Synonyms and Antonyms for Competitive Exams

279. E.G. (ADV / ABBR)

  • English Meaning: For example; such as
  • Urdu Meaning: مثلاً، جیسا کہ
  • Synonyms: For instance → Such as → Like → Namely
  • Antonyms: N/A (Not commonly used with direct antonyms

280. EBULLIENT (ADJ)
English Meaning: Very enthusiastic, lively, excited; bubbling as if boiling.
Urdu Meaning: جوشیلہ، پُرجوش، ابال سے بھرا ہوا
Synonyms: Exuberant → Joyful → Buoyant → Vivacious
Antonyms: Depressed → Gloomy → Downcast → Apathetic


281. ECCENTRIC (ADJ)
English Meaning: Peculiar, odd, deviating from the norm in a whimsical way.
Urdu Meaning: انوکھا، عجیب و غریب، غیر معمولی
Synonyms: Unconventional → Quirky → Bizarre → Idiosyncratic
Antonyms: Conventional → Normal → Ordinary → Typical


282. ECHELON (N)
English Meaning: A level, rank, or grade; the people at that level.
Urdu Meaning: درجہ، مرتبہ، عہدہ
Synonyms: Rank → Tier → Level → Stratum
Antonyms: Base → Inferior → Low rank


283. ECLECTIC (ADJ)
English Meaning: Selecting the best from many diverse sources.
Urdu Meaning: متنوع، مختلف ذرائع سے منتخب شدہ
Synonyms: Diverse → Varied → Broad → Wide-ranging
Antonyms: Narrow → Limited → Specific → Uniform


284. ECLIPSE (N/V)
English Meaning: Obscuring of one thing by another; to overshadow or make less important.
Urdu Meaning: گہن، چھا جانا، دھندلا دینا
Synonyms: Overshadow → Outshine → Diminish → Darken
Antonyms: Illuminate → Highlight → Brighten → Reveal


285. EDIFY (V)
English Meaning: Uplift, enlighten, instruct or improve morally or spiritually.
Urdu Meaning: اصلاح کرنا، اخلاقی تربیت دینا، رہنمائی کرنا
Synonyms: Instruct → Teach → Enlighten → Educate
Antonyms: Corrupt → Mislead → Degrade → Confuse


286. EFFICACY (N)
English Meaning: The ability to produce the intended effect.
Urdu Meaning: مؤثریت، اثر پذیری، کارگر ہونا
Synonyms: Effectiveness → Power → Efficiency → Potency
Antonyms: Ineffectiveness → Weakness → Failure → Inefficiency


287. EFFIGY (N)
English Meaning: Representation or image of a person, especially a crude mock-up of someone hated.
Urdu Meaning: پُتلا، نمائندہ شکل، مجسمہ (طنزیہ یا نفرت انگیز)
Synonyms: Statue → Image → Figure → Model
Antonyms: Reality → Original → Being


288. EFFRONTERY (N)
English Meaning: Shameless or rude boldness.
Urdu Meaning: ڈھٹائی، بے شرمی، بے باکی
Synonyms: Audacity → Impudence → Nerve → Brashness
Antonyms: Modesty → Humility → Shyness → Courtesy


289. EGALITARIAN (ADJ/N)
English Meaning: Believing in or supporting equality of all people.
Urdu Meaning: مساوات پسند، برابری کا حامی
Synonyms: Equal → Democratic → Fair → Inclusive
Antonyms: Elitist → Unequal → Hierarchical → Biased

290. EGREGIOUS (ADJ)
English Meaning: Extraordinarily or conspicuously bad; glaring.
Urdu Meaning: انتہائی برا، نمایاں خراب
Synonyms: Flagrant → Heinous → Atrocious → Outrageous
Antonyms: Minor → Trivial → Good → Acceptable


291. EGRESS (N)
English Meaning: An exit or the action of exiting.
Urdu Meaning: خروج، نکلنے کا راستہ
Synonyms: Exit → Way out → Departure → Outlet
Antonyms: Entrance → Ingress → Entry → Access


