English Synonyms and Antonyms

particulars, it seems to me a farmhouse must be burning.
Antonyms:
be, be certain, real, or true, be the fact, exist.
Prepositions:
Appear at the front; among the first; on or upon the surface; to the eye; in evidence, in print; from reports;
near the harbor; before the public; in appropriate dress; with the insignia of his rank; above the clouds; below
the surface; under the lee; over the sea; through the mist; appear for, in behalf of, or against one in court.
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APPENDAGE.
Synonyms:
accessory, addition, appurtenance, concomitant, accompaniment, adjunct, attachment, extension, addendum,
appendix, auxiliary, supplement.
An adjunct (something joined to) constitutes no real part of the thing or system to which it is joined, tho
perhaps a valuable addition; an appendage is commonly a real, tho not an essential or necessary part of that
with which it is connected; an appurtenance belongs subordinately to something by which it is employed,
especially as an instrument to accomplish some purpose. A horse's tail is at once an ornamental appendage
and a useful appurtenance; we could not call it an adjunct, tho we might use that word of his iron shoes. An
attachment in machinery is some mechanism that can be brought into optional connection with the principal
movement; a hemmer is a valuable attachment of a sewing-machine. An extension, as of a railroad or of a
franchise, carries out further something already existing. We add an appendix to a book, to contain names,
dates, lists, etc., which would encumber the text; we add a supplement to supply omissions, as, for instance, to
bring it up to date. An appendix may be called an addendum; but addendum may be used of a brief note,
which would not be dignified by the name of appendix; such notes are often grouped as addenda. An addition
might be matter interwoven in the body of the work, an index, plates, editorial notes, etc., which might be
valuable additions, but not within the meaning of appendix or supplement. Compare ACCESSORY;
AUXILIARY.
Antonyms:
main body, original, total, whole.
Prepositions:
That which is thought of as added we call an appendage to; that which is looked upon as an integral part is
called an appendage of.
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APPETITE.
Synonyms:
appetency, impulse, lust, propensity, craving, inclination, passion, relish, desire, liking, proclivity, thirst,
disposition, longing, proneness, zest.
Appetite is used only of the demands of the physical system, unless otherwise expressly stated, as when we
say an appetite for knowledge; passion includes all excitable impulses of our nature, as anger, fear, love,
hatred, etc. Appetite is thus more animal than passion; and when we speak of passions and appetites as
conjoined or contrasted, we think of the appetites as wholly physical and of the passions as, in part at least,
mental or spiritual. We say an appetite for food, a passion for fame. Compare DESIRE.
Antonyms:
antipathy, disgust, distaste, indifference, repugnance, aversion, dislike, hatred, loathing, repulsion. detestation,
disrelish,
Compare ANTIPATHY.
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Preposition:
He had an insatiable appetite for the marvellous.
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APPORTION.
Synonyms:
allot, appropriate, deal, distribute, grant, appoint, assign, dispense, divide, share.
To allot or assign may be to make an arbitrary division; the same is true of distribute or divide. That which is