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{
"appal":{
"to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{
"examples":[
"conditions inside the house overrun with cats simply appalled animal control officers"
],
"synonyms":[
"floor",
"jolt",
"shake up",
"shock"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astonish",
"bowl over",
"dumbfound",
"dumfound",
"flabbergast",
"freak (out)",
"stun",
"stupefy",
"affright",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"dismay",
"fright",
"frighten",
"horrify",
"panic",
"scare",
"scarify",
"spook",
"startle",
"terrify",
"terrorize",
"disgust",
"nauseate",
"repel",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off",
"displease",
"offend",
"outrage",
"scandalize",
"amaze",
"astound",
"awe",
"chill",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"dispirit",
"emasculate",
"undo",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"unstring",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disconcert",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"shake",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"weird out",
"crush",
"overpower",
"overwhelm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffer",
"cushion",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"rejoice",
"tickle",
"charm",
"entice",
"tempt",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"solace",
"soothe",
"reassure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appalled":{
"as in horrified , dismayed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"conditions inside the house overrun with cats simply appalled animal control officers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffered",
"cushioned",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"rejoiced",
"tickled",
"charmed",
"enticed",
"tempted",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"reassured"
],
"related":[
"astonished",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"freaked (out)",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"affrighted",
"alarmed",
"alarumed",
"dismayed",
"frighted",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"panicked",
"scared",
"scarified",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"disgusted",
"nauseated",
"repelled",
"revolted",
"sickened",
"turned off",
"displeased",
"offended",
"outraged",
"scandalized",
"amazed",
"astounded",
"awed",
"chilled",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"dispirited",
"emasculated",
"undid",
"unmanned",
"unnerved",
"unstrung",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"shook",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"weirded out",
"crushed",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed"
],
"synonyms":[
"floored",
"jolted",
"shocked",
"shook up"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"appareled":{
"as in dressed , clothed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attired",
"clad",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"suited",
"covered",
"veiled",
"arrayed",
"caparisoned",
"decked (out)",
"rigged (out)",
"tricked (out)",
"vested",
"decent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"au naturel",
"bare",
"bottomless",
"disrobed",
"mother-naked",
"naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"starkers",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"seminude",
"topless",
"denuded",
"peeled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"a designer who regularly apparels several of the presenters at the Oscar ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"caparisoned",
"clothed",
"clad",
"costumed",
"decked (out)",
"did up",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"invested",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"suited",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaked",
"frocked",
"jacketed",
"mantled",
"vested",
"draped",
"enswathed",
"happed",
"huddled",
"swaddled",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"bedighted",
"bedight",
"equipped",
"furnished",
"habilitated",
"outfitted",
"tailored",
"uniformed",
"dressed down",
"underdressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuded",
"divested",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarrayed",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"untrussed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"apparently":{
"to all outward appearances":{
"examples":[
"apparently , the kids didn't know the cake was for the potluck, since they helped themselves to it"
],
"synonyms":[
"evidently",
"ostensibly",
"ostensively",
"presumably",
"putatively",
"seemingly",
"supposedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"externally",
"outwardly",
"visibly",
"believably",
"credibly",
"assumably",
"likely",
"presumedly",
"probably",
"conceivably",
"maybe",
"mayhap",
"perchance",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"professedly",
"supposably",
"allegedly",
"purportedly",
"reportedly",
"reputedly",
"clearly",
"distinctly",
"manifestly",
"obviously",
"plainly",
"self-evidently",
"assuredly",
"positively",
"surely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"implausibly",
"impossibly",
"improbably",
"incredibly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"apparentness":{
"as in visibility , observability":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"observability",
"visibility",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"effulgence",
"luminosity",
"luminousness",
"definition",
"resolution",
"sharpness",
"clarity",
"clearness",
"limpidity",
"limpidness",
"lucency",
"translucence",
"translucency",
"transparency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fogginess",
"haziness",
"milkiness",
"mistiness",
"murkiness",
"cloudiness",
"opacity",
"opaqueness",
"turbidity",
"turbidness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apparitions":{
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
"examples":[
"an eccentric who claimed to have photographed an apparition in her very own house"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"familiar spirits",
"ghosts",
"hants",
"haunts",
"materializations",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"poltergeists",
"shades",
"shadows",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spirits",
"spooks",
"sprites",
"visions",
"visitants",
"wraiths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angels",
"daimones",
"daimons",
"familiars",
"genies",
"genii",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"jinn",
"jinns",
"djinn",
"djinns",
"shaitans",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"fetches",
"lemures",
"manes",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"lamiae",
"lamias",
"succubi",
"vampires",
"zombies",
"cacodemons",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghouls",
"imps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appeal":{
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"made an appeal to the public to donate desperately needed blood"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuration",
"conjuration",
"cry",
"desire",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"plea",
"pleading",
"prayer",
"solicitation",
"suit",
"suppliance",
"supplication"
],
"near synonyms":[
"application",
"requisition",
"call",
"claim",
"demand",
"insistence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power of irresistible attraction":{
"examples":[
"that hot new actress has a certain indescribable appeal"
],
"synonyms":[
"allure",
"animal magnetism",
"attractiveness",
"captivation",
"charisma",
"charm",
"duende",
"enchantment",
"fascination",
"force field",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"magic",
"magnetism",
"oomph",
"pizzazz",
"pizazz",
"seductiveness",
"witchery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allurement",
"attraction",
"call",
"lure",
"seduction",
"agreeableness",
"darlingness",
"delightfulness",
"desirability",
"desirableness",
"niceness",
"pleasantness",
"pleasingness",
"sweetness",
"sex appeal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeableness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"offensiveness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"antonyms":[
"repulsion",
"repulsiveness"
]
},
"as in cite , book":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arraign",
"book",
"cite",
"summon",
"accuse",
"charge",
"criminate",
"defame",
"impeach",
"incriminate",
"indict",
"blame",
"call (on)",
"castigate",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"fault",
"impugn",
"reproach",
"reprobate",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprove",
"tax",
"prosecute",
"sue",
"try",
"frame",
"implicate",
"inculpate",
"inform (against)",
"name",
"report",
"recriminate",
"retaliate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrive",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"appealing":{
"having an often mysterious or magical power to attract":{
"examples":[
"the idea of living on Mars is appealing to space enthusiasts"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charismatic",
"charming",
"elfin",
"enchanting",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"luring",
"magnetic",
"seductive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"arresting",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"galvanic",
"gripping",
"hypnotic",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"riveting",
"spellbinding",
"enticing",
"tantalizing",
"tempting",
"exciting",
"haunting",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"titillating",
"beckoning",
"inviting",
"winning",
"darling",
"delightful",
"pleasant",
"pleasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"irksome",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"wearisome",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"distasteful",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"odious",
"offensive",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"drab",
"dreary",
"dull",
"flat",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"leaden",
"monotonous",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous"
],
"antonyms":[
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repelling",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"unalluring"
]
},
"as in citing , booking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arraigning",
"booking",
"citing",
"summoning",
"accusing",
"charging",
"criminating",
"defaming",
"impeaching",
"incriminating",
"indicting",
"blaming",
"calling (on)",
"castigating",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"faulting",
"impugning",
"reproaching",
"reprobating",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reproving",
"taxing",
"prosecuting",
"suing",
"trying",
"framing",
"implicating",
"inculpating",
"informing (against)",
"naming",
"reporting",
"recriminating",
"retaliating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocating",
"championing",
"defending",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shriving",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"appearance":{
"the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality":{
"examples":[
"the dignified appearance of this church leader",
"the country club's manicured lawns and well-groomed appearance in general"
],
"synonyms":[
"aspect",
"dress",
"figure",
"garb",
"look",
"mien",
"outside",
"presence",
"regard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"air",
"attitude",
"bearing",
"behavior",
"comportment",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"manner",
"poise",
"pose",
"carriage",
"posture",
"stance",
"cast",
"mold",
"shape",
"turn",
"color",
"coloring",
"complexion",
"countenance",
"face",
"features",
"habit",
"habitus",
"person",
"physiognomy",
"superficies",
"visage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"outward and often deceptive indication":{
"examples":[
"can't you at least give the appearance of listening to what I say?"
],
"synonyms":[
"face",
"guise",
"name",
"outward",
"seeming",
"semblance",
"show"
],
"near synonyms":[
"air",
"effect",
"impression",
"hint",
"implication",
"insinuation",
"resemblance",
"suggestion",
"affectation",
"demonstration",
"display",
"fiction",
"image",
"imitation",
"imposture",
"likeness",
"make-believe",
"make-belief",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"representation",
"simulation",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"exterior",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"front",
"gloss",
"mask",
"masquerade",
"patina",
"Potemkin village",
"shape",
"shell",
"surface",
"veneer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of coming upon a scene":{
"examples":[
"his appearance at the party caused considerable speculation"
],
"synonyms":[
"advent",
"arrival",
"coming",
"incoming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approach",
"entrance",
"ingress",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"genesis",
"inception",
"morning",
"onset",
"start"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissipation",
"dissolution",
"evaporation",
"fadeaway",
"fading",
"melting",
"passing",
"vanishing",
"clearing out",
"egress",
"leaving",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"withdrawal",
"emigration",
"evacuation",
"exodus"
],
"antonyms":[
"decamping",
"decampment",
"departing",
"departure",
"disappearance",
"exit",
"exiting",
"farewell",
"going",
"leave-taking",
"parting",
"quitting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appeared":{
"to come into view":{
"examples":[
"a police car appeared just as I ran a red light"
],
"synonyms":[
"came out",
"materialized",
"showed",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"unfolded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reappeared",
"resurfaced",
"bulked",
"loomed",
"arrived",
"came",
"dawned",
"debuted",
"arose",
"blossomed",
"bobbed (up)",
"broke",
"broke out",
"cropped (up)",
"emerged",
"erupted",
"issued",
"outcropped",
"rose",
"shot (up)",
"sprang (up)",
"sprung (up)",
"surfaced",
"happened",
"occurred",
"reappeared",
"rematerialized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departed",
"left",
"retired",
"withdrew"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleared",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"faded",
"melted (away)",
"vanished",
"went (away)"
]
},
"to give the impression of being":{
"examples":[
"it appears that he doesn't hear you"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"came across (as)",
"came off (as)",
"felt",
"looked",
"made",
"seemed",
"sounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissembled",
"pretended",
"recalled",
"resembled",
"suggested",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"the benefits of the exercise program should appear almost immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualized",
"arose",
"began",
"broke",
"commenced",
"dawned",
"engendered",
"formed",
"materialized",
"originated",
"set in",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"started"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathed",
"existed",
"lived",
"subsisted",
"was",
"arrived",
"came on",
"emerged",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"shaped (up)",
"continued",
"endured",
"lasted",
"persisted",
"survived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluded",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"finished",
"halted",
"quit",
"quitted",
"terminated",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evaporated",
"vanished",
"departed",
"died",
"expired",
"passed away",
"perished"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"ended",
"stopped"
]
},
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"a friend who daily manages to appear at our door just as dinner is being served"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"got in",
"got through",
"landed",
"showed up",
"turned up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetched",
"hit",
"made",
"reached",
"pulled in",
"touched down",
"debarked",
"disembarked",
"barged (in)",
"blew in",
"breezed (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"bursted (in or into)",
"waltzed (in)",
"checked in",
"clocked (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checked out",
"clocked (out)",
"fled",
"vamoosed"
],
"antonyms":[
"left",
"went"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appeased":{
"as in mollified , placated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"euphoric",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"thrilled",
"blissful",
"delighted",
"glad",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"rejoicing",
"tickled",
"content",
"contented",
"gratified",
"happy",
"pleased",
"satisfied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discontent",
"discontented",
"displeased",
"dissatisfied",
"malcontent",
"malcontented",
"unhappy",
"disaffected",
"disgruntled",
"displeased",
"unsatisfied",
"abject",
"aggrieved",
"anguished",
"brokenhearted",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
"examples":[
"a game often appeases an upset toddler"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuaged",
"conciliated",
"disarmed",
"gentled",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calmed",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"hushed",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"endeared (to)",
"ingratiated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"adulated",
"blarneyed",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"soft-soaped",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged",
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled",
"babied",
"coddled",
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"incensed",
"inflamed",
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"ired",
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"verb"
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"conciliatory",
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"mollifying",
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"peacemaking",
"placating",
"placatory",
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"winning",
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"genial",
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"kind",
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"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
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"martial",
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"military",
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"propitiating"
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"pleasing",
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"blarneying",
"flattering",
"overpraising",
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"quenching",
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"sating",
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"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"sweet-talking",
"wheedling",
"babying",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"dulcifying",
"sweetening"
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"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
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"offending",
"slighting"
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"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
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"iring",
"maddening",
"outraging"
]
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"verb"
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"bate",
"deduct",
"knock off",
"remove",
"subtract",
"take off"
],
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"append the prefix \"un-\" to each of these words"
],
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"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"separate",
"unfasten",
"amputate",
"cut",
"excise",
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"diminish",
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"adjoin",
"annex",
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"verb"
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"disjoined",
"separated",
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"cut",
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"constricted",
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"retrenched"
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"bated",
"deducted",
"knocked off",
"removed",
"subtracted",
"took off"
]
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"verb"
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"adjoining",
"annexing",
"subjoining",
"tacking (on)"
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"attaching",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"grafting",
"hitching",
"tagging",
"tying",
"tieing",
"infusing",
"injecting",
"inserting",
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"magnifying",
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"supplementing",
"supplying",
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"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"maximizing"
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"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"separating",
"unfastening",
"amputating",
"cutting",
"excising",
"lopping (off)",
"severing",
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
],
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"abating",
"bating",
"deducting",
"knocking off",
"removing",
"subtracting",
"taking off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"appendixes":{
"a part added at the end of a book or periodical":{
"antonyms":[
"forewords",
"introductions",
"prefaces",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"examples":[
"an appendix listing all of the artist's known works and their current locations"
],
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"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postludes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"finales",
"accompaniments",
"additions",
"complements",
"postscripts",
"follow-ups",
"sequels",
"documentations",
"allonges",
"riders"
],
"synonyms":[
"addenda",
"addendums",
"afterwords",
"codicils",
"excursuses",
"excursus",
"supplements"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a small dish of food served before the main part of a meal":{
"examples":[
"Shrimp with cocktail sauce were served as an appetizer."
],
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"canap\u00e9s",
"hors d'oeuvres",
"hors d'oeuvre",
"bites",
"morsels",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"nuggets",
"tastes",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"collops",
"medallions",
"noisettes",
"noshes",
"snacks",
"bits",
"chews",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"dribbles",
"driblets",
"flecks",
"hints",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"particles",
"pinches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"shreds",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"suspicions",
"tittles",
"touches",
"traces",
"dashes",
"drops",
"laps",
"licks",
"gulps",
"swallows",
"swigs"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"applause":{
"enthusiastic and usually public expression of approval":{
"examples":[
"a design for a memorial for the victims of the attack that has received nothing but applause from officials, commentators, and the general public"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclamation",
"cheer",
"cheering",
"ovation",
"plaudit(s)",
"rave(s)",
"r\u00e9clame"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clapping",
"bravo",
"hail",
"hallelujah",
"hurrah",
"hooray",
"hoorah",
"hosanna",
"huzzah",
"huzza",
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"citation",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"homage",
"kudo",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"salutation",
"tribute",
"kudos",
"praise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boo",
"hiss",
"hoot",
"jeer",
"raspberry",
"smirk",
"sneer",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"snort",
"whistle",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"put-down",
"taunt"
],
"antonyms":[
"booing",
"hissing"
]
},
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"examples":[
"a heroic effort by the fire department that deserves the applause of everyone in the city"
],
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"acclaim",
"accolade",
"bay(s)",
"credit",
"distinction",
"glory",
"homage",
"honor",
"kudos",
"laud",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clame",
"sun"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"renown",
"repute",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"toast",
"tribute",
"acclamation",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"praise",
"rave",
"rhapsody",
"citation",
"commendation",
"kudo",
"note",
"recommendation",
"elevation",
"enshrinement",
"enthronement",
"exaltation",
"glorification"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"applauses":{
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"examples":[
"a design for a memorial for the victims of the attack that has received nothing but applause from officials, commentators, and the general public"
],
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"acclamations",
"cheers",
"ovations",
"plaudits",
"raves",
"r\u00e9clames"
],
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"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hails",
"hallelujahs",
"hosannas",
"hurrahs",
"hoorays",
"hoorahs",
"huzzahs",
"huzzas",
"acclaim",
"accolades",
"citations",
"commendations",
"compliments",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"homages",
"kudos",
"paeans",
"panegyrics",
"salutations",
"tributes",
"kudos",
"praises"
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"boos",
"hisses",
"hoots",
"jeers",
"raspberries",
"smirks",
"sneers",
"snickers",
"sniggers",
"snorts",
"whistles",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"put-downs",
"taunts"
],
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},
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"a heroic effort by the fire department that deserves the applause of everyone in the city"
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"accolades",
"bays",
"credits",
"distinctions",
"glories",
"homages",
"honors",
"kudos",
"lauds",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clames",
"suns"
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"celebrities",
"fames",
"renowns",
"reputes",
"compliments",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"toasts",
"tributes",
"acclamations",
"ovations",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"raves",
"rhapsodies",
"citations",
"commendations",
"kudos",
"notes",
"recommendations",
"elevations",
"enshrinements",
"enthronements",
"exaltations",
"glorifications"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apple-polish":{
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
"examples":[
"a departmental supervisor who apple-polishes shamelessly whenever higher-ups are about"
],
"synonyms":[
"bootlick",
"fawn",
"fuss",
"kowtow",
"suck (up)",
"toady",
"truckle"
],
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"drool",
"gush",
"slaver",
"slobber",
"endear",
"ingratiate",
"court",
"woo",
"adulate",
"idolize",
"worship",
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"soft-soap",
"cower",
"cringe",
"grovel",
"abase",
"debase",
"demean",
"defer",
"submit",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despise",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"scoff",
"brave",
"challenge",
"defy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"applied (oneself)":{
"as in pitched in , dug in":{
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"buckled (down)",
"dug in",
"hammered (away)",
"knuckled down",
"pitched in",
"banged away",
"beavered (away)",
"drudged",
"dug (away)",
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"fagged",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"tugged",
"worked",
"wrought",
"attacked",
"drove",
"essayed",
"tried",
"exercised",
"exerted",
"overexerted",
"overworked",
"eked out",
"ground (out)",
"put out",
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"scratched",
"trudged",
"waded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke",
"eased (up)",
"let up",
"slackened",
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dillydallied",
"footled",
"goldbricked",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"lounged",
"shirked",
"slacked (off)",
"vegged out",
"basked",
"lolled",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"unwound",
"dabbled",
"doodled",
"fooled around",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"apply":{
"to have a relation or connection":{
"examples":[
"does your rule about calling home apply to me as well?"
