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"meagerly":{
"as in scantily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"mealymouthed":{
"not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{
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"artless",
"candid",
"genuine",
"heartfelt",
"honest",
"sincere",
"undesigning",
"unfeigned"
],
"examples":[
"a mealymouthed compliment from a jealous competitor"
],
"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",
"lip",
"mealy",
"Pecksniffian",
"phony",
"phoney",
"phony-baloney",
"phoney-baloney",
"pretended",
"two-faced",
"unctuous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"mean-spirited":{
"feeling or showing a desire to cause harm or pain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a mean-spirited person",
"He wrote a mean-spirited book review."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"meandering":{
"passing from one topic to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a meandering interview with the presidential hopeful that covered everything from his family life to his proposed foreign policy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coherent",
"consistent",
"logical",
"direct",
"focused",
"focussed",
"straightforward",
"undeviating"
],
"related":[
"circuitous",
"deviating",
"devious",
"indirect",
"roundabout"
],
"synonyms":[
"desultory",
"digressional",
"digressionary",
"digressive",
"discursive",
"excursive",
"leaping",
"maundering",
"rambling",
"wandering"
]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"theatergoers meandering around the lobby waiting for the play to start"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"dawdling",
"moping",
"gypsying",
"hoboing",
"tramping",
"vagabonding",
"milling (about or around)",
"straggling",
"straying"
],
"synonyms":[
"batting",
"cruising",
"drifting",
"floating",
"gadding (about)",
"gallivanting",
"galavanting",
"kicking around",
"knocking (about)",
"maundering",
"mooching",
"rambling",
"ranging",
"roaming",
"roving",
"traipsing",
"wandering"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"meanies":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the class thought the substitute teacher was a big meanie when she assigned homework over the holidays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels",
"innocents",
"saints",
"heroes"
],
"related":[
"villainesses",
"blackguards",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"felons",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"offenders",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"transgressors",
"sinners",
"trespassers",
"wrongdoers",
"cads",
"heels",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"vipers",
"bandits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"cons",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"assassins",
"cutthroats",
"gangsters",
"goons",
"gunmen",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"racketeers",
"ruffians",
"thugs",
"roughs",
"rowdies",
"toughs",
"losers",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"stinkers",
"trash"
],
"synonyms":[
"baddies",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"caitiffs",
"devils",
"evildoers",
"fiends",
"heavies",
"hounds",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"monsters",
"nazis",
"no-goods",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"savages",
"scalawags",
"scallywags",
"scamps",
"scapegraces",
"scoundrels",
"varlets",
"villains",
"wretches"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"means":{
"an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"won the competition by fair and honest means"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"act",
"action",
"deed",
"doing",
"feat",
"thing",
"course",
"procedure",
"proceeding",
"process",
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"attainment",
"coup",
"exploit",
"success",
"triumph",
"activity",
"affair",
"business",
"dealing",
"enterprise",
"event",
"attempt",
"crack",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"initiative",
"operation",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"undertaking",
"whack",
"effort",
"exertion",
"labor",
"pains",
"trouble",
"while",
"work",
"project",
"proposal",
"proposition",
"makeshift",
"resort",
"resource",
"stopgap",
"countermeasure",
"countermove",
"counterstep"
],
"synonyms":[
"expedient",
"measure",
"move",
"shift",
"step"
]
},
"something used to achieve an end":{
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"examples":[
"the ends don't justify the means"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"determinant",
"expedient",
"factor",
"influence",
"ingredient",
"mechanism",
"tool",
"weapon",
"activator",
"animator",
"catalyst",
"driver",
"energizer",
"executor",
"generator",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"instigator",
"launcher",
"mover",
"power",
"stimulus",
"trigger",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason",
"subagency",
"subagent"
],
"synonyms":[
"agency",
"agent",
"instrument",
"instrumentality",
"machinery",
"medium",
"ministry",
"organ",
"vehicle"
]
},
"the total of one's money and property":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a woman of considerable means"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debts",
"liabilities",
"indebtedness"
],
"related":[
"belongings",
"chattels",
"effects",
"holdings",
"paraphernalia",
"possessions",
"things",
"bankroll",
"deep pockets",
"finances",
"funds",
"money",
"wallet",
"abundance",
"affluence",
"prosperity",
"success",
"treasure",
"valuables",
"accession",
"acquisition",
"personal property",
"personalty",
"property",
"nest egg",
"reserve",
"resources",
"savings",
"treasury"
],
"synonyms":[
"assets",
"capital",
"fortune",
"opulence",
"riches",
"substance",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"worth"
]
},
"to be of importance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"your presence at my graduation would mean a lot to me"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"affects",
"concerns",
"influences",
"sways",
"adds up (to)",
"amounts (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"counts",
"imports",
"matters",
"signifies",
"weighs"
]
},
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the national anthem means various things to various people"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"connotes",
"implies",
"suggests",
"adds up (to)",
"amounts (to)",
"hints",
"infers",
"insinuates",
"intimates",
"embodies",
"epitomizes",
"personifies",
"represents",
"symbolizes",
"symbols",
"adverts",
"alludes (to)",
"cites",
"instances",
"mentions",
"refers (to)",
"specifies",
"touches (on or upon)",
"designates",
"indicates",
"points (to)",
"signals",
"announces",
"declares",
"proclaims",
"elucidates",
"explains"
],
"synonyms":[
"denotes",
"expresses",
"imports",
"intends",
"signifies",
"spells"
]
},
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I mean to win this race"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dreams",
"hopes",
"wishes",
"considers",
"debates",
"mulls (over)",
"ponders",
"attempts",
"endeavors",
"strives",
"struggles",
"tries",
"plots",
"schemes",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"effects",
"executes",
"performs"
],
"synonyms":[
"aims",
"allows",
"aspires",
"calculates",
"contemplates",
"designs",
"goes",
"intends",
"looks",
"meditates",
"plans",
"proposes",
"purports",
"purposes"
]
},
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"these colder nights mean autumn has truly arrived"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bodes",
"foreshows",
"foretells",
"presages"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeaks",
"betokens",
"denotes",
"indicates",
"points (to)",
"signifies",
"tells (of)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"meany":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the class thought the substitute teacher was a big meanie when she assigned homework over the holidays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel",
"innocent",
"saint",
"hero"
],
"related":[
"villainess",
"blackguard",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"felon",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"transgressor",
"sinner",
"trespasser",
"wrongdoer",
"cad",
"heel",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"con",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gunman",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"racketeer",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"rough",
"rowdy",
"tough",
"loser",
"lowlife",
"ne'er-do-well",
"stinker",
"trash"
],
"synonyms":[
"baddie",
"baddy",
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"measure":{
"a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"each day prisoners were given only a small measure of rice to live on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"coefficient",
"degree",
"body",
"portion",
"many",
"number"
],
"synonyms":[
"amount",
"quantity",
"quantum",
"volume"
]
},
"an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"such new security measures as metal detectors at all the entrances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"act",
"action",
"deed",
"doing",
"feat",
"thing",
"course",
"procedure",
"proceeding",
"process",
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"attainment",
"coup",
"exploit",
"success",
"triumph",
"activity",
"affair",
"business",
"dealing",
"enterprise",
"event",
"attempt",
"crack",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"initiative",
"operation",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"undertaking",
"whack",
"effort",
"exertion",
"labor",
"pains",
"trouble",
"while",
"work",
"project",
"proposal",
"proposition",
"makeshift",
"resort",
"resource",
"stopgap",
"countermeasure",
"countermove",
"counterstep"
],
"synonyms":[
"expedient",
"means",
"move",
"shift",
"step"
]
},
"something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"during the Renaissance, man came to be viewed as the measure of all things"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aberration",
"abnormality",
"deviation"
],
"related":[
"case",
"example",
"instance",
"average",
"norm",
"rule",
"acme",
"apex",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"barometer",
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"gold standard",
"grade",
"mark",
"metric",
"par",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"yardstick"
]
},
"the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in intensity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the song's soft, soothing measures make it a good lullaby"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accent",
"accentuation",
"emphasis",
"stress",
"backbeat",
"drum",
"throb",
"lilt",
"movement",
"sway",
"swing",
"hexameter",
"pentameter",
"tetrameter",
"trimeter"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"cadence",
"meter",
"rhythm"
]
},
"the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a slipcover for the couch that was made to measure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"area",
"capaciousness",
"commodiousness",
"roominess",
"spaciousness",
"ampleness",
"amplitude",
"bigness",
"bulkiness",
"enormousness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"grossness",
"heftiness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
"immensity",
"largeness",
"mass",
"massiveness",
"monstrousness",
"stupendousness",
"tremendousness",
"vastness",
"volume",
"voluminousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulk",
"dimension",
"extent",
"magnitude",
"measurement",
"proportion",
"size"
]
},
"to find out the size, extent, or amount of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"for this experiment, you need to carefully measure all the chemicals before you mix them together"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"weigh",
"calibrate",
"caliper",
"quantify",
"quantitate",
"lay off",
"mark (off)",
"calculate",
"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"reckon",
"work out",
"appraise",
"assess",
"conjecture",
"estimate",
"evaluate",
"guess",
"guesstimate",
"judge",
"suppose",
"valuate",
"value",
"add up",
"sum",
"tally",
"total",
"ascertain",
"determine",
"discover",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"find out"
],
"synonyms":[
"gauge",
"gage",
"scale",
"span"
]
},
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
"antonyms":[
"lose"
],
"examples":[
"he carefully measured his response to the provocative question"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"unleash",
"air",
"express",
"take out",
"vent"
],
"related":[
"bottle (up)",
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"mince",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suppress",
"swallow",
"arrest",
"interrupt",
"stop",
"block",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence"
],
"synonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"control",
"curb",
"govern",
"hold",
"inhibit",
"keep",
"pull in",
"regulate",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"rule",
"tame"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"measureless":{
"being or seeming to be without limits":{
"antonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"definite",
"finite",
"limited",
"restricted"
],
"examples":[
"the bodies of the fallen sailors were consigned to the measureless depths of the sea"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fathomable",
"measurable",
"depthless",
"shallow",
"superficial"
],
"related":[
"abysmal",
"countless",
"incalculable",
"incomputable",
"inestimable",
"innumerable",
"unmeasured",
"exhaustless",
"inexhaustible",
"extensive",
"far-flung",
"immense",
"vast"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottomless",
"boundless",
"endless",
"fathomless",
"horizonless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
"immensurable",
"indefinite",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"unbounded",