292. ELATED (ADJ)
English Meaning: Very happy, in high spirits.
Urdu Meaning: خوش، پرجوش، خوش مزاج
Synonyms: Overjoyed → Ecstatic → Jubilant → Exultant
Antonyms: Depressed → Sad → Miserable → Downcast


293. ELEGY (N)
English Meaning: Song or poem of sorrow, especially for a deceased person.
Urdu Meaning: مرثیہ، افسوس کا کلام
Synonyms: Lament → Dirge → Threnody → Requiem
Antonyms: Celebration → Praise → Jubilant song → Hymn


294. ELEVATE (V)
English Meaning: Raise, lift up; lift the spirits; move up to a higher rank or status; raise spiritually or intellectually.
Urdu Meaning: بلند کرنا، ترقی دینا، بہتر بنانا
Synonyms: Raise → Uplift → Promote → Advance
Antonyms: Lower → Demote → Drop → Depress


295. ELICIT (V)
English Meaning: Call forth, bring out, evoke.
Urdu Meaning: ظاہر کرنا، نکالنا، ابھارنا
Synonyms: Evoke → Draw out → Extract → Induce
Antonyms: Suppress → Stifle → Hide → Conceal


296. ELOQUENT (ADJ)
English Meaning: Marked by forceful, fluid, apt speech; expressive, emotionally moving.
Urdu Meaning: فصیح، بلیغ، موثر بات کرنے والا
Synonyms: Articulate → Persuasive → Expressive → Fluent
Antonyms: Inarticulate → Unexpressive → Mumbled → Awkward


297. EMACIATE (V)
English Meaning: Make abnormally thin; cause to physically waste away.
Urdu Meaning: کمزور، دبلا، زہنی یا جسمانی طور پر کمزور کرنا
Synonyms: Waste away → Thin → Wither → Attenuate
Antonyms: Fatten → Strengthen → Nourish → Bulk up


298. EMBELLISH (V)
English Meaning: Decorate, add ornamentation; enhance (a story) with fictional or fanciful details.
Urdu Meaning: سجانا، بہتر بنانا، آرائش کرنا
Synonyms: Adorn → Decorate → Enhance → Beautify
Antonyms: Simplify → Reduce → Deface → Plain


299. EMINENT (ADJ)
English Meaning: Prominent, distinguished, of high rank.
Urdu Meaning: ممتاز، نمایاں، معروف
Synonyms: Distinguished → Renowned → Celebrated → Notable
Antonyms: Obscure → Unknown → Insignificant → Lowly


300. EMPIRICAL (ADJ)
English Meaning: Coming from, based on, or able to be verified by experience or experimentation; not purely theoretical.
Urdu Meaning: تجرباتی، مشاہدے یا تجربے پر مبنی
Synonyms: Observational → Experimental → Factual → Practical
Antonyms: Theoretical → Speculative → Hypothetical → Abstract


301. EMULATE (V)
English Meaning: Copy in an attempt to equal or be better than.
Urdu Meaning: تقلید کرنا، پیروی کرنا، بہتر ہونے کی کوشش کرنا
Synonyms: Imitate → Copy → Mirror → Rival
Antonyms: Neglect → Ignore → Avoid → Diverge


302. ENCOMIUM (N)
English Meaning: Warm, glowing praise; a formal expression of praise.
Urdu Meaning: تعریف، ستائش، خوشگوار اور رسمی تعریف
Synonyms: Praise → Tribute → Eulogy → Commendation
Antonyms: Criticism → Blame → Censure → Condemnation


303. ENDEMIC (ADJ/N)
English Meaning: Native, local; specific to or confined to a particular place.
Urdu Meaning: مقامی، مخصوص علاقے کا، علاقائی
Synonyms: Native → Local → Indigenous → Regional
Antonyms: Exotic → Foreign → Alien → Non-native


