
The words blockage, encumbrance, handicap are antonyms for "help".
The words acknowledge, enjoy, welcome are synonyms for "appreciate". Antonyms are used to express the opposite of a word. Antonym definitionĪn antonym is a word, adjective, verb or expression whose meaning is opposite to that of a word. This avoids repetitions in a sentence without changing its meaning. Synonyms are other words that mean the same thing. LincolnĪ synonym is a word, adjective, verb or expression that has the same meaning as another, or almost the same meaning.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. I tried to joke him into better humor, but he did not respond to my jokes. Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. "Looks as if facin' my jokes was no child's play, don't it," he observed. Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. The joke was wasted, as all jokes seemed to be upon Mr. Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola. They laughed so at the jokes about her belly that the column itself vibrated. Is a celebrated humorist, seeing through all jokes but himself. Beneath the surface of his jokes there is moral earnestness, there is ethical passion. Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry. The jokes are in the vernacular, but in a vernacular as spoken in a certain social medium. Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman. The Citizen Morot could not hear the jokes nor distinguish the cause of the groaning. Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J.
There are lots of jokes, but I am such a one for forgetting them.'. Extract from : « Monsieur du Muroir (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne. But he has played so many of these jokes that they begin to lose their effect.