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{
"ordained":{
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
"examples":[
"he is stoic in the face of adversity, bolstered by his faith that everything in life has been ordained by a higher power"
],
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"synonyms":[
"destined",
"doomed",
"fated",
"foredoomed",
"foreordained",
"predestined",
"predetermined",
"preordained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predestinated",
"augured",
"forecast",
"forecasted",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"presaged",
"prognosticated",
"prophesied",
"preconceived",
"prejudged",
"condemned",
"sentenced",
"boded",
"foreboded",
"forboded",
"portended",
"anticipated",
"divined",
"foreknew",
"foresaw"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
"examples":[
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"a new bill that would ordain the funding of public schools through state lottery revenues"
],
"synonyms":[
"called",
"commanded",
"decreed",
"dictated",
"directed",
"mandated",
"ordered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asked",
"petitioned",
"requested",
"demanded",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canceled",
"cancelled",
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"countermanded",
"rescinded"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
"examples":[
"the founders of the African republic ordained a form of government that was closely modeled on that of the United States"
],
"synonyms":[
"constituted",
"enacted",
"laid down",
"legislated",
"made",
"passed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reenacted",
"repassed",
"brought about",
"effected",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"decreed",
"dictated",
"proclaimed",
"administered",
"executed",
"approved",
"confirmed",
"ratified"
],
"near antonyms":[
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"abolished",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
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"invalidated",
"killed",
"nullified",
"overturned",
"reversed",
"voided"
],
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"antonyms":[
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ordinariness":{
"the quality or state of being ordinary":{
"examples":[
"He was a cheerful person who took pleasure even in the ordinariness of everyday life."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"averageness",
"mediocrity",
"commonness",
"commonplaceness",
"everydayness",
"fairness",
"mundanity",
"mundaneness",
"normality",
"normalness",
"passibility",
"routine",
"second-rateness",
"typicalness",
"typicality",
"unremarkableness",
"usualness",
"acceptability",
"adequacy",
"satisfactoriness",
"sufficiency",
"badness",
"crumminess",
"inferiority",
"worthlessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exceptionality",
"exceptionalness",
"extraordinariness",
"choiceness",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"excellency",
"exquisiteness",
"fabulousness",
"first-rateness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"marvelousness",
"marvellousness",
"perfection",
"preeminence",
"primeness",
"specialness",
"splendidness",
"sterlingness",
"superbness",
"superiority",
"superlativeness",
"supremacy",
"supremeness",
"consequence",
"importance",
"notability",
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"impeccability",
"perfectness",
"goodness",
"value",
"worth",
"deficiency",
"unacceptability",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"unsatisfactoriness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ordonnance":{
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"examples":[
"the novel's intricate ordonnance might not be apparent to the casual reader"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"composition",
"configuration",
"constellation",
"design",
"form",
"format",
"getup",
"layout",
"makeup",
"pattern"
],
"near synonyms":[
"motif",
"theme"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"order":{
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
"examples":[
"you always keep your books in perfect alphabetical order",
"we haven't found out the order of the speeches yet"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"array",
"disposal",
"disposition",
"distribution",
"ordering",
"sequence",
"setup"
],
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"continuity",
"precedence",
"priority",
"chain",
"procession",
"progression",
"succession",
"series",
"aligning",
"alining",
"alignment",
"alinement",
"lining up",
"design",
"layout",
"pattern",
"structure",
"system"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusion",
"disorder",
"disorganization",
"disruption",
"upset",
"disconnection",
"disjointedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
"examples":[
"a religious order"
],
"synonyms":[
"association",
"board",
"brotherhood",
"chamber",
"club",
"college",
"congress",
"consortium",
"council",
"fellowship",
"fraternity",
"guild",
"gild",
"institute",
"institution",
"league",
"organization",
"society",
"sodality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collective",
"commune",
"community",
"cooperative",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"camp",
"coalition",
"partnership",
"body",
"cadre",
"group",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"junta",
"junto",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"set",
"crew",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team",
"branch",
"chapter",
"local",
"faithful",
"fold",
"membership",
"sisterhood",
"sorority",
"cabal",
"camarilla",
"camorra",
"confederacy",
"conspiracy",
"band",
"gang",
"ring",
"cartel",
"combine",
"syndicate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
"examples":[
