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{
"upended" : {
"as in" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"to achieve a victory over" : {
"antonyms" : [
"lost (to)"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the team won the division play-offs, but was upended in the final championship game"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"fell" ,
"gave up" ,
"went down" ,
"went under" ,
"collapsed" ,
"failed" ,
"flopped" ,
"flunked" ,
"folded" ,
"washed out"
] ,
"related" : [
"swept" ,
"edged (out)" ,
"nosed out" ,
"pipped" ,
"annihilated" ,
"blew away" ,
"blew out" ,
"bombed" ,
"broke" ,
"buried" ,
"clobbered" ,
"creamed" ,
"crushed" ,
"drubbed" ,
"finished" ,
"flattened" ,
"overwhelmed" ,
"routed" ,
"shellacked" ,
"skinned" ,
"slaughtered" ,
"smoked" ,
"snowed under" ,
"thrashed" ,
"trounced" ,
"upset" ,
"walloped" ,
"waxed" ,
"whipped" ,
"capped" ,
"excelled" ,
"flourished" ,
"scored" ,
"succeeded" ,
"knocked off" ,
"knocked over" ,
"overpowered" ,
"overthrew" ,
"subjugated" ,
"unseated" ,
"vanquished" ,
"aced (out)" ,
"bettered" ,
"eclipsed" ,
"exceeded" ,
"excelled" ,
"outdid" ,
"outdistanced" ,
"outfought" ,
"outshone" ,
"outshined" ,
"outstripped" ,
"overtopped" ,
"surpassed" ,
"topped" ,
"transcended"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"beat" ,
"bested" ,
"conquered" ,
"defeated" ,
"did down" ,
"dispatched" ,
"got" ,
"got around" ,
"licked" ,
"mastered" ,
"overbore" ,
"overcame" ,
"overmatched" ,
"prevailed (over)" ,
"skunked" ,
"stopped" ,
"subdued" ,
"surmounted" ,
"took" ,
"trimmed" ,
"triumphed (over)" ,
"won (against)" ,
"worsted"
]
} ,
"to fix in an upright position" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"we had to upend the sofa in order to fit it into the elevator"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"demolished" ,
"flattened" ,
"knocked down" ,
"leveled" ,
"levelled" ,
"razed" ,
"tore down"
] ,
"related" : [
"braced" ,
"buttressed" ,
"propped (up)" ,
"shored (up)" ,
"supported" ,
"boosted" ,
"craned" ,
"elevated" ,
"heaved" ,
"hove" ,
"hefted" ,
"heightened" ,
"hiked" ,
"hoisted" ,
"jacked (up)" ,
"lifted" ,
"perked (up)" ,
"picked up" ,
"upheld" ,
"uplifted" ,
"upped"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"erected" ,
"pitched" ,
"put up" ,
"raised" ,
"reared" ,
"set up" ,
"upraised"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"upending" : {
"to achieve a victory over" : {
"antonyms" : [
"losing (to)"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the team won the division play-offs, but was upended in the final championship game"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"falling" ,
"giving up" ,
"going down" ,
"going under" ,
"collapsing" ,
"failing" ,
"flopping" ,
"flunking" ,
"folding" ,
"washing out"
] ,
"related" : [
"sweeping" ,
"edging (out)" ,
"nosing out" ,
"pipping" ,
"annihilating" ,
"blowing away" ,
"blowing out" ,
"bombing" ,
"breaking" ,
"burying" ,
"clobbering" ,
"creaming" ,
"crushing" ,
"drubbing" ,
"finishing" ,
"flattening" ,
"overwhelming" ,
"routing" ,
"shellacking" ,
"skinning" ,
"slaughtering" ,
"smoking" ,
"snowing under" ,
"thrashing" ,
"trouncing" ,
"upsetting" ,
"walloping" ,
"waxing" ,
"whipping" ,
"capping" ,
"excelling" ,
"flourishing" ,
"scoring" ,
"succeeding" ,
"knocking off" ,
"knocking over" ,
"overpowering" ,
"overthrowing" ,
"subjugating" ,
"unseating" ,
"vanquishing" ,
"acing (out)" ,
"bettering" ,
"eclipsing" ,
"exceeding" ,
"excelling" ,
"outdistancing" ,
"outdoing" ,
"outfighting" ,
"outshining" ,
"outstripping" ,
"overtopping" ,
"surpassing" ,
"topping" ,
"transcending"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"beating" ,
"besting" ,
"conquering" ,
"defeating" ,
"dispatching" ,
"doing down" ,
"getting" ,
"getting around" ,
"licking" ,
"mastering" ,
"overbearing" ,
"overcoming" ,
"overmatching" ,
"prevailing (over)" ,
"skunking" ,
"stopping" ,
"subduing" ,
"surmounting" ,
"taking" ,
"trimming" ,
"triumphing (over)" ,
"winning (against)" ,
"worsting"
]
} ,
"to fix in an upright position" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"we had to upend the sofa in order to fit it into the elevator"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"demolishing" ,
"flattening" ,
"knocking down" ,
"leveling" ,
"levelling" ,
"razing" ,
"tearing down"
] ,
"related" : [
"bracing" ,
"buttressing" ,
"propping (up)" ,
"shoring (up)" ,
"supporting" ,
"boosting" ,
"craning" ,
"elevating" ,
"heaving" ,
"hefting" ,
"heightening" ,
"hiking" ,
"hoisting" ,
"jacking (up)" ,
"lifting" ,
"perking (up)" ,
"picking up" ,
"upholding" ,
"uplifting" ,
"upping"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"erecting" ,
"pitching" ,
"putting up" ,
"raising" ,
"rearing" ,
"setting up" ,
"upraising"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"upgrade" : {
"a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position" : {
"antonyms" : [
"abasement" ,
"comedown" ,
"degradation" ,
"demotion" ,
"disrating" ,
"downgrade" ,
"reduction"
] ,
"examples" : [
"received an upgrade to lieutenant"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"deposition" ,
"dethronement" ,
"discharge" ,
"dismissal" ,
"expulsion" ,
"impeachment" ,
"ouster" ,
"overthrow" ,
"removal" ,
"suspension" ,
"unmaking" ,
"unseating" ,
"downfall" ,
"fall"
] ,
"related" : [
"aggrandizement" ,
"ennoblement" ,
"exaltation" ,
"glorification" ,
"magnification"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"advancement" ,
"ascent" ,
"creation" ,
"elevation" ,
"preference" ,
"preferment" ,
"promotion" ,
"rise" ,
"upgrading"
]
} ,
"an upward slope" : {
"antonyms" : [
"declension" ,
"decline" ,
"declivity" ,
"descent" ,
"dip" ,
"downgrade" ,
"downhill" ,
"drop-off" ,
"fall" ,
"hang" ,
"hanging"
] ,
"examples" : [
"had to walk our bicycle on the upgrades on our ride through the hills"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"basin" ,
"depression" ,
"hollow"
] ,
"related" : [
"cant" ,
"diagonal" ,
"glacis" ,
"grade" ,
"gradient" ,
"inclination" ,
"incline" ,
"lean" ,
"pitch" ,
"rake" ,
"tilt" ,
"climb" ,
"hump" ,
"mound" ,
"ridge" ,
"swell"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"acclivity" ,
"ascent" ,
"hill" ,
"rise" ,
"uphill" ,
"uprise"
]
} ,
"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"there's a steep upgrade to some of the hills on that route"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"declension" ,
"declination" ,
"decline" ,
"declivity" ,
"descent" ,
"dip" ,
"downgrade" ,
"fall" ,
"hang" ,
"hanging" ,
"receding"
] ,
"related" : [
"ascent" ,
"bank" ,
"climb" ,
"rise"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"cant" ,
"diagonal" ,
"grade" ,
"gradient" ,
"inclination" ,
"incline" ,
"lean" ,
"pitch" ,
"rake" ,
"slant" ,
"slope"
]
} ,
"to make better" : {
"antonyms" : [
"worsen"
] ,
"examples" : [
"that restaurant had better upgrade its service\u2014and fast\u2014if it wants to stay in business"
] ,
"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" ,
"meliorate" ,
"perfect" ,
"refine"
]
} ,
"to move higher in rank or position" : {
"antonyms" : [
"abase" ,
"degrade" ,
"demote" ,
"downgrade" ,
"lower" ,
"reduce"
] ,
"examples" : [
"upgraded them to first class"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"depose" ,
