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{
"necessary":{
"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
"antonyms":[
"elective",
"optional",
"voluntary"
],
"examples":[
"an emissions test is necessary before you can renew the registration for your car"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chosen",
"discretionary",
"dispensable",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"nonessential",
"unimportant"
],
"related":[
"all-important",
"essential",
"indispensable",
"needed",
"requisite",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent",
"demanded",
"enforced",
"coercive"
],
"synonyms":[
"compulsory",
"forced",
"imperative",
"incumbent",
"involuntary",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"peremptory",
"required"
]
},
"impossible to avoid or evade":{
"antonyms":[
"avoidable",
"evadable",
"uncertain",
"unsure"
],
"examples":[
"taxes will always be a necessary evil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preventable",
"preventible",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"shaky",
"unclear",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"improbable",
"unlikely"
],
"related":[
"decided",
"definite",
"settled",
"likely",
"possible",
"probable",
"destined",
"fated",
"foreordained",
"predestined",
"predetermined",
"preordained",
"inexorable",
"relentless",
"unremitting",
"unstoppable"
],
"synonyms":[
"certain",
"ineluctable",
"ineludible",
"inescapable",
"inevitable",
"sure",
"unavoidable",
"unescapable"
]
},
"impossible to do without":{
"antonyms":[
"dispensable",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded"
],
"examples":[
"food and water are necessary for survival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"excess",
"external",
"extra",
"extraneous",
"superfluous",
"surplus"
],
"related":[
"prerequisite",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"consequential",
"crucial",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"basic",
"central",
"fundamental",
"key",
"organic",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-important",
"critical",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"must-have",
"necessitous",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
]
},
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"antonyms":[
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
],
"examples":[
"a modest income that provided the family with only the necessaries of life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"related":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"demand",
"essential",
"must",
"must-have",
"necessity",
"need",
"needful",
"requirement",
"requisite",
"sine qua non"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"necessitating":{
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"getting new shoes would necessitate another trip to the mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"challenging",
"claiming",
"demanding",
"needing",
"requiring",
"taking",
"wanting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailing",
"involving",
"asking",
"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
"crying (for)",
"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owning",
"possessing"
],
"antonyms":[
"having",
"holding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"necessitous":{
"impossible to do without":{
"examples":[
"all the dreaded, necessitous decisions that one must make when arranging the funeral of a loved one"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-important",
"critical",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"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"
]
},
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"amidst the holiday feasting, merrymaking and spending, it was easy to overlook the necessitous members of the community"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"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"
]
},
"needing immediate attention":{
"examples":[
"firmly of the belief that no matter is so necessitous that it cannot be put off until tomorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"burning",
"clamant",
"compelling",
"critical",
"crying",
"dire",
"emergent",
"exigent",
"imperative",
"imperious",
"importunate",
"instant",
"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"
]
},
"necessarily":{
"because of necessity":{
"examples":[
"the argument that the existence of the universe necessarily implies the existence of an all-powerful being responsible for creating it"
],
"synonyms":[
"ineluctably",
"inescapably",
"inevitably",
"ipso facto",
"needs",
"perforce",
"unavoidably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"involuntarily"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"necks":{
"a broad geographical area":{
"examples":[
"we're going to be in your neck of the woods in July, so maybe we can get together then"
],
"synonyms":[
"belts",
"corridors",
"lands",
"parts",
"regions",
"tracts",
"zones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"districts",
"domains",
"latitudes",
"ranges",
"realms",
"terrains",
"territories",
"neighborhoods",
"vicinities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a narrow body of water between two land masses":{
"examples":[
"only a narrow neck of the South China Sea separates Taiwan from mainland China"