"unfathomable",
"unlimited"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"measuring up (to)":{
"to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he always worried about measuring up to his older brother"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"adding up (to)",
"amounting (to)",
"coming (to)",
"duplicating",
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"mirroring",
"paralleling",
"reflecting",
"bordering (on)",
"touching (on)",
"verging (on)"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaching",
"approximating",
"comparing (with)",
"stacking up (against or with)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"meat":{
"animal and especially mammal tissue used as food":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we need to go shopping; there's only enough meat in the freezer for one more dinner"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"game",
"poultry",
"red meat",
"variety meat"
],
"synonyms":[
"flesh"
]
},
"substances intended to be eaten":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"offered his guests meat and drink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"related":[
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
]
},
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
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"examples":[
"he dances all around it without ever addressing the meat of the issue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"course",
"direction",
"drift",
"tenor",
"body",
"content",
"substance",
"hypothesis",
"proposition",
"purport",
"subject",
"theme",
"thesis"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottom line",
"bull's-eye",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"gist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"meat and potatoes",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"point",
"root",
"sum"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"meats":{
"animal and especially mammal tissue used as food":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we need to go shopping; there's only enough meat in the freezer for one more dinner"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"games",
"poultries",
"red meats",
"variety meats"
],
"synonyms":[
"flesh"
]
},
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he dances all around it without ever addressing the meat of the issue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"courses",
"directions",
"drifts",
"tenors",
"bodies",
"contents",
"substances",
"hypotheses",
"propositions",
"purports",
"subjects",
"themes",
"theses"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottom lines",
"bull's-eyes",
"bullseyes",
"centerpieces",
"cores",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"essences",
"gists",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"keynotes",
"meat and potatoes",
"nets",
"nubbins",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"pivots",
"points",
"roots",
"sums"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"medal":{
"a piece of metal given in honor of a special event, a person, or an achievement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the display case held an impressive array of military medals from World War II"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"decoration",
"honor",
"crown",
"insignia",
"laurel",
"ribbon",
"title",
"bronze",
"gold",
"silver",
"badge",
"button",
"chevron",
"clasp",
"cockade",
"color",
"ensign",
"rosette",
"star",
"distinction",
"award",
"prize",
"trophy",
"citation",
"commendation"
],
"synonyms":[
"medallion",
"order"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"meddle":{
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"please stop meddling in your sister's marriage, even though you mean well"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook"
],
"related":[
"intercede",
"interpose",
"intervene",
"barge (in)",
"chisel (in)",
"encroach",
"infringe",
"invade",
"trespass",
"fiddle",
"fool",
"monkey",
"play",
"tamper"
],
"synonyms":[
"butt in",
"interfere",
"interlope",
"intermeddle",
"intrude",
"mess",
"muck (about or around)",
"nose",
"obtrude",
"poke",
"pry",
"snoop"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"meddler":{
"a person who meddles in the affairs of others":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a meddler who stayed up all night watching the neighbors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gaper",
"gawker",
"gawper",
"gazer",
"peeper",
"peeping Tom",
"prier",
"pryer",
"rubberneck",
"rubbernecker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"blabber",
"discloser",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"prattler",
"quidnunc",
"revealer",
"teller",
"betrayer",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"snake",
"sneak",
"informant",
"informer",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon"
],
"synonyms":[
"busybody",
"buttinsky",
"buttinski",
"interferer",
"interloper",
"intermeddler",
"intruder",
"kibitzer",
"kibbitzer",
"nosey parker"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"meddlesome":{
"thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited":{
"antonyms":[
"unobtrusive"
],
"examples":[
"meddlesome neighbors kept asking the couple when they were going to have children"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hands-off",
"uninvolved",
"quiet",
"reclusive",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"retiring",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"withdrawn",
"inhibited",
"restrained",
"subdued"
],
"related":[
"bold",
"brazen",
"bumptious",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"invading",
"trespassing",
"curious",
"inquisitive",
"annoying",
"harassing",
"pestiferous",
"overbearing",
"superserviceable"
],
"synonyms":[
"busy",
"interfering",
"intruding",
"intrusive",
"meddling",
"nosy",
"nosey",
"obtrusive",
"officious",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"protrusive",
"prying",
"pushing",
"pushy",
"snoopy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mediaeval":{
"having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"get rid of that medieval kerosene stove\u2014it stinks and it's dangerous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"mod",
"modern",
"new",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"present-day",
"recent",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute",
"fresh",
"modernized",
"refurbished",
"remodeled",
"renewed",
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative"
],
"related":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"obsolescent",
"discarded",
"disused",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless",
"dead",
"defunct",
"expired",
"extinct",
"vanished",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"antique",
"dateless",
"fusty",
"musty",
"old",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"retro",
"vintage",
"aged",
"age-old",
"hoary",
"venerable",
"atavistic",
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"former",
"historic",
"historical",
"late",
"old-world",
"past"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"demoded",
"fossilized",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"moribund",
"mossy",
"moth-eaten",
"neolithic",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"out-of-date",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"rusty",
"Stone Age",
"superannuated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"medial":{
"occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes":{
"antonyms":[
"extreme",
"farthest",
"farthermost",
"furthermost",
"furthest",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"remotest",
"utmost"
],
"examples":[
"four is the medial number between one and seven"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outer",
"peripheral"
],
"related":[
"equidistant",
"inmost",
"inner",
"innermost",
"nearest",
"betwixt and between",
"borderline",
"gray",
"grey",
"in-between"
],
"synonyms":[
"central",
"halfway",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"median",
"mediate",
"medium",
"mid",
"middle",
"midmost"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mediations":{
"as in treaties":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"medication":{
"a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the doctor prescribed two different medications for the infection"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cure-all",
"nostrum",
"panacea",
"botanical",
"patent medicine",
"prescription",
"prescription drug",
"cordial",
"potion",
"tonic",
"miracle drug",
"wonder drug",
"cap",
"capsule",
"pill",
"tablet",
"injection",
"shot",
"embrocation",
"liniment",
"lotion",
"ointment",
"poultice",
"salve",
"syrup",
"sirup",
"tincture",
"antibiotic",
"antiseptic",
"serum",
"cathartic",
"purgative"
],
"synonyms":[
"cure",
"drug",
"medicament",
"medicinal",
"medicine",
"pharmaceutical",
"physic",
"remedy",
"specific"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"medicos":{
"a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders":{
"antonyms":[
"nondoctors",
"nonphysicians"
],
"examples":[
"a woman who is suspicious of all medicos , regardless of their credentials"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"family doctors",
"family physicians",
"family practitioners",
"general practitioners",
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"neurologists",
"ob-gyns",
"obstetricians",
"ophthalmologists",
"orthopedists",
"pathologists",
"pediatricians",
"pediatrists",
"physiatrists",
"podiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"attendings",
"clinicians",
"hospitalists",
"specialists",
"plastic surgeons",
"surgeons",
"interns",
"internes",
"residents",
"aidmen",
"nurse-practitioners",
"nurses",
"EMTs",
"paramedics",
"paramedicals",
"physical therapists",
"physiotherapists"
],
"synonyms":[
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medics",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"medics":{
"a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nondoctors",
"nonphysicians"
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],
"examples":[
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"the wounded soldier called for a medic"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"family doctors",
"family physicians",
"family practitioners",
"general practitioners",
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"neurologists",
"ob-gyns",
"obstetricians",
"ophthalmologists",
"orthopedists",
"pathologists",
"pediatricians",
"pediatrists",
"physiatrists",
"podiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"attendings",
"clinicians",
"hospitalists",
"specialists",
"plastic surgeons",
"surgeons",
"interns",
"internes",
"residents",
"aidmen",
"nurse-practitioners",
"nurses",
"EMTs",
"paramedics",
"paramedicals",
"physical therapists",
"physiotherapists"
],
"synonyms":[
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medicos",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mediocrity":{
"a person of little fame":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He surrounded himself with mediocrities to appear more notable by comparison."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"the quality or state of being mediocre":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She's a perfectionist who refuses to settle for mediocrity ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"meditating":{
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I've been meditating a career change for months"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"slighting",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting"
],
"related":[
"musing (upon)",
"reflecting (on or upon)",
"reminiscing",
"analyzing",
"exploring",
"reviewing",
"concluding",
"reasoning",
"second-guessing",
"speculating (about)",
"brooding (about or over)",
"dwelling (on or upon)",
"fixating (on or upon)",
"fretting (about or over)",
"obsessing (about or over)",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"opining",
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"digesting",
"drinking (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"chewing over",
"cogitating",
"considering",
"contemplating",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"entertaining",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"kicking around",
"mulling (over)",
"perpending",
"pondering",
"poring (over)",
"questioning",
"revolving",
"ruminating",
"studying",
"thinking (about or over)",
"turning",
"weighing",
"wrestling (with)"
]
},
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"had meditated a quick return to work after having the baby, but circumstances changed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dreaming",
"hoping",
"wishing",
"considering",
"debating",
"mulling (over)",
"pondering",
"attempting",
"endeavoring",
"striving",
"struggling",
"trying",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"effecting",
"executing",
"performing"
],
"synonyms":[
"aiming",
"allowing",
"aspiring",
"calculating",
"contemplating",
"designing",
"going",
"intending",
"looking",
"meaning",
"planning",
"proposing",
"purporting",
"purposing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"meditations":{
"long or deep thinking about spiritual matters":{
"examples":[
"the busy executive devotes an hour a day to quiet meditation"
],
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"synonyms":[
"contemplations"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"brown studies",
"introspections",
"muses",
"reflections",
"retrospections",
"reveries",
"studies",
"trances",
"woolgatherings",
"cogitations",
"deliberations",
"musings",
"ruminations"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"meditative":{
"given to or marked by long, quiet thinking":{
"antonyms":[
"unreflective"
],
"examples":[
