"that extended vacation completely recharged my interest in my job"
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"recreates",
"refreshens",
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"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies"
],
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"makes over",
"overhauls",
"reclaims",
"reconditions",
"reconstitutes",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"refills",
"replenishes",
"resupplies",
"modernizes",
"updates"
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},
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"the collision has recharged efforts to make the warning mechanisms at railroad crossings idiotproof"
],
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"reanimates",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"revivifies",
"rewakens",
"rewakes"
],
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"jump-starts",
"kick-starts",
"reactivates",
"restarts",
"reinvents",
"refreshens",
"refreshes"
],
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"extinguishes",
"kills",
"quenches",
"suppresses"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"as in renamed , relabeled":{
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"relabelled",
"renamed",
"code-named",
"nicknamed",
"surnamed",
"miscalled",
"misnamed",
"mistitled",
"denoted",
"specified",
"branded",
"stigmatized",
"tagged",
"baptized",
"baptised",
"called",
"christened",
"cleped",
"denominated",
"designated",
"dubbed",
"entitled",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"named",
"nominated",
"styled",
"termed",
"titled"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"recipients":{
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"beneficiaries",
"donees",
"giftees"
],
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"angels",
"benefactors",
"donators",
"donors",
"fairy godmothers",
"Maecenases",
"patrons",
"sugar daddies",
"benefactresses",
"patronesses",
"almoners",
"almsgivers",
"philanthropists"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"the two nations agreed to give reciprocal work rights to each other's citizens, thus facilitating the daily border crossings of workers from both countries"
],
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"complementary",
"correlative",
"supplemental",
"supplementary"
],
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"mutual",
"symbiotic",
"collective",
"combined",
"common",
"communal",
"conjoint",
"joint",
"shared",
"united"
],
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"noncomplementary",
"nonreciprocal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"a situation or relationship in which two people or groups agree to do something similar for each other; a reciprocal arrangement or relationship":{
"examples":[
"The proposal calls for reciprocity in trade relations."
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"examples":[
"half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu"
],
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"come back",
"convalesce",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"pull round",
"rally",
"recoup",
"recover",
"snap back"
],
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"come around",
"come round",
"come to",
"improve",
"pick up",
"revive",
"cheer (up)",
"perk (up)",
"pull through",
"survive",
"recruit"
],
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"ail",
"collapse",
"come down",
"sicken",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"fade",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen",
"regress",
"relapse"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength":{
"examples":[
"the older you get, the longer recuperation takes"
],
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"comeback",
"convalescence",
"healing",
"mending",
"rally",
"recovery",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation",
"snapback"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitation",
"revival",
"survival"
],
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"decline",
"degeneration",
"deterioration",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regression",
"relapse"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu"
],
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"come back",
"convalesce",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"pull round",
"rally",
"recoup",
"recover",
"snap back"
],
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"come around",
"come round",
"come to",
"improve",
"pick up",
"revive",
"cheer (up)",
"perk (up)",
"pull through",
"survive",
"recruit"
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"ail",
"collapse",
"come down",
"sicken",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"fade",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen",
"regress",
"relapse"
],
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},
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"the older you get, the longer recuperation takes"
],
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"convalescence",
"healing",
"mending",
"rally",
"recovery",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation",
"snapback"
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"resuscitation",
"revival",
"survival"
],
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"decline",
"degeneration",
"deterioration",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regression",
"relapse"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recurrence":{
"a new occurrence of something that happened or appeared before":{
"examples":[
"We hope to prevent a recurrence of the disease."
],
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"recrudescence",
"renewal",
"burst",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recycled":{
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
"examples":[
"recycling the aluminum from soda pop cans is environmentally sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"recovered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reused",
"processed",
"reprocessed"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rector":{
"as in master , headmaster":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"headmaster",
"master",
"schoolmaster",
"educationist",
"educator",
"instructor",
"pedagogue",
"pedagog",
"preceptor",
"schoolteacher",
"teacher",
"headmistress",
"instructress",
"mistress",
"schoolmarm",
"schoolma'am",
"schoolmistress",
"coach",
"guide",
"guru",
"preparer",
"trainer",
"mentor",
"tutor",
"tutoress",
"drillmaster",
"inculcator",
"dean",
"docent",
"doctor",
"don",
"prof",
"professor",
"regius professor",
"academe",
"academic",
"academician",
"didact",
"pedant",
"governess",
"homeschooler",
"intern",
"interne",
"practice teacher",
"reader",
"student teacher"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recommitting":{
"as in retransmitting , redelivering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redelivering",
"retransferring",
"retransmitting",
"furnishing",
"supplying",
"advancing",
"lending",
"loaning",
"bequeathing",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"willing",
"handing in",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"submitting",
"surrendering",
"turning in",
"yielding",
"assigning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"distributing",
"dividing",
"conferring",
"granting",
"commending",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"delegating",
"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"giving over",
"handing",
"handing over",
"leaving",
"passing",
"recommending",
"reposing",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"trusting",
"turning over",
"vesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"holding",
"keeping",
"retaining",
"detaining",
"holding back",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"occupying",
"taking",
"taking over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recapitulated":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"the professor told the students that their papers should not recapitulate the whole plot but should rather discuss in detail one particular incident they thought was interesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracted",
"boiled down",
"briefed",
"digested",
"encapsulated",
"epitomized",
"outlined",
"recapped",
"reprised",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"synopsized",
"wrapped up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridged",
"condensed",
"curtailed",
"cut back",
"shortened",
"downsized",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"concentrated",
"consolidated",
"decocted",
"essentialized",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"amplified",
"elaborated (on or upon)",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"supplemented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recoupment":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the jury's award included a recoupment for emotional distress"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"damages",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recompense",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation",
"reprisal(s)",
"requital",
"restitution",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatium",
"amends",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"punishment",
"retaliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"almost immediately after the new contract was signed, the company began the recoupment of revenue lost during the strike"
],
"synonyms":[
"recapture",
"reclamation",
"recovery",
"repossession",
"retrieval"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitment",
"replenishment",
"redemption",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loss",
"misplacement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recruitments":{
"as in replenishments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"replenishments",
"recaptures",
"reclamations",
"recoupments",
"recoveries",
"repossessions",
"retrievals",
"redemptions",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losses",
"misplacements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in appointments , assignments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appointments",
"assignments",
"conscriptions",
"enlistments",
"employments",
"employs",
"engagements",
"hires",
"incumbencies",
"tenures",
"occupations",
"places",
"positions",
"posts",
"situations",
"works"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unemployments",
"boots",
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"firings",
"removals",
"sacks",
"severances",
"demotions",
"suspensions",
"furloughs",
"layoffs",
"leaves",
"liberties",
"retirements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recuperates":{
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu"
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"serious gastronomes should recommend their stomachs to the restaurant's chef, giving full rein to his culinary prowess and imagination"
],
"synonyms":[
"commends",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"delegates",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"gives over",
"hands",
"hands over",
"leaves",
"passes",
"reposes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"trusts",
"turns over",
"vests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confers",
"grants",
"assigns",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"disperses",
"distributes",
"divides",
"hands in",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"submits",
"surrenders",
"turns in",
"yields",
"bequeaths",
"hands down",
"hands on",
"wills",
"advances",
"lends",
"loans",
"furnishes",
"supplies",
"recommits",
"redelivers",
"retransfers",
"retransmits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detains",
"holds back",
"reserves",
"withholds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"accepts",
"receives",
"takes in",
"occupies",
"takes",
"takes over"
],
"antonyms":[
"holds",
"keeps",
"retains"
]
},
"to put forward (something) as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"I would recommend you look into that option a little more closely because I don't think it will work nearly as well as you think"
],
"synonyms":[
"advises",
"counsels",
"suggests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"espouses",
"favors",
"supports",
"exhorts",
"urges",
"advances",
"offers",
"proposes",
"submits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectangular":{
"as in oblong":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"oblong",
"extensive",
"far-reaching",
"longish",
"outstretched",
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"large",
"largish",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"elongate",
"elongated",
"extended",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"lengthy",
"long"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brief",
"curt",
"short",
"shortish",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"diminished",
"shortened",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"little",
"miniature",
"minute",
"puny",
"small",
"smallish",
"teeny",
"tiny",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"wee"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in square , squarish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blockish",
"blocky",
"boxlike",
"boxy",
"cubic",
"cubical",
"cuboid",
"foursquare",
"quadrate",
"square",
"squarish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recommit":{
"as in retransmit , redeliver":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redeliver",
"retransfer",
"retransmit",
"furnish",
"supply",
"advance",
"lend",
"loan",
"bequeath",
"hand down",
"hand on",
"will",
"hand in",
"release",
"relinquish",
"submit",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"yield",
"assign",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"disperse",
"distribute",
"divide",
"confer",
"grant",
"commend",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"delegate",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"give over",
"hand",
"hand over",
"leave",
"pass",
"recommend",
"repose",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"trust",
"turn over",
"vest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hold",
"keep",
"retain",
"detain",
"hold back",
"reserve",
"withhold",
"own",
"possess",
"accept",
"receive",
"take in",
"occupy",
"take",
"take over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recognizance":{
"a legal promise made by someone before a court of law that must be kept to avoid being punished":{
"examples":[
"After his arraignment, the suspect was released on his own recognizance ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bail",
"bond",
"gage",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"pawn",
"pledge",
"security",
"deposit",
"down payment",
"earnest",
"handsel",
"surety",
"warranty",
"assurance",
"oath",
"troth",
"word",
"commitment",
"compact",
"contract",
"covenant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recedes (from)":{
"as in goes , withdraws":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"goes",
"retreats",
"withdraws",
"departs",
"exits",
"leaves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"approaches",
"comes",
"nears",
"nighs",
"drops in",
"enters",
"pops (in)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recline":{
"as in tilt , incline":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angle",
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip",
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"drop",
"fall",
"plunge",
"sink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"climb",
"mount",
"rise",
"uprise",
"upsweep",
"upturn",
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"straighten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in couch , lie (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couch",
"lie (down)",
"doze",
"drop off",
"nap",
"nod",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"bunk",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"bed",
"crash",
"doss (down)",
"retire",
"turn in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"uprise",
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"rouse",
"wake",
"waken",
"bestir",
"stir",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"shift",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reciprocities":{
"a situation or relationship in which two people or groups agree to do something similar for each other; a reciprocal arrangement or relationship":{
"examples":[
"The proposal calls for reciprocity in trade relations."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collaborations",
"mutualisms",
"symbioses",
"chimes",
"comities",
"compatibilities",
"concords",
"harmonies",
"peaces",
"amities",
"companionships",
"congenialities",
"fellowships",
"fraternizations",
"friendships",
"agreements",
"consensuses",
"unanimities",
"cohesions",
"unities",
"affinities",
"connections",
"empathies",
"kinships",
"rapports",
"solidarities",
"sympathies",
"understandings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"enmities",
"hatreds",
"hostilities",
"alienations",
"breaches",
"divorces",
"estrangements",
"ruptures",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"severances",
"dissents",
"dissidences",
"anarchies",
"disorders",
"disturbances",
"strifes",
"turmoils",
"conflicts",
"discords",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"disunities",
"variances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rechartering":{
"as in recertifying , reapproving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccrediting",
"reapproving",
"recertifying",
"revalidating",
"legitimizing",
"sanctioning",
"validating",
"warranting",
"accrediting",
"certificating",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enfranchising",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"authorizing",
"entitling",
"privileging",
"qualifying"
],
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"disqualifying",
"disabling",
"disempowering",
"disenfranchising",
"decertifying",
"disallowing",
"forbidding",
"proscribing",
"delegitimizing",
"invalidating",
"nullifying"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"occurring or appearing at intervals":{
"examples":[
"had recurrent problems with the computer for months and finally junked it"
],
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"intermittent",
"on-and-off",
"periodic",
"periodical",
"recurring"
],
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"alternate",
"alternating",
"cyclic",
"cyclical",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"seasonal",
"serial",
"aperiodic",
"erratic",
"fitful",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"sporadic",
"spotty",
"unsteady"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"interminable",
"perpetual"
],
"antonyms":[
"constant",
"continuous",
"incessant",
"unceasing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recommendations":{
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"By following their accountant's recommendations , the couple was able to save a tidy sum for retirement."
],
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"adjurations",
"admonishments",
"admonitions",
"advice",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"inputs",
"hints",
"pointers",
"tips",
"data",
"feedback",
"information",
"answers",
"solutions",
"advisements",
"considerations",
"thoughts",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"alerts",
"cautions",
"expostulations",
"forewarnings",
"remonstrances",
"remonstrations",
"urgings",
"warnings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"observations",
"verdicts",
"assistances",
"briefings",
"directions",
"instructions",
"primings",
"promptings",
"teachings",
"interferences",
"exhortations",
"lectures",
"lessons",
"sermons",
"speeches"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconsider":{
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"examples":[
"the new intelligence forced the general to reconsider his plan of attack"
],
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"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh"
],
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"rehear",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"defend",
"maintain",
"uphold"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconvening":{
"as in reassembling , regathering":{
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"reassembling",
"regathering",
"remeeting",
"affiliating",
"allying",
"associating",
"banding (together)",
"caucusing",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"consolidating",
"consorting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"federating",
"ganging up",
"joining",
"merging",
"uniting",
"assembling",
"clustering",
"collecting",
"concentering",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"congregating",
"convening",
"converging",
"forgathering",
"foregathering",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"rendezvousing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)",
"departing",
"leaving",
"taking off",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconstructed":{
"as in repaired , fixed":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"repaired",
"unbroken",
"infrangible",
"unbreakable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broken",
"busted",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"blasted",
"detonated",
"exploded",
"cracked",
"slivered",
"splintered",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed":{
"examples":[
"After the fire they had to completely reconstruct the building from the ground up."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed up",
"furbished",
"overhauled",
"rebuilt",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped",
"aided",
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"conditioned",
"prepared",
"readied",
"cared (for)",
"maintained",
"serviced",
"freshened",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"restored",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"adjusted",
"corrected",
"modified",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"reformed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"broke",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vandalized",
"wrecked",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find out and describe or show the way something (such as an event or series of events) happened":{
"examples":[],
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"re-created",
"recreated",
"re-enacted",
"pieced together",
"reduplicated",
"repeated",
"reinvented",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reheard",
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed",
"answered",
"broke",
"cracked",
"doped (out)",
"figured out",
"puzzled (out)",
"resolved",
"riddled (out)",
"solved",
"unraveled",
"unriddled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"worked out",
"concluded",
"decided",
"deduced",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"judged",
"reasoned",
"cleared (up)",
"ironed out",
"straightened (out)",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"untied",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"divined",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"receded":{
"as in dropped , decreased":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decreased",
"depressed",
"dropped",
"knockdown",
"under",
"down",
"low"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elevated",
"escalated",
"heightened",
"high",
"increased",
"jacked (up)",
"raised",
"up",
"extreme",
"full",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"peaked",
"sky-high",
"utmost",
"inflated",
"over",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overlarge",
"overloaded",
"oversize",
"oversized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"the sound of sirens receded as the fire engines roared off into the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fell",
"fell away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"after the rain stops, the floodwaters should gradually recede"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed away",
"dropped back",
"fell back",
"pulled out",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fled",
"flew",
"flinched",
"recoiled",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"chickened (out)",
"bowed out",
"backed down",
"backpedaled",
"backtracked",
"climbed down",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"pulled away",
"abandoned",
"departed",
"evacuated",
"left",
"quit",
"quitted",
"vacated",
"went"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"brazened",
"breasted",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"outbraved"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reception":{
"a social gathering":{
"examples":[
"a wedding reception"
],
"synonyms":[
"affair",
"bash",
"binge",
"blast",
"blowout",
"do",
"event",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"function",
"get-together",
"party",
"shindig"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benefit",
"fund-raiser",
"ball",
"dance",
"formal",
"prom",
"celebration",
"gala",
"occasion",
"bacchanal",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"saturnalia",
"bake",
"clambake",
"cocktail party",
"hen party",
"house party",
"housewarming",
"icebreaker",
"kaffeeklatsch",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"masquerade",
"meet and greet",
"mixer",
"salon",
"shower",
"social",
"soiree",
"soir\u00e9e",
"stag",
"supper",
"symposium",
"tea",
"tea party"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconditeness":{
"as in mystery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mystery",
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"obscurity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness",
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fogginess",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
"circuitousness",
"circuity",
"indirectness",
"deepness",
"depth",
"profoundness",
"abstruseness",
"abstrusity",
"complexity",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"obtuseness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness",
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"certainty",
"surety",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"palpability",
"tangibility",
"tangibleness",
"visibility",
"readability",
"readableness",
"obviousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recollection":{
"a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{
"examples":[
"I have no recollection of ever saying that"
],
"synonyms":[
"anamnesis",
"memory",
"recall",
"remembrance",
"reminiscence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flashback",
"memento",
"memorial",
"reminder",
"souvenir",
"token",
"association"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power or process of recalling what has been previously learned or experienced":{
"examples":[
"the gradual recollection of that long-ago romance brought back both happy and painful feelings"
],
"synonyms":[
"memory",
"mind",
"remembrance",
"reminiscence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hypermnesia",
"total recall",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"reflection",
"retrospection",
"thinking",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grasp",
"grip",
"perception",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amnesia",
"repression",
"forgetfulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recomputed":{
"as in refigured":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refigured",
"counted",
"enumerated",
"numbered",
"told",
"divided",
"multiplied",
"subtracted",
"calculated",
"ciphered",
"computed",
"figured",
"reckoned",
"tabled",
"tabulated",
"tallied",
"worked out",
"added",
"cast (up)",
"footed (up)",
"summated",
"summed",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"totalized",
"toted (up)",
"totted (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recesses":{
"a hollowed-out space in a wall":{
"examples":[
"the curator placed the large vase in one of the recesses of the gallery wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcoves",
"niches",
"nooks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corners",
"crannies",
"cubbyholes",
"cubicles",
"dents",
"embrasures",
"indentations",
"indents",
"indentures",
"ambries",
"housings",
"shrines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended":{
"examples":[
"the couple goes to Florida every January for a month-long recess from the rigors of winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"holidays",
"hols",
"leaves",
"vacations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sabbaticals",
"furloughs",
"liberties",
"breathers",
"relaxations",
"respites",
"rests",
"interims",
"intermissions",
"intervals",
"feasts",
"holy days",
"legal holidays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a momentary halt in an activity":{
"examples":[
"the judge called for a brief recess so that the witness could regain her composure"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breathers",
"breaths",
"interruptions",
"lulls",
"pauses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"time-outs",
"interims",
"interludes",
"intermissions",
"intervals",
"respites",
"rests",
"cessations",
"discontinuances",
"downtimes",
"endings",
"expirations",
"hitches",
"lapses",
"stoppages",
"terminations",
"abeyances",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"surceases",
"suspensions",
"discontinuities",
"gaps",
"hiatuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuations",
"endurances",
"persistences",
"progresses",
"progressions",
"extensions",
"prolongations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sunken area forming a separate space":{
"examples":[
"decided to camp in a sandy recess where the beach met the forest"
],
"synonyms":[
"cavities",
"concavities",
"dents",
"depressions",
"dints",
"holes",
"hollows",
"indentations",
"indentures",
"pits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burrows",
"caverns",
"caves",
"ditches",
"excavations",
"furrows",
"grooves",
"gutters",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"basins",
"bowls",
"valleys",
"alcoves",
"clefts",
"niches",
"nooks",
"openings",
"sockets",
"alveoli",
"dimples",
"gouges",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"notches",
"pockets",
"boreholes",
"chuckholes",
"craters",
"postholes",
"potholes",
"sinkholes",
"wallows",
"water holes",
"wells",
"abysses",
"chasms",
"gulfs",
"vacuities",
"vacuums",
"vacua",
"voids"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hills",
"mounds",
"rises",
"bumps",
"bunches",
"humps",
"lumps",
"pimples",
"swellings",
"swells",
"tumors"
],
"antonyms":[
"bulges",
"cambers",
"convexities",
"juts",
"projections",
"protrusions",
"protuberances"
]
},
"to bring to a formal close for a period of time":{
"examples":[
"the judge recessed the court for lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjourns",
"prorogates",
"prorogues",
"suspends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks off",
"disbands",
"discontinues",
"disperses",
"intermits",
"interrupts",
"defers",
"holds off",
"postpones",
"puts off",
"reserves",
"shelves",
"tables",
"dissolves",
"ends",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"breaks up",
"closes",
"concludes",
"winds up",
"wraps up",
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"invalidates",
"negates",
"nullifies",
"quashes",
"voids"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaugurates",
"launches",
"opens",
"carries on",
"continues",
"draws out",
"extends",
"proceeds",
"prolongs",
"renews",
"reopens",
"resumes",
"assembles",
"calls",
"convenes",
"convokes",
"musters",
"rallies",
"summons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recruiting":{
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"thousands of recent immigrants were recruited to build the nation's rail system"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"reengaging",
"re-engaging",
"rehiring",
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"subcontracting",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconceive":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"will have to reconceive my earlier opinion about him in light of his recent behavior"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehear",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
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"defend",
"maintain",
"uphold"
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"verb"
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"cants",
"cocks",
"heels",
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"leans",
"lists",
"slants",
"slopes",
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"tips",
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"drops",
"falls",
"plunges",
"sinks"
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"arises",
"ascends",
"climbs",
"mounts",
"rises",
"uprises",
"upsweeps",
"upturns",
"evens",
"flattens",
"levels",
"planes",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"straightens"
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"couches",
"lies (down)",
"dozes",
"drops off",
"naps",
"nods",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"snoozes",
"bunks",
"perches",
"roosts",
"settles",
"beds",
"crashes",
"dosses (down)",
"retires",
"turns in"
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"arises",
"gets up",
"rises",
"uprises",
"arouses",
"awakens",
"awakes",
"rouses",
"wakens",
"wakes",
"bestirs",
"stirs",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"shifts",
"stirs"
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"verb"
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"accord",
"reconciliation",
"armistice",
"cease-fire",
"truce",
"d\u00e9tente",
"detente",
"peace",
"peacetime"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflict",
"hostilities",
"hot war",
"war"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in revalidated , reapproved":{
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"reaccredited",
"reapproved",
"rechartered",
"revalidated",
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"sanctioned",
"validated",
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"certificated",
"certified",
"chartered",
"ratified",
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"let",
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"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"empowered",
"enabled",
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"licensed",
"licenced",
"authorized",
"entitled",
"privileged",
"qualified"
],
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"disqualified",
"disabled",
"disempowered",
"disenfranchised",
"decertified",
"disallowed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"proscribed",
