Synonyms and Antonyms for Competitive Exams

123. Cacophony (N)

  • English Meaning: Harsh, discordant, or meaningless mixture of sounds
  • Urdu Meaning: بے سُراپن، شور شرابا
  • Synonyms: Dissonance → Noise → Uproar → Clamor
  • Antonyms: Harmony → Melody → Silence → Music

124. Calumny (N)

  • English Meaning: Malicious lie intended to hurt someone’s reputation; the act of telling such lies
  • Urdu Meaning: بہتان، بدنامی، بہتان تراشی
  • Synonyms: Slander → Defamation → Libel → Smear
  • Antonyms: Praise → Compliment → Commendation → Applause

125. Canard (N)

  • English Meaning: Rumor, a false or baseless story
  • Urdu Meaning: جھوٹی خبر، بے بنیاد افواہ
  • Synonyms: Hoax → Rumor → Fabrication → Falsehood
  • Antonyms: Truth → Fact → Reality → Verity

126. Candid (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Open, sincere, honest
  • Urdu Meaning: صاف گو، بے باک، کھرا
  • Synonyms: Frank → Honest → Open → Sincere → Straightforward
  • Antonyms: Deceptive → Dishonest → Reserved → Secretive

127. Canonical (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Authorized, recognized; pertaining to the canon or accepted standards
  • Urdu Meaning: مستند، باقاعدہ، اصولی
  • Synonyms: Accepted → Authoritative → Recognized → Standard
  • Antonyms: Unofficial → Unrecognized → Apocryphal

128. Capricious (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Acting on impulse, erratic
  • Urdu Meaning: ناپائیدار، مزاجی، بے اصول
  • Synonyms: Fickle → Unpredictable → Whimsical → Inconstant
  • Antonyms: Steady → Predictable → Reliable → Consistent

129. Cardinal (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Chief, most important
  • Urdu Meaning: بنیادی، اہم ترین
  • Synonyms: Principal → Chief → Main → Essential → Primary
  • Antonyms: Minor → Secondary → Insignificant → Trivial

130. Cartography (N)

  • English Meaning: Mapmaking
  • Urdu Meaning: نقشہ سازی، جغرافیائی نقشہ نگاری
  • Synonyms: Mapmaking → Charting → Mapping
  • Antonyms: (None directly, but opposite could be) Non-graphy → Uncharted

131. Castigate (V)

  • English Meaning: Criticize severely; punish in order to correct
  • Urdu Meaning: سخت تنقید کرنا، سزا دینا
  • Synonyms: Criticize → Rebuke → Scold → Punish → Reprimand
  • Antonyms: Praise → Commend → Applaud → Reward

132. Catalyst (N)

  • English Meaning: Causer of change
  • Urdu Meaning: تبدیلی لانے والا، اتپریرک
  • Synonyms: Stimulus → Impetus → Spark → Agent → Provoker
  • Antonyms: Hindrance → Obstacle → Block → Deterrent

133. Catholic (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Universal, broad-minded
  • Urdu Meaning: ہمہ گیر، کشادہ نظر
  • Synonyms: Universal → Inclusive → Broad → Liberal → Comprehensive
  • Antonyms: Narrow → Limited → Exclusive → Intolerant → Restricted

134. Caustic (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Capable of corroding; very critical or sarcastic
  • Urdu Meaning: تیزاب نما، طنزیہ
  • Synonyms: Sarcastic → Bitter → Cutting → Acerbic → Mordant
  • Antonyms: Gentle → Mild → Soothing → Kind → Complimentary

135. Censure (N/V)

  • English Meaning: Strong disapproval; to issue such disapproval
  • Urdu Meaning: سرزنش، ملامت
  • Synonyms: Criticism → Condemnation → Blame → Reproach → Reprimand
  • Antonyms: Praise → Approval → Commendation → Endorsement → Support

136. Chauvinism (N)

  • English Meaning: Fanatical patriotism; biased devotion to a group
  • Urdu Meaning: اندھی عقیدت، انتہا پسندی
  • Synonyms: Nationalism → Jingoism → Bias → Prejudice → Zealotry
  • Antonyms: Tolerance → Impartiality → Fairness → Open-mindedness → Neutrality

137. Chicanery (N)

  • English Meaning: Trickery or deception through false arguments
  • Urdu Meaning: فریب، مکر
  • Synonyms: Deception → Fraud → Trickery → Artifice → Subterfuge
  • Antonyms: Honesty → Truth → Candor → Fairness → Integrity