],
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"appertain",
"bear",
"pertain",
"refer",
"relate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affect",
"concern",
"interest",
"involve",
"touch",
"associate",
"connect",
"couple",
"interrelate",
"link",
"tie in",
"deal (with)",
"treat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"examples":[
"Sam applied himself to writing thank-you letters to everyone who'd helped sponsor him for the charity walk"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"bend",
"buckle",
"devote",
"give"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readdress",
"reapply",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)",
"busy",
"commit",
"concern",
"engage",
"involve",
"exert",
"exhaust",
"put out",
"spend",
"strain",
"stress",
"tax",
"trouble",
"wear out",
"carry on",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"grind",
"hump",
"hustle",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug (away)",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"idle",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a layer of on a surface":{
"examples":[
"apply the ointment liberally"
],
"synonyms":[
"lay",
"lay on",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anoint",
"bedaub",
"besmear",
"dab",
"daub",
"plaster",
"slather",
"smear",
"blanket",
"carpet",
"coat",
"cover",
"layer",
"mantle",
"overlay",
"overlie",
"overspread",
"sheet",
"surface"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"expose",
"peel",
"strip",
"uncover"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into action or service":{
"examples":[
"apply the laws of motion to this physics problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"employ",
"exercise",
"exploit",
"harness",
"operate",
"use",
"utilize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handle",
"manipulate",
"wield",
"direct",
"run",
"work",
"cannibalize",
"recycle",
"reuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignore",
"neglect",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"examples":[
"apply pressure to the area to stop the bleeding"
],
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"exercise",
"exert",
"ply",
"put out",
"wield"
],
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"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"abuse",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry out effectively":{
"examples":[
"a police officer applying the law"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer",
"enforce",
"execute",
"implement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"discharge",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"render",
"cite",
"invoke",
"enact",
"legislate",
"honor",
"observe",
"uphold",
"prosecute",
"promulgate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appoint":{
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
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"examples":[
"at the appointed hour we were in our places"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"assign",
"choose",
"determine",
"establish",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"pin (down)",
"prefer",
"select",
"settle",
"single (out)",
"specify",
"arrange",
"coordinate",
"orchestrate",
"advertise",
"announce",
"declare",
"publish"
],
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"designate",
"fix",
"name",
"set"
]
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"discharge",
"dismiss",
"expel",
"fire"
],
"examples":[
"was appointed to the council on national security"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackball",
"depose",
"dethrone",
"displace",
"eject",
"evict",
"oust",
"overthrow",
"remove",
"throw out",
"uncrown",
"unmake",
"unseat"
],
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"delegate",
"depute",
"deputize",
"anoint",
"consecrate",
"create",
"inaugurate",
"induct",
"install",
"instate",
"institute",
"invest",
"make",
"ordain",
"crown",
"enthrone",
"throne",
"choose",
"destine",
"draft",
"elect",
"handpick",
"select",
"single (out)",
"vote (in)"
],
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"assign",
"attach",
"commission",
"constitute",
"designate",
"detail",
"name",
"nominate",
"place"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
"examples":[
"at the appointed hour we were in our places"
],
"synonyms":[
"designates",
"fixes",
"names",
"sets"
],
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"assigns",
"chooses",
"determines",
"establishes",
"opts (for)",
"picks",
"pins (down)",
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"selects",
"settles",
"singles (out)",
"specifies",
"arranges",
"coordinates",
"orchestrates",
"advertises",
"announces",
"declares",
"publishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
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"was appointed to the council on national security"
],
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"attaches",
"commissions",
"constitutes",
"designates",
"details",
"names",
"nominates",
"places"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorizes",
"delegates",
"deputes",
"deputizes",
"anoints",
"consecrates",
"creates",
"inaugurates",
"inducts",
"installs",
"instates",
"institutes",
"invests",
"makes",
"ordains",
"crowns",
"enthrones",
"thrones",
"chooses",
"destines",
"drafts",
"elects",
"handpicks",
"selects",
"singles (out)",
"votes (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackballs",
"deposes",
"dethrones",
"displaces",
"ejects",
"evicts",
"ousts",
"overthrows",
"removes",
"throws out",
"uncrowns",
"unmakes",
"unseats"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"expels",
"fires"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apportion":{
"to give as a share or portion":{
"examples":[
"apportioned the profits according to years of service with the company"
],
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"allocate",
"allot",
"allow",
"assign",
"distribute",
"lot",
"ration"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admeasure",
"administer",
"deal",
"dispense",
"divide",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"measure",
"mete (out)",
"meter",
"parcel (out)",
"part",
"portion",
"prorate",
"share (out)",
"split",
"accord",
"award",
"give",
"grant",
"earmark",
"reserve",
"chip in",
"contribute",
"donate",
"reallocate",
"reapportion",
"reassign",
"redistribute"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudge",
"deny",
"deprive (of)",
"keep",
"retain",
"stint",
"withhold",
"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"confiscate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
"examples":[
"apportioned the grant money to the winners of the competition"
],
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"administer",
"allocate",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate"
],
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"admeasure",
"allot",
"allow",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"dish out",
"divide",
"divvy (up)",
"dollop (out)",
"lot",
"measure (out)",
"part",
"proportion",
"ration",
"redistribute",
"set",
"share (out)",
"split",
"bestow",
"disburse",
"furnish",
"issue",
"provide",
"share",
"supply",
"circulate",
"disperse",
"disseminate",
"scatter",
"spread",
"chip in",
"contribute",
"donate",
"pledge",
"reallocate",
"reapportion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudge",
"decline",
"deny",
"deprive (of)",
"disallow",
"refuse",
"reject",
"withhold",
"niggle (out)",
"pinch",
"skimp",
"stint"
],
"antonyms":[
"misallocate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appraisal":{
"an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something":{
"examples":[
"gave us a positive appraisal of his artistic talents"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraisement",
"assessment",
"estimate",
"estimation",
"evaluation",
"fix",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"value judgment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aper\u00e7u",
"feeling",
"impression",
"notion",
"perception",
"confidence",
"faith",
"stock",
"trust",
"belief",
"conviction",
"mind",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"view",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"hunch",
"hypothesis",
"surmise",
"theory"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something":{
"examples":[
"the appraisal of the house's value took place yesterday"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraisement",
"assessment",
"estimate",
"estimation",
"evaluation",
"reckoning",
"valuation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculation",
"computation",
"measurement",
"mensuration",
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"examination",
"inspection",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutiny",
"survey",
"reassessment",
"transvaluation",
"overestimation",
"overevaluation",
"underestimation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appreciable":{
"able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind":{
"examples":[
"there doesn't seem to be any appreciable difference between this piece and that one"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehensible",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"distinguishable",
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"sensible"
],
"near synonyms":[
"audible",
"observable",
"tangible",
"visible",
"clear",
"conspicuous",
"evident",
"eye-catching",
"manifest",
"noticeable",
"obvious",
"plain",
"ponderable",
"prominent",
"striking",
"apparent",
"distinct",
"identifiable",
"significant",
"straightforward"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaudible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"inconspicuous",
"indistinct",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"faint",
"insignificant",
"slight",
"trivial",
"buried",
"concealed",
"covert",
"disguised",
"hidden",
"obscure",
"shrouded",
"vague"
],
"antonyms":[
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indistinguishable",
"insensible",
"undetectable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"appreciate":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
],
"examples":[
"the value of that antique should appreciate over time"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"jump",
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"surge",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble",
"blow up",
"bulk",
"distend",
"inflate",
"puff (up)",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"peak"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"antonyms":[
"miss"
],
"examples":[
"I hope you appreciate just how much that collector's CD costs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misconceive",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
],
"related":[
"absorb",
"digest",
"take in",
"realize",
"fathom",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
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"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",
"recognize",
"register",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"sense",
"tumble (to)",
"twig",
"understand"
]
},
"to hold dear":{
"antonyms":[
"disvalue"
],
"examples":[
"I appreciate my parents more than I can express"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undervalue",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"disdain",
"high-hat",
"scorn",
"scout",
"slight",
"sniff (at)",
"snub",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"put down",
"write off",
"abandon",
"forget",
"neglect"
],
"related":[
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"admire",
"apprize",
"esteem",
"regard",
"respect",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"enshrine",
"memorialize",
"adore",
"caress",
"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"worship"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherish",
"love",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
]
},
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"many great artists and musicians have not been appreciated in their own lifetimes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"decry",
"deplore",
"disapprove",
"discount",
"discountenance",
"disdain",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"dismiss",
"disregard",
"frown (on or upon)",
"kiss off",
"scorn",
"vilify"
],
"related":[
"acclaim",
"accredit",
"applaud",
"approve",
"commend",
"compliment",
"credit",
"praise",
"delight (in)",
"drink (in)",
"enjoy",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour",
"dig",
"fancy",
"favor",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"adore",
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dote (on)",
"hallow",
"idolize",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"worship",
"cherish",
"love",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"synonyms":[
"admire",
"consider",
"esteem",
"regard",
"respect"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appreciating":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the value of that antique should appreciate over time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"booming",
"building up",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"climbing",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"gaining",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"multiplying",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"rolling up",
"snowballing",
"spreading",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumping",
"rocketing",
"skyrocketing",
"surging",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"blowing up",
"bulking",
"distending",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)",
"crescendoing",
"cresting",
"peaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"waning"
]
},
"to hold dear":{
"examples":[
"I appreciate my parents more than I can express"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherishing",
"loving",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"admiring",
"apprizing",
"esteeming",
"regarding",
"respecting",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"enshrining",
"memorializing",
"adoring",
"caressing",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undervaluing",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"disdaining",
"high-hatting",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"slighting",
"sniffing (at)",
"snubbing",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"putting down",
"writing off",
"abandoning",
"forgetting",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[
"disvaluing"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"I hope you appreciate just how much that collector's CD costs"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"recognizing",
"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 think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"many great artists and musicians have not been appreciated in their own lifetimes"
],
"synonyms":[
"admiring",
"considering",
"esteeming",
"regarding",
"respecting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"accrediting",
"applauding",
"approving",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"crediting",
"praising",
"delighting (in)",
"drinking (in)",
"enjoying",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"digging",
"fancying",
"favoring",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"adoring",
"adulating",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"doting (on)",
"hallowing",
"idolizing",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"cherishing",
"loving",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"decrying",
"deploring",
"disapproving",
"discountenancing",
"discounting",
"disdaining",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"dismissing",
"disregarding",
"frowning (on or upon)",
"kissing off",
"scorning",
"vilifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appreciations":{
"a feeling of great approval and liking":{
"antonyms":[
"disfavors"
],
"examples":[
"my appreciation of her great contributions to women's sports"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemnations",
"disapprovals",
"disdains",
"opprobriums",
"scorns",
"disappointments",
"discontents",
"disenchantments",
"disgruntlements",
"disillusionments",
"displeasures",
"indignations",
"aversions",
"contempts",
"disfavors",
"disgusts",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"disregards",
"distastes",
"hates",
"hatreds",
"loathings",
"nauseas",
"repugnances",
"repulsions",
"revulsions",
"abominations",
"antipathies",
"detestations",
"deprecations",
"displeasures",
"dissatisfactions"
],
"related":[
"appetites",
"fancies",
"likes",
"loves",
"partialities",
"preferences",
"relishes",
"shines",
"tastes",
"uses",
"acclamations",
"adorations",
"adulations",
"approbations",
"deferences",
"hero worships",
"homages",
"honors",
"idolatries",
"infatuations",
"lionizations",
"praises",
"props",
"reverences",
"venerations",
"worships",
"delights",
"enjoyments",
"amazements",
"awes",
"wonderments",
"wonders",
"enthusiasms",
"interests",
"passions",
"biases",
"prejudices",
"affections",
"attachments",
"devotions",
"passions"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"admirations",
"esteems",
"estimations",
"favors",
"regards",
"respects"
]
},
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
"antonyms":[
"incomprehensions"
],
"examples":[
"a course intended to give students an appreciation of abstract art"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehensions",
"miscomprehensions",
"misinterpretations",
"misperceptions",
"misunderstandings"
],
"related":[
"absorptions",
"assimilations",
"digestions",
"uptakes",
"conceptions",
"visualizations",
"enlightenments",
"realizations"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehensions",
"comprehensions",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"perceptions",
"percipiences",
"understandings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appreciative":{
"expressing approval":{
"examples":[
"his latest novel has received a number of appreciative reviews"
],
"synonyms":[
"admiring",
"applauding",
"approbatory",
"approving",
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"good",
"positive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepting",
"warm",
"encomiastic",
"eulogistic",
"flattering",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"laudative",
"laudatory",
"panegyrical",
"praiseful",
"respectful",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"adoring",
"adulatory",
"idolizing",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"advisory",
"recommendatory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"censuring",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"scornful",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[
"adverse",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disapproving",
"inappreciative",
"negative",
"unappreciative",
"uncomplimentary",
"unfavorable",
"unflattering",
"unfriendly"
]
},
"feeling or expressing gratitude":{
"examples":[
"very appreciative after we helped him change his flat tire"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciatory",
"glad",
"grateful",
"obliged",
"thankful"
],
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"beholden",
"indebted",
"contented",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"tickled",
"thanking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhospitable",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"ungracious"
],
"antonyms":[
"inappreciative",
"thankless",
"unappreciative",
"ungrateful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"apprehending":{
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"do you apprehend the importance of this discovery?"
