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{
"departures":{
"a turning away from a course or standard":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"any departure from the modernist orthodoxy was scorned by the city's cultural elite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherences"
],
"related":[
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflections",
"detours",
"deviations",
"divagations",
"divergences",
"divergencies",
"diversions"
]
},
"the act of leaving a place":{
"antonyms":[
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals"
],
"examples":[
"his sudden departure left them wondering if they'd upset him"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comings",
"approaches",
"entrances",
"ingresses"
],
"related":[
"flights",
"retirements",
"retreats",
"withdrawals",
"diasporas",
"emigrations",
"evacuations",
"exoduses",
"embarkations",
"embarkments",
"disembarkations",
"egresses",
"abandonments",
"relinquishments"
],
"synonyms":[
"decampments",
"exits",
"farewells",
"goings",
"leaves",
"leave-takings",
"outgoes",
"partings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dependableness":{
"worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence":{
"examples":[
"the questionable dependableness of the no-name televisions being sold at a discount store"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodginess",
"unreliability"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depiction":{
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the set piece of the novel is a depiction of the battle that makes readers feel like they were there"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"account",
"anecdote",
"chronicle",
"narrative",
"report",
"story",
"tale",
"yarn",
"demonstration",
"exemplification",
"illustration",
"clarification",
"elucidation",
"explanation",
"explication",
"exposition"
],
"synonyms":[
"definition",
"delineation",
"description",
"picture",
"portrait",
"portraiture",
"portrayal",
"rendering",
"sketch",
"vignette"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deplores":{
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
"examples":[
"a statement from the bishops deploring the loss of life in the war overseas"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"grieves (for)",
"laments",
"mourns",
"wails (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elegizes",
"cries (for)",
"keens",
"moans",
"weeps",
"regrets",
"rues",
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"sobs",
"agonizes",
"bleeds",
"hurts",
"sorrows",
"suffers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beams",
"cheers",
"grins",
"laughs",
"smiles"
],
"antonyms":[
"delights",
"exults (in)",
"glories (in)",
"joys",
"rejoices (in)"
]
},
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
"examples":[
"deplored the fact that his guests were seeing his apartment at its messiest"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoans",
"laments",
"regrets",
"repents",
"rues"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aches (for)",
"bewails",
"grieves (for)",
"mourns",
"sorrows (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights (in)",
"enjoys",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deploy":{
"to place in a particular position":{
"examples":[
"The commander deployed additional troops to the region this morning."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"emplace",
"fix",
"locate",
"park",
"plant",
"position",
"set",
"situate",
"station",
"anchor",
"bivouac",
"camp",
"camp (out)",
"burrow",
"curl up",
"dig in",
"harbor",
"house",
"ensconce",
"install",
"lodge",
"nestle",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deploys":{
"to place in a particular position":{
"examples":[
"The commander deployed additional troops to the region this morning."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"emplaces",
"fixes",
"locates",
"parks",
"plants",
"positions",
"sets",
"situates",
"stations",
"anchors",
"bivouacs",
"camps",
"camps (out)",
"burrows",
"curls up",
"digs in",
"harbors",
"houses",
"ensconces",
"installs",
"lodges",
"nestles",
"perches",
"roosts",
"settles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depose":{
"to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{
"examples":[
"a military junta deposed the dictator after he had bankrupted the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"defrock",
"deprive",
"dethrone",
"displace",
"oust",
"uncrown",
"unmake",
"unseat",
"unthrone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"can",
"cashier",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"muster out",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"overthrow",
"subvert",
"supplant",
"topple",
"usurp",
"banish",
"boot (out)",
"bounce",
"cast out",
"chase",
"drum (out)",
"eject",
"expel",
"extrude",
"rout",
"run off",
"throw out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baptize",
"inaugurate",
"induct",
"initiate",
"install",
"instate",
"invest",
"appoint",
"designate",
"elect"
],
"antonyms":[
"crown",
"enthrone",
"throne"
]
},
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
"examples":[
"she was nervous when the time to depose before the jury finally arrived"
],
"synonyms":[
"attest",
"swear",
"testify",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"verify",
"vouch",
"promise",
"vow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"deposed her fan and gloves on the dressing table"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"fix",
"lay",
"place",
"position",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"move",
"rearrange",
"reorder",
"shift",
"orient",
"establish",
"locate",
"plant",
"settle",
"clap",
"flop",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"plunk down",
"slap",
"ensconce",
"niche",
"assemble",
"collect",
"carry",
"berth",
"park",
"affix",
"anchor",
"lock",
"lodge",
"wedge",
"array",
"lay out",
"line up",
"queue",
"rank",
"set down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocate",
"remove",
"take",
"banish",
"dislodge",
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deposing":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"deposed her fan and gloves on the dressing table"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocating",
"removing",
"taking",
"banishing",
"dislodging",
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting"
],
"related":[
"moving",
"rearranging",
"reordering",
"shifting",
"orienting",
"establishing",
"locating",
"planting",
"settling",
"clapping",
"flopping",
"planking",
"plopping",
"plumping",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"plunking down",
"plonking down",
"slapping",
"ensconcing",
"niching",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"carrying",
"berthing",
"parking",
"affixing",
"anchoring",
"locking",
"lodging",
"wedging",
"arraying",
"laying out",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"ranking",
"setting down"
],
"synonyms":[
"depositing",
"disposing",
"emplacing",
"fixing",
"laying",
"placing",
"positioning",
"putting",
"setting",
"setting up",
"situating",
"sticking"
]
},
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she was nervous when the time to depose before the jury finally arrived"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"verifying",
"vouching",
"promising",
"vowing"
],
"synonyms":[
"attesting",
"swearing",
"testifying",
"witnessing"
]
},
"to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{
"antonyms":[
"crowning",
"enthroning",
"throning"
],
"examples":[
"a military junta deposed the dictator after he had bankrupted the country"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"initiating",
"installing",
"instating",
"investing",
"appointing",
"designating",
"electing"
],
"related":[
"canning",
"cashiering",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"removing",
"retiring",
"sacking",
"overthrowing",
"subverting",
"supplanting",
"toppling",
"usurping",
"banishing",
"booting (out)",
"bouncing",
"casting out",
"chasing",
"drumming (out)",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"extruding",
"routing",
"running off",
"throwing out"
],
"synonyms":[
"defrocking",
"depriving",
"dethroning",
"displacing",
"ousting",
"uncrowning",
"unmaking",
"unseating",
"unthroning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deposited":{
"to put in an account":{
"examples":[
"we quickly deposited the check in a bank account"
],
"synonyms":[
"banked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cached",
"hoarded",
"laid away",
"reserved",
"salted away",
"saved",
"squirreled (away)",
"squirrelled (away)",
"stashed",
"stored",
"stowed",
"invested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removed",
"took out",
"disbursed",
"expended",
"gave",
"laid out",
"paid",
"spent"
],
"antonyms":[
"withdrew"
]
},
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"deposited their luggage at the foot of the hotel bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposed",
"disposed",
"emplaced",
"fixed",
"laid",
"placed",
"positioned",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
"situated",
"stuck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moved",
"rearranged",
"reordered",
"shifted",
"oriented",
"established",
"located",
"planted",
"settled",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"flopped",
"planked",
"plopped",
"plumped",
"plunked",
"plonked",
"plunked down",
"plonked down",
"slapped",
"ensconced",
"niched",
"assembled",
"collected",
"carried",
"berthed",
"parked",
"affixed",
"anchored",
"locked",
"lodged",
"wedged",
"arrayed",
"laid out",
"lined up",
"queued",
"ranked",
"set down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocated",
"removed",
"took",
"banished",
"dislodged",
"displaced",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depositions":{
"matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid":{
"examples":[
"several types of deposition on the bottom of the lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposit",
"dregs",
"grounds",
"precipitate",
"sediment",
"settlings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lees",
"ooze",
"silt",
"sludge",
"dross",
"slag",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depraved":{
"having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{
"examples":[
"the depraved actions of a gang of madmen who had gained control of an entire nation"
],
"synonyms":[
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"jackleg",
"libertine",
"loose",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"rakehell",
"rakehelly",
"rakish",
"reprobate",
"sick",
"unclean",
"unwholesome",
"warped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bent",
"crooked",
"cutthroat",
"dishonest",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"contaminated",
"spoiled",
"tainted",
"bad",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"miscreant",
"nefarious",
"sinful",
"vicious",
"wicked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incorruptible",
"ethical",
"honest",
"principled",
"good",
"moral",
"righteous",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"pure",
"uncorrupt",
"uncorrupted"
]
},
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"the belief that pornography depraves society as a whole"
],
"synonyms":[
"abased",
"bastardized",
"cankered",
"cheapened",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"demoralized",
"deteriorated",
"lessened",
"perverted",
"poisoned",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"subverted",
"vitiated",
"warped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"diluted",
"dirtied",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"watered down",
"weakened",
"descended",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"shamed",
"took down",
"blemished",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"destroyed",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"stained",
"tarnished",
"wrecked",
"depreciated",
"downgraded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignified",
"exalted",
"honored",
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"refined",
"restored",
"respected"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"uplifted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"depraving":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"the belief that pornography depraves society as a whole"
],
"synonyms":[
"abasing",
"bastardizing",
"cankering",
"cheapening",
"corrupting",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"deteriorating",
"lessening",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"vitiating",
"warping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befouling",
"begriming",
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"diluting",
"dirtying",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"thinning",
"watering down",
"weakening",
"descending",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"shaming",
"taking down",
"blemishing",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"destroying",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"staining",
"tarnishing",
"wrecking",
"depreciating",
"downgrading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignifying",
"exalting",
"honoring",
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"refining",
"restoring",
"respecting"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"uplifting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deprecating":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
],
"examples":[
"movie critics tried to outdo one another in deprecating the comedy as the stupidest movie of the year"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"countenancing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"sanctioning",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing"
],
"related":[
"discommending",
"abusing",
"scolding",
"disapproving (of)",
"disliking",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"aspersing",
"defaming",
"maligning",
"ripping",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"discrediting",
"disgracing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"denigrating",
"depreciating",
"derogating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"disparaging",
"dissing",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"poor-mouthing",
"putting down",
"running down",
"talking down",
"trashing",
"trash-talking",
"vilipending",
"writing off"
]
},
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"approving",
"favoring",
"liking"
],
"examples":[
"deprecates TV sitcoms as childish and simpleminded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"supporting",
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)"
],
"related":[
"disrelishing",
"objecting (to)",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"scorning",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"discommending",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reproaching",
"scolding"
],
"synonyms":[
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disesteeming",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"frowning (on or upon)",
"misliking",
"reproving",
"tsk-tsking",
"tutting (over or about)",
"tut-tutting (over or about)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"depressed":{
"curved inward":{
"examples":[
"the depressed sections of the highway under the overpasses constantly get flooded during heavy rainstorms"
],
"synonyms":[
"concave",
"dented",
"dished",
"hollow",
"indented",
"recessed",
"sunken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alveolar",
"cavernous",
"crescentic",
"cuplike",
"cupped",
"cuppy",
"recurved",
"dimpled",
"pockmarked",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"contracted",
"diminished",
"reduced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ballooning",
"bloated",
"blown up",
"bulbous",
"distended",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"inflated",
"jutting",
"projecting",
"puffed",
"puffy",
"risen",
"swollen",
"domed",
"global",
"globular",
"round",
"rounded",
"spherical"
],
"antonyms":[
"bulging",
"cambered",
"convex",
"protruding",
"protrusive",
"protuberant"
]
},
"feeling unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"I was depressed and didn't feel much like going to the party, but felt better afterwards"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrieved",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried",
"despairing",
"hopeless",
"sunk",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"suicidal",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"tearful",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"funereal",
"gray",
"grey",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"excited",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"content",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"boon",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
]
},
"kept from having the necessities of life or a healthful environment":{
"examples":[
"a depressed class of people whose living conditions have not improved significantly despite targeted social programs"
],
"synonyms":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"underprivileged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggared",
