English Synonyms and Antonyms

Because, literally by-cause, is the most direct and complete word for giving the reason of a thing. Since,
originally denoting succession in time, signifies a succession in a chain of reasoning, a natural inference or
result. As indicates something like, coordinate, parallel. Since is weaker than because; as is weaker than since;
either may introduce the reason before the main statement; thus, since or as you are going, I will accompany
you. Often the weaker word is the more courteous, implying less constraint; for example, as you request it, I
will come, rather than I will come because you request it. Inasmuch as is a formal and qualified expression,
implying by just so much, and no more; thus, inasmuch as the debtor has no property, I abandon the claim.
For is a loose connective, giving often mere suggestion or indication rather than reason or cause; as, it is
morning, for (not because) the birds are singing.
Antonyms:
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altho, however, nevertheless, notwithstanding, yet.
Compare synonyms for BUT; NOTWITHSTANDING.
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BECOMING.
Synonyms:
befitting, congruous, fit, meet, seemly, beseeming, decent, fitting, neat, suitable, comely, decorous, graceful,
proper, worthy.
That is becoming in dress which suits the complexion, figure, and other qualities of the wearer, so as to
produce on the whole a pleasing effect. That is decent which does not offend modesty or propriety. That is
suitable which is adapted to the age, station, situation, and other circumstances of the wearer; coarse, heavy
boots are suitable for farm-work; a juvenile style of dress is not suitable for an old lady. In conduct much the
same rules apply. The dignity and gravity of a patriarch would not be becoming to a child; at a funeral lively,
cheery sociability would not be decorous, while noisy hilarity would not be decent; sumptuous display would
not be suitable for a poor person. Fit is a compendious term for whatever fits the person, time, place,
occasion, etc.; as, a fit person; a fit abode; a fit place. Fitting, or befitting, is somewhat more elegant, implying
a nicer adaptation. Meet, a somewhat archaic word, expresses a moral fitness; as, meet for heaven. Compare
BEAUTIFUL.
Antonyms:
awkward, ill-fitting, indecent, unbecoming, unseemly, ill-becoming, improper, indecorous, unfit, unsuitable.
Prepositions:
The dress was becoming to the wearer. Such conduct was becoming in him.
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BEGINNING.
Synonyms:
arising, inauguration, origin, source, commencement, inception, outset, spring, fount, initiation, rise, start.
fountain, opening,
The Latin commencement is more formal than the Saxon beginning, as the verb commence, is more formal
than begin. Commencement is for the most part restricted to some form of action, while beginning has no
restriction, but may be applied to action, state, material, extent, enumeration, or to whatever else may be
conceived of as having a first part, point, degree, etc. The letter A is at the beginning (not the commencement)
of every alphabet. If we were to speak of the commencement of the Pacific Railroad, we should be understood
to refer to the enterprise and its initiatory act; if we were to refer to the roadway we should say "Here is the
beginning of the Pacific Railroad." In the great majority of cases begin and beginning are preferable to
commence and commencement as the simple, idiomatic English words, always accurate and expressive. "In
the beginning was the word," John i, 1. An origin is the point from which something starts or sets out, often
involving, and always suggesting causal connection; as, the origin of evil; the origin of a nation, a
government, or a family. A source is that which furnishes a first and continuous supply, that which flows forth
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freely or may be readily recurred to; as, the source of a river; a source of knowledge; a source of inspiration;
fertile land is a source (not an origin) of wealth. A rise is thought of as in an action; we say that a lake is the