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"apartment houses":{
"as in apartment buildings , tenement houses":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"apathy":{
"a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness":{
"antonyms":[
"emotion",
"feeling",
"sensibility"
],
"examples":[
"the apathy of the people of that war-torn country comes from their having seen too many horrors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassion",
"empathy",
"pity",
"sympathy",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"responsiveness",
"sensitivity",
"solicitude",
"tenderness",
"understanding",
"warmth",
"hand-wringing",
"histrionics",
"hysteria",
"hysterics",
"melodrama",
"vehemence"
],
"related":[
"bloodlessness",
"callosity",
"callousness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"halfheartedness",
"hard-heartedness",
"hardness",
"heartlessness",
"imperturbability",
"insensitivity",
"obduracy",
"blankness",
"deadness",
"emptiness",
"vacancy",
"aloofness",
"detachment",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"stiffness",
"woodenness"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectlessness",
"emotionlessness",
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm"
]
},
"lack of interest or concern":{
"antonyms":[
"concern",
"interest",
"regard"
],
"examples":[
"her poor grades are proof enough of her apathy concerning all matters academic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"conscientiousness",
"curiosity",
"heedfulness",
"keenness",
"sensitivity",
"warmheartedness",
"bias",
"partiality",
"prejudice",
"ardor",
"desire",
"fervency",
"passion",
"vehemence",
"warmth",
"zeal"
],
"related":[
"halfheartedness",
"lukewarmness",
"tepidity",
"tepidness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"recklessness",
"unawareness",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"aloofness",
"coldness",
"cool",
"detachment",
"dispassion",
"callosity",
"callousness",
"hard-heartedness",
"hardness",
"insensitivity",
"bloodlessness",
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"phlegm",
"stoicism",
"stolidity"
],
"synonyms":[
"casualness",
"complacence",
"disinterestedness",
"disregard",
"incuriosity",
"incuriousness",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"torpor",
"unconcern"
]
},
"type":[
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"noun"
]
},
"aphoristic":{
"marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning":{
"antonyms":[
"circuitous",
"circumlocutory",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy"
],
"examples":[
"retorted with the aphoristic comment, \"No one said life is fair\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"pleonastic",
"redundant",
"repetitious",
"tautological",
"tautologous",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"supplemented",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"inflated"
],
"related":[
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"short",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"condensed",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"meaty",
"substantial",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"well-turned"
],
"synonyms":[
"apothegmatic",
"brief",
"capsule",
"compact",
"compendious",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"epigrammatic",
"laconic",
"monosyllabic",
"pithy",
"sententious",
"succinct",
"summary",
"telegraphic",
"terse",
"thumbnail"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"aphrodisiac":{
"of, relating to, exciting, or expressing sexual attraction or desire":{
"antonyms":[
"nonerotic",
"unerotic",
"unsexy"
],
"examples":[
"the tomato's supposed aphrodisiac qualities have caused it to be also known as \"the love apple\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"decorous",
"polite",
"proper",
"seemly",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
],
"related":[
"autoerotic",
"carnal",
"fleshly",
"sensual",
"sensuous",
"bawdy",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"lustful",
"obscene",
"prurient",
"racy",
"spicy",
"suggestive",
"titillating",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"indecent",
"nasty",
"pornographic",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"fetishistic",
"perversive"
],
"synonyms":[
"amatory",
"amorous",
"erogenous",
"erotic",
"erotical",
"erotogenic",
"sexy",
"steamy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"apical":{
"as in high , meridian":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"apices":{
"the highest part or point":{
"antonyms":[
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
],
"examples":[
"she reached the apex of fame, only to find it wasn't what she expected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abysses",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"minima",
"minimums"
],
"related":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flood tides",
"flowers",
"glories",
"heydays",
"primes",
"caps",
"ceilings",
"roofs",
"extremes",
"extremities",
"tips",
"vertices",
"vertexes",
"highlights",
"highs",
"highspots"
],
"synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apogees",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crests",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"heads",
"heights",
"high noons",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"ne plus ultras",
"noons",
"noontimes",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"sums",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths"
]
},
"the last and usually sharp or tapering part of something long and narrow":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the apex of the spear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"pinpoints",
"prongs",
"tines",
"barbs",
"jags",
"prickles",
"snags",
"spikes",
"stickers"
],
"synonyms":[
"cusps",
"ends",
"nibs",
"noses",
"pike",
"pikes",
"points",
"tips"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apotheosis":{
"the most perfect type or example":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the apotheosis of the picaresque novel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"archetype",
"model",
"prototype",
"paradigm",
"standard",
"nonpareil",
"paragon",
"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"height",
"last word",
"meridian",
