"did not believe that it was the president's place to sermonize , especially to other world leaders"
],
"synonyms":[
"preach"
],
"near synonyms":[
"evangelize",
"lecture",
"platitudinize",
"preachify"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sergeant":{
"as in captain , lieutenant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"captain",
"lieutenant",
"peace officer",
"constabulary",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"sheriff",
"trooper",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator",
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"inspector",
"investigator",
"plainclothesman",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound",
"patrolman",
"policewoman",
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"flatfoot",
"fuzz",
"gendarme",
"lawman",
"officer",
"policeman",
"police officer",
"shamus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"served":{
"to be a servant for":{
"examples":[
"he served his master faithfully for 20 years"
],
"synonyms":[
"slaved (for)",
"worked (for)",
"wrought (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"ministered (to)",
"tended (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be enough":{
"examples":[
"they made the pasta serve for eight guests"
],
"synonyms":[
"did",
"sufficed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"answered",
"suited",
"assuaged",
"contented",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be fitting or proper":{
"examples":[
"those old riding boots will serve for now, but you'll need newer ones for the horse show"
],
"synonyms":[
"befitted",
"beseemed",
"did",
"fitted",
"fit",
"suited",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"satisfied",
"sufficed",
"functioned",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
"examples":[
"my parents served me well in preparing me for life"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted (toward)",
"dealt (with)",
"handled",
"treated",
"used",
"was (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considered",
"esteemed",
"rated",
"reckoned",
"regarded",
"viewed",
"engaged (with)",
"reacted (to)",
"responded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a certain purpose":{
"examples":[
"the harsh punishment served to teach everyone a lesson"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"functioned",
"performed",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"operated",
"ran",
"run",
"administered",
"carried on",
"controlled",
"directed",
"guided",
"handled",
"managed",
"oversaw",
"regulated",
"supervised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
"examples":[
"an excellent college that served her with the skills necessary to make it in today's job market"
],
"synonyms":[
"advantaged",
"availed",
"benefited",
"benefitted",
"helped",
"profited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"succeeded",
"worked (for)",
"wrought (for)",
"aided",
"assisted",
"bettered",
"improved",
"contented",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"blessed",
"blest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindered",
"impeded",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"afflicted",
"distressed",
"upset"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"servicing":{
"as in maintaining , caring (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"maintaining",
"conditioning",
"preparing",
"readying",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"aiding",
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"adjusting",
"correcting",
"modifying",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"reforming",
"righting",
"fixing up",
"furbishing",
"overhauling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"refurbishing",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vandalizing",
"wrecking",
"crippling",
"disabling",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"serves":{
"to be a servant for":{
"examples":[
"he served his master faithfully for 20 years"
],
"synonyms":[
"slaves (for)",
"works (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attends",
"ministers (to)",
"tends (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be enough":{
"examples":[
"they made the pasta serve for eight guests"
],
"synonyms":[
"does",
"suffices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"answers",
"suits",
"assuages",
"contents",
"quenches",
"sates",
"satiates",
"satisfies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be fitting or proper":{
"examples":[
"those old riding boots will serve for now, but you'll need newer ones for the horse show"
],
"synonyms":[
"befits",
"beseems",
"does",
"fits",
"goes",
"suits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"satisfies",
"suffices",
"functions",
"works"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
"examples":[
"my parents served me well in preparing me for life"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts (toward)",
"deals (with)",
"handles",
"is (to)",
"treats",
"uses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considers",
"esteems",
"rates",
"reckons",
"regards",
"views",
"engages (with)",
"reacts (to)",
"responds (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a certain purpose":{
"examples":[
"the harsh punishment served to teach everyone a lesson"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"functions",
"performs",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"operates",
"runs",
"administers",
"carries on",
"controls",
"directs",
"guides",
"handles",
"manages",
"oversees",
"regulates",
"supervises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
"examples":[
"an excellent college that served her with the skills necessary to make it in today's job market"
],
"synonyms":[
"advantages",
"avails",
"benefits",
"helps",
"profits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"succeeds",
"works (for)",
"aids",
"assists",
"betters",
"improves",
"contents",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"blesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinders",
"impedes",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"afflicts",
"distresses",
"upsets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"service cap":{
"as in baseball cap , garrison cap":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball cap",
"beret",
"billycock",
"biretta",
"boater",
"bonnet",
"bowler",
"calotte",
"capuche",
"casque",
"castor",
"cloche",
"cocked hat",
"cowboy hat",
"cowl",
"derby",
"fedora",
"fez",
"garrison cap",
"hard hat",
"helm",
"helmet",
"high hat",
"homburg",
"hood",
"kepi",
"k\u00e9pi",
"kufi",
"leghorn",
"miter",
"mitre",
"nightcap",
"opera hat",
"overseas cap",
"panama",
"picture hat",
"pillbox",
"plug hat",