"broke",
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"unprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"insolvent",
"pinched",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"displaced",
"dispossessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"fortunate",
"lucky",
"affluent",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do",
"coddled",
"indulged",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"comfortable",
"propertied",
"prosperous",
"successful",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"advantaged",
"privileged"
]
},
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"the thought of once again failing the bar exam depressed me"
],
"synonyms":[
"bummed (out)",
"burdened",
"dashed",
"dejected",
"got down",
"oppressed",
"saddened",
"weighed down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ailed",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"afflicted",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dismayed",
"dispirited",
"unnerved",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"assured",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"excited",
"inspired",
"stimulated",
"elated",
"exhilarated",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"uplifted"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"buoyed",
"cheered (up)",
"gladdened",
"lightened",
"rejoiced"
]
},
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
"examples":[
"construction workers depressed the roadbed in order to make way for an overpass"
],
"synonyms":[
"dropped",
"lowered",
"threw",
"threw down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flattened",
"floored",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"knocked down",
"knocked over",
"struck down",
"toppled",
"plopped",
"plunked down",
"plonked down",
"bobbled",
"bungled",
"foozled",
"fumbled",
"immersed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"submerged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"lifted",
"picked up",
"raised"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"the glut of wheat on the market has depressed that commodity for most of the past year"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuated",
"broke",
"cheapened",
"depreciated",
"devaluated",
"devalued",
"downgraded",
"lowered",
"marked down",
"reduced",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wrote down",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debased",
"demonetized",
"underestimated",
"underpriced",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"abridged",
"compressed",
"contracted",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"moderated",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"bloated",
"inflated",
"overestimated",
"overpriced",
"overrated",
"overvalued",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"dilated",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled",
"upped"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"enhanced",
"marked up",
"upgraded"
]
},
"to push steadily against with some force":{
"examples":[
"depressed the lever to start the machine"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore (down on)",
"pressed",
"shoved",
"weighed (on or upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"mashed",
"punched",
"squashed",
"squeezed",
"squished",
"squooshed",
"compelled",
"forced",
"pressured",
"leaned (on or against)",
"muscled",
"drove",
"propelled",
"thrust",
"compacted",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"crushed",
"scrunched",
"wrung",
"crammed",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"packed",
"stuffed",
"wedged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"depressive":{
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"the depressive story about a struggling artist"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"deprivation":{
"the state of being robbed of something normally enjoyed":{
"examples":[
"the concern of some that there has been a deprivation of rights since the passing of laws to combat the threat of terrorism"
],
"synonyms":[
"loss",
"privation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absence",
"dearth",
"lack",
"need",
"want",
"dispossession",
"denial",
"forfeit",
"forfeiture",
"penalty",
"sacrifice",
"bereavement",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarcity",
"shortage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"control",
"ownership",
"possession",
"accumulation",
"acquiring",
"gain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depthless":{
"lacking significant physical depth":{
"examples":[
"they crossed the brook at its most depthless point"
],
"synonyms":[
"shallow",
"shoal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skin-deep",
"superficial",
"surface",
"fathomable",
"measurable",
"finite",
"limited",
"measured",
"restricted",
"even",
"flat",
"flush",
"horizontal",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"two-dimensional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abysmal",
"abyssal",
"bottomless",
"boundless",
"endless",
"immeasurable",
"inestimable",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"profound",
"unfathomable",
"unlimited",
"vast",
"navigable"
],
"antonyms":[
"deep"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"deputation":{
"as in delegation , authorization":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in detachment , legation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deputes":{
"to appoint as one's representative":{
"examples":[
"the governor has the authority to depute anyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"commissions",
"delegates",
"deputizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assigns",
"charges",
"appoints",
"designates",
"names",
"nominates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrogates",
"abdicates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dependabilities":{
"worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence":{
"examples":[
"her dependability as a friend, in good times and bad, is legendary"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependableness",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodginess",
"unreliability"
]
},
"worthy of one's trust":{
"examples":[
"seeking a dependable person to look after their summer home in the off-season"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculable",
"good",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"safe",
"secure",
"solid",
"steady",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constant",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"fast",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"true-blue",
"honest",
"sincere",
"single-minded",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"bedrock",
"firm",
"sound",
"strong",
"effective",
"telling",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"proven",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"blameless",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"inerrant",
"irreproachable",
"unimpeachable",
"unquestionable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untruthful",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"uncertain",
"unsound",
"hazardous",
"risky",
"unconfirmed",
"untried"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodgy",
"uncertain",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"unsafe",
"untrustworthy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"deprecations":{
"refusal to accept as right or desirable":{
"examples":[
"considering that he's a member of the old school, his deprecation of contemporary manners isn't surprising"
],
"synonyms":[
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"discountenances",
"disesteems",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"displeasures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrelishes",
"distastes",
"rejections",
"thumbs-downs",
"blames",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denunciations",
"dispraises",
"opprobriums",
"reprehensions",
"reproaches",
"reprobations",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"hostilities",
"belittlements",
"disparagements",
"objections",
"oppositions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"commendations",
"praises",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"sanctions",
"thumbs-ups",
"empathies",
"sympathies"
],
"antonyms":[
"approbations",
"approvals",
"favors"
]
},
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
"examples":[
"she had low self-esteem, so she made up for it with a near-constant deprecation of other people"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittlements",
"denigrations",
"depreciations",
"derogations",
"detractions",
"diminishments",
"disparagements",
"put-downs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersions",
"calumnies",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"vilifications",
"derisions",
"mockeries",
"ridicules",
"abuses",
"invectives",
"vituperations",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denouncements",
"denunciations",
"de-emphases",
"minimizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"praises",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"commendations",
"hypes",
"pufferies"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizements",
"ennoblements",
"exaltations",
"glorifications",
"magnifications"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deplore":{
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
"examples":[
"a statement from the bishops deploring the loss of life in the war overseas"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"grieve (for)",
"lament",
"mourn",
"wail (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elegize",
"cry (for)",
"keen",
"moan",
"weep",
"regret",
"rue",
"bawl",
"blubber",
"sob",
"agonize",
"bleed",
"hurt",
"sorrow",
"suffer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beam",
"cheer",
"grin",
"laugh",
"smile"
],
"antonyms":[
"delight",
"exult (in)",
"glory (in)",
"joy",
"rejoice (in)"
]
},
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
"examples":[
"deplored the fact that his guests were seeing his apartment at its messiest"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoan",
"lament",
"regret",
"repent",
"rue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"bewail",
"grieve (for)",
"mourn",
"sorrow (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight (in)",
"enjoy",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depicts":{
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
"examples":[
"this letter from an eyewitness depicts the battle in greater detail than any other account"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineates",
"describes",
"draws",
"images",
"limns",
"paints",
"pictures",
"portrays",
"renders",
"sets out",
"sketches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characterizes",
"defines",
"labels",
"qualifies",
"represents",
"demonstrates",
"illustrates",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells",
"displays",
"exhibits",
"shows",
"hints",
"suggests",
"drafts",
"outlines",
"silhouettes",
"traces",
"vignettes",
"summarizes",
"sums up",
"touches off",
"redescribes",
"reimages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colors",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"garbles",
"misdescribes",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"perverts",
"twists",
"warps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"the report depicted him as a reliable assistant and an employee who could be entrusted with any task"
],
"synonyms":[
"characterizes",
"characters",
"defines",
"describes",
"portrays",
"represents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"pigeonholes",
"types",
"colors",
"identifies",
"indicates",
"names",
"specifies",
"distinguishes",
"individualizes",
"marks",
"particularizes",
"stamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a picture of":{
"examples":[
"the painting depicts a pastoral landscape on a summer day"
],
"synonyms":[
"images",
"pictures",
"portrays",
"represents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delineates",
"describes",
"documents",
"renders",
"outlines",
"silhouettes",
"sketches",
"illustrates",
"shows",
"diagrams",
"caricatures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dependably":{
"as in usually , typically":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"generally",
"habitually",
"normally",
"ordinarily",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"typically",
"usually",
"continuously",
"steadily",
"uninterruptedly",
"unremittingly",
"inevitably",
"commonly",
"frequently",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"recurrently",
"repeatedly",
"eternally",
"everlastingly",
"always",
"aye",
"ay",
"consistently",
"constantly",
"continually",
"ever",
"forever",
"incessantly",
"invariably",
"night and day",
"perpetually",
"unfailingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"intermittently",
"occasionally",
"periodically",
"sometimes",
"sporadically",
"infrequently",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"unusually",
"variously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"depression":{
"a period of decreased economic activity":{
"examples":[
"during the 1930s the U.S. suffered a great depression"
],
"synonyms":[
"recession",
"slump"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bust",
"crash",
"panic",
"stagnation",
"downbeat",
"downdraft",
"downswing",
"downtrend",
"downturn",
"slowdown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"development",
"growth",
"advancement",
"progress",
"rally",
"recovery"
],
"antonyms":[
"boom"
]
},
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
"examples":[
"she called her friend to see if a sympathetic ear would relieve his depression"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"desolation",
"despond",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolefulness",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"miserableness",
"mopes",
"mournfulness",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrowfulness",
"unhappiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"melancholia",
"self-pity",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"mourning",
"somberness",
"sorrow",
"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"moodiness",
"despair",
"desperation",
"hopelessness",
"self-despair",
"boredom",
"ennui",
"tedium",
"dismalness",
"drear",
"morbidness",
"moroseness",
"morosity",
"regret",
"rue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"satisfaction",
"delight",
"gratification"
],
"antonyms":[
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"happiness",
"heaven",
"intoxication",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
]
},
"a sunken area forming a separate space":{
"examples":[
"the water generally collects in the patchwork of depressions in the city plaza"
],
"synonyms":[
"cavity",
"concavity",
"dent",
"dint",
"hole",
"hollow",
"indentation",
"indenture",
"pit",
"recess"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burrow",
"cave",
"cavern",
"ditch",
"excavation",
"furrow",
"groove",
"gutter",
"trench",
"trough",
"basin",
"bowl",
"valley",
"alcove",
"cleft",
"niche",
"nook",
"opening",
"socket",
"alveolus",
"dimple",
"gouge",
"impression",
"imprint",
"notch",
"pocket",
"borehole",
"chuckhole",
"crater",
"posthole",
"pothole",
"sinkhole",
"wallow",
"water hole",
"well",
"abyss",
"chasm",
"gulf",
"vacuity",
"vacuum",
"void"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hill",
"mound",
"rise",
"bump",
"bunch",
"hump",
"lump",
"pimple",
"swell",
"swelling",
"tumor"
],
"antonyms":[
"bulge",
"camber",
"convexity",
"jut",
"projection",
"protrusion",
"protuberance"
]
},
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
"examples":[
"a depression in the number of new homes being built"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"dent",
"depletion",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"loss",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction",
"downturn",
"slip",
"slump",
"curtailment",
"cut",
"cutback",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"supplement",
"continuation",
"extension",
"upswing",
"uptrend",
"upturn"
],
"antonyms":[
"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"uptick"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depriving (of)":{
"as in denying , begrudging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"begrudging",
"denying",
"keeping",
"retaining",
"stinting",
"withholding",
"appropriating",
"arrogating",
"confiscating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allocating",
"allotting",
"allowing",
"apportioning",
"assigning",
"distributing",
"lotting",
"rationing",
"admeasuring",
"administering",
"dealing",
"dispensing",
"dividing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"measuring",
"metering",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"parting",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"sharing (out)",
"splitting",
"according",
"awarding",
"giving",
"granting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depends (on or upon)":{
