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{
"ring (up)":{
"to make a telephone call to":{
"examples":[
"our friend rang us up to see if we wanted to go to a cricket match"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"dial",
"phone",
"telephone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beep",
"buzz",
"call in",
"cold-call"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieve",
"attain",
"bag",
"chalk up",
"clock (up)",
"gain",
"hit",
"log",
"make",
"notch (up)",
"rack up",
"score",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquire",
"capture",
"carry",
"draw",
"garner",
"get",
"land",
"obtain",
"procure",
"realize",
"secure",
"amount (to)",
"approach",
"equal",
"match",
"measure up (to)",
"meet",
"rival",
"tie",
"touch",
"beat",
"excel",
"outdo",
"surpass",
"top"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall short (of)",
"miss",
"fail (at)",
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ring down the curtain (on)":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"antonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"inaugurate",
"open",
"start"
],
"examples":[
"The singer rang down the curtain on the performance with her most famous song."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"climax",
"crown",
"consummate",
"perfect",
"halt",
"stop",
"suspend"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close out",
"complete",
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"ringed":{
"to form a circle around":{
"examples":[
"tall cypress trees ringing the park"
],
"synonyms":[
"circled",
"compassed",
"embraced",
"encircled",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"environed",
"girded",
"girt",
"girdled",
"surrounded",
"wreathed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"closed in",
"cordoned (off)",
"fenced (in)",
"hemmed (in)",
"walled",
"beset",
"besieged",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"invested",
"swarmed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel completely around":{
"examples":[
"the line of season ticket buyers ringed the block"
],
"synonyms":[
"circled",
"circuited",
"circumnavigated",
"circumvented",
"compassed",
"encircled",
"girdled",
"orbited",
"rounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumambulated",
"crossed",
"perambulated",
"traversed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ringing":{
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
"examples":[
"an angry, ringing denial of the charges"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brazen",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"overloud",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dead",
"quiet",
"silent",
"still",
"stilly",
"ultraquiet",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"tranquil",
"hushed",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
]
},
"marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{
"examples":[
"sings in a ringing baritone that can be heard throughout the hall"
],
"synonyms":[
"golden",
"orotund",
"plangent",
"resonant",
"resounding",
"reverberant",
"reverberating",
"reverberative",
"rotund",
"round",
"sonorous",
"vibrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deep",
"full",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"plummy",
"rich",
"loud",
"powerful",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cavernous",
"hollow",
"faint",
"low",
"murmurous",
"muted",
"smothered",
"soft",
"weak",
"thin",
"tinny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
"examples":[
"whereas other candidates hedged on that hot-button issue, he delivered a ringing endorsement of the pro-choice position"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
]
},
"to form a circle around":{
"examples":[
"tall cypress trees ringing the park"
],
"synonyms":[
"circling",
"compassing",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"environing",
"girding",
"girdling",
"surrounding",
"wreathing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumscribing",
"closing in",
"cordoning (off)",
"fencing (in)",
"hemming (in)",
"walling",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"investing",
"swarming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel completely around":{
"examples":[
"the line of season ticket buyers ringed the block"
],
"synonyms":[
"circling",
"circuiting",
"circumnavigating",
"circumventing",
"compassing",
"encircling",
"girdling",
"orbiting",
"rounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumambulating",
"crossing",
"perambulating",
"traversing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
"examples":[
"I didn't hear the doorbell ring"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonging",
"chiming",
"knelling",
"pealing",
"tolling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinking",
"clanging",
"clanking",
"clashing",
"clinking",
"ding-donging",
"dinging",
"gonging",
"jangling",
"jingling",
"pinging",
"plinking",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"tanging",
"tingling",
"tinkling",
"echoing",
"resonating",
"resounding",
"reverberating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"rinsing":{
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"rinse that shirt immediately, or the paint will set"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deluging",
"engulfing",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"swamping",
"flowing",
"gushing",
"rushing",
"streaming",
"douching",
"hosing",
"drenching",
"saturating",
"soaking",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"sloshing",
"splashing"
],
"synonyms":[
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"sluicing",
"washing",
"washing out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rinky-dink":{
"as in obsolete , antiquated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rinsed":{
"as in flushed , irrigated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"sluiced",