"ultimate",
"zenith",
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"touchstone",
"yardstick"
],
"synonyms":[
"acme",
"beau ideal",
"byword",
"classic",
"epitome",
"exemplar",
"ideal",
"perfection",
"quintessence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apotheosizing":{
"as in magnifying , exalting":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appal":{
"to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"conditions inside the house overrun with cats simply appalled animal control officers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffer",
"cushion",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"rejoice",
"tickle",
"charm",
"entice",
"tempt",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"solace",
"soothe",
"reassure"
],
"related":[
"astonish",
"bowl over",
"dumbfound",
"dumfound",
"flabbergast",
"freak (out)",
"stun",
"stupefy",
"affright",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"dismay",
"fright",
"frighten",
"horrify",
"panic",
"scare",
"scarify",
"spook",
"startle",
"terrify",
"terrorize",
"disgust",
"nauseate",
"repel",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off",
"displease",
"offend",
"outrage",
"scandalize",
"amaze",
"astound",
"awe",
"chill",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"dispirit",
"emasculate",
"undo",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"unstring",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disconcert",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"shake",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"weird out",
"crush",
"overpower",
"overwhelm"
],
"synonyms":[
"floor",
"jolt",
"shake up",
"shock"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appalled":{
"as in horrified , dismayed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"conditions inside the house overrun with cats simply appalled animal control officers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buffered",
"cushioned",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"rejoiced",
"tickled",
"charmed",
"enticed",
"tempted",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"reassured"
],
"related":[
"astonished",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"freaked (out)",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"affrighted",
"alarmed",
"alarumed",
"dismayed",
"frighted",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"panicked",
"scared",
"scarified",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"disgusted",
"nauseated",
"repelled",
"revolted",
"sickened",
"turned off",
"displeased",
"offended",
"outraged",
"scandalized",
"amazed",
"astounded",
"awed",
"chilled",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"dispirited",
"emasculated",
"undid",
"unmanned",
"unnerved",
"unstrung",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"shook",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"weirded out",
"crushed",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed"
],
"synonyms":[
"floored",
"jolted",
"shocked",
"shook up"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"appareled":{
"as in dressed , clothed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"antonyms":[
"disarrayed",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"untrussed"
],
"examples":[
"a designer who regularly apparels several of the presenters at the Oscar ceremonies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuded",
"divested",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled"
],
"related":[
"cloaked",
"frocked",
"jacketed",
"mantled",
"vested",
"draped",
"enswathed",
"happed",
"huddled",
"swaddled",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"bedighted",
"bedight",
"equipped",
"furnished",
"habilitated",
"outfitted",
"tailored",
"uniformed",
"dressed down",
"underdressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"caparisoned",
"clothed",
"clad",
"costumed",
"decked (out)",
"did up",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"invested",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"suited",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"apparently":{
"to all outward appearances":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"apparently , the kids didn't know the cake was for the potluck, since they helped themselves to it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"implausibly",
"impossibly",
"improbably",
"incredibly"
],
"related":[
"externally",
"outwardly",
"visibly",
"believably",
"credibly",
"assumably",
"likely",
"presumedly",
"probably",
"conceivably",
"maybe",
"mayhap",
"perchance",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"professedly",
"supposably",
"allegedly",
"purportedly",
"reportedly",
"reputedly",
"clearly",
"distinctly",
"manifestly",
"obviously",
"plainly",
"self-evidently",
"assuredly",
"positively",
"surely"
],
"synonyms":[
"evidently",
"ostensibly",
"ostensively",
"presumably",
"putatively",
"seemingly",
"supposedly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"apparentness":{
"as in visibility , observability":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apparitions":{
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an eccentric who claimed to have photographed an apparition in her very own house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"angels",
"daimones",
"daimons",
"familiars",
"genies",
"genii",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"jinn",
"jinns",
"djinn",
"djinns",
"shaitans",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"fetches",
"lemures",
"manes",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"lamiae",
"lamias",
"succubi",
"vampires",
"zombies",
"cacodemons",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghouls",
"imps"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"familiar spirits",
"ghosts",
"hants",
"haunts",
"materializations",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"poltergeists",
"shades",
"shadows",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spirits",
"spooks",
"sprites",
"visions",
"visitants",
"wraiths"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appeal":{
"an earnest request":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"made an appeal to the public to donate desperately needed blood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"application",