],
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"appreciating",
"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",
"recognizing",
"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 take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the agency charged with apprehending criminals who have violated federal law"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"busting",
"collaring",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"nicking",
"picking up",
"pinching",
"pulling in",
"restraining",
"running in",
"seizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"getting",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping",
"committing",
"confining",
"detaining",
"holding",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"jugging",
"locking (up)",
"binding",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"rearresting",
"remanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"unchaining"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharging"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apprentice":{
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"decided to be an apprentice to an electrician after he graduated"
],
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"related":[
"attendant",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"scullion",
"servant",
"auxiliary",
"legman",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"employee",
"employe",
"hand",
"help",
"hireling",
"laborer",
"swamper",
"worker",
"gal Friday",
"girl Friday",
"man Friday",
"right hand",
"aide-de-camp"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjunct",
"adjutant",
"aid",
"aide",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"helper",
"helpmate",
"helpmeet",
"lieutenant",
"mate",
"sidekick"
]
},
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"antonyms":[
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
],
"examples":[
"aware that she's only an apprentice in the medical field, she readily defers to her more experienced colleagues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expert",
"master",
"pro",
"professional"
],
"related":[
"boot",
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"learner",
"student",
"trainee",
"candidate",
"entrant",
"probationer"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarian",
"babe",
"beginner",
"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"neophyte",
"newbie",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"punk",
"recruit",
"rook",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro",
"virgin"
]
},
"as in partner , contract":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"apprentices":{
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
"examples":[
"decided to be an apprentice to an electrician after he graduated"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuncts",
"adjutants",
"aides",
"aids",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"deputies",
"helpers",
"helpmates",
"helpmeets",
"lieutenants",
"mates",
"sidekicks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attendants",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"scullions",
"servants",
"auxiliaries",
"legmen",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"help",
"hirelings",
"laborers",
"swampers",
"workers",
"gal Fridays",
"girl Fridays",
"man Fridays",
"right hands",
"aides-de-camp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"aware that she's only an apprentice in the medical field, she readily defers to her more experienced colleagues"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarians",
"babes",
"beginners",
"colts",
"cubs",
"fledglings",
"freshmen",
"greenhorns",
"neophytes",
"newbies",
"newcomers",
"novices",
"novitiates",
"punks",
"recruits",
"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"
]
},
"as in partners , contracts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contracts",
"jobs",
"partners",
"subcontracts",
"assumes",
"employs",
"engages",
"fees",
"hires",
"lays on",
"pays",
"places",
"recruits",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on",
"reemploys",
"reengages",
"rehires",
"enlists",
"advances",
"promotes",
"upgrades",
"keeps (on)",
"headhunts",
"scouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"locks out",
"axes",
"cans",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"sacks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"apprises":{
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"let me apprise you of the current situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaints",
"advises",
"briefs",
"catches up",
"clears",
"clues (in)",
"enlightens",
"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"hips",
"informs",
"instructs",
"tells",
"verses",
"wises (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertises",
"alerts",
"notifies",
"announces (to)",
"discloses (to)",
"assures",
"certifies",
"convinces",
"reassures",
"warrants",
"educates",
"lectures",
"schools",
"teaches",
"tutors",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions",
"undeceives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinforms",
"misleads"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"approachable":{
"easily reached, accessed, or used":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"It seemed like an approachable goal.",
"The professor taught the class in a way that made the material approachable for the students."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"having or showing kind, helpful, or supportive feelings or actions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Having an approachable boss made the job much more enjoyable."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"approaches":{
"an established course for traveling from one place to another":{
"examples":[
"will take the standard landing approach from the south"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenues",
"passages",
"paths",
"routes",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bypaths",
"byways",
"lanes",
"laneways",
"arteries",
"boulevards",
"bypasses",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passageways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routeways",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"turnpikes",
"walks",
"walkways",
"traces",
"tracks",
"trails",
"airways",
"bikeways",
"cycleways",
"channels",
"gats",
"watercourses",
"waterways",
"doors",
"doorways",
"gates",
"gateways",
"hatches",
"portals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
"examples":[
"that's a different approach to knitting, but it seems to work"
],
"synonyms":[
"fashions",
"forms",
"hows",
"manners",
"methodologies",
"methods",
"recipes",
"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":[]
},
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the parade's approaching ! I can hear the band playing!"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellies up",
"closes",
"closes in",
"comes up",
"draws on",
"nears",
"nighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrives",
"attains",
"comes",
"gains",
"hits",
"lands",
"makes",
"reaches",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"waltzes (up)",
"creeps up",
"sneaks up",
"adjoins",
"borders",
"touches",
"verges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clears out",
"departs",
"exits",
"goes",
"leaves",
"lights out",
"pulls out",
"quits",
"removes",
"runs away",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"walks out"
],
"antonyms":[
"backs (up or away)",
"recedes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
]
},
"to move closer to":{
"examples":[
"approach the bull with caution"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"comes",
"nears",
"nighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drops in",
"enters",
"pops (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departs",
"exits",
"leaves"
],
"antonyms":[
"goes",
"recedes (from)",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
]
},
"to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
"examples":[
"his store-bought dessert doesn't even approach your homemade version of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"approximates",
"compares (with)",
"measures up (to)",
"stacks up (against or with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adds up (to)",
"amounts (to)",
"comes (to)",
"duplicates",
"equals",
"matches",
"mirrors",
"parallels",
"reflects",
"borders (on)",
"touches (on)",
"verges (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"approbate":{
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"Congress must approbate the President's nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"finalize",
"formalize",
"homologate",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"sanction",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accept",
"acknowledge",
"affirm",
"certify",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"validate",
"bless",
"canonize",
"sanctify",
"initial",
"rubber-stamp",
"sign",
"sign off (on)",
"allow",
"enable",
"legalize",
"license",
"licence",
"pass",
"permit",
"reapprove"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"illegalize",
"interdict",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"rebuff",
"rebut",
"refuse",
"spurn"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"reject",
"turn down",
"veto"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"approbatory":{
"expressing approval":{
"examples":[
"the candidate's views on taxes received overwhelmingly approbatory nods from the conservative audience"
],
"synonyms":[
"admiring",
"applauding",
"appreciative",
"approving",
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"good",
"positive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepting",
"warm",
"encomiastic",
"eulogistic",
"flattering",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"laudative",
"laudatory",
"panegyrical",
"praiseful",
"respectful",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"adoring",
"adulatory",
"idolizing",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"advisory",
"recommendatory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"censuring",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"scornful",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[
"adverse",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disapproving",
"inappreciative",
"negative",
"unappreciative",
"uncomplimentary",
"unfavorable",
"unflattering",
"unfriendly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"appropriated":{
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you can't just appropriate somebody's term paper and put your name on it!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bought",
"purchased",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"handed over",
"presented"
],
"related":[
"burglarized",
"knocked over",
"robbed",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"sacked",
"carjacked",
"hijacked",
"highjacked",
"picked",
"rifled",
"poached",
"rustled",
"shoplifted",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snatched",
"took",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"shanghaied",
"spirited"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosted",
"filched",
"heisted",
"hooked",
"lifted",
"misappropriated",
"nicked",
"nipped",
"pilfered",
"pinched",
"pocketed",
"purloined",
"ripped off",
"snitched",
"stole",
"swiped",
"thieved"
]
},
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"archaeologists wrongfully appropriated artifacts excavated at ancient sites for their museums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"annexed",
"attached",
"claimed",
"confiscated",
"impounded",
"repossessed",
"sequestered",
"assumed",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"snatched",
"stole",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"occupied",
"preoccupied",
"trespassed",
"embezzled",
"misapplied",
"misappropriated",
"misused",
"peculated"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogated",
"commandeered",
"converted",
"expropriated",
"pirated",
"preempted",
"pressed",
"seized",
"took over",
"usurped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appropriately":{
"in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose":{
"examples":[
"make sure you greet our guests appropriately"
],
"synonyms":[
"appositely",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"duly",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"well",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"tolerably",
"decently",
"decorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"inopportunely",
"unfortunately",
"unseasonably",
"inappositely",
"inaptly",
"irrelevantly",
"awkwardly",
"ungracefully"
],
"antonyms":[
"improperly",
"inappropriately",
"incongruously",
"incorrectly",
"unseemly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"appropriations":{
"a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the National Park Service received an increased appropriation for wildlife management"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aids",
"assistances",
"block grants",
"grants-in-aid",
"set-asides",
"foreign aids",
"reliefs",
"state aids",
"advances",
"allowances",
"benefits",
"bequests",
"endowments",
"funds",
"legacies",
"stipends",
"trust funds",
"trusts"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocations",
"allotments",
"annuities",
"entitlements",
"grants",
"subsidies",
"subventions"
]
},
"the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the insurgents' appropriation of the house for their headquarters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"annexations",
"assumptions",
"attachments",
"confiscations",
"grabs",
"impoundments",
"repossessions",
"sequestrations",
"defalcations",
"embezzlements",
"misapplications",
"misappropriations",
"misuses",
"peculations",
"thefts",
"despoilments",
"encroachments",
"infringements",
"piracies",
"invasions",
"occupancies",
"occupations",
"preoccupancies",
"trespasses",
"deforcements",
"disfurnishments",
"dispossessions",
"ejections"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogations",
"detainers",
"expropriations",
"preemptions",
"seizures",
"takeovers",
"usurpations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"approval":{
"an acceptance of something as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"does this poster I made for the recital meet with your approval ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"approbation",
"blessing",
"favor",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backing",
"cachet",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"finalization",
"formalization",
"homologation",
"nod",
"ratification",
"rubber stamp",
"sanction",
"support",
"thumbs-up",
"vote",
"benediction",
"goodwill",
"acceptation",
"accession",
"agreement",
"assent",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"countenance",
"liking",
"satisfaction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"refusal",
"rejection",
"repudiation",
"dislike",
"dissatisfaction",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denunciation",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"opprobrium",
"reprehension",
"reproach",
"reprobation"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapprobation",
"disapproval",
"disfavor"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"approve":{
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"reject",
"turn down",
"veto"
],
"examples":[
"as soon as the pond project was approved , the bulldozers were at the site"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"illegalize",
"interdict",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"rebuff",
"rebut",
"refuse",
"spurn"
],
"related":[
"accept",
"acknowledge",
"affirm",
"certify",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"validate",
"bless",
"canonize",
"sanctify",
"initial",
"rubber-stamp",
"sign",
"sign off (on)",
"allow",
"enable",
"legalize",
"license",
"licence",
"pass",
"permit",
"reapprove"
],
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"accredit",
"approbate",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"finalize",
"formalize",
"homologate",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"sanction",
"warrant"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"we don't approve of people who stand in the \"12 items or less\" lane with 13 items"
],
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"accept",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
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"acclaim",
"applaud",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"back (up)",
"concur (in)",
"stand by",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"bear",
"endure",
"tolerate",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"commend",
"recommend",
"enjoy",
"like"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklist",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"dislike",
"mind",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"dissent (from)",
"object (to)",
"oppose"
],
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"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"approvingly":{
"in an approving manner":{
"examples":[
"she smiled approvingly at the child who was performing onstage"
],
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"admiringly",
"appreciatively",
"complimentarily",
"favorably",
"positively"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lovingly",
"regardfully",
"respectfully",
"reverently",
"worshipfully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captiously",
"hypercritically",
"deploringly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"unflatteringly"
],
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"adversely",
"disapprovingly",
"negatively",
"unfavorably"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"approximate":{
"being such only when compared to something else":{
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"absolute",
"complete",
"downright",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"pure",
"unqualified"
],
"examples":[
"the movie's an approximate success, if you can overlook the overblown publicity that preceded it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"genuine",
"real",
"true"
],
"related":[
"alike",
"comparable",
"similar",
"equal",
"equivalent"
],
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"almost",
"comparative",
"near",
"relative"
]
},
"not precisely correct":{
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"dead",
"dead-on",
"exact",
"precise",
"ultraprecise",
"veracious"
],
"examples":[
"police could only give us an approximate count of the number of people who attended the air show"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certain",
"incontestable",
"indubitable",
"positive",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"correct",
"errorless",
"factual",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"clear-cut",
"decisive",
"definable",
"defined",
"definite",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"irrefutable",
"absolute",
"unqualified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"determined",
"established",
"substantiated",
"supported",
"validated"
],
"related":[
"erroneous",
"false",
"incorrect",
"off",
"wrong",
"general",
"indefinable",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"indistinct",
"mushy",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"unsettled",
"vague",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"mistaken",
"specious",
"distorted",
"fallacious",
"misleading",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"uncertain",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"invalidated",
"unconfirmed",
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported"
],
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"approximative",
"ballpark",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"loose",
"squishy"
]
},
"to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
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"examples":[
"Rob's violin performance last night didn't even approximate what he's really capable of when he's not feeling sick"
],
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"related":[
"add up (to)",
"amount (to)",
"come (to)",
"duplicate",
"equal",
"match",
"mirror",
"parallel",
"reflect",
"border (on)",
"touch (on)",
"verge (on)"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"compare (with)",
"measure up (to)",
"stack up (against or with)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"approximately":{
"close to but not exactly":{
"examples":[
"it takes approximately three hours to drive to Dallas"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"around",
"like",
"more or less",
"much",
"near",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"say",
"some"
],
"near synonyms":[
"generally",
"kind of",
"loosely",
"nearly",
"nominally",
"practically",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"due",
"even",
"just",
"sharp",
"smack-dab",
"squarely"
],
"antonyms":[
"exactly",
"precisely"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"applies (oneself)":{
"as in pitches in , digs in":{
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"related":[],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appellative":{
"a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{
"examples":[
"the brochure had advertised a sandy beach, but we didn't see anything that remotely merited that appellative"
],
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"appellation",
"cognomen",
"compellation",
"denomination",
"denotation",
"designation",
"handle",
"moniker",
"monicker",
"name",
"nomenclature",
"title"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptismal name",
"Christian name",
"first name",
"forename",
"given name",
"family name",
"maiden name",
"middle name",
"surname",
"matronymic",
"patronymic",
"byname",
"diminutive",
"epithet",
"hypocorism",
"nickname",
"sobriquet",
"soubriquet",
"banner",
"rubric",
"tag",
"alias",
"cryptonym",
"nom de guerre",
"nom de plume",
"pen name",
"pseudonym",
"binomial",
"monomial",
"trivial name",
"vernacular",
"misnomer",
"brand name",
"label",
"trademark",
"trade name"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appertained (to)":{
"as in referred (to) , related (to)":{
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"near synonyms":[
"applied (to)",
"bore (on)",
"pertained (to)",
"referred (to)",
"related (to)",
"affected",
"concerned",
"involved",
"touched",
"embroiled",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"implicated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"applications":{
"the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"fixing a snag in panty hose is not the intended application of nail polish, but it's a handy one"
],
"synonyms":[
"employments",
"exercises",
"operations",
"plays",
"usages",
"uses"
],
"related":[
"exertions",
"reuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disuses",
"nonuses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appealingly":{
"as in enticingly , invitingly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"apprise":{
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"let me apprise you of the current situation"
],
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"acquaint",
"advise",
"brief",
"catch up",
"clear",
"clue (in)",
"enlighten",
"familiarize",
"fill in",
"hip",
"inform",
"instruct",
"tell",
"verse",
"wise (up)"
],
"related":[
"advertise",
"alert",
"notify",
"announce (to)",
"disclose (to)",
"assure",
"certify",
"convince",
"reassure",
"warrant",
"educate",
"lecture",
"school",
"teach",
"tutor",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion",
"undeceive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinform",
"mislead"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apparels":{
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"a designer who regularly apparels several of the presenters at the Oscar ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"attires",
"bedecks",
"caparisons",
"clothes",
"costumes",
"decks (out)",
"does up",
"dresses",
"dresses up",
"enrobes",
"garbs",
"garments",
"gets up",
"gowns",
"habits",
"invests",
"rigs (out)",
"robes",
"suits",
"togs (up or out)",
"toilets",
"vestures"
],
"related":[
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"jackets",
"mantles",
"vests",
"drapes",
"enswathes",
"haps",
"huddles",
"swaddles",
"swathes",
"wraps",
"accoutres",
"accouters",
"bedights",
"equips",
"furnishes",
"habilitates",
"outfits",
"tailors",
"uniforms",
"dresses down",
"underdresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denudes",
"divests",
"uncovers",
"undrapes",
"unveils"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarrays",
"disrobes",
"strips",
"unclothes",
"undresses",
"untrusses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"applauder":{
"as in cheerleader , fellow traveler":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cheerleader",
"encourager",
"fellow traveler",
"interpreter",
"adherent",
"cohort",
"disciple",
"follower",
"loyalist",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"stalwart",
"advocate",
"advocator",
"apostle",
"backer",
"booster",
"champion",
"espouser",
"exponent",
"expounder",
"friend",
"gospeler",
"gospeller",
"herald",
"hierophant",
"high priest",
"paladin",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"protagonist",
"supporter",
"true believer",
"tub-thumper",
"white knight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"opponent",
"enemy",
"foe",
"rival",
"belittler",
"critic",
"faultfinder"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apprized":{
"as in respected , regarded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admired",
"esteemed",
"regarded",
"respected",
"revered",
"reverenced",
"venerated",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"enshrined",
"memorialized",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"loved",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"adored",
"caressed",
"doted (on)",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disvalued",
"undervalued",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"disdained",
"high-hatted",
"scorned",
"scouted",
"slighted",
"sniffed (at)",
"snubbed",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"cried down",
"decried",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"kissed off",
"minimized",
"put down",
"wrote off",
"abandoned",
"forgot",
"neglected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"approximates":{
"to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
"examples":[
"Rob's violin performance last night didn't even approximate what he's really capable of when he's not feeling sick"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaches",
"compares (with)",
"measures up (to)",
"stacks up (against or with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adds up (to)",
"amounts (to)",
"comes (to)",
"duplicates",
"equals",
"matches",
"mirrors",
"parallels",
"reflects",
"borders (on)",
"touches (on)",
"verges (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apprizes":{
