A COMPLETE DICTIONARY OF SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS - With an Appendix - Embracing a Dictionary of Briticisms and Americanisms

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A complete reference guide providing closely related and opposite meanings for English words through structured synonym and antonym entries. The compilation supports writers, students, literary figures, and public speakers in selecting the best word to convey intended thought. It extends beyond core word pairs with an appendix covering British terms, Americanisms, colloquial phrases in current use, plus grammatical use and discrimination of prepositions. It also includes homonyms and foreign phrases, along with a comprehensive list of abbreviations and contractions used in writing and printing.

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A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms

Appendix: Briticisms, Americanisms, and Colloquial Phrases

Appendix: Grammatical Uses of Prepositions

Appendix: Homonyms and Foreign Phrases

Appendix: Abbreviations and Contractions

100000Sy-1onyns-andAntonyhsIEVEL # A COMPLETE DICTIONARYOFSYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS, OR # SYNONYMS AND WORDS OF OPPOSITE MEANING. WITH AN APPENDIX Embracing a Dictionary of Briticisms,Americanisms,Colloquial Phrase8,ete.,in current use;the Grammatical Uses of Prepositions andPrepositions Discriminated;aListof Homonymsnd Itomo-phonons Words;a Collection of Foreign FLrases,and a Completa List of Abbreviations andContractions uscd in Writinganu Printing. BY THE RT.REv.SAMUEL FALLOws,A.M.,D.D. Lato Proessor elect of Logic and Rhetoric in the University of Wisconsin,late8uperintendent of Publlc Instrnction State of Wisconsin,Ex-PrestdentIlinois Wesleyan University,Member of tho PhilosophicalSociety of Great Britain,author of“The Sup-plemental Dictionary,""Hand Bookof Abbreviatione,"&e. 19 New York : Chicago : TorontoFleming H.Revell CompanyLondon and Edinburgh 隐 UOPYRIGHT 1883-1886.1898,BY SAMUEL FALLOWs. This work is designed to aid students,literary men,publicspeakers and others,in finding the best word to express tliethought they wish to convey. The author believes that the Antonyms will be of as greatassistance in furnishing words of opposite meaning as theSynonyms in supplying synonymous words. The special works of Roget,Soule,Skeats,Campbell,Archdeacon Smith,ete.,and the various standard dic-tionaries,have been laid under contribution for this work. For the solution of .Cross Word Puzzles special attentionis ealled also to the lists of Americanisms and Briticisms andthe immensely valuable table of Homonyms(words speltalike but differing in use)—original features of easilyrecognized importance. # ENGLISH A ABACK.Srs.Backwards,rearwards,aft,abaft,astern,behind,back.ANT.Onwards,forwards,ahead,be-fore,afront,beyond,afore. Abandon.SYs.Leave,forsake,de-sert,renounce,cease,relinquish,dis.continue,cast off,resign,retire,quit,forego,forswear,depart from,Vacate,surrender,abjure,repudiate. ANT.Pursue,prosecute,undertake,seek,court,cherish,favor,protect,claim,maintain,defend,advocate,re-tain,support,uphold,occupy,haunt,hold,assert,vindieate,keep. Abandoned,SYN.Profigate,wick-ed,vicious,unprincipled,reprobate,incorrigible,sinful,graceless,demor-alized,dissolute,depraved,bad,licen-tious,corrupt. ANT.Virtuous,consclentious,cor-rect,upright,worthy,rlghteous,self-controlled,high-principled,steady,good. Abase,SYs.Degrade,disgrace,bringlow,rednce,humble,demean,stoop,humiliate,depress,lower,sink,dis-honor. ANT.Promote,exalt,honor,raise,elevate,dignify,aggrandize. Abasement.SYN.Degradation,de-presion,disgrace,humiliation,ab-jection,dishonor.shame. ANT.Promotion,elevatfon,honor,exaltation,dignity,aggrandizement. ▲bash.SYn.Confound,confuse,dis-compose,bewilder,daunt,cow,hum- SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS. ble,disconcert,dishearten,mortiry,shame,humiliate, ANT,Countenance,cheer,uphold,encourage,rally,inspirit,animate,h-cite,embolden,abet,buoy. Abate.SYs.Terminate,remove,sup-press,lower,reduce,mitigate,dimu-ish,moderate,lessen,subside,decrea80,ANT.Prolong,continue,revive,de-velop,increase,aggravate,magnify,brew,ferment,rage,extend,enlarge,amplify,raise,enhance, Abbreviate.SYs.Shorten,reduce,abrldge,contract,curtafl,epitomize,condense,prune,compress. ANT.Lengthen,prolong,extend,en-Large,produce,elongate,amplify,ex-pand,diiate. Abbreviation.Sys.Abridgment,re-duction,contraction,curtailment,ab-stract,summary,epitome,condens8-tion,compresslon. ANT.Elongation,prolongation,ex.tension,productlon,amplifcation,en-largement,expAnsion,dilation,expa-tiation,explication,dilution. Abderite,SYs.Cynic,sardonie,derisive,sarcastic,jocular,flippant,nonchalant,sportive,sprightful,buoyant.ANT.Lachrymose,plaintive,maun-dering,querimonious,plaintive,dole-some,Iackadaisical,grumbling,croak-ing,lugubrious, Abdicate.SYN.Abandon,relinquish,resign,surrender,Vacate. ANT.Retain,maintain,claim,occu.PY,a88ert,grasp,eeize,usurp. ABD Abdomen.SrN.Belly,paench. Abduetlon.SYN.Abstraction,sub-traction,deprivation,abl

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Who is this dictionary designed to help?

It is designed to aid students, literary men, public speakers, and others in finding the best word to express the thought they wish to convey.

How does the book treat opposites compared with synonyms?

It states that the antonyms provide as much assistance for opposite meanings as the synonyms provide for synonymous words.

What additional materials are included in the appendix?

The appendix embraces a dictionary of Briticisms and Americanisms and colloquial phrases in current use, grammatical uses of prepositions, a list of homonyms and itomo-phonons words, a collection of foreign phrases, and a complete list of abbreviations and contractions used in writing and printing.

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