138. Chronological (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Arranged in time order
  • Urdu Meaning: زمانی ترتیب سے
  • Synonyms: Sequential → Ordered → Historical → Progressive → Consecutive
  • Antonyms: Random → Unordered → Mixed → Haphazard → Disorganized

139. Circumscribe (V)

  • English Meaning: To limit strictly; to draw a boundary around
  • Urdu Meaning: محدود کرنا، گھیرنا
  • Synonyms: Restrict → Confine → Bound → Enclose → Delimit
  • Antonyms: Free → Release → Expand → Liberate → Widen

140. Circumspect (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Cautious; careful to consider consequences
  • Urdu Meaning: محتاط، سوچ سمجھ کر
  • Synonyms: Careful → Prudent → Vigilant → Guarded → Wary
  • Antonyms: Careless → Reckless → Rash → Impulsive → Negligent

141. Clamber (V)

  • English Meaning: To climb awkwardly or with difficulty
  • Urdu Meaning: مشکل سے چڑھنا، رینگنا
  • Synonyms: Scramble → Scale → Mount → Climb → Crawl
  • Antonyms: Glide → Slide → Descend → Drop → Fall

142. Clamor (N)

  • English Meaning: Loud uproar; continuous noise; protest
  • Urdu Meaning: شور و غل، احتجاج
  • Synonyms: Uproar → Noise → Outcry → Tumult → Hubbub
  • Antonyms: Silence → Calm → Peace → Quiet → Tranquility

143. Clinch (V)

  • English Meaning: To settle conclusively; fasten or hold together
  • Urdu Meaning: طے کرنا، مضبوطی سے باندھنا
  • Synonyms: Secure → Confirm → Finalize → Fasten → Seal
  • Antonyms: Loose → Release → Abandon → Unfasten → Unsettle

144. Cloying (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Disgustingly or excessively sweet
  • Urdu Meaning: حد سے زیادہ میٹھا یا بیزار کن
  • Synonyms: Sickly → Over-sweet → Sugary → Nauseating → Excessive
  • Antonyms: Pleasant → Delightful → Agreeable → Refreshing → Balanced

145. Coagulate (V)

  • English Meaning: To cause a liquid to become solid or semisolid
  • Urdu Meaning: گاڑھا ہونا، جم جانا
  • Synonyms: Thicken → Solidify → Clot → Curdle → Congeal
  • Antonyms: Liquefy → Dissolve → Melt → Soften → Dilute

146. Coalesce (V)

  • English Meaning: To come together or unite into one
  • Urdu Meaning: یکجا ہونا، اکٹھا ہونا
  • Synonyms: Merge → Unite → Combine → Fuse → Integrate
  • Antonyms: Separate → Divide → Split → Detach → Disconnect

147. Coda (N)

  • English Meaning: The concluding part of a musical or literary work
  • Urdu Meaning: اختتامی حصہ، خاتمہ
  • Synonyms: Conclusion → Finale → Ending → Epilogue → Close
  • Antonyms: Beginning → Start → Opening → Prelude → Commencement

148. Coffer (N)

  • English Meaning: A chest for valuables; treasury or funds
  • Urdu Meaning: خزانہ، صندوق
  • Synonyms: Treasury → Chest → Strongbox → Safe → Repository
  • Antonyms: Poverty → Deficit → Penury → Debt → Emptiness

149. Cogent (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Very convincing; logically sound
  • Urdu Meaning: مضبوط دلیل والا، قائل کرنے والا
  • Synonyms: Convincing → Persuasive → Logical → Compelling → Valid
  • Antonyms: Weak → Unconvincing → Illogical → Flawed → Invalid

150. Collude (V)

  • English Meaning: To conspire or cooperate for illegal purposes
  • Urdu Meaning: ملی بھگت کرنا، سازش کرنا
  • Synonyms: Conspire → Plot → Scheme → Connive → Collaborate
  • Antonyms: Oppose → Resist → Confront → Betray → Prevent

151. Commensurate (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Equal in size, extent, or proportionate
  • Urdu Meaning: مساوی، ہم آہنگ
  • Synonyms: Equivalent → Proportionate → Equal → Corresponding → Balanced
  • Antonyms: Disproportionate → Unequal → Incommensurate → Inadequate → Inconsistent

152. Compendium (N)

  • English Meaning: A concise but complete summary; collection
  • Urdu Meaning: خلاصہ، جامع کتابچہ
  • Synonyms: Summary → Abstract → Digest → Synopsis → Collection
  • Antonyms: Expansion → Detail → Enlargement → Elaboration → Extension

