Ant. Timorous, fearful, retiring, shy, bashful.

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Bolster. Support, prop, help, sustain, aid, buoy, patch, defend, maintain.

Ant. Depress, fail, relax.

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Bombast. Bluster, pomposity, fustian, braggadocio, rhodomontade.

Ant. Modesty, humility, veracity, moderation, temperance.

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Bond. Tie, fastening, manacle, fetter; compact, obligation, security.

Ant. Option, freedom, parole, honor, discretion.

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Bondage. Servitude, slavery, imprisonment, captivity, incarceration, subjection, serfdom, confinement, thraldom.

Ant. Liberty, freedom, manumission, independence.

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Bondsman. Slave, serf, captive, vassal, prisoner.

Ant. Freeman, gentleman, master, lord.

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Bonny. Fair, pretty, pleasant, handsome, shapely, buxom.

Ant. Homely, ugly, unseemly, deformed, ill-favored.

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Bonus. Premium, douceur, boon, benefit.

Ant. Fine, penalty, discount, mulct.

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Booby. Dunce, idiot, numskull.

Ant. Wiseacre, solon, oracle.

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Bookish. Pedantic, studious, learned, erudite, educated.

Ant. Illiterate, ignorant.

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Boor. Rustic, clown, lout, peasant, countryman, plowman, swain, bumpkin.

Ant. Gentleman, courtier.

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Boorish. Rude, rustic, clownish, loutish, ungainly, awkward, coarse, rough, gawky.

Ant. Polite, civil, polished, urbane, courtly, affable, gracious.

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Bootless. Useless, unavailing, unprofitable, profitless, vain.

Ant. Effectual, profitable, useful, effective.

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Booty. Plunder, prey, spoil, pillage, loot.

Ant. Restitution, fine, forfeiture, confiscation, penalty.

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Border. Edge, limit, boundary, brink, rim, verge, enclosure, confine, band.

Ant. Land, tract, interior, center, space, substance.

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Bore. Pierce, perforate, penetrate, drill; weary, plague, trouble, vex, worry, annoy.

Ant. Delight, gratify, please.

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Bosom. Breast, heart, affection; hollow, depths, midst, inmost recesses; retreat, retirement, quiet, privacy.

Ant. Surface, exterior, expanse; manner, deportment, demeanor.

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Both. Twain, two.

Ant. Either, each, every, neither, none, not any, no one.

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Bother. Worry, pester, perplex, harass, plague, tease, vex, molest, annoy, excite.

Ant. Aid, assist, calm, quiet, compose.

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Bottom. Deep, profound, base, foot; foundation, basis, groundwork; valley, meadow; ship, vessel; seat; grounds, lees, sediments; stamina, power of endurance.

Ant. Top, height, acme, apex, summit, crown, brow; surface.

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Bound, v. Skip, leap, frisk, jump, spring; confine, limit, circumscribe, terminate, restrict, restrain.

Ant. Hobble, limp, crawl, creep, shamble; enlarge, open, extend, spread out.

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Boundary. Margin, limit, confines, border, bound, frontier, line, marge, verge, termination, term, barrier, bourn, edge, enclosure, landmark; circumference.

Ant. Land, region, estate, interior, territory; center, citadel; inside.

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Boundless. Unlimited, illimitable, unbounded, measureless, infinite.

Ant. Narrow, restricted, confined, circumscribed.

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Bountiful. Liberal, generous, benevolent, unselfish, munificent.

Ant. Miserly, selfish, stingy, niggardly.

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Bounty. Liberality, gift, generosity, charity, benefaction, benignity, benevolence, munificence, donation; premium, reward, bonus.

Ant. Closeness, stinginess, niggardliness, miserliness.

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Bower. Recess, arbor, retreat, alcove, summerhouse.

Ant. Open place.

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Brag. Boast, vaunt, bully, swagger.

Ant. Cringe, whine, whimper.

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Braid. Bind, weave, plait, tie.

Ant. Unbind, dishevel.

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Branch. Member, bough, limb, shoot, arm, twig, scion, offshoot, ramification; section, department, division; article, part, portion; tributary; derivative line, cognate stock.

Ant. Trunk, stock, stem; race, family, house.

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Brand, v. Denounce, mark, stigmatize, disgrace.

Ant. Honor, decorate, distinguish.

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Brandish. Flourish, wield, whisk, shake, wave.

Ant. Suspend, stay, arrest.

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Bravado. Boasting, bragging, bluster.