Ant. Poison, bane; starvation, exhaustion; venom, scourge.

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Alive. Living, quick, subsisting, animate, alert, active, breathing; sensitive, susceptible; operative; cheerful, joyous; brisk.

Ant. Dead, defunct, lifeless, deceased; inanimate, dull; departed, cold; dispirited.

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All, n. Whole, totality.

Ant. Part, piece, share, portion.

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All, a. Whole, entire, complete, total; each, every.

Ant. Some, part.

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Allay. Repress, restrain, check, subdue, silence, still, hush, soothe, compose, calm, appease, lull, alleviate, mitigate, solace, abate, relieve, palliate.

Ant. Aggravate, arouse, excite, stir, kindle, fan, provoke.

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Allege. Declare, affirm, claim, maintain, state, asseverate; advance, aver, introduce; profess, cite.

Ant. Contradict, gainsay, refute, deny, disprove, quash.

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Allegiance. Fealty, loyalty, devotion, homage, faithfulness, obedience.

Ant. Treason, rebellion, sedition, disloyalty, disaffection.

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Allegory. Parable, fable, myth, story, tale, apologue, metaphor, illustration, simile.

Ant. History, fact, narrative, chronicle, record.

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Alleviate. Abate, mitigate, reduce, relieve, lessen, assuage, remove, soften, moderate, lighten.

Ant. Augment, increase, heighten, intensify, magnify, aggravate, enhance, embitter.

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Alliance. Connection, relationship, affinity; confederacy, league, union, treaty, co-partnership, coalition; affiliation, similarity.

Ant. Separation, estrangement, divorce; antagonism, disruption, enmity, hostility, schism, secession.

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Allot. Divide, apportion, distribute, deal out, dispense; assign, grant, give, appoint, destine.

Ant. Refuse, retain, misdeal, deny, confiscate, appropriate, seize, withhold.

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Allow. Grant, own, confess, admit; permit, let, authorize; suffer, tolerate, endure; yield, give, grant; approve, sanction, abate, remit.

Ant. Protest, refuse, deny, disapprove, forbid, disallow, reject, withstand, resist.

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Allowance. Leave, permission, sanction, approval; admission, acknowledgment, assent; commission; qualification, exception; ration.

Ant. Refusal, disapproval, denial; ratification, confirmation.

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Alloy, n. Admixture, adulteration, deterioration, debasement, disparagement, drawback.

Ant. Genuineness, enhancement, purity, integrity.

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Allude. Intimate, insinuate, point, refer, suggest, signify, hint, imply, indicate, mention.

Ant. Demonstrate, specify, declare.

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Allure. Decoy, entice, coax, attract, tempt, inveigle, seduce.

Ant. Dissuade, repel, warn, chill, damp, drive away, deter, alarm, terrify.

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Allusion. Hint, suggestion, intimation, reference, implication, innuendo.

Ant. Mention, demonstration, specification.

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Ally, n. Assistant, helper, aider, friend, associate, colleague, partner, accessory, accomplice.

Ant. Opponent, adversary, foe, enemy, antagonist.

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Aloft. Above, skyward, heavenward, overhead, in the air.

Ant. Beneath, earthward, below.

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Alone. Solitary, sole, single, isolated.

Ant. Accompanied, associated.

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Along. Lengthwise, onward, forward; together, beside, simultaneously.

Ant. Across, sidewise or sideways, lateral; apart, tandem.

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Aloof. Apart, distant, away, off.

Ant. Close, near, together, unitedly.

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Aloud. Distinctly, audibly, vociferously, clamorously, sonorously.

Ant. Softly, silently, inaudibly.

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Also. As well, likewise, too, similarly, withal, besides, in addition, in like manner.

Ant. Nevertheless, notwithstanding, on the contrary, but, yet, in spite of, on the other hand.

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Alter. Change, turn, vary, modify, shift, substitute, remodel, transform, convert.

Ant. Conserve, perpetuate, preserve, arrest, solidify, retain.

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Alteration. Change, variation, modification, shifting, mutation.

Ant. Changelessness, identity, fixity, permanence.

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Altercation. Dispute, contention, controversy, difference, quarrel, wrangle, dissension.

Ant. Concord, agreement, compromise, reconciliation, unanimity, harmony, consonance.