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"invalidated",
"nullified"
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"verb"
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"alcove",
"niche",
"nook"
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"corner",
"cranny",
"cubbyhole",
"cubicle",
"dent",
"embrasure",
"indent",
"indentation",
"indenture",
"ambry",
"housing",
"shrine"
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"the couple goes to Florida every January for a month-long recess from the rigors of winter"
],
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"break",
"holiday",
"hols",
"leave",
"vacation"
],
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"sabbatical",
"furlough",
"liberty",
"breather",
"relaxation",
"respite",
"rest",
"interim",
"intermission",
"interval",
"feast",
"holy day",
"legal holiday",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"slacking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"a momentary halt in an activity":{
"examples":[
"the judge called for a brief recess so that the witness could regain her composure"
],
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"break",
"breath",
"breather",
"interruption",
"lull",
"pause"
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"time-out",
"interim",
"interlude",
"intermission",
"interval",
"respite",
"rest",
"cessation",
"discontinuance",
"downtime",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finishing",
"hitch",
"lapse",
"stoppage",
"stopping",
"termination",
"abeyance",
"moratorium",
"surcease",
"suspension",
"discontinuity",
"gap",
"hiatus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuation",
"endurance",
"persistence",
"progress",
"progression",
"extension",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sunken area forming a separate space":{
"examples":[
"decided to camp in a sandy recess where the beach met the forest"
],
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"cavity",
"concavity",
"dent",
"depression",
"dint",
"hole",
"hollow",
"indentation",
"indenture",
"pit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burrow",
"cave",
"cavern",
"ditch",
"excavation",
"furrow",
"groove",
"gutter",
"trench",
"trough",
"basin",
"bowl",
"valley",
"alcove",
"cleft",
"niche",
"nook",
"opening",
"socket",
"alveolus",
"dimple",
"gouge",
"impression",
"imprint",
"notch",
"pocket",
"borehole",
"chuckhole",
"crater",
"posthole",
"pothole",
"sinkhole",
"wallow",
"water hole",
"well",
"abyss",
"chasm",
"gulf",
"vacuity",
"vacuum",
"void"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hill",
"mound",
"rise",
"bump",
"bunch",
"hump",
"lump",
"pimple",
"swell",
"swelling",
"tumor"
],
"antonyms":[
"bulge",
"camber",
"convexity",
"jut",
"projection",
"protrusion",
"protuberance"
]
},
"to bring to a formal close for a period of time":{
"examples":[
"the judge recessed the court for lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjourn",
"prorogate",
"prorogue",
"suspend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break off",
"disband",
"discontinue",
"disperse",
"intermit",
"interrupt",
"defer",
"hold off",
"postpone",
"put off",
"reserve",
"shelve",
"table",
"dissolve",
"end",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"break up",
"close",
"conclude",
"wind up",
"wrap up",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"negate",
"nullify",
"quash",
"void"
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"near antonyms":[
"inaugurate",
"launch",
"open",
"carry on",
"continue",
"draw out",
"extend",
"proceed",
"prolong",
"renew",
"reopen",
"resume",
"assemble",
"call",
"convene",
"convoke",
"muster",
"rally",
"summon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recopying":{
"as in engrossing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"engrossing",
"abridging",
"blue-penciling",
"redacting",
"red-penciling",
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing",
"anthologizing",
"collecting",
"compiling",
"fact-checking",
"amending",
"annotating",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reediting",
"copyediting",
"reading",
"subbing",
"subediting",
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recording":{
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"the reporter recorded the events of the evening in her notebook for later reference"
],
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"jotting (down)",
"logging",
"marking",
"noting",
"putting down",
"registering",
"reporting",
"setting down",
"taking down",
"writing down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicling",
"minuting",
"transcribing",
"enregistering",
"entering",
"inscribing",
"chalking (up)",
"notching",
"scoring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"he was recorded as having been a passenger on that ill-fated ship, but his body was never recovered"
],
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"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"enrolling",
"entering",
"indexing",
"inscribing",
"listing",
"putting down",
"registering",
"scheduling",
"slating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booking",
"carding",
"filing",
"noting",
"classifying",
"compiling",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"rescheduling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recovering (from)":{
"as in rallying , rebounding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rallying",
"rebounding",
"shaking (off)",
"coming back",
"gaining",
"healing",
"mending",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"snapping back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catching",
"coming down (with)",
"contracting",
"getting",
"going down (with)",
"sickening (with)",
"taking",
"breaking out (with)",
"dying (from)",
"succumbing (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"recommendation":{
"something (such as a course of action) suggested as proper or favorable":{
"examples":[
"By following their accountant's recommendations , the couple was able to save a tidy sum for retirement."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"suggestion",
"adjuration",
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"advice",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"input",
"hint",
"pointer",
"tip",
"data",
"feedback",
"information",
"answer",
"solution",
"advisement",
"consideration",
"thought",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"alert",
"caution",
"cautioning",
"expostulation",
"forewarning",
"remonstrance",
"remonstration",
"urging",
"warning",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"observation",
"verdict",
"assistance",
"briefing",
"coaching",
"direction",
"instruction",
"mentoring",
"priming",
"prompting",
"teaching",
"tutoring",
"interference",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"meddling",
"moralizing",
"pontificating",
"preaching",
"exhortation",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"sermon",
"speech"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recaptured":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"our team managed to recapture the ball after the fumble"
],
"synonyms":[
"got back",
"reacquired",
"reclaimed",
"re-collected",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"regained",
"repossessed",
"retook",
"retrieved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruited",
"replenished",
"redeemed",
"repurchased",
"rescued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectification":{
"as in reform , amendment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"reform",
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconvenes":{
"as in reassembles , regathers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassembles",
"regathers",
"remeets",
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"bands (together)",
"caucuses",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"consolidates",
"consorts",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"federates",
"gangs up",
"joins",
"merges",
"unites",
"assembles",
"clusters",
"collects",
"concenters",
"concentrates",
"conglomerates",
"congregates",
"convenes",
"converges",
"forgathers",
"foregathers",
"gathers",
"meets",
"rendezvouses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)",
"departs",
"leaves",
"takes off",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recalculate":{
"as in refigure , recompute":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recompute",
"refigure",
"appraise",
"assess",
"estimate",
"evaluate",
"rate",
"value",
"calibrate",
"gauge",
"gage",
"measure",
"scale",
"count",
"itemize",
"number",
"figure out",
"solve (for)",
"allow (for)",
"deduct",
"factor (in or into or out)",
"figure in",
"add",
"divide",
"multiply",
"subtract",
"add up",
"average",
"sum",
"tally",
"total",
"totalize",
"calculate",
"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"reckon",
"work out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rechartered":{
"as in recertified , reapproved":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredited",
"reapproved",
"recertified",
"revalidated",
"legitimized",
"sanctioned",
"validated",
"warranted",
"accredited",
"certificated",
"certified",
"chartered",
"ratified",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"enfranchised",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"authorized",
"entitled",
"privileged",
"qualified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualified",
"disabled",
"disempowered",
"disenfranchised",
"decertified",
"disallowed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"proscribed",
"delegitimized",
"invalidated",
"nullified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recommend":{
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"serious gastronomes should recommend their stomachs to the restaurant's chef, giving full rein to his culinary prowess and imagination"
],
"synonyms":[
"commend",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"delegate",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"give over",
"hand",
"hand over",
"leave",
"pass",
"repose",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"trust",
"turn over",
"vest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confer",
"grant",
"assign",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"disperse",
"distribute",
"divide",
"hand in",
"release",
"relinquish",
"submit",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"yield",
"bequeath",
"hand down",
"hand on",
"will",
"advance",
"lend",
"loan",
"furnish",
"supply",
"recommit",
"redeliver",
"retransfer",
"retransmit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detain",
"hold back",
"reserve",
"withhold",
"own",
"possess",
"accept",
"receive",
"take in",
"occupy",
"take",
"take over"
],
"antonyms":[
"hold",
"keep",
"retain"
]
},
"to put forward (something) as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"I would recommend you look into that option a little more closely because I don't think it will work nearly as well as you think"
],
"synonyms":[
"advise",
"counsel",
"suggest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"espouse",
"favor",
"support",
"exhort",
"urge",
"advance",
"offer",
"propose",
"submit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recapture":{
"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"the recapture of the territory may take longer than expected"
],
"synonyms":[
"reclamation",
"recoupment",
"recovery",
"repossession",
"retrieval"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitment",
"replenishment",
"redemption",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loss",
"misplacement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"our team managed to recapture the ball after the fumble"
],
"synonyms":[
"get back",
"re-collect",
"reacquire",
"reclaim",
"recoup",
"recover",
"regain",
"repossess",
"retake",
"retrieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruit",
"replenish",
"redeem",
"repurchase",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recategorizes":{
"as in reclassifies , regroups":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"subcategorizes",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recaps":{
"a short statement of the main points":{
"examples":[
"after a recap of this morning's meeting, we can discuss the issues that were raised"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"breviaries",
"briefs",
"capsules",
"conspectuses",
"digests",
"encapsulations",
"epitomes",
"inventories",
"outlines",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recapitulations",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
"resumes",
"resum\u00e9s",
"roundups",
"rundowns",
"run-throughs",
"summae",
"summaries",
"summarizations",
"summings-up",
"sums",
"sum-ups",
"synopses",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviations",
"abridgments",
"abridgements",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compends",
"condensations",
"curtailments",
"shortenings",
"simplifications",
"rehashes",
"reprises",
"conclusions",
"epilogues",
"epilogs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifications",
"enlargements",
"expansions",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"please recap the highlights of the game for me"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"boils down",
"briefs",
"digests",
"encapsulates",
"epitomizes",
"outlines",
"recapitulates",
"reprises",
"summarizes",
"sums up",
"synopsizes",
"wraps up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridges",
"condenses",
"curtails",
"cuts back",
"shortens",
"downsizes",
"shrinks",
"concentrates",
"consolidates",
"decocts",
"essentializes",
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"amplifies",
"elaborates (on or upon)",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recorder":{
"as in reporter , transcriptionist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"archivist",
"bookkeeper",
"reporter",
"transcriptionist",
"clerk",
"register",
"registrar",
"scribe",
"secretary",
"annalist",
"chronicler",
"documenter",
"historian"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recamier":{
"as in lounger , love seat":{
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"lounger",
"love seat",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"chesterfield",
"couch",
"davenport",
"divan",
"lounge",
"settee",
"sofa",
"squab",
"daybed",
"sofa bed",
"studio couch",
"banquette",
"bench",
"ottoman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in recondensed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"recondensed",
"enriched",
"fortified",
"richened",
"strengthened",
"evaporated",
"extracted",
"removed",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"compacted",
"hardened",
"solidified",
"boiled down",
"decocted",
"reduced",
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"distilled",
"flushed",
"leached",
"purged",
"purified",
"refined",
"concentrated",
"condensed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diluted",
"watered (down)",
"adulterated",
"cut",
"thinned",
"weakened"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recruited":{
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"thousands of recent immigrants were recruited to build the nation's rail system"
],
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"assumed",
"employed",
"engaged",
"feed",
"hired",
"laid on",
"paid",
"placed",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on"
],
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"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"reengaged",
"re-engaged",
"rehired",
"apprenticed",
"contracted",
"jobbed",
"partnered",
"subcontracted",
"enlisted",
"advanced",
"promoted",
"upgraded",
"kept (on)",
"headhunted",
"scouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"locked out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axed",
"canned",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"sacked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectifiable":{
"as in fixable , salvageable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"correctable",
"fixable",
"repairable",
"reparable",
"salvable",
"salvageable",
"penitent",
"regretful",
"remorseful",
"repentant",
"rueful",
"sorry",
"encouraging",
"promising",
"reversible",
"curable",
"reclaimable",
"recoverable",
"redeemable",
"reformable",
"remediable",
"retrievable",
"savable",
"saveable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hopeless",
"incorrigible",
"incurable",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irreformable",
"irremediable",
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"unredeemable",
"irreparable",
"irreversible",
"uncorrectable",
"unencouraging",
"unpromising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recharter":{
"as in recertify , reapprove":{
"examples":[],
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"reaccredit",
"reapprove",
"recertify",
"revalidate",
"legitimize",
"sanction",
"validate",
"warrant",
"accredit",
"certificate",
"certify",
"charter",
"ratify",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"empower",
"enable",
"enfranchise",
"license",
"licence",
"authorize",
"entitle",
"privilege",
"qualify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualify",
"disable",
"disempower",
"disenfranchise",
"decertify",
"disallow",
"forbid",
"proscribe",
"delegitimize",
"invalidate",
"nullify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recovery":{
"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"the recovery of the sunken boat took over a week"
],
"synonyms":[
"recapture",
"reclamation",
"recoupment",
"repossession",
"retrieval"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitment",
"replenishment",
"redemption",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loss",
"misplacement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength":{
"examples":[
"his recovery from the flu was remarkably quick"
],
"synonyms":[
"comeback",
"convalescence",
"healing",
"mending",
"rally",
"recuperation",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation",
"snapback"
],
"near synonyms":[
"resuscitation",
"revival",
"survival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"degeneration",
"deterioration",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regression",
"relapse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recitations":{
"as in litanies , recitals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enumerations",
"litanies",
"recitals",
"iterations",
"repetitions",
"accounts",
"narrations",
"reports",
"stories",
"catalogs",
"checklists",
"listings",
"lists",
"indexes",
"indices",
"inventories"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconsecrating":{
"as in consecrating , sanctifying":{
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"near synonyms":[
"blessing",
"consecrating",
"hallowing",
"sacralizing",
"sanctifying",
"chastening",
"cleansing",
"lustrating",
"purifying",
"committing",
"dedicating",
"devoting",
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"canonizing",
"spiritualizing",
"exorcising",
"exorcizing",
"expurgating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deconsecrating",
"desacralizing",
"desanctifying",
"defiling",
"desecrating",
"profaning",
"dirtying",
"fouling",
"polluting",
"soiling",
"tainting",
"violating",
"blaspheming",
"cursing",
"cussing",
"damning",
"execrating",
"casting out",
"condemning",
"damning",
"punishing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconstructs":{
"to build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed":{
"examples":[
"After the fire they had to completely reconstruct the building from the ground up."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixes up",
"furbishes",
"overhauls",
"rebuilds",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps",
"aids",
"cures",
"heals",
"helps",
"conditions",
"prepares",
"readies",
"cares (for)",
"maintains",
"services",
"freshens",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"restores",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"adjusts",
"corrects",
"modifies",
"rectifies",
"redresses",
"reforms",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"breaks",
"damages",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vandalizes",
"wrecks",
"cripples",
"disables",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find out and describe or show the way something (such as an event or series of events) happened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"re-creates",
"recreates",
"re-enacts",
"pieces together",
"reduplicates",
"repeats",
"reinvents",
"reconceptualizes",
"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"rehears",
"readdresses",
"reanalyzes",
"reconceives",
"reconsiders",
"redefines",
"reevaluates",
"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"reviews",
"revisits",
"reweighs",
"answers",
"breaks",
"cracks",
"dopes (out)",
"figures out",
"puzzles (out)",
"resolves",
"riddles (out)",
"solves",
"unravels",
"unriddles",
"works",
"works out",
"concludes",
"decides",
"deduces",
"gathers",
"infers",
"judges",
"reasons",
"clears (up)",
"irons out",
"straightens (out)",
"unscrambles",
"untangles",
"unties",
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"divines",
"guesses",
"presumes",
"speculates",
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rechristens":{
"as in renames , relabels":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"relabels",
"renames",
"code-names",
"nicknames",
"surnames",
"miscalls",
"misnames",
"mistitles",
"denotes",
"specifies",
"brands",
"stigmatizes",
"tags",
"baptizes",
"calls",
"christens",
"clepes",
"denominates",
"designates",
"dubs",
"entitles",
"labels",
"names",
"nominates",
"styles",
"terms",
"titles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconfirmations":{
"as in confirmations , reaffirmations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"confirmations",
"reaffirmations",
"vindications",
"arguments",
"justifications",
"rationalizations",
"reasons",
"announcements",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"allegations",
"affirmations",
"assertions",
"asseverations",
"avouchments",
"avowals",
"claims",
"declarations",
"insistences",
"professions",
"protestations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowals",
"disclaimers",
"challenges",
"disputes",
"questions",
"confutations",
"disproofs",
"rebuttals",
"refutations",
"contradictions",
"denials",
"negations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recoup":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"tried to recoup the $1,000 he had when he walked into the casino by risking his last dollar on a slot machine"
],
"synonyms":[
"get back",
"re-collect",
"reacquire",
"recapture",
"reclaim",
"recover",
"regain",
"repossess",
"retake",
"retrieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruit",
"replenish",
"redeem",
"repurchase",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"you will have to submit the proper paperwork before the insurance company will recoup you for the damage to your vehicle"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensate",
"indemnify",
"recompense",
"remunerate",
"requite",
"satisfy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refund",
"reimburse",
"repay",
"redress",
"remedy",
"repair",
"discharge",
"pay",
"quit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"he's recouping at home after a bout of the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"come back",
"convalesce",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"pull round",
"rally",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"snap back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"come around",
"come round",
"come to",
"improve",
"pick up",
"revive",
"cheer (up)",
"perk (up)",
"pull through",
"survive",
"recruit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ail",
"collapse",
"come down",
"sicken",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"fade",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen",
"regress",
"relapse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recalculates":{
"as in refigures , recomputes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recomputes",
"refigures",
"appraises",
"assesses",
"estimates",
"evaluates",
"rates",
"values",
"calibrates",
"gauges",
"gages",
"measures",
"scales",
"counts",
"itemizes",
"numbers",
"figures out",
"solves (for)",
"allows (for)",
"deducts",
"factors (in or into or out)",
"figures in",
"adds",
"divides",
"multiplies",
"subtracts",
"adds up",
"averages",
"sums",
"tallies",
"totalizes",
"totals",
"calculates",
"ciphers",
"computes",
"figures",
"reckons",
"works out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recurved":{
"as in cupped , alveolar":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alveolar",
"cavernous",
"crescentic",
"cuplike",
"cupped",
"cuppy",
"concave",
"dented",
"depressed",
"dished",
"hollow",
"indented",
"recessed",
"sunken",
"dimpled",
"pockmarked",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"contracted",
"diminished",
"reduced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulging",
"cambered",
"convex",
"protruding",
"protrusive",
"protuberant",
"ballooning",
"bloated",
"blown up",
"bulbous",
"distended",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"inflated",
"jutting",
"projecting",
"puffed",
"puffy",
"risen",
"swollen",
"domed",
"global",
"globular",
"round",
"rounded",
"spherical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recanting":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the Inquisition forced Galileo to recant his support of the Copernican observation that the earth revolves around the sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjuring",
"abnegating",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"reneging",
"renouncing",
"repealing",
"repudiating",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"negativing",
"abandoning",
"bolting",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"spurning",
"surrendering",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"revoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"proclaiming",
"professing",
"stating",
"vouching",
"vowing",
"backing",
"confirming",
"defending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"espousing",
"maintaining",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhering (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recrimination":{
"an angry statement in which you accuse or criticize a person who has accused or criticized you":{
"examples":[
"The discussion turned into a heated debate with recriminations flying back and forth."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incrimination",
"charge",
"complaint",
"count",
"indictment",
"rap",
"accusation",
"allegation",
"plea",
"crimination",
"counteraccusation",
"countercharge",
"arraignment",
"impeachment",
"implication",
"imputation",
"innuendo",
"insinuation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconnoitered":{
"to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information especially about a military enemy; to do a reconnaissance of (a place)":{
"examples":[
"An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scouted",
"explored",
"hunted",
"probed",
"prospected",
"searched",
"skirred",
"disclosed",
"discovered",
"revealed",
"unearthed",
"fathomed",
"plumbed",
"sounded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recantation":{
"as in denial , disavowal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"denial",
"disaffirmance",
"disavowal",
"disownment",
"renunciation",
"repudiation",
"retraction",
"bait and switch",
"switcheroo",
"reconsideration",
"retreat",
"second thought",
"about-face",
"about-turn",
"flip-flop",
"reversal",
"turnabout",
"turnaround",
"U-turn",
"volte-face",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recrudesced":{
"as in continued , picked up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"continued",
"picked up",
"proceeded (with)",
"renewed",
"reopened",
"restarted",
"resumed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completed",
"concluded",
"consummated",
"ended",
"finalized",
"finished",
"belayed",
"broke",
"canned",
"ceased",
"checked",
"cut",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"left off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"scuttled",
"shut off",
"stayed",
"stopped",
"terminated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconnoitring":{
"to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information especially about a military enemy; to do a reconnaissance of (a place)":{
"examples":[
"An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scouting",
"exploring",
"hunting",
"probing",
"prospecting",
"searching",
"skirring",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"revealing",
"unearthing",
"fathoming",
"plumbing",
"sounding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recharters":{
"as in recertifies , reapproves":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredits",
"reapproves",
"recertifies",
"revalidates",
"legitimizes",
"sanctions",
"validates",
"warrants",
"accredits",
"certificates",
"certifies",
"charters",
"ratifies",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"empowers",
"enables",
"enfranchises",
"licenses",
"licences",
"authorizes",
"entitles",
"privileges",
"qualifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualifies",
"disables",
"disempowers",
"disenfranchises",
"decertifies",
"disallows",
"forbids",
"proscribes",
"delegitimizes",
"invalidates",
"nullifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recon":{
"military activity in which soldiers, airplanes, etc., are sent to find out information about an enemy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconnaissance",
"scout",
"hunt",
"quest",
"search",
"shakedown",
"sweep",
"chase",
"pursuit",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"census",
"exploration",
"probe",
"forage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reckonings":{
"the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something":{
"examples":[
"that old chest isn't worth much by my reckoning , but an antiques dealer might think otherwise"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraisals",
"appraisements",
"assessments",
"estimates",
"estimations",
"evaluations",
"valuations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculations",
"computations",
"measurements",
"mensurations",
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"examinations",
"inspections",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinies",
"surveys",
"reassessments",
"transvaluations",
"overestimations",
"overevaluations",
"underestimations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value":{
"examples":[
"you forgot about the decimal point, so your reckoning was way off"
],
"synonyms":[
"arithmetics",
"calculations",
"calculi",
"calculuses",
"computations",
"figures",
"mathematics",
"maths",
"number crunchings",
"numbers"
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"additions",
"divisions",
"multiplications",
"subtractions",
"calibrations",
"measurements",
"mensurations",
"appraisals",
"assessments",
"estimations",
"evaluations",
"valuations"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in reimagining , reenvisioning":{
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"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"rehearing",
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"refusal to obey":{
"examples":[
"punished her recalcitrance by taking away her driving privileges"
],
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"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civil disobedience",
"noncooperation",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"peevishness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"knavery",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"slavishness",
"submissiveness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"trainability",
"deference",
"docility",
"dutifulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"tractability",
"tractableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in sweats out , agrees (with or to)":{
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"abides",
"absorbs",
"accepts",
"bears",
"bides",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"goes",
"hacks",
"handles",
"meets",
"pockets",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"sweats out",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"wears",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (with or to)",
"assents (to)",
"capitulates",
"consents (to)",
"respects",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)",
"allows",
"permits",
"suffers",
"swallows"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"misses",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recitals":{
"as in litanies , recitations":{
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"near synonyms":[
"enumerations",
"litanies",
"recitations",
"iterations",
"repetitions",
"accounts",
"narrations",
"reports",
"stories",
"catalogs",
"checklists",
"listings",
"lists",
"indexes",
"indices",
"inventories"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in symphonies":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"symphonies",
"performances",
"presentations",
"ceilidhs",
"ceilis",
"hootenannies",
"jams",
"jam sessions",
"sings",
"songfests",
"concerts",
"musicales",
"festivals",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"shindigs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"receipts":{
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the amount paid":{
"examples":[
"If you'd like to return those pants, you'll need to provide a receipt ."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"invoices",
"slips",
"checks",
"coupons",
"passes",
"pasteboards",
"tickets",
"certificates",
"notes",
"tokens",
"vouchers",
"accounts",
"reckonings",
"records",
"statements",
"bills",
"tabs",
"charges",
"costs",
"damages",
"expenses",
"fees",
"figures",
"scores",
"tallies",
"documents",
"ledgers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recitalists":{
"as in soloists , accompanists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanists",
"soloists",
"symphonists",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"accordionists",
"bassoonists",
"clarinetists",
"clarinettists",
"cornetists",
"cornettists",
"drummers",
"fiddlers",
"flautists",
"flutists",
"guitarists",
"harpists",
"hornists",
"keyboardists",
"oboists",
"organ-grinders",
"organists",
"percussionists",
"pianists",
"pickers",
"pipers",
"reedmen",
"saxophonists",
"trombonists",
"trumpeters",
"violinists",
"violists",
"artists",
"performers",
"minstrels",
"instrumentalists",
"musicians",
"players"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reckon with":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"After Scout's emergency surgery, we were forced to reckon with a hefty vet bill."