"porkpie hat",
"shako",
"silk hat",
"skimmer",
"skullcap",
"sombrero",
"sou'wester",
"Stetson",
"stocking cap",
"stovepipe",
"sunbonnet",
"tam",
"tam-o'-shanter",
"ten-gallon hat",
"top hat",
"topper",
"toque",
"tricorne",
"tricorn",
"turban",
"zucchetto",
"cap",
"chapeau",
"hat",
"headdress",
"headgear",
"headpiece",
"lid",
"warbonnet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serendipities":{
"the unexpected occurrence of or faculty for finding valuable or agreeable things that are not sought":{
"examples":[
"They found each other by pure serendipity ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blessings",
"boons",
"flukes",
"godsends",
"hits",
"strikes",
"windfalls",
"fortunes",
"luck",
"breaks",
"chances",
"coincidences",
"opportunities",
"coups",
"strokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"knocks",
"misadventures",
"mishaps",
"adversities",
"curses",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"sorrows",
"tragedies",
"troubles",
"calamities",
"cataclysms",
"catastrophes",
"disasters",
"defeats",
"failures",
"fizzles",
"nonachievements",
"nonsuccesses",
"accidents",
"casualties",
"disappointments",
"lapses",
"letdowns",
"reversals",
"reverses",
"setbacks",
"slipups",
"circumstances",
"destinies",
"dooms",
"fates",
"lots",
"portions",
"hexes",
"jinxes",
"mischances",
"misfortunes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serape":{
"as in wrap , shawl":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"shawl",
"stole",
"wrap",
"cape",
"capote",
"cloak",
"frock",
"manteau",
"mantle",
"burnoose",
"burnous",
"capelet",
"capuchin",
"cowl",
"domino",
"joseph",
"manta",
"mantelet",
"mantilla",
"palatine",
"pelerine",
"pelisse",
"poncho",
"roquelaure",
"tippet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"server":{
"a person who serves food or drink":{
"examples":[
"we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads"
],
"synonyms":[
"gar\u00e7on",
"waiter",
"waitperson"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waitress",
"barkeep",
"barkeeper",
"barman",
"bartender",
"sommelier",
"steward",
"stewardess",
"headwaiter",
"ma\u00eetre d'",
"maitre d'",
"ma\u00eetre d'h\u00f4tel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serious":{
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
"examples":[
"I'm serious when I say that no one should be walking in that neighborhood at night"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"humorless",
"no-nonsense",
"po-faced",
"sedate",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harsh",
"stern",
"strict",
"businesslike",
"professional",
"dignified",
"distinguished",
"elevated",
"serious-minded",
"gloomy",
"grim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"laughable",
"light",
"light-headed",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"lighthearted",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"humorous",
"jesting",
"jocular",
"joking",
"kittenish",
"ludic",
"playful"
]
},
"having a matter of importance as its topic":{
"examples":[
"a very serious film that dealt with the aftermath of the Gulf War"
],
"synonyms":[
"grave",
"heavy",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"portentous",
"significant",
"solid",
"substantial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frivolous",
"insignificant",
"lite",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"silly",
"slight",
"small",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"antonyms":[
"light",
"unserious"
]
},
"involving potential loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"a serious accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangerous",
"grave",
"grievous",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"threatening",
"unhealthy",
"unsafe",
"venturesome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dicey",
"insecure",
"precarious",
"treacherous",
"uncertain",
"ultrahazardous",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"random",
"distressing",
"sickening",
"unpleasant",
"ugly",
"wicked",
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"inimical",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilent",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"destructive",
"dire",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"good",
"ultrasafe"
],
"antonyms":[
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"nonhazardous",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"unthreatening"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"servitor":{
"as in manservant , footman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"butler",
"footman",
"groom",
"houseboy",
"houseman",
"majordomo",
"man",
"manservant",
"valet",
"daily",
"domestic",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"lackey",
"menial",
"retainer",
"servant",
"steward",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"housekeeper",
"housemaid",
"lady-in-waiting",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"wench",
"woman",
"assistant",
"attendant",
"companion",
"factotum",
"follower",
"dogsbody",
"drudge",
"gofer",
"gopher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"master",
"mistress",
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"taskmaster"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"seriatim":{
"in succession without others coming in between":{
"examples":[
"objections will be dealt with seriatim"
],
"synonyms":[
"back-to-back",
"consecutively",
"hand running",
"running",
"sequentially",
"successionally",
"successively",
"together"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serially",
"constantly",
"continually",
"continuingly",
"continuously",
"night and day",
"repeatedly",
"unceasingly",
"uninterruptedly",
"subsequently"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discontinuously",
"intermittently",
"interruptedly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"serializing":{
"as in publishing , distributing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing",
"putting out",
"reissuing",
"reprinting",
"republishing",
"contributing",
"editing",
"syndicating",
"manufacturing",
"producing",
"distributing",
"marketing",
"copublishing",
"co-publishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censoring",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sereneness":{
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
"examples":[
"the inviting sereneness of the secluded monastery"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"hush",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lull",
"pause",
"respite",
"silence",
"mildness",
"soothingness",
"comity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"casualness",
"easygoingness",
"informality",
"laid-backness",
"relaxedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clamor",
"din",
"noise",
"racket"
],
"antonyms":[
"bustle",
"commotion",
"hubbub",
"hurly-burly",
"pandemonium",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"unquietness",
"unrest",
"uproar"
]
},
"freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions":{
"examples":[
"with the sereneness of someone who has not the slightest fear of rejection, he asked her to marry him"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"heartsease",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"content",
"contentment",
"ease",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"relief",
"solace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"repose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"care",
"concern",
"perturbation",
"strain",
"stress",
"tenseness",
"tension",
"consternation",
"desperateness",
"desperation",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"distraction",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"edginess",
"jitters",
"jumpiness",
"nervousness",
"fear",
"fearfulness",
"torment",
"upset",
"doubt",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"incertitude",
"misgiving",
"presentiment",
"suspense",
"uncertainty"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitation",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anguish",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"uneasiness",
"vexation",
"worry"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serenading":{
"as in singing , chanting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belting",
"crooning",
"harmonizing",
"humming",
"lilting",
"quavering",
"scatting",
"sharping",
"slurring",
"trilling",
"trolling",
"warbling",
"yodeling",
"yodelling",
"caroling",
"carolling",
"chanting",
"descanting",
"singing",
"vocalizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"servings":{
"as in tastes , bites":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bites",
"gulps",
"morsels",
"tastes",
"breakfasts",
"buffets",
"collations",
"dinners",
"luncheons",
"lunches",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbords",
"snacks",
"suppers",
"teas",
"banquets",
"feasts",
"regales",
"spreads",
"boards",
"bakes",
"barbecues",
"barbeques",
"clambakes",
"cookouts",
"fries",
"fry-ups",
"luaus",
"picnics",
"potlucks",
"roasts",
"chow",
"feeds",
"meals",
"menus",
"messes",
"refections",
"repasts",
"tables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serialized":{
"appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly":{
"examples":[
"a serialized made-for-TV movie"
],
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"episodical",
"periodical",
"serial"
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"got out",
"issued",
"printed",
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"censored",
"suppressed"
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"type":[
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"verb"
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"moralizing",
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"sententious"
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"dogmatical",
"prescriptive",
"admonishing",
"admonitory",
"cautionary",
"advisory",
"enlightening",
"instructive",
"holier-than-thou",
"self-righteous"
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"adjective"
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"caroller",
"singer",
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"voice",
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"harmonizer",
"hummer",
"warbler",
"yodeler",
"cantor",
"chanter",
"chorister",
"chanteuse",
"songstress",
"bard",
"troubadour",
"belter",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"service charge":{
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"carrying charge",
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"surcharge",
"price point",
"rate",
"tariff",
"unit price",
"deduction",
"discount",
"markdown",
"reduction",
"sale",
"asking price",
"list price",
"sticker price",
"deposit",
"fair market value",
"market value",
"valuation",
"value",
"down payment",
"ante",
"charge",
"cost",
"damage",
"fee",
"figure",
"freight",
"price",
"price tag",
"account",
"bill",
"check",
"invoice",
"tab"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"serenaded":{
"as in sang , chanted":{
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"crooned",
"harmonized",
"hummed",
"lilted",
"quavered",
"scatted",
"sharped",
"slurred",
"trilled",
"trolled",
"warbled",
"yodeled",
"yodelled",
"caroled",
"carolled",
"chanted",
"descanted",
"sang",
"sung",
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"type":[
"verb"
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"as in surcharges , carrying charges":{
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"carrying charges",
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"surcharges",
"price points",
"rates",
"tariffs",
"unit prices",
"deductions",
"discounts",
"markdowns",
"reductions",
"sales",
"asking prices",
"list prices",
"sticker prices",
"deposits",
"fair market values",
"market values",
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"values",
"down payments",
"antes",
"charges",
"costs",
"damages",
"fees",
"figures",
"freights",
"prices",
"price tags",
"accounts",
"bills",
"checks",
"invoices",
"tabs"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"shawls",
"stoles",
"wraps",
"capes",
"capotes",
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"manteaus",
"mantles",
"burnooses",
"burnouses",
"capelets",
"capuchins",
"cowls",
"dominoes",
"dominos",
"josephs",
"mantas",
"mantelets",
"mantillas",
"palatines",
"pelerines",
"pelisses",
"ponchos",
"roquelaures",
"tippets"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
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"serving":{
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"producing",
"productive",
"useful",
"yielding",
"employable",
"operable",
"usable",
"useable",
"viable",
"workable",
"astir",
"bustling",
"busy",
"dynamic",
"flourishing",
"humming",
"roaring",
"thriving",
"effective",
"effectual",
"active",
"alive",
"functional",
"functioning",
"going",
"live",
"living",
"on",
"operating",
"operational",
"operative",
"running",
"working"
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"near antonyms":[
"broken",
"dead",
"inactive",
"inoperative",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"nonactivated",
"nonfunctional",
"nonfunctioning",
"nonoperating",
"nonoperational",
"nonoperative",
"deactivated",
"decommissioned",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"useless",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"arrested",