"as in waits (for) , counts (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banks on",
"counts (on or upon)",
"relies (on or upon)",
"waits (for)",
"anticipates",
"awaits",
"expects",
"hopes (for)",
"watches (for)",
"envisages",
"envisions",
"foresees",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"prophesies",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"contemplates",
"eyes",
"views"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubts",
"questions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"deploring":{
"expressing or suggesting mourning":{
"examples":[
"a deploring look on his face long after the funeral had ended"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"bitter",
"doleful",
"dolesome",
"dolorous",
"funeral",
"grieving",
"heartbroken",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"plangent",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"woeful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dirgelike",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"melancholy",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"inconsolable",
"tearful",
"brokenhearted",
"careworn",
"crestfallen",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"low-spirited",
"miserable",
"sad",
"triste",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"bawling",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"yammering",
"bleeding",
"suffering",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"joyless",
"low",
"miserable",
"moody",
"morbid",
"morose",
"pathetic",
"pessimistic",
"piteous",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"happy",
"joyful",
"rejoicing",
"triumphant",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blissful",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyous",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"giddy",
"heady",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
"examples":[
"a statement from the bishops deploring the loss of life in the war overseas"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"grieving (for)",
"lamenting",
"mourning",
"wailing (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elegizing",
"crying (for)",
"keening",
"moaning",
"weeping",
"regretting",
"ruing",
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"sobbing",
"agonizing",
"bleeding",
"hurting",
"sorrowing",
"suffering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"cheering",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"delighting",
"exulting (in)",
"glorying (in)",
"joying",
"rejoicing (in)"
]
},
"to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{
"examples":[
"deplored the fact that his guests were seeing his apartment at its messiest"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemoaning",
"lamenting",
"regretting",
"repenting",
"ruing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aching (for)",
"bewailing",
"grieving (for)",
"mourning",
"sorrowing (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighting (in)",
"enjoying",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"depend (on or upon)":{
"as in wait (for) , count (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bank on",
"count (on or upon)",
"rely (on or upon)",
"wait (for)",
"anticipate",
"await",
"expect",
"hope (for)",
"watch (for)",
"envisage",
"envision",
"foresee",
"foretell",
"predict",
"prophesy",
"assume",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"contemplate",
"eye",
"view"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubt",
"question"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depreciating":{
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"a faded finish will really depreciate your car when you decide to trade it in"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuating",
"breaking",
"cheapening",
"depressing",
"devaluating",
"devaluing",
"downgrading",
"lowering",
"marking down",
"reducing",
"sinking",
"writing down",
"writing off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debasing",
"demonetizing",
"underestimating",
"underpricing",
"underrating",
"undervaluing",
"abridging",
"compressing",
"contracting",
"de-escalating",
"deflating",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"moderating",
"shrinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloating",
"blowing up",
"inflating",
"overestimating",
"overpricing",
"overrating",
"overvaluing",
"adding",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"ballooning",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"dilating",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"heightening",
"increasing",
"maximizing",
"multiplying",
"raising",
"swelling",
"upping"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciating",
"enhancing",
"marking up",
"upgrading"
]
},
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"dared to depreciate Shakespeare, saying his works have no relevance for modern audiences"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"denigrating",
"deprecating",
"derogating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"disparaging",
"dissing",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"poor-mouthing",
"putting down",
"running down",
"talking down",
"trashing",
"trash-talking",
"vilipending",
"writing off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommending",
"abusing",
"scolding",
"disapproving (of)",
"disliking",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"aspersing",
"defaming",
"maligning",
"ripping",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"discrediting",
"disgracing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"countenancing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"sanctioning",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deportations":{
"the forced removal from a homeland":{
"examples":[
"the deportation of the Jews from Spain in 1492"
],
"synonyms":[
"banishments",
"displacements",
"exiles",
"expatriations",
"expulsions",
"relegations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ostracisms",
"extraditions",
"diasporas",
"dispersions",
"scatterings",
"emigrations",
"migrations",
"evacuations",
"ethnic cleansings",
"transportations",
"dispossessions",
"ejections",
"ousters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repatriations",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depressant":{
"as in sedative , relaxant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"relaxant",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"drowsy",
"hypnotic",
"narcotic",
"opiate",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somniferous",
"somnolent",
"soporific",
"calming",
"comforting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"restful",
"settling",
"soothing",
"analgesic",
"anesthetic",
"anesthetizing",
"benumbing",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"numbing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"stupefying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stimulant",
"arousing",
"awakening",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bracing",
"refreshing",
"restorative",
"reviving",
"stimulative",
"stimulatory"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"depreciated":{
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"a faded finish will really depreciate your car when you decide to trade it in"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuated",
"broke",
"cheapened",
"depressed",
"devaluated",
"devalued",
"downgraded",
"lowered",
"marked down",
"reduced",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wrote down",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debased",
"demonetized",
"underestimated",
"underpriced",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"abridged",
"compressed",
"contracted",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"moderated",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"bloated",
"inflated",
"overestimated",
"overpriced",
"overrated",
"overvalued",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"dilated",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled",
"upped"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"enhanced",
"marked up",
"upgraded"
]
},
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"dared to depreciate Shakespeare, saying his works have no relevance for modern audiences"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"cried down",
"decried",
"denigrated",
"deprecated",
"derogated",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"dismissed",
"disparaged",
"dissed",
"kissed off",
"minimized",
"played down",
"poor-mouthed",
"put down",
"ran down",
"talked down",
"trashed",
"trash-talked",
"vilipended",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommended",
"abused",
"scolded",
"disapproved (of)",
"disliked",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"aspersed",
"defamed",
"maligned",
"ripped",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"discredited",
"disgraced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"countenanced",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"favored",
"recommended",
"sanctioned",
"commended",
"complimented",
"eulogized"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"magnified",
"praised"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deplorably":{
"as in terribly , horribly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmally",
"atrociously",
"awfully",
"damnably",
"detestably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"execrably",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horrifically",
"rottenly",
"terribly",
"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"lousily",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"wretchedly",
"intolerably",
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"reprehensibly",
"unsuitably",
"vulgarly",
"naughtily",
"egregiously",
"flagrantly",
"grossly",
"miserably",
"shoddily",
"sleazily",
"trashily",
"unspeakably",
"abominably",
"odiously",
"vilely",
"inferiorly",
"insufficiently",
"meagerly",
"meanly",
"niggardly",
"scantily",
"scantly",
"shabbily",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"stingily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"fine",
"good",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatably",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"tolerably",
"well",
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decently",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"exactly",
"faithfully",
"ideally",
"precisely",
"respectably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"deposition":{
"matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid":{
"examples":[
"several types of deposition on the bottom of the lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposit",
"dregs",
"grounds",
"precipitate",
"sediment",
"settlings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lees",
"ooze",
"silt",
"sludge",
"dross",
"slag",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depletion":{
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
"examples":[
"the kind of catastrophic illness that can make a sizable depletion in a family's savings"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"dent",
"depression",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"loss",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction",
"downturn",
"slip",
"slump",
"curtailment",
"cut",
"cutback",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"supplement",
"continuation",
"extension",
"upswing",
"uptrend",
"upturn"
],
"antonyms":[
"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"uptick"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deprives":{
"to take something away from":{
"examples":[
"working those long hours was depriving him of his sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"bereaves",
"divests",
"strips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denudes",
"cheats",
"cleans (out)",
"defrauds",
"shortchanges",
"bankrupts",
"disfurnishes",
"impoverishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{
"examples":[
"a prince who had been deprived after those who opposed the monarchy came to power"
],
"synonyms":[
"defrocks",
"deposes",
"dethrones",
"displaces",
"ousts",
"uncrowns",
"unmakes",
"unseats",
"unthrones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cans",
"cashiers",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"musters out",
"removes",
"retires",
"sacks",
"overthrows",
"subverts",
"supplants",
"topples",
"usurps",
"banishes",
"boots (out)",
"bounces",
"casts out",
"chases",
"drums (out)",
"ejects",
"expels",
"extrudes",
"routs",
"runs off",
"throws out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baptizes",
"inaugurates",
"inducts",
"initiates",
"installs",
"instates",
"invests",
"appoints",
"designates",
"elects"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowns",
"enthrones",
"thrones"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depletes":{
"to make complete use of":{
"examples":[
"miners depleted the vein of copper ore after only a few months"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"burns",
"consumes",
"devours",
"drains",
"draws down",
"exhausts",
"expends",
"plays out",
"spends",
"uses up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"eats",
"uses",
"bankrupts",
"cleans (out)",
"impoverishes",
"cripples",
"debilitates",
"disables",
"enfeebles",
"saps",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"dries up",
"empties",
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fritters (away)",
"guzzles",
"lavishes",
"misspends",
"runs through",
"squanders",
"throws away",
"wastes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augments",
"enlarges",
"increases",
"bolsters",
"enforces",
"fortifies",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"rebuilds",
"repairs",
"restores",
"revives",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"saves"
],
"antonyms":[
"renews",
"replaces"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"examples":[
"disease and battlefield casualties had depleted troop strength to dangerously low levels"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dents",
"diminishes",
"downscales",
"downsizes",
"drops",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"knocks down",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"clips",
"crops",
"curtails",
"cuts",
"cuts back",
"cuts down",
"docks",
"nicks",
"pares",
"prunes",
"retrenches",
"shortens",
"slashes",
"trims",
"truncates",
"whittles",
"deflates",
"shrinks",
"minimizes",
"moderates",
"modifies",
"modulates",
"qualifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"swells",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"adds (to)",
"complements",
"supplements",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"increases",
"raises"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dependence":{
"the quality or state of needing something or someone":{
"examples":[
"a baby's total dependence upon his or her parents for every one of life's needs"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependency",
"reliance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reciprocity",
"relativity",
"confidence",
"credence",
"faith",
"stock",
"trust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autonomy",
"self-determination",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"antonyms":[
"independence",
"independency",
"self-dependence",
"self-reliance",
"self-sufficiency",
"self-support"
]
},
"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
"examples":[
"ultimately rice became the chief dependence in that state"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchor",
"buttress",
"mainstay",
"pillar",
"reliance",
"standby"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backbone",
"sinew(s)",
"spine",
"right hand",
"bolsterer",
"crutch",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"prop",
"stay",
"anchorage",
"harbor",
"refuge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a physiological need for certain drugs":{
"examples":[
"acquired a dependence on prescription painkillers following back surgery"
],
"synonyms":[
"addiction",
"habit",
"jones",
"monkey"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alcoholism",
"heroinism",
"morphinism",
"habituation",
"tolerance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"departing":{
"the act of leaving a place":{
"examples":[
"his departing was accompanied by tears and heartfelt good wishes"
],
"synonyms":[
"decamping",
"decampment",
"departure",
"exit",
"exiting",
"farewell",
"going",
"leave",
"leave-taking",
"lighting out",
"outgo",
"parting",
"quitting",
"walking out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flight",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"running away",
"withdrawal",
"diaspora",
"emigration",
"evacuation",
"exodus",
"embarkation",
"embarkment",
"disembarkation",
"egress",
"abandonment",
"forsaking",
"relinquishment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming",
"approach",
"entrance",
"ingress"
],
"antonyms":[
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival"
]
},