"requisition",
"call",
"claim",
"demand",
"insistence"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuration",
"conjuration",
"cry",
"desire",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"plea",
"pleading",
"prayer",
"solicitation",
"suit",
"suppliance",
"supplication"
]
},
"as in cite , book":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"the power of irresistible attraction":{
"antonyms":[
"repulsion",
"repulsiveness"
],
"examples":[
"that hot new actress has a certain indescribable appeal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeableness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"offensiveness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"related":[
"allurement",
"attraction",
"call",
"lure",
"seduction",
"agreeableness",
"darlingness",
"delightfulness",
"desirability",
"desirableness",
"niceness",
"pleasantness",
"pleasingness",
"sweetness",
"sex appeal"
],
"synonyms":[
"allure",
"animal magnetism",
"attractiveness",
"captivation",
"charisma",
"charm",
"duende",
"enchantment",
"fascination",
"force field",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"magic",
"magnetism",
"oomph",
"pizzazz",
"pizazz",
"seductiveness",
"witchery"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"appealing":{
"as in citing , booking":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"having an often mysterious or magical power to attract":{
"antonyms":[
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repelling",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"unalluring"
],
"examples":[
"the idea of living on Mars is appealing to space enthusiasts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"irksome",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"wearisome",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"distasteful",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"odious",
"offensive",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"drab",
"dreary",
"dull",
"flat",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"leaden",
"monotonous",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous"
],
"related":[
"absorbing",
"arresting",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"galvanic",
"gripping",
"hypnotic",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"riveting",
"spellbinding",
"enticing",
"tantalizing",
"tempting",
"exciting",
"haunting",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"titillating",
"beckoning",
"inviting",
"winning",
"darling",
"delightful",
"pleasant",
"pleasing"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charismatic",
"charming",
"elfin",
"enchanting",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"luring",
"magnetic",
"seductive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
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]
},
"appearance":{
"outward and often deceptive indication":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"can't you at least give the appearance of listening to what I say?"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"air",
"effect",
"impression",
"hint",
"implication",
"insinuation",
"resemblance",
"suggestion",
"affectation",
"demonstration",
"display",
"fiction",
"image",
"imitation",
"imposture",
"likeness",
"make-believe",
"make-belief",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"representation",
"simulation",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"exterior",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"front",
"gloss",
"mask",
"masquerade",
"patina",
"Potemkin village",
"shape",
"shell",
"surface",
"veneer"
],
"synonyms":[
"face",
"guise",
"name",
"outward",
"seeming",
"semblance",
"show"
]
},
"the act of coming upon a scene":{
"antonyms":[
"decamping",
"decampment",
"departing",
"departure",
"disappearance",
"exit",
"exiting",
"farewell",
"going",
"leave-taking",
"parting",
"quitting"
],
"examples":[
"his appearance at the party caused considerable speculation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissipation",
"dissolution",
"evaporation",
"fadeaway",
"fading",
"melting",
"passing",
"vanishing",
"clearing out",
"egress",
"leaving",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"withdrawal",
"emigration",
"evacuation",
"exodus"
],
"related":[
"approach",
"entrance",
"ingress",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"genesis",
"inception",
"morning",
"onset",
"start"
],
"synonyms":[
"advent",
"arrival",
"coming",
"incoming"
]
},
"the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the dignified appearance of this church leader",
"the country club's manicured lawns and well-groomed appearance in general"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"air",
"attitude",
"bearing",
"behavior",
"comportment",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"manner",
"poise",
"pose",
"carriage",
"posture",
"stance",
"cast",
"mold",
"shape",
"turn",
"color",
"coloring",
"complexion",
"countenance",
"face",
"features",
"habit",
"habitus",
"person",
"physiognomy",
"superficies",
"visage"
],
"synonyms":[
"aspect",
"dress",
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"a design for a memorial for the victims of the attack that has received nothing but applause from officials, commentators, and the general public"
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"hoot",
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"smirk",
"sneer",
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"snigger",
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],
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"acclaim",
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},
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"a design for a memorial for the victims of the attack that has received nothing but applause from officials, commentators, and the general public"
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"jeers",
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"sneers",
"snickers",
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"snorts",
"whistles",
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"jibes",
"put-downs",
"taunts"
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"a heroic effort by the fire department that deserves the applause of everyone in the city"