],
"synonyms":[
"allow (for)",
"consider",
"factor (in or into)",
"provide (for)",
"regard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"anticipate",
"contemplate",
"envisage",
"expect",
"foresee",
"assume",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"plan",
"calculate",
"face"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factor (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discount",
"disregard"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"rectories":{
"as in parsonages , manses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hermitages",
"manses",
"parsonages",
"vicarages",
"abodes",
"diggings",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"firesides",
"habitations",
"hearths",
"hearthstones",
"homes",
"houses",
"lodgings",
"pads",
"places",
"quarters",
"residences",
"roofs",
"accommodations",
"housings",
"nests",
"residencies",
"shelters",
"bungalows",
"cabins",
"casitas",
"chalets",
"cottages",
"duplexes",
"ranches",
"ranch houses",
"saltboxes",
"semis",
"split levels",
"townhomes",
"town houses",
"tract houses",
"triplexes",
"apartment houses",
"apartments",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"flats",
"tenement houses",
"tenements",
"walk-ups",
"barracks",
"billets",
"boardinghouses",
"dormitories",
"dorms",
"flophouses",
"lodging houses",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"rooming houses",
"rooms",
"hooches",
"hootches",
"hovels",
"hutches",
"huts",
"shacks",
"shanties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recalled":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I don't recall meeting you before"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashed back (to)",
"harked back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"hearkened back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"minded",
"recollected",
"remembered",
"reminisced (about)",
"reproduced",
"thought (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recaptured",
"recurred",
"educed",
"elicited",
"evoked",
"extracted",
"raised",
"reminded",
"relived",
"represented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembered",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"lost",
"missed",
"blanked (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembered",
"forgot",
"unlearned"
]
},
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"I'll recall my purchase order if the company refuses to guarantee that it'll arrive before Christmas"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"cried off",
"dropped",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"scrapped",
"scrubbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
"wrote off",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew",
"countermanded",
"reversed",
"rolled back",
"broke off",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"held back",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engaged",
"pledged",
"promised",
"began",
"commenced",
"initiated",
"started",
"took on",
"took up",
"undertook"
],
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"kept"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recognitions":{
"the state of being publicly acknowledged or known for something (such as an achievement)":{
"examples":[
"The group was pleased to finally receive recognition for their groundbreaking work."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolades",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"homages",
"kudos",
"laurels",
"praises",
"infamies",
"characters",
"marks",
"names",
"reports",
"reputabilities",
"reputations",
"reputes",
"cachets",
"places",
"positions",
"prestiges",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statures",
"statuses",
"megastardoms",
"popularities",
"stardoms",
"superstardoms",
"distinctions",
"eminences",
"glories",
"honors",
"notes",
"preeminences",
"prominences",
"visibilities",
"adorations",
"idolizations",
"celebrities",
"fames",
"notorieties",
"renowns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"ignominies",
"odiums",
"opprobriums",
"shames",
"invisibilities",
"unpopularity",
"anonymities",
"oblivions",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recur":{
"to occur again":{
"examples":[
"She had a recurring dream in which she could fly."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reoccur",
"duplicate",
"redo",
"reduplicate",
"reiterate",
"remake",
"renew",
"replicate",
"reprise",
"recreate",
"reenact",
"reinvent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recital":{
"as in litany , recitation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enumeration",
"litany",
"recitation",
"iteration",
"repetition",
"account",
"narration",
"report",
"story",
"catalog",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"index",
"inventory"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in symphony":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"symphony",
"performance",
"presentation",
"ceilidh",
"ceili",
"hootenanny",
"jam",
"jam session",
"sing",
"songfest",
"concert",
"musicale",
"festival",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"shindig"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recombines":{
"as in reunites , rejoins":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconnects",
"rejoins",
"reunifies",
"reunites",
"reaffixes",
"reattaches",
"refastens",
"refixes",
"resecures",
"associates",
"coalesces",
"combines",
"conjoins",
"conjugates",
"connects",
"couples",
"fuses",
"interfuses",
"joins",
"links (up)",
"marries",
"unifies",
"unites",
"assembles",
"clusters",
"congregates",
"constellates",
"convenes",
"gathers",
"meets",
"allies",
"confederates",
"leagues",
"mates",
"yokes",
"chains",
"compounds",
"hitches",
"hooks",
"splices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disaffiliates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"fractionates",
"isolates",
"resolves",
"uncouples",
"unyokes",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"scatters",
"breaks up",
"dissevers",
"parts",
"sections",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"unlinks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"receding":{
"as in regressing , retrogressing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"regressing",
"retrogressing",
"arrested",
"ended",
"halted",
"stalled",
"stopped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afoot",
"ongoing",
"proceeding",
"functioning",
"happening",
"operating",
"working",
"afloat",
"alive",
"going"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fall , decline":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"declivity",
"descent",
"dip",
"downgrade",
"fall",
"hang",
"hanging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cant",
"diagonal",
"grade",
"gradient",
"inclination",
"incline",
"lean",
"pitch",
"rake",
"slant",
"slope",
"upgrade",
"ascent",
"bank",
"climb",
"rise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"the sound of sirens receded as the fire engines roared off into the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"declining",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"draining (away)",
"dropping (off)",
"dwindling",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"easing",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"falling away",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"palling",
"phasing down",
"ratcheting (down)",
"racheting (down)",
"relenting",
"remitting",
"shrinking",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"petering (out)",
"tailing (off)",
"vanishing",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"after the rain stops, the floodwaters should gradually recede"
],
"synonyms":[
"backing away",
"dropping back",
"falling back",
"pulling out",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fleeing",
"flying",
"flinching",
"recoiling",
"shrinking",
"chickening (out)",
"bowing out",
"backing down",
"backpedaling",
"backtracking",
"climbing down",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"pulling away",
"abandoning",
"departing",
"evacuating",
"going",
"leaving",
"quitting",
"vacating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"brazening",
"breasting",
"confronting",
"daring",
"defying",
"facing",
"outbraving"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recategorized":{
"as in reclassified , regrouped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reclassified",
"regrouped",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"subcategorized",
"identified",
"recognized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"assorted",
"broke down",
"categorized",
"classed",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"grouped",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"sorted",
"typed",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectory":{
"as in parsonage , manse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hermitage",
"manse",
"parsonage",
"vicarage",
"abode",
"diggings",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"fireside",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"hearthstone",
"home",
"house",
"lodging",
"pad",
"place",
"quarters",
"residence",
"roof",
"accommodations",
"housing",
"nest",
"residency",
"shelter",
"bungalow",
"cabin",
"casita",
"chalet",
"cottage",
"duplex",
"ranch",
"ranch house",
"saltbox",
"semi",
"split level",
"townhome",
"town house",
"tract house",
"triplex",
"apartment",
"apartment house",
"condo",
"condominium",
"flat",
"tenement",
"tenement house",
"walk-up",
"barracks",
"billet",
"boardinghouse",
"dorm",
"dormitory",
"flophouse",
"lodging house",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"room(s)",
"rooming house",
"hooch",
"hootch",
"hovel",
"hut",
"hutch",
"shack",
"shanty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recalculating":{
"as in refiguring , recomputing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recomputing",
"refiguring",
"appraising",
"assessing",
"estimating",
"evaluating",
"rating",
"valuing",
"calibrating",
"gauging",
"gaging",
"measuring",
"scaling",
"counting",
"itemizing",
"numbering",
"figuring out",
"solving (for)",
"allowing (for)",
"deducting",
"factoring (in or into or out)",
"figuring in",
"adding",
"dividing",
"multiplying",
"subtracting",
"adding up",
"averaging",
"summing",
"tallying",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"totalizing",
"calculating",
"ciphering",
"computing",
"figuring",
"reckoning",
"working out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recertifies":{
"as in revalidates , reapproves":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredits",
"reapproves",
"recharters",
"revalidates",
"legitimizes",
"sanctions",
"validates",
"warrants",
"accredits",
"certificates",
"certifies",
"charters",
"ratifies",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"approves",
"endorses",
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"nullifies"
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"verb"
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"profanes",
"dirties",
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"verb"
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"to put, bring, or come together again":{
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"They reconnected with an old friend over the weekend.",
"She reassembled the unit and reconnected the cables."
],
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"reunited",
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"disjointed",
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"verb"
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"Recent events have brought attention to the problem.",
"I usually watch that show every week, but I missed the most recent episode.",
"Medical science has made amazing progress in recent decades."
],
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"current",
"cutting-edge",
"latest",
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"modern",
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"newest",
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"new-fashioned",
"novel",
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"higher",
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"ripened",
"civilized",
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"underdeveloped",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"underweight",
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"unripened",
"savage",
"uncivilized",
"uneducated",
"early",
"embryonic",
"germinal",
"primeval",
"primordial",
"antediluvian",
"antiquated",
"antique",
"dated",
"fusty",
"hoary",
"musty",
"Neanderthal",
"Neandertal",
"obsolete",
"old",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"past",
"backward",
"low",
"lower",
"nonprogressive",
"primitive",
"retarded",
"rude",
"rudimentary",
"undeveloped"
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"adjective"
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},
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"as in congruous , congruent":{
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"accordant",
"agreeing",
"compatible",
"concordant",
"conformable (to)",
"congruent",
"congruous",
"consistent",
"consonant",
"correspondent (with or to)",
"harmonious",
"nonconflicting",
"akin",
"like",
"similar"
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"antagonistic",
"antipodal",
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"irreconcilable",
"opposing",
"opposite",
"clashing",
"conflicting",
"disagreeing",
"discordant",
"discrepant",
"incompatible",
"incongruous",
"inconsistent",
"inconsonant",
"inharmonious",
"mutually exclusive",
"repugnant"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recycles":{
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
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"recycling the aluminum from soda pop cans is environmentally sound"
],
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"reclaims",
"recovers"
],
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"reuses",
"processes",
"reprocesses"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"reconveys":{
"as in returns , replaces":{
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"near synonyms":[
"replaces",
"restores",
"returns"
],
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"removes",
"takes"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"a person who continues to commit crimes even after being caught and punished":{
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"backsliders",
"relapsers",
"repeaters",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"miscreants",
"offenders",
"misdemeanants",
"accomplices",
"principals",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"evildoers",
"gallows birds",
"misdoers",
"misfeasors",
"sinners",
"transgressors",
"trespassers",
"villains",
"wrongdoers",
"blackhanders",
"button men",
"gangsters",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"mobsters",
"racketeers",
"thugs",
"enforcers",
"gunmen",
"guns",
"gunsels",
"hit men",
"triggermen",
"accused",
"arrestees",
"defendants",
"detainees",
"fish",
"fishes",
"suspects"
],
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"gangbusters",
"lawmen"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
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"historians have never been able to reconcile the two eyewitness accounts of the battle"
],
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"accommodates",
"attunes",
"conciliates",
"conforms",
"coordinates",
"harmonizes",
"keys"
],
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"adapts",
"tunes",
"blends",
"combines",
"connects",
"correlates",
"dovetails",
"fits",
"fuses",
"integrates",
"joins",
"matches",
"merges",
"orchestrates",
"pairs",
"squares",
"suits",
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"synthesizes",
"unifies",
"unites",
"aligns",
"alines",
"arranges",
"arrays",
"balances",
"equalizes",
"evens",
"orders",
"proportions",
"regularizes",
"standardizes"
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"confuses",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"disorganizes",
"disrupts",
"disturbs",
"skews",
"upsets",
"alienates",
"estranges"
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"disharmonizes"
]
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"records":{
"a relating of events usually in the order in which they happened":{
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"the town paper published a record of the debate, as well as a synopsis of each candidate's stance on the major questions"
],
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"accounts",
"chronicles",
"chronologies",
"commentaries",
"histories",
"narrations",
"narratives",
"reports",
"stories"
],
"near synonyms":[
"versions",
"depositions",
"documentations",
"testaments",
"testimonials",
"testimonies",
"witnesses",
"annals",
"blogs",
"diaries",
"journals",
"logbooks",
"logs",
"memoirs",
"minutes",
"proc\u00e8s-verbaux",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"tales",
"yarns",
"epics",
"sagas",
"gests",
"gestes",
"romances",
"recitals",
"recitations",
"case histories",
"case studies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an account of important events in the order in which they happened":{
"examples":[
"historical records on the rise of the Roman Empire are plentiful"
],
"synonyms":[
"annals",
"chronicles",
"histories"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blogs",
"commentaries",
"diaries",
"journals",
"memoirs",
"reminiscences",
"autobiographies",
"biographies",
"lives",
"epics",
"legends",
"narratives",
"sagas",
"stories",
"tales",
"archives",
"documentations",
"logs",
"registers",
"reports",
"chronologies",
"genealogies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"the reporter recorded the events of the evening in her notebook for later reference"
],
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"jots (down)",
"logs",
"marks",
"notes",
"puts down",
"registers",
"reports",
"sets down",
"takes down",
"writes down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicles",
"minutes",
"transcribes",
"enregisters",
"enters",
"inscribes",
"chalks (up)",
"notches",
"scores"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"he was recorded as having been a passenger on that ill-fated ship, but his body was never recovered"
],
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"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"enrolls",
"enrols",
"enters",
"indexes",
"inscribes",
"lists",
"puts down",
"registers",
"schedules",
"slates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"books",
"cards",
"files",
"notes",
"classifies",
"compiles",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"reschedules"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deletes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recherch\u00e9":{
"having qualities that appeal to a refined taste":{
"examples":[
"a high-end restaurant with a particularly recherch\u00e9 selection of wines"
],
"synonyms":[
"choice",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"fine",
"rare",
"select"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bijou",
"jewellike",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"elite",
"exclusive",
"classic",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"noble",
"outstanding",
"par excellence",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"transcendent",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"ultrarare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"gross",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"tasteless",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar",
"commercial",
"mass-produced",
"popular",
"common",
"ordinary",
"average",
"lesser",
"mediocre",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"deficient",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recessional":{
"as in processional":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"processional",
"mass",
"oratorio",
"Gloria Patri",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"anthem",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"psalm",
"spiritual"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recombine":{
"as in reunite , rejoin":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconnect",
"rejoin",
"reunify",
"reunite",
"reaffix",
"reattach",
"refasten",
"refix",
"resecure",
"associate",
"coalesce",
"combine",
"conjoin",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"fuse",
"interfuse",
"join",
"link (up)",
"marry",
"unify",
"unite",
"assemble",
"cluster",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"convene",
"gather",
"meet",
"ally",
"confederate",
"league",
"mate",
"yoke",
"chain",
"compound",
"hitch",
"hook",
"splice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disaffiliate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"fractionate",
"isolate",
"resolve",
"uncouple",
"unyoke",
"disband",
"disperse",
"scatter",
"break up",
"dissever",
"part",
"section",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"unlink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconnecting":{
"to put, bring, or come together again":{
"examples":[
"They reconnected with an old friend over the weekend.",
"She reassembled the unit and reconnected the cables."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recombining",
"rejoining",
"reunifying",
"reuniting",
"reaffixing",
"reattaching",
"refastening",
"refixing",
"resecuring",
"associating",
"coalescing",
"combining",
"conjoining",
"conjugating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"fusing",
"interfusing",
"joining",
"linking (up)",
"marrying",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"assembling",
"clustering",
"congregating",
"constellating",
"convening",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"allying",
"confederating",
"leaguing",
"mating",
"yoking",
"chaining",
"compounding",
"hitching",
"hooking",
"splicing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disaffiliating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"fractionating",
"isolating",
"resolving",
"uncoupling",
"unyoking",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"scattering",
"breaking up",
"dissevering",
"parting",
"sectioning",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"unlinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recondensing":{
"as in reconcentrating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconcentrating",
"enriching",
"fortifying",
"richening",
"strengthening",
"evaporating",
"extracting",
"removing",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"compacting",
"hardening",
"solidifying",
"boiling down",
"decocting",
"reducing",
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"distilling",
"flushing",
"leaching",
"purging",
"purifying",
"refining",
"concentrating",
"condensing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diluting",
"watering (down)",
"adulterating",
"cutting",
"thinning",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectifies":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"let me get the store manager, and he'll rectify the invoice for your order"
],
"synonyms":[
"amends",
"corrects",
"debugs",
"emends",
"red-pencils",
"reforms",
"remedies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafts",
"redraws",
"restyles",
"revises",
"reworks",
"rewrites",
"blue-pencils",
"cuts",
"shortens",
"redresses",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"improves",
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up",
"fixes",
"mends",
"repairs",
"adjusts",
"modulates",
"regulates",
"alters",
"changes",
"modifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"spoils",
"aggravates",
"worsens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recurred":{
"to occur again":{
"examples":[
"She had a recurring dream in which she could fly."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reoccurred",
"duplicated",
"redid",
"reduplicated",
"reiterated",
"remade",
"renewed",
"replicated",
"reprised",
"recreated",
"reenacted",
"reinvented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reclined":{
"as in tilted , inclined":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angled",
"canted",
"cocked",
"heeled",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped",
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fell",
"plunged",
"sank",
"sunk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"climbed",
"mounted",
"rose",
"uprose",
"upswept",
"upturned",
"evened",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"planed",
"smoothed",
"straightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in couched , lay (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couched",
"lay (down)",
"dozed",
"dropped off",
"napped",
"nodded",
"slept",
"slumbered",
"snoozed",
"bunked",
"perched",
"roosted",
"settled",
"bedded",
"crashed",
"dossed (down)",
"retired",
"turned in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"got up",
"rose",
"uprose",
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"roused",
"wakened",
"woke",
"waked",
"bestirred",
"stirred",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"shifted",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconnaissance":{
"military activity in which soldiers, airplanes, etc., are sent to find out information about an enemy":{
"examples":[
"There are two helicopters available for reconnaissance .",
"reconnaissance missions"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"observation",
"surveillance",
"espionage",
"spying",
"counterespionage",
"counterintelligence",
"intelligence",
"cloak-and-dagger",
"tradecraft",
"bugging",
"eavesdropping",
"wiretapping",
"dope",
"goods",
"lowdown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recreational vehicles":{
"a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"campers",
"caravans",
"motor homes",
"RVs",
"trailers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"house trailers",
"mobile homes",
"coaches",
"vans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"reckons":{
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
"examples":[
"tried to reckon the size of the crowd at the stadium"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculates",
"calls",
"conjectures",
"estimates",
"figures",
"gauges",
"gages",
"guesses",
"judges",
"makes",
"places",
"puts",
"supposes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concludes",
"deduces",
"extrapolates",
"gathers",
"infers",
"reasons",
"understands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calibrates",
"measures",
"scales",
"computes",
"works out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as an opinion":{
"examples":[
"I reckon you must be new to these parts"
],
"synonyms":[
"allows",
"believes",
"conceives",
"considers",
"deems",
"esteems",
"feels",
"figures",
"guesses",
"holds",
"imagines",
"judges",
"supposes",
"thinks"
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"views",
"accepts",
"perceives",
"depends",
"relies",
"trusts",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"surmises",
"concludes",
"deduces",
"infers"
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"distrusts",
"doubts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects",
"disbelieves",
"discredits",
"rejects"
],
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"to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations":{
"examples":[
"reckoned the runner's pace by dividing her finishing time by the race distance"
],
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"calculates",
"ciphers",
"computes",
"figures",
"works out"
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"averages",
"sums",
"tallies",
"totalizes",
"totals",
"adds",
"divides",
"multiplies",
"subtracts",
"allows (for)",
"deducts",
"factors (in or into or out)",
"figures in",
"figures out",
"solves (for)",
"counts",
"itemizes",
"numbers",
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"gauges",
"gages",
"measures",
"scales",
"appraises",
"assesses",
"estimates",
"evaluates",
"rates",
"values",
"recalculates",
"recomputes",
"refigures"
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"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"don't reckon on being provided with low-cost housing if you take a summer job there"
],
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"calculates",
"counts",
"depends",
"leans",
"relies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commits",
"confides",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"trusts"
],
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"distrusts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects"
],
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"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"he was reckoned among the great heroes of his time"
],
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"accounts",
"calls",
"considers",
"counts",
"esteems",
"holds",
"looks (on or upon)",
"rates",
"regards",
"sets down",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believes",
"deems",
"feels",
"senses",
"thinks",
"conceives",
"fancies",
"imagines"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"a period of decreased economic activity":{
"examples":[
"the country is just coming out of a recession , so expect to see fewer layoffs and more new jobs in the coming year"
],
"synonyms":[
"depressions",
"slumps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"busts",
"crashes",
"panics",
"stagnations",
"downbeats",
"downdrafts",
"downswings",
"downtrends",
"downturns",
"slowdowns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"developments",
"growths",
"advancements",
"progresses",
"rallies",
"recoveries"
],
"antonyms":[
"booms"
]
},
"an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable":{
"examples":[
"a retiring CEO making a gradual recession from the daily rigors of running a major corporation"
],
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"pullbacks",
"pullouts",
"retirements",
"retreats",
"withdrawals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"routs",
"flinches",
"recoils",
"revulsions",
"disengagements",
"disentanglements"
],
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"antonyms":[
"advancements",
"advances"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rectifier":{
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"examples":[
"a tropical vacation is a surefire rectifier of the midwinter blues"
],
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"antidote",
"corrective",
"curative",
"cure",
"remedy",
"therapeutic",
"therapy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cure-all",
"elixir",
"panacea",
"answer",
"solution",
"aid",
"help",
"relief",
"succor",
"balm",
"medicinal",
"medicine",
"palliative"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reciprocates":{
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"reciprocated the favor by driving their neighbor to the airport"
],
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"recompenses",
"repays",
"requites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchanges",
"compensates",
"indemnifies",
"pays",
"recoups",
"remunerates",
"satisfies",
"gives back",
"refunds",
"reimburses",
"restitutes",
"avenges",
"gets back (at)",
"retaliates",
"revenges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectitudinous":{
"as in self-righteous , pious":{
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"canting",
"goody-goody",
"holier-than-thou",
"moralistic",
"pharisaical",
"pious",
"sanctimonious",
"self-righteous",
"simon-pure",
"artificial",
"backhanded",
"counterfeit",
"double",
"double-dealing",
"double-faced",
"fake",
"feigned",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"Janus-faced",
"jive",
"left-handed",
"lip",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"Pecksniffian",
"phony",
"phoney",
"phony-baloney",
"phoney-baloney",
"pretended",
"two-faced",
"unctuous",
"affected",
"assumed",
"claptrap",
"contrived",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"put-on",
"simulated",
"strained",
"unnatural",
"empty",
"hollow",
"meaningless",
"deceitful",
"devious",
"dishonest",
"false",
"untruthful",
"facile",
"glib",
"superficial",
"bogus",
"sham",
"campy",
"facetious",
"jocular",
"tongue-in-cheek"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artless",
"candid",
"genuine",
"heartfelt",
"honest",
"sincere",
"undesigning",
"unfeigned",
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"heart-to-heart",
"open",
"plain",
"straightforward"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recover (from)":{
"as in rally , rebound":{
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"near synonyms":[
"rally",
"rebound",
"shake (off)",
"come back",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"recoup",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"snap back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catch",
"come down (with)",
"contract",
"get",
"go down (with)",
"sicken (with)",
"take",
"break out (with)",
"die (from)",
"succumb (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recons":{
"military activity in which soldiers, airplanes, etc., are sent to find out information about an enemy":{
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"reconnaissances",
"scouts",
"hunts",
"quests",
"searches",
"shakedowns",
"sweeps",
"chases",
"pursuits",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"censuses",
"explorations",
"probes",
"forages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"receipt":{
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the amount paid":{
"examples":[
"If you'd like to return those pants, you'll need to provide a receipt ."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"invoice",
"slip",
"check",
"coupon",
"pass",
"pasteboard",
"ticket",
"certificate",
"note",
"token",
"voucher",
"account",
"reckoning",
"record",
"statement",
"bill",
"tab",
"charge",
"cost",
"damage",
"expense",
"fee",
"figure",
"score",
"tally",
"document",
"ledger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recondense":{
"as in reconcentrate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconcentrate",
"enrich",
"fortify",
"richen",
"strengthen",
"evaporate",
"extract",
"remove",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"compact",
"harden",
"solidify",
"boil down",
"decoct",
"reduce",
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"distill",
"distil",
"flush",
"leach",
"purge",
"purify",
"refine",
"concentrate",
"condense"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dilute",
"water (down)",
"adulterate",
"cut",
"thin",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconsidering":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the new intelligence forced the general to reconsider his plan of attack"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehearing",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"defending",
"maintaining",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recompiling":{
"as in revising , editing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"editing",
"redacting",
"redrafting",
"reediting",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"anthologizing",
"collecting",
"compiling",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collating",
"gathering",
"grouping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reclamations":{
"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"pumped water out of the field as part of the land reclamation program designed to provide farmers with more farmland"
],
"synonyms":[
"recaptures",
"recoupments",
"recoveries",
"repossessions",
"retrievals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitments",
"replenishments",
"redemptions",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losses",
"misplacements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recollect":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"flash back (to)",
"hark back (to)",
"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
"mind",
"recall",
"remember",
"reminisce (about)",
"reproduce",
"think (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapture",
"recur",
"educe",
"elicit",
"evoke",
"extract",
"raise",
"remind",
"relive",
"represent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremember",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"lose",
"miss",
"blank (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremember",
"forget",
"unlearn"
]
},
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"collect",
"compose",
"contain",
"control",
"settle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hold back",
"restrain",
"rally",
"recover",
"lull",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"still",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"get back",
"reacquire",
"recapture",
"reclaim",
"recoup",
"recover",
"regain",
"repossess",
"retake",
"retrieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruit",
"replenish",
"redeem",
"repurchase",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"receives":{
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"examples":[
"a top law-school grad who was received by the firm with open arms"
],
"synonyms":[
"admits",
"enters",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entertains",
"welcomes",
"fellowships",
"confirms",
"ratifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"blackballs",
"blacklists",
"ostracizes",
"banishes",
"deports",
"exiles",
"expels",
"ousts",
"throws out"
],
"antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectifications":{
"as in reforms , amendments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amendments",
"corrections",
"reforms",
"alterations",
"changes",
"differences",
"modifications",
"reviews",
"revises",
"revisions",
"variations",
"conversions",
"deformations",
"distortions",
"metamorphoses",
"mutations",
"transfigurations",
"transformations",
"fluctuations",
"oscillations",
"shifts",
"displacements",
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"adjustments",
"modulations",
"regulations",
"tweaks",
"redesigns",
"redos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixations",
"stabilizations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recites":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"recited the funny story of how he and his girlfriend met"
],
"synonyms":[
"charts",
"chronicles",
"describes",
"narrates",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivers",
"gives",
"reels off",
"states",
"utters",
"voices",
"details",
"enumerates",
"itemizes",
"particularizes",
"bares",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"lets on (about)",
"reveals",
"delineates",
"depicts",
"expresses",
"renders",
"sketches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give from memory":{
"examples":[
"after all these years, she's still able to recite the poems she learned as a child"
],
"synonyms":[
"reels off",
"repeats",
"says"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cons",
"learns",
"memorizes",
"studies",
"declaims",
"mouths",
"orates",
"speaks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reads"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to specify one after another":{
"examples":[
"the Declaration of Independence recites a long list of grievances against King George III"
],
"synonyms":[
"details",
"enumerates",
"itemizes",
"lists",
"numerates",
"reels off",
"rehearses",
"ticks (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlines",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"inventories",
"charts",
"diagrams",
"graphs",
"calculates",
"computes",
"estimates",
"figures",
"reckons",
"cites",
"mentions",
"names"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recasts":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"once he recast the question in different terms, I understood what he was asking"
],
"synonyms":[
"alters",
"changes",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"redoes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"varies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforms",
"metamorphoses",
"mutates",
"regenerates",
"revolutionizes",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes",
"commutes",
"converts",
"exchanges",
"rejiggers",
"retools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixes",
"freezes",
"sets",
"stabilizes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recriminated":{
"as in retaliated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retaliated",
"framed",
"implicated",
"inculpated",
"informed (against)",
"named",
"reported",
"prosecuted",
"sued",
"tried",
"appealed",
"arraigned",
"booked",
"cited",
"summoned",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproved",
"taxed",
"blamed",
"called (on)",
"castigated",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"faulted",
"impugned",
"reproached",
"reprobated",
"accused",
"charged",
"criminated",
"defamed",
"impeached",
"incriminated",
"indicted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"excused",
"forgave",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"shrived",
"shrove"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reclusion":{
"as in introversion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"introversion",
"bashfulness",
"coyness",
"diffidence",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"modesty",
"retiringness",
"unsociability",
"unsociableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conviviality",
"gregariousness",
"sociability",
"amiability",
"cordiality",
"folksiness",
"friendliness",
"neighborliness",
"camaraderie",
"companionship",
"fellowship"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recurs":{
"to occur again":{
"examples":[
"She had a recurring dream in which she could fly."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reoccurs",
"duplicates",
"redoes",
"reduplicates",
"reiterates",
"remakes",
"renews",
"replicates",
"reprises",
"recreates",
"reenacts",
"reinvents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recamiers":{
"as in loungers , love seats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"loungers",
"love seats",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates",
"chesterfields",
"couches",
"davenports",
"divans",
"lounges",
"settees",
"sofas",
"squabs",
"daybeds",
"sofa beds",
"studio couches",
"banquettes",
"benches",
"ottomans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconditioned":{
"as in restored , rehabilitated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"restored",
"reclaimed",
"recovered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"retrieved",
"salvaged",
"saved",
"repeopled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"derelict",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"disused",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"rejected",
"vacant",
"vacated",
"void",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"unattended",
"untended",
"castaway",
"cast-off",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"refuse",
"waste"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"asked my neighbor to help me recondition the old tractor for use on the family farm"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixed up",
"furbished",
"overhauled",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"refurbished",
"aided",
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"conditioned",
"prepared",
"readied",
"cared (for)",
"maintained",
"serviced",
"freshened",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"restored",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"adjusted",
"corrected",
"modified",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"reformed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"broke",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vandalized",
"wrecked",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"recover":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"after fishing around in the garbage for 10 minutes, I was able to recover my lost keys"
],
"synonyms":[
"get back",
"reacquire",
"recapture",
"reclaim",
"re-collect",
"recoup",
"regain",