"asleep",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"idle",
"inert",
"latent",
"lifeless",
"nonproductive",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"stagnating",
"unproductive",
"vegetating"
],
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"as in taste , bite":{
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"bite",
"gulp",
"morsel",
"taste",
"breakfast",
"buffet",
"collation",
"dinner",
"lunch",
"luncheon",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbord",
"snack",
"supper",
"tea",
"banquet",
"feast",
"regale",
"spread",
"board",
"bake",
"barbecue",
"barbeque",
"clambake",
"cookout",
"fry",
"fry-up",
"luau",
"picnic",
"potluck",
"roast",
"chow",
"feed",
"meal",
"menu",
"mess",
"refection",
"repast",
"table"
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"antonyms":[]
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"examples":[
"he served his master faithfully for 20 years"
],
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"slaving (for)",
"working (for)"
],
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"attending",
"ministering (to)",
"tending (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be enough":{
"examples":[
"they made the pasta serve for eight guests"
],
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"doing",
"sufficing"
],
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"answering",
"suiting",
"assuaging",
"contenting",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"satisfying"
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"antonyms":[]
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"to be fitting or proper":{
"examples":[
"those old riding boots will serve for now, but you'll need newer ones for the horse show"
],
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"befitting",
"beseeming",
"doing",
"fitting",
"going",
"suiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"satisfying",
"sufficing",
"functioning",
"working"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"to behave toward in a stated way":{
"examples":[
"my parents served me well in preparing me for life"
],
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"acting (toward)",
"being (to)",
"dealing (with)",
"handling",
"treating",
"using"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considering",
"esteeming",
"rating",
"reckoning",
"regarding",
"viewing",
"engaging (with)",
"reacting (to)",
"responding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a certain purpose":{
"examples":[
"the harsh punishment served to teach everyone a lesson"
],
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"acting",
"functioning",
"performing",
"working"
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"operating",
"running",
"administering",
"carrying on",
"controlling",
"directing",
"guiding",
"handling",
"managing",
"overseeing",
"regulating",
"supervising"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
"examples":[
"an excellent college that served her with the skills necessary to make it in today's job market"
],
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"advantaging",
"availing",
"benefiting",
"benefitting",
"helping",
"profiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"succeeding",
"working (for)",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"bettering",
"improving",
"contenting",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"blessing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindering",
"impeding",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"afflicting",
"distressing",
"upsetting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"the university library has a vast collection of serials"
],
"synonyms":[
"books",
"bulletins",
"diurnals",
"gazettes",
"journals",
"magazines",
"mags",
"newspapers",
"organs",
"papers",
"periodicals",
"rags",
"reviews",
"zines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annuals",
"bimonthlies",
"biweeklies",
"dailies",
"monthlies",
"quarterlies",
"semimonthlies",
"semiweeklies",
"triweeklies",
"weeklies",
"yearbooks",
"digests",
"little magazines",
"fanzines",
"pictorials",
"slicks",
"broadsides",
"editions",
"extras",
"sheets",
"supplements",
"tabloids",
"tabs",
"newsletters",
"newsmagazines",
"newsweeklies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serenade":{
"a vocal or instrumental performance that is given outdoors at night for a lover":{
"examples":[
"wooed his lady with a serenade"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"aria",
"art song",
"barcarole",
"barcarolle",
"blues",
"chanson",
"chant",
"chantey",
"chanty",
"shanty",
"chorus",
"croon",
"descant",
"discant",
"folk song",
"glee",
"lullaby",
"madrigal",
"motet",
"part-song",
"pop",
"rocker",
"round",
"roundelay",
"standard",
"ballad",
"ditty",
"jingle",
"lay",
"lyric",
"solo",
"song",
"vocal",
"anthem",
"cantata",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"noel",
"psalm",
"spiritual",
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"drinking song",
"fight song",
"torch song",
"cover",
"medley",
"remix"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sing , chant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belt",
"croon",
"harmonize",
"hum",
"lilt",
"quaver",
"scat",
"sharp",
"slur",
"trill",
"troll",
"warble",
"yodel",
"carol",
"chant",
"descant",
"sing",
"vocalize"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"serviceably":{
"in a satisfactory way":{
"examples":[
"although this sleeping bag works serviceably for summer camping, it won't do for wintertime outings"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"alright",
"creditably",
"decently",
"fine",
"good",
"middlingly",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"passably",
"respectably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"sufficiently",
"tolerably",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly",
"effectively",
"effectually",
"efficiently",
"neatly",
"tidily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"unsuitably",
"awfully",
"deplorably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"miserably",
"terribly"
],
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"ill",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"intolerably",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"serenaders":{
"as in singers , vocalizers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carolers",
"carollers",
"singers",
"songsters",
"vocalists",
"vocalizers",
"voices",
"crooners",
"harmonizers",
"hummers",
"warblers",
"yodelers",
"cantors",
"chanters",
"choristers",
"chanteuses",
"songstresses",
"bards",
"troubadours",
"belters",
"chansonniers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serialize":{
