Meditate, study, ponder, survey, reflect; intend, design.
Ant. Overlook, waive, abandon; execute, complete, do.
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Contemptible. Despicable, abject, base, worthless, mean, low.
Ant. Respectable, venerable; worthy, estimable, important, grave.
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Contend. Strive, fight, struggle, combat; debate, argue, dispute; affirm, assert, maintain, claim.
Ant. Concede, allow, surrender.
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Content. Satisfied, pleased, easy, willing, resigned, gratified.
Ant. Reluctant, unwilling, unsatisfied, rebellious, discontent.
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Contention. Strife, dissension, quarrel, rupture, dispute, debate, controversy, altercation.
Ant. Peace, amity, harmony, concord, reconciliation.
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Contingent, a. Casual, happening, fortuitous, dependent, incidental, provisional, uncertain.
Ant. Independent, absolute, positive, uncontrolled, uninfluenced, unaffected.
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Continual. Incessant, ceaseless, invariable, perpetual, constant, uninterrupted, unbroken, unremitting, continuous.
Ant. Exceptional, irregular, casual, contingent, intermittent, interrupted, suspended.
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Continually. Constantly, perpetually, ever, always, repeatedly, frequently, continuously.
Ant. Occasionally, rarely, sometimes.
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Continue. Remain, endure, persist; abide, stay, tarry; persevere, be constant or steadfast.
Ant. Stop, cease, fail, pause.
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Contract, n. Compact, stipulation, agreement, arrangement, bargain, covenant, pact, obligation, pledge, engagement, bond.
Ant. Promise, parole, assurance, understanding, assumption.
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Contract, v. Narrow, abbreviate, abridge, lessen, reduce, compress; shrivel, shrink; agree, stipulate, bargain.
Ant. Expand, amplify, dilate; reverse, cancel, abandon.
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Contradict. Deny, gainsay, dispute, impugn, controvert; oppose, counteract, annul, thwart, abrogate.
Ant. Maintain, argue, confirm, state, affirm, endorse.
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Contrary. Opposite, opposed, adverse, counter; conflicting, contradictory, antagonistic, repugnant; perverse, obstinate, stubborn, headstrong.
Ant. Compatible, agreeing, kindred, compliant, submissive; consistent.
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Contrast, v. Differentiate, discriminate, oppose, compare.
Ant. Resemble, be like or similar, liken, harmonize.
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Contribute. Add, give, coöperate, assist, subscribe, supply.
Ant. Refuse, withhold, deny.
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Contribution. Donation, offering, gift, subscription, subsidy, aid, assistance.
Ant. Withholding, retention, reservation.
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Contrive. Plan, design, devise, invent, project, form, frame, scheme, plot, consider; manage, make out; concert, adjust.
Ant. Hit, chance, venture, bungle, hazard; mismanage, miscontrive.
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Control, v. Direct, manage, rule, command, sway, superintend; hinder, repress, restrain, curb, check.
Ant. License, free; neglect, abandon; mismanage, misconduct.
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Controversy. Dispute, altercation, contention, disagreement.
Ant. Agreement, unanimity, coincidence.
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Contumacy. Obstinacy, stubbornness, perverseness, pertinacity, obduracy; disobedience, insolence.
Ant. Docility, tractableness, flattering, fawning, servility.
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Contumely. Obloquy, reproach, opprobrium, insolence, abuse, contempt, scorn, disdain, arrogance.
Ant. Regard, consideration, adulation, obsequiousness.
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Convene. Assemble, meet, congregate, summon, master, collect.
Ant. Dismiss, disperse, disband, dissipate.
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Convenient. Suitable, fit, appropriate, proper, adapted; advantageous, commodious, comfortable, useful, serviceable.
Ant. Inconvenient, useless, awkward, superfluous; inopportune.
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Convention. Assemblage, conference, meeting, concourse, session, synod, congress, convocation; treaty, compact.
Ant. Recess, dissolution, prorogation; dispersion, scattering; promise, understanding, parole.
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Conventional. Usual, customary, ordinary, habitual, regular, wonted, prevalent, social, everyday; stipulated.
Ant. Unusual, erratic, extraordinary; legal, compulsory.
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Conversant. Familiar, skilled, acquainted, proficient, versed.
Ant. Strange, ignorant, unversed, unlearned.
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Conversation. Converse, communion, intercourse, parley, talk, chat, conference, communication, discourse, colloquy, dialogue.
Ant. Speech, oration, harangue, soliloquy, apostrophe, monologue, silence, taciturnity.
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Converse, a. Opposite, reverse, contrary, counter, contradictory.
Ant. Identical, one, same, indistinguishable; direct, primary.
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Conversion. Alteration, transmutation, change, transformation.