"as in respects , regards":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admires",
"esteems",
"regards",
"respects",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"enshrines",
"memorializes",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"loves",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"adores",
"caresses",
"dotes (on)",
"idolizes",
"worships"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disvalues",
"undervalues",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"disdains",
"high-hats",
"scorns",
"scouts",
"slights",
"sniffs (at)",
"snubs",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"cries down",
"decries",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"kisses off",
"minimizes",
"puts down",
"writes off",
"abandons",
"forgets",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apprehended":{
"taken and held prisoner":{
"examples":[
"an apprehended crime lord who can easily post the million-dollar bail"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrested",
"captive",
"captured",
"caught",
"confined",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"enslaved",
"indentured",
"ensnared",
"trapped",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"occupied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unconfined",
"unrestrained",
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"paroled",
"released"
],
"antonyms":[
"free"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"do you apprehend the importance of this discovery?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciated",
"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",
"recognized",
"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 take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the agency charged with apprehending criminals who have violated federal law"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrested",
"busted",
"bust",
"collared",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"nicked",
"picked up",
"pinched",
"pulled in",
"ran in",
"restrained",
"seized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped",
"committed",
"confined",
"detained",
"held",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"jugged",
"locked (up)",
"bound",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"rearrested",
"remanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"unchained"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharged"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"appellation":{
"a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{
"examples":[
"a twisting road that deserved the appellation \"Sidewinder Lane\""
],
"synonyms":[
"appellative",
"cognomen",
"compellation",
"denomination",
"denotation",
"designation",
"handle",
"moniker",
"monicker",
"name",
"nomenclature",
"title"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptismal name",
"Christian name",
"first name",
"forename",
"given name",
"family name",
"maiden name",
"middle name",
"surname",
"matronymic",
"patronymic",
"byname",
"diminutive",
"epithet",
"hypocorism",
"nickname",
"sobriquet",
"soubriquet",
"banner",
"rubric",
"tag",
"alias",
"cryptonym",
"nom de guerre",
"nom de plume",
"pen name",
"pseudonym",
"binomial",
"monomial",
"trivial name",
"vernacular",
"misnomer",
"brand name",
"label",
"trademark",
"trade name"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apprenticed":{
"as in partnered , contracted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contracted",
"jobbed",
"partnered",
"subcontracted",
"assumed",
"employed",
"engaged",
"feed",
"hired",
"laid on",
"paid",
"placed",
"recruited",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on",
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"reengaged",
"re-engaged",
"rehired",
"enlisted",
"advanced",
"promoted",
"upgraded",
"kept (on)",
"headhunted",
"scouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"locked out",
"axed",
"canned",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"sacked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apparition":{
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
"examples":[
"an eccentric who claimed to have photographed an apparition in her very own house"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"familiar spirit",
"ghost",
"hant",
"haunt",
"materialization",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"sprite",
"vision",
"visitant",
"wraith"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angel",
"daimon",
"familiar",
"genie",
"genius",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"shaitan",
"double",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"fetch",
"lemures",
"manes",
"incubus",
"lamia",
"succubus",
"vampire",
"zombie",
"zombi",
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghoul",
"imp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"applied (to)":{
"as in referred (to) , related (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appertained (to)",
"bore (on)",
"pertained (to)",
"referred (to)",
"related (to)",
"affected",
"concerned",
"involved",
"touched",
"embroiled",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"implicated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appeals":{
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"made an appeal to the public to donate desperately needed blood"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjurations",
"conjurations",
"cries",
"desires",
"entreaties",
"petitions",
"pleadings",
"pleas",
"prayers",
"solicitations",
"suits",
"suppliances",
"supplications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applications",
"requisitions",
"calls",
"claims",
"demands",
"insistences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cites , books":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arraigns",
"books",
"cites",
"summons",
"accuses",
"charges",
"criminates",
"defames",
"impeaches",
"incriminates",
"indicts",
"blames",
"calls (on)",
"castigates",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"faults",
"impugns",
"reproaches",
"reprobates",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reproves",
"taxes",
"prosecutes",
"sues",
"tries",
"frames",
"implicates",
"inculpates",
"informs (against)",
"names",
"reports",
"recriminates",
"retaliates"
],
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"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"remits",
"shrives",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"appurtenances":{
"as in equipment , paraphernalia":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bells and whistles",
"equipment",
"furnishings",
"habiliment(s)",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"amenity",
"doodad",
"embroidery",
"extra",
"filler",
"frill",
"incidental",
"luxury",
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"enhancement",
"garnish",
"ornament",
"trim",
"trimming",
"auxiliary",
"subsidiary",
"accompaniment",
"additive",
"complement",
"supplement",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accoutrement",
"accouterment",
"adapter",
"adaptor",
"add-on",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"appliance",
"attachment",
"option"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"appeasements":{
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"near synonyms":[
"assuagements",
"decreases",
"diminishments",
"mitigations",
"moderations",
"mollifications",
"alleviations",
"comforts",
"eases",
"releases",
"reliefs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discomforts",
"agonies",
"anguishes",
"miseries",
"sufferings",
"torments",
"tortures",
"aches",
"pains",
"pangs",
"pricks",
"smarts",
"stings",
"stitches",
"throes",
"tingles",
"twinges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in conciliations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conciliations",
"accords",
"reconcilements",
"reconciliations",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"concessions",
"d\u00e9tentes",
"detentes",
"rapprochements",
"peaces",
"peacetimes",
"armistices",
"cease-fires",
"truces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflicts",
"hostilities",
"hot wars",
"wars"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appreciatively":{
"in an approving manner":{
"examples":[
"he tasted the wine appreciatively as his host looked on"
],
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"admiringly",
"approvingly",
"complimentarily",
"favorably",
"positively"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lovingly",
"regardfully",
"respectfully",
"reverently",
"worshipfully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captiously",
"hypercritically",
"deploringly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"unflatteringly"
],
"antonyms":[
"adversely",
"disapprovingly",
"negatively",
"unfavorably"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"appeasement":{
"as in moderation , mitigation":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assuagement",
"decrease",
"diminishment",
"mitigation",
"moderation",
"mollification",
"alleviation",
"comfort",
"ease",
"release",
"relief",
"calming",
"salving",
"soothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discomfort",
"unrest",
"agony",
"anguish",
"misery",
"suffering",
"torment",
"torture",
"ache",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"smart",
"sting",
"stitch",
"throe",
"tingle",
"twinge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in conciliation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conciliation",
"accord",
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"concession",
"d\u00e9tente",
"detente",
"rapprochement",
"peace",
"peacetime",
"armistice",
"cease-fire",
"truce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflict",
"hostilities",
"hot war",
"war"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"applaud":{
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"I applaud your decision to take that advanced course"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accredit",
"cheer",
"crack up",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravo",
"clap",
"rise (to)",
"ballyhoo",
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"root (for)",
"support",
"celebrate",
"emblazon",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"magnify",
"sing",
"adulate",
"belaud",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"deify",
"idolize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"discommend",
"disparage",
"put down",
"blame",
"censure",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"admonish",
"chide",
"criticize",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"castigate",
"excoriate",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"skewer",
"slag",
"vilify"
],
"antonyms":[
"knock",
"pan",
"slam"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"approached":{
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"the parade's approaching ! I can hear the band playing!"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellied up",
"came up",
"closed",
"closed in",
"drew on",
"neared",
"nighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrived",
"attained",
"came",
"gained",
"hit",
"landed",
"made",
"reached",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"waltzed (up)",
"crept up",
"sneaked up",
"snuck up",
"adjoined",
"bordered",
"touched",
"verged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared out",
"departed",
"exited",
"left",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran away",
"removed",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"walked out",
"went"
],
"antonyms":[
"backed (up or away)",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
]
},
"to move closer to":{
"examples":[
"approach the bull with caution"
],
"synonyms":[
"advanced",
"came",
"neared",
"nighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dropped in",
"entered",
"popped (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departed",
"exited",
"left"
],
"antonyms":[
"receded (from)",
"retreated",
"went",
"withdrew"
]
},
"to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
"examples":[
"his store-bought dessert doesn't even approach your homemade version of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"approximated",
"compared (with)",
"measured up (to)",
"stacked up (against or with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"added up (to)",
"amounted (to)",
"came (to)",
"duplicated",
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"mirrored",
"paralleled",
"reflected",
"bordered (on)",
"touched (on)",
"verged (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appreciation":{
"a feeling of great approval and liking":{
"examples":[
"my appreciation of her great contributions to women's sports"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"admiration",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"favor",
"regard",
"respect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"fondness",
"like",
"love",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"shine",
"taste",
"use",
"acclamation",
"adoration",
"adulation",
"approbation",
"deference",
"hero worship",
"homage",
"honor",
"idolatry",
"infatuation",
"lionization",
"praise",
"props",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"worship",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"amazement",
"awe",
"wonder",
"wonderment",
"enthusiasm",
"interest",
"passion",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"affection",
"attachment",
"devotion",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemnation",
"disapproval",
"disdain",
"opprobrium",
"scorn",
"disappointment",
"discontent",
"disenchantment",
"disgruntlement",
"disillusionment",
"displeasure",
"indignation",
"unhappiness",
"aversion",
"contempt",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"disregard",
"distaste",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"abomination",
"antipathy",
"detestation",
"deprecation",
"displeasure",
"dissatisfaction"
],
"antonyms":[
"disfavor"
]
},
"acknowledgment of having received something good from another":{
"examples":[
"if you can do that, you'll have our heartfelt appreciation"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciativeness",
"gratefulness",
"gratitude",
"thankfulness",
"thanks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thanksgiving",
"gratification",
"indebtedness",
"satisfaction",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"recognition",
"tribute"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"ingratitude",
"thanklessness",
"unappreciation",
"ungratefulness"
]
},
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
"examples":[
"a course intended to give students an appreciation of abstract art"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"perception",
"percipience",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorption",
"assimilation",
"digestion",
"uptake",
"conception",
"visualization",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"enlightenment",
"realization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehension",
"miscomprehension",
"misinterpretation",
"misperception",
"misunderstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"incomprehension",
"noncomprehension"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appointee":{
"one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty":{
"examples":[
"the announcement of the presidential appointees to the cabinet"
],
"synonyms":[
"designee",
"nominee",
"selectee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"candidate",
"assignee",
"licensee",
"licentiate",
"permittee",
"inductee",
"agent",
"delegate",
"delegatee",
"deputy",
"choice",
"draftee",
"endorsee",
"pick",
"selection"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apple-polishing":{
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
"examples":[
"a departmental supervisor who apple-polishes shamelessly whenever higher-ups are about"
],
"synonyms":[
"bootlicking",
"fawning",
"fussing",
"kowtowing",
"sucking (up)",
"toadying",
"truckling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drooling",
"gushing",
"slavering",
"slobbering",
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"courting",
"wooing",
"adulating",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"flattering",
"overpraising",
"soft-soaping",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"abasing",
"debasing",
"demeaning",
"deferring",
"submitting",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despising",
"disdaining",
"scorning",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"jeering",
"scoffing",
"braving",
"challenging",
"defying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"approximating":{
"as in equal , identical":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approaching",
"close",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"fungible",
"identical",
"indistinguishable",
"interchangeable",
"selfsame",
"substitutable",
"akin",
"analogous",
"cognate",
"comparable",
"connate",
"correspondent",
"corresponding",
"ditto",
"like",
"matching",
"parallel",
"resemblant",
"resembling",
"similar",
"such",
"suchlike",
"formal",
"nominal",
"paper",
"titular",
"apparent",
"assumed",
"evident",
"ostensible",
"presumed",
"seeming",
"supposed",
"so-called",
"virtual"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actual",
"real",
"true"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
"examples":[
"Rob's violin performance last night didn't even approximate what he's really capable of when he's not feeling sick"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaching",
"comparing (with)",
"measuring up (to)",
"stacking up (against or with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adding up (to)",
"amounting (to)",
"coming (to)",
"duplicating",
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"mirroring",
"paralleling",
"reflecting",
"bordering (on)",
"touching (on)",
"verging (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"appears":{
"to come into view":{
"examples":[
"a police car appeared just as I ran a red light"
],
"synonyms":[
"comes out",
"materializes",
"shows",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"unfolds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reappears",
"resurfaces",
"bulks",
"looms",
"arrives",
"comes",
"dawns",
"debuts",
"arises",
"blossoms",
"bobs (up)",
"breaks",
"breaks out",
"crops (up)",
"emerges",
"erupts",
"issues",
"outcrops",
"rises",
"shoots (up)",
"springs (up)",
"surfaces",
"happens",
"occurs",
"reappears",
"rematerializes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departs",
"leaves",
"retires",
"withdraws"
],
"antonyms":[
"clears",
"disappears",
"dissolves",
"evanesces",
"evaporates",
"fades",
"goes (away)",
"melts (away)",
"vanishes"
]
},
"to give the impression of being":{
"examples":[
"it appears that he doesn't hear you"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"comes across (as)",
"comes off (as)",
"feels",
"looks",
"makes",
"seems",
"sounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissembles",
"pretends",
"recalls",
"resembles",
"suggests",
"hints",
"implies",
"insinuates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"the benefits of the exercise program should appear almost immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualizes",
"arises",
"begins",
"breaks",
"commences",
"dawns",
"engenders",
"forms",
"materializes",
"originates",
"sets in",
"springs",
"starts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breathes",
"exists",
"is",
"lives",
"subsists",
"arrives",
"comes on",
"emerges",
"coalesces",
"coheres",
"shapes (up)",
"continues",
"endures",
"lasts",
"persists",
"survives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concludes",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"finishes",
"halts",
"quits",
"terminates",
"disappears",
"dissolves",
"evaporates",
"vanishes",
"departs",
"dies",
"expires",
"passes away",
"perishes"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceases",
"ends",
"stops"
]
},
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"a friend who daily manages to appear at our door just as dinner is being served"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"gets in",
"gets through",
"lands",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetches",
"hits",
"makes",
"reaches",
"pulls in",
"touches down",
"debarks",
"disembarks",
"barges (in)",
"blows in",
"breezes (in)",
"bursts (in or into)",
"waltzes (in)",
"checks in",
"clocks (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checks out",
"clocks (out)",
"flees",
"vamooses"
],
"antonyms":[
"goes",
"leaves"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"applied":{
"capable of being put to use or account":{
"examples":[
"used some applied psychology to get the teenager to become more responsible"
],
"synonyms":[
"actionable",
"applicable",
"applicative",
"functional",
"practicable",
"practical",
"serviceable",
"ultrapractical",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"workable",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"down-to-earth",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"utilitarian",
"banausic",
"mundane",
"accessible",
"available",
"obtainable",
"reachable",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"handy",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstract",
"academic",
"academical",
"armchair",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"inaccessible",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable",
"unreachable",
"unsuitable"
],
"antonyms":[
"impracticable",
"impractical",
"inapplicable",
"nonpractical",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless"
]
},
"to have a relation or connection":{
"examples":[
"does your rule about calling home apply to me as well?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appertained",
"bore",
"pertained",
"referred",
"related"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affected",
"concerned",
"interested",
"involved",
"touched",
"associated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"interrelated",
"linked",
"tied in",
"dealt (with)",
"treated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"examples":[
"Sam applied himself to writing thank-you letters to everyone who'd helped sponsor him for the charity walk"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressed",
"bent",
"buckled",
"devoted",
"gave"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reapplied",
"knuckled down",
"settled (down)",
"set (to)",
"busied",
"committed",
"concerned",
"engaged",
"involved",
"exerted",
"exhausted",
"put out",
"spent",
"strained",
"stressed",
"taxed",
"troubled",
"wore out",
"carried on",
"pitched in",
"plunged (in)",
"ground",
"humped",
"hustled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged (away)",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled around",
"idled",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a layer of on a surface":{
"examples":[
"apply the ointment liberally"
],
"synonyms":[
"laid",
"laid on",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anointed",
"bedaubed",
"besmeared",
"dabbed",
"daubed",
"plastered",
"slathered",
"smeared",
"blanketed",
"carpeted",
"coated",
"covered",
"layered",
"mantled",
"overlaid",
"overlay",
"overspread",
"sheeted",
"surfaced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"exposed",
"peeled",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into action or service":{
"examples":[
"apply the laws of motion to this physics problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"employed",
"exercised",
"exploited",
"harnessed",
"operated",
"used",
"utilized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handled",
"manipulated",
"wielded",
"directed",
"ran",
"run",
"worked",
"wrought",
"cannibalized",
"recycled",
"reused"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignored",
"neglected",
"misapplied",
"misused"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"examples":[
"apply pressure to the area to stop the bleeding"
],
"synonyms":[
"exercised",
"exerted",
"plied",
"put out",
"wielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employed",
"used",
"utilized",
"abused",
"misapplied",
"misused"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry out effectively":{
"examples":[
"a police officer applying the law"
],
"synonyms":[
"administered",
"enforced",
"executed",
"implemented"
],
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"neglected"
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"verb"
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"fancywork",
"enhancement",
"enrichment",
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"fal-lal",
"flounce",
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"ruffle",
"design",
"figure",
"pattern",
"apparel",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonry",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichi",
"emblazonry",
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"finery",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"frosting",
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"ornamentation",
"setoff",
"trim"
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"blemish",
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"disfigurement",
"scar",
"blot",
"spot",
"stain"
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"as in paint , gild":{
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"gild",
"paint",
"braid",
"embroider",
"feather",
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"fillet",
"flounce",
"frill",
"fringe",
"furbelow",
"garland",
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"lace",
"ribbon",
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"wreathe",
"diamond",
"gem",
"impearl",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"boss",
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"redo",
"brighten",
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"smarten",
"spruce (up)",
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"bedeck",
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"fancy up",
"festoon",
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"pretty (up)",
"trim"
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"blemish",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
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"spoil",
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"streamline",
"bare",
"denude",
"dismantle",
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"expose",
"reveal",
"strip",
"uncover",
"uglify"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{
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"conditions inside the house overrun with cats simply appalled animal control officers"
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"floor",
"jolt",
"shake up",
"shock"
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"astonish",
"bowl over",
"dumbfound",
"dumfound",
"flabbergast",
"freak (out)",
"stun",
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"affright",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"dismay",
"fright",
"frighten",
"horrify",
"panic",
