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{
"impacted":{
"as in embedded , entrenched":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"anchored",
"clamped",
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"secured",
"bonded",
"cemented",
"glued",
"immovable",
"unyielding",
"fast",
"firm",
"frozen",
"jammed",
"lodged",
"set",
"snug",
"stuck",
"tight",
"wedged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insecure",
"loose",
"detached",
"dislodged",
"freed",
"loosened",
"unattached",
"unbound",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"unsecured",
"movable",
"moveable",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life"
],
"synonyms":[
"affected",
"impressed",
"influenced",
"moved",
"reached",
"struck",
"swayed",
"told (on)",
"touched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried away",
"dazzled",
"enraptured",
"enthralled",
"entranced",
"ravished",
"transported",
"biased",
"biassed",
"colored",
"inspired",
"stirred",
"engaged",
"interested",
"involved",
"penetrated",
"pierced",
"afflicted",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"flustered",
"harassed",
"harried",
"perturbed",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"smote",
"strained",
"stressed",
"tried",
"troubled",
"upset",
"worried",
"wrung",
"allured",
"attracted",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"fascinated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bored",
"jaded",
"palled",
"tired",
"wearied",
"underwhelmed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the damage sustained when a car going 40 miles an hour impacts with a brick wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"bumped",
"collided",
"crashed",
"hit",
"impinged",
"knocked",
"rammed",
"slammed",
"smashed",
"struck",
"swiped",
"thudded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounced",
"caromed",
"clunked",
"glanced",
"rebounded",
"ricocheted",
"ricochetted",
"skimmed",
"skipped",
"contacted",
"landed",
"touched",
"brushed",
"grazed",
"kissed",
"nudged",
"scraped",
"shaved",
"swept",
"bulldozed",
"jostled",
"muscled",
"pressed",
"pushed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missed",
"skirted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"the bullet was found impacted in the police officer's protective vest"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedded",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"enrooted",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"fixed",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbued",
"infused",
"instilled",
"beat (into)",
"drove (into)",
"established",
"placed",
"put",
"settled",
"stuck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disengaged",
"removed"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodged",
"rooted (out)",
"uprooted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"impactful":{
"having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies":{
"antonyms":[
"unaffecting",
"unemotional",
"unimpressive"
],
"examples":[
"an impactful story of love and redemption"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"deadpan"
],
"related":[
"eloquent",
"expressive",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"demonstrative",
"excitable",
"feeling",
"passionate",
"responsive",
"sensitive",
"exciting",
"inspirational",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"cathartic"
],
"synonyms":[
"affecting",
"emotional",
"impressive",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"impaired":{
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
"examples":[
"driving while impaired is against the law"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"maudlin",
"beery",
"befuddled",
"bleary-eyed",
"crapulous",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"rocky",
"strung out",
"stupefied",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"dipsomaniacal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"temperate",
"teetotal",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
]
},
"deprived of the power to perform one or more natural bodily activities":{
"examples":[
"special devices for sight- impaired visitors"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenged",
"differently abled",
"disabled",
"exceptional"
],
"near synonyms":[
"special-needs",
"halt",
"lame",
"paralyzed",
"quadriplegic",
"immobile",
"immobilized",
"ailing",
"diseased",
"ill",
"incapacitated",
"sick",
"unfit",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell",
"blind",
"hard of hearing",
"mute"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bouncing",
"chipper",
"fit",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"robust",
"sound",
"well",
"whole",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"abled",
"nondisabled",
"unimpaired"
]
},
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"examples":[
"already impaired by a crack, the windshield shattered upon impact with the baseball"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemished",
"bloodied",
"broke",
"compromised",
"crabbed",
"crippled",
"crossed (up)",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"endamaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deteriorated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"washed out",
"wore (away)",
"blighted",
"tarnished",
"dented",
"dinged",
"dinted",
"botched",
"gummed (up)",
"queered",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"disabled",
"hamstrung",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"annihilated",
"banged up",
"bashed",
"battered",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"dashed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"did in",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruined",
"scourged",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"rectified",
"rehabilitated",
"remedied",
"edited",
"remodeled",
"revised",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"impairing":{
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"antonyms":[
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rebuilding",
"reconditioning",
"reconstructing",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"examples":[
"already impaired by a crack, the windshield shattered upon impact with the baseball"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"rectifying",
"rehabilitating",
"remedying",
"editing",
"remodeling",
"revising",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"refining"
],
"related":[
"deteriorating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"eroding",
"scouring",
"washing out",
"wearing (away)",
"blighting",
"tarnishing",
"denting",
"dinging",
"dinting",
"botching",
"gumming (up)",
"queering",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"disabling",
"hamstringing",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"annihilating",
"banging up",
"bashing",
"battering",
"clobbering",
"crushing",
"dashing",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"doing in",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruining",
"scourging",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"wasting",
"wiping out",
"wrecking"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishing",
"bloodying",
"breaking",
"compromising",
"crabbing",
"crippling",
"crossing (up)",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"endamaging",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring",
"marring",
"spoiling",
"vitiating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impale":{
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"impale a marshmallow or two on that stick and let's start toasting"
],
"synonyms":[
"gore",
"harpoon",
"jab",
"lance",
"peck",
"pick",
"pierce",
"pink",
"puncture",
"run through",
"skewer",
"spear",
"spike",
"spit",
"stab",
"stick",
"transfix",
"transpierce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindle",
"perforate",
"riddle",
"bayonet",
"dirk",
"gimlet",
"pike",
"poniard",
"prong",
"quill",
"pinprick",
"poke",
"prick",
"punch",
"thrust",
"cut",
"knife",
"slice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impanel":{
"as in induct , enlist":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imparity":{
"as in inequality , nonequivalence":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inequality",
"nonequivalence",
"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"divergence",
"diverseness",
"diversity",
"incompatibility",
"dissimilarity",
"unlikeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coequality",
"coordinateness",
"equality",
"equivalence",
"equivalency",
"par",
"parity",
"sameness",
"comparability",
"compatibility",
"correlation",
"correspondence",
"alikeness",
"community",
"likeness",
"parallelism",
"resemblance",
"similarity",
"similitude"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imparted (to)":{
"as in informed , briefed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"briefed",
"familiarized",
"informed",
"versed",
"edified",
"enlightened",
"initiated",
"introduced",
"showed",
"homeschooled",
"reeducated",
"reschooled",
"retaught",
"retrained",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"instilled",
"catechized",
"lectured",
"moralized",
"preached",
"directed",
"guided",
"led",
"reared",
"drilled",
"fitted",
"fit",
"grounded",
"habilitated",
"prepared",
"primed",
"qualified",
"coached",
"mentored"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impassioned":{
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"an impassioned plea for justice"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"frenzied",
"orgiastic",
"overemotional",
"overexcited",
"overheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
]
},
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the obvious intent of the documentary was to impassion viewers to do something about global warming"
],
"synonyms":[
"aroused",
"encouraged",
"excited",
"fired (up)",
"incited",
"instigated",
"moved",
"piqued",
"provoked",
"revved (up)",
"sparked",
"stimulated",
"stirred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fanned",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"triggered",
"activated",
"animated",
"drove",
"energized",
"galvanized",
"induced",
"inspired",
"keyed (up)",
"motivated",
"motived",
"pumped up",
"quickened",
"set off",
"vitalized",
"abetted",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"raised",
"whipped (up)",
"angered",
"enraged",
"maddened",
"upset",
"jeered",
"taunted",
"teased",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"irritated",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmed",
"soothed",
"subdued",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"appeased",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"impassively":{
"as in disinterestedly , incuriously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aloofly",
"disinterestedly",
"incuriously",
"apathetically",
"indifferently",
"lukewarmly",
"perfunctorily",
"hesitantly",
"reluctantly",
"unwillingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enthusiastically",
"exuberantly",
"madly",
"rhapsodically",
"sky-high",
"avidly",
"eagerly",
"excitedly",
"impatiently",
"keenly",
"fanatically",
"rabidly",
"warmly",
"zealously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"impatience":{
"urgent desire or interest":{
"examples":[
"the child's impatience for Christmas morning is engaging"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetite",
"ardor",
"avidity",
"avidness",
"desirousness",
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"excitement",
"hunger",
"keenness",
"lust",
"thirst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alacrity",
"quickness",
"ambition",
"gusto",
"zest",
"appetence",
"appetency",
"fervency",
"passion",
"warmth",
"zeal",
"amenability",
"readiness",
"willingness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casualness",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern",
"aloofness",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"languidness",
"languor",
"halfheartedness",
"lukewarmness"
],
"antonyms":[
"apathy",
"indifference"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impeachment":{
"as in arraignment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arraignment",
"counteraccusation",
"countercharge",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"crimination",
"recrimination",
"accusation",
"allegation",
"implication",
"plea",
"charge",
"complaint",
"count",
"indictment",
"rap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impearled":{
"as in diamonded , jeweled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"redecorated",
"redid",
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified",
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impeccable":{
"being entirely without fault or flaw":{
"examples":[
"the etiquette expert was celebrated for her absolutely impeccable manners"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"ideal",
"immaculate",
"indefectible",
"irreproachable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect",
"picture-book",
"picture-perfect",
"seamless",
"unblemished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consummate",
"expert",
"masterly",
"classic",
"dandy",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"prime",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"terrific",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"completed",
"finished",
"perfected",
"polished",
"complete",
"entire",
"intact",
"whole",
"mint",
"unbruised",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"uninjured",
"unmarred",
"unspoiled",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"airtight",
"bulletproof",
"accurate",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"inerrant",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"unfailing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"wanting",
"unfinished",
"unpolished",
"fallible",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"broken",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"impaired",
"injured",
"malformed",
"marred",
"misshapen",
"spoiled",
"vitiated",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"wretched",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"wrong"
],
"antonyms":[
"amiss",
"bad",
"censurable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
"reproachable"
]
},
"free from guilt or blame":{
"examples":[
"the head of the investigation must be a person of impeccable probity and honesty"
],
"synonyms":[
"blameless",
"cleanhanded",
"clear",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"inculpable",
"innocent",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"ethical",
"law-abiding",
"moral",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"culpable",
"impeachable",
"indictable",
"punishable",
"accused",
"impeached",
"indicted",
"condemned",
"convicted",
"hangdog",
"shamed",
"shamefaced"
],
"antonyms":[
"guilty"
]
},
"free from sin":{
"examples":[
"the belief that there can be no such thing as an impeccable soul"
],
"synonyms":[
"innocent",
"pure",
"sinless",
"white"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaste",
"moral",
"virgin",
"virtuous",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"unblemished",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"blameless",
"guiltless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"lickerish",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"unchaste",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"unrighteous",
"virtueless",
"wicked",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"erring",
"fallen",
"lost",
"perverted",
"condemned",
"damned"
],
"antonyms":[
"impure",
"peccant",
"sinful",
"sinning"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"impeccably":{
"without any flaws or errors":{
"examples":[
"he speaks French impeccably"
],
"synonyms":[
"faultlessly",
"flawlessly",
"ideally",
"immaculately",
"pat",
"perfectly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"excellently",
"fabulously",
"finely",
"grandly",
"greatly",
"marvelously",
"superbly",
"superiorly",
"superlatively",
"terrifically",
"exceptionally",
"fancily",
"specially"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"incompletely",
"insufficiently",
"fallibly",
"atrociously",
"execrably",
"wretchedly"
],
"antonyms":[
"amiss",
"badly",
"defectively",
"faultily",
"imperfectly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"impecunious":{
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"they were so impecunious that they couldn't afford to give one another even token Christmas gifts"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"impeding":{
"as in blocking , hindering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blocking",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"retardant",
"stalling",
"baffling",
"balking",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"negating",
"neutralizing",
"nullifying",
"deterrent",
"deterring",
"precautionary",
"preventative",
"preventive",
"prophylactic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"the construction work impeded the smooth running of the office for several months"
],
"synonyms":[
"clogging",
"cramping",
"embarrassing",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"handcuffing",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"hog-tying",
"holding back",
"holding up",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling",
"short-circuiting",
"stymieing",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balking",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"reining",
"restraining",
"binding",
"chaining",
"haltering",
"leashing",
"tethering",
"tying",
"tieing",
"arresting",
"braking",
"delaying",
"retaining",
"retarding",
"barricading",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"roadblocking",
"bogging (down)",
"miring",
"choking",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suffocating",
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"stumping",
"thwarting",
"derailing",
"disrupting",
"sabotaging",
"muzzling",
"repressing",
"suppressing",
"confining",
"hedging (in)",
"hemming (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing",
"making way",
"opening",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"untying",
"untieing",
"loosening",
"smoothing",
"encouraging",
"furthering",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[
"aiding",
"assisting",
"facilitating",
"helping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"impel":{
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I felt impelled to tell the truth, however painful it might be"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"argue",
"convince",
"induce",
"move",
"persuade",
"prevail (on or upon)",
"satisfy",
"talk (into)",
"win (over)"
],
"related":[
"browbeat",
"bulldoze",
"bully",
"cow",
"hector",
"intimidate",
"blackmail",
"high-pressure",
"menace",
"shame",
"terrorize",
"threaten",
"drag",
"badger",
"harass",
"hound"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjack",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"dragoon",
"drive",
"force",
"impress",
"make",
"muscle",
"obligate",
"oblige",
"press",
"pressure",
"sandbag"
]
},
"to set or keep in motion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"gasoline impels a car's engine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"restrain"
],
"related":[
"activate",
"motivate",
"provoke",
"abet",
"ferment",
"foment",
"incite",
"raise",
"stir (up)",
"whip (up)",
"set off",
"trigger",
"trip",
"arouse",
"excite",
"fire (up)",
"galvanize",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"inspire",
"instigate",
"rouse",
"stimulate"
],
"synonyms":[
"actuate",
"drive",
"move",
"propel",
"work"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impelled":{
"to set or keep in motion":{
"examples":[
"gasoline impels a car's engine"
],
"synonyms":[
"actuated",
"drove",
"moved",
"propelled",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"activated",
"motivated",
"provoked",
"abetted",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"incited",
"raised",
"stirred (up)",
"whipped (up)",
"set off",
"triggered",
"tripped",
"aroused",
"excited",
"fired (up)",
"galvanized",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"inspired",
"instigated",
"roused",
"stimulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"regulated",
"reined (in)",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"examples":[
"I felt impelled to tell the truth, however painful it might be"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacked",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"dragooned",
"drove",
"forced",
"impressed",
"made",
"muscled",
"obligated",
"obliged",
"pressed",
"pressured",
"sandbagged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeat",
"bulldozed",
"bullied",
"cowed",
"hectored",
"intimidated",
"blackmailed",
"high-pressured",
"menaced",
"shamed",
"terrorized",
"threatened",
"dragged",
"badgered",
"harassed",
"hounded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"argued",
"convinced",
"induced",
"moved",
"persuaded",
"prevailed (on or upon)",
"satisfied",
"talked (into)",
"won (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impended":{
"to be about to happen":{
"examples":[
"for confirmed pessimists some disaster always seems to be impending"
],
"synonyms":[
"brewed",
"loomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advanced",
"approached",
"closed in",
"drew on",
"gathered",
"neared",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"lowered",
"loured",
"menaced",
"overhung",
"threatened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"declined",
"de-escalated",
"died down",
"diminished",
"disappeared",
"dwindled",
"ebbed",
"faded",
"fell",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"vanished",
"waned",
"fell back",
"passed",
"receded",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imperfect":{
"having a fault":{
"examples":[
"an imperfect representation of the circumstances surrounding Paul Revere's famous ride"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"bad",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fallible",
"blemished",
"broken",
"crippled",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"vitiated",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"wanting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complete",
"entire",
"intact",
"whole",
"unblemished",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"unspoiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"perfect"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"imperilled":{
"as in endangered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"endangered",
"dead",
"done",
"done for",
"doomed",
"finished",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"ruined",
"sunk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"a single mistake could imperil the lives of everyone involved in the military operation"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventured",
"compromised",
"endangered",
"gambled (with)",
"hazarded",
"jeoparded",
"jeopardized",
"menaced",
"periled",
"perilled",
"risked",
"ventured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intimidated",
"threatened",
"exposed",
"subjected",
"chanced",
"wagered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guarded",
"protected",
"sheltered",
"shielded",
"preserved",
"resumed",
"saved"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"imperious":{
"fond of ordering people around":{
"examples":[
"an imperious little boy who liked to tell the other scouts what to do"
],
"synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"authoritative",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"bossy",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"domineering",
"masterful",
"overbearing",
"peremptory",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"overweening",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"commanding",
"controlling",
"dictating",
"regimental",
"arbitrary",
"high-handed",
"imperial",
"directorial",
"magisterial",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"self-assertive",
"imperative",
"conceited",
"narcissistic",
"pompous",
"vain",
"all-powerful",
"almighty",
"omnipotent",
"firm",
"stern"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humble",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"amenable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"tractable",
"indecisive",
"irresolute",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"passive",
"resigned",
"submissive",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
"examples":[
"an imperious movie star who thinks she's some sort of goddess"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"bossy",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"pontifical",
"pontificating",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"patronizing",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"hubristic",
"narcissistic",
"orgulous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"self-flattering",
"self-loving",
"self-promoting",
"brash",
"forward",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashful",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"self-critical",
"self-doubting",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"meek",
"passive",
"submissive",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unobtrusive",
"yielding",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
]
},
"having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity":{
"examples":[
"an office administrator with an imperious manner that really grates on people"
],
"synonyms":[
"arbitrary",
"dictatorial",
"high-handed",
"peremptory",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"commanding",
"demanding",
"dominant",
"domineering",
"haughty",
"imperative",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overbearing",
"presumptuous",
"authoritarian",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"totalitarian",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous",
"capricious",
"changeable",
"erratic",
"inconsistent",
"mercurial",
"whimsical",
"biased",
"inequitable",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unequal",
"unfair",
"unjust",
"unrealistic",
"unreasonable",
"unconscionable",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balanced",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"impartial",
"just",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"understanding",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced",
"ethical",
"honorable",
"irreproachable",
"law-abiding",
"moral",
"principled",
"unimpeachable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"needing immediate attention":{
"examples":[
"as war casualties mounted, the need for trained nurses became imperious"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"burning",
"clamant",
"compelling",
"critical",
"crying",
"dire",
"emergent",
"exigent",
"imperative",
"importunate",
"instant",
"necessitous",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"extreme",
"immediate",
"insistent",
"intense",
"overriding",
"crucial",
"desperate",
"grave",
"life-and-death",
"life-or-death",
"serious",
"severe",
"vital",
"dangerous",
"explosive",
"hazardous",
"perilous",
"precarious",
"unstable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incidental",
"low-pressure",
"minor",
"negligible",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"stable"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncritical",
"nonurgent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"imperiousness":{
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
"examples":[
"the imperiousness of that fashion designer irritates everyone around her"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snobbism",
"snootiness",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"vanity",
"superiority complex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"retiringness",
"shyness",
"diffidence",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"mousiness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"submissiveness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness"
],
"antonyms":[
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imperium":{
"controlling power or influence over others":{
"examples":[
"a nation whose economic imperium waned after the war"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascendance",
"ascendence",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"dominance",
"domination",
"dominion",
"hegemony",
"predominance",
"predominancy",
"preeminence",
"reign",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"primacy",
"superiority",
"lordship",
"scepter",
"arm",
"authority",
"choke hold",
"clutch",
"command",
"control",
"grip",
"hold",
"mastery",
"sway",
"takeover",
"direction",
"jurisdiction",
"management",
"clout",
"might",
"pull",
"weight",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impetrating":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"since deists do not believe in a Creator who interferes in human affairs, they generally regard as fruitless any effort to impetrate Him for divine favors"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealing (to)",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"besieging",
"conjuring",
"entreating",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"petitioning",
"pleading (to)",
"praying",
"soliciting",
"supplicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludging",
"cadging",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"asking",
"desiring",
"invoking",
"requesting",
"suing",
"claiming",
"coercing",
"commanding",
"compelling",
"demanding",
"forcing",
"insisting",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinting",
"implying",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"gratifying",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impetuous":{
"acting or done quickly and without thought; controlled by emotion rather than thought":{
"examples":[
"He's always been an impetuous young man, rushing into things without asking questions first.",
"made an impetuous decision"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brash",
"brazen",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"heedless",
"hotheaded",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"rash",
"reckless",
"thoughtless",
"wild",
"bold",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"gutty",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"mettlesome",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"daring",
"dashing",
"hardy",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"crazy",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate",
"comforted",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"reassured",
"unafraid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"nervous",
"afraid",
"agitated",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"panicked",
"panic-stricken",
"perturbed",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"chicken-livered",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"nerveless",
"poltroon",
"poor-spirited",
"pusillanimous",
"spineless",
"spiritless",
"timorous",
"uncourageous",
"ungallant",
"unheroic",
"weakhearted",
"yellow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"impetus":{
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"the reward money should be sufficient impetus for someone to come forward with information about the robbery"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"impulse",
"incentive",
"incitation",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"momentum",
"motivation",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"yeast"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inducement",
"invitation",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"grounds",
"motive",
"occasion",
"reason",
"catalyst",
"catalyzer",
"fuel",
"spark"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"counterincentive",
"disincentive"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impinged":{
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"bumped",
"collided",
"crashed",
"hit",
"impacted",
"knocked",
"rammed",
"slammed",
"smashed",
"struck",
"swiped",
"thudded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounced",
"caromed",
"clunked",
"glanced",
"rebounded",
"ricocheted",
"ricochetted",
"skimmed",
"skipped",
"contacted",
"landed",
"touched",
"brushed",
"grazed",
"kissed",
"nudged",
"scraped",
"shaved",
"swept",
"bulldozed",
"jostled",
"muscled",
"pressed",
"pushed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missed",
"skirted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impingement":{
"a forceful coming together of two things":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the impingement of the hailstones on the metal roof was making quite a racket"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blow",
"buffet",
"hit",
"knock",
"punch",
"rap",
"slap",
"thump",
"bashing",
"battering",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"contact",
"encounter",
"meeting",
"touch"
],
"synonyms":[
"bump",
"collision",
"concussion",
"crash",
"impact",
"jar",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"kick",
"shock",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"wallop"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impishness":{
"a natural disposition for playful behavior":{
"antonyms":[
"earnestness",
"soberness",
"sobersidedness"
],
"examples":[
"her irrepressible impishness means that no one is ever safe from her practical jokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"graveness",
"grimness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"sternness",
"priggishness",
"starchiness",
"stuffiness",
"constraint",
"restraint",
"self-control"
],
"related":[
"coyness",
"kittenishness",
"archness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"hob",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"waggery",
"devilishness",
"diabolicalness",
"knavery",
"frivolousness",
"energy",
"liveliness",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"spunkiness",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jocularity",
"jocundity",
"lightheartedness",
"mirthfulness",
"whimsicality"
],
"synonyms":[
"coltishness",
"espi\u00e8glerie",
"friskiness",
"larkiness",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"playfulness",
"prankishness",
"sportfulness",
"sportiveness",
"tricksiness"
]
},
"playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the boys' impishness was easy to forgive, since it caused no real harm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gravitas",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness"
],
"related":[
"diabolicalness",
"misbehavior",
"misconduct",
"naughtiness",
"troublemaking",
"buffoonery",
"friskiness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"chicanery",
"trickery",
"goings-on",
"hanky-panky",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"monkey business",
"monkeying",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"skylarking",
"tomfoolery",
"horseplay",
"roughhousing",
"antic",
"caper",
"dido",
"practical joke",
"trick",
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation"
],
"synonyms":[
"devilishness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"espi\u00e8glerie",
"hob",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"shenanigan(s)",
"waggery",
"waggishness",
"wickedness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"implacability":{
"as in obduracy , pitilessness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callousness",
"hard-heartedness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"pitilessness",
"exactingness",
"hardness",
"harshness",
"inflexibility",
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"stringency",
"dourness",
"gruffness",
"asceticism",
"austereness",
"austerity",
"monasticism",
"determination",
"firmness",
"resolve",
"steadfastness",
"obstinacy",
"stubbornness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flexibility",
"gentleness",
"laxness",
"mildness",
"forbearance",
"indulgence",
"kindness",
"lenience",
"patience",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"tolerance",
"responsiveness",
"willingness",
"compliance",
"pliability",
"pliancy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"implanted":{
"as in embedded , instilled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"inculcated",
"instilled",
"firm",
"fixed",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"immutable",
"irradicable",
"set",
"unalterable",
"unchangeable",
"inborn",
"inbred",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inherent",
"innate",
"integral",
"intrinsic",
"natural",
"bred-in-the-bone",
"confirmed",
"deep",
"deep-rooted",
"deep-seated",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"hard-core",
"inveterate",
"rooted",
"settled",
"accustomed",
"chronic",
"customary",
"habitual",
"regular",
"typical",
"usual",
"abiding",
"enduring",
"lifelong",
"persistent",
"persisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brief",
"ephemeral",
"fleeting",
"impermanent",
"interim",
"momentary",
"provisional",
"short-lived",
"short-term",
"temporary",
"transient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"examples":[
"a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics"
],
"synonyms":[
"bred",
"enrooted",
"inculcated",
"infixed",
"inseminated",
"instilled",
"planted",
"sowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drove",
"hammered",
"pounded",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"fixed",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"imbued",
"infused",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inoculated",
"invested",
"steeped",
"suffused"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedded",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"enrooted",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"fixed",
"impacted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbued",
"infused",
"instilled",
"beat (into)",
"drove (into)",
"established",
"placed",
"put",
"settled",
"stuck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disengaged",
"removed"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodged",
"rooted (out)",
"uprooted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"implications":{
"an idea that is conveyed often indirectly":{
"examples":[
"He took issue with the implication that he could not be trusted with the assignment."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clues",
