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{
"anchorage":{
"a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships":{
"examples":[
"sailed into a quiet anchorage to wait out the storm"
],
"synonyms":[
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven",
"port"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basin",
"dock",
"marina",
"moorage",
"mooring",
"arm",
"bay",
"bight",
"cove",
"creek",
"embayment",
"estuary",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"lagoon",
"loch",
"lough",
"narrow",
"roads",
"roadstead",
"canal",
"channel",
"sound",
"strait",
"containerport",
"home port",
"seaport"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anchorwoman":{
"as in anchorman , coanchor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anchor":{
"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
"examples":[
"the news anchor coordinated the reports of the correspondents from around the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchorperson",
"newscaster",
"newsreader"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorman",
"anchorwoman",
"coanchor",
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"commentator",
"linkman",
"telecaster",
"correspondent",
"foreign correspondent",
"interviewer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsie",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"newswoman",
"reporter",
"stringer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
"examples":[
"my best friend has been my anchor throughout this crisis"
],
"synonyms":[
"buttress",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"mainstay",
"pillar",
"reliance",
"standby"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backbone",
"sinew(s)",
"spine",
"right hand",
"bolsterer",
"crutch",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"prop",
"stay",
"anchorage",
"harbor",
"refuge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch",
"clamp",
"fasten",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extract",
"prize",
"pry",
"pull",
"root (out)",
"tear (out)",
"uproot",
"wrest",
"yank"
],
"antonyms":[
"loose",
"loosen",
"unfasten",
"unfix",
"unloose",
"unloosen"
]
},
"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
"examples":[
"we'll anchor at Praia, Cape Verde"
],
"synonyms":[
"dock",
"land"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berth",
"moor",
"tie up",
"beach",
"ground",
"harbor",
"arrive",
"reach",
"show up",
"turn up",
"debark",
"disembark"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embark",
"launch",
"sail"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"anchoring":{
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"catching",
"clamping",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"hitching",
"mooring",
"securing",
"setting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"stuffing",
"wedging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracting",
"prizing",
"prying",
"pulling",
"rooting (out)",
"tearing (out)",
"uprooting",
"wresting",
"yanking"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unfastening",
"unfixing",
"unloosening",
"unloosing"
]
},
"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
"examples":[
"we'll anchor at Praia, Cape Verde"
],
"synonyms":[
"docking",
"landing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berthing",
"mooring",
"tying up",
"tieing up",
"beaching",
"grounding",
"harboring",
"arriving",
"reaching",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"debarking",
"disembarking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embarking",
"launching",
"sailing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ancestries":{
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
"examples":[
"a Cambodian immigrant who can trace her Khmer ancestry as far back as the 16th century"
],
"synonyms":[
"births",
"blood",
"bloodlines",
"breedings",
"descents",
"extractions",
"family trees",
"genealogies",
"lineages",
"lines",
"origins",
"parentages",
"pedigrees",
"stocks",
"strains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heredities",
"successions",
"families",
"houses",
"kindreds",
"kins",
"relations",
"relatives",
"races"
],
"near antonyms":[
"offspring",
"offsprings",
"children",
"heirs",
"inheritors",
"sons",
"successors"
],
"antonyms":[
"issues",
"posterities",
"progenies",
"seed",
"seeds"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anchorpeople":{
"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
"examples":[
"the new anchorperson did an admirable job of dealing with the late-breaking news story"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchors",
"newscasters",
"newsreaders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchormen",
"anchorwomen",
"coanchors",
"co-anchors",
"announcers",
"broadcasters",
"commentators",
"linkmen",
"telecasters",
"correspondents",
"foreign correspondents",
"interviewers",
"journalists",