"as in publish , distribute":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"put out",
"reissue",
"reprint",
"republish",
"contribute",
"edit",
"syndicate",
"manufacture",
"produce",
"distribute",
"market",
"copublish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censor",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"serializes":{
"as in publishes , distributes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gets out",
"issues",
"prints",
"publishes",
"puts out",
"reissues",
"reprints",
"republishes",
"contributes",
"edits",
"syndicates",
"manufactures",
"produces",
"distributes",
"markets",
"copublishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censors",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sera":{
"as in antibiotics , antiseptics":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"antibiotics",
"antiseptics",
"cures",
"drugs",
"medicaments",
"medications",
"medicinals",
"medicines",
"pharmaceuticals",
"physics",
"remedies",
"specifics",
"cure-alls",
"nostrums",
"panaceas",
"botanicals",
"patent medicines",
"prescription drugs",
"prescriptions",
"cordials",
"potions",
"tonics",
"miracle drugs",
"wonder drugs",
"caps",
"capsules",
"pills",
"tablets",
"injections",
"shots",
"embrocations",
"liniments",
"lotions",
"ointments",
"potions",
"poultices",
"salves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sergeants":{
"as in captains , lieutenants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"captains",
"lieutenants",
"peace officers",
"constabularies",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"sheriffs",
"troopers",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators",
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"inspectors",
"investigators",
"plainclothesmen",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths",
"patrolmen",
"policewomen",
"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"flatfeet",
"fuzzes",
"gendarmes",
"lawmen",
"officers",
"policemen",
"police officers",
"shamuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serially":{
"as in sequentially , successively":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"back-to-back",
"consecutively",
"hand running",
"running",
"sequentially",
"seriatim",
"successionally",
"successively",
"together",
"constantly",
"continually",
"continuingly",
"continuously",
"night and day",
"repeatedly",
"unceasingly",
"uninterruptedly",
"subsequently"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discontinuously",
"intermittently",
"interruptedly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"serfdoms":{
"as in peonages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"peonages",
"bondages",
"enslavements",
"servilities",
"servitudes",
"slaveries",
"thralldoms",
"thraldoms",
"thralls",
"yokes",
"dependences",
"dependances",
"subjections",
"subjugations",
"captivities",
"enchainments",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freedoms",
"liberties",
"emancipations",
"enfranchisements",
"liberations",
"manumissions",
"autonomies",
"independences",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serviettes":{
"as in towels , napkins":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"napkins",
"tissues",
"towels",
"handkerchiefs",
"handkerchieves",
"hankies",
"kerchiefs",
"kerchieves",
"bandannas",
"bandanas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"servilities":{
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
"examples":[
"the joy that emancipation must have brought to people who had known only servility since birth"
],
"synonyms":[
"bondages",
"enslavements",
"servitudes",
"slaveries",
"thralldoms",
"thraldoms",
"thralls",
"yokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"peonages",
"serfdoms",
"dependences",
"dependances",
"subjections",
"subjugations",
"captivities",
"enchainments",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"enfranchisements",
"liberations",
"manumissions",
"autonomies",
"independences",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties"
],
"antonyms":[
"freedoms",
"liberties"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serviceability":{
"the capacity for being useful for some purpose":{
"examples":[
"I have doubts about the serviceability of some of the junk we've accumulated"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"avail",
"mileage",
"service",
"serviceableness",
"use",
"usefulness",
"utility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advantage",
"benefit",
"gain",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help",
"applicability",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"relevance",
"profit",
"value",
"worth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inapplicability",
"inappropriateness"
],
"antonyms":[
"uselessness",
"worthlessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sermonettes":{
"as in speeches , talks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"addresses",
"lectures",
"speeches",
"talks",
"homilies",
"sermons",
"exhortations",
"preachments",
"lessons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sermonized":{
"to deliver a sermon":{
"examples":[
"did not believe that it was the president's place to sermonize , especially to other world leaders"
],
"synonyms":[
"preached"
],
"near synonyms":[
"evangelized",
"lectured",
"platitudinized",
"preachified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"servility":{
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
"examples":[
"the joy that emancipation must have brought to people who had known only servility since birth"
],
"synonyms":[
"bondage",
"enslavement",
"servitude",
"slavery",
"thrall",
"thralldom",
"thraldom",
"yoke"
],
"near synonyms":[
"peonage",
"serfdom",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"subjection",
"subjugation",
"captivity",
"enchainment",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"autonomy",
"independence",
"self-government",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"antonyms":[
"freedom",
"liberty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serenities":{
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
"examples":[
"the serenity in the aftermath of the tornado was remarkable"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"hush",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
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"still",
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"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
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"lull",
"pause",
"respite",
"silence",
"mildness",
"soothingness",
"comity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"casualness",
"easygoingness",