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"jibe",
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"scoff",
"brave",
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"cajole",
"coax",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
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"cringe",
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"abase",
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"shines",
"tastes",
"uses",
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"infatuations",
"lionizations",
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"props",
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"venerations",
"worships",
"delights",
"enjoyments",
"amazements",
"awes",
"wonderments",
"wonders",
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]
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],
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"a course intended to give students an appreciation of abstract art"
],
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"miscomprehensions",
"misinterpretations",
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"misunderstandings"
],
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"absorptions",
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"digestions",
"uptakes",
"conceptions",
"visualizations",
"enlightenments",
"realizations"
],
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"apprehensions",
"comprehensions",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"perceptions",
"percipiences",
"understandings"
]
},
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"noun"
]
},
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"inappreciative",
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"unfriendly"
],
"examples":[
"his latest novel has received a number of appreciative reviews"
],
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"caviling",
"cavilling",
"censuring",
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"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
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"scornful",
"slighting"
],
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"accepting",
"warm",
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"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
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"panegyrical",
"praiseful",
"respectful",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"adoring",
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"idolizing",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"advisory",
"recommendatory"
],
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"admiring",
"applauding",
"approbatory",
"approving",
"commendatory",
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"favorable",
"friendly",
"good",
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]
},
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"inappreciative",
"thankless",
"unappreciative",
"ungrateful"
],
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"very appreciative after we helped him change his flat tire"
],
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"inhospitable",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"ungracious"
],
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"beholden",
"indebted",
"contented",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"tickled",
"thanking"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciatory",
"glad",
"grateful",
"obliged",
"thankful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"apprehending":{
"to have a clear idea of":{
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"missing"
],
"examples":[
"do you apprehend the importance of this discovery?"
],
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"misapprehending",
"misconceiving",
"misconstruing",
"misinterpreting",
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"misreading",
"mistaking",
"misunderstanding"
],
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"taking in",
"realizing",
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"penetrating",
"piercing"
],
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"compassing",
"comprehending",
"conceiving",
"cottoning (to or on to)",
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"decoding",
"digging",
"discerning",
"getting",
"grasping",
"grokking",
"intuiting",
"knowing",
"making",
"making out",
"perceiving",
"recognizing",
"registering",
"savvying",
"seeing",
"seizing",
"sensing",
"tumbling (to)",
"twigging",
"understanding"
]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
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"discharging"
],
"examples":[
"the agency charged with apprehending criminals who have violated federal law"
],
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"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"unchaining"
],
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"capturing",
"catching",
"getting",
"grabbing",
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"hooking",
"landing",
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"snatching",
"trapping",
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"holding",
"immuring",
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"interning",
"jailing",
"jugging",
"locking (up)",
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"enchaining",
"fettering",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"rearresting",
"remanding"
],
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"collaring",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"nicking",
"picking up",
"pinching",
"pulling in",
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"running in",
"seizing"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
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"examples":[
"decided to be an apprentice to an electrician after he graduated"
],
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"attendant",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"scullion",
"servant",
"auxiliary",
"legman",
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"underling",
"employee",
"employe",
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"help",
"hireling",
"laborer",
"swamper",
"worker",
"gal Friday",