"newshounds",
"newsies",
"newsmen",
"newspeople",
"newswomen",
"reporters",
"stringers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anchorman":{
"as in anchorwoman , coanchor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorwoman",
"coanchor",
"anchor",
"anchorperson",
"newscaster",
"newsreader",
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"commentator",
"linkman",
"telecaster",
"correspondent",
"foreign correspondent",
"interviewer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsie",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"newswoman",
"reporter",
"stringer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anchorite":{
"a person who lives away from others":{
"examples":[
"many Christian saints were anchorites who removed themselves from the world to focus on their spirituality"
],
"synonyms":[
"eremite",
"hermit",
"isolate",
"recluse",
"solitary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"homebody",
"shut-in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"socialite",
"socializer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ancillary":{
"as in inferior":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inferior",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"subsidiary",
"accessorial",
"accessory",
"appurtenant",
"auxiliary",
"marginal",
"peripheral",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"backup",
"makeshift",
"substitute",
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"further",
"complementary",
"contributory",
"adjuvant",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"helping",
"supportive",
"tributary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"all-important",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital",
"basic",
"fundamental",
"primary",
"prime",
"chief",
"main",
"principal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ancestor":{
"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
"examples":[
"Bridie's Irish ancestors immigrated to the United States in the 19th century during the Great Potato Famine"
],
"synonyms":[
"father",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecessor",
"predecessor",
"ancestress",
"foremother",
"grandmother",
"matriarch",
"grandsire",
"patriarch",
"sire",
"ancestry",
"antecedents",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"children",
"family",
"issue",
"lineage",
"offspring",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed",
"stock",
"daughter",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"scion",
"son",
"successor"
],
"antonyms":[
"descendant",
"descendent"
]
},
"something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed":{
"examples":[
"pinball machines\u2014the ancestors of today's video games\u2014go back to the 19th century"
],
"synonyms":[
"antecedent",
"archetype",
"daddy",
"foregoer",
"forerunner",
"granddaddy",
"grandaddy",
"precursor",
"predecessor",
"prototype"
],
"near synonyms":[
"model",
"original",
"originator",
"sire",
"father",
"mother"
],
"near antonyms":[
"by-product",
"derivative",
"offshoot",
"outgrowth",
"spin-off",
"daughter",
"son"
],
"antonyms":[
"descendant",
"descendent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anchorages":{
"a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships":{
"examples":[
"sailed into a quiet anchorage to wait out the storm"
],
"synonyms":[
"harborages",
"harbors",
"havens",
"ports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basins",
"docks",
"marinas",
"moorages",
"moorings",
"arms",
"bays",
"bights",
"coves",
"creeks",
"embayments",
"estuaries",
"firths",
"fjords",
"fiords",
"gulfs",
"inlets",
"lagoons",
"lochs",
"loughs",
"narrows",
"roads",
"roadsteads",
"canals",
"channels",
"sounds",
"straits",
"containerports",
"home ports",
"seaports"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anchorwomen":{
"as in anchormen , coanchors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anchormen",
"coanchors",
"co-anchors",
"anchorpeople",
"anchors",
"newscasters",
"newsreaders",
"announcers",
"broadcasters",
"commentators",
"linkmen",
"telecasters",
"correspondents",
"foreign correspondents",
"interviewers",
"journalists",
"newshounds",
"newsies",
"newsmen",
"newspeople",
"newswomen",
"reporters",
"stringers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anchormen":{
"as in anchorwomen , coanchors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorwomen",
"coanchors",
"co-anchors",
"anchorpeople",
"anchors",
"newscasters",
"newsreaders",
"announcers",
"broadcasters",
"commentators",
"linkmen",
"telecasters",
"correspondents",
"foreign correspondents",
"interviewers",
"journalists",
"newshounds",
"newsies",
"newsmen",
"newspeople",
"newswomen",
"reporters",
"stringers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ancientness":{
"the state of being an old person":{
"examples":[
"if nothing else, the patriarch had achieved a degree of ancientness worthy of veneration"