"I've been in a meditative mood all day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"flippant",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"scatterbrained",
"brainless",
"mindless",
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"silly",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"related":[
"introspective",
"retrospective",
"self-reflective",
"earnest",
"grave",
"sedate",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"severe",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"weighty",
"philosophical",
"philosophic",
"analytic",
"analytical",
"logical",
"rational",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"preoccupied"
],
"synonyms":[
"broody",
"cogitative",
"contemplative",
"melancholy",
"musing",
"pensive",
"reflective",
"ruminant",
"ruminative",
"thoughtful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"meekly":{
"in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion":{
"antonyms":[
"arrogantly",
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"self-importantly",
"superciliously",
"swaggeringly",
"uppishly"
],
"examples":[
"the dominant personality, he is always taking advantage of his so-called best friend, who just meekly accepts it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fearlessly",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"impudently",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously"
],
"related":[
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"subserviently",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly",
"bashfully",
"diffidently",
"self-deprecatingly",
"shyly",
"timorously",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"politely",
"respectfully",
"suppliantly"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
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"meekness":{
"the absence of any feelings of being better than others":{
"antonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"examples":[
"like most other things, meekness is best practiced in moderation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggressiveness",
"assertiveness",
"attitude",
"audaciousness",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"cockiness",
"cocksureness",
"forwardness",
"overconfidence",
"swagger",
"swash",
"temerity",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"nerve",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"chest-thumping",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"vaingloriousness",
"vanity",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"flamboyance",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"showiness"
],
"related":[
"acquiescence",
"compliance",
"deference",
"passivity",
"resignedness",
"submission",
"submissiveness",
"ingenuousness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"directness",
"plainness",
"simpleness",
"bashfulness",
"diffidence",
"mousiness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness",
"retiringness",
"sheepishness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness"
],
"synonyms":[
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"lowliness",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"meet and greet":{
"as in house party , cocktail party":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"meetly":{
"in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose":{
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"antonyms":[
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"improperly",
"inappropriately",
"incongruously",
"incorrectly",
"unseemly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly"
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],
"examples":[
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"the governor meetly and rightly did his duty when he vetoed a bill that was clearly unconstitutional"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"inopportunely",
"unfortunately",
"unseasonably",
"inappositely",
"inaptly",
"irrelevantly",
"awkwardly",
"ungracefully"
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],
"related":[
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"well",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"tolerably",
"decently",
"decorously"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"appositely",
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"duly",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably"
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]
},
"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
},
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"meets":{
"a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a swim meet"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"athletics",
"sports",
"battles",
"conflicts",
"scrimmages",
"skirmishes",
"struggles",
"tugs-of-war",
"tussles",
"championships",
"nationals",
"finals",
"nightcaps",
"play-offs",
"semifinals",
"derbies",
"field days",
"gymkhanas",
"outings",
"biathlons",
"decathlons",
"heptathlons",
"pentathlons",
"triathlons",
"marathons",
"races",
"ultramarathons",
"heats",
"rounds",
"runs",
"sets",
"rallies",
"volleys",
"round-robins",
"rubbers",
"runoffs",
"sudden deaths",
"dead heats",
"photo finishes",
"seesaws",
"classics"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"bouts",
"competitions",
"contests",
"events",
"games",
"matches",
"matchups",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tournaments",
"tourneys"
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]
},
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"to come together into one body or place":{
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"antonyms":[
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"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)"
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],
"examples":[
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"we'll meet for dinner, with a discussion to follow, next week"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"departs",
"leaves",
"takes off",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites"
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],
"related":[
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"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"bands (together)",
"caucuses",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"consolidates",
"consorts",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"federates",
"gangs up",
"joins",
"merges",
"unites",
"reassembles",
"reconvenes",
"regathers",
"remeets"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"assembles",
"clusters",
"collects",
"concenters",
"concentrates",
"conglomerates",
"congregates",
"convenes",
"converges",
"forgathers",
"foregathers",
"gathers",
"rendezvouses"
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]
},
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"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"we never once met another car on that lonely country road"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"avoids",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"shakes",
"shuns"
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],
"related":[
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"accosts",
"confronts",
"faces",
"greets",
"salutes",
"collides (with)",
"crashes (into)",
"crisscrosses",
"crosses",
"passes",
"hits (upon)",
"lights (upon)",
"tumbles (to)",
"reencounters",
"remeets"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"catches",
"chances (upon)",
"encounters",
"happens (upon)",
"stumbles (upon)"
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]
},
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"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"met her future husband at a party"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"lucks (out, on, onto, or into)",
"confronts",
"faces",
"discovers",
"strikes",
"turns up"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"chances (upon)",
"encounters",
"finds",
"happens (on or upon)",
"hits (upon)",
"lights (on or upon)",
"pitches (upon)",
"stumbles (on or onto)",
"tumbles (upon)"
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]
},
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"to do what is required by the terms of":{
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"antonyms":[
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"breaches",
"breaks",
"transgresses",
"violates"
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],
"examples":[
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"a financially struggling city trying to meet its loans"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"defaults (on)",
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"disregards",
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"forgets",
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"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
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"slights"
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],
"related":[
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"concludes",
"consummates",
"finalizes",
"finishes",
"perfects",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings about",
"brings off",
"carries out",
"effects",
"commits",
"compasses",
"discharges",
"executes",
"follows through (with)",
"makes",
"performs"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"answers",
"completes",
"complies (with)",
"fills",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"keeps",
"redeems",
"satisfies"
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]
},
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"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"the up-and-coming boxer will meet the reigning champ for the first time tomorrow"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"retreats"
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],
"related":[
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"emulates",
"rivals",
"contends",
"fights",
"opposes"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"battles",
"encounters",
"engages",
"faces",
"takes on"
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]
},
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"to give what is owed for":{
"antonyms":[
"repudiates"
],
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"examples":[
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"I paid a portion of the long-distance bill to keep my carrier from cutting off service until I can meet the remainder of the charges"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"antes (up)",
"balances",
"clears",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"pays",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"ponies up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands"
]
},
"to produce something equal to (as in quality or value)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'll meet your bet, nay, I'll even raise it"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"beats",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"excels",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends",
"amounts (to)",
"approaches",
"touches",
"approximates",
"keeps up",
"measures up (to)",
"parallels",
"rivals",
"stacks up (against or with)"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"equals",
"matches",
"ties"
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]
},
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"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"trying to meet the challenge of going to college while working at a full-time job"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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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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],
"related":[
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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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],
"synonyms":[
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"abides",
"absorbs",
"accepts",
"bears",
"bides",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"goes",
"hacks",
"handles",
"pockets",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"sweats out",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"wears"
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]
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"megastardom":{
"as in popularity , stardom":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"megrim":{
"a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"having no sense of purpose, he was often at the mercy of the strange megrims that sprang into his head"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"capriciousness",
"fancifulness",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"freakishness",
"impetuosity",
"whimsicality",
"conceit",
"concept",
"conception",
"image",
"impression",
"mind's eye",
"picture",
"thought",
"brainstorm",
"inspiration"
],
"synonyms":[
"bee",
"caprice",
"crank",
"fancy",
"freak",
"humor",
"kink",
"maggot",
"notion",
"vagary",
"vagrancy",
"whim",
"whimsy",
"whimsey"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"megrims":{
"a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"having no sense of purpose, he was often at the mercy of the strange megrims that sprang into his head"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"impetuosities",
"whimsicalities",
"conceits",
"conceptions",
"concepts",
"images",
"impressions",
"mind's eyes",
"pictures",
"thoughts",
"brainstorms",
"inspirations"
],
"synonyms":[
"bees",
"caprices",
"cranks",
"fancies",
"freaks",
"humors",
"kinks",
"maggots",
"notions",
"vagaries",
"vagrancies",
"whims",
"whimsies",
"whimseys"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"meiosis":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"meld":{
"a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her music is a meld of various styles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"ingredient"
