Search results for 'Antonyms'

Re: Of course, I'm doing a paper for school...

grammar geek — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:19:15 GMT

Downside? Liability? Unfortunate outcome? Detriment. Looking at www.thesaurus.com under benefit: Antonyms: disadvantage , handicap , harm , hindrance , hurt , loss , misfortune

Re: Indecorous language

anonymous — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:52:56 GMT

rude, crude, unpolished, rough, coarse. You may find it very useful to consult a thesaurus (a book of synonyms and antonyms).

Re: English

khoff — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:56 GMT

The vast majority of English words do not have antonyms. For most words, it makes no sense to look for an antonym. What is the antonym of table? Of conversation? Of advice? For the words you mention, the only one for which I could imagine an antonym in certain contexts is "vicarious." You could contrast "vicarious experience" with "direct experience." But it would not occur to me to call "direct" the "antonym" of "vicarious" -- if "direct" has an antonym is must be "indirect," which sometimes, but not always, coincides in meaning with "vicarious."

Antonyms

anonymous — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:33:43 GMT

What are 5 antonyms of unification?

Re: What is the opposite word benefit

mr wordy — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:27:36 GMT

See antonyms sections at http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/benefit More context is needed to tell which word might be best in ths situation you have in mind.

What are contronyms?

punkybrewster — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:06:56 GMT

The word contronym is used to refer to words that are their own antonyms. For example: transparent = invisible, obvious bolt - secure, run away Can you think of some more?

Antonyms

anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:24:59 GMT

what is the antonym for finally?

Re: Confused words ( faint, and timid, bold and brave)

goodman — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:16:08 GMT

Which one is commonly used in daily conversation? what are the antonyms of them? Timid- showing lack of will to confront, afriad. Faint - showing charactoristics of being weak, dizzy, lack of strength. First, one must understand what a particular word means before he would use it in conversation. Timid and faint are not synonyms of each other. The antonyms can be found from Google. All you have to do is to do a little research yourself.

Confused words ( faint, and timid, bold and brave)

napoleonponapa — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:28:40 GMT

1) She is very timid. 2) She is very faint. Which one is commonly used in daily conversation? what are the antonyms of them? Thanks alot

Re: The differenccs of ( in the past years, in the old years)

fandorin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:34:04 GMT

What are the differences between the following adverb phrase of time? 1) in the past years. = in years before , which are gone now 2) In the old years.= it used to be in ancient times 3) In the previoius years.= in years before 4) In the earlier years.= in recent years 5 ) In the preceeding years. = previous year ________________________________________- Which ones are the antonym s of the following adverd phrases: In the later years.=> in the earlier years In the following years.=> in years are to be seen yet In the coming years.=> in the past years In the future years => in years approaching, in years coming In the following years, In the coming years, In the future years are...

Re: Opposite of ingratitude

fandorin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:51:19 GMT

You're right! By the way, antonyms are: appreciation , consideration , gratitude

Re: Antonym for Sin

maha45 — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:28:49 GMT

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Re: Critical but stable

theo markettos — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:03:35 GMT

Just to keep this group alive... Yet again I hear on the wireless that a victim of violence is - ... To my ear, these are almost antonyms, a view borne out I think by dictionaries. How do you understand it? Critical = "life-threatening" stable = "getting neither worse nor better" Someone whose life is threatened can have their condition worsening or improving, while at the same time still remaining life-threatening. Consider someone whose heart is beating irregularly... it can either stop completely (getting worse) or beat more regularly but still be dangerous (getting better). Stable implies there's no change in the condition, even though that condition remains serious. Theo

Re: Critical but stable

peter duncanson — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:43:22 GMT

Just to keep this group alive... Yet again I hear on the wireless that a victim of violence is - ... To my ear, these are almost antonyms, a view borne out I think by dictionaries. How do you understand it? I have had similar thoughts about that description. This seems to be a relevant definition: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/critical 2. pertaining to a disease or other morbid condition in which thereis danger of death. Stable has its usual meaning: unchanging. An analogy might be of someone standing at the top of a cliff very close to the edge. They are in a critical condition. Standing still, being in a stable condition, is better than wobbling about, being in an unstable condition. Peter Duncanson, UK (in...