"informality",
"laid-backness",
"relaxedness"
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"clamor",
"din",
"noise",
"racket"
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"bustle",
"commotion",
"hubbub",
"hurly-burly",
"pandemonium",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"unquietness",
"unrest",
"uproar"
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"calmness",
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"cool",
"coolness",
"countenance",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"placidity",
"repose",
"sangfroid",
"self-composedness",
"self-possession",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
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"assurance",
"confidence",
"poise",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-trust",
"easygoingness",
"laid-backness",
"apathy",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"indifference",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm",
"unconcern"
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"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"disquiet",
"solicitude",
"uneasiness",
"worry",
"excitability",
"excitableness",
"nervousness",
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"agitation",
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"perturbation"
]
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"the momentary serenity experienced during his lunchtime rambles gets him through the rest of the workday"
],
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"calm",
"calmness",
"heartsease",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"sereneness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
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"content",
"contentment",
"ease",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"relief",
"solace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"repose"
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"care",
"concern",
"perturbation",
"strain",
"stress",
"tenseness",
"tension",
"consternation",
"desperateness",
"desperation",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"distraction",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"edginess",
"jitters",
"jumpiness",
"nervousness",
"fear",
"fearfulness",
"torment",
"upset",
"doubt",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"incertitude",
"misgiving",
"presentiment",
"suspense",
"uncertainty"
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"agitation",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anguish",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"uneasiness",
"vexation",
"worry"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"to a great degree":{
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"that's some seriously good pie"
],
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"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
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"corking",
"cracking",
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"damned",
"dang",
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"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
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"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
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"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
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"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
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"wholly",
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"discernibly",
"markedly",
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"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
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"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
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"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
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"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
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"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
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"type":[
"adverb"
]
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"carrying charge",
"overcharge",
"surcharge",
"price point",
"rate",
"tariff",
"unit price",
"deduction",
"discount",
"markdown",
"reduction",
"sale",
"asking price",
"list price",
"sticker price",
"deposit",
"fair market value",
"market value",
"valuation",
"value",
"down payment",
"ante",
"charge",
"cost",
"damage",
"fee",
"figure",
"freight",
"price",
"price tag",
"account",
"bill",
"check",
"invoice",
"tab"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in surcharges , carrying charges":{
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"carrying charges",
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"surcharges",
"price points",
"rates",
"tariffs",
"unit prices",
"deductions",
"discounts",
"markdowns",
"reductions",
"sales",
"asking prices",
"list prices",
"sticker prices",
"deposits",
"fair market values",
"market values",
"valuations",
"values",
"down payments",
"antes",
"charges",
"costs",
"damages",
"fees",
"figures",
"freights",
"prices",
"price tags",
"accounts",
"bills",
"checks",
"invoices",
"tabs"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in soldiers , servicemen":{
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"GIs",
"GI's",
"men-at-arms",
"rank and file",
"servicemen",
"soldiers",
"soldiery",
"armed forces",
"color",
"military",
"service",
"troops",
"force",
"militia",
"reserves",
"armor",
"defense",
"gendarmerie",
"gendarmery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians",
"noncombatants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sermon":{
"a public speech usually by a member of the clergy for the purpose of giving moral guidance or uplift":{
"examples":[
"a sermon whose message was that we should love our neighbors as much as we love ourselves"
],
"synonyms":[
"homily"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sermonette",
"address",
"lecture",
"speech",
"talk",
"exhortation",
"preachment",
"lesson"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"service mark":{
"as in mark , logo":{
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"collective mark",
"emblem",
"hallmark",
"imprint",
"label",
"logo",
"mark",
"stamp",
"brand name",
"trade name",
"copyright",
"patent",
"brand",
"trademark"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the unexpected occurrence of or faculty for finding valuable or agreeable things that are not sought":{
"examples":[
"They found each other by pure serendipity ."
