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Apocalyptic. In or from “The Revelation of St. John the Divine”; prophetic, mystical, mysterious; manifesting, revealing, unveiling.
Ant. Concealing, obscuring, shrouding, eclipsing.
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Apocryphal. Unauthentic, uncanonical, legendary, fictitious, false, equivocal, doubtful, spurious.
Ant. Palpable, authorized, accepted, authentic, genuine, current, verified, attested.
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Apology. Plea, excuse, defense, confession, acknowledgment, justification, vindication, explanation, extenuation.
Ant. Charge, censure, imputation, condemnation, insult, complaint, offense, wrong.
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Apostate. Renegade, turncoat, backslider, deserter, pervert, traitor.
Ant. Adherent, supporter, zealot, dogmatist, fanatic.
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Apothegm. Saying, dictum, proverb, aphorism, precept, byword.
Ant. Sermon, discourse, tirade, harangue.
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Appall. Terrify, frighten, dismay, shock, daunt, alarm, affright.
Ant. Reassure, embolden.
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Apparel. Clothes, dress, raiment, attire, costume, habit, guise, garments, robes, vesture, wardrobe, equipment, trappings.
Ant. Nudity, deshabille, rags, tatters.
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Apparent. Seeming, probable, likely, obvious, conspicuous, manifest, clear, patent, evident, plain, legible, specious.
Ant. Real, hidden, dubious, improbable, doubtful, unimaginable, unsupposable, minute.
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Appeal. Address, invoke, entreat, implore, supplicate, sue, petition.
Ant. Protest, defy, abjure, disdain, deprecate, repudiate.
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Appearance. Semblance, look, show, pretense, guise, fashion; arrival, advent, apparition; demeanor, air, complexion, manner.
Ant. Disappearance, evanition, departure, vanishing.
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Appease. Calm, pacify, soothe, quell, mollify, mitigate, lull; propitiate, placate, satisfy, reconcile.
Ant. Aggravate, exasperate, provoke, inflame, incense, excite.
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Appellation. Epithet, title, description, designation, name.
Ant. Anonymousness, namelessness.
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Appendage, Appendix. Attachment, addition, adjunct, supplement.
Ant. Main body, original, whole, total.
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Appertain. Belong, inhere, adhere, regard, concern, touch, relate.
Ant. Be remote, far-fetched, or forced, have no bearing upon.
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Appetite. Longing, craving, desire, relish, gust, zest, liking.
Ant. Aversion, loathing, repugnance, antipathy, disgust.
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Applause. Praise, approbation, commendation, compliment, plaudit, acclamation, еclat, clapping of hands.
Ant. Denunciation, censure, blame, sibilation, vituperation, hissing.
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Appliances, n. pl. Means, instruments, appointments, appurtenances, tools, adjuncts, equipment; resources, steps, measures, ways; contrivances.