"cues",
"hints",
"indications",
"inklings",
"intimations",
"suggestions",
"allusions",
"inferences",
"innuendos",
"innuendoes",
"insinuations",
"messages",
"connotations",
"bottoms",
"essences",
"essentialities",
"natures",
"souls",
"spirits",
"stuff",
"burdens",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"gists",
"cores",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"marrows",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"points",
"quicks",
"matters",
"motifs",
"motives",
"questions",
"subjects",
"topics",
"contents",
"denotations",
"drifts",
"imports",
"intentions",
"intents",
"meanings",
"purports",
"senses",
"significances",
"significations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a future condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
"examples":[
"They were concerned with the possible implications of the new legislation."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ramifications",
"denouements",
"d\u00e9nouements",
"echoes",
"echos",
"repercussions",
"afterclaps",
"afterglows",
"aftershocks",
"blowbacks",
"by-products",
"byproducts",
"fallouts",
"offshoots",
"ripples",
"side effects",
"side reactions",
"spin-offs",
"aftereffects",
"aftermaths",
"backwashes",
"children",
"conclusions",
"consequences",
"corollaries",
"developments",
"effects",
"fates",
"fruits",
"issues",
"outcomes",
"outgrowths",
"precipitates",
"products",
"resultants",
"results",
"sequels",
"sequences",
"upshots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"considerations",
"determinants",
"factors",
"bases",
"bases",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"stimuli",
"mothers",
"origins",
"roots",
"sources",
"springs",
"antecedents",
"causations",
"causes",
"occasions",
"reasons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person":{
"examples":[
"Employees were shocked by the implication of the company's CEO in the crime."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accusations",
"allegations",
"pleas",
"criminations",
"counteraccusations",
"counter-accusations",
"countercharges",
"counter-charges",
"arraignments",
"impeachments",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"recriminations",
"charges",
"complaints",
"counts",
"indictments",
"raps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impolitely":{
"as in rudely , inconsiderately":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inconsiderately",
"rudely",
"tactlessly",
"abruptly",
"bluntly",
"brusquely",
"curtly",
"gruffly",
"point-blank",
"sharply",
"truthfully",
"veraciously",
"artlessly",
"earnestly",
"simply",
"sincerely",
"baldly",
"bluffly",
"candidly",
"frankly",
"honestly",
"openheartedly",
"openly",
"unguardedly",
"unreservedly",
"directly",
"forthrightly",
"foursquare",
"plain",
"plainly",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"straightforwards",
"straightforwardly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"long-windedly",
"verbosely",
"wordily",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"diplomatically",
"politely",
"tactfully",
"deceitfully",
"mendaciously",
"untruthfully",
"erroneously",
"fallaciously",
"falsely",
"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"ambiguously",
"circuitously",
"equivocally",
"evasively",
"indirectly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"import":{
"the quality or state of being important":{
"examples":[
"I can't overemphasize the import of this examination on your future academic career"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"consequence",
"importance",
"magnitude",
"moment",
"momentousness",
"significance",
"weight",
"weightiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"fame",
"note",
"noteworthiness",
"notoriety",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"renown",
"store",
"substance",
"substantiveness",
"value",
"worth",
"worthiness",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"authority",
"control",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"potency",
"power",
"sway",
"mark",
"name",
"report",
"reputation",
"repute",
"centrality",
"essentiality",
"essentialness",
"cachet",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"status",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paltriness",
"pettiness",
"valuelessness",
"worthlessness",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame",
"anonymity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"insignificance",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"triviality"
]
},
"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
"examples":[
"didn't understand all the technical jargon, but got the general import of the speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"content",
"denotation",
"drift",
"intent",
"intention",
"meaning",
"purport",
"sense",
"significance",
"signification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connotation",
"clue",
"cue",
"hint",
"implication",
"indication",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"suggestion",
"message",
"tenor",
"theme",
"bottom",
"essence",
"essentiality",
"nature",
"soul",
"spirit",
"stuff",
"acceptance",
"acceptation",
"definition",
"burden",
"crux",
"gist",
"core",
"heart",
"kernel",
"marrow",
"nub",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"point",
"quick",
"matter",
"motif",
"motive",
"question",
"subject",
"topic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be of importance":{
"examples":[
"it imports little whether you like Grandma's gift; you should have graciously thanked her"
],
"synonyms":[
"count",
"matter",
"mean",
"signify",
"weigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affect",
"concern",
"influence",
"sway",
"add up (to)",
"amount (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
"examples":[
"the word \"freedom\" can import different things to different people"
],
"synonyms":[
"denote",
"express",
"intend",
"mean",
"signify",
"spell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connote",
"imply",
"suggest",
"add up (to)",
"amount (to)",
"hint",
"infer",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"embody",
"epitomize",
"personify",
"represent",
"symbol",
"symbolize",
"advert",
"allude (to)",
"cite",
"instance",
"mention",
"refer (to)",
"specify",
"touch (on or upon)",
"designate",
"indicate",
"point (to)",
"signal",
"announce",
"declare",
"proclaim",
"elucidate",
"explain"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"imported":{
"as in introduced , transplanted":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"introduced",
"naturalized",
"transplanted",
"alien",
"foreign",
"nonnative",
"external",
"international",
"multiculti",
"multicultural",
"multilateral",
"multinational",
"foreign-born",
"nonindigenous",
"distant",
"far-off",
"overseas",
"remote",
"bizarre",
"exotic",
"outlandish",
"strange"
],
"near antonyms":[
"domestic",
"native",
"endemic",
"local",
"aboriginal",
"indigenous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be of importance":{
"examples":[
"it imports little whether you like Grandma's gift; you should have graciously thanked her"
],
"synonyms":[
"counted",
"mattered",
"meant",
"signified",
"weighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affected",
"concerned",
"influenced",
"swayed",
"added up (to)",
"amounted (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
"examples":[
"the word \"freedom\" can import different things to different people"
],
"synonyms":[
"denoted",
"expressed",
"intended",
"meant",
"signified",
"spelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connoted",
"implied",
"suggested",
"added up (to)",
"amounted (to)",
"hinted",
"inferred",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"embodied",
"epitomized",
"personified",
"represented",
"symboled",
"symbolled",
"symbolized",
"adverted",
"alluded (to)",
"cited",
"instanced",
"mentioned",
"referred (to)",
"specified",
"touched (on or upon)",
"designated",
"indicated",
"pointed (to)",
"signaled",
"signalled",
"announced",
"declared",
"proclaimed",
"elucidated",
"explained"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"importune":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"she was always importuning people for favors, even when she had no right to ask"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"besiege",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"impetrate",
"implore",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"solicit",
"supplicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludge",
"cadge",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"ask",
"desire",
"invoke",
"request",
"sue",
"claim",
"coerce",
"command",
"compel",
"demand",
"force",
"insist",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hint",
"imply",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"gratify",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in distressing , burdensome":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burdensome",
"discomforting",
"displeasing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"importunate",
"inconveniencing",
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"infuriating",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"mischievous",
"offensive",
"troublesome",
"upsetting",
"distractive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"worrisome",
"biting",
"grating",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"spiny",
"thorny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delightful",
"pleasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"importuned":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"she was always importuning people for favors, even when she had no right to ask"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealed (to)",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"besieged",
"conjured",
"entreated",
"impetrated",
"implored",
"petitioned",
"pleaded (to)",
"pled (to)",
"plead (to)",
"prayed",
"solicited",
"supplicated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludged",
"cadged",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"asked",
"desired",
"invoked",
"requested",
"sued",
"claimed",
"coerced",
"commanded",
"compelled",
"demanded",
"forced",
"insisted",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinted",
"implied",
"intimated",
"suggested",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"gratified",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impose (on":{
"to take unfair advantage of":{
"examples":[
"thanks for offering your own bed, but I wouldn't dream of imposing on you and will be perfectly happy on the couch"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuse",
"capitalize (on)",
"cash in (on)",
"exploit",
"leverage",
"milk",
"pimp",
"play (on or upon)",
"use",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerk around",
"manipulate",
"mistreat",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"fleece",
"overcharge",
"skin",
"soak",
"stick",
"commercialize",
"commodify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impose (on or upon)":{
"to take unfair advantage of":{
"examples":[
"thanks for offering your own bed, but I wouldn't dream of imposing on you and will be perfectly happy on the couch"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuse",
"capitalize (on)",
"cash in (on)",
"exploit",
"leverage",
"milk",
"pimp",
"play (on or upon)",
"use",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerk around",
"manipulate",
"mistreat",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"fleece",
"overcharge",
"skin",
"soak",
"stick",
"commercialize",
"commodify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imposed":{
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
"antonyms":[
"remitted"
],
"examples":[
"that state now imposes a fine for text messaging while driving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"forgave",
"released",
"condoned",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"pardoned"
],
"related":[
"docked",
"excised",
"mulcted",
"penalized",
"taxed",
"extorted",
"shook down",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"bled",
"fleeced",
"gouged",
"milked",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"forced",
"inflicted",
"wreaked",
"set",
"reapplied",
"reimposed",
"relaid"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessed",
"charged",
"exacted",
"fined",
"laid",
"levied",
"put"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imposes (on or upon)":{
"to take unfair advantage of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"capitalizes (on)",
"cashes in (on)",
"exploits",
"leverages",
"milks",
"pimps",
"plays (on or upon)",
"uses",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerks around",
"manipulates",
"mistreats",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"fleeces",
"overcharges",
"skins",
"soaks",
"sticks",
"commercializes",
"commodifies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"imposter":{
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
"examples":[
"the man who claimed to be a prince turned out to be an impostor"
],
"synonyms":[
"charlatan",
"fake",
"faker",
"fakir",
"fraud",
"hoaxer",
"humbug",
"mountebank",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretender",
"quack",
"quacksalver",
"ringer",
"sham"
],
"near synonyms":[
"copycat",
"imitator",
"impersonator",
"mimic",
"actor",
"bluffer",
"counterfeiter",
"deceiver",
"dissembler",
"duper",
"feigner",
"misleader",
"operator",
"trickster",
"poseur",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"fraudster",
"scammer",
"scamster",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"skinner",
"swindler"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"authority",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"expert",
"maestro",
"master",
"past master",
"professional",
"virtuoso",
"whiz",
"wizard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impound":{
"to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"impound stray animals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impounded":{
"to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave":{
"examples":[
"impound stray animals"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"held",
"kept",
"committed",
"confined",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"jugged",
"locked (up)",
"constrained",
"limited",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"shut",
"barred",
"gated",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"busted",
"bust",
"captured",
"caught",
"detained",
"nabbed",
"picked up",
"pinched",
"seized",
"impressed",
"shanghaied",
"bound",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"manumitted",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impounding":{
"to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave":{
"examples":[
"impound stray animals"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"holding",
"keeping",
"committing",
"confining",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"jugging",
"locking (up)",
"constraining",
"limiting",
"restraining",
"restricting",
"shutting",
"barring",
"gating",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"busting",
"capturing",
"catching",
"detaining",
"nabbing",
"picking up",
"pinching",
"seizing",
"impressing",
"shanghaiing",
"binding",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"manumitting",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering",
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impoverish":{
"as in beggar , pauperize":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in deplete , consume":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impractical":{
"not capable of being put to use or account":{
"antonyms":[
"applicable",
"feasible",
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"practicable",
"practical",
"serviceable",
"ultrapractical",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"utilizable",
"workable"
],
"examples":[
"the flimsy little toy shovel was cute, but completely impractical for digging up tree stumps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accessible",
"acquirable",
"available",
"obtainable",
"procurable",
"reachable",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"handy",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative",
"running",
"working"
],
"related":[
"unsuitable",
"inaccessible",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable",
"unreachable",
"dead",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"arrested",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"unrealistic"
],
"synonyms":[
"impracticable",
"inoperable",
"nonpractical",
"unserviceable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"imprecise":{
"not precisely correct":{
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"dead",
"dead-on",
"exact",
"precise",
"ultraprecise",
"veracious"
],
"examples":[
"3.14 is an imprecise approximation of the value of pi"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certain",
"incontestable",
"indubitable",
"positive",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"correct",
"errorless",
"factual",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"clear-cut",
"decisive",
"definable",
"defined",
"definite",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"irrefutable",
"absolute",
"unqualified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"determined",
"established",
"substantiated",
"supported",
"validated"
],
"related":[
"erroneous",
"false",
"incorrect",
"off",
"wrong",
"general",
"indefinable",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"indistinct",
"mushy",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"unsettled",
"vague",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"mistaken",
"specious",
"distorted",
"fallacious",
"misleading",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"uncertain",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"invalidated",
"unconfirmed",
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported"
],
"synonyms":[
"approximate",
"approximative",
"ballpark",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"loose",
"squishy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"imprecision":{
"as in inaccuracy , inexactness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inaccuracy",
"inexactness",
"generality",
"indistinctness",
"vagueness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"explicitness",
"particularity",
"specificity",
"attentiveness",
"care",
"carefulness",
"conscientiousness",
"finicalness",
"finickiness",
"fussiness",
"meticulosity",
"meticulousness",
"alertness",
"cautiousness",
"circumspection",
"heedfulness",
"scrupulousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impression":{
"a perceptible trace left by pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a shoe impression in the dirt that could lead police to the culprit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dent",
"hollow",
"indent",
"indentation",
"indenture",
"mark",
"sign"
],
"synonyms":[
"impress",
"imprint",
"print",
"stamp"
]
},
"something imagined or pictured in the mind":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"had a vague impression that the guide would be female"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"fact",
"reality"
],
"related":[
"apprehension",
"premonition",
"presentiment",
"preconception",
"prejudice",
"prepossession",
"chimera",
"delusion",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"caprice",
"conceit",
"fancy",
"freak",
"kink",
"vagary",
"whim",
"cognition",
"observation",
"perception",
"reflection",
"assumption",
"belief",
"conclusion",
"conviction",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"hunch",
"hypothesis",
"speculation",
"supposition",
"surmise",
"theory",
"brainchild",
"brainstorm",
"brain wave",
"inspiration"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstraction",
"cogitation",
"concept",
"conception",
"idea",
"image",
"intellection",
"mind's eye",
"notion",
"picture",
"thought"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impressionability":{
"as in credulity , gullibility":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"ignorance",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"idealism",
"impracticality",
"optimism",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"insularity",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"callowness",
"childishness",
"coltishness",
"inexperience",
"rawness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"genuineness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"unaffectedness",
"unpretentiousness",
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"naivety",
"na\u00efvety",
"naturalness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"viridity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness",
"affectedness",
"artificiality",
"pretentiousness",
"deviousness",
"dishonesty",
"insincerity",
"disbelief",
"doubtfulness",
"incredulity",
"suspiciousness",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"street smarts",
"wariness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"maturity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impressionable":{
"easy to influence":{
"examples":[
"The teacher was accused of forcing his political beliefs on impressionable teenagers.",
"The book had a profound effect on his impressionable young mind."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"childlike",
"dewy-eyed",
"gee-whiz",
"inexperienced",
"malleable",
"persuadable",
"persuasible",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed",
"artless",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"natural",
"real",
"simple",
"sincere",
"true",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"suggestible",
"susceptible",
"unwary",
"vulnerable",
"trustful",
"trusting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressionable",
"insensitive",
"insusceptible",
"critical",
"cynical",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"wary",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"polished",
"refined",
"seasoned",
"arch",
"calculating",
"canny",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"designing",
"foxy",
"knavish",
"scheming",
"sharp",
"shifty",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"slippery",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"underhanded",
"wily",
"affected",
"artful",
"artificial",
"assuming",
"dishonest",
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"fake",
"false",
"guileful",
"insincere",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretentious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"improperness":{
"the quality or state of being unsuitable or unfitting":{
"examples":[
"the improperness of such behavior at a religious ceremony should have been achingly obvious"
],
"synonyms":[
"impropriety",
"inappositeness",
"inappropriateness",
"inaptness",
"incorrectness",
"infelicity",
"unfitness",
"wrongness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extraneousness",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"inadmissibility",
"inapplicability",
"irrelevance",
"meaninglessness",
"pointlessness",
"senselessness",
"inauspiciousness",
"inexpedience",
"inexpediency",
"intolerability",
"undesirability",
"undesirableness",
"unsatisfactoriness",
"uselessness",
"unbecomingness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admissibility",
"applicability",
"bearing",
"connection",
"materiality",
"pertinence",
"pointedness",
"relevance",
"relevancy"
],
"antonyms":[
"appositeness",
"appropriateness",
"aptness",
"correctness",
"felicitousness",
"felicity",
"fitness",
"fittingness",
"properness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"improvident":{
"not thinking about and providing for the future":{
"antonyms":[
"farsighted",
"forehanded",
"foreseeing",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"provident"
],
"examples":[
"the improvident view that the wearing away of the ozone layer need not concern us"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careful",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sensible",
"wise",
"economic",
"economical",
"economizing",
"frugal",
"scrimping",
"sparing",
"thrifty",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"saving"
],
"related":[
"careless",
"heedless",
"imprudent",
"incautious",
"injudicious",
"mindless",
"unguarded",
"unsafe",
"unwary",
"unwise",
"extravagant",
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spendthrift",
"thriftless",
"unthrifty",
"indulgent",
"lavish",
"reckless",
"wasteful"
],
"synonyms":[
"myopic",
"shortsighted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"improving":{
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"a little salt would improve this bland food"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"helping",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"refining",
"upgrading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correcting",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"reforming",
"remediating",
"remedying",
"editing",
"fine-tuning",
"redrafting",
"refurbishing",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"fortifying",
"intensifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"fining",
"honing",
"polishing",
"retouching",
"touching up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaging",
"endamaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"spoiling",
"tarnishing",
"vitiating",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"marring",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing"
],
"antonyms":[
"worsening"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"improvisational":{
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
"examples":[
"an improvisational comedy sketch that showcased his lightning-fast wit"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad hoc",
"ad-lib",
"down and dirty",
"extemporaneous",
"extemporary",
"extempore",
"impromptu",
"improvised",
"off-the-cuff",
"offhand",
"offhanded",
"snap",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"unconsidered",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unprepared",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unscripted",
"automatic",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"involuntary",
"spontaneous",
"casual",
"cursive",
"informal",
"unauthorized",
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"ill-advised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional"
],
"antonyms":[
"considered",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepared",
"rehearsed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"improvised":{
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
"examples":[
"stumbled through an improvised reply to an unexpected question at the press conference"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad hoc",
"ad-lib",
"down and dirty",
"extemporaneous",
"extemporary",
"extempore",
"impromptu",
"improvisational",
"off-the-cuff",
"offhand",
"offhanded",
"snap",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"unconsidered",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unprepared",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unscripted",
"automatic",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"involuntary",
"spontaneous",
"casual",
"cursive",
"informal",
"unauthorized",
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"ill-advised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional"
],
"antonyms":[
"considered",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepared",
"rehearsed"
]
},
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
"examples":[
"since the award was a complete surprise, I improvised an acceptance speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad-libbed",
"clapped (together or up)",
"clapt (together or up)",
"extemporized",
"faked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"devised",
"fabricated",
"hatched",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"thought (up)",
"cobbled (together or up)",
"dashed (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arranged",
"laid",
"prepared",
"readied",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"pondered",
"studied",
"exercised",
"practiced",
"practised",
"rehearsed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"improvises":{
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
"examples":[
"since the award was a complete surprise, I improvised an acceptance speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad-libs",
"claps (together or up)",
"extemporizes",
"fakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"devises",
"fabricates",
"hatches",
"invents",
"makes up",
"manufactures",
"thinks (up)",
"cobbles (together or up)",
"dashes (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arranges",
"lays",
"prepares",
"readies",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"ponders",
"studies",
"exercises",
"practices",
"practises",
"rehearses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"improvising":{
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"since the award was a complete surprise, I improvised an acceptance speech"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arranging",
"laying",
"preparing",
"readying",
"considering",
"contemplating",
"pondering",
"studying",
"exercising",
"practicing",
"practising",
"rehearsing"
],
"related":[
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"devising",
"fabricating",
"hatching",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"thinking (up)",
"cobbling (together or up)",
"dashing (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad-libbing",
"clapping (together or up)",
"extemporizing",
"faking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impudent":{
"displaying or marked by rude boldness":{
"examples":[
"the guest's impudent inquiries about the cost of just about everything we had in the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassbound",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"brazen-faced",
"cheeky",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"insolent",
"nervy",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"wise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assertive",
"forward",
"obtrusive",
"defiant",
"disrespectful",
"shameless",
"unabashed",
"unblushing",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"curt",
"cute",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"lippy",
"mouthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demure",
"humble",
"modest",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"proper",
"deferential",
"respectful",
"abashed",
"ashamed",
"blushing",
"embarrassed",
"shamefaced",
"gentle",
"mild",
"inconspicuous",
"unobtrusive"
],
"antonyms":[
"meek",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"impugning":{
"to criticize (a person's character, intentions, etc.) by suggesting that someone is not honest and should not be trusted":{
"examples":[
"He impugned his rival's character.",
"Her motives have been scrutinized and impugned ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blaming",
"calling (on)",
"castigating",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"faulting",
"reproaching",
"reprobating",
"accusing",
"charging",
"criminating",
"defaming",
"impeaching",
"incriminating",
"indicting",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reproving",
"taxing",
"appealing",
"arraigning",
"booking",
"citing",
"summoning",
"prosecuting",
"suing",
"trying",
"framing",
"implicating",
"inculpating",
"informing (against)",
"naming",
"reporting",
"recriminating",
"retaliating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocating",
"championing",
"defending",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shriving",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impulse":{
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the universal, fundamental impulse of self-preservation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergy",
"averseness",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"disrelish",
"distaste",
"detachment",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"apathy",
"disinterestedness",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"related":[
"favor",
"one-sidedness",
"partisanship",
"prejudice",
"endowment",
"faculty",
"flair",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"addiction",
"appetite",
"fancy",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"preference",
"taste",
"forte",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"routine",
"trick",
"way",
"wont",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"kink",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quirk",
"singularity"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"affinity",
"aptitude",
"bent",
"bias",
"bone",
"devices",
"disposition",
"genius",
"habitude",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn"
]
},
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"antonyms":[
"counterincentive",
"disincentive"
],
"examples":[
"the new auto factory was just the impulse that the local economy needed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"inducement",
"invitation",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"grounds",
"motive",
"occasion",
"reason",
"catalyst",
"catalyzer",
"fuel",
"spark"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"incitation",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"momentum",
"motivation",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"yeast"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impulsion":{
"as in impulse , compulsion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"compulsion",
"impulse",
"will",
"zeal",
"appetency",
"appetite",
"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"itch",
"jones",
"letch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"thirst",
"thirstiness",
"urge",
"yearning",
"yen",
"liking",
"love",
"taste",
"weakness",
"eagerness",
"impatience",
"want",
"wish",
"necessity",
"need",
"requirement",
"obsession",
"acquisitiveness",
"avarice",
"avariciousness",
"avidity",
"covetousness",
"cupidity",
"greed",
"greediness",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"caco\u00ebthes",
"mania"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"allergy",
"averseness",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"distaste",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impulsivity":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impinges":{
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bumps",
"collides",
"crashes",
"hits",
"impacts",
"knocks",
"rams",
"slams",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"swipes",
"thuds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounces",
"caroms",
"clunks",
"glances",
"rebounds",
"ricochets",
"skims",
"skips",
"contacts",
"lands",
"touches",
"brushes",
"grazes",
"kisses",
"nudges",
"scrapes",
"shaves",
"sweeps",
"bulldozes",
"jostles",
"muscles",
"presses",
"pushes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"skirts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imprecated":{
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
"examples":[
"with her dying breath the witch imprecated the villagers for their relentless persecution of her"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematized",
"beshrewed",
"cursed",
"maledicted"
],
"related":[
"condemned",
"damned",
"denounced",
"execrated",
"reprobated",
"hexed",
"jinxed",
"voodooed",
"danged",
"darned",
"durned",
"dashed",
"cussed (out)",
"fulminated (against)",
"railed (against)",
"reviled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauded",
"commended",
"congratulated"
],
"antonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imprudent":{
"showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations":{
"examples":[
"a very sweet girl, but so imprudent that no one trusts her with a secret"
],
"synonyms":[
"brash",
"graceless",
"ill-advised",
"inadvisable",
"indelicate",
"indiscreet",
"injudicious",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"unwise"
],
"related":[
"dumb",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"stupid",
"careless",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"mindless",
"thoughtless",
"ill-mannered",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"indecorous",
"unbecoming",
"uncivil",
"unseemly",
"foolish",
"harebrained",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"senseless",
"silly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intelligent",
"logical",
"rational",
"sensible",
"smart",
"sound",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"civil",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient"
],
"antonyms":[
"advisable",
"discreet",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"tactful",
"wise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"implore":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"the victims of the hurricane implored the governor to put the full resources of the state into the relief effort"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"besiege",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"impetrate",
"importune",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"solicit",
"supplicate"
],
"related":[
"bludge",
"cadge",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"ask",
"desire",
"invoke",
"request",
"sue",
"claim",
"coerce",
"command",
"compel",
"demand",
"force",
"insist",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hint",
"imply",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"gratify",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impact":{
"a forceful coming together of two things":{
"examples":[
"the glass shattered immediately upon impact with the floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"bump",
"collision",
"concussion",
"crash",
"impingement",
"jar",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"kick",
"shock",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"wallop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow",
"buffet",
"hit",
"knock",
"punch",
"rap",
"slap",
"thump",
"bashing",
"battering",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"contact",
"encounter",
"meeting",
"touch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power to bring about a result on another":{
"examples":[
"the execution had such a powerful impact on her that she became a crusader for the abolition of capital punishment"
],
"synonyms":[