],
"synonyms":[
"age",
"agedness",
"elderliness",
"maturity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"senectitude",
"venerableness",
"anecdotage",
"anility",
"caducity",
"dotage",
"second childhood",
"senescence",
"senility",
"feebleness",
"infirmity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freshness",
"prime",
"youthfulness",
"adolescence",
"immaturity",
"juvenility",
"minority",
"nonage"
],
"antonyms":[
"youngness",
"youth"
]
},
"the state of being something old":{
"examples":[
"the ancientness of the papyrus was authenticated by carbon dating"
],
"synonyms":[
"age",
"agedness",
"antiquity",
"hoariness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antiquation",
"datedness",
"obsolescence",
"obsoleteness",
"old-fashionedness",
"fustiness",
"agelessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"currency",
"currentness",
"freshness",
"modernity",
"modernness",
"novelty",
"recentness"
],
"antonyms":[
"newness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anchors":{
"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
"examples":[
"the news anchor coordinated the reports of the correspondents from around the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchorpeople",
"newscasters",
"newsreaders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchormen",
"anchorwomen",
"coanchors",
"co-anchors",
"announcers",
"broadcasters",
"commentators",
"linkmen",
"telecasters",
"correspondents",
"foreign correspondents",
"interviewers",
"journalists",
"newshounds",
"newsies",
"newsmen",
"newspeople",
"newswomen",
"reporters",
"stringers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
"examples":[
"my best friend has been my anchor throughout this crisis"
],
"synonyms":[
"buttresses",
"dependences",
"dependances",
"mainstays",
"pillars",
"reliances",
"standbys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backbones",
"sinews",
"spines",
"right hands",
"bolsterers",
"crutches",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"props",
"stays",
"anchorages",
"harbors",
"refuges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"catches",
"clamps",
"fastens",
"fixes",
"hitches",
"moors",
"secures",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"stuffs",
"wedges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracts",
"pries",
"prizes",
"pulls",
"roots (out)",
"tears (out)",
"uproots",
"wrests",
"yanks"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosens",
"looses",
"unfastens",
"unfixes",
"unloosens",
"unlooses"
]
},
"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
"examples":[
"we'll anchor at Praia, Cape Verde"
],
"synonyms":[
"docks",
"lands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berths",
"moors",
"ties up",
"beaches",
"grounds",
"harbors",
"arrives",
"reaches",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"debarks",
"disembarks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embarks",
"launches",
"sails"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ancresses":{
"as in mother superior , Reverend Mother":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbesses",
"cloistresses",
"conventuals",
"mother superior",
"novices",
"prioresses",
"religious",
"Reverend Mother",
"votaries",
"nuns",
"sisters",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"high priestesses",
"priestesses",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"high priests",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"reverends",
"abbots",
"archbishops",
"archpriests",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay readers",
"lectors",
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anchorperson":{
"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
"examples":[
"the new anchorperson did an admirable job of dealing with the late-breaking news story"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchor",
"newscaster",
"newsreader"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorman",
"anchorwoman",
"coanchor",
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"commentator",
"linkman",
"telecaster",
"correspondent",
"foreign correspondent",
"interviewer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsie",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"newswoman",
"reporter",
"stringer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ancient":{
"dating or surviving from the distant past":{
"examples":[
"Rome's ancient ruins remain carefully preserved even in the midst of the bustle of the modern city"
],
"synonyms":[
"aged",
"age-old",
"antediluvian",
"antique",
"dateless",
"hoar",
"hoary",
"immemorial",
"old",
"venerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"mature",
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"archaistic",
"dated",
"fusty",
"geriatric",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moldy",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"old-world",
"retro",
"vintage",