],
"synonyms":[
"channels",
"narrows",
"sounds",
"straits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arms",
"bays",
"gulfs",
"inlets",
"roads",
"roadsteads",
"reaches",
"stretches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small distance or degree":{
"examples":[
"for most of the race he trailed the leader by only a neck"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"hairbreadths",
"hairsbreadths",
"hairlines",
"hairs",
"inches",
"steps",
"stone's throws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"iotas",
"jots",
"minims",
"mites",
"particles",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"traces",
"trifles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infinities",
"light-years"
],
"antonyms":[
"country miles",
"long hauls",
"miles"
]
},
"as in noses , cuddles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bills",
"canoodles",
"cuddles",
"nestles",
"noses",
"nuzzles",
"snuggles",
"spoons",
"caresses",
"fondles",
"gentles",
"loves",
"pats",
"pets",
"strokes",
"feels up",
"paws",
"cradles",
"embraces",
"enfolds",
"hugs",
"bounces",
"dandles",
"kneads",
"massages",
"babies",
"coddles",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"nectars":{
"as in drinks , beverages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beverages",
"drinkables",
"drinks",
"libations",
"potables",
"quenchers",
"alcohols",
"brews",
"intoxicants",
"liquors",
"spirits",
"pops",
"soda pops",
"sodas",
"soft drinks",
"mixers",
"mixes",
"potions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"necklace":{
"an ornamental chain or string (as of beads) worn around the neck":{
"examples":[
"found a lovely necklace to match the bracelet and ring her mother had given her"
],
"synonyms":[
"choker",
"collar",
"dog collar",
"lei"
],
"near synonyms":[
"torque",
"torc",
"beads",
"carcanet",
"rivi\u00e8re",
"rope",
"strand",
"bangle",
"lavaliere",
"lavalliere",
"locket",
"pendant",
"pendent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"necking":{
"as in nosing , cuddling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"billing",
"canoodling",
"cuddling",
"nestling",
"nosing",
"nuzzling",
"snuggling",
"spooning",
"caressing",
"fondling",
"gentling",
"loving",
"patting",
"petting",
"stroking",
"feeling up",
"pawing",
"cradling",
"embracing",
"enfolding",
"hugging",
"bouncing",
"dandling",
"kneading",
"massaging",
"babying",
"coddling",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"neck":{
"a broad geographical area":{
"examples":[
"we're going to be in your neck of the woods in July, so maybe we can get together then"
],
"synonyms":[
"belt",
"corridor",
"land",
"part(s)",
"region",
"tract",
"zone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"district",
"domain",
"latitude(s)",
"range",
"realm",
"terrain",
"territory",
"neighborhood",
"vicinity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a narrow body of water between two land masses":{
"examples":[
"only a narrow neck of the South China Sea separates Taiwan from mainland China"
],
"synonyms":[
"channel",
"narrows",
"sound",
"strait"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arm",
"bay",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"roads",
"roadstead",
"reach",
"stretch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small distance or degree":{
"examples":[
"for most of the race he trailed the leader by only a neck"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"hair",
"hairbreadth",
"hairsbreadth",
"hairline",
"hop, skip, and jump",
"inch",
"shouting distance",
"step",
"stone's throw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"mite",
"particle",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"trace",
"trifle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infinity",
"light-year"
],
"antonyms":[
"country mile",
"long haul",
"mile"
]
},
"as in nose , cuddle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bill",
"canoodle",
"cuddle",
"nestle",
"nose",
"nuzzle",
"snuggle",
"spoon",
"caress",
"fondle",
"gentle",
"love",
"pat",
"pet",
"stroke",
"feel up",
"paw",
"cradle",
"embrace",
"enfold",
"hug",
"bounce",
"dandle",
"knead",
"massage",
"baby",
"coddle",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"necklaces":{
"an ornamental chain or string (as of beads) worn around the neck":{
"examples":[
"found a lovely necklace to match the bracelet and ring her mother had given her"
],
"synonyms":[
"chokers",
"collars",
"dog collars",
"leis"
],
"near synonyms":[
"torques",
"torcs",
"beads",
"carcanets",
"rivi\u00e8res",
"ropes",
"strands",
"bangles",
"lavalieres",
"lavallieres",
"lockets",
"pendants",
"pendents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"necromancers":{
"a person skilled in using supernatural forces":{
"examples":[
"in ancient times any kind of natural disaster was apt to be regarded as the work of some evil-minded necromancer"
],
"synonyms":[
"charmers",
"conjurers",
"conjurors",
"enchanters",
"mages",
"magi",
"Magians",
"magicians",
"sorcerers",
"voodooists",
"voodoos",
"witches",
"wizards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enchantresses",
"hags",
"hexes",
"sorceresses",
"warlocks",
"occultists",
"thaumaturges",
"thaumaturgists",
"theurgists",
"wonder-workers",
"medicine men",
"shamanists",
"shamans",
"witch doctors",
