English Synonyms and Antonyms

Clothing denotes the entire covering of the body, taken as a whole; clothes and garments view it as composed
of separate parts. Clothes, clothing, and garments may be used of inner or outer covering; all the other words
in the list (with possible rare exceptions in the case of raiment) refer to the outer garments. Array, raiment,
and vesture are archaic or poetic; so, too, is habit, except in technical use to denote a lady's riding-dress. The
word vestments is now rare, except in ecclesiastical use. Apparel and attire are most frequently used of
somewhat complete and elegant outer clothing, tho Shakespeare speaks of "poor and mean attire." Dress may
be used, specifically, for a woman's gown, and in that sense may be either rich or shabby; but in the general
sense it denotes outer clothing which is meant to be elegant, complete, and appropriate to some social or
public occasion; as, full dress, court dress, evening dress, etc. Dress has now largely displaced apparel and
attire. Garb denotes the clothing characteristic of some class, profession, or the like; as, the garb of a priest.
Costume is chiefly used for that which befits an assumed character; as, a theatrical costume; we sometimes
speak of a national costume, etc.
Antonyms:
bareness, dishabille, exposure, nakedness, nudity, undress. disarray,
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Synonyms and Antonyms, by James Champlin Fernald
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DRIVE.
Synonyms:
compel, propel, repel, resist, thrust, impel, push, repulse, ride, urge on.
To drive is to move an object with some force or violence before or away from oneself; it is the direct reverse
of draw, lead, etc. A man leads a horse by the halter, drives him with whip and rein. One may be driven to a
thing or from it; hence, drive is a synonym equally for compel or for repel or repulse. Repulse is stronger and
more conclusive than repel; one may be repelled by the very aspect of the person whose favor he seeks, but is
not repulsed except by the direct refusal or ignoring of his suit. A certain conventional modern usage,
especially in England, requires us to say that we drive in a carriage, ride upon a horse; tho in Scripture we
read of riding in a chariot (2 Kings ix, 16; Jer. xvii, 25, etc.); good examples of the same usage may be found
abundantly in the older English. The propriety of a person's saying that he is going to drive when he is simply
to be conveyed in a carriage, where some one else, as the coachman, does all the driving, is exceedingly
questionable. Many good authorities prefer to use ride in the older and broader sense as signifying to be
supported and borne along by any means of conveyance. Compare BANISH; COMPEL; INFLUENCE.
Antonyms:
See synonyms for DRAW.
Prepositions:
Drive to market; to despair; drive into exile; from one's presence; out of the city; drive by, with, or under the
lash; drive by or past beautiful estates; along the beach; beside the river; through the park; across the field;
around the square; to the door; into the barn; out of the sunshine.
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DUPLICATE.
Synonyms:
copy, facsimile, likeness, reproduction, counterpart, imitation, replica, transcript.
A copy is as nearly like the original as the copyist has power to make it; a duplicate is exactly like the
original; a carbon copy of a typewritten document must be a duplicate; we may have an inaccurate copy, but
never an inaccurate duplicate. A facsimile is like the original in appearance; a duplicate is the same as the
original in substance and effect; a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence is not a duplicate. A facsimile
of a key might be quite useless; a duplicate will open the lock. A counterpart exactly corresponds to another
object, but perhaps without design, while a copy is intentional. An imitation is always thought of as inferior to
the original; as, an imitation of Milton. A replica is a copy of a work of art by the maker of the original. In
law, a copy of an instrument has in itself no authority; the signatures, as well as other matters, may be copied;
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