"as in leaving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"leaving",
"closing",
"concluding",
"final",
"last",
"ultimate",
"farewell",
"parting",
"valedictory"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"I'll sing one more song before I depart"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing",
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
"packing (up or off)",
"parting",
"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"a special tribute for those members of the motion picture academy who have departed over the past year"
],
"synonyms":[
"checking out",
"conking (out)",
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"demising",
"dropping",
"dying",
"ending",
"exiting",
"expiring",
"falling",
"flatlining",
"going",
"kicking in",
"kicking off",
"parting",
"passing away",
"passing (on)",
"pegging out",
"perishing",
"popping off",
"stepping out",
"succumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceasing",
"consuming",
"disappearing",
"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming to",
"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathing",
"living"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"depositories":{
"a building for storing goods":{
"examples":[
"a book depository"
],
"synonyms":[
"depots",
"magazines",
"repositories",
"storages",
"storehouses",
"warehouses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caches",
"stockrooms",
"storerooms",
"banks",
"bins",
"containers",
"lockers",
"safe-deposit boxes",
"strongboxes",
"arsenals",
"dumps",
"stowages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depend":{
"to be determined by, based on, or subject (to)":{
"examples":[
"whether or not we play baseball will depend on how much rain we get"
],
"synonyms":[
"hang",
"hinge",
"ride",
"turn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"base",
"establish",
"found",
"rest",
"stay",
"ground"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"I know I can always depend on you for help when I really need it"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculate",
"count",
"lean",
"reckon",
"rely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commit",
"confide",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"trust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depreciatory":{
"intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value":{
"examples":[
"a customer making depreciatory remarks about the quality of the service at the restaurant"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"decrying",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"denigrative",
"denigratory",
"deprecatory",
"depreciative",
"derisory",
"derogative",
"derogatory",
"detractive",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"pejorative",
"scornful",
"slighting",
"uncomplimentary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"calumnious",
"defamatory",
"insulting",
"libelous",
"libellous",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"slanderous",
"vilifying",
"abusive",
"opprobrious",
"scurrilous",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"unkind",
"virulent",
"critical",
"denunciative",
"denunciatory",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admiring",
"adulatory",
"applauding",
"approving",
"friendly",
"positive",
"appreciative",
"respectful",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"unmalicious",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"laudative",
"laudatory"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"depravedness":{
"the state or quality of being utterly evil":{
"examples":[
"the prosecutor argued that the murders in their utter depravedness called for a sentence of nothing less than the death penalty"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"badness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"hideousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accursedness",
"baseness",
"cursedness",
"devilishness",
"execrableness",
"fiendishness",
"hellishness",
"corruption",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"pervertedness",
"immorality",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"morality",
"chasteness",
"innocence",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deputies":{
"a person who acts or does business for another":{
"examples":[
"the club president sent a deputy to the conference to vote on our behalf"
],
"synonyms":[
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"envoys",
"factors",
"ministers",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassadors",
"diplomatists",
"diplomats",
"emissaries",
"foreign ministers",
"legates",
"plenipotentiaries",
"alternates",
"backups",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes",
"surrogates",
"understudies",
"informers",
"operatives",
"spies",
"brokers",
"distributors",
"managers",
"arbiters",
"arbitrators",
"compradors",
"compradores",
"conciliators",
"go-betweens",
"intercessors",
"intermediaries",
"interposers",
"liaisons",
"mediators",
"middlemen",
"peacemakers",
"mouthpieces",
"point men",
"point people",
"prophets",
"speakers",
"spokesmen",
"spokespeople"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
"examples":[
"a deputy supervisor to help out with routine tasks"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuncts",
"adjutants",
"aides",
"aids",
"apprentices",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depute":{
"to appoint as one's representative":{
"examples":[
"the governor has the authority to depute anyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"commission",
"delegate",
"deputize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assign",
"charge",
"appoint",
"designate",
"name",
"nominate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrogate",
"abdicate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depending":{
"to be determined by, based on, or subject (to)":{
"examples":[
"whether or not we play baseball will depend on how much rain we get"
],
"synonyms":[
"hanging",
"hinging",
"riding",
"turning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basing",
"establishing",
"founding",
"resting",
"staying",
"grounding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"I know I can always depend on you for help when I really need it"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculating",
"counting",
"leaning",
"reckoning",
"relying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committing",
"confiding",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"trusting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depravity":{
"a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior":{
"examples":[
"regards the widespread acceptance of gambling as another sign of the depravity of today's society"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjection",
"corruption",
"corruptness",
"debasement",
"debauchery",
"decadence",
"decadency",
"degeneracy",
"degenerateness",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"demoralization",
"dissipatedness",
"dissipation",
"dissoluteness",
"libertinage",
"libertinism",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"rakishness",
"turpitude"
],
"near synonyms":[
"evil",
"immorality",
"sinfulness",
"villainy",
"wickedness",
"filth",
"gangrene",
"rot",
"squalor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goodness",
"morality",
"righteousness",
"virtue"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society":{
"examples":[
"a section of the city long known as den of depravity"
],
"synonyms":[
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"libertinage",
"libertinism",
"licentiousness",
"profligacy",
"sin",
"vice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bad",
"badness",
"blackness",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"turpitude",
"villainy",
"wickedness",
"wrong",
"atrociousness",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"sinfulness",
"unscrupulousness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"villainousness",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"fiendishness",
"corruptness",
"debasement",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"depravedness",
"dissoluteness",
"dissolution",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lechery",
"lewdness",
"looseness",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"wantonness",
"abomination",
"anathema",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"criminality",
"reprehensibleness",
"baseness",
"despicableness",
"dirtiness",
"lowness",
"meanness",
"lousiness",
"miserableness",
"wretchedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"good",
"right",
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"legitimacy",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness",
"blamelessness",
"chastity",
"innocence",
"perfection",
"pureness",
"purity",
"spotlessness",
"cleanness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"morality",
"virtue"
]
},
"the state or quality of being utterly evil":{
"examples":[
"the depravity of the demons and devils in many tales of horror"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"badness",
"depravedness",
"diabolicalness",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"hideousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accursedness",
"baseness",
"cursedness",
"devilishness",
"execrableness",
"fiendishness",
"hellishness",
"corruption",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"pervertedness",
"immorality",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"morality",
"chasteness",
"innocence",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dependability":{
"worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence":{
"examples":[
"her dependability as a friend, in good times and bad, is legendary"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependableness",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodginess",
"unreliability"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depravers":{
"as in degraders , perverters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"corrupters",
"corruptors",
"debasers",
"debauchers",
"degraders",
"perverters",
"undoers",
"bribers",
"inducers",
"inveiglers",
"persuaders",
"tantalizers",
"beguilers",
"enchantresses",
"sirens",
"temptresses",
"baiters",
"seducers",
"solicitors",
"tempters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deportees":{
"a person forced to emigrate for political reasons":{
"examples":[
"the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation"
],
"synonyms":[
"\u00e9migr\u00e9s",
"emigr\u00e9s",
"evacuees",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"expats",
"refugees"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aliens",
"fugitives",
"castoffs",
"outcasts",
"pariahs",
"loyalists",
"patriots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depleting":{
"to make complete use of":{
"examples":[
"miners depleted the vein of copper ore after only a few months"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"burning",
"consuming",
"devouring",
"draining",
"drawing down",
"exhausting",
"expending",
"playing out",
"spending",
"using up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"eating",
"using",
"bankrupting",
"cleaning (out)",
"impoverishing",
"crippling",
"debilitating",
"disabling",
"enfeebling",
"sapping",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"drying up",
"emptying",
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"guzzling",
"lavishing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"squandering",
"throwing away",
"wasting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augmenting",
"enlarging",
"increasing",
"bolstering",
"enforcing",
"fortifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"rebuilding",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"reviving",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[
"renewing",
"replacing"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"examples":[
"disease and battlefield casualties had depleted troop strength to dangerously low levels"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"denting",
"diminishing",
"downscaling",
"downsizing",
"dropping",
"dwindling",
"easing",
"knocking down",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"curtailing",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"cutting down",
"docking",
"nicking",
"paring",
"pruning",
"retrenching",
"shortening",
"slashing",
"trimming",
"truncating",
"whittling",
"deflating",
"shrinking",
"minimizing",
"moderating",
"modifying",
"modulating",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing up",
"dilating",
"distending",
"inflating",
"swelling",
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"adding (to)",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"increasing",
"raising"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deposits":{
"a collection of things kept available for future use or need":{
"examples":[
"a deposit of ammunition under lock and key"
],
"synonyms":[
"caches",
"hoards",
"reserves",
"stores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"budgets",
"funds",
"nest eggs",
"armories",
"arsenals",
"banks",
"pools",
"reservoirs",
"stockpiles",
"stocks",
"supplies",
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"gatherings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"made a deposit at the bank every week"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"budgets",
"funds",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"pools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chests",
"coffers",
"assets",
"savings",
"savings accounts",
"bankrolls",
"caches",
"collections",
"cushions",
"hoards",
"pocketbooks",
"reserves",
"treasures",
"petty cashes",
"pin money",
"pocket moneys",
"spending moneys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put in an account":{
"examples":[
"we quickly deposited the check in a bank account"
],
"synonyms":[
"banks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caches",
"hoards",
"lays away",
"reserves",
"salts away",
"saves",
"squirrels (away)",
"stashes",
"stores",
"stows",
"invests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removes",
"takes out",
"disburses",
"expends",
"gives",
"lays out",
"pays",
"spends"
],
"antonyms":[
"withdraws"
]
},
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"deposited their luggage at the foot of the hotel bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposes",
"disposes",
"emplaces",
"fixes",
"lays",
"places",
"positions",
"puts",
"sets",
"sets up",
"situates",
"sticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moves",
"rearranges",
"reorders",
"shifts",
"orients",
"establishes",
"locates",
"plants",
"settles",
"claps",
"flops",
"planks",
"plops",
"plumps",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"plunks down",
"slaps",
"ensconces",
"niches",
"assembles",
"collects",
"carries",
"berths",
"parks",
"affixes",
"anchors",
"locks",
"lodges",
"wedges",
"arrays",
"lays out",
"lines up",
"queues",
"ranks",
"sets down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocates",
"removes",
"takes",
"banishes",
"dislodges",
"displaces",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"depredations":{
"a usually violent act in which something is damaged or destroyed or in which a person or animal is killed":{
"examples":[
"The town had somehow escaped the depredations of enemy soldiers."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"despoilments",
"despoliations",
"annihilations",
"decimations",
"demolishments",
"demolitions",
"desolations",
"destructions",
"devastations",
"exterminations",
"extinctions",
"havoc",
"losses",
"mincemeats",
"obliterations",
"ruinations",
"ruins",
"wastages",
"wreckages",
"breakups",
"collapses",
"disintegrations",
"dissolutions",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"killings",
"massacres",
"slaughters",
"dismantlements",
"effacements",
"eradications"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rescues",
"salvages",
"salvations",
"savings",
"conservations",
"preservations",
"protections",
"reclamations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"refurbishments",
"regeneracies",
"renovations",
"restorations",
"buildings",
"constructions",
"erections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dependencies":{
"the quality or state of needing something or someone":{
"examples":[
"she was concerned about his heavy dependency on coffee to get him moving in the morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependences",
"dependances",
"reliances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reciprocities",
"relativities",
"confidences",
"credences",
"faiths",
"stocks",
"trusts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autonomies",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties"
],
"antonyms":[
"independences",
"independencies",
"self-reliances",
"self-sufficiencies",
"self-supports"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depredator":{
"as in spoliator , ransacker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"looter",
"marauder",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"ransacker",
"sacker",
"spoiler",
"spoliator",
"demolisher",
"desecrater",