"repossess",
"retake",
"retrieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruit",
"replenish",
"redeem",
"repurchase",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"after a disastrous first half, the team was able to recover and pull off a victory"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounce (back)",
"come back",
"rally",
"rebound",
"snap back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"fail",
"worsen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"I see you're recovering well from the accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"come back",
"convalesce",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"pull round",
"rally",
"recoup",
"recuperate",
"snap back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"come around",
"come round",
"come to",
"improve",
"pick up",
"revive",
"cheer (up)",
"perk (up)",
"pull through",
"survive",
"recruit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ail",
"collapse",
"come down",
"sicken",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"fade",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen",
"regress",
"relapse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
"examples":[
"the process of recovering aluminum from old cans"
],
"synonyms":[
"reclaim",
"recycle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reuse",
"process",
"reprocess"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recompensed":{
"to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received":{
"examples":[
"the cash-strapped museum can recompense lecturers with only token honorariums"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensated",
"paid",
"remunerated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunded",
"reimbursed",
"repaid",
"requited",
"remitted",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"prepaid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stiffed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"that company still needs to recompense the work that the contractor finished last month"
],
"synonyms":[
"anted (up)",
"balanced",
"cleared",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"met",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"ponied up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiated"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the government has yet to adequately recompense the property owners for the land taken for the new highway"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensated",
"indemnified",
"recouped",
"remunerated",
"requited",
"satisfied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunded",
"reimbursed",
"repaid",
"redressed",
"remedied",
"repaired",
"discharged",
"paid",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"the wealthy gentleman told the poor little girl she could recompense his generosity simply by enjoying her new toys"
],
"synonyms":[
"reciprocated",
"repaid",
"requited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchanged",
"compensated",
"indemnified",
"paid",
"recouped",
"remunerated",
"satisfied",
"gave back",
"refunded",
"reimbursed",
"restituted",
"avenged",
"got back (at)",
"retaliated",
"revenged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recoveries":{
"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"the recovery of the sunken boat took over a week"
],
"synonyms":[
"recaptures",
"reclamations",
"recoupments",
"repossessions",
"retrievals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitments",
"replenishments",
"redemptions",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losses",
"misplacements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rechristen":{
"as in rename , relabel":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"relabel",
"rename",
"code-name",
"nickname",
"surname",
"miscall",
"misname",
"mistitle",
"denote",
"specify",
"brand",
"stigmatize",
"tag",
"baptize",
"call",
"christen",
"clepe",
"denominate",
"designate",
"dub",
"entitle",
"label",
"name",
"nominate",
"style",
"term",
"title"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reclassifying":{
"as in regrouping , recategorizing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recategorizing",
"regrouping",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"subcategorizing",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"assorting",
"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grading",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"relegating",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconciling":{
"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
"examples":[
"historians have never been able to reconcile the two eyewitness accounts of the battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"attuning",
"conciliating",
"conforming",
"coordinating",
"harmonizing",
"keying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adapting",
"tuning",
"blending",
"combining",
"connecting",
"correlating",
"dovetailing",
"fitting",
"fusing",
"integrating",
"joining",
"matching",
"merging",
"orchestrating",
"pairing",
"squaring",
"suiting",
"synchronizing",
"synthesizing",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"aligning",
"alining",
"arranging",
"arraying",
"balancing",
"equalizing",
"evening",
"ordering",
"proportioning",
"regularizing",
"standardizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarraying",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"skewing",
"upsetting",
"alienating",
"estranging"
],
"antonyms":[
"disharmonizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recreant":{
"having or showing a shameful lack of courage":{
"examples":[
"the victors had only contempt for the recreant enemy soldiers who surrendered without firing a shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"chicken-livered",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffident",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"timid",
"timorous",
"afraid",
"frightened",
"scared",
"careful",
"cautious",
"wary",
"bashful",
"coy",
"shy",
"feeble",
"soft",
"unmanly",
"weak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"audacious",
"bold",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"nervy",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"determined",
"resolute"
],
"antonyms":[
"brave",
"courageous",
"daring",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
]
},
"not true in one's allegiance to someone or something":{
"examples":[
"recreant campaign workers who walked out as soon as their candidate began dropping in the polls"
],
"synonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irresponsible",
"trustless",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"dubious",
"irresolute",
"uncertain",
"apathetic",
"dispassionate",
"uninterested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependable",
"dutiful",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"solid",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unwavering",
"determined",
"intent",
"resolute",
"confirmed",
"dyed-in-the-wool",
"inveterate",
"sworn",
"ardent",
"avid",
"enthusiastic",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"impassioned",
"passionate"
],
"antonyms":[
"constant",
"dedicated",
"devoted",
"devout",
"down-the-line",
"faithful",
"fast",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true"
]
},
"a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right":{
"examples":[
"traditionally armies have dealt harshly with recreants , with execution being a common punishment for desertion during wartime"
],
"synonyms":[
"apostate",
"defector",
"deserter",
"renegade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betrayer",
"double-crosser",
"quisling",
"traitor",
"traitress",
"traitoress",
"turnabout",
"turncoat",
"abandoner",
"come-outer",
"dropout",
"leaver",
"defier",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"revolutionizer",
"discontent",
"malcontent",
"recusant",
"refusenik",
"refusnik",
"refuser"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherent",
"disciple",
"follower",
"supporter",
"fanatic",
"militant",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot"
],
"antonyms":[
"loyalist"
]
},
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
"examples":[
"the historian reserved his greatest contempt for those recreants who opposed the witch hunt but lacked the courage to speak out against it"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"coward",
"craven",
"cur",
"dastard",
"funk",
"poltroon",
"sissy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatist",
"quitter",
"cream puff",
"milquetoast",
"pushover",
"pussy",
"weakling",
"wimp",
"caitiff",
"snake",
"sneak",
"ostrich",
"scaramouch",
"scaramouche"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daredevil"
],
"antonyms":[
"hero",
"stalwart",
"valiant"
]
},
"one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{
"examples":[
"a spy and recreant to his country"
],
"synonyms":[
"apostate",
"backstabber",
"betrayer",
"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"Judas",
"quisling",
"serpent",
"snake",
"traitor",
"turncoat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodationist",
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"sellout",
"subversive",
"subverter",
"coconspirator",
"conspirator",
"intriguer",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"defector",
"deserter",
"renegade",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"gossipmonger",
"informant",
"informer",
"rat",
"rumormonger",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"talebearer",
"talker",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"recognizes":{
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"finally recognized that we were hopelessly lost"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciates",
"apprehends",
"assimilates",
"beholds",
"catches",
"catches on (to)",
"cognizes",
"compasses",
"comprehends",
"conceives",
"cottons (to or on to)",
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"digs",
"discerns",
"gets",
"grasps",
"groks",
"intuits",
"knows",
"makes",
"makes out",
"perceives",
"registers",
"savvies",
"sees",
"seizes",
"senses",
"tumbles (to)",
"twigs",
"understands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"digests",
"takes in",
"realizes",
"fathoms",
"penetrates",
"pierces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehends",
"misconceives",
"misconstrues",
"misinterprets",
"misperceives",
"misreads",
"mistakes",
"misunderstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"to show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration":{
"examples":[
"an awards banquet to recognize local heroes"
],
"synonyms":[
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"honors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"cites",
"commends",
"compliments",
"credits",
"thanks",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"praises",
"touts",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"hails",
"laureates",
"salutes",
"celebrates",
"commemorates",
"memorializes",
"observes",
"congratulates",
"felicitates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"shames",
"bad-mouths",
"defames",
"libels",
"maligns",
"slanders",
"boos",
"hisses",
"hoots",
"jeers",
"censures",
"condemns",
"damns",
"denounces",
"reprobates",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recapitulate":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"the professor told the students that their papers should not recapitulate the whole plot but should rather discuss in detail one particular incident they thought was interesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"boil down",
"brief",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recap",
"reprise",
"sum up",
"summarize",
"synopsize",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridge",
"condense",
"curtail",
"cut back",
"shorten",
"downsize",
"shrink",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"decoct",
"essentialize",
"simplify",
"streamline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"amplify",
"elaborate (on or upon)",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"supplement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recreants":{
"a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right":{
"examples":[
"traditionally armies have dealt harshly with recreants , with execution being a common punishment for desertion during wartime"
],
"synonyms":[
"apostates",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"renegades"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"quislings",
"traitors",
"traitresses",
"traitoresses",
"turnabouts",
"turncoats",
"abandoners",
"come-outers",
"dropouts",
"leavers",
"defiers",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"revolutionizers",
"discontents",
"malcontents",
"recusants",
"refuseniks",
"refusniks",
"refusers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherents",
"disciples",
"followers",
"supporters",
"fanatics",
"militants",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"zealots"
],
"antonyms":[
"loyalists"
]
},
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
"examples":[
"the historian reserved his greatest contempt for those recreants who opposed the witch hunt but lacked the courage to speak out against it"
],
"synonyms":[
"chickens",
"cowards",
"cravens",
"curs",
"dastards",
"funks",
"poltroons",
"sissies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatists",
"quitters",
"cream puffs",
"milquetoasts",
"pushovers",
"pussies",
"weaklings",
"wimps",
"caitiffs",
"snakes",
"sneaks",
"ostriches",
"scaramouches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daredevils"
],
"antonyms":[
"heroes",
"stalwarts",
"valiants"
]
},
"one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{
"examples":[
"a spy and recreant to his country"
],
"synonyms":[
"apostates",
"backstabbers",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"Judases",
"quislings",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"traitors",
"turncoats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodationists",
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"sellouts",
"subversives",
"subverters",
"coconspirators",
"co-conspirators",
"conspirators",
"intriguers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"renegades",
"blabbermouths",
"gossipers",
"gossipmongers",
"gossips",
"informants",
"informers",
"rats",
"rumormongers",
"snitchers",
"snitches",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons",
"talebearers",
"talkers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"telltales"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recompiles":{
"as in revises , edits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"edits",
"redacts",
"redrafts",
"reedits",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"anthologizes",
"collects",
"compiles",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"collates",
"gathers",
"groups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recharged":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"that extended vacation completely recharged my interest in my job"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshened",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"reconstituted",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the collision has recharged efforts to make the warning mechanisms at railroad crossings idiotproof"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimated",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"rewakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"reactivated",
"restarted",
"reinvented",
"refreshed",
"refreshened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguished",
"killed",
"quenched",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recriminate":{
"as in retaliate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retaliate",
"frame",
"implicate",
"inculpate",
"inform (against)",
"name",
"report",
"prosecute",
"sue",
"try",
"appeal",
"arraign",
"book",
"cite",
"summon",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprove",
"tax",
"blame",
"call (on)",
"castigate",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"fault",
"impugn",
"reproach",
"reprobate",
"accuse",
"charge",
"criminate",
"defame",
"impeach",
"incriminate",
"indict"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconceived":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"will have to reconceive my earlier opinion about him in light of his recent behavior"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconnoitre":{
"to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information especially about a military enemy; to do a reconnaissance of (a place)":{
"examples":[
"An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scout",
"explore",
"hunt",
"probe",
"prospect",
"search",
"skirr",
"disclose",
"discover",
"reveal",
"unearth",
"fathom",
"plumb",
"sound"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recovering":{
"as in recuperating , better":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"better",
"convalescing",
"improved",
"mending",
"recuperating",
"rehabilitated",
"cured",
"hardy",
"hearty",
"lusty",
"robust",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"strong",
"tough",
"able-bodied",
"conditioned",
"fit",
"well-conditioned",
"blooming",
"bouncing",
"chipper",
"flourishing",
"flush",
"thriving",
"hale",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"sound",
"well",
"whole",
"wholesome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ailing",
"bad",
"down",
"ill",
"indisposed",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"poorly",
"punk",
"run-down",
"sick",
"sickened",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell",
"symptomatic",
"cruddy",
"lousy",
"seedy",
"sickish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"after fishing around in the garbage for 10 minutes, I was able to recover my lost keys"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting back",
"reacquiring",
"recapturing",
"reclaiming",
"re-collecting",
"recouping",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"after a disastrous first half, the team was able to recover and pull off a victory"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouncing (back)",
"coming back",
"rallying",
"rebounding",
"snapping back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"failing",
"worsening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"I see you're recovering well from the accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming back",
"convalescing",
"gaining",
"healing",
"mending",
"pulling round",
"rallying",
"recouping",
"recuperating",
"snapping back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coming around",
"coming round",
"coming to",
"improving",
"picking up",
"reviving",
"cheering (up)",
"perking (up)",
"pulling through",
"surviving",
"recruiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ailing",
"collapsing",
"coming down",
"sickening",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regressing",
"relapsing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
"examples":[
"the process of recovering aluminum from old cans"
],
"synonyms":[
"reclaiming",
"recycling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reusing",
"processing",
"reprocessing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reclining":{
"as in reposing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reposing",
"flat",
"recumbent",
"horizontal",
"prone",
"prostrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"supine",
"erect",
"raised",
"standing",
"upright",
"upstanding",
"vertical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tilting , inclining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angling",
"canting",
"cocking",
"heeling",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping",
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"dropping",
"falling",
"plunging",
"sinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"climbing",
"mounting",
"rising",
"uprising",
"upsweeping",
"upturning",
"evening",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"planing",
"smoothing",
"straightening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in couching , lying (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"couching",
"lying (down)",
"dozing",
"dropping off",
"napping",
"nodding",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"bunking",
"perching",
"roosting",
"settling",
"bedding",
"crashing",
"dossing (down)",
"retiring",
"turning in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"getting up",
"rising",
"uprising",
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"rousing",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bestirring",
"stirring",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"shifting",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"rectify":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"let me get the store manager, and he'll rectify the invoice for your order"
],
"synonyms":[
"amend",
"correct",
"debug",
"emend",
"red-pencil",
"reform",
"remedy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redraft",
"redraw",
"restyle",
"revise",
"rework",
"rewrite",
"blue-pencil",
"cut",
"shorten",
"redress",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"fix",
"mend",
"repair",
"adjust",
"modulate",
"regulate",
"alter",
"change",
"modify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
"aggravate",
"worsen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconcentrates":{
"as in recondenses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recondenses",
"enriches",
"fortifies",
"richens",
"strengthens",
"evaporates",
"extracts",
"removes",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"compacts",
"hardens",
"solidifies",
"boils down",
"decocts",
"reduces",
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"distills",
"distils",
"flushes",
"leaches",
"purges",
"purifies",
"refines",
"concentrates",
"condenses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dilutes",
"waters (down)",
"adulterates",
"cuts",
"thins",
"weakens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recompensing":{
"to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received":{
"examples":[
"the cash-strapped museum can recompense lecturers with only token honorariums"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensating",
"paying",
"remunerating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"repaying",
"requiting",
"remitting",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"prepaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stiffing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"that company still needs to recompense the work that the contractor finished last month"
],
"synonyms":[
"anteing (up)",
"balancing",
"clearing",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"meeting",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"ponying up",
"quitting",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiating"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the government has yet to adequately recompense the property owners for the land taken for the new highway"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensating",
"indemnifying",
"recouping",
"remunerating",
"requiting",
"satisfying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"repaying",
"redressing",
"remedying",
"repairing",
"discharging",
"paying",
"quitting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"the wealthy gentleman told the poor little girl she could recompense his generosity simply by enjoying her new toys"
],
"synonyms":[
"reciprocating",
"repaying",
"requiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchanging",
"compensating",
"indemnifying",
"paying",
"recouping",
"remunerating",
"satisfying",
"giving back",
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"restituting",
"avenging",
"getting back (at)",
"retaliating",
"revenging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recreational vehicle":{
"a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"camper",
"caravan",
"motor home",
"RV",
"trailer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"house trailer",
"mobile home",
"coach",
"van"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"received":{
"held by or applicable to a majority of the people":{
"examples":[
"traditionally the received opinion was that, in the event of a divorce, the mother should get custody of the children"
],
"synonyms":[
"common",
"general",
"majority",
"overall",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"public",
"ruling",
"vulgar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unanimous",
"universal",
"pop",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"household",
"usual",
"well-known",
"contemporary",
"current",
"present",
"dominant",
"predominant",
"preponderant",
"characteristic",
"typical",
"pandemic",
"pervasive",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rare",
"strange",
"unknown",
"unusual",
"distinctive",
"especial",
"idiosyncratic",
"peculiar",
"special",
"unique",
"individual",
"separate",
"singular",
"nonpublic",
"personal",
"private"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncommon",
"unpopular"
]
},
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"examples":[
"a top law-school grad who was received by the firm with open arms"
],
"synonyms":[
"admitted",
"entered",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entertained",
"welcomed",
"fellowshipped",
"fellowshiped",
"confirmed",
"ratified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"blackballed",
"blacklisted",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"threw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reclassifies":{
"as in regroups , recategorizes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recategorizes",
"regroups",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"subcategorizes",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recentness":{
"as in currentness , up-to-dateness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"currentness",
"up-to-dateness",
"progressiveness",
"departure",
"divergence",
"innovation",
"offshoot",
"shoot",
"bizarreness",
"strangeness",
"unfamiliarity",
"unusualness",
"hipness",
"trendiness",
"freshness",
"newness",
"novelty",
"originality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banality",
"commonness",
"familiarity",
"outdatedness",
"staleness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recreating":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recharging",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
"examples":[
"an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century"
],
"synonyms":[
"dallying",
"disporting",
"frolicking",
"playing",
"rollicking",
"skylarking",
"sporting",
"toying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavorting",
"frisking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"romping",
"dabbling",
"trifling",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"delighting",
"pleasing",
"dabbling",
"fiddling (around)",
"messing around",
"puttering (around)",
"bumming (around)",
"dawdling",
"goldbricking",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lounging (around or about)",
"relaxing",
"resting",
"screwing around",
"slacking (off)",
"jesting",
"joking",
"teasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"laboring",
"plodding",
"plugging (away)",
"slaving",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"working"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) exist or appear to exist again":{
"examples":[
"The museum staff re-created the entire village based on historical drawings and descriptions.",
"The performers re-create famous Civil War battles."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconstructing",
"re-enacting",
"reduplicating",
"repeating",
"reinventing",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"rehearing",
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconceiving",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"piecing together",
"answering",
"breaking",
"cracking",
"doping (out)",
"figuring out",
"puzzling (out)",
"resolving",
"riddling (out)",
"solving",
"unraveling",
"unriddling",
"working",
"working out",
"concluding",
"deciding",
"deducing",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"judging",
"reasoning",
"clearing (up)",
"ironing out",
"straightening (out)",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"untying",
"untieing",
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"divining",
"guessing",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recounted":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan"
],
"synonyms":[
"charted",
"chronicled",
"described",
"narrated",
"recited",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"reported",
"told"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivered",
"gave",
"reeled off",
"stated",
"uttered",
"voiced",
"detailed",
"enumerated",
"itemized",
"particularized",
"bared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"let on (about)",
"revealed",
"delineated",
"depicted",
"expressed",
"rendered",
"sketched"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reckoned":{
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
"examples":[
"tried to reckon the size of the crowd at the stadium"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculated",
"called",
"conjectured",
"estimated",
"figured",
"gauged",
"gaged",
"guessed",
"judged",
"made",
"placed",
"put",
"supposed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluded",
"deduced",
"extrapolated",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"reasoned",
"understood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calibrated",
"measured",
"scaled",
"computed",
"worked out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as an opinion":{
"examples":[
"I reckon you must be new to these parts"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed",
"believed",
"conceived",
"considered",
"deemed",
"esteemed",
"felt",
"figured",
"guessed",
"held",
"imagined",
"judged",
"supposed",
"thought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regarded",
"viewed",
"accepted",
"perceived",
"depended",
"relied",
"trusted",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"surmised",
"concluded",
"deduced",
"inferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"doubted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected",
"disbelieved",
"discredited",
"rejected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations":{
"examples":[
"reckoned the runner's pace by dividing her finishing time by the race distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculated",
"ciphered",
"computed",
"figured",
"worked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"added up",
"averaged",
"summed",
"tallied",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"totalized",
"added",
"divided",
"multiplied",
"subtracted",
"allowed (for)",
"deducted",
"factored (in or into or out)",
"figured in",
"figured out",
"solved (for)",
"counted",
"itemized",
"numbered",
"calibrated",
"gauged",
"gaged",
"measured",
"scaled",
"appraised",
"assessed",
"estimated",
"evaluated",
"rated",
"valued",
"recalculated",
"recomputed",
"refigured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"don't reckon on being provided with low-cost housing if you take a summer job there"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculated",
"counted",
"depended",
"leaned",
"relied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committed",
"confided",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"trusted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
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"felt",
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"diverts",
"redirects",
"swings",
"turns",
"veers",
"wheels",
"whips",
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"twists",
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"zigzags",
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"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"doctoring",
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"mending",
"patching",
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"servicing",
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"refreshening",
"refreshing",
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"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
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"reviving",
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"rectifying",
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"breaking",
"damaging",
"defacing",
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"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
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"injuring",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vandalizing",
"wrecking",
"crippling",
"disabling",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
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"recreating",
"re-enacting",
"piecing together",
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"reinventing",
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"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"rehearing",
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"reviewing",
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"judging",
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"untangling",
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"untieing",
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"verb"
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"once-overs",
"perusals",
"observations",
"surveillances",
"watches",
"inquisitions",
"interrogations",
"checkouts",
"test-drives",
"trial runs",
"explorations",
"investigations",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"analyses",
"assays",
"close-ups",
"deconstructions",
"dissections",
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"examinations",
"goings-over",
"inspections",
"look-sees",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinies",
"surveys",
"views"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rectangles":{
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"cubes",
"squares"
],
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"balls",
"globes",
"orbs",
"spheres",
"beads",
"globules",
"eggs",
"ellipses",
"loops",
"ovals",
"spheroids"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"deviating",
"moving",
"shifting",
"shunting",
"sidetracking",
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"switching",
"transferring",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"redirecting",
"swinging",
"turning",
"veering",
"wheeling",
"whipping",
"swiveling",
"swivelling",
"twisting",
"whirling",
"zigzagging",
"bending",
"curving",
"swaying",
"reversing",
"turning back"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"reconvene":{
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"reassemble",
"regather",
"remeet",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"band (together)",
"caucus",
"club",
"collaborate",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"consolidate",
"consort",
"cooperate",
"couple",
"federate",
"gang up",
"join",
"merge",
"unite",
"assemble",
"cluster",
"collect",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"congregate",
"convene",
"converge",
"forgather",
"foregather",
"gather",
"meet",
"rendezvous"
],
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"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)",
"depart",
"leave",
"take off",
"disjoin",
"dissociate",
"disunite"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recondite":{
"difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand":{
"examples":[
"geochemistry is a recondite subject"
],
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"abstruse",
"arcane",
"deep",
"esoteric",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"profound"
],
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"erudite",
"learned",
"scholarly",
"academic",
"academical",
"pedantic",
"complex",
"complicated",
"hard",
"darkling",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"mystical",
"orphic",
"uncanny",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"ambiguous",
"cryptic",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"disorienting",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"facile",
"simple",
"straightforward",
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"understandable",
"apparent",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"transparent"
],
"antonyms":[
"shallow",
"superficial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reconsecrate":{
"as in consecrate , sanctify":{
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"bless",
"consecrate",
"hallow",
"sacralize",
"sanctify",
"chasten",
"cleanse",
"lustrate",
"purify",
"commit",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"baptize",
"canonize",
"spiritualize",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"expurgate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deconsecrate",
"desacralize",
"desanctify",
"defile",
"desecrate",
"profane",
"dirty",
"foul",
"pollute",
"soil",
"taint",
"violate",
"blaspheme",
"curse",
"cuss",
"damn",
"execrate",
"cast out",
"condemn",
"damn",
"punish"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reclaim":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"she reclaimed the championship title after losing it last year"
],
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"get back",
"re-collect",
"reacquire",
"recapture",
"recoup",
"recover",
"regain",
"repossess",
"retake",
"retrieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruit",
"replenish",
"redeem",
"repurchase",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"a program to reclaim juvenile offenders by requiring them to do community service"
],
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"habilitate",
"redeem",
"reform",
"regenerate",
"rehabilitate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducate",
"amend",
"improve",
"refine",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"restore"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abase",
"canker",
"corrupt",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"lower",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"warp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
"examples":[
"after reclaiming the glycerin from used vegetable oil, you can use the oil to create a fuel that burns cleaner than regular gasoline"
],
"synonyms":[
"recover",
"recycle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reuse",
"process",
"reprocess"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconceptualizes":{
"as in reimagines , reenvisions":{
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"near synonyms":[
"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"rehears",
"readdresses",
"reanalyzes",
"reconceives",
"reconsiders",
"redefines",
"reevaluates",
"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"reviews",
"revisits",
"reweighs",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recreation":{
"activity engaged in to amuse oneself":{
"examples":[
"decided to take a bike tour of the island for recreation and relaxation"
],
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"dalliance",
"frolic",
"frolicking",
"fun",
"fun and games",
"play",
"relaxation",
"rollicking",
"sport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"romping",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"hobby",
"hobbyhorse",
"pastime",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"pleasance",
"pleasure",
"friskiness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"wantonness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"hanky-panky",
"hob",
"impishness",
"jinks",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"waggery",
"binge",
"fling",
"kick",
"lark",
"revel",
"rollick",
"spree",
"hilarity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"revelry",
"whoopee",
"buffoonery",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"tomfoolery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudgery",
"labor",
"work",
"duty",
"obligation",
"responsibility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment":{
"examples":[
"bowling is great recreation on a rainy afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"delight",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"divertissement",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"pleasure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"escape",
"pastime",
"time killer",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"revel",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"frolicking",
"rollicking",
"carousing",
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"hilarity",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merrymaking",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"revelry",
"whoopee",
"picnic",
"laugh",
"riot",
"scream",
"activity",
"game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killjoy",
"party pooper"
],
"antonyms":[
"bore",
"bummer",
"downer",
"drag"
]
},
"the act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public":{
"examples":[
"water parks have become a significant part of the recreation business"
],
"synonyms":[
"amusement",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"entertainment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nightlife",
"show business",
"delectation",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"joy",
"mirth",
"gratification",
"relaxation",
"relief",
"satisfaction",
"exhibition",
"performance",
"presentation",
"presentment",
"production",
"show",
"spectacle",
"escapism"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an activity outside of one's regular occupation that is engaged in primarily for pleasure":{
"examples":[
"as with other men of his class and income, his principal recreations were polo and yachting"
],
"synonyms":[
"avocation",
"hobby",
"hobbyhorse",
"pursuit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amusement",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"pastime",
"relaxation",
"sport"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in renovation , reconstruction":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"facelift",
"reclamation",
"reconstruction",
"refurbishment",
"regeneracy",
"rehab",
"rehabilitation",
"remodeling",
"renovation",
"restoral",
"restoration",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"fixing",
"mending",
"repairing",
"reanimation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"renewal",
"resurgence",
"resurrection",
"resuscitation",
"revitalization",
"revival",
"revivification",
"renaissance",
"renascence",
"reinvention",
"reactivation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconstructions":{
"as in overhauls , revisions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overhauls",
"reconversions",
"redesigns",
"redos",
"reformations",
"revisions",
"variations",
"shifts",
"transitions",
"adjustments",
"alterations",
"changes",
"differences",
"modifications",
"tweaks",
"deformations",
"disfigurements",
"distortions",
"mutations",
"transmutations",
"displacements",
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"supplantations",
"changeovers",
"conversions",
"metamorphoses",
"transfigurations",
"transformations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixations",
"stabilizations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in renovations , rehabilitations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"facelift",
"reclamations",
"re-creations",
"refurbishments",
"regeneracies",
"rehabilitations",
"rehabs",
"renovations",
"restorals",
"restorations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"fixings",
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications",
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reckoned with":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"After Scout's emergency surgery, we were forced to reckon with a hefty vet bill."
