dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/led_MWT.json

{
  "led":{
    "to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
      "examples":[
        "an enthusiastic docent led our group through the art museum"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "conducted",
        "directed",
        "guided",
        "marshaled",
        "marshalled",
        "piloted",
        "routed",
        "showed",
        "steered",
        "ushered"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "preceded",
        "accompanied",
        "attended",
        "chaperoned",
        "convoyed",
        "escorted",
        "saw",
        "controlled",
        "managed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dogged",
        "hounded",
        "shadowed",
        "tailed",
        "tailgated"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "followed",
        "trailed"
      ]
    },
    "to serve as leader of":{
      "examples":[
        "a senior programmer is leading the team that is developing the new accounting software"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bossed",
        "captained",
        "commanded",
        "headed",
        "spearheaded"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "controlled",
        "dominated",
        "directed",
        "governed",
        "handled",
        "managed",
        "oversaw",
        "ran",
        "run",
        "regulated",
        "superintended",
        "supervised"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "bowed (to)",
        "complied (with)",
        "deferred (to)",
        "followed",
        "obeyed",
        "served",
        "submitted (to)",
        "yielded (to)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to be at the front of":{
      "examples":[
        "the local high school's marching band led the parade"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "headed"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "preceded",
        "announced",
        "heralded",
        "accompanied",
        "attended",
        "escorted",
        "ushered"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "concluded",
        "ended",
        "finished",
        "stopped",
        "terminated",
        "tailed",
        "tailgated",
        "dogged",
        "followed",
        "trailed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
      "examples":[
        "this old road leads to an abandoned quarry"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bore",
        "extended",
        "headed",
        "lay",
        "ran",
        "run",
        "went"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crossed",
        "cut",
        "passed",
        "coursed",
        "followed",
        "spanned",
        "traversed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{
      "examples":[
        "the salesclerk led us through the maze of options now available to television buyers"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "coached",
        "counseled",
        "counselled",
        "guided",
        "mentored",
        "piloted",
        "shepherded",
        "showed",
        "tutored"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "godfathered",
        "directed",
        "engineered",
        "steered",
        "swayed",
        "accompanied",
        "attended",
        "chaperoned",
        "convoyed",
        "escorted",
        "saw",
        "squired",
        "oversaw",
        "superintended",
        "supervised",
        "drilled",
        "trained",
        "briefed",
        "enlightened",
        "informed",
        "instructed",
        "schooled",
        "taught",
        "inculcated",
        "indoctrinated",
        "cultivated",
        "fostered",
        "nurtured"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "led off":{
    "to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
      "examples":[
        "plans to lead off the news conference with a prepared statement"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "began",
        "commenced",
        "embarked (on or upon)",
        "entered (into or upon)",
        "fell (to)",
        "got off",
        "kicked off",
        "launched",
        "opened",
        "started",
        "struck (into)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "created",
        "generated",
        "inaugurated",
        "initiated",
        "innovated",
        "invented",
        "originated",
        "adopted",
        "embraced",
        "took on",
        "took up",
        "established",
        "fathered",
        "founded",
        "instituted",
        "organized",
        "pioneered",
        "set up",
        "spawned",
        "got around (to)",
        "got down (to)",
        "got round (to)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "ceased",
        "desisted",
        "discontinued",
        "halted",
        "knocked off",
        "laid off",
        "quit",
        "quitted",
        "stopped",
        "closed",
        "completed",
        "abandoned",
        "forsook",
        "left",
        "abolished",
        "demolished",
        "destroyed",
        "exterminated",
        "extinguished",
        "phased out"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "concluded",
        "ended",
        "finished",
        "terminated"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "led one down the garden path":{
    "to cause to believe what is untrue":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[
        "bamboozled",
        "beguiled",
        "bluffed",
        "buffaloed",
        "burned",