"girl Friday",
"man Friday",
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"aide-de-camp"
],
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"adjunct",
"adjutant",
"aid",
"aide",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"helper",
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"helpmeet",
"lieutenant",
"mate",
"sidekick"
]
},
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"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
],
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"aware that she's only an apprentice in the medical field, she readily defers to her more experienced colleagues"
],
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"expert",
"master",
"pro",
"professional"
],
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"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"learner",
"student",
"trainee",
"candidate",
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"probationer"
],
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"babe",
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"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"neophyte",
"newbie",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"punk",
"recruit",
"rook",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro",
"virgin"
]
},
"as in partner , contract":{
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"apprentices":{
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"decided to be an apprentice to an electrician after he graduated"
],
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"attendants",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"scullions",
"servants",
"auxiliaries",
"legmen",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"help",
"hirelings",
"laborers",
"swampers",
"workers",
"gal Fridays",
"girl Fridays",
"man Fridays",
"right hands",
"aides-de-camp"
],
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"adjuncts",
"adjutants",
"aides",
"aids",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"deputies",
"helpers",
"helpmates",
"helpmeets",
"lieutenants",
"mates",
"sidekicks"
]
},
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"antonyms":[
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"veterans",
"vets"
],
"examples":[
"aware that she's only an apprentice in the medical field, she readily defers to her more experienced colleagues"
],
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"experts",
"masters",
"professionals",
"pros"
],
"related":[
"boots",
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"learners",
"students",
"trainees",
"candidates",
"entrants",
"probationers"
],
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"abecedarians",
"babes",
"beginners",
"colts",
"cubs",
"fledglings",
"freshmen",
"greenhorns",
"neophytes",
"newbies",
"newcomers",
"novices",
"novitiates",
"punks",
"recruits",
"rookies",
"rooks",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"tyros",
"virgins"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"apprises":{
"to give information to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"let me apprise you of the current situation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinforms",
"misleads"
],
"related":[
"advertises",
"alerts",
"notifies",
"announces (to)",
"discloses (to)",
"assures",
"certifies",
"convinces",
"reassures",
"warrants",
"educates",
"lectures",
"schools",
"teaches",
"tutors",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions",
"undeceives"
],
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"acquaints",
"advises",
"briefs",
"catches up",
"clears",
"clues (in)",
"enlightens",
"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"hips",
"informs",
"instructs",
"tells",
"verses",
"wises (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"approachable":{
"easily reached, accessed, or used":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"It seemed like an approachable goal.",
"The professor taught the class in a way that made the material approachable for the students."
],
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"related":[],
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},
"having or showing kind, helpful, or supportive feelings or actions":{
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"examples":[
"Having an approachable boss made the job much more enjoyable."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
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"adjective"
]
},
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"an established course for traveling from one place to another":{
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"examples":[
"will take the standard landing approach from the south"
],
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"related":[
"bypaths",
"byways",
"lanes",
"laneways",
"arteries",
"boulevards",
"bypasses",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passageways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routeways",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"turnpikes",
"walks",
"walkways",
"traces",
"tracks",
"trails",
"airways",
"bikeways",
"cycleways",
"channels",
"gats",
"watercourses",
"waterways",
"doors",
"doorways",
"gates",
"gateways",
"hatches",
"portals"
],
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"avenues",
"passages",
"paths",
"routes",
"ways"
]
},
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"examples":[
"that's a different approach to knitting, but it seems to work"
],
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"related":[
"modes",
"modi operandi",
"blueprints",
"designs",
"game plans",
"games",
"ground plans",
"intrigues",
"layouts",
"lines",
"models",
"plans",
"plots",
"programs",
"routes",
"schemes",
"expedients",
"moves",
"shifts",
"steps",
"practices",
"practises",
"processes",
"routines",
"policies"
],
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"fashions",
"forms",
"hows",
"manners",
"methodologies",
"methods",
"recipes",
"strategies",
"styles",
"systems",
"tacks",
"tactics",
"techniques",
"ways"
]
},
"to come near or nearer":{
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"backs (up or away)",
"recedes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"examples":[
"the parade's approaching ! I can hear the band playing!"