153. Complacent (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Self-satisfied, smug, overly content
  • Urdu Meaning: مطمئن، غرور میں مبتلا
  • Synonyms: Self-satisfied → Smug → Conceited → Content → Pleased
  • Antonyms: Dissatisfied → Concerned → Critical → Humble → Uneasy

154. Complaisant (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Eager to please; cheerfully obliging
  • Urdu Meaning: خوش اخلاق، راضی رہنے والا
  • Synonyms: Obliging → Agreeable → Accommodating → Polite → Courteous
  • Antonyms: Disagreeable → Stubborn → Uncooperative → Rude → Obstinate

155. Complementary (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Completing or fitting together well; filling mutual needs
  • Urdu Meaning: تکمیلی، ایک دوسرے کو مکمل کرنے والا
  • Synonyms: Supplementary → Harmonizing → Matching → Compatible → Corresponding
  • Antonyms: Opposing → Contradictory → Conflicting → Incompatible → Different

156. Compliant (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Obeying, submissive, following requirements
  • Urdu Meaning: فرماں بردار، اطاعت گزار
  • Synonyms: Obedient → Submissive → Docile → Dutiful → Yielding
  • Antonyms: Defiant → Disobedient → Rebellious → Resistant → Stubborn

157. Concede (V)

  • English Meaning: To admit, yield, or give in reluctantly
  • Urdu Meaning: مان لینا، تسلیم کرنا، جھک جانا
  • Synonyms: Admit → Acknowledge → Surrender → Grant → Yield
  • Antonyms: Deny → Refuse → Reject → Withhold → Resist

158. Conciliatory (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Intended to make peace; reconciling
  • Urdu Meaning: صلح جو، مفاہمت کرنے والا
  • Synonyms: Appeasing → Pacifying → Peaceful → Soothing → Calm
  • Antonyms: Antagonistic → Hostile → Provocative → Aggressive → Inflammatory

159. Concur (V)

  • English Meaning: To agree or approve
  • Urdu Meaning: متفق ہونا، راضی ہونا
  • Synonyms: Agree → Consent → Approve → Affirm → Support
  • Antonyms: Disagree → Oppose → Reject → Deny → Differ

160. Condone (V)

  • English Meaning: To overlook, tolerate, or forgive an offense
  • Urdu Meaning: نظر انداز کرنا، معاف کرنا
  • Synonyms: Excuse → Forgive → Overlook → Pardon → Endorse
  • Antonyms: Condemn → Punish → Prohibit → Reject → Censure

161. Confer (V)

  • English Meaning: To consult, discuss, or bestow something
  • Urdu Meaning: مشورہ کرنا، عطا کرنا
  • Synonyms: Consult → Discuss → Grant → Award → Bestow
  • Antonyms: Withhold → Refuse → Deny → Revoke → Retract

162. Confound (V)

  • English Meaning: To confuse, frustrate, or mix up
  • Urdu Meaning: الجھانا، حیران کرنا
  • Synonyms: Confuse → Perplex → Baffle → Bewilder → Frustrate
  • Antonyms: Clarify → Explain → Enlighten → Distinguish → Simplify

163. Connoisseur (N)

  • English Meaning: Expert, especially in the fine arts; person of refined taste
  • Urdu Meaning: ماہر، ذوق رکھنے والا
  • Synonyms: Expert → Specialist → Authority → Aficionado
  • Antonyms: Amateur → Novice → Beginner → Layman

164. Connote (V)

  • English Meaning: Suggest or imply beyond the literal meaning
  • Urdu Meaning: اشارہ دینا، ضمنی مطلب رکھنا
  • Synonyms: Imply → Suggest → Indicate → Allude
  • Antonyms: Denote → State → Declare → Express

165. Console (V/N)

  • English Meaning: (V) To lessen grief or suffering; (N) Control panel or cabinet
  • Urdu Meaning: تسلی دینا، کنٹرول پینل
  • Synonyms: Comfort → Soothe → Support → Relieve
  • Antonyms: Distress → Upset → Agitate → Torment

166. Consolidate (V)

  • English Meaning: Unite, combine, or make strong and coherent
  • Urdu Meaning: مضبوط کرنا، متحد کرنا
  • Synonyms: Unite → Merge → Solidify → Strengthen
  • Antonyms: Separate → Weaken → Divide → Dismantle