"collects movie posters, photographs and autographs of the stars, and other memorabilia of that order"
],
"synonyms":[
"breed",
"class",
"description",
"feather",
"genre",
"ilk",
"kidney",
"kind",
"like",
"manner",
"nature",
"sort",
"species",
"strain",
"stripe",
"type",
"variety"
],
"near synonyms":[
"model",
"sample",
"specimen",
"bracket",
"bunch",
"category",
"division",
"family",
"grade",
"group",
"grouping",
"lot",
"persuasion",
"rank(s)",
"set",
"suite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece of metal given in honor of a special event, a person, or an achievement":{
"examples":[
"a book with full-color illustrations of British orders and decorations"
],
"synonyms":[
"medal",
"medallion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of being or fitness":{
"examples":[
"finally got the car back in working order"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"estate",
"fettle",
"form",
"health",
"keeping",
"kilter",
"nick",
"repair",
"shape",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"practice",
"practise",
"pass",
"phase",
"stage",
"footing",
"picture",
"posture",
"scene",
"situation",
"status",
"rank",
"standing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disorder",
"disrepair"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{
"examples":[
"the commander issued an order that the number of guards for the prisoner be doubled"
],
"synonyms":[
"behest",
"charge",
"command",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"direction",
"directive",
"do",
"edict",
"imperative",
"injunction",
"instruction",
"word"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demand",
"requirement",
"mandate",
"countermand",
"counterorder",
"law",
"precept",
"prescript",
"prescription",
"rule",
"ordinance",
"regulation",
"statute"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeal",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"plea",
"urging",
"proposal",
"recommendation",
"suggestion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the segments of society into which people are grouped":{
"examples":[
"the lower orders were once expected to be content living out their lives as servants to the upper classes"
],
"synonyms":[
"caste",
"class",
"estate",
"folk",
"gentry",
"stratum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bracket",
"echelon",
"grade",
"layer",
"level",
"tier",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"standing",
"status",
"food chain",
"grouping",
"hierarchy",
"stratification",
"clan",
"family",
"fraternity",
"people",
"race",
"tribe",
"subcaste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"examples":[
"regards draftees as an entirely different order of soldier and less desirable than volunteers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bracket",
"category",
"class",
"classification",
"division",
"family",
"genus",
"grade",
"group",
"kind",
"league",
"rank(s)",
"rubric",
"set",
"species",
"tier",
"type"
],
"near synonyms":[
"description",
"feather",
"ilk",
"kidney",
"like",
"manner",
"nature",
"sort",
"branch",
"section",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"subclass",
"subdivision",
"subgroup",
"subspecies",
"variety",
"breed",
"race",
"generation",
"heading",
"label",
"title"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"I've ordered all of my CDs according to type of music",
"he likes to order his life so that there are few surprises"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrange",
"array",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"lay out",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"organize",
"range",
"systematize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groom",
"make up",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)",
"unscramble",
"align",
"aline",
"cue",
"line",
"line up",
"queue",
"alphabetize",
"file",
"hierarchize",
"prioritize",
"sequence",
"emplace",
"place",
"set",
"display",
"map (out)",
"set out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"derange",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"mess (up)",
"muss (up)",
"rumple",
"upset"
]
},
"to give a request or demand for":{
"examples":[
"the players ordered hamburgers for lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"put in (for)",
"request",
"requisition"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commission",
"solicit",
"charter",
"hire",
"license",
"licence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
"examples":[
"the teacher ordered that everyone sit down immediately and be quiet"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"command",
"decree",
"dictate",
"direct",
"mandate",
"ordain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ask",
"petition",
"request",
"demand",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cancel",
"countermand",
"rescind"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"examples":[
"the police officer ordered the crowd to back away from the suspect"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjure",
"bid",
"boss (around)",
"charge",
"command",
"direct",
"enjoin",
"instruct",
"tell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ask",
"petition",
"request",
"beg",
"beseech",
"entreat",
"advise",
"counsel",
"warn",
"appoint",
"assign",
"authorize",
"commission",
"oversee",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"conduct",
"control",
"lead",
"manage",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"force",
"oblige",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comply (with)",
"follow",
"keep",
"observe"
],
"antonyms":[
"mind",
"obey"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ordeal":{
"a test of faith, patience, or strength":{
"examples":[
"the hikers were finally rescued after a three-day ordeal in the wilderness"
],
"synonyms":[
"cross",
"crucible",
"fire",
"gauntlet",
"gantlet",
