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{
"liaison" : {
"the fact or state of having something in common" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"a variety of political factions are attracted to that presidential contender, but there doesn't appear to be much of a liaison between them and the candidate"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"variability" ,
"variance" ,
"incompatibility" ,
"incongruence" ,
"incongruity" ,
"incongruousness"
] ,
"related" : [
"correlation" ,
"interrelation" ,
"materiality" ,
"pertinence" ,
"relevance" ,
"bond" ,
"link" ,
"tie" ,
"affiliation" ,
"alliance" ,
"union" ,
"identicalness" ,
"sameness" ,
"alikeness" ,
"community" ,
"likeness" ,
"resemblance" ,
"similarity" ,
"accordance" ,
"agreement" ,
"conformity" ,
"congruity" ,
"correspondence"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"affinity" ,
"association" ,
"bearing" ,
"connection" ,
"kinship" ,
"linkage" ,
"relation" ,
"relationship"
]
} ,
"the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)" : {
"antonyms" : [
"disaffiliation" ,
"dissociation"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the strong liaison between the parents and teachers is based on the fact that both have the students' best interests at heart"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"breakup" ,
"dissolution" ,
"disunion" ,
"division" ,
"parting" ,
"separation" ,
"severance" ,
"split" ,
"alienation" ,
"divorce" ,
"estrangement"
] ,
"related" : [
"business" ,
"dealings" ,
"interaction" ,
"exchange" ,
"interconnection" ,
"interrelation" ,
"mutualism" ,
"reciprocity" ,
"symbiosis" ,
"incorporation" ,
"integration" ,
"merger" ,
"unification" ,
"affinity" ,
"attachment" ,
"closeness" ,
"intimacy" ,
"rapport" ,
"sympathy" ,
"kinship" ,
"oneness" ,
"solidarity" ,
"togetherness" ,
"unity" ,
"colleagueship" ,
"companionship" ,
"company" ,
"fellowship" ,
"bed" ,
"cahoots" ,
"league"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"affiliation" ,
"alliance" ,
"association" ,
"collaboration" ,
"confederation" ,
"connection" ,
"cooperation" ,
"hookup" ,
"linkup" ,
"partnership" ,
"relation" ,
"relationship" ,
"tie-up" ,
"union"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"libel" : {
"the making of false statements that damage another's reputation" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the governor's office issued a statement accusing the state's largest newspaper of libel"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"acclaim" ,
"accolade" ,
"applause" ,
"commendation" ,
"praise" ,
"esteem" ,
"honor" ,
"respect" ,
"adulation" ,
"flattery" ,
"adoration" ,
"reverence" ,
"veneration" ,
"worship"
] ,
"related" : [
"aspersion" ,
"innuendo" ,
"muck" ,
"mud" ,
"smear" ,
"backbiting" ,
"detraction" ,
"abuse" ,
"invective" ,
"vituperation" ,
"attack" ,
"censure" ,
"criticism" ,
"denunciation" ,
"hatchet job" ,
"contempt" ,
"disdain" ,
"scorn" ,
"belittlement" ,
"denigration" ,
"disparagement" ,
"cattiness" ,
"despite" ,
"hatefulness" ,
"malevolence" ,
"malice" ,
"maliciousness" ,
"malignancy" ,
"malignity" ,
"meanness" ,
"nastiness" ,
"spite" ,
"spitefulness" ,
"spleen" ,
"venom" ,
"viciousness"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"aspersing" ,
"blackening" ,
"calumniation" ,
"calumny" ,
"character assassination" ,
"defamation" ,
"defaming" ,
"libeling" ,
"libelling" ,
"maligning" ,
"slander" ,
"smearing" ,
"traducing" ,
"vilification" ,
"vilifying"
]
} ,
"to make untrue and harmful statements about" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the court decided that the newspaper's reportage of the former mayor, while irresponsible, did not constitute an effort to libel him"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"exalt" ,
"glorify" ,
"honor" ,
"acclaim" ,
"applaud" ,
"commend" ,
"praise" ,
"esteem" ,
"respect" ,
"admire" ,
"regard" ,
"adore" ,
"revere" ,
"venerate" ,
"worship"
] ,
"related" : [
"belittle" ,
"denigrate" ,
"detract" ,
"disparage" ,
"discredit" ,
"disgrace" ,
"dishonor" ,
"shame" ,
"abase" ,
"debase" ,
"degrade" ,
"humble" ,
"humiliate" ,
"disdain" ,
"scorn"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"asperse" ,
"blacken" ,
"calumniate" ,
"defame" ,
"malign" ,
"slander" ,
"smear" ,
"traduce" ,
"vilify"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
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"libelist" : {
"as in defamer , libeler" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"libelled" : {
"to make untrue and harmful statements about" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the court decided that the newspaper's reportage of the former mayor, while irresponsible, did not constitute an effort to libel him"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"exalted" ,
"glorified" ,
"honored" ,
"acclaimed" ,
"applauded" ,
"commended" ,
"praised" ,
"esteemed" ,
"respected" ,
"admired" ,
"regarded" ,
"adored" ,
"revered" ,
"venerated" ,
"worshipped" ,
"worshiped"
] ,
"related" : [
"belittled" ,
"denigrated" ,
"detracted" ,
"disparaged" ,
"discredited" ,
"disgraced" ,
"dishonored" ,
"shamed" ,
"abased" ,
"debased" ,
"degraded" ,
"humbled" ,
"humiliated" ,
"disdained" ,
"scorned"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"aspersed" ,
"blackened" ,
"calumniated" ,
"defamed" ,
"maligned" ,
"slandered" ,
"smeared" ,
"traduced" ,
"vilified"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"liberality" : {
"the quality or state of being generous" : {
"antonyms" : [
"cheapness" ,
"closeness" ,
"meanness" ,
"miserliness" ,
"parsimony" ,
"penuriousness" ,
"pinching" ,
"selfishness" ,
"stinginess" ,
"tightness" ,
"ungenerosity"
] ,
"examples" : [
"already known for his liberality , the billionaire continued to give away record amounts of money"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"conserving" ,
"economizing" ,
"economy" ,
"frugality" ,
"husbandry" ,
"providence" ,
"scrimping" ,
"skimping" ,
"thrift" ,
"conservation" ,
"saving" ,
"husbanding" ,
"managing" ,
"scraping" ,
"cutting back"
] ,
"related" : [
"beneficence" ,
"charity" ,
"kindliness" ,
"selflessness" ,
"kindness" ,
"gift" ,
"gratuity" ,
"lagniappe" ,
"tribute" ,
"extravagance" ,
"improvidence" ,
"lavishness" ,
"prodigality" ,
"wastefulness" ,
"spendthrift" ,
"dissipating" ,
"squandering"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bigheartedness" ,
"bountifulness" ,
"bounty" ,
"generosity" ,
"generousness" ,
"largesse" ,
"largess" ,
"munificence" ,
"openhandedness" ,
"openheartedness" ,
"philanthropy" ,
"unselfishness"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"liberation" : {
"the act of setting free from slavery" : {
"antonyms" : [
"enslavement"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the liberation of the slaves was one of the key results of the Civil War"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"bondage" ,
"serfdom" ,
"servitude" ,
"thralldom" ,
"thraldom" ,
"yoke" ,
"captivity" ,
"enchainment" ,
"imprisonment" ,
"incarceration" ,
"internment" ,
"conquest" ,
"subjugation"
] ,
"related" : [
"deliverance" ,
"redemption" ,
"salvation" ,
"autonomy" ,
"freedom" ,
"independence" ,
"independency" ,
"liberty" ,
"self-government" ,
"sovereignty" ,
"sovranty"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"emancipation" ,
"enfranchisement" ,
"freeing" ,
"manumission"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"liberations" : {
"the act of setting free from slavery" : {
"antonyms" : [
"enslavements"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the liberation of the slaves was one of the key results of the Civil War"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"bondages" ,
"serfdoms" ,
"servitudes" ,
"thralldoms" ,
"thraldoms" ,
"yokes" ,
"captivities" ,
"enchainments" ,
"imprisonments" ,
"incarcerations" ,
"internments" ,
"conquests" ,
"subjugations"
] ,
"related" : [
"deliverances" ,
"redemptions" ,
"salvations" ,
"autonomies" ,
"freedoms" ,
"independences" ,
"independencies" ,
"liberties" ,
"sovereignties" ,
"sovranties"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"emancipations" ,
"enfranchisements" ,
"manumissions"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"libidinous" : {
"having a strong sexual desire" : {
"antonyms" : [
"frigid" ,
"undersexed"
] ,
"examples" : [
"a novel about a libidinous lawyer who becomes an abject slave to his sexual addiction"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"celibate" ,
"chaste" ,
"decent" ,
"immaculate" ,
"modest" ,
"moral" ,
"pure" ,
"virtuous" ,
"monastic" ,
"monkish" ,
"maidenly" ,
"virginal" ,
"innocent" ,
"lily-white" ,
"priggish" ,
"prim" ,
"prudish" ,
"puritanical" ,
"straitlaced" ,
"straightlaced" ,
"Victorian"
] ,
"related" : [
"aroused" ,
"excited" ,
"easy" ,
"fast" ,
"loose" ,
"promiscuous" ,
"dissipated" ,
"dissolute" ,
"libertine" ,
"corrupt" ,
"debased" ,
"debauched" ,
"decadent" ,
"degenerate" ,
"degraded" ,
"demoralized" ,
"depraved" ,
"dissipated" ,
"dissolute" ,
"immoral" ,
"indecent"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"concupiscent" ,
"goatish" ,
"horny" ,
"hot" ,
"hypersexual" ,
"itchy" ,
"lascivious" ,
"lecherous" ,
"lewd" ,
"licentious" ,
"lubricious" ,
"lubricous" ,
"lustful" ,
"oversexed" ,
"passionate" ,
"randy" ,
"salacious" ,
"satyric" ,
"wanton"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
"licence" : {
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something" : {
"antonyms" : [
"interdiction" ,
"prohibition" ,
"proscription"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the company is seeking license to operate several more power plants in the state"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"denial" ,
"refusal" ,
"rejection" ,
"revocation" ,
"taboo" ,
"tabu" ,
"injunction" ,
"veto" ,
"deterrence" ,
"discouragement" ,
"repression" ,
"suppression" ,
"ban" ,
"embargo" ,
"exclusion"
] ,
"related" : [
"imprimatur" ,
"seal" ,
"signature" ,
"stamp" ,
"accreditation" ,
"certification" ,
"liberty" ,
"pass" ,
"concession" ,
"patent" ,
"permit" ,
"tolerance" ,
"toleration" ,
"acceptance" ,
"acquiescence" ,
"agreement" ,
"assent" ,
"OK" ,
"okay" ,
"accord" ,
"grant"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"allowance" ,
"authorization" ,
"clearance" ,
"concurrence" ,
"consent" ,
"granting" ,
"green light" ,
"leave" ,
"permission" ,
"sanction" ,
"sufferance" ,
"warrant"
]
} ,
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"a restaurant owner has to get a license to serve food and drink"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"commendation" ,
"consignment" ,
"entrustment" ,
"facilitation" ,
"fostering" ,
"promotion" ,
"commanding" ,
"directing" ,
"ordering"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"accreditation" ,
"authorization" ,
"commission" ,
"delegation" ,
"empowerment" ,
"mandate"
]
} ,
"the right to act or move freely" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"military commanders on the ground must be granted considerable license , as wars cannot be micromanaged by people back in Washington"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"authority" ,
"clutch" ,
"command" ,
"control" ,
"dominion" ,
"grip" ,
"hold" ,
"mandate" ,
"mastery" ,
"power" ,
"sway" ,
"range" ,
"room" ,
"space" ,
"blank check" ,
"carte blanche"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"authorization" ,
"free hand" ,
"freedom" ,
"latitude" ,
"run"
]
} ,
"to give official or legal power to" : {
"antonyms" : [
"disqualify"
] ,
"examples" : [
"a state statute licenses county sheriffs to choose their own deputies"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"ban" ,
"bar" ,
"block" ,
"constrain" ,
"deny" ,
"disallow" ,
"disbar" ,
"discourage" ,
"disenfranchise" ,
"disfranchise" ,
"exclude" ,
"hinder" ,
"hold back" ,
"impede" ,
"inhibit" ,
"obstruct" ,
"prevent" ,
"shut out" ,
"stop" ,
"enjoin" ,
"forbid" ,
"interdict" ,
"outlaw" ,
"prohibit" ,
"proscribe" ,
"veto"
] ,
"related" : [
"approve" ,
"clear" ,
"credential" ,
"endorse" ,
"indorse" ,
"OK" ,
"okay" ,
"sanction" ,
"affirm" ,
"confirm" ,
"validate" ,
"inaugurate" ,
"induct" ,
"initiate" ,
"install" ,
"instate" ,
"swear in" ,
"allow" ,
"let" ,
"permit" ,
"enfranchise" ,
"entitle" ,
"privilege"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"accredit" ,
"authorize" ,
"certify" ,
"charter" ,
"commission" ,
"empower" ,
"enable" ,
"invest" ,
"qualify" ,
"vest" ,
"warrant"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
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"licensing" : {
"as in license , consent" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"to give official or legal power to" : {
"antonyms" : [
"disqualifying"
] ,
"examples" : [
"a state statute licenses county sheriffs to choose their own deputies"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"banning" ,
"barring" ,
"blocking" ,
"constraining" ,
"denying" ,
"disallowing" ,
"disbarring" ,
"discouraging" ,
"disenfranchising" ,
"disfranchising" ,
"excluding" ,
"hindering" ,
"holding back" ,
"impeding" ,
"inhibiting" ,
"obstructing" ,
"preventing" ,
"shutting out" ,
"stopping" ,
"enjoining" ,
"forbidding" ,
"interdicting" ,
"outlawing" ,
"prohibiting" ,
"proscribing" ,
"vetoing"
] ,
"related" : [
"approving" ,
"clearing" ,
"credentialing" ,
"credentialling" ,
"endorsing" ,
"indorsing" ,
"OK'ing" ,
"okaying" ,
"sanctioning" ,
"affirming" ,
"confirming" ,
"validating" ,
"inaugurating" ,
"inducting" ,
"initiating" ,
"installing" ,
"instating" ,
"swearing in" ,
"allowing" ,
"letting" ,
"permitting" ,
"enfranchising" ,
"entitling" ,
"privileging"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"accrediting" ,
"authorizing" ,
"certifying" ,
"chartering" ,
"commissioning" ,
"empowering" ,
"enabling" ,
"investing" ,
"qualifying" ,
"vesting" ,
"warranting"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"licit" : {
"permitted by law" : {
"antonyms" : [
"illegal" ,
"illegitimate" ,
"illicit" ,
"lawless" ,
"unlawful" ,
"wrongful"
] ,
"examples" : [
"law enforcement agencies are demanding stricter regulation of the sale of licit medications that can later be used in the home manufacture of illicit drugs"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"bad" ,
"corrupt" ,
"evil" ,
"immoral" ,
"iniquitous" ,
"reprobate" ,
"sinful" ,
"wicked" ,
"wrong" ,
"banned" ,
"criminal" ,
"forbidden" ,
"guilty" ,
"impermissible" ,
"outlawed" ,
"prohibited" ,
"unauthorized" ,
"unjust" ,
"under-the-counter" ,
"under-the-table" ,
"nonconstitutional" ,
"unconstitutional"
] ,
"related" : [
"allowable" ,
"authorized" ,
"noncriminal" ,
"permissible" ,
"justifiable" ,
"warrantable" ,
"constitutional" ,
"de jure" ,
"regulation" ,
"statutory" ,
"good" ,
"innocent" ,
"just" ,
"proper" ,
"right"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"lawful" ,
"legal" ,
"legit" ,
"legitimate"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
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"lie" : {
"to make a statement one knows to be untrue" : {
"examples" : [
"would I lie to you about that?"