"desecrator",
"despoiler",
"destroyer",
"ravager",
"ruiner",
"saboteur",
"waster",
"wrecker",
"graffitist",
"tagger",
"defacer",
"vandal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserver",
"preserver",
"protector",
"saver",
"conservator",
"preservationist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depreciation":{
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
"examples":[
"a depreciation of the role of minorities in the building of the nation was once a common feature of history books"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittlement",
"denigration",
"deprecation",
"derogation",
"detraction",
"diminishment",
"disparagement",
"put-down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersion",
"backbiting",
"calumny",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"vilification",
"derision",
"mockery",
"ridicule",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denouncement",
"denunciation",
"de-emphasis",
"minimization",
"soft-pedaling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"praise",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"commendation",
"hype",
"puffery"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ennoblement",
"exaltation",
"glorification",
"magnification"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depository":{
"a building for storing goods":{
"examples":[
"a book depository"
],
"synonyms":[
"depot",
"magazine",
"repository",
"storage",
"storehouse",
"warehouse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cache",
"stockroom",
"storeroom",
"bank",
"bin",
"container",
"locker",
"safe-deposit box",
"strongbox",
"arsenal",
"dump",
"stowage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deprave":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"the belief that pornography depraves society as a whole"
],
"synonyms":[
"abase",
"bastardize",
"canker",
"cheapen",
"corrupt",
"debase",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deteriorate",
"lessen",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"vitiate",
"warp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"dilute",
"dirty",
"pollute",
"taint",
"thin",
"water down",
"weaken",
"descend",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"shame",
"take down",
"blemish",
"damage",
"deface",
"destroy",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"stain",
"tarnish",
"wreck",
"depreciate",
"downgrade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignify",
"exalt",
"honor",
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"refine",
"restore",
"respect"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"uplift"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deprecation":{
"refusal to accept as right or desirable":{
"examples":[
"considering that he's a member of the old school, his deprecation of contemporary manners isn't surprising"
],
"synonyms":[
"disapprobation",
"disapproval",
"discountenance",
"disesteem",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"displeasure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrelish",
"distaste",
"rejection",
"thumbs-down",
"blame",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denunciation",
"dispraise",
"opprobrium",
"reprehension",
"reproach",
"reprobation",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"hostility",
"belittlement",
"disparagement",
"objection",
"opposition"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"commendation",
"praise",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"sanction",
"thumbs-up",
"empathy",
"sympathy"
],
"antonyms":[
"approbation",
"approval",
"favor"
]
},
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
"examples":[
"she had low self-esteem, so she made up for it with a near-constant deprecation of other people"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittlement",
"denigration",
"depreciation",
"derogation",
"detraction",
"diminishment",
"disparagement",
"put-down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersion",
"backbiting",
"calumny",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"vilification",
"derision",
"mockery",
"ridicule",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denouncement",
"denunciation",
"de-emphasis",
"minimization",
"soft-pedaling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"praise",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"commendation",
"hype",
"puffery"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ennoblement",
"exaltation",
"glorification",
"magnification"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depress":{
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"the thought of once again failing the bar exam depressed me"
],
"synonyms":[
"bum (out)",
"burden",
"dash",
"deject",
"get down",
"oppress",
"sadden",
"weigh down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ail",
"distress",
"trouble",
"afflict",
"torment",
"torture",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dismay",
"dispirit",
"unnerve",
"agitate",
"bother",
"concern",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"disturb",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"assure",
"comfort",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"excite",
"inspire",
"stimulate",
"elate",
"exhilarate",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"boost",
"elevate",
"lift",
"uplift"
],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"buoy",
"cheer (up)",
"gladden",
"lighten",
"rejoice"
]
},
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
"examples":[
"construction workers depressed the roadbed in order to make way for an overpass"
],
"synonyms":[
"drop",
"lower",
"throw",
"throw down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flatten",
"floor",
"level",
"knock down",
"knock over",
"strike down",
"topple",
"plop",
"plunk down",
"bobble",
"bungle",
"foozle",
"fumble",
"immerse",
"sink",
"submerge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"lift",
"pick up",
"raise"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"the glut of wheat on the market has depressed that commodity for most of the past year"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"break",
"cheapen",
"depreciate",
"devaluate",
"devalue",
"downgrade",
"lower",
"mark down",
"reduce",
"sink",
"write down",
"write off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debase",
"demonetize",
"underestimate",
"underprice",
"underrate",
"undervalue",
"abridge",
"compress",
"contract",
"de-escalate",
"deflate",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"moderate",
"shrink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloat",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"overestimate",
"overprice",
"overrate",
"overvalue",
"add",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"balloon",
"boost",
"compound",
"dilate",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"heighten",
"increase",
"maximize",
"multiply",
"raise",
"swell",
"up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"enhance",
"mark up",
"upgrade"
]
},
"to push steadily against with some force":{
"examples":[
"depressed the lever to start the machine"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear (down on)",
"press",
"shove",
"weigh (on or upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compress",
"mash",
"punch",
"squash",
"squeeze",
"squish",
"squoosh",
"compel",
"force",
"pressure",
"lean (on or against)",
"muscle",
"drive",
"propel",
"thrust",
"compact",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"crush",
"scrunch",
"wring",
"cram",
"jam",
"jam-pack",
"pack",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depicting":{
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
"examples":[
"this letter from an eyewitness depicts the battle in greater detail than any other account"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineating",
"describing",
"drawing",
"imaging",
"limning",
"painting",
"picturing",
"portraying",
"rendering",
"setting out",
"sketching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characterizing",
"defining",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"qualifying",
"representing",
"demonstrating",
"illustrating",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"recounting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting",
"telling",
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"showing",
"hinting",
"suggesting",
"drafting",
"outlining",
"silhouetting",
"tracing",
"vignetting",
"summarizing",
"summing up",
"touching off",
"redescribing",
"reimaging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coloring",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"garbling",
"misdescribing",
"misrepresenting",
"misstating",
"perverting",
"twisting",
"warping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"the report depicted him as a reliable assistant and an employee who could be entrusted with any task"
],
"synonyms":[
"charactering",
"characterizing",
"defining",
"describing",
"portraying",
"representing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"pigeonholing",
"typing",
"coloring",
"identifying",
"indicating",
"naming",
"specifying",
"distinguishing",
"individualizing",
"marking",
"particularizing",
"stamping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a picture of":{
"examples":[
"the painting depicts a pastoral landscape on a summer day"
],
"synonyms":[
"imaging",
"picturing",
"portraying",
"representing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delineating",
"describing",
"documenting",
"rendering",
"outlining",
"silhouetting",
"sketching",
"illustrating",
"showing",
"diagramming",
"diagraming",
"caricaturing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deputize":{
"to appoint as one's representative":{
"examples":[
"he deputized a local citizen to take charge of the situation while he went for reinforcements"
],
"synonyms":[
"commission",
"delegate",
"depute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assign",
"charge",
"appoint",
"designate",
"name",
"nominate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrogate",
"abdicate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"departs":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"I'll sing one more song before I depart"
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"a special tribute for those members of the motion picture academy who have departed over the past year"
],
"synonyms":[
"checks out",
"conks (out)",
"croaks",
"deceases",
"demises",
"dies",
"drops",
"ends",
"exits",
"expires",
"falls",
"flatlines",
"goes",
"kicks in",
"kicks off",
"parts",
"passes away",
"passes (on)",
"pegs out",
"perishes",
"pops off",
"steps out",
"succumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceases",
"consumes",
"disappears",
"dries up",
"fades",
"fails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes to",
"revives",
"lingers",
"exists",
"is",
"subsists",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathes",
"lives"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depends (on)":{
"as in relies (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"relies (on)",
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"consults",
"goes (to)",
"refers (to)",
"resorts (to)",
"turns (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depraves":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"the belief that pornography depraves society as a whole"
],
"synonyms":[
"abases",
"bastardizes",
"cankers",
"cheapens",
"corrupts",
"debases",
"debauches",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"demoralizes",
"deteriorates",
"lessens",
"perverts",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"subverts",
"vitiates",
"warps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"dilutes",
"dirties",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"thins",
"waters down",
"weakens",
"descends",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"shames",
"takes down",
"blemishes",
"damages",
"defaces",
"destroys",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"stains",
"tarnishes",
"wrecks",
"depreciates",
"downgrades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignifies",
"exalts",
"honors",
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"refines",
"restores",
"respects"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"uplifts"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depend (on)":{
"as in rely (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rely (on)",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"consult",
"go (to)",
"refer (to)",
"resort (to)",
"turn (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dependable":{
"worthy of one's trust":{
"examples":[
"seeking a dependable person to look after their summer home in the off-season"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculable",
"good",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"safe",
"secure",
"solid",
"steady",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constant",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"fast",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"true-blue",
"honest",
"sincere",
"single-minded",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"bedrock",
"firm",
"sound",
"strong",
"effective",
"telling",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"proven",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"blameless",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"inerrant",
"irreproachable",
"unimpeachable",
"unquestionable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untruthful",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"uncertain",
"unsound",
"hazardous",
"risky",
"unconfirmed",
"untried"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodgy",
"uncertain",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"unsafe",
"untrustworthy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"deplaning":{
"as in detraining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"detraining",
"alighting",
"descending",
"disembarking",
"dismounting",
"getting down",
"lighting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embarking",
"boarding",
"climbing (aboard)",
"getting in",
"mounting",
"enplaning",
"emplaning",
"entraining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depriving":{
"to take something away from":{
"examples":[
"working those long hours was depriving him of his sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"bereaving",
"divesting",
"stripping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denuding",
"cheating",
"cleaning (out)",
"defrauding",
"shortchanging",
"bankrupting",
"disfurnishing",
"impoverishing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{
"examples":[
"a prince who had been deprived after those who opposed the monarchy came to power"
],
"synonyms":[
"defrocking",
"deposing",
"dethroning",
"displacing",
"ousting",
"uncrowning",
"unmaking",
"unseating",
"unthroning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canning",
"cashiering",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"removing",
"retiring",
"sacking",
"overthrowing",
"subverting",
"supplanting",
"toppling",
"usurping",
"banishing",
"booting (out)",
"bouncing",
"casting out",
"chasing",
"drumming (out)",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"extruding",
"routing",
"running off",
"throwing out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"initiating",
"installing",
"instating",
"investing",
"appointing",
"designating",
"electing"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowning",
"enthroning",
"throning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depopulate":{
"as in unpeople":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"unpeople"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colonize",
"people",
"populate",
"settle",
"inhabit",
"move (to)",
"relocate (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depreciations":{
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
"examples":[
"a depreciation of the role of minorities in the building of the nation was once a common feature of history books"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittlements",
"denigrations",
"deprecations",
"derogations",
"detractions",
"diminishments",
"disparagements",
"put-downs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersions",
"calumnies",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"vilifications",
"derisions",
"mockeries",
"ridicules",
"abuses",
"invectives",
"vituperations",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denouncements",
"denunciations",
"de-emphases",
"minimizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"praises",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"commendations",
"hypes",
"pufferies"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizements",
"ennoblements",
"exaltations",
"glorifications",
"magnifications"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depresses":{
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"the thought of once again failing the bar exam depressed me"
],
"synonyms":[
"bums (out)",
"burdens",
"dashes",
"dejects",
"gets down",
"oppresses",
"saddens",
