Ant. Tough, stout, strong, hardy.

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Broach. Open, pierce, tap; suggest, hint, approach, break; utter, publish, proclaim, give out; originate, propound.

Ant. Repress, cork, bottle, secrete, conceal, hide.

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Broad. Wide; large, ample, extensive, vast, spacious, capacious; liberal, tolerant, free, hospitable; spread, diffused, open; gross, vulgar, indecent, coarse.

Ant. Narrow; contracted, restricted, confined, limited; prejudiced, illiberal, bigoted, reserved; veiled, enigmatical, shrouded, shaded; refined, delicate, sketchy; specific, pointed.

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Broil. Affray, quarrel, contention.

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Brook. Tolerate, bear, suffer, endure, abide, submit to, undergo, permit.

Ant. Resist, resent, reject.

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Brotherhood. Fraternity, fellowship, association, sodality, society.

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Browbeat. Bully, intimidate, bulldoze, overawe.

Ant. Rally, support.

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Bruise. Pommel, crush, squeeze, break, pound, batter, deface.

Ant. Heal, soothe.

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Brunt. Shock, attack, impulse, onslaught, onset, assault.

Ant. Repulse, resistance, endurance.

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Brutal. Brutish, animal, beastly, bestial; savage, ferocious, cruel, harsh, uncivil, rude, rough, gruff, impolite, brusque; sensual, carnal.

Ant. Humane, self-controlled, civilized, enlightened, elevated, noble, refined, intelligent, grand.

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Bubble. Toy, trifle, fancy, conceit, dream, vision, froth, trash.

Ant. Prize, treasure, reality, substance, jewel, good, advantage.

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Buffoon. Wag, clown, jester, mountebank, harlequin, droll, punch, fool.

Ant. Wit, genius, pedant, philosopher.

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Build. Make, form, shape, figure, model; construct, erect, raise.

Ant. Demolish, overthrow, destroy.

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Building. Architecture, edifice, structure, fabric, pile, erection.

Ant. Ruin, demolition, dilapidation, dismantlement.

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Bulk. Magnitude, size, volume, mass; greatness, amplitude, massiveness; majority, major part, most, principal part; dimension.

Ant. Portion, section, atom, particle; diminution, tenuity, contraction, dismemberment, disintegration.

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Bulwark. Rampart, fortress, fortification, stronghold, intrenchment, bastion, parapet, citadel.

Ant. Siege, bombardment, cannonade, boarding, storming.

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Bungler. Botcher, clown, fumbler, clumsy workman, novice.

Ant. Adept, adroit, master, artist, proficient workman, professor.

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Buoy, v. Float, support, sustain; elevate, inspire, assure, animate, cheer.

Ant. Sink, drown, depress, swamp; crush, betray, fail, deject, overcome.

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Buoyant. Light; cheerful, hopeful, sprightly, vivacious, joyous, blithesome, jocund, sportive, jubilant, elastic, floating.

Ant. Heavy, dejected, depressed, moody, joyless, cheerless, desponding.

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Burden. Load, weight; cargo, freight; capacity, tonnage: impediment, incubus, grievance, trial, trouble, affliction, sorrow; chorus, refrain; topic, drift, tenor, point, substance.

Ant. Ease, lightness; facility, airiness, light-heartedness; consolation, assuagement, alleviation, liberation, mitigation.

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Burial. Interment, sepulture, entombment, burying.

Ant. Exhumation, disinterment.

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Burlesque. Parody, travesty, caricature, ridicule, farce.

Ant. Classic, history, fact.

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Burn. Char, consume, cremate, scorch, set on fire, singe, ignite, incinerate, kindle, blaze, cauterize, glow, smolder.

Ant. Smother, stifle, subdue, extinguish, cool, put out; subside, glimmer, lower, pale.

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Burnish. Brighten, polish, make to glisten, glaze, gloss.

Ant. Dull, bedim, cloud, scratch, abrade.

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Burst. Break, open, explode, blow up, rend, split, crack, discharge, shatter, disrupt.

Ant. Cohere, hold, stand, stick together, adhere.

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Bury. Inter, cover up, entomb, inearth, inhume, inurn; shroud, conceal, secrete, hide; immure, confine; cancel, compose, hush, cover with oblivion.

Ant. Resurrect, exhume, disinter, excavate, expose, resuscitate; publish, announce, advertise.

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Business. Employment, craft, trade, commerce, handicraft, traffic, transaction, work, vocation, job, affairs, avocation, profession, occupation, calling, concern, duty, office, interest.