304. ENERVATE (V)
English Meaning: Weaken, tire.
Urdu Meaning: کمزور کرنا، توانائی ختم کرنا
Synonyms: Weaken → Exhaust → Debilitate → Drain
Antonyms: Strengthen → Energize → Invigorate → Revive


305. ENGENDER (V)
English Meaning: Produce, give rise to, cause to exist; procreate.
Urdu Meaning: پیدا کرنا، جنم دینا، وجود میں لانا
Synonyms: Cause → Generate → Produce → Induce
Antonyms: Destroy → Prevent → Halt → Suppress


306. ENHANCE (V)
English Meaning: Raise to a higher value, desirability, etc.
Urdu Meaning: بڑھانا، بہتر بنانا، اہمیت دینا
Synonyms: Improve → Augment → Elevate → Boost
Antonyms: Reduce → Diminish → Lower → Weaken


307. ENIGMA (N)
English Meaning: Puzzle, mystery, riddle; mysterious or contradictory person.
Urdu Meaning: پہیلی، معمہ، پراسرار شخص
Synonyms: Mystery → Puzzle → Conundrum → Riddle
Antonyms: Solution → Explanation → Answer → Clarity


308. ENTITLEMENT (N)
English Meaning: Having the right to certain privileges; believing one deserves certain privileges.
Urdu Meaning: حق، اختیار، خصوصی مراعات کا حق
Synonyms: Right → Privilege → Claim → Authorization
Antonyms: Denial → Disqualification → Rejection → Forfeiture


309. ENUMERATE (V)
English Meaning: Count or list; specify one-by-one.
Urdu Meaning: گننا، فہرست بنانا، شمار کرنا
Synonyms: Count → List → Itemize → Specify
Antonyms: Generalize → Omit → Ignore → Neglect


310. EPHEMERAL (ADJ)
English Meaning: Lasting only a short time; fleeting.
Urdu Meaning: عارضی، وقتی، مختصر مدتی
Synonyms: Transient → Fleeting → Short-lived → Temporary
Antonyms: Permanent → Lasting → Enduring → Eternal


311. EPICURE (N)
English Meaning: Person with cultivated, refined tastes, especially in food and wine.
Urdu Meaning: ذائقہ شناس، خوش خوراک، لذت پسند
Synonyms: Gourmet → Connoisseur → Bon vivant → Foodie
Antonyms: Glutton → Ignoramus → Unrefined → Amateur


312. EQUANIMITY (N)
English Meaning: Composure, evenness of mind; mental or emotional stability, especially under stress.
Urdu Meaning: سکون، متانت، ذہنی استحکام
Synonyms: Calmness → Composure → Serenity → Poise
Antonyms: Anxiety → Agitation → Turmoil → Panic


313. EQUITABLE (ADJ)
English Meaning: Fair, equal, just.
Urdu Meaning: منصفانہ، برابر، غیر جانبدار
Synonyms: Fair → Just → Impartial → Balanced
Antonyms: Unfair → Biased → Partial → Inequitable


314. EQUIVOCATE (V)
English Meaning: Use unclear language to deceive or avoid committing to a position.
Urdu Meaning: مبہم بات کرنا، دھوکہ دینا
Synonyms: Hedge → Prevaricate → Dodge → Mislead
Antonyms: Speak clearly → Declare → State → Affirm


315. ERRATIC (ADJ)
English Meaning: Inconsistent, wandering, having no fixed course.
Urdu Meaning: غیر مستحکم، بے ربط، بے قاعدہ
Synonyms: Unpredictable → Inconsistent → Irregular → Capricious
Antonyms: Consistent → Regular → Predictable → Stable

316. ERRONEOUS (ADJ)

  • English Meaning: Mistaken, in error; improper, morally incorrect
  • Urdu Meaning: غلط، خطا پر مبنی، اخلاقی طور پر غلط
  • Synonyms: Wrong → Faulty → Incorrect → Flawed
  • Antonyms: Accurate → Correct → True → Valid