"weighs down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ails",
"distresses",
"troubles",
"afflicts",
"torments",
"tortures",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dismays",
"dispirits",
"unnerves",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"disturbs",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"assures",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"excites",
"inspires",
"stimulates",
"elates",
"exhilarates",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"boosts",
"elevates",
"lifts",
"uplifts"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"buoys",
"cheers (up)",
"gladdens",
"lightens",
"rejoices"
]
},
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
"examples":[
"construction workers depressed the roadbed in order to make way for an overpass"
],
"synonyms":[
"drops",
"lowers",
"throws",
"throws down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flattens",
"floors",
"levels",
"knocks down",
"knocks over",
"strikes down",
"topples",
"plops",
"plunks down",
"bobbles",
"bungles",
"foozles",
"fumbles",
"immerses",
"sinks",
"submerges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"lifts",
"picks up",
"raises"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"the glut of wheat on the market has depressed that commodity for most of the past year"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuates",
"breaks",
"cheapens",
"depreciates",
"devaluates",
"devalues",
"downgrades",
"lowers",
"marks down",
"reduces",
"sinks",
"writes down",
"writes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debases",
"demonetizes",
"underestimates",
"underprices",
"underrates",
"undervalues",
"abridges",
"compresses",
"contracts",
"de-escalates",
"deflates",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"moderates",
"shrinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloats",
"blows up",
"inflates",
"overestimates",
"overprices",
"overrates",
"overvalues",
"adds",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"balloons",
"boosts",
"compounds",
"dilates",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"heightens",
"increases",
"maximizes",
"multiplies",
"raises",
"swells",
"ups"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciates",
"enhances",
"marks up",
"upgrades"
]
},
"to push steadily against with some force":{
"examples":[
"depressed the lever to start the machine"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears (down on)",
"presses",
"shoves",
"weighs (on or upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"mashes",
"punches",
"squashes",
"squeezes",
"squishes",
"squooshes",
"compels",
"forces",
"pressures",
"leans (on or against)",
"muscles",
"drives",
"propels",
"thrusts",
"compacts",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"crushes",
"scrunches",
"wrings",
"crams",
"jam-packs",
"jams",
"packs",
"stuffs",
"wedges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deputizes":{
"to appoint as one's representative":{
"examples":[
"he deputized a local citizen to take charge of the situation while he went for reinforcements"
],
"synonyms":[
"commissions",
"delegates",
"deputes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assigns",
"charges",
"appoints",
"designates",
"names",
"nominates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrogates",
"abdicates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depict":{
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
"examples":[
"this letter from an eyewitness depicts the battle in greater detail than any other account"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineate",
"describe",
"draw",
"image",
"limn",
"paint",
"picture",
"portray",
"render",
"set out",
"sketch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characterize",
"define",
"label",
"qualify",
"represent",
"demonstrate",
"illustrate",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell",
"display",
"exhibit",
"show",
"hint",
"suggest",
"draft",
"outline",
"silhouette",
"trace",
"vignette",
"summarize",
"sum up",
"touch off",
"redescribe",
"reimage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"color",
"distort",
"falsify",
"garble",
"misdescribe",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"twist",
"warp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"the report depicted him as a reliable assistant and an employee who could be entrusted with any task"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"characterize",
"define",
"describe",
"portray",
"represent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"categorize",
"classify",
"pigeonhole",
"type",
"color",
"identify",
"indicate",
"name",
"specify",
"distinguish",
"individualize",
"mark",
"particularize",
"stamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a picture of":{
"examples":[
"the painting depicts a pastoral landscape on a summer day"
],
"synonyms":[
"image",
"picture",
"portray",
"represent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delineate",
"describe",
"document",
"render",
"outline",
"silhouette",
"sketch",
"illustrate",
"show",
"diagram",
"caricature"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dependents":{
"as in parasites , sycophants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodsuckers",
"freeloaders",
"free riders",
"hangers-on",
"leeches",
"moochers",
"parasites",
"spongers",
"sponges",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"satellites",
"stooges",
"sycophants",
"toadies",
"yes-men",
"cheapskates",
"misers",
"niggards",
"pikers",
"scrooges",
"skinflints",
"tightwads",
"deadbeats",
"idlers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benefactors",
"philanthropists",
"supporters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deputy":{
"a person who acts or does business for another":{
"examples":[
"the club president sent a deputy to the conference to vote on our behalf"
],
"synonyms":[
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"envoy",
"factor",
"minister",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassador",
"diplomat",
"diplomatist",
"emissary",
"foreign minister",
"legate",
"plenipotentiary",
"alternate",
"backup",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute",
"surrogate",
"understudy",
"informer",
"operative",
"spy",
"broker",
"distributor",
"manager",
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"comprador",
"compradore",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"interposer",
"liaison",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker",
"mouthpiece",
"point man",
"point person",
"prophet",
"speaker",
"spokesman",
"spokesperson"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
"examples":[
"a deputy supervisor to help out with routine tasks"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjunct",
"adjutant",
"aid",
"aide",
"apprentice",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"helper",
"helpmate",
"helpmeet",
"lieutenant",
"mate",
"sidekick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in assistant , junior":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assistant",
"assisting",
"coadjutor",
"junior",
"under",
"ancillary",
"inferior",
"last",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"lowly",
"second",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chief",
"commanding",
"first",
"foremost",
"head",
"high",
"lead",
"leading",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"presiding",
"primary",
"prime",
"principal",
"supereminent",
"supreme",
"top",
"high-level",
"senior",
"controlling",
"directing",
"managing",
"officiating",
"overseeing",
"regnant",
"reigning",
"ruling",
"supervisory"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"depraver":{
"as in degrader , perverter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"corrupter",
"corruptor",
"debaser",
"debaucher",
"degrader",
"perverter",
"undoer",
"briber",
"inducer",
"inveigler",
"persuader",
"tantalizer",
"beguiler",
"enchantress",
"siren",
"temptress",
"baiter",
"seducer",
"solicitor",
"tempter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deposed":{
"to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)":{
"examples":[
"a military junta deposed the dictator after he had bankrupted the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"defrocked",
"deprived",
"dethroned",
"displaced",
"ousted",
"uncrowned",
"unmade",
"unseated",
"unthroned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canned",
"cashiered",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"mustered out",
"removed",
"retired",
"sacked",
"overthrew",
"subverted",
"supplanted",
"toppled",
"usurped",
"banished",
"booted (out)",
"bounced",
"cast out",
"chased",
"drummed (out)",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"extruded",
"ran off",
"routed",
"threw out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baptized",
"baptised",
"inaugurated",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"invested",
"appointed",
"designated",
"elected"
],
"antonyms":[
"crowned",
"enthroned",
"throned"
]
},
"to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact":{
"examples":[
"she was nervous when the time to depose before the jury finally arrived"
],
"synonyms":[
"attested",
"swore",
"testified",
"witnessed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"verified",
"vouched",
"promised",
"vowed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"deposed her fan and gloves on the dressing table"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposited",
"disposed",
"emplaced",
"fixed",
"laid",
"placed",
"positioned",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
"situated",
"stuck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moved",
"rearranged",
"reordered",
"shifted",
"oriented",
"established",
"located",
"planted",
"settled",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"flopped",
"planked",
"plopped",
"plumped",
"plunked",
"plonked",
"plunked down",
"plonked down",
"slapped",
"ensconced",
"niched",
"assembled",
"collected",
"carried",
"berthed",
"parked",
"affixed",
"anchored",
"locked",
"lodged",
"wedged",
"arrayed",
"laid out",
"lined up",
"queued",
"ranked",
"set down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocated",
"removed",
"took",
"banished",
"dislodged",
"displaced",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deportments":{
"the way or manner in which one conducts oneself":{
"examples":[
"her deportment during the bitter divorce was a model of self-restraint and class"
],
"synonyms":[
"actions",
"addresses",
"bearings",
"behaviors",
"comportments",
"conducts",
"demeanors",
"gestes",
"gests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"etiquettes",
"forms",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties",
"p's and q's",
"amenities",
"civilities",
"courtesies",
"decorums",
"airs",
"attitudes",
"carriages",
"poises",
"poses",
"postures",
"presences",
"aspects",
"looks",
"miens",
"formalities",
"protocols",
"rules",
"customs",
"habits",
"habitudes",
"patterns",
"practices",
"practises",
"tricks",
"wonts",
"conventions",
"fashions",
"forms",
"modes",
"styles",
"affectations",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"marks",
"traits",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"singularities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depopulates":{
"as in unpeoples":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"unpeoples"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colonizes",
"peoples",
"populates",
"settles",
"inhabits",
"moves (to)",
"relocates (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"department":{
"a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":{
"examples":[
"the Department of the Interior"
],
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"arm",
"branch",
"bureau",
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],
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"arena",
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"front",
"game",
"kingdom",
"line",
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"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"walk"
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"subject",
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"turf",
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"profession",
"pursuit",
"racket",
"vocation",
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"breadth",
"compass",
"confine",
"dimension(s)",
"extent",
"ken",
"reach",
"scope",
"sweep",
"width",
"subfield",
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"type":[
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"marauding",
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"sacking",
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"sabotaging",
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"demolishing",
"destroying",
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"ravaging",
"ravening",
"razing",
"ruining",
"scourging",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"totaling",
"totalling",
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"banging up",
"breaking",
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"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"marring",
"shattering",
"spoiling",
"graffitiing",
"graffiting",
"tagging",
"desecrating",
"violating",
"defacing",
"trashing",
"vandalizing"
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"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"salvaging",
"building",
"rebuilding"
],
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"emplacements",
"placements",
"rankings",
"billets",
"gigs",
"jobs",
"offices",
"places",
"positions",
"situations",
"spots",
"stations",
"anointments",
"inductions",
"installations",
"installments",
"instalments",
"investitures",
"investments",
"ordinations",
"appointments",
"assignments",
"commissions",
"designations",
"choices",
"destinations",
"elections",
"nominations",
"selections"
],
"near antonyms":[
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"dismissals",
"dismissions",
"expulsions",
"firings",
"blackballs",
"rejections",
"depositions",
"dethronements",
"ejections",
"evictions",
"ousters",
"overthrows",
"removals"
],
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"legations",
"apostles",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"couriers",
"messengers",
"attach\u00e9s",
"charg\u00e9s d'affaires",
"consuls",
"deputies",
"diplomats",
"foreign ministers",
"nuncios",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"mouthpieces",
"spokespeople",
"ambassadresses",
"agents",
"ambassadors",
"delegates",
"emissaries",
"envoys",
"legates",
"ministers",
"representatives"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"examples":[
"during the 1930s the U.S. suffered a great depression"
],
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"recessions",
"slumps"
],
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"busts",
"crashes",
"panics",
"stagnations",
"downbeats",
"downdrafts",
"downswings",
"downtrends",
"downturns",
"slowdowns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"developments",
"growths",
"advancements",
"progresses",
"rallies",
"recoveries"
],
"antonyms":[
"booms"
]
},
"a sunken area forming a separate space":{
"examples":[
"the water generally collects in the patchwork of depressions in the city plaza"
],
"synonyms":[
"cavities",
"concavities",
"dents",
"dints",
"holes",
"hollows",
"indentations",
"indentures",
"pits",
"recesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burrows",
"caverns",
"caves",
"ditches",
"excavations",
"furrows",
"grooves",
"gutters",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"basins",
"bowls",
"valleys",
"alcoves",
"clefts",
"niches",
"nooks",
"openings",
"sockets",
"alveoli",
"dimples",
"gouges",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"notches",
"pockets",
"boreholes",
"chuckholes",
"craters",
"postholes",
"potholes",
"sinkholes",
"wallows",
"water holes",
"wells",
"abysses",
"chasms",
"gulfs",
"vacuities",
"vacuums",
"vacua",
"voids"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hills",
"mounds",
"rises",
"bumps",
"bunches",
"humps",
"lumps",
"pimples",
"swellings",
"swells",
"tumors"
],
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"bulges",
"cambers",
"convexities",
"juts",
"projections",
"protrusions",
"protuberances"
]
},
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"examples":[
"a depression in the number of new homes being built"
],
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"abatements",
"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"dents",
"depletions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deductions",
"subtractions",
"downturns",
"slips",
"slumps",
"curtailments",
"cutbacks",
"cuts",
"retrenchments",
"shortenings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretions",
"accruals",
"accumulations",
"additions",
"supplements",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"upswings",
"uptrends",
"upturns"
],
"antonyms":[
"boosts",
"enlargements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"upticks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depicted":{
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"descriptive",
"expressive",