],
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"blessing",
"boon",
"fluke",
"godsend",
"hit",
"strike",
"windfall",
"fortunateness",
"fortune",
"luck",
"luckiness",
"break",
"chance",
"coincidence",
"opportunity",
"coup",
"stroke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"knock",
"misadventure",
"mishap",
"adversity",
"curse",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"sorrow",
"tragedy",
"trouble",
"calamity",
"cataclysm",
"catastrophe",
"disaster",
"defeat",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"nonachievement",
"nonsuccess",
"accident",
"casualty",
"disappointment",
"lapse",
"letdown",
"reversal",
"reverse",
"setback",
"slipup",
"circumstance",
"destiny",
"doom",
"fate",
"lot",
"portion",
"hex",
"jinx",
"mischance",
"misfortune",
"unluckiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serenades":{
"a vocal or instrumental performance that is given outdoors at night for a lover":{
"examples":[
"wooed his lady with a serenade"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"arias",
"arie",
"art songs",
"barcaroles",
"barcarolles",
"blues",
"chansons",
"chanteys",
"chanties",
"shanties",
"chants",
"choruses",
"croons",
"descants",
"discants",
"folk songs",
"glees",
"lullabies",
"madrigals",
"motets",
"part-songs",
"pops",
"rockers",
"roundelays",
"rounds",
"standards",
"ballads",
"ditties",
"jingles",
"lays",
"lyrics",
"solos",
"songs",
"vocals",
"anthems",
"cantatas",
"canticles",
"carols",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"noels",
"psalms",
"spirituals",
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"drinking songs",
"fight songs",
"torch songs",
"covers",
"medleys",
"remixes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sings , chants":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"belts",
"croons",
"harmonizes",
"hums",
"lilts",
"quavers",
"scats",
"sharps",
"slurs",
"trills",
"trolls",
"warbles",
"yodels",
"carols",
"chants",
"descants",
"sings",
"vocalizes"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"servant":{
"a person hired to perform household or personal services":{
"examples":[
"the wealthy family had servants to clean and cook for them"
],
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"daily",
"domestic",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"lackey",
"menial",
"retainer",
"steward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"butler",
"footman",
"groom",
"houseboy",
"houseman",
"majordomo",
"man",
"manservant",
"servitor",
"valet",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"housekeeper",
"housemaid",
"lady-in-waiting",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"wench",
"woman",
"assistant",
"attendant",
"companion",
"factotum",
"follower",
"dogsbody",
"drudge",
"gofer",
"gopher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"taskmaster"
],
"antonyms":[
"master",
"mistress"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serious-mindedness":{
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
"examples":[
"she approached the task with her usual serious-mindedness"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"intentness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"staidness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitas",
"humorlessness",
"decisiveness",
"deliberation",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolve",
"absorption",
"attentiveness",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion",
"intensity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightness",
"shallowness",
"superficiality",
"dalliance",
"dilettantism",
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"high-spiritedness",
"merriment",
"mirth"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"lightness",
"play",
"unseriousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"series":{
"a set of things or events arranged in order or considered together":{
"examples":[
"The museum is having a series of events for children this summer."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"chain",
"sequence",
"string",
"succession",
"train",
"cycle",
"run",
"suit",
"course",
"development",
"progression",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serviceman":{
"a person engaged in military service":{
"examples":[
"wishing our servicemen overseas the best of luck"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogface",
"fighter",
"legionary",
"legionnaire",
"man-at-arms",
"regular",
"soldier",
"trooper",
"warrior"
],
"near synonyms":[
"servicewoman",
"carabineer",
"carabinier",
"cavalier",
"cavalryman",
"cuirassier",
"dragoon",
"doughboy",
"footman",
"foot soldier",
"grunt",
"infantryman",
"commando",
"raider",
"jarhead",
"marine",
"ranger",
"artilleryman",
"cannoneer",
"gunner",
"mortarman",
"musketeer",
"rifleman",
"archer",
"crossbowman",
"lancer",
"pikeman",
"spearman",
"Confederate",
"Continental",
"Federal",
"GI",
"guardsman",
