Top 75 Words with Synonyms and Antonyms for Letter B ...

Top 75 Words with Synonyms and

Antonyms for Letter B - Notes in PDF

English is an important part of all the Government Exams. It holds good weightage & plays an important role in your overall performance. It is very necessary to have a good hold on grammar & vocabulary to score good marks in this section. Synonyms & Antonyms is a topic from which questions are sure to come. Hence, to help you improve your vocabulary, we are providing you with a series on Top Words with Synonyms and Antonyms for all the 26 letters of English Alphabet. Read this article on Top 75 Words with Synonyms and Antonyms for Letter B to enhance your knowledge of English Language.

Top 75 Words with Synonyms and Antonyms for Letter B

1. BALEFUL o Meaning: harmful, with evil intentions o Synonyms: harmful, with evil intentions o Antonyms: benevolent, friendly

2. BALM o Meaning: medicinal ointment, lotion, something that heals o Synonyms: pomade, emollient o Antonyms: astringent, irritant

3. BAN o Meaning: to forbid, outlaw o Synonyms: prohibit, debar o Antonyms: permit, admit

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o Meaning: to frustrate, confound, confuse, bewilder, impede a device for controlling the flow of gas, liquid or sound through an opening

o Synonyms: thwart, perplex, stymie o Antonyms: aid, contribute, assist 5. BANAL o Meaning: trite, overly common o Synonyms: clich?d, hackneyed o Antonyms: original, uncommon 6. BANE o Meaning: destruction, death, source of evil, curse, source of bad luck or

harm, cause of ruin o Synonyms: scourge, curse, pestilence o Antonyms: boon, benefit, advantage 7. BANTER o Meaning: to tease playfully and in good humour o Synonyms: gossipry, small talk, chitchat o Antonyms: debate, deliberation 8. BASHFUL o Meaning: shy, demure, quiet o Synonyms: coy, diffident, nervous o Antonyms: bold, extrovert, gregarious 9. BAROQUE o Meaning: a bold style in architecture, extravagant, ornate, elaborate style

of decoration or presentation o Synonyms: decorative, elaborate, rococo o Antonyms: plane, basic, pure, bare, obvious 10. BARONIAL o Meaning: grand, majestic, august, grandiose o Synonyms: grand, impressive, opulent 2|Page

o Antonyms: humble, modest, poor, meek 11. BAWDY

o Meaning: indecent, obscene o Synonyms: coarse, vulgar, lewd o Antonyms: refined, advanced, superior 12. BAWL o Meaning: cry, lament, grieve, bemoan, wail o Synonyms: cry, howl, wail, roar, sob, shout o Antonyms: whisper, murmur, undertone 13. BEATIFIC o Meaning: supremely happy, angelic, giving bliss, blissful o Synonyms: innocent, saintly, virtuous o Antonyms: evil, wrong, depraved, immoral 14. BEGUILE o Meaning: to deceive, mislead, charm o Synonyms: dupe, bewitch o Antonyms: be honest or straight 15. BECKON o Meaning: to make a summoning to, gesture, motion, nod o Synonyms: signal, sign, summon, gesture o Antonyms: dismiss, release, discharge, sack 16. BEHEMOTH o Meaning: huge creature or thing o Synonyms: colossus, goliath o Antonyms: tiny, lilliput 17. BELATED o Meaning: late, behind time o Synonyms: delayed, overdue 3|Page

o Antonyms: early, punctual 18. BELEAGUER

o Meaning: harass, surround o Synonyms: annoy, badger o Antonyms: assist, aid 19. BEFUDDLE o Meaning: confuse thoroughly o Synonyms: muddle, mix up, bewilder, baffle o Antonyms: teach, coach, tutor, educate, drill 20. BELITTLE o Meaning: to represent as unimportant, make light of o Synonyms: demean, disparage o Antonyms: praise, applaud 21. BELLICOSE o Meaning: ready to fight, aggressive o Synonyms: irascible, hostile o Antonyms: peace loving, amiable 22. BELLIGERENT o Meaning: hostile, aggressive, fighter o Synonyms: disputatious, quarrelsome o Antonyms: neutral, friendly 23. BELLOW o Meaning: to make a violent cry, to roar out like a bull, scream o Synonyms: shout, roar, yell, bawl, holler o Antonyms: whisper, sigh, rumour, hint 24. BENIGN o Meaning: kindly, favourable, gracious, gentle, mild, not malignant o Synonyms: humane, clement, humanitarian o Antonyms: barbarous, cruel, malignant 4|Page