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed (for)",
"considered",
"factored (in or into)",
"provided (for)",
"regarded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"anticipated",
"contemplated",
"envisaged",
"expected",
"foresaw",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"planned",
"calculated",
"faced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factored (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discounted",
"disregarded"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"reciting":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"recited the funny story of how he and his girlfriend met"
],
"synonyms":[
"charting",
"chronicling",
"describing",
"narrating",
"recounting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting",
"telling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivering",
"giving",
"reeling off",
"stating",
"uttering",
"voicing",
"detailing",
"enumerating",
"itemizing",
"particularizing",
"baring",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"letting on (about)",
"revealing",
"delineating",
"depicting",
"expressing",
"rendering",
"sketching"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give from memory":{
"examples":[
"after all these years, she's still able to recite the poems she learned as a child"
],
"synonyms":[
"reeling off",
"repeating",
"saying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conning",
"learning",
"memorizing",
"studying",
"declaiming",
"mouthing",
"orating",
"speaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reading"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to specify one after another":{
"examples":[
"the Declaration of Independence recites a long list of grievances against King George III"
],
"synonyms":[
"detailing",
"enumerating",
"itemizing",
"listing",
"numerating",
"reeling off",
"rehearsing",
"ticking (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlining",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"inventorying",
"charting",
"diagramming",
"diagraming",
"graphing",
"calculating",
"computing",
"estimating",
"figuring",
"reckoning",
"citing",
"mentioning",
"naming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconveyed":{
"as in returned , replaced":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"replaced",
"restored",
"returned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removed",
"took"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recompense":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the jury awarded an additional $5,000 in recompense for physical pain and suffering"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"damages",
"indemnification",
"indemnity",
"quittance",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"remuneration",
"reparation",
"reprisal(s)",
"requital",
"restitution",
"satisfaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatium",
"amends",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"refund",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"punishment",
"retaliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"the volunteer expects nothing more than sincere thanks as recompense for his efforts"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensation",
"consideration",
"pay",
"payment",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage(s)",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"outlay",
"rebate",
"refund",
"indemnity",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"adjustment",
"settlement",
"deposit",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"prepayment",
"overpayment",
"rent",
"rental"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received":{
"examples":[
"the cash-strapped museum can recompense lecturers with only token honorariums"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensate",
"pay",
"remunerate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refund",
"reimburse",
"repay",
"requite",
"remit",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"prepay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stiff"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"that company still needs to recompense the work that the contractor finished last month"
],
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"ante (up)",
"balance",
"clear",
"discharge",
"foot",
"liquidate",
"meet",
"pay",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"pony up",
"quit",
"settle",
"spring (for)",
"stand"
],
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"antonyms":[
"repudiate"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the government has yet to adequately recompense the property owners for the land taken for the new highway"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensate",
"indemnify",
"recoup",
"remunerate",
"requite",
"satisfy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refund",
"reimburse",
"repay",
"redress",
"remedy",
"repair",
"discharge",
"pay",
"quit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"the wealthy gentleman told the poor little girl she could recompense his generosity simply by enjoying her new toys"
],
"synonyms":[
"reciprocate",
"repay",
"requite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchange",
"compensate",
"indemnify",
"pay",
"recoup",
"remunerate",
"satisfy",
"give back",
"refund",
"reimburse",
"restitute",
"avenge",
"get back (at)",
"retaliate",
"revenge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recombining":{
"as in reuniting , rejoining":{
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"reconnecting",
"rejoining",
"reunifying",
"reuniting",
"reaffixing",
"reattaching",
"refastening",
"refixing",
"resecuring",
"associating",
"coalescing",
"combining",
"conjoining",
"conjugating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"fusing",
"interfusing",
"joining",
"linking (up)",
"marrying",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"assembling",
"clustering",
"congregating",
"constellating",
"convening",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"allying",
"confederating",
"leaguing",
"mating",
"yoking",
"chaining",
"compounding",
"hitching",
"hooking",
"splicing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disaffiliating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"fractionating",
"isolating",
"resolving",
"uncoupling",
"unyoking",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"scattering",
"breaking up",
"dissevering",
"parting",
"sectioning",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"unlinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recedes":{
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"examples":[
"the sound of sirens receded as the fire engines roared off into the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"ebbs",
"falls",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"after the rain stops, the floodwaters should gradually recede"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs away",
"drops back",
"falls back",
"pulls out",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flees",
"flies",
"flinches",
"recoils",
"shrinks",
"chickens (out)",
"bows out",
"backpedals",
"backs down",
"backtracks",
"climbs down",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"pulls away",
"abandons",
"departs",
"evacuates",
"goes",
"leaves",
"quits",
"vacates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beards",
"braves",
"brazens",
"breasts",
"confronts",
"dares",
"defies",
"faces",
"outbraves"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reciprocate":{
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"reciprocated the favor by driving their neighbor to the airport"
],
"synonyms":[
"recompense",
"repay",
"requite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchange",
"compensate",
"indemnify",
"pay",
"recoup",
"remunerate",
"satisfy",
"give back",
"refund",
"reimburse",
"restitute",
"avenge",
"get back (at)",
"retaliate",
"revenge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recall":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I don't recall meeting you before"
],
"synonyms":[
"flash back (to)",
"hark back (to)",
"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
"mind",
"recollect",
"remember",
"reminisce (about)",
"reproduce",
"think (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapture",
"recur",
"educe",
"elicit",
"evoke",
"extract",
"raise",
"remind",
"relive",
"represent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremember",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"lose",
"miss",
"blank (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremember",
"forget",
"unlearn"
]
},
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"I'll recall my purchase order if the company refuses to guarantee that it'll arrive before Christmas"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandon",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"cancel",
"cry off",
"drop",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"scrap",
"scrub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"void",
"write off",
"recant",
"retract",
"take back",
"withdraw",
"countermand",
"reverse",
"roll back",
"break off",
"discontinue",
"end",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"hold back",
"interrupt",
"suspend",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engage",
"pledge",
"promise",
"begin",
"commence",
"initiate",
"start",
"take on",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"keep"
]
},
"a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{
"examples":[
"his recall of the events of that turbulent time is significantly different from the accounts of other eyewitnesses"
],
"synonyms":[
"anamnesis",
"memory",
"recollection",
"remembrance",
"reminiscence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flashback",
"memento",
"memorial",
"reminder",
"souvenir",
"token",
"association"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
"examples":[
"we can't get a refund on the plane tickets, so the trip is beyond recall"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandonment",
"abortion",
"calling",
"calling off",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"dropping",
"recision",
"repeal",
"rescission",
"revocation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annulment",
"invalidation",
"neutralization",
"nullification",
"voidance",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"termination",
"giving up",
"relinquishment",
"surrender",
"reversal",
"rollback"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencement",
"initiation",
"engagement",
"undertaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reconciling (to)":{
"as in sweating out , agreeing (with or to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abiding",
"absorbing",
"accepting",
"bearing",
"biding",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"going",
"hacking",
"handling",
"meeting",
"pocketing",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"sweating out",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"wearing",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (with or to)",
"assenting (to)",
"capitulating",
"consenting (to)",
"respecting",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"allowing",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"swallowing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"missing",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recalls":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I don't recall meeting you before"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashes back (to)",
"harkens back (to)",
"harks back (to)",
"hearkens back (to)",
"harkens back (to)",
"minds",
"recollects",
"remembers",
"reminisces (about)",
"reproduces",
"thinks (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recaptures",
"recurs",
"educes",
"elicits",
"evokes",
"extracts",
"raises",
"reminds",
"relives",
"represents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembers",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"loses",
"misses",
"blanks (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembers",
"forgets",
"unlearns"
]
},
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"I'll recall my purchase order if the company refuses to guarantee that it'll arrive before Christmas"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandons",
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"cancels",
"cries off",
"drops",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"scraps",
"scrubs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"invalidates",
"nullifies",
"voids",
"writes off",
"recants",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"withdraws",
"countermands",
"reverses",
"rolls back",
"breaks off",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"holds back",
"interrupts",
"suspends",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engages",
"pledges",
"promises",
"begins",
"commences",
"initiates",
"starts",
"takes on",
"takes up",
"undertakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"continues",
"keeps"
]
},
"a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{
"examples":[
"his recall of the events of that turbulent time is significantly different from the accounts of other eyewitnesses"
],
"synonyms":[
"anamneses",
"memories",
"recollections",
"remembrances",
"reminiscences"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flashbacks",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"memorials",
"reminders",
"souvenirs",
"tokens",
"associations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
"examples":[
"we can't get a refund on the plane tickets, so the trip is beyond recall"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandonments",
"abortions",
"callings",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"droppings",
"recisions",
"repeals",
"rescissions",
"revocations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annulments",
"invalidations",
"neutralizations",
"nullifications",
"voidances",
"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"endings",
"terminations",
"relinquishments",
"surrenders",
"reversals",
"rollbacks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beginnings",
"commencements",
"initiations",
"engagements",
"undertakings"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recharging":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"that extended vacation completely recharged my interest in my job"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshening",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"reconstituting",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the collision has recharged efforts to make the warning mechanisms at railroad crossings idiotproof"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimating",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving",
"rewakening",
"rewaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"reactivating",
"restarting",
"reinventing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguishing",
"killing",
"quenching",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recast":{
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"once he recast the question in different terms, I understood what he was asking"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter",
"change",
"make over",
"modify",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deform",
"metamorphose",
"mutate",
"regenerate",
"revolutionize",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"commute",
"convert",
"exchange",
"rejigger",
"retool"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fix",
"freeze",
"set",
"stabilize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconcilements":{
"as in accords , reconciliations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accords",
"reconciliations",
"armistices",
"cease-fires",
"truces",
"d\u00e9tentes",
"detentes",
"peaces",
"peacetimes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflicts",
"hostilities",
"hot wars",
"wars"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconveying":{
"as in returning , replacing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"replacing",
"restoring",
"returning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removing",
"taking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recanted":{
"as in retracted , revoked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retracted",
"revoked",
"concealed",
"repressed",
"reserved",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"intimate",
"personal",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"clandestine",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"classified",
"confidential",
"private",
"privy",
"secret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"open",
"public",
"general",
"popular",
"nonclassified",
"unclassified",
"well-known"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the Inquisition forced Galileo to recant his support of the Copernican observation that the earth revolves around the sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"reneged",
"renounced",
"repealed",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"abandoned",
"bolted",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"maintained",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"stated",
"vouched",
"vowed",
"backed",
"confirmed",
"defended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"maintained",
"supported",
"upheld",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhered (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reconciled (to)":{
"as in sweat out , agreed (with or to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"absorbed",
"accepted",
"bode",
"bided",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"hacked",
"handled",
"met",
"pocketed",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"took",
"went",
"wore",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (with or to)",
"assented (to)",
"capitulated",
"consented (to)",
"respected",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"allowed",
"permitted",
"suffered",
"swallowed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"missed",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconsiders":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the new intelligence forced the general to reconsider his plan of attack"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdresses",
"reanalyzes",
"reconceives",
"redefines",
"reevaluates",
"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"reviews",
"revisits",
"reweighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehears",
"reconceptualizes",
"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserts",
"defends",
"maintains",
"upholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectifying":{
"serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition":{
"examples":[
"the company is taking rectifying measures to address the lack of handicapped access to the building"
],
"synonyms":[
"amendatory",
"corrective",
"reformative",
"reformatory",
"remedial",
"remedying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curative",
"medicinal",
"therapeutic",
"reparative",
"restorative",
"beneficial",
"helpful",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"antidotal",
"counteractive",
"counterbalancing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"let me get the store manager, and he'll rectify the invoice for your order"
],
"synonyms":[
"amending",
"correcting",
"debugging",
"emending",
"red-penciling",
"reforming",
"remedying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafting",
"redrawing",
"restyling",
"revising",
"reworking",
"rewriting",
"blue-penciling",
"cutting",
"shortening",
"redressing",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"improving",
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up",
"fixing",
"mending",
"repairing",
"adjusting",
"modulating",
"regulating",
"altering",
"changing",
"modifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"spoiling",
"aggravating",
"worsening"
],
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},
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in reimagined , reenvisioned":{
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"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reheard",
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recommending":{
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"serious gastronomes should recommend their stomachs to the restaurant's chef, giving full rein to his culinary prowess and imagination"
],
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"commending",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"delegating",
"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"giving over",
"handing",
"handing over",
"leaving",
"passing",
"reposing",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"trusting",
"turning over",
"vesting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conferring",
"granting",
"assigning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"distributing",
"dividing",
"handing in",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"submitting",
"surrendering",
"turning in",
"yielding",
"bequeathing",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"willing",
"advancing",
"lending",
"loaning",
"furnishing",
"supplying",
"recommitting",
"redelivering",
"retransferring",
"retransmitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaining",
"holding back",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"occupying",
"taking",
"taking over"
],
"antonyms":[
"holding",
"keeping",
"retaining"
]
},
"to put forward (something) as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"I would recommend you look into that option a little more closely because I don't think it will work nearly as well as you think"
],
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"advising",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"suggesting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"espousing",
"favoring",
"supporting",
"exhorting",
"urging",
"advancing",
"offering",
"proposing",
"submitting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recession":{
"a period of decreased economic activity":{
"examples":[
"the country is just coming out of a recession , so expect to see fewer layoffs and more new jobs in the coming year"
],
"synonyms":[
"depression",
"slump"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bust",
"crash",
"panic",
"stagnation",
"downbeat",
"downdraft",
"downswing",
"downtrend",
"downturn",
"slowdown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"development",
"growth",
"advancement",
"progress",
"rally",
"recovery"
],
"antonyms":[
"boom"
]
},
"an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable":{
"examples":[
"a retiring CEO making a gradual recession from the daily rigors of running a major corporation"
],
"synonyms":[
"pullback",
"pullout",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"withdrawal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rout",
"flinch",
"recoil",
"revulsion",
"shrinking",
"disengagement",
"disentanglement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recommitted":{
"as in retransmitted , redelivered":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"redelivered",
"retransferred",
"retransmitted",
"furnished",
"supplied",
"advanced",
"lent",
"loaned",
"bequeathed",
"handed down",
"handed on",
"willed",
"handed in",
"released",
"relinquished",
"submitted",
"surrendered",
"turned in",
"yielded",
"assigned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"dispersed",
"distributed",
"divided",
"conferred",
"granted",
"commended",
"committed",
"confided",
"consigned",
"delegated",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"gave over",
"handed",
"handed over",
"left",
"passed",
"recommended",
"reposed",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"trusted",
"turned over",
"vested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"held",
"kept",
"retained",
"detained",
"held back",
"reserved",
"withheld",
"owned",
"possessed",
"accepted",
"received",
"took in",
"occupied",
"took",
"took over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recouping":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"tried to recoup the $1,000 he had when he walked into the casino by risking his last dollar on a slot machine"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting back",
"reacquiring",
"recapturing",
"reclaiming",
"re-collecting",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"you will have to submit the proper paperwork before the insurance company will recoup you for the damage to your vehicle"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensating",
"indemnifying",
"recompensing",
"remunerating",
"requiting",
"satisfying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"repaying",
"redressing",
"remedying",
"repairing",
"discharging",
"paying",
"quitting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"he's recouping at home after a bout of the flu"
],
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"coming back",
"convalescing",
"gaining",
"healing",
"mending",
"pulling round",
"rallying",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"snapping back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coming around",
"coming round",
"coming to",
"improving",
"picking up",
"reviving",
"cheering (up)",
"perking (up)",
"pulling through",
"surviving",
"recruiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ailing",
"collapsing",
"coming down",
"sickening",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regressing",
"relapsing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recoups":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"tried to recoup the $1,000 he had when he walked into the casino by risking his last dollar on a slot machine"
],
"synonyms":[
"gets back",
"reacquires",
"recaptures",
"reclaims",
"re-collects",
"recovers",
"regains",
"repossesses",
"retakes",
"retrieves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruits",
"replenishes",
"redeems",
"repurchases",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"you will have to submit the proper paperwork before the insurance company will recoup you for the damage to your vehicle"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensates",
"indemnifies",
"recompenses",
"remunerates",
"requites",
"satisfies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunds",
"reimburses",
"repays",
"redresses",
"remedies",
"repairs",
"discharges",
"pays",
"quits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"he's recouping at home after a bout of the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"comes back",
"convalesces",
"gains",
"heals",
"mends",
"pulls round",
"rallies",
"recovers",
"recuperates",
"snaps back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comes around",
"comes round",
"comes to",
"improves",
"picks up",
"revives",
"cheers (up)",
"perks (up)",
"pulls through",
"survives",
"recruits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ails",
"collapses",
"comes down",
"sickens",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"fades",
"fails",
"languishes",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"worsens",
"regresses",
"relapses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recovered (from)":{
"as in rallied , rebounded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"shook (off)",
"came back",
"gained",
"healed",
"mended",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"snapped back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"came down (with)",
"caught",
"contracted",
"got",
"sickened (with)",
"took",
"went down (with)",
"broke out (with)",
"died (from)",
"succumbed (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rechannelled":{
"as in swerved , moved":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"averted",
"deviated",
"moved",
"shifted",
"shunted",
"sidetracked",
"swerved",
"switched",
"transferred",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"redirected",
"swung",
"turned",
"veered",
"wheeled",
"whipped",
"swiveled",
"swivelled",
"twisted",
"whirled",
"zigzagged",
"bent",
"curved",
"swayed",
"reversed",
"turned back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recharge":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"that extended vacation completely recharged my interest in my job"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshen",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"make over",
"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring back to life, practice, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the collision has recharged efforts to make the warning mechanisms at railroad crossings idiotproof"
],
"synonyms":[
"reanimate",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify",
"rewake",
"rewaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"reactivate",
"restart",
"reinvent",
"refresh",
"refreshen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extinguish",
"kill",
"quench",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recants":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"the Inquisition forced Galileo to recant his support of the Copernican observation that the earth revolves around the sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"reneges",
"renounces",
"repeals",
"repudiates",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"abandons",
"bolts",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"maintains",
"proclaims",
"professes",
"states",
"vouches",
"vows",
"backs",
"confirms",
"defends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"maintains",
"supports",
"upholds",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces"
],
"antonyms":[
"adheres (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recalcitrancy":{
"as in defiance , refractoriness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"immovability",
"immovableness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness",
"bloody-mindedness",
"cantankerousness",
"contrariness",
"cussedness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"firmness",
"hardness",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"adamancy",
"adamance",
"determination",
"implacability",
"inexorability",
"inflexibility",
"inveteracy",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"relentlessness",
"resolve",
"single-mindedness",
"steadfastness",
"stick-to-itiveness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"anal-retentiveness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"waywardness",
"wrongheadedness",
"bullheadedness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"intransigence",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"opinionatedness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-opinionatedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"willfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"flexibility",
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"compliance",
"docility",
"obedience",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"submission",
"surrender",
"willingness",
"yielding",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recipient":{
"as in beneficiary , donee":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beneficiary",
"donee",
"giftee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel",
"benefactor",
"donator",
"donor",
"fairy godmother",
"Maecenas",
"patron",
"sugar daddy",
"benefactress",
"patroness",
"almoner",
"almsgiver",
"philanthropist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconstitute":{
"as in renovate , refurbish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"make over",
"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"freshen",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconditioning":{
"as in repair , renovation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rebuilding",
"reconstruction",
"renovation",
"repair",
"revamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wear",
"wear and tear",
"abrasion",
"corrosion",
"erosion",
"decomposition",
"deterioration",
"disintegration"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"asked my neighbor to help me recondition the old tractor for use on the family farm"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing up",
"furbishing",
"overhauling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"refurbishing",
"aiding",
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"conditioning",
"preparing",
"readying",
"caring (for)",
"maintaining",
"servicing",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"adjusting",
"correcting",
"modifying",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"reforming",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vandalizing",
"wrecking",
"crippling",
"disabling",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recalcitrances":{
"refusal to obey":{
"examples":[
"punished her recalcitrance by taking away her driving privileges"
],
"synonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civil disobedience",
"noncooperation",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"peevishness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"knavery",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"slavishness",
"submissiveness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"trainability",
"deference",
"docility",
"dutifulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"tractability",
"tractableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recurrences":{
"a new occurrence of something that happened or appeared before":{
"examples":[
"We hope to prevent a recurrence of the disease."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recrudescences",
"renewals",
"bursts",
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flickers",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"spurts",
"boosts",
"increases",
"pickups",
"upswings",
"upturns",
"epidemics",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"paroxysms",
"deluges",
"floods",
"rushes",
"spates",
"surges",
"volleys",
"commotions",
"furors",
"uproars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"doldrums",
"slumps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reciprocating":{
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"reciprocated the favor by driving their neighbor to the airport"
],
"synonyms":[
"recompensing",
"repaying",
"requiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exchanging",
"compensating",
"indemnifying",
"paying",
"recouping",
"remunerating",
"satisfying",
"giving back",
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"restituting",
"avenging",
"getting back (at)",
"retaliating",
"revenging"
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"owing"
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],
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"abortion",
"calling",
"calling off",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"dropping",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescission",
"revocation"
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"neutralization",
"nullification",
"voidance",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"termination",
"giving up",
"relinquishment",
"surrender",
"reversal",
"rollback"
],
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"beginning",
"commencement",
"initiation",
"engagement",
"undertaking"
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"continuation"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"the professor told the students that their papers should not recapitulate the whole plot but should rather discuss in detail one particular incident they thought was interesting"
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"boiling down",
"briefing",
"digesting",
"encapsulating",
"epitomizing",
"outlining",
"recapping",
"reprising",
"summarizing",
"summing up",
"synopsizing",
"wrapping up"
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"abridging",
"condensing",
"curtailing",
"cutting back",
"shortening",
"downsizing",
"shrinking",
"concentrating",
"consolidating",
"decocting",
"essentializing",
"simplifying",
"streamlining"
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"near antonyms":[
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"amplifying",
"elaborating (on or upon)",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
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"supplementing"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"recusants":{
"as in refusers , resisters":{
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"challengers",
"defiers",
"insubordinates",
"oppositionists",
"refusers",
"resistants",
"resisters",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"reds",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"discontents",
"extremists",
"malcontents",
"radicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"supporters",
"counterinsurgents",
"counterrevolutionaries",
"counterrevolutionists"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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"retaliating",
"framing",
"implicating",
"inculpating",
"informing (against)",
"naming",
"reporting",
"prosecuting",
"suing",
"trying",
"appealing",
"arraigning",
"booking",
"citing",
"summoning",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reproving",
"taxing",
"blaming",
"calling (on)",
"castigating",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"faulting",
"impugning",
"reproaching",
"reprobating",
"accusing",
"charging",
"criminating",
"defaming",
"impeaching",
"incriminating",
"indicting"
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"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"advocating",
"championing",
"defending",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shriving"
],
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"verb"
]
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"occurring or appearing at intervals":{
"examples":[
"death and spirituality are recurring themes throughout the whole of this author's work"
],
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"intermittent",
"on-and-off",
"periodic",
"periodical",
"recurrent"
],
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"alternate",
"alternating",
"cyclic",
"cyclical",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"seasonal",
"serial",
"aperiodic",
"erratic",
"fitful",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"sporadic",
"spotty",
"unsteady"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"interminable",
"perpetual"
],
"antonyms":[
"constant",
"continuous",
"incessant",
"unceasing"
]
},
"to occur again":{
"examples":[
"She had a recurring dream in which she could fly."
