Avaricious. Grasping, sordid, greedy, covetous, miserly, stingy.
Ant. Liberal, bountiful, extravagant, wasteful, prodigal, unselfish.
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Avenge. Punish, retaliate, revenge, vindicate.
Ant. Forgive, pardon, overlook, condone, waive, forego, remit.
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Avenue. Access, entrance, entry, approach, passage; alley, walk, street, road; route, channel.
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Aver. Assert, declare, say, protest, affirm, asseverate, allege.
Ant. Deny, contradict, disavow.
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Average. Medium, medial, middling, ordinary, tolerable, moderate, mediocre, passable.
Ant. Extreme, excessive, perfect, extraordinary, excellent.
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Aversion. Dislike, hatred, repugnance, disgust, loathing, antipathy, abhorrence, detestation, unwillingness.
Ant. Sympathy, congeniality, ardor, eagerness, avidity, love, desire, affection.
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Avidity. Eagerness, longing, desire, yearning; rapacity, craving, greediness.
Ant. Apathy, indifference, coldness, aversion, loathing.
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Avoid. Quit, shun, abandon, escape, elude, withdraw, forsake, dodge.
Ant. Seek, court, approach, accost, address, affect.
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Avouch. Assert, affirm, declare, protest, profess, asseverate.
Ant. Deny, contradict, gainsay.
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Avow. Confess, own, acknowledge, admit, profess, proclaim, testify.
Ant. Disavow, repudiate, deny, contradict, disclaim, ignore.
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Awaken. Rouse, kindle, excite, provoke.
Ant. Allay, quiet, subdue.
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Award. Grant, allot, accord, distribute, assign, decree, determine.
Ant. Refuse, withhold, retain, misappropriate, deny.
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Aware. Conscious, sensible, cognizant, knowing, apprised, mindful.
Ant. Unconscious, ignorant, insensible.
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Awe. Fear, dread, reverence, veneration, terror, wonder.
Ant. Contempt, familiarity, irreverence, disrespect, insolence.
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Awful. Dread, grand, imposing, majestic, noble, portentous, appalling, august, alarming, horrible, frightful, shocking, terrible.
Ant. Commonplace, contemptible, despicable, vulgar, undignified.
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Awkward. Clumsy, bungling, ungainly, uncouth, rough, unskilful.
Ant. Clever, skilful, handy, dexterous, adroit.
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Awry. Oblique, slanting, twisted, crooked, distorted, athwart.
Ant. Straight, direct, true, right.
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