],
"related":[
"half-and-half",
"absorption",
"blending",
"coalescence",
"coalition",
"commingling",
"commixture",
"compost",
"concretion",
"homogenization",
"immingling",
"immixture",
"incorporation",
"integration",
"interfusion",
"intermingling",
"mergence",
"merger",
"merging",
"mingling",
"assortment",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jumble",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"mishmash",
"motley",
"patchwork",
"potpourri",
"variety",
"accumulation",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration"
],
"synonyms":[
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"amalgamation",
"blend",
"cocktail",
"combination",
"composite",
"compound",
"conflation",
"emulsion",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix",
"mixture",
"synthesis"
]
},
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
"antonyms":[
"break down",
"break up",
"separate",
"unmix"
],
"examples":[
"a cuisine that melds East and West into strikingly original flavor combinations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleave",
"disjoin",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"rupture",
"sever",
"sunder",
"disperse",
"dissolve",
"scatter",
"detach",
"disengage",
"split"
],
"related":[
"add",
"admix",
"beat (in)",
"cut in",
"fold",
"stir",
"toss",
"coalesce",
"compound",
"emulsify",
"conjoin",
"join",
"knit",
"link",
"unite",
"intertwine",
"interweave",
"weave"
],
"synonyms":[
"amalgamate",
"blend",
"combine",
"comingle",
"commingle",
"commix",
"composite",
"concrete",
"conflate",
"fuse",
"homogenize",
"immingle",
"immix",
"incorporate",
"integrate",
"interfuse",
"intermingle",
"intermix",
"merge",
"mingle",
"mix"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"meliorate":{
"to make better":{
"antonyms":[
"worsen"
],
"examples":[
"regulations intended to meliorate the working conditions of factory workers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"endamage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"spoil",
"tarnish",
"vitiate",
"blemish",
"blight",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"mar",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce"
],
"related":[
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remediate",
"remedy",
"edit",
"fine-tune",
"redraft",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"fortify",
"intensify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"fine",
"hone",
"polish",
"retouch",
"touch up"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"help",
"improve",
"perfect",
"refine",
"upgrade"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mellifluous":{
"having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music":{
"antonyms":[
"unlyrical"
],
"examples":[
"a rich, mellifluous voice that gets her a lot of work in radio and TV commercials"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disconnected",
"staccato",
"discordant",
"dissonant",
"grating",
"harsh",
"inharmonious",
"jarring",
"strident",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical"
],
"related":[
"dulcet",
"golden",
"sweet"
],
"synonyms":[
"euphonious",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"mellifluent",
"mellow",
"melodic",
"melodious",
"musical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mellows":{
"as in softens":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"melodic":{
"having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music":{
"antonyms":[
"unlyrical"
],
"examples":[
"a sweetly melodic chant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disconnected",
"staccato",
"discordant",
"dissonant",
"grating",
"harsh",
"inharmonious",
"jarring",
"strident",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical"
],
"related":[
"dulcet",
"golden",
"sweet"
],
"synonyms":[
"euphonious",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"melodious",
"musical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"melt":{
"to cease to be visible":{
"antonyms":[
"appear",
"materialize"
],
"examples":[
"the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrive",
"break out",
"come out",
"emerge",
"issue",
"loom",
"show up"
],
"related":[
"blank (out)",
"clear",
"die (away or down or out)",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"dry up",
"blur",
"dim"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialize",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"flee",
"fly",
"sink",
"vanish"
]
},
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
"antonyms":[
"harden",
"set",
"solidify"
],
"examples":[
"a forgotten carton of ice cream was melting away on the counter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"jell",
"jelly",
"thicken"
],
"related":[
"found",
"gutter",
"smelt",
"try",
"dissolve",
"render",
"soften",
"thin"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliquesce",
"flux",
"fuse",
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"run",
"thaw"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"meltdowns":{
"as in crashes , collapses":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in frazzles , freak-outs":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"melted":{
"as in molten , liquefied":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"antonyms":[
"appeared",
"materialized"
],
"examples":[
"the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrived",
"broke out",
"came out",
"emerged",
"issued",
"loomed",
"showed up"
],
"related":[
"blanked (out)",
"cleared",
"died (away or down or out)",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"dried up",
"blurred",
"dimmed"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialized",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"faded",
"fled",
"flew",
"sank",
"sunk",
"vanished"
]
},
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
"antonyms":[
"hardened",
"set",
"solidified"
],
"examples":[
"a forgotten carton of ice cream was melting away on the counter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"gelled",
"jelled",
"jellied",
"thickened"
],
"related":[
"founded",
"guttered",
"tried",
"dissolved",
"rendered",
"softened",
"thinned"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliquesced",
"fluxed",
"fused",
"liquefied",
"liquified",
"ran",
"run",
"thawed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"melting (away)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"memoirist":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"memorabilia":{
"objects or materials that are collected because they are related to a particular event, person, etc.; things collected as souvenirs":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a display of sports memorabilia",
"She collects Beatles memorabilia ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"memorial park":{
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Forest Lawn in Glendale, California, is the memorial park that serves as the final resting place for many of Hollywood's greatest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"catacombs",
"churchyard",
"crypt",
"grave",
"mausoleum",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb",
"vault"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneyard",
"cemetery",
"God's acre",
"graveyard",
"necropolis",
"potter's field"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"memorialize":{
"to be a memorial of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"at the entrance to the park stands a statue memorializing the novelist Sir Walter Scott"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgrace",
"dishonor"
],
"related":[
"celebrate",
"keep",
"observe",
"remember",
"enshrine",
"exalt",
"glorify",
"honor",
"bless",
"consecrate",
"sanctify",
"solemnize"
],
"synonyms":[
"commemorate",
"monumentalize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"memorizes":{
"to commit to memory":{
"antonyms":[
"unlearns"
],
"examples":[
"everyone has to memorize a poem for next week's class"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disremembers",
"forgets",
"misremembers",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"slights",
"slurs (over)"
],
"related":[
"harks back (to)",
"minds",
"recalls",
"recollects",
"relives",
"remembers",
"reminisces (about)",
"retains",
"thinks (of)",
"accepts",
"apprehends",
"comprehends",
"gets",
"grasps",
"knows",
"understands",
"absorbs",
"digests"
],
"synonyms":[
"cons",
"learns",
"studies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"menaced":{
"to place in danger":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"menaced the children by leaving them in the car unattended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guarded",
"protected",
"sheltered",
"shielded",
"preserved",
"resumed",
"saved"
],
"related":[
"intimidated",
"threatened",
"exposed",
"subjected",
"chanced",
"wagered"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventured",
"compromised",
"endangered",
"gambled (with)",
"hazarded",
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"jeoparded",
"jeopardized",
"periled",
"perilled",
"risked",
"ventured"
]
},
"to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stockpiles of nuclear weapons that continue to menace the inhabitants of this planet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"endangered",
"hazarded",
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"jeopardized",
"periled",
"perilled"
],
"synonyms":[
"hovered (over)",
"hung (over)",
"hanged (over)",
"impended (over)",
"overhung",
"threatened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mend":{
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she's mending after a particularly nasty bout of the flu"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ail",
"collapse",
"come down",
"sicken",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"fade",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen",
"regress",
"relapse"
],
"related":[
"come around",
"come round",
"come to",
"improve",
"pick up",
"revive",
"cheer (up)",
"perk (up)",
"pull through",
"survive",
"recruit"
],
"synonyms":[
"come back",
"convalesce",
"gain",
"heal",
"pull round",
"rally",
"recoup",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"snap back"
]
},
"to bring about recovery from":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the old adage that only time can mend a broken heart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravate",
"worsen",
"misdiagnose",
"overdiagnose",
"underdiagnose"
],
"related":[
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"relieve",
"palliate",
"salve",
"soothe",
"ease",
"lighten",
"moderate",
"temper",
"doctor",
"nurse",
"medicate",
"treat",
"diagnose"
],
"synonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"remedy"
]
},
"to change one's behavior or character for the better":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"everyone's written her off as a liar and a thief, but I say it's never too late to mend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backslide",
"regress"
],
"related":[
"behave",
"regenerate",
"better",
"improve"
],
"synonyms":[
"amend",
"reform",
"shape up",
"straighten (up or out)"
]
},
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the proverb \"least said, soonest mended \" should be heeded by anyone tempted to angrily blurt out things they really don't mean"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"compensate",
"recompense",
"reimburse",
"remunerate",
"repay",
"amend",
"correct",
"rectify",
"redress",
"propitiate"
],
"synonyms":[
"atone (for)",
"expiate",
"redeem"
]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that shirt will be as good as new when I'm finished mending it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"break",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vandalize",
"wreck",
"cripple",
"disable",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"related":[
"fix up",
"furbish",
"overhaul",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"refurbish",
"aid",
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"condition",
"prepare",
"ready",
"care (for)",
"maintain",
"service",
"freshen",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"adjust",
"correct",
"modify",
"rectify",
"redress",
"reform",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
]
},
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"mended the broken plant so that it was soon thriving again"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cripple",
"damage",
"disable",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"lacerate",
"lame",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate",
"wound",
"afflict",
"ail",
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"lay up",
"sap",
"sicken",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"related":[
"attend (to)",
"care (for)",
"doctor",
"medicate",
"minister (to)",
"nurse",
"physic",
"treat",
"fortify",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive",
"alleviate",
"relieve",
"remedy",
"repair"
],
"synonyms":[
"cure",
"fix",
"heal",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"set up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mended":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she's mending after a particularly nasty bout of the flu"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ailed",
"came down",
"collapsed",
"sickened",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"faded",
"failed",
"languished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"worsened",
"regressed",
"relapsed"
],
"related":[
"came around",
"came round",
"came to",
"improved",
"picked up",
"revived",
"cheered (up)",
"perked (up)",
"pulled through",
"survived",
"recruited"
],
"synonyms":[
"came back",
"convalesced",
"gained",
"healed",
"pulled round",
"rallied",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"snapped back"
]
},