] ,
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"synonyms" : [
"fabricate" ,
"fib" ,
"prevaricate"
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] ,
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"near synonyms" : [
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"forswear" ,
"foreswear" ,
"perjure" ,
"equivocate" ,
"fudge" ,
"palter" ,
"beguile" ,
"cozen" ,
"deceive" ,
"delude" ,
"dupe" ,
"fool" ,
"gull" ,
"hoax" ,
"hoodwink" ,
"kid" ,
"snow" ,
"take in" ,
"trick" ,
"defame" ,
"libel" ,
"slander" ,
"traduce" ,
"falsify" ,
"misreport" ,
"misrepresent" ,
"misstate" ,
"distort" ,
"garble" ,
"dissemble" ,
"dissimulate" ,
"misguide" ,
"misinform" ,
"mislead"
] ,
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"near antonyms" : [
"assert" ,
"swear" ,
"testify" ,
"authenticate" ,
"confirm" ,
"substantiate" ,
"validate" ,
"verify"
] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction" : {
"examples" : [
"the train tracks lie just over that hill"
] ,
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"synonyms" : [
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"bear" ,
"extend" ,
"go" ,
"head" ,
"lead" ,
"run"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"cross" ,
"cut" ,
"pass" ,
"course" ,
"follow" ,
"span" ,
"traverse"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
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} ,
"to occupy a place or location" : {
"examples" : [
"I left the book lying on the counter"
] ,
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"synonyms" : [
"be" ,
"bear" ,
"sit" ,
"stand"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
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"command" ,
"overlook" ,
"hang around" ,
"remain" ,
"rest" ,
"stay" ,
"stick around" ,
"tarry" ,
"await" ,
"wait" ,
"post" ,
"station" ,
"dwell" ,
"reside"
] ,
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"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
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} ,
"to remain out of sight" : {
"examples" : [
"paparazzi were lying in wait outside the restaurant, a well-known celebrity hangout"
] ,
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"synonyms" : [
"hide" ,
"hole up" ,
"lurk" ,
"repose" ,
"skulk"
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] ,
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"near synonyms" : [
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"slink" ,
"sneak" ,
"avoid" ,
"elude" ,
"evade"
] ,
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"near antonyms" : [
"come out" ,
"materialize" ,
"show up" ,
"turn up"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"appear"
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]
} ,
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"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive" : {
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"examples" : [
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"he wanted to deny the accusation, but he couldn't tell a lie"
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] ,
"synonyms" : [
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"fable" ,
"fabrication" ,
"fairy tale" ,
"falsehood" ,
"falsity" ,
"fib" ,
"mendacity" ,
"prevarication" ,
"story" ,
"tale" ,
"taradiddle" ,
"tarradiddle" ,
"untruth" ,
"whopper"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"distortion" ,
"exaggeration" ,
"half-truth" ,
"ambiguity" ,
"equivocation" ,
"obliquity" ,
"defamation" ,
"libel" ,
"slander" ,
"perjury" ,
"bluff" ,
"fiction" ,
"pose" ,
"pretense" ,
"pretence" ,
"humbug" ,
"jive" ,
"nonsense" ,
"canard" ,
"fallacy" ,
"misconception" ,
"myth" ,
"falsification" ,
"misinformation" ,
"misreport" ,
"misrepresentation" ,
"misstatement" ,
"deceit" ,
"deceitfulness" ,
"dishonesty" ,
"duplicity" ,
"fraudulence"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"fact" ,
"truism" ,
"verity" ,
"honesty" ,
"truthfulness" ,
"veracity" ,
"authentication" ,
"confirmation" ,
"substantiation" ,
"validation" ,
"verification"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"truth"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"lieutenants" : {
"a person who helps a more skilled person" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the drug lord has a pair of brutal lieutenants who do most of his dirty work for him"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"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"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"adjuncts" ,
"adjutants" ,
"aides" ,
"aids" ,
"apprentices" ,
"assistants" ,
"coadjutors" ,
"deputies" ,
"helpers" ,
"helpmates" ,
"helpmeets" ,
"mates" ,
"sidekicks"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"lifelike" : {
"closely resembling the object imitated" : {
"antonyms" : [
"nonnatural" ,
"nonrealistic" ,
"unnatural" ,
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"unrealistic"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the eyes of the lifelike portrait seem to follow visitors around the room"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"dissimilar" ,
"off" ,
"unalike" ,
"unlike" ,
"incomparable" ,
"unmatched" ,
"contrasted" ,
"contrasting" ,
"different" ,
"disparate" ,
"fake" ,
"mock" ,
"phony" ,
"phoney" ,
"sham"
] ,
"related" : [
"alike" ,
"like" ,
"matching" ,
"similar" ,
"verisimilar" ,
"akin" ,
"analogous" ,
"approximate" ,
"comparable" ,
"resembling" ,
"accurate" ,
"close" ,
"faithful" ,
"true" ,
"compelling" ,
"convincing" ,
"expressive" ,
"graphic" ,
"graphical" ,
"gritty" ,
"vivid"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"living" ,
"natural" ,
"naturalistic" ,
"naturalist" ,
"near" ,
"photo-realistic" ,
"realistic" ,
"three-dimensional"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
"lifestyles" : {
"the way people live at a particular time and place" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"retirees enjoying a more casual, stress-free lifestyle"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"customs" ,
"manners" ,
"mores" ,
"values" ,
"folklores" ,
"heritages" ,
"legacies" ,
"traditions" ,
"subcultures" ,
"subsocieties" ,
"sub-societies"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"civilizations" ,
"cultures" ,
"lives" ,
"societies"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"lift" : {
"a means of getting to a destination in a vehicle driven by another" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"I'll need a lift to work while my car is in the shop"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"drive" ,
"spin" ,
"turn" ,
"joyride" ,
"conveyance" ,
"passage" ,
"transit" ,
"transport"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"ride" ,
"transportation"
]
} ,
"an act or instance of helping" : {
"antonyms" : [
"hindrance"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the company's senior vice president gave his son a much-needed lift up the corporate ladder"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"constraint" ,
"frustration" ,
"inhibition" ,
"interference" ,
"obstruction" ,
"repression" ,
"restraint" ,
"deterrence" ,
"discouragement"
] ,
"related" : [
"advancement" ,
"encouragement" ,
"facilitation" ,
"forwarding" ,
"furtherance" ,
"furthering" ,
"nurturance" ,
"benefaction" ,
"patronage" ,
"promotion" ,
"sponsorship" ,
"advice" ,
"care" ,
"counsel" ,
"guidance" ,
"mentoring" ,
"attendance" ,
"attention" ,
"hand-holding" ,
"service" ,
"beneficence" ,
"charity" ,
"favor" ,
"kindness" ,
"philanthropy" ,
"assuagement" ,
"palliation" ,
"relief" ,
"succor"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"abetment" ,
"aid" ,
"assist" ,
"assistance" ,
"backing" ,
"boost" ,
"hand" ,
"help" ,
"helping hand" ,
"leg up" ,
"support"
]
} ,
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position" : {
"antonyms" : [
"drop" ,
"lower"
] ,
"examples" : [
"I needed help lifting the heavy globe back up to the top shelf"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"descend" ,
"dip" ,
"fall" ,
"pitch" ,
"plunge" ,
"slip" ,
"bear" ,
"depress" ,
"press" ,
"push" ,
"sink" ,
"submerge"
] ,
"related" : [
"ascend" ,
"mount" ,
"rise" ,
"rear" ,
"upend"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"boost" ,
"crane" ,
"elevate" ,
"heave" ,
"heft" ,
"heighten" ,
"hike" ,
"hoist" ,
"jack (up)" ,
"perk (up)" ,
"pick up" ,
"raise" ,
"take up" ,
"up" ,
"uphold" ,
"uplift" ,
"upraise"
]
} ,
"to move or extend upward" : {
"antonyms" : [
"decline" ,
"descend" ,
"dip" ,
"drop" ,
"fall (off)" ,
"plunge"
] ,
"examples" : [
"once the sun started to cut through the morning fog, the colorful hot-air balloons began to lift off from the field"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"dive" ,
"nose-dive" ,
"plummet" ,
"sink" ,
"slide"
] ,
"related" : [
"surge" ,
"tower" ,
"boost" ,
"elevate" ,
"raise" ,
"upheave" ,
"uplift" ,
"upraise" ,
"balloon" ,
"blast off" ,
"take off" ,
"zoom" ,
"crest" ,
"scale" ,
"surmount" ,
"top" ,
"cant" ,
"incline" ,
"lean" ,
"list" ,
"recline" ,
"slant" ,
"slope" ,
"tilt" ,
"tip"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"arise" ,
"ascend" ,
"aspire" ,
"climb" ,
"mount" ,
"rise" ,
"soar" ,
"thrust" ,
"up" ,
"uprear" ,
"uprise" ,
"upthrust" ,
"upturn"
]
} ,
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"she turned her back for just a moment, and somebody lifted her purse"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"buy" ,
"purchase" ,
"bestow" ,
"contribute" ,
"donate" ,
"give" ,
"hand over" ,
"present"
] ,
"related" : [
"burglarize" ,
"knock over" ,
"rob" ,
"loot" ,
"pillage" ,
"plunder" ,
"sack" ,
"carjack" ,
"hijack" ,
"highjack" ,
"pick" ,
"rifle" ,
"poach" ,
"rustle" ,
"shoplift" ,
"collar" ,
"grab" ,
"grasp" ,
"nail" ,
"seize" ,
"snatch" ,
"take" ,
"mooch" ,
"sponge" ,
"abduct" ,
"kidnap" ,
"shanghai" ,
"spirit"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"appropriate" ,
"boost" ,
"filch" ,
"heist" ,
"hook" ,
"misappropriate" ,
"nick" ,
"nip" ,
"pilfer" ,
"pinch" ,
"pocket" ,
"purloin" ,
"rip off" ,
"snitch" ,
"steal" ,
"swipe" ,
"thieve"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
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"lifting" : {
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position" : {
"antonyms" : [
"dropping" ,
"lowering"
] ,
"examples" : [
"I needed help lifting the heavy globe back up to the top shelf"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"descending" ,
"dipping" ,
"falling" ,
"pitching" ,
"plunging" ,
"slipping" ,
"bearing" ,
"depressing" ,
"pressing" ,
"pushing" ,
"sinking" ,
"submerging"
] ,
"related" : [
"ascending" ,
"mounting" ,
"rising" ,
"rearing" ,
"upending"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"boosting" ,
"craning" ,
"elevating" ,
"heaving" ,
"hefting" ,
"heightening" ,
"hiking" ,
"hoisting" ,
"jacking (up)" ,
"perking (up)" ,
"picking up" ,
"raising" ,
"taking up" ,
"upholding" ,
"uplifting" ,
"upping" ,
"upraising"
]
} ,
"to move or extend upward" : {
"antonyms" : [
"declining" ,
"descending" ,
"dipping" ,
"dropping" ,
"falling (off)" ,
"plunging"
] ,
"examples" : [
"once the sun started to cut through the morning fog, the colorful hot-air balloons began to lift off from the field"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"diving" ,
"nose-diving" ,
"plummeting" ,
"sinking" ,
"sliding"
] ,
"related" : [
"surging" ,
"towering" ,
"boosting" ,
"elevating" ,
"raising" ,
"upheaving" ,
"uplifting" ,
"upraising" ,
"ballooning" ,
"blasting off" ,
"taking off" ,
"zooming" ,
"cresting" ,
"scaling" ,
"surmounting" ,
"topping" ,
"canting" ,
"inclining" ,
"leaning" ,
"listing" ,
"reclining" ,
"slanting" ,
"sloping" ,
"tilting" ,
"tipping"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"arising" ,
"ascending" ,
"aspiring" ,
"climbing" ,
"mounting" ,
"rising" ,
"soaring" ,
"thrusting" ,
"upping" ,
"uprearing" ,
"uprising" ,
"upthrusting" ,
"upturning"
]
} ,
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"she turned her back for just a moment, and somebody lifted her purse"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"buying" ,
"purchasing" ,
"bestowing" ,
"contributing" ,
"donating" ,
"giving" ,
"handing over" ,
"presenting"
] ,
"related" : [
"burglarizing" ,
"knocking over" ,
"robbing" ,
"looting" ,
"pillaging" ,
"plundering" ,
"sacking" ,
"carjacking" ,
"hijacking" ,
"highjacking" ,
"picking" ,
"rifling" ,
"poaching" ,
"rustling" ,
"shoplifting" ,
"collaring" ,
"grabbing" ,
"grasping" ,
"nailing" ,
"seizing" ,
"snatching" ,
"taking" ,
"mooching" ,
"sponging" ,
"abducting" ,
"kidnapping" ,
"kidnaping" ,
"shanghaiing" ,
"spiriting"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"appropriating" ,
"boosting" ,
"filching" ,
"heisting" ,
"hooking" ,
"misappropriating" ,
"nicking" ,
"nipping" ,
"pilfering" ,
"pinching" ,
"pocketing" ,
"purloining" ,
"ripping off" ,
"snitching" ,
"stealing" ,
"swiping" ,
"thieving"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"ligature" : {
"a uniting or binding force or influence" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"a common language is often the ligature that unites the people of a nation"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"detaching" ,
"disengaging" ,
"parting" ,
"separation" ,
"unbinding" ,
"unfastening" ,
"unfettering" ,
"untying" ,
"untieing" ,
"emancipation" ,
"freedom" ,
"liberation" ,
"release"
] ,
"related" : [
"attachment" ,
"connection" ,
"fastening" ,
"hookup" ,
"joint" ,
"linkage" ,
"linkup" ,
"nexus" ,
"tie-up" ,
"union" ,
"yoke" ,
"affection" ,
"fondness" ,
"sympathy" ,
"fetter" ,
"handcuff" ,
"manacle" ,
"shackle" ,
"trammel" ,
"constraint" ,
"curb" ,
"hampering" ,
"limit" ,
"limitation" ,
"restraint" ,
"restriction"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bond" ,
"cement" ,
"cord" ,
"knot" ,
"link" ,
"tie"
]
} ,
"something that physically prevents free movement" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the surgeon tied a ligature around the tube to keep it in place"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"captivity" ,
"confinement" ,
"constraint" ,
"curb" ,
"enchainment" ,
"enslavement" ,
"hindrance" ,
"immurement" ,
"imprisonment" ,
"incarceration" ,
"restraint" ,
"restriction" ,
"entanglement" ,
"net" ,
"trammel" ,
"trap" ,
"collar" ,
"straitjacket" ,
"straightjacket" ,
"fastener" ,
"hobble" ,
"hold" ,
"hold-down" ,
"holding" ,
"tie"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"band" ,
"bind" ,
"bond" ,
"bracelet" ,
"chain" ,
"cuff(s)" ,
"fetter" ,
"handcuff(s)" ,
"irons" ,
"manacle(s)" ,
"shackle"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"ligatures" : {
"a uniting or binding force or influence" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"a common language is often the ligature that unites the people of a nation"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"partings" ,
"separations" ,
"emancipations" ,
"freedoms" ,
"liberations" ,
"releases"
] ,
"related" : [
"attachments" ,
"connections" ,
"fastenings" ,
"hookups" ,
"joints" ,
"linkages" ,
"linkups" ,
"nexuses" ,
"nexus" ,
"tie-ups" ,
"unions" ,
"yokes" ,
"affections" ,
"sympathies" ,
"fetters" ,
"handcuffs" ,
"manacles" ,
"shackles" ,
"trammels" ,
"constraints" ,
"curbs" ,
"limitations" ,
"limits" ,
"restraints" ,
"restrictions"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bonds" ,
"cements" ,
"cords" ,
"knots" ,
"links" ,
"ties"
]
} ,
"something that physically prevents free movement" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the surgeon tied a ligature around the tube to keep it in place"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"captivities" ,
"confinements" ,
"constraints" ,
"curbs" ,
"enchainments" ,
"enslavements" ,
"hindrances" ,
"immurements" ,
"imprisonments" ,
"incarcerations" ,
"restraints" ,
"restrictions" ,
"entanglements" ,
"nets" ,
"trammels" ,
"traps" ,
"collars" ,
"straitjackets" ,
"straightjackets" ,
"fasteners" ,
"hobbles" ,
"hold-downs" ,
"holdings" ,
"holds" ,
"ties"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bands" ,
"binds" ,
"bonds" ,
"bracelets" ,
"chains" ,
"cuffs" ,
"fetters" ,
"handcuffs" ,
"irons" ,
"manacles" ,
"shackles"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"light bulb" : {
"a glass bulb or tube that produces light when it is supplied with electricity" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"change a light bulb that has burned out"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"light into" : {
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"She lit into the intern for deleting an important file."
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"acclaim" ,
"commend" ,
"compliment" ,
"hail" ,
"laud" ,
"praise"
] ,
"related" : [
"berate" ,
"harangue" ,
"harass" ,
"harry" ,
"revile" ,
"scold" ,
"whip" ,
"blaspheme" ,
"curse" ,
"execrate" ,
"imprecate" ,
"profane" ,
"affront" ,
"insult" ,
"slur" ,
"asperse" ,
"bad-mouth" ,
"belittle" ,
"blackguard" ,
"disparage" ,
"put down" ,
"libel" ,
"slander" ,
"traduce" ,
"vilify" ,
"chastise" ,
"chide" ,
"criticize" ,
"lace (into)" ,
"rebuke" ,
"reprimand" ,
"fulminate" ,
"lash (out)"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"abuse" ,
"assail" ,
"attack" ,
"bash" ,
"belabor" ,
"blast" ,
"castigate" ,
"excoriate" ,
"jump (on)" ,
"lambaste" ,
"lambast" ,
"potshot" ,
"savage" ,
"scathe" ,
"slam" ,
"trash" ,
"vituperate"
]
} ,
"to start work on energetically" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"We lit into the new project right away."
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"avoid" ,
"evade" ,
"shun" ,
"dally" ,
"dawdle" ,
"dillydally" ,
"fiddle (around)" ,
"fool" ,
"idle" ,
"lag" ,
"mess" ,
"monkey (around)" ,
"play" ,
"poke" ,
"potter (around)" ,
"putter (around)" ,
"trifle"
] ,
"related" : [
"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"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"attack" ,
"dive (into)" ,
"tackle" ,
"wade (in or into)"
]
} ,
"to take sudden, violent action against" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"He lit into the punching bag as though it were his worst enemy."
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"cover" ,
"defend" ,
"guard" ,
"protect" ,
"secure" ,
"shield"
] ,
"related" : [
"bum-rush" ,
"gang up (on)" ,
"mob" ,
"swarm" ,
"mug" ,
"rob" ,
"ambuscade" ,
"ambush" ,
"surprise" ,
"surprize" ,
"waylay" ,
"blitz" ,
"bomb" ,
"bombard" ,
"nuke" ,
"barrage" ,
"cannon" ,
"cannonade" ,
"bang away (at)" ,
"batter" ,
"buffet" ,
"plaster" ,
"beleaguer" ,
"besiege" ,
"press" ,
"harry" ,
"loot" ,
"pillage" ,
"plunder" ,
"ravage" ,
"sack" ,
"foray" ,
"invade" ,
"overrun" ,
"envelop" ,
"flank"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"assail" ,
"assault" ,
"attack" ,
"beset" ,
"bushwhack" ,
"charge" ,
"descend (on or upon)" ,
"go in (on)" ,
"jump (on)" ,
"pounce (on or upon)" ,
"raid" ,
"rush" ,
"set on" ,
"sic" ,
"sick" ,
"storm" ,
"strike" ,
"trash" ,
"turn (on)"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"phrase"
]
} ,
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"light-foot" : {
"moving easily" : {
"antonyms" : [
"awkward" ,
"clumsy" ,
"gawky" ,
"graceless" ,
"klutzy" ,
"lumbering" ,
"ungainly" ,
"ungraceful"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the light-footed cat crept silently through the house"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"uncoordinated" ,
"inflexible" ,
"rigid" ,
"stiff" ,
"bungling" ,
"inept" ,
"maladroit"
] ,
"related" : [
"acrobatic" ,
"flexible" ,
"limber" ,
"loose-jointed" ,
"pliable" ,
"pliant" ,
"supple" ,
"adroit" ,
"deft" ,
"dexterous" ,
"dextrous" ,
"light-fingered" ,
"fleet-footed" ,
"sure-footed" ,
"athletic" ,
"balletic" ,
"coordinated"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"agile" ,
"featly" ,
"feline" ,
"graceful" ,
"gracile" ,
"light" ,
"lightsome" ,
"lissome" ,
"lissom" ,
"lithe" ,
"lithesome" ,
"nimble" ,
"spry"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
"lightens" : {
"to become glad or hopeful" : {
"antonyms" : [
"darkens" ,
"saddens"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the patient lightened when he heard the disease responds well to treatment"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"despairs" ,
"desponds" ,
"broods" ,
"frets" ,
"mopes"
] ,
"related" : [
"rejoices" ,
"livens (up)" ,
"revives" ,
"beams" ,
"glows" ,
"radiates" ,
"sparkles" ,
"encourages" ,
"gladdens" ,
"heartens"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"brightens" ,
"bucks up" ,
"cheers (up)" ,
"looks up" ,
"perks (up)"
]
} ,
"to supply with light" : {
"antonyms" : [
"blackens" ,
"darkens" ,
"obfuscates"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the room was gradually lightened by the rising sun"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"dims" ,
"dulls" ,
"obscures" ,
"covers" ,
"shrouds" ,
"veils" ,
"douses" ,
"dowses" ,
"extinguishes" ,
"puts out" ,
"quenches" ,
"snuffs (out)"
] ,
"related" : [
"brightens" ,
"beams" ,
"beats (down)" ,
"radiates" ,
"shines" ,
"enhaloes" ,
"haloes" ,
"floodlights" ,
"highlights" ,
"spotlights" ,
"blazes" ,
"burns" ,
"fires" ,
"flames" ,
"glares" ,
"glows" ,
"ignites" ,
"incinerates" ,
"kindles" ,
"bedazzles" ,
"blinds" ,
"dazes" ,
"dazzles" ,
"gleams" ,
"glistens" ,
"glitters"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bathes" ,
"beacons" ,
"emblazes" ,
"illumes" ,
"illuminates" ,
"illumines" ,
"irradiates" ,
"lights"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"lightheartedness" : {
"carefree freedom from constraint" : {
"antonyms" : [
"constraint" ,
"restraint"
] ,
"examples" : [
"he approaches his medical duties with a lightheartedness that some patients find disturbing"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"embarrassment" ,
"reserve" ,
"reticence" ,
"self-consciousness" ,
"uneasiness" ,
"inhibition" ,
"repression" ,
"self-restraint" ,
"suppression" ,
"carefulness" ,
"discreetness" ,
"discretion" ,
"heedfulness" ,
"discipline" ,
"self-command" ,
"self-control" ,
"self-denial" ,
"self-discipline" ,
"self-mastery" ,
"willpower"
] ,
"related" : [
"ardor" ,
"enthusiasm" ,
"exuberance" ,
"fervor" ,
"spirit" ,
"warmth" ,
"zeal" ,
"zealotry" ,
"zealousness" ,
"carelessness" ,
"heedlessness" ,
"impulsiveness" ,
"impulsivity" ,
"indiscretion" ,
"insouciance" ,
"recklessness" ,
"thoughtlessness" ,
"unself-consciousness" ,
"casualness" ,
"offhandedness" ,
"excess" ,
"excessiveness" ,
"immoderacy" ,
"incontinence" ,
"indulgence" ,
"intemperance" ,
"licentiousness" ,
"permissiveness" ,
"wantonness" ,
"wildness" ,
"blank check" ,
"carte blanche" ,
"free hand"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"abandon" ,
"abandonment" ,
"ease" ,
"naturalness" ,
"spontaneity" ,
"spontaneousness" ,
"unconstraint" ,
"uninhibitedness" ,
"unrestraint"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"lighthouse" : {
"a tower that is built on or near the shore and that has a powerful illuminated signal to guide ships away from danger" : {
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"antonyms" : [ ] ,
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"examples" : [
"The sailor spotted the lighthouse in the distance."
