English Synonyms and Antonyms

assurance of salvation. An opinion is a general conclusion held as probable, tho without full certainty; a
persuasion is a more confident opinion, involving the heart as well as the intellect. In religion, a doctrine is a
statement of belief regarding a single point; a creed is a summary statement of doctrines. Confidence is a firm
dependence upon a statement as true, or upon a person as worthy. Reliance is confidence on which we act or
are ready to act unquestioningly; we have a calm reliance upon the uniformity of nature. Trust is a practical
and tranquil resting of the mind upon the integrity, kindness, friendship, or promises of a person; we have
trust in God. Faith is a union of belief and trust. Faith is chiefly personal; belief may be quite impersonal; we
speak of belief of a proposition, faith in a promise, because the promise emanates from a person. But belief in
a person is often used with no appreciable difference from faith. In religion it is common to distinguish
between intellectual belief of religious truth, as any other truth might be believed, and belief of the heart, or
saving faith.
Antonyms:
denial, dissent, doubt, infidelity, rejection, suspicion, disbelief, distrust, incredulity, misgiving, skepticism,
unbelief.
Prepositions:
Have faith in God; the faith of the gospel.
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FAITHFUL.
Synonyms:
devoted, incorruptible, stanch, true, trusty, firm, loyal, sure, trustworthy, unwavering.
A person is faithful who will keep faith, whether with or without power to aid or serve; a person or thing is
trusty that possesses such qualities as to justify the fullest confidence and dependence. We may speak of a
faithful but feeble friend; we say a trusty agent, a trusty steed, a trusty sword.
Antonyms:
capricious, false, unfaithful, untrustworthy, faithless, fickle, untrue, wavering.
Prepositions:
Faithful in service; to duty; to comrade or commander; faithful among the faithless.
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FAME.
Synonyms:
celebrity, eminence, honor, notoriety, reputation, credit, glory, laurels, renown, repute. distinction,
Fame is the widely disseminated report of a person's character, deeds, or abilities, and is oftenest used in the
favorable sense. Reputation and repute are more limited than fame, and may be either good or bad. Notoriety
is evil repute or a dishonorable counterfeit of fame. Eminence and distinction may result from rank, station, or
character. Celebrity is limited in range; we speak of local celebrity, or world-wide fame. Fame in its best
sense may be defined as the applause of numbers; renown, as such applause worthily won; we speak of the
conqueror's fame, the patriot's renown. Glory and honor are of good import; honor may be given for qualities
or acts that should not win it, but it is always given as something good and worthy; we can speak of an evil
fame, but not of evil honor; glory has a more exalted and often a sacred sense.
Antonyms:
contempt, discredit, dishonor, humiliation, infamy, obscurity, contumely, disgrace, disrepute, ignominy,
oblivion, shame.
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FANATICISM.
Synonyms:
bigotry, credulity, intolerance, superstition.
Fanaticism is extravagant or even frenzied zeal; bigotry is obstinate and unreasoning attachment to a cause or
creed; fanaticism and bigotry usually include intolerance, which is unwillingness to tolerate beliefs or
opinions contrary to one's own; superstition is ignorant and irrational religious belief. Credulity is not
distinctively religious, but is a general readiness to believe without sufficient evidence, with a proneness to
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accept the marvellous. Bigotry is narrow, fanaticism is fierce, superstition is ignorant, credulity is weak,