],
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"reoccurring",
"duplicating",
"redoing",
"reduplicating",
"reiterating",
"remaking",
"renewing",
"replicating",
"reprising",
"recreating",
"reenacting",
"reinventing"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reconceives":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"will have to reconceive my earlier opinion about him in light of his recent behavior"
],
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"readdresses",
"reanalyzes",
"reconsiders",
"redefines",
"reevaluates",
"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"reviews",
"revisits",
"reweighs"
],
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"rehears",
"reconceptualizes",
"reenvisions",
"reimagines",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reinvestigates",
"restudies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"revises"
],
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"asserts",
"defends",
"maintains",
"upholds"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reciprocations":{
"as in recompenses , requitals":{
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"recompenses",
"requitals",
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"bargains",
"deals",
"horse trades",
"negotiations",
"transactions",
"back-and-forths",
"barters",
"commutations",
"dickers",
"exchanges",
"quid pro quos",
"swaps",
"trade-offs",
"trades",
"trucks",
"dealings",
"logrollings"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recollections":{
"a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{
"examples":[
"I have no recollection of ever saying that"
],
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"anamneses",
"memories",
"recalls",
"remembrances",
"reminiscences"
],
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"flashbacks",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"memorials",
"reminders",
"souvenirs",
"tokens",
"associations"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconcile (to)":{
"as in sweat out , agree (with or to)":{
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"abide",
"absorb",
"accept",
"bear",
"bide",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"go",
"hack",
"handle",
"meet",
"pocket",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"sweat out",
"take",
"tolerate",
"wear",
"acquiesce",
"agree (with or to)",
"assent (to)",
"capitulate",
"consent (to)",
"respect",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)",
"allow",
"permit",
"suffer",
"swallow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"miss",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectitudes":{
"conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"encouraged the graduates to go on to live lives of unimpeachable rectitude and integrity"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"righteousness",
"rightness",
"uprightness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high-mindedness",
"honor",
"incorruptibility",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"fitness",
"propriety",
"seemliness",
"ethics",
"morals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"indecorum",
"indiscretion",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"sinfulness",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"lowness",
"meanness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"corruption"
],
"antonyms":[
"badness",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wickedness"
]
},
"faithfulness to high moral standards":{
"examples":[
"has a finely honed sense of rectitude that keeps him from cheating on exams"
],
"synonyms":[
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"probity",
"righteousness",
"uprightness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"character",
"conscientiousness",
"decency",
"fairness",
"high-mindedness",
"incorruptibility",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"justice",
"morality",
"nobility",
"reputability",
"respectability",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulousness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corruptibility",
"corruption",
"corruptness",
"debasement",
"debauchery",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"disgrace",
"disgracefulness",
"disreputableness",
"dissipatedness",
"dissipation",
"dissoluteness",
"looseness",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"profligacy",
"shamelessness",
"venality",
"blameworthiness",
"criminality",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"immorality",
"unrighteousness",
"unscrupulousness",
"knavery",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"meanness",
"reprehensibleness",
"rottenness",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"villainy",
"wickedness",
"wretchedness"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseness",
"dishonor",
"lowness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recuperative":{
"as in curative , rehabilitative":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alleviative",
"corrective",
"curative",
"refreshing",
"rehabilitative",
"rejuvenating",
"rejuvenescent",
"remedial",
"good",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"medicinal",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"salutiferous",
"sanative",
"tonic",
"wholesome",
"advantageous",
"useful",
"antiseptic",
"aseptic",
"clean",
"hygienic",
"sanitary",
"nourishing",
"nutritional",
"nutritious",
"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"harmful",
"injurious",
"pernicious",
"infectious",
"poisonous",
"sickening",
"toxic",
"insanitary",
"unhygienic",
"unsanitary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"reconciliations":{
"the act of becoming friendly after a disagreement":{
"examples":[
"The couple worked toward reconciliation in therapy.",
"The treaty was the first step in the eventual reconciliation of two countries that had been long at odds."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accords",
"reconcilements",
"appeasements",
"conciliations",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"concessions",
"d\u00e9tentes",
"detentes",
"rapprochements",
"peaces",
"peacetimes",
"armistices",
"cease-fires",
"truces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflicts",
"hostilities",
"hot wars",
"wars"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconnoiter":{
"to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information especially about a military enemy; to do a reconnaissance of (a place)":{
"examples":[
"An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scout",
"explore",
"hunt",
"probe",
"prospect",
"search",
"skirr",
"disclose",
"discover",
"reveal",
"unearth",
"fathom",
"plumb",
"sound"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recessed":{
"curved inward":{
"examples":[
"displayed the decorative plate on a recessed shelf in the wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"concave",
"dented",
"depressed",
"dished",
"hollow",
"indented",
"sunken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alveolar",
"cavernous",
"crescentic",
"cuplike",
"cupped",
"cuppy",
"recurved",
"dimpled",
"pockmarked",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"contracted",
"diminished",
"reduced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ballooning",
"bloated",
"blown up",
"bulbous",
"distended",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"inflated",
"jutting",
"projecting",
"puffed",
"puffy",
"risen",
"swollen",
"domed",
"global",
"globular",
"round",
"rounded",
"spherical"
],
"antonyms":[
"bulging",
"cambered",
"convex",
"protruding",
"protrusive",
"protuberant"
]
},
"to bring to a formal close for a period of time":{
"examples":[
"the judge recessed the court for lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjourned",
"prorogated",
"prorogued",
"suspended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke off",
"disbanded",
"discontinued",
"dispersed",
"intermitted",
"interrupted",
"deferred",
"held off",
"postponed",
"put off",
"reserved",
"shelved",
"tabled",
"dissolved",
"ended",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"broke up",
"closed",
"concluded",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"negated",
"nullified",
"quashed",
"voided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaugurated",
"launched",
"opened",
"carried on",
"continued",
"drew out",
"extended",
"proceeded",
"prolonged",
"renewed",
"reopened",
"resumed",
"assembled",
"called",
"convened",
"convoked",
"mustered",
"rallied",
"summoned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"receded (from)":{
"as in went , withdrew":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retreated",
"went",
"withdrew",
"departed",
"exited",
"left"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"approached",
"came",
"neared",
"nighed",
"dropped in",
"entered",
"popped (in)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recollecting":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashing back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"harking back (to)",
"hearkening back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"minding",
"recalling",
"remembering",
"reminiscing (about)",
"reproducing",
"thinking (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapturing",
"recurring",
"educing",
"eliciting",
"evoking",
"extracting",
"raising",
"reminding",
"reliving",
"representing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembering",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"losing",
"missing",
"blanking (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembering",
"forgetting",
"unlearning"
]
},
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery"
],
"synonyms":[
"calming",
"collecting",
"composing",
"containing",
"controlling",
"settling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"holding back",
"restraining",
"rallying",
"recovering",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting back",
"reacquiring",
"recapturing",
"reclaiming",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recipes":{
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
"examples":[
"her recipe for attaining financial security is to save money, invest wisely, and live well within her means"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaches",
"fashions",
"forms",
"hows",
"manners",
"methodologies",
"methods",
"strategies",
"styles",
"systems",
"tacks",
"tactics",
"techniques",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"modes",
"modi operandi",
"blueprints",
"designs",
"game plans",
"games",
"ground plans",
"intrigues",
"layouts",
"lines",
"models",
"plans",
"plots",
"programs",
"routes",
"schemes",
"expedients",
"moves",
"shifts",
"steps",
"practices",
"practises",
"processes",
"routines",
"policies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rechannel":{
"as in swerve , move":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avert",
"deviate",
"move",
"shift",
"shunt",
"sidetrack",
"swerve",
"switch",
"transfer",
"deflect",
"divert",
"redirect",
"swing",
"turn",
"veer",
"wheel",
"whip",
"swivel",
"twist",
"whirl",
"zigzag",
"bend",
"curve",
"sway",
"reverse",
"turn back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recited":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"recited the funny story of how he and his girlfriend met"
],
"synonyms":[
"charted",
"chronicled",
"described",
"narrated",
"recounted",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"reported",
"told"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivered",
"gave",
"reeled off",
"stated",
"uttered",
"voiced",
"detailed",
"enumerated",
"itemized",
"particularized",
"bared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"let on (about)",
"revealed",
"delineated",
"depicted",
"expressed",
"rendered",
"sketched"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give from memory":{
"examples":[
"after all these years, she's still able to recite the poems she learned as a child"
],
"synonyms":[
"reeled off",
"repeated",
"said"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conned",
"learned",
"memorized",
"studied",
"declaimed",
"mouthed",
"orated",
"spoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"read"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to specify one after another":{
"examples":[
"the Declaration of Independence recites a long list of grievances against King George III"
],
"synonyms":[
"detailed",
"enumerated",
"itemized",
"listed",
"numerated",
"reeled off",
"rehearsed",
"ticked (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlined",
"tabulated",
"tallied",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"inventoried",
"charted",
"diagrammed",
"diagramed",
"graphed",
"calculated",
"computed",
"estimated",
"figured",
"reckoned",
"cited",
"mentioned",
"named"
],
"near antonyms":[
"generalized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recessing":{
"to bring to a formal close for a period of time":{
"examples":[
"the judge recessed the court for lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjourning",
"prorogating",
"proroguing",
"suspending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking off",
"disbanding",
"discontinuing",
"dispersing",
"intermitting",
"interrupting",
"deferring",
"holding off",
"postponing",
"putting off",
"reserving",
"shelving",
"tabling",
"dissolving",
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"sinfulness",
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"run-throughs",
"summae",
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"expansions",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"adjective"
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"lying down":{
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"reposing",
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"raised",
"standing",
"upright",
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"adjective"
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"logbook",
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"yarn",
"epic",
"saga",
"gest",
"geste",
"romance",
"recital",
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"near antonyms":[],
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"mark",
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"put down",
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"near synonyms":[
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"minute",
"transcribe",
"enregister",
"enter",
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"chalk (up)",
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"examples":[
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"catalogue",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"enter",
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"list",
"put down",
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"schedule",
"slate"
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"near synonyms":[
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"card",
"file",
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"tally",
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"resorts",
"resources"
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"opportunities",
"possibilities",
"reliefs",
"makeshifts",
"replacements",
"stopgaps",
"substitutes"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"furnishes",
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"lends",
"loans",
"bequeaths",
"hands down",
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"hands in",
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"turns in",
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"deals (out)",
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"commits",
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"intrusts",
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"gives over",
"hands",
"hands over",
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"near antonyms":[
"holds",
"keeps",
"retains",
"detains",
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"reserves",
"withholds",
"owns",
"possesses",
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"takes in",
"occupies",
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"verb"
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"as in return , replace":{
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"replace",
"restore",
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"take"
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"verb"
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"something into which a liquid or smaller objects can be put for storage or transportation":{
"examples":[
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],
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"container",
"holder",
"vessel"
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"carrier",
"cartridge",
"basket",
"bin",
"box",
"caddy",
"carton",
"case",
"casket",
"crate",
"handbasket",
"locker",
"trunk",
"bag",
"hamper",
"pocket",
"sack",
"cooler",
"warmer",
"basin",
"bottle",
"bowl",
"bucket",
"can",
"jar",
"jug",
"keg",
"kettle",
"kit",
"pack",
"pail",
"pitcher",
"pot",
"tub",
"vat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"noun"
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"examples":[
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],
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"repaid",
"requited"
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"near synonyms":[
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"indemnified",
"paid",
"recouped",
"remunerated",
"satisfied",
"gave back",
"refunded",
"reimbursed",
"restituted",
"avenged",
"got back (at)",
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"revenged"
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"near antonyms":[
"owed"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened"
],
"synonyms":[
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"regenerates",
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"renews",
"repairs",
"restores",
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"revitalizes",
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"near synonyms":[
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"remakes",
"remodels",
"renovates",
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"resupplies",
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"near antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century"
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"synonyms":[
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"disports",
"frolics",
"plays",
"rollicks",
"skylarks",
"sports",
"toys"
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"near synonyms":[
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"frisks",
"gambols",
"romps",
"dabbles",
"trifles",
"amuses",
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"delights",
"pleases",
"dabbles",
"fiddles (around)",
"messes around",
"putters (around)",
"bums (around)",
"dawdles",
"goldbricks",
"hangs",
"hangs about",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lounges (around or about)",
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"rests",
"screws around",
"slacks (off)",
"jests",
"jokes",
"teases"
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"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"labors",
"plods",
"plugs (away)",
"slaves",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"works"
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"antonyms":[]
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"examples":[
"The museum staff re-created the entire village based on historical drawings and descriptions.",
"The performers re-create famous Civil War battles."
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
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"reduplicates",
"repeats",
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"reenvisions",
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"rehears",
"readdresses",
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"reconsiders",
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"reexamines",
"reexplores",
"rethinks",
"reviews",
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"pieces together",
"answers",
"breaks",
"cracks",
"dopes (out)",
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"riddles (out)",
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"gathers",
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"judges",
"reasons",
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"straightens (out)",
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"untangles",
"unties",
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"divines",
"guesses",
"presumes",
"speculates",
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
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"reforms",
"remedies",
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"verb"
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"as in collectively , mutually":{
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"near synonyms":[
"collectively",
"mutually",
"unanimously",
"unitedly",
"concertedly",
"conjointly",
"hand in glove",
"hand and glove",
"jointly",
"together",
"cooperatively",
"symbiotically"
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"near antonyms":[
"apart",
"independently",
"individually",
"separately",
"severally",
"single-handed",
"single-handedly",
"singly",
"solely",
"unaided",
"unassisted",
"unilaterally"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
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},
"reconstituting":{
"as in renovating , refurbishing":{
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"near synonyms":[
"making over",
"overhauling",
"reclaiming",
"reconditioning",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"freshening",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"revivifying",
"reviving",
"refilling",
"replenishing",
"resupplying",
"modernizing",
"updating"
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"verb"
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"a usually critical look at a past event":{
"examples":[
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],
"synonyms":[
"reappraisals",
"reexaminations",
"re-examinations",
"retrospections",
"retrospects",
"reviews"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"rehashes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"previews"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in entertaining , amusing":{
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"near synonyms":[
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"calming",
"comforting",
"soothing",
"affable",
"amiable",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"comfortable",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"goodly",
"good-natured",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"kindly",
"personable",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"blissful",
"felicific",
"glad",
"happy",
"joyous",
"alluring",
"attractive",
"desirable",
"enviable",
"inviting",
"relishable",
"tempting",
"elating",
"exhilarating",
"intoxicating",
"agreeable",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
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"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"jolly",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"pretty",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"tasty",
"welcome",
"ecstatic",
"euphoric",
"nirvanic",
"rapturous"
],
"near antonyms":[
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"pleasureless",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unwelcome",
"abominable",
"ghastly",
"god-awful",
"hellish",
"horrid",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revulsive",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"yucky",
"yukky",
"abhorrent",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"odious",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"dull",
"flat",
"insipid",
"irksome",
"stale",
"tedious",
"displeasing",
"dissatisfying",
"depressing",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"joyless",
"lachrymose",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"deplorable",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"regrettable",
"sorrowful",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"exasperating",
"irritating",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"vexing",
"forbidding",
"hostile",
"intimidating",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"having a good reputation especially in a field of knowledge":{
"examples":[
"recognized experts on stem cell research"
],
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"esteemed",
"estimable",
"name",
"prestigious",
"reputable",
"reputed",
"respectable",
"respected"
],
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"honorable",
"venerable",
"worthy",
"creditable",
"good",
"praiseworthy",
"celebrated",
"distinguished",
"famed",
"famous",
"honored",
"illustrious",
"notable",
"prominent",
"redoubtable",
"renowned",
"well-known"
],
"near antonyms":[
"seedy",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"no-name",
"obscure",
"undistinguished",
"unknown"
],
"antonyms":[
"disreputable"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"finally recognized that we were hopelessly lost"
],
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"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"assimilated",
"beheld",
"caught",
"caught on (to)",
"cognized",
"compassed",
"comprehended",
"conceived",
"cottoned (to or on to)",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"discerned",
"dug",
"got",
"grasped",
"grokked",
"intuited",
"knew",
"made",
"made out",
"perceived",
"registered",
"savvied",
"saw",
"seized",
"sensed",
"tumbled (to)",
"twigged",
"understood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"digested",
"took in",
"realized",
"fathomed",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misperceived",
"misread",
"mistook",
"misunderstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"to show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration":{
"examples":[
"an awards banquet to recognize local heroes"
],
"synonyms":[
"feted",
"f\u00eated",
"honored"
],
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"acknowledged",
"cited",
"commended",
"complimented",
"credited",
"thanked",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"praised",
"touted",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"hailed",
"laureated",
"saluted",
"celebrated",
"commemorated",
"memorialized",
"observed",
"congratulated",
"felicitated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"shamed",
"bad-mouthed",
"defamed",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"slandered",
"booed",
"hissed",
"hooted",
"jeered",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"denounced",
"reprobated",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reconnects":{
"to put, bring, or come together again":{
"examples":[
"They reconnected with an old friend over the weekend.",
"She reassembled the unit and reconnected the cables."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"recombines",
"rejoins",
"reunifies",
"reunites",
"reaffixes",
"reattaches",
"refastens",
"refixes",
"resecures",
"associates",
"coalesces",
"combines",
"conjoins",
"conjugates",
"connects",
"couples",
"fuses",
"interfuses",
"joins",
"links (up)",
"marries",
"unifies",
"unites",
"assembles",
"clusters",
"congregates",
"constellates",
"convenes",
"gathers",
"meets",
"allies",
"confederates",
"leagues",
"mates",
"yokes",
"chains",
"compounds",
"hitches",
"hooks",
"splices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disaffiliates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"fractionates",
"isolates",
"resolves",
"uncouples",
"unyokes",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"scatters",
"breaks up",
"dissevers",
"parts",
"sections",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"unlinks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recopies":{
"as in engrosses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"engrosses",
"abridges",
"blue-pencils",
"redacts",
"red-pencils",
"gets out",
"issues",
"prints",
"publishes",
"anthologizes",
"collects",
"compiles",
"fact-checks",
"amends",
"annotates",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reedits",
"copyedits",
"reads",
"subedits",
"subs",
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectors":{
"as in masters , headmasters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"headmasters",
"masters",
"schoolmasters",
"educationists",
"educators",
"instructors",
"pedagogues",
"pedagogs",
"preceptors",
"schoolteachers",
"teachers",
"headmistresses",
"instructresses",
"mistresses",
"schoolmarms",
"schoolma'ams",
"schoolmistresses",
"coaches",
"guides",
"gurus",
"preparers",
"trainers",
"mentors",
"tutoresses",
"tutors",
"drillmasters",
"inculcators",
"deans",
"docents",
"doctors",
"dons",
"professors",
"profs",
"regius professors",
"academes",
"academicians",
"academics",
"didacts",
"pedants",
"governesses",
"homeschoolers",
"interns",
"internes",
"practice teachers",
"readers",
"student teachers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recrudescing":{
"as in continuing , picking up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"continuing",
"picking up",
"proceeding (with)",
"renewing",
"reopening",
"restarting",
"resuming",
"resuscitating",
"reviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completing",
"concluding",
"consummating",
"ending",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"belaying",
"breaking",
"canning",
"ceasing",
"checking",
"cutting",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"leaving off",
"quitting",
"scuttling",
"shutting off",
"staying",
"stopping",
"terminating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconcentrating":{
"as in recondensing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recondensing",
"enriching",
"fortifying",
"richening",
"strengthening",
"evaporating",
"extracting",
"removing",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"compacting",
"hardening",
"solidifying",
"boiling down",
"decocting",
"reducing",
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"distilling",
"flushing",
"leaching",
"purging",
"purifying",
"refining",
"concentrating",
"condensing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diluting",
"watering (down)",
"adulterating",
"cutting",
"thinning",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recommencements":{
"as in renewals , resumptions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"renewals",
"resumptions",
"resuscitations",
"continuances",
"continuations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abeyances",
"cold storages",
"deep freezes",
"doldrums",
"dormancies",
"holding patterns",
"latencies",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"quiescences",
"suspended animations",
"suspenses",
"suspensions",
"inactions",
"inertias",
"impasses",
"standstills"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconceiving":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"will have to reconceive my earlier opinion about him in light of his recent behavior"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressing",
"reanalyzing",
"reconsidering",
"redefining",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"reexamining",
"re-examining",
"reexploring",
"re-exploring",
"rethinking",
"reviewing",
"revisiting",
"reweighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehearing",
"reconceptualizing",
"reenvisioning",
"re-envisioning",
"reimagining",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reinvestigating",
"restudying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"revising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"defending",
"maintaining",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recombined":{
"as in reunited , rejoined":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconnected",
"rejoined",
"reunified",
"reunited",
"reaffixed",
"reattached",
"refastened",
"refixed",
"resecured",
"associated",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"conjoined",
"conjugated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"fused",
"interfused",
"joined",
"linked (up)",
"married",
"unified",
"united",
"assembled",
"clustered",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"convened",
"gathered",
"met",
"allied",
"confederated",
"leagued",
"mated",
"yoked",
"chained",
"compounded",
"hitched",
"hooked",
"spliced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disaffiliated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"fractionated",
"isolated",
"resolved",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"scattered",
"broke up",
"dissevered",
"parted",
"sectioned",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"unlinked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recycle":{
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
"examples":[
"recycling the aluminum from soda pop cans is environmentally sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"reclaim",
"recover"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reuse",
"process",
"reprocess"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconnaissances":{
"military activity in which soldiers, airplanes, etc., are sent to find out information about an enemy":{
"examples":[
"There are two helicopters available for reconnaissance .",
"reconnaissance missions"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"observation",
"surveillance",
"espionage",
"spying",
"counterespionage",
"counterintelligence",
"intelligence",
"cloak-and-dagger",
"tradecraft",
"bugging",
"eavesdropping",
"wiretapping",
"dope",
"goods",
"lowdown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recidivist":{
"a person who continues to commit crimes even after being caught and punished":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backslider",
"relapser",
"repeater",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"miscreant",
"offender",
"misdemeanant",
"accomplice",
"principal",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"evildoer",
"gallows bird",