] ,
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"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
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"noun"
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]
} ,
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"lighting (up)" : {
"as in" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"lightly" : {
"type" : [
"adverb"
] ,
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"without difficulty" : {
"antonyms" : [
"arduously" ,
"hardly" ,
"laboriously" ,
"strenuously"
] ,
"examples" : [
"you're not going to get off lightly if they catch you!"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"awkwardly" ,
"clumsily" ,
"gracelessly" ,
"ham-handedly" ,
"ineptly" ,
"maladroitly" ,
"unskillfully" ,
"meticulously" ,
"painfully" ,
"painstakingly" ,
"thoroughly" ,
"assiduously" ,
"diligently" ,
"indefatigably" ,
"industriously" ,
"intensely" ,
"intently" ,
"mightily" ,
"sedulously" ,
"tirelessly"
] ,
"related" : [
"ably" ,
"adeptly" ,
"adroitly" ,
"competently" ,
"deftly" ,
"dexterously" ,
"efficiently" ,
"expertly" ,
"masterfully" ,
"proficiently" ,
"skillfully" ,
"instinctively" ,
"intuitively" ,
"naturally" ,
"spontaneously"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"easily" ,
"easy" ,
"effortlessly" ,
"facilely" ,
"fluently" ,
"freely" ,
"handily" ,
"hands down" ,
"painlessly" ,
"readily" ,
"smoothly" ,
"well"
]
}
} ,
"lightness" : {
"a lack of seriousness often at an improper time" : {
"antonyms" : [
"earnestness" ,
"gravity" ,
"seriousness" ,
"soberness" ,
"solemnity" ,
"solemnness"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the inappropriate lightness of the anchorman's tone while he was reading the story of the freak accident in which people had died"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"dejection" ,
"depression" ,
"despondency" ,
"dispiritedness" ,
"downheartedness" ,
"gloom" ,
"gloominess" ,
"heartsickness" ,
"joylessness" ,
"melancholy" ,
"mopes" ,
"moroseness" ,
"sadness" ,
"sullenness" ,
"unhappiness"
] ,
"related" : [
"cheer" ,
"cheerfulness" ,
"festivity" ,
"gaiety" ,
"gayety" ,
"glee" ,
"gleefulness" ,
"high-spiritedness" ,
"hilarity" ,
"joviality" ,
"lightheartedness" ,
"merriment" ,
"mirth" ,
"mirthfulness" ,
"childishness" ,
"goofiness" ,
"puerility"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"facetiousness" ,
"flightiness" ,
"flippancy" ,
"frivolity" ,
"frivolousness" ,
"frothiness" ,
"levity" ,
"light-headedness" ,
"light-mindedness" ,
"silliness"
]
} ,
"the quality or state of having or giving off light" : {
"antonyms" : [
"blackness" ,
"dark" ,
"darkness" ,
"dullness" ,
"dulness" ,
"duskiness"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the photographer was concerned that the lightness of the background would cast the main subject into shadow"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"dimness" ,
"gloominess" ,
"somberness" ,
"cloudiness" ,
"haziness" ,
"murkiness" ,
"obscureness" ,
"obscurity" ,
"colorlessness" ,
"grayness" ,
"lackluster" ,
"paleness" ,
"shadiness" ,
"shadowiness"
] ,
"related" : [
"blaze" ,
"flare" ,
"flash" ,
"flicker" ,
"light" ,
"fluorescence" ,
"incandescence" ,
"luminescence" ,
"burnish" ,
"gloss" ,
"polish" ,
"sheen" ,
"shine" ,
"shininess" ,
"fire" ,
"flame" ,
"glare" ,
"glow" ,
"flash" ,
"gleam" ,
"glimmer" ,
"glint" ,
"glisten" ,
"glitter" ,
"scintillation" ,
"shimmer" ,
"sparkle" ,
"twinkle"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"brightness" ,
"brilliance" ,
"brilliancy" ,
"candor" ,
"dazzle" ,
"effulgence" ,
"illumination" ,
"lambency" ,
"luminance" ,
"luminosity" ,
"luminousness" ,
"luster" ,
"lustre" ,
"lustrousness" ,
"radiance" ,
"refulgence" ,
"splendor"
]
} ,
"the state or quality of having little weight" : {
"antonyms" : [
"heaviness" ,
"heftiness" ,
"massiveness" ,
"ponderousness" ,
"weightiness"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the first thing I noticed about the little bird was its lightness ; I could hardly tell I was holding it in my hand"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"solidity" ,
"solidness" ,
"substantiality"
] ,
"related" : [
"airiness" ,
"delicacy" ,
"ethereality" ,
"etherealness" ,
"flimsiness" ,
"fluffiness" ,
"insubstantiality"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"slightness" ,
"weightlessness"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"lightproof" : {
"as in waterproof , soundproof" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
"lightship" : {
"as in warship , steamship" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"lightsome" : {
"filled with much light" : {
"antonyms" : [
"blackened" ,
"dark" ,
"darkened" ,
"darkish" ,
"darkling" ,
"dimmed" ,
"dusk" ,
"dusky" ,
"lightless" ,
"pitch-black" ,
"pitch-dark" ,
"tenebrous" ,
"unlit"
] ,
"examples" : [
"a lovely and lightsome room with huge windows"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"gloomy" ,
"somber" ,
"sombre" ,
"sunless" ,
"cloudy" ,
"murky" ,
"obscured" ,
"shadowlike" ,
"shadowy" ,
"gray" ,
"grey" ,
"leaden" ,
"pale" ,
"lightproof"
] ,
"related" : [
"floodlit" ,
"floodlighted" ,
"highlighted" ,
"spotlighted" ,
"spotlit" ,
"ignited" ,
"kindled" ,
"moonlit" ,
"shiny" ,
"sunlit" ,
"sunny" ,
"sunshiny"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"ablaze" ,
"alight" ,
"bright" ,
"brightened" ,
"illuminated" ,
"illumined" ,
"light" ,
"lit" ,
"lighted"
]
} ,
"having or showing a good mood or disposition" : {
"antonyms" : [
"dour" ,
"gloomy" ,
"glum" ,
"morose" ,
"saturnine" ,
"sulky" ,
"sullen"
] ,
"examples" : [
"lighthearted lovers skipping along the beach with a lightsome gait"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"joyless" ,
"sad" ,
"unhappy" ,
"unsatisfied" ,
"dull" ,
"lethargic" ,
"listless" ,
"sluggish" ,
"torpid" ,
"blue" ,
"brokenhearted" ,
"crestfallen" ,
"dejected" ,
"depressed" ,
"despondent" ,
"disconsolate" ,
"disheartened" ,
"down" ,
"downcast" ,
"downhearted" ,
"droopy" ,
"forlorn" ,
"hangdog" ,
"heavyhearted" ,
"inconsolable" ,
"low" ,
"low-spirited" ,
"melancholy" ,
"mirthless" ,
"sorrowful"
] ,
"related" : [
"hopeful" ,
"optimistic" ,
"rosy" ,
"sanguine" ,
"animated" ,
"chirpy" ,
"jaunty" ,
"lilting" ,
"lively" ,
"perky" ,
"sprightful" ,
"sprightly" ,
"vivacious" ,
"carefree" ,
"careless" ,
"cavalier" ,
"devil-may-care" ,
"easygoing" ,
"happy-go-lucky" ,
"insouciant" ,
"lighthearted" ,
"unconcerned" ,
"boon" ,
"gleeful" ,
"jocund" ,
"jolly" ,
"jovial" ,
"merry" ,
"mirthful" ,
"blissful" ,
"delighted" ,
"glad" ,
"gratified" ,
"happy" ,
"joyful" ,
"joyous" ,
"pleased" ,
"satisfied" ,
"tickled" ,
"beaming" ,
"grinning" ,
"laughing" ,
"smiling"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"blithe" ,
"blithesome" ,
"bright" ,
"buoyant" ,
"canty" ,
"cheerful" ,
"cheery" ,
"chipper" ,
"eupeptic" ,
"gay" ,
"gladsome" ,
"sunny" ,
"upbeat" ,
"winsome"
]
} ,
"having or showing freedom from worries or troubles" : {
"antonyms" : [
"careworn"
] ,
"examples" : [
"set off on his grand tour of Europe with a lightsome heart"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"earnest" ,
"grave" ,
"serious" ,
"serious-minded" ,
"somber" ,
"sombre" ,
"careful" ,
"cautious" ,
"heedful" ,
"wary" ,
"anxious" ,
"concerned" ,
"upset" ,
"worried" ,
"long-suffering" ,
"overburdened" ,
"sorrowful"
] ,
"related" : [
"blas\u00e9" ,
"blase" ,
"breezy" ,
"cavalier" ,
"nonchalant" ,
"casual" ,
"easygoing" ,
"informal" ,
"laid-back" ,
"low-pressure" ,
"relaxed" ,
"unfussy"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"blithe" ,
"carefree" ,
"debonair" ,
"devil-may-care" ,
"gay" ,
"happy-go-lucky" ,
"insouciant" ,
"lighthearted" ,
"slaphappy" ,
"unconcerned"
]
} ,
"moving easily" : {
"antonyms" : [
"awkward" ,
"clumsy" ,
"gawky" ,
"graceless" ,
"klutzy" ,
"lumbering" ,
"ungainly" ,
"ungraceful"
] ,
"examples" : [
"still lightsome despite her advancing years, the cat continued to ignore orders not to leap onto the kitchen table"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"uncoordinated" ,
"inflexible" ,
"rigid" ,
"stiff" ,
"bungling" ,
"inept" ,
"maladroit"
] ,
"related" : [
"acrobatic" ,
"flexible" ,
"limber" ,
"loose-jointed" ,
"pliable" ,
"pliant" ,
"supple" ,
"adroit" ,
"deft" ,
"dexterous" ,
"dextrous" ,
"light-fingered" ,
"fleet-footed" ,
"sure-footed" ,
"athletic" ,
"balletic" ,
"coordinated"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"agile" ,
"featly" ,
"feline" ,
"graceful" ,
"gracile" ,
"light" ,
"light-footed" ,
"light-foot" ,
"lissome" ,
"lissom" ,
"lithe" ,
"lithesome" ,
"nimble" ,
"spry"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
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"likability" : {
"as in attractiveness , likableness" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"likable" : {
"easy to like; having pleasant or appealing qualities" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"Detective Grant is the most likeable character in the novel." ,
"She seems like a friendly, likable young woman."
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
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"likableness" : {
"as in enjoyableness , pleasingness" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"likeable" : {
"easy to like; having pleasant or appealing qualities" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"Detective Grant is the most likeable character in the novel." ,
"She seems like a friendly, likable young woman."
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
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"liked" : {
"as in wanted , desirable" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"to see fit" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"feel free to order whatever you like from the menu"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"ached (for)" ,
"coveted" ,
"craved" ,
"desired" ,
"died (for)" ,
"fancied" ,
"hankered (for)" ,
"hungered (for)" ,
"itched (for)" ,
"longed (for)" ,
"lusted (for or after)" ,
"panted (after)" ,
"pined (for)" ,
"repined (for)" ,
"sighed (for)" ,
"thirsted (for)" ,
"yearned (for)" ,
"decided" ,
"determined" ,
"resolved"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"chose" ,
"pleased" ,
"wanted" ,
"willed" ,
"wished"
]
} ,
"to show partiality toward" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"I like romantic comedies more than action movies"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"disfavored" ,
"disliked" ,
"misliked" ,
"abhorred" ,
"abominated" ,
"detested" ,
"hated" ,
"loathed" ,
"declined" ,
"refused" ,
"rejected" ,
"turned down" ,
"discarded" ,
"jettisoned" ,
"threw away" ,
"threw out"
] ,
"related" : [
"adored" ,
"cottoned (to)" ,
"delighted (in)" ,
"dug" ,
"enjoyed" ,
"fancied" ,
"grooved (on)" ,
"relished" ,
"reveled (in)" ,
"revelled (in)" ,
"chose" ,
"culled" ,
"handpicked" ,
"named" ,
"picked" ,
"selected" ,
"singled (out)" ,
"took" ,
"coveted" ,
"craved" ,
"desired" ,
"hankered (for or after)" ,
"wanted" ,
"wished (for)" ,
"biased" ,
"biassed" ,
"prejudiced" ,
"inclined (toward)" ,
"tended (to)" ,
"admired" ,
"appreciated" ,
"cherished" ,
"prized" ,
"treasured" ,
"valued"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"cared (for)" ,
"favored" ,
"leaned (toward or towards)" ,
"preferred"
]
} ,
"to take pleasure in" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"an adventuresome young woman who likes skydiving"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"abhorred" ,
"abominated" ,
"detested" ,
"disliked" ,
"hated" ,
"loathed" ,
"condemned" ,
"despised" ,
"scorned"
] ,
"related" : [
"admired" ,
"appreciated" ,
"cherished" ,
"revered" ,
"venerated" ,
"worshipped" ,
"worshiped" ,
"prized" ,
"treasured" ,
"valued" ,
"ate (up)" ,
"devoured" ,
"drank (in)" ,
"feasted (on)" ,
"doted (on)" ,
"idolized" ,
"cottoned (to)" ,
"favored" ,
"preferred" ,
"indulged (in)" ,
"luxuriated (in)" ,
"wallowed (in)"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"adored" ,
"delighted (in)" ,
"dug" ,
"enjoyed" ,
"fancied" ,
"got off (on)" ,
"grooved (on)" ,
"loved" ,
"rejoiced (in)" ,
"relished" ,
"reveled (in)" ,
"revelled (in)" ,
"savored" ,
"savoured"
]
} ,
"to wish to have" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"I'd like another slice of pizza, but I've already eaten more than I should have"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"adored" ,
"delighted (in)" ,
"dug" ,
"enjoyed" ,
"fancied" ,
"grooved (on)" ,
"loved" ,
"relished" ,
"reveled (in)" ,
"revelled (in)" ,
"welcomed" ,
"coveted" ,
"craved" ,
"desired" ,
"died (for)" ,
"hankered (for or after)" ,
"wished (for)" ,
"yearned (for)"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"cared (for)" ,
"wanted"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
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"likened" : {
"to describe as similar" : {
"antonyms" : [
"contrasted"
] ,
"examples" : [
"he generally likened a root canal to some horrible form of torture"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"associated" ,
"connected" ,
"coupled" ,
"linked" ,
"alluded" ,
"referred" ,
"related" ,
"equaled" ,
"equalled" ,
"matched" ,
"paralleled"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"analogized" ,
"assimilated" ,
"bracketed" ,
"compared" ,
"equated"
]
} ,
"to regard or represent as equal or comparable" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"I think that we can liken the two pianists, at least in terms of natural talent"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"differentiated" ,
"discerned" ,
"discriminated" ,
"distinguished" ,
"separated"
] ,
"related" : [
"associated" ,
"connected" ,
"correlated" ,
"identified" ,
"joined" ,
"linked" ,
"matched" ,
"related" ,
"grouped" ,
"lumped (together)" ,
"assorted" ,
"categorized" ,
"classed" ,
"classified" ,
"graded" ,
"grouped" ,
"sorted"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"compared" ,
"equated"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"likeness" : {
"a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the wealthy businessman hired a leading artist to paint his likeness"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"delineation" ,
"depiction" ,
"representation" ,
"resemblance" ,
"view" ,
"portrait" ,
"daub" ,
"drawing" ,
"finger painting" ,
"etching" ,
"silhouette" ,
"sketch" ,
"watercolor" ,
"caricature" ,
"cartoon" ,
"doodle" ,
"collage" ,
"montage" ,
"photograph" ,
"hieroglyph" ,
"hieroglyphic" ,
"ideogram" ,
"ideograph" ,
"pictograph" ,
"diagram"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"icon" ,
"ikon" ,
"illustration" ,
"image" ,
"picture"
]
} ,
"something or someone that strongly resembles another" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"why, you're the very likeness of your mother!"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"antithesis" ,
"converse" ,
"opposite" ,
"reverse"
] ,
"related" : [
"Chinese copy" ,
"effigy" ,
"portrait" ,
"portrayal" ,
"companion" ,
"fellow" ,
"mate" ,
"equal" ,
"equivalent" ,
"analogue" ,
"analog" ,
"parallel"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"alter ego" ,
"carbon" ,
"carbon copy" ,
"clone" ,
"counterpart" ,
"doppelg\u00e4nger" ,
"doppelganger" ,
"double" ,
"duplicate" ,
"duplication" ,
"facsimile" ,
"fetch" ,
"image" ,
"look-alike" ,
"match" ,
"mirror image" ,
"picture" ,
"replica" ,
"ringer" ,
"spit" ,
"spitting image" ,
"twin"
]
} ,
"the quality or state of having many qualities in common" : {
"antonyms" : [
"difference" ,
"disagreement" ,
"discrepancy" ,
"disparateness" ,
"disparity" ,
"dissimilarity" ,
"dissimilitude" ,
"distinctiveness" ,
"distinctness" ,
"unlikeness"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the forgery was difficult to detect due to the pinpoint likeness it bore to the original"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"inequality" ,
"conflict" ,
"polarity" ,
"incompatibility" ,
"incongruence" ,
"incongruity" ,
"incongruousness" ,
"nonconformity" ,
"differentiability" ,
"discriminability" ,
"distinguishability" ,
"anomalousness" ,
"dichotomy" ,
"disproportion" ,
"imbalance" ,
"inequality" ,
"nonequivalence"
] ,
"related" : [
"semblance" ,
"affinity" ,
"analogousness" ,
"equation" ,
"equivalence" ,
"equivalency" ,
"par" ,
"parity" ,
"identicalness" ,
"identity" ,
"sameness" ,
"correlation" ,
"relationship" ,
"exchangeability" ,
"interchangeability" ,
"accordance" ,
"agreement" ,
"compatibility" ,
"conformity" ,
"congruity"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"alikeness" ,
"community" ,
"comparability" ,
"correspondence" ,
"parallelism" ,
"resemblance" ,
"similarity" ,
"similitude"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"limitations" : {
"a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the bridge has a weight limitation that bars heavy trucks from crossing it"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"extremities" ,
"fag ends" ,
"termini" ,
"terminuses" ,
"borders" ,
"brims" ,
"edges" ,
"margins" ,
"rims" ,
"verges" ,
"outsides" ,
"barriers" ,
"bars" ,
"fences" ,
"hedges" ,
"restraints" ,
"stops" ,
"walls"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"boundaries" ,
"bounds" ,
"caps" ,
"ceilings" ,
"confines" ,
"ends" ,
"extents" ,
"limits" ,
"lines" ,
"terminations"
]
} ,
"something that limits one's freedom of action or choice" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the state has some fairly strict limitations on the sale and use of alcoholic beverages"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"freedoms" ,
"latitudes"
] ,
"related" : [
"exceptions" ,
"provisos" ,
"provisoes" ,
"qualifications" ,
"reservations" ,
"stipulations" ,
"strings" ,
"bans" ,
"prohibitions" ,
"proscriptions"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"checks" ,
"circumscriptions" ,
"conditions" ,
"constraints" ,
"curbs" ,
"fetters" ,
"restraints" ,
"restrictions" ,
"strictures"
]
} ,
"the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the limitation on the number of vehicles allowed on the island does not sit well with year-round residents"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"constraints" ,
"restraints" ,
"containments" ,
"isolations" ,
"segregations"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"circumscriptions" ,
"confinements" ,
"reins" ,
"restrictions" ,
"stints"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"limited" : {
"having a limit" : {
"antonyms" : [
"boundless" ,
"endless" ,
"illimitable" ,
"infinite" ,
"limitless" ,
"unbounded" ,
"unlimited"
] ,
"examples" : [
"competition for limited resources among growing populations is often a source of international conflict"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"unconfined" ,
"unrestricted" ,
"immeasurable" ,
"indefinite" ,
"indeterminate" ,
"measureless" ,
"undefinable" ,
"undefined" ,
"unfathomable"
] ,
"related" : [
"circumscribed" ,
"confined" ,
"restricted" ,
"definable" ,
"defined" ,
"definite" ,
"determinate" ,
"discrete" ,
"decided" ,
"established" ,
"fixed" ,
"set" ,
"exact" ,
"precise" ,
"specific" ,
"fathomable" ,
"measurable" ,
"mensurable" ,
"numerable"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"finite"
]
} ,
"having distinct or certain limits" : {
"antonyms" : [
"boundless" ,
"dimensionless" ,
"endless" ,
"illimitable" ,
"immeasurable" ,
"indefinite" ,
"infinite" ,
"limitless" ,
"measureless" ,
"unbounded" ,