"effect",
"influence",
"mark",
"repercussion",
"sway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authority",
"clout",
"prestige",
"pull",
"weight",
"command",
"domination",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"consequence",
"importance",
"significance",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality of an utterance that provokes interest and produces an effect":{
"examples":[
"the story has real dramatic impact"
],
"synonyms":[
"cogency",
"effectiveness",
"force",
"forcefulness",
"point",
"punch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"payoff",
"importance",
"significance",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"charm",
"fascination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life"
],
"synonyms":[
"affect",
"impress",
"influence",
"move",
"reach",
"strike",
"sway",
"tell (on)",
"touch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry away",
"dazzle",
"enrapture",
"entrance",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"ravish",
"transport",
"bias",
"color",
"inspire",
"stir",
"engage",
"interest",
"involve",
"penetrate",
"pierce",
"afflict",
"agitate",
"bother",
"concern",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fluster",
"harass",
"harry",
"perturb",
"pester",
"plague",
"smite",
"strain",
"stress",
"trouble",
"try",
"upset",
"worry",
"wring",
"allure",
"attract",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"fascinate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"jade",
"pall",
"tire",
"weary",
"underwhelm"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the damage sustained when a car going 40 miles an hour impacts with a brick wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bump",
"collide",
"crash",
"hit",
"impinge",
"knock",
"ram",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"swipe",
"thud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounce",
"carom",
"clunk",
"glance",
"rebound",
"ricochet",
"skim",
"skip",
"contact",
"land",
"touch",
"brush",
"graze",
"kiss",
"nudge",
"scrape",
"shave",
"sweep",
"bulldoze",
"jostle",
"muscle",
"press",
"push"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"skirt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"the bullet was found impacted in the police officer's protective vest"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"embed",
"imbed",
"enroot",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"fix",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbue",
"infuse",
"instill",
"beat (into)",
"drive (into)",
"establish",
"place",
"put",
"settle",
"stick"
],
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"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"eject",
"expel",
"detach",
"disconnect",
"disengage",
"remove"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodge",
"root (out)",
"uproot"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"abused",
"capitalized (on)",
"cashed in (on)",
"exploited",
"leveraged",
"milked",
"pimped",
"played (on or upon)",
"used",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
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"jerked around",
"manipulated",
"mistreated",
"bled",
"cheated",
"fleeced",
"overcharged",
"skinned",
"soaked",
"stuck",
"commercialized",
"commodified"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"impromptu":{
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
"examples":[
"our dinner guest thanked us with an impromptu song"
],
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"ad hoc",
"ad-lib",
"down and dirty",
"extemporaneous",
"extemporary",
"extempore",
"improvisational",
"improvised",
"off-the-cuff",
"offhand",
"offhanded",
"snap",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"unconsidered",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unprepared",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unscripted",
"automatic",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"involuntary",
"spontaneous",
"casual",
"cursive",
"informal",
"unauthorized",
"half-baked",
"half-cocked",
"ill-advised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional"
],
"antonyms":[
"considered",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepared",
"rehearsed"
]
},
"something that is performed, made, or done without preparation":{
"examples":[
"although five different lines had been written, the best choice turned out to be an impromptu from the tired actor himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad-lib",
"extemporization",
"improv",
"improvisation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concoction",
"contrivance",
"creation",
"innovation",
"invention",
"wrinkle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bit",
"drill",
"routine"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in spontaneously":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"spontaneously",
"automatically",
"glancingly",
"haphazardly",
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"headfirst",
"headily",
"hotheadedly",
"impatiently",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"offhand",
"offhandedly",
"cursorily",
"hastily",
"headlong",
"hotfoot",
"hurriedly",
"pell-mell",
"precipitately",
"precipitously",
"rashly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliberately",
"studiedly",
"calculatingly",
"circumspectly",
"designedly",
"falteringly",
"haltingly",
"hesitantly",
"hesitatingly",
"tentatively",
"leisurely",
"slowly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"impeaching":{
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
"examples":[
"the company's president has been impeached by the Securities and Exchange Commission"
],
"synonyms":[
"accusing",
"charging",
"criminating",
"defaming",
"incriminating",
"indicting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blaming",
"calling (on)",
"castigating",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"faulting",
"impugning",
"reproaching",
"reprobating",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reproving",
"taxing",
"appealing",
"arraigning",
"booking",
"citing",
"summoning",
"prosecuting",
"suing",
"trying",
"framing",
"implicating",
"inculpating",
"informing (against)",
"naming",
"reporting",
"recriminating",
"retaliating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocating",
"championing",
"defending",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
]
},
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
"examples":[
"questionable methodology that should cause us to impeach the findings of this survey on obesity"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenging",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"oppugning",
"querying",
"questioning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doubting",
"mistrusting",
"kicking (about)",
"objecting (to)",
"protesting",
"combating",
"combatting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backing",
"defending",
"supporting",
"advocating",
"championing",
"promoting",
"abiding",
"enduring",
"stomaching",
"tolerating"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"believing",
"embracing",
"swallowing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imposing":{
"having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner":{
"examples":[
"the president of the bank is exactly the sort of imposing figure that one might expect"
],
"synonyms":[
"august",
"dignified",
"distingu\u00e9",
"distinguished",
"portly",
"solemn",
"staid",
"stately"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"grave",
"grim",
"po-faced",
"sober",
"somber",
"sombre",
"aristocratic",
"elegant",
"elevated",
"handsome",
"lordly",
"magisterial",
"majestic",
"noble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"crass",
"crude",
"improper",
"indecent",
"uncouth",
"unseemly",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"silly",
"undignified"
]
},
"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
"examples":[
"the corporation's imposing headquarters were designed by one of the nation's cutting-edge architects"
],
"synonyms":[
"august",
"baronial",
"epic",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"grandiose",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Homeric",
"imperial",
"magnific",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"massive",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colossal",
"monstrous",
"prodigious",
"stupendous",
"tremendous",
"kingly",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"awesome",
"awful",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"sublime",
"wondrous",
"formidable",
"impressive",
"prepossessing",
"redoubtable",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"inflated",
"operatic",
"overblown",
"pompous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"superb",
"terrific",
"wonderful",
"extravagant",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"palatial",
"palatine",
"sumptuous",
"gorgeous",
"resplendent",
"splendiferous",
"extraordinary",
"killer",
"remarkable",
"sensational",
"striking",
"celestial",
"divine",
"heavenly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lowly",
"modest",
"unprepossessing",
"average",
"common",
"mediocre",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"second-rate",
"abject",
"mean",
"meretricious",
"shabby",
"sordid",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"paltry",
"petty",
"puny",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"unheroic",
"unimposing",
"unimpressive"
]
},
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
"examples":[
"that state now imposes a fine for text messaging while driving"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessing",
"charging",
"exacting",
"fining",
"laying",
"levying",
"putting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"docking",
"excising",
"mulcting",
"penalizing",
"taxing",
"extorting",
"shaking down",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"bleeding",
"fleecing",
"gouging",
"milking",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"forcing",
"inflicting",
"wreaking",
"setting",
"reapplying",
"reimposing",
"relaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"forgiving",
"releasing",
"condoning",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"pardoning"
],
"antonyms":[
"remitting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"imprinting":{
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
"examples":[
"that early lesson on the value of honesty permanently imprinted itself on my mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"branding",
"engraving",
"etching",
"impressing",
"infixing",
"ingraining",
"engraining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enrooting",
"imbuing",
"implanting",
"inculcating",
"infusing",
"instilling",
"fixing",
"setting",
"stamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blotting out",
"erasing",
"expunging",
"obliterating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impracticality":{
"as in optimism , idealism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"idealism",
"optimism",
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"naivety",
"na\u00efvety",
"naturalness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"viridity",
"candor",
"frankness",
"genuineness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"unaffectedness",
"unpretentiousness",
"callowness",
"childishness",
"coltishness",
"inexperience",
"rawness",
"insularity",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"ignorance",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"impressionability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affectedness",
"artificiality",
"pretentiousness",
"deviousness",
"dishonesty",
"insincerity",
"disbelief",
"doubtfulness",
"incredulity",
"suspiciousness",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"street smarts",
"wariness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"maturity",
"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impeached":{
"as in accused , indicted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accused",
"indicted",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"culpable",
"impeachable",
"indictable",
"punishable",
"condemned",
"convicted",
"guilty",
"hangdog",
"shamed",
"shamefaced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blameless",
"cleanhanded",
"clear",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"inculpable",
"innocent",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"ethical",
"law-abiding",
"moral",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
"examples":[
"the company's president has been impeached by the Securities and Exchange Commission"
],
"synonyms":[
"accused",
"charged",
"criminated",
"defamed",
"incriminated",
"indicted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blamed",
"called (on)",
"castigated",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"faulted",
"impugned",
"reproached",
"reprobated",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproved",
"taxed",
"appealed",
"arraigned",
"booked",
"cited",
"summoned",
"prosecuted",
"sued",
"tried",
"framed",
"implicated",
"inculpated",
"informed (against)",
"named",
"reported",
"recriminated",
"retaliated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"excused",
"forgave",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"shrived",
"shrove"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
]
},
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
"examples":[
"questionable methodology that should cause us to impeach the findings of this survey on obesity"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenged",
"contested",
"disputed",
"oppugned",
"queried",
"questioned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doubted",
"mistrusted",
"kicked (about)",
"objected (to)",
"protested",
"combated",
"combatted",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backed",
"defended",
"supported",
"advocated",
"championed",
"promoted",
"abided",
"abode",
"endured",
"stomached",
"tolerated"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"believed",
"embraced",
"swallowed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"impotent":{
"not able to produce fruit or offspring":{
"examples":[
"most mules are impotent"
],
"synonyms":[
"barren",
"fruitless",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"altered",
"desexed",
"neutered",
"sterilized",
"castrated",
"emasculated",
"gelded",
"spayed",
"unproductive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fecund",
"luxuriant",
"productive",
"prolific",
"enriched",
"fertilized",
"rich",
"impregnated",
"pregnant",
"potent",
"bearing",
"producing",
"yielding",
"blooming",
"bursting",
"flourishing",
"swarming",
"teeming"
],
"antonyms":[
"fat",
"fertile",
"fruitful"
]
},
"unable to act or achieve one's purpose":{
"examples":[
"an impotent ruler who was just a figurehead"
],
"synonyms":[
"hamstrung",
"handcuffed",
"helpless",
"high and dry",
"hog-tied",
"impuissant",
"paralyzed",
"powerless",
"weak"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inept",
"unfit",
"useless",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"passive",
"spineless",
"supine",
"unaggressive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"effective",
"efficient",
"authoritarian",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"magisterial",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"dominant",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"forceful",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"vigorous",
"important",
"major",
"significant",
"high-level",
"senior",
"top"
],
"antonyms":[
"mighty",
"potent",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"strong"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"impregnating":{
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"impregnated the cloth with furniture polish"
],
"synonyms":[
"drenching",
"drowning",
"macerating",
"saturating",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"steeping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"marinating",
"seething",
"presoaking",
"dipping",
"immersing",
"inundating",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"bathing",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"hydrating",
"swilling",
"washing",
"watering",
"infiltrating",
"penetrating",
"permeating",
"dampening",
"damping",
"humidifying",
"moistening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"searing",
"draining",
"emptying",
"voiding",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"wringing (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impulsiveness":{
"an inclination to sudden illogical changes of mind, ideas, or actions":{
"examples":[
"his irrepressible impulsiveness sometimes got him into trouble"
],
"synonyms":[
"caprice",
"capriciousness",
"freakishness",
"whimsicality",
"whimsicalness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mercurialness",
"moodiness",
"unpredictability",
"willfulness",
"eccentricity",
"flakiness",
"arbitrariness",
"fickleness",
"inconstancy",
"irregularity",
"volatileness",
"volatility",
"changeability",
"flexibility",
"mutability",
"variability",
"variableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"practicality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"fastness",
"firmness",
"fixedness",
"immovability",
"immovableness",
"immutability",
"inflexibility",
"invariability",
"changelessness",
"constancy",
"stability",
"steadfastness",
"steadiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impassable":{
"impossible to get through or into":{
"examples":[
"the road was impassable until snowplows cleared it"
],
"synonyms":[
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"impervious",
"impregnable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"close",
"compact",
"dense",
"thick",
"tight",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"sturdy",
"substantial",
"tough",
"firm",
"frozen",
"hard",
"solid",
"stiff",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"unbending",
"unyielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"soft",
"squishy",
"bendable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"giving",
"malleable",
"pliable",
"yielding",
"absorbent",
"porous"
],
"antonyms":[
"negotiable",
"passable",
"penetrable",
"permeable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"impedes":{
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"the construction work impeded the smooth running of the office for several months"
],
"synonyms":[
"clogs",
"cramps",
"embarrasses",
"encumbers",
"fetters",
"hampers",
"handcuffs",
"handicaps",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"hog-ties",
"holds back",
"holds up",
"inhibits",
"interferes (with)",
"manacles",
"obstructs",
"shackles",
"short-circuits",
"stymies",
"ties up",
"trammels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balks",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"reins",
"restrains",
"binds",
"chains",
"halters",
"leashes",
"tethers",
"ties",
"arrests",
"brakes",
"delays",
"retains",
"retards",
"barricades",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"roadblocks",
"bogs (down)",
"mires",
"chokes",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"suffocates",
"baffles",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"stumps",
"thwarts",
"derails",
"disrupts",
"sabotages",
"muzzles",
"represses",
"suppresses",
"confines",
"hedges (in)",
"hems (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clears",
"makes way",
"opens",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"unties",
"loosens",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"encourages",
"furthers",
"promotes"
],
"antonyms":[
"aids",
"assists",
"facilitates",
"helps"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impossibly":{
"as in incredibly , improbably":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"implausibly",
"improbably",
"incredibly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apparently",
"evidently",
"ostensibly",
"ostensively",
"presumably",
"putatively",
"seemingly",
"supposedly",
"externally",
"outwardly",
"visibly",
"believably",
"credibly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"imperturbabilities":{
"evenness of emotions or temper":{
"examples":[
"his imperturbability in a crisis is legendary among hospital staffers"
],
"synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composedness",
"composure",
"cool",
"coolness",
"countenance",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"placidity",
"repose",
"sangfroid",
"self-composedness",
"self-possession",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"poise",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-trust",
"easygoingness",
"laid-backness",
"apathy",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"indifference",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm",
"unconcern"
],
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"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"disquiet",
"solicitude",
"uneasiness",
"worry",
"excitability",
"excitableness",
"nervousness",
"disturbance"
],
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"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the chef was absolutely imperturbable \u2014even when the kitchen caught on fire"
],
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"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"icy",
"nonchalant",
"placid",
"self-collected",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"steely",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"panicky",
"aflutter",
"anxious",
"dithery",
"edgy",
"het up",
"hung up",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"perturbed",
"shaky",
"tense",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"upset",
"uptight",
"worried"
],
"antonyms":[
"perturbable",
"shakable",
"shakeable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"imp":{
"an appealingly mischievous person":{
"examples":[
"scooped up the little imp and took him to bed"
],
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"devil",
"hellion",
"mischief",
"monkey",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"scamp",
"urchin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cutup",
"larker",
"madcap",
"skylarker",
"ragamuffin",
"brat",
"disrupter",
"misbehaver",
"nuisance",
"juvenile delinquent",
"gamin",
"gamine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"cur",
"heel",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"reprobate",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an evil spirit":{
"examples":[
"a story about a crumbling mansion infested with a brood of imps"
],
"synonyms":[
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghost",
"ghoul",
"ghoulie",
"shaitan"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hag",
"lamia",
"vampire",
"incubus",
"nightmare",
"succubus",
"afreet",
"afrit",
"genie",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"apparition",
"banshee",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugbear",
"familiar",
"familiar spirit",
"genius",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"vision",
"wraith",
"brownie",
"dwarf",
"elf",
"faerie",
"faery",
"fairy",
"fay",
"gnome",
"goblin",
"gremlin",
"hobgoblin",
"kobold",
"leprechaun",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"puck",
"sprite",
"troll",
"monster",
"ogre"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impersonations":{
"as in performances , portrayals":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"performances",
"portrayals",
"acts",
"airs",
"charades",
"disguises",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"fronts",
"guises",
"masquerades",
"poses",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"put-ons",
"semblances",
"shows",
"images",
"personae",
"personas",
"appearances",
"colors",
"glosses",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"affectations",
"deceits",
"deceptions",
"dissimulations",
"double-dealings",
"duplicities",
"fakeries",
"frauds",
"guiles",
"betrayals",
"double crosses",
"falsities",
"infidelities",
"perfidies",
"treacheries",
"treasons",
"excuses",
"pretexts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candors",
"sincerities",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9s",
"naivetes",
"naivet\u00e9s"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impinge":{
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior"
],
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"bang",
"bash",
"bump",
"collide",
"crash",
"hit",
"impact",
"knock",
"ram",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"swipe",
"thud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounce",
"carom",
"clunk",
"glance",
"rebound",
"ricochet",
"skim",
"skip",
"contact",
"land",
"touch",
"brush",
"graze",
"kiss",
"nudge",
"scrape",
"shave",
"sweep",
"bulldoze",
"jostle",
"muscle",
"press",
"push"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"skirt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"implication":{
"an idea that is conveyed often indirectly":{
"examples":[
"He took issue with the implication that he could not be trusted with the assignment."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clue",
"cue",
"hint",
"indication",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"suggestion",
"allusion",
"inference",
"innuendo",
"insinuation",
"message",
"connotation",
"bottom",
"essence",
"essentiality",
"nature",
"soul",
"spirit",
"stuff",
"burden",
"crux",
"gist",
"core",
"heart",
"kernel",
"marrow",
"nub",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"point",
"quick",
"matter",
"motif",
"motive",
"question",
"subject",
"topic",
"content",
"denotation",
"drift",
"import",
"intent",
"intention",
"meaning",
"purport",
"sense",
"significance",
"signification"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a future condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
"examples":[
"They were concerned with the possible implications of the new legislation."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ramification",
"denouement",
"d\u00e9nouement",
"echo",
"repercussion",
"afterclap",
"afterglow",
"aftershock",
"blowback",
"by-product",
"fallout",
"offshoot",
"ripple",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"spin-off",
"aftereffect",
"aftermath",
"backwash",
"child",
"conclusion",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"development",
"effect",
"fate",
"fruit",
"issue",
"outcome",
"outgrowth",
"precipitate",
"product",
"result",
"resultant",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consideration",
"determinant",
"factor",
"base",
"basis",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"stimulus",
"mother",
"origin",
"root",
"source",
"spring",
"antecedent",
"causation",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person":{
"examples":[
"Employees were shocked by the implication of the company's CEO in the crime."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accusation",
"allegation",
"plea",
"crimination",
"counteraccusation",
"countercharge",
"arraignment",
"impeachment",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"recrimination",
"charge",
"complaint",
"count",
"indictment",
"rap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impearls":{
"as in diamonds , jewels":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diamonds",
"gems",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"accessorizes",
"dresses up",
"traps",
"tricks (out)",
"brightens",
"freshens",
"smartens",
"spruces (up)",
"bosses",
"chases",
"braids",
"embroiders",
"feathers",
"figures",
"filigrees",
"fillets",
"flounces",
"frills",
"fringes",
"furbelows",
"garlands",
"hangs",
"laces",
"ribbons",
"swags",
"wreathes",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"gilds",
"paints",
"redecorates",
"redoes",
"adorns",
"arrays",
"beautifies",
"bedecks",
"bedizens",
"blazons",
"caparisons",
"decks",
"decorates",
"does",
"does up",
"dolls up",
"drapes",
"dresses",
"embellishes",
"emblazes",
"embosses",
"enriches",
"fancies up",
"fancifies",
"festoons",
"garnishes",
"glitzes (up)",
"graces",
"gussies up",
"ornaments",
"pretties (up)",
"trims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplifies",
"streamlines",
"bares",
"denudes",
"dismantles",
"displays",
"divests",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"strips",
"uncovers",
"uglifies",
"blemishes",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"mars",
"scars",
"spoils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impromptus":{
"something that is performed, made, or done without preparation":{
"examples":[
"although five different lines had been written, the best choice turned out to be an impromptu from the tired actor himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad-libs",
"extemporizations",
"improvisations",
"improvs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concoctions",
"contrivances",
"creations",
"innovations",
"inventions",
"wrinkles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bits",
"drills",
"routines"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impacting":{
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life"
],
"synonyms":[
"affecting",
"impressing",
"influencing",
"moving",
"reaching",
"striking",
"swaying",
"telling (on)",
"touching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying away",
"dazzling",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"ravishing",
"transporting",
"biasing",
"biassing",
"coloring",
"inspiring",
"stirring",
"engaging",
"interesting",
"involving",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"afflicting",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"flustering",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"perturbing",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"smiting",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"wringing",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying",
"underwhelming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the damage sustained when a car going 40 miles an hour impacts with a brick wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"bumping",
"colliding",
"crashing",
"hitting",
"impinging",
"knocking",
"ramming",
"slamming",
"smashing",
"striking",
"swiping",
"thudding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"clunking",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skimming",
"skipping",
"contacting",
"landing",
"touching",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"kissing",
"nudging",
"scraping",
"shaving",
"sweeping",
"bulldozing",
"jostling",
"muscling",
"pressing",
"pushing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"skirting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"the bullet was found impacted in the police officer's protective vest"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedding",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"enrooting",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"fixing",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"rooting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"instilling",
"beating (into)",
"driving (into)",
"establishing",
"placing",
"putting",
"settling",
"sticking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disengaging",
"removing"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodging",
"rooting (out)",
"uprooting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"improvs":{
"something that is performed, made, or done without preparation":{
"examples":[
"the performance features a two-minute improv as well as scripted segments"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad-libs",
"extemporizations",
"impromptus",
"improvisations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concoctions",
"contrivances",
"creations",
"innovations",
"inventions",
"wrinkles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bits",
"drills",
"routines"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imperilment":{
"the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil":{
"examples":[
"the city has reduced the number of its firefighters, to the imperilment of every homeowner"
],
"synonyms":[
"danger",
"distress",
"endangerment",
"harm's way",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"risk",
"trouble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"vulnerability",
"precariousness",
"threat",
"susceptibility",
"susceptibleness",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preservation",
"salvation",
"defense",
"protection",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"inviolability",
"invulnerability"
],
"antonyms":[
"safeness",
"safety",
"secureness",
"security"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impotency":{
"as in impotence , powerlessness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impotence",
"powerlessness",
"helplessness",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arm",
"authority",
"clutch",
"command",
"control",
"death grip",
"dominion",
"grip",
"hold",
"mastery",
"power",
"reign",
"rein(s)",
"sway",
"clout",
"influence",
"leverage",
"pull",
"voice",
"weight",
"jurisdiction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"implemented":{
"to carry out effectively":{
"examples":[
"implemented the evacuation plan without a hitch"
],
"synonyms":[
"administered",
"applied",
"enforced",
"executed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brought about",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"discharged",
"fulfilled",
"rendered",
"cited",
"invoked",
"enacted",
"legislated",
"honored",
"observed",
"upheld",
"prosecuted",
"promulgated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imputations":{
"a slyly or subtly derogatory remark":{
"examples":[
"I resent the imputation that I'm nice to Grandmother because she has money"
],
"synonyms":[
"innuendos",
"innuendoes",
"insinuations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersions",
"libels",
"slanders",
"smears",
"affronts",
"digs",
"epithets",
"indignities",
"insults",
"slights",
"slurs",
"hints",
"inklings",
"intimations",
"suggestions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impecuniousness":{
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"her claims of impecuniousness rang false when we noticed the luxuries she had bought for herself"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggary",
"destituteness",
"destitution",
"impecuniosity",
"impoverishment",
"indigence",
"necessity",
"need",
"neediness",
"pauperism",
"penuriousness",
"penury",
"poorness",
"poverty",
"want"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gutter",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"exigency",
"emergency",
"rainy day",
"austerity",
"deprivation",
"privation",
"bankruptcy",
"insolvency",
"belt-tightening",
"pinching",
"straitening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"luxury",
"prosperity"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluence",
"opulence",
"richness",
"wealth",
"wealthiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"implementing":{
"to carry out effectively":{
"examples":[
"implemented the evacuation plan without a hitch"
],
"synonyms":[
"administering",
"applying",
"enforcing",
"executing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"discharging",
"fulfilling",
"rendering",
"citing",
"invoking",
"enacting",
"legislating",
"honoring",
"observing",
"upholding",
"prosecuting",
"promulgating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impassiveness":{
"a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness":{
"examples":[
"the child's inexplicable impassiveness , after all he'd been through, was a source of concern for his relatives"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectlessness",
"apathy",
"emotionlessness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodlessness",
"callosity",
"callousness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"halfheartedness",
"hard-heartedness",
"hardness",
"heartlessness",
"imperturbability",
"insensitivity",
"obduracy",
"blankness",
"deadness",
"emptiness",
"vacancy",
"aloofness",
"detachment",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"stiffness",
"woodenness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassion",
"empathy",
"pity",
"sympathy",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"responsiveness",
"sensitivity",
"solicitude",
"tenderness",
"understanding",
"warmth",
"hand-wringing",
"histrionics",
"hysteria",
"hysterics",
"melodrama",
"vehemence"
],
"antonyms":[
"emotion",
"feeling",
"sensibility"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impenetrability":{
"the quality or state of being impossible to know, understand, or explain":{
"examples":[
"the impenetrability of her prose is apparently the basis of her appeal to literary snobs"
],
"synonyms":[
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"mysteriousness",
"numinousness",
"obscurity",
"uncanniness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deepness",
"profundity",
"darkness",
"murkiness",
"shadowiness",
"vagueness",
"ambiguity",
"equivocality",
"equivocalness",
"incomprehensibility",
"unintelligibility",
"unintelligibleness",
"inexplicability",
"inexplicableness",
"unanswerability",
"unknowability",
"abstruseness",
"abstrusity",
"esotericism",
"hermetism",
"reconditeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intelligibility",
"understandability",
"clarity",
"obviousness",
"plainness",
"self-evidence",
"straightforwardness",
"transparency"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imposes":{
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
"examples":[
"that state now imposes a fine for text messaging while driving"
],
"synonyms":[
"assesses",
"charges",
"exacts",
"fines",
"lays",
"levies",
"puts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"docks",
"excises",
"mulcts",
"penalizes",
"taxes",
"extorts",
"shakes down",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"bleeds",
"fleeces",
"gouges",
"milks",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"coerces",
"compels",
"forces",
"inflicts",
"wreaks",
"sets",
"reapplies",
"reimposes",
"relays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abates",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"forgives",
"releases",
"condones",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"ignores",
"pardons"
],
"antonyms":[
"remits"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imperturbable":{
"not easily panicked or upset":{
"examples":[
"the chef was absolutely imperturbable \u2014even when the kitchen caught on fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"icy",