"misdoer",
"misfeasor",
"sinner",
"transgressor",
"trespasser",
"villain",
"wrongdoer",
"blackhander",
"button man",
"gangster",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"racketeer",
"thug",
"enforcer",
"gun",
"gunman",
"gunsel",
"hit man",
"triggerman",
"accused",
"arrestee",
"defendant",
"detainee",
"fish",
"suspect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbuster",
"lawman"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reclaimable":{
"as in recoverable , reformable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"curable",
"recoverable",
"redeemable",
"reformable",
"remediable",
"retrievable",
"savable",
"saveable",
"reversible",
"encouraging",
"promising",
"penitent",
"regretful",
"remorseful",
"repentant",
"rueful",
"sorry",
"correctable",
"fixable",
"rectifiable",
"repairable",
"reparable",
"salvable",
"salvageable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hopeless",
"incorrigible",
"incurable",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irreformable",
"irremediable",
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"unredeemable",
"irreparable",
"irreversible",
"uncorrectable",
"unencouraging",
"unpromising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recollects":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashes back (to)",
"harkens back (to)",
"harks back (to)",
"hearkens back (to)",
"harkens back (to)",
"minds",
"recalls",
"remembers",
"reminisces (about)",
"reproduces",
"thinks (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recaptures",
"recurs",
"educes",
"elicits",
"evokes",
"extracts",
"raises",
"reminds",
"relives",
"represents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembers",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"loses",
"misses",
"blanks (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembers",
"forgets",
"unlearns"
]
},
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery"
],
"synonyms":[
"calms",
"collects",
"composes",
"contains",
"controls",
"settles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"holds back",
"restrains",
"rallies",
"recovers",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"stills",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"gets back",
"reacquires",
"recaptures",
"reclaims",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"regains",
"repossesses",
"retakes",
"retrieves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruits",
"replenishes",
"redeems",
"repurchases",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconnoiters":{
"to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information especially about a military enemy; to do a reconnaissance of (a place)":{
"examples":[
"An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scouts",
"explores",
"hunts",
"probes",
"prospects",
"searches",
"skirrs",
"discloses",
"discovers",
"reveals",
"unearths",
"fathoms",
"plumbs",
"sounds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recompile":{
"as in revise , edit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"edit",
"redact",
"redraft",
"reedit",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"anthologize",
"collect",
"compile",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"assemble",
"collate",
"gather",
"group"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconsidered":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"the new intelligence forced the general to reconsider his plan of attack"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"redefined",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recisions":{
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
"examples":[
"the national emergency forced the immediate recision of all military leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandonments",
"abortions",
"callings",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"droppings",
"recalls",
"repeals",
"rescissions",
"revocations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annulments",
"invalidations",
"neutralizations",
"nullifications",
"voidances",
"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"endings",
"terminations",
"relinquishments",
"surrenders",
"reversals",
"rollbacks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beginnings",
"commencements",
"initiations",
"engagements",
"undertakings"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recopied":{
"as in engrossed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"engrossed",
"abridged",
"blue-penciled",
"redacted",
"red-penciled",
"got out",
"issued",
"printed",
"published",
"anthologized",
"collected",
"compiled",
"fact-checked",
"amended",
"annotated",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reedited",
"copyedited",
"read",
"subbed",
"subedited",
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconnoitering":{
"to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information especially about a military enemy; to do a reconnaissance of (a place)":{
"examples":[
"An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scouting",
"exploring",
"hunting",
"probing",
"prospecting",
"searching",
"skirring",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"revealing",
"unearthing",
"fathoming",
"plumbing",
"sounding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recategorize":{
"as in reclassify , regroup":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reclassify",
"regroup",
"clump",
"cluster",
"colligate",
"subcategorize",
"identify",
"recognize",
"alphabetize",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"file",
"index",
"list",
"refer",
"array",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"systematize",
"assort",
"break down",
"categorize",
"class",
"classify",
"codify",
"compartment",
"compartmentalize",
"digest",
"distinguish",
"distribute",
"grade",
"group",
"peg",
"place",
"range",
"rank",
"relegate",
"separate",
"sort",
"type",
"pigeonhole",
"shelve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"jumble",
"lump",
"mix (up)",
"scramble",
"misclassify",
"missort",
"mistype"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recondensed":{
"as in reconcentrated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconcentrated",
"enriched",
"fortified",
"richened",
"strengthened",
"evaporated",
"extracted",
"removed",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"compacted",
"hardened",
"solidified",
"boiled down",
"decocted",
"reduced",
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"distilled",
"flushed",
"leached",
"purged",
"purified",
"refined",
"concentrated",
"condensed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diluted",
"watered (down)",
"adulterated",
"cut",
"thinned",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recouped":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"tried to recoup the $1,000 he had when he walked into the casino by risking his last dollar on a slot machine"
],
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"got back",
"reacquired",
"recaptured",
"reclaimed",
"re-collected",
"recovered",
"regained",
"repossessed",
"retook",
"retrieved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruited",
"replenished",
"redeemed",
"repurchased",
"rescued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"you will have to submit the proper paperwork before the insurance company will recoup you for the damage to your vehicle"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensated",
"indemnified",
"recompensed",
"remunerated",
"requited",
"satisfied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunded",
"reimbursed",
"repaid",
"redressed",
"remedied",
"repaired",
"discharged",
"paid",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"he's recouping at home after a bout of the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"came back",
"convalesced",
"gained",
"healed",
"mended",
"pulled round",
"rallied",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"snapped back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"came around",
"came round",
"came to",
"improved",
"picked up",
"revived",
"cheered (up)",
"perked (up)",
"pulled through",
"survived",
"recruited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ailed",
"came down",
"collapsed",
"sickened",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"faded",
"failed",
"languished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"worsened",
"regressed",
"relapsed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconnoitred":{
"to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information especially about a military enemy; to do a reconnaissance of (a place)":{
"examples":[
"An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scouted",
"explored",
"hunted",
"probed",
"prospected",
"searched",
"skirred",
"disclosed",
"discovered",
"revealed",
"unearthed",
"fathomed",
"plumbed",
"sounded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconnect":{
"to put, bring, or come together again":{
"examples":[
"They reconnected with an old friend over the weekend.",
"She reassembled the unit and reconnected the cables."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recombine",
"rejoin",
"reunify",
"reunite",
"reaffix",
"reattach",
"refasten",
"refix",
"resecure",
"associate",
"coalesce",
"combine",
"conjoin",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"fuse",
"interfuse",
"join",
"link (up)",
"marry",
"unify",
"unite",
"assemble",
"cluster",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"convene",
"gather",
"meet",
"ally",
"confederate",
"league",
"mate",
"yoke",
"chain",
"compound",
"hitch",
"hook",
"splice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disaffiliate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"fractionate",
"isolate",
"resolve",
"uncouple",
"unyoke",
"disband",
"disperse",
"scatter",
"break up",
"dissever",
"part",
"section",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"unlink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconsecrated":{
"as in consecrated , sanctified":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"sacralized",
"sanctified",
"chastened",
"cleansed",
"lustrated",
"purified",
"committed",
"dedicated",
"devoted",
"baptized",
"baptised",
"canonized",
"spiritualized",
"exorcised",
"exorcized",
"expurgated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deconsecrated",
"desacralized",
"desanctified",
"defiled",
"desecrated",
"profaned",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"tainted",
"violated",
"blasphemed",
"cursed",
"cussed",
"damned",
"execrated",
"cast out",
"condemned",
"damned",
"punished"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recreations":{
"someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment":{
"examples":[
"bowling is great recreation on a rainy afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"delights",
"distractions",
"diversions",
"divertissements",
"entertainments",
"fun",
"pleasures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"escapes",
"pastimes",
"time killers",
"binges",
"flings",
"frolics",
"gambols",
"larks",
"revels",
"rollicks",
"romps",
"sprees",
"convivialities",
"festivities",
"gaieties",
"gayeties",
"hilarities",
"jollifications",
"jollities",
"merrymakings",
"revelings",
"revellings",
"revelries",
"whoopees",
"picnics",
"laughs",
"riots",
"screams",
"activities",
"games"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killjoys",
"party poopers"
],
"antonyms":[
"bores",
"bummers",
"downers",
"drags"
]
},
"the act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public":{
"examples":[
"water parks have become a significant part of the recreation business"
],
"synonyms":[
"amusements",
"distractions",
"diversions",
"entertainments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nightlifes",
"nightlives",
"delectations",
"delights",
"enjoyments",
"joys",
"mirths",
"gratifications",
"relaxations",
"reliefs",
"satisfactions",
"exhibitions",
"performances",
"presentations",
"presentments",
"productions",
"shows",
"spectacles",
"escapisms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an activity outside of one's regular occupation that is engaged in primarily for pleasure":{
"examples":[
"as with other men of his class and income, his principal recreations were polo and yachting"
],
"synonyms":[
"avocations",
"hobbies",
"hobbyhorses",
"pursuits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amusements",
"distractions",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"pastimes",
"relaxations",
"sports"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in renovations , reconstructions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"facelift",
"reclamations",
"reconstructions",
"refurbishments",
"regeneracies",
"rehabilitations",
"rehabs",
"renovations",
"restorals",
"restorations",
"rallies",
"recoveries",
"recuperations",
"fixings",
"reanimations",
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"rejuvenations",
"rejuvenescences",
"renewals",
"resurgences",
"resurrections",
"resuscitations",
"revitalizations",
"revivals",
"revivifications",
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"reinventions",
"reactivations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recertify":{
"as in revalidate , reapprove":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccredit",
"reapprove",
"recharter",
"revalidate",
"legitimize",
"sanction",
"validate",
"warrant",
"accredit",
"certificate",
"certify",
"charter",
"ratify",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"empower",
"enable",
"enfranchise",
"license",
"licence",
"authorize",
"entitle",
"privilege",
"qualify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualify",
"disable",
"disempower",
"disenfranchise",
"decertify",
"disallow",
"forbid",
"proscribe",
"delegitimize",
"invalidate",
"nullify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recreational":{
"as in enjoyable , fun":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humorous",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"amusing",
"delightful",
"diverting",
"enjoyable",
"entertaining",
"fun",
"pleasurable",
"blithesome",
"gay",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"jocose",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"agreeable",
"beguiling",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"satisfying",
"welcome",
"exciting",
"stimulating",
"thrilling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"drab",
"dreary",
"dull",
"flat",
"heavy",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"leaden",
"monotonous",
"pedestrian",
"pleasureless",
"ponderous",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"disagreeable",
"displeasing",
"distasteful",
"uncongenial",
"unlovely",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"unwelcome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recap":{
"a short statement of the main points":{
"examples":[
"after a recap of this morning's meeting, we can discuss the issues that were raised"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"breviary",
"brief",
"capsule",
"conspectus",
"digest",
"encapsulation",
"epitome",
"inventory",
"outline",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recapitulation",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
"resume",
"resum\u00e9",
"roundup",
"run-through",
"rundown",
"sum",
"sum-up",
"summa",
"summarization",
"summary",
"summing-up",
"synopsis",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviation",
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"compend",
"compendium",
"condensation",
"curtailment",
"shortening",
"simplification",
"streamlining",
"rehash",
"reprise",
"conclusion",
"epilogue",
"epilog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplification",
"enlargement",
"expansion",
"addendum",
"supplement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"please recap the highlights of the game for me"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"boil down",
"brief",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recapitulate",
"reprise",
"sum up",
"summarize",
"synopsize",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridge",
"condense",
"curtail",
"cut back",
"shorten",
"downsize",
"shrink",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"decoct",
"essentialize",
"simplify",
"streamline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"amplify",
"elaborate (on or upon)",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"supplement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recklessly":{
"as in impulsively , thoughtlessly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"headfirst",
"headily",
"hotheadedly",
"impatiently",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"thoughtlessly",
"cursorily",
"hastily",
"headlong",
"hotfoot",
"hurriedly",
"pell-mell",
"precipitately",
"precipitously",
"rashly",
"automatically",
"glancingly",
"haphazardly",
"impromptu",
"spontaneously",
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"offhand",
"offhandedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliberately",
"studiedly",
"calculatingly",
"circumspectly",
"designedly",
"falteringly",
"haltingly",
"hesitantly",
"hesitatingly",
"tentatively",
"leisurely",
"slowly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"reconsideration":{
"a usually critical look at a past event":{
"examples":[
"the discovery of new evidence calls for a reconsideration of the case"
],
"synonyms":[
"reappraisal",
"reexamination",
"retrospect",
"retrospection",
"review"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"rehash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preview"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recreate":{
"to bring back to a former condition or vigor":{
"examples":[
"supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshen",
"recharge",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"revivify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"make over",
"overhaul",
"reclaim",
"recondition",
"reconstitute",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"refill",
"replenish",
"resupply",
"modernize",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
"examples":[
"an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century"
],
"synonyms":[
"dally",
"disport",
"frolic",
"play",
"rollick",
"skylark",
"sport",
"toy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavort",
"frisk",
"gambol",
"romp",
"dabble",
"trifle",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain",
"delight",
"please",
"dabble",
"fiddle (around)",
"mess around",
"putter (around)",
"bum (around)",
"dawdle",
"goldbrick",
"hang",
"hang about",
"idle",
"loaf",
"lounge (around or about)",
"relax",
"rest",
"screw around",
"slack (off)",
"jest",
"joke",
"tease"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"labor",
"plod",
"plug (away)",
"slave",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"work"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) exist or appear to exist again":{
"examples":[
"The museum staff re-created the entire village based on historical drawings and descriptions.",
"The performers re-create famous Civil War battles."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconstruct",
"re-enact",
"reduplicate",
"repeat",
"reinvent",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"rehear",
"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"piece together",
"answer",
"break",
"crack",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"puzzle (out)",
"resolve",
"riddle (out)",
"solve",
"unravel",
"unriddle",
"work",
"work out",
"conclude",
"decide",
"deduce",
"gather",
"infer",
"judge",
"reason",
"clear (up)",
"iron out",
"straighten (out)",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"untie",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"divine",
"guess",
"presume",
"speculate",
"decipher",
"decode",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recite":{
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
"examples":[
"recited the funny story of how he and his girlfriend met"
],
"synonyms":[
"chart",
"chronicle",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliver",
"give",
"reel off",
"state",
"utter",
"voice",
"detail",
"enumerate",
"itemize",
"particularize",
"bare",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"reveal",
"delineate",
"depict",
"express",
"render",
"sketch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give from memory":{
"examples":[
"after all these years, she's still able to recite the poems she learned as a child"
],
"synonyms":[
"reel off",
"repeat",
"say"
],
"near synonyms":[
"con",
"learn",
"memorize",
"study",
"declaim",
"mouth",
"orate",
"speak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"read"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to specify one after another":{
"examples":[
"the Declaration of Independence recites a long list of grievances against King George III"
],
"synonyms":[
"detail",
"enumerate",
"itemize",
"list",
"numerate",
"reel off",
"rehearse",
"tick (off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outline",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"inventory",
"chart",
"diagram",
"graph",
"calculate",
"compute",
"estimate",
"figure",
"reckon",
"cite",
"mention",
"name"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recoiling":{
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"the social worker tried not to recoil from the sight of the cockroach in the bathtub"
],
"synonyms":[
"blenching",
"cringing",
"flinching",
"quailing",
"shrinking",
"squinching",
"wincing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanching",
"paling",
"whitening",
"quaking",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shuddering",
"trembling",
"crouching",
"jerking",
"starting",
"twitching",
"receding",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing",
"faltering",
"hesitating",
"reeling",
"wavering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancing",
"approaching",
"nearing",
"bearding",
"challenging",
"confronting",
"defying",
"facing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectifiers":{
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
"examples":[
"a tropical vacation is a surefire rectifier of the midwinter blues"
],
"synonyms":[
"antidotes",
"correctives",
"curatives",
"cures",
"remedies",
"therapeutics",
"therapies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cure-alls",
"elixirs",
"panaceas",
"answers",
"solutions",
"aids",
"help",
"reliefs",
"succors",
"balms",
"medicinals",
"medicines",
"palliatives"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recoil":{
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"the social worker tried not to recoil from the sight of the cockroach in the bathtub"
],
"synonyms":[
"blench",
"cringe",
"flinch",
"quail",
"shrink",
"squinch",
"wince"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanch",
"pale",
"whiten",
"quake",
"quiver",
"shake",
"shudder",
"tremble",
"crouch",
"jerk",
"start",
"twitch",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw",
"falter",
"hesitate",
"reel",
"waver"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"approach",
"near",
"beard",
"challenge",
"confront",
"defy",
"face"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in revulsion , flinch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flinch",
"revulsion",
"shrinking",
"rout",
"disengagement",
"disentanglement",
"pullback",
"pullout",
"recession",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"withdrawal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recompenses":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the jury awarded an additional $5,000 in recompense for physical pain and suffering"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"damages",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"restitutions",
"satisfactions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatia",
"amends",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"refunds",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"punishments",
"retaliations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"the volunteer expects nothing more than sincere thanks as recompense for his efforts"
],
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"compensations",
"considerations",
"payments",
"pays",
"remittances",
"remunerations",
"requitals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"salaries",
"stipends",
"wages",
"disbursements",
"expenditures",
"outlays",
"rebates",
"refunds",
"indemnities",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"deposits",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"prepayments",
"overpayments",
"rentals",
"rents"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received":{
"examples":[
"the cash-strapped museum can recompense lecturers with only token honorariums"
],
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"compensates",
"pays",
"remunerates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refunds",
"reimburses",
"repays",
"requites",
"remits",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"prepays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stiffs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"that company still needs to recompense the work that the contractor finished last month"
],
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"antes (up)",
"balances",
"clears",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"meets",
"pays",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"ponies up",
"quits",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands"
],
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"antonyms":[
"repudiates"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the government has yet to adequately recompense the property owners for the land taken for the new highway"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensates",
"indemnifies",
"recoups",
"remunerates",
"requites",
"satisfies"
],
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"refunds",
"reimburses",
"repays",
"redresses",
"remedies",
"repairs",
"discharges",
"pays",
"quits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a return for":{
"examples":[
"the wealthy gentleman told the poor little girl she could recompense his generosity simply by enjoying her new toys"
],
"synonyms":[
"reciprocates",
"repays",
"requites"
],
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"exchanges",
"compensates",
"indemnifies",
"pays",
"recoups",
"remunerates",
"satisfies",
"gives back",
"refunds",
"reimburses",
"restitutes",
"avenges",
"gets back (at)",
"retaliates",
"revenges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recrudesces":{
"as in continues , picks up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"continues",
"picks up",
"proceeds (with)",
"renews",
"reopens",
"restarts",
"resumes",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completes",
"concludes",
"consummates",
"ends",
"finalizes",
"finishes",
"belays",
"breaks",
"cans",
"ceases",
"checks",
"cuts",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"leaves off",
"quits",
"scuttles",
"shuts off",
"stays",
"stops",
"terminates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rectangle":{
"as in block , square":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"block",
"cube",
"square"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ball",
"globe",
"orb",
"sphere",
"bead",
"globule",
"egg",
"ellipse",
"loop",
"oval",
"spheroid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reclassify":{
"as in regroup , recategorize":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recategorize",
"regroup",
"clump",
"cluster",
"colligate",
"subcategorize",
"identify",
"recognize",
"alphabetize",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"file",
"index",
"list",
"refer",
"array",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"systematize",
"assort",
"break down",
"categorize",
"class",
"classify",
"codify",
"compartment",
"compartmentalize",
"digest",
"distinguish",
"distribute",
"grade",
"group",
"peg",
"place",
"range",
"rank",
"relegate",
"separate",
"sort",
"type",
"pigeonhole",
"shelve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"jumble",
"lump",
"mix (up)",
"scramble",
"misclassify",
"missort",
"mistype"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reciprocation":{
"as in recompense , requital":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recompense",
"requital",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"bargain",
"deal",
"horse trade",
"negotiation",
"transaction",
"back-and-forth",
"barter",
"commutation",
"dicker",
"exchange",
"quid pro quo",
"swap",
"trade",
"trade-off",
"truck",
"bargaining",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse trading",
"logrolling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recycling":{
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
"examples":[
"recycling the aluminum from soda pop cans is environmentally sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"reclaiming",
"recovering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reusing",
"processing",
"reprocessing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"receptacles":{
"something into which a liquid or smaller objects can be put for storage or transportation":{
"examples":[
"place all wrappers in the trash receptacles at the entrances of the theater"
],
"synonyms":[
"containers",
"holders",
"vessels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carriers",
"cartridges",
"baskets",
"bins",
"boxes",
"caddies",
"cartons",
"cases",
"caskets",
"crates",
"handbaskets",
"lockers",
"trunks",
"bags",
"hampers",
"pockets",
"sacks",
"coolers",
"warmers",
"basins",
"bottles",
"bowls",
"buckets",
"cans",
"jars",
"jugs",
"kegs",
"kettles",
"kits",
"packs",
"pails",
"pitchers",
"pots",
"tubs",
"vats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"receptivities":{
"as in sensitivities , sensibilities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sensibilities",
"sensitivities",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"minds",
"notions",
"opinions",
"persuasions",
"verdicts",
"views",
"angles",
"attitudes",
"outlooks",
"perspectives",
"standpoints",
"viewpoints",
"impressions",
"perceptions",
"sensations",
"senses",
"chords",
"emotions",
"feelings",
"passions",
"sentiments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insensitivities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recoils":{
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"the social worker tried not to recoil from the sight of the cockroach in the bathtub"
],
"synonyms":[
"blenches",
"cringes",
"flinches",
"quails",
"shrinks",
"squinches",
"winces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanches",
"pales",
"whitens",
"quakes",
"quivers",
"shakes",
"shudders",
"trembles",
"crouches",
"jerks",
"starts",
"twitches",
"recedes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws",
"falters",
"hesitates",
"reels",
"wavers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"approaches",
"nears",
"beards",
"challenges",
"confronts",
"defies",
"faces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in revulsions , flinches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flinches",
"revulsions",
"routs",
"disengagements",
"disentanglements",
"pullbacks",
"pullouts",
"recessions",
"retirements",
"retreats",
"withdrawals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancements",
"advances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recluse":{
"a person who lives away from others":{
"examples":[
"he was sick of cities and crowds, so he decided to go live by himself in the woods as a recluse"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchorite",
"eremite",
"hermit",
"isolate",
"solitary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"homebody",
"shut-in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"socialite",
"socializer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in reclusive , lone":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lone",
"reclusive",
"unsociable",
"altricial",
"self-subsistent",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustaining",
"autonomous",
"independent",
"self-contained",
"semiautonomous",
"semi-independent",
"nonsocial",
"solitary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colonial",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"associational",
"consociational",
"subsocial",
"dependent",
"parasitic",
"parasitical",
"precocial",
"symbiotic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"recruitment":{
"as in replenishment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"replenishment",
"recapture",
"reclamation",
"recoupment",
"recovery",
"repossession",
"retrieval",
"redemption",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loss",
"misplacement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in appointment , assignment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appointment",
"assignment",
"conscription",
"enlistment",
"employ",
"employment",
"engagement",
"hire",
"incumbency",
"tenure",
"occupation",
"place",
"position",
"post",
"situation",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"joblessness",
"nonemployment",
"unemployment",
"boot",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"firing",
"removal",
"sack",
"severance",
"demotion",
"suspension",
"furlough",
"layoff",
"leave",
"liberty",
"retirement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reconciliation":{
"the act of becoming friendly after a disagreement":{
"examples":[
"The couple worked toward reconciliation in therapy.",
"The treaty was the first step in the eventual reconciliation of two countries that had been long at odds."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accord",
"reconcilement",
"appeasement",
"conciliation",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"concession",
"d\u00e9tente",
"detente",
"rapprochement",
"peace",
"peacetime",
"armistice",
"cease-fire",
"truce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflict",
"hostilities",
"hot war",
"war"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reckons with":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"After Scout's emergency surgery, we were forced to reckon with a hefty vet bill."