"delineated",
"graphic",
"graphical",
"pictorial",
"picturesque",
"visual",
"vivid",
"concrete",
"explicit",
"specific",
"faithful",
"lifelike",
"natural",
"photographic",
"realistic",
"fresh",
"incisive",
"sharp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indeterminate",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"sketchy",
"unclear",
"vague",
"bleary",
"blurry",
"dark",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"hazy",
"indefinite",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"muddy",
"murky",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"ambiguous",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious"
],
"antonyms":[]
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"to give a representation or account of in words":{
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"this letter from an eyewitness depicts the battle in greater detail than any other account"
],
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"delineated",
"described",
"drew",
"imaged",
"limned",
"painted",
"pictured",
"portrayed",
"rendered",
"set out",
"sketched"
],
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"characterized",
"defined",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"qualified",
"represented",
"demonstrated",
"illustrated",
"narrated",
"recited",
"recounted",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"reported",
"told",
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"showed",
"hinted",
"suggested",
"drafted",
"outlined",
"silhouetted",
"traced",
"vignetted",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"touched off",
"redescribed",
"reimaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colored",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"garbled",
"misdescribed",
"misrepresented",
"misstated",
"perverted",
"twisted",
"warped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"the report depicted him as a reliable assistant and an employee who could be entrusted with any task"
],
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"charactered",
"characterized",
"defined",
"described",
"portrayed",
"represented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"categorized",
"classified",
"pigeonholed",
"typed",
"colored",
"identified",
"indicated",
"named",
"specified",
"distinguished",
"individualized",
"marked",
"particularized",
"stamped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a picture of":{
"examples":[
"the painting depicts a pastoral landscape on a summer day"
],
"synonyms":[
"imaged",
"pictured",
"portrayed",
"represented"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"described",
"documented",
"rendered",
"outlined",
"silhouetted",
"sketched",
"illustrated",
"showed",
"diagrammed",
"diagramed",
"caricatured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"depredates":{
"as in loots , plunders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"despoils",
"loots",
"marauds",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ransacks",
"sacks",
"spoliates",
"sabotages",
"annihilates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"ravages",
"ravens",
"razes",
"ruins",
"scourges",
"smashes",
"tears down",
"totals",
"wastes",
"wipes out",
"wracks",
"wrecks",
"bangs up",
"breaks",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"mars",
"shatters",
"spoils",
"graffitis",
"tags",
"desecrates",
"violates",
"defaces",
"trashes",
"vandalizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserves",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"salvages",
"builds",
"rebuilds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deputing":{
"to appoint as one's representative":{
"examples":[
"the governor has the authority to depute anyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"commissioning",
"delegating",
"deputizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assigning",
"charging",
"appointing",
"designating",
"naming",
"nominating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrogating",
"abdicating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to appoint as one's representative":{
"examples":[
"the governor has the authority to depute anyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"commissioned",
"delegated",
"deputized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assigned",
"charged",
"appointed",
"designated",
"named",
"nominated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrogated",
"abdicated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depressing":{
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"the depressing atmosphere of the empty mall"
],
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"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"causing unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"more depressing news about the famine overseas"
],
"synonyms":[
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"melancholy",
"mournful",
"pathetic",
"sad",
"saddening",
"sorry",
"tearful",
"teary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deplorable",
"distressful",
"grievous",
"lamentable",
"unfortunate",
"woeful",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"affecting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heartening",
"heartwarming",
"inspiring",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"uplifting",
"agreeable",
"delightful",
"enjoyable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome",
"exhilarating",
"thrilling"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheering",
"cheery",
"glad",
"happy"
]
},
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"the thought of once again failing the bar exam depressed me"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumming (out)",
"burdening",
"dashing",
"dejecting",
"getting down",
"oppressing",
"saddening",
"weighing down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ailing",
"distressing",
"troubling",
"afflicting",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"unnerving",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"disturbing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"assuring",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"exciting",
"inspiring",
"stimulating",
"elating",
"exhilarating",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"lifting",
"uplifting"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"buoying",
"cheering (up)",
"gladdening",
"lightening",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
"examples":[
"construction workers depressed the roadbed in order to make way for an overpass"
],
"synonyms":[
"dropping",
"lowering",
"throwing",
"throwing down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flattening",
"flooring",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"knocking down",
"knocking over",
"striking down",
"toppling",
"plopping",
"plunking down",
"plonking down",
"bobbling",
"bungling",
"foozling",
"fumbling",
"immersing",
"sinking",
"submerging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"lifting",
"picking up",
"raising"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"the glut of wheat on the market has depressed that commodity for most of the past year"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuating",
"breaking",
"cheapening",
"depreciating",
"devaluating",
"devaluing",
"downgrading",
"lowering",
"marking down",
"reducing",
"sinking",
"writing down",
"writing off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debasing",
"demonetizing",
"underestimating",
"underpricing",
"underrating",
"undervaluing",
"abridging",
"compressing",
"contracting",
"de-escalating",
"deflating",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"moderating",
"shrinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloating",
"blowing up",
"inflating",
"overestimating",
"overpricing",
"overrating",
"overvaluing",
"adding",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"ballooning",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"dilating",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"heightening",
"increasing",
"maximizing",
"multiplying",
"raising",
"swelling",
"upping"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciating",
"enhancing",
"marking up",
"upgrading"
]
},
"to push steadily against with some force":{
"examples":[
"depressed the lever to start the machine"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing (down on)",
"pressing",
"shoving",
"weighing (on or upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressing",
"mashing",
"punching",
"squashing",
"squeezing",
"squishing",
"squooshing",
"compelling",
"forcing",
"pressuring",
"leaning (on or against)",
"muscling",
"driving",
"propelling",
"thrusting",
"compacting",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"crushing",
"scrunching",
"wringing",
"cramming",
"jamming",
"jam-packing",
"packing",
"stuffing",
"wedging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dependance":{
"the quality or state of needing something or someone":{
"examples":[
"a baby's total dependence upon his or her parents for every one of life's needs"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependency",
"reliance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reciprocity",
"relativity",
"confidence",
"credence",
"faith",
"stock",
"trust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autonomy",
"self-determination",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"antonyms":[
"independence",
"independency",
"self-dependence",
"self-reliance",
"self-sufficiency",
"self-support"
]
},
"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
"examples":[
"ultimately rice became the chief dependence in that state"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchor",
"buttress",
"mainstay",
"pillar",
"reliance",
"standby"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backbone",
"sinew(s)",
"spine",
"right hand",
"bolsterer",
"crutch",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"prop",
"stay",
"anchorage",
"harbor",
"refuge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a physiological need for certain drugs":{
"examples":[
"acquired a dependence on prescription painkillers following back surgery"
],
"synonyms":[
"addiction",
"habit",
"jones",
"monkey"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alcoholism",
"heroinism",
"morphinism",
"habituation",
"tolerance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deplete":{
"to make complete use of":{
"examples":[
"miners depleted the vein of copper ore after only a few months"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"burn",
"consume",
"devour",
"drain",
"draw down",
"exhaust",
"expend",
"play out",
"spend",
"use up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"eat",
"use",
"bankrupt",
"clean (out)",
"impoverish",
"cripple",
"debilitate",
"disable",
"enfeeble",
"sap",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"dry up",
"empty",
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"guzzle",
"lavish",
"misspend",
"run through",
"squander",
"throw away",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augment",
"enlarge",
"increase",
"bolster",
"enforce",
"fortify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"rebuild",
"repair",
"restore",
"revive",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"save"
],
"antonyms":[
"renew",
"replace"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"examples":[
"disease and battlefield casualties had depleted troop strength to dangerously low levels"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decrease",
"dent",
"diminish",
"downscale",
"downsize",
"drop",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"knock down",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"clip",
"crop",
"curtail",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"dock",
"nick",
"pare",
"prune",
"retrench",
"shorten",
"slash",
"trim",
"truncate",
"whittle",
"deflate",
"shrink",
"minimize",
"moderate",
"modify",
"modulate",
"qualify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow up",
"dilate",
"distend",
"inflate",
"swell",
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"add (to)",
"complement",
"supplement",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"increase",
"raise"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depredators":{
"as in spoliators , ransackers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"looters",
"marauders",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"ransackers",
"sackers",
"spoilers",
"spoliators",
"demolishers",
"desecraters",
"desecrators",
"despoilers",
"destroyers",
"ravagers",
"ruiners",
"saboteurs",
"wasters",
"wreckers",
"graffitists",
"taggers",
"defacers",
"vandals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservers",
"preservers",
"protectors",
"savers",
"conservators",
"preservationists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deputized":{
"to appoint as one's representative":{
"examples":[
"he deputized a local citizen to take charge of the situation while he went for reinforcements"
],
"synonyms":[
"commissioned",
"delegated",
"deputed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assigned",
"charged",
"appointed",
"designated",
"named",
"nominated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrogated",
"abdicated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depictions":{
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"the set piece of the novel is a depiction of the battle that makes readers feel like they were there"
],
"synonyms":[
"definitions",
"delineations",
"descriptions",
"pictures",
"portraits",
"portraitures",
"portrayals",
"renderings",
"sketches",
"vignettes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounts",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"chronicles",
"narratives",
"reports",
"stories",
"tales",
"yarns",
"demonstrations",
"exemplifications",
"illustrations",
"clarifications",
"elucidations",
"explanations",
"explications",
"expositions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depopulated":{
"as in unpeopled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"unpeopled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colonized",
"peopled",
"populated",
"settled",
"inhabited",
"moved (to)",
"relocated (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deplaned":{
"as in detrained":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"detrained",
"alighted",
"alit",
"descended",
"disembarked",
"dismounted",
"got down",
"lit",
"lighted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embarked",
"boarded",
"climbed (aboard)",
"got in",
"mounted",
"enplaned",
"emplaned",
"entrained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depravities":{
"a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior":{
"examples":[
"regards the widespread acceptance of gambling as another sign of the depravity of today's society"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjection",
"corruption",
"corruptness",
"debasement",
"debauchery",
"decadence",
"decadency",
"degeneracy",
"degenerateness",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"demoralization",
"dissipatedness",
"dissipation",
"dissoluteness",
"libertinage",
"libertinism",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"rakishness",
"turpitude"
],
"near synonyms":[
"evil",
"immorality",
"sinfulness",
"villainy",
"wickedness",
"filth",
"gangrene",
"rot",
"squalor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goodness",
"morality",
"righteousness",
"virtue"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society":{
"examples":[
"a section of the city long known as den of depravity"
],
"synonyms":[
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"libertinage",
"libertinism",
"licentiousness",
"profligacy",
"sin",
"vice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bad",
"badness",
"blackness",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"turpitude",
"villainy",
"wickedness",
"wrong",
"atrociousness",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"sinfulness",
"unscrupulousness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"villainousness",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"fiendishness",
"corruptness",
"debasement",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"depravedness",
"dissoluteness",
"dissolution",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lechery",
"lewdness",
"looseness",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"wantonness",
"abomination",
"anathema",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"criminality",
"reprehensibleness",
"baseness",
"despicableness",
"dirtiness",
"lowness",
"meanness",
"lousiness",
"miserableness",
"wretchedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"good",
"right",
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"legitimacy",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness",
"blamelessness",
"chastity",
"innocence",
"perfection",
"pureness",
"purity",
"spotlessness",
"cleanness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"morality",
"virtue"
]
},
"the state or quality of being utterly evil":{
"examples":[
"the depravity of the demons and devils in many tales of horror"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"badness",
