Synonyms Starting With B, C


 
 
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Synonyms Starting With B, C

Synonyms Antonyms

Synonyms:

A word or phrase that has the same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language.

Antonyms:

A word or phrase having opposite meaning as another word or phrase in the same language.

Synonyms Antonyms Staring With B and C

Questions related to synonyms and antonyms require a strong word power or vocabulary also it requires proper knowledge of the usage of appropriate words.In the table below we have given certain words and the lists of Synonyms and Antonyms separately. A students is required to study the words carefully. These words will add to the vocabulary that you have already mastered.

S. No Word  Synonyms  Antonyms
1. Bustle  Haste, tumult, stir flurry  Slowness, sluggishness, quiet, inertness
2. Brittle  frail, fragile, delicate, breakable  tough, enduring, unbreakable, strong
3. Blemish  fault, smirch, stigma, stain purity, impeccable, spotless, stainless
4.  Bleak Dismal, gloomy,chilly, dreary Bright, pleasant, balmy, cheerful
5. Blame  reprove, upbraid, censure, reproach Commend, applaud, laud praise
6. Benevolence  Humanity, generosity, charity, liberality, Malevolence, inhumanity, malignity, unkindness 
7. Barbarous  Uncivilized, savage, untamed, brutal cultured, humane, refined gentle
8. Baffle  Confound, elude, frustrate, perplex Poise, composure, facilitate, co-operate
9. Bewitching  magical, fascinating, tantalising, spell binding Repulsive, repugnant, nauseating disgusting 
10. Criterion  Measurement, test standard, touchstone  fancy, probability, haphazard, conjecture 
11. Covetous  cupidity, avarice, greed, voracity liberality, benevolence, selfless, magnanimous
12. Corpulent  obese, ugly, fat, awkward thin, lean, slim, delicate
13. Convert  change, transform, transmute, proselytise persist, maintain, enduring, perpetual
14. Convenient  handy, suited, comfortable, advantageous unsuitable, tedious, unpractical, fatiguing
15. Contrary dissimilar, conflicting, contradictory, opposite similar, alike, homogeneous, resembling
16. Contradict  impugn, deny, oppose, confront approve, confirm, sanction, endorse
17. Contempt  Scom, disregard, disdain, despicable regard, approval, praise, recommend
18. Consternation  fear, disappointment, dismay, hopelessness peace, repose, calm, fearless
19. Conspicuous  distinguished, prominent, obvious, visible concealed, obscure, hidden, unapparent
20. Consolidate  combine, condense, compact, strong separate, sever, weak, scattering
21. Consequence effect, outcome, repercussion, result origin, start. beginning, incipient
22. Consent  agree, permit, accede, assent object, disagree, dissent, differ
23. Conscious  aware, apprised, knowledge, informed unaware, ignorant, unfeeling, faint
24.  Concede  yield, assent, permit, sanction deny, reject, dissent, disallow
25.  Comprise include, contain, consist, compose reject, lack, exclude, except
26. Compassion  kindness, sympathy, clemency, commiseration cruelty, barbarity, persecution, apathy
27. Concur  approve, agree, consent, endorse differ. disagree, dissent, oppose
28. Commodious  convenient, suitable, roomy, comfortable inconvenient, unsuitable, uncomfortable, confined
29. Collision  encounter, clash, conflict, dissenting agreement, harmony, compatible, union
30. Cherish  nurture. treasure, foster, encourage abandon, forsake, renounce. discard
31. Chastise  punish, admonish, scold, reprove cheer, comfort encourage, stimulate
32. Chaste  virtuous pure, honourable, immaculate defiled, licentious, sullied, lustful
33. Cessation  intermission. pause, discontinuity hindrance continuity.-perpetuation, unceasing, prolongation
34.  Catastrophe  disaster, calamity, misfortune, mishap prosperity, blessing, restoration, resurgence
35.  Caricature  caggeration, imitation, ridicule, parody exactness, precision, reality, truth
36. Caress  fondle, embrace, hug, snuggle repulse, spun, displease, repel
37. Cativity  imprisonment. confinement, apprehend, restrain freedom, libertv, liberation, release
38. Captivity  charm. fascinate, enchant. lure disillusion, offend, scorn, despise
39. Captious  imitate, fretful, critical, carping appreciative, considerate, laudatory, thoughtful
40. Capable  competent, suitable, qualified, able incompetent. inefficient, imbecile, inept
41. Calumny  defamation, aspersion, accusation, libel commendation. praise, vindication. goodwill
42. Callous  obdurate, unfeeling, heartless. indifferent compassionate, tender. kind. sympathetic
43. Calculate  coumerate, estimate, evaluate, consider miscalculate, blunder, predetermine, misconceive
44.  Calamity  adversity, misfortune, misery, mishap happiness, benefit, prosperity, fortune
45.  Cavity  depth, depression, hole, aperture elevation, projection, mound, height
46. Cease terminate, pause, desist, discontinue commence, continue, initiate, originate
47. Circumlocution  redundancy, verbosity, tediousness, verbiage terseness, compression, directness, brevity
48.  Commotion  turmoil, disturbance, agitation, excitement tranquility, stillness, quietness, calm

Illustration : - In the following sentences a word phrase is written in bold. For each bold part four words/phrases are listed below each sentence. Choose the word nearest in meaning to bold part.

 Her views are not in consonance with her husband.

A.  In agreement                B. In conflict                C. In disagreement             D. contradictory

Answer: A

Illustration : - In the following sentences a word phrase is written in bold. For each bold part four words/phrases are listed below each sentence. Choose the word nearest to the opposite in meaning to bold part.

A character without a blemish is a virtue of a leader.

A. Stigma              B. Adomment           C. Strength             D. Blot

Answer: B

Sample Questions
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Question : 1

Directions The given word is followed by four words.or groups of words. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Concur

Right Option : A
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Question : 2

Directions: The given word is followed by four words.or groups of words. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Bleak

Right Option : C
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Question : 3

Directions:The given word is followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is most similar in meaning.

Contradict

Right Option : B
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