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{
"task":{
"a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{
"examples":[
"one of my tasks in the morning is to make lunches for everyone in the family"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignment",
"chore",
"duty",
"job"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chare",
"char",
"endeavor",
"enterprise",
"project",
"stint",
"undertaking",
"care",
"charge",
"commission",
"responsibility",
"function",
"mission",
"office",
"operation",
"post",
"errand",
"circuit",
"round",
"route"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
"examples":[
"the forklift's task is to stack pallets of goods in the warehouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"business",
"capacity",
"function",
"job",
"part",
"place",
"position",
"purpose",
"role",
"r\u00f4le",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affair",
"concern",
"hand",
"involvement",
"participation",
"niche",
"office",
"post",
"situation",
"calling",
"occupation",
"pursuit",
"vocation",
"activity",
"assignment",
"charge",
"commission",
"duty",
"employ",
"mission",
"responsibility",
"service",
"use"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
"examples":[
"I have been tasked by the host with bringing the pies for Thanksgiving this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"assign",
"charge",
"commission",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confer",
"impose",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"delegate",
"recommend",
"relegate",
"repose",
"allocate",
"allot",
"authorize",
"empower",
"invest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tasking":{
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
"examples":[
"I have been tasked by the host with bringing the pies for Thanksgiving this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"assigning",
"charging",
"commissioning",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"trusting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conferring",
"imposing",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"delegating",
"recommending",
"relegating",
"reposing",
"allocating",
"allotting",
"authorizing",
"empowering",
"investing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tastiness":{
"the quality of being delicious":{
"antonyms":[
"distastefulness",
"flatness",
"insipidity",
"staleness",
"tastelessness",
"unpalatability"
],
"examples":[
"the tastiness of homemade bread"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"digestibility",
"edibility",
"edibleness",
"choiceness",
"daintiness",
"delicacy"
],
"synonyms":[
"delectability",
"deliciousness",
"lusciousness",
"palatability",
"palatableness",
"savor",
"savour",
"savoriness",
"toothsomeness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tasting":{
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an adventurer who has tasted danger and lived to tell the tale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"encountering",
"meeting",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"assimilating",
"digesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"enduring",
"experiencing",
"feeling",
"having",
"knowing",
"passing",
"seeing",
"suffering",
"sustaining",
"undergoing",
"witnessing"
]
},
"to have a vague awareness of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"by your language I can taste that something is wrong"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beholding",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"looking (at)",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"regarding",
"remarking",
"sighting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing",
"ascertaining",
"catching on (to)",
"discovering",
"finding out",
"hearing",
"learning",
"realizing",
"anticipating",
"divining",
"expecting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"guessing",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"supposing",
"surmising",
"suspecting"
],
"synonyms":[
"feeling",
"perceiving",
"scenting",
"seeing",
"sensing",
"smelling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taste":{
"the property of a substance that can be identified by the sense of taste":{
"examples":[
"I can't stand the taste of cherry-flavored cough syrup"
],
"synonyms":[
"flavor",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relish",
"smack",
"tang",
"savoriness",
"tastiness",
"aftertaste"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tastelessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small piece or quantity of food":{
"examples":[
"I'll just have a taste of your dessert"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite",
"morsel",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"nugget",
"tidbit",
"titbit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collop",
"medallion",
"noisette",
"nosh",
"snack",
"appetizer",
"canap\u00e9",
"hors d'oeuvre",
"bit",
"chew",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dribble",
"driblet",
"fleck",
"hint",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"pinch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"shred",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"suspicion",
"tittle",
"touch",
"trace",
"dash",
"drop",
"lap",
"lick",
"gulp",
"swallow",
"swig"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"positive regard for something":{
"examples":[
"trying to develop a taste for classical music"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"favor",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"love",
"love affair",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"shine",
"use"
],
"near synonyms":[
"craving",
"desire",
"hankering",
"longing",
"thirst",
"yen",
"enthusiasm",
"gusto",
"interest",
"passion",
"bias",
"prejudice",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"tooth",
"palate",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathy",
"disinclination",
"indifference",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"dislike",
"distaste",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"mislike"
]
},
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"an adventurer who has tasted danger and lived to tell the tale"
],
"synonyms":[
"endure",
"experience",
"feel",
"have",
"know",