"trial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptism",
"initiation",
"adversity",
"affliction",
"asperity",
"misadventure",
"mischance",
"misfortune",
"mishap",
"privation",
"tragedy",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"vicissitude",
"woe",
"acid test",
"litmus test",
"challenge",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"grief",
"grievance",
"hardship",
"rigor",
"annoyance",
"discomfort",
"inconvenience",
"nuisance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"orders":{
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
"examples":[
"you always keep your books in perfect alphabetical order",
"we haven't found out the order of the speeches yet"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"arrays",
"disposals",
"dispositions",
"distributions",
"orderings",
"sequences",
"setups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"continuities",
"precedences",
"priorities",
"chains",
"processions",
"progressions",
"successions",
"series",
"alignments",
"alinements",
"designs",
"layouts",
"patterns",
"structures",
"systems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusions",
"disorders",
"disorganizations",
"disruptions",
"upsets",
"disconnections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
"examples":[
"a religious order"
],
"synonyms":[
"associations",
"boards",
"brotherhoods",
"chambers",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"congresses",
"consortia",
"consortiums",
"councils",
"fellowships",
"fraternities",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"institutes",
"institutions",
"leagues",
"organizations",
"societies",
"sodalities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collectives",
"communes",
"communities",
"cooperatives",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"camps",
"coalitions",
"partnerships",
"bodies",
"cadres",
"groups",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"juntas",
"juntos",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"sets",
"crews",
"outfits",
"parties",
"squads",
"teams",
"branches",
"chapters",
"locals",
"faithfuls",
"folds",
"memberships",
"sisterhoods",
"sororities",
"cabals",
"camarillas",
"camorras",
"confederacies",
"conspiracies",
"bands",
"gangs",
"rings",
"cartels",
"combines",
"syndicates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
"examples":[
"collects movie posters, photographs and autographs of the stars, and other memorabilia of that order"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeds",
"classes",
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"genres",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"kinds",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"sorts",
"species",
"strains",
"stripes",
"types",
"varieties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"models",
"samples",
"specimens",
"brackets",
"bunches",
"categories",
"divisions",
"families",
"grades",
"groupings",
"groups",
"lots",
"persuasions",
"ranks",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece of metal given in honor of a special event, a person, or an achievement":{
"examples":[
"a book with full-color illustrations of British orders and decorations"
],
"synonyms":[
"medallions",
"medals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decorations",
"honors",
"crowns",
"insignia",
"insignias",
"laurels",
"ribbons",
"titles",
"bronzes",
"golds",
"silvers",
"badges",
"buttons",
"chevrons",
"clasps",
"cockades",
"colors",
"ensigns",
"rosettes",
"stars",
"distinctions",
"awards",
"prizes",
"trophies",
"citations",
"commendations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{
"examples":[
"the commander issued an order that the number of guards for the prisoner be doubled"
],
"synonyms":[
"behests",
"charges",
"commandments",
"commands",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"directions",
"directives",
"dos",
"do's",
"edicts",
"imperatives",
"injunctions",
"instructions",
"words"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demands",
"requirements",
"mandates",
"countermands",
"counterorders",
"counter-orders",
"laws",
"precepts",
"prescriptions",
"prescripts",
"rules",
"ordinances",
"regulations",
"statutes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeals",
"entreaties",
"petitions",
"pleas",
"urgings",
"proposals",
"recommendations",
"suggestions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the segments of society into which people are grouped":{
"examples":[
"the lower orders were once expected to be content living out their lives as servants to the upper classes"
],
"synonyms":[
"castes",
"classes",
"estates",
"folk",
"folks",
"gentries",
"strata"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brackets",
"echelons",
"grades",
"layers",
"levels",
"tiers",
"places",
"positions",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statuses",
"food chains",
"groupings",
"hierarchies",
"stratifications",
"clans",
"families",
"fraternities",
"people",
"races",
"tribes",
"subcastes",
"sub-castes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"examples":[
"regards draftees as an entirely different order of soldier and less desirable than volunteers"
],
"synonyms":[
"brackets",
"categories",
"classes",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"sorts",
"branches",
"sections",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"breeds",
"races",
"generations",
"headings",
"labels",
"titles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"I've ordered all of my CDs according to type of music",
"he likes to order his life so that there are few surprises"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranges",
"arrays",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"lays out",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"organizes",
"ranges",
"systematizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooms",