"steeped",
"clammy",
"damp",
"dampish",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"semimoist",
"wettish",
"aqueous",
"boggy",
"miry",
"seepy",
"sloppy",
"squashy",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"splashed",
"hydrated",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"awash",
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless",
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"freeze-dried",
"droughty",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"wrung"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
"examples":[
"rinse that shirt immediately, or the paint will set"
],
"synonyms":[
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"sluiced",
"washed",
"washed out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluged",
"engulfed",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"swamped",
"flowed",
"gushed",
"rushed",
"streamed",
"douched",
"hosed",
"drenched",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"sloshed",
"splashed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"ring":{
"a group involved in secret or criminal activities":{
"examples":[
"a ring of counterfeiters passing phony $20 bills"
],
"synonyms":[
"cabal",
"conspiracy",
"crew",
"gang",
"Mafia",
"mob",
"syndicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"gal\u00e8re",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"set",
"junta",
"oligarchy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a circular strip":{
"examples":[
"a metal ring encircled the barrel"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"circle",
"eye",
"hoop",
"loop",
"round"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belt",
"cincture",
"collar",
"girdle",
"wreath",
"annulet",
"becket",
"coil",
"curl",
"furl",
"hank",
"spiral",
"spire",
"twirl",
"whorl"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"a gaming ring that meets once a week to play"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"community",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"fold",
"gal\u00e8re",
"gang",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circle",
"elite",
"in-group",
"closed shop",
"club",
"college",
"fellowship",
"guild",
"gild",
"league",
"organization",
"society",
"camp",
"faction",
"sect",
"side",
"tribe",
"mess",
"squad",
"brotherhood",
"fraternity",
"order",
"sisterhood",
"sodality",
"sorority",
"commune",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederation",
"congress",
"council",
"federation",
"union"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loner",
"individualist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something with a perfectly round circumference":{
"examples":[
"the coffee cup left a ring on the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"cirque",
"round",
"roundel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circlet",
"ringlet",
"ellipse",
"loop",
"oval",
"ball",
"globe",
"orb",
"sphere"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a communication by telephone":{
"examples":[
"give me a ring when you're ready to go"
],
"synonyms":[
"buzz",
"call"
],
"near synonyms":[
"callback",
"cold call",
"conference call",
"message",
"toll call",
"voice mail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a circle around":{
"examples":[
"tall cypress trees ringing the park"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"compass",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"environ",
"gird",
"girdle",
"surround",
"wreathe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumscribe",
"close in",
"cordon (off)",
"fence (in)",
"hem (in)",
"wall",
"beset",
"besiege",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"invest",
"swarm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel completely around":{
"examples":[
"the line of season ticket buyers ringed the block"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"circuit",
"circumnavigate",
"circumvent",
"compass",
"encircle",
"girdle",
"orbit",
"round"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumambulate",
"cross",
"perambulate",
"traverse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
"examples":[
"I didn't hear the doorbell ring"
],
"synonyms":[
"bong",
"chime",
"knell",
"peal",
"toll"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chink",
"clang",
"clank",
"clash",
"clink",
"ding",
"ding-dong",
"gong",
"jangle",
"jingle",
"ping",
"plink",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"tang",
"tingle",
"tinkle",
"echo",
"resonate",
"resound",
"reverberate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ring up":{
"to make a telephone call to":{
"examples":[
"our friend rang us up to see if we wanted to go to a cricket match"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"dial",
"phone",
"telephone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beep",
"buzz",
"call in",
"cold-call"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieve",
"attain",
"bag",
"chalk up",
"clock (up)",
"gain",
"hit",
"log",
"make",
"notch (up)",
"rack up",
"score",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquire",
"capture",
"carry",
"draw",
"garner",
"get",
"land",
"obtain",
"procure",
"realize",
"secure",
"amount (to)",
"approach",
"equal",
"match",
"measure up (to)",
"meet",
"rival",
"tie",
"touch",
"beat",
"excel",
"outdo",
"surpass",
"top"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall short (of)",
"miss",
"fail (at)",
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rings up":{
"to make a telephone call to":{
"examples":[
"our friend rang us up to see if we wanted to go to a cricket match"
],
"synonyms":[
"calls",
"dials",
"phones",
"telephones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beeps",
"buzzes",
"calls in",
"cold-calls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieves",
"attains",
"bags",
"chalks up",
"clocks (up)",
"gains",
"hits",