"nonchalant",
"placid",
"self-collected",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"steely",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"panicky",
"aflutter",
"anxious",
"dithery",
"edgy",
"het up",
"hung up",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"perturbed",
"shaky",
"tense",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"upset",
"uptight",
"worried"
],
"antonyms":[
"perturbable",
"shakable",
"shakeable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"imposingly":{
"as in impressively , magnificently":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impressively",
"magnificently",
"splendidly",
"expensively",
"extravagantly",
"fatly",
"grandly",
"high",
"large",
"lavishly",
"luxuriously",
"opulently",
"palatially",
"plushly",
"richly",
"sumptuously",
"grandiosely",
"ostentatiously",
"pompously",
"pretentiously",
"affluently",
"comfortably",
"fine",
"wealthily",
"immoderately",
"indulgently",
"intemperately",
"prodigally",
"wantonly",
"wastefully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"austerely",
"humbly",
"modestly",
"plainly",
"simply",
"unpretentiously",
"cheaply",
"economically",
"frugally",
"inexpensively",
"meagerly",
"poorly",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"sparingly",
"thriftily",
"conservatively",
"moderately",
"prudently",
"reasonably",
"restrainedly",
"sensibly",
"temperately"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"impugns":{
"to criticize (a person's character, intentions, etc.) by suggesting that someone is not honest and should not be trusted":{
"examples":[
"He impugned his rival's character.",
"Her motives have been scrutinized and impugned ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blames",
"calls (on)",
"castigates",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"faults",
"reproaches",
"reprobates",
"accuses",
"charges",
"criminates",
"defames",
"impeaches",
"incriminates",
"indicts",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reproves",
"taxes",
"appeals",
"arraigns",
"books",
"cites",
"summons",
"prosecutes",
"sues",
"tries",
"frames",
"implicates",
"inculpates",
"informs (against)",
"names",
"reports",
"recriminates",
"retaliates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"remits",
"shrives",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impetuosity":{
"as in capriciousness , whimsicality":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capriciousness",
"fancifulness",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"freakishness",
"whimsicality",
"bee",
"caprice",
"crank",
"fancy",
"freak",
"humor",
"kink",
"maggot",
"megrim",
"notion",
"vagary",
"vagrancy",
"whim",
"whimsy",
"whimsey",
"conceit",
"concept",
"conception",
"image",
"impression",
"mind's eye",
"picture",
"thought",
"brainstorm",
"inspiration"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in impulsiveness , impetuousness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hotheadedness",
"impetuousness",
"impulsiveness",
"impulsivity",
"rashness",
"beeline",
"dash",
"scramble",
"stampede",
"expedition",
"expeditiousness",
"fastness",
"fleetness",
"quickness",
"rapidity",
"rapidness",
"speed",
"speediness",
"swiftness",
"velocity",
"bustle",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"stir",
"whirl",
"celerity",
"dispatch",
"promptitude",
"promptness",
"haste",
"hastiness",
"hurry",
"hustle",
"precipitation",
"precipitousness",
"rush"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"dilatoriness",
"lateness",
"pokiness",
"procrastination",
"slowness",
"languor",
"leisureliness",
"lethargy",
"sluggishness",
"torpor",
"dormancy",
"inaction",
"inactivity",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"quiescence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impetrates":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"since deists do not believe in a Creator who interferes in human affairs, they generally regard as fruitless any effort to impetrate Him for divine favors"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeals (to)",
"begs",
"beseeches",
"besieges",
"conjures",
"entreats",
"implores",
"importunes",
"petitions",
"pleads (to)",
"prays",
"solicits",
"supplicates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludges",
"cadges",
"mooches",
"sponges",
"asks",
"desires",
"invokes",
"requests",
"sues",
"claims",
"coerces",
"commands",
"compels",
"demands",
"forces",
"insists",
"requires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hints",
"implies",
"intimates",
"suggests",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"gratifies",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"improbable":{
"not likely to be true or to occur":{
"examples":[
"it seems improbable that the two writers never met since they traveled in the same social circles"
],
"synonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"far-fetched",
"flimsy",
"questionable",
"unapt",
"unlikely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"implausible",
"impossible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"absurd",
"bizarre",
"crazy",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"foolish",
"insane",
"nonsensical",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"unreal",
"wild",
"outside",
"remote",
"slight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"believable",
"conceivable",
"credible",
"earthly",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"possible",
"potential",
"liable"
],
"antonyms":[
"likely",
"probable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"improbability":{
"as in unlikelihood , unlikeliness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"unlikelihood",
"unlikeliness",
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"impracticability",
"impracticality",
"implausibility",
"incredibility",
"incredibleness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liability",
"likelihood",
"probability",
"credibility",
"plausibility",
"plausibleness",
"feasibility",
"feasibleness",
"possibility",
"potentiality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"viability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imposing (on or upon)":{
"to take unfair advantage of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"abusing",
"capitalizing (on)",
"cashing in (on)",
"exploiting",
"leveraging",
"milking",
"pimping",
"playing (on or upon)",
"using",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerking around",
"manipulating",
"mistreating",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"fleecing",
"overcharging",
"skinning",
"soaking",
"sticking",
"commercializing",
"commodifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"impaled":{
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"impale a marshmallow or two on that stick and let's start toasting"
],
"synonyms":[
"gored",
"harpooned",
"jabbed",
"lanced",
"pecked",
"picked",
"pierced",
"pinked",
"punctured",
"ran through",
"skewered",
"speared",
"spiked",
"spitted",
"stabbed",
"stuck",
"transfixed",
"transpierced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindled",
"perforated",
"riddled",
"bayoneted",
"bayonetted",
"dirked",
"gimleted",
"piked",
"poniarded",
"pronged",
"quilled",
"pinpricked",
"poked",
"pricked",
"punched",
"thrust",
"cut",
"knifed",
"sliced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impressionists":{
"a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect":{
"examples":[
"a celebrated impressionist who can do enough rapid-fire imitations to populate an entire stage with characters"
],
"synonyms":[
"imitators",
"impersonators",
"mimics",
"personators"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesquers",
"caricaturists",
"lampooners",
"mockers",
"parodists",
"satirists",
"mimers",
"mimes",
"mummers",
"pantomimes",
"pantomimists",
"actors",
"entertainers",
"performers",
"players",
"troupers",
"apes",
"copycats",
"echoes",
"echos",
"parrots",
"rubber stamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"implausibility":{
"as in incredibleness , incredibility":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incredibility",
"incredibleness",
"artifice",
"cozenage",
"crookedness",
"deception",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"fraudulentness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"two-facedness",
"beguilement",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"furtiveness",
"guile",
"indirection",
"insidiousness",
"oiliness",
"perfidy",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness",
"treacherousness",
"trickery",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"wiliness",
"equivocation",
"prevarication",
"exaggeration",
"inaccuracy",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"lying",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"believability",
"credibility",
"plausibility",
"plausibleness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"verity",
"honor",
"honorableness",
"incorruptibility",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impervious":{
"not allowing penetration (as by gas, liquid, or light)":{
"examples":[
"the material for this coat is supposed to be impervious to rain"
],
"synonyms":[
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"close",
"compact",
"dense",
"snug",
"thick",
"airtight",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"leakproof",
"watertight",
"lightproof",
"soundproof",
"waterproof"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbent",
"leaky",
"porous",
"unsealed"
],
"antonyms":[
"penetrable",
"permeable",
"pervious"
]
},
"impossible to get through or into":{
"examples":[
"the rain forest is impervious to all but the most dedicated explorers"
],
"synonyms":[
"impassable",
"impassible",
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"impregnable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"close",
"compact",
"dense",
"thick",
"tight",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"sturdy",
"substantial",
"tough",
"firm",
"frozen",
"hard",
"solid",
"stiff",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"unbending",
"unyielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"soft",
"squishy",
"bendable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"giving",
"malleable",
"pliable",
"yielding",
"absorbent",
"porous"
],
"antonyms":[
"negotiable",
"passable",
"penetrable",
"permeable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"improprieties":{
"a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark":{
"examples":[
"such improprieties as asking people how much money they make"
],
"synonyms":[
"familiarities",
"faux pas",
"gaffes",
"gaffs",
"indiscretions",
"solecisms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"errors",
"flubs",
"fumbles",
"goofs",
"lapses",
"miscues",
"missteps",
"mistakes",
"oversights",
"slips",
"slipups",
"stumbles",
"discourtesies",
"incivilities",
"offenses",
"offences",
"boners",
"howlers",
"foul-ups",
"muffs",
"misapprehensions",
"miscalculations",
"misconceptions",
"misjudgments",
"misstatements",
"misunderstandings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forms",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties"
],
"antonyms":[
"amenities",
"attentions",
"civilities",
"courtesies",
"formalities",
"gestures",
"pleasantries"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impolite":{
"showing a lack of manners or consideration for others":{
"examples":[
"the librarian was shocked that anyone could be so impolite as to continue talking despite repeated warnings to be quiet"
],
"synonyms":[
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impertinent",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncalled-for",
"uncivil",
"ungracious",
"unhandsome",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arch",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"fresh",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"lippy",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"shameless",
"boorish",
"caddish",
"churlish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"vulgar",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"crusty",
"curt",
"gruff",
"sharp",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"antisocial",
"crabbed",
"cross",
"disagreeable",
"grumpy",
"sullen",
"surly",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"unseemly",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"conceited",
"haughty",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"supercilious",
"superior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humble",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassertive",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"respectful",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"acceptable",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"good",
"meet",
"proper",
"respectable",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"affable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"sociable",
"felicitous",
"graceful",
"chivalrous",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"ceremonious",
"elegant",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"well-bred"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"implores":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"the victims of the hurricane implored the governor to put the full resources of the state into the relief effort"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeals (to)",
"begs",
"beseeches",
"besieges",
"conjures",
"entreats",
"impetrates",
"importunes",
"petitions",
"pleads (to)",
"prays",
"solicits",
"supplicates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludges",
"cadges",
"mooches",
"sponges",
"asks",
"desires",
"invokes",
"requests",
"sues",
"claims",
"coerces",
"commands",
"compels",
"demands",
"forces",
"insists",
"requires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hints",
"implies",
"intimates",
"suggests",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"gratifies",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impertinency":{
"rude behavior":{
"examples":[
"the shameless impertinency of the teenagers at the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"forwardness",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"caddishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"crudeness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crustiness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"sharpness",
"crabbedness",
"crossness",
"disagreeableness",
"grumpiness",
"sullenness",
"surliness",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"deference",
"dutifulness",
"respectfulness",
"submissiveness",
"acceptability",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"respectableness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"kindness",
"felicitousness",
"grace",
"gracefulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impanels":{
"as in inducts , enlists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enlists",
"inducts",
"enrolls",
"enrols",
"inscribes",
"lists",
"matriculates",
"registers",
"conscripts",
"drafts",
"musters",
"wait-lists",
"books",
"schedules",
"checks in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delists",
"checks off",
"excludes",
"expels",
"expunges",
"rejects",
"omits",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impacts":{
"a forceful coming together of two things":{
"examples":[
"the glass shattered immediately upon impact with the floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumps",
"collisions",
"concussions",
"crashes",
"impingements",
"jars",
"jolts",
"jounces",
"kicks",
"shocks",
"slams",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"wallops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows",
"buffets",
"hits",
"knocks",
"punches",
"raps",
"slaps",
"thumps",
"bashings",
"batterings",
"lickings",
"thrashings",
"contacts",
"encounters",
"meetings",
"touches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power to bring about a result on another":{
"examples":[
"the execution had such a powerful impact on her that she became a crusader for the abolition of capital punishment"
],
"synonyms":[
"effects",
"influences",
"marks",
"repercussions",
"sways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorities",
"clouts",
"prestiges",
"pulls",
"weights",
"commands",
"dominations",
"dominions",
"masteries",
"consequences",
"importances",
"significances",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impotences",
"impotencies",
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life"
],
"synonyms":[
"affects",
"impresses",
"influences",
"moves",
"reaches",
"strikes",
"sways",
"tells (on)",
"touches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carries away",
"dazzles",
"enraptures",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"entrances",
"ravishes",
"transports",
"biases",
"biasses",
"colors",
"inspires",
"stirs",
"engages",
"interests",
"involves",
"penetrates",
"pierces",
"afflicts",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"flusters",
"harasses",
"harries",
"perturbs",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"smites",
"strains",
"stresses",
"tries",
"troubles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"wrings",
"allures",
"attracts",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"fascinates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies",
"underwhelms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the damage sustained when a car going 40 miles an hour impacts with a brick wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bumps",
"collides",
"crashes",
"hits",
"impinges",
"knocks",
"rams",
"slams",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"swipes",
"thuds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounces",
"caroms",
"clunks",
"glances",
"rebounds",
"ricochets",
"skims",
"skips",
"contacts",
"lands",
"touches",
"brushes",
"grazes",
"kisses",
"nudges",
"scrapes",
"shaves",
"sweeps",
"bulldozes",
"jostles",
"muscles",
"presses",
"pushes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"skirts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"the bullet was found impacted in the police officer's protective vest"
],
"synonyms":[
"beds",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"enroots",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"fixes",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"roots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbues",
"infuses",
"instills",
"beats (into)",
"drives (into)",
"establishes",
"places",
"puts",
"settles",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"ejects",
"expels",
"detaches",
"disconnects",
"disengages",
"removes"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodges",
"roots (out)",
"uproots"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"imprisonment":{
"the act of confining or the state of being confined":{
"examples":[
"the offense is punishable by a fine or imprisonment"
],
"synonyms":[
"captivity",
"confinement",
"immurement",
"impoundment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"prison"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bondage",
"enslavement",
"servitude",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"arrest",
"capture",
"entrapment",
"custody",
"detainer",
"detainment",
"detention",
"house arrest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"redemption",
"release",
"freedom",
"independence",
"liberty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"the long years of imprisonment had taken their toll on his mind and spirit as well as his body"
],
"synonyms":[
"detainer",
"detainment",
"detention",
"hold",
"immurement",
"incarceration"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captivity",
"confinement",
"internment",
"apprehension",
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"bust",
"collar",
"pinch",
"capture",
"entrapment",
"seizure",
"enchainment",
"restraint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"freedom",
"liberation"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge",
"release"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imputes":{
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"people often impute his silence to unfriendliness and not to the shyness it really represents"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredits",
"ascribes",
"attributes",
"chalks up",
"credits",
"lays",
"puts down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blames",
"charges",
"fathers (on)",
"imputes (to)",
"pins (on)",
"assigns",
"refers",
"associates",
"attaches",
"connects",
"links"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"improperly":{
"in a mistaken or inappropriate way":{
"examples":[
"the manufacturer's warranty is no longer valid if the appliance is used improperly"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"erroneously",
"faultily",
"inaccurately",
"inappropriately",
"inaptly",
"incorrectly",
"mistakenly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misguidedly",
"fallibly",
"imperfectly",
"extraneously",
"irrelevantly",
"meaninglessly",
"pointlessly",
"senselessly",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"undesirably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"foolishly",
"unwisely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infallibly",
"perfectly",
"germanely",
"meaningfully",
"pertinently",
"relevantly",
"sensibly",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"satisfactorily",
"sufficiently",
"prudently",
"sagely",
"wisely"
],
"antonyms":[
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"correctly",
"fittingly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably",
"well"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"impertinence":{
"disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request":{
"examples":[
"a disciplinarian of the old school, he refused to tolerate any impertinence from his children"
],
"synonyms":[
"back talk",
"backchat",
"cheek",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"mouth",
"sass",
"sauce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comeback",
"rejoinder",
"retort",
"riposte",
"wisecrack",
"cuteness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"guff",
"impoliteness",
"nonsense",
"rudeness",
"tactlessness",
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"coarseness",
"crassness",
"crudity",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluffness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crossness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"surliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"consideration",
"gallantry",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"deference",
"respect",
"affability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"rude behavior":{
"examples":[
"the impertinence of deliberately ignoring waiting customers while they finished their conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinency",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"forwardness",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"caddishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"crudeness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crustiness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"sharpness",
"crabbedness",
"crossness",
"disagreeableness",
"grumpiness",
"sullenness",
"surliness",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"deference",
"dutifulness",
"respectfulness",
"submissiveness",
"acceptability",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"respectableness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"kindness",
"felicitousness",
"grace",
"gracefulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness"
]
},
"the quality or state of not having anything to do with the matter at hand":{
"examples":[
"the impertinence of that issue renders any discussion of it a waste of our time"
],
"synonyms":[
"extraneousness",
"inapplicability",
"irrelevance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"improperness",
"inappositeness",
"inappropriateness",
"inaptness",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"immateriality",
"inconsequentiality",
"insignificance",
"emptiness",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"meaninglessness",
"pointlessness",
"uselessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriateness",
"aptness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"importance",
"significance",
"usefulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"applicability",
"bearing",
"connection",
"materiality",
"pertinence",
"relevance",
"relevancy"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imperial":{
"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
"examples":[
"envisioned an imperial city that would rival the capitals of Europe for beauty and magnificence"
],
"synonyms":[
"august",
"baronial",
"epic",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"grandiose",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Homeric",
"imposing",
"magnific",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"massive",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colossal",
"monstrous",
"prodigious",
"stupendous",
"tremendous",
"kingly",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"awesome",
"awful",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"sublime",
"wondrous",
"formidable",
"impressive",
"prepossessing",
"redoubtable",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"inflated",
"operatic",
"overblown",
"pompous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"superb",
"terrific",
"wonderful",
"extravagant",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"palatial",
"palatine",
"sumptuous",
"gorgeous",
"resplendent",
"splendiferous",
"extraordinary",
"killer",
"remarkable",
"sensational",
"striking",
"celestial",
"divine",
"heavenly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lowly",
"modest",
"unprepossessing",
"average",
"common",
"mediocre",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"second-rate",
"abject",
"mean",
"meretricious",
"shabby",
"sordid",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"paltry",
"petty",
"puny",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"unheroic",
"unimposing",
"unimpressive"
]
},
"as in treasure , jewel":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catch",
"crown jewel",
"diamond",
"gem",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"treasure",
"marvel",
"phenomenon",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bust",
"disappointment",
"dud",
"failure",
"flop",
"lemon",
"letdown",
"loser",
"stinker",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"implant":{
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"examples":[
"a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics"
],
"synonyms":[
"breed",
"enroot",
"inculcate",
"infix",
"inseminate",
"instill",
"plant",
"sow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drive",
"hammer",
"pound",
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"fix",
"lodge",
"root",
"imbue",
"infuse",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"inoculate",
"invest",
"steep",
"suffuse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"embed",
"imbed",
"enroot",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"fix",
"impact",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbue",
"infuse",
"instill",
"beat (into)",
"drive (into)",
"establish",
"place",
"put",
"settle",
"stick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"eject",
"expel",
"detach",
"disconnect",
"disengage",
"remove"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodge",
"root (out)",
"uproot"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imprecate":{
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
"examples":[
"with her dying breath the witch imprecated the villagers for their relentless persecution of her"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematize",
"beshrew",
"curse",
"maledict"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condemn",
"damn",
"denounce",
"execrate",
"reprobate",
"hex",
"jinx",
"voodoo",
"dang",
"darn",
"durn",
"dash",
"cuss (out)",
"fulminate (against)",
"rail (against)",
"revile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applaud",
"commend",
"congratulate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bless"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imprinted":{
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
"examples":[
"that early lesson on the value of honesty permanently imprinted itself on my mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"branded",
"engraved",
"etched",
"impressed",
"infixed",
"ingrained",
"engrained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enrooted",
"imbued",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"infused",
"instilled",
"fixed",
"set",
"stamped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blotted out",
"erased",
"expunged",
"obliterated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impersonator":{
"a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect":{
"examples":[
"a versatile impersonator , he conjures up a glittering array of female stars and divas in the course of his act"
],
"synonyms":[
"imitator",
"impressionist",
"mimic",
"personator"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesquer",
"caricaturist",
"lampooner",
"mocker",
"parodist",
"satirist",
"mime",
"mimer",
"mummer",
"pantomime",
"pantomimist",
"actor",
"entertainer",
"performer",
"player",
"trouper",
"ape",
"copycat",
"echo",
"parrot",
"rubber stamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)":{
"examples":[
"a gifted impersonator who can convincingly portray both heroes and heels"
],
"synonyms":[
"actor",
"mummer",
"player",
"thesp",
"thespian",
"trouper"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barnstormer",
"enactor",
"entertainer",
"performer",
"actress",
"starlet",
"lead",
"leading lady",
"leading man",
"star",
"coactor",
"costar",
"extra",
"spear-carrier",
"supernumerary",
"walk-on",
"monologuist",
"monologist",
"prima donna",
"scene-stealer",
"double",
"understudy",
"comedian",
"farceur",
"tragedian",
"tragedienne",
"ape",
"aper",
"ham",
"imitator",
"impressionist",
"masker",
"masquerader",
"mime",
"mimic",
"pantomime",
"pantomimist",
"personator",
"poser",
"buffoon",
"clown",
"harlequin",
"stooge",
"zany"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impressment":{
"as in seizure , shanghaiing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"seizure",
"shanghaiing",
"abduction",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"rape",
"snatch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impetuosities":{
"as in whimsicalities , fantasies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"whimsicalities",
"bees",
"caprices",
"cranks",
"fancies",
"freaks",
"humors",
"kinks",
"maggots",
"megrims",
"notions",
"vagaries",
"vagrancies",
"whims",
"whimsies",
"whimseys",
"conceits",
"conceptions",
"concepts",
"images",
"impressions",
"mind's eyes",
"pictures",
"thoughts",
"brainstorms",
"inspirations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impoliteness":{
"rude behavior":{
"examples":[
"such flagrant impoliteness must never be tolerated"
],
"synonyms":[
"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impertinency",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"forwardness",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"caddishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"crudeness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crustiness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"sharpness",
"crabbedness",
"crossness",
"disagreeableness",
"grumpiness",
"sullenness",
"surliness",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"deference",
"dutifulness",
"respectfulness",
"submissiveness",
"acceptability",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"respectableness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"kindness",
"felicitousness",
"grace",
"gracefulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impotence":{
"the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means":{
"examples":[
"the congressional committee's essential impotence in affecting the management of the war was frustrating to its members"
],
"synonyms":[
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"ineptitude",
"insufficiency",
"powerlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disqualification",
"inaptitude",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"endowment",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficiency",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[
"ability",
"adequacy",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"potency"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imploring":{
"asking humbly":{
"examples":[
"the imploring boy tearfully asked the veterinarian to do what he could to save the life of his dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"beseeching",
"entreating",
"pleading",
"prayerful",
"soliciting",
"suppliant",
"supplicant",
"supplicating",
"supplicatory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begging",
"importunate",
"insistent",
"persistent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in beseeching , pleading":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appeal",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"pleading",
"request",
"soliciting",
"suit",
"supplication",
"evensong",
"matins",
"vespers",
"collect",
"grace",
"invocation",
"litany",
"requiescat",
"thanksgiving",
"orison",
"prayer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"the victims of the hurricane implored the governor to put the full resources of the state into the relief effort"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealing (to)",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"besieging",
"conjuring",
"entreating",
"impetrating",
"importuning",
"petitioning",
"pleading (to)",
"praying",
"soliciting",
"supplicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludging",
"cadging",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"asking",
"desiring",
"invoking",
"requesting",
"suing",
"claiming",
"coercing",
"commanding",
"compelling",
"demanding",
"forcing",
"insisting",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinting",
"implying",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"gratifying",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"imploding":{
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"examples":[
"a controlled demolition during which the entire building imploded in a matter of seconds"
],
"synonyms":[
"buckling",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"crumpling",
"foundering",
"giving",
"going",
"going out",
"tumbling",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deflating",
"flattening",
"melting",
"melting down",
"breaking",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"crashing",
"dying",
"failing",
"giving out",
"stalling",
"bursting",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"splintering",
"splitting",
"cracking",
"crumbling",
"popping",
"snapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflating",
"rising",
"swelling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"implements":{
"to carry out effectively":{
"examples":[
"implemented the evacuation plan without a hitch"
],
"synonyms":[
"administers",
"applies",
"enforces",
"executes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brings about",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"discharges",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"renders",
"cites",
"invokes",
"enacts",
"legislates",
"honors",
"observes",
"upholds",
"prosecutes",
"promulgates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an article intended for use in work":{
"examples":[
"gardening implements such as hoes, spades, and pruners"
],
"synonyms":[
"devices",
"instruments",
"tools",
"utensils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparatuses",
"apparatus",
"appliances",
"mechanisms",
"contraptions",
"contrivances",
"gadgets",
"gizmos",
"gismos",
"jiggers",
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"adjuncts",
"appendages",
"attachments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"impunities":{
"freedom from punishment, harm, or loss":{
"examples":[
"she mistakenly believed that she could insult people with impunity"
],
"synonyms":[
"exemption",
"immunity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aegis",
"egis",
"armor",
"cover",
"defense",
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"safety",
"security",
"shield",
"buffer",
"bumper",
"screen",
"absolution",
"absolving",
"dispensation",
"forgiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"susceptibility",
"susceptibleness",
"vulnerability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"implausibly":{
"as in incredibly , improbably":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impossibly",
"improbably",
"incredibly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apparently",
"evidently",
"ostensibly",
"ostensively",
"presumably",
"putatively",
"seemingly",
"supposedly",
"externally",
"outwardly",
"visibly",
"believably",
"credibly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"impieties":{
"an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things":{
"examples":[
"the unspeakable impiety of spitting in a church"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasphemies",
"defilements",
"desecrations",
"irreverences",
"profanations",
"sacrileges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"profanities",
"affronts",
"insults",
"violations",
"contaminations",
"corruptions",
"debasements",
"pollutions",
"sins",
"trespasses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consecrations",
"purifications",
"sanctifications",
"reverences",
"venerations"
],
"antonyms":[
"adorations",
"glorifications",
"worships"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imprudence":{
"as in indiscretion , indiscreetness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"indiscreetness",
"indiscretion",
"immodesty",
"naughtiness",
"churlishness",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"vulgarity",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"indecorousness",
"indecorum",
"indelicateness",
"unbecomingness",
"unfitness",
"unseemliness",
"untowardness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"fitness",
"properness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"discretion",