],
"synonyms":[
"allows (for)",
"considers",
"factors (in or into)",
"provides (for)",
"regards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"anticipates",
"contemplates",
"envisages",
"expects",
"foresees",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"plans",
"calculates",
"faces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factors (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discounts",
"disregards"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"rechanneled":{
"as in swerved , moved":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"averted",
"deviated",
"moved",
"shifted",
"shunted",
"sidetracked",
"swerved",
"switched",
"transferred",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"redirected",
"swung",
"turned",
"veered",
"wheeled",
"whipped",
"swiveled",
"swivelled",
"twisted",
"whirled",
"zigzagged",
"bent",
"curved",
"swayed",
"reversed",
"turned back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recalculated":{
"as in refigured , recomputed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recomputed",
"refigured",
"appraised",
"assessed",
"estimated",
"evaluated",
"rated",
"valued",
"calibrated",
"gauged",
"gaged",
"measured",
"scaled",
"counted",
"itemized",
"numbered",
"figured out",
"solved (for)",
"allowed (for)",
"deducted",
"factored (in or into or out)",
"figured in",
"added",
"divided",
"multiplied",
"subtracted",
"added up",
"averaged",
"summed",
"tallied",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"totalized",
"calculated",
"ciphered",
"computed",
"figured",
"reckoned",
"worked out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rechristening":{
"as in renaming , relabeling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"relabeling",
"relabelling",
"renaming",
"code-naming",
"nicknaming",
"surnaming",
"miscalling",
"misnaming",
"mistitling",
"denoting",
"specifying",
"branding",
"stigmatizing",
"tagging",
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"calling",
"christening",
"cleping",
"denominating",
"designating",
"dubbing",
"entitling",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"naming",
"nominating",
"styling",
"terming",
"titling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recomputes":{
"as in refigures":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"refigures",
"counts",
"enumerates",
"numbers",
"tells",
"divides",
"multiplies",
"subtracts",
"calculates",
"ciphers",
"computes",
"figures",
"reckons",
"tables",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"works out",
"adds",
"casts (up)",
"foots (up)",
"summates",
"sums",
"totalizes",
"totals",
"totes (up)",
"tots (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recrudesce":{
"as in continue , pick up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"continue",
"pick up",
"proceed (with)",
"renew",
"reopen",
"restart",
"resume",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"consummate",
"end",
"finalize",
"finish",
"belay",
"break",
"can",
"cease",
"check",
"cut",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"halt",
"knock off",
"leave off",
"quit",
"scuttle",
"shut off",
"stay",
"stop",
"terminate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recompiled":{
"as in revised , edited":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"edited",
"redacted",
"redrafted",
"reedited",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"anthologized",
"collected",
"compiled",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"assembled",
"collated",
"gathered",
"grouped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recommended":{
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"examples":[
"serious gastronomes should recommend their stomachs to the restaurant's chef, giving full rein to his culinary prowess and imagination"
],
"synonyms":[
"commended",
"committed",
"confided",
"consigned",
"delegated",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"gave over",
"handed",
"handed over",
"left",
"passed",
"reposed",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"trusted",
"turned over",
"vested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conferred",
"granted",
"assigned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"dispersed",
"distributed",
"divided",
"handed in",
"released",
"relinquished",
"submitted",
"surrendered",
"turned in",
"yielded",
"bequeathed",
"handed down",
"handed on",
"willed",
"advanced",
"lent",
"loaned",
"furnished",
"supplied",
"recommitted",
"redelivered",
"retransferred",
"retransmitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detained",
"held back",
"reserved",
"withheld",
"owned",
"possessed",
"accepted",
"received",
"took in",
"occupied",
"took",
"took over"
],
"antonyms":[
"held",
"kept",
"retained"
]
},
"to put forward (something) as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"I would recommend you look into that option a little more closely because I don't think it will work nearly as well as you think"
],
"synonyms":[
"advised",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"suggested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"espoused",
"favored",
"supported",
"exhorted",
"urged",
"advanced",
"offered",
"proposed",
"submitted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recusant":{
"given to resisting authority or another's control":{
"examples":[
"several recusant senators refused to vote as commanded by the party leadership"
],
"synonyms":[
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"noncooperative",
"uncooperative",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"negativistic",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"fractious",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"wrongheaded",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"monkeying",
"monkeyish",
"naughty",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"ill-natured",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"inconsiderate",
"insolent",
"ornery",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"uncouth",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cooperative",
"deferential",
"obliging",
"yielding",
"behaved",
"disciplined",
"well-bred",
"courteous",
"polite",
"respectful",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"proper",
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"trainable"
],
"antonyms":[
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
]
},
"as in refuser , resister":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"challenger",
"defier",
"insubordinate",
"oppositionist",
"refuser",
"resistant",
"resister",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"red",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"discontent",
"extremist",
"malcontent",
"radical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"patriot",
"supporter",
"counterinsurgent",
"counterrevolutionary",
"counterrevolutionist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"recuperated":{
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"came back",
"convalesced",
"gained",
"healed",
"mended",
"pulled round",
"rallied",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"snapped back"
],
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"came around",
"came round",
"came to",
"improved",
"picked up",
"revived",
"cheered (up)",
"perked (up)",
"pulled through",
"survived",
"recruited"
],
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"ailed",
"came down",
"collapsed",
"sickened",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"faded",
"failed",
"languished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"worsened",
"regressed",
"relapsed"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconditions":{
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"examples":[
"asked my neighbor to help me recondition the old tractor for use on the family farm"
],
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"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
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"fixes up",
"furbishes",
"overhauls",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"refurbishes",
"aids",
"cures",
"heals",
"helps",
"conditions",
"prepares",
"readies",
"cares (for)",
"maintains",
"services",
"freshens",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"restores",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"adjusts",
"corrects",
"modifies",
"rectifies",
"redresses",
"reforms",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates"
],
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"blemishes",
"breaks",
"damages",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vandalizes",
"wrecks",
"cripples",
"disables",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reclamation":{
"the act or process of getting something back":{
"examples":[
"pumped water out of the field as part of the land reclamation program designed to provide farmers with more farmland"
],
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"recapture",
"recoupment",
"recovery",
"repossession",
"retrieval"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruitment",
"replenishment",
"redemption",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loss",
"misplacement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recapping":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"please recap the highlights of the game for me"
],
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"abstracting",
"boiling down",
"briefing",
"digesting",
"encapsulating",
"epitomizing",
"outlining",
"recapitulating",
"reprising",
"summarizing",
"summing up",
"synopsizing",
"wrapping up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridging",
"condensing",
"curtailing",
"cutting back",
"shortening",
"downsizing",
"shrinking",
"concentrating",
"consolidating",
"decocting",
"essentializing",
"simplifying",
"streamlining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"amplifying",
"elaborating (on or upon)",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding",
"supplementing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recalling":{
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I don't recall meeting you before"
],
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"flashing back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"harking back (to)",
"hearkening back (to)",
"harkening back (to)",
"minding",
"recollecting",
"remembering",
"reminiscing (about)",
"reproducing",
"thinking (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recapturing",
"recurring",
"educing",
"eliciting",
"evoking",
"extracting",
"raising",
"reminding",
"reliving",
"representing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembering",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"losing",
"missing",
"blanking (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembering",
"forgetting",
"unlearning"
]
},
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"I'll recall my purchase order if the company refuses to guarantee that it'll arrive before Christmas"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"crying off",
"dropping",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking",
"scrapping",
"scrubbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"invalidating",
"nullifying",
"voiding",
"writing off",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"withdrawing",
"countermanding",
"reversing",
"rolling back",
"breaking off",
"discontinuing",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"holding back",
"interrupting",
"suspending",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engaging",
"pledging",
"promising",
"beginning",
"commencing",
"initiating",
"starting",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"undertaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"keeping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recondenses":{
"as in reconcentrates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reconcentrates",
"enriches",
"fortifies",
"richens",
"strengthens",
"evaporates",
"extracts",
"removes",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"compacts",
"hardens",
"solidifies",
"boils down",
"decocts",
"reduces",
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"distills",
"distils",
"flushes",
"leaches",
"purges",
"purifies",
"refines",
"concentrates",
"condenses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dilutes",
"waters (down)",
"adulterates",
"cuts",
"thins",
"weakens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconceptualize":{
"as in reimagine , reenvision":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"rehear",
"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recertifying":{
"as in revalidating , reapproving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reaccrediting",
"reapproving",
"rechartering",
"revalidating",
"legitimizing",
"sanctioning",
"validating",
"warranting",
"accrediting",
"certificating",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enfranchising",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"authorizing",
"entitling",
"privileging",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disqualifying",
"disabling",
"disempowering",
"disenfranchising",
"decertifying",
"disallowing",
"forbidding",
"proscribing",
"delegitimizing",
"invalidating",
"nullifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recusancy":{
"as in noncooperation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"noncooperation",
"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"noncompliance",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelling",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"self-will",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness",
"disrespect",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"revolt",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"mutinousness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"stubbornness",
"misbehavior",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness",
"dissent",
"dissidence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliance",
"conformity",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordination",
"abidance",
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"teachableness",
"tractability",
"tractableness",
"trainability",
"acquiescence",
"capitulation",
"obeisance",
"obsequiousness",
"submissiveness",
"surrender",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recantations":{
"as in denials , disavowals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"denials",
"disaffirmances",
"disavowals",
"disownments",
"renunciations",
"repudiations",
"retractions",
"bait and switches",
"switcheroos",
"reconsiderations",
"retreats",
"second thoughts",
"about-faces",
"about-turns",
"flip-flops",
"reversals",
"turnabouts",
"turnarounds",
"U-turns",
"volte-faces",
"hesitations",
"indecisions",
"irresolutions",
"vacillations",
"wobblings",
"wabblings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recognition":{
"ability to positively identify someone or something":{
"examples":[
"The research concerns the capacity for pattern recognition in dogs."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"detection",
"identification",
"spotting",
"apprehension",
"discernment",
"grasp",
"mind",
"perception",
"thought",
"understanding",
"advisement",
"care",
"concern",
"consideration",
"regard",
"watch",
"advertence",
"advertency",
"attention",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"ear",
"eye",
"heed",
"knowledge",
"mindfulness",
"note",
"notice",
"observance",
"observation",
"hyperawareness",
"hyperconsciousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"neglect",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being publicly acknowledged or known for something (such as an achievement)":{
"examples":[
"The group was pleased to finally receive recognition for their groundbreaking work."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"homage",
"kudos",
"laurels",
"praise",
"infamy",
"character",
"mark",
"name",
"report",
"reputability",
"reputation",
"repute",
"cachet",
"place",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"status",
"megastardom",
"popularity",
"stardom",
"superstardom",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness",
"note",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"visibility",
"adoration",
"idolization",
"celebrity",
"fame",
"notoriety",
"renown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame",
"inconspicuousness",
"invisibility",
"unpopularity",
"anonymity",
"oblivion",
"obscureness",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recurrently":{
"as in periodically , intermittently":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"intermittently",
"off and on",
"periodically",
"here and there",
"now",
"now and then",
"occasionally",
"sometimes",
"infrequently",
"little",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"irregularly",
"sporadically",
"variously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frequently",
"hourly",
"much",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"commonly",
"ordinarily",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"usually",
"always",
"consistently",
"constantly",
"invariably",
"continually",
"continuingly",
"continuously",
"incessantly",
"perpetually",
"unceasingly",
"uninterruptedly",
"endlessly",
"ever",
"interminably"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in often , frequently":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commonly",
"frequently",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"repeatedly",
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"consistently",
"constantly",
"continually",
"ever",
"forever",
"incessantly",
"invariably",
"night and day",
"perpetually",
"unfailingly",
"continuously",
"steadily",
"uninterruptedly",
"unremittingly",
"dependably",
"generally",
"habitually",
"normally",
"ordinarily",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"typically",
"usually",
"inevitably",
"eternally",
"everlastingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"intermittently",
"occasionally",
"periodically",
"sometimes",
"sporadically",
"infrequently",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"unusually",
"variously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"recitalist":{
"as in soloist , accompanist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanist",
"soloist",
"symphonist",
"maestro",
"virtuoso",
"accordionist",
"bassoonist",
"clarinetist",
"clarinettist",
"cornetist",
"cornettist",
"drummer",
"fiddler",
"flautist",
"flutist",
"guitarist",
"harpist",
"hornist",
"keyboardist",
"oboist",
"organ-grinder",
"organist",
"percussionist",
"pianist",
"picker",
"piper",
"reedman",
"saxophonist",
"trombonist",
"trumpeter",
"violinist",
"violist",
"artist",
"performer",
"minstrel",
"instrumentalist",
"musician",
"player"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recriminates":{
"as in retaliates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"retaliates",
"frames",
"implicates",
"inculpates",
"informs (against)",
"names",
"reports",
"prosecutes",
"sues",
"tries",
"appeals",
"arraigns",
"books",
"cites",
"summons",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reproves",
"taxes",
"blames",
"calls (on)",
"castigates",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"faults",
"impugns",
"reproaches",
"reprobates",
"accuses",
"charges",
"criminates",
"defames",
"impeaches",
"incriminates",
"indicts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates",
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"remits",
"shrives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recategorizing":{
"as in reclassifying , regrouping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reclassifying",
"regrouping",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"subcategorizing",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"assorting",
"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grading",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"relegating",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconversion":{
"the act, process, or result of changing again":{
"examples":[
"The planning board has laid out a proposal for the reconversion of the converted paper mills."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overhaul",
"reconstruction",
"redesign",
"redo",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"reformation",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation",
"shift",
"transition",
"adjustment",
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"tweak",
"deformation",
"disfigurement",
"distortion",
"mutation",
"transmutation",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"supplantation",
"changeover",
"conversion",
"metamorphosis",
"transfiguration",
"transformation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recapitulates":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"the professor told the students that their papers should not recapitulate the whole plot but should rather discuss in detail one particular incident they thought was interesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"boils down",
"briefs",
"digests",
"encapsulates",
"epitomizes",
"outlines",
"recaps",
"reprises",
"summarizes",
"sums up",
"synopsizes",
"wraps up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridges",
"condenses",
"curtails",
"cuts back",
"shortens",
"downsizes",
"shrinks",
"concentrates",
"consolidates",
"decocts",
"essentializes",
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"amplifies",
"elaborates (on or upon)",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reconstituted":{
"as in renovated , refurbished":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"made over",
"overhauled",
"reclaimed",
"reconditioned",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"freshened",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"repaired",
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"revivified",
"refilled",
"replenished",
"resupplied",
"modernized",
"updated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recollected":{
"free from emotional or mental agitation":{
"examples":[
"are you recollected enough to talk about your close call?"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"possessed",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"even",
"even-keeled",
"steady",
"well-adjusted",
"well-balanced",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable",
"centered",
"disciplined",
"equable",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"affable",
"breezy",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"loosey-goosey",
"mellow",
"carefree",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"assured",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"indifferent",
"bovine",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"sober",
"stolid",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"restless",
"skittish",
"tense",
"high-strung",
"unstable",
"uptight"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitated",
"discomposed",
"disturbed",
"flustered",
"perturbed",
"unglued",
"unhinged",
"unstrung",
"upset"
]
},
"to bring back to mind":{
"examples":[
"I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashed back (to)",
"harked back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"hearkened back (to)",
"harkened back (to)",
"minded",
"recalled",
"remembered",
"reminisced (about)",
"reproduced",
"thought (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recaptured",
"recurred",
"educed",
"elicited",
"evoked",
"extracted",
"raised",
"reminded",
"relived",
"represented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misremembered",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"lost",
"missed",
"blanked (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"disremembered",
"forgot",
"unlearned"
]
},
"to gain emotional or mental control of":{
"examples":[
"she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery"
],
"synonyms":[
"calmed",
"collected",
"composed",
"contained",
"controlled",
"settled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"held back",
"restrained",
"rallied",
"recovered",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands"
],
"synonyms":[
"got back",
"reacquired",
"recaptured",
"reclaimed",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"regained",
"repossessed",
"retook",
"retrieved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruited",
"replenished",
"redeemed",
"repurchased",
"rescued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reconstruction":{
"as in overhaul , redesign":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overhaul",
"reconversion",
"redesign",
"redo",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"reformation",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation",
"shift",
"transition",
"adjustment",
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"tweak",
"deformation",
"disfigurement",
"distortion",
"mutation",
"transmutation",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"supplantation",
"changeover",
"conversion",
"metamorphosis",
"transfiguration",
"transformation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in re-creation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"re-creation",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction",
"approximation",
"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recuperating":{
"as in convalescing , recovering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"better",
"convalescing",
"improved",
"mending",
"recovering",
"rehabilitated",
"cured",
"hardy",
"hearty",
"lusty",
"robust",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"strong",
"tough",
"able-bodied",
"conditioned",
"fit",
"well-conditioned",
"blooming",
"bouncing",
"chipper",
"flourishing",
"flush",
"thriving",
"hale",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"sound",
"well",
"whole",
"wholesome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ailing",
"bad",
"down",
"ill",
"indisposed",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"poorly",
"punk",
"run-down",
"sick",
"sickened",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell",
"symptomatic",
"cruddy",
"lousy",
"seedy",
"sickish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming back",
"convalescing",
"gaining",
"healing",
"mending",
"pulling round",
"rallying",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"snapping back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coming around",
"coming round",
"coming to",
"improving",
"picking up",
"reviving",
"cheering (up)",
"perking (up)",
"pulling through",
"surviving",
"recruiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ailing",
"collapsing",
"coming down",
"sickening",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"fading",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening",
"regressing",
"relapsing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"reconcile":{
"to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences":{
"examples":[
"historians have never been able to reconcile the two eyewitness accounts of the battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"attune",
"conciliate",
"conform",
"coordinate",
"harmonize",
"key"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adapt",
"tune",
"blend",
"combine",
"connect",
"correlate",
"dovetail",
"fit",
"fuse",
"integrate",
"join",
"match",
"merge",
"orchestrate",
"pair",
"square",
"suit",
"synchronize",
"synthesize",
"unify",
"unite",
"align",
"aline",
"arrange",
"array",
"balance",
"equalize",
"even",
"order",
"proportion",
"regularize",
"standardize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuse",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"skew",
"upset",
"alienate",
"estrange"
],
"antonyms":[
"disharmonize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recognizing":{
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"finally recognized that we were hopelessly lost"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciating",
"apprehending",
"assimilating",
"beholding",
"catching",
"catching on (to)",
"cognizing",
"compassing",
"comprehending",
"conceiving",
"cottoning (to or on to)",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"digging",
"discerning",
"getting",
"grasping",
"grokking",
"intuiting",
"knowing",
"making",
"making out",
"perceiving",
"registering",
"savvying",
"seeing",
"seizing",
"sensing",
"tumbling (to)",
"twigging",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"digesting",
"taking in",
"realizing",
"fathoming",
"penetrating",
"piercing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehending",
"misconceiving",
"misconstruing",
"misinterpreting",
"misperceiving",
"misreading",
"mistaking",
"misunderstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"to show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration":{
"examples":[
"an awards banquet to recognize local heroes"
],
"synonyms":[
"feting",
"f\u00eating",
"honoring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"citing",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"crediting",
"thanking",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"praising",
"touting",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"hailing",
"laureating",
"saluting",
"celebrating",
"commemorating",
"memorializing",
"observing",
"congratulating",
"felicitating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discrediting",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"shaming",
"bad-mouthing",
"defaming",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"booing",
"hissing",
"hooting",
"jeering",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"reprobating",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recruit":{
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"thousands of recent immigrants were recruited to build the nation's rail system"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"employ",
"engage",
"fee",
"hire",
"lay on",
"pay",
"place",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploy",
"reengage",
"rehire",
"apprentice",
"contract",
"job",
"partner",
"subcontract",
"enlist",
"advance",
"promote",
"upgrade",
"keep (on)",
"headhunt",
"scout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furlough",
"lay off",
"lock out"
],
"antonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"sack"
]
},
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"the skydiving instructor and other experienced jumpers tried to encourage the new recruits on their first jump"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarian",
"apprentice",
"babe",
"beginner",
"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"neophyte",
"newbie",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"punk",
"rook",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro",
"virgin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boot",
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"learner",
"student",
"trainee",
"candidate",
"entrant",
"probationer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expert",
"master",
"pro",
"professional"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"recede":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"the sound of sirens receded as the fire engines roared off into the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"die (away or down or out)",
"diminish",
"drain (away)",
"drop (off)",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"ebb",
"fall",
"fall away",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"moderate",
"pall",
"phase down",
"ratchet (down)",
"rachet (down)",
"relent",
"remit",
"shrink",
"subside",
"taper",
"taper off",
"wane"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"evaporate",
"fade (away)",
"fritter (away)",
"give out",
"melt (away)",
"peter (out)",
"tail (off)",
"vanish",
"slacken",
"slow (down)",
"alleviate",
"relax",
"flag",
"sink",
"weaken",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"deflate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appear",
"emerge",
"show up",
"blow up",
"distend",
"elongate",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"after the rain stops, the floodwaters should gradually recede"
],
"synonyms":[
"back away",
"drop back",
"fall back",
"pull out",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flee",
"fly",
"flinch",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"chicken (out)",
"bow out",
"back down",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"climb down",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"pull away",
"abandon",
"depart",
"evacuate",
"go",
"leave",
"quit",
"vacate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"brazen",
"breast",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"outbrave"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recluses":{
"a person who lives away from others":{
"examples":[
"he was sick of cities and crowds, so he decided to go live by himself in the woods as a recluse"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchorites",
"eremites",
"hermits",
"isolates",
"solitaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"homebodies",
"shut-ins"
],
"near antonyms":[
"socialites",
"socializers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recently":{
"not long ago":{
"examples":[
"I recently purchased a car",
"have you seen her recently ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshly",
"just",
"late",
"lately",
"new",
"newly",
"now",
"only"
],
"near synonyms":[
"latterly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ago",
"before",
"earlier",
"early",
"erstwhile",
"formerly",
"previously",
"heretofore",
"hitherto"
],
"antonyms":[
"anciently"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"reconstruct":{
"to build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed":{
"examples":[
"After the fire they had to completely reconstruct the building from the ground up."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fix up",
"furbish",
"overhaul",
"rebuild",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp",
"aid",
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"condition",
"prepare",
"ready",
"care (for)",
"maintain",
"service",
"freshen",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"adjust",
"correct",
"modify",
"rectify",
"redress",
"reform",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"break",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vandalize",
"wreck",
"cripple",
"disable",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to find out and describe or show the way something (such as an event or series of events) happened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"re-create",
"recreate",
"re-enact",
"piece together",
"reduplicate",
"repeat",
"reinvent",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"rehear",
"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"redefine",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh",
"answer",
"break",
"crack",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"puzzle (out)",
"resolve",
"riddle (out)",
"solve",
"unravel",
"unriddle",
"work",
"work out",
"conclude",
"decide",
"deduce",
"gather",
"infer",
"judge",
"reason",
"clear (up)",
"iron out",
"straighten (out)",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"untie",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"divine",
"guess",
"presume",
"speculate",
"decipher",
"decode",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recourse":{
"something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available":{
"examples":[
"a toddler quickly learns that a tantrum is a surefire recourse when a polite request for something is met with parental indifference"
],
"synonyms":[
"expedient",
"resort",
"resource"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hope",
"opportunity",
"possibility",
"relief",
"makeshift",
"replacement",
"stopgap",
"substitute"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recovers":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"after fishing around in the garbage for 10 minutes, I was able to recover my lost keys"
],
"synonyms":[
"gets back",
"reacquires",
"recaptures",
"reclaims",
"re-collects",
"recoups",
"regains",
"repossesses",
"retakes",
"retrieves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruits",
"replenishes",
"redeems",
"repurchases",
"rescues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regain a former or normal state":{
"examples":[
"after a disastrous first half, the team was able to recover and pull off a victory"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounces (back)",
"comes back",
"rallies",
"rebounds",
"snaps back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reanimates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"fails",
"worsens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"examples":[
"I see you're recovering well from the accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"comes back",
"convalesces",
"gains",
"heals",
"mends",
"pulls round",
"rallies",
"recoups",
"recuperates",
"snaps back"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comes around",
"comes round",
"comes to",
"improves",
"picks up",
"revives",
"cheers (up)",
"perks (up)",
"pulls through",
"survives",
"recruits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ails",
"collapses",
"comes down",
"sickens",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"fades",
"fails",
"languishes",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"worsens",
"regresses",
"relapses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product":{
"examples":[
"the process of recovering aluminum from old cans"
],
"synonyms":[
"reclaims",
"recycles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reuses",
"processes",
"reprocesses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reclassified":{
"as in regrouped , recategorized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recategorized",
"regrouped",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"subcategorized",
"identified",
"recognized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"assorted",
"broke down",
"categorized",
"classed",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"grouped",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"sorted",
"typed",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recruits":{
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"thousands of recent immigrants were recruited to build the nation's rail system"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumes",
"employs",
"engages",
"fees",
"hires",
"lays on",
"pays",
"places",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploys",
"reengages",
"rehires",
"apprentices",
"contracts",
"jobs",
"partners",
"subcontracts",
"enlists",
"advances",
"promotes",
"upgrades",
"keeps (on)",
"headhunts",
"scouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"locks out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axes",
"cans",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"sacks"
]
},
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"the skydiving instructor and other experienced jumpers tried to encourage the new recruits on their first jump"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarians",
"apprentices",
"babes",
"beginners",
"colts",
"cubs",
"fledglings",
"freshmen",
"greenhorns",
"neophytes",
"newbies",
"newcomers",
"novices",
"novitiates",
"punks",
"rookies",
"rooks",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"tyros",
"virgins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boots",
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"learners",
"students",
"trainees",
"candidates",
"entrants",
"probationers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"experts",
"masters",
"professionals",
"pros"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"veterans",
"vets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reconversions":{
"the act, process, or result of changing again":{
"examples":[
"The planning board has laid out a proposal for the reconversion of the converted paper mills."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overhauls",
"reconstructions",
"redesigns",
"redos",
"reformations",
"revisions",
"variations",
"shifts",
"transitions",
"adjustments",
"alterations",
"changes",
"differences",
"modifications",
"tweaks",
"deformations",
"disfigurements",
"distortions",
"mutations",
"transmutations",
"displacements",
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"supplantations",
"changeovers",
"conversions",
"metamorphoses",
"transfigurations",
"transformations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixations",
"stabilizations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recommendatory":{
"as in advisory , consulting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advisory",
"consultative",
"consulting",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"hortative",
"admonishing",
"admonitory",
"cautionary",
"cautioning",
"exemplary",
"monitory",
"premonitory",
"warning",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"didactic",
"moralistic",
"moralizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"recessive":{
"not comfortable around people":{
"examples":[
"a recessive genius who was most comfortable working alone in his chemistry lab"
],
"synonyms":[
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"modest",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish",
"shy",
"withdrawn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antisocial",
"lone",
"lone-wolf",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"awkward",
"embarrassed",
"self-conscious",
"unadventurous",
"unassertive",
"unenterprising",
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"uneasy",
"uptight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"bold",
"dashing",
"forceful",
"brash",
"forward",
"overbold",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved"
],
"antonyms":[
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest",
"outgoing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"receptions":{
"a social gathering":{
"examples":[
"a wedding reception"
],
"synonyms":[
"affairs",
"bashes",
"binges",
"blasts",
"blowouts",
"dos",
"do's",
"events",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"functions",
"get-togethers",
"parties",
"shindigs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benefits",
"fund-raisers",
"balls",
"dances",
"formals",
"proms",
"celebrations",
"galas",
"occasions",
"bacchanalia",
"bacchanals",
"orgies",
"saturnalias",
"bakes",
"clambakes",
"cocktail parties",
"hen parties",
"house parties",
"housewarmings",
"icebreakers",
"kaffeeklatsches",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"masquerades",
"meet and greets",
"mixers",
"salons",
"showers",
"socials",
"soirees",
"soir\u00e9es",
"stags",
"suppers",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"tea parties",
"teas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recessionals":{
"as in processionals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"processionals",
"masses",
"oratorios",
"Gloria Patris",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"anthems",
"canticles",
"carols",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"psalms",
"spirituals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"recoiled":{
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
"examples":[
"the social worker tried not to recoil from the sight of the cockroach in the bathtub"
],
"synonyms":[
"blenched",
"cringed",
"flinched",
"quailed",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"squinched",
"winced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanched",
"paled",
"whitened",
"quaked",
"quivered",
"shook",
"shuddered",
"trembled",
"crouched",
"jerked",
"started",
"twitched",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew",
"faltered",
"hesitated",
"reeled",
"wavered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"approached",
"neared",
"bearded",
"challenged",
"confronted",
"defied",
"faced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"recognise":{
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"finally recognized that we were hopelessly lost"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciate",
"apprehend",
"assimilate",
"behold",
"catch",
"catch on (to)",
"cognize",
"compass",
"comprehend",
"conceive",
"cotton (to or on to)",
"decipher",
"decode",
"dig",
"discern",
"get",
"grasp",
"grok",
"intuit",
"know",
"make",
"make out",
"perceive",
"register",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"sense",
"tumble (to)",
"twig",
"understand",
"pick up on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorb",
"digest",
"take in",
"realize",
"fathom",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misconceive",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"to show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration":{
