(adj.) frank, sincere; impartial; unopposed

Synonyms: forthright, plainspoken, unbiased

Antonyms: insincere, evasive, misleading, artful

(n.) a small room or compartment

Synonyms: hole-in-the-wall

Antonyms: vast hall, auditorium

(n.) work that is hard and tiresome

Synonyms: toil, labor, grind

Antonyms: play, frolic, amusement, recreation, fun

(v.) to elevate; to increase in intensity

Synonyms: raise, ascend, mount

Antonyms: decrease, lessen, descend, defuse

(n.) a means to an end; (adj.) advantageous, useful

Synonyms: (n.) contrivance, device; (adj.) serviceable

Antonyms: (adj.) inconvenient; untimely, disadvantageous

(v.) to pretend Synonyms: fake, sham, affect, simulate

(n.) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style

Synonyms: bent, knack, gift, style, panache

Antonyms: inability, incapacity

(adj.) causing sorrow or pain; serious

Synonyms: painful, heartbreaking, onerous, flagrant

Antonyms: joyful, uplifting, cherry, upbeat, comforting

(adj.) composed of different kinds, diverse

Synonyms: miscellaneous, mixed, variegated

Antonyms: uniform, homogeneous, of a piece

(n.) a vast number (as of people); a throng

Synonyms: crowd, mass, multitude, host, swarm

Antonyms: few, handful

(n.) to force, drive forward

Synonyms: urge, push, spur, propel, incite

Antonyms: discourage, check, restrain, curb

(adj.) disbelieving, skeptical

Synonyms: mistrustful, doubting

Antonyms: believing, trustful

(v.) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list

Synonyms: enroll, enlist

Antonyms: erase, rub out, delete, efface, obliterate

(n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person Synonyms: soliloquy

Antonyms: conversation, colloquy

(n.) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation

Synonyms: projection

(adj.) with a harsh, grating sound; (n.) a harsh sound

Synonyms: (adj.) scraping, abrasive, gravelly

Antonyms: (adj.) smooth, satiny, silky

(adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful

Synonyms: hateful, odious, revolting, repulsive

Antonyms: pleasing attractive, tempting, wholesome

(v.) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; (n.) a pail

Synonyms: (v.) abandon, discard, scrap, ditch, dump

Antonyms: (v.) keep afloat, salvage, rescue, preserve

(n.) a representative or messenger (as of a government)

Synonyms: ambassador, emissary, minister