Synonyms and antonyms (Q)

Synonyms are two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context, opposite of antonym.

• Quack

Syn.: empiric, mountebank, charlatan, imposter, pretender, humbug.
antonym(s): dupe, gull, victim.

• Quaff

Syn.: drink, swallow, imbibe.
antonym(s): disgorge, spew, vomit.

• Quagmire, see marsh.
• Quail

Syn.: sink, shrink, cower, succumb, crouch, flinch, blench, tremble.
antonym(s): stand, defy, withstand, face, endure.

• Quaint

Syn.: curious, recondite, abstruse, elegant, nice, affected, whimsical, odd, antique, archaic, fanciful, singular, old-fashioned.
antonym(s): commonplace, ordinary, usual, coarse, common, modern, modish, fashionable, dowdy.

• Quake

Syn.: tremble, shake, shudder, vibrate, quiver, quaver.
antonym(s): stand, rest, root.

• Qualification

Syn.: capacity, fitness, condition, capability, accomplishment, requirement, limitation, modification.
antonym(s): incapacity, unfitness, absoluteness, disqualification, nonqualification, unrestrictedness.

• Qualified

Syn.: fitted, adapted, competent, suitable, see suitable.

• Qualify

Syn.: fit, prepare, adapt, capacitate, limit, restrict, enable, render capable.
antonym(s): unfit, misprepare, misqualify, disqualify, incapacitate, free, absolve.

• Quality

Syn.: condition, character, property, attribute, peculiarity, disposition, temper, sort, kind, description, capacity, power, virtue, nature, tendency.
antonym(s): anomalousness, heterogeneousness, nondescript, incapacity, weakness, instistinctiveness, ineffectiveness, disqualification, negation, disability.

• Qualm

Syn.: misgiving, remorse, scruple, penitence.
antonym(s): comfort, ease, self-satisfaction, self-approval.

• Quandary

Syn.: hobble, difficulty, doubt, puzzle, uncertainty, perplexity, bewilderment, dubitation, baiting, dilemma, embarrassment.
antonym(s): clearsightedness, resolution, plainness, clearness, obviousness, facility, disencumbrance, disentanglement, disembarrassment.

• Quantity

Syn.: measure, amount, bulk, size, sum, portion, aggregate, muchness, part, share, division.
antonym(s): margin, deficiency, deduction, want, inadequacy, scantiness, insufficiency, loss, deterioration, diminution, waste, wear, leakage.

• Quarrel

Syn.: brawl, altercation, affray, squabble, feud, tumult, dispute, wrangle, variance, disagreement, misunderstanding, hostility, quarreling, embroilment, bickering, broil.
antonym(s): confabulation, conversation, chat, pleasantry, conciliation, agreement, harmony, understanding, friendliness, peace, amity, good will.

• Quarrel

Syn.: wrangle, squabble, dispute, spur, jangle, fall out, bicker, brawl, see brawl.

• Quarreling, see quarrel.
• Quarrelsome

Syn.: choleric, irascible, petulant, litigious, pugnacious, brawling, fiery, hot-tempered, contentious, irritable.
antonym(s): peaceable, amenable, genial, unquarrelsome, inoffensive, mild, meek, conciliatory, bland, suave.

• Quarter

Syn.: region, district, locality, territory, mercy, forbearance, pity.
antonym(s): extermination, mercilessness, unsparingness, pitilessness, ruthless, ness.

• Quash

Syn.: crush, extinguish, overthrow, annihilate, annul, nullify, suppress, cancel, vacate.
antonym(s): sap, undermine, disorganize, decompose.

• Quaver, see pleasure.
• Queer

Syn.: odd, whimsical, quaint, cross, strange, crochety, singular, eccentric.
antonym(s): ordinary, common, usual, familiar, customary.

• Quell

Syn.: extinguish, destroy, crush, reduce, allay, stifle, quiet, pacify, quench, repress, suppress, calm, put out, subdue, quench, overpower.
antonym(s): foster, excite, fan, aggravate, stir, irritate, disturb, raise, inflame.

• Quench, see quell.
• Querlmonlous

Syn.: malcontent, dissatisfied, opposititious, litigious.
antonym(s): contented, satisfied, complacent, amenable, conformable.

• Querulous

Syn.: quarrelsome, complaining, fretful, repining, discontented, dissatisfied, chiding, murmuring, whining, peevish, fastidious, irritable.
antonym(s): easy, uncomplaining, satisfied, contented, submissive, genial, complacent, cheerful, good-tempered.

• Query

Syn.: question, interrogation, inquiry.
antonym(s): answer.

• Question

Syn.: ask, inquire, interrogate, doubt, investigate, dubitate, controvert, dispute.
antonym(s): dictate, state, assert, pronounce, enunciate, concede, endorse, affirm, grant, allow.

• Question

Syn.: inquiry, interrogation, doubt, scrutiny, investigation, topic.
antonym(s): reply, response, solution, answer, explanation, admission, concession.

• Questionable

Syn.: doubtful, dubious, problematical, disputable, debatable, uncertain, suspicious.
antonym(s): certain, evident, self-evident, obvious, indisputable.

• Quibble

Syn.: shuffle, evade, trifle, cavil, equivocate, prevaricate.
antonym(s): reason, argue, enunciate, investigate, discuss.

• Quick

Syn.: fast, rapid, speedy, expeditious, swift, hasty, prompt, ready, clever, sharp, shrewd, adroit, keen, fleet, active, brisk, nimble, lively, agile, alert, sprightly, transient, intelligent, irascible.
antonym(s): slow, tardy, sluggish, inert, inactive, dull, insensitive.

• Quicken

Syn.: accelerate, animate, revive, reinvigorate, resuscitate, vivify, stimulate, hurry, hasten, urge, excite, promote, expedite.
antonym(s): retard, delay, encumber, clog, drag, detain, discourage, allay.

• Quickness

Syn.: liveliness, velocity, speed, swiftness, celerity, fleetness, haste.
antonym(s): slowness, tardiness, dilatoriness.

• Quiescence

Syn.: repose, rest, quiet, quietude, dormancy, tranquillity, silence, stillness, actrvrrr.

• Quiet

Syn.: rest, repose, stillness, calm, appeasement, pacification, silence, peace.
antonym(s): unrest, motion, noise, agitation, excitement, disturbance, turmoil, tumult.

• Quiet

Syn.: allay, appease, still, pacify, hush, lull, tranquillize, soothe, calm.
antonym(s): rouse, excite, disturb, agitate, stir, urge, goad.

• Quit

Syn.: leave, resign, abandon, relinquish, discharge, release, surrender, give up, depart from, forsake.
antonym(s): seek, occupy, invade, bind, enforce, haunt, enter.

• Quite

Syn.: perfectly, entirely, completely, wholly, truly, altogether, totally.
antonym(s): partially, imperfectly, barely, insufficiently, hardly.

• Quittance

Syn.: discharge, absolution, remission, release.
antonym(s): distraint, exaction, bond, debt, obligation.

• Quiver

Syn.: shake, shiver, vibrate, tremble, quake, see pleasure.

• Quote

Syn.: cite, name, adduce, plead, allege, note, repeat.
antonym(s): disprove, refute, retort, oppose, contradict, traverse, misquote, misadduce, rebut.

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