        "burnt",
        "caught",
        "conned",
        "cozened",
        "deceived",
        "deluded",
        "duped",
        "faked out",
        "fooled",
        "gaffed",
        "gammoned",
        "gulled",
        "had",
        "had on",
        "hoaxed",
        "hoodwinked",
        "hornswoggled",
        "humbugged",
        "juggled",
        "misguided",
        "misinformed",
        "misled",
        "snookered",
        "snowed",
        "spoofed",
        "strung along",
        "sucked in",
        "suckered",
        "took in",
        "tricked"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "kidded",
        "put on",
        "teased",
        "bled",
        "cheated",
        "chiseled",
        "chiselled",
        "defrauded",
        "diddled",
        "euchred",
        "fleeced",
        "flimflammed",
        "hustled",
        "mulcted",
        "rooked",
        "shortchanged",
        "skinned",
        "squeezed",
        "stuck",
        "stung",
        "swindled"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "debunked",
        "exposed",
        "revealed",
        "showed up",
        "uncloaked",
        "uncovered",
        "unmasked",
        "disclosed",
        "divulged",
        "told",
        "unveiled",
        "disabused",
        "disenchanted",
        "disillusioned"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "undeceived"
      ]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "ledger":{
    "a book that a company uses to record information about the money it has paid and received":{
      "examples":[
        "The accountant went over the company's ledgers at the end of the fiscal year."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "document",
        "record",
        "account",
        "bill",
        "check",
        "invoice",
        "statement",
        "tab",
        "receipt",
        "reckoning",
        "charge",
        "cost",
        "expense",
        "fee",
        "price",
        "rate",
        "toll",
        "score",
        "tally"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "ledgers":{
    "a book that a company uses to record information about the money it has paid and received":{
      "examples":[
        "The accountant went over the company's ledgers at the end of the fiscal year."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "documents",
        "records",
        "accounts",
        "bills",
        "checks",
        "invoices",
        "statements",
        "tabs",
        "receipts",
        "reckonings",
        "charges",
        "costs",
        "expenses",
        "fees",
        "prices",
        "rates",
        "tolls",
        "scores",
        "tallies"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "led one up the garden path":{
    "to cause to believe what is untrue":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[
        "bamboozled",
        "beguiled",
        "bluffed",
        "buffaloed",
        "burned",
        "burnt",
        "caught",
        "conned",
        "cozened",
        "deceived",
        "deluded",
        "duped",
        "faked out",
        "fooled",
        "gaffed",
        "gammoned",
        "gulled",
        "had",
        "had on",
        "hoaxed",
        "hoodwinked",
        "hornswoggled",
        "humbugged",
        "juggled",
        "misguided",
        "misinformed",
        "misled",
        "snookered",
        "snowed",
        "spoofed",
        "strung along",
        "sucked in",
        "suckered",
        "took in",
        "tricked"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "kidded",
        "put on",
        "teased",
        "bled",
        "cheated",
        "chiseled",
        "chiselled",
        "defrauded",
        "diddled",
        "euchred",
        "fleeced",
        "flimflammed",
        "hustled",
        "mulcted",
        "rooked",
        "shortchanged",
        "skinned",
        "squeezed",
        "stuck",
        "stung",
        "swindled"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "debunked",
        "exposed",
        "revealed",
        "showed up",
        "uncloaked",
        "uncovered",
        "unmasked",
        "disclosed",
        "divulged",
        "told",
        "unveiled",
        "disabused",
        "disenchanted",
        "disillusioned"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "undeceived"
      ]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "led on":{
    "to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
      "examples":[
        "a con man whose dupes are usually led on by their own greed and eagerness to turn an easy buck"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "allured",
        "baited",
        "beguiled",
        "betrayed",
        "decoyed",
        "enticed",
        "lured",
        "seduced",
        "solicited",
        "tempted"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "drew in",
        "inveigled",
        "persuaded",
        "roped (in)",
        "snowed",
        "caught",
        "enmeshed",
        "immeshed",
        "ensnared",
        "entrapped",
        "meshed",
        "snared",
        "tangled",
        "trapped",
        "bewitched",
        "captivated",
        "charmed",
        "enchanted",
        "fascinated",
        "magnetized",
        "wiled"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "alerted",
        "cautioned",
        "forewarned",
        "warded (off)",
        "warned",
        "drove (away or off)",
        "repulsed",
        "turned away"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  }
}