"to bring about recovery from":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the old adage that only time can mend a broken heart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"worsened",
"misdiagnosed",
"overdiagnosed",
"underdiagnosed"
],
"related":[
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"relieved",
"palliated",
"salved",
"soothed",
"eased",
"lightened",
"moderated",
"tempered",
"doctored",
"nursed",
"medicated",
"treated",
"diagnosed"
],
"synonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied"
]
},
"to change one's behavior or character for the better":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"everyone's written her off as a liar and a thief, but I say it's never too late to mend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backslid",
"regressed"
],
"related":[
"behaved",
"regenerated",
"bettered",
"improved"
],
"synonyms":[
"amended",
"reformed",
"shaped up",
"straightened (up or out)"
]
},
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the proverb \"least said, soonest mended \" should be heeded by anyone tempted to angrily blurt out things they really don't mean"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"compensated",
"recompensed",
"reimbursed",
"remunerated",
"repaid",
"amended",
"corrected",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"propitiated"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoned (for)",
"expiated",
"redeemed"
]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that shirt will be as good as new when I'm finished mending it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"broke",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vandalized",
"wrecked",
"crippled",
"disabled",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"related":[
"fixed up",
"furbished",
"overhauled",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"refurbished",
"aided",
"cured",
"healed",
"helped",
"conditioned",
"prepared",
"readied",
"cared (for)",
"maintained",
"serviced",
"freshened",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"restored",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"adjusted",
"corrected",
"modified",
"rectified",
"redressed",
"reformed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
]
},
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"mended the broken plant so that it was soon thriving again"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crippled",
"damaged",
"disabled",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lacerated",
"lamed",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"wounded",
"afflicted",
"ailed",
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"laid up",
"sapped",
"sickened",
"wasted",
"weakened"
],
"related":[
"attended (to)",
"cared (for)",
"doctored",
"medicated",
"ministered (to)",
"nursed",
"physicked",
"treated",
"fortified",
"rejuvenated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived",
"alleviated",
"relieved",
"remedied",
"repaired"
],
"synonyms":[
"cured",
"fixed",
"healed",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"set up"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"mendicant":{
"a person who lives by public begging":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"those wretched mendicants on the streets of Calcutta"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bohemian",
"bum",
"clochard",
"drifter",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"vagrant",
"guttersnipe",
"urchin",
"waif",
"miserable",
"pauper",
"bludger",
"cadger",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"moocher",
"parasite",
"schnorrer",
"sponge",
"sponger",
"dependent",
"deadbeat",
"derelict",
"idler",
"ne'er-do-well"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggar",
"panhandler"
]
},
"as in monastic , conventual":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"mends":{
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she's mending after a particularly nasty bout of the flu"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ails",
"collapses",
"comes down",
"sickens",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"fades",
"fails",
"languishes",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"worsens",
"regresses",
"relapses"
],
"related":[
"comes around",
"comes round",
"comes to",
"improves",
"picks up",
"revives",
"cheers (up)",
"perks (up)",
"pulls through",
"survives",
"recruits"
],
"synonyms":[
"comes back",
"convalesces",
"gains",
"heals",
"pulls round",
"rallies",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"recuperates",
"snaps back"
]
},
"to bring about recovery from":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the old adage that only time can mend a broken heart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"worsens",
"misdiagnoses",
"overdiagnoses",
"underdiagnoses"
],
"related":[
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"relieves",
"palliates",
"salves",
"soothes",
"eases",
"lightens",
"moderates",
"tempers",
"doctors",
"nurses",
"medicates",
"treats",
"diagnoses"
],
"synonyms":[
"cures",
"heals",
"remedies"
]
},
"to change one's behavior or character for the better":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"everyone's written her off as a liar and a thief, but I say it's never too late to mend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backslides",
"regresses"
],
"related":[
"behaves",
"regenerates",
"betters",
"improves"
],
"synonyms":[
"amends",
"reforms",
"shapes up",
"straightens (up or out)"
]
},
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the proverb \"least said, soonest mended \" should be heeded by anyone tempted to angrily blurt out things they really don't mean"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"compensates",
"recompenses",
"reimburses",
"remunerates",
"repays",
"amends",
"corrects",
"rectifies",
"redresses",
"propitiates"
],
"synonyms":[
"atones (for)",
"expiates",
"redeems"
]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that shirt will be as good as new when I'm finished mending it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"breaks",
"damages",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vandalizes",
"wrecks",
"cripples",
"disables",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"related":[
"fixes up",
"furbishes",
"overhauls",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"refurbishes",
"aids",
"cures",
"heals",
"helps",
"conditions",
"prepares",
"readies",
"cares (for)",
"maintains",
"services",
"freshens",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"restores",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"adjusts",
"corrects",
"modifies",
"rectifies",
"redresses",
"reforms",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctors",
"fixes",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
]
},
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"mended the broken plant so that it was soon thriving again"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cripples",
"damages",
"disables",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"lacerates",
"lames",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates",
"wounds",
"afflicts",
"ails",
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"lays up",
"saps",
"sickens",
"wastes",
"weakens"
],
"related":[
"attends (to)",
"cares (for)",
"doctors",
"medicates",
"ministers (to)",
"nurses",
"physics",
"treats",
"fortifies",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives",
"alleviates",
"relieves",
"remedies",
"repairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"cures",
"fixes",
"heals",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"sets up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mensuration":{
"as in measurement , calculation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"menswear":{
"as in haberdashery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mentionable":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"worth remembering or mentioning":{
"antonyms":[
"forgettable",
"unmemorable",
"unremarkable"
],
"examples":[
"a lot of films have been released thus far this year, but none have been mentionable as far as awards go"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"unexceptional"
],
"related":[
"quotable",
"repeatable",
"indelible",
"unforgettable",
"newsworthy"
],
"synonyms":[
"citable",
"memorable",
"nameable",
"namable",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"observable",
"remarkable"
]
}
},
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"mentioning":{
"to give as an example":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"mentioned several legal precedents in support of her argument"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"exemplifying",
"representing",
"adverting (to)",
"illustrating",
"naming",
"referring (to)",
"specifying",
"touching (on or upon)",
"bearing out",
"corroborating",
"documenting",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"referencing",
"sourcing"
],
"synonyms":[
"adducing",
"citing",
"instancing",
"quoting"
]
},
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you only mentioned in passing some of your accomplishments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting"
],
"related":[
"alluding (to)",
"hinting (at)",
"implying",
"indicating",
"inferring",
"intending",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"pointing (out)",
"signaling",
"signalling",
"signifying",
"denominating",
"designating",
"indicating",
"bringing up",
"broaching",
"interjecting",
"interpolating",
"interposing",
"introducing",
"infiltrating",
"insinuating",
"worming",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"pronouncing",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"sounding",
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"elucidating",
"explaining",
"explicating",
"spelling out"
],
"synonyms":[
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"adverting (to)",
"citing",
"dropping",
"instancing",
"naming",
"noticing",
"noting",
"quoting",
"referring (to)",
"specifying",
"touching (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"menu":{
"a list of foods served at or available for a meal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the menu at the fancy restaurant listed many dishes that I had never heard of"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chow",
"chuck",
"cuisine",
"fare",
"grub",
"provender",
"table"
],
"synonyms":[
"card"
]
},
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"checked the menu of available books"
],
"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",
"list",
"listing",
"register",
"registry",
"roll",
"roll call",
"roster",
"schedule",
"table"
]
},
"food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a nine-course menu that consisted of pocket-size portions of the chef's specialties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"board",
"breakfast",
"buffet",
"collation",
"dinner",
"lunch",
"luncheon",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbord",
"snack",
"supper",
"tea",
"bite",
"gulp",
"morsel",
"serving",
"taste",
"banquet",
"feast",
"regale",
"spread",
"bake",
"barbecue",
"barbeque",
"clambake",
"cookout",
"fry",
"fry-up",
"luau",
"picnic",
"potluck",
"roast"
],
"synonyms":[
"chow",
"feed",
"meal",
"mess",
"refection",
"repast",
"table"
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]
},
"type":[
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"noun"
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]
},
"merged":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
"antonyms":[
"broke down",
"broke up",
"separated",
"unmixed"
],
"examples":[
"years of living side by side had failed to merge the various ethnic groups into one community, and the city remained more of a mosaic than a melting pot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"disjoined",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ruptured",
"severed",
"sundered",
"dispersed",
"dissolved",
"scattered",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"split"
],
"related":[
"added",
"admixed",
"beat (in)",
"cut in",
"folded",
"stirred",
"tossed",
"coalesced",
"compounded",
"emulsified",
"conjoined",
"joined",
"knit",
"knitted",
"linked",
"united",
"intertwined",
"interwove",
"interweaved",
"wove",
"weaved"
],
"synonyms":[
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"comingled",
"commingled",
"commixed",
"composited",
"concreted",
"conflated",
"fused",
"homogenized",
"immingled",
"immixed",
"incorporated",
"integrated",
"interfused",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"melded",
"mingled",
"mixed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"merger":{
"the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one":{
"antonyms":[
"breakup",
"disconnection",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"parting",
"partition",
"schism",
"scission",
"split"
],
"examples":[
"the merger of the two companies will create the largest Internet service provider in the country"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detachment",
"divorcement",
"separation",
"severance"
],
"related":[
"agglomeration",
"amalgamation",
"blend",
"coalescence",
"commingling",
"compounding",
"fusion",
"intermingling",
"intermixture",
"mingling",
"mix",
"mixture",
"synthesis",
"reunification",
"reunion"
],
"synonyms":[
"combination",
"combining",
"connecting",
"connection",
"consolidation",
"coupling",
"junction",
"linking",
"merging",
"unification",
"union"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"mergers":{
"the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one":{
"antonyms":[
"breakups",
"disconnections",
"dissolutions",
"disunions",
"divisions",
"partings",
"partitions",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"splits"
],
"examples":[
"the merger of the two companies will create the largest Internet service provider in the country"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detachments",
"divorcements",
"separations",
"severances"
],
"related":[