Critical but stable

ildhund — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:53:47 GMT

Just to keep this group alive... Yet again I hear on the wireless that a victim of violence is - and has been for several days - in a 'critical but stable condition'. To my ear, these are almost antonyms, a view borne out I think by dictionaries. How do you understand it? Noel

Re: Antonyms of expand

liveinjapan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:28:08 GMT

- Collapse: to undisplay a lower level or levels of the tree. Now I got what you all talking about! (I wrongly thought that 'expand' and 'collapse' mean the same, confused with my native language.) Thanks, AStars..

Re: Antonyms of expand

alpheccastars — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:50:39 GMT

Vocabulary Summary: For the external (user) interface: - Open: Display the top (or current view) of the tree - Close: Opposite of open. - Expand - to display the tree at a lower level. (Fully expand: the entire tree is displayed) - Collapse: to undisplay a lower level or levels of the tree. - Refresh - to display the same tree view after the tree has been changed - Add / Insert- to add a new child or branch (e.g. folder) - Select - to choose an element or branch - Delete - remove a child or branch - Move - move a subtree to another parent - Copy- copy a subtree and place it under a different parent

Re: Antonyms of expand

cbsteh — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:38:17 GMT

If you have time, (I know it's a lot to ask but) How would you say about the reverse operation for 'expand' or 'collapse' in this case? 'Contract', 'pull up' or 'reverse the expanded/callapsed tree'? In computer terminology, as in your case, "expand" and "collapse" are the only two immediately understandable terms in relation to "opening" or "closing" a tree/directory branch of files. The use of any other terms would only confuse people. Really. Chris

Re: Antonyms of expand

liveinjapan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:33:11 GMT

Thanks so much, AStars. Understand 'rebuild'. If you have time, (I know it's a lot to ask but) How would you say about the reverse operation for 'expand' or 'collapse' in this case? 'Contract', 'pull up' or 'reverse the expanded/callapsed tree'?

Re: Antonyms of expand

alpheccastars — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:39:01 GMT

Expand is the right term for this operation. Rebuild describes the operation if the tree changes - for example, an element is moved from one branch to another, or a branch is deleted.

Re: Antonyms of expand

liveinjapan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:14:33 GMT

Thanks so much, CJ and RayH. So can I say 'Rebuild the tree' for the opposite operation?

Re: Antonyms of expand

califjim — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:45:21 GMT

I think they use the verb collapse transitively for this: to collapse the tree . But you'd better wait for someone more knowledgeable to come along. CJ

Antonyms of expand

liveinjapan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:28:11 GMT

Could you see this image please? This is, I think, an expanded tree. You can expand a tree like above. Is contract an antonym of expand in this case? In other words, can I say 'a contracted tree' or 'You can contract this expanded tree.'? Thanks.

Re: Vocabulary and Dictionaries

grammar geek — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:13:00 GMT

I don't know if this will help you or not, but you have probably already noticed that in the online M-W, there are usage notes about the subtle differences between words. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sly synonyms sly , cunning , crafty , wily , tricky , foxy , artful , slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means. sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods <a sly corporate raider> . cunning suggests the inventive use of sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing <the cunning fox avoided the trap> . crafty implies cleverness and su

Re: Rotten times

lalneagra — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:44:54 GMT

So we can say that "Good time" and "rotten time" are antonyms What is the antonyms of "hard time(s)"

For those who want to learn english

lalneagra — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:06:16 GMT

Check this out: it will help you understand and pronounce any word you'd like. And not just that. If you ckeck "Thesaurus" option you'll find synonyms and antonyms of any word. http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/practice good luck with your practice! Lalneagra

Re: Down-to-earth

sync2009 — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:22:35 GMT

With due respect allow me to correct you: Main Entry: down-to-earth Part of Speech: adjective Definition: reasonable, practical Synonyms: common , commonsense, easy , hard , hardboiled, hardheaded , matter-of-fact , mundane , no-nonsense , plainspoken, pragmatic , rational , realistic , sane , sensible , sober , unfantastic, unidealistic, unsentimental Ant

Re: Help figuring out the word for something...

alpheccastars — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:23:12 GMT

Anon: Corruption is always associated with evil, dishonest, or illegal behaviors. I don't think that there is any such word for benevolent or beneficial corruption. Maybe you can use one of its antonyms instead, such as incorruption or probity.

