English Synonyms and Antonyms is basically a vocabulary builder that students might use as they prepare for entrance or exit exams. Each entry gives a list of synonyms, followed by a paragraph that briefly explains or exemplifies the subtle distinctions between the listed words. The entries sometimes close with a few words on the prepositions that follow selected synonyms, but more often with a list of antonyms.
By "synonyms" we usually understand words that coincide or nearly coincide in some part of their meaning, and may hence within certain limits be used interchangeably, while outside of those limits they may differ very greatly in meaning and use. It is the office of a work on synonyms to point out these correspondences and differences, that language may have the flexibility that comes from freedom of selection within the common limits, with the perspicuity and precision that result from exact choice of the fittest words to express each shade of meaning outside of the common limits. (Summary by DSayers and the author from the entry "Synonymous")
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Preface Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 20:18
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Absolute to Accessory Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 25:54
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Accident to Address, n. Read by MorganScorpion 19:27
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Adequate to Airy Read by Anita Fleming 21:27
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Alarm to Alliance Read by Julie VW 21:23
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Allot to Ambition Read by Julie VW 19:24
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Amend to Answer Read by MorganScorpion 18:11
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Anticipate to Appear Read by MorganScorpion 16:38
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Appendage to Artist Read by MorganScorpion 17:48
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Ask to Attain Read by mpinedag 13:40
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Attitude to Axiom Read by mpinedag 15:47
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Babble to Because Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 25:49
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Becoming to Bluff Read by mpinedag 15:46
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Body to By Read by Estelle Jobson 18:34
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Cabal to Caricature Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 25:02
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Carry to Change, n. Read by mpinedag 16:05
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Character to Clear Read by mpinedag 15:54
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Clever to Congratulate Read by mpinedag 15:51
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Conquer to Criminal Read by mpinedag 13:29
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Daily to Delicious Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 21:48
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Delightful to Difference Read by Amy Benton 15:49
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Difficult to Dogmatic Read by Cate Mackenzie 13:12
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Doubt, v. to Duty Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater 17:21
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Eager to Emigrate Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 19:09
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Employ to Enmity Read by JimOCR 18:33
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Entertain to Esteem, n. Read by Estelle Jobson 14:38
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Eternal to Exterminate Read by JimOCR 24:07
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Faint to Fetter Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 23:13
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Feud to Follow Read by Leni 18:45
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Food to Frugality Read by Leni 20:30
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Garrolous to Grief Read by Leni 21:59
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Habit to Harvest Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 23:34
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Hatred to High Read by Estelle Jobson 17:16
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Hinder to Hypothesis Read by Cate Mackenzie 16:42
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Idea to Imagination Read by Estelle Jobson 15:36
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Immediately to Influence Read by mpinedag 15:02
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Inherent to Involve Read by mpinedag 13:06
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Journey to Kill Read by Neeru Iyer 13:43
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Language to Light Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 17:07
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Likely to Love Read by Ken Sterry 12:39
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Make to Meter Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 19:13
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Mind to Mysterious Read by mpinedag 17:09
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Name to Necessity Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 16:04
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Neglect to Notwithstanding, prep. Read by Neeru Iyer 12:51
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Oath to Oversight Read by mpinedag 14:29
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Pain to Pay, n. Read by Estelle Jobson 15:49
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People to Perverse Read by Ken Sterry 19:10
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Physical to Poetry Read by Amy Benton 15:42
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Polite to Predestination Read by JimOCR 20:06
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Prejudice to Primeval Read by Cate Mackenzie 13:08
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Profit to Proverb Read by JimOCR 20:37
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Prowess to Quote Read by Cate Mackenzie 12:37
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Racy to Record Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 23:47
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Recover to Renounce Read by mpinedag 14:32
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Repentence to Revelation Read by mpinedag 15:02
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Revenge to Rustic Read by mpinedag 13:19
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Sacrament to Self-Abnegation Read by Estelle Jobson 14:46
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Send to Shake Read by Estelle Jobson 14:03
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Shelter to Slander Read by mpinedag 13:27
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Slang to Stain Read by mpinedag 12:04
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State to Subvert Read by mpinedag 12:32
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Succeed to System Read by mpinedag 12:20
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Taciturn to Time Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 22:25
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Tip to Transient Read by Cate Mackenzie 12:49
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Union to Veneration Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 21:00
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Venial to Virtue Read by musil 13:59
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Wander to Youthful Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 17:28
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