"undefined" ,
"unlimited" ,
"unmeasured"
] ,
"examples" : [
"to avoid overcrowding, the number of tickets to the outdoor concerts is limited"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"bottomless" ,
"countless" ,
"incalculable" ,
"inestimable" ,
"inexhaustible" ,
"innumerable" ,
"unfathomable" ,
"unqualified" ,
"unreserved" ,
"general" ,
"indeterminate" ,
"nebulous" ,
"vague" ,
"enlarged" ,
"escalated" ,
"expanded" ,
"copious" ,
"plenitudinous" ,
"plentiful" ,
"big" ,
"bulky" ,
"bumper" ,
"considerable" ,
"extensive" ,
"goodly" ,
"great" ,
"handsome" ,
"hefty" ,
"hulking" ,
"jumbo" ,
"king-size" ,
"king-sized" ,
"large" ,
"largish" ,
"overscale" ,
"overscaled" ,
"oversize" ,
"oversized" ,
"respectable" ,
"sizable" ,
"sizeable" ,
"substantial" ,
"super" ,
"vast" ,
"voluminous" ,
"whacking" ,
"epic" ,
"grandiose" ,
"major" ,
"ample" ,
"broad" ,
"comprehensive" ,
"cosmopolitan" ,
"expansive" ,
"global" ,
"inclusive" ,
"sweeping" ,
"universal" ,
"whole"
] ,
"related" : [
"modified" ,
"qualified" ,
"detailed" ,
"exact" ,
"precise" ,
"specific" ,
"confined" ,
"constricted" ,
"moderate" ,
"modest" ,
"minute" ,
"puny" ,
"small" ,
"tiny" ,
"determined" ,
"fixed" ,
"settled"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bounded" ,
"circumscribed" ,
"defined" ,
"definite" ,
"determinate" ,
"finite" ,
"measured" ,
"narrow" ,
"restricted"
]
} ,
"to mark the limits of" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"adjectives limit the meanings of nouns"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"controlled" ,
"determined" ,
"governed" ,
"delineated" ,
"described"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bounded" ,
"circumscribed" ,
"defined" ,
"delimited" ,
"demarcated" ,
"demarked" ,
"marked (off)" ,
"terminated"
]
} ,
"to set bounds or an upper limit for" : {
"antonyms" : [
"exceeded"
] ,
"examples" : [
"limit the note to a few words"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"broadened" ,
"expanded" ,
"widened" ,
"overextended" ,
"overreached"
] ,
"related" : [
"barred" ,
"blocked" ,
"hampered" ,
"hindered" ,
"impeded" ,
"obstructed" ,
"constricted" ,
"contracted" ,
"lessened" ,
"narrowed" ,
"pinched" ,
"squeezed" ,
"tightened" ,
"quelled" ,
"repressed" ,
"suppressed" ,
"numbered" ,
"modified" ,
"qualified"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"capped" ,
"circumscribed" ,
"confined" ,
"held down" ,
"restricted"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
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"limiting" : {
"to mark the limits of" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"adjectives limit the meanings of nouns"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"controlling" ,
"determining" ,
"governing" ,
"delineating" ,
"describing"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bounding" ,
"circumscribing" ,
"defining" ,
"delimiting" ,
"demarcating" ,
"demarking" ,
"marking (off)" ,
"terminating"
]
} ,
"to set bounds or an upper limit for" : {
"antonyms" : [
"exceeding"
] ,
"examples" : [
"limit the note to a few words"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"broadening" ,
"expanding" ,
"widening" ,
"overextending" ,
"overreaching"
] ,
"related" : [
"barring" ,
"blocking" ,
"hampering" ,
"hindering" ,
"impeding" ,
"obstructing" ,
"constricting" ,
"contracting" ,
"lessening" ,
"narrowing" ,
"pinching" ,
"squeezing" ,
"tightening" ,
"quelling" ,
"repressing" ,
"suppressing" ,
"numbering" ,
"modifying" ,
"qualifying"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"capping" ,
"circumscribing" ,
"confining" ,
"holding down" ,
"restricting"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"limousine" : {
"as in sedan , coupe" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"limousines" : {
"as in sedans , coupes" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"limpidness" : {
"the state or quality of being easily seen through" : {
"antonyms" : [
"cloudiness" ,
"opacity" ,
"opaqueness" ,
"turbidity" ,
"turbidness"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the limpidness of the water allows visitors to actually see fish swimming along the bottom"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"fogginess" ,
"haziness" ,
"milkiness" ,
"mistiness" ,
"murkiness"
] ,
"related" : [
"brightness" ,
"brilliance" ,
"effulgence" ,
"luminosity" ,
"luminousness" ,
"definition" ,
"resolution" ,
"sharpness" ,
"apparentness" ,
"observability" ,
"visibility"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"clarity" ,
"clearness" ,
"limpidity" ,
"lucency" ,
"translucence" ,
"translucency" ,
"transparency"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"limps" : {
"to move slowly" : {
"antonyms" : [
"flies" ,
"races" ,
"speeds" ,
"whizzes" ,
"zips"
] ,
"examples" : [
"we'll have to stop limping if we are ever going to make our destination in time"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"floats" ,
"glides" ,
"sails" ,
"hurries" ,
"tears"
] ,
"related" : [
"lumbers" ,
"shambles" ,
"shuffles" ,
"tramps" ,
"trudges"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"crawls" ,
"creaks (along)" ,
"creeps" ,
"drags" ,
"inches" ,
"noses" ,
"oozes" ,
"plods" ,
"pokes" ,
"slouches" ,
"snails"
]
} ,
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the damaged boat limped back into port"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"coasts" ,
"flies" ,
"glides" ,
"kilts" ,
"sails" ,
"zips" ,
"zooms"
] ,
"related" : [
"jogs" ,
"shambles" ,
"shuffles" ,
"wallows" ,
"welters" ,
"falters" ,
"lurches" ,
"reels" ,
"staggers" ,
"sways" ,
"teeters" ,
"totters" ,
"fumbles" ,
"muddles"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"blunders" ,
"bumbles" ,
"flogs" ,
"flounders" ,
"lumbers" ,
"plods" ,
"struggles" ,
"stumbles" ,
"trudges"
]
} ,
"to walk while favoring one leg" : {
"antonyms" : [
"strides"
] ,
"examples" : [
"she limped all day after stubbing her toe on the lawn sprinkler"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"breezes" ,
"glides" ,
"sails"
] ,
"related" : [
"hitches" ,
"blunders" ,
"falters" ,
"flounders" ,
"lurches" ,
"shambles" ,
"shuffles" ,
"staggers" ,
"stumbles" ,
"teeters" ,
"totters" ,
"wavers" ,
"wobbles" ,
"wabbles" ,
"dodders"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"halts" ,
"hobbles"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"liners" : {
"as in airliners , air taxis" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"lines" : {
"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"a 10th of all island residents are members of the line of this early settler"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"ancestries" ,
"births" ,
"descents" ,
"extractions" ,
"origins" ,
"pedigrees"
] ,
"related" : [
"blended families" ,
"nuclear families" ,
"extended families" ,
"households" ,
"kiths" ,
"broods" ,
"descendants" ,
"descendents" ,
"issues" ,
"offspring" ,
"offsprings" ,
"progenies" ,
"scions" ,
"seed" ,
"seeds" ,
"clansmen" ,
"kinsmen" ,
"kinswomen" ,
"relatives" ,
"dynasties"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"blood" ,
"clans" ,
"families" ,
"folks" ,
"houses" ,
"kindreds" ,
"kinfolks" ,
"kins" ,
"kinsfolk" ,
"lineages" ,
"people" ,
"races" ,
"stocks" ,
"tribes"
]
} ,
"a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"she owns a line of limousines"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"argosies" ,
"convoys" ,
"flotillas" ,
"navies" ,
"columns" ,
"corteges" ,
"cort\u00e8ges" ,
"parades" ,
"processions"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"armadas" ,
"caravans" ,
"cavalcades" ,
"fleets" ,
"motorcades" ,
"trains"
]
} ,
"a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"he made sure to bring extra fishing line in case a fish broke free"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"guys" ,
"halyards" ,
"lanyards" ,
"stays" ,
"bungee cords" ,
"bungees" ,
"whipcords"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"cables" ,
"cords" ,
"laces" ,
"lacings" ,
"ropes" ,
"strings" ,
"wires"
]
} ,
"a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the workers rushed to fix the leak in the gas line"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"drainpipes" ,
"drains" ,
"funnels" ,
"hydrants" ,
"mains" ,
"smokestacks" ,
"spouts" ,
"standpipes" ,
"stovepipes" ,
"tiles" ,
"waste pipes" ,
"waterspouts" ,
"pipages" ,
"pipeages" ,
"pipelines" ,
"pipings"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"channels" ,
"conduits" ,
"ducts" ,
"leaders" ,
"penstocks" ,
"pipes" ,
"troughs" ,
"tubes"
]
} ,
"a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"you really crossed the line with that outrageous display of bad behavior"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"extremities" ,
"fag ends" ,
"termini" ,
"terminuses" ,
"borders" ,
"brims" ,
"edges" ,
"margins" ,
"rims" ,
"verges" ,
"outsides" ,
"barriers" ,
"bars" ,
"fences" ,
"hedges" ,
"restraints" ,
"stops" ,
"walls"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"boundaries" ,
"bounds" ,
"caps" ,
"ceilings" ,
"confines" ,
"ends" ,
"extents" ,
"limitations" ,
"limits" ,
"terminations"
]
} ,
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"advanced mathematics is a little outside of my line , but I'll see what I can do to help"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"frontiers" ,
"studies" ,
"subjects" ,
"territories" ,
"turfs" ,
"turves" ,
"occupations" ,
"professions" ,
"pursuits" ,
"rackets" ,
"vocations" ,
"ambits" ,
"amplitudes" ,
"breadths" ,
"compasses" ,
"confines" ,
"dimensions" ,
"extents" ,
"kens" ,
"reaches" ,
"scopes" ,
"sweeps" ,
"widths" ,
"subfields" ,
"subspecialties" ,
"sub-specialties"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"areas" ,
"arenas" ,
"bailiwicks" ,
"baronies" ,
"businesses" ,
"circles" ,
"demesnes" ,
"departments" ,
"disciplines" ,
"domains" ,
"elements" ,
"fiefdoms" ,
"fiefs" ,
"fields" ,
"firmaments" ,
"fronts" ,
"games" ,
"kingdoms" ,
"precincts" ,
"provinces" ,
"realms" ,
"specialties" ,
"spheres" ,
"terrains" ,
"walks"
]
} ,
"a series of persons or things arranged one behind another" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the line for tickets stretched around the block"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"echelons" ,
"ranks" ,
"rows" ,
"tiers" ,
"chains" ,
"progressions" ,
"sequences" ,
"successions" ,
"arrays"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"columns" ,
"cues" ,
"files" ,
"queues" ,
"ranges" ,
"strings" ,
"trains"
]
} ,
"a way of acting or proceeding" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"since the election, the president has taken a very conservative line"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"blueprints" ,
"designs" ,
"plans" ,
"schemes" ,
"strategies" ,
"intentions" ,
"intents" ,
"purposes" ,
"approaches" ,
"directions" ,
"methods" ,
"paths" ,
"pathways" ,
"tacks"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"courses" ,
"methodologies" ,
"policies" ,
"procedures" ,
"programs"
]
} ,
"as in lines up , aligns" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"as in surrounds , embraces" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"the activity by which one regularly makes a living" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"my line of business is \"pre-owned\" vehicles, and have I got a deal for you!"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"avocations" ,
"hobbies" ,
"pursuits"
] ,
"related" : [
"calls" ,
"lifeworks" ,
"businesses" ,
"enterprises" ,
"fields" ,
"livelihoods" ,
"livings" ,
"m\u00e9tiers" ,
"metiers" ,
"rackets" ,
"assignments" ,
"engagements" ,
"gigs" ,
"missions" ,
"arts" ,
"crafts" ,
"handcrafts" ,
"handicrafts" ,
"appointments" ,
"berths" ,
"billets" ,
"offices" ,
"places" ,
"positions" ,
"posts" ,
"situations" ,
"duties" ,
"functions" ,
"jobs" ,
"loads" ,
"tasks" ,
"workloads"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"callings" ,
"employments" ,
"games" ,
"lays" ,
"occupations" ,
"professions" ,
"trades" ,
"vocations" ,
"works"
]
} ,
"the direction along which something or someone moves" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the airplane took a southerly line toward the capital"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"circles" ,
"circuits" ,
"loops" ,
"orbits" ,
"arcs" ,
"flight paths" ,
"trajectories" ,
"ascents" ,
"descents"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"courses" ,
"paths" ,
"pathways" ,
"routes" ,
"routeways" ,
"steps" ,
"tracks" ,
"ways"
]
} ,
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended" : {
"antonyms" : [
"issues" ,
"posterities" ,
"progenies" ,
"seed" ,
"seeds"
] ,
"examples" : [
"he comes from a noble line that goes back several centuries"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"offspring" ,
"offsprings" ,
"children" ,
"heirs" ,
"inheritors" ,
"sons" ,
"successors"
] ,
"related" : [
"heredities" ,
"successions" ,
"families" ,
"houses" ,
"kindreds" ,
"kins" ,
"relations" ,
"relatives" ,
"races"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"ancestries" ,
"births" ,
"blood" ,
"bloodlines" ,
"breedings" ,
"descents" ,
"extractions" ,
"family trees" ,
"genealogies" ,
"lineages" ,
"origins" ,
"parentages" ,
"pedigrees" ,
"stocks" ,
"strains"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"linguist" : {
"as in novelist , essayist" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"lining" : {
"as in" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"linings" : {
"as in quiltings , interlinings" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
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]
} ,
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"link (up)" : {
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"the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)" : {
"antonyms" : [
"disaffiliation" ,
"dissociation"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the linkup of the two art museums has proved beneficial to both institutions"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"breakup" ,
"dissolution" ,
"disunion" ,
"division" ,
"parting" ,
"separation" ,
"severance" ,
"split" ,
"alienation" ,
"divorce" ,
"estrangement"
] ,
"related" : [
"business" ,
"dealings" ,
"interaction" ,
"exchange" ,
"interconnection" ,
"interrelation" ,
"mutualism" ,
"reciprocity" ,
"symbiosis" ,
"incorporation" ,
"integration" ,
"merger" ,
"unification" ,
"affinity" ,
"attachment" ,
"closeness" ,
"intimacy" ,
"rapport" ,
"sympathy" ,
"kinship" ,
"oneness" ,
"solidarity" ,
"togetherness" ,
"unity" ,
"colleagueship" ,
"companionship" ,
"company" ,
"fellowship" ,
"bed" ,
"cahoots" ,
"league"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"affiliation" ,
"alliance" ,
"association" ,
"collaboration" ,
"confederation" ,
"connection" ,
"cooperation" ,
"hookup" ,
"liaison" ,
"partnership" ,
"relation" ,
"relationship" ,
"tie-up" ,
"union"
]
} ,
"to come together to form a single unit" : {
"antonyms" : [
"break up" ,
"dissever" ,
"part" ,
"section" ,
"separate" ,
"sever" ,
"split" ,
"sunder" ,
"unlink"
] ,
"examples" : [
"carbon atoms link up to form a diamond crystal"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"detach" ,
"disaffiliate" ,
"disconnect" ,
"disjoin" ,
"disjoint" ,
"dissociate" ,
"disunite" ,
"divide" ,
"divorce" ,
"fractionate" ,
"isolate" ,
"resolve" ,
"uncouple" ,
"unyoke" ,
"disband" ,
"disperse" ,
"scatter"
] ,
"related" : [
"mate" ,
"yoke" ,
"ally" ,
"confederate" ,
"league" ,
"chain" ,
"compound" ,
"hitch" ,
"hook" ,
"splice" ,
"assemble" ,
"cluster" ,
"congregate" ,
"constellate" ,
"convene" ,
"gather" ,
"meet" ,
"recombine" ,
"reconnect" ,
"rejoin" ,
"reunify" ,
"reunite"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"associate" ,
"coalesce" ,
"combine" ,
"conjoin" ,
"conjugate" ,
"connect" ,
"couple" ,
"fuse" ,
"interfuse" ,
"join" ,
"marry" ,
"unify" ,
"unite"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
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"linking (with)" : {
"as in connecting (with) , attaching (to)" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"links" : {
"a rod-shaped portion of seasoned ground meat in a casing" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"I like to put maple syrup on my breakfast links"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"bolognas" ,
"frankfurters" ,
"franks" ,
"hot dogs" ,
"kielbasas" ,
"kielbasy" ,
"knockwursts" ,
"knackwursts" ,
"liver sausages" ,
"liver puddings" ,
"liverwursts" ,
"pepperonis" ,
"salamis" ,
"Vienna sausages" ,
"weenies" ,
"wieners" ,
"weiners" ,
"wienerwursts" ,
"blood sausages" ,
"blood puddings"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bangers" ,
"sausages" ,
"wursts"
]
} ,
"a uniting or binding force or influence" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"those old love letters were her only remaining link with her late grandparents"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"partings" ,
"separations" ,
"emancipations" ,
"freedoms" ,
"liberations" ,
"releases"
] ,
"related" : [
"attachments" ,
"connections" ,
"fastenings" ,
"hookups" ,
"joints" ,
"linkages" ,
"linkups" ,
"nexuses" ,
"nexus" ,
"tie-ups" ,
"unions" ,
"yokes" ,
"affections" ,
"sympathies" ,
"fetters" ,
"handcuffs" ,
"manacles" ,
"shackles" ,
"trammels" ,
"constraints" ,
"curbs" ,
"limitations" ,
"limits" ,
"restraints" ,
"restrictions"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bonds" ,
"cements" ,
"cords" ,
"knots" ,
"ligatures" ,
"ties"
]
} ,
"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole" : {
"antonyms" : [
"disconnects" ,
"disjoins" ,
"disjoints" ,
"dissevers" ,
"disunites" ,
"separates" ,
"unchains" ,
"uncouples" ,
"unhitches" ,
"unlinks" ,
"unyokes"
] ,
"examples" : [
"she linked the flowers together to form a long chain"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"detaches" ,
"disengages" ,
"divides" ,
"parts" ,
"splits" ,
"cleaves" ,
"ruptures" ,
"severs" ,
"sunders"
] ,
"related" : [
"articulates" ,
"dovetails" ,
"integrates" ,
"interlocks" ,
"intermeshes" ,
"cords" ,
"strings" ,
"wires" ,
"cements" ,
"coalesces" ,
"combines" ,
"fuses" ,
"unites" ,
"welds"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"catenates" ,
"chains" ,
"compounds" ,
"concatenates" ,
"conjugates" ,
"connects" ,
"couples" ,
"hitches" ,
"hooks" ,
"interconnects" ,
"interlinks" ,
"joins" ,
"yokes"
]
} ,
"to think of (something) in combination" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"since childhood I have always linked trips to the beach with the discomforts of sunburn and sand in my clothes"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"contrasts" ,
"differentiates" ,
"discriminates" ,
"distinguishes" ,
"separates" ,
"sets off"
] ,
"related" : [
"compares" ,
"equates" ,
"likens" ,
"groups" ,
"joins" ,
"lumps (together)" ,
"ties (together)"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"associates" ,
"connects" ,
"correlates" ,
"identifies" ,
"relates"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"linty" : {
"as in fluffy , fuzzy" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
"lionization" : {
"as in adoration , adulation" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"lionize" : {
"to treat (someone) as a very important and famous person" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"She was lionized everywhere after her novel won the Pulitzer Prize."