"pass",
"see",
"suffer",
"sustain",
"undergo",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encounter",
"meet",
"accept",
"receive",
"assimilate",
"digest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a vague awareness of":{
"examples":[
"by your language I can taste that something is wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"feel",
"perceive",
"scent",
"see",
"sense",
"smell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behold",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"regard",
"remark",
"sight",
"spy",
"view",
"witness",
"ascertain",
"catch on (to)",
"discover",
"find out",
"hear",
"learn",
"realize",
"anticipate",
"divine",
"expect",
"foreknow",
"foresee",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"presume",
"speculate",
"suppose",
"surmise",
"suspect"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tasted":{
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"an adventurer who has tasted danger and lived to tell the tale"
],
"synonyms":[
"endured",
"experienced",
"felt",
"had",
"knew",
"passed",
"saw",
"suffered",
"sustained",
"underwent",
"witnessed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encountered",
"met",
"accepted",
"received",
"assimilated",
"digested"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a vague awareness of":{
"examples":[
"by your language I can taste that something is wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"felt",
"perceived",
"saw",
"scented",
"sensed",
"smelled",
"smelt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beheld",
"descried",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"looked (at)",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"regarded",
"remarked",
"sighted",
"spied",
"viewed",
"witnessed",
"ascertained",
"caught on (to)",
"discovered",
"found out",
"heard",
"learned",
"realized",
"anticipated",
"divined",
"expected",
"foreknew",
"foresaw",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"supposed",
"surmised",
"suspected"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taskmistresses":{
"as in taskmasters , micromanagers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"micromanagers",
"taskmasters",
"authoritarians",
"disciplinarians",
"discipliners",
"martinets",
"sticklers",
"perfectionists",
"purists",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"criticizers",
"disparagers",
"faultfinders",
"hypercritics",
"knockers",
"nigglers",
"nitpickers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tasteless":{
"lacking in refinement or good taste":{
"examples":[
"posted a completely tasteless comment that drew immediate rebuke"
],
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"common",
"crass",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"illiberal",
"incult",
"insensible",
"low",
"lowbred",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"roughneck",
"rude",
"rugged",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boorish",
"churlish",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"ungentlemanly",
"clumsy",
"lubberly",
"lumpish",
"oafish",
"inconsiderate",
"indelicate",
"insensitive",
"thoughtless",
"countrified",
"countryfied",
"provincial",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"unsophisticated",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"tacky",
"animallike",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"uncivilized",
"mannerless",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"courtly",
"patrician",
"elegant",
"graceful",
"restrained",
"considerate",
"gracious",
"sensitive",
"thoughtful",
"citified",
"sophisticated",
"urbane"
],
"antonyms":[
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"smooth",
"tasteful",
"ultrarefined",
"well-bred"
]
},
"lacking in taste or flavor":{
"examples":[
"breakfast was usually plain, tasteless oatmeal"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"unsavory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bland",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak",
"plain",
"unflavored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"sickening",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"cloying",
"mawkish",
"appetizing",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"palatable",
"toothsome",
"keen",
"piquant",
"seasoned",
"spicy",
"flavored",
"heavy",
"rich"
],
"antonyms":[
"flavorful",
"flavorsome",
"sapid",
"savory",
"savoury",
"tasteful",
"tasty"
]
},
"marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste":{
"examples":[
"a tasteless suit that he wore to the party as a joke"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheesy",
"dowdy",
"inelegant",
"styleless",
"tacky",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"taskmaster":{
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
"examples":[
"known as a tough but fair taskmaster"
],
"synonyms":[
"boss",
"boss man",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"honcho",
"jefe",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"master"
],
"near synonyms":[
"directress",
"mistress",
"administrator",
"commander",
"director",
"executive",
"general",
"governor",
"hierarch",
"higher-up",
"leadman",
"manager",
"overseer",
"principal",
"skipper",
"standard-bearer",
"steward",
"straw boss",
"superintendent",
"superior",
"supervisor",
"dominator",
"lord",
"overlord",
"potentate",
"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"figurehead",
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"president",
"prince",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"bigwig",
"top dog",
"top gun",
"cohead",
"coleader",
"employer",
"gaffer",
"ganger",
"micromanager",
"subchief",
"subdirector"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependent",
"inferior",
"junior",
"secondary",
"subject",
"subordinate",
"underling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tasteful":{
"having or showing elegance":{
"examples":[
"a tasteful arrangement of white flowers and dark greenery"
],
"synonyms":[
"classy",
"courtly",
"elegant",
"fine",
"graceful",
"handsome",
"majestic",
"refined",
"stately"
],
"near synonyms":[
"august",
"baronial",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"magnificent",
"monumental",
"noble",
"ornate",
"proud",
"regal",
"rich",
"royal",
"splendid",
"superb",