Re: Boosting English vocabulary

samuraifingers — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:17:04 GMT

This is a very cool idea! Just be careful that you're not researching words that people don't use in natural daily conversation. For example "savvy" is a popular term used in print media - articles talking about fashion, music, culture etc. But I don't know a SINGLE person that uses "savvy" on a daily basis in natural conversation. Anyway - you have a great idea, and I really like this approach. But I think that you would be better off actually learning ALL of the words from an article that you don't understand. Even if you don't retain the specific word, you'll get practice with related language synonyms/antonyms etc. No vocabulary item is ever useless! The more words you know, the better you...

Re: in any/whatever sense

califjim — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:56:47 GMT

See Semantics: a coursebook , by Hurford and Heasley (Cambridge University Press, 1983), Unit 11. There's material on four kinds of antonymy. (It apprears I misrembered and exaggerated the number -- or the eight were from another source which I can't locate just now.) Binary antonyms . If one predicate is applicable, the other one isn't. true - false; same - different Converses . If one predicate describes a relationship between X and Y, in that order, the other describes it between Y and X, in that order. parent - child (If X is the parent of Y, Y is the child of X); above - below (If X is above Y, Y is below X) Gradable antonyms . Opposite ends of a continuous scale. hot - cold; clever - stupid; love - hate; long - short...

Re: antonymous dictionary

tanit — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:14:49 GMT

Hello, If you're looking for online dictionaries, my suggestions are: Synonyms.com both for synonyms and for antonyms Thesaurus.com for synonyms

Re: Adj -> Noun and Verb -> Noun relation name

eagerlearner — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:47:47 GMT

Thanks, certainly there is not mistake in my questions, I just like to know if there is such a relation name. I am doing Natural Language Processing research. such as, car -> motor vehicle the relation between them is, motor vehicle is a hypernym of car car -> accelerator pedal accelerator pedal is the meronym of car so on for , synonyms, antonyms, pertainyms, so I am wondering if there is a relation name between invented -> inventor Just that, Thanks.

Re: opposite vs. to be in opposition

pter — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:52:43 GMT

Antipode and near antipode? Antonyms and near antonyms? Do they sound good and "technical enough" for your paper? The problem this time is that perhaps BOTH types of pairs (wonderful-lousy; alive-dead) could be termed : to be in opposition . I just wanted to find exclusive terminology for these different groups. That is terminology allowing no transitions between the two types. In my opinion, this kind of demarcation is arbitrary and artificial. Whether two terms are exact, near exact or not opposite in meaning often depends on context.

Re: I Want To Be Fluent English Speaker How Please?

anonymous — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:58:38 GMT

Hello to all, I believe that to learn English depends of the interest of individual and depending of the English knowledge you wanted to learn. like for instance, if you want to speak English all you have to do is to listen very carefully to some tools such as CD, DVD, tapes etc. either audio or video, any kinds of topics as long as educational and knowledgeable and while you are listening just follow and speak what they are talking this is a training of the tongue or tongue twisting trying to develop proper accent, pronunciation, intonation etc, if any words you don’t understand have your dictionary besides you and open it. next step just prepare any topics as guidelines prolong, elongate and expound the topics you wanted to...

Re: Antonyms...

anonymous — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:23:49 GMT

goofing off

Re: antonyms

anonymous — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:14:35 GMT

What word suits best to represent "The degree of works being done in their number, not in time" What word suits best to represent "The degree of payments being done in quantity, not in amount" I cant choose from "completeness", "fullness" or "plenitude".