],
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"clears out",
"departs",
"exits",
"goes",
"leaves",
"lights out",
"pulls out",
"quits",
"removes",
"runs away",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"walks out"
],
"related":[
"arrives",
"attains",
"comes",
"gains",
"hits",
"lands",
"makes",
"reaches",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"waltzes (up)",
"creeps up",
"sneaks up",
"adjoins",
"borders",
"touches",
"verges"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellies up",
"closes",
"closes in",
"comes up",
"draws on",
"nears",
"nighs"
]
},
"to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
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"examples":[
"his store-bought dessert doesn't even approach your homemade version of it"
],
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"related":[
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"amounts (to)",
"comes (to)",
"duplicates",
"equals",
"matches",
"mirrors",
"parallels",
"reflects",
"borders (on)",
"touches (on)",
"verges (on)"
],
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"approximates",
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"measures up (to)",
"stacks up (against or with)"
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},
"to move closer to":{
"antonyms":[
"goes",
"recedes (from)",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"examples":[
"approach the bull with caution"
],
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"departs",
"exits",
"leaves"
],
"related":[
"drops in",
"enters",
"pops (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"comes",
"nears",
"nighs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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]
},
"approbate":{
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
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"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"reject",
"turn down",
"veto"
],
"examples":[
"Congress must approbate the President's nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court"
],
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"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"illegalize",
"interdict",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"rebuff",
"rebut",
"refuse",
"spurn"
],
"related":[
"accept",
"acknowledge",
"affirm",
"certify",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"validate",
"bless",
"canonize",
"sanctify",
"initial",
"rubber-stamp",
"sign",
"sign off (on)",
"allow",
"enable",
"legalize",
"license",
"licence",
"pass",
"permit",
"reapprove"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"finalize",
"formalize",
"homologate",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"sanction",
"warrant"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"approbatory":{
"expressing approval":{
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"adverse",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disapproving",
"inappreciative",
"negative",
"unappreciative",
"uncomplimentary",
"unfavorable",
"unflattering",
"unfriendly"
],
"examples":[
"the candidate's views on taxes received overwhelmingly approbatory nods from the conservative audience"
],
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"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"censuring",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"scornful",
"slighting"
],
"related":[
"accepting",
"warm",
"encomiastic",
"eulogistic",
"flattering",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"laudative",
"laudatory",
"panegyrical",
"praiseful",
"respectful",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"adoring",
"adulatory",
"idolizing",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"advisory",
"recommendatory"
],
"synonyms":[
"admiring",
"applauding",
"appreciative",
"approving",
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"good",
"positive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"appropriated":{
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you can't just appropriate somebody's term paper and put your name on it!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bought",
"purchased",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"handed over",
"presented"
],
"related":[
"burglarized",
"knocked over",
"robbed",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"sacked",
"carjacked",
"hijacked",
"highjacked",
"picked",
"rifled",
"poached",
"rustled",
"shoplifted",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snatched",
"took",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"shanghaied",
"spirited"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosted",
"filched",
"heisted",
"hooked",
"lifted",
"misappropriated",
"nicked",
"nipped",
"pilfered",
"pinched",
"pocketed",
"purloined",
"ripped off",
"snitched",
"stole",
"swiped",
"thieved"
]
},
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"archaeologists wrongfully appropriated artifacts excavated at ancient sites for their museums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"annexed",
"attached",
"claimed",
"confiscated",
"impounded",
"repossessed",
"sequestered",
"assumed",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"snatched",
"stole",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"occupied",
"preoccupied",
"trespassed",
"embezzled",
"misapplied",
"misappropriated",
"misused",
"peculated"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogated",
"commandeered",
"converted",
"expropriated",
"pirated",
"preempted",
"pressed",
"seized",
"took over",
"usurped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"appropriately":{
"in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose":{
"antonyms":[
"improperly",
"inappropriately",
"incongruously",
"incorrectly",
"unseemly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly"
],
"examples":[
"make sure you greet our guests appropriately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"inopportunely",
"unfortunately",
"unseasonably",
"inappositely",
"inaptly",
"irrelevantly",
"awkwardly",
"ungracefully"
],
"related":[