"scare",
"scarify",
"spook",
"startle",
"terrify",
"terrorize",
"disgust",
"nauseate",
"repel",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off",
"displease",
"offend",
"outrage",
"scandalize",
"amaze",
"astound",
"awe",
"chill",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"dispirit",
"emasculate",
"undo",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"unstring",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disconcert",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"shake",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"weird out",
"crush",
"overpower",
"overwhelm"
],
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"buffer",
"cushion",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"rejoice",
"tickle",
"charm",
"entice",
"tempt",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"solace",
"soothe",
"reassure"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"as in notification , notifying":{
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"informing",
"notification",
"notifying",
"tip-off",
"auguring",
"augury",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prediction",
"premonition",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophecy",
"prophesy",
"prophesying",
"advice",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"recommendation",
"suggestion",
"tip",
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"alert",
"caution",
"forewarning",
"heads-up",
"notice",
"warning",
"announcement",
"declaration"
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},
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"let me apprise you of the current situation"
],
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"acquainting",
"advising",
"briefing",
"catching up",
"clearing",
"clueing (in)",
"cluing (in)",
"enlightening",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"hipping",
"informing",
"instructing",
"telling",
"versing",
"wising (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertising",
"alerting",
"notifying",
"announcing (to)",
"disclosing (to)",
"assuring",
"certifying",
"convincing",
"reassuring",
"warranting",
"educating",
"lecturing",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"tutoring",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning",
"undeceiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinforming",
"misleading"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"applicant":{
"one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award":{
"examples":[
"have numerous applicants for the job"
],
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"applier",
"aspirant",
"campaigner",
"candidate",
"contender",
"expectant",
"hopeful",
"prospect",
"seeker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"competitor",
"contestant",
"entrant",
"entry",
"favorite",
"qualifier",
"dark horse",
"spoiler",
"stalking horse",
"crown prince",
"favorite son",
"claimant",
"pretender",
"nominee",
"running mate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incumbent",
"officeholder",
"awardee",
"honoree",
"inductee",
"dropout"
],
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"noncandidate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appliqu\u00e9ing":{
"as in painting , gilding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gilding",
"painting",
"braiding",
"embroidering",
"feathering",
"figuring",
"filigreeing",
"filleting",
"flouncing",
"frilling",
"fringing",
"furbelowing",
"garlanding",
"hanging",
"lacing",
"ribboning",
"swagging",
"wreathing",
"diamonding",
"gemming",
"impearling",
"jeweling",
"jewelling",
"pearling",
"bossing",
"chasing",
"redecorating",
"redoing",
"brightening",
"freshening",
"smartening",
"sprucing (up)",
"accessorizing",
"dressing up",
"trapping",
"tricking (out)",
"adorning",
"arraying",
"beautifying",
"bedecking",
"bedizening",
"blazoning",
"caparisoning",
"decking",
"decorating",
"doing",
"doing up",
"dolling up",
"draping",
"dressing",
"embellishing",
"emblazing",
"embossing",
"enriching",
"fancifying",
"fancying up",
"festooning",
"garnishing",
"glitzing (up)",
"gracing",
"gussying up",
"ornamenting",
"prettying (up)",
"trimming"
],
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"blemishing",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"marring",
"scarring",
"spoiling",
"simplifying",
"streamlining",
"baring",
"denuding",
"dismantling",
"displaying",
"divesting",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"stripping",
"uncovering",
"uglifying"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"a very loyal member of an organization (such as a company or political party) who always obeys orders":{
"examples":[
"party apparatchiks"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"camp followers",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"hangers-on",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"lickspittles",
"minions",
"myrmidons",
"satellites",
"stooges",
"sycophants",
"toadies",
"yes-men",
"acolytes",
"adherents",
"converts",
"disciples",
"epigones",
"followers",
"liege men",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"pupils",
"votaries",
"votarists",
"apostles",
"missionaries",
"proselytizers",
"soldiers",
"faithfuls",
"loyalists",
"advocates",
"backers",
"champions",
"supporters",
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9s",
"scholars",
"students",
"ideologists",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"sectarians",
"admirers",
"cultists",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"worshippers",
"worshipers",
"zealots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apostates",
"defectors",
"renegades",
"traitors",
"turncoats",
"coryphaei",
"leaders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appanage":{
"something granted as a special favor":{
"examples":[
"use of the grounds was just one appanage he bestowed upon the caretakers of his estate"
],
"synonyms":[
"boon",
"concession",
"honor",
"privilege"
],
"near synonyms":[
"courtesy",
"claim",
"entitlement",
"right",
"birthright",
"perquisite",
"prerogative",
"charter",
"grant",
"patent",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"waiver"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burden",
"duty",
"obligation",
"responsibility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something to which one has a just claim":{
"examples":[
"wealthy people who believe that political power is their natural appanage"
],
"synonyms":[
"birthright",
"prerogative",
"right"
],
"near synonyms":[
"call",
"dibs",
"due",
"entitlement",
"perquisite",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"privilege"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appraising":{
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
"examples":[
"take a moment to appraise the current situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessing",
"estimating",
"evaluating",
"guesstimating",
"rating",
"setting",
"valuating",
"valuing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudging",
"deeming",
"judging",
"ascertaining",
"determining",
"discovering",
"learning",
"pricing",
"prizing",
"deciding",
"settling",
"analyzing",
"assaying",
"surveying",
"testing",
"reappraising",
"reassessing",
"reevaluating",
"re-evaluating",
"rejudging",
"revaluing",
"transvaluating",
"transvaluing",
"misesteeming",
"misjudging",
"misprizing",
"underestimating",
"undervaluing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apparelling":{
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"a designer who regularly apparels several of the presenters at the Oscar ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"arraying",
"attiring",
"bedecking",
"caparisoning",
"clothing",
"costuming",
"decking (out)",
"doing up",
"dressing",
"dressing up",
"enrobing",
"garbing",
"garmenting",
"getting up",
"gowning",
"habiting",
"investing",
"rigging (out)",
"robing",
"suiting",
"togging (up or out)",
"toileting",
"vesturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaking",
"frocking",
"jacketing",
"mantling",
"vesting",
"draping",
"enswathing",
"happing",
"huddling",
"swaddling",
"swathing",
"wrapping",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"bedighting",
"equipping",
"furnishing",
"habilitating",
"outfitting",
"tailoring",
"uniforming",
"dressing down",
"underdressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuding",
"divesting",
"uncovering",
"undraping",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarraying",
"disrobing",
"stripping",
"unclothing",
"undressing",
"untrussing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apply (oneself)":{
"as in pitch in , dig in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckle (down)",
"dig in",
"hammer (away)",
"knuckle down",
"pitch in",
"bang away",
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work",
"attack",
"drive",
"essay",
"try",
"exercise",
"exert",
"overexert",
"overwork",
"eke out",
"grind (out)",
"put out",
"scrabble",
"scratch",
"trudge",
"wade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break",
"ease (up)",
"let up",
"slacken",
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dillydally",
"footle",
"goldbrick",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"lounge",
"shirk",
"slack (off)",
"veg out",
"bask",
"loll",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"unwind",
"dabble",
"doodle",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang",
"hang about",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"applauded":{
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"I applaud your decision to take that advanced course"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"accredited",
"cheered",
"cracked up",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravoed",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"rose (to)",
"ballyhooed",
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"favored",
"recommended",
"rooted (for)",
"supported",
"celebrated",
"emblazoned",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"magnified",
"sang",
"sung",
"adulated",
"belauded",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"deified",
"idolized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittled",
"discommended",
"disparaged",
"put down",
"blamed",
"censured",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"criticized",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"castigated",
"excoriated",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"skewered",
"slagged",
"vilified"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocked",
"panned",
"slammed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appertained":{
"to be the property of a person or group of persons":{
"examples":[
"the doctrine that the swath of land between the Atlantic and the Pacific naturally appertained to the United States"
],
"synonyms":[
"belonged",
"pertained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"had",
"held",
"owned",
"possessed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a relation or connection":{
"examples":[
"list some of the things appertaining to public health"
],
"synonyms":[
"applied",
"bore",
"pertained",
"referred",
"related"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affected",
"concerned",
"interested",
"involved",
"touched",
"associated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"interrelated",
"linked",
"tied in",
"dealt (with)",
"treated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appointees":{
"one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty":{
"examples":[
"the announcement of the presidential appointees to the cabinet"
],
"synonyms":[
"designees",
"nominees",
"selectees"
],
"near synonyms":[
"candidates",
"assignees",
"licensees",
"licentiates",
"permittees",
"inductees",
"agents",
"delegatees",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"choices",
"draftees",
"endorsees",
"picks",
"selections"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appanages":{
"something granted as a special favor":{
"examples":[
"use of the grounds was just one appanage he bestowed upon the caretakers of his estate"
],
"synonyms":[
"boons",
"concessions",
"honors",
"privileges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"courtesies",
"claims",
"entitlements",
"rights",
"birthrights",
"perquisites",
"prerogatives",
"charters",
"grants",
"patents",
"exemptions",
"immunities",
"waivers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burdens",
"duties",
"obligations",
"responsibilities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something to which one has a just claim":{
"examples":[
"wealthy people who believe that political power is their natural appanage"
],
"synonyms":[
"birthrights",
"prerogatives",
"rights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calls",
"dibs",
"dues",
"entitlements",
"perquisites",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"pretensions",
"privileges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appreciativeness":{
"acknowledgment of having received something good from another":{
"examples":[
"a note expressing their appreciativeness of all that we had done for them"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciation",
"gratefulness",
"gratitude",
"thankfulness",
"thanks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thanksgiving",
"gratification",
"indebtedness",
"satisfaction",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"recognition",
"tribute"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"ingratitude",
"thanklessness",
"unappreciation",
"ungratefulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appareling":{
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"a designer who regularly apparels several of the presenters at the Oscar ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"arraying",
"attiring",
"bedecking",
"caparisoning",
"clothing",
"costuming",
"decking (out)",
"doing up",
"dressing",
"dressing up",
"enrobing",
"garbing",
"garmenting",
"getting up",
"gowning",
"habiting",
"investing",
"rigging (out)",
"robing",
"suiting",
"togging (up or out)",
"toileting",
"vesturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaking",
"frocking",
"jacketing",
"mantling",
"vesting",
"draping",
"enswathing",
"happing",
"huddling",
"swaddling",
"swathing",
"wrapping",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"bedighting",
"equipping",
"furnishing",
"habilitating",
"outfitting",
"tailoring",
"uniforming",
"dressing down",
"underdressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuding",
"divesting",
"uncovering",
"undraping",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarraying",
"disrobing",
"stripping",
"unclothing",
"undressing",
"untrussing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appreciably":{
"as in largely , mostly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"about",
"all but",
"almost",
"borderline",
"fair",
"fairly",
"feckly",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"near",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"somewhere",
"virtually",
"well-nigh",
"kind of",
"partially",
"partly",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"plain",
"plumb",
"quite",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in noticeably , markedly":{
"examples":[],
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"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"palpably",
"visibly",
"clearly",
"distinctly",
"evidently",
"manifestly",
"obviously",
"patently",
"plainly",
"self-evidently",
"apparently",
"ostensibly",
"ostensively",
"presumably",
"putatively",
"seemingly",
"supposedly",
"externally",
"outwardly",
"believably",
"credibly",
"assuredly",
"positively",
"surely"
],
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"furtively",
"privately",
"secretively",
"secretly"
],
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"applies (for)":{
"as in begs (for) , wishes (for)":{
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"begs (for)",
"claims",
"clamors (for)",
"importunes",
"urges",
"wishes (for)",
"asks (for)",
"bespeaks",
"calls (for)",
"desires",
"pleads (for)",
"quests",
"requests",
"seeks",
"solicits",
"speaks (for)",
"sues (for)",
"demands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"insists (on)",
"petitions (for)",
"presses (for)",
"requires",
"requisitions",
"invites",
"invokes"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appallingly":{
"as in terribly , shockingly":{
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"abominably",
"awfully",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"shockingly",
"sickeningly",
"terribly",
"vilely",
"alarmingly",
"disturbingly",
"perturbingly",
"traumatically",
"unsettlingly",
"badly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"unpleasantly",
"annoyingly",
"disgustingly",
"distressingly",
"irritatingly",
"vexingly",
"alack",
"alas",
"ay",
"wirra",
"woe",
"unhappily",
"unluckily",
"lamentably",
"regrettably",
"sadly",
"tragically",
"unfortunately"
],
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"blessedly",
"fortunately",
"happily",
"luckily",
"thankfully",
"advantageously",
"helpfully",
"excellently",
"superbly",
"marvelously",
"sensationally",
"wonderfully",
"agreeably",
"charmingly",
"delectably",
"deliciously",
"delightfully",
"dreamily",
"enchantingly",
"enjoyably",
"favorably",
"felicitously",
"fetchingly",
"gloriously",
"gratifyingly",
"great",
"nicely",
"palatably",
"pleasantly",
"pleasingly",
"pleasurably",
"prettily",
"satisfyingly",
"splendidly",
"sweetly",
"swimmingly",
"welcomely",
"well",
"winningly",
"finely",
"grandly",
"magnificently"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"appropriate":{
"meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation":{
"examples":[
"I don't think jeans and a T-shirt are appropriate attire for a wedding"
],
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"applicable",
"apt",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitted",
"fitting",
"good",
"happy",
"meet",
"pretty",
"proper",
"right",
"suitable"
],
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"condign",
"deserved",
"just",
"justified",
"needed",
"required",
"requisite",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"cut out",
"qualified",
"trained",
"pitch-perfect",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"decent",
"kosher",
"satisfactory",
"serviceable",
"tolerable",
"correct",
"decorous",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"balanced",
"companionate",
"congruous",
"consonant",
"harmonious",
"rightful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unqualified",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"untrained",
"inadequate",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"graceless",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"incompatible",
"uncongenial"
],
"antonyms":[
"improper",
"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"indecent",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"misbecoming",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unbeseeming",
"unfit",
"unfitting",
"unhappy",
"unmeet",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"wrong"
]
},
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
"examples":[
"archaeologists wrongfully appropriated artifacts excavated at ancient sites for their museums"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogate",
"commandeer",
"convert",
"expropriate",
"pirate",
"preempt",
"press",
"seize",
"take over",
"usurp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annex",
"attach",
"claim",
"confiscate",
"impound",
"repossess",
"sequester",
"assume",
"collar",
"grab",
"grasp",
"snatch",
"steal",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"despoil",
"loot",
"pillage",
"encroach",
"infringe",
"invade",
"occupy",
"preoccupy",
"trespass",
"embezzle",
"misapply",
"misappropriate",
"misuse",
"peculate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"you can't just appropriate somebody's term paper and put your name on it!"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"filch",
"heist",
"hook",
"lift",
"misappropriate",
"nick",
"nip",
"pilfer",
"pinch",
"pocket",
"purloin",
"rip off",
"snitch",
"steal",
"swipe",
"thieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarize",
"knock over",
"rob",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"sack",
"carjack",
"hijack",
"highjack",
"pick",
"rifle",
"poach",
"rustle",
"shoplift",
"collar",
"grab",
"grasp",
"nail",
"seize",
"snatch",
"take",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"shanghai",
"spirit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buy",
"purchase",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"hand over",
"present"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"applauds":{
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"I applaud your decision to take that advanced course"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"accredits",
"cheers",
"cracks up",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravoes",
"claps",
"rises (to)",
"ballyhoos",
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"roots (for)",
"supports",
"celebrates",
"emblazons",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"magnifies",
"sings",
"adulates",
"belauds",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"deifies",
"idolizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittles",
"discommends",
"disparages",
"puts down",
"blames",
"censures",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"criticizes",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"castigates",
"excoriates",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"skewers",
"slags",
"vilifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocks",
"pans",
"slams"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appliances":{
"an interesting and often novel device with a practical use":{
"examples":[
"since the invention of the cork, all manner of appliances have been invented for the extraction of these sometimes troublesome stoppers"
],
"synonyms":[
"contraptions",
"contrivances",
"gadgets",
"gimmicks",
"gizmos",
"gismos",
"jiggers",
"widgets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"implements",
"instruments",
"tools",
"utensils",
"ingenuities",
"innovations",
"inventions",
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"adjuncts",
"mechanisms",
"tricks",
"dinguses",
"doodads",
"doohickeys",
"doohickies",
"hickeys",
"hootenannies",
"thingamabobs",
"thingamajigs",
"thingumajigs",
"thingummies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"an appliance that allows the machine to be used as a sander"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"adapters",
"adaptors",
"add-ons",
"adjuncts",
"appendages",
"attachments",
"options"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniments",
"additives",
"complements",
"supplements",
"auxiliaries",
"subsidiaries",
"amenities",
"doodads",
"embroideries",
"extras",
"fillers",
"frills",
"incidentals",
"luxuries",
"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipments",
"furnishings",
"habiliments",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornments",
"decorations",
"embellishments",
"enhancements",
"garnishes",
"ornaments",
"trimmings",
"trims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essentials",
"necessities",
"requirements",
"requisites"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apparent":{
"appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed":{
"examples":[
"at the start of the investigation, the apparent cause of the plane crash was mechanical failure"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumed",
"evident",
"ostensible",
"ostensive",
"presumed",
"prima facie",
"putative",
"reputed",
"seeming",
"supposed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrable",
"external",
"outward",
"superficial",
"visible",
"conceivable",
"plausible",
"possible",
"supposable",
"likely",
"probable",
"clear",
"distinct",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"plain",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"illusive",
"illusory",
"imaginary",
"misleading",
"specious",
"fake",
"faked",
"feigned",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretended",
"pseudo",
"put-on",
"alleged",
"claimed",
"professed",
"purported",
"so-called"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hidden",
"inapparent",
"implausible",
"impossible",
"improbable",
"inconceivable",
"unlikely",
"actual",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"established",
"genuine",
"real",
"substantiated",
"sure",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"capable of being seen":{
"examples":[
"as the fog lifts, the town in the valley below us will become more apparent"
],
"synonyms":[
"observable",
"seeable",
"visible",
"visual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"viewable",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"perceptible",
"clear",
"conspicuous",
"evident",
"eye-catching",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"overt",
"patent",
"perceivable",
"plain",
"prominent",
"striking",
"exposed",
"external",
"outer",
"outward",
"superficial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"melted",
"vanished",
"vaporized",
"imperceptible",
"indiscernible",
"indistinct",
"unnoticeable",
"unobservable",
"faint",
"inconspicuous",
"insignificant",
"slight",
"unobtrusive",
"vague",
"buried",
"concealed",
"covert",
"disguised",
"hidden",
"latent",
"obscure",
"shrouded"
],
"antonyms":[
"invisible",
"sightless",
"viewless"
]
},
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
"examples":[
"it's apparent from the smile on her face that she got a part in the play"
],
"synonyms":[
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"approbates":{
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"Congress must approbate the President's nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredits",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"confirms",
"finalizes",
"formalizes",
"homologates",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"sanctions",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepts",
"acknowledges",
"affirms",
"certifies",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"validates",
"blesses",
"canonizes",
"sanctifies",
"initials",
"rubber-stamps",
"signs",
"signs off (on)",
"allows",
"enables",
"legalizes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"passes",
"permits",
"reapproves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"illegalizes",
"interdicts",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"rebuffs",
"rebuts",
"refuses",
"spurns"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"vetoes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appetence":{
"as in passion , zeal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appetency",
"fervency",
"passion",
"warmth",
"zeal",
"ambition",
"gusto",
"zest",
"amenability",
"readiness",
"willingness",
"alacrity",
"quickness",
"appetite",
"ardor",
"avidity",
"avidness",
"desirousness",
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"excitement",
"hunger",
"impatience",
"keenness",
"lust",
"thirst"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathy",
