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{
"tacked":{
"as in zigzagged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"zigzagged",
"detoured",
"deviated",
"diverged",
"sheered",
"swerved",
"swung",
"turned",
"turned off",
"veered",
"wheeled",
"doubled (back)",
"turned back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tied , stuck":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adhered",
"bolted",
"cinched",
"clamped",
"clasped",
"clenched",
"clinched",
"clipped",
"glued",
"harnessed",
"hasped",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"lashed",
"latched",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pinned",
"plastered",
"riveted",
"screwed",
"shackled",
"stapled",
"strapped",
"stuck",
"tackled",
"tied",
"toggled",
"yoked",
"affixed",
"attached",
"bent",
"fastened",
"fixed",
"coapted",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"reaffixed",
"reattached",
"refastened",
"refixed",
"resecured",
"battened",
"belayed",
"buttoned",
"did up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"undid",
"unfastened",
"unhooked",
"broke up",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unlinked",
"unyoked",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"unbound",
"unfixed",
"unlashed",
"untied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tactic":{
"something done to achieve a particular goal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Toddlers use a lot of different tactics to try to get what they want."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tactless":{
"showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations":{
"examples":[
"made a tactless remark about how the apartment had that \"lived-in\" look"
],
"synonyms":[
"brash",
"graceless",
"ill-advised",
"imprudent",
"inadvisable",
"indelicate",
"indiscreet",
"injudicious",
"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"
]
},
"tactics":{
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
"examples":[
"refused to stoop to dishonest tactics to win election to the town council"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"fashion",
"form",
"how",
"manner",
"method",
"methodology",
"recipe",
"strategy",
"style",
"system",
"tack",
"technique",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mode",
"modus operandi",
"blueprint",
"design",
"game",
"game plan",
"ground plan",
"intrigue",
"layout",
"line",
"model",
"plan",
"plot",
"program",
"route",
"scheme",
"expedient",
"move",
"shift",
"step",
"practice",
"practise",
"process",
"routine",
"policy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"taciturn":{
"tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)":{
"examples":[
"a taciturn man, he almost never initiates a conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"dumb",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"silent",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aloof",
"indrawn",
"inhibited",
"introverted",
"restrained",
"sedate",
"self-contained",
"sober",
"staid",
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"modest",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free-spoken",
"outspoken",
"vocal",
"gossipy",
"talebearing",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"communicative",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky",
"unreserved"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tacked (on)":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
"examples":[
"the ticket agency tacked on a hefty surcharge to what was already a hefty price for the theater tickets"
],
"synonyms":[
"added",
"adjoined",
"annexed",
"appended",
"subjoined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affixed",
"attached",
"fastened",
"fixed",
"grafted",
"hitched",
"tagged",
"tied",
"infused",
"injected",
"inserted",
"interfused",
"introduced",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled (up)",
"elongated",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"supplied",
"enforced",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"maximized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"separated",
"unfastened",
"amputated",
"cut",
"excised",
"lopped (off)",
"severed",
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"cut back",
"retrenched"
],
"antonyms":[
"abated",
"bated",
"deducted",
"knocked off",
"removed",
"subtracted",
"took off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tack (on)":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
"examples":[
"the ticket agency tacked on a hefty surcharge to what was already a hefty price for the theater tickets"
],
"synonyms":[
"add",
"adjoin",
"annex",
"append",
"subjoin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affix",
"attach",
"fasten",
"fix",
"graft",
"hitch",
"tag",
"tie",
"infuse",
"inject",
"insert",
"interfuse",
"introduce",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"increase",
"multiply",
"raise",
"swell (up)",
"elongate",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"complement",
"supplement",
"supply",
"enforce",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"maximize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"separate",
"unfasten",
"amputate",
"cut",
"excise",
"lop (off)",
"sever",
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"cut back",
"retrench"
],
"antonyms":[
"abate",
"bate",
"deduct",
"knock off",
"remove",
"subtract",
"take off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tacked (up)":{
"as in nailed , plastered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nailed",
"plastered",
"placarded",
"posted",
"advertised",
"announced",
"billed",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"called",