"prudence",
"etiquette",
"form",
"manners",
"proprieties",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"thoughtfulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impersonating":{
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
"examples":[
"a school intruder was caught trying to impersonate a teacher"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting",
"masquerading (as)",
"personating",
"playing",
"posing (as)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aping",
"copying",
"imitating",
"mimicking",
"miming",
"mocking",
"monkeying",
"parodying",
"travestying",
"performing",
"portraying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
"examples":[
"interpreters at the living history museum impersonate figures who are known to have actually lived in the colonial town"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting",
"doing",
"interpreting",
"performing",
"playing",
"portraying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depicting",
"dramatizing",
"rendering",
"representing",
"acting out",
"enacting",
"pantomiming",
"playacting",
"role-playing",
"taking on",
"overacting",
"overplaying",
"underplaying",
"aping",
"clowning",
"hamming",
"imitating",
"masquerading",
"mimicking",
"miming",
"posing (as)",
"starring (in)",
"coacting",
"co-acting",
"costarring",
"co-starring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"improved":{
"being far along in development":{
"examples":[
"an improved version of the software is now available"
],
"synonyms":[
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"forward",
"high",
"higher",
"late",
"progressive",
"refined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precocious",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"full-scale",
"aged",
"grown",
"mature",
"matured",
"perfected",
"ripe",
"ripened",
"civilized",
"educated",
"enhanced",
"enlightened",
"contemporary",
"current",
"cutting-edge",
"latest",
"leading-edge",
"mod",
"modern",
"new",
"newest",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"novel",
"now",
"present-day",
"recent",
"space-age",
"supermodern",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date"
],
"near antonyms":[
"green",
"immature",
"underdeveloped",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"underweight",
"unripe",
"unripened",
"savage",
"uncivilized",
"uneducated",
"early",
"embryonic",
"germinal",
"primeval",
"primordial",
"antediluvian",
"antiquated",
"antique",
"dated",
"fusty",
"hoary",
"musty",
"Neanderthal",
"Neandertal",
"obsolete",
"old",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"past"
],
"antonyms":[
"backward",
"low",
"lower",
"nonprogressive",
"primitive",
"retarded",
"rude",
"rudimentary",
"undeveloped"
]
},
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"a little salt would improve this bland food"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"helped",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined",
"upgraded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remediated",
"remedied",
"edited",
"fine-tuned",
"redrafted",
"refurbished",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"fortified",
"intensified",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"fined",
"honed",
"polished",
"retouched",
"touched up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaged",
"endamaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"tarnished",
"vitiated",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"marred",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced"
],
"antonyms":[
"worsened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"impermissible":{
"that may not be permitted":{
"examples":[
"trial juries must be able to discern the difference between a permissible inference and impermissible speculation"
],
"synonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"forbidden",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"verboten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"unauthorized",
"unlawful",
"unlicensed",
"ineffable",
"unmentionable",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"objectionable",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"discouraged",
"refused",
"rejected",
"revoked",
"unsanctioned",
"vetoed",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"accepted",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"appropriate",
"approved",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"granted",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"brooked",
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"commanded",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"proper",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"tolerated",
"unobjectionable"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowable",
"permissible",
"permissive",
"sufferable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"impenitent":{
"not sorry for having done wrong":{
"examples":[
"an impenitent criminal who said he'd do it all over again, given the chance"
],
"synonyms":[
"remorseless",
"shameless",
"unashamed",
"unrepentant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compassionless",
"cruel",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"unmerciful",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"reprobate",
"unregenerate",
"unrighteous",
"vicious",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"obdurate",
"soulless",
"unfeeling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hangdog",
"shamefaced",
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"apologetic",
"ashamed",
"compunctious",
"contrite",
"guilty",
"penitent",
"regretful",
"remorseful",
"repentant",
"rueful",
"shamed",
"sorry"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"implement":{
"to carry out effectively":{
"examples":[
"implemented the evacuation plan without a hitch"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer",
"apply",
"enforce",
"execute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"discharge",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"render",
"cite",
"invoke",
"enact",
"legislate",
"honor",
"observe",
"uphold",
"prosecute",
"promulgate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an article intended for use in work":{
"examples":[
"gardening implements such as hoes, spades, and pruners"
],
"synonyms":[
"device",
"instrument",
"tool",
"utensil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparatus",
"appliance",
"mechanism",
"contraption",
"contrivance",
"gadget",
"gizmo",
"gismo",
"jigger",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accoutrement",
"accouterment",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"attachment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"impartiality":{
"lack of favoritism toward one side or another":{
"examples":[
"the defense lawyers challenged the impartiality of the presiding judge"
],
"synonyms":[
"detachment",
"disinterest",
"disinterestedness",
"equity",
"evenhandedness",
"fair-mindedness",
"fairness",
"justice",
"neutralism",
"neutrality",
"nonpartisanship",
"objectiveness",
"objectivity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apathy",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"tolerance",
"fence-sitting",
"straddling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chauvinism",
"nepotism",
"subjectiveness",
"subjectivity",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"preconception",
"prejudgment"
],
"antonyms":[
"bias",
"favor",
"favoritism",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"partisanship",
"prejudice"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impeach":{
"to make a claim of wrongdoing against":{
"examples":[
"the company's president has been impeached by the Securities and Exchange Commission"
],
"synonyms":[
"accuse",
"charge",
"criminate",
"defame",
"incriminate",
"indict"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blame",
"call (on)",
"castigate",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"fault",
"impugn",
"reproach",
"reprobate",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprove",
"tax",
"appeal",
"arraign",
"book",
"cite",
"summon",
"prosecute",
"sue",
"try",
"frame",
"implicate",
"inculpate",
"inform (against)",
"name",
"report",
"recriminate",
"retaliate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
]
},
"to demand proof of the truth or rightness of":{
"examples":[
"questionable methodology that should cause us to impeach the findings of this survey on obesity"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenge",
"contest",
"dispute",
"oppugn",
"query",
"question"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doubt",
"mistrust",
"kick (about)",
"object (to)",
"protest",
"combat",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"back",
"defend",
"support",
"advocate",
"champion",
"promote",
"abide",
"endure",
"stomach",
"tolerate"
],
"antonyms":[
"accept",
"believe",
"embrace",
"swallow"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impenitence":{
"as in remorselessness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"remorselessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contriteness",
"contrition",
"guilt",
"penitence",
"regret",
"remorse",
"remorsefulness",
"repentance",
"rue",
"self-reproach",
"shame",
"compunction",
"misgiving",
"prick",
"qualm",
"scruple",
"blame",
"culpability",
"fault"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imprecation":{
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
"examples":[
"the defiant prisoner continued to hurl imprecations and insults at the guards"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathema",
"ban",
"curse",
"execration",
"malediction",
"malison",
"winze"
],
"near synonyms":[
"censure",
"condemnation",
"damnation",
"denunciation",
"excommunication",
"hex",
"hoodoo",
"jinx",
"mojo",
"spell",
"voodoo",
"whammy",
"pox"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
],
"antonyms":[
"benediction",
"benison",
"blessing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imprint":{
"a mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it":{
"examples":[
"found an imprint on the road where something apparently had been dragged"
],
"synonyms":[
"trace",
"track",
"trail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"footmark",
"footprint",
"footstep",
"hoofprint",
"path",
"print",
"pug",
"rut",
"step",
"tread",
"artifact",
"evidence",
"leavings",
"relic",
"remain(s)",
"remainder",
"reminder",
"remnant",
"residual",
"residue",
"sign",
"spoor",
"telltale",
"token",
"vestige",
"clue",
"cue",
"hint",
"indication",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"lead",
"suggestion",
"scent",
"shadow",
"whiff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a perceptible trace left by pressure":{
"examples":[
"an imprint of a dinosaur's foot embedded in the limestone"
],
"synonyms":[
"impress",
"impression",
"print",
"stamp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dent",
"hollow",
"indent",
"indentation",
"indenture",
"mark",
"sign"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
"examples":[
"that early lesson on the value of honesty permanently imprinted itself on my mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"brand",
"engrave",
"etch",
"impress",
"infix",
"ingrain",
"engrain"
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"enroot",
"imbue",
"implant",
"inculcate",
"infuse",
"instill",
"fix",
"set",
"stamp"
],
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"blot out",
"erase",
"expunge",
"obliterate"
],
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},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{
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"a secretary of defense who was fond of issuing harshly worded imperatives"
],
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"behests",
"charges",
"commandments",
"commands",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"directions",
"directives",
"dos",
"do's",
"edicts",
"injunctions",
"instructions",
"orders",
"words"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demands",
"requirements",
"mandates",
"countermands",
"counterorders",
"counter-orders",
"laws",
"precepts",
"prescriptions",
"prescripts",
"rules",
"ordinances",
"regulations",
"statutes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeals",
"entreaties",
"petitions",
"pleas",
"urgings",
"proposals",
"recommendations",
"suggestions"
],
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},
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"although he had little taste for the social imperatives that come with being governor, he put on a brave face"
],
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"burdens",
"charges",
"commitments",
"devoirs",
"dos",
"do's",
"duties",
"incumbencies",
"needs",
"obligations",
"offices",
"responsibilities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oaths",
"pledges",
"promises",
"troths",
"vows",
"words",
"arrangements",
"prearrangements",
"pre-arrangements",
"setups",
"compacts",
"contracts",
"covenants",
"pacts",
"trusts",
"debts",
"payments",
"tributes",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"restraints",
"musts",
"requirements",
"coercions",
"duresses",
"forces",
"appointments",
"engagements",
"reservations",
"onuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"graces",
"postponements",
"stays",
"discharges",
"eases",
"exemptions",
"releases",
"reliefs",
"waivers",
"loopholes",
"alternatives",
"choices",
"options",
"picks",
"preferences",
"selections"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impoundments":{
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"examples":[
"after his impoundment in the garage all weekend, the family dog was ready to frolic"
],
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"captivities",
"confinements",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"internments",
"prisons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bondages",
"enslavements",
"servitudes",
"restraints",
"restrictions",
"arrests",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"custodies",
"detainers",
"detainments",
"detentions",
"house arrests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"liberations",
"manumissions",
"redemptions",
"releases",
"freedoms",
"independences",
"liberties"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the act of confining or the state of being confined":{
"examples":[
"after his impoundment in the garage all weekend, the family dog was ready to frolic"
],
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"captivity",
"confinement",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"prison"
],
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"bondage",
"enslavement",
"servitude",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"arrest",
"capture",
"entrapment",
"custody",
"detainer",
"detainment",
"detention",
"house arrest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"redemption",
"release",
"freedom",
"independence",
"liberty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impearl":{
"as in diamond , jewel":{
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"diamond",
"gem",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"accessorize",
"dress up",
"trap",
"trick (out)",
"brighten",
"freshen",
"smarten",
"spruce (up)",
"boss",
"chase",
"braid",
"embroider",
"feather",
"figure",
"filigree",
"fillet",
"flounce",
"frill",
"fringe",
"furbelow",
"garland",
"hang",
"lace",
"ribbon",
"swag",
"wreathe",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"gild",
"paint",
"redecorate",
"redo",
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"doll up",
"do up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"grace",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline",
"bare",
"denude",
"dismantle",
"display",
"divest",
"expose",
"reveal",
"strip",
"uncover",
"uglify",
"blemish",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
"scar",
"spoil"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"implies":{
"to convey an idea indirectly":{
"examples":[
"they may have implied that they'd help, but they didn't actually say so"
],
"synonyms":[
"alludes",
"hints",
"indicates",
"infers",
"insinuates",
"intimates",
"suggests"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adverts",
"mentions",
"points",
"refers",
"signalizes",
"signals",
"signifies",
"smacks (of)",
"smells (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"announces",
"declares",
"proclaims",
"elucidates",
"explains",
"spells out",
"delineates",
"describes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impressions":{
"a perceptible trace left by pressure":{
"examples":[
"a shoe impression in the dirt that could lead police to the culprit"
],
"synonyms":[
"impresses",
"imprints",
"prints",
"stamps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dents",
"hollows",
"indentations",
"indents",
"indentures",
"marks",
"signs"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"something imagined or pictured in the mind":{
"examples":[
"had a vague impression that the guide would be female"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstractions",
"cogitations",
"conceptions",
"concepts",
"ideas",
"images",
"intellections",
"mind's eyes",
"notions",
"pictures",
"thoughts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apprehensions",
"premonitions",
"presentiments",
"preconceptions",
"prejudices",
"prepossessions",
"chimeras",
"delusions",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"caprices",
"conceits",
"fancies",
"freaks",
"kinks",
"vagaries",
"whims",
"cognitions",
"observations",
"perceptions",
"reflections",
"assumptions",
"beliefs",
"conclusions",
"convictions",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"hunches",
"hypotheses",
"speculations",
"suppositions",
"surmises",
"theories",
"brainchildren",
"brainstorms",
"brain waves",
"inspirations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actualities",
"facts",
"realities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impost":{
"a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use":{
"examples":[
"consumers steadfastly resisted any impost on merchandise purchased over the Internet"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"levy",
"tax"
],
"near synonyms":[
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"supertax",
"surcharge",
"surtax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"improvements":{
"an instance of notable progress in the development of knowledge, technology, or skill":{
"examples":[
"there's been a great improvement in your handwriting\u2014I can actually read it!"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancements",
"advances",
"breakthroughs",
"enhancements",
"refinements"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quantum leaps",
"ameliorations",
"boosts",
"increases",
"meliorations",
"upgrades",
"uplifts",
"upswings",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"betterments",
"developments",
"elaborations",
"evolutions",
"expansions",
"gestations",
"growths",
"maturations",
"perfections",
"civilizations",
"edifications",
"educations",
"enlightenments",
"renaissances",
"renascences",
"revivals",
"discoveries",
"finds",
"windfalls",
"innovations",
"inventions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breakdowns",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"hindrances",
"impediments",
"stumbling blocks",
"decadences",
"decays",
"declensions",
"declines",
"decreases",
"degenerations",
"descents",
"deteriorations",
"diminishments",
"downgrades",
"failings",
"languishments",
"lapses",
"reductions",
"detriments",
"disablements",
"drawbacks",
"glitches",
"impairments",
"shortcomings"
],
"antonyms":[
"setbacks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imperceptibly":{
"as in fractionally":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fractionally",
"crescively",
"increasingly",
"progressively",
"slowly",
"hierarchically",
"gradationally",
"gradually",
"inchmeal",
"little by little",
"piece by piece",
"piecemeal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"acutely",
"sharply",
"steeply",
"hastily",
"precipitously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"imperfectness":{
"as in imperfection , incompleteness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"imperfection",
"incompleteness",
"unsoundness",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"limitedness",
"narrowness",
"patchiness",
"sketchiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absoluteness",
"completeness",
"entireness",
"entirety",
"fullness",
"perfectness",
"wholeness",
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"indefectibility",
"perfection",
"all-inclusiveness",
"comprehensiveness",
"exhaustiveness",
"extensiveness",
"inclusiveness",
"soundness",
"thoroughness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imprimatur":{
"an acceptance of something as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"could not begin the project without the boss's imprimatur"
],
"synonyms":[
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backing",
"cachet",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"finalization",
"formalization",
"homologation",
"nod",
"ratification",
"rubber stamp",
"sanction",
"support",
"thumbs-up",
"vote",
"benediction",
"goodwill",
"acceptation",
"accession",
"agreement",
"assent",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"countenance",
"liking",
"satisfaction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"refusal",
"rejection",
"repudiation",
"dislike",
"dissatisfaction",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denunciation",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"opprobrium",
"reprehension",
"reproach",
"reprobation"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapprobation",
"disapproval",
"disfavor"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impressiveness":{
"as in grandeur , greatness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gloriousness",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"magnificence",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendor",
"dignity",
"poise",
"class",
"elegance",
"grace",
"haughtiness",
"lordliness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"high-mindedness",
"magnanimity",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"augustness",
"kingliness",
"majesty",
"royalty",
"stateliness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impolitic":{
"as in unwise , imprudent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"imprudent",
"inadvisable",
"inexpedient",
"injudicious",
"unwise",
"impractical",
"profitless",
"unfeasible",
"unprofitable",
"inopportune",
"unseasonable",
"untimely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advisable",
"desirable",
"expedient",
"judicious",
"politic",
"prudent",
"tactical",
"wise",
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"profitable",
"useful",
"utilitarian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in undiplomatic , tactless":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gauche",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"untactful",
"discourteous",
"inconsiderate",
"indelicate",
"thoughtless",
"ungracious",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"uncalled-for",
"uncivil",
"unhandsome",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly",
"boorish",
"brash",
"brassy",
"caddish",
"churlish",
"clodhopping",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"disregardful",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diplomatic",
"politic",
"tactful",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"delicate",
"graceful",
"gracious",
"thoughtful",
"civil",
"mannerly",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"imparting":{
"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
"examples":[
"imparted the latest information on the approaching snowstorm"
],
"synonyms":[
"communicating",
"conducting",
"conveying",
"giving",
"spreading",
"transferring",
"transfusing",
"transmitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivering",
"handing over",
"surrendering",
"turning over",
"broadcasting",
"diffusing",
"disseminating",
"propagating",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"contaminating",
"infecting",
"poisoning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catching",
"coming down (with)",
"contracting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"improbably":{
"as in incredibly , impossibly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"implausibly",
"impossibly",
"incredibly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apparently",
"evidently",
"ostensibly",
"ostensively",
"presumably",
"putatively",
"seemingly",
"supposedly",
"externally",
"outwardly",
"visibly",
"believably",
"credibly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"impersonation":{
"as in performance , portrayal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"performance",
"portrayal",
"act",
"airs",
"charade",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"front",
"guise",
"masquerade",
"playacting",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"put-on",
"semblance",
"show",
"image",
"persona",
"appearance",
"color",
"gloss",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"affectation",
"deceit",
"deception",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"fraud",
"guile",
"betrayal",
"double cross",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"infidelity",
"perfidy",
"treachery",
"treason",
"unfaithfulness",
"excuse",
"pretext"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bluntness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"openheartedness",
"outspokenness",
"plainspokenness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"artlessness",
"genuineness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imperials":{
"as in treasures , jewels":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catches",
"crown jewels",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"treasures",
"marvels",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"prodigies",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"beauties",
"beauts",
"bee's knees",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"daisies",
"dandies",
"dillies",
"doozies",
"doozers",
"dreams",
"honeys",
"hot stuff",
"humdingers",
"hummers",
"jim-dandies",
"knockouts",
"lollapaloozas",
"lulus",
"nifties",
"peaches",
"pippins",
"pips",
"rippers",
"ripsnorters",
"snorters",
"sockdolagers",
"sockdologers",
"standouts",
"sweethearts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busts",
"disappointments",
"duds",
"failures",
"flops",
"lemons",
"letdowns",
"losers",
"stinkers",
"turkeys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imprecations":{
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
"examples":[
"the defiant prisoner continued to hurl imprecations and insults at the guards"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathemas",
"bans",
"curses",
"execrations",
"maledictions",
"malisons",
"winzes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"damnations",
"denunciations",
"excommunications",
"hexes",
"hoodoos",
"jinxes",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"spells",
"voodoos",
"whammies",
"pox",
"poxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements"
],
"antonyms":[
"benedictions",
"benisons",
"blessings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impartialities":{
"marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias":{
"examples":[
"an impartial evaluation of the job applicant's qualifications that does not consider age, gender, or race"
],
"synonyms":[
"candid",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"just",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"square",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frank",
"forthright",
"open",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"balanced",
"rational",
"reasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"arbitrary",
"unconscionable",
"unreasonable",
"jaundiced",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"colored",
"distorted",
"warped"
],
"antonyms":[
"biased",
"ex parte",
"inequitable",
"nonobjective",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"parti pris",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unjust"
]
},
"lack of favoritism toward one side or another":{
"examples":[
"the defense lawyers challenged the impartiality of the presiding judge"
],
"synonyms":[
"detachment",
"disinterest",
"disinterestedness",
"equity",
"evenhandedness",
"fair-mindedness",
"fairness",
"justice",
"neutralism",
"neutrality",
"nonpartisanship",
"objectiveness",
"objectivity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apathy",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"tolerance",
"fence-sitting",
"straddling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chauvinism",
"nepotism",
"subjectiveness",
"subjectivity",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"preconception",
"prejudgment"
],
"antonyms":[
"bias",
"favor",
"favoritism",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"partisanship",
"prejudice"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"impersonators":{
"a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect":{
"examples":[
"a versatile impersonator , he conjures up a glittering array of female stars and divas in the course of his act"
],
"synonyms":[
"imitators",
"impressionists",
"mimics",
"personators"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesquers",
"caricaturists",
"lampooners",
"mockers",
"parodists",
"satirists",
"mimers",
"mimes",
"mummers",
"pantomimes",
"pantomimists",
"actors",
"entertainers",
"performers",
"players",
"troupers",
"apes",
"copycats",
"echoes",
"echos",
"parrots",
"rubber stamps"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)":{
"examples":[
"a gifted impersonator who can convincingly portray both heroes and heels"
],
"synonyms":[
"actors",
"mummers",
"players",
"thespians",
"thesps",
"troupers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barnstormers",
"enactors",
"entertainers",
"performers",
"actresses",
"starlets",
"leading ladies",
"leading men",
"leads",
"stars",
"coactors",
"co-actors",
"costars",
"co-stars",
"extras",
"spear-carriers",
"supernumeraries",
"walk-ons",
"monologuists",
"monologists",
"prima donnas",
"scene-stealers",
"doubles",
"understudies",
"comedians",
"farceurs",
"tragedians",
"tragediennes",
"apers",
"apes",
"hams",
"imitators",
"impressionists",
"maskers",
"masqueraders",
"mimes",
"mimics",
"pantomimes",
"pantomimists",
"personators",
"posers",
"buffoons",
"clowns",
"harlequins",
"stooges",
"zanies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impoverished":{
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"the widespread hope that the lottery's record-setting jackpot is won by an impoverished family"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{
"examples":[
"an impoverished field that over the years had been overgrazed"
],
"synonyms":[
"barren",
"bony",
"boney",
"dead",
"desolate",
"hardscrabble",
"infertile",
"poor",
"stark",
"unfertile",
"unproductive",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bleak",
"inhospitable",
"lifeless",
"uncultivable",
"untillable",
"bankrupted",
"consumed",
"debilitated",
"depleted",
"diminished",
"drained",
"dried-up",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"expended",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"spent",
"used up",
"arid",
"desert",
"droughty",
"dry",
"rainless",
"sere",
"sear",
"thirsty",
"waterless",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"parched",
"sunbaked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arable",
"tillable",
"green",
"sylvan",
"verdant"
],
"antonyms":[
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"lush",
"luxuriant",
"productive",
"rich"
]
},
"as in beggared , pauperized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beggared",
"pauperized",
"bankrupted",
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"ruined",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cleaned (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriched",
"richened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in depleted , consumed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"consumed",
"depleted",
"exhausted",
"overspent",
"shot",
"splurged",
"blew",
"dissipated",
"fiddled away",
"frittered (away)",
"lavished",
"lost",
"misspent",
"ran through",
"spent",
"squandered",
"threw away",
"trifled (away)",
"wasted",
"indulged",
"overindulged",
"disbursed",
"expended",
"laid out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"hoarded",
"laid up",
"conserved",
"economized",
"scrimped",
"skimped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"imprints":{
"a mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it":{
"examples":[
"found an imprint on the road where something apparently had been dragged"
],
"synonyms":[
"traces",
"tracks",
"trails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"footmarks",
"footprints",
"footsteps",
"hoofprints",
"paths",
"prints",
"pugs",
"ruts",
"steps",
"treads",
"artifacts",
"evidences",
"leavings",
"relics",
"remainders",
"remains",
"reminders",
"remnants",
"residuals",
"residues",
"signs",
"spoor",
"spoors",
"telltales",
"tokens",
"vestiges",
"clues",
"cues",
"hints",
"indications",
"inklings",
"intimations",
"leads",
"suggestions",
"scents",
"shadows",
"whiffs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a perceptible trace left by pressure":{
"examples":[
"an imprint of a dinosaur's foot embedded in the limestone"
],
"synonyms":[
"impresses",
"impressions",
"prints",
"stamps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dents",
"hollows",
"indentations",
"indents",
"indentures",
"marks",
"signs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
"examples":[
"that early lesson on the value of honesty permanently imprinted itself on my mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"brands",
"engraves",
"etches",
"impresses",
"infixes",
"ingrains",
"engrains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enroots",
"imbues",
"implants",
"inculcates",
"infuses",
"instills",
"fixes",
"sets",
"stamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blots out",
"erases",
"expunges",
"obliterates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"implacable":{
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"examples":[
"an implacable judge who knew in his bones that the cover-up extended to the highest levels of government"
],
"synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hard-nosed",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pat",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anal-retentive",
"obsessive",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"determined",
"hell-bent",
"inexorable",
"persistent",
"relentless",
"resolved",
"set",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"stouthearted",
"tenacious",
"unflinching",
"firm",
"hard-line",
"hard-shell",
"hard-shelled",
"iron",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"hidebound",
"narrow-minded",
"rigid",
"bloody-minded",
"cantankerous",
"contrary",
"cussed",
"contumacious",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"uncooperative",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly",
"defiant",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"indomitable",
"invincible",
"unconquerable",
"confirmed",
"inveterate",
"unregenerate",
"demanding",
"exacting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"docile",
"obedient",
"placable",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"governable",
"manageable",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"slavish",
"subservient"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
]
},
"showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose":{
"examples":[
"an implacable dedication to the proposition that everyone is entitled to a quality education"
],
"synonyms":[
"determined",
"dogged",
"grim",
"relentless",
"unappeasable",
"unflinching",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"persevering",
"persistent",
"tenacious",
"hard",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"intractable",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"uncooperative",
"willful",
"wilful",
"merciless",
"ruthless",
"unforgiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slackening",
"softening",
"yielding",
"impotent",
"invertebrate",
"slack",
"spineless",
"weak",
"complaisant",
"obliging",
"pliable",
"pliant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"imputes (to)":{
"as in charges , blames":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blames",
"charges",
"fathers (on)",
"pins (on)",
"accredits",
"ascribes",
"attributes",
"chalks up",
"credits",
"imputes",
"lays",
"puts down",
"assigns",
"refers",
"associates",
"attaches",
"connects",
"links"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imposters":{
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
"examples":[
"the man who claimed to be a prince turned out to be an impostor"
],
"synonyms":[
"charlatans",
"fakers",
"fakes",
"fakirs",
"frauds",
"hoaxers",
"humbugs",
"mountebanks",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"pretenders",
"quacks",
"quacksalvers",
"ringers",
"shams"
],
"near synonyms":[
"copycats",
"imitators",
"impersonators",
"mimics",
"actors",
"bluffers",
"counterfeiters",
"deceivers",
"dissemblers",
"duper",
"feigners",
"misleaders",
"operators",
"tricksters",
"poseurs",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"fraudsters",
"scammers",
"scamsters",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"skinners",
"swindlers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aces",
"adepts",
"authorities",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"experts",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"masters",
"past masters",
"professionals",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impinging":{
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"bumping",
"colliding",
"crashing",
"hitting",
"impacting",
"knocking",
"ramming",
"slamming",
"smashing",
"striking",
"swiping",
"thudding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"clunking",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skimming",
"skipping",
"contacting",
"landing",
"touching",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"kissing",
"nudging",
"scraping",
"shaving",
