Thursday, January 19, 2012

What are the antonyms for these following words?

Ransom



Spendthrift



bourgeois



Dueling



Mutinying(I seriously never even knew that was a word.)



Cliques



Enlightening



Sacrilegious



Furlough



I'm sorry to ask this, but I searched a lot and only could find the bloody synonyms. It angered me.What are the antonyms for these following words?
Hey u needn't be sorry...



Ransom ( means to free from captivity ) x apprehend,arrest,capture



Spendthrift x miser



Bourgeois x upper-class



Dueling x Conciliating



Mutinying(Rebelling) x Conforming



Clique(select circle or group) x crowd



Enlightening x ambiguating



Sacrilegious(Irreverance) x Reverend



Furlough(dismiss,lay off) x employ



That's it.....
An antonym of a word has the opposite definition of the word in question.



So look up the definition of each word, then try to think of the opposite word.



ransom means making a payment for the release of something, so the opposite would be making a payment for the storage of something, so maybe "rent" would work.



dueling means fighting, so the opposite is "getting along" or "visiting."



And so forth.What are the antonyms for these following words?
Below is an antonym site:



http://www.greguide.com/GRE-Antonyms-A-Z鈥?/a>



Most of your words are not listed as they don't have antonyms. This is an assignment to use a dictionary and test your creativity.





ran路som (rnsm) KEY



NOUN:



1. The release of property or a person in return for payment of a demanded price.

2. The price or payment demanded or paid for such release.



What's the opposite of release?...seizure (of property)





spend路thrift



NOUN:



One who spends money recklessly or wastefully.



What's the opposite?...tightwad or miserWhat are the antonyms for these following words?
Well, I can think of one.



spendthrift = pinch penny

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