"declared",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removed",
"took down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tactful":{
"having or showing tact":{
"examples":[
"tried to be tactful when asked to critique her friend's singing"
],
"synonyms":[
"diplomatic",
"politic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considerate",
"courteous",
"delicate",
"graceful",
"gracious",
"thoughtful",
"civil",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"charming",
"gallant",
"genteel",
"suave",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"regardful",
"respectful",
"affable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"kind",
"kindhearted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"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"
],
"antonyms":[
"gauche",
"impolitic",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"untactful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tacks (up)":{
"as in nails , plasters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nails",
"plasters",
"placards",
"posts",
"advertises",
"announces",
"bills",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"calls",
"declares",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removes",
"takes down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tack (up)":{
"as in nail , plaster":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nail",
"plaster",
"placard",
"post",
"advertise",
"announce",
"bill",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"call",
"declare",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"remove",
"take down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tacking (up)":{
"as in nailing , plastering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nailing",
"plastering",
"placarding",
"posting",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"billing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"calling",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removing",
"taking down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tacit":{
"understood although not put into words":{
"examples":[
"we have a tacit agreement that if I wash the dishes, she dries them and puts them away"
],
"synonyms":[
"implicit",
"implied",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"taciturnity":{
"as in reserve , reticency":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reserve",
"reticence",
"reticency",
"inarticulacy",
"inarticulateness",
"voicelessness",
"dumbness",
"muteness",
"silence",
"speechlessness",
"stillness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"communication",
"speaking",
"talking",
"eloquence",
"fluency",
"volubility",
"chattiness",
"garrulousness",
"loquaciousness",
"loquacity",
"talkativeness",
"talkiness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tacky":{
"marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste":{
"examples":[
"it was tacky to wear sneakers to the wedding",
"tacky plastic flowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheesy",
"dowdy",
"inelegant",
"styleless",
"tasteless",
"ticky-tacky",
"ticky-tack",
"trashy",
"unfashionable",
"unstylish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"graceless",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"wrong",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9",
"coarse",
"crude",
"unrefined",
"vulgar",
"cheap",
"common",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"tawdry",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"grotesque",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"overdone",
"showy",
"splashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"correct",
"fitting",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"conservative",
"genteel",
"handsome",
"neat",
"quiet",
"refined",
"restrained",
"simple",
"understated",
"contemporary",
"modern",
"up-to-date",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"happening",
"in",
"modish",
"swank",
"swanky"
],
"antonyms":[
"chic",
"classic",
"classy",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"fashionable",
"fine",
"posh",
"ritzy",
"smart",
"sophisticated",
"stylish",
"tasteful"
]
},
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
"examples":[
"a tacky old couch that needed new upholstery"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat-up",
"bombed-out",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"dumpy",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"unkept",
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"godforsaken",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"tired",
"worn-out",
"bedraggled",
"dingy",
"ragged",
"tattered",
"decaying",
"deteriorated",
"deteriorating",
"rackety",
"ramshackle",
"rattletrap",
"rickety",
"broken",
"damaged",
"destroyed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"new",
"cared-for",
"kept-up",
"maintained",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"tending to adhere to objects upon contact":{
"examples":[
"don't touch the walls while the fresh paint is still tacky"
],
"synonyms":[
"adherent",
"adhesive",
"clingy",
"gluey",
"glutinous",
"gummy",
"sticky",
"tenacious",
"viscid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gelatinous",
"gooey",
"ropy",
"ropey",
"syrupy",
"viscous",
"pitchy",
"tarry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonviscous"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonadhesive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tackle":{
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"grabbed my fishing tackle and headed out early one morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"apparatus",