"logs",
"makes",
"notches (up)",
"racks up",
"scores",
"wins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquires",
"captures",
"carries",
"draws",
"garners",
"gets",
"lands",
"obtains",
"procures",
"realizes",
"secures",
"amounts (to)",
"approaches",
"equals",
"matches",
"measures up (to)",
"meets",
"rivals",
"ties",
"touches",
"beats",
"excels",
"outdoes",
"surpasses",
"tops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls short (of)",
"misses",
"fails (at)",
"loses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ring roads":{
"as in bypasses , parkways":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beltways",
"bypasses",
"parkways",
"autobahns",
"autoroutes",
"autostradas",
"autostrade",
"dual carriageways",
"interstates",
"motorways",
"superhighways",
"corniches",
"switchbacks",
"causeways",
"through streets",
"arterials",
"arteries",
"avenues",
"boulevards",
"carriageways",
"drags",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routes",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"thruways",
"traces",
"turnpikes",
"ways",
"high streets",
"Main Streets",
"backstreets",
"branches",
"bystreets",
"byways",
"crossroads",
"secondary roads",
"shunpikes",
"side roads",
"side streets",
"alleys",
"alleyways",
"circles",
"lanes",
"laneways",
"mews",
"places"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ringer":{
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
"examples":[
"no one was more surprised than the defendant when his lawyer turned out to be a ringer"
],
"synonyms":[
"charlatan",
"fake",
"faker",
"fakir",
"fraud",
"hoaxer",
"humbug",
"impostor",
"imposter",
"mountebank",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretender",
"quack",
"quacksalver",
"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":[]
},
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"he's a dead ringer for his grandfather"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copy",
"effigy",
"portrait",
"portrayal",
"companion",
"fellow",
"mate",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogue",
"analog",
"parallel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antithesis",
"converse",
"opposite",
"reverse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ringlet":{
"a length of hair that forms a loop or series of loops":{
"examples":[
"a little girl with perfect, golden ringlets"
],
"synonyms":[
"curl",
"frizz",
"frizzle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kink",
"crimp",
"wave",
"perm",
"permanent",
"set",
"lock",
"tress"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rinse":{
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
"examples":[
"rinse that shirt immediately, or the paint will set"
],
"synonyms":[
"flush",
"irrigate",
"sluice",
"wash",
"wash out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluge",
"engulf",
"flood",
"inundate",
"swamp",
"flow",
"gush",
"rush",
"stream",
"douche",
"hose",
"drench",
"saturate",
"soak",
"douse",
"dowse",
"slosh",
"splash"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ringing up":{
"to make a telephone call to":{
"examples":[
"our friend rang us up to see if we wanted to go to a cricket match"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling",
"dialing",
"dialling",
"phoning",
"telephoning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beeping",
"buzzing",
"calling in",
"cold-calling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieving",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"chalking up",
"clocking (up)",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"logging",
"making",
"notching (up)",
"racking up",
"scoring",
"winning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"drawing",
"garnering",
"getting",
"landing",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"realizing",
"securing",
"amounting (to)",
"approaching",
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"measuring up (to)",
"meeting",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"touching",
"tying",
"tieing",
"beating",
"excelling",
"outdoing",
"surpassing",
"topping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling short (of)",
"missing",
"failing (at)",
"losing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ringlike":{
"as in circular , hooplike":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"annular",
"circular",
"disciform",
"discoid",
"discoidal",
"disklike",
"hooplike",
"global",
"globular",
"round",
"spherical",
"curved",
"looped",
"spiral",
"balled",
"bulbous",
"rotund",
"rounded",
"roundish",
"cylindrical",
"cylindric",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"oblong",
"oval",
"ovate",
"ovoid",
"ovoidal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rinses":{
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
"examples":[
"rinse that shirt immediately, or the paint will set"
],
"synonyms":[
"flushes",
"irrigates",
"sluices",
"washes",
"washes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluges",
"engulfs",
"floods",
"inundates",
"swamps",
"flows",
"gushes",
"rushes",
"streams",
"douches",
"hoses",
"drenches",
"saturates",
"soaks",
"douses",
"dowses",
"sloshes",
"splashes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ringers":{
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
"examples":[
"no one was more surprised than the defendant when his lawyer turned out to be a ringer"
],
"synonyms":[
"charlatans",
"fakers",
"fakes",
"fakirs",
"frauds",
"hoaxers",
"humbugs",
"impostors",
"imposters",
"mountebanks",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"pretenders",
"quacks",
"quacksalvers",
"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":[]
},
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"he's a dead ringer for his grandfather"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter egos",
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"clones",