"makes up",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)",
"unscrambles",
"aligns",
"alines",
"cues",
"lines",
"lines up",
"queues",
"alphabetizes",
"files",
"hierarchizes",
"prioritizes",
"sequences",
"emplaces",
"places",
"sets",
"displays",
"maps (out)",
"sets out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranges",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"messes (up)",
"musses (up)",
"rumples",
"upsets"
]
},
"to give a request or demand for":{
"examples":[
"the players ordered hamburgers for lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"asks (for)",
"puts in (for)",
"requests",
"requisitions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commissions",
"solicits",
"charters",
"hires",
"licenses",
"licences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
"examples":[
"the teacher ordered that everyone sit down immediately and be quiet"
],
"synonyms":[
"calls",
"commands",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"directs",
"mandates",
"ordains"
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"asks",
"petitions",
"requests",
"demands",
"requires"
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"cancels",
"countermands",
"rescinds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"the police officer ordered the crowd to back away from the suspect"
],
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"adjures",
"bids",
"bosses (around)",
"charges",
"commands",
"directs",
"enjoins",
"instructs",
"tells"
],
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"petitions",
"requests",
"begs",
"beseeches",
"entreats",
"advises",
"counsels",
"warns",
"appoints",
"assigns",
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"commissions",
"oversees",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"conducts",
"controls",
"leads",
"manages",
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"forces",
"obliges",
"requires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complies (with)",
"follows",
"keeps",
"observes"
],
"antonyms":[
"minds",
"obeys"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in regularity , uniformity":{
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"coordination",
"correlation",
"correspondence",
"equalization",
"equilibrium",
"evenness",
"order",
"regularity",
"uniformity",
"balance",
"coherence",
"concinnity",
"consonance",
"consonancy",
"harmony",
"orchestration",
"proportion",
"symmetry",
"symphony",
"unity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asymmetry",
"discordance",
"disproportion",
"disunity",
"imbalance",
"incoherence",
"violence",
"confusion",
"disorganization",
"dissonance",
"disturbance",
"tension",
"disconnectedness",
"disjointedness",
"incompatibility",
"irregularity",
"unevenness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"being clean and in good order":{
"examples":[
"a small, unpretentious inn offering pleasant, orderly rooms"
],
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"antiseptic",
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"groomed",
"kempt",
"neat",
"picked up",
"prim",
"shipshape",
"smug",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trig",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-groomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dapper",
"natty",
"saucy",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"rakish",
"sleek",
"streamlined",
"taut",
"organized",
"straight",
"systematic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"nasty",
"sordid",
"squalid",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"rumpled",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"disorganized",
"unsystematic"
],
"antonyms":[
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"messy",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy"
]
},
"following a set method, arrangement, or pattern":{
"examples":[
"the consultant developed an orderly procedure that allows us to process our Internet sales much more quickly and efficiently"
],
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"methodical",
"methodic",
"neat",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ordered",
"regularized",
"standardized",
"structured",
"accurate",
"clocklike",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"detailed",
"specific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chaotic",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"shambolic",
"unordered"
],
"antonyms":[
"disorganized",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"immethodical",
"irregular",
"nonsystematic",
"patternless",
"planless",
"systemless",
"unsystematic"
]
},
"as in neatly , tidily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"neatly",
"tidily",
"trimly",
"dashingly",
"nattily",
"sharply",
"smartly",
"snappily",
"sprucely",
"elegantly",
"fashionably",
"modishly",
"stylishly",
"swankily",
"carefully",
"fastidiously",
"fussily",
"meticulously",
"cleanly",
"immaculately",
"pristinely",
"spotlessly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sloppily",
"slovenly",
"dowdily",
"inelegantly",
"slatternly",
"messily",
"mussily",
"untidily",
"scruffily",
"shabbily",
"sleazily",
"dingily",
"dirtily",
"filthily",
"foully",
"grubbily",
"nastily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"ordain":{
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
"examples":[
"he is stoic in the face of adversity, bolstered by his faith that everything in life has been ordained by a higher power"
],
"synonyms":[
"destine",
"doom",
"fate",
"foredoom",
"foreordain",
"predestine",
"predetermine",
"preordain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predestinate",
"augur",
"forecast",
"foretell",
"predict",
"presage",
"prognosticate",
"prophesy",
"preconceive",
"prejudge",
"condemn",
"sentence",
"bode",
"forebode",
"forbode",
"portend",
"anticipate",
