Antonyms are used to express the opposite of a word. Antonym definitionĪn antonym is a word, adjective, verb or expression whose meaning is opposite to that of a word. This avoids repetitions in a sentence without changing its meaning. Synonyms are other words that mean the same thing.

This was in November, rather a latish month for active service on those waters.Ī synonym is a word, adjective, verb or expression that has the same meaning as another, or almost the same meaning.

Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper.

I had been kept in the cabin, it is true, but our work had been of the most active kind.

Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

But his limbs were strong and active, and well accustomed to exercise.

Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne.Then, as for active exercises, she could ride on horseback as well as any man in her kingdom.Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola.Yet they took no active measures in that way, lest they might have cause to regret it.

Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark.

Active opposition I could fight but the tactics are now to ignore me.

Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald.

I am sorry for you all, and for you especially that you should have had to take an active part in the business.

Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King.

For most of us the fear of death is a subconscious rather than an active fear.

Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No.

His countrymen were the first to press steam into the active service of mankind.

Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson.

Now he was active, acutely aware of himself and all his wants.

Sononym active