"indifference",
"casualness",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern",
"aloofness",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"languidness",
"languor",
"halfheartedness",
"lukewarmness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appellant":{
"as in petitioner , pleader":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"petitioner",
"pleader",
"litigant",
"party",
"suitor",
"accuser",
"complainant",
"plaintiff",
"suer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defendant",
"accused"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"applying (for)":{
"as in begging (for) , wishing (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"begging (for)",
"claiming",
"clamoring (for)",
"importuning",
"urging",
"wishing (for)",
"asking (for)",
"bespeaking",
"calling (for)",
"desiring",
"pleading (for)",
"questing",
"requesting",
"seeking",
"soliciting",
"speaking (for)",
"suing (for)",
"demanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting (on)",
"petitioning (for)",
"pressing (for)",
"requiring",
"requisitioning",
"inviting",
"invoking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appeals (to)":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"when supplies at the food bank ran desperately low, officials appealed to the public for some much-needed replacements"
],
"synonyms":[
"begs",
"beseeches",
"besieges",
"conjures",
"entreats",
"impetrates",
"implores",
"importunes",
"petitions",
"pleads (to)",
"prays",
"solicits",
"supplicates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludges",
"cadges",
"mooches",
"sponges",
"asks",
"desires",
"invokes",
"requests",
"sues",
"claims",
"coerces",
"commands",
"compels",
"demands",
"forces",
"insists",
"requires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hints",
"implies",
"intimates",
"suggests",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"gratifies",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appraisements":{
"an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something":{
"examples":[
"offered us her appraisement of the band's latest album"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraisals",
"assessments",
"estimates",
"estimations",
"evaluations",
"fixes",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"value judgments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aper\u00e7us",
"feelings",
"impressions",
"notions",
"perceptions",
"confidences",
"faiths",
"stocks",
"trusts",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"minds",
"persuasions",
"sentiments",
"views",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"hunches",
"hypotheses",
"surmises",
"theories"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something":{
"examples":[
"was too harsh in his appraisement of us"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraisals",
"assessments",
"estimates",
"estimations",
"evaluations",
"reckonings",
"valuations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculations",
"computations",
"measurements",
"mensurations",
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"examinations",
"inspections",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinies",
"surveys",
"reassessments",
"transvaluations",
"overestimations",
"overevaluations",
"underestimations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"applying":{
"to have a relation or connection":{
"examples":[
"does your rule about calling home apply to me as well?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appertaining",
"bearing",
"pertaining",
"referring",
"relating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affecting",
"concerning",
"interesting",
"involving",
"touching",
"associating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"interrelating",
"linking",
"tying in",
"tieing in",
"dealing (with)",
"treating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"examples":[
"Sam applied himself to writing thank-you letters to everyone who'd helped sponsor him for the charity walk"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"bending",
"buckling",
"devoting",
"giving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readdressing",
"reapplying",
"knuckling down",
"setting (to)",
"settling (down)",
"busying",
"committing",
"concerning",
"engaging",
"involving",
"exerting",
"exhausting",
"putting out",
"spending",
"straining",
"stressing",
"taxing",
"troubling",
"wearing out",
"carrying on",
"pitching in",
"plunging (in)",
"grinding",
"humping",
"hustling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging (away)",
"working"
],
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"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"idling",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
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"apply the ointment liberally"
],
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"laying on",
"spreading"
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"anointing",
"bedaubing",
"besmearing",
"dabbing",
"daubing",
"plastering",
"slathering",
"smearing",
"blanketing",
"carpeting",
"coating",
"covering",
"layering",
"mantling",
"overlaying",
"overlying",
"overspreading",
"sheeting",
"surfacing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"exposing",
"peeling",
"stripping",
"uncovering"
],
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},
"to put into action or service":{
"examples":[
"apply the laws of motion to this physics problem"
],
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"exercising",
"exploiting",
"harnessing",
"operating",
"using",
"utilizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handling",
"manipulating",
"wielding",
"directing",
"running",
"working",
"cannibalizing",
"recycling",
"reusing"
],
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"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"examples":[
"apply pressure to the area to stop the bleeding"
],
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"exerting",
"plying",
"putting out",
"wielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"abusing",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry out effectively":{
"examples":[
"a police officer applying the law"
],
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"administering",
"enforcing",
"executing",
"implementing"
],
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"bringing about",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"discharging",
"fulfilling",
"rendering",
"citing",
"invoking",
"enacting",
"legislating",
"honoring",
"observing",
"upholding",
"prosecuting",
"promulgating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"we don't approve of people who stand in the \"12 items or less\" lane with 13 items"
],
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"accepts",
"cares (for)",
"countenances",
"favors",
"OKs",
"okays",
"subscribes (to)"
],
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"acclaims",
"applauds",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"backs (up)",
"concurs (in)",
"stands by",
"supports",
"sustains",
"upholds",
"bears",
"endures",
"tolerates",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"commends",
"recommends",
"enjoys",
"likes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklists",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"dislikes",
"minds",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"dissents (from)",
"objects (to)",
"opposes"
],
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"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"frowns (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"applicants":{
"one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award":{
"examples":[
"have numerous applicants for the job"
],
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"appliers",
"aspirants",
"campaigners",
"candidates",
"contenders",
"expectants",
"hopefuls",
"prospects",
"seekers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"competitors",
"contestants",
"entrants",
"entries",
"favorites",
"qualifiers",
"dark horses",
"spoilers",
"stalking horses",
"crown princes",
"favorite sons",
"claimants",
"pretenders",
"nominees",
"running mates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incumbents",
"officeholders",
"awardees",
"honorees",
"inductees",
"dropouts"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncandidates"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appeaser":{
"as in pacifier , pacificator":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pacificator",
"pacifier",
"reconciler",
"bargainer",
"negotiant",
"negotiator",
"agent",
"attorney",
"deputy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"moderator",
"liaison",
"medium",
"troubleshooter",
"ambassador",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"legate",
"messenger",
"broker",
"buffer",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"honest broker",
"interceder",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"interposer",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker",
"delegate",
"representative",
"busybody",
"interferer",
"meddler"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apprehensible":{
"able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind":{
"examples":[
"some of the moon's more interesting features are apprehensible even to someone with a more modestly powered telescope"
],
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"appreciable",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"distinguishable",
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"sensible"
],
"near synonyms":[
"audible",
"observable",
"tangible",
"visible",
"clear",
"conspicuous",
"evident",
"eye-catching",
"manifest",
"noticeable",
"obvious",
"plain",
"ponderable",
"prominent",
"striking",
"apparent",
"distinct",
"identifiable",
"significant",
"straightforward"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaudible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"inconspicuous",
"indistinct",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"faint",
"insignificant",
"slight",
"trivial",
"buried",
"concealed",
"covert",
"disguised",
"hidden",
"obscure",
"shrouded",
"vague"
],
"antonyms":[
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indistinguishable",
"insensible",
"undetectable"
]
},
"capable of being understood":{
"examples":[
"a teacher who favored preachy stories that had an easily apprehensible moral"
],
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"accessible",
"coherent",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"legible",
"scrutable",
"understandable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decipherable",
"plain",
"simple",
"straightforward",
"articulate",
"fluent",
"well-spoken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inarticulate",
"cryptic",
"esoteric",
"mysterious",
"obscure"
],
"antonyms":[
"incoherent",
"incomprehensible",
"inscrutable",
"insensible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"apportionments":{
"the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group":{
"examples":[
"the apportionment of the estate will happen this Friday"
],
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"admeasurements",
"allocations",
"allotments",
"disbursements",
"dispensations",
"distributions",
"divisions",
"issuances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reallocations",
"reapportionments",
"redistributions",
"redivisions",
"repartitions",
"partitions",
"separations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appertaining":{
"to be the property of a person or group of persons":{
"examples":[
"the doctrine that the swath of land between the Atlantic and the Pacific naturally appertained to the United States"
],
"synonyms":[
"belonging",
"pertaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a relation or connection":{
"examples":[
"list some of the things appertaining to public health"
],
"synonyms":[
"applying",
"bearing",
"pertaining",
"referring",
"relating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affecting",
"concerning",
"interesting",
"involving",
"touching",
"associating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"interrelating",
"linking",
"tying in",
"tieing in",
"dealing (with)",
"treating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appliqu\u00e9d":{
"as in painted , gilded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"bossed",
"chased",
"redecorated",
"redid",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apparatus":{
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"the hospital's operating rooms boast the very latest medical apparatus"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"equipment",
"gear",
"hardware",
"kit",
"material(s)",
"mat\u00e9riel",
"materiel",
"outfit",
"paraphernalia",
"stuff",
"tackle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessories",
"appurtenances",
"attachments",
"fittings",
"baggage",
"belongings",
"impedimenta",
"appliances",
"facilities",
"instruments",
"machinery",
"tools",
"apparel",
"attire",
"habiliments",
"raiment",
"trappings",
"armamentarium",
"armory",
"arsenal",
"battery",
"assets",
"resources"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apprised":{
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"let me apprise you of the current situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquainted",
"advised",
"briefed",
"caught up",
"cleared",
"clued (in)",
"enlightened",
"familiarized",
"filled in",
"hipped",
"informed",
"instructed",
"told",
"versed",
"wised (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertised",
"alerted",
"notified",
"announced (to)",
"disclosed (to)",
"assured",
"certified",
"convinced",
"reassured",
"warranted",
"educated",
"lectured",
"schooled",
"taught",
"tutored",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned",
"undeceived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinformed",
"misled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apprehensive":{
"having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind":{
"examples":[
"I'm fully apprehensive of the options, I assure you"
],
"synonyms":[
"alive",
"aware",
"cognizant",
"conscious",
"mindful",
"sensible",
"sentient",
"ware",
"witting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alert",
"attentive",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"observant",
"open-eyed",
"regardful",
"safe",
"vigilant",
"wary",
"watchful",
"wide-awake",
"hyperaware",
"hyperconscious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careless",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"incautious",
"mindless",
"unguarded",
"unheeding",
"unwary"
],
"antonyms":[
"insensible",
"oblivious",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unmindful",
"unwitting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"appear":{
"to come into view":{
"examples":[
"a police car appeared just as I ran a red light"
],
"synonyms":[
"come out",
"materialize",
"show",
"show up",
"turn up",
"unfold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reappear",
"resurface",
"bulk",
"loom",
"arrive",
"come",
"dawn",
"debut",
"arise",
"blossom",
"bob (up)",
"break",
"break out",
"crop (up)",
"emerge",
"erupt",
"issue",
"outcrop",
"rise",
"shoot (up)",
"spring (up)",
"surface",
"happen",
"occur",
"reappear",
"rematerialize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depart",
"leave",
"retire",
"withdraw"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"go (away)",
"melt (away)",
"vanish"
]
},
"to give the impression of being":{
"examples":[
"it appears that he doesn't hear you"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"come across (as)",
"come off (as)",
"feel",
"look",
"make",
"seem",
"sound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissemble",
"pretend",
"recall",
"resemble",
"suggest",
"hint",
"imply",
"insinuate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"the benefits of the exercise program should appear almost immediately"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualize",
"arise",
"begin",
"break",
"commence",
"dawn",
"engender",
"form",
"materialize",
"originate",
"set in",
"spring",
"start"
],
"near synonyms":[
"be",
"breathe",
"exist",
"live",
"subsist",
"arrive",
"come on",
"emerge",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"shape (up)",
"continue",
"endure",
"last",
"persist",
"survive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conclude",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"finish",
"halt",
"quit",
"terminate",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evaporate",
"vanish",
"depart",
"die",
"expire",
"pass away",
"perish"
],
"antonyms":[
"cease",
"end",
"stop"
]
},
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"a friend who daily manages to appear at our door just as dinner is being served"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"get in",
"get through",
"land",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetch",
"hit",
"make",
"reach",
"pull in",
"touch down",
"debark",
"disembark",
"barge (in)",
"blow in",
"breeze (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"waltz (in)",
"check in",
"clock (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"check out",
"clock (out)",
"flee",
"vamoose"
],
"antonyms":[
"go",
"leave"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appraises":{
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
"examples":[
"take a moment to appraise the current situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"assesses",
"estimates",
"evaluates",
"guesstimates",
"rates",
"sets",
"valuates",
"values"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudges",
"deems",
"judges",
"ascertains",
"determines",
"discovers",
"learns",
"prices",
"prizes",
"decides",
"settles",
"analyzes",
"assays",
"surveys",
"tests",
"reappraises",
"reassesses",
"reevaluates",
"rejudges",
"revalues",
"transvaluates",
"transvalues",
"misesteems",
"misjudges",
"misprizes",
"underestimates",
"undervalues"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appalls":{
"to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{
"examples":[
"conditions inside the house overrun with cats simply appalled animal control officers"
],
"synonyms":[
"floors",
"jolts",
"shakes up",
"shocks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astonishes",
"bowls over",
"dumbfounds",
"dumfounds",
"flabbergasts",
"freaks (out)",
"stuns",
"stupefies",
"affrights",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"dismays",
"frightens",
"frights",
"horrifies",
"panics",
"scares",
"scarifies",
"spooks",
"startles",
"terrifies",
"terrorizes",
"disgusts",
"nauseates",
"repels",
"revolts",
"sickens",
"turns off",
"displeases",
"offends",
"outrages",
"scandalizes",
"amazes",
"astounds",
"awes",
"chills",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"dispirits",
"emasculates",
"undoes",
"unmans",
"unnerves",
"unstrings",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disconcerts",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"shakes",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"weirds out",
"crushes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffers",
"cushions",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"rejoices",
"tickles",
"charms",
"entices",
"tempts",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"reassures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apprehensiveness":{
"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
"examples":[
"her apprehensiveness about starting college is keeping her awake at night"
],
"synonyms":[
"agita",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"care",
"concern",
"concernment",
"disquiet",
"disquietude",
"fear",
"nervosity",
"nervousness",
"perturbation",
"solicitude",
"sweat",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"worry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"strain",
"stress",
"tension",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anguish",
"consternation",
"desperateness",
"desperation",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"distraction",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"edginess",
"franticness",
"hand-wringing",
"jitters",
"jumpiness",
"panic",
"tremor",
"angst",
"fearfulness",
"torment",
"upset",
"vexation",
"cold feet",
"doubt",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"incertitude",
"misgiving",
"presentiment",
"suspense",
"uncertainty",
"compunction",
"qualm",
"scruple"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"content",
"contentment",
"ease",
"easiness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"placidness",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"relief",
"solace"
],
"antonyms":[
"unconcern"
]
},
"suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortune":{
"examples":[
"my apprehensiveness about raw fish disagreeing with me is keeping me from even trying sushi"
],
"synonyms":[
"alarm",
"alarum",
"apprehension",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"misgiving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"concern",
"disquiet",
"disquietude",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"fearfulness",
"funk",
"perturbation",
"solicitude",
"suspense",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"scruple",
"worry",
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"mistrust",
"suspiciousness",
"uncertainty",
"wariness",
"defeatism",
"pessimism",
"foreknowledge",
"premonition",
"presage",
"presentiment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anticipation",
"excitement",
"hope",
"hopefulness",
"confidence",
"optimism",
"sanguinity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apparatuses":{
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"the hospital's operating rooms boast the very latest medical apparatus"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"equipment",
"gear",
"hardware",
"kit",
"material(s)",
"mat\u00e9riel",
"materiel",
"outfit",
"paraphernalia",
"stuff",
"tackle"
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"appurtenances",
"attachments",
"fittings",
"baggage",
"belongings",
"impedimenta",
"appliances",
"facilities",
"instruments",
"machinery",
"tools",
"apparel",
"attire",
"habiliments",
"raiment",
"trappings",
"armamentarium",
"armory",
"arsenal",
"battery",
"assets",
"resources"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
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"a game often appeases an upset toddler"
],
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"conciliates",
"disarms",
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"placates",
"propitiates"
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"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"hushes",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes",
"endears (to)",
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"delights",
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"pleases",
"adulates",
"blarneys",
"flatters",
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"soft-soaps",
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"satiates",
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"humors",
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"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles",
"babies",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"dulcifies",
"sweetens"
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"annoys",
"antagonizes",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
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"crosses",
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"galls",
"gets",
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"irks",
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"nettles",
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"riles",
"roils",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"provokes",
"rouses",
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"harries",
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"pesters",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"unhinges",
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"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offends",
"slights"
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"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
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"ires",
"maddens",
"outrages"
]
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"verb"
]
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],
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"internships",
"practicums",
"trainings"
],
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"basic trainings",
"boot camps",
"cadetships",
"educations",
"groundings",
"instructions",
"schoolings",
"tutelages",
"candidacies",
"probations",
"trials"
],
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"tenures"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"appertain (to)",
"bear (on)",
"pertain (to)",
"refer (to)",
"relate (to)",
"affect",
"concern",
"involve",
"touch",
"embroil",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"implicate"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apprehensions":{
"the act of taking into one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"apprehension of the burglar set the neighborhood at ease"
],
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"arrestments",
"arrests",
"busts",
"collars",
"pinches"
],
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"raids",
"house arrests",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"seizures",
"captivities",
"confinements",
"detentions",
"enchainments",
"holds",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"restraints",
"rearrests",
"remands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"liberations",
"releases"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges"
]
},
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
"examples":[
"a good apprehension of how computer systems work"
],
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"appreciations",
"comprehensions",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"perceptions",
"percipiences",
"understandings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorptions",
"assimilations",
"digestions",
"uptakes",
"conceptions",
"visualizations",
"enlightenments",
"realizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehensions",
"miscomprehensions",
"misinterpretations",
"misperceptions",
"misunderstandings"
],
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"incomprehensions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
"examples":[
"a game often appeases an upset toddler"
],
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"assuage",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"gentle",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
],
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"calm",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"hush",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"endear (to)",
"ingratiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"adulate",