"divine",
"foreknow",
"foresee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
"examples":[
"a new bill that would ordain the funding of public schools through state lottery revenues"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"command",
"decree",
"dictate",
"direct",
"mandate",
"order"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ask",
"petition",
"request",
"demand",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cancel",
"countermand",
"rescind"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
"examples":[
"the founders of the African republic ordained a form of government that was closely modeled on that of the United States"
],
"synonyms":[
"constitute",
"enact",
"lay down",
"legislate",
"make",
"pass"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reenact",
"repass",
"bring about",
"effect",
"allow",
"authorize",
"permit",
"sanction",
"decree",
"dictate",
"proclaim",
"administer",
"execute",
"approve",
"confirm",
"ratify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolish",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"cancel",
"invalidate",
"kill",
"nullify",
"overturn",
"reverse",
"void"
],
"antonyms":[
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ordination":{
"as in investiture , anointing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anointing",
"anointment",
"induction",
"installation",
"installment",
"instalment",
"instating",
"investiture",
"investment",
"authorization",
"delegation",
"deputation",
"emplacement",
"placement",
"ranking",
"choice",
"choosing",
"destination",
"election",
"nomination",
"picking",
"selection",
"singling (out)",
"billet",
"gig",
"job",
"office",
"place",
"position",
"situation",
"spot",
"station",
"appointment",
"assignment",
"commission",
"designation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"dismission",
"expulsion",
"firing",
"blackball",
"rejection",
"deposition",
"dethronement",
"ejection",
"eviction",
"ouster",
"overthrow",
"removal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ordinarily":{
"according to the usual course of things":{
"examples":[
"ordinarily , I get off work at five, but this week I'm working late to meet a project deadline"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonly",
"generally",
"natch",
"naturally",
"normally",
"typically",
"usually"
],
"near synonyms":[
"customarily",
"habitually",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"familiarly",
"conventionally",
"traditionally"
],
"near antonyms":[
"funnily",
"oddly",
"peculiarly",
"queerly",
"strangely",
"weirdly",
"anomalously",
"irregularly",
"radically"
],
"antonyms":[
"abnormally",
"atypically",
"extraordinarily",
"uncommonly",
"untypically",
"unusually"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"ordering":{
"a scheme of rank or order":{
"examples":[
"in the ordering of crimes, ripping the tags off upholstered furniture should rank fairly low"
],
"synonyms":[
"graduation",
"hierarchy",
"ladder",
"ranking",
"scale"
],
"near synonyms":[
"food chain",
"pecking order",
"peck order",
"arrangement",
"array",
"disposal",
"disposition",
"distribution",
"sequence",
"series",
"setup",
"degree",
"echelon",
"footing",
"level",
"place",
"position",
"reaches",
"rung",
"situation",
"spot",
"standing",
"station",
"status"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
"examples":[
"the ordering of the children in the procession was according to height"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"array",
"disposal",
"disposition",
"distribution",
"order",
"sequence",
"setup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"continuity",
"precedence",
"priority",
"chain",
"procession",
"progression",
"succession",
"series",
"aligning",
"alining",
"alignment",
"alinement",
"lining up",
"design",
"layout",
"pattern",
"structure",
"system"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusion",
"disorder",
"disorganization",
"disruption",
"upset",
"disconnection",
"disjointedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"I've ordered all of my CDs according to type of music",
"he likes to order his life so that there are few surprises"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranging",
"arraying",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"laying out",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"systematizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooming",
"making up",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)",
"unscrambling",
"aligning",
"alining",
"cuing",
"cueing",
"lining",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"alphabetizing",
"filing",
"hierarchizing",
"prioritizing",
"sequencing",
"emplacing",
"placing",
"setting",
"displaying",
"mapping (out)",
"setting out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranging",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"disordering",
"messing (up)",
"mussing (up)",
"rumpling",
"upsetting"
]
},
"to give a request or demand for":{
"examples":[
"the players ordered hamburgers for lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking (for)",
"putting in (for)",
"requesting",
"requisitioning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commissioning",
"soliciting",
"chartering",
"hiring",
"licensing",
"licencing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
"examples":[
"the teacher ordered that everyone sit down immediately and be quiet"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling",
"commanding",
"decreeing",
"dictating",
"directing",
"mandating",
"ordaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asking",
"petitioning",
"requesting",
"demanding",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"countermanding",
"rescinding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"examples":[
"the police officer ordered the crowd to back away from the suspect"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuring",