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"lionized" : {
"to treat (someone) as a very important and famous person" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"She was lionized everywhere after her novel won the Pulitzer Prize."
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"lip" : {
"as in" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"not being or expressing what one appears to be or express" : {
"antonyms" : [
"artless" ,
"candid" ,
"genuine" ,
"heartfelt" ,
"honest" ,
"sincere" ,
"undesigning" ,
"unfeigned"
] ,
"examples" : [
"part of the ritual of the awards ceremony is the nominee's lip praise for the performances of his or her competitors"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"direct" ,
"forthright" ,
"frank" ,
"heart-to-heart" ,
"open" ,
"plain" ,
"straightforward"
] ,
"related" : [
"affected" ,
"assumed" ,
"claptrap" ,
"contrived" ,
"forced" ,
"mechanical" ,
"put-on" ,
"simulated" ,
"strained" ,
"unnatural" ,
"empty" ,
"hollow" ,
"meaningless" ,
"deceitful" ,
"devious" ,
"dishonest" ,
"false" ,
"untruthful" ,
"facile" ,
"glib" ,
"superficial" ,
"bogus" ,
"sham" ,
"campy" ,
"facetious" ,
"jocular" ,
"tongue-in-cheek" ,
"canting" ,
"pharisaical" ,
"pious" ,
"sanctimonious" ,
"self-righteous" ,
"simon-pure"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"artificial" ,
"backhanded" ,
"counterfeit" ,
"double" ,
"double-dealing" ,
"double-faced" ,
"fake" ,
"feigned" ,
"hypocritical" ,
"insincere" ,
"Janus-faced" ,
"jive" ,
"left-handed" ,
"mealy" ,
"mealymouthed" ,
"Pecksniffian" ,
"phony" ,
"phoney" ,
"phony-baloney" ,
"phoney-baloney" ,
"pretended" ,
"two-faced" ,
"unctuous"
]
} ,
"to flow along or against" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the waves, reflecting the red glow of the sunset, gently lipped the prow"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"bubble" ,
"gurgle" ,
"plash" ,
"ripple" ,
"slosh"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bathe" ,
"lap" ,
"lave" ,
"splash" ,
"wash"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"lips" : {
"as in" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"to flow along or against" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the waves, reflecting the red glow of the sunset, gently lipped the prow"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"bubbles" ,
"gurgles" ,
"plashes" ,
"ripples" ,
"sloshes"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bathes" ,
"laps" ,
"laves" ,
"splashes" ,
"washes"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
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"liqueur" : {
"as in whiskey , vodka" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"liquify" : {
"to go from a solid to a liquid state" : {
"antonyms" : [
"harden" ,
"set" ,
"solidify"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the steel liquefied in the intense heat of the forge"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"clot" ,
"coagulate" ,
"congeal" ,
"gel" ,
"jell" ,
"jelly" ,
"thicken"
] ,
"related" : [
"found" ,
"gutter" ,
"smelt" ,
"try" ,
"dissolve" ,
"render" ,
"soften" ,
"thin"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"deliquesce" ,
"flux" ,
"fuse" ,
"melt" ,
"run" ,
"thaw"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"liquor" : {
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"you can't order liquor in a bar until you're 21 years old"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"aperitif" ,
"bracer" ,
"chaser" ,
"digestif" ,
"nightcap" ,
"belt" ,
"load" ,
"nip" ,
"peg" ,
"pop" ,
"shooter" ,
"shot" ,
"slug" ,
"snifter" ,
"snort" ,
"tot" ,
"whet" ,
"cocktail" ,
"mixed drink" ,
"ale" ,
"beer" ,
"brew" ,
"brewage" ,
"brewski" ,
"home brew" ,
"malt liquor" ,
"microbrew" ,
"mum" ,
"nappy" ,
"mead" ,
"sake" ,
"saki" ,
"wine" ,
"barley-bree" ,
"barley-broo" ,
"brandy" ,
"gin" ,
"liqueur" ,
"mao-tai" ,
"mescal" ,
"schnapps" ,
"tequila" ,
"vodka" ,
"whiskey" ,
"whisky" ,
"Dutch courage"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"alcohol" ,
"aqua vitae" ,
"ardent spirits" ,
"booze" ,
"bottle" ,
"drink" ,
"firewater" ,
"grog" ,
"hooch" ,
"inebriant" ,
"intoxicant" ,
"John Barleycorn" ,
"juice" ,
"lush" ,
"moonshine" ,
"potable" ,
"rum" ,
"sauce" ,
"spirits" ,
"stimulant" ,
"strong drink" ,
"tipple"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"liquored up" : {
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the men liquored up at the roadhouse and then thought it would be a good idea to go hunting"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"abstained"
] ,
"related" : [
"caroused" ,
"reveled" ,
"revelled" ,
"imbibed" ,
"nipped"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bibbed" ,
"boozed" ,
"drank" ,
"guzzled" ,
"lushed (up)" ,
"soaked" ,
"tippled"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"liquors (up)" : {
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the men liquored up at the roadhouse and then thought it would be a good idea to go hunting"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"abstains"
] ,
"related" : [
"carouses" ,
"revels" ,
"imbibes" ,
"nips"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bibs" ,
"boozes" ,
"drinks" ,
"guzzles" ,
"lushes (up)" ,
"soaks" ,
"tipples"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"list" : {
"a long narrow piece of material" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"shave a thin list from the side of the board"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"slat" ,
"band" ,
"bandage" ,
"belt" ,
"binding" ,
"girth" ,
"strap" ,
"swatch" ,
"swath" ,
"swathe" ,
"tape"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"ribbon" ,
"slip" ,
"strip"
]
} ,
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"we put eggs, sour cream, tomatoes, roast beef, and cheddar cheese on the shopping list"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"agenda" ,
"bibliography" ,
"catalogue raisonn\u00e9" ,
"compendium" ,
"compilation" ,
"directory" ,
"docket" ,
"enumeration" ,
"glossary" ,
"index" ,
"inventory" ,
"manifest" ,
"payroll" ,
"calendar" ,
"chronology" ,
"timetable"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"canon" ,
"catalog" ,
"catalogue" ,
"checklist" ,
"listing" ,
"menu" ,
"register" ,
"registry" ,
"roll" ,
"roll call" ,
"roster" ,
"schedule" ,
"table"
]
} ,
"the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the extreme list of the racing yacht made it hard for the untried crew to keep their balance"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"turn" ,
"twist" ,
"veer" ,
"bow" ,
"dip" ,
"nod"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"angling" ,
"bend" ,
"cock" ,
"inclination" ,
"tilt" ,
"tip"
]
} ,
"to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member" : {
"antonyms" : [
"delist"
] ,
"examples" : [
"our grandfather is listed among the war dead honored by the memorial"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"check off" ,
"exclude" ,
"expel" ,
"expunge" ,
"reject" ,
"omit" ,
"overlook"
] ,
"related" : [
"enlist" ,
"impanel" ,
"induct" ,
"conscript" ,
"draft" ,
"muster" ,
"wait-list" ,
"book" ,
"schedule" ,
"check in"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"enroll" ,
"enrol" ,
"inscribe" ,
"matriculate" ,
"register"
]
} ,
"to make a list of" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the coach listed the people on the team"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"count" ,
"mark" ,
"number" ,
"check (off)" ,
"tick (off)"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"enumerate" ,
"inventory" ,
"itemize" ,
"numerate"
]
} ,
"to put (someone or something) on a list" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"her number isn't listed in the phone book"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"delete"
] ,
"related" : [
"book" ,
"card" ,
"file" ,
"note" ,
"classify" ,
"compile" ,
"tabulate" ,
"tally" ,
"reschedule"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"catalog" ,
"catalogue" ,
"enroll" ,
"enrol" ,
"enter" ,
"index" ,
"inscribe" ,
"put down" ,
"record" ,
"register" ,
"schedule" ,
"slate"
]
} ,
"to set or cause to be at an angle" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the sudden shift of the load in the hull listed the ship badly"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"even" ,
"flatten" ,
"level" ,
"straighten"
] ,
"related" : [
"bank" ,
"bend" ,
"deviate" ,
"swerve" ,
"veer" ,
"decline" ,
"descend" ,
"recline" ,
"retreat"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"angle" ,
"cant" ,
"cock" ,
"heel" ,
"incline" ,
"lean" ,
"pitch" ,
"slant" ,
"slope" ,
"tilt" ,
"tip"
]
} ,
"to specify one after another" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"do I need to list all of the reasons why your idea won't work?"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"outline" ,
"tabulate" ,
"tally" ,
"catalog" ,
"catalogue" ,
"inventory" ,
"chart" ,
"diagram" ,
"graph" ,
"calculate" ,
"compute" ,
"estimate" ,
"figure" ,
"reckon" ,
"cite" ,
"mention" ,
"name"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"detail" ,
"enumerate" ,
"itemize" ,
"numerate" ,
"recite" ,
"reel off" ,
"rehearse" ,
"tick (off)"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
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"listlessness" : {
"physical or mental inertness" : {
"antonyms" : [
"vigor" ,
"vim" ,
"vitality" ,
"vivacity"
] ,
"examples" : [
"following a couple of big mistakes early in the game, the team sank into an uncharacteristic listlessness and was never able to recover the lead"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"eagerness" ,
"enthusiasm" ,
"keenness" ,
"spiritedness" ,
"ambition" ,
"enterprise"
] ,
"related" : [
"boredom" ,
"indifference" ,
"malaise" ,
"laziness" ,
"fatigue" ,
"sleepiness" ,
"narcosis" ,
"idleness" ,
"inaction"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"hebetude" ,
"languor" ,
"lassitude" ,
"lethargy" ,
"stupor" ,
"torpor"
]
} ,
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor" : {
"antonyms" : [
"hardihood" ,
"hardiness" ,
"robustness" ,
"strength" ,
"vigor"
] ,
"examples" : [
"general listlessness is often a side effect of chemotherapy"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"energy" ,
"vitality" ,
"brawniness" ,
"fitness" ,
"heftiness" ,
"huskiness" ,
"lustiness" ,
"muscularity" ,
"virility" ,
"hardness" ,
"ruggedness" ,
"stoutness" ,
"sturdiness" ,
"toughness" ,
"health" ,
"healthiness" ,
"soundness" ,
"wellness"
] ,
"related" : [
"decay" ,
"decrepitude" ,
"breakdown" ,
"collapse" ,
"prostration" ,
"exhaustion" ,
"fatigue" ,
"lassitude" ,
"weariness" ,
"defenselessness" ,
"helplessness" ,
"impotence" ,
"impuissance" ,
"powerlessness" ,
"effeteness" ,
"softness" ,
"tenderness" ,
"disablement" ,
"incapacitation" ,
"invalidism" ,
"damage" ,
"harm" ,
"hurt" ,
"impairment" ,
"injury"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"asthenia" ,
"debilitation" ,
"debility" ,
"delicacy" ,
"enervation" ,
"enfeeblement" ,
"faintness" ,
"feebleness" ,
"fragility" ,
"frailness" ,
"frailty" ,
"infirmity" ,
"languidness" ,
"languor" ,
"lowness" ,
"weakness" ,
"wimpiness"
]
} ,
"the state of being bored" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"we searched desperately for something to jar us out of our listlessness"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"beguilement" ,
"bewitchment" ,
"captivation" ,
"enchantment" ,
"fascination" ,
"absorption" ,
"engagement" ,
"engrossment" ,
"immersion" ,
"involvement" ,
"animation" ,
"enlivenment" ,
"excitement" ,
"invigoration" ,
"stimulation" ,
"amusement" ,
"entertainment" ,
"diversion" ,
"relief"
] ,
"related" : [
"cheerlessness" ,
"dispiritedness" ,
"joylessness" ,
"melancholy" ,
"languidness" ,
"languor" ,
"lassitude" ,
"lethargy" ,
"lifelessness" ,
"torpidity" ,
"torpor" ,
"dullness" ,
"dulness" ,
"monotonousness" ,
"monotony" ,
"sameness" ,
"apathy" ,
"indifference" ,
"unconcern"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"blahs" ,
"boredom" ,
"doldrums" ,
"ennui" ,
"restlessness" ,
"tedium" ,
"weariness"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"literality" : {
"as in" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"lithesome" : {
"able to bend easily without breaking" : {
"antonyms" : [
"inflexible" ,
"rigid" ,
"stiff" ,
"stiffened"
] ,
"examples" : [
"stretching exercises designed to make the athlete's limbs more lithesome"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"inelastic" ,
"nonmalleable" ,
"unyielding" ,
"breakable" ,
"brittle" ,
"fragile"
] ,
"related" : [
"adaptable" ,
"ductile" ,
"elastic" ,
"fluid" ,
"kneadable" ,
"malleable" ,
"modifiable" ,
"plastic" ,
"variable" ,
"yielding" ,
"droopy" ,
"flaccid" ,
"floppy" ,
"limp" ,
"semiflexible"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bendy" ,
"flexible" ,
"limber" ,
"lissome" ,
"lissom" ,
"lithe" ,
"pliable" ,
"pliant" ,
"supple" ,
"willowy"
]
} ,
"moving easily" : {
"antonyms" : [
"awkward" ,
"clumsy" ,
"gawky" ,
"graceless" ,
"klutzy" ,
"lumbering" ,
"ungainly" ,
"ungraceful"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the lithesome panther moved effortlessly and noiselessly through the rain forest"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"uncoordinated" ,
"inflexible" ,
"rigid" ,
"stiff" ,
"bungling" ,
"inept" ,
"maladroit"
] ,
"related" : [
"acrobatic" ,
"flexible" ,
"limber" ,
"loose-jointed" ,
"pliable" ,
"pliant" ,
"supple" ,
"adroit" ,
"deft" ,
"dexterous" ,
"dextrous" ,
"light-fingered" ,
"fleet-footed" ,
"sure-footed" ,
"athletic" ,
"balletic" ,
"coordinated"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"agile" ,
"featly" ,
"feline" ,
"graceful" ,
"gracile" ,
"light" ,
"light-footed" ,
"light-foot" ,
"lightsome" ,
"lissome" ,
"lissom" ,
"lithe" ,
"nimble" ,
"spry"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
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"litigant" : {
"someone who brings a legal action against another person or against whom a legal action is brought" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"Both litigants chose to represent themselves in court."