"agglomerations",
"amalgamations",
"blends",
"coalescences",
"fusions",
"intermixtures",
"mixes",
"mixtures",
"syntheses",
"reunifications",
"reunions"
],
"synonyms":[
"combinations",
"connections",
"consolidations",
"couplings",
"junctions",
"unifications",
"unions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"merits":{
"a quality that gives something special worth":{
"antonyms":[
"deficiencies",
"demerits",
"disvalues"
],
"examples":[
"this mystery novel at least has the merit of an original plot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defects",
"failings",
"faults",
"flaws",
"drawbacks",
"minuses",
"negatives"
],
"related":[
"advantages",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"superiorities"
],
"synonyms":[
"cardinal virtues",
"distinctions",
"excellences",
"excellencies",
"graces",
"values",
"virtues"
]
},
"to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that selfless act of heroism merited a public ceremony to honor the young swimmer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"entitles",
"qualifies"
],
"synonyms":[
"deserves",
"earns",
"rates"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"merrily":{
"in a cheerful or happy manner":{
"antonyms":[
"bleakly",
"cheerlessly",
"darkly",
"heavily",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"unhappily"
],
"examples":[
"our coworker merrily announced that it was her birthday, so we felt obligated to treat her to lunch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjectly",
"dejectedly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"wretchedly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"forlornly",
"mournfully",
"plaintively",
"sorrowfully",
"dourly",
"glumly",
"mirthlessly",
"sourly",
"sternly",
"sulkily",
"sullenly",
"blackly",
"dismally",
"drearily",
"gloomily",
"pessimistically"
],
"related":[
"amusedly",
"exuberantly",
"giddily",
"gigglingly",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"breezily",
"gladly",
"gladsomely",
"laughingly",
"lightheartedly",
"sunnily",
"amicably",
"friendlily",
"friendly",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"jocularly",
"hopefully",
"optimistically",
"sanguinely",
"blissfully",
"elatedly",
"euphorically",
"rapturously"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightly",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"happily",
"heartily",
"jocosely",
"jovially",
"mirthfully",
"smilingly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"merry":{
"indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the traditional depiction of Santa Claus as a rotund man with merry , twinkling blue eyes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abject",
"aggrieved",
"anguished",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"glum",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heavyhearted",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"unhappy",
"crying",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sobbing",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"discontented",
"disgruntled",
"moody",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"joyless",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorry",
"woeful",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"miserable",
"woebegone",
"wretched",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
],
"related":[
"amused",
"beaming",
"chuckling",
"giggling",
"smiling",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"carefree",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"upbeat",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"blessed",
"blest",
"blissful",
"delighted",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"gladsome",
"happy",
"high",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"overjoyed",
"radiant",
"rapturous",
"ravished",
"thrilled",
"tickled",
"amusing",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"frolicsome",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"jesting",
"joking",
"joshing",
"playful",
"sportive",
"witty",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"unconcerned",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"farcical",
"humorous",
"riotous",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"festive",
"gay",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"mirthful",
"sunny"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"merrymakings":{
"joyful or festive activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Christmas Eve is always an occasion of much merrymaking at our home"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"darkness",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"heartsickness",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mournfulness",
"mourning",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness"
],
"related":[
"carousal",
"carouse",
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"mischief",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"riot",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"carnival",
"celebration",
"festival",
"party",
"revel",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"rollicking",
"romping",
"enjoyment",
"happiness",
"joy",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clownishness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"funning",
"jesting",
"jocularity",
"joking",
"joshing",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"playfulness",
"zaniness"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merriment",
"rejoicing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"revelry",
"whoopee"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"meshugge":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"examples":[
"when your mother is meshuga like his was, a lifetime of therapy is pretty much a foregone conclusion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"related":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mesmerize":{
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"discovered that the children were mesmerized by a television show"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"enrapture",
"entrance",
"thrill",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"charm",
"absorb",
"engage",
"engross",
"involve"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"bedazzle",
"catch up",
"enchant",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"hypnotize",
"spellbind"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mess (up)":{
"to make a mistake":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if anyone messes up even once while we're recording, we have to start all over again"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"nod",
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"foozle",
"mangle",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"murder",
"miscalculate",
"misconceive",
"miscount",
"miscue",
"misdeem",
"misgauge",
"misjudge",
"mistake",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misunderstand"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"boob",
"err",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"screw up",
"slip up",
"stumble",
"trip"
]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"messed up the drawing and had to start over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"related":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"destroy",
"wreck",
"mishandle",
"mismanage"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"\"If I catch you looking at my girlfriend, I'm going to mess you up !\" he threatened"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
]
},
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
"antonyms":[
"arrange",
"array",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"regulate",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy"
],
"examples":[
"a nap had messed up her hair and she looked a sight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"align",
"aline",
"line",
"line up",
"queue",
"classify",
"codify",
"methodize",
"systematize",
"systemize",
"adjust",
"fix",
"groom",
"make up",
"spruce (up)",
"unscramble"
],
"related":[
"embroil",
"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"agitate",
"perturb",
"stir (up)",
"unsettle",
"clutter"
],
"synonyms":[
"confuse",
"derange",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disjoint",
"dislocate",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"hash",
"jumble",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"muss",
"rumple",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"tumble",
"upset"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"messes over":{
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"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her no-good boyfriend has been messing her over for years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"cherishes",
"fosters",
"nurtures",
"babies",
"caters (to)",
"coddles",
"favors",
"gratifies",
"humors",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"related":[
"molests",
"outrages",
"violates",
"harasses",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injures",
"oppresses",
"persecutes",
"torments",
"tortures",
"burns",
"sandbags",
"victimizes",
"wrongs",
"beats (up)",
"messes (up)",
"roughs (up)",
"works (over)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"brutalizes",
"bullies",
"ill-treats",
"ill-uses",
"kicks around",
"maltreats",
"manhandles",
"mishandles",
"mistreats",
"misuses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"metaphysical":{
"dealing with or expressing a quality or idea":{
"antonyms":[
"concrete",
"nonabstract"
],
"examples":[
"a work that deals with such metaphysical questions as the very nature of knowledge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"material",
"physical",
"appreciable",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"sensible",
"substantial",
"tangible",
"visible",
"defined",
"definite",
"distinct",
"actual",
"factual",
"real"
],
"related":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"intellectual",
"mental",
"spiritual",
"ethereal",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical",
"unsubstantial",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"insensible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"impractical",
"romantic",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unreal",
"utopian",
"visionary"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"conceptual",
"ideal",
"ideational",
"notional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
]
},
"of, relating to, or being part of a reality beyond the observable physical universe":{
"antonyms":[
"natural"
],
"examples":[
"belief in a metaphysical world beyond the one in which we live"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earthly",
"mundane"
],
"related":[
"mystic",
"mystical",
"occult",
"psychic",
"psychical",
"spiritistic",
"spiritualistic",
"extrasensory",
"supersensible",
"supersensory",
"celestial",
"divine",
"ethereal",
"heavenly",
"numinous",
"spiritual",
"unworldly"
],
"synonyms":[
"otherworldly",
"paranormal",
"preternatural",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unearthly"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
},
"metaphysics":{
"as in theories":{
"antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"mete (out)":{
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
"antonyms":[
"misallocate"
],
"examples":[
"determined to mete out an appropriate punishment for the CEO guilty of insider trading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudge",
"decline",
"deny",
"deprive (of)",
"disallow",
"refuse",
"reject",
"withhold",
"niggle (out)",
"pinch",
"skimp",
"stint"
],
"related":[
"admeasure",
"allot",
"allow",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"dish out",
"divide",
"divvy (up)",
"dollop (out)",
"lot",
"measure (out)",
"part",
"proportion",
"ration",
"redistribute",
"set",
"share (out)",
"split",
"bestow",
"disburse",
"furnish",
"issue",
"provide",
"share",
"supply",
"circulate",
"disperse",
"disseminate",
"scatter",
"spread",
"chip in",
"contribute",
"donate",
"pledge",
"reallocate",
"reapportion"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer",
"allocate",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"meted (out)":{
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
"antonyms":[
"misallocated"
],
"examples":[
"determined to mete out an appropriate punishment for the CEO guilty of insider trading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudged",
"declined",
"denied",
"deprived (of)",
"disallowed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"withheld",
"niggled (out)",
"pinched",
"skimped",
"stinted"
],
"related":[
"admeasured",
"allotted",
"allowed",
"appropriated",
"assigned",
"dished out",
"divided",
"divvied (up)",
"dolloped (out)",
"lotted",
"measured (out)",
"parted",
"proportioned",
"rationed",
"redistributed",
"set",
"shared (out)",
"split",
"bestowed",
"disbursed",
"furnished",
"issued",
"provided",
"shared",
"supplied",
"circulated",
"dispersed",
"disseminated",
"scattered",
"spread",
"chipped in",
"contributed",
"donated",
"pledged",
"reallocated",
"reapportioned"
],
"synonyms":[
"administered",
"allocated",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"metered":{
"as in measured , handed out":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"method":{
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the city council is stuck in the last century and needs to adopt more modern methods for doing things"
],
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"modus operandi",
"blueprint",
"design",
"game",
"game plan",
"ground plan",
"intrigue",
"layout",
"line",
"model",
"plan",
"plot",
"program",
"route",
"scheme",
"expedient",
"move",
"shift",
"step",
"practice",
"practise",
"process",
"routine",
"policy"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"fashion",
"form",
"how",
"manner",
"methodology",
"recipe",