"dethrone" ,
"dismiss" ,
"expel" ,
"impeach" ,
"oust" ,
"overthrow" ,
"remove" ,
"unmake" ,
"unseat" ,
"demean" ,
"disgrace" ,
"dishonor" ,
"humble" ,
"humiliate" ,
"mortify" ,
"shame" ,
"take down" ,
"censure" ,
"condemn" ,
"damn" ,
"denounce" ,
"reprobate"
] ,
"related" : [
"forward" ,
"further" ,
"aggrandize" ,
"boost" ,
"heighten" ,
"improve" ,
"lift" ,
"uplift" ,
"commission" ,
"ennoble" ,
"knight" ,
"acclaim" ,
"applaud" ,
"celebrate" ,
"cite" ,
"commend" ,
"compliment" ,
"congratulate" ,
"decorate" ,
"eulogize" ,
"exalt" ,
"extol" ,
"extoll" ,
"glorify" ,
"hail" ,
"honor" ,
"laud" ,
"praise" ,
"salute"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"advance" ,
"elevate" ,
"promote" ,
"raise"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
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"upheaval" : {
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the government can no longer control the social upheaval brought about by the collapse of the country's economy"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"insurgency" ,
"insurrection" ,
"mutiny" ,
"overthrow" ,
"overturn" ,
"rebellion" ,
"revolt" ,
"revolution" ,
"subversion" ,
"unrest" ,
"uprising" ,
"upset" ,
"fit" ,
"seizure" ,
"spasm" ,
"eruption" ,
"flare-up" ,
"outbreak" ,
"outburst" ,
"bluster" ,
"bobbery" ,
"bustle" ,
"coil" ,
"commotion" ,
"furor" ,
"furore" ,
"fuss" ,
"hubbub" ,
"hullabaloo" ,
"hurly-burly" ,
"pandemonium" ,
"rout" ,
"row" ,
"ruckus" ,
"ruction" ,
"rumpus" ,
"shindy" ,
"squall" ,
"stew" ,
"stir" ,
"to-do" ,
"turmoil" ,
"welter" ,
"williwaw" ,
"quaking" ,
"rocking" ,
"shaking" ,
"trembling"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bouleversement" ,
"cataclysm" ,
"convulsion" ,
"earthquake" ,
"paroxysm" ,
"storm" ,
"tempest" ,
"tumult" ,
"uproar"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"upheaving" : {
"to lift with effort" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"exactly how the builders of the pyramids at Giza upheaved such massive blocks of stone remains a mystery"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"depressing" ,
"dropping" ,
"lowering" ,
"sinking" ,
"submerging" ,
"submersing"
] ,
"related" : [
"elevating" ,
"hiking" ,
"picking up" ,
"raising" ,
"rearing" ,
"uplifting" ,
"upping" ,
"upraising" ,
"uprearing"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"boosting" ,
"heaving" ,
"hefting" ,
"hoisting" ,
"jacking (up)"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
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"uphills" : {
"an upward slope" : {
"antonyms" : [
"declensions" ,
"declines" ,
"declivities" ,
"descents" ,
"dips" ,
"downgrades" ,
"downhills" ,
"drop-offs" ,
"falls" ,
"hangings" ,
"hangs"
] ,
"examples" : [
"no matter where you go bicycle touring, the uphills always seem to outnumber the downhills"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"basins" ,
"depressions" ,
"hollows"
] ,
"related" : [
"cants" ,
"diagonals" ,
"glacis" ,
"grades" ,
"gradients" ,
"inclinations" ,
"inclines" ,
"leans" ,
"pitches" ,
"rakes" ,
"tilts" ,
"climbs" ,
"humps" ,
"mounds" ,
"ridges" ,
"swells"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"acclivities" ,
"ascents" ,
"hills" ,
"rises" ,
"upgrades" ,
"uprises"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
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"uplifted" : {
"being positioned above a surface" : {
"antonyms" : [
"sunken"
] ,
"examples" : [
"an uplifted area of ground"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"low" ,
"low-lying" ,
"short" ,
"squat"
] ,
"related" : [
"aerial" ,
"suspended" ,
"erect" ,
"perpendicular" ,
"standing" ,
"upright" ,
"upstanding" ,
"vertical"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"elevated" ,
"lifted" ,
"raised" ,
"upraised"
]
} ,
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position" : {
"antonyms" : [
"dropped" ,
"lowered"
] ,
"examples" : [
"a mountain range that was uplifted millions of years ago by the collision of continental plates"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"descended" ,
"dipped" ,
"fell" ,
"pitched" ,
"plunged" ,
"slipped" ,
"bore" ,
"depressed" ,
"pressed" ,
"pushed" ,
"sank" ,
"sunk" ,
"submerged"
] ,
"related" : [
"ascended" ,
"mounted" ,
"rose" ,
"reared" ,
"upended"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"boosted" ,
"craned" ,
"elevated" ,
"heaved" ,
"hove" ,
"hefted" ,
"heightened" ,
"hiked" ,
"hoisted" ,
"jacked (up)" ,
"lifted" ,
"perked (up)" ,
"picked up" ,
"raised" ,
"took up" ,
"upheld" ,
"upped" ,
"upraised"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"upped" : {
"to make greater in size, amount, or number" : {
"antonyms" : [
"abated" ,
"decreased" ,
"de-escalated" ,
"diminished" ,
"downsized" ,
"dwindled" ,
"lessened" ,
"lowered" ,
"minified" ,
"reduced" ,
"subtracted (from)"
] ,
"examples" : [
"climbing fuel prices have forced the delivery company to up its prices"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"abbreviated" ,
"abridged" ,
"curtailed" ,
"shortened" ,
"compressed" ,
"condensed" ,
"constricted" ,
"contracted" ,
"cut back" ,
"retrenched"
] ,
"related" : [
"boomed" ,
"jumped" ,
"skyrocketed" ,
"spiked" ,
"bumped (up)" ,
"ratcheted (up)" ,
"racheted (up)" ,
"blew up" ,
"dilated" ,
"distended" ,
"inflated" ,
"drew out" ,
"elongated" ,
"fleshed (out)" ,
"lengthened" ,
"prolonged" ,
"protracted" ,
"stretched" ,
"developed" ,
"enhanced" ,
"heightened" ,
"intensified" ,
"magnified" ,
"complemented" ,
"supplemented" ,
"beefed (up)" ,
"reinforced" ,
"reenforced" ,
"strengthened" ,
"maximized" ,
"accumulated" ,
"amassed" ,
"collected" ,
"followed up" ,
"parlayed"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"accelerated" ,
"added (to)" ,
"aggrandized" ,
"amplified" ,
"augmented" ,
"boosted" ,
"built up" ,
"compounded" ,
"enlarged" ,
"escalated" ,
"expanded" ,
"extended" ,
"hyped" ,
"increased" ,
"multiplied" ,
"pumped up" ,
"raised" ,
"stoked" ,
"supersized" ,
"swelled"
]
} ,
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position" : {
"antonyms" : [
"dropped" ,
"lowered"
] ,
"examples" : [
"upped the catboat's sail"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"descended" ,
"dipped" ,
"fell" ,
"pitched" ,
"plunged" ,
"slipped" ,
"bore" ,
"depressed" ,
"pressed" ,
"pushed" ,
"sank" ,
"sunk" ,
"submerged"
] ,
"related" : [
"ascended" ,
"mounted" ,
"rose" ,
"reared" ,
"upended"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"boosted" ,
"craned" ,
"elevated" ,
"heaved" ,
"hove" ,
"hefted" ,
"heightened" ,
"hiked" ,
"hoisted" ,
"jacked (up)" ,
"lifted" ,
"perked (up)" ,
"picked up" ,
"raised" ,
"took up" ,
"upheld" ,
"uplifted" ,
"upraised"
]
} ,
"to move or extend upward" : {
"antonyms" : [
"declined" ,
"descended" ,
"dipped" ,
"dropped" ,
"fell (off)" ,
"plunged"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the road constantly ups and downs as it makes its way over the hills"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"dived" ,
"dove" ,
"nose-dived" ,
"plummeted" ,
"sank" ,
"sunk" ,
"slid"
] ,
"related" : [
"surged" ,
"towered" ,
"boosted" ,
"elevated" ,
"raised" ,
"upheaved" ,
"uplifted" ,
"upraised" ,
"ballooned" ,
"blasted off" ,
"took off" ,
"zoomed" ,
"crested" ,
"scaled" ,
"surmounted" ,