167. Constrict (V)

  • English Meaning: Squeeze, compress, or restrict freedom
  • Urdu Meaning: دبانا، روکنا
  • Synonyms: Tighten → Contract → Squeeze → Restrict
  • Antonyms: Expand → Release → Loosen → Enlarge

168. Construe (V)

  • English Meaning: To interpret or translate
  • Urdu Meaning: مطلب نکالنا، تشریح کرنا
  • Synonyms: Interpret → Explain → Understand → Translate
  • Antonyms: Misinterpret → Confuse → Obscure → Distort

169. Contentious (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Controversial; prone to causing arguments
  • Urdu Meaning: جھگڑالو، متنازعہ
  • Synonyms: Argumentative → Disputatious → Combative → Quarrelsome
  • Antonyms: Agreeable → Peaceful → Noncontroversial → Friendly

170. Contextualize (V)

  • English Meaning: Place in context; provide background
  • Urdu Meaning: سیاق و سباق میں رکھنا
  • Synonyms: Relate → Connect → Situate → Clarify
  • Antonyms: Isolate → Confuse → Detach → Ignore

171. Contraries (N)

  • English Meaning: Opposing things; exact opposites
  • Urdu Meaning: مخالف چیزیں، ضد
  • Synonyms: Opposites → Antitheses → Reverse → Contradictions
  • Antonyms: Similarities → Agreement → Harmony → Uniformity

172. Contrite (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Remorseful; feeling sorry for sins or offenses
  • Urdu Meaning: نادم، شرمندہ
  • Synonyms: Remorseful → Apologetic → Regretful → Penitent
  • Antonyms: Unrepentant → Shameless → Indifferent → Defian

173. Contumacious (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Rebellious; stubbornly disobedient
  • Urdu Meaning: ضدی، نافرمان
  • Synonyms: Rebellious → Defiant → Stubborn → Insubordinate
  • Antonyms: Obedient → Compliant → Submissive → Dutiful

174. Conundrum (N)

  • English Meaning: Riddle, puzzle, or mystery (often with a play on words)
  • Urdu Meaning: پہیلی، مشکل سوال
  • Synonyms: Puzzle → Mystery → Enigma → Riddle
  • Antonyms: Solution → Explanation → Answer → Clarity

175. Converge (V)

  • English Meaning: Move toward one point; unite
  • Urdu Meaning: اکٹھا ہونا، جمع ہونا
  • Synonyms: Meet → Unite → Merge → Assemble
  • Antonyms: Diverge → Separate → Split → Scatter

176. Conversant (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Knowledgeable or experienced with something
  • Urdu Meaning: واقف، جانکار
  • Synonyms: Familiar → Skilled → Proficient → Well-versed
  • Antonyms: Unfamiliar → Ignorant → Inexperienced → Unaware

177. Conversely (Adv)

  • English Meaning: In an opposite way; on the other hand
  • Urdu Meaning: برعکس، الٹا
  • Synonyms: Oppositely → Contrarily → Reversely → Inversely
  • Antonyms: Similarly → Likewise → Equally → Correspondingly

178. Convoke (V)

  • English Meaning: Call together, especially for a meeting
  • Urdu Meaning: اجلاس بلانا، جمع کرنا
  • Synonyms: Summon → Assemble → Convene → Call
  • Antonyms: Dismiss → Disperse → Scatter → Adjourn

179. Convoluted (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Twisted or extremely complicated
  • Urdu Meaning: پیچیدہ، الجھا ہوا
  • Synonyms: Complicated → Intricate → Tangled → Complex
  • Antonyms: Simple → Straightforward → Clear → Direct

180. Copious (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Plentiful, abundant, bountiful
  • Urdu Meaning: وافر، کثیر
  • Synonyms: Abundant → Plentiful → Ample → Generous
  • Antonyms: Scarce → Meager → Insufficient → Limited

181. Corroborate (V)

  • English Meaning: Support or strengthen with evidence
  • Urdu Meaning: تائید کرنا، سچ ثابت کرنا
  • Synonyms: Confirm → Verify → Substantiate → Support
  • Antonyms: Contradict → Refute → Disprove → Deny

182. Cosmopolitan (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Belonging to the whole world; free from local prejudices
  • Urdu Meaning: عالمی، دنیا کا شہری
  • Synonyms: International → Global → Worldly → Universal
  • Antonyms: Provincial → Local → Narrow → Insular

183. Cosset (V)

  • English Meaning: To treat as a pet; to pamper excessively
  • Urdu Meaning: ناز نخرے اٹھانا، لاڈ پیار کرنا
  • Synonyms: Pamper → Indulge → Spoil → Coddle
  • Antonyms: Neglect → Ignore → Overlook → Disregard

