English Synonyms and Antonyms

kingly resolve. Princely is especially used of treasure, expenditure, gifts, etc., as princely munificence, a
princely fortune, where regal could not so well be used and royal would change the sense. The distinctions
between these words are not absolute, but the tendency of the best usage is as here suggested.
Antonyms:
beggarly, contemptible, mean, poor, servile, slavish, vile.
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RUSTIC.
Synonyms:
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agricultural, coarse, pastoral, uncouth, artless, countrified, plain, unpolished, awkward, country, rude,
unsophisticated, boorish, hoidenish, rural, untaught, bucolic, inelegant, sylvan, verdant. clownish, outlandish,
Rural and rustic are alike derived from the Latin rus, country, and may be alike defined as pertaining to,
characteristic of, or dwelling in the country; but in usage rural refers especially to scenes or objects in the
country, considered as the work of nature; rustic refers to their effect upon man or to their condition as
affected by human agency; as, a rural scene; a rustic party; a rustic lass. We speak, however, of the rural
population, rural simplicity, etc. Rural has always a favorable sense; rustic frequently an unfavorable one, as
denoting a lack of culture and refinement; thus, rustic politeness expresses that which is well-meant, but
awkward; similar ideas are suggested by a rustic feast, rustic garb, etc. Rustic is, however, often used of a
studied simplicity, an artistic rudeness, which is pleasing and perhaps beautiful; as, a rustic cottage; a rustic
chair. Pastoral refers to the care of flocks, and to the shepherd's life with the pleasing associations suggested
by the old poetic ideal of that life; as, pastoral poetry. Bucolic is kindred to pastoral, but is a less elevated
term, and sometimes slightly contemptuous.
Antonyms:
accomplished, cultured, polished, refined, urbane, city-like, elegant, polite, urban, well-bred.
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SACRAMENT.
Synonyms:
ceremony, eucharist, observance, rite, solemnity. communion, Lord's Supper, ordinance, service,
Any religious act, especially a public act, viewed as a means of serving God is called a service; the word
commonly includes the entire series of exercises of a single occasion of public worship. A religious service
ordained as an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace is called a sacrament. Ceremony is a
form expressing reverence, or at least respect; we may speak of religious ceremonies, the ceremonies of polite
society, the ceremonies of a coronation, an inauguration, etc. An observance has more than a formal
obligation, reaching or approaching a religious sacredness; a stated religious observance, viewed as
established by authority, is called an ordinance; viewed as an established custom, it is a rite. The terms
sacrament and ordinance, in the religious sense, are often used interchangeably; the ordinance derives its
sacredness from the authority that ordained it, while the sacrament possesses a sacredness due to something in
itself, even when viewed simply as a representation or memorial. The Lord's Supper is the Scriptural name for
the observance commemorating the death of Christ; the word communion is once applied to it (1 Cor. x, 16),
but not as a distinctive name; at an early period, however, the name communion was so applied, as denoting
the communing of Christians with their Lord, or with one another. The term eucharist describes the Lord's
Supper as a thanksgiving service; it is also called by preeminence the sacrament, as the ratifying of a solemn
vow of consecration to Christ.
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SAGACIOUS.
Synonyms:
able, intelligent, perspicacious, sensible, acute, keen, quick of scent, sharp, apt, keen-sighted, quick-scented,
sharp-witted, clear-sighted, keen-witted, rational, shrewd, discerning, judicious, sage, wise.
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