Accent, n. Stress, beat, emphasis, rhythm, pulsation, intonation, cadence, tone, modulation, ictus.
Ant. Monotony, equableness, babble, flow, smoothness.
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Accentuate, Accent, v. Lay stress upon, put the ictus on; emphasize, mark, make prominent.
Ant. Make light of, make insignificant, underestimate, ignore.
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Accept. Take, receive; admit, agree to, approve, acknowledge, avow; estimate, regard, value, construe.
Ant. Refuse, decline, reject, ignore, disown, repudiate.
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Acceptable. Welcome, pleasing, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, agreeable, pleasurable, seasonable, desirable, expedient.
Ant. Unpleasant, disagreeable, annoying, grievous, ungrateful, unwelcome.
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Acceptance. Reception, taking; acknowledgment, approbation, approval, satisfaction, gratification.
Ant. Rejection, refusal, repudiation, exclusion.
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Acceptation. Meaning, significance, sense, import, interpretation, construction, understanding; approval, adoption, acceptance.
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Access. Entrance, approach, passage, avenue, entry; admission, admittance, audience, interview; addition, increase, gain; accession; attack, onset, fit, paroxysm.
Ant. Exit, egress, departure; exclusion; repulse, recoil; retirement, retreat; quiescence, inertia, languor, torpor.
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Accessary, see Accessory.
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Accessible. Easy of access, approachable, affable, conversible.
Ant. Distant, cold, unapproachable, difficult.
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Accession. Addition, increase, enlargement, extension, augmentation; arrival, influx; attainment (of power).
Ant. Abandonment, decrease, ebb, drain, subsidence, departure, resignation, diminution.
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Accessory, n. Confederate, assistant, helper, associate, accomplice; detail, accompaniment, subordinate element; companion, partner.
Ant. Foe, rival, adversary, antagonist, opponent, enemy; principal, instigator.
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Accessory, a. Assisting, aiding, abetting, helping, acceding, additional; supplemental, subservient, subsidiary, subordinate, conducive; accompanying, contributory, auxiliary.
Ant. Essential, inherent; superfluous, irrelevant.
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Accident. Chance, disaster, happening, hazard, incident, misfortune, calamity, adventure, casualty, mishap, possibility.
Ant. Certainty, provision, plan, intention, appointment, calculation, law, necessity, purpose, preparation.
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Accidental. Casual, unintended, fortuitous, chance; incidental, immaterial, non-essential; occasional, contingent, adventitious.
Ant. Intended, purposed, prepared, appointed, certain.
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Acclamation. Applause, cheer, outcry, homage, gratulation, salutation.
Ant. Censure, execration, denunciation, obloquy, sibilation.
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Acclivity. Rise, incline, ascent, steep, hill, height.
Ant. Decline, declivity, hollow, descent, depth.
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Accommodate. Oblige, serve, furnish, supply, contain, hold, convenience; adapt, reconcile, adjust, harmonize, suit, conform, arrange.
Ant. Deprive, aggravate, inconvenience, disturb, disoblige; misfit, incommode.
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Accommodating. Kind, obliging, considerate, unselfish, polite, yielding, conciliatory.