"blarney",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"soft-soap",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"satisfy",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge",
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"sweet-talk",
"wheedle",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"dulcify",
"sweeten"
],
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"annoy",
"antagonize",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"put out",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"harass",
"harry",
"persecute",
"pester",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fret",
"perturb",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"madden",
"outrage"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"approximative":{
"not precisely correct":{
"examples":[
"until we receive more information, the sales figures are only approximative"
],
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"approximate",
"ballpark",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"loose",
"squishy"
],
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"erroneous",
"false",
"incorrect",
"off",
"wrong",
"general",
"indefinable",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"indistinct",
"mushy",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"unsettled",
"vague",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"mistaken",
"specious",
"distorted",
"fallacious",
"misleading",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"uncertain",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"invalidated",
"unconfirmed",
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certain",
"incontestable",
"indubitable",
"positive",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"correct",
"errorless",
"factual",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"clear-cut",
"decisive",
"definable",
"defined",
"definite",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"irrefutable",
"absolute",
"unqualified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"determined",
"established",
"substantiated",
"supported",
"validated"
],
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"dead",
"dead-on",
"exact",
"precise",
"ultraprecise",
"veracious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"apparelled":{
"as in dressed , clothed":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attired",
"clad",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"suited",
"covered",
"veiled",
"arrayed",
"caparisoned",
"decked (out)",
"rigged (out)",
"tricked (out)",
"vested",
"decent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"au naturel",
"bare",
"bottomless",
"disrobed",
"mother-naked",
"naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"starkers",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"seminude",
"topless",
"denuded",
"peeled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"a designer who regularly apparels several of the presenters at the Oscar ceremonies"
],
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"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"caparisoned",
"clothed",
"clad",
"costumed",
"decked (out)",
"did up",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"invested",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"suited",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaked",
"frocked",
"jacketed",
"mantled",
"vested",
"draped",
"enswathed",
"happed",
"huddled",
"swaddled",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"bedighted",
"bedight",
"equipped",
"furnished",
"habilitated",
"outfitted",
"tailored",
"uniformed",
"dressed down",
"underdressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuded",
"divested",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarrayed",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"untrussed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"appends":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
"examples":[
"append the prefix \"un-\" to each of these words"
],
"synonyms":[
"adds",
"adjoins",
"annexes",
"subjoins",
"tacks (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affixes",
"attaches",
"fastens",
"fixes",
"grafts",
"hitches",
"tags",
"ties",
"infuses",
"injects",
"inserts",
"interfuses",
"introduces",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"raises",
"swells (up)",
"elongates",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"complements",
"supplements",
"supplies",
"enforces",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"maximizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"separates",
"unfastens",
"amputates",
"cuts",
"excises",
"lops (off)",
"severs",
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches"
],
"antonyms":[
"abates",
"bates",
"deducts",
"knocks off",
"removes",
"subtracts",
"takes off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appellees":{
"as in defendants , plaintiffs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accusers",
"appellants",
"petitioners",
"pleaders",
"complainants",
"plaintiffs",
"suers",
"litigants",
"parties",
"suitors",
"accused",
"defendants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appraiser":{
"as in judge , evaluator":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evaluator",
"judge",
"referee",
"analyst",
"annotator",
"columnist",
"commentator",
"observer",
"critic",
"pundit",
"reviewer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appositeness":{
"the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting":{
"examples":[
"questioned the appositeness of such racy illustrations to a serious text on human sexuality"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriateness",
"aptness",
"felicitousness",
"felicity",
"fitness",
"fittingness",
"happiness",
"properness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agreeableness",
"compatibility",
"congruity",
"harmoniousness",
"applicability",
"bearing",
"connection",
"justifiability",
"materiality",
"pertinence",
"relevance",
"relevancy",
"validity",
"acceptability",
"adequacy",
"adequateness",
"convenience",
"expedience",
"expediency",
"satisfactoriness",
"serviceableness",
"usefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeableness",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"inexpedience",
"inexpediency",
"inharmoniousness",
"unbecomingness",
"immateriality",
"inapplicability",
"irrelevance",
"irrelevancy",
"meaninglessness",
"pointlessness"
],
"antonyms":[
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappositeness",
"inappropriateness",
"inaptness",
"infelicity",
"unfitness",
"unseemliness",
"unsuitability",
"wrongness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"approbated":{
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"Congress must approbate the President's nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"confirmed",
"finalized",
"formalized",
"homologated",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"ratified",
"sanctioned",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepted",
"acknowledged",
"affirmed",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"validated",
"blessed",
"blest",
"canonized",
"sanctified",
"initialed",
"initialled",
"rubber-stamped",
"signed",
"signed off (on)",
"allowed",
"enabled",
"legalized",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"passed",
"permitted",
"reapproved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"illegalized",
"interdicted",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"rebuffed",
"rebutted",
"refused",
"spurned"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"vetoed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appropriating":{
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
"examples":[
"archaeologists wrongfully appropriated artifacts excavated at ancient sites for their museums"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogating",
"commandeering",
"converting",
"expropriating",
"pirating",
"preempting",
"pressing",
"seizing",
"taking over",
"usurping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annexing",
"attaching",
"claiming",
"confiscating",
"impounding",
"repossessing",
"sequestering",
"assuming",
"collaring",
"grabbing",
"grasping",
"snatching",
"stealing",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"despoiling",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"encroaching",
"infringing",
"invading",
"occupying",
"preoccupying",
"trespassing",
"embezzling",
"misapplying",
"misappropriating",
"misusing",
"peculating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"you can't just appropriate somebody's term paper and put your name on it!"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosting",
"filching",
"heisting",
"hooking",
"lifting",
"misappropriating",
"nicking",
"nipping",
"pilfering",
"pinching",
"pocketing",
"purloining",
"ripping off",
"snitching",
"stealing",
"swiping",
"thieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarizing",
"knocking over",
"robbing",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"sacking",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"picking",
"rifling",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"shoplifting",
"collaring",
"grabbing",
"grasping",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snatching",
"taking",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"spiriting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buying",
"purchasing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"handing over",
"presenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appreciated":{
"as in adored , revered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admired",
"adored",
"esteemed",
"relished",
"revered",
"beloved",
"cherished",
"darling",
"dear",
"fair-haired",
"favored",
"favorite",
"fond",
"loved",
"pet",
"precious",
"special",
"sweet",
"white-headed",
"prized",
"treasured",
"preferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbeloved",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"disdained",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"unfavorite",
"abandoned",
"forgotten",
"ignored",
"alienated",
"estranged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the value of that antique should appreciate over time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"boomed",
"built up",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"climbed",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"gained",
"increased",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"rolled up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"spread",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumped",
"rocketed",
"skyrocketed",
"surged",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled",
"blew up",
"bulked",
"distended",
"inflated",
"puffed (up)",
"crescendoed",
"crested",
"peaked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"receded",
"waned"
]
},
"to hold dear":{
"examples":[
"I appreciate my parents more than I can express"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherished",
"loved",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"admired",
"apprized",
"esteemed",
"regarded",
"respected",
"revered",
"reverenced",
"venerated",
"enshrined",
"memorialized",
"adored",
"caressed",
"doted (on)",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undervalued",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"disdained",
"high-hatted",
"scorned",
"scouted",
"slighted",
"sniffed (at)",
"snubbed",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"cried down",
"decried",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"kissed off",
"minimized",
"put down",
"wrote off",
"abandoned",
"forgot",
"neglected"
],
"antonyms":[
"disvalued"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"I hope you appreciate just how much that collector's CD costs"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"recognized",
"registered",
"savvied",
"saw",
"seized",
"sensed",
"tumbled (to)",
"twigged",
"understood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"digested",
"took in",
"realized",
"fathomed",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
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"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misperceived",
"misread",
"mistook",
"misunderstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"to think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"many great artists and musicians have not been appreciated in their own lifetimes"
],
"synonyms":[
"admired",
"considered",
"esteemed",
"regarded",
"respected"
],
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"acclaimed",
"accredited",
"applauded",
"approved",
"commended",
"complimented",
"credited",
"praised",
"delighted (in)",
"drank (in)",
"enjoyed",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"savored",
"savoured",
"dug",
"fancied",
"favored",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"adored",
"adulated",
"canonized",
"deified",
"doted (on)",
"hallowed",
"idolized",
"revered",
"reverenced",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"cherished",
"loved",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"condemned",
"decried",
"deplored",
"disapproved",
"discounted",
"discountenanced",
"disdained",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"dismissed",
"disregarded",
"frowned (on or upon)",
"kissed off",
"scorned",
"vilified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"appetite":{
"a need or desire for food":{
"examples":[
"don't eat before dinner, as it will spoil your appetite"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly",
"emptiness",
"famishment",
"hunger",
"munchies",
"stomach"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"ravenousness",
"voraciousness",
"voracity",
"malnutrition",
"starvation",
"undernourishment",
"craving",
"sweet tooth",
"famine",
"fast",
"hunger strike",
"gluttony",
"gourmandism",
"greed",
"hoggishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fill",
"fullness",
"glut",
"repleteness",
"repletion",
"satiation",
"satiety",
"satisfaction",
"surfeit"
],
"antonyms":[
"inappetence"
]
},
"a strong wish for something":{
"examples":[
"an appetite for adventure"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetency",
"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"itch",
"jones",
"letch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"thirst",
"thirstiness",
"urge",
"yearning",
"yen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compulsion",
"impulse",
"impulsion",
"will",
"zeal",
"liking",
"love",
"taste",
"weakness",
"eagerness",
"impatience",
"want",
"wish",
"necessity",
"need",
"requirement",
"obsession",
"acquisitiveness",
"avarice",
"avariciousness",
"avidity",
"covetousness",
"cupidity",
"greed",
"greediness",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"caco\u00ebthes",
"mania"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"allergy",
"averseness",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"distaste",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"positive regard for something":{
"examples":[
"he has expensive appetites"
],
"synonyms":[
"fancy",
"favor",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"love",
"love affair",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"shine",
"taste",
"use"
],
"near synonyms":[
"craving",
"desire",
"hankering",
"longing",
"thirst",
"yen",
"enthusiasm",
"gusto",
"interest",
"passion",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"tooth",
"palate",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathy",
"disinclination",
"indifference",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"dislike",
"distaste",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"mislike"
]
},
"urgent desire or interest":{
"examples":[
"an athlete with an appetite for in-your-face competition"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardor",
"avidity",
"avidness",
"desirousness",
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"excitement",
"hunger",
"impatience",
"keenness",
"lust",
"thirst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alacrity",
"quickness",
"ambition",
"gusto",
"zest",
"appetence",
"appetency",
"fervency",
"passion",
"warmth",
"zeal",
"amenability",
"readiness",
"willingness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casualness",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern",
"aloofness",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"languidness",
"languor",
"halfheartedness",
"lukewarmness"
],
"antonyms":[
"apathy",
"indifference"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apple-polisher":{
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
"examples":[
"a transparent apple-polisher whose fulsome praise fooled no one"
],
"synonyms":[
"bootlicker",
"brownnoser",
"fawner",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"lickspittle",
"suck-up",
"sycophant",
"toady"
],
"near synonyms":[
"yes-man",
"apparatchik",
"company man",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"parasite",
"sponge",
"sponger",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"lapdog",
"minion",
"running dog",
"satellite",
"slave",
"stooge",
"admirer",
"cultist",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"groveler",
"idolater",
"idolator",
"worshipper",
"worshiper",
"zealot",
"adherent",
"camp follower",
"convert",
"disciple",
"follower",
"me-tooer",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"pupil",
"votary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appeasers":{
"as in pacifiers , pacificators":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pacificators",
"pacifiers",
"reconcilers",
"bargainers",
"negotiants",
"negotiators",
"agents",
"attorneys",
"deputies",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"moderators",
"liaisons",
"mediums",
"media",
"troubleshooters",
"ambassadors",
"emissaries",
"envoys",
"legates",
"messengers",
"brokers",
"buffers",
"conciliators",
"go-betweens",
"honest brokers",
"interceders",
"intercessors",
"intermediaries",
"intermediates",
"interposers",
"mediators",
"middlemen",
"peacemakers",
"delegates",
"representatives",
"busybodies",
"interferers",
"meddlers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"approvals":{
"an acceptance of something as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"does this poster I made for the recital meet with your approval ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"approbations",
"blessings",
"favors",
"imprimaturs",
"OKs",
"okays"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backings",
"cachets",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"finalizations",
"formalizations",
"homologations",
"nods",
"ratifications",
"rubber stamps",
"sanctions",
"supports",
"thumbs-ups",
"votes",
"benedictions",
"goodwills",
"acceptations",
"accessions",
"agreements",
"assents",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"countenances",
"likings",
"satisfactions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"refusals",
"rejections",
"repudiations",
"dislikes",
"dissatisfactions",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denunciations",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"opprobriums",
"reprehensions",
"reproaches",
"reprobations"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"application":{
"the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"fixing a snag in panty hose is not the intended application of nail polish, but it's a handy one"
],
"synonyms":[
"employment",
"exercise",
"operation",
"play",
"usage",
"use"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exertion",
"reuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disuse",
"nonuse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"applying (oneself)":{
"as in pitching in , digging in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckling (down)",
"digging in",
"hammering (away)",
"knuckling down",
"pitching in",
"banging away",
"beavering (away)",
"digging (away)",
"drudging",
"endeavoring",
"fagging",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"tugging",
"working",
"attacking",
"driving",
"essaying",
"trying",
"exercising",
"exerting",
"overexerting",
"overworking",
"eking out",
"grinding (out)",
"putting out",
"scrabbling",
"scratching",
"trudging",
"wading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking",
"easing (up)",
"letting up",
"slackening",
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dillydallying",
"footling",
"goldbricking",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"lazing",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"shirking",
"slacking (off)",
"vegging out",
"basking",
"lolling",
"relaxing",
"reposing",
"resting",
"unwinding",
"dabbling",
"doodling",
"fooling around",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apparatchiks":{
"a very loyal member of an organization (such as a company or political party) who always obeys orders":{
"examples":[
"party apparatchiks"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"camp followers",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"hangers-on",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"lickspittles",
"minions",
"myrmidons",
"satellites",
"stooges",
"sycophants",
"toadies",
"yes-men",
"acolytes",
"adherents",
"converts",
"disciples",
"epigones",
"followers",
"liege men",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"pupils",
"votaries",
"votarists",
"apostles",
"missionaries",
"proselytizers",
"soldiers",
"faithfuls",
"loyalists",
"advocates",
"backers",
"champions",
"supporters",
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9s",
"scholars",
"students",
"ideologists",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"sectarians",
"admirers",
"cultists",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"worshippers",
"worshipers",
"zealots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apostates",
"defectors",
"renegades",
"traitors",
"turncoats",
"coryphaei",
"leaders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"approbating":{
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"Congress must approbate the President's nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"confirming",
"finalizing",
"formalizing",
"homologating",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"ratifying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepting",
"acknowledging",
"affirming",
"certifying",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"validating",
"blessing",
"canonizing",
"sanctifying",
"initialing",
"initialling",
"rubber-stamping",
"signing",
"signing off (on)",
"allowing",
"enabling",
"legalizing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"passing",
"permitting",
"reapproving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"illegalizing",
"interdicting",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"rebuffing",
"rebutting",
"refusing",
"spurning"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"vetoing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appraised":{
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
"examples":[
"take a moment to appraise the current situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessed",
"estimated",
"evaluated",
"guesstimated",
"rated",
"set",
"valuated",
"valued"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudged",
"deemed",
"judged",
"ascertained",
"determined",
"discovered",
"learned",
"priced",
"prized",
"decided",
"settled",
"analyzed",
"assayed",
"surveyed",
"tested",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"rejudged",
"revalued",
"transvaluated",
"transvalued",
"misesteemed",
"misjudged",
"misprized",
"underestimated",
"undervalued"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appealed":{
"as in cited , booked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arraigned",
"booked",
"cited",
"summoned",
"accused",
"charged",
"criminated",
"defamed",
"impeached",
"incriminated",
"indicted",
"blamed",
"called (on)",
"castigated",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"faulted",
"impugned",
"reproached",
"reprobated",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproved",
"taxed",
"prosecuted",
"sued",
"tried",
"framed",
"implicated",
"inculpated",
"informed (against)",
"named",
"reported",
"recriminated",
"retaliated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"excused",
"forgave",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"shrived",
"shrove",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"applesauce":{
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"all that talk about taking up the farming life was just a lot of spoiled applesauce"
],
"synonyms":[
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apple-polishes":{
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
"examples":[
"a departmental supervisor who apple-polishes shamelessly whenever higher-ups are about"
],
"synonyms":[
"bootlicks",
"fawns",
"fusses",
"kowtows",
"sucks (up)",
"toadies",
"truckles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drools",
"gushes",
"slavers",
"slobbers",
"endears",
"ingratiates",
"courts",
"woos",
"adulates",
"idolizes",
"worships",
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"soft-soaps",
"cowers",
"cringes",
"grovels",
"abases",
"debases",
"demeans",
"defers",
"submits",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despises",
"disdains",
"scorns",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"scoffs",
"braves",
"challenges",
"defies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appraisals":{
"an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something":{
"examples":[
"gave us a positive appraisal of his artistic talents"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraisements",
"assessments",
"estimates",
"estimations",
"evaluations",
"fixes",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"value judgments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aper\u00e7us",
"feelings",
"impressions",
"notions",
"perceptions",
"confidences",
"faiths",
"stocks",
"trusts",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"minds",
"persuasions",
"sentiments",
"views",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"hunches",
"hypotheses",
"surmises",
"theories"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something":{
"examples":[
"the appraisal of the house's value took place yesterday"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraisements",
"assessments",
"estimates",
"estimations",
"evaluations",
"reckonings",
"valuations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculations",
"computations",
"measurements",
"mensurations",
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"examinations",
"inspections",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinies",
"surveys",
"reassessments",
"transvaluations",
"overestimations",
"overevaluations",
"underestimations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"approximation":{
"as in version , reincarnation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reincarnation",
"version",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"applicable":{
"capable of being put to use or account":{
"examples":[
"is that information applicable in this case?"
