brickbat, vendetta, discord

Antonyms – Cordial, Engagement, Friendly, amiable

10. ADULATION

Synonyms:- sycophant, flattery, cajolery, coax, sycophancy, fawning, blandishment.

Antonyms:- criticism, obloquy, reproach, condemn, despicable.

11. ABLUTION

Synonyms:- washing, baptism, cleansing, purification, purgation.

Antonyms:- pollution, contamination, dirty, adulteration.

12. ADMONISH

Synonyms:- scold, reprimand, reproach, rebuke, chide, ridicule, vilify, defile, ignominy.

Antonyms:- Eulogise, panegyrise, extol, encomium, glorify, magnify, admire, applaud, laudable, exemplary, commend, adore

13. AUGMENT

Synonyms:- increase, intensify, magnify, enlarge, amplify.

Antonyms:- attenuate, decrease, dwindle, alleviate, mitigate, abate, condense, contract.

14. ABOMINATION / ABOMINATE / ABOMINABLE

Synonyms:- hatred, antipathy, aversion, dislike, loathsome, detestation, repugnance, ill-will, animosity, abhor/abhorrence, disdain.

Antonyms:- liking, admiration, affectation, propensity, proclivity, penchant, predilection, fondness, endearment, inclination.

15. ADJOURN

Synonyms:- delay, put off, postpone, defer, procrastinate.

Antonyms:- expedite, advocate, propel speed up.

16. ASTUTE

Synonyms:- clever, cunning, vulpine, foxine, sly, artful, crafty, wily, scheming.

Antonyms:- artless, naïve, innocent, bovine, gullible, stolid, imbecile, crass, credulous.

17. ABET

Synonyms:- encourage, promote, advise, assist.

Antonyms:- discourage, hinder, impede, obstruct.

18.ABJECT

Synonyms:- miserable, pitiful, mean, deplorable.

Antonyms:- prosperity, thriving, abounding, opulent

19. ABORIGINAL

Synonyms:- native, ancient, pristine, primitive, indigenous.

Antonyms:- modern, new, novel, current, recent

20. AMELIORATE

Synonyms:- improve, upgrade, modify, amend.

Antonyms:- worsen, deteriorate, degrade.

21. APPREHEND

Synonyms:- seize, annex, grab, capture.

Antonyms:- release, absolve, acquit.

22. ATONEMENT

Synonyms:- compensation, compromise, retribution, redemption, reparation.

Antonyms:- defiance, estrangement, transgression.

23. APEX

Synonyms:- peak, summit, zenith, pinnacle, top, culmination, acme, culmination

Antonyms:- nadir, plinth, bottom, base.

24. ABRUPTLY

Synonyms:- suddenly, unexpectedly, accidentally, impetuously, brusquely

Antonyms:- gradually, slowly, progressively, gingerly

25. AGILE

Synonyms:- active, nimble, alert, vigilant, brisk, prompt.

Antonyms:- lazy, sluggish, slothful, lax, dormant, supine, listless.

26. ASSIDUOUS

Synonyms:- Hardworking, laborious, diligent, sedulous, painstaking, toilsome, arduous, industrious

Antonyms:- idle, inactive, lazy, lethargic, listless, lackadaisical, languid, laggard, lax, lassitude, slack, slothful, sluggish, dormant, regressive, supine, inert, passive, indolent

27. APLOMB

Synonyms:- balanced, self-confident, sangfroid, nonchalance.

Antonyms:- agitated, excited, imbalance.

28. AUDACIOUS

Synonyms:- Fearless, valiant, brave, gallant, dauntless, bold, brazen, effrontery, intrepid, candid, impudent, daring

Antonyms:- timid, timorous, pusillanimous, diffident, coward, meek, fearful, fretful, dauntful, bashful

29. AMICABLE / AMIABLE

Synonyms:- friendly, gregarious, sociable, cordial, harmonious, polite

Antonyms:- grouchy, bellicose, belligerent, quarrelsome, cantankerous, choleric, waspish, petulant, truculent, surly

30. AGILE

Synonyms:- active, quick, fast, nimble, swift, brisk, prompt.

Antonyms:- languid, lax, listless, lethargic.

31.AFFECTION

Synonyms:- appreciation, fondness, liking, endearment, admiration, loveliness, affinity, propensity, proclivity, predilection, penchant, inclination.

Antonyms:- hatred, abomination, loathsome, antipathy, anathema, aversion, disdain, abhorrence, animosity.

32. ABSURD

Synonyms:- strange, peculiar, weird, preposterous, eccentric, ludicrous, surreal, eerie, outlandish, aberrant, illogical, abnormal, insane

Antonyms:- normal, sensible, wise, prudent, sane.

33. AFFECTATION

Synonyms:- show off, sophistry, flaunt, display, ostentation, hypocrisy, swanky, flaunt, pretence.

Antonyms:- genuinity, reality, authenticity, veracity.

34. AUTHENTIC

Synonyms:- real, original, factual, genuine.

Antonyms:- fictitious, fake, false, forged, counterfeit, apocryphal, fallacy, spurious

35. AMASS

Synonyms:-gather, store, accumulate, garner, assimilate, muster, pile up, hoard, accrue.

Antonyms:- dissipate, disseminate, squander, misuse.

36. ASTUTE

Synonyms:- clever, cunning, sly, wily, crafty, canny, scheming, shrewd, vulpine, artful

Antonyms:- naive, bovine, imbecile, stolid, gullible, credulous, artless.

37. ABSTRUSE

Synonyms:- unclear, incomprehensible, unintelligible, vague, esoteric, recondite, nebulous, implicit, obscure, equivocal.

Antonyms:- comprehensible, intelligible, pellucid, lucid, explicit, distinct, eloquent, expressive, coherent, transparent, apparent, obvious, perspicuous, compicuous, lumpid.

SSC CGL Tier-2 (13th September 2019) English