317. ERSATZ (ADJ)

  • English Meaning: Artificial, synthetic; being an inferior substitute
  • Urdu Meaning: جعلی، مصنوعی، کم تر معیار کا
  • Synonyms: Fake → Imitation → Substitute → False
  • Antonyms: Genuine → Real → Authentic → Original

318. ERSTWHILE (ADJ / ADV)

  • English Meaning: Former, previous (adj); in the past, formerly (adv)
  • Urdu Meaning: سابقہ، پچھلا، ماضی میں
  • Synonyms: Former → Previous → Ex → Past
  • Antonyms: Current → Present → Existing → Modern

319. ERUDITE (ADJ)

  • English Meaning: Scholarly, knowledgeable; possessing deep, often systematic, knowledge
  • Urdu Meaning: عالم، فاضل، علم والا
  • Synonyms: Learned → Wise → Intellectual → Well-read
  • Antonyms: Ignorant → Uneducated → Illiterate → Simple

320. ESCHEW (V)

  • English Meaning: Shun, avoid, abstain from
  • Urdu Meaning: بچنا، پرہیز کرنا، دور رہنا
  • Synonyms: Avoid → Shun → Abstain → Evade
  • Antonyms: Embrace → Accept → Welcome → Adopt

321. ESOTERIC (ADJ)

  • English Meaning: Understood by or intended for only a few; secret
  • Urdu Meaning: خفیہ، مخصوص لوگوں کے لئے، سمجھ سے باہر
  • Synonyms: Obscure → Private → Secret → Mysterious
  • Antonyms: Common → Simple → Public → Known

322. ESTIMABLE (ADJ)

  • English Meaning: Worthy of esteem, admirable; able to be estimated
  • Urdu Meaning: لائقِ احترام، قابلِ تعریف، قابلِ اندازہ
  • Synonyms: Admirable → Honorable → Praiseworthy → Respectable
  • Antonyms: Dishonorable → Contemptible → Unworthy → Mean

323. ETHOS (N)

  • English Meaning: The character, personality, or moral values specific to a person, group, time period, etc.
  • Urdu Meaning: اخلاقی اقدار، مزاج، کردار
  • Synonyms: Spirit → Character → Culture → Values
  • Antonyms: Corruption → Immorality → Dishonor → Vice

324. EULOGY (N)

  • English Meaning: Speech of praise or written work of praise, esp. a speech given at a funeral
  • Urdu Meaning: تعریف و توصیف، تعریفی تقریر، جنازے پر تقریر
  • Synonyms: Praise → Tribute → Commendation → Panegyric
  • Antonyms: Criticism → Condemnation → Attack → Reproach

325. EUPHEMISM (N)

  • English Meaning: Substitution of a mild, inoffensive, or indirect expression for one considered offensive or too direct
  • Urdu Meaning: خوش کلامی، نرمی سے کہنے کا طریقہ
  • Synonyms: Polite term → Mild expression → Understatement → Substitute
  • Antonyms: Dysphemism → Harsh term → Directness → Bluntness

326. EUPHONY (N)

  • English Meaning: Pleasing or sweet sound, especially as formed by a harmonious use of words
  • Urdu Meaning: خوش آہنگی، دلکش آواز
  • Synonyms: Melody → Harmony → Sweetness → Music
  • Antonyms: Cacophony → Dissonance → Discord → Harshness

327. EXACERBATE (V)

  • English Meaning: Make worse (more violent, severe, etc.); inflame; irritate or embitter (a person)
  • Urdu Meaning: بگاڑنا، مزید خراب کرنا، بھڑکانا
  • Synonyms: Worsen → Aggravate → Intensify → Provoke
  • Antonyms: Alleviate → Soothe → Calm → Improve

328. EXACTING (ADJ)

  • English Meaning: Very severe in making demands; requiring precise attention
  • Urdu Meaning: سخت مطالبہ کرنے والا، محنت طلب
  • Synonyms: Demanding → Rigorous → Harsh → Challenging
  • Antonyms: Easy → Lenient → Tolerant → Gentle