"militiaman",
"minuteman",
"counterguerrilla",
"counterguerilla",
"guerrilla",
"guerilla",
"irregular",
"paramilitary",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"combatant",
"noncombatant",
"lifer",
"veteran",
"warhorse",
"conscript",
"draftee",
"enrollee",
"recruit",
"reservist",
"champion",
"knight",
"digger",
"gallowglass",
"gendarme"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"civilian"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"servitudes":{
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
"examples":[
"the Fugitive Slave Act had the effect of returning enslaved people who had made it to freedom in the North to a brutal life of servitude in the South"
],
"synonyms":[
"bondages",
"enslavements",
"servilities",
"slaveries",
"thralldoms",
"thraldoms",
"thralls",
"yokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"peonages",
"serfdoms",
"dependences",
"dependances",
"subjections",
"subjugations",
"captivities",
"enchainments",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"enfranchisements",
"liberations",
"manumissions",
"autonomies",
"independences",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties"
],
"antonyms":[
"freedoms",
"liberties"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serial":{
"appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly":{
"examples":[
"\"Uncle Tom's Cabin\" first appeared as a serial novel from 1851 to 1852"
],
"synonyms":[
"episodic",
"episodical",
"periodical",
"serialized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sequential",
"successive",
"periodic",
"recurrent",
"recurring",
"regular"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"the university library has a vast collection of serials"
],
"synonyms":[
"book",
"bulletin",
"diurnal",
"gazette",
"journal",
"mag",
"magazine",
"newspaper",
"organ",
"paper",
"periodical",
"rag",
"review",
"zine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annual",
"bimonthly",
"biweekly",
"daily",
"monthly",
"quarterly",
"semimonthly",
"semiweekly",
"triweekly",
"weekly",
"yearbook",
"digest",
"little magazine",
"fanzine",
"pictorial",
"slick",
"broadside",
"edition",
"extra",
"sheet",
"supplement",
"tab",
"tabloid",
"newsletter",
"newsmagazine",
"newsweekly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"serfdom":{
"as in peonage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"peonage",
"bondage",
"enslavement",
"servility",
"servitude",
"slavery",
"thrall",
"thralldom",
"thraldom",
"yoke",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"subjection",
"subjugation",
"captivity",
"enchainment",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freedom",
"liberty",
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"autonomy",
"independence",
"self-government",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serums":{
"as in antibiotics , antiseptics":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"antibiotics",
"antiseptics",
"cures",
"drugs",
"medicaments",
"medications",
"medicinals",
"medicines",
"pharmaceuticals",
"physics",
"remedies",
"specifics",
"cure-alls",
"nostrums",
"panaceas",
"botanicals",
"patent medicines",
"prescription drugs",
"prescriptions",
"cordials",
"potions",
"tonics",
"miracle drugs",
"wonder drugs",
"caps",
"capsules",
"pills",
"tablets",
"injections",
"shots",
"embrocations",
"liniments",
"lotions",
"ointments",
"potions",
"poultices",
"salves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"serpents":{
"a limbless reptile with a long body":{
"examples":[
"an Aztec carving of a feathered serpent representing the god Quetzalcoatl"
],
"synonyms":[
"snakes",
"vipers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adders",
"anacondas",
"asps",
"black racers",
"blacksnakes",
"blue racers",
"boas",
"bull snakes",
"bushmasters",
"chicken snakes",
"cobras",
"constrictors",
"copperheads",
"coral snakes",
"cottonmouth moccasins",
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
"fer-de-lance",
"garter snakes",
"gopher snakes",
"green snakes",
"hognose snakes",
"horned vipers",
"indigo snakes",
"king cobras",
"king snakes",
"kraits",
"mambas",
"milk snakes",
"moccasins",
"pine snakes",
"pit vipers",
"puff adders",
"pythons",
"racers",
"rat snakes",
"rattlesnakes",
"sea serpents",
"sea snakes",
"sidewinders",
"taipans",
"water moccasins",
"water snakes",
"worm snakes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{
"examples":[
"a serpent in their midst had betrayed the revolutionaries to the authorities"
],
"synonyms":[
"apostates",
"backstabbers",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"Judases",
"quislings",
"recreants",
"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"
]
},
"servitude":{
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
"examples":[
"the Fugitive Slave Act had the effect of returning enslaved people who had made it to freedom in the North to a brutal life of servitude in the South"