184. Coterie (N)

  • English Meaning: A small, close, and exclusive group or clique
  • Urdu Meaning: محدود گروہ، مخصوص جماعت
  • Synonyms: Clique → Circle → Group → Society
  • Antonyms: Crowd → Mass → Multitude → Public

185. Countenance (N/V)

  • English Meaning: (N) Facial expression or face; (V) To approve or tolerate
  • Urdu Meaning: چہرہ، تائید کرنا
  • Synonyms: (N) Expression → Look → Appearance | (V) Approve → Support → Endorse
  • Antonyms: (N) Disguise → Concealment | (V) Oppose → Disapprove → Condemn

186. Counterintuitive (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Contrary to what one’s intuition or common sense suggests
  • Urdu Meaning: عام فہم کے خلاف، غیر متوقع
  • Synonyms: Illogical → Unexpected → Unreasonable → Absurd
  • Antonyms: Logical → Reasonable → Rational → Obvious

187. Counterpoint (N)

  • English Meaning: A contrasting but complementary element; interplay in art or music
  • Urdu Meaning: تضاد، تقابل
  • Synonyms: Contrast → Opposition → Comparison → Balance
  • Antonyms: Harmony → Agreement → Similarity → Conformity

188. Counterproductive (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Having the opposite effect of what is intended; defeating the purpose
  • Urdu Meaning: نقصان دہ، مقصد کے خلاف
  • Synonyms: Harmful → Ineffective → Futile → Detrimental
  • Antonyms: Effective → Helpful → Beneficial → Constructive

189. Covert (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Hidden, secret, undercover
  • Urdu Meaning: خفیہ، پوشیدہ
  • Synonyms: Secret → Hidden → Concealed → Veiled
  • Antonyms: Overt → Open → Public → Obvious

190. Crafty (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Skilled in deception; cunning
  • Urdu Meaning: عیار، چالاک
  • Synonyms: Cunning → Devious → Sly → Wily
  • Antonyms: Honest → Naïve → Innocent → Frank

191. Craven (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Very cowardly; lacking courage
  • Urdu Meaning: بزدل، کم ہمت
  • Synonyms: Cowardly → Fearful → Weak → Timid
  • Antonyms: Brave → Courageous → Bold → Heroic

192. Credibility (N)

  • English Meaning: The quality of being believable or trustworthy
  • Urdu Meaning: اعتبار، بھروسہ
  • Synonyms: Trustworthiness → Believability → Reliability → Integrity
  • Antonyms: Dishonesty → Unreliability → Doubt → Fraudulence

193. Credulous (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Too willing to believe or trust easily without sufficient evidence; gullible
  • Urdu Meaning: جلد یقین کرنے والا، بھولا بھالا
  • Synonyms: Gullible → Naïve → Trusting → Innocent
  • Antonyms: Skeptical → Suspicious → Cynical → Doubtful

194. Crescendo (N)

  • English Meaning: A steady increase in force, intensity, or loudness; a climactic moment or peak
  • Urdu Meaning: شدت یا آواز میں بتدریج اضافہ
  • Synonyms: Climax → Peak → Build-up → Escalation
  • Antonyms: Decline → Decrease → Diminution → Drop

195. Culminate (V)

  • English Meaning: To reach the highest point, climax, or final stage
  • Urdu Meaning: عروج پر پہنچنا، انتہا پر ختم ہونا
  • Synonyms: Conclude → Peak → Finish → Terminate
  • Antonyms: Begin → Start → Commence → Initiate

196. Cupidity (N)

  • English Meaning: Greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth
  • Urdu Meaning: لالچ، حرص
  • Synonyms: Greed → Avarice → Covetousness → Materialism
  • Antonyms: Generosity → Contentment → Selflessness → Charity

197. Curmudgeon (N)

  • English Meaning: A bad-tempered, difficult, or grouchy person
  • Urdu Meaning: بدمزاج، جھگڑالو شخص
  • Synonyms: Grouch → Complainer → Grump → Sourpuss
  • Antonyms: Optimist → Cheerful person → Pleasant companion

198. Cynical (Adj)

  • English Meaning: Believing the worst about people’s motives; bitterly pessimistic
  • Urdu Meaning: دوسروں کے بارے میں بدگمان، مایوس
  • Synonyms: Skeptical → Distrustful → Pessimistic → Suspicious
  • Antonyms: Trusting → Optimistic → Idealistic → Hopeful