"sweeping",
"bulldozing",
"jostling",
"muscling",
"pressing",
"pushing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"skirting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imprudently":{
"as in recklessly , rashly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"foolhardily",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"incautiously",
"overconfidently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"wildly",
"crazily",
"foolishly",
"insanely",
"hastily",
"precipitately",
"self-confidently",
"adventurously",
"audaciously",
"daringly",
"hardily",
"venturesomely",
"venturously",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"stoutly",
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"gamely",
"grittily",
"pluckily",
"resolutely",
"boldly",
"bravely",
"courageously",
"dauntlessly",
"doughtily",
"fearlessly",
"gallantly",
"gutsily",
"heroically",
"intrepidly",
"manfully",
"stalwartly",
"stoutheartedly",
"valiantly",
"valorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cowardly",
"cravenly",
"fearfully",
"pusillanimously",
"spinelessly",
"spiritlessly",
"timorously",
"diffidently",
"mousily",
"shyly",
"skittishly",
"timidly",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"nervously",
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"heedfully",
"prudently"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"impressionist":{
"a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect":{
"examples":[
"a celebrated impressionist who can do enough rapid-fire imitations to populate an entire stage with characters"
],
"synonyms":[
"imitator",
"impersonator",
"mimic",
"personator"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burlesquer",
"caricaturist",
"lampooner",
"mocker",
"parodist",
"satirist",
"mime",
"mimer",
"mummer",
"pantomime",
"pantomimist",
"actor",
"entertainer",
"performer",
"player",
"trouper",
"ape",
"copycat",
"echo",
"parrot",
"rubber stamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in impressionistic , expressionist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"expressionist",
"expressionistic",
"impressionistic",
"abstract",
"nonfigurative",
"nonobjective",
"nonrealistic",
"nonrepresentational",
"symbolist",
"symbolistic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"figurative",
"naturalistic",
"naturalist",
"nonabstract",
"objective",
"realistic",
"representational",
"lifelike",
"natural"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"impudently":{
"as in rudely , ungraciously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"fearlessly",
"arrogantly",
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"self-importantly",
"superciliously",
"swaggeringly",
"uppishly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively",
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"subserviently",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"impassible":{
"not feeling or showing emotion":{
"examples":[
"years of living behind bars had rendered him impassible"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"apathetic",
"cold-blooded",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"numb",
"passionless",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"unmoved",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"imperturbable",
"unflappable",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"bland",
"blank",
"deadpan",
"dry",
"empty",
"expressionless",
"inexpressive",
"stone-faced",
"straight-faced",
"vacant",
"wooden",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
"aloof",
"bloodless",
"detached",
"indifferent",
"insensible",
"unconcerned",
"unsentimental",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"unresponsive",
"hard-hearted",
"pitiless",
"unfeeling",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blazing",
"burning",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"red-hot",
"ardent",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"warm-blooded",
"zealous",
"gushing",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"sentimental",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"overemotional",
"overheated",
"perfervid",
"compassionate",
"responsive",
"sympathetic",
"reactive",
"sensitive"
],
"antonyms":[
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"passional",
"passionate",
"vehement"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"impalpable":{
"not capable of being perceived by the sense of touch":{
"examples":[
"the rich colors used in the wall coverings and furniture give the room an impalpable warmth"
],
"synonyms":[
"intangible"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bodiless",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"unsubstantial",
"ethereal",
"spiritual",
"unreal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corporeal",
"physical",
"embodied",
"material",
"real",
"solid",
"substantial"
],
"antonyms":[
"palpable",
"tactile",
"tangible",
"touchable"
]
},
"not perceptible by a sense or by the mind":{
"examples":[
"any difference between the two sound systems is impalpable to all but the most discerning audiophiles"
],
"synonyms":[
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indistinguishable",
"insensible"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inaudible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"inconspicuous",
"indistinct",
"unnoticeable",
"unseeable",
"unseen",
"faint",
"insignificant",
"liminal",
"slender",
"slight",
"subtle",
"trivial",
"buried",
"concealed",
"covert",
"disguised",
"hidden",
"obscure",
"shrouded",
"unapparent",
"vague"
],
"near antonyms":[
"audible",
"observable",
"recognizable",
"tangible",
"visible",
"clear",
"conspicuous",
"evident",
"eye-catching",
"manifest",
"noticeable",
"obvious",
"plain",
"prominent",
"striking",
"apparent",
"distinct",
"significant",
"straightforward"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"ponderable",
"sensible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"imps":{
"an appealingly mischievous person":{
"examples":[
"scooped up the little imp and took him to bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"devils",
"hellions",
"mischiefs",
"monkeys",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"scamps",
"urchins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cutups",
"larkers",
"madcaps",
"skylarkers",
"ragamuffins",
"brats",
"disrupters",
"misbehavers",
"nuisances",
"juvenile delinquents",
"gamines",
"gamins"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"reprobates",
"scalawags",
"scallywags",
"scapegraces",
"scoundrels",
"varlets",
"villains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an evil spirit":{
"examples":[
"a story about a crumbling mansion infested with a brood of imps"
],
"synonyms":[
"cacodemons",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
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"genies",
"genii",
"jinn",
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"djinn",
"djinns",
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"banshees",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugbears",
"familiars",
"familiar spirits",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"poltergeists",
"shades",
"shadows",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spirits",
"spooks",
"visions",
"wraiths",
"brownies",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"elves",
"faeries",
"fairies",
"fays",
"gnomes",
"goblins",
"gremlins",
"hobgoblins",
"kobolds",
"leprechauns",
"pixies",
"pucks",
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"trolls",
"monsters",
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"noun"
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"musts",
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"conditions",
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"botherations",
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"vexations"
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"offences",
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"crest",
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"stamp",
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"preaching",
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"guiding",
"leading",
"rearing",
"drilling",
"fitting",
"grounding",
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"priming",
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"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
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"impregnated the cloth with furniture polish"
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"sops",
"souses",
"steeps"
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"waterlogs",
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"swamps",
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"douses",
"dowses",
"hydrates",
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"washes",
"waters",
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"dehydrates",
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"dries",
"parches",
"sears",
"drains",
"empties",
"voids",
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"verb"
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"an impregnable fortress that had foiled one invader after another over the centuries"
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"unbeatable",
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"unstoppable"
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"inviolable",
"unassailable",
"unbreachable",
"untouchable",
"armored",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safe",
"safeguarded",
"secure",
"shielded",
"unbeaten",
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"unconquered",
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"exposed",
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"imperilled",
"insecure",
"liable",
"open",
"susceptible",
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"unprotected",
"unsafe",
"defenseless",
"helpless",
"powerless",
"weak"
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"vincible",
"vulnerable"
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"the castle's supposedly impregnable walls"
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"impervious"
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"close",
"compact",
"dense",
"thick",
"tight",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"sturdy",
"substantial",
"tough",
"firm",
"frozen",
"hard",
"solid",
"stiff",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"unbending",
"unyielding"
],
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"soft",
"squishy",
"bendable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"giving",
"malleable",
"pliable",
"yielding",
"absorbent",
"porous"
],
"antonyms":[
"negotiable",
"passable",
"penetrable",
"permeable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"a single mistake could imperil the lives of everyone involved in the military operation"
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"adventures",
"compromises",
"endangers",
"gambles (with)",
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"jeopards",
"menaces",
"perils",
"risks",
"ventures"
],
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"threatens",
"exposes",
"subjects",
"chances",
"wagers"
],
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"guards",
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"shelters",
"shields",
"preserves",
"resumes",
"saves"
],
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"verb"
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"not having or showing a deep understanding of something":{
"examples":[
"impercipient interpretations of the novel failed to note its dark humor"
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"imperceptive",
"insentient",
"unperceptive",
"unwise"
],
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"undiscriminating",
"dense",
"dull",
"obtuse",
"sluggish",
"thickheaded",
"brainless",
"dumb",
"feebleminded",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"silly",
"simple",
"slow",
"stupid",
"thoughtless",
"unintelligent",
"witless"
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"discriminating",
"acute",
"perspicacious",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"smart",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"astute",
"sharp",
"shrewd",
"contemplative",
"reflective",
"thoughtful"
],
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"discerning",
"insightful",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the obvious intent of the documentary was to impassion viewers to do something about global warming"
],
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"arouses",
"encourages",
"excites",
"fires (up)",
"incites",
"instigates",
"moves",
"piques",
"provokes",
"revs (up)",
"sparks",
"stimulates",
"stirs"
],
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"fans",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"triggers",
"activates",
"animates",
"drives",
"energizes",
"galvanizes",
"induces",
"inspires",
"keys (up)",
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"motives",
"pumps up",
"quickens",
"sets off",
"vitalizes",
"abets",
"ferments",
"foments",
"raises",
"whips (up)",
"angers",
"enrages",
"maddens",
"upsets",
"jeers",
"taunts",
"teases",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"irritates",
"vexes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"soothes",
"subdues",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes",
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impregnated":{
"as in conceiving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conceiving",
"brooding",
"childbearing",
"gestational",
"parturient",
"prenatal",
"big",
"caught",
"enceinte",
"expectant",
"expecting",
"gone",
"gravid",
"heavy",
"pregnant",
"quick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonpregnant",
"barren",
"infertile",
"aborting",
"miscarrying",
"delivered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"impregnated the cloth with furniture polish"
],
"synonyms":[
"drenched",
"drowned",
"macerated",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soddened",
"sopped",
"soused",
"steeped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked",
"marinated",
"seethed",
"presoaked",
"dipped",
"immersed",
"inundated",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"hydrated",
"swilled",
"washed",
"watered",
"infiltrated",
"penetrated",
"permeated",
"damped",
"dampened",
"humidified",
"moistened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dried",
"parched",
"seared",
"drained",
"emptied",
"voided",
"dehumidified"
],
"antonyms":[
"wrung (out)"
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"impetuousness":{
"as in impulsiveness , impetuosity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hotheadedness",
"impetuosity",
"impulsiveness",
"impulsivity",
"rashness",
"beeline",
"dash",
"scramble",
"stampede",
"expedition",
"expeditiousness",
"fastness",
"fleetness",
"quickness",
"rapidity",
"rapidness",
"speed",
"speediness",
"swiftness",
"velocity",
"bustle",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"stir",
"whirl",
"celerity",
"dispatch",
"promptitude",
"promptness",
"haste",
"hastiness",
"hurry",
"hustle",
"precipitation",
"precipitousness",
"rush"
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"near antonyms":[
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"dilatoriness",
"lateness",
"pokiness",
"procrastination",
"slowness",
"languor",
"leisureliness",
"lethargy",
"sluggishness",
"torpor",
"dormancy",
"inaction",
"inactivity",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"quiescence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impotently":{
"as in ineffectually , uncertainly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ineffectively",
"ineffectually",
"lamely",
"nervelessly",
"spinelessly",
"uncertainly",
"bloodlessly",
"halfheartedly",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"spiritlessly",
"delicately",
"faintly",
"frailly",
"shakily",
"feebly",
"gently",
"softly",
"weakly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"explosively",
"firmly",
"forcefully",
"forcibly",
"hard",
"mightily",
"muscularly",
"powerfully",
"roundly",
"stiffly",
"stoutly",
"strenuously",
"strongly",
"sturdily",
"vigorously",
"fiercely",
"hammer and tongs",
"robustly",
"roughshod",
"sharply",
"vehemently",
"violently",
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"eagerly",
"gamely",
"heartily",
"lustily",
"snappily",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"vivaciously"
],
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"imponderable":{
"impossible to measure or judge exactly":{
"examples":[
"the imponderable vastness of space"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unsearchable",
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"deep",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"occult",
"uncanny",
"dark",
"darkling",
"fuzzy",
"murky",
"obscure",
"shadowy",
"vague",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"inexplicable",
"unaccountable",
"unexplainable",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"metaphysical",
"mystical",
"numinous",
"supernatural",
"abstruse",
"esoteric",
"recondite",
"baffling",
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"disorienting",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"understandable",
"apparent",
"clear",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"imperturbably":{
"as in unconcernedly , peacefully":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calmly",
"collectedly",
"composedly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"peacefully",
"placidly",
"self-composedly",
"self-possessedly",
"serenely",
"unconcernedly",
"meekly",
"mildly",
"passively",
"tamely",
"methodically",
"orderly",
"systematically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amok",
"amuck",
"berserk",
"berserkly",
"frantically",
"frenetically",
"frenziedly",
"harum-scarum",
"hectically",
"helter-skelter",
"madly",
"pell-mell",
"wild",
"wildly",
"agitatedly",
"confusedly",
"crazily",
"desperately",
"feverishly",
"haywire",
"skittishly",
"uncontrollably",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"recklessly",
"wantonly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"imperturbability":{
"evenness of emotions or temper":{
"examples":[
"his imperturbability in a crisis is legendary among hospital staffers"
],
"synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composedness",
"composure",
"cool",
"coolness",
"countenance",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"placidity",
"repose",
"sangfroid",
"self-composedness",
"self-possession",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"poise",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-trust",
"easygoingness",
"laid-backness",
"apathy",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"indifference",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm",
"unconcern"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"disquiet",
"solicitude",
"uneasiness",
"worry",
"excitability",
"excitableness",
"nervousness",
"disturbance"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impresarios":{
"a person who manages a performance (such as a concert or play)":{
"examples":[
"It was the actor's dream to work under the renowned impresario ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"producers",
"stage managers",
"directors",
"regisseurs",
"stage directors",
"auteurs",
"directresses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"importances":{
"the quality or state of being important":{
"examples":[
"a final exam has great importance"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"consequence",
"import",
"magnitude",
"moment",
"momentousness",
"significance",
"weight",
"weightiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"fame",
"note",
"noteworthiness",
"notoriety",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"renown",
"store",
"substance",
"substantiveness",
"value",
"worth",
"worthiness",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"authority",
"control",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"potency",
"power",
"sway",
"mark",
"name",
"report",
"reputation",
"repute",
"centrality",
"essentiality",
"essentialness",
"cachet",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"status",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paltriness",
"pettiness",
"valuelessness",
"worthlessness",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame",
"anonymity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"insignificance",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"triviality"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impotences":{
"the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means":{
"examples":[
"the congressional committee's essential impotence in affecting the management of the war was frustrating to its members"
],
"synonyms":[
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"ineptitude",
"insufficiency",
"powerlessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disqualification",
"inaptitude",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"endowment",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficiency",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[
"ability",
"adequacy",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"potency"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impossible":{
"incapable of being solved or accomplished":{
"examples":[
"the seemingly impossible problem of world hunger",
"fitting everything in my backpack seemed an impossible task"
],
"synonyms":[
"hopeless",
"insoluble",
"insolvable",
"insuperable",
"unattainable",
"undoable",
"unrealizable",
"unsolvable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impracticable",
"impractical",
"infeasible",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"far-fetched",
"fishy",
"improbable",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious",
"unfeasible",
"unlikely",
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"futile",
"useless",
"absurd",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applicable",
"functional",
"practicable",
"practical",
"reasonable",
"serviceable",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"working",
"likely",
"probable",
"acceptable",
"believable",
"conceivable",
"credible",
"plausible"
],
"antonyms":[
"achievable",
"attainable",
"doable",
"feasible",
"possible",
"realizable",
"resolvable",
"soluble",
"workable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"imparted":{
"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
"examples":[
"imparted the latest information on the approaching snowstorm"
],
"synonyms":[
"communicated",
"conducted",
"conveyed",
"gave",
"spread",
"transferred",
"transfused",
"transmitted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivered",
"handed over",
"surrendered",
"turned over",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"diffused",
"disseminated",
"propagated",
"handed down",
"handed on",
"contaminated",
"infected",
"poisoned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"came down (with)",
"caught",
"contracted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impartial":{
"marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias":{
"examples":[
"an impartial evaluation of the job applicant's qualifications that does not consider age, gender, or race"
],
"synonyms":[
"candid",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"just",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"square",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frank",
"forthright",
"open",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"balanced",
"rational",
"reasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"arbitrary",
"unconscionable",
"unreasonable",
"jaundiced",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"colored",
"distorted",
"warped"
],
"antonyms":[
"biased",
"ex parte",
"inequitable",
"nonobjective",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"parti pris",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unjust"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"impious":{
"not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred":{
"examples":[
"an impious act that horrified their pious mother"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasphemous",
"irreverent",
"profane",
"sacrilegious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agnostic",
"atheistic",
"atheistical",
"godless",
"heretical",
"heretic",
"irreligious",
"miscreant",
"nonreligious",
"religionless",
"secular",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"unconsecrated",
"unhallowed",
"heathen",
"pagan",
"paganish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"devout",
"God-fearing",
"godly",
"holy",
"prayerful",
"religious",
"sainted",
"saintly",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified"
],
"antonyms":[
"pious",
"reverent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"impassion":{
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the obvious intent of the documentary was to impassion viewers to do something about global warming"
],
"synonyms":[
"arouse",
"encourage",
"excite",
"fire (up)",
"incite",
"instigate",
"move",
"pique",
"provoke",
"rev (up)",
"spark",
"stimulate",
"stir"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fan",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"trigger",
"activate",
"animate",
"drive",
"energize",
"galvanize",
"induce",
"inspire",
"key (up)",
"motivate",
"motive",
"pump up",
"quicken",
"set off",
"vitalize",
"abet",
"ferment",
"foment",
"raise",
"whip (up)",
"anger",
"enrage",
"madden",
"upset",
"jeer",
"taunt",
"tease",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irritate",
"vex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"soothe",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impracticability":{
"as in impracticality":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impracticality",
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"implausibility",
"incredibility",
"incredibleness",
"improbability",
"unlikelihood",
"unlikeliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liability",
"likelihood",
"probability",
"credibility",
"plausibility",
"plausibleness",
"feasibility",
"feasibleness",
"possibility",
"potentiality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"viability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impediments":{
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"examples":[
"tough going for the burros on the canyon trail, even without the added impediment of heavy loads"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks",
"bars",
"blocks",
"chains",
"clogs",
"cramps",
"crimps",
"deterrents",
"drags",
"embarrassments",
"encumbrances",
"fetters",
"handicaps",
"hindrances",
"holdbacks",
"hurdles",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"lets",
"manacles",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"shackles",
"stops",
"stumbling blocks",
"trammels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catches",
"hitches",
"rubs",
"snags",
"barriers",
"blockades",
"blockages",
"brick walls",
"stone walls",
"arrests",
"bits",
"brakes",
"checks",
"constraints",
"curbs",
"hobbles",
"reins",
"restraints",
"embargoes",
"stoppages",
"delays",
"holdups",
"stalls",
"burdens",
"cumbers",
"loads",
"dangers",
"hazards",
"perils",
"reefs",
"adversities",
"difficulties",
"disadvantages",
"drawbacks",
"hardships"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalysts",
"goads",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimuli",
"advantages",
"breaks",
"edges",
"aids",
"assistances",
"benefits",
"boosts",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impugned":{
"to criticize (a person's character, intentions, etc.) by suggesting that someone is not honest and should not be trusted":{
"examples":[
"He impugned his rival's character.",
"Her motives have been scrutinized and impugned ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blamed",
"called (on)",
"castigated",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"faulted",
"reproached",
"reprobated",
"accused",
"charged",
"criminated",
"defamed",
"impeached",
"incriminated",
"indicted",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproved",
"taxed",
"appealed",
"arraigned",
"booked",
"cited",
"summoned",
"prosecuted",
"sued",
"tried",
"framed",
"implicated",
"inculpated",
"informed (against)",
"named",
"reported",
"recriminated",
"retaliated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"excused",
"forgave",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"shrived",
"shrove",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impersonate":{
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
"examples":[
"a school intruder was caught trying to impersonate a teacher"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"masquerade (as)",
"personate",
"play",
"pose (as)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ape",
"copy",
"imitate",
"mime",
"mimic",
"mock",
"monkey",
"parody",
"travesty",
"perform",
"portray"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
"examples":[
"interpreters at the living history museum impersonate figures who are known to have actually lived in the colonial town"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"do",
"interpret",
"perform",
"play",
"portray"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depict",
"dramatize",
"render",
"represent",
"act out",
"enact",
"pantomime",
"playact",
"role-play",
"take on",
"overact",
"overplay",
"underplay",
"ape",
"clown",
"ham",
"imitate",
"masquerade",
"mime",
"mimic",
"pose (as)",
"star (in)",
"coact",
"costar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impressing":{
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"impressed him with the intensity of their musical performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"affecting",
"impacting",
"influencing",
"moving",
"reaching",
"striking",
"swaying",
"telling (on)",
"touching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying away",
"dazzling",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"ravishing",
"transporting",
"biasing",
"biassing",
"coloring",
"inspiring",
"stirring",
"engaging",
"interesting",
"involving",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"afflicting",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"flustering",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"perturbing",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"smiting",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"wringing",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying",
"underwhelming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
"examples":[
"impressed the importance of safe driving habits by displaying photos of horrific crashes"
],
"synonyms":[
"branding",
"engraving",
"etching",
"imprinting",
"infixing",
"ingraining",
"engraining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enrooting",
"imbuing",
"implanting",
"inculcating",
"infusing",
"instilling",
"fixing",
"setting",
"stamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blotting out",
"erasing",
"expunging",
"obliterating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"examples":[
"after weeks of nagging, they impressed her into going to the masquerade party"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacking",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"dragooning",
"driving",
"forcing",
"impelling",
"making",
"muscling",
"obligating",
"obliging",
"pressing",
"pressuring",
"sandbagging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"cowing",
"hectoring",
"intimidating",
"blackmailing",
"high-pressuring",
"menacing",
"shaming",
"terrorizing",
"threatening",
"dragging",
"badgering",
"harassing",
"hounding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"arguing",
"convincing",
"inducing",
"moving",
"persuading",
"prevailing (on or upon)",
"satisfying",
"talking (into)",
"winning (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impregnability":{
"as in invincibility , invulnerability":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impregnableness",
"invincibility",
"invincibleness",
"inviolability",
"inviolableness",
"invulnerability",
"invulnerableness",
"asylum",
"harbor",
"haven",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"shelter",
"guard",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"shield",
"aegis",
"egis",
"cover",
"defense",
"guardianship",
"ward",
"protection",
"safeness",
"safety",
"security"
],
"near antonyms":[
"danger",
"distress",
"endangerment",
"imperilment",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"trouble",
"hazard",
"risk",
"threat",
"instability",
"precariousness",
"harm's way",
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"violability",
"vulnerability",
"vulnerableness",
"susceptibility",
"susceptibleness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impoverishes":{
"as in beggars , pauperizes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beggars",
"pauperizes",
"bankrupts",
"breaks",
"busts",
"ruins",
"reduces",
"straitens",
"cleans (out)",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriches",
"richens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in depletes , consumes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"consumes",
"depletes",
"exhausts",
"overspends",
"shoots",
"splurges",
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fiddles away",
"fritters (away)",
"lavishes",
"loses",
"misspends",
"runs through",
"spends",
"squanders",
"throws away",
"trifles (away)",
"wastes",
"indulges",
"overindulges",
"disburses",
"expends",
"lays out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"hoards",
"lays up",
"conserves",
"economizes",
"scrimps",
"skimps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impulsive":{
"caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge":{
"examples":[
"an impulsive purchase of a very expensive jacket"
],
"synonyms":[
"besetting",
"compulsive",
"driven",
"obsessional",
"obsessive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irrepressible",
"uncontrollable",
"automatic",
"instinctive",
"involuntary",
"knee-jerk",
"reflex",
"spontaneous",
"conditioned",
"mechanical",
"unconscious",
"unthinking",
"unwitting",
"capricious",
"unpredictable",
"whimsical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unforced",
"voluntary",
"willful",
"wilful",
"controllable",
"manageable",
"resistible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"prone to sudden illogical changes of mind, ideas, or actions":{
"examples":[
"an impulsive woman who never seems to have the same opinion about anything for longer than 10 minutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"capricious",
"freakish",
"whimsical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impetuous",
"mercurial",
"moody",
"temperamental",
"volatile",
"crankish",
"eccentric",
"flaky",
"quirky",
"arbitrary",
"erratic",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"irregular",
"shaky",
"willful",
"wilful",
"impractical",
"quixotic",
"quixotical",
"romantic",
"unrealistic",
"utopian",
"visionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equable",
"down-to-earth",
"earthy",
"hard-boiled",
"hardheaded",
"levelheaded",
"matter-of-fact",
"practical",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"tough-minded",
"commonsensical",
"grounded",
"logical",
"no-nonsense",
"rational",
"sane",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"sound",
"fast",
"fixed",
"hard-and-fast",
"immutable",
"inflexible",
"invariable",
"unalterable",
"unbending",
"unchangeable",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"changeless",
"constant",
"established",
"set",
"settled",
"stable",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"imprisonments":{
"the act of confining or the state of being confined":{
"examples":[
"the offense is punishable by a fine or imprisonment"
],
"synonyms":[
"captivities",
"confinements",
"immurements",
"impoundments",
"incarcerations",
"internments",
"prisons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bondages",
"enslavements",
"servitudes",
"restraints",
"restrictions",
"arrests",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"custodies",
"detainers",
"detainments",
"detentions",
"house arrests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"liberations",
"manumissions",
"redemptions",
"releases",
"freedoms",
"independences",
"liberties"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"the long years of imprisonment had taken their toll on his mind and spirit as well as his body"
],
"synonyms":[
"detainers",
"detainments",
"detentions",
"holds",
"immurements",
"incarcerations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captivities",
"confinements",
"internments",
"apprehensions",
"arrestments",
"arrests",
"busts",
"collars",
"pinches",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"seizures",
"enchainments",
"restraints"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"freedoms",
"liberations"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges",
"releases"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imperative":{
"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
"examples":[
"reporting signs of physical abuse is now an imperative duty for hospital and school personnel"
],
"synonyms":[
"compulsory",
"forced",
"incumbent",
"involuntary",
"mandatory",
"necessary",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"peremptory",
"required"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-important",
"essential",
"indispensable",
"needed",
"requisite",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent",
"demanded",
"enforced",
"coercive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chosen",
"discretionary",
"dispensable",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"nonessential",
"unimportant"
],
"antonyms":[
"elective",
"optional",
"voluntary"
]
},
"impossible to do without":{
"examples":[
"proper equipment is imperative for the success of this chemical experiment"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-important",
"critical",
"essential",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessitous",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prerequisite",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"consequential",
"crucial",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"basic",
