e, defend, maintain; second, back, aid. Antonyms: desert,
undermine, weaken, repudiate, oppose.
support, n. prop, buttress, brace, fulcrum, bolster, stanchion,
shore, staddle, supporter; maintenance, sustenance, subsistence, finding,
livelihood; base, foundation, basis; assistance, espousal, advocacy,
countenance; Caryatid. Antonyms: nonsupport, opposition, desertion,
repudiation.
supporter, n. advocate, adherent, defender, pillar, paraclete,
sustainer, upholder, support.
suppose, v. assume, conjecture, presume, imagine, believe, imply,
surmise.
supposed, a. assumed, presumed, putative.
supposition, n. hypothesis, conjecture, surmise, assumption,
presumption, postulate.
suppositional, a. hypothetical, conjectural, supposed, assumed.
suppress, v. quell, overpower, put down; check, repress, restrain;
secrete, conceal.
suppression, n. quelling, overthrow; repression, restraint;
concealment, secretion.
supreme, a. transcendent, preeminent, superlative, paramount,
predominant.
surcingle, n. girth.
sure, a. certain, inevitable; positive, confident, assured, sanguine,
convinced; unfailing, infallible, unerring, inerrable, abiding, stable,
trustworthy, reliable, dependable, secure, safe. Antonyms: uncertain,
doubtful, dubious.
sureness, n. certainty, inevitability, assurance, certitude, safety,
positiveness.
surety, n. sureness, certainty; security, pledge, guaranty; bondsman;
substitute, hostage; sponsor; ratification, corroboration.
surface, n. exterior, outside, superficies.
surfeit, n. fullness, repletion, satiety; superabundance, plethora.
surgeon's case of instruments. tweese.
surgery, n. aciurgy.
surly, a. morose, sullen, crabbed, unamiable, gruff, inurbane,
snarling, crusty.
surmise, v. suppose, conjecture, suspect, guess, opine.
surmise, n. supposition, conjecture, guess, suspicion.
surmount, v. overtop; conquer, overcome, vanquish.
surmountable, a. superable, conquerable. Antonyms:
insuperable, unsurmountable.
surname, n. patronymic, cognomen.
surpass, v. excel, exceed, outdo, outstrip, transcend.
surpassing, a. exceeding, superior, preeminent, transcendent,
supereminent.
surplus, n. surplusage, excess, overplus, residue, remainder.
surprise, v. amaze, astonish, astound.
surprise, n. amazement, astonishment.
surprising, a. astonishing, amazing, astounding, marvelous.
surrender, v. relinquish, yield, abandon, capitulate, waive, remit.
surrender,
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