Ant. Enlighten, advise; weary, bore.
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Behavior. Conduct, deportment, manners, breeding, carriage, bearing, action, demeanor, life.
Ant. Misconduct, misdemeanor.
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Behest. Command, injunction, charge, precept.
Ant. Option, liberty.
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Behind. Back, astern, rearward.
Ant. Before, in front of.
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Behold. See, look, discern, gaze, scan, observe, contemplate.
Ant. Ignore, miss, wink, overlook, disregard, connive.
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Behoof. Advantage, profit.
Ant. Loss, detriment, disadvantage.
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Being. Reality, existence, actuality; essence, inmost nature, substance, life, vital principle, root, heart.
Ant. Nonentity, nullity, non-existence.
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Beleaguer. Besiege, beset, blockade, invest; compass, block up, surround, obstruct, environ.
Ant. Abandon; conquer, subdue.
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Belief. Trust, confidence, conviction, credence, persuasion, reliance, assurance; dogma, creed, tenets, opinion, view; credit, acceptance, assent, currency.
Ant. Distrust, denial, discredit, dissent, rejection, disavowal.
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Belligerent. Warlike, contending, conflicting, hostile, rival, opposed, adverse, antagonistic, pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome.
Ant. Peaceful, friendly, forbearing, pacific, neutral.
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Belonging, n. Quality, gift, endowment, attribute; property, goods, estate, chattel, possession; appendage, appurtenance, accessory.
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Belonging, a. Related, connected, appertaining, congenial, cognate, accompanying.
Ant. Alien, optional, independent, irrelevant.
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Below. Under, beneath, underneath, hereinafter.
Ant. Above, beforementioned, previously.
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Bend. Curve, twist, crook, bow, deflect, deviate, diverge, twine; influence, persuade, incline, submit.
Ant. Straighten, stiffen, direct; resist, break, crush.
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Beneath. Below, under, underneath; unworthy of, unbefitting.
Ant. Above, superior to; over, aloft.
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Benediction. Benison, blessing, beatitude; gratitude, thanks, praise; benefit, grace, boon.
Ant. Curse, censure, execration, ingratitude.
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Benefactor. Patron, supporter, upholder, friend, contributor.
Ant. Destroyer, enemy, oppressor, brute.
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Beneficence. Charity, bounty, liberality, benevolence.