"central",
"fundamental",
"key",
"organic",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"excess",
"external",
"extra",
"extraneous",
"superfluous",
"surplus"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispensable",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded"
]
},
"needing immediate attention":{
"examples":[
"an imperative need for medical supplies in the earthquake-ravaged country"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"burning",
"clamant",
"compelling",
"critical",
"crying",
"dire",
"emergent",
"exigent",
"imperious",
"importunate",
"instant",
"necessitous",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"extreme",
"immediate",
"insistent",
"intense",
"overriding",
"crucial",
"desperate",
"grave",
"life-and-death",
"life-or-death",
"serious",
"severe",
"vital",
"dangerous",
"explosive",
"hazardous",
"perilous",
"precarious",
"unstable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incidental",
"low-pressure",
"minor",
"negligible",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"stable"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncritical",
"nonurgent"
]
},
"a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{
"examples":[
"a secretary of defense who was fond of issuing harshly worded imperatives"
],
"synonyms":[
"behest",
"charge",
"command",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"direction",
"directive",
"do",
"edict",
"injunction",
"instruction",
"order",
"word"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demand",
"requirement",
"mandate",
"countermand",
"counterorder",
"law",
"precept",
"prescript",
"prescription",
"rule",
"ordinance",
"regulation",
"statute"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeal",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"plea",
"urging",
"proposal",
"recommendation",
"suggestion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"although he had little taste for the social imperatives that come with being governor, he put on a brave face"
],
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"charge",
"commitment",
"devoir",
"do",
"duty",
"incumbency",
"need",
"obligation",
"office",
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"pledge",
"promise",
"troth",
"vow",
"word",
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"prearrangement",
"setup",
"compact",
"contract",
"covenant",
"pact",
"trust",
"debt",
"payment",
"tribute",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"restraint",
"must",
"requirement",
"coercion",
"duress",
"force",
"appointment",
"engagement",
"reservation",
"onus"
],
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"grace",
"postponement",
"stay",
"discharge",
"ease",
"exemption",
"release",
"relief",
"waiver",
"loophole",
"alternative",
"choice",
"option",
"pick",
"preference",
"selection"
],
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},
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"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"impose":{
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"examples":[
"that state now imposes a fine for text messaging while driving"
],
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"assess",
"charge",
"exact",
"fine",
"lay",
"levy",
"put"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dock",
"excise",
"mulct",
"penalize",
"tax",
"extort",
"shake down",
"wrest",
"wring",
"bleed",
"fleece",
"gouge",
"milk",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"coerce",
"compel",
"force",
"inflict",
"wreak",
"set",
"reapply",
"reimpose",
"relay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"forgive",
"release",
"condone",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"pardon"
],
"antonyms":[
"remit"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impotencies":{
"as in impotences":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impotences",
"weaknesses"
],
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"arms",
"authorities",
"clutches",
"commands",
"controls",
"death grips",
"dominions",
"grips",
"holds",
"masteries",
"powers",
"reigns",
"reins",
"sways",
"clouts",
"influences",
"leverages",
"pulls",
"voices",
"weights",
"jurisdictions"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"imparts (to)":{
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"briefs",
"familiarizes",
"informs",
"verses",
"edifies",
"enlightens",
"initiates",
"introduces",
"shows",
"homeschools",
"reeducates",
"reschools",
"reteaches",
"retrains",
"implants",
"inculcates",
"instills",
"instils",
"catechizes",
"lectures",
"moralizes",
"preaches",
"directs",
"guides",
"leads",
"rears",
"drills",
"fits",
"grounds",
"habilitates",
"prepares",
"primes",
"qualifies",
"coaches",
"mentors"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imputation":{
"a slyly or subtly derogatory remark":{
"examples":[
"I resent the imputation that I'm nice to Grandmother because she has money"
],
"synonyms":[
"innuendo",
"insinuation"
],
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"aspersion",
"libel",
"slander",
"smear",
"affront",
"dig",
"epithet",
"indignity",
"insult",
"slight",
"slur",
"hint",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"suggestion"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imperilling":{
"as in dangerous , jeopardizing":{
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"dangerous",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"unsafe",
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"destructive",
"detrimental",
"fatal",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"lethal",
"malignant",
"murderous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"poisonous",
"ruinous",
"threatening",
"troublesome",
"unhealthy",
"wounding",
"calumnious",
"defamatory",
"detractive",
"offensive",
"scathing",
"slanderous",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"evil",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"inhospitable",
"intolerant",
"uncongenial",
"uncooperative",
"adverse",
"counter",
"disadvantageous",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"negative",
"prejudicial",
"unfavorable",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"untoward",
"competing",
"conflicting",
"counteracting",
"countering",
"opposing",
"resistant",
"resisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"positive",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"well-disposed",
"beneficial",
"good",
"helpful",
"propitious",
"useful",
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"nondestructive",
"nonfatal",
"nonlethal",
"nonthreatening",
"unresistant",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benign",
"benignant",
"complying",
"congenial",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"hospitable"
],
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},
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"a single mistake could imperil the lives of everyone involved in the military operation"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventuring",
"compromising",
"endangering",
"gambling (with)",
"hazarding",
"jeoparding",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"periling",
"perilling",
"risking",
"venturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intimidating",
"threatening",
"exposing",
"subjecting",
"chancing",
"wagering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guarding",
"protecting",
"sheltering",
"shielding",
"preserving",
"resuming",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"implausible":{
"too extraordinary or improbable to believe":{
"examples":[
"the terrorist attacks generated a whole passel of implausible conspiracy theories that dishonor the memory of those who perished"
],
"synonyms":[
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"incredulous",
"unbelievable",
"uncompelling",
"unconceivable",
"unconvincing",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debatable",
"disputable",
"dodgy",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"dubitable",
"far-fetched",
"fishy",
"flimsy",
"questionable",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious",
"unlikely",
"unreasonable",
"hopeless",
"impossible",
"absurd",
"comical",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"risible",
"silly",
"indefensible",
"insupportable",
"untenable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"likely",
"possible",
"probable",
"reasonable",
"certain",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"questionless",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unquestionable"
],
"antonyms":[
"believable",
"cogitable",
"conceivable",
"convincing",
"credible",
"creditable",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"supposable",
"thinkable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"improve":{
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"a little salt would improve this bland food"
],
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"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"help",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"refine",
"upgrade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remediate",
"remedy",
"edit",
"fine-tune",
"redraft",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"fortify",
"intensify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"fine",
"hone",
"polish",
"retouch",
"touch up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"endamage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"spoil",
"tarnish",
"vitiate",
"blemish",
"blight",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"mar",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce"
],
"antonyms":[
"worsen"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impressive":{
"having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies":{
"examples":[
"an impressive play about a loving family attempting to lift themselves out of poverty"
],
"synonyms":[
"affecting",
"emotional",
"impactful",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eloquent",
"expressive",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"demonstrative",
"excitable",
"feeling",
"passionate",
"responsive",
"sensitive",
"exciting",
"inspirational",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"cathartic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"deadpan"
],
"antonyms":[
"unaffecting",
"unemotional",
"unimpressive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"implicate":{
"to cause to twine about one another":{
"examples":[
"the implicated vines did form a most restful garden bower"
],
"synonyms":[
"enlace",
"entwine",
"interlace",
"intertwine",
"intertwist",
"interweave",
"inweave",
"lace",
"ply",
"twist",
"weave",
"wreathe",
"writhe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"braid",
"plait",
"plat",
"pleach",
"blend",
"fuse",
"join",
"link",
"mix"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disentangle",
"uncoil",
"untangle",
"untwine",
"unwind"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impasse":{
"a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{
"examples":[
"in their bitter custody battle, the divorcing couple are at a total impasse"
],
"synonyms":[
"deadlock",
"gridlock",
"halt",
"logjam",
"Mexican standoff",
"stalemate",
"standoff",
"standstill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dead end",
"bind",
"bottleneck",
"corner",
"dilemma",
"fix",
"hole",
"jam",
"morass",
"pickle",
"pinch",
"plight",
"predicament",
"quagmire",
"quandary",
"spot",
"difficulty",
"problem"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
"examples":[
"the impossible impasse faced by those who opposed the war but did not want to seem disloyal to the troops"
],
"synonyms":[
"bind",
"box",
"catch-22",
"corner",
"dilemma",
"fix",
"hole",
"jackpot",
"jam",
"mire",
"pickle",
"predicament",
"quagmire",
"rabbit hole",
"rattrap",
"spot",
"sticky wicket",
"swamp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difficulty",
"node",
"hot water",
"soup",
"pinch",
"plight",
"quandary",
"scrape",
"trouble",
"deadlock",
"halt",
"logjam",
"stalemate",
"standstill",
"clutch",
"crisis",
"crossroad",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"juncture",
"strait"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impure":{
"containing foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"examples":[
"be careful, because impure motor oil can damage your car's engine"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterate",
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"contaminated",
"dilute",
"diluted",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"weakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unclarified",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"maculate",
"maculated",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"blended",
"commingled",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"compounded",
"cheapened",
"doctored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"purified",
"refined",
"ultrarefined",
"neat",
"plain",
"straight",
"concentrated",
"strong",
"uncombined",
"pasteurized",
"sterile",
"sterilized",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied"
],
"antonyms":[
"fine",
"pure",
"ultrapure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"uncontaminated",
"uncut",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"unpolluted",
"untainted"
]
},
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
"examples":[
"Victorian notions of what qualified as impure art now strike us as laughable"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"gutter",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"profane",
"raunchy",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"stag",
"trashy",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"X-rated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broad",
"coarse-grained",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salacious",
"salty",
"suggestive",
"barnyard",
"earthy",
"scatological",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"low",
"unbecoming",
"depraved",
"kinky",
"louche",
"naughty",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"wicked",
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"unacceptable",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"abhorrent",
"debasing",
"disgusting",
"loathsome",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"unpleasant",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"abusive",
"scurrilous",
"hard-core",
"soft",
"soft-core"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"desirable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"welcome",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"fit",
"meet",
"suitable",
"immaculate",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"virginal",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"wholesome"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"impediment":{
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"examples":[
"tough going for the burros on the canyon trail, even without the added impediment of heavy loads"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk",
"bar",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"cramp",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"hurdle",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"shackles",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catch",
"hitch",
"rub",
"snag",
"barrier",
"blockade",
"blockage",
"brick wall",
"stone wall",
"arrest",
"bit",
"brake",
"check",
"constraint",
"curb",
"hobble",
"rein",
"restraint",
"embargo",
"stoppage",
"delay",
"holdup",
"stall",
"burden",
"cumber",
"load",
"danger",
"hazard",
"peril",
"reef",
"adversity",
"difficulty",
"disadvantage",
"drawback",
"hardship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalyst",
"goad",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"advantage",
"break",
"edge",
"aid",
"assistance",
"benefit",
"boost",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impertinences":{
"disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request":{
"examples":[
"a disciplinarian of the old school, he refused to tolerate any impertinence from his children"
],
"synonyms":[
"back talk",
"backchat",
"cheek",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"mouth",
"sass",
"sauce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comeback",
"rejoinder",
"retort",
"riposte",
"wisecrack",
"cuteness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"guff",
"impoliteness",
"nonsense",
"rudeness",
"tactlessness",
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"coarseness",
"crassness",
"crudity",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluffness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crossness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"surliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"consideration",
"gallantry",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"deference",
"respect",
"affability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"rude behavior":{
"examples":[
"the impertinence of deliberately ignoring waiting customers while they finished their conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinency",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"forwardness",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"caddishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"crudeness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crustiness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"sharpness",
"crabbedness",
"crossness",
"disagreeableness",
"grumpiness",
"sullenness",
"surliness",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"deference",
"dutifulness",
"respectfulness",
"submissiveness",
"acceptability",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"respectableness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"kindness",
"felicitousness",
"grace",
"gracefulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness"
]
},
"the quality or state of not having anything to do with the matter at hand":{
"examples":[
"the impertinence of that issue renders any discussion of it a waste of our time"
],
"synonyms":[
"extraneousness",
"inapplicability",
"irrelevance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"improperness",
"inappositeness",
"inappropriateness",
"inaptness",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"immateriality",
"inconsequentiality",
"insignificance",
"emptiness",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"meaninglessness",
"pointlessness",
"uselessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriateness",
"aptness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"importance",
"significance",
"usefulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"applicability",
"bearing",
"connection",
"materiality",
"pertinence",
"relevance",
"relevancy"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"importunes":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"she was always importuning people for favors, even when she had no right to ask"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeals (to)",
"begs",
"beseeches",
"besieges",
"conjures",
"entreats",
"impetrates",
"implores",
"petitions",
"pleads (to)",
"prays",
"solicits",
"supplicates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludges",
"cadges",
"mooches",
"sponges",
"asks",
"desires",
"invokes",
"requests",
"sues",
"claims",
"coerces",
"commands",
"compels",
"demands",
"forces",
"insists",
"requires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hints",
"implies",
"intimates",
"suggests",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"gratifies",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imprisons":{
"to put in or as if in prison":{
"examples":[
"in this society, we try to imprison criminals so that they can't do any more harm"
],
"synonyms":[
"commits",
"confines",
"immures",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"jugs",
"locks (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constrains",
"limits",
"restrains",
"restricts",
"shuts",
"bars",
"gates",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"busts",
"captures",
"catches",
"detains",
"nabs",
"picks up",
"pinches",
"seizes",
"impresses",
"shanghais",
"holds",
"impounds",
"keeps",
"binds",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"manumits",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"imprisoning":{
"to put in or as if in prison":{
"examples":[
"in this society, we try to imprison criminals so that they can't do any more harm"
],
"synonyms":[
"committing",
"confining",
"immuring",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"jugging",
"locking (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constraining",
"limiting",
"restraining",
"restricting",
"shutting",
"barring",
"gating",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"busting",
"capturing",
"catching",
"detaining",
"nabbing",
"picking up",
"pinching",
"seizing",
"impressing",
"shanghaiing",
"holding",
"impounding",
"keeping",
"binding",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"manumitting",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"important":{
"having great meaning or lasting effect":{
"examples":[
"the discovery of penicillin was a very important event in the history of medicine"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"earthshaking",
"earth-shattering",
"eventful",
"historic",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"monumental",
"much",
"significant",
"substantial",
"tectonic",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"strategic",
"earnest",
"grave",
"heavy",
"serious",
"sincere",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"central",
"critical",
"crucial",
"essential",
"key",
"pivotal",
"seminal",
"vital"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paltry",
"petty",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"small",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
]
},
"having great power or influence":{
"examples":[
"Rachel Carson was an important figure in the environmental movement"
],
"synonyms":[
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"influential",
"mighty",
"potent",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"significant",
"strong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high-level",
"senior",
"top",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"effective",
"efficient",
"authoritarian",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"magisterial",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"celebrated",
"distinguished",
"dominant",
"eminent",
"famed",
"famous",
"great",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"notorious",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"prominent",
"renowned",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"forceful",
"high-powered",
"robust",
"vigorous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feeble",
"flimsy",
"frail",
"infirm",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"ineffective",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unfit",
"unqualified",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"antonyms":[
"helpless",
"impotent",
"insignificant",
"little",
"powerless",
"unimportant",
"weak"
]
},
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
"examples":[
"an important businessman who always expects special treatment wherever he goes"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"bossy",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"pontifical",
"pontificating",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"patronizing",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"hubristic",
"narcissistic",
"orgulous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"self-flattering",
"self-loving",
"self-promoting",
"brash",
"forward",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashful",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"self-critical",
"self-doubting",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"meek",
"passive",
"submissive",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unobtrusive",
"yielding",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
]
},
"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
"examples":[
"oh, you're so important \u2014you think the world revolves around you"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"consequential",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-opinionated",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swellheaded",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"peremptory",
"pontifical",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"domineering",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"holier-than-thou",
"pretentious",
"overconfident",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-adulatory",
"self-congratulatory",
"self-contented",
"self-gratulatory",
"self-applauding",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"self-affected",
"self-centered",
"self-engrossed",
"selfish",
"condescending",
"patronizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"self-critical",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"down-to-earth",
"unarrogant",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"demure",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy"
],
"antonyms":[
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"uncomplacent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"impenetrable":{
"impossible to get through or into":{
"examples":[
"the ancient temple was surrounded by vast stretches of impenetrable jungle"
],
"synonyms":[
"impassable",
"impassible",
"impermeable",
"impervious",
"impregnable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"close",
"compact",
"dense",
"thick",
"tight",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"sturdy",
"substantial",
"tough",
"firm",
"frozen",
"hard",
"solid",
"stiff",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"unbending",
"unyielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"soft",
"squishy",
"bendable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"giving",
"malleable",
"pliable",
"yielding",
"absorbent",
"porous"
],
"antonyms":[
"negotiable",
"passable",
"penetrable",
"permeable"
]
},
"being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain":{
"examples":[
"the mysteries of that religion are completely impenetrable to outsiders"
],
"synonyms":[
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"deep",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"occult",
"uncanny"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dark",
"darkling",
"fuzzy",
"murky",
"obscure",
"shadowy",
"vague",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"imponderable",
"incomprehensible",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unsearchable",
"inexplicable",
"unaccountable",
"unexplainable",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"metaphysical",
"mystical",
"numinous",
"supernatural",
"abstruse",
"esoteric",
"recondite",
"baffling",
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"disorienting",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"understandable",
"apparent",
"clear",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"impossible to understand":{
"examples":[
"the textbook's language is completely impenetrable , at least to me"
],
"synonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"unfathomable",
"ungraspable",
"unintelligible"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstruse",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"esoteric",
"indecipherable",
"inscrutable",
"recondite",
"unsearchable",
"cryptic",
"darkling",
"deep",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"oblique",
"obscure",
"occult",
"uncanny",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"inconceivable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basic",
"elemental",
"elementary",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"rudimentary",
"underlying",
"easy",
"simple",
"coherent",
"connected",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"clear",
"cogent",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"lucid",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"straightforward"
],
"antonyms":[
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"understandable"
]
},
"not allowing penetration (as by gas, liquid, or light)":{
"examples":[
"the container of toxic waste has an impenetrable seal to prevent leaks"
],
"synonyms":[
"impermeable",
"impervious",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"close",
"compact",
"dense",
"snug",
"thick",
"airtight",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"leakproof",
"watertight",
"lightproof",
"soundproof",
"waterproof"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbent",
"leaky",
"porous",
"unsealed"
],
"antonyms":[
"penetrable",
"permeable",
"pervious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"impertinent":{
"displaying or marked by rude boldness":{
"examples":[
"the impertinent child had a smart answer for everything"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassbound",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"brazen-faced",
"cheeky",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"nervy",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"wise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assertive",
"forward",
"obtrusive",
"defiant",
"disrespectful",
"shameless",
"unabashed",
"unblushing",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"curt",
"cute",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"lippy",
"mouthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demure",
"humble",
"modest",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"proper",
"deferential",
"respectful",
"abashed",
"ashamed",
"blushing",
"embarrassed",
"shamefaced",
"gentle",
"mild",
"inconspicuous",
"unobtrusive"
],
"antonyms":[
"meek",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid"
]
},
"showing a lack of manners or consideration for others":{
"examples":[
"impertinent salesmen who telephone people during the dinner hour"
],
"synonyms":[
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncalled-for",
"uncivil",
"ungracious",
"unhandsome",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arch",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"fresh",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"lippy",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"shameless",
"boorish",
"caddish",
"churlish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"vulgar",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"crusty",
"curt",
"gruff",
"sharp",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"antisocial",
"crabbed",
"cross",
"disagreeable",
"grumpy",
"sullen",
"surly",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"unseemly",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"conceited",
"haughty",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"supercilious",
"superior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humble",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassertive",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"respectful",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"acceptable",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"good",
"meet",
"proper",
"respectable",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"affable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"sociable",
"felicitous",
"graceful",
"chivalrous",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"ceremonious",
"elegant",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"well-bred"
]
},
"not having anything to do with the matter at hand":{
"examples":[
"your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 needlessly lists skills that are impertinent to the job for which you are applying"
],
"synonyms":[
"extraneous",
"immaterial",
"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incidental",
"peripheral",
"tangent",
"tangential",
"dead",
"moot",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"empty",
"inane",
"meaningless",
"pointless",
"senseless",
"useless",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"unsuitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"important",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"sensible",
"useful",
"appropriate",
"apt",
"fit",
"suitable"
],
"antonyms":[
"applicable",
"apposite",
"apropos",
"germane",
"material",
"pertinent",
"pointed",
"relative",
"relevant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"imposture":{
"as in affectation , pretense":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affectation",
"demonstration",
"display",
"fiction",
"image",
"imitation",
"likeness",
"make-believe",
"make-belief",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"representation",
"simulation",
"hint",
"implication",
"insinuation",
"resemblance",
"suggestion",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"exterior",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"front",
"gloss",
"mask",
"masquerade",
"patina",
"Potemkin village",
"shape",
"shell",
"surface",
"veneer",
"air",
"effect",
"impression",
"appearance",
"face",
"guise",
"name",
"outward",
"seeming",
"semblance",
"show"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fakery , quackery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fakery",
"humbuggery",
"quackery",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"dirty pool",
"dirty tricks",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"oiliness",
"shadiness",
"sharpness",
"shiftiness",
"shrewdness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"treachery",
"underhandedness",
"wiliness",
"design",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"secrecy",
"stealth",
"artifice",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impulses":{
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"the new auto factory was just the impulse that the local economy needed"
],
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"boosts",
"encouragements",
"goads",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"incitations",
"incitements",
"instigations",
"momenta",
"momentums",
"motivations",
"provocations",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimuli",
"yeasts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inducements",
"invitations",
"antecedents",
"causes",
"considerations",
"grounds",
"motives",
"occasions",
"reasons",
"catalysts",
"catalyzers",
"fuels",
"sparks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"counterincentives",
"counter-incentives",
"disincentives"
]
},
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
"examples":[
"the universal, fundamental impulse of self-preservation"
],
"synonyms":[
"affections",
"affinities",
"aptitudes",
"bents",
"biases",
"bones",
"devices",
"dispositions",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"habitudes",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favors",
"partisanships",
"prejudices",
"endowments",
"faculties",
"flairs",
"gifts",
"knacks",
"talents",
"addictions",
"appetites",
"fancies",
"likes",
"likings",
"preferences",
"tastes",
"fortes",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"conventions",
"customs",
"habits",
"patterns",
"practices",
"practises",
"routines",
"tricks",
"ways",
"wonts",
"eccentricities",
"idiosyncrasies",
"kinks",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"quirks",
"singularities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergies",
"aversions",
"disfavors",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"disrelishes",
"distastes",
"detachments",
"impartialities",
"neutralities",
"objectivities",
"apathies",
"indifferences",
"insouciances",
"nonchalances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"implants":{
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"examples":[
"a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeds",
"enroots",
"inculcates",
"infixes",
"inseminates",
"instills",
"plants",
"sows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drives",
"hammers",
"pounds",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"fixes",
"lodges",
"roots",
"imbues",
"infuses",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"inoculates",
"invests",
"steeps",
"suffuses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out"
],
"synonyms":[
"beds",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"enroots",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"fixes",
"impacts",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"roots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbues",
"infuses",
"instills",
"beats (into)",
"drives (into)",
"establishes",
"places",
"puts",
"settles",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"ejects",
"expels",
"detaches",
"disconnects",
"disengages",
"removes"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodges",
"roots (out)",
"uproots"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impetuously":{
"as in recklessly , impulsively":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"headfirst",
"headily",
"hotheadedly",
"impatiently",
"impulsively",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"cursorily",
"hastily",
"headlong",
"hotfoot",
"hurriedly",
"pell-mell",
"precipitately",
"precipitously",
"rashly",
"automatically",
"glancingly",
"haphazardly",
"impromptu",
"spontaneously",
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"offhand",
"offhandedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliberately",
"studiedly",
"calculatingly",
"circumspectly",
"designedly",
"falteringly",
"haltingly",
"hesitantly",
"hesitatingly",
"tentatively",
"leisurely",
"slowly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"impetuses":{
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"the reward money should be sufficient impetus for someone to come forward with information about the robbery"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosts",
"encouragements",
"goads",
"impulses",
"incentives",
"incitations",
"incitements",
"instigations",
"momenta",
"momentums",
"motivations",
"provocations",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimuli",
"yeasts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inducements",
"invitations",
"antecedents",
"causes",
"considerations",
"grounds",
"motives",
"occasions",
"reasons",
"catalysts",
"catalyzers",
"fuels",
"sparks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"counterincentives",
"counter-incentives",
