English Synonyms and Antonyms

 massacre is the indiscriminate killing in numbers of the unresisting or defenseless; butchery is the killing of
men rudely and ruthlessly as cattle are killed in the shambles. Havoc may not be so complete as massacre, nor
so coldly brutal as butchery, but is more widely spread and furious; it is destruction let loose, and may be
applied to organizations, interests, etc., as well as to human life; "as for Saul, he made havoc of the church,"
Acts viii, 3. Carnage (Latin caro, carnis, flesh) refers to widely scattered or heaped up corpses of the slain;
slaughter is similar in meaning, but refers more to the process, as carnage does to the result; these two words
only of the group may be used of great destruction of life in open and honorable battle, as when we say the
enemy was repulsed with great slaughter, or the carnage was terrible.
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MEDDLESOME.
Synonyms:
impertinent, intrusive, meddling, obtrusive, officious.
The meddlesome person interferes unasked in the affairs of others; the intrusive person thrusts himself
uninvited into their company or conversation; the obtrusive person thrusts himself or his opinions conceitedly
and undesirably upon their notice; the officious person thrusts his services, unasked and undesired, upon
others. Obtrusive is oftener applied to words, qualities, actions, etc., than to persons; intrusive is used chiefly
of persons, as is officious, tho we speak of officious attentions, intrusive remarks; meddlesome is used
indifferently of persons, or of words, qualities, actions, etc. Compare INQUISITIVE; INTERPOSE.
Antonyms:
modest, reserved, retiring, shy, unassuming, unobtrusive.
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MELODY.
Synonyms:
harmony, music, symphony, unison.
Harmony is simultaneous; melody is successive; harmony is the pleasing correspondence of two or more notes
sounded at once, melody the pleasing succession of a number of notes continuously following one another. A
melody may be wholly in one part; harmony must be of two or more parts. Accordant notes of different pitch
sounded simultaneously produce harmony; unison is the simultaneous sounding of two or more notes of the
same pitch. When the pitch is the same, there may be unison between sounds of very different volume and
quality, as a voice and a bell may sound in unison. Tones sounded at the interval of an octave are also said to
be in unison, altho this is not literally exact; this usage arises from the fact that bass and tenor voices in
attempting to sound the same note as the soprano and alto will in fact sound a note an octave below. Music
may denote the simplest melody or the most complex and perfect harmony. A symphony (apart from its
technical orchestral sense) is any pleasing consonance of musical sounds, vocal or instrumental, as of many
accordant voices or instruments.
Synonyms and Antonyms, by James Champlin Fernald
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MEMORY.
Synonyms:
recollection, reminiscence, retrospect, retrospection. remembrance,
Memory is the faculty by which knowledge is retained or recalled; in a more general sense, memory is a
retention of knowledge within the grasp of the mind, while remembrance is the having what is known
consciously before the mind. Remembrance may be voluntary or involuntary; a thing is brought to
remembrance or we call it to remembrance; the same is true of memory. Recollection involves volition, the
mind making a distinct effort to recall something, or fixing the attention actively upon it when recalled.