"topped" ,
"canted" ,
"inclined" ,
"leaned" ,
"listed" ,
"reclined" ,
"slanted" ,
"sloped" ,
"tilted" ,
"tipped"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"arose" ,
"ascended" ,
"aspired" ,
"climbed" ,
"lifted" ,
"mounted" ,
"rose" ,
"soared" ,
"thrust" ,
"upreared" ,
"uprose" ,
"upthrusted" ,
"upturned"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"upper crust" : {
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the conference was a gathering of the upper crust of the computer programming industry"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"commoners" ,
"herd" ,
"hoi polloi" ,
"masses" ,
"millions" ,
"mob" ,
"multitude" ,
"rank and file" ,
"unwashed"
] ,
"related" : [
"establishment" ,
"gentry" ,
"nobility" ,
"quality" ,
"society" ,
"top" ,
"top drawer" ,
"upper class" ,
"caviar" ,
"caviare" ,
"who's who"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"A-list" ,
"aristocracy" ,
"best" ,
"choice" ,
"corps d'elite" ,
"cream" ,
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me" ,
"elect" ,
"elite" ,
"fat" ,
"flower" ,
"illuminati" ,
"pick" ,
"pink" ,
"pride" ,
"priesthood" ,
"prime" ,
"royalty"
]
} ,
"of high birth, rank, or station" : {
"antonyms" : [
"baseborn" ,
"common" ,
"humble" ,
"ignoble" ,
"low" ,
"lower-class" ,
"lowly" ,
"mean" ,
"nonaristocratic" ,
"plebeian" ,
"ungenteel"
] ,
"examples" : [
"an interior designer who has intimate knowledge of the tastes of her upper-crust clientele"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"inferior" ,
"knavish" ,
"bastard" ,
"illegitimate" ,
"ordinary" ,
"plain" ,
"abased" ,
"degraded" ,
"junior" ,
"subordinate"
] ,
"related" : [
"high" ,
"lofty" ,
"superior" ,
"elevated" ,
"ennobled" ,
"exalted" ,
"gentlemanly" ,
"kingly" ,
"knightly" ,
"ladylike" ,
"lordly" ,
"princely" ,
"queenly" ,
"regal" ,
"royal" ,
"high-level" ,
"senior"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"aristocratic" ,
"blue-blooded" ,
"genteel" ,
"gentle" ,
"grand" ,
"great" ,
"highborn" ,
"highbred" ,
"noble" ,
"patrician" ,
"silk-stocking" ,
"upper-class" ,
"wellborn"
]
} ,
"the highest class in a society" : {
"antonyms" : [
"proletarians" ,
"proletariat"
] ,
"examples" : [
"a specialty clothing store for the upper crust"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"commoners" ,
"(the) crowd" ,
"(the) masses" ,
"peasantry" ,
"peonage" ,
"(the) people" ,
"plebeians" ,
"plebs" ,
"(the) populace" ,
"(the) public" ,
"rank and file" ,
"bourgeoisie" ,
"middle class" ,
"working class" ,
"dregs" ,
"(the) herd" ,
"(the) mob" ,
"rabble" ,
"rabblement" ,
"riffraff" ,
"scum" ,
"trash"
] ,
"related" : [
"A-list" ,
"beau monde" ,
"beautiful people" ,
"caf\u00e9 society" ,
"Four Hundred" ,
"400" ,
"glitterati" ,
"haut monde" ,
"haute monde" ,
"jet set" ,
"society" ,
"carriage trade" ,
"plutocracy"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"aristocracy" ,
"elite" ,
"gentility" ,
"gentlefolk" ,
"gentlefolks" ,
"gentry" ,
"nobility" ,
"patriciate" ,
"quality" ,
"upper class"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"noun"
]
} ,
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"upper hand" : {
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"the more favorable condition or position in a competition" : {
"antonyms" : [
"disadvantage" ,
"drawback" ,
"handicap" ,
"liability" ,
"minus" ,
"penalty" ,
"strike"
] ,
"examples" : [
"finally gained the upper hand in the argument"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"detriment" ,
"stranglehold" ,
"disparity" ,
"imbalance" ,
"inequality" ,
"unevenness" ,
"disability" ,
"failing" ,
"impairment" ,
"shortcoming" ,
"bar" ,
"catch" ,
"check" ,
"clog" ,
"crimp" ,
"embarrassment" ,
"hindrance" ,
"hitch" ,
"hurdle" ,
"impediment" ,
"interference" ,
"let" ,
"manacle" ,
"obstacle" ,
"obstruction" ,
"rub" ,
"shackle" ,
"stop" ,
"trammel" ,
"lurch" ,
"setback"
] ,
"related" : [
"allowance" ,
"head start" ,
"lead" ,
"leg up" ,
"margin" ,
"odds" ,
"start" ,
"ascendancy" ,
"ascendency" ,
"command" ,
"dominance" ,
"mastery" ,
"predominance" ,
"superiority" ,
"supremacy" ,
"transcendence" ,
"transcendency" ,
"precedence" ,
"preference" ,
"prerogative" ,
"privilege" ,
"seniority" ,
"break" ,
"foothold" ,
"opportunity" ,
"benefit" ,
"blessing" ,
"boon" ,
"felicity" ,
"godsend" ,
"manna" ,
"windfall"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"advantage" ,
"better" ,
"bulge" ,
"catbird seat" ,
"drop" ,
"edge" ,
"high ground" ,
"inside track" ,
"jump" ,
"pull" ,
"stead" ,
"vantage" ,
"whip hand"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"uppercuts" : {
"as in" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"uppermost" : {
"being at a point or level higher than all others" : {
"antonyms" : [
"bottommost" ,
"lowermost" ,
"lowest" ,
"nethermost" ,
"rock-bottom" ,
"undermost"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the uppermost floor of the house gets very hot in the summer"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"below" ,
"lower" ,
"nether" ,
"under" ,
"underneath" ,
"low" ,
"lowered" ,
"low-lying" ,
"sunken"
] ,
"related" : [
"higher" ,
"loftier" ,
"upper" ,
"consummate" ,
"maximal" ,
"maximized" ,
"maximum" ,
"peaked" ,
"supreme" ,
"utmost" ,
"uttermost" ,
"chief" ,
"dominant" ,
"first" ,
"foremost" ,
"head" ,
"leading" ,
"predominant" ,
"preeminent" ,
"premier" ,
"principal" ,
"dominant" ,
"dominating" ,
"eminent" ,
"prominent" ,
"towering" ,
"elevated" ,
"escalated" ,
"heightened" ,
"jacked (up)" ,
"lifted" ,
"raised" ,
"uplifted" ,
"upraised"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"highest" ,
"loftiest" ,
"top" ,
"topmost" ,
"upmost"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
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"uppity" : {
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude" : {
"antonyms" : [
"humble" ,
"lowly" ,
"modest" ,
"unarrogant" ,
"unpretentious"
] ,
"examples" : [
"uppity social climbers who were the biggest snobs in town"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"bashful" ,
"cowering" ,
"cringing" ,
"demure" ,
"diffident" ,
"introverted" ,
"mousy" ,
"mousey" ,
"overmodest" ,
"self-critical" ,
"self-doubting" ,
"sheepish" ,
"shrinking" ,
"shy" ,
"subdued" ,
"timid" ,
"acquiescent" ,
"compliant" ,
"deferential" ,
"meek" ,
"passive" ,
"submissive" ,
"unaggressive" ,
"unassertive" ,
"unassuming" ,
"unobtrusive" ,
"yielding" ,
"quiet" ,
"reserved" ,
"retiring"
] ,
"related" : [
"authoritarian" ,
"bossy" ,
"dominant" ,
"dominating" ,
"domineering" ,
"magisterial" ,
"pontifical" ,
"pontificating" ,
"condescending" ,
"disdainful" ,
"patronizing" ,
"impertinent" ,
"impudent" ,
"saucy" ,
"snobbish" ,
"snobby" ,
"snooty" ,
"blusterous" ,
"blustery" ,
"boastful" ,
"bombastic" ,
"braggart" ,
"bragging" ,
"braggy" ,
"cocky" ,
"swaggering" ,
"vain" ,
"vainglorious" ,
"complacent" ,
"conceited" ,
"egocentric" ,
"egoistic" ,
"egoistical" ,
"egotistic" ,
"egotistical" ,
"hubristic" ,
"narcissistic" ,
"orgulous" ,
"prideful" ,
"proud" ,
"self-affected" ,
"self-applauding" ,
"self-centered" ,
"self-complacent" ,
"self-conceited" ,
"self-pleased" ,
"self-satisfied" ,
"smug" ,
"stuck-up" ,
"self-flattering" ,
"self-loving" ,
"self-promoting" ,
"brash" ,
"forward" ,
"uninhibited" ,
"unreserved" ,
