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English section is an important part of all the Banking & SSC Exams. This section has a decent share of the weightage & plays a vital role in shaping up your overall performance. It is very necessary to have a good hold on grammar & vocabulary to ace this section with ease. Synonyms & Antonyms is a topic from which questions definitely come. Hence, to help you improve your vocabulary, we are providing you with a series on Top 100 Words with Synonyms and Antonyms for all the 26 letters of English Alphabet. Read this article on Top 100 Words with Synonyms and Antonyms for Letter A to enhance your knowledge of English Language.

Top 100 Words With Synonyms and Antonyms for Letter A

1. ABET

? Meaning: to give encouragement, to help, to aid, assist, usually in doing some wrong, encourage a bad act, foment, instigate

? Synonyms: be an accomplice, help, support ? Antonyms: oppose, protest, hinder, hamper

2. ABASE

? Meaning: to lower, to degrade, to humiliate ? Synonyms: fall, debase, devalue, defile ? Antonyms: honour, upgrade, grace, elevat

3. ABEYANCE

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? Meaning: temporary suppression or suspension ? Synonyms: unresolved, incomplete ? Antonyms: continuing, under way

4. ABASH

? Meaning: to strike with shame, to embarrass ? Synonyms: awe, humiliate, humble, deflate ? Antonyms: embolden, reassure

5. ABHOR

? Meaning: to loathe, detest ? Synonyms: despise, abominate ? Antonyms: love, admire

6. ABATE

? Meaning: to lessen, to nullify, to decrease, moderate, slacken, wane ? Synonyms: lessen, shrink ? Antonyms: increase, augment, swell, grow

7. ABJECT

? Meaning: miserable, pitiful ? Synonyms: appalling, contemptible ? Antonyms: proud, respected

8. ABANDON

? Meaning: total lack of inhibition ? Synonyms: recklessness, carelessness, desert, discontinue 2|Page

? Antonyms: restraint, caution, retain, continue

9. ABJURE

? Meaning: to reject, abandon formally ? Synonyms: renounce, repudiate ? Antonyms: cherish, retain

10. ABDICATE

? Meaning: to give up a position, right, or power ? Synonyms: relinquish, renounce ? Antonyms: accept, accede to

11. ABLUTION

? Meaning: act of cleansing ? Synonyms: purification, sanctification ? Antonyms: contamination, defilement

12. ABDUCT

? Meaning: to forcefully take away ? Synonyms: kidnap, carry off, steal, nab ? Antonyms: deliver, rescue, salvage, liberate

13. ABERRATION

? Meaning: something different from the usual ? Synonyms: digression, deviation ? Antonyms: normality, regularity 3|Page

14. ABORTIVE

? Meaning: stopped before completion, failed attempt ? Synonyms: unsuccessful, unprogressive ? Antonyms: effective, fruitful

15. ABOLISH

? Meaning: to put an end to, to do away with ? Synonyms: eliminate, stop, eradicate, annul ? Antonyms: establish, found, start, create

16. ABSTEMIOUS

? Meaning: sparing in food, drink or enjoyment, moderate, temperate ? Synonyms: self ? denying, ascetic, sober ? Antonyms: wild, abandoned, unreserved

17. ABSTRACT

? Meaning: theoretical , summation ? Synonyms: conceptual, synopsis ? Antonyms: actual, concrete, full ? version

18. ABSTRUSE

? Meaning: difficult to understand ? Synonyms: perplexing, complicated ? Antonyms: clear, obvious

19. ABRIDGE

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? Meaning: to condense, shorten ? Synonyms: condense, compress ? Antonyms: expand, enlarge

20. ABUNDANT

? Meaning: ample, copious, luxuriant, overflowing ? Synonyms: plentiful, copious, rich, profuse ? Antonyms: meager, scarce, inadequate

21. ABSCOND

? Meaning: to depart secretly ? Synonyms: flee, run away ? Antonyms: arrest, stay

22. ABSOLVE

? Meaning: to forgive, free from blame ? Synonyms: acquit, exonerate ? Antonyms: condemn, incriminate

23. ACCEDE

? Meaning: to express approval, agree to ? Synonyms: endorse, comply ? Antonyms: refuse, deny

24. ACCOST

? Meaning: to approach and speak to someone 5|Page

? Synonyms: confront, waylay ? Antonyms: retreat, withdraw

25. ACCESSIBLE

? Meaning: attainable, available, approachable ? Synonyms: obtainable, reachable ? Antonyms: inapproachable, unreachable

26. ACCRETION

? Meaning: growth in size or increase in amount ? Synonyms: accumulation, amassing ? Antonyms: erosion, attrition

27. ACCESSORY

? Meaning: attachment, ornament, accomplice, partner ? Synonyms: appendage, appurtenance ? Antonyms: principal, adversary

28. ACCURE

? Meaning: to accumulate, grow by additions ? Synonyms: amass, build up ? Antonyms: disperse, diffuse

29. ACCLAIM

? Meaning: commendation, citation, eulogy, applaud, announce with great approval

? Synonyms: applause, cheer, encomium 6|Page

? Antonyms: disapprove, odium, boycott

30. ACE

? Meaning: of highest quality, outstanding ? Synonyms: first rate, world class, winner ? Antonyms: miserable, terrible, abysmal

31. ACERBIC

? Meaning: bitter and sour, corrosive ? Synonyms: acidulous, cutting, caustic, mordant ? Antonyms: mild, gentle, meek, placid, calm

32. ACCOLADE

? Meaning: praise, distinction ? Synonyms: honour, recognition ? Antonyms: criticism, disparagement

33. ACME

? Meaning: highest point, summit ? Synonyms: pinnacle, zenith ? Antonyms: pit, nadir

34. ACQUISITION

? Meaning: possession, property, addition, gain, prize ? Synonyms: attainment, achievement ? Antonyms: loss, defeat, beating, hammering 7|Page

35. ACQUITTAL

? Meaning: release from blame ? Synonyms: discharge, exoneration ? Antonyms: conviction, incarceration

36. ACTUATE

? Meaning: to put something into action, to start something, motivate ? Synonyms: drive, incite, goad, instigate ? Antonyms: hinder, deter, restrain

37. ACRIMONY

? Meaning: bitterness, animosity ? Synonyms: resentment, causticity ? Antonyms: goodwill, benevolence

38. ACRID

? Meaning: bitter, pungent, sarcastic, acerbic, vitriolic, caustic, sharp, biting ? Synonyms: choking, unpleasant, harsh ? Antonyms: savory, delectable

39. ACUMEN

? Meaning: sharpness of insight ? Synonyms: astuteness, sagacity ? Antonyms: witlessness, idiocy

40. ADAMANT

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