"well",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"tolerably",
"decently",
"decorously"
],
"synonyms":[
"appositely",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"duly",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"appropriations":{
"a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action":{
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"examples":[
"the National Park Service received an increased appropriation for wildlife management"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aids",
"assistances",
"block grants",
"grants-in-aid",
"set-asides",
"foreign aids",
"reliefs",
"state aids",
"advances",
"allowances",
"benefits",
"bequests",
"endowments",
"funds",
"legacies",
"stipends",
"trust funds",
"trusts"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocations",
"allotments",
"annuities",
"entitlements",
"grants",
"subsidies",
"subventions"
]
},
"the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the insurgents' appropriation of the house for their headquarters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"annexations",
"assumptions",
"attachments",
"confiscations",
"grabs",
"impoundments",
"repossessions",
"sequestrations",
"defalcations",
"embezzlements",
"misapplications",
"misappropriations",
"misuses",
"peculations",
"thefts",
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"made out",
"perceived",
"recognized",
"registered",
"savvied",
"saw",
"seized",
"sensed",
"tumbled (to)",
"twigged",
"understood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"digested",
"took in",
"realized",
"fathomed",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misperceived",
"misread",
"mistook",
"misunderstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the agency charged with apprehending criminals who have violated federal law"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrested",
"busted",
"bust",
"collared",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"nicked",
"picked up",
"pinched",
"pulled in",
"ran in",
"restrained",
"seized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped",
"committed",
"confined",
"detained",
"held",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"jugged",
"locked (up)",
"bound",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"rearrested",
"remanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"unchained"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharged"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"appellation":{
"a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{
"examples":[
"a twisting road that deserved the appellation \"Sidewinder Lane\""
],
"synonyms":[
"appellative",
"cognomen",
"compellation",
"denomination",
"denotation",
"designation",
"handle",
"moniker",
"monicker",
"name",
"nomenclature",
"title"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptismal name",
"Christian name",
"first name",
"forename",
"given name",
"family name",
"maiden name",
"middle name",
"surname",
"matronymic",
"patronymic",
"byname",
"diminutive",
"epithet",
"hypocorism",
"nickname",
"sobriquet",
"soubriquet",
"banner",
"rubric",
"tag",
"alias",
"cryptonym",
"nom de guerre",
"nom de plume",
"pen name",
"pseudonym",
"binomial",
"monomial",
"trivial name",
"vernacular",
"misnomer",
"brand name",
"label",
"trademark",
"trade name"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"apprenticed":{
"as in partnered , contracted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contracted",
"jobbed",
"partnered",
"subcontracted",
"assumed",
"employed",
"engaged",
"feed",
"hired",
"laid on",
"paid",
"placed",
"recruited",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on",
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"reengaged",
"re-engaged",
"rehired",
"enlisted",
"advanced",
"promoted",
"upgraded",
"kept (on)",
"headhunted",
"scouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"locked out",
"axed",
"canned",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"sacked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apiece":{
"for each one":{
"examples":[
"when you figure that they usually sell for six dollars apiece , you're getting quite a bargain"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"each",
"per",
"per capita"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apart",
"discretely",
"independently",
"individually",
"respectively",
"separately",
"singly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregately",
"altogether",
"collectively",
"together"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
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},
"apostasy":{
"as in defection , schism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defection",
"infidelity",
"schism",
"scission",
"sectarianism",
"separatism",
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"misbelief",
"misconception",
"myth",
"deviance",
"deviation",
"iconoclasm",
"unconventionality",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"heresy",
"heterodoxy",
"nonconformity",
"disagreement",
"discord",
"dissension",
"dissention"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformity",
"orthodoxy",
"agreement",
"conformation",
"conventionality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"apparition":{
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
"examples":[
"an eccentric who claimed to have photographed an apparition in her very own house"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"familiar spirit",
"ghost",
"hant",
"haunt",
"materialization",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"sprite",
"vision",
"visitant",
"wraith"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angel",
"daimon",
"familiar",
"genie",
"genius",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"shaitan",
"double",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"fetch",
"lemures",
"manes",
"incubus",
"lamia",
"succubus",
"vampire",
"zombie",
"zombi",
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghoul",
"imp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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}
}
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