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KEY: Antithesis.

SYN: Contrast, opposition, contradiction, antagonism.

ANT: Identity, sameness, convertibility, coincidence, coalescence.

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KEY: Anxiety.

SYN: Care, trouble, eagerness, disquiet, apprehension, carefulness, diffidence, solicitude, misgiving.

ANT: Carelessness, ease, confidence, contentment, acquiescence, contentedness, apathy, light-heartedness, nonchalance.

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KEY: Anxious.

SYN: Solicitous, careful, uneasy, concerned, restless, watchful, disturbed, unquiet.

ANT: Without care, careless, inert, ease, unconcerned, calm, composed.

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KEY: Apace.

SYN: Rapidly, fast, astride, eagerly, ahead, expeditiously, speedily.

ANT: Slowly, imperceptibly, leisurely, creepingly, crawlingly, sluggishly, tardily.

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KEY: Apart.

SYN: Aloof, away, separately, secret, asunder, privately, aside, secretly, separate.

ANT: Close, together, united, along with, hand ill hand.

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KEY: Apartment.

SYN: Room, chamber, hall, lodging, berth.

ANT: Resident, dweller, lodger, occupant, inmate, tenant, housebuilding.

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KEY: Apathy.

SYN: Indifference, insensibility, unfeelingness in company, insusceptibility, unconcern, sluggishness, hebetude.

ANT: Anxiety, care, eagerness, interestedness, sensibility, susceptibility, sensitiveness, irritability, curiosity.

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KEY: Apathetic.

SYN: Unfeeling, stoical, cold, frigid, indifferent, impassive, insensible, insensitive.

ANT: Anxious, careful, sympathetic, sensitive, susceptible.

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KEY: Ape \v.\

SYN: Mimic, imitate, simulate, personate, represent.

ANT: Not to imitate, vary, modify, change.

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KEY: Aperture.

SYN: Opening, gap, chasm, fissure, cleft.

ANT: Closure, blocking up, seclusion, imperviousness, blank wall, shutting up.

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KEY: Apex, [See ACME].

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KEY: Aphorism.

SYN: Adage, apothegm, maxim, saying, precept, rule, proverb.

ANT: Lecture, exhortation, dissertation, disquisition.

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KEY: Apiece.

SYN: Distributively, individually, separately, severally, analytically.

ANT: Collectively, together, accumulatively, indiscriminately, confusedly, synthetically.

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KEY: Apocalypse.

SYN: Revelation, manifestation, unveiling, exhibition, divestment, exposure, disclosure.

ANT: Concealment, suppression, obscuration, veiling, shrouding, eclipse, envelopment.

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KEY: Apocryphal.

SYN: Obscure, doubtful, unauthorized, unauthentic, spurious, legendary, uncertain, unauthenticated, unverified.

ANT: Palpable, accepted, authorized, authentic, genuine, current, undisputed, verified, attested.

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KEY: Apologue.

SYN: Fable, fiction, parable.

ANT: Precept, history, narrative.

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KEY: Apology.

SYN: Defense, justification, plea, exculpation, excuse, vindication, acknowledgment, confession.

ANT: Charge, imputation, impeachment, offense, incrimination, injury, accusation, wrong, insult.

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KEY: Apostate, [See FEATURE].

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KEY: Apothegm.

SYN: Proverb, adage, dictum, maxim, saw, saying.

ANT: (As not so condensed), Exhortation, sermon, discourse, disquisition.

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KEY: Appal.

SYN: Affright, alarm, terrify, scare, daunt, cow, shock, frighten, discouraged, dishearten, horrify, dismay, astound.

ANT: Encourage, rally, assure, embolden, reassure.

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KEY: Apparel.

SYN: Clothes, robes, vesture, vestments, raiment, garniture, habiliments, habit, dress, clothing, caparison, trappings, housings.

ANT: Nudity, disinvestiture, deshabille, tatters, rags.

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KEY: Apparent.

SYN: Obvious, plain, conspicuous, manifest, appearing, unmistakable, clear, probable, seeming, presumable, likely, patent, ostensible, visible, evident, indubitable, notorious, certain.

ANT: Uncertain, dubious, inapparent, minute, unobservable, improbable, insupposable, hidden, real.

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KEY: Appeal.

SYN: Accost, address, apostrophize, invite, cite, invoke, urge, refer, call upon, entreat, request, resort.