"extroverted" ,
"extraverted" ,
"immodest"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"arrogant" ,
"assumptive" ,
"bumptious" ,
"cavalier" ,
"chesty" ,
"haughty" ,
"high-and-mighty" ,
"high-handed" ,
"high-hat" ,
"highfalutin" ,
"hifalutin" ,
"huffish" ,
"huffy" ,
"imperious" ,
"important" ,
"lofty" ,
"lordly" ,
"masterful" ,
"overweening" ,
"peremptory" ,
"pompous" ,
"presuming" ,
"presumptuous" ,
"pretentious" ,
"self-asserting" ,
"self-assertive" ,
"sniffy" ,
"stiff-necked" ,
"supercilious" ,
"superior" ,
"toplofty" ,
"toploftical" ,
"uppish"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
} ,
"upraised" : {
"being positioned above a surface" : {
"antonyms" : [
"sunken"
] ,
"examples" : [
"these upraised earthworks are believed to have been built by Native Americans hundreds of years ago and used for enclosure, burial, religious rites, or defense"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"low" ,
"low-lying" ,
"short" ,
"squat"
] ,
"related" : [
"aerial" ,
"suspended" ,
"erect" ,
"perpendicular" ,
"standing" ,
"upright" ,
"upstanding" ,
"vertical"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"elevated" ,
"lifted" ,
"raised" ,
"uplifted"
]
} ,
"to fix in an upright position" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"archaeologists are still not sure how the mysterious statues on Easter Island were upraised"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"demolished" ,
"flattened" ,
"knocked down" ,
"leveled" ,
"levelled" ,
"razed" ,
"tore down"
] ,
"related" : [
"braced" ,
"buttressed" ,
"propped (up)" ,
"shored (up)" ,
"supported" ,
"boosted" ,
"craned" ,
"elevated" ,
"heaved" ,
"hove" ,
"hefted" ,
"heightened" ,
"hiked" ,
"hoisted" ,
"jacked (up)" ,
"lifted" ,
"perked (up)" ,
"picked up" ,
"upheld" ,
"uplifted" ,
"upped"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"erected" ,
"pitched" ,
"put up" ,
"raised" ,
"reared" ,
"set up" ,
"upended"
]
} ,
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position" : {
"antonyms" : [
"dropped" ,
"lowered"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the runner's arms were upraised in a sign of victory as he crossed the finish line"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"descended" ,
"dipped" ,
"fell" ,
"pitched" ,
"plunged" ,
"slipped" ,
"bore" ,
"depressed" ,
"pressed" ,
"pushed" ,
"sank" ,
"sunk" ,
"submerged"
] ,
"related" : [
"ascended" ,
"mounted" ,
"rose" ,
"reared" ,
"upended"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"boosted" ,
"craned" ,
"elevated" ,
"heaved" ,
"hove" ,
"hefted" ,
"heightened" ,
"hiked" ,
"hoisted" ,
"jacked (up)" ,
"lifted" ,
"perked (up)" ,
"picked up" ,
"raised" ,
"took up" ,
"upheld" ,
"uplifted" ,
"upped"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"uprisen" : {
"to leave one's bed" : {
"examples" : [
"uprise ! we have lots of work to do today!"
] ,
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"synonyms" : [
"arisen" ,
"got up" ,
"gotten up" ,
"risen" ,
"rolled out" ,
"turned out"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"aroused" ,
"awakened" ,
"awoken" ,
"awaked" ,
"awoke" ,
"bestirred" ,
"stirred" ,
"woken" ,
"waked" ,
"woke"
] ,
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"near antonyms" : [
"catnapped" ,
"dozed" ,
"dropped off" ,
"lain up" ,
"napped" ,
"nodded" ,
"rested" ,
"slept" ,
"slumbered" ,
"snoozed" ,
"bunked" ,
"perched" ,
"roosted" ,
"settled" ,
"couched" ,
"dossed (down)" ,
"flopped (down)" ,
"lain (down)" ,
"reclined"
] ,
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"antonyms" : [
"bedded (down)" ,
"retired" ,
"turned in"
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]
} ,
"to move or extend upward" : {
"examples" : [
"as we went from the coast into the state's interior, the land gradually began uprising and eventually we were on mountainous terrain"
] ,
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"synonyms" : [
"arisen" ,
"ascended" ,
"aspired" ,
"climbed" ,
"lifted" ,
"mounted" ,
"risen" ,
"soared" ,
"thrust" ,
"upped" ,
"upreared" ,
"upthrusted" ,
"upturned"
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] ,
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"near synonyms" : [
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"surged" ,
"towered" ,
"boosted" ,
"elevated" ,
"raised" ,
"upheaved" ,
"uplifted" ,
"upraised" ,
"ballooned" ,
"blasted off" ,
"taken off" ,
"zoomed" ,
"crested" ,
"scaled" ,
"surmounted" ,
"topped" ,
"canted" ,
"inclined" ,
"leaned" ,
"listed" ,
"reclined" ,
"slanted" ,
"sloped" ,
"tilted" ,
"tipped"
] ,
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"near antonyms" : [
"dived" ,
"dove" ,
"nose-dived" ,
"plummeted" ,
"slid" ,
"sunk"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"declined" ,
"descended" ,
"dipped" ,
"dropped" ,
"fallen (off)" ,
"plunged"
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]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"uprisings" : {
"open fighting against authority (as one's own government)" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the uprising was quickly and brutally suppressed"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"counterinsurgencies" ,
"counterrevolutions"
] ,
"related" : [
"coups" ,
"coups d'\u00e9tat" ,
"coups d'etat" ,
"coup d'\u00e9tats" ,
"coup d'etats" ,
"overthrows" ,
"misprisions" ,
"seditions" ,
"treacheries" ,
"treasons" ,
"sabotages" ,
"subversions"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"insurgences" ,
"insurgencies" ,
"insurrections" ,
"mutinies" ,
"outbreaks" ,
"rebellions" ,
"revolts" ,
"revolutions" ,
"risings"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"uproariously" : {
"as in loudly , boisterously" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"adverb"
]
} ,
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"uproot" : {
"to draw out by force or with effort" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"uprooted the old bridge's pilings upon the completion of its replacement"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"implant" ,
"insert" ,
"install" ,
"instill" ,
"cram" ,
"jam" ,
"ram" ,
"stuff" ,
"wedge"
] ,
"related" : [
"mine" ,
"pluck" ,
"remove" ,
"take (out)" ,
"withdraw"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"corkscrew" ,
"extract" ,
"prize" ,
"pry" ,
"pull" ,
"root (out)" ,
"tear (out)" ,
"wrest" ,
"wring" ,
"yank"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"upset" : {
"an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [
"the move to a new town is just the latest in a series of upsets for my family over the last year"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [
"convulsion" ,
"revolution" ,
"unsettledness" ,
"unsettlement" ,
"upheaval"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"derangement" ,
"dislocation" ,
"disruption" ,
"disturbance"
]
} ,
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty" : {
"antonyms" : [
"calm" ,
"collected" ,
"cool" ,
"easy" ,
"happy-go-lucky" ,
"nerveless" ,
"relaxed"
] ,
"examples" : [
"she was upset by the unexplained change in plans"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"confident" ,
"self-assured" ,
"self-confident" ,
"sure" ,
"controlled" ,
"self-controlled"
] ,
"related" : [
"aggrieved" ,