"artful",
"genteel",
"polished",
"sophisticated",
"classic",
"conservative",
"exquisite",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"simple",
"understated",
"aristocratic",
"patrician",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"fashionable",
"in",
"modish",
"posh",
"sharp",
"sleek",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"swagger",
"swank",
"swanky",
"affected",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"recherch\u00e9"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"crude",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"grotesque",
"loud",
"raffish",
"splashy",
"tacky",
"tawdry",
"ticky-tacky",
"ticky-tack",
"rough-edged",
"rough-hewn",
"rude",
"trashy",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"dowdy",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"styleless",
"tasteless",
"unfashionable",
"unhandsome",
"unstylish"
]
},
"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
"examples":[
"a line of microwavable frozen entr\u00e9es that are surprisingly tasteful"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"appetizing",
"dainty",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delish",
"flavorful",
"flavorsome",
"luscious",
"lush",
"mouthwatering",
"palatable",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scrumptious",
"succulent",
"tasty",
"toothsome",
"toothy",
"yummy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digestible",
"eatable",
"edible",
"delightful",
"heavenly",
"pleasing",
"agreeable",
"gratifying",
"pleasant",
"satisfying",
"choice",
"delicate",
"exquisite",
"rare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banal",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"tedious",
"noisome",
"smelly",
"stinky",
"noxious",
"unwholesome",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"awful",
"detestable",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"foul",
"horrid",
"nauseating",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"sickening",
"unpleasant"
],
"antonyms":[
"distasteful",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"stale",
"tasteless",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"unsavory",
"yucky",
"yukky"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tasks":{
"a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{
"examples":[
"one of my tasks in the morning is to make lunches for everyone in the family"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignments",
"chores",
"duties",
"jobs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chares",
"chars",
"endeavors",
"enterprises",
"projects",
"stints",
"undertakings",
"care",
"charges",
"commissions",
"responsibilities",
"functions",
"missions",
"offices",
"operations",
"posts",
"errands",
"circuits",
"rounds",
"routes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
"examples":[
"the forklift's task is to stack pallets of goods in the warehouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"businesses",
"capacities",
"functions",
"jobs",
"parts",
"places",
"positions",
"purposes",
"roles",
"r\u00f4les",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affairs",
"concerns",
"hands",
"involvements",
"participations",
"niches",
"offices",
"posts",
"situations",
"callings",
"occupations",
"pursuits",
"vocations",
"activities",
"assignments",
"charges",
"commissions",
"duties",
"employs",
"missions",
"responsibilities",
"services",
"uses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
"examples":[
"I have been tasked by the host with bringing the pies for Thanksgiving this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"assigns",
"charges",
"commissions",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"trusts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confers",
"imposes",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"delegates",
"recommends",
"relegates",
"reposes",
"allocates",
"allots",
"authorizes",
"empowers",
"invests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tastefulness":{
"as in taste , sophistication":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"chic",
"polish",
"sophistication",
"taste",
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"magnificence",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"opulence",
"ornateness",
"plushiness",
"plushness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"richness",
"splendor",
"sumptuousness",
"choiceness",
"classicism",
"dignity",
"exquisiteness",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"class",
"classiness",
"courtliness",
"elegance",
"elegancy",
"fineness",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"handsomeness",
"majesty",
"refinement",
"stateliness",
"affectedness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gracelessness",
"inelegance",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"grotesqueness",
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"kitsch",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taskmasters":{
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
"examples":[
"known as a tough but fair taskmaster"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosses",
"boss men",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"foremen",
"headmen",
"heads",
"helmsmen",
"honchos",
"jefes",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"masters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"directresses",
"mistresses",
"administrators",
"commanders",
"directors",
"executives",
"generals",
"governors",
"hierarchs",
"higher-ups",
"leadmen",
"managers",
"overseers",
"principals",
"skippers",
"standard-bearers",
"stewards",
"straw bosses",
"superintendents",
"superiors",
"supervisors",
"dominators",
"lords",
"overlords",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"figureheads",
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"presidents",
"princes",
"big cheeses",
"big guns",
"bigwigs",
"top dogs",
"top guns",
"coheads",
"co-heads",
"coleaders",
"co-leaders",
"employers",
"gaffers",
"gangers",
"micromanagers",
"subchiefs",
"sub-chiefs",
"subdirectors",
"sub-directors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependents",
"inferiors",
"juniors",
"secondaries",
"subjects",
"subordinates",
"underlings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}