"strategy",
"style",
"system",
"tack",
"tactics",
"technique",
"way"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"methodical":{
"following a set method, arrangement, or pattern":{
"antonyms":[
"disorganized",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"immethodical",
"irregular",
"nonsystematic",
"patternless",
"planless",
"systemless",
"unsystematic"
],
"examples":[
"a methodical study plan that included lists of points to memorize"
],
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"chaotic",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"shambolic",
"unordered"
],
"related":[
"ordered",
"regularized",
"standardized",
"structured",
"accurate",
"clocklike",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"detailed",
"specific"
],
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"neat",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
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"a way of acting or proceeding":{
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"for solving crossword puzzles my usual methodology is to begin by filling in all of the answers I'm reasonably sure of"
],
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"blueprint",
"design",
"plan",
"scheme",
"strategy",
"intent",
"intention",
"purpose",
"approach",
"direction",
"method",
"path",
"pathway",
"tack"
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"course",
"line",
"policy",
"procedure",
"program"
]
},
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
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"other cardiologists have questioned the methodology that was used to conduct the study"
],
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"ground plan",
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"practise",
"process",
"routine",
"policy"
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"fashion",
"form",
"how",
"manner",
"method",
"recipe",
"strategy",
"style",
"system",
"tack",
"tactics",
"technique",
"way"
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]
},
"type":[
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"noun"
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]
},
"meticulousness":{
"strict attentiveness to what one is doing":{
"antonyms":[
"heedlessness",
"inattentiveness",
"negligence"
],
"examples":[
"he dressed himself with uncharacteristic meticulousness , which made us suspect he was going on a date"
],
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"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inobservance"
],
"related":[
"advertence",
"advertency",
"attention",
"concentration",
"focus",
"observance",
"observation",
"alertness",
"mindfulness",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"dutifulness",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"punctiliousness",
"responsibility",
"bother",
"effort",
"painstaking",
"trouble",
"exactness",
"particularity",
"precision"
],
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"care",
"carefulness",
"closeness",
"conscientiousness",
"heed",
"heedfulness",
"meticulosity",
"pains",
"scrupulousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"mettlesome":{
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
"antonyms":[
"dead",
"inactive",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"vapid"
],
"examples":[
"the mettlesome opening dance number got the audience all jazzed up"
],
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"indolent",
"lazy",
"unambitious",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"tired",
"torpid",
"weary",
"apathetic",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"boring",
"dull",
"irksome",
"tedious"
],
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"dapper",
"dashing",
"spiffy",
"agog",
"alert",
"awake",
"open-eyed",
"up",
"wide-awake",
"agile",
"nimble",
"spry",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"chirpy",
"chirrupy",
"effervescent",
"sparkly",
"upbeat",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"keen",
"frolicsome",
"impish",
"pixieish",
"playful",
"boisterous",
"bubbly",
"ebullient",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"high-strung",
"nervous",
"skittish"
],
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"active",
"airy",
"animate",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"racy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
]
},
"marked by a lively display of strong feeling":{
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"halfhearted",
"leaden",
"spiritless"
],
"examples":[
"a mettlesome debate on the teaching of evolution in the schools"
],
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"bloodless",
"boring",
"dull",
"lifeless",
"dead",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"limp",
"listless",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"tired",
"torpid",
"low-pressure",
"nonassertive",
"unaggressive",
"unambitious",
"unassertive",
"unenterprising"
],
"related":[
"aggressive",
"ambitious",
"assertive",
"high-pressure",
"in-your-face",
"militant",
"pushy",
"animate",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"bouncy",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"feisty",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"racy",
"scrappy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"ardent",
"fervent",
"impassioned",
"passionate",
"emphatic",
"obtrusive"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiery",
"gingery",
"high-spirited",
"peppery",
"spirited",
"spunky"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mew (up)":{
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
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"examples":[
"bored with being mewed up in a stuffy house all day"
],
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"related":[
"bound",
"circumscribe",
"confine",
"contain",
"limit",
"restrict",
"encircle",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enframe",
"enlace",
"frame",
"ring",
"surround",
"armor",
"cocoon",
"encapsulate",
"encapsule",
"encyst",
"ensheathe",
"ensphere",
"enwomb"
],
"synonyms":[
"box (in)",
"cage",
"closet",
"coop (up)",
"corral",
"encage",
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"envelop",
"fence (in)",
"hedge",
"hem (in)",
"house",
"immure",
"include",
"pen",
"wall (in)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"meliorates":{
"to make better":{
"examples":[
"regulations intended to meliorate the working conditions of factory workers"
],
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"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"helps",
"improves",
"perfects",
"refines",
"upgrades"
],
"related":[
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remediates",
"remedies",
"edits",
"fine-tunes",
"redrafts",
"refurbishes",
"rehabilitates",
"rehabs",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"fortifies",
"intensifies",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"fines",
"hones",
"polishes",
"retouches",
"touches up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damages",
"endamages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"spoils",
"tarnishes",
"vitiates",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"flaws",
"mars",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces"
],
"antonyms":[
"worsens"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mechanisms":{
"a mechanical part or group of parts used to perform a specific task":{
"examples":[
"The printer's paper feeding mechanism is jammed."
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a series of actions used to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"She was stunned to learn that there was no mechanism in place to remedy the problem."
],
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"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"meaty":{
"as in substantial":{
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"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mendacious":{
"telling or containing lies":{
"examples":[
"that tabloid routinely publishes the most moronically mendacious stories about celebrities"
],
"synonyms":[
"dishonest",
"lying",
"untruthful"
],
"related":[
"erroneous",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misleading",
"untrue",
"double-dealing",
"hypocrite",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"mealymouthed",
"smooth-tongued",
"two-faced",
"perjurious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candid",
"open",
"plainspoken",
"straightforward",
"earnest",
"sincere",
"true",
"conscientious",
"moral",
"principled",
"scrupulous",
"dependable",
"reliable",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty",
"decent",
"ethical",
"honorable",
"just",
"respectable",
"righteous",
"right-minded",
"straight",
"upright",
"upstanding",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"honest",
"truthful",
"veracious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"metamorphose":{
"to change in form, appearance, or use":{
"examples":[
"a science fiction story in which radiation metamorphoses people into giant bugs"
],
"synonyms":[
"alchemize",
"convert",
"make over",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute",
"transpose",
"transubstantiate"
],
"related":[
"adjust",
"alter",
"modify",
"recast",
"redefine",
"redesign",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"regenerate",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary",
"deform",
"disfigure",
"distort",
"mutate",
"transmogrify",
"displace",
"replace",
"substitute",
"supplant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"megabuck(s)":{
"a very large amount of money":{
"examples":[
"a baseball player with a contract worth megabucks"
],
"synonyms":[
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"wad"
],
"related":[
"heap",
"pot",
"bonanza",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"assets",
"capital",
"means",
"property",
"riches",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"antonyms":[
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"song"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"mesmerism":{
"the art or act of inducing in a person a sleeplike state during which he or she readily follows suggestions":{
"examples":[
"made a living at mesmerism and the selling of medical remedies of dubious value"
],
"synonyms":[
"hypnosis",
"hypnotism"
],
"related":[
"autohypnosis",
"automatism",
"autosuggestion",
"self-hypnosis",
"self-suggestion",
"bewitchment",
"enchantment",
"spellbinding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"menace":{
"something that may cause injury or harm":{
"examples":[
"a loaded gun is a menace that this household doesn't need"
],
"synonyms":[
"danger",
"hazard",
"imminence",
"peril",
"pitfall",
"risk",
"threat",
"trouble"
],
"related":[
"snare",
"trap",
"booby trap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"ward",
"asylum",
"harbor",
"haven",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"shelter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"menaced the children by leaving them in the car unattended"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"compromise",
"endanger",
"gamble (with)",
"hazard",
"imperil",
"jeopard",
"jeopardize",
"peril",
"risk",
"venture"
],
"related":[
"intimidate",
"threaten",
"expose",
"subject",
"chance",
"wager"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guard",
"protect",
"shelter",
"shield",
"preserve",
"resume",
"save"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{
"examples":[
"stockpiles of nuclear weapons that continue to menace the inhabitants of this planet"
],
"synonyms":[
"hang (over)",
"hover (over)",
"impend (over)",
"overhang",
"threaten"
],
"related":[
"endanger",
"hazard",
"imperil",
"jeopardize",
"peril"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"memorizing":{
"to commit to memory":{
"examples":[
"everyone has to memorize a poem for next week's class"
],
"synonyms":[
"conning",
"learning",
"studying"
],
"related":[
"harking back (to)",
"minding",
"recalling",
"recollecting",
"reliving",
"remembering",
"reminiscing (about)",
"retaining",
"thinking (of)",
"accepting",
"apprehending",
"comprehending",
"getting",
"grasping",
"knowing",
"understanding",
"absorbing",
"digesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disremembering",
"forgetting",
"misremembering",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting",
"slurring (over)"
],
"antonyms":[
"unlearning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"melee":{
"a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people":{
"examples":[
"a verbal disagreement at the football game soon turned into a general melee involving scores of spectators"
],
"synonyms":[
"affray",
"brawl",
"broil",
"donnybrook",
"fracas",
"fray",
"free-for-all",
"rough-and-tumble",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction"
],
"related":[
"battle",
"clash",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"fisticuffs",
"handgrips",
"hassle",
"scrap",
"scrimmage",
"scuffle",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tussle",
"horseplay",
"roughhousing",
"altercation",
"argument",
"dispute",
"kickup",
"quarrel",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mewing (up)":{
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"bored with being mewed up in a stuffy house all day"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxing (in)",
"caging",
"closeting",
"cooping (up)",
"corralling",
"encaging",
"encasing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"enveloping",
"fencing (in)",
"hedging",
"hemming (in)",
"housing",
"immuring",
"including",
"penning",
"walling (in)"
],
"related":[
"bounding",
"circumscribing",
"confining",
"containing",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"encircling",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enframing",
"enlacing",
"framing",
"ringing",
"surrounding",
"armoring",
"cocooning",
"encapsulating",