"bothered" ,
"concerned" ,
"disquieted" ,
"distraught" ,
"distressed" ,
"disturbed" ,
"freaked" ,
"freaked-out" ,
"shook-up" ,
"apprehensive" ,
"foreboding" ,
"hesitant" ,
"misgiving" ,
"fretful" ,
"fretting" ,
"stewing" ,
"vexed" ,
"qualmish" ,
"qualmy" ,
"flustered" ,
"twittered" ,
"undone" ,
"unnerved" ,
"unstrung" ,
"obsessed" ,
"preoccupied" ,
"restless" ,
"fidgety" ,
"flighty" ,
"fluttery" ,
"high-strung" ,
"hypertense" ,
"skittish" ,
"spooky"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"aflutter" ,
"antsy" ,
"anxious" ,
"atwitter" ,
"dithery" ,
"edgy" ,
"goosey" ,
"het up" ,
"hinky" ,
"hung up" ,
"ill at ease" ,
"insecure" ,
"jittery" ,
"jumpy" ,
"nervous" ,
"nervy" ,
"perturbed" ,
"queasy" ,
"queazy" ,
"tense" ,
"troubled" ,
"uneasy" ,
"unquiet" ,
"uptight" ,
"worried"
]
} ,
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy" : {
"antonyms" : [
"calm" ,
"compose" ,
"quiet" ,
"settle" ,
"soothe" ,
"tranquilize" ,
"tranquillize"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the smallest things can upset us if we're already stressed"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"allay" ,
"alleviate" ,
"assuage" ,
"appease" ,
"conciliate" ,
"mollify" ,
"pacify" ,
"placate" ,
"propitiate"
] ,
"related" : [
"aggravate" ,
"anger" ,
"annoy" ,
"bug" ,
"chafe" ,
"chivy" ,
"chivvy" ,
"exasperate" ,
"fret" ,
"gall" ,
"get" ,
"grate" ,
"harass" ,
"harry" ,
"irk" ,
"irritate" ,
"nettle" ,
"peeve" ,
"pester" ,
"pique" ,
"put off" ,
"put out" ,
"rile" ,
"vex" ,
"bedevil" ,
"haunt" ,
"plague" ,
"abash" ,
"confound" ,
"confuse" ,
"discomfit" ,
"disconcert" ,
"discountenance" ,
"embarrass" ,
"faze" ,
"fluster" ,
"jar" ,
"mortify" ,
"nonplus" ,
"rattle" ,
"shake up" ,
"daunt" ,
"demoralize" ,
"discourage" ,
"dishearten" ,
"dispirit" ,
"unnerve"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"agitate" ,
"ail" ,
"alarm" ,
"alarum" ,
"bother" ,
"concern" ,
"derail" ,
"discomfort" ,
"discompose" ,
"dismay" ,
"disquiet" ,
"distemper" ,
"distract" ,
"distress" ,
"disturb" ,
"exercise" ,
"flurry" ,
"frazzle" ,
"freak (out)" ,
"fuss" ,
"hagride" ,
"perturb" ,
"undo" ,
"unhinge" ,
"unsettle" ,
"weird out" ,
"worry"
]
} ,
"to turn on one's side or upside down" : {
"antonyms" : [
"right"
] ,
"examples" : [
"the narrow boat upsets easily and should be handled with care"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"stand up" ,
"straighten (up)" ,
"erect" ,
"raise"
] ,
"related" : [
"invert" ,
"overset" ,
"overthrow" ,
"pitchpole" ,
"topple" ,
"tump (over)" ,
"upend" ,
"careen" ,
"heel" ,
"keel" ,
"lean" ,
"list" ,
"tilt" ,
"tip" ,
"collapse" ,
"fall" ,
"founder" ,
"give"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"capsize" ,
"overturn" ,
"turn 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" : [
"the change in the bus schedule upset our daily routine"
] ,
"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" ,
"mess (up)" ,
"mix (up)" ,
"muddle" ,
"muss" ,
"rumple" ,
"scramble" ,
"shuffle" ,
"tousle" ,
"tumble"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
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"upside" : {
"as in on , against" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"as in turn , shift" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
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"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"preposition"
]
} ,
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"upswings" : {
"as in" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"upthrusting" : {
"to move or extend upward" : {
"antonyms" : [
"declining" ,
"descending" ,
"dipping" ,
"dropping" ,
"falling (off)" ,
"plunging"
] ,
"examples" : [
"an upthrusting seamount"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"diving" ,
"nose-diving" ,
"plummeting" ,
"sinking" ,
"sliding"
] ,
"related" : [
"surging" ,
"towering" ,
"boosting" ,
"elevating" ,
"raising" ,
"upheaving" ,
"uplifting" ,
"upraising" ,
"ballooning" ,
"blasting off" ,
"taking off" ,
"zooming" ,
"cresting" ,
"scaling" ,
"surmounting" ,
"topping" ,
"canting" ,
"inclining" ,
"leaning" ,
"listing" ,
"reclining" ,
"slanting" ,
"sloping" ,
"tilting" ,
"tipping"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"arising" ,
"ascending" ,
"aspiring" ,
"climbing" ,
"lifting" ,
"mounting" ,
"rising" ,
"soaring" ,
"thrusting" ,
"upping" ,
"uprearing" ,
"uprising" ,
"upturning"
]
} ,
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"verb"
]
} ,
"uptight" : {
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty" : {
"antonyms" : [
"calm" ,
"collected" ,
"cool" ,
"easy" ,
"happy-go-lucky" ,
"nerveless" ,
"relaxed"
] ,
"examples" : [
"he has a tendency to fret and get uptight whenever his usual routine is disrupted"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"confident" ,
"self-assured" ,
"self-confident" ,
"sure" ,
"controlled" ,
"self-controlled"
] ,
"related" : [
"aggrieved" ,
"bothered" ,
"concerned" ,
"disquieted" ,
"distraught" ,
"distressed" ,
"disturbed" ,
"freaked" ,
"freaked-out" ,
"shook-up" ,
"apprehensive" ,
"foreboding" ,
"hesitant" ,
"misgiving" ,
"fretful" ,
"fretting" ,
"stewing" ,
"vexed" ,
"qualmish" ,
"qualmy" ,
"flustered" ,
"twittered" ,
"undone" ,
"unnerved" ,
"unstrung" ,
"obsessed" ,
"preoccupied" ,
"restless" ,
"fidgety" ,
"flighty" ,
"fluttery" ,
"high-strung" ,
"hypertense" ,
"skittish" ,
"spooky"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"aflutter" ,
"antsy" ,
"anxious" ,
"atwitter" ,
"dithery" ,
"edgy" ,
"goosey" ,
"het up" ,
"hinky" ,
"hung up" ,
"ill at ease" ,
"insecure" ,
"jittery" ,
"jumpy" ,
"nervous" ,
"nervy" ,
"perturbed" ,
"queasy" ,
"queazy" ,
"tense" ,
"troubled" ,
"uneasy" ,
"unquiet" ,
"upset" ,
"worried"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective"
]
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} ,
"uptrends" : {
"as in upswings , upturns" : {
"antonyms" : [ ] ,
"examples" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"upturned" : {
"to move or extend upward" : {
"antonyms" : [
"declined" ,
"descended" ,
"dipped" ,
"dropped" ,
"fell (off)" ,
"plunged"
] ,
"examples" : [
"at this point the road upturns steeply, the trees become scarcer, and the valley unfolds before you"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"dived" ,
"dove" ,
"nose-dived" ,
"plummeted" ,
"sank" ,
"sunk" ,
"slid"
] ,
"related" : [
"surged" ,
"towered" ,
"boosted" ,
"elevated" ,
"raised" ,
"upheaved" ,
"uplifted" ,
"upraised" ,
"ballooned" ,
"blasted off" ,
"took off" ,
"zoomed" ,
"crested" ,
"scaled" ,
"surmounted" ,
"topped" ,
"canted" ,
"inclined" ,
"leaned" ,
"listed" ,
"reclined" ,
"slanted" ,
"sloped" ,
"tilted" ,
"tipped"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"arose" ,
"ascended" ,
"aspired" ,
"climbed" ,
"lifted" ,
"mounted" ,
"rose" ,
"soared" ,
"thrust" ,
"upped" ,
"upreared" ,
"uprose" ,
"upthrusted"
]
} ,
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"verb"
]
} ,
"upbraiding" : {
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings" : {
"examples" : [
"his wife upbraided him for his irresponsible handling of the family finances"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"basting" ,
"bawling out" ,
"berating" ,
"calling down" ,
"castigating" ,
"chastising" ,
"chewing out" ,