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"litter" : {
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"a litter of magazines covered the bedroom floor"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"detritus" ,
"notions" ,
"oddments" ,
"odds and ends" ,
"sundries" ,
"accumulation" ,
"aggregate" ,
"aggregation" ,
"conglomerate" ,
"conglomeration" ,
"catchall" ,
"admixture" ,
"alloy" ,
"amalgam" ,
"blend" ,
"combination" ,
"commixture" ,
"composite" ,
"compound" ,
"fusion" ,
"intermixture" ,
"mix-up" ,
"bollix" ,
"chaos" ,
"confusion" ,
"disarrangement" ,
"disarray" ,
"disorder" ,
"dog's breakfast" ,
"mess" ,
"morass" ,
"shambles" ,
"imbroglio" ,
"knot" ,
"snarl" ,
"tangle"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"agglomerate" ,
"agglomeration" ,
"alphabet soup" ,
"assortment" ,
"botch" ,
"clutter" ,
"collage" ,
"crazy quilt" ,
"farrago" ,
"gallimaufry" ,
"grab bag" ,
"gumbo" ,
"hash" ,
"hodgepodge" ,
"hotchpotch" ,
"jambalaya" ,
"jumble" ,
"jungle" ,
"mac\u00e9doine" ,
"medley" ,
"m\u00e9lange" ,
"menagerie" ,
"miscellanea" ,
"miscellany" ,
"mishmash" ,
"mixed bag" ,
"montage" ,
"motley" ,
"muddle" ,
"olio" ,
"olla podrida" ,
"omnium-gatherum" ,
"pastiche" ,
"patchwork" ,
"patchwork quilt" ,
"potpourri" ,
"ragbag" ,
"ragout" ,
"rummage" ,
"salad" ,
"salmagundi" ,
"scramble" ,
"shuffle" ,
"smorgasbord" ,
"stew" ,
"tumble" ,
"variety" ,
"welter"
]
} ,
"as in" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"discarded or useless material" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"if you get caught throwing your litter on the sidewalk, you'll get slapped with a fine"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"catch" ,
"gem" ,
"goody" ,
"goodie" ,
"jewel" ,
"pearl" ,
"plum" ,
"prize" ,
"treasure" ,
"treasure trove" ,
"trove" ,
"valuable" ,
"booty" ,
"find" ,
"salvage"
] ,
"related" : [
"crud" ,
"sewage" ,
"slop" ,
"swill" ,
"wash" ,
"detritus" ,
"remains" ,
"rubble" ,
"ruins" ,
"dump" ,
"scrap heap" ,
"lumber" ,
"odds and ends" ,
"trumpery" ,
"flotsam" ,
"jetsam" ,
"wreckage" ,
"castoff" ,
"cull" ,
"discard" ,
"hand-me-down" ,
"reject" ,
"throwaway" ,
"nothing" ,
"straw" ,
"two bits"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"chaff" ,
"deadwood" ,
"debris" ,
"dreck" ,
"drek" ,
"dross" ,
"dust" ,
"effluvium" ,
"effluvia" ,
"garbage" ,
"junk" ,
"offal" ,
"offscouring" ,
"raffle" ,
"refuse" ,
"riffraff" ,
"rubbish" ,
"scrap" ,
"spilth" ,
"trash" ,
"truck" ,
"waste"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"litterateurs" : {
"a person who creates a written work" : {
"antonyms" : [
"nonauthors"
] ,
"examples" : [
"Washington Irving is generally credited as the first American litterateur to gain a reputation in Britain and on the Continent"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"auteurs" ,
"belletrists" ,
"belle-lettrists" ,
"stylists" ,
"wordsmiths" ,
"coauthors" ,
"co-authors" ,
"coscenarists" ,
"co-scenarists" ,
"cowriters" ,
"co-writers" ,
"ghostwriters" ,
"hacks" ,
"hatchet men" ,
"scribblers" ,
"wordmongers" ,
"biographers" ,
"hagiographers" ,
"autobiographers" ,
"memoirists" ,
"memorialists" ,
"fabulists" ,
"fictioneers" ,
"fictionists" ,
"novelists" ,
"romancers" ,
"storytellers" ,
"essayists" ,
"pamphleteers" ,
"satirists" ,
"dramatists" ,
"playwrights" ,
"scenarists" ,
"screenwriters" ,
"scriptwriters" ,
"prosaists" ,
"prosateurs" ,
"prosers" ,
"bards" ,
"poets" ,
"rhymers" ,
"versifiers" ,
"bloggers" ,
"columnists" ,
"journalists" ,
"newspapermen" ,
"paragraphers" ,
"reporters" ,
"sportswriters"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"authors" ,
"penmen" ,
"pens" ,
"scribes" ,
"scriveners" ,
"writers"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"littered" : {
"as in" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness" : {
"antonyms" : [
"bandbox" ,
"crisp" ,
"kempt" ,
"neat" ,
"neatened" ,
"ordered" ,
"orderly" ,
"organized" ,
"shipshape" ,
"snug" ,
"tidied" ,
"tidy" ,
"trim" ,
"uncluttered" ,
"well-ordered"
] ,
"examples" : [
"is there any wonder that you can never find anything in your littered desk?"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"antiseptic" ,
"clean" ,
"cleaned" ,
"cleanly" ,
"hygienic" ,
"immaculate" ,
"sparkling" ,
"spick-and-span" ,
"spic-and-span" ,
"spotless" ,
"stainless" ,
"unsoiled" ,
"unsullied" ,
"methodical" ,
"methodic" ,
"regular" ,
"systematic" ,
"systematized" ,
"careful" ,
"fastidious" ,
"finicky" ,
"fussy" ,
"meticulous" ,
"combed" ,
"groomed" ,
"manicured" ,
"well-groomed" ,
"taintless" ,
"undefiled" ,
"unpolluted" ,
"untainted" ,
"wholesome"
] ,
"related" : [
"bedraggled" ,
"befouled" ,
"begrimed" ,
"bemired" ,
"besmirched" ,
"blackened" ,
"cruddy" ,
"dingy" ,
"dirty" ,
"draggled" ,
"filthy" ,
"foul" ,
"grimy" ,
"grotty" ,
"grubby" ,
"grungy" ,
"mucky" ,
"nasty" ,
"smudged" ,
"soiled" ,
"spotted" ,
"squalid" ,
"stained" ,
"sullied" ,
"unclean" ,
"uncleanly" ,
"dowdy" ,
"frowsy" ,
"frowzy" ,
"shaggy" ,
"slatternly" ,
"sloven" ,
"slovenly" ,
"uncombed" ,
"wrinkled" ,
"adulterated" ,
"contaminated" ,
"defiled" ,
"polluted" ,
"tainted" ,
"knotted" ,
"snarled" ,
"tangled" ,
"seedy" ,
"shabby" ,
"sleazy" ,
"sordid" ,
"neglected" ,
"neglectful" ,
"negligent"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"chaotic" ,
"cluttered" ,
"confused" ,
"disarranged" ,
"disarrayed" ,
"disheveled" ,
"dishevelled" ,
"disordered" ,
"disorderly" ,
"higgledy-piggledy" ,
"hugger-mugger" ,
"jumbled" ,
"messed" ,
"messy" ,
"muddled" ,
"mussed" ,
"mussy" ,
"pell-mell" ,
"rumpled" ,
"sloppy" ,
"topsy-turvy" ,
"tousled" ,
"tumbled" ,
"unkempt" ,
"untidy" ,
"upside-down"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"litters" : {
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"a litter of magazines covered the bedroom floor"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"detritus" ,
"notions" ,
"oddments" ,
"odds and ends" ,
"sundries" ,
"accumulations" ,
"aggregates" ,
"aggregations" ,
"conglomerates" ,
"conglomerations" ,
"catchalls" ,
"admixtures" ,
"alloys" ,
"amalgams" ,
"blends" ,
"combinations" ,
"commixtures" ,
"composites" ,
"compounds" ,
"fusions" ,
"intermixtures" ,
"mix-ups" ,
"bollixes" ,
"chaoses" ,
"confusions" ,
"disarrangements" ,
"disarrays" ,
"disorders" ,
"dog's breakfasts" ,
"messes" ,
"morasses" ,
"shambles" ,
"imbroglios" ,
"knots" ,
"snarls" ,
"tangles"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"agglomerates" ,
"agglomerations" ,
"alphabet soups" ,
"assortments" ,
"botches" ,
"clutters" ,
"collages" ,
"crazy quilts" ,
"farragoes" ,
"gallimaufries" ,
"grab bags" ,
"gumbos" ,
"hashes" ,
"hodgepodges" ,
"hotchpotches" ,
"jambalayas" ,
"jumbles" ,
"jungles" ,
"mac\u00e9doines" ,
"medleys" ,
"m\u00e9langes" ,
"menageries" ,
"miscellanea" ,
"miscellanies" ,
"mishmashes" ,
"mixed bags" ,
"montages" ,
"motleys" ,
"muddles" ,
"olios" ,
"olla podridas" ,
"ollas podridas" ,
"omnium-gatherums" ,
"pastiches" ,
"patchwork quilts" ,
"patchworks" ,
"potpourris" ,
"ragbags" ,
"ragouts" ,
"rummages" ,
"salads" ,
"salmagundis" ,
"scrambles" ,
"shuffles" ,
"smorgasbords" ,
"stews" ,
"tumbles" ,
"varieties" ,
"welters"
]
} ,
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"as in kids , pups" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"littlest" : {
"being the least in amount, number, or size possible" : {
"antonyms" : [
"biggest" ,
"full" ,
"greatest" ,
"hugest" ,
"largest" ,
"maximum" ,
"most" ,
"top" ,
"topmost" ,
"utmost"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the littlest kitten in the litter was also the cutest"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"highest"
] ,
"related" : [
"fewer" ,
"lesser" ,
"low" ,
"minor" ,
"modest" ,
"slight" ,
"small" ,
"smaller" ,
"infinitesimal" ,
"micro" ,
"subminimal" ,
"ultramicro" ,
"irreducible"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"fewest" ,
"lowest" ,
"minimal" ,
"minimum" ,
"minutest" ,
"slightest" ,
"smallest" ,
"tiniest"
]
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"spartan" ,
"economical" ,
"frugal" ,
"spare" ,
"thrifty" ,
"insupportable" ,
"intolerable" ,
"unacceptable" ,
"unbearable" ,
"unendurable"
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"homey" ,
"homy" ,
"intimate" ,
"snug" ,
"deluxe" ,
"lavish" ,
"luxuriant" ,
"luxurious" ,
"plush" ,
"sumptuous" ,
"opulent" ,
"palatial" ,
"rich" ,
"acceptable" ,
"bearable" ,
"endurable" ,
"sufferable" ,
"supportable" ,
"sustainable" ,
"tolerable"
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"habitable" ,
"inhabitable"
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} ,
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"spare" ,
"thrifty" ,
"insupportable" ,
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"unacceptable" ,
"unbearable" ,
"unendurable"
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"inactivity" ,
"lifelessness"
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"we were surprised by the liveliness of the crowd at the nightclub despite the early hour"
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"laziness" ,
"anemia" ,
"bloodlessness" ,
"languidness" ,
"languor" ,
"lethargy" ,
"limpness" ,
"listlessness" ,
"sleepiness" ,
"sluggishness" ,
"spiritlessness" ,
"torpidity" ,
"torpor" ,
"weariness" ,
"apathy" ,
"impassivity" ,
"dullness" ,
"dulness" ,
"pallidness" ,
"tediousness" ,
"tedium" ,
"vapidity" ,
"vapidness"
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"buoyancy" ,
"jauntiness" ,
"springiness" ,
"brightness" ,
"cheer" ,
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"chirpiness" ,
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"friskiness" ,
"pizzazz" ,
"pizazz" ,
"sparkle" ,
"spirit" ,
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"vivaciousness" ,
"vivacity" ,
"eagerness" ,
"ebullience" ,
"ebulliency" ,
"enthusiasm" ,
"keenness" ,
"spiritedness" ,
"impishness" ,
"pertness" ,
"playfulness"
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"exuberance" ,
"jazziness" ,
"lustiness" ,
"peppiness" ,
"robustness" ,
"sprightliness" ,
"vibrance" ,
"vibrancy" ,
"vigorousness" ,
"vitality"
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"noun"
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} ,
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"liven (up)" : {
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"to give life, vigor, or spirit to" : {
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"damp" ,
"dampen" ,
"deaden" ,
"dull" ,
"kill"
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"burn out" ,
"debilitate" ,
"do in" ,
"drain" ,
"enervate" ,
"enfeeble" ,
"exhaust" ,
"fag" ,
"fatigue" ,
"harass" ,
"kayo" ,
"knock out" ,
"sap" ,
"tucker (out)" ,
"undermine" ,
"wash out" ,
"weaken" ,
"wear" ,
"wear out" ,
"weary" ,
"check" ,
"curb" ,
"inhibit" ,
"jade" ,
"quell" ,
"quench" ,
"repress" ,
"restrain" ,
"slow" ,
"still" ,
"stunt" ,
"suppress" ,
"daunt" ,
"demoralize" ,
"discourage" ,
"dishearten" ,
"dispirit"
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"awake" ,
"awaken" ,
"raise" ,
"rouse" ,
"stir" ,
"wake (up)" ,
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"actuate" ,
"drive" ,
"impel" ,
"motivate" ,
"motive" ,
"move" ,
"propel" ,
"charge" ,
"electrify" ,
"galvanize" ,
"enkindle" ,
"excite" ,
"ferment" ,
"foment" ,
"incite" ,
"inflame" ,
"enflame" ,
"instigate" ,
"kindle" ,
"provoke" ,
"set off" ,
"spark" ,
"trigger" ,
"turn on" ,
"whip (up)" ,
"abet" ,
"boost" ,
"buoy" ,
"cheer" ,
"embolden" ,
"fortify" ,
"hearten" ,
"infuse" ,
"inspire" ,
"lift" ,
"rally" ,
"steel" ,
"strengthen" ,
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"reanimate" ,
"reawake" ,
"reawaken" ,
"recharge" ,
"recreate" ,
"reenergize" ,
"refresh" ,
"refreshen" ,
"regenerate" ,
"reinvigorate" ,
"rejuvenate" ,
"rekindle" ,
"renew" ,
"restimulate" ,
"resurrect" ,
"resuscitate" ,
"revitalize" ,
"revive"
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"animate" ,
"brace" ,
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"enliven" ,
"fillip" ,
"fire" ,
"ginger (up)" ,
"invigorate" ,
"jazz (up)" ,
"juice up" ,
"jump-start" ,
"pep (up)" ,
"quicken" ,
"spike" ,
"stimulate" ,
"vitalize" ,
"vivify" ,
"zip (up)"
]
} ,
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} ,
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"livened (up)" : {
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"deadened" ,
"dulled" ,
"killed"
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"debilitated" ,
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"drained" ,
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"enfeebled" ,
"exhausted" ,
"fagged" ,
"fatigued" ,
"harassed" ,
"kayoed" ,
"knocked out" ,
"sapped" ,
"tuckered (out)" ,
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"wearied" ,
"wore" ,
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"curbed" ,
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"jaded" ,
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"slowed" ,
"stilled" ,
"stunted" ,
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"dispirited"
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"awoke" ,
"awaked" ,
"raised" ,
"roused" ,
"stirred" ,
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"enflamed" ,
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"boosted" ,
"buoyed" ,
"cheered" ,
"emboldened" ,
"fortified" ,
"heartened" ,
"infused" ,
"inspired" ,
"lifted" ,
"rallied" ,
"steeled" ,
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"reanimated" ,
"reawakened" ,
"reawoke" ,
"reawaked" ,
"recharged" ,
"recreated" ,
"reenergized" ,
"re-energized" ,
"refreshed" ,
"refreshened" ,
"regenerated" ,
"reinvigorated" ,
"rejuvenated" ,
"rekindled" ,
"renewed" ,
"restimulated" ,
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"resuscitated" ,
"revitalized" ,
"revived"
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"braced" ,
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"enlivened" ,
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"fired" ,
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"invigorated" ,
"jazzed (up)" ,
"juiced up" ,
"jump-started" ,
"pepped (up)" ,
"quickened" ,
"spiked" ,
"stimulated" ,
"vitalized" ,
"vivified" ,
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"noun"
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} ,
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"livery" : {
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"antonyms" : [ ] ,
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"the limousine chauffeur was easily distinguished from the cab drivers by his livery"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
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"full dress" ,
"regimentals" ,
"costume" ,
"finery" ,
"regalia"
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"synonyms" : [
"outfit" ,
"uniform"
]
} ,
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"noun"
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} ,
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"lives with" : {
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"She was forced to live with the mistakes she had made."
