English Synonyms and Antonyms

partly veiled injurious utterance, sometimes to the very person attacked; an innuendo is commonly secret as
well as sly, as if pointing one out by a significant nod (L. in, in, to, and nuo, nod).
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SUPERNATURAL.
Synonyms:
miraculous, preternatural, superhuman.
The supernatural (super, above) is above or superior to the recognized powers of nature; the preternatural
(preter, beyond) is aside from or beyond the recognized results or operations of natural law, often in the sense
of inauspicious; as, a preternatural gloom. Miraculous is more emphatic and specific than supernatural, as
referring to the direct personal intervention of divine power. Some hold that a miracle, as the raising of the
dead, is a direct suspension and even violation of natural laws by the fiat of the Creator, and hence is, in the
strictest sense, supernatural; others hold that the miracle is simply the calling forth of a power residing in the
laws of nature, but not within their ordinary operation, and dependent on a distinct act of God, so that the
miraculous might be termed "extranatural," rather than supernatural. All that is beyond human power is
superhuman; as, prophecy gives evidence of superhuman knowledge; the word is sometimes applied to
remarkable manifestations of human power, surpassing all that is ordinary.
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Antonyms:
common, commonplace, everyday, natural, ordinary, usual.
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SUPPORT.
Synonyms:
bear, cherish, keep, maintain, sustain, carry, hold up, keep up, prop, uphold.
Support and sustain alike signify to hold up or keep up, to prevent from falling or sinking; but sustain has a
special sense of continuous exertion or of great strength continuously exerted, as when we speak of sustained
endeavor or a sustained note; a flower is supported by the stem or a temple-roof by arches; the foundations of
a great building sustain an enormous pressure; to sustain life implies a greater exigency and need than to
support life; to say one is sustained under affliction is to say more both of the severity of the trial and the
completeness of the upholding than if we say he is supported. To bear is the most general word, denoting all
holding up or keeping up of any object, whether in rest or motion; in the derived senses it refers to something
that is a tax upon strength or endurance; as, to bear a strain; to bear pain or grief. To maintain is to keep in a
state or condition, especially in an excellent and desirable condition; as, to maintain health or reputation; to
maintain one's position; to maintain a cause or proposition is to hold it against opposition or difficulty. To
support may be partial, to maintain is complete; maintain is a word of more dignity than support; a man
supports his family; a state maintains an army or navy. To prop is always partial, signifying to add support to
something that is insecure. Compare ABET; ENDURE; KEEP.
Antonyms:
abandon, break down, demolish, destroy, let go, throw down, betray, cast down, desert, drop, overthrow,
wreck.
Prepositions:
The roof is supported by, on, or upon pillars; the family was supported on or upon a pittance, or by charity.
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SUPPOSE.
Synonyms:
conjecture, deem, guess, imagine, surmise, think.
To suppose is temporarily to assume a thing as true, either with the expectation of finding it so or for the
purpose of ascertaining what would follow if it were so. To suppose is also to think a thing to be true while
aware or conceding that the belief does not rest upon any sure ground, and may not accord with fact; or yet
again, to suppose is to imply as true or involved as a necessary inference; as, design supposes the existence of
a designer. To conjecture is to put together the nearest available materials for a provisional opinion, always
with some expectation of finding the facts to be as conjectured. To imagine is to form a mental image of
something as existing, tho its actual existence may be unknown, or even impossible. To think, in this
application, is to hold as the result of thought what is admitted not to be matter of exact or certain knowledge;
as, I do not know, but I think this to be the fact: a more conclusive statement than would be made by the use of
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