Re: What is the antonym of 'evolution'

marius hancu — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:34:00 GMT

Before posting here, pls do a search at Yahoo for: evolution antonym (quotation marks are important to group up terms at this site) and you will find dictionary pages showing antonyms for evolution, such as: http://encarta.msn.com/thesaurus_/evolution.html

Re: antonyms

anonymous — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:08:27 GMT

lithe

accept and except

lone swordsman — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:59:24 GMT

Hi, all. I'd like to ask you about pronunciation of these two words: accept and except. For me, it looks like they sound the same, and the worst of all, they are like antonyms. It would be very interesting for me to know how you pronounce these words. P.S. By the way, on Merriam-Webster website, they utter both of them in the same way - \ik-'sept\.

Re: antonyms

maple — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:38:10 GMT

Anonymous wrote: PLEASE HELP ME FIND THIS ANTONYMS -BACKWARD --------- forward -DESTROY------------ repair -LEGAL------------- illegal -BORING---------- interesting EXCLUDING--------- including

Re: antonyms

anonymous — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:52:51 GMT

PLEASE HELP ME FIND THIS ANTONYMS -BACKWARD -DESTROY -LEGAL -BORING EXCLUDING

Re: brought about or bring about

arzamas18 — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:05:33 GMT

They don't sound quite right, because they are only related words (according to the theasaurus). The idea of the thesaurus is just provide you with synonyms/antonyms to help you understand the meaning without translation. I am sorry I didn't understand you. I thought you were mostly interested in the meaning of "bring about".

Re: Detail explaination for the difference of COMMON ORDINARY AVERAGE GENER

marius hancu — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:09:40 GMT

Buy yourself ($30/year) a subscription to this very good online dictionary: http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com or a printed synonym dictionary (Merriam-Webster's is very good Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms With Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted Words (Dictionary) ), and you will find comparisons such as this: ---------

"Pull sth/sbd apart" Opposite meaning.

peaceblinkfriend — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:24:52 GMT

To pull sth/sb apart is to separate two things or people. E.g. "Can't you see that he is pulling us apart ?" I wonder if there is a phrasal verb with the opposite meaning? I haved looked up the antonyms of this phrasal verb in a thesaurus already but it doesn't work with phrasal verbs. Thank you in advance. Best wishes, PBF

Re: Fidelity is a noun. Is there a similliar adj?

maple — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:27:26 GMT

Do you want cookies or chocolates? Chocolates, please!--------- Good The latter. --- acceptable . (I'm not sure about this) AND anotehr quetion: http://www.answers.com/topic/latter <--it says that it's an adjective. Is it? Yes. Because I didn't get the ' tesaurus ' thesaurus and atonyms antonyms

Re: Difference between question and problem

marius hancu — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:30:20 GMT

Simplebeing wrote: I wonder if there are any reference books providing such subtle differences in meaning for these 'synonyms' since sometimes most dictionaries don't have further explanation. Or, by other what channels to get this kind of information ? Thank you <> I'd suggest buying: Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms With Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted Words and/or getting a subscription ($30 or thereabouts/year) to: http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com which has a pretty strong synonym section with many words, e.g.: ----- synonyms PROBLEM ,

Re: endure and ...

marius hancu — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:14:55 GMT

Go to: bear http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/bear Select from the drop down list. At the bottom you'll find the reasonable synonyms for bear. It's a very good dictionary for synonyms. Even better, is: http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com but for that one, you need to pay ($30/year or so, very worthwhile, I'd say). Or, you may want to buy this dictionary:

Re: keen vs eager

marius hancu — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:56:15 GMT

keen = eager only in the first approximation. The fact that they are synonyms doesn't mean they are equal. When you look at the definitions in the synonyms area here: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/eager there are some slight differences between them, which you need to be aware of, if you want to use them properly. There is no substitute for learning those differences, or at least knowing where you can find them. And I would argue that no one on this forum knows better than the M-W dictionary in terms of synonyms. If you really want to learn synonyms, you should buy this book: Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms With Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted...

Re: writing (2)

marius hancu — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:48:05 GMT

You seem to have many problems with synonyms. I suggest you buy: Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms With Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted Words and get yourself a subscription to: http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com You should do some of this work yourself, sorry.

Re: Opposite

marius hancu — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:46:42 GMT

This is a good subject for the Vocabulary section, not for here. Antonyms for hollow: Full, solid, convex (hollow also means "concave")