"equipment",
"gear",
"hardware",
"kit",
"material(s)",
"mat\u00e9riel",
"materiel",
"outfit",
"paraphernalia",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessories",
"appurtenances",
"attachments",
"fittings",
"baggage",
"belongings",
"impedimenta",
"appliances",
"facilities",
"instruments",
"machinery",
"tools",
"apparel",
"attire",
"habiliments",
"raiment",
"trappings",
"armamentarium",
"armory",
"arsenal",
"battery",
"assets",
"resources"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to start work on energetically":{
"examples":[
"once I clean the kitchen, I think I'll tackle the bathroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"attack",
"dive (into)",
"wade (in or into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"address",
"approach",
"face",
"buckle (down to)",
"concentrate (on)",
"focus (on)",
"knuckle down (to)",
"zero (in on)",
"fall (to)",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"settle (down)",
"pursue",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"evade",
"shun",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"idle",
"lag",
"mess",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"poke",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tact":{
"the ability to deal with others in touchy situations without offending them":{
"examples":[
"with supreme tact , Isabel suggested to her neighbor that her flower garden was probably not the best place for his dog to use as a bathroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"diplomacy",
"tactfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"delicacy",
"graciousness",
"sensitivity",
"thoughtfulness",
"civility",
"etiquette",
"mannerliness",
"manners",
"politeness",
"charm",
"gallantry",
"gentility",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"poise",
"savoir faire",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"adroitness",
"deftness",
"dexterity",
"finesse",
"deference",
"regard",
"respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"impoliteness",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"indelicacy",
"thoughtlessness",
"ungraciousness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"boorishness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"loutishness",
"awkwardness",
"gaucheness",
"gracelessness",
"maladroitness",
"disregard",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness"
],
"antonyms":[
"clumsiness",
"insensitivity",
"tactlessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tacking":{
"as in zigzagging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"zigzagging",
"detouring",
"deviating",
"diverging",
"sheering",
"swerving",
"swinging",
"turning",
"turning off",
"veering",
"wheeling",
"doubling (back)",
"turning back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tying , sticking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adhering",
"bolting",
"cinching",
"clamping",
"clasping",
"clenching",
"clinching",
"clipping",
"gluing",
"glueing",
"hanging",
"harnessing",
"hasping",
"lacing",
"lashing",
"latching",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pinning",
"plastering",
"riveting",
"screwing",
"shackling",
"stapling",
"sticking",
"strapping",
"tackling",
"toggling",
"tying",
"tieing",
"yoking",
"affixing",
"attaching",
"bending",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"coapting",
"connecting",
"joining",
"linking",
"uniting",
"reaffixing",
"reattaching",
"refastening",
"refixing",
"resecuring",
"battening",
"belaying",
"buttoning",
"doing up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"unhooking",
"breaking up",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unbinding",
"unfixing",
"unlashing",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tacks (on)":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
"examples":[
"the ticket agency tacked on a hefty surcharge to what was already a hefty price for the theater tickets"
],
"synonyms":[
"adds",
"adjoins",
"annexes",
"appends",
"subjoins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affixes",
"attaches",
"fastens",
"fixes",
"grafts",
"hitches",
"tags",
"ties",
"infuses",
"injects",
"inserts",
"interfuses",
"introduces",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"raises",
"swells (up)",
"elongates",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"complements",
"supplements",
"supplies",
"enforces",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"maximizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"separates",
"unfastens",
"amputates",
"cuts",
"excises",
"lops (off)",
"severs",
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches"
],
"antonyms":[
"abates",
"bates",
"deducts",
"knocks off",
"removes",
"subtracts",
"takes off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tactical":{
"suitable for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances":{
"examples":[
"made the tactical move of becoming friendly with the journalism teacher, hoping that this would get him appointed editor of the school newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"advisable",
"desirable",
"expedient",
"judicious",
"politic",
"prudent",
"wise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"profitable",
"useful",
"utilitarian",
"feasible",
"possible",
"practicable",
"practical",
"opportune",
"seasonable",
"timely",
"opportunistic",
"self-seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impractical",
"profitless",
"unfeasible",
"unprofitable",
"inopportune",
"unseasonable",
"untimely"
],
"antonyms":[
"impolitic",
"imprudent",
"inadvisable",
"inexpedient",
"injudicious",
"unwise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}