"durable",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"long-lived",
"permanent",
"ageless",
"hallowed",
"time-honored",
"timeless",
"time-tested",
"timeworn",
"traditional",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"classic",
"classical",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"primeval",
"primordial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"vernal",
"young",
"youthful",
"contemporary",
"current",
"latest",
"mod",
"novel",
"present-day",
"ultramodern",
"untested",
"untried",
"brand-new",
"unused",
"unworn"
],
"antonyms":[
"modern",
"new",
"recent"
]
},
"being of advanced years and especially past middle age":{
"examples":[
"used to think that age 40 was ancient until I turned 40 myself"
],
"synonyms":[
"aged",
"aging",
"ageing",
"elderly",
"geriatric",
"long-lived",
"old",
"older",
"over-the-hill",
"senescent",
"senior",
"unyoung"
],
"near synonyms":[
"centenarian",
"nonagenarian",
"octogenarian",
"septuagenarian",
"sexagenarian",
"oldish",
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature",
"middle-aged",
"pensioned",
"retired",
"superannuated",
"matriarchal",
"patriarchal",
"venerable",
"anile",
"decrepit",
"doddering",
"senile",
"spavined",
"tottery",
"overage",
"overaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ageless",
"youngish",
"adolescent",
"immature",
"juvenile",
"preteen",
"puerile",
"minor",
"underage",
"callow",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"babyish",
"childish",
"childlike",
"infantile",
"infantine",
"kiddish"
],
"antonyms":[
"young",
"youthful"
]
},
"relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time period":{
"examples":[
"the ancient Inca built a vast network of roads"
],
"synonyms":[
"early",
"primal",
"primeval",
"primitive",
"primordial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"budding",
"embryonic",
"germinal",
"infant",
"aged",
"age-old",
"antediluvian",
"antiquated",
"antique",
"dateless",
"hoary",
"old",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"obsolete",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"complex",
"developed",
"evolved",
"high",
"higher",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"full-scale"
],
"antonyms":[
"late"
]
},
"a person of advanced years":{
"examples":[
"ancients in the tribe are accorded great respect and valued for their wisdom"
],
"synonyms":[
"elder",
"geriatric",
"golden-ager",
"old-timer",
"oldster",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gaffer",
"graybeard",
"patriarch",
"whitebeard",
"beldam",
"beldame",
"dowager",
"grandam",
"grandame",
"adult",
"grown-up",
"dotard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adolescent",
"minor",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy"
],
"antonyms":[
"youngster",
"youth"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"ancestral":{
"as in historic , old-world":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"historic",
"old-time",
"old-world",
"common",
"habitual",
"orthodox",
"usual",
"aged",
"age-old",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"hoary",
"old",
"venerable",
"authentic",
"established",
"fixed",
"historical",
"ageless",
"dateless",
"immemorial",
"timeless",
"classical",
"conventional",
"customary",
"prescriptive",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nontraditional",
"unconventional",
"uncustomary",
"untraditional",
"contemporary",
"current",
"modern",
"modernized",
"new",
"new age",
"present-day",
"updated",
"up-to-date",
"futuristic",
"high-tech",
"hi-tech",
"hot",
"latest",
"mod",
"modernistic",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"red-hot",
"space-age",
"state-of-the-art",
"supermodern",
"ultramodern",
"nonconformist",
"nonorthodox",
"original",
"progressive",
"revolutionary",
"unorthodox",
"unprecedented",
"unusual"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ancestress":{
"as in grandmother , matriarch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"foremother",
"grandmother",
"matriarch",
"ancestor",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor",
"antecessor",
"predecessor",
"grandsire",
"patriarch",
"sire",
"ancestry",
"antecedents",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"children",
"family",
"issue",
"lineage",
"offspring",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed",
"stock",
"daughter",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"scion",
"son",
"successor",
"descendant",
"descendent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anchorites":{
"a person who lives away from others":{
"examples":[
"many Christian saints were anchorites who removed themselves from the world to focus on their spirituality"
],
"synonyms":[
"eremites",
"hermits",
"isolates",
"recluses",
"solitaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"homebodies",
"shut-ins"
],
"near antonyms":[
"socialites",
"socializers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}