English Synonyms and Antonyms

reckon or count a thing precious or worthless. Compare ESTEEM.
Prepositions:
It is vain to calculate on or upon an uncertain result.
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CALL, v.
Synonyms:
bawl, cry (out), roar, shriek, bellow, ejaculate, scream, vociferate, clamor, exclaim, shout, yell.
To call is to send out the voice in order to attract another's attention, either by word or by inarticulate
utterance. Animals call their mates, or their young; a man calls his dog, his horse, etc. The sense is extended
to include summons by bell, or any signal. To shout is to call or exclaim with the fullest volume of sustained
voice; to scream is to utter a shriller cry; to shriek or to yell refers to that which is louder and wilder still. We
shout words; in screaming, shrieking, or yelling there is often no attempt at articulation. To bawl is to utter
senseless, noisy cries, as of a child in pain or anger. Bellow and roar are applied to the utterances of animals,
and only contemptuously to those of persons. To clamor is to utter with noisy iteration; it applies also to the
confused cries of a multitude. To vociferate is commonly applied to loud and excited speech where there is
little besides the exertion of voice. In exclaiming, the utterance may not be strikingly, tho somewhat, above
the ordinary tone and pitch; we may exclaim by mere interjections, or by connected words, but always by
some articulate utterance. To ejaculate is to throw out brief, disconnected, but coherent utterances of joy,
regret, and especially of appeal, petition, prayer; the use of such devotional utterances has received the special
name of "ejaculatory prayer." To cry out is to give forth a louder and more excited utterance than in
exclaiming or calling; one often exclaims with sudden joy as well as sorrow; if he cries out, it is oftener in
grief or agony. In the most common colloquial usage, to cry is to express grief or pain by weeping or sobbing.
One may exclaim, cry out, or ejaculate with no thought of others' presence; when he calls, it is to attract
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another's attention.
Antonyms:
be silent, be still, hark, hearken, hush, list, listen.
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CALM.
Synonyms:
collected, imperturbable, sedate, still, composed, peaceful, self-possessed, tranquil, cool, placid, serene,
undisturbed, dispassionate, quiet, smooth, unruffled.
That is calm which is free from disturbance or agitation; in the physical sense, free from violent motion or
action; in the mental or spiritual realm, free from excited or disturbing emotion or passion. We speak of a
calm sea, a placid lake, a serene sky, a still night, a quiet day, a quiet home. We speak, also, of "still waters,"
"smooth sailing," which are different modes of expressing freedom from manifest agitation. Of mental
conditions, one is calm who triumphs over a tendency to excitement; cool, if he scarcely feels the tendency.
One may be calm by the very reaction from excitement, or by the oppression of overpowering emotion, as we
speak of the calmness of despair. One is composed who has subdued excited feeling; he is collected when he
has every thought, feeling, or perception awake and at command. Tranquil refers to a present state, placid, to
a prevailing tendency. We speak of a tranquil mind, a placid disposition. The serene spirit dwells as if in the
clear upper air, above all storm and shadow.
The star of the unconquered will, He rises in my breast, Serene, and resolute, and still, And calm, and