"disincentives"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"implanting":{
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"examples":[
"a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeding",
"enrooting",
"inculcating",
"infixing",
"inseminating",
"instilling",
"planting",
"sowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"driving",
"hammering",
"pounding",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"fixing",
"lodging",
"rooting",
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"inoculating",
"investing",
"steeping",
"suffusing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedding",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"enrooting",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"fixing",
"impacting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"rooting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"instilling",
"beating (into)",
"driving (into)",
"establishing",
"placing",
"putting",
"settling",
"sticking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disengaging",
"removing"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodging",
"rooting (out)",
"uprooting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impeccabilities":{
"the quality or state of being free from guilt or blame":{
"examples":[
"the impeccability of the nun's moral character and untiring selflessness qualified her for sainthood"
],
"synonyms":[
"blamelessness",
"faultlessness",
"guiltlessness",
"innocence",
"innocency",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"law-abidingness",
"righteousness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness",
"morality",
"virtue",
"chastity",
"purity",
"sinlessness",
"harmlessness",
"inoffensiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blame",
"fault",
"responsibility",
"corruption",
"criminality",
"depravity",
"evil",
"immorality",
"reprehensibleness",
"sinfulness",
"wickedness",
"harmfulness",
"offensiveness"
],
"antonyms":[
"blameworthiness",
"culpability",
"guilt",
"guiltiness"
]
},
"being entirely without fault or flaw":{
"examples":[
"the etiquette expert was celebrated for her absolutely impeccable manners"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"ideal",
"immaculate",
"indefectible",
"irreproachable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect",
"picture-book",
"picture-perfect",
"seamless",
"unblemished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consummate",
"expert",
"masterly",
"classic",
"dandy",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"prime",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"terrific",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"completed",
"finished",
"perfected",
"polished",
"complete",
"entire",
"intact",
"whole",
"mint",
"unbruised",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"uninjured",
"unmarred",
"unspoiled",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"airtight",
"bulletproof",
"accurate",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"inerrant",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"unfailing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"wanting",
"unfinished",
"unpolished",
"fallible",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"broken",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"impaired",
"injured",
"malformed",
"marred",
"misshapen",
"spoiled",
"vitiated",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"wretched",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"wrong"
],
"antonyms":[
"amiss",
"bad",
"censurable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
"reproachable"
]
},
"free from guilt or blame":{
"examples":[
"the head of the investigation must be a person of impeccable probity and honesty"
],
"synonyms":[
"blameless",
"cleanhanded",
"clear",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"inculpable",
"innocent",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"ethical",
"law-abiding",
"moral",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"culpable",
"impeachable",
"indictable",
"punishable",
"accused",
"impeached",
"indicted",
"condemned",
"convicted",
"hangdog",
"shamed",
"shamefaced"
],
"antonyms":[
"guilty"
]
},
"free from sin":{
"examples":[
"the belief that there can be no such thing as an impeccable soul"
],
"synonyms":[
"innocent",
"pure",
"sinless",
"white"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaste",
"moral",
"virgin",
"virtuous",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"unblemished",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"blameless",
"guiltless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"lickerish",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"unchaste",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"unrighteous",
"virtueless",
"wicked",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"erring",
"fallen",
"lost",
"perverted",
"condemned",
"damned"
],
"antonyms":[
"impure",
"peccant",
"sinful",
"sinning"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"impugn":{
"to criticize (a person's character, intentions, etc.) by suggesting that someone is not honest and should not be trusted":{
"examples":[
"He impugned his rival's character.",
"Her motives have been scrutinized and impugned ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blame",
"call (on)",
"castigate",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"fault",
"reproach",
"reprobate",
"accuse",
"charge",
"criminate",
"defame",
"impeach",
"incriminate",
"indict",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprove",
"tax",
"appeal",
"arraign",
"book",
"cite",
"summon",
"prosecute",
"sue",
"try",
"frame",
"implicate",
"inculpate",
"inform (against)",
"name",
"report",
"recriminate",
"retaliate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrive",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"importing":{
"to be of importance":{
"examples":[
"it imports little whether you like Grandma's gift; you should have graciously thanked her"
],
"synonyms":[
"counting",
"mattering",
"meaning",
"signifying",
"weighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affecting",
"concerning",
"influencing",
"swaying",
"adding up (to)",
"amounting (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
"examples":[
"the word \"freedom\" can import different things to different people"
],
"synonyms":[
"denoting",
"expressing",
"intending",
"meaning",
"signifying",
"spelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connoting",
"implying",
"suggesting",
"adding up (to)",
"amounting (to)",
"hinting",
"inferring",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"embodying",
"epitomizing",
"personifying",
"representing",
"symboling",
"symbolling",
"symbolizing",
"adverting",
"alluding (to)",
"citing",
"instancing",
"mentioning",
"referring (to)",
"specifying",
"touching (on or upon)",
"designating",
"indicating",
"pointing (to)",
"signaling",
"signalling",
"announcing",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"elucidating",
"explaining"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impales":{
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"impale a marshmallow or two on that stick and let's start toasting"
],
"synonyms":[
"gores",
"harpoons",
"jabs",
"lances",
"pecks",
"picks",
"pierces",
"pinks",
"punctures",
"runs through",
"skewers",
"spears",
"spikes",
"spits",
"stabs",
"sticks",
"transfixes",
"transpierces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindles",
"perforates",
"riddles",
"bayonets",
"dirks",
"gimlets",
"pikes",
"poniards",
"prongs",
"quills",
"pinpricks",
"pokes",
"pricks",
"punches",
"thrusts",
"cuts",
"knifes",
"slices"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"implicit":{
"understood although not put into words":{
"examples":[
"the implicit agreement among members of the outing club is that everyone pays his or her own way on all trips"
],
"synonyms":[
"implied",
"tacit",
"unexpressed",
"unspoken",
"unvoiced",
"wordless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inferred",
"presumed",
"construed",
"interpreted",
"unannounced",
"undeclared",
"unsaid",
"untold",
"hinted",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"suggested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apparent",
"blatant",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"plain",
"straightforward",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[
"explicit",
"express",
"expressed",
"spoken",
"stated",
"voiced"
]
},
"having or showing a mind free from doubt":{
"examples":[
"members of the expedition must have implicit trust in their leaders"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"certain",
"clear",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"doubtless",
"positive",
"sanguine",
"sure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-assured",
"self-conceited",
"self-confident",
"decisive",
"resolute",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unquestioning",
"unwavering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"diffident",
"unassuming"
],
"antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"uncertain",
"unsure"
]
},
"existing only as a possibility and not in fact":{
"examples":[
"there's a risk implicit in any overseas operation undertaken by the military"
],
"synonyms":[
"possible",
"potential"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conceivable",
"generable",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"thinkable",
"likely",
"probable",
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"alleged",
"assumed",
"purported",
"reputed",
"supposed",
"achievable",
"attainable",
"doable",
"feasible",
"practicable",
"viable",
"workable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"genuine",
"true"
],
"antonyms":[
"actual",
"existent",
"factual",
"real"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"imperil":{
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"a single mistake could imperil the lives of everyone involved in the military operation"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"compromise",
"endanger",
"gamble (with)",
"hazard",
"jeopard",
"jeopardize",
"menace",
"peril",
"risk",
"venture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intimidate",
"threaten",
"expose",
"subject",
"chance",
"wager"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guard",
"protect",
"shelter",
"shield",
"preserve",
"resume",
"save"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"importunate":{
"needing immediate attention":{
"examples":[
"the demands of the chairmanship were becoming too importunate for me to continue without an assistant"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"burning",
"clamant",
"compelling",
"critical",
"crying",
"dire",
"emergent",
"exigent",
"imperative",
"imperious",
"instant",
"necessitous",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"extreme",
"immediate",
"insistent",
"intense",
"overriding",
"crucial",
"desperate",
"grave",
"life-and-death",
"life-or-death",
"serious",
"severe",
"vital",
"dangerous",
"explosive",
"hazardous",
"perilous",
"precarious",
"unstable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incidental",
"low-pressure",
"minor",
"negligible",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"stable"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncritical",
"nonurgent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"imply":{
"to convey an idea indirectly":{
"examples":[
"they may have implied that they'd help, but they didn't actually say so"
],
"synonyms":[
"allude",
"hint",
"indicate",
"infer",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"suggest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advert",
"mention",
"point",
"refer",
"signal",
"signalize",
"signify",
"smack (of)",
"smell (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"announce",
"declare",
"proclaim",
"elucidate",
"explain",
"spell out",
"delineate",
"describe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impermeable":{
"impossible to get through or into":{
"examples":[
"the wall of security people surrounding the rock band was impermeable"
],
"synonyms":[
"impassable",
"impassible",
"impenetrable",
"impervious",
"impregnable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"close",
"compact",
"dense",
"thick",
"tight",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"sturdy",
"substantial",
"tough",
"firm",
"frozen",
"hard",
"solid",
"stiff",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"unbending",
"unyielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"soft",
"squishy",
"bendable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"giving",
"malleable",
"pliable",
"yielding",
"absorbent",
"porous"
],
"antonyms":[
"negotiable",
"passable",
"penetrable",
"permeable"
]
},
"not allowing penetration (as by gas, liquid, or light)":{
"examples":[
"an impermeable seal on the ancient tomb had preserved the artifacts exceptionally well"
],
"synonyms":[
"impenetrable",
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"tight"
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"dense",
"snug",
"thick",
"airtight",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"leakproof",
"watertight",
"lightproof",
"soundproof",
"waterproof"
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"absorbent",
"leaky",
"porous",
"unsealed"
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"pervious"
]
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"fathering (on)",
"pinning (on)",
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"ascribing",
"attributing",
"chalking up",
"crediting",
"imputing",
"laying",
"putting down",
"assigning",
"referring",
"associating",
"attaching",
"connecting",
"linking"
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"verb"
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],
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"hovers (over)",
"menaces",
"overhangs",
"threatens"
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"hazards",
"imperils",
"jeopardizes",
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"verb"
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"as in inaccuracy , roughness":{
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"inaccuracy",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"roughness",
"approximation",
"roundness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"incorrectness",
"wrongness",
"carelessness",
"guesswork",
"looseness",
"indefiniteness",
"vagueness"
],
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"accuracy",
"accurateness",
"closeness",
"delicacy",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness",
"nicety",
"perfection",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"ultraprecision",
"veracity",
"correctness",
"fidelity",
"rightness",
"strictness",
"truth",
"definiteness",
"definitiveness",
"definitude",
"determinacy"
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"noun"
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"caves (in)",
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"crumples",
"founders",
"gives",
"goes",
"goes out",
"tumbles",
"yields"
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"flattens",
"melts",
"melts down",
"breaks",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"crashes",
"dies",
"fails",
"gives out",
"stalls",
"bursts",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"splinters",
"splits",
"cracks",
"crumbles",
"pops",
"snaps"
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"inflates",
"rises",
"swells"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
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"examples":[
"impurities in the water made it cloudy"
],
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"adulterant",
"contaminant",
"contamination",
"defilement",
"pollutant"
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"blot",
"blotch",
"spot",
"stain",
"taint",
"dirt",
"filth",
"grime",
"muck",
"scum",
"sludge",
"smut",
"soil",
"blemish",
"defect",
"disfigurement",
"fault",
"flaw",
"abnormality",
"imperfection",
"irregularity"
],
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"clarifier",
"filter",
"purifier",
"refiner",
"cleanliness",
"immaculateness",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"the impurity of her thoughts was troubling, given her strict upbringing"
],
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"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness"
],
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"broadness",
"earthiness",
"gaminess",
"raciness",
"saltiness",
"suggestiveness",
"immodesty",
"indecorousness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"unbecomingness",
"lechery",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"kinkiness",
"naughtiness",
"perverseness",
"perversion",
"perversity",
"pervertedness",
"wickedness",
"exceptionability",
"objectionableness",
"unacceptability",
"undesirability",
"reprehensibility",
"reprehensibleness",
"abusiveness",
"scurrilousness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"infamy",
"loathsomeness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repugnance",
"repulsiveness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"seemliness",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impair":{
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"examples":[
"already impaired by a crack, the windshield shattered upon impact with the baseball"
],
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"blemish",
"bloody",
"break",
"compromise",
"crab",
"cripple",
"cross (up)",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"endamage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
"vitiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deteriorate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"erode",
"scour",
"wash out",
"wear (away)",
"blight",
"tarnish",
"dent",
"ding",
"dint",
"botch",
"gum (up)",
"queer",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"disable",
"hamstring",
"lame",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate",
"torment",
"torture",
"annihilate",
"bang up",
"bash",
"batter",
"clobber",
"crush",
"dash",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"do in",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"scourge",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"waste",
"wipe out",
"wreck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"rectify",
"rehabilitate",
"remedy",
"edit",
"remodel",
"revise",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"refine"
],
"antonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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"a forceful coming together of two things":{
"examples":[
"the impingement of the hailstones on the metal roof was making quite a racket"
],
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"bumps",
"collisions",
"concussions",
"crashes",
"impacts",
"jars",
"jolts",
"jounces",
"kicks",
"shocks",
"slams",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"wallops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows",
"buffets",
"hits",
"knocks",
"punches",
"raps",
"slaps",
"thumps",
"bashings",
"batterings",
"lickings",
"thrashings",
"contacts",
"encounters",
"meetings",
"touches"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imposts":{
"a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use":{
"examples":[
"consumers steadfastly resisted any impost on merchandise purchased over the Internet"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessments",
"duties",
"impositions",
"levies",
"taxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"direct taxes",
"personal taxes",
"capitations",
"customs",
"excises",
"hidden taxes",
"income taxes",
"poll taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"single taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tariffs",
"tolls",
"tributes",
"value-added taxes",
"withholding taxes",
"supertaxes",
"surcharges",
"surtaxes",
"death taxes",
"estate taxes",
"inheritance taxes",
"flat taxes",
"proportional taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impressionistic":{
"as in impressionist , expressionistic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"expressionist",
"expressionistic",
"impressionist",
"abstract",
"nonfigurative",
"nonobjective",
"nonrealistic",
"nonrepresentational",
"symbolist",
"symbolistic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"figurative",
"naturalistic",
"naturalist",
"nonabstract",
"objective",
"realistic",
"representational",
"lifelike",
"natural"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"implicating":{
"to cause to twine about one another":{
"examples":[
"the implicated vines did form a most restful garden bower"
],
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"enlacing",
"entwining",
"interlacing",
"intertwining",
"intertwisting",
"interweaving",
"inweaving",
"lacing",
"plying",
"twisting",
"weaving",
"wreathing",
"writhing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"braiding",
"plaiting",
"platting",
"pleaching",
"blending",
"fusing",
"joining",
"linking",
"mixing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disentangling",
"uncoiling",
"untangling",
"untwining",
"unwinding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impudences":{
"disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request":{
"examples":[
"my mother would not tolerate impudence from any of us"
],
"synonyms":[
"back talk",
"backchat",
"cheek",
"impertinence",
"insolence",
"mouth",
"sass",
"sauce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comeback",
"rejoinder",
"retort",
"riposte",
"wisecrack",
"cuteness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"guff",
"impoliteness",
"nonsense",
"rudeness",
"tactlessness",
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"coarseness",
"crassness",
"crudity",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluffness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crossness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"surliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"consideration",
"gallantry",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"deference",
"respect",
"affability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"rude behavior":{
"examples":[
"their impudence irritated everyone at the wedding reception"
],
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"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impertinency",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"forwardness",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"caddishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"crudeness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crustiness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"sharpness",
"crabbedness",
"crossness",
"disagreeableness",
"grumpiness",
"sullenness",
"surliness",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"deference",
"dutifulness",
"respectfulness",
"submissiveness",
"acceptability",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"respectableness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"kindness",
"felicitousness",
"grace",
"gracefulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impudence":{
"disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request":{
"examples":[
"my mother would not tolerate impudence from any of us"
],
"synonyms":[
"back talk",
"backchat",
"cheek",
"impertinence",
"insolence",
"mouth",
"sass",
"sauce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comeback",
"rejoinder",
"retort",
"riposte",
"wisecrack",
"cuteness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"guff",
"impoliteness",
"nonsense",
"rudeness",
"tactlessness",
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"coarseness",
"crassness",
"crudity",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluffness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crossness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"surliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"consideration",
"gallantry",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"deference",
"respect",
"affability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"rude behavior":{
"examples":[
"their impudence irritated everyone at the wedding reception"
],
"synonyms":[
"dis",
"diss",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impertinency",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"forwardness",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"caddishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"crudeness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"abruptness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"crustiness",
"curtness",
"gruffness",
"sharpness",
"crabbedness",
"crossness",
"disagreeableness",
"grumpiness",
"sullenness",
"surliness",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"unfitness",
"unsuitability",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"deference",
"dutifulness",
"respectfulness",
"submissiveness",
"acceptability",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"respectableness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"kindness",
"felicitousness",
"grace",
"gracefulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"civility",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"thoughtfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"imprison":{
"to put in or as if in prison":{
"examples":[
"in this society, we try to imprison criminals so that they can't do any more harm"
],
"synonyms":[
"commit",
"confine",
"immure",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"jug",
"lock (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constrain",
"limit",
"restrain",
"restrict",
"shut",
"bar",
"gate",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"bust",
"capture",
"catch",
"detain",
"nab",
"pick up",
"pinch",
"seize",
"impress",
"shanghai",
"hold",
"impound",
"keep",
"bind",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"manumit",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impasses":{
"a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{
"examples":[
"in their bitter custody battle, the divorcing couple are at a total impasse"
],
"synonyms":[
"deadlocks",
"gridlocks",
"halts",
"logjams",
"Mexican standoffs",
"stalemates",
"standoffs",
"standstills"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dead ends",
"binds",
"bottlenecks",
"corners",
"dilemmas",
"fixes",
"holes",
"jams",
"morasses",
"pickles",
"pinches",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"quagmires",
"quandaries",
"spots",
"difficulties",
"problems"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
"examples":[
"the impossible impasse faced by those who opposed the war but did not want to seem disloyal to the troops"
],
"synonyms":[
"binds",
"boxes",
"catch-22's",
"catch-22s",
"corners",
"dilemmas",
"fixes",
"holes",
"jackpots",
"jams",
"mires",
"pickles",
"predicaments",
"quagmires",
"rabbit holes",
"rattraps",
"spots",
"sticky wickets",
"swamps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difficulties",
"nodes",
"hot waters",
"soups",
"pinches",
"plights",
"quandaries",
"scrapes",
"troubles",
"deadlocks",
"halts",
"logjams",
"stalemates",
"standstills",
"clutches",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"junctures",
"straits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"improvisations":{
"something that is performed, made, or done without preparation":{
"examples":[
"that comedy skit was a totally unrehearsed improvisation"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad-libs",
"extemporizations",
"impromptus",
"improvs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concoctions",
"contrivances",
"creations",
"innovations",
"inventions",
"wrinkles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bits",
"drills",
"routines"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"implied":{
"understood although not put into words":{
"examples":[
"an implied agreement is not legally enforceable"
],
"synonyms":[
"implicit",
"tacit",
"unexpressed",
"unspoken",
"unvoiced",
"wordless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inferred",
"presumed",
"construed",
"interpreted",
"unannounced",
"undeclared",
"unsaid",
"untold",
"hinted",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"suggested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apparent",
"blatant",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"plain",
"straightforward",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[
"explicit",
"express",
"expressed",
"spoken",
"stated",
"voiced"
]
},
"to convey an idea indirectly":{
"examples":[
"they may have implied that they'd help, but they didn't actually say so"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluded",
"hinted",
"indicated",
"inferred",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"suggested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adverted",
"mentioned",
"pointed",
"referred",
"signaled",
"signalled",
"signalized",
"signified",
"smacked (of)",
"smelled (of)",
"smelt (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"announced",
"declared",
"proclaimed",
"elucidated",
"explained",
"spelled out",
"delineated",
"described"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"imports":{
"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
"examples":[
"didn't understand all the technical jargon, but got the general import of the speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"contents",
"denotations",
"drifts",
"intentions",
"intents",
"meanings",
"purports",
"senses",
"significances",
"significations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connotations",
"clues",
"cues",
"hints",
"implications",
"indications",
"inklings",
"intimations",
"suggestions",
"messages",
"tenors",
"themes",
"bottoms",
"essences",
"essentialities",
"natures",
"souls",
"spirits",
"stuff",
"acceptances",
"acceptations",
"definitions",
"burdens",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"gists",
"cores",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"marrows",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"points",
"quicks",
"matters",
"motifs",
"motives",
"questions",
"subjects",
"topics"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be of importance":{
"examples":[
"it imports little whether you like Grandma's gift; you should have graciously thanked her"
],
"synonyms":[
"counts",
"matters",
"means",
"signifies",
"weighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affects",
"concerns",
"influences",
"sways",
"adds up (to)",
"amounts (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
"examples":[
"the word \"freedom\" can import different things to different people"
],
"synonyms":[
"denotes",
"expresses",
"intends",
"means",
"signifies",
"spells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connotes",
"implies",
"suggests",
"adds up (to)",
"amounts (to)",
"hints",
"infers",
"insinuates",
"intimates",
"embodies",
"epitomizes",
"personifies",
"represents",
"symbolizes",
"symbols",
"adverts",
"alludes (to)",
"cites",
"instances",
"mentions",
"refers (to)",
"specifies",
"touches (on or upon)",
"designates",
"indicates",
"points (to)",
"signals",
"announces",
"declares",
"proclaims",
"elucidates",
"explains"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"improvisation":{
"something that is performed, made, or done without preparation":{
"examples":[
"that comedy skit was a totally unrehearsed improvisation"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad-lib",
"extemporization",
"impromptu",
"improv"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concoction",
"contrivance",
"creation",
"innovation",
"invention",
"wrinkle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bit",
"drill",
"routine"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impend (over)":{
"to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{
"examples":[
"fears of an economic recession impended over the stock market"
],
"synonyms":[
"hang (over)",
"hover (over)",
"menace",
"overhang",
"threaten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"endanger",
"hazard",
"imperil",
"jeopardize",
"peril"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impassioning":{
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the obvious intent of the documentary was to impassion viewers to do something about global warming"
],
"synonyms":[
"arousing",
"encouraging",
"exciting",
"firing (up)",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"moving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
"revving (up)",
"sparking",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fanning",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"triggering",
"activating",
"animating",
"driving",
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"inducing",
"inspiring",
"keying (up)",
"motivating",
"motiving",
"pumping up",
"quickening",
"setting off",
"vitalizing",
"abetting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"raising",
"whipping (up)",
"angering",
"enraging",
"maddening",
"upsetting",
"jeering",
"taunting",
"teasing",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"irritating",
"vexing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"soothing",
"subduing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impede":{
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"the construction work impeded the smooth running of the office for several months"
],
"synonyms":[
"clog",
"cramp",
"embarrass",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hog-tie",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"short-circuit",
"stymie",
"tie up",
"trammel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balk",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"rein",
"restrain",
"bind",
"chain",
"halter",
"leash",
"tether",
"tie",
"arrest",
"brake",
"delay",
"retain",
"retard",
"barricade",
"block",
"blockade",
"roadblock",
"bog (down)",
"mire",
"choke",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suffocate",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"stump",
"thwart",
"derail",
"disrupt",
"sabotage",
"muzzle",
"repress",
"suppress",
"confine",
"hedge (in)",
"hem (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"make way",
"open",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"untie",
"loosen",
"smooth",
"encourage",
"further",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[
"aid",
"assist",
"facilitate",
"help"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"impracticable":{
"not capable of being put to use or account":{
"examples":[
"an impracticable plan for dealing with the recent intrusion of bears in the suburban neighborhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"impractical",
"inoperable",
"nonpractical",
"unserviceable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unsuitable",
"inaccessible",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable",
"unreachable",
"dead",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"arrested",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"unrealistic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accessible",
"acquirable",
"available",
"obtainable",
"procurable",
"reachable",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"handy",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative",
"running",
"working"
],
"antonyms":[
"applicable",
"feasible",
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"practicable",
"practical",
"serviceable",
"ultrapractical",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"utilizable",
"workable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"impairment":{
"a condition in which a part of your body or mind is damaged and does not work well":{
"examples":[
"Her mother had a hearing impairment that had become worse with age."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defacement",
"disability",
"disablement",
"disfigurement",
"affliction",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury",
"lesion",
"rupture",
"strain",
"abrasion",
"chafe",
"scrape",
"scratch",
"boo-boo",
"bruise",
"contusion",
"swelling",
"wound",
"bump",
"concussion",
"cut",
"gash",
"laceration",
"burn",
"scald",
"scar",
"scathe",
"sear"
],
"near antonyms":[
"healing",
"recovery",
"cure",
"fix",
"remedy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"impatiently":{
"as in eagerly , excitedly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avidly",
"eagerly",
"excitedly",
"keenly",
"enthusiastically",
"exuberantly",
"madly",
"rhapsodically",
"sky-high",
"fanatically",
"rabidly",
"warmly",
"zealously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathetically",
"indifferently",
"lukewarmly",
"perfunctorily",
"aloofly",
"disinterestedly",
"impassively",
"incuriously",
"hesitantly",
"reluctantly",
"unwillingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in recklessly , impulsively":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"headfirst",
"headily",
"hotheadedly",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"cursorily",
"hastily",
"headlong",
"hotfoot",
"hurriedly",
"pell-mell",
"precipitately",
"precipitously",
"rashly",
"automatically",
"glancingly",
"haphazardly",
"impromptu",
"spontaneously",
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"offhand",
"offhandedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliberately",
"studiedly",
"calculatingly",
"circumspectly",
"designedly",
"falteringly",
"haltingly",
"hesitantly",
"hesitatingly",
"tentatively",
"leisurely",
"slowly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"impureness":{
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
"examples":[
"the alleged impureness of a novel that was banned in the United States until 1959"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadness",
"earthiness",
"gaminess",
"raciness",
"saltiness",
"suggestiveness",
"immodesty",
"indecorousness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"unbecomingness",
"lechery",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"kinkiness",
"naughtiness",
"perverseness",
"perversion",
"perversity",
"pervertedness",
"wickedness",
"exceptionability",
"objectionableness",
"unacceptability",
"undesirability",
"reprehensibility",
"reprehensibleness",
"abusiveness",
"scurrilousness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"infamy",
"loathsomeness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repugnance",
"repulsiveness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"seemliness",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}