"crystal gazers",
"diviners",
"foreseers",
"fortune-tellers",
"prognosticators",
"prophesiers",
"prophets",
"seers",
"soothsayers",
"mediums",
"media",
"exorcisers",
"exorcists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"necrologies":{
"a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account":{
"examples":[
"the club's founder recently died, and this month's newsletter includes a lengthy necrology"
],
"synonyms":[
"obits",
"obituaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eulogies",
"memorials",
"testimonials",
"tributes",
"epitaphs",
"hic jacets",
"inscriptions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"necropolises":{
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
"examples":[
"an ancient necropolis that has given archaeologists valuable insights into how people once lived and died"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneyards",
"cemeteries",
"God's acres",
"graveyards",
"memorial parks",
"potter's fields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catacombs",
"churchyards",
"crypts",
"graves",
"mausoleums",
"mausolea",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs",
"vaults"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"necropoles":{
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
"examples":[
"an ancient necropolis that has given archaeologists valuable insights into how people once lived and died"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneyards",
"cemeteries",
"God's acres",
"graveyards",
"memorial parks",
"potter's fields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catacombs",
"churchyards",
"crypts",
"graves",
"mausoleums",
"mausolea",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs",
"vaults"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"necropoleis":{
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
"examples":[
"an ancient necropolis that has given archaeologists valuable insights into how people once lived and died"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneyards",
"cemeteries",
"God's acres",
"graveyards",
"memorial parks",
"potter's fields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catacombs",
"churchyards",
"crypts",
"graves",
"mausoleums",
"mausolea",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs",
"vaults"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"necromancy":{
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
"examples":[
"in the conjuring of the souls of the dead, necromancy seemed to offer human beings a means of exerting some control over an uncertain world"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewitchery",
"bewitchment",
"conjuring",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"enchantment",
"ensorcellment",
"magic",
"mojo",
"sorcery",
"thaumaturgy",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery",
"wizardry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abracadabra",
"amulet",
"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman",
"conjuration",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"incantation",
"spell",
"curse",
"hex",
"jinx",
"augury",
"crystal gazing",
"divination",
"divining",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"fortune-telling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"sortilege",
"hexerei",
"hoodoo",
"occultism",
"spiritualism",
"augur",
"omen",
"exorcism",
"alchemy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"science"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"necessitate":{
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"getting new shoes would necessitate another trip to the mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"challenge",
"claim",
"demand",
"need",
"require",
"take",
"want",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entail",
"involve",
"ask",
"beg",
"clamor (for)",
"cry (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lack",
"command",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist",
"press",
"quest",
"stipulate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"own",
"possess"
],
"antonyms":[
"have",
"hold"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"neck and neck":{
"showing little difference in the standing of the competitors":{
"examples":[
"a neck and neck finish in which only a fraction of a second separated the winner from the runner-up"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"down-to-the-wire",
"hairbreadth",
"narrow",
"nip and tuck",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crowded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"necessity":{
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"examples":[
"on any road trip, accurate maps are a necessity"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"demand",
"essential",
"must",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"need",
"needful",
"requirement",
"requisite",
"sine qua non"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
]
},
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"two years of unemployment had reduced the family to abject necessity"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggary",
"destituteness",
"destitution",
"impecuniosity",
"impecuniousness",
"impoverishment",
"indigence",
"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"
]
}
}