Ant. Poison, bane; starvation, exhaustion; venom, scourge.
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Alive. Living, quick, subsisting, animate, alert, active, breathing; sensitive, susceptible; operative; cheerful, joyous; brisk.
Ant. Dead, defunct, lifeless, deceased; inanimate, dull; departed, cold; dispirited.
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All, n. Whole, totality.
Ant. Part, piece, share, portion.
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All, a. Whole, entire, complete, total; each, every.
Ant. Some, part.
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Allay. Repress, restrain, check, subdue, silence, still, hush, soothe, compose, calm, appease, lull, alleviate, mitigate, solace, abate, relieve, palliate.
Ant. Aggravate, arouse, excite, stir, kindle, fan, provoke.
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Allege. Declare, affirm, claim, maintain, state, asseverate; advance, aver, introduce; profess, cite.
Ant. Contradict, gainsay, refute, deny, disprove, quash.
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Allegiance. Fealty, loyalty, devotion, homage, faithfulness, obedience.
Ant. Treason, rebellion, sedition, disloyalty, disaffection.
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Allegory. Parable, fable, myth, story, tale, apologue, metaphor, illustration, simile.
Ant. History, fact, narrative, chronicle, record.
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Alleviate. Abate, mitigate, reduce, relieve, lessen, assuage, remove, soften, moderate, lighten.
Ant. Augment, increase, heighten, intensify, magnify, aggravate, enhance, embitter.
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Alliance. Connection, relationship, affinity; confederacy, league, union, treaty, co-partnership, coalition; affiliation, similarity.
Ant. Separation, estrangement, divorce; antagonism, disruption, enmity, hostility, schism, secession.
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Allot. Divide, apportion, distribute, deal out, dispense; assign, grant, give, appoint, destine.
Ant. Refuse, retain, misdeal, deny, confiscate, appropriate, seize, withhold.
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Allow. Grant, own, confess, admit; permit, let, authorize; suffer, tolerate, endure; yield, give, grant; approve, sanction, abate, remit.
Ant. Protest, refuse, deny, disapprove, forbid, disallow, reject, withstand, resist.
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Allowance. Leave, permission, sanction, approval; admission, acknowledgment, assent; commission; qualification, exception; ration.
Ant. Refusal, disapproval, denial; ratification, confirmation.
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Alloy, n. Admixture, adulteration, deterioration, debasement, disparagement, drawback.
Ant. Genuineness, enhancement, purity, integrity.
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Allude. Intimate, insinuate, point, refer, suggest, signify, hint, imply, indicate, mention.
Ant. Demonstrate, specify, declare.
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Allure. Decoy, entice, coax, attract, tempt, inveigle, seduce.
Ant. Dissuade, repel, warn, chill, damp, drive away, deter, alarm, terrify.
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Allusion. Hint, suggestion, intimation, reference, implication, innuendo.
Ant. Mention, demonstration, specification.
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