"dressing down" ,
"flaying" ,
"hammering" ,
"jawing" ,
"keelhauling" ,
"lambasting" ,
"lecturing" ,
"ragging" ,
"railing (at or against)" ,
"ranting (at)" ,
"rating" ,
"reaming (out)" ,
"rebuking" ,
"reprimanding" ,
"reproaching" ,
"scolding" ,
"scoring" ,
"tongue-lashing"
] ,
"related" : [
"admonishing" ,
"chiding" ,
"remonstrating (with)" ,
"reproving" ,
"abusing" ,
"assailing" ,
"attacking" ,
"bad-mouthing" ,
"blaming" ,
"blasting" ,
"censuring" ,
"condemning" ,
"criticizing" ,
"crucifying" ,
"denouncing" ,
"dissing" ,
"excoriating" ,
"faulting" ,
"haranguing" ,
"knocking" ,
"lacing (into)" ,
"lashing" ,
"panning" ,
"reprehending" ,
"reviling" ,
"scourging" ,
"slamming" ,
"vituperating" ,
"belittling" ,
"disparaging" ,
"mocking" ,
"putting down" ,
"ridiculing" ,
"scoffing" ,
"scorning"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"approving" ,
"endorsing" ,
"indorsing" ,
"sanctioning" ,
"extolling" ,
"lauding" ,
"praising"
] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"upshots" : {
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause" : {
"examples" : [
"the upshot of the court's ruling is that a number of communities will now have to change their gun laws"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"aftereffects" ,
"aftermaths" ,
"backwashes" ,
"children" ,
"conclusions" ,
"consequences" ,
"corollaries" ,
"developments" ,
"effects" ,
"fates" ,
"fruits" ,
"issues" ,
"outcomes" ,
"outgrowths" ,
"precipitates" ,
"products" ,
"resultants" ,
"results" ,
"sequels" ,
"sequences"
] ,
"related" : [
"ramifications" ,
"denouements" ,
"d\u00e9nouements" ,
"echoes" ,
"echos" ,
"implications" ,
"repercussions" ,
"afterclaps" ,
"afterglows" ,
"aftershocks" ,
"blowbacks" ,
"by-products" ,
"byproducts" ,
"fallouts" ,
"offshoots" ,
"ripples" ,
"side effects" ,
"side reactions" ,
"spin-offs"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"considerations" ,
"determinants" ,
"factors" ,
"bases" ,
"bases" ,
"foundations" ,
"grounds" ,
"groundworks" ,
"impetuses" ,
"incentives" ,
"inspirations" ,
"instigations" ,
"stimuli" ,
"mothers" ,
"origins" ,
"roots" ,
"sources" ,
"springs"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"antecedents" ,
"causations" ,
"causes" ,
"occasions" ,
"reasons"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
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} ,
"uprightness" : {
"conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong" : {
"examples" : [
"the uprightness of our cause is not what is being called into question here"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"character" ,
"decency" ,
"goodness" ,
"honesty" ,
"integrity" ,
"morality" ,
"probity" ,
"rectitude" ,
"righteousness" ,
"rightness" ,
"virtue" ,
"virtuousness"
] ,
"related" : [
"high-mindedness" ,
"honor" ,
"incorruptibility" ,
"irreproachability" ,
"irreproachableness" ,
"right-mindedness" ,
"scrupulosity" ,
"scrupulousness" ,
"appropriateness" ,
"correctness" ,
"decorousness" ,
"decorum" ,
"etiquette" ,
"fitness" ,
"propriety" ,
"seemliness" ,
"ethics" ,
"morals"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"impropriety" ,
"indecency" ,
"indecorum" ,
"indiscretion" ,
"debauchery" ,
"degeneracy" ,
"degradation" ,
"depravity" ,
"perversion" ,
"pervertedness" ,
"sinfulness" ,
"crookedness" ,
"dishonesty" ,
"underhandedness" ,
"unscrupulousness" ,
"lowness" ,
"meanness" ,
"viciousness" ,
"vileness" ,
"corruption"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"badness" ,
"evil" ,
"evildoing" ,
"immorality" ,
"iniquity" ,
"sin" ,
"villainy" ,
"wickedness"
]
} ,
"faithfulness to high moral standards" : {
"examples" : [
"the members of this special investigative committee must be personages of unquestionable uprightness"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"honesty" ,
"honor" ,
"integrity" ,
"probity" ,
"rectitude" ,
"righteousness"
] ,
"related" : [
"blamelessness" ,
"character" ,
"conscientiousness" ,
"decency" ,
"fairness" ,
"high-mindedness" ,
"incorruptibility" ,
"irreproachability" ,
"irreproachableness" ,
"justice" ,
"morality" ,
"nobility" ,
"reputability" ,
"respectability" ,
"right-mindedness" ,
"scrupulousness" ,
"virtue" ,
"virtuousness"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"corruptibility" ,
"corruption" ,
"corruptness" ,
"debasement" ,
"debauchery" ,
"decadence" ,
"degeneracy" ,
"degradation" ,
"depravity" ,
"disgrace" ,
"disgracefulness" ,
"disreputableness" ,
"dissipatedness" ,
"dissipation" ,
"dissoluteness" ,
"looseness" ,
"perversion" ,
"pervertedness" ,
"profligacy" ,
"shamelessness" ,
"venality" ,
"blameworthiness" ,
"criminality" ,
"crookedness" ,
"dishonesty" ,
"immorality" ,
"unrighteousness" ,
"unscrupulousness" ,
"knavery" ,
"rascality" ,
"roguishness" ,
"meanness" ,
"reprehensibleness" ,
"rottenness" ,
"sinfulness" ,
"vileness" ,
"villainy" ,
"wickedness" ,
"wretchedness"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"baseness" ,
"dishonor" ,
"lowness"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"upsweep" : {
"as in upswing , upheaval" : {
"examples" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"as in bun , updo" : {
"examples" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"as in rise , uprise" : {
"examples" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ] ,
"related" : [ ] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"upholds" : {
"to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections" : {
"examples" : [
"determined to uphold her views in the face of all challenges"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"defends" ,
"justifies" ,
"maintains" ,
"supports"
] ,
"related" : [
"advocates" ,
"champions" ,
"espouses" ,
"confirms" ,
"vindicates" ,
"warrants" ,
"affirms" ,
"asserts" ,
"avers" ,
"avouches" ,
"avows" ,
"claims" ,
"contends" ,
"insists" ,
"pleads" ,
"proclaims" ,
"professes" ,
"protests" ,
"states" ,
"argues" ,
"debates" ,
"discusses" ,
"emphasizes" ,
"stresses" ,
"underlines" ,
"underscores"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"abandons" ,
"abjures" ,
"forsakes" ,
"recants" ,
"retracts" ,
"takes back" ,
"withdraws" ,
"reverses" ,
"switches" ,
"controverts" ,
"disproves" ,
"rebuts" ,
"refutes"
] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for" : {
"examples" : [
"an entablature upheld by a series of gracefully slender columns"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"bears" ,
"bolsters" ,
"braces" ,
"buttresses" ,
"carries" ,
"props (up)" ,
"shores (up)" ,
"stays" ,
"supports" ,
"sustains" ,
"undergirds" ,
"underpins"
] ,
"related" : [
"steadies" ,
"trusses" ,
"underlies"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position" : {
"examples" : [
"worshippers upheld their joined hands and sang the praises of the Lord"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"boosts" ,
"cranes" ,
"elevates" ,
"heaves" ,
"hefts" ,
"heightens" ,
"hikes" ,
"hoists" ,
"jacks (up)" ,
"lifts" ,
"perks (up)" ,
"picks up" ,
"raises" ,
"takes up" ,
"uplifts" ,
"upraises" ,
"ups"
] ,
"related" : [
"ascends" ,
"mounts" ,
"rises" ,
"rears" ,
"upends"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"descends" ,
"dips" ,
"falls" ,
"pitches" ,
"plunges" ,
"slips" ,
"bears" ,
"depresses" ,
"presses" ,
"pushes" ,
"sinks" ,