"encapsuling",
"encysting",
"ensheathing",
"ensphering",
"enwombing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"meddled":{
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
"examples":[
"please stop meddling in your sister's marriage, even though you mean well"
],
"synonyms":[
"butted in",
"interfered",
"interloped",
"intermeddled",
"intruded",
"messed",
"mucked (about or around)",
"nosed",
"obtruded",
"poked",
"pried",
"snooped"
],
"related":[
"interceded",
"interposed",
"intervened",
"barged (in)",
"chiseled (in)",
"chiselled (in)",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"trespassed",
"fiddled",
"fooled",
"monkeyed",
"played",
"tampered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"melodramatize":{
"as in overplay , sensationalize":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mesdames":{
"the female partner in a marriage":{
"examples":[
"\"How nice to see you! How's the Mrs. ?\" inquired the charming older gentleman"
],
"synonyms":[
"helpmates",
"helpmeets",
"ladies",
"madams",
"missuses",
"missises",
"old ladies",
"wifeys",
"wives",
"women"
],
"related":[
"brides",
"better halves",
"companions",
"consorts",
"mates",
"partners",
"significant others",
"soul mates",
"spouses",
"dowagers",
"matrons",
"hausfraus",
"homemakers",
"housekeepers",
"housewives",
"stay-at-homes",
"widows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"metals":{
"the basic elements from which something can be developed":{
"examples":[
"She believes that love is the metal that binds us."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"matter",
"possibility",
"potential",
"potentiality",
"making",
"material",
"raw material",
"stuff",
"substance",
"timber",
"composition",
"makeup",
"essence",
"essentiality",
"interior",
"interiority",
"soul",
"spirit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"strength of spirit":{
"examples":[
"The soldier showed his metal when held captive for several months."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"main",
"mettle",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"stamina",
"strength",
"beans",
"bounce",
"brio",
"dash",
"drive",
"dynamism",
"energy",
"esprit",
"gas",
"get-up-and-go",
"ginger",
"go",
"gusto",
"hardihood",
"juice",
"life",
"moxie",
"oomph",
"pep",
"punch",
"sap",
"snap",
"starch",
"verve",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vinegar",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip",
"backbone",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"gumption",
"pluck",
"pluckiness",
"spunk",
"temper",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"guts",
"gutsiness",
"heart",
"intestinal fortitude",
"nerve",
"determination",
"perseverance",
"resolution",
"animal spirits",
"animation",
"briskness",
"jauntiness",
"liveliness",
"snappiness",
"spirit",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"spunk",
"spunkiness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"poltroonery",
"spinelessness",
"cold feet",
"faintheartedness",
"fearfulness",
"mousiness",
"timidity",
"timorousness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"disablement",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"infirmity",
"powerlessness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"meanie":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"examples":[
"the class thought the substitute teacher was a big meanie when she assigned homework over the holidays"
],
"synonyms":[
"baddie",
"baddy",
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
],
"related":[
"villainess",
"blackguard",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"felon",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"transgressor",
"sinner",
"trespasser",
"wrongdoer",
"cad",
"heel",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"con",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gunman",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"racketeer",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"rough",
"rowdy",
"tough",
"loser",
"lowlife",
"ne'er-do-well",
"stinker",
"trash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel",
"innocent",
"saint",
"hero"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"measured (up)":{
"as in met , matched":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"metrical":{
"marked by or occurring with a noticeable regularity in the rise and fall of sound":{
"examples":[
"the metrical chugging of the machinery had a hypnotic effect"
],
"synonyms":[
"cadenced",
"cadent",
"measured",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical"
],
"related":[
"even",
"metronomic",
"metronomical",
"regular",
"steady",
"uniform",
"lilting",
"musical",
"swaying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"arrhythmic",
"nonmetrical",
"unmeasured",
"unrhythmic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"memory":{
"the power or process of recalling what has been previously learned or experienced":{
"examples":[
"a photographic memory makes taking tests entirely too easy"
],
"synonyms":[
"mind",
"recollection",
"remembrance",
"reminiscence"
],
"related":[
"hypermnesia",
"total recall",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"musing",
"reflection",
"retrospection",
"thinking",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grasp",
"grip",
"perception",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amnesia",
"repression",
"forgetfulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{
"examples":[
"I have only the vaguest memory of the family vacation we took the year I turned three"
],
"synonyms":[
"anamnesis",
"recall",
"recollection",
"remembrance",
"reminiscence"
],
"related":[
"flashback",
"memento",
"memorial",
"reminder",
"souvenir",
"token",
"association"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"melded":{
"to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{
"examples":[
"a cuisine that melds East and West into strikingly original flavor combinations"
],
"synonyms":[
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"comingled",
"commingled",
"commixed",
"composited",
"concreted",
"conflated",
"fused",
"homogenized",
"immingled",
"immixed",
"incorporated",
"integrated",
"interfused",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"mixed"
],
"related":[
"added",
"admixed",
"beat (in)",
"cut in",
"folded",
"stirred",
"tossed",
"coalesced",
"compounded",
"emulsified",
"conjoined",
"joined",
"knit",
"knitted",
"linked",
"united",
"intertwined",
"interwove",
"interweaved",
"wove",
"weaved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"disjoined",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ruptured",
"severed",
"sundered",
"dispersed",
"dissolved",
"scattered",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[
"broke down",
"broke up",
"separated",
"unmixed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"meshuga":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"examples":[
"when your mother is meshuga like his was, a lifetime of therapy is pretty much a foregone conclusion"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"related":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mesmerizing":{
"as in riveting , enthralling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"arresting",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"galvanic",
"gripping",
"hypnotic",
"hypnotizing",
"riveting",
"spellbinding",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charismatic",
"charming",
"elfin",
"enchanting",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"luring",
"magnetic",
"seductive",
"enticing",
"tantalizing",
"tempting",
"exciting",
"haunting",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"titillating",
"beckoning",
"inviting",
"winning",
"darling",
"delightful",
"pleasant",
"pleasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repelling",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"unalluring",
"boring",
"irksome",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"wearisome",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"distasteful",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"odious",
"offensive",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"drab",
"dreary",
"dull",
"flat",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"leaden",
"monotonous",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"discovered that the children were mesmerized by a television show"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"bedazzling",
"catching up",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"hypnotizing",
"spellbinding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enrapturing",
"entrancing",
"thrilling",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"charming",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"involving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"melees":{
"a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people":{
"examples":[
"a verbal disagreement at the football game soon turned into a general melee involving scores of spectators"
],
"synonyms":[
"affrays",
"brawls",
"broils",
"donnybrooks",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"free-for-alls",
"rough-and-tumbles",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battles",
"clashes",
"combats",
"conflicts",
"contests",
"fisticuffs",
"handgrips",
"hassles",
"scraps",
"scrimmages",
"scuffles",
"skirmishes",
"struggles",
"tussles",
"horseplays",
"altercations",
"arguments",
"disputes",
"kickups",
"quarrels",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"metaphorical":{
"expressing one thing in terms normally used for another":{
"examples":[
"an author fond of such metaphorical phrases as \"the desert was a fiery furnace\""
],
"synonyms":[
"extended",
"figural",
"figurative",
"tropical",
"tropological"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Aesopian",
"Aesopic",
"allegorical",
"emblematic",
"emblematical",
"symbolic",
"symbolical",
"catachrestic",
"catachrestical",
"sylleptic",
"euphemistic",
"nonliteral",
"veritable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"literal",
"nonsymbolic"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonfigurative",
"nonmetaphorical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mechanization":{
"the process of putting an apparatus, operation, or system under the control or regulation of mechanical or electronic devices":{
"examples":[
"a huge volume of mail that became possible only after the mechanization of the sorting process"
],
"synonyms":[
"automation",
"robotization"
],
"near synonyms":[
"computerization",
"cybernation",
"electrification",
"motorization"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"medians":{
"as in middles , means":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"golden means",
"means",
"middles",
"averages",
"normals",
"norms",
"pars",
"standards",
"commonplaces",
"ordinaries",
"rules",
"runs",
"status quos",
"usuals",
"exemplars",
"representatives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abnormalities",
"anomalies",
"deviations",
"exceptions",
"rarities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mellowing":{
"as in softening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"softening",
"aging",
"ageing",
"developing",
"growing",
"growing up",
"maturing",
"progressing",
"ripening",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"opening",
"unfolding",
"advancing",
"evolving",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"graying",
"greying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decaying",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"sinking",
"worsening",
"drooping",
"drying",
"fading",
"flagging",
"sagging",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"waning",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"regressing",
"retrogressing",
"reverting",
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"returning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"memorable":{
"not easily forgotten":{
"examples":[
"the troupe put on the most memorable performance of Hamlet that I have ever seen"
],
"synonyms":[
"indelible",
"unforgettable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"remarkable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unremarkable"
],
"antonyms":[
"forgettable"
]
},
"worth remembering or mentioning":{
"examples":[
"a classic Broadway musical with a raft of memorable songs"
],
"synonyms":[
"citable",
"mentionable",
"nameable",
"namable",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"observable",
"remarkable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"quotable",
"repeatable",
"indelible",
"unforgettable",
"newsworthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"unexceptional"
],
"antonyms":[
"forgettable",
"unmemorable",
"unremarkable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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},
"merry-andrew":{
"as in comedian , clown":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buffoon",
"clown",
"comedian",
"comedienne",
"comic",
"cutup",
"droll",
"harlequin",
"joker",
"jokester",
"madcap",
"vice",
"wag",
"zany",
"fool",
"jester",
"motley",
"mime",
"mummer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"meddles":{
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
"examples":[
"please stop meddling in your sister's marriage, even though you mean well"
],
"synonyms":[
"butts in",
"interferes",
"interlopes",
"intermeddles",
"intrudes",
"messes",
"mucks (about or around)",
"noses",
"obtrudes",
"pokes",
"pries",
"snoops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intercedes",
"interposes",
"intervenes",
"barges (in)",
"chisels (in)",
"encroaches",
"infringes",
"invades",
"trespasses",
"fiddles",
"fools",
"monkeys",
"plays",
"tampers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"eschews",
"shuns",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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}
}