"counterparts",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"fetches",
"images",
"likenesses",
"look-alikes",
"matches",
"mirror images",
"pictures",
"replicas",
"spits",
"spitting images",
"twins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copies",
"effigies",
"portraits",
"portrayals",
"companions",
"fellows",
"mates",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"parallels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antitheses",
"converses",
"opposites",
"reverses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rings (up)":{
"to make a telephone call to":{
"examples":[
"our friend rang us up to see if we wanted to go to a cricket match"
],
"synonyms":[
"calls",
"dials",
"phones",
"telephones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beeps",
"buzzes",
"calls in",
"cold-calls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieves",
"attains",
"bags",
"chalks up",
"clocks (up)",
"gains",
"hits",
"logs",
"makes",
"notches (up)",
"racks up",
"scores",
"wins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquires",
"captures",
"carries",
"draws",
"garners",
"gets",
"lands",
"obtains",
"procures",
"realizes",
"secures",
"amounts (to)",
"approaches",
"equals",
"matches",
"measures up (to)",
"meets",
"rivals",
"ties",
"touches",
"beats",
"excels",
"outdoes",
"surpasses",
"tops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls short (of)",
"misses",
"fails (at)",
"loses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rings":{
"a group involved in secret or criminal activities":{
"examples":[
"a ring of counterfeiters passing phony $20 bills"
],
"synonyms":[
"cabals",
"conspiracies",
"crews",
"gangs",
"Mafias",
"mobs",
"syndicates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunches",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"covens",
"crowds",
"gal\u00e8res",
"lots",
"networks",
"packs",
"sets",
"juntas",
"oligarchies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a circular strip":{
"examples":[
"a metal ring encircled the barrel"
],
"synonyms":[
"bands",
"circles",
"eyes",
"hoops",
"loops",
"rounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belts",
"cinctures",
"collars",
"girdles",
"wreaths",
"annulets",
"beckets",
"coils",
"curls",
"furls",
"hanks",
"spirals",
"spires",
"twirls",
"whorls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"a gaming ring that meets once a week to play"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodies",
"bunches",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"communities",
"coteries",
"covens",
"crowds",
"folds",
"gal\u00e8res",
"gangs",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"networks",
"packs",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circles",
"elites",
"in-groups",
"closed shops",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"fellowships",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"leagues",
"organizations",
"societies",
"camps",
"factions",
"sects",
"sides",
"tribes",
"messes",
"squads",
"brotherhoods",
"fraternities",
"orders",
"sisterhoods",
"sodalities",
"sororities",
"communes",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederations",
"congresses",
"councils",
"federations",
"unions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loners",
"individualists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something with a perfectly round circumference":{
"examples":[
"the coffee cup left a ring on the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"circles",
"cirques",
"roundels",
"rounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circlets",
"ringlets",
"ellipses",
"loops",
"ovals",
"balls",
"globes",
"orbs",
"spheres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a communication by telephone":{
"examples":[
"give me a ring when you're ready to go"
],
"synonyms":[
"buzzes",
"calls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"callbacks",
"cold calls",
"conference calls",
"messages",
"toll calls",
"voice mails"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a circle around":{
"examples":[
"tall cypress trees ringing the park"
],
"synonyms":[
"circles",
"compasses",
"embraces",
"encircles",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"environs",
"girdles",
"girds",
"surrounds",
"wreathes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumscribes",
"closes in",
"cordons (off)",
"fences (in)",
"hems (in)",
"walls",
"besets",
"besieges",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"invests",
"swarms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel completely around":{
"examples":[
"the line of season ticket buyers ringed the block"
],
"synonyms":[
"circles",
"circuits",
"circumnavigates",
"circumvents",
"compasses",
"encircles",
"girdles",
"orbits",
"rounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumambulates",
"crosses",
"perambulates",
"traverses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
"examples":[
"I didn't hear the doorbell ring"
],
"synonyms":[
"bongs",
"chimes",
"knells",
"peals",
"tolls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinks",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"clinks",
"ding-dongs",
"dings",
"gongs",
"jangles",
"jingles",
"pings",
"plinks",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"tangs",
"tingles",
"tinkles",
"echoes",
"resonates",
"resounds",
"reverberates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ring road":{
"as in bypass , parkway":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beltway",
"bypass",
"parkway",
"autobahn",
"autoroute",
"autostrada",
"dual carriageway",
"interstate",
"motorway",
"superhighway",
"corniche",
"switchback",
"causeway",
"through street",
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way",
"high street",
"Main Street",
"backstreet",
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"circle",
"lane",
"laneway",
"mews",
"place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}