"submerges"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"drops" ,
"lowers"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"upper class" : {
"of high birth, rank, or station" : {
"examples" : [
"upper-class boys who had an entrenched sense of entitlement"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"aristocratic" ,
"blue-blooded" ,
"genteel" ,
"gentle" ,
"grand" ,
"great" ,
"highborn" ,
"highbred" ,
"noble" ,
"patrician" ,
"silk-stocking" ,
"upper-crust" ,
"wellborn"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"high" ,
"lofty" ,
"superior" ,
"elevated" ,
"ennobled" ,
"exalted" ,
"gentlemanly" ,
"kingly" ,
"knightly" ,
"ladylike" ,
"lordly" ,
"princely" ,
"queenly" ,
"regal" ,
"royal" ,
"high-level" ,
"senior"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"inferior" ,
"knavish" ,
"bastard" ,
"illegitimate" ,
"ordinary" ,
"plain" ,
"abased" ,
"degraded" ,
"junior" ,
"subordinate"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"baseborn" ,
"common" ,
"humble" ,
"ignoble" ,
"low" ,
"lower-class" ,
"lowly" ,
"mean" ,
"nonaristocratic" ,
"plebeian" ,
"ungenteel"
]
} ,
"the highest class in a society" : {
"examples" : [
"a school founded to educate the children of the upper class"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"aristocracy" ,
"elite" ,
"gentility" ,
"gentlefolk" ,
"gentlefolks" ,
"gentry" ,
"nobility" ,
"patriciate" ,
"quality" ,
"upper crust"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"A-list" ,
"beau monde" ,
"beautiful people" ,
"caf\u00e9 society" ,
"Four Hundred" ,
"400" ,
"glitterati" ,
"haut monde" ,
"haute monde" ,
"jet set" ,
"society" ,
"carriage trade" ,
"plutocracy"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"commoners" ,
"(the) crowd" ,
"(the) masses" ,
"peasantry" ,
"peonage" ,
"(the) people" ,
"plebeians" ,
"plebs" ,
"(the) populace" ,
"(the) public" ,
"rank and file" ,
"bourgeoisie" ,
"middle class" ,
"working class" ,
"dregs" ,
"(the) herd" ,
"(the) mob" ,
"rabble" ,
"rabblement" ,
"riffraff" ,
"scum" ,
"trash"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"proletarians" ,
"proletariat"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"noun"
]
} ,
"upsetting" : {
"causing worry or anxiety" : {
"examples" : [
"the constant arguing is upsetting to a sensitive person like your grandmother"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"discomforting" ,
"discomposing" ,
"disquieting" ,
"distressing" ,
"disturbing" ,
"nagging" ,
"nasty" ,
"perturbing" ,
"troublesome" ,
"troubling" ,
"troublous" ,
"unsettling" ,
"worrisome"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"daunting" ,
"demoralizing" ,
"discomfiting" ,
"disconcerting" ,
"discouraging" ,
"disheartening" ,
"dismaying" ,
"dispiriting" ,
"chilling" ,
"frightening" ,
"scary" ,
"harassing" ,
"persecutive" ,
"persecutory" ,
"alarming" ,
"dire" ,
"direful" ,
"dread" ,
"dreadful" ,
"fearful" ,
"fearsome" ,
"forbidding" ,
"formidable" ,
"frightening" ,
"frightful" ,
"ghastly" ,
"hair-raising" ,
"horrendous" ,
"horrible" ,
"horrifying" ,
"intimidating" ,
"scary" ,
"shocking" ,
"terrible" ,
"terrifying"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"calming" ,
"quieting" ,
"settling" ,
"soothing" ,
"comforting" ,
"consoling" ,
"dreamy" ,
"inviting" ,
"lulling" ,
"narcotic" ,
"pacifying" ,
"relaxing" ,
"sedative" ,
"tranquilizing" ,
"tranquillizing"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"reassuring"
]
} ,
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy" : {
"examples" : [
"the smallest things can upset us if we're already stressed"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"agitating" ,
"ailing" ,
"alarming" ,
"alaruming" ,
"bothering" ,
"concerning" ,
"derailing" ,
"discomforting" ,
"discomposing" ,
"dismaying" ,
"disquieting" ,
"distempering" ,
"distracting" ,
"distressing" ,
"disturbing" ,
"exercising" ,
"flurrying" ,
"frazzling" ,
"freaking (out)" ,
"fussing" ,
"hagriding" ,
"perturbing" ,
"undoing" ,
"unhinging" ,
"unsettling" ,
"weirding out" ,
"worrying"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"aggravating" ,
"angering" ,
"annoying" ,
"bugging" ,
"chafing" ,
"chivying" ,
"chivvying" ,
"exasperating" ,
"fretting" ,
"galling" ,
"getting" ,
"grating" ,
"harassing" ,
"harrying" ,
"irking" ,
"irritating" ,
"nettling" ,
"peeving" ,
"pestering" ,
"piquing" ,
"putting off" ,
"putting out" ,
"riling" ,
"vexing" ,
"bedeviling" ,
"haunting" ,
"plaguing" ,
"abashing" ,
"confounding" ,
"confusing" ,
"discomfiting" ,
"disconcerting" ,
"discountenancing" ,
"embarrassing" ,
"fazing" ,
"flustering" ,
"jarring" ,
"mortifying" ,
"nonplussing" ,
"nonplusing" ,
"rattling" ,
"shaking up" ,
"daunting" ,
"demoralizing" ,
"discouraging" ,
"disheartening" ,
"dispiriting" ,
"unnerving"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"allaying" ,
"alleviating" ,
"assuaging" ,
"appeasing" ,
"conciliating" ,
"mollifying" ,
"pacifying" ,
"placating" ,
"propitiating"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"calming" ,
"composing" ,
"quieting" ,
"settling" ,
"soothing" ,
"tranquilizing" ,
"tranquillizing"
]
} ,
"to turn on one's side or upside down" : {
"examples" : [
"the narrow boat upsets easily and should be handled with care"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"capsizing" ,
"overturning" ,
"turning over"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"inverting" ,
"oversetting" ,
"overthrowing" ,
"pitchpoling" ,
"toppling" ,
"tumping (over)" ,
"upending" ,
"careening" ,
"heeling" ,
"keeling" ,
"leaning" ,
"listing" ,
"tilting" ,
"tipping" ,
"collapsing" ,
"falling" ,
"foundering" ,
"giving"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"standing up" ,
"straightening (up)" ,
"erecting" ,
"raising"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"righting"
]
} ,
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of" : {
"examples" : [
"the change in the bus schedule upset our daily routine"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"confusing" ,
"deranging" ,
"disarranging" ,
"disarraying" ,
"discomposing" ,
"disheveling" ,
"dishevelling" ,
"disjointing" ,
"dislocating" ,
"disordering" ,
"disorganizing" ,
"disrupting" ,
"disturbing" ,
"hashing" ,
"jumbling" ,
"messing (up)" ,
"mixing (up)" ,
"muddling" ,
"mussing" ,
"rumpling" ,
"scrambling" ,
"shuffling" ,
"tousling" ,
"tumbling"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"embroiling" ,
"entangling" ,
"snarling" ,
"tangling" ,
"agitating" ,
"perturbing" ,
"stirring (up)" ,
"unsettling" ,
"cluttering"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"aligning" ,
"alining" ,
"lining" ,
"lining up" ,
"queuing" ,
"queueing" ,
"classifying" ,
"codifying" ,
"methodizing" ,
"systematizing" ,
"systemizing" ,
"adjusting" ,
"fixing" ,
"grooming" ,
"making up" ,
"sprucing (up)" ,
"unscrambling"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"arranging" ,
"arraying" ,
"disposing" ,
"drawing up" ,
"marshaling" ,
"marshalling" ,
"ordering" ,
"organizing" ,
"ranging" ,
"regulating" ,
"straightening (up)" ,
"tidying"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"adjective" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"uplifts" : {
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position" : {
"examples" : [
