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Admiration. Wonder, approval, love, surprise, astonishment, appreciation, reverence, high regard.

Ant. Disapproval, contempt, dislike.

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Admire. Honor, esteem, approve, adore, wonder at, venerate, extol, marvel at, applaud, revere, respect.

Ant. Despise, dislike, execrate, hate, abhor, scorn, detest.

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Admissible. Allowable, lawful, permissible, possible, probable.

Ant. Absurd, preposterous, improper, wrong, unlawful.

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Admission. Admittance, entrance, access; avowal, acknowledgment, concession, concurrence, allowance.

Ant. Denial, contradiction, rejection, negation.

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Admit. Receive; accept, acknowledge, own, confess; permit, allow, suffer.

Ant. Exclude, debar; disown, deny; dismiss, reject, repudiate.

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Admonish. Advise, warn, caution, counsel, censure, rebuke, reprove; forewarn, remind, dissuade; instruct, teach, apprise, acquaint.

Ant. Encourage, urge, countenance, applaud, abet, instigate.

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Admonition. Caution, warning, advice, counsel, instruction, reminder, hint, reproof, reprehension.

Ant. Applause, encouragement, incitement, urging, instigation.

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Ado. Trouble, toil, labor, pains; bustle, stir, fuss, noise, turmoil.

Ant. Quiet, calm, composure, tranquillity.

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Adopt. Appropriate, assume; approve, accept, support, maintain; affiliate, father.

Ant. Reject, discard; renounce, abandon, disclaim; disown, repudiate.

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Adoration. Worship, devotion, homage, reverence, veneration, idolatry.

Ant. Execration, disesteem, abomination, abhorrence, hatred, detestation.

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Adorn. Beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament, garnish, illustrate, gild, bedeck, grace, dignify, honor, exalt.

Ant. Mar, spoil, deface, disfigure, deform, denude, strip.

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Adroit. Dexterous, expert, skilful, apt, handy, quick, clever, ready, deft, ingenious, cunning.

Ant. Clumsy, unskilful, awkward, bungling, unhandy, maladroit.

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Adulation. Flattery, extravagant compliment, fulsome praise, fawning, sycophancy, blandishment, obsequiousness.

Ant. Defamation, obloquy, ridicule, satire, sarcasm, detraction, aspersion, libel.

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Adumbrate. Shadow, outline, indicate, hint, trace, delineate; typify, represent, symbolize; darken, obscure, hide, conceal.

Ant. Fulfil, realize, embody; misrepresent; reveal, illumine.

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Advance, n. Progress, improvement, growth; offer, proposal, overture, tender, proposition; rise, appreciation.

Ant. Regress, return, retrogression; diminution; depreciation.

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Advance, v. Push or send forward, propel; promote, elevate, dignify, exalt; improve, strengthen, benefit; propose, offer; furnish, lend, loan; increase, augment, raise; proceed, progress; thrive, prosper; accelerate.

Ant. Retard, hinder, withhold, withdraw; suppress, degrade, depress; oppose, recall, weaken, retreat; lessen, diminish.

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Advantage. Benefit, profit, expediency, favorable opportunity, blessing; behalf, account, interest; privilege, convenience, assistance, utility, service.

Ant. Loss, disappointment, frustration, difficulty, dilemma.

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Advent. Approach, coming, arrival, accession.

Ant. Departure, exit, exodus, retirement.

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Adventitious. Accidental, incidental, extrinsic, non-essential, foreign, casual; redundant, superfluous.

Ant. Intrinsic, pertinent, regular, proper, necessary, appropriate.

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Adventure. Chance, hazard, risk, venture, experiment, trial; event, incident, occurrence, contingency, crisis.

Ant. Matter-of-fact, matter-of-course; prospect; monotony, routine.

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Adventurous. Bold, daring, venturesome, rash, reckless, headlong; dangerous, perilous, uncertain; fearless, enterprising.

Ant. Timid, nervous, hesitating, cautious, cowardly.

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Adversary. Foe, enemy, antagonist, opponent, rival, assailant.

Ant. Ally, helper, assistant, accomplice, aider, abettor, accessory.

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Adverse. Opposite, contrary, conflicting; hostile, injurious, harmful; unlucky, unfortunate, disastrous.