25. BERATE o Meaning: to scold harshly o Synonyms: rebuke, admonish o Antonyms: praise, laud

26. BERSERK o Meaning: violently frenzied or angry, out of control, mad o Synonyms: maniacal, amok, crazy, mad o Antonyms: sane, sensible, sound, normal

27. BENEFICENT o Meaning: kindly in action and purpose, charitable, producing good effects o Synonyms: altruistic, philanthropic o Antonyms: unkind, mean

28. BENEVOLENCE o Meaning: charitableness, philanthropy, kindness o Synonyms: contribution, donation, largesse o Antonyms: enmity, resentment, malignancy

29. BESEIGE o Meaning: to surround to force to give up, harass, cause to feel distressed o Synonyms: blockade, surround, beset o Antonyms: divest, uncover, expose

30. BESTOW o Meaning: to give as a gift o Synonyms: confer on, award to o Antonyms: deprive, refuse

31. BIAS o Meaning: prejudice, slant o Synonyms: partiality, favoritism

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o Antonyms: impartiality, objectivity 32. BISECT

o Meaning: cut into two parts o Synonyms: break in two, split o Antonyms: join, unite 33. BICKER o Meaning: quarrel, quibble, argue o Synonyms: dispute, debate, squabble o Antonyms: agree, consent, correspond 34. BILATERAL o Meaning: two sided o Synonyms: two pronged, joint o Antonyms: independent, unilateral 35. BLAND o Meaning: smooth, gentle, suave, polite, mild o Synonyms: insipid, weak, tasteless, plain o Antonyms: spicy, piquant, peppery, zesty 36. BLASPHEMY o Meaning: words/actions meant to mock something, profane speaking,

swearing about something sacred, irreverence, cursing o Synonyms: desecration, impiety, sacrilege o Antonyms: faithfulness, godliness, piousness 37. BLATANT o Meaning: glaring, obvious, showy o Synonyms: shameless, evident o Antonyms: subtle, inconspicuous 38. BLUSH o Meaning: to grow red out of shame and confusion o Synonyms: go red, flush, colour, redden 6|Page

o Antonyms: blench, draw back, falter, recoil 39. BLEAK

o Meaning: colourless, cold, depressing, grim o Synonyms: barren, exposed, gaunt, open o Antonyms: cheerful, happy, smiling, joyful 40. BLISS o Meaning: the highest happiness, heavenly happiness o Synonyms: ecstasy, paradise, delight o Antonyms: misery, sadness, grief, sorrow 41. BLITHE o Meaning: cheerful, sprightly, gay, joyous, merry, casual, lighthearted o Synonyms: carefree, unconcerned, happy o Antonyms: tense, anxious, bothered, edgy 42. BLITHE o Meaning: cheerful, sprightly, gay, joyous, merry, casual, lighthearted o Synonyms: carefree, unconcerned, happy o Antonyms: tense, anxious, bothered, edgy 43. BOISTEROUS o Meaning: wild, noisy and exuberant turbulent, violent, rough o Synonyms: clamorous, obstreperous o Antonyms: quiet, shy, timid 44. BOLSTER o Meaning: to support, to give a boost to, reinforce o Synonyms: boost, strengthen, encourage o Antonyms: undermine, weaken, challenge 45. BOMBASTIC o Meaning: using high sounding but meaningless words o Synonyms: pompous, grandiloquent 7|Page

o Antonyms: simple, unpretentious 46. BOURGEOIS

o Meaning: middle class o Synonyms: conservative, materialistic o Antonyms: proletarian, communist 47. BOON o Meaning: blessing, something to be thankful for o Synonyms: godsend, bonus o Antonyms: curse, disadvantage 48. BOOR o Meaning: crude person, one lacking manners or taste o Synonyms: lout, ruffian o Antonyms: gentlemanly, well behaved 49. BRASH o Meaning: reckless, impetuous, impudent, audacious o Synonyms: hasty, foolhardy, aggressive o Antonyms: sluggish, unhurried, measured 50. BRAZEN o Meaning: bold, shameless, impudent, of or like brass o Synonyms: immodest, abashed o Antonyms: modest, shy 51. BREACH o Meaning: act of breaking, violation o Synonyms: contravention, infringement o Antonyms: bridge, upholding 52. BREVITY o Meaning: conciseness, shortness, terseness o Synonyms: briefness, concision, pithiness o Antonyms: length, span 8|Page

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