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"declines" ,
"dismisses" ,
"refuses" ,
"rejects" ,
"repudiates" ,
"spurns" ,
"turns down" ,
"combats" ,
"contests" ,
"fights" ,
"opposes" ,
"resists" ,
"avoids" ,
"bypasses" ,
"circumvents" ,
"dodges" ,
"eludes" ,
"escapes" ,
"evades" ,
"misses" ,
"abstains (from)" ,
"forbears" ,
"refrains (from)"
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"allows" ,
"permits" ,
"suffers" ,
"swallows" ,
"reconciles (to)" ,
"acquiesces" ,
"agrees (with or to)" ,
"assents (to)" ,
"capitulates" ,
"consents (to)" ,
"respects" ,
"submits (to)" ,
"yields (to)"
] ,
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"abides" ,
"absorbs" ,
"accepts" ,
"bears" ,
"bides" ,
"brooks" ,
"countenances" ,
"endures" ,
"goes" ,
"hacks" ,
"handles" ,
"meets" ,
"pockets" ,
"stands" ,
"sticks out" ,
"stomachs" ,
"supports" ,
"sustains" ,
"sweats out" ,
"takes" ,
"tolerates" ,
"wears"
]
} ,
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"phrase"
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} ,
"lividness" : {
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something" : {
"antonyms" : [
"delight" ,
"pleasure"
] ,
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"their employer's titanic lividness over the situation had them all wondering if they'd all get fired"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"calmness" ,
"forbearance" ,
"patience"
] ,
"related" : [
"aggravation" ,
"annoyance" ,
"exasperation" ,
"irritation" ,
"vexation" ,
"acrimoniousness" ,
"acrimony" ,
"animosity" ,
"antagonism" ,
"antipathy" ,
"bile" ,
"biliousness" ,
"bitterness" ,
"contempt" ,
"embitterment" ,
"empoisonment" ,
"enmity" ,
"grudge" ,
"hostility" ,
"rancor" ,
"envy" ,
"jaundice" ,
"jealousy" ,
"pique" ,
"resentment" ,
"malevolence" ,
"malice" ,
"spite" ,
"vengefulness" ,
"venom" ,
"vindictiveness" ,
"virulence" ,
"vitriol" ,
"belligerence" ,
"contentiousness" ,
"contrariness" ,
"crankiness" ,
"disputatiousness" ,
"hot-headedness" ,
"irascibility" ,
"irascibleness" ,
"irritability" ,
"orneriness" ,
"pugnaciousness" ,
"pugnacity" ,
"quarrelsomeness" ,
"querulousness" ,
"blowup" ,
"flare" ,
"flare-up" ,
"outburst" ,
"chafe" ,
"dander" ,
"dudgeon" ,
"huff" ,
"pet" ,
"rise" ,
"ruffle" ,
"temper" ,
"air rage" ,
"road rage" ,
"delirium" ,
"heat" ,
"passion" ,
"warmth"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"anger" ,
"angriness" ,
"birse" ,
"choler" ,
"furor" ,
"fury" ,
"indignation" ,
"irateness" ,
"ire" ,
"lividity" ,
"mad" ,
"madness" ,
"mood" ,
"outrage" ,
"rage" ,
"spleen" ,
"wrath" ,
"wrathfulness"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"living" : {
"as in business , field" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
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"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
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"being in effective operation" : {
"antonyms" : [
"broken" ,
"dead" ,
"inactive" ,
"inoperative" ,
"kaput" ,
"kaputt" ,
"nonactivated" ,
"nonfunctional" ,
"nonfunctioning" ,
"nonoperating" ,
"nonoperational" ,
"nonoperative"
] ,
"examples" : [
"a living tradition of the holiday season" ,
"a living culture that has survived a number of foreign invasions"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"deactivated" ,
"decommissioned" ,
"ineffective" ,
"ineffectual" ,
"useless" ,
"inoperable" ,
"unusable" ,
"unworkable" ,
"arrested" ,
"asleep" ,
"dormant" ,
"fallow" ,
"idle" ,
"inert" ,
"latent" ,
"lifeless" ,
"nonproductive" ,
"quiescent" ,
"sleepy" ,
"stagnating" ,
"unproductive" ,
"vegetating"
] ,
"related" : [
"effective" ,
"effectual" ,
"employable" ,
"operable" ,
"usable" ,
"useable" ,
"viable" ,
"workable" ,
"performing" ,
"producing" ,
"productive" ,
"serving" ,
"useful" ,
"yielding" ,
"astir" ,
"bustling" ,
"busy" ,
"dynamic" ,
"flourishing" ,
"humming" ,
"roaring" ,
"thriving"
] ,
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"active" ,
"alive" ,
"functional" ,
"functioning" ,
"going" ,
"live" ,
"on" ,
"operating" ,
"operational" ,
"operative" ,
"running" ,
"working"
]
} ,
"closely resembling the object imitated" : {
"antonyms" : [
"nonnatural" ,
"nonrealistic" ,
"unnatural" ,
"unrealistic"
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"an outdoor museum that is a living re-creation of a typical New England village circa 1840"
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"dissimilar" ,
"off" ,
"unalike" ,
"unlike" ,
"incomparable" ,
"unmatched" ,
"contrasted" ,
"contrasting" ,
"different" ,
"disparate" ,
"fake" ,
"mock" ,
"phony" ,
"phoney" ,
"sham"
] ,
"related" : [
"alike" ,
"like" ,
"matching" ,
"similar" ,
"verisimilar" ,
"akin" ,
"analogous" ,
"approximate" ,
"comparable" ,
"resembling" ,
"accurate" ,
"close" ,
"faithful" ,
"true" ,
"compelling" ,
"convincing" ,
"expressive" ,
"graphic" ,
"graphical" ,
"gritty" ,
"vivid"
] ,
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"lifelike" ,
"natural" ,
"naturalistic" ,
"naturalist" ,
"near" ,
"photo-realistic" ,
"realistic" ,
"three-dimensional"
]
} ,
"having being at the present time" : {
"antonyms" : [
"dead" ,
"extinct" ,
"nonextant"
] ,
"examples" : [
"there are fewer than a dozen living former presidents"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"defunct" ,
"destroyed" ,
"exterminated" ,
"kaput" ,
"kaputt" ,
"departed" ,
"gone" ,
"lost" ,
"nonexistent" ,
"idle" ,
"inactive" ,
"inert"
] ,
"related" : [
"active" ,
"busy" ,
"flourishing" ,
"functioning" ,
"operating" ,
"working"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"alive" ,
"around" ,
"existent" ,
"existing" ,
"extant"
]
} ,
"having or showing life" : {
"antonyms" : [
"asleep" ,
"breathless" ,
"cold" ,
"dead" ,
"deceased" ,
"defunct" ,
"departed" ,
"expired" ,
"inanimate" ,
"lifeless" ,
"nonliving"
] ,
"examples" : [
"is your hamster still living ?"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"dying" ,
"fading" ,
"moribund" ,
"stillborn" ,
"reposing" ,
"resting" ,
"ghostlike" ,
"ghostly" ,
"ghosty" ,
"zombielike" ,
"absent" ,
"extinct" ,
"fallen" ,
"finished" ,
"gone" ,
"lapsed" ,
"lost" ,
"nonexistent" ,
"perished" ,
"terminated" ,
"vanished" ,
"wiped out" ,
"barren" ,
"desert"
] ,
"related" : [
"active" ,
"animated" ,
"dynamic" ,
"lively" ,
"thriving" ,
"vibrant" ,
"vigorous" ,
"vital" ,
"vivacious" ,
"current" ,
"existent" ,
"existing" ,
"extant" ,
"going" ,
"prevailing" ,
"surviving" ,
"resurrected"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"alive" ,
"animate" ,
"breathing" ,
"live" ,
"quick"
]
} ,
"to have a home" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"he lives next door to the hospital"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"lodging" ,
"settling" ,
"staying" ,
"frequenting" ,
"hanging (at)" ,
"haunting" ,
"visiting" ,
"cohabiting" ,
"inhabiting" ,
"occupying" ,
"peopling" ,
"populating" ,
"leasing" ,
"renting" ,
"subletting" ,
"tenanting"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"abiding" ,
"dwelling" ,
"residing"
]
} ,
"to have life" : {
"antonyms" : [
"departing" ,
"dying" ,
"expiring" ,
"passing away" ,
"perishing" ,
"succumbing"
] ,
"examples" : [
"Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"disappearing" ,
"evaporating" ,
"vanishing" ,
"ceasing" ,
"desisting" ,
"discontinuing" ,
"ending" ,
"quitting" ,
"stopping" ,
"abating" ,
"dying (down)" ,
"ebbing" ,
"letting up" ,
"moderating" ,
"subsiding" ,
"waning"
] ,
"related" : [
"abiding" ,
"continuing" ,
"enduring" ,
"holding on" ,
"holding up" ,
"keeping (on)" ,
"kicking" ,
"lasting" ,
"leading" ,
"persisting" ,
"ruling" ,
"running on" ,
"surviving" ,
"moving" ,
"flourishing" ,
"prospering" ,
"thriving"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"being" ,
"breathing" ,
"existing" ,
"subsisting"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
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} ,
"livings" : {
"as in businesses , fields" : {
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"related" : [ ] ,
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"type" : [
"noun"
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"liabilities" : {
"something (as money) which is owed" : {
"examples" : [
"your liabilities total about $200,000"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"arrearage" ,
"arrears" ,
"debt" ,
"indebtedness" ,
"obligation" ,
"score"
] ,
"related" : [
"bond" ,
"debit" ,
"delinquency" ,
"bankruptcy" ,
"default" ,
"embarrassment" ,
"insolvency"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"quietus" ,
"quittance" ,
"repayment" ,
"asset"
] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"light heavyweight" : {
"as in heavyweight , featherweight" : {
"examples" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"litt\u00e9rateurs" : {
"a person who creates a written work" : {
"examples" : [
"Washington Irving is generally credited as the first American litterateur to gain a reputation in Britain and on the Continent"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"authors" ,
"penmen" ,
"pens" ,
"scribes" ,
"scriveners" ,
"writers"
] ,
"related" : [
"auteurs" ,
"belletrists" ,
"belle-lettrists" ,
"stylists" ,
"wordsmiths" ,
"coauthors" ,
"co-authors" ,
"coscenarists" ,
"co-scenarists" ,
"cowriters" ,
"co-writers" ,
"ghostwriters" ,
"hacks" ,
"hatchet men" ,
"scribblers" ,
"wordmongers" ,
"biographers" ,
"hagiographers" ,
"autobiographers" ,
"memoirists" ,
"memorialists" ,
"fabulists" ,
"fictioneers" ,
"fictionists" ,
"novelists" ,
"romancers" ,
"storytellers" ,
"essayists" ,
"pamphleteers" ,
"satirists" ,
"dramatists" ,
"playwrights" ,
"scenarists" ,
"screenwriters" ,
"scriptwriters" ,
"prosaists" ,
"prosateurs" ,
"prosers" ,
"bards" ,
"poets" ,
"rhymers" ,
"versifiers" ,
"bloggers" ,
"columnists" ,
"journalists" ,
"newspapermen" ,
"paragraphers" ,
"reporters" ,
"sportswriters"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [
"nonauthors"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"lifestyle" : {
"the way people live at a particular time and place" : {
"examples" : [
"retirees enjoying a more casual, stress-free lifestyle"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"civilization" ,
"culture" ,
"life" ,
"society"
] ,
"related" : [
"customs" ,
"manners" ,
"mores" ,
"values" ,
"folklore" ,
"heritage" ,
"legacy" ,
"tradition" ,
"subculture" ,
"subsociety"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"lit up" : {
"being under the influence of alcohol" : {
"examples" : [
"he finally wandered in at 3:00 a.m., obviously lit up"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"besotted" ,
"blasted" ,
"blind" ,
"blitzed" ,
"blotto" ,
"bombed" ,
"boozy" ,
"canned" ,
"cockeyed" ,
"crocked" ,
"drunk" ,
"drunken" ,
"fried" ,
"gassed" ,
"hammered" ,
"high" ,
"impaired" ,
"inebriate" ,
"inebriated" ,
"intoxicated" ,
"juiced" ,
"lit" ,
"loaded" ,
"looped" ,
"oiled" ,
"pickled" ,
"pie-eyed" ,
"plastered" ,
"potted" ,
"ripped" ,
"sloshed" ,
"smashed" ,
"sottish" ,
"soused" ,
"sozzled" ,
"squiffed" ,
"squiffy" ,
"stewed" ,
"stiff" ,
"stinking" ,
"stoned" ,
"tanked" ,
"tiddly" ,
"tight" ,
"tipsy" ,
"wasted" ,
"wet" ,
"wiped out"
] ,
"related" : [
"maudlin" ,
"beery" ,
"befuddled" ,
"bleary-eyed" ,
"crapulous" ,
"dopey" ,
"dopy" ,
"rocky" ,
"strung out" ,
"stupefied" ,
"debauched" ,
"dissipated" ,
"dissolute" ,
"alcoholic" ,
"bibulous" ,
"dipsomaniacal"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"abstemious" ,
"abstinent" ,
"dry" ,
"temperate" ,
"teetotal" ,
"clearheaded" ,
"cool" ,
"level" ,
"steady"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"sober" ,
"straight"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
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} ,
"lily-livered" : {
"having or showing a shameful lack of courage" : {
"examples" : [
"the pacifist was mistakenly accused of being a lily-livered coward"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"chicken" ,
"chicken-livered" ,
"chickenhearted" ,
"cowardly" ,
"craven" ,
"dastardly" ,
"gutless" ,
"milk-livered" ,
"poltroon" ,
"pusillanimous" ,
"recreant" ,
"spineless" ,
"unheroic" ,
"yellow"
] ,
"related" : [
"diffident" ,
"fainthearted" ,
"fearful" ,
"timid" ,
"timorous" ,
"afraid" ,
"frightened" ,
"scared" ,
"careful" ,
"cautious" ,
"wary" ,
"bashful" ,
"coy" ,
"shy" ,
"feeble" ,
"soft" ,
"unmanly" ,
"weak"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"audacious" ,
"bold" ,
"brazen" ,
"cheeky" ,
"nervy" ,
"plucky" ,
"spirited" ,
"spunky" ,
"determined" ,
"resolute"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"brave" ,
"courageous" ,
"daring" ,
"dauntless" ,
"doughty" ,
"fearless" ,
"gallant" ,
"greathearted" ,
"gutsy" ,
"hardy" ,
"heroic" ,
"heroical" ,
"intrepid" ,
"lionhearted" ,
"stalwart" ,
"stout" ,
"stouthearted" ,
"valiant" ,
"valorous"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
"limey" : {
"as in lime-juicer" : {
"examples" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"lightened" : {
"as in brightened , brilliant" : {
"examples" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"brightened" ,
"brilliant" ,
"dazzling" ,
"illuminated" ,
"illumined" ,
"lit" ,
"lighted" ,
"radiant" ,
"shiny" ,
"sunlit" ,
"sunny" ,
"sunshiny" ,
"clear" ,
"cloudless"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"beclouded" ,
"clouded" ,
"cloudy" ,
"dull" ,
"hazed" ,
"hazy" ,
"heavy" ,
"lowering" ,
"louring" ,
"overcast" ,
"overclouded" ,
"bedimmed" ,
"befogged" ,
"blackened" ,
"darkened" ,
"darksome" ,
"dim" ,
"dimmed" ,
"dulled" ,
"dusky" ,
"misty" ,
"murky" ,
"obscure" ,
"obscured" ,
"overshadowed" ,
"sunless"
] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"as in eased , alleviated" : {
"examples" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"alleviated" ,
"eased" ,
"toned (down)" ,
"moderated" ,
"qualified" ,
"abated" ,
"decreased" ,
"diminished" ,
"lessened" ,
"reduced" ,
"subdued" ,
"shallow" ,
"superficial" ,
"feeble" ,
"weak" ,
"light" ,
"moderate" ,
"soft"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"acute" ,
"almighty" ,
"blistering" ,
"deep" ,
"dreadful" ,
"excruciating" ,
"explosive" ,
"exquisite" ,
"fearful" ,
"fearsome" ,
"ferocious" ,
"fierce" ,
"frightful" ,
"furious" ,
"ghastly" ,
"hard" ,
"heavy" ,
"heavy-duty" ,
"hellacious" ,
"intense" ,
"intensive" ,
"keen" ,
"profound" ,
"terrible" ,
"vehement" ,
"vicious" ,
"violent" ,
"accentuated" ,
"aggravated" ,
"concentrated" ,
"deepened" ,
"emphasized" ,
"enhanced" ,
"heightened" ,
"intensified" ,
"magnified"
] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"to become glad or hopeful" : {
"examples" : [
"the patient lightened when he heard the disease responds well to treatment"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"brightened" ,
"bucked up" ,
"cheered (up)" ,
"looked up" ,
"perked (up)"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"rejoiced" ,
"livened (up)" ,
"revived" ,
"beamed" ,
"glowed" ,
"radiated" ,
"sparkled" ,
"encouraged" ,
"gladdened" ,
"heartened"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"despaired" ,
"desponded" ,
"brooded" ,
"fretted" ,
"moped"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"darkened" ,
"saddened"
]
} ,
"to supply with light" : {
"examples" : [
"the room was gradually lightened by the rising sun"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bathed" ,
"beaconed" ,
"emblazed" ,
"illumed" ,
"illuminated" ,
"illumined" ,
"irradiated" ,
"lit" ,
"lighted"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"brightened" ,
"beamed" ,
"beat (down)" ,
"radiated" ,
"shone" ,
"shined" ,
"enhaloed" ,
"haloed" ,
"floodlit" ,
"floodlighted" ,
"highlighted" ,
"spotlighted" ,
"spotlit" ,
"blazed" ,
"burned" ,
"burnt" ,
"fired" ,
"flamed" ,
"glared" ,
"glowed" ,
"ignited" ,
"incinerated" ,
"kindled" ,
"bedazzled" ,
"blinded" ,
"dazed" ,
"dazzled" ,
"gleamed" ,
"glistened" ,
"glittered"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"dimmed" ,
"dulled" ,
"obscured" ,
"covered" ,
"shrouded" ,
"veiled" ,
"doused" ,
"dowsed" ,
"extinguished" ,
"put out" ,
"quenched" ,
"snuffed (out)"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"blackened" ,
"darkened" ,
"obfuscated"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"lights" : {
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible" : {
"examples" : [
"he read poetry to her by the light of the moon"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"blazes" ,
"flares" ,
"fluorescences" ,
"glares" ,
"gleams" ,
"glows" ,
"illuminations" ,
"incandescences" ,
"luminescences" ,
"radiances" ,
"shines"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"flashes" ,
"glimmers" ,
"glints" ,
"glitters" ,
"scintillations" ,
"shimmers" ,
"sparkles" ,
"twinkles" ,
"daylights" ,
"moonlights" ,
"sunlights" ,
"sunshines" ,
"afterglows" ,
"aureoles" ,
"aureolae" ,
"auroras" ,
"aurorae" ,
"beams" ,
"halos" ,
"haloes" ,
"rays" ,
"shafts" ,
"streaks" ,
"streams" ,
"sunbeams" ,
"glistens" ,
"glosses" ,
"lusters" ,
"lustres" ,
"polishes" ,
"reflections" ,
"sheens"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"darks" ,
"dusks" ,
"glooms" ,
"nights" ,
"shadows"
] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"something that provides illumination" : {
"examples" : [
"turn off the light when you go to bed"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"beacons" ,
"illuminants" ,
"lamps"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"arc lamps" ,
"arc lights" ,
"candelabra" ,
"candelabrums" ,
"candelabras" ,
"candles" ,
"chandeliers" ,
"dark lanterns" ,
"electrics" ,
"flares" ,
"flashbulbs" ,
"flashcubes" ,
"flashes" ,
"flashlights" ,
"floodlights" ,
"fluorescent lamps" ,
"gaslights" ,