"a mountain range that was uplifted millions of years ago by the collision of continental plates"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"boosts" ,
"cranes" ,
"elevates" ,
"heaves" ,
"hefts" ,
"heightens" ,
"hikes" ,
"hoists" ,
"jacks (up)" ,
"lifts" ,
"perks (up)" ,
"picks up" ,
"raises" ,
"takes up" ,
"upholds" ,
"upraises" ,
"ups"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"ascends" ,
"mounts" ,
"rises" ,
"rears" ,
"upends"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"descends" ,
"dips" ,
"falls" ,
"pitches" ,
"plunges" ,
"slips" ,
"bears" ,
"depresses" ,
"presses" ,
"pushes" ,
"sinks" ,
"submerges"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"drops" ,
"lowers"
]
} ,
"as in inspirations , encouragements" : {
"examples" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"encouragements" ,
"inspirations" ,
"cheers" ,
"comforts" ,
"consolations" ,
"reliefs" ,
"solaces" ,
"assurances" ,
"reassurances" ,
"alleviations" ,
"assuagements" ,
"mitigations" ,
"contentments" ,
"commiserations" ,
"empathies" ,
"sympathies" ,
"aids" ,
"assistances" ,
"help" ,
"succors"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"anguishes" ,
"distresses" ,
"heartaches" ,
"heartbreaks" ,
"torments" ,
"tortures"
] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"as in increases , boosts" : {
"examples" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"ameliorations" ,
"boosts" ,
"increases" ,
"meliorations" ,
"quantum leaps" ,
"upgrades" ,
"upswings" ,
"uptrends" ,
"upturns" ,
"advancements" ,
"advances" ,
"breakthroughs" ,
"enhancements" ,
"refinements" ,
"betterments" ,
"developments" ,
"elaborations" ,
"evolutions" ,
"expansions" ,
"gestations" ,
"growths" ,
"maturations" ,
"perfections" ,
"civilizations" ,
"edifications" ,
"educations" ,
"enlightenments" ,
"renaissances" ,
"renascences" ,
"revivals" ,
"discoveries" ,
"finds" ,
"windfalls" ,
"innovations" ,
"inventions"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"breakdowns" ,
"collapses" ,
"crashes" ,
"hindrances" ,
"impediments" ,
"stumbling blocks" ,
"decadences" ,
"decays" ,
"declensions" ,
"declines" ,
"decreases" ,
"degenerations" ,
"descents" ,
"deteriorations" ,
"diminishments" ,
"downgrades" ,
"failings" ,
"languishments" ,
"lapses" ,
"reductions" ,
"detriments" ,
"disablements" ,
"drawbacks" ,
"glitches" ,
"impairments" ,
"shortcomings" ,
"setbacks"
] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun" ,
"verb"
]
} ,
"updo" : {
"as in bun , chignon" : {
"examples" : [ ] ,
"synonyms" : [ ] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"beehive" ,
"big hair" ,
"bun" ,
"chignon" ,
"French twist" ,
"pageboy" ,
"pug" ,
"upsweep" ,
"Afro" ,
"conk" ,
"cornrow" ,
"dreadlocks" ,
"perm" ,
"permanent" ,
"bob" ,
"buzz cut" ,
"crew cut" ,
"crop" ,
"fade" ,
"Mohawk" ,
"shag" ,
"shingle" ,
"trim" ,
"coiffure" ,
"cut" ,
"do" ,
"haircut" ,
"hairdo" ,
"hairstyle" ,
"braid" ,
"pigtail" ,
"plait" ,
"ponytail" ,
"queue" ,
"comb-over" ,
"ducktail" ,
"pompadour" ,
"roach"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
} ,
"upends" : {
"to achieve a victory over" : {
"examples" : [
"the team won the division play-offs, but was upended in the final championship game"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"beats" ,
"bests" ,
"conquers" ,
"defeats" ,
"dispatches" ,
"does down" ,
"gets" ,
"gets around" ,
"licks" ,
"masters" ,
"overbears" ,
"overcomes" ,
"overmatches" ,
"prevails (over)" ,
"skunks" ,
"stops" ,
"subdues" ,
"surmounts" ,
"takes" ,
"trims" ,
"triumphs (over)" ,
"wins (against)" ,
"worsts"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"sweeps" ,
"edges (out)" ,
"noses out" ,
"pips" ,
"annihilates" ,
"blows away" ,
"blows out" ,
"bombs" ,
"breaks" ,
"buries" ,
"clobbers" ,
"creams" ,
"crushes" ,
"drubs" ,
"finishes" ,
"flattens" ,
"overwhelms" ,
"routs" ,
"shellacs" ,
"skins" ,
"slaughters" ,
"smokes" ,
"snows under" ,
"thrashes" ,
"trounces" ,
"upsets" ,
"wallops" ,
"waxes" ,
"whips" ,
"caps" ,
"excels" ,
"flourishes" ,
"scores" ,
"succeeds" ,
"knocks off" ,
"knocks over" ,
"overpowers" ,
"overthrows" ,
"subjugates" ,
"unseats" ,
"vanquishes" ,
"aces (out)" ,
"betters" ,
"eclipses" ,
"exceeds" ,
"excels" ,
"outdistances" ,
"outdoes" ,
"outfights" ,
"outshines" ,
"outstrips" ,
"overtops" ,
"surpasses" ,
"tops" ,
"transcends"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"falls" ,
"gives up" ,
"goes down" ,
"goes under" ,
"collapses" ,
"fails" ,
"flops" ,
"flunks" ,
"folds" ,
"washes out"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"loses (to)"
]
} ,
"to fix in an upright position" : {
"examples" : [
"we had to upend the sofa in order to fit it into the elevator"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"erects" ,
"pitches" ,
"puts up" ,
"raises" ,
"rears" ,
"sets up" ,
"upraises"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"braces" ,
"buttresses" ,
"props (up)" ,
"shores (up)" ,
"supports" ,
"boosts" ,
"cranes" ,
"elevates" ,
"heaves" ,
"hefts" ,
"heightens" ,
"hikes" ,
"hoists" ,
"jacks (up)" ,
"lifts" ,
"perks (up)" ,
"picks up" ,
"upholds" ,
"uplifts" ,
"ups"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"demolishes" ,
"flattens" ,
"knocks down" ,
"levels" ,
"razes" ,
"tears down"
] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"verb"
]
} ,
"upstart" : {
"one who has recently acquired wealth and social position" : {
"examples" : [
"having made their money in oil decades ago, they consider these billionaire dot-commers mere upstarts"
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"arriviste" ,
"nouveau riche" ,
"parvenu"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"arriv\u00e9" ,
"comer" ,
"adventurer" ,
"snob" ,
"social climber" ,
"fat cat" ,
"moneybags" ,
"nabob"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [ ] ,
"antonyms" : [ ]
} ,
"type" : [
"noun"
]
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} ,
"up in the air" : {
"likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly" : {
"examples" : [
"Our plans are still up in the air , but we're hoping to leave on Sunday."
] ,
"synonyms" : [
"capricious" ,
"changeable" ,
"changeful" ,
"fickle" ,
"flickery" ,
"fluctuating" ,
"fluid" ,
"inconsistent" ,
"inconstant" ,
"mercurial" ,
"mutable" ,
"skittish" ,
"temperamental" ,
"uncertain" ,
"unpredictable" ,
"unsettled" ,
"unstable" ,
"unsteady" ,
"variable" ,
"volatile"
] ,
"near synonyms" : [
"aimless" ,
"arbitrary" ,
"desultory" ,
"erratic" ,
"haphazard" ,
"hit-or-miss" ,
"irregular" ,
"random" ,
"scattered" ,
"slapdash" ,
"stray" ,
"ambivalent" ,
"hesitating" ,
"shaky" ,
"shilly-shally" ,
"shilly-shallying" ,
"vacillating" ,
"wavering" ,
"dicey" ,
"undependable" ,
"unreliable" ,
"untrustworthy" ,
"adaptable" ,
"mobile" ,
"protean" ,
"versatile"
] ,
"near antonyms" : [
"equable" ,
"even" ,
"uniform" ,
"abiding" ,
"durable" ,
"lasting" ,
"permanent" ,
"persistent" ,
"dependable" ,
"reliable" ,
"sure" ,
"tried" ,
"tried-and-true" ,
"true" ,
"trustworthy" ,
"trusty"
] ,
"antonyms" : [
"certain" ,
"changeless" ,
"constant" ,
"immutable" ,
"invariable" ,
"predictable" ,
"settled" ,
"stable" ,
"stationary" ,
"steady" ,
"unchangeable" ,
"unchanging" ,
"unvarying"
]
} ,
"type" : [
"phrase"
]
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}
}