],
"synonyms":[
"actionable",
"applicative",
"applied",
"functional",
"practicable",
"practical",
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"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"workable",
"working"
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"reachable",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"handy",
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"academical",
"armchair",
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"inapplicable",
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"unworkable",
"useless"
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"that comment isn't applicable to our discussion"
],
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"apropos",
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"admissible",
"allowable"
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"frivolous",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
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"trivial",
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"justified",
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"requisite",
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"capable",
"competent",
"cut out",
"qualified",
"trained",
"pitch-perfect",
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"adequate",
"decent",
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"serviceable",
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"balanced",
"companionate",
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"consonant",
"harmonious",
"rightful"
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"inept",
"inexpert",
"unqualified",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"untrained",
"inadequate",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"graceless",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"incompatible",
"uncongenial"
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"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"indecent",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"misbecoming",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unbeseeming",
"unfit",
"unfitting",
"unhappy",
"unmeet",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"wrong"
]
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]
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"the appointment of the mayor's husband to the Board of Health came as a surprise"
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"assignment",
"commission",
"designation"
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"billet",
"gig",
"job",
"office",
"place",
"position",
"situation",
"spot",
"station",
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"delegation",
"deputation",
"emplacement",
"placement",
"ranking",
"anointing",
"anointment",
"induction",
"installation",
"installment",
"instalment",
"instating",
"investiture",
"investment",
"ordination",
"choice",
"choosing",
"destination",
"election",
"nomination",
"picking",
"selection",
"singling (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackball",
"rejection",
"deposition",
"dethronement",
"ejection",
"eviction",
"ouster",
"overthrow",
"removal"
],
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"discharge",
"dismissal",
"dismission",
"expulsion",
"firing"
]
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"an agreement to be present at a specified time and place":{
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"I have a dental appointment for two o'clock tomorrow afternoon"
],
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"assignation",
"date",
"engagement",
"rendezvous",
"tryst"
],
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"arrangement",
"invitation",
"interview",
"get-together",
"meeting",
"call",
"visit",
"schedule"
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"loved her latest appointment as an aide at the governor's office"
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"berth",
"billet",
"capacity",
"connection",
"function",
"job",
"place",
"position",
"post",
"situation"
],
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"employ",
"employment",
"occupation",
"profession",
"work",
"office",
"spot",
"calling",
"pursuit",
"trade",
"vocation",
"line",
"racket",
"engagement",
"gig",
"livelihood",
"living",
"career",
"lifework",
"practice",
"practise",
"duty",
"mission",
"posting",
"service",
"task"
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"avocation",
"joblessness",
"unemployment"
],
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},
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"the yacht's staterooms have the most luxurious appointments imaginable"
],
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"cabinetwork",
"furnishings",
"furniture",
"movables",
"moveables"
],
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"belongings",
"chattels",
"effects",
"gear",
"goods",
"holdings",
"paraphernalia",
"possessions",
"things",
"case goods"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built-ins",
"fixtures"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appendages":{
"something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment":{
"examples":[
"pasta makers became the must-have appendage for tabletop mixers"
],
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"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"adapters",
"adaptors",
"add-ons",
"adjuncts",
"appliances",
"attachments",
"options"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniments",
"additives",
"complements",
"supplements",
"auxiliaries",
"subsidiaries",
"amenities",
"doodads",
"embroideries",
"extras",
"fillers",
"frills",
"incidentals",
"luxuries",
"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities",
"appurtenances",
"bells and whistles",
"equipments",
"furnishings",
"habiliments",
"paraphernalia",
"trappings",
"adornments",
"decorations",
"embellishments",
"enhancements",
"garnishes",
"ornaments",
"trimmings",
"trims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essentials",
"necessities",
"requirements",
"requisites"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a very loyal member of an organization (such as a company or political party) who always obeys orders":{
"examples":[
"party apparatchiks"
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"camp follower",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"hanger-on",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"lickspittle",
"minion",
"myrmidon",
"satellite",
"stooge",
"sycophant",
"toady",
"yes-man",
"acolyte",
"adherent",
"convert",
"disciple",
"epigone",
"follower",
"liege man",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"pupil",
"votarist",
"votary",
"apostle",
"missionary",
"proselytizer",
"soldier",
"faithful",
"loyalist",
"advocate",
"backer",
"champion",
"supporter",
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9",
"scholar",
"student",
"ideologist",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"sectarian",
"admirer",
"cultist",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"idolater",
"idolator",
"worshipper",
"worshiper",
"zealot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apostate",
"defector",
"renegade",
"traitor",
"turncoat",
"coryphaeus",
"leader"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"applauders":{
"as in cheerleaders , fellow travelers":{
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"cheerleaders",
"encouragers",
"fellow travelers",
"interpreters",
"adherents",
"cohorts",
"disciples",
"followers",
"loyalists",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"stalwarts",
"advocates",
"advocators",
"apostles",
"backers",
"boosters",
"champions",
"espousers",
"exponents",
"expounders",
"friends",
"gospelers",
"gospellers",
"heralds",
"hierophants",
"high priests",
"paladins",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"protagonists",
"supporters",
"true believers",
"tub-thumpers",
"white knights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversaries",
"antagonists",
"opponents",
"enemies",
"foes",
"rivals",
"belittlers",
"critics",
"faultfinders"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appreciates":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"the value of that antique should appreciate over time"
],
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"accelerates",
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"booms",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"climbs",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"snowballs",
"spreads",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumps",
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"surges",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"blows up",
"bulks",
"distends",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"crescendoes",
"crests",
"peaks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes"
]
},
"to hold dear":{
"examples":[
"I appreciate my parents more than I can express"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherishes",
"loves",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"admires",
"apprizes",
"esteems",
"regards",
"respects",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"enshrines",
"memorializes",
"adores",
"caresses",
"dotes (on)",
"idolizes",
"worships"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undervalues",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"disdains",
"high-hats",
"scorns",
"scouts",
"slights",
"sniffs (at)",
"snubs",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"cries down",
"decries",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"kisses off",
"minimizes",
"puts down",
"writes off",
"abandons",
"forgets",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[
"disvalues"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"I hope you appreciate just how much that collector's CD costs"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"recognizes",
"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 think very highly or favorably of":{
"examples":[
"many great artists and musicians have not been appreciated in their own lifetimes"
],
"synonyms":[
"admires",
"considers",
"esteems",
"regards",
"respects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"accredits",
"applauds",
"approves",
"commends",
"compliments",
"credits",
"praises",
"delights (in)",
"drinks (in)",
"enjoys",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours",
"digs",
"fancies",
"favors",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"adores",
"adulates",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"dotes (on)",
"hallows",
"idolizes",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"cherishes",
"loves",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"condemns",
"decries",
"deplores",
"disapproves",
"discountenances",
"discounts",
"disdains",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"dismisses",
"disregards",
"frowns (on or upon)",
"kisses off",
"scorns",
"vilifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apple-polished":{
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
"examples":[
"a departmental supervisor who apple-polishes shamelessly whenever higher-ups are about"
],
"synonyms":[
"bootlicked",
"fawned",
"fussed",
"kowtowed",
"sucked (up)",
"toadied",
"truckled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drooled",
"gushed",
"slavered",
"slobbered",
"endeared",
"ingratiated",
"courted",
"wooed",
"adulated",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"soft-soaped",
"cowered",
"cringed",
"groveled",
"grovelled",
"abased",
"debased",
"demeaned",
"deferred",
"submitted",
"yielded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despised",
"disdained",
"scorned",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"jeered",
"scoffed",
"braved",
"challenged",
"defied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apprenticing":{
"as in partnering , contracting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"subcontracting",
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"recruiting",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on",
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"reengaging",
"re-engaging",
"rehiring",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out",
"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appropriable":{
"as in rentable , purchasable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"purchasable",
"rentable",
"getatable",
"reachable",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"accessible",
"acquirable",
"attainable",
"available",
"obtainable",
"procurable",
"common",
"omnipresent",
"prevalent",
"ubiquitous",
"universal",
"widespread",
"free",
"free-for-all",
"open",
"public",
"unrestricted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaccessible",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable",
"limited",
"off-limits",
"restricted",
"deficient",
"lacking",
"missing",
"rare",
"scarce",
"uncommon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"appendix":{
"a part added at the end of a book or periodical":{
"examples":[
"an appendix listing all of the artist's known works and their current locations"
],
"synonyms":[
"addendum",
"afterword",
"codicil",
"excursus",
"supplement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postlude",
"conclusion",
"ending",
"finale",
"accompaniment",
"addition",
"complement",
"postscript",
"follow-up",
"sequel",
"documentation",
"allonge",
"rider"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"preface",
"prologue",
"prolog"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"approved (of)":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"we don't approve of people who stand in the \"12 items or less\" lane with 13 items"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepted",
"cared (for)",
"countenanced",
"favored",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"subscribed (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"backed (up)",
"concurred (in)",
"stood by",
"supported",
"sustained",
"upheld",
"bore",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"commended",
"recommended",
"enjoyed",
"liked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklisted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"disliked",
"minded",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"dissented (from)",
"objected (to)",
"opposed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disfavored",
"frowned (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appropriation":{
"a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action":{
"examples":[
"the National Park Service received an increased appropriation for wildlife management"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocation",
"allotment",
"annuity",
"entitlement",
"grant",
"subsidy",
"subvention"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aid",
"assistance",
"block grant",
"grant-in-aid",
"set-aside",
"foreign aid",
"relief",
"state aid",
"advance",
"allowance",
"benefit",
"bequest",
"endowment",
"fund",
"legacy",
"stipend",
"trust",
"trust fund"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority":{
"examples":[
"the insurgents' appropriation of the house for their headquarters"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogation",
"commandeering",
"detainer",
"expropriation",
"preemption",
"seizure",
"takeover",
"usurpation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annexation",
"assumption",
"attachment",
"confiscation",
"grab",
"impoundment",
"repossession",
"sequestration",
"defalcation",
"embezzlement",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"misuse",
"peculation",
"theft",
"despoilment",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"encroachment",
"infringement",
"piracy",
"invasion",
"occupancy",
"occupation",
"preoccupancy",
"trespass",
"deforcement",
"disfurnishment",
"dispossession",
"ejection",
"stripping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"app":{
"as in starter , appetizer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amuse-bouche",
"amuse-gueule",
"antipasto",
"appetizer",
"canap\u00e9",
"cocktail",
"hors d'oeuvre",
"munchies",
"starter",
"finger food",
"natural food",
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apprehends":{
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"do you apprehend the importance of this discovery?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciates",
"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",
"recognizes",
"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 take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the agency charged with apprehending criminals who have violated federal law"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrests",
"busts",
"collars",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nicks",
"picks up",
"pinches",
"pulls in",
"restrains",
"runs in",
"seizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"gets",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps",
"commits",
"confines",
"detains",
"holds",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"jugs",
"locks (up)",
"binds",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"rearrests",
"remands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"unchains"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"approximations":{
"as in versions , reincarnations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reincarnations",
"versions",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"prints",
"extras",
"reserves",
"spares",
"images",
"likenesses",
"semblances",
"shadows",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"miniatures",
"mock-ups",
"simulations",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"knockoffs",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"rip-offs",
"rubber stamps",
"shams",
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"clones",
"copies",
"dummies",
"dupes",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"imitations",
"mocks",
"reduplications",
"replicas",
"replications",
"reproductions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"applier":{
"one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award":{
"examples":[
"first-time appliers for federal grant money"
],
"synonyms":[
"applicant",
"aspirant",
"campaigner",
"candidate",
"contender",
"expectant",
"hopeful",
"prospect",
"seeker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"competitor",
"contestant",
"entrant",
"entry",
"favorite",
"qualifier",
"dark horse",
"spoiler",
"stalking horse",
"crown prince",
"favorite son",
"claimant",
"pretender",
"nominee",
"running mate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incumbent",
"officeholder",
"awardee",
"honoree",
"inductee",
"dropout"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncandidate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appointing":{
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
"examples":[
"at the appointed hour we were in our places"
],
"synonyms":[
"designating",
"fixing",
"naming",
"setting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopting",
"assigning",
"choosing",
"determining",
"establishing",
"opting (for)",
"picking",
"pinning (down)",
"preferring",
"selecting",
"settling",
"singling (out)",
"specifying",
"arranging",
"coordinating",
"orchestrating",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"declaring",
"publishing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
"examples":[
"was appointed to the council on national security"
],
"synonyms":[
"assigning",
"attaching",
"commissioning",
"constituting",
"designating",
"detailing",
"naming",
"nominating",
"placing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorizing",
"delegating",
"deputing",
"deputizing",
"anointing",
"consecrating",
"creating",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"installing",
"instating",
"instituting",
"investing",
"making",
"ordaining",
"crowning",
"enthroning",
"throning",
"choosing",
"destining",
"drafting",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"voting (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackballing",
"deposing",
"dethroning",
"displacing",
"ejecting",
"evicting",
"ousting",
"overthrowing",
"removing",
"throwing out",
"uncrowning",
"unmaking",
"unseating"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"expelling",
"firing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appendices":{
"a part added at the end of a book or periodical":{
"examples":[
"an appendix listing all of the artist's known works and their current locations"
],
"synonyms":[
"addenda",
"addendums",
"afterwords",
"codicils",
"excursuses",
"excursus",
"supplements"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"postludes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"finales",
"accompaniments",
"additions",
"complements",
"postscripts",
"follow-ups",
"sequels",
"documentations",
"allonges",
"riders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"forewords",
"introductions",
"prefaces",
"prologues",
"prologs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"applicability":{
"the fact or state of being pertinent":{
"examples":[
"we have to question the applicability of much of the information he has included in his report"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"connection",
"materiality",
"pertinence",
"relevance",
"relevancy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appositeness",
"appropriateness",
"aptness",
"felicitousness",
"fitness",
"fittingness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"importance",
"significance",
"usefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inappositeness",
"inappropriateness",
"inaptness",
"infelicity",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"insignificance",
"meaninglessness",
"pointlessness",
"uselessness"
],
"antonyms":[
"extraneousness",
"inapplicability",
"irrelevance",
"irrelevancy"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appals":{
"to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{
"examples":[
"conditions inside the house overrun with cats simply appalled animal control officers"
],
"synonyms":[
"floors",
"jolts",
"shakes up",
"shocks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astonishes",
"bowls over",
"dumbfounds",
"dumfounds",
"flabbergasts",
"freaks (out)",
"stuns",
"stupefies",
"affrights",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"dismays",
"frightens",
"frights",
"horrifies",
"panics",
"scares",
"scarifies",
"spooks",
"startles",
"terrifies",
"terrorizes",
"disgusts",
"nauseates",
"repels",
"revolts",
"sickens",
"turns off",
"displeases",
"offends",
"outrages",
"scandalizes",
"amazes",
"astounds",
"awes",
"chills",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"dispirits",
"emasculates",
"undoes",
"unmans",
"unnerves",
"unstrings",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disconcerts",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"shakes",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"weirds out",
"crushes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffers",
"cushions",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"rejoices",
"tickles",
"charms",
"entices",
"tempts",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"reassures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"applaudable":{
"deserving of high regard or great approval":{
"examples":[
"the applaudable goal of working one's way through college"
],
"synonyms":[
"admirable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"estimable",
"laudable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deserving",
"worthy",
"awesome",
"distinctive",
"distinguished",
"excellent",
"heady",
"honorable",
"impressive",
"noteworthy",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"redoubtable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"invaluable",
"precious",
"priceless",
"valuable",
"delightful",
"enjoyable",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"ethical",
"good",
"high-minded",
"moral",
"noble",
"principled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"deplorable",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"infamous",
"lousy",
"nasty",
"notorious",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"sorry",
"unlikable",
"unworthy",
"vile",
"worthless",
"wretched",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"low",
"mean",
"scandalous",
"seamy",
"shady",
"shameful",
"shocking",
"sordid",
"unethical",
"unsavory"
],
"antonyms":[
"censurable",
"discreditable",
"illaudable",
"reprehensible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"approbation":{
"an acceptance of something as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"that plan has the approbation of the school board"
],
"synonyms":[
"approval",
"blessing",
"favor",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backing",
"cachet",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"finalization",
"formalization",
"homologation",
"nod",
"ratification",
"rubber stamp",
"sanction",
"support",
"thumbs-up",
"vote",
"benediction",
"goodwill",
"acceptation",
"accession",
"agreement",
"assent",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"countenance",
"liking",
"satisfaction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"refusal",
"rejection",
"repudiation",
"dislike",
"dissatisfaction",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denunciation",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"opprobrium",
"reprehension",
"reproach",
"reprobation"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapprobation",
"disapproval",
"disfavor"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}