"gasoliers" ,
"girandoles" ,
"headlights" ,
"incandescent lamps" ,
"klieg lights" ,
"kleig lights" ,
"lanterns" ,
"light bulbs" ,
"lighthouses" ,
"lightings" ,
"sconces" ,
"spotlights" ,
"streetlights" ,
"sun lamps"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about" : {
"examples" : [
"a leading light in the acting profession"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres" ,
"causes celebres" ,
"celebrities" ,
"celebs" ,
"figures" ,
"icons" ,
"ikons" ,
"luminaries" ,
"megastars" ,
"names" ,
"notabilities" ,
"notables" ,
"notorieties" ,
"personages" ,
"personalities" ,
"somebodies" ,
"standouts" ,
"stars" ,
"superstars" ,
"VIPs"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"favorites" ,
"heartthrobs" ,
"heroes" ,
"idols" ,
"demigods" ,
"dignitaries" ,
"eminences" ,
"immortals" ,
"monuments" ,
"pillars" ,
"worthies" ,
"barons" ,
"big shots" ,
"bigwigs" ,
"kahunas" ,
"magnates" ,
"moguls" ,
"nabobs" ,
"panjandrums" ,
"panjandra"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"lightweights" ,
"mediocrities" ,
"has-beens"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"nobodies" ,
"noncelebrities"
]
} ,
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance" : {
"examples" : [
"with the coming of light we could see all the damage that the storm had caused"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"auroras" ,
"aurorae" ,
"cockcrows" ,
"dawns" ,
"daybreaks" ,
"daylights" ,
"days" ,
"mornings" ,
"morns" ,
"sunrises" ,
"suns" ,
"sunups"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"daytimes" ,
"forenoons"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"darks" ,
"midnights" ,
"nights" ,
"nighttimes" ,
"afternoons" ,
"middays" ,
"dusks" ,
"evenings" ,
"eventides" ,
"gloamings" ,
"twilights"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"nightfalls" ,
"sundowns" ,
"sunsets"
]
} ,
"to set (something) on fire" : {
"examples" : [
"we lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"burns" ,
"enkindles" ,
"fires" ,
"ignites" ,
"inflames" ,
"enflames" ,
"kindles" ,
"torches"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"immolates" ,
"deflagrates" ,
"chars" ,
"frizzles" ,
"scorches" ,
"bakes" ,
"broils" ,
"cooks" ,
"ashes" ,
"cremates" ,
"incinerates" ,
"kilns" ,
"sets off" ,
"brightens" ,
"illuminates" ,
"illumines" ,
"irradiates" ,
"lightens" ,
"radiates" ,
"scalds" ,
"scathes" ,
"sears" ,
"reignites" ,
"rekindles" ,
"relights" ,
"banks" ,
"stokes"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"chokes" ,
"smothers" ,
"suffocates" ,
"stamps (out)" ,
"blackens" ,
"darkens" ,
"dims" ,
"dulls" ,
"obscures"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"douses" ,
"dowses" ,
"extinguishes" ,
"puts out" ,
"quenches" ,
"snuffs (out)"
]
} ,
"to supply with light" : {
"examples" : [
"the lights from the TV cameras will light this room as though it were high noon"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bathes" ,
"beacons" ,
"emblazes" ,
"illumes" ,
"illuminates" ,
"illumines" ,
"irradiates" ,
"lightens"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"brightens" ,
"beams" ,
"beats (down)" ,
"radiates" ,
"shines" ,
"enhaloes" ,
"haloes" ,
"floodlights" ,
"highlights" ,
"spotlights" ,
"blazes" ,
"burns" ,
"fires" ,
"flames" ,
"glares" ,
"glows" ,
"ignites" ,
"incinerates" ,
"kindles" ,
"bedazzles" ,
"blinds" ,
"dazes" ,
"dazzles" ,
"gleams" ,
"glistens" ,
"glitters"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"dims" ,
"dulls" ,
"obscures" ,
"covers" ,
"shrouds" ,
"veils" ,
"douses" ,
"dowses" ,
"extinguishes" ,
"puts out" ,
"quenches" ,
"snuffs (out)"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"blackens" ,
"darkens" ,
"obfuscates"
]
} ,
"to come to rest after descending from the air" : {
"examples" : [
"the bird lit on the branch and began to sing"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"alights" ,
"lands" ,
"perches" ,
"roosts" ,
"settles" ,
"touches down"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"belly-lands" ,
"crash-lands"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"arises" ,
"ascends" ,
"climbs" ,
"rises" ,
"flies" ,
"floats" ,
"glides" ,
"planes" ,
"soars" ,
"wings" ,
"hangs" ,
"hovers"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"blasts off" ,
"takes off"
]
} ,
"to come down from something (as a vehicle)" : {
"examples" : [
"he hurriedly lighted from the bus and started walking up the street"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"alights" ,
"descends" ,
"disembarks" ,
"dismounts" ,
"gets down"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"deplanes" ,
"detrains"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"boards" ,
"climbs (aboard)" ,
"gets in" ,
"mounts" ,
"enplanes" ,
"emplanes" ,
"entrains"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"embarks"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"liquidates" : {
"to destroy all traces of" : {
"examples" : [
"a decisive act that liquidated all doubts and fears about his governing abilities"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"abolishes" ,
"annihilates" ,
"blacks out" ,
"blots out" ,
"cancels" ,
"cleans (up)" ,
"effaces" ,
"eradicates" ,
"erases" ,
"expunges" ,
"exterminates" ,
"extirpates" ,
"obliterates" ,
"roots (out)" ,
"rubs out" ,
"snuffs (out)" ,
"stamps (out)" ,
"sweeps (away)" ,
"wipes out"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"decimates" ,
"demolishes" ,
"destroys" ,
"devastates" ,
"ravages" ,
"dismantles" ,
"flattens" ,
"mows (down)" ,
"razes" ,
"tears down" ,
"ruins" ,
"totals" ,
"wastes" ,
"wrecks" ,
"blasts" ,
"blows up" ,
"dashes" ,
"dynamites" ,
"smashes" ,
"atomizes" ,
"consumes" ,
"devours" ,
"dissolves" ,
"fragments" ,
"powders" ,
"pulverizes" ,
"shatters" ,
"splinters" ,
"dooms" ,
"finishes" ,
"kills" ,
"kills off" ,
"terminates" ,
"zaps" ,
"cuts" ,
"discards" ,
"ditches" ,
"ejects" ,
"excises" ,
"expels" ,
"jettisons" ,
"ousts" ,
"throws out"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"conserves" ,
"preserves" ,
"protects" ,
"saves" ,
"builds" ,
"constructs" ,
"creates" ,
"fabricates" ,
"fashions" ,
"forges" ,
"forms" ,
"frames" ,
"makes" ,
"manufactures" ,
"shapes" ,
"fixes" ,
"mends" ,
"patches" ,
"rebuilds" ,
"reconditions" ,
"reconstructs" ,
"renews" ,
"renovates" ,
"repairs" ,
"restores" ,
"revamps"
] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"to put to death deliberately" : {
"examples" : [
"his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"assassinates" ,
"bumps off" ,
"croaks" ,
"dispatches" ,
"does in" ,
"executes" ,
"gets" ,
"ices" ,
"knocks off" ,
"murders" ,
"neutralizes" ,
"offs" ,
"puts away" ,
"rubs out" ,
"slays" ,
"snuffs" ,
"takes out" ,
"terminates" ,
"whacks"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"blows away" ,
"shoots" ,
"shoots down" ,
"blots out" ,
"carries off" ,
"claims" ,
"cuts down" ,
"destroys" ,
"fells" ,
"kills" ,
"smites" ,
"zaps" ,
"butchers" ,
"massacres" ,
"mows (down)" ,
"slaughters" ,
"annihilates" ,
"eliminates" ,
"eradicates" ,
"exterminates" ,
"wipes out"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"animates" ,
"raises" ,
"restores" ,
"resurrects" ,
"resuscitates" ,
"revives"
] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"to give what is owed for" : {
"examples" : [
"used our lottery winnings to liquidate our debts"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"antes (up)" ,
"balances" ,
"clears" ,
"discharges" ,
"foots" ,
"meets" ,
"pays" ,
"pays off" ,
"pays up" ,
"ponies up" ,
"quits" ,
"recompenses" ,
"settles" ,
"springs (for)" ,
"stands"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [
"repudiates"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"limbers (up)" : {
"as in trains , breaks in" : {
"examples" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"breaks in" ,
"trains" ,
"bolsters" ,
"boosts" ,
"braces" ,
"buttresses" ,
"enforces" ,
"forearms" ,
"props (up)" ,
"reinforces" ,
"reenforces" ,
"supports" ,
"accustoms" ,
"conditions" ,
"habituates" ,
"naturalizes" ,
"immunizes" ,
"invigorates" ,
"vitalizes" ,
"anneals" ,
"tempers" ,
"acclimates" ,
"acclimatizes" ,
"adapts" ,
"adjusts" ,
"fortifies" ,
"hardens" ,
"indurates" ,
"inures" ,
"seasons" ,
"steels" ,
"strengthens" ,
"toughens"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"softens" ,
"emasculates" ,
"enervates" ,
"enfeebles" ,
"exhausts" ,
"saps" ,
"weakens" ,
"cripples" ,
"debilitates" ,
"hamstrings" ,
"incapacitates" ,
"sensitizes"
] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"lifeboat" : {
"as in yawl , launch" : {
"examples" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"auxiliary" ,
"bumboat" ,
"cutter" ,
"jolly boat" ,
"launch" ,
"longboat" ,
"tender" ,
"yawl" ,
"houseboat" ,
"riverboat" ,
"barge" ,
"hoy" ,
"keel" ,
"keelboat" ,
"lighter" ,
"narrow boat" ,
"cruiser" ,
"inboard" ,
"motorboat" ,
"outboard" ,
"powerboat" ,
"towboat" ,
"tug" ,
"tugboat" ,
"bateau" ,
"ca\u00efque" ,
"canoe" ,
"catamaran" ,
"coracle" ,
"curragh" ,
"currach" ,
"dhow" ,
"dinghy" ,
"dink" ,
"dory" ,
"dugout" ,
"flatboat" ,
"garvey" ,
"gig" ,
"johnboat" ,
"kayak" ,
"outrigger" ,
"paddleboat" ,
"pinnace" ,
"piragua" ,
"pirogue" ,
"pontoon" ,
"pram" ,
"punt" ,
"raft" ,
"rowboat" ,
"rowing boat" ,
"sampan" ,
"scow" ,
"scull" ,
"shallop" ,
"shell" ,
"skiff" ,
"surfboat" ,
"umiak" ,
"wherry" ,
"ferry" ,
"ferryboat" ,
"gondola" ,
"taxi" ,
"water taxi" ,
"catboat" ,
"ketch" ,
"sailboat" ,
"schooner" ,
"yacht" ,
"banker" ,
"coble" ,
"dragger" ,
"gillnetter" ,
"hooker" ,
"lugger" ,
"scalloper" ,
"seiner" ,
"shrimper" ,
"trawler" ,
"whaleboat" ,
"whaler" ,
"workboat" ,
"boat" ,
"bottom" ,
"craft" ,
"vessel" ,
"watercraft"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"literal" : {
"restricted to or based on fact" : {
"examples" : [
"a literal account of the explorer's adventures is actually a lot less interesting than his own exaggerated stories"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"documentary" ,
"factual" ,
"hard" ,
"historical" ,
"matter-of-fact" ,
"nonfictional" ,
"objective" ,
"true"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"actual" ,
"authentic" ,
"bona fide" ,
"genuine" ,
"real" ,
"right" ,
"documented" ,
"established" ,
"confirmable" ,
"reliable" ,
"supportable" ,
"sustainable" ,
"verifiable" ,
"demonstrable" ,
"provable" ,
"incontestable" ,
"incontrovertible" ,
"indisputable" ,
"irrefutable" ,
"undeniable" ,
"unquestionable" ,
"plain" ,
"simple" ,
"certain" ,
"undoubted"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"hypothetical" ,
"speculative" ,
"theoretical" ,
"theoretic" ,
"apocryphal" ,
"unauthentic" ,
"undocumented" ,
"chimerical" ,
"chimeric" ,
"fabulous" ,
"fanciful" ,
"fantastic" ,
"fantastical" ,
"imaginary" ,
"imagined" ,
"invented" ,
"legendary" ,
"made-up" ,
"make-believe" ,
"mythical" ,
"mythic" ,
"pretend" ,
"embroidered" ,
"exaggerated" ,
"insupportable" ,
"unsupportable"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"fictional" ,
"fictionalized" ,
"fictitious" ,
"nondocumentary" ,
"nonfactual" ,
"nonhistorical" ,
"unhistorical"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
"light-minded" : {
"lacking in seriousness or maturity" : {
"examples" : [
"the movie was a light-minded take on the biblical story of Noah and the Flood"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"birdbrained" ,
"ditzy" ,
"ditsy" ,
"dizzy" ,
"featherbrained" ,
"flighty" ,
"frivolous" ,
"frothy" ,
"futile" ,
"giddy" ,
"goofy" ,
"harebrained" ,
"light-headed" ,
"puerile" ,
"scatterbrained" ,
"silly" ,
"yeasty"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"fatuous" ,
"foolish" ,
"inane" ,
"nonsensical" ,
"thoughtless" ,
"witless" ,
"crazy" ,
"daffy" ,
"daft" ,
"fruity" ,
"exuberant" ,
"flippant" ,
"fluttery" ,
"giggly" ,
"happy" ,
"light" ,
"lighthearted" ,
"playful" ,
"sappy" ,
"shallow" ,
"superficial"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"grave" ,
"melancholy" ,
"somber" ,
"sombre" ,
"thoughtful" ,
"dignified" ,
"heavy" ,
"no-nonsense" ,
"sedate" ,
"severe" ,
"solemn" ,
"staid"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"earnest" ,
"serious" ,
"serious-minded" ,
"sober" ,
"unfrivolous"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
"lionhearted" : {
"feeling or displaying no fear by temperament" : {
"examples" : [
"traditionally young Masai men are consigned to a period of isolation in the bush in order to turn them into strong, lionhearted warriors"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bold" ,
"brave" ,
"courageous" ,
"dauntless" ,
"doughty" ,
"fearless" ,
"gallant" ,
"greathearted" ,
"gutsy" ,
"gutty" ,
"heroic" ,
"heroical" ,
"intrepid" ,
"manful" ,
"stalwart" ,
"stout" ,
"stouthearted" ,
"undauntable" ,
"undaunted" ,
"valiant" ,
"valorous"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"determined" ,
"firm" ,
"game" ,
"gamy" ,
"gamey" ,
"gritty" ,
"plucky" ,
"resolute" ,
"Spartan" ,
"undeterred" ,
"undismayed" ,
"unflinching" ,
"unswerving" ,
"mettlesome" ,
"spirited" ,
"spunky" ,
"adventuresome" ,
"adventurous" ,
"audacious" ,
"daring" ,
"dashing" ,
"hardy" ,
"venturesome" ,
"venturous" ,
"crazy" ,
"foolish" ,
"half-witted" ,
"insane" ,
"lunatic" ,
"mad" ,
"nutty" ,
"brash" ,
"brazen" ,
"daredevil" ,
"foolhardy" ,
"heedless" ,
"hotheaded" ,
"impetuous" ,
"imprudent" ,
"impulsive" ,
"incautious" ,
"madcap" ,
"overbold" ,
"overconfident" ,
"rash" ,
"reckless" ,
"thoughtless" ,
"wild" ,
"hasty" ,
"headlong" ,
"precipitate" ,
"comforted" ,
"emboldened" ,
"encouraged" ,
"heartened" ,
"reassured" ,
"unafraid"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"diffident" ,
"mousy" ,
"mousey" ,
"scary" ,
"shy" ,
"skittish" ,
"timid" ,
"anxious" ,
"apprehensive" ,
"nervous" ,
"careful" ,
"cautious" ,
"heedful" ,
"prudent" ,
"unadventurous" ,
"afraid" ,
"agitated" ,
"disconcerted" ,
"disquieted" ,
"disturbed" ,
"frightened" ,
"horrified" ,
"panicked" ,
"panic-stricken" ,
"perturbed" ,
"scared" ,
"shocked" ,
"spooked" ,
"startled" ,
"terrified" ,
"terrorized" ,
"unnerved" ,
"upset" ,
"appalled" ,
"concerned" ,
"dismayed" ,
"worried" ,
"unmanly" ,
"weak" ,
"wimpy"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"chicken" ,
"chickenhearted" ,
"chicken-livered" ,
"coward" ,
"cowardly" ,
"craven" ,
"dastardly" ,
"fainthearted" ,
"fearful" ,
"gutless" ,
"lily-livered" ,
"milk-livered" ,
"nerveless" ,
"poltroon" ,
"poor-spirited" ,
"pusillanimous" ,
"spineless" ,
"spiritless" ,
"timorous" ,
"uncourageous" ,
"ungallant" ,
"unheroic" ,
"weakhearted" ,
"yellow"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
"lingos" : {
"the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication" : {
"examples" : [
"medical missionaries struggling to learn the lingo of the African tribe that they were treating"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"languages" ,
"mother tongues" ,
"speeches" ,
"tongues" ,
"vocabularies"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"acrolects" ,
"argots" ,
"cants" ,
"colloquials" ,
"dialects" ,
"idiolects" ,
"idioms" ,
"jargons" ,
"parlances" ,
"patois" ,
"patter" ,
"pidgins" ,
"slangs" ,
"slanguages" ,
"vernaculars" ,
"colloquialisms" ,
"localisms" ,
"provincialisms" ,
"regionalisms" ,
"shibboleths" ,
"vernacularisms" ,
"terminologies" ,
"coinages" ,
"modernisms" ,
"neologisms"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field" : {
"examples" : [
"the shorthand medical lingo that the hospital staffers use with one another"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"argots" ,
"cants" ,
"dialects" ,
"jargons" ,
"jives" ,
"languages" ,
"patois" ,
"patter" ,
"shops" ,
"shoptalk" ,
"slangs" ,
"terminologies" ,
"vocabularies"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"colloquialisms" ,
"colloquials" ,
"idioms" ,
"localisms" ,
"parlances" ,
"pidgins" ,
"provincialisms" ,
"regionalisms" ,
"speeches" ,
"vernacularisms" ,
"vernaculars" ,
"slanguages" ,
"bureaucrateses" ,
"computereses" ,
"cyberspeaks" ,
"educationeses" ,
"governmenteses" ,
"journaleses" ,
"technobabbles"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"lingers" : {
"to move or act slowly" : {
"examples" : [
"since they were charging by the hour, the house painters lingered in finishing up their work"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"crawls" ,
"creeps" ,
"dallies" ,
"dawdles" ,
"delays" ,
"diddles" ,
"dillydallies" ,
"drags" ,
"lags" ,
"loiters" ,
"lollygags" ,
"lallygags" ,
"mopes" ,
"pokes" ,
"shilly-shallies" ,
"tarries"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"fiddles (around)" ,
"fools around" ,
"messes around" ,
"monkeys (around)" ,
"plays" ,
"potters (around)" ,
"putters (around)" ,
"trifles" ,
"hangs (around or out)" ,
"idles" ,
"loafs" ,
"lolls" ,
"lounges" ,
"ambles" ,
"eases" ,
"inches" ,
"lumbers" ,
"plods" ,
"saunters" ,
"shuffles" ,
"staggers" ,
"strolls" ,
"decelerates" ,
"slows (down or up)" ,
"filibusters" ,
"procrastinates" ,
"stalls" ,
"temporizes"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"bowls" ,
"breezes" ,
"darts" ,
"humps" ,
"hurtles" ,
"hustles" ,
"scrambles" ,
"stampedes" ,
"gallops" ,
"jogs" ,
"runs" ,
"sprints" ,
"trots" ,
"accelerates" ,
"quickens" ,
"speeds (up)" ,
"catches up" ,
"fast-forwards" ,
"outpaces" ,
"outruns" ,
"outstrips" ,
"overtakes"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"barrels" ,
"bolts" ,
"careers" ,
"courses" ,
"dashes" ,
"flies" ,
"hastens" ,
"hotfoots (it)" ,
"hurries" ,
"races" ,
"rips" ,
"rockets" ,
"runs" ,
"rushes" ,
"scoots" ,
"scuds" ,
"scurries" ,
"speeds" ,
"tears" ,
"whirls" ,
"whisks" ,
"whizzes" ,
"zips"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
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}
}