329. EXCULPATE (V)

  • English Meaning: Clear from guilt or blame
  • Urdu Meaning: بری کرنا، الزام سے چھٹکارا دلانا
  • Synonyms: Absolve → Vindicate → Acquit → Exonerate
  • Antonyms: Blame → Accuse → Condemn → Incriminate

330. EXHAUSTIVE (ADJ)

  • English Meaning: Comprehensive, thorough, exhausting a topic or subject, accounting for all possibilities; draining, tending to exhaust
  • Urdu Meaning: جامع، مکمل، تھکا دینے والا
  • Synonyms: Thorough → Comprehensive → Complete → Detailed
  • Antonyms: Incomplete → Partial → Superficial → Limited

331. EXIGENT (ADJ)

  • English Meaning: Requiring immediate attention, action, or aid; excessively demanding
  • Urdu Meaning: فوری ضرورت والا، ہنگامی، سخت مطالبہ کرنے والا
  • Synonyms: Urgent → Pressing → Critical → Demanding
  • Antonyms: Unimportant → Trivial → Minor → Nonessential

332. EXONERATE (V)

  • English Meaning: Clear from blame or accusation; free from a responsibility
  • Urdu Meaning: بری الذمہ کرنا، الزام ختم کرنا
  • Synonyms: Absolve → Acquit → Vindicate → Clear
  • Antonyms: Blame → Incriminate → Convict → Accuse

333. EXPEDIENT (ADJ)

  • English Meaning: Suitable, proper; effective, often at the expense of ethics or other considerations
  • Urdu Meaning: مفید، موزوں، وقتی فائدے والا
  • Synonyms: Convenient → Practical → Advantageous → Useful
  • Antonyms: Inadvisable → Unwise → Impractical → Detrimental

334. EXPLICIT (ADJ)

  • English Meaning: Direct, clear, fully revealed; clearly depicting sex or nudity
  • Urdu Meaning: صاف، واضح، بے پردہ
  • Synonyms: Clear → Direct → Plain → Unambiguous
  • Antonyms: Vague → Implicit → Obscure → Hidden

335. EXPONENT (N)

  • English Meaning: Person who expounds or explains; champion, advocate, or representative
  • Urdu Meaning: حامی، وکیل، نمائندہ
  • Synonyms: Advocate → Proponent → Supporter → Representative
  • Antonyms: Opponent → Critic → Adversary → Detractor

336. EXPURGATE (V)

  • English Meaning: Censor; remove objectionable or offensive parts
  • Urdu Meaning: ناپسندیدہ یا قابلِ اعتراض حصے نکالنا
  • Synonyms: Censor → Purify → Edit → Cleanse
  • Antonyms: Permit → Approve → Allow → Sanction

337. EXTEMPORANEOUS (ADJ)

  • English Meaning: Done without preparation (esp. of a speech), or with some preparation but no notes; improvised, done on the spur of the moment
  • Urdu Meaning: فی البدیہہ، بغیر تیاری کے
  • Synonyms: Impromptu → Improvised → Unrehearsed → Spontaneous
  • Antonyms: Prepared → Planned → Scripted → Practiced

338. EXTRANEOUS (ADJ)

  • English Meaning: Irrelevant; foreign, coming from without, not belonging
  • Urdu Meaning: غیر متعلق، بیرونی، غیر ضروری
  • Synonyms: Irrelevant → Unrelated → External → Superfluous
  • Antonyms: Relevant → Essential → Necessary → Pertinent

339. EXTRAPOLATE (V)

  • English Meaning: Conjecture about an unknown by projecting information about something known; predict by projecting past experience
  • Urdu Meaning: اندازہ لگانا، پچھلے تجربے سے نتیجہ اخذ کرنا
  • Synonyms: Predict → Infer → Estimate → Project
  • Antonyms: Miscalculate → Guess → Confuse → Misinterpret