"depravedness",
"diabolicalness",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"hideousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accursedness",
"baseness",
"cursedness",
"devilishness",
"execrableness",
"fiendishness",
"hellishness",
"corruption",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"pervertedness",
"immorality",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"morality",
"chasteness",
"innocence",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deploying":{
"to place in a particular position":{
"examples":[
"The commander deployed additional troops to the region this morning."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"emplacing",
"fixing",
"locating",
"parking",
"planting",
"positioning",
"setting",
"situating",
"stationing",
"anchoring",
"bivouacking",
"camping",
"camping (out)",
"burrowing",
"curling up",
"digging in",
"harboring",
"housing",
"ensconcing",
"installing",
"lodging",
"nestling",
"perching",
"roosting",
"settling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deplane":{
"as in detrain":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"detrain",
"alight",
"descend",
"disembark",
"dismount",
"get down",
"light"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embark",
"board",
"climb (aboard)",
"get in",
"mount",
"enplane",
"emplane",
"entrain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deplanes":{
"as in detrains":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"detrains",
"alights",
"descends",
"disembarks",
"dismounts",
"gets down",
"lights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embarks",
"boards",
"climbs (aboard)",
"gets in",
"mounts",
"enplanes",
"emplanes",
"entrains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depart":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"I'll sing one more song before I depart"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"a special tribute for those members of the motion picture academy who have departed over the past year"
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deport":{
"to force to leave a country":{
"examples":[
"deported them back to their country of birth"
],
"synonyms":[
"banish",
"displace",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"relegate",
"transport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cast out",
"dismiss",
"eject",
"eliminate",
"evict",
"exclude",
"expel",
"expulse",
"kick out",
"oust",
"run out",
"throw out",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"dispossess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"naturalize",
"repatriate",
"accept",
"admit",
"receive",
"take in",
"entertain",
"harbor",
"house",
"shelter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"deported herself with grace and propriety at the country club cotillion"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquit",
"bear",
"behave",
"carry",
"comport",
"conduct",
"demean",
"quit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"check",
"collect",
"compose",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"handle",
"inhibit",
"quiet",
"repress",
"restrain",
"moderate",
"modulate",
"temper",
"act",
"impersonate",
"play"
],
"near antonyms":[
"act up",
"carry on",
"cut up",
"misbehave",
"misconduct"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"departments":{
"a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":{
"examples":[
"the Department of the Interior"
],
"synonyms":[
"agencies",
"arms",
"branches",
"bureaus",
"bureaux",
"desks",
"divisions",
"offices",
"services"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subdepartments",
"sub-departments",
"subdivisions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
"examples":[
"that's not my department , but maybe I can help you anyway"
],
"synonyms":[
"areas",
"arenas",
"bailiwicks",
"baronies",
"businesses",
"circles",
"demesnes",
"disciplines",
"domains",
"elements",
"fiefdoms",
"fiefs",
"fields",
"firmaments",
"fronts",
"games",
"kingdoms",
"lines",
"precincts",
"provinces",
"realms",
"specialties",
"spheres",
"terrains",
"walks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frontiers",
"studies",
"subjects",
"territories",
"turfs",
"turves",
"occupations",
"professions",
"pursuits",
"rackets",
"vocations",
"ambits",
"amplitudes",
"breadths",
"compasses",
"confines",
"dimensions",
"extents",
"kens",
"reaches",
"scopes",
"sweeps",
"widths",
"subfields",
"subspecialties",
"sub-specialties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depositing":{
"to put in an account":{
"examples":[
"we quickly deposited the check in a bank account"
],
"synonyms":[
"banking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caching",
"hoarding",
"laying away",
"reserving",
"salting away",
"saving",
"squirreling (away)",
"squirrelling (away)",
"stashing",
"storing",
"stowing",
"investing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removing",
"taking out",
"disbursing",
"expending",
"giving",
"laying out",
"paying",
"spending"
],
"antonyms":[
"withdrawing"
]
},
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"deposited their luggage at the foot of the hotel bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposing",
"disposing",
"emplacing",
"fixing",
"laying",
"placing",
"positioning",
"putting",
"setting",
"setting up",
"situating",
"sticking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moving",
"rearranging",
"reordering",
"shifting",
"orienting",
"establishing",
"locating",
"planting",
"settling",
"clapping",
"flopping",
"planking",
"plopping",
"plumping",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"plunking down",
"plonking down",
"slapping",
"ensconcing",
"niching",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"carrying",
"berthing",
"parking",
"affixing",
"anchoring",
"locking",
"lodging",
"wedging",
"arraying",
"laying out",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"ranking",
"setting down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocating",
"removing",
"taking",
"banishing",
"dislodging",
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deportation":{
"the forced removal from a homeland":{
"examples":[
"the deportation of the Jews from Spain in 1492"
],
"synonyms":[
"banishment",
"displacement",
"exile",
"expatriation",
"expulsion",
"relegation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ostracism",
"extradition",
"diaspora",
"dispersion",
"scattering",
"emigration",
"migration",
"evacuation",
"ethnic cleansing",
"transportation",
"dispossession",
"ejection",
"ouster"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repatriation",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deprecated":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"movie critics tried to outdo one another in deprecating the comedy as the stupidest movie of the year"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"cried down",
"decried",
"denigrated",
"depreciated",
"derogated",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"dismissed",
"disparaged",
"dissed",
"kissed off",
"minimized",
"played down",
"poor-mouthed",
"put down",
"ran down",
"talked down",
"trashed",
"trash-talked",
"vilipended",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommended",
"abused",
"scolded",
"disapproved (of)",
"disliked",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"aspersed",
"defamed",
"maligned",
"ripped",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"discredited",
"disgraced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"countenanced",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"favored",
"recommended",
"sanctioned",
"commended",
"complimented",
"eulogized"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"magnified",
"praised"
]
},
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"deprecates TV sitcoms as childish and simpleminded"
],
"synonyms":[
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disesteemed",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"frowned (on or upon)",
"misliked",
"reproved",
"tsk-tsked",
"tutted (over or about)",
"tut-tutted (over or about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrelished",
"objected (to)",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"scorned",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"discommended",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproached",
"scolded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"supported",
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"loved",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)"
],
"antonyms":[
"approved",
"favored",
"liked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dependances":{
"the quality or state of needing something or someone":{
"examples":[
"a baby's total dependence upon his or her parents for every one of life's needs"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependencies",
"reliances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reciprocities",
"relativities",
"confidences",
"credences",
"faiths",
"stocks",
"trusts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autonomies",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties"
],
"antonyms":[
"independences",
"independencies",
"self-reliances",
"self-sufficiencies",
"self-supports"
]
},
"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
"examples":[
"ultimately rice became the chief dependence in that state"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchors",
"buttresses",
"mainstays",
"pillars",
"reliances",
"standbys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backbones",
"sinews",
"spines",
"right hands",
"bolsterers",
"crutches",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"props",
"stays",
"anchorages",
"harbors",
"refuges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a physiological need for certain drugs":{
"examples":[
"acquired a dependence on prescription painkillers following back surgery"
],
"synonyms":[
"addictions",
"habits",
"joneses",
"monkeys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alcoholisms",
"heroinisms",
"morphinisms",
"habituations",
"tolerances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deputizing":{
"to appoint as one's representative":{
"examples":[
"he deputized a local citizen to take charge of the situation while he went for reinforcements"
],
"synonyms":[
"commissioning",
"delegating",
"deputing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assigning",
"charging",
"appointing",
"designating",
"naming",
"nominating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrogating",
"abdicating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depending (on)":{
"as in relying (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"relying (on)",
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"consulting",
"going (to)",
"referring (to)",
"resorting (to)",
"turning (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deprived (of)":{
"as in denied , begrudged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"begrudged",
"denied",
"kept",
"retained",
"stinted",
"withheld",
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"confiscated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allocated",
"allotted",
"allowed",
"apportioned",
"assigned",
"distributed",
"lotted",
"rationed",
"admeasured",
"administered",
"dealt",
"dispensed",
"divided",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"measured",
"meted (out)",
"metered",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"parted",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"shared (out)",
"split",
"accorded",
"awarded",
"gave",
"granted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deportee":{
"a person forced to emigrate for political reasons":{
"examples":[
"the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation"
],
"synonyms":[
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expat",
"expatriate",
"refugee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alien",
"fugitive",
"castoff",
"outcast",
"pariah",
"loyalist",
"patriot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deprecate":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"movie critics tried to outdo one another in deprecating the comedy as the stupidest movie of the year"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"poor-mouth",
"put down",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
"trash-talk",
"vilipend",
"write off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommend",
"abuse",
"scold",
"disapprove (of)",
"dislike",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"asperse",
"defame",
"malign",
"rip",
"slander",
"slur",
"traduce",
"vilify",
"discredit",
"disgrace"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"countenance",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"sanction",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise"
]
},
"to hold an unfavorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"deprecates TV sitcoms as childish and simpleminded"
],
"synonyms":[
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disesteem",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"frown (on or upon)",
"mislike",
"reprove",
"tsk-tsk",
"tut (over or about)",
"tut-tut (over or about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrelish",
"object (to)",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"scorn",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"discommend",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reproach",
"scold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"support",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)"
],
"antonyms":[
"approve",
"favor",
"like"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"depots":{
"a building for storing goods":{
"examples":[
"a distribution depot for auto parts"
],
"synonyms":[
"depositories",
"magazines",
"repositories",
"storages",
"storehouses",
"warehouses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caches",
"stockrooms",
"storerooms",
"banks",
"bins",
"containers",
"lockers",
"safe-deposit boxes",
"strongboxes",
"arsenals",
"dumps",
"stowages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place where military arms are stored":{
"examples":[
"the guns and ammunition were stored in a depot in Concord"
],
"synonyms":[
"armories",
"arsenals",
"dumps",
"magazines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fortresses",
"forts",
"strongholds",
"repositories",
"storehouses",
"warehouses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"depleted":{
"as in reduced , exhausted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrupted",
"consumed",
"debilitated",
"diminished",
"drained",
"dried-up",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"expended",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"spent",
"used up",
"uncultivable",
"untillable",
"arid",
"desert",
"droughty",
"dry",
"rainless",
"sere",
"sear",
"thirsty",
"waterless",
"bleak",
"inhospitable",
"lifeless",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"parched",
"sunbaked",
"barren",
"bony",
"boney",
"dead",
"desolate",
"hardscrabble",
"impoverished",
"infertile",
"poor",
"stark",
"unfertile",
"unproductive",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"lush",
"luxuriant",
"productive",
"rich",
"arable",
"tillable",
"green",
"sylvan",
"verdant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make complete use of":{
"examples":[
"miners depleted the vein of copper ore after only a few months"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"consumed",
"devoured",
"drained",
"drew down",
"exhausted",
"expended",
"played out",
"spent",
"used up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"ate",
"used",
"bankrupted",
"cleaned (out)",
"impoverished",
"crippled",
"debilitated",
"disabled",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"dried up",
"emptied",
"blew",
"dissipated",
"frittered (away)",
"guzzled",
"lavished",
"misspent",
"ran through",
"squandered",
"threw away",
"wasted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augmented",
"enlarged",
"increased",
"bolstered",
"enforced",
"fortified",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"rebuilt",
"repaired",
"restored",
"revived",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"saved"
],
"antonyms":[
"renewed",
"replaced"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"examples":[
"disease and battlefield casualties had depleted troop strength to dangerously low levels"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"dented",
"diminished",
"downscaled",
"downsized",
"dropped",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"knocked down",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"docked",
"nicked",
"pared",
"pruned",
"retrenched",
"shortened",
"slashed",
"trimmed",
"truncated",
"whittled",
"deflated",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"minimized",
"moderated",
"modified",
"modulated",
"qualified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"swelled",
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"added (to)",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"raised"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
}
}