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.
Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells.
He had got a reprieve, or a respite, and he felt like a boy-another kind of boy from what he had ever been.