"bidding",
"bossing (around)",
"charging",
"commanding",
"directing",
"enjoining",
"instructing",
"telling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asking",
"petitioning",
"requesting",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"entreating",
"advising",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"warning",
"appointing",
"assigning",
"authorizing",
"commissioning",
"overseeing",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"leading",
"managing",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"forcing",
"obliging",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"following",
"keeping",
"observing"
],
"antonyms":[
"minding",
"obeying"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ordure":{
"solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{
"examples":[
"polite people do not discuss ordure in public"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirt",
"doo-doo",
"dropping",
"dung",
"excrement",
"excreta",
"feces",
"poop",
"scat",
"slops",
"soil",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"night soil",
"stool",
"dunghill",
"guano",
"manure",
"midden",
"muck",
"spoor",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"coprolite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ordered":{
"as in structured , standardized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"regularized",
"standardized",
"structured",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"neat",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"accurate",
"clocklike",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"detailed",
"specific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disorganized",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"immethodical",
"irregular",
"nonsystematic",
"patternless",
"planless",
"systemless",
"unsystematic",
"chaotic",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"shambolic",
"unordered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in required , mandatory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mandatory",
"required",
"lawful",
"legal",
"licit",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"admissible",
"allowable",
"permissible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"inadmissible",
"interdicted",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"verboten",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"objectionable",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"vetoed",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"outlawed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"I've ordered all of my CDs according to type of music",
"he likes to order his life so that there are few surprises"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranged",
"arrayed",
"classified",
"codified",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"laid out",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"organized",
"ranged",
"systematized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groomed",
"made up",
"spruced (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied (up)",
"unscrambled",
"aligned",
"alined",
"cued",
"lined",
"lined up",
"queued",
"alphabetized",
"filed",
"hierarchized",
"prioritized",
"sequenced",
"emplaced",
"placed",
"set",
"displayed",
"mapped (out)",
"set out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranged",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disordered",
"messed (up)",
"mussed (up)",
"rumpled",
"upset"
]
},
"to give a request or demand for":{
"examples":[
"the players ordered hamburgers for lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked (for)",
"put in (for)",
"requested",
"requisitioned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commissioned",
"solicited",
"chartered",
"hired",
"licensed",
"licenced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
"examples":[
"the teacher ordered that everyone sit down immediately and be quiet"
],
"synonyms":[
"called",
"commanded",
"decreed",
"dictated",
"directed",
"mandated",
"ordained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asked",
"petitioned",
"requested",
"demanded",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"countermanded",
"rescinded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"examples":[
"the police officer ordered the crowd to back away from the suspect"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjured",
"bade",
"bid",
"bossed (around)",
"charged",
"commanded",
"directed",
"enjoined",
"instructed",
"told"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asked",
"petitioned",
"requested",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"entreated",
"advised",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"warned",
"appointed",
"assigned",
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"oversaw",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"led",
"managed",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"forced",
"obliged",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complied (with)",
"followed",
"kept",
"observed"
],
"antonyms":[
"minded",
"obeyed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"ordnance":{
"large firearms (as cannon or rockets)":{
"examples":[
"the army is waiting for the heavy ordnance to be brought in"
],
"synonyms":[
"artillery",
"guns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ammunition",
"armament",
"arms",
"munitions",
"weaponry",
"weapons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ordeals":{
"a test of faith, patience, or strength":{
"examples":[
"the hikers were finally rescued after a three-day ordeal in the wilderness"
],
"synonyms":[
"crosses",
"crucibles",
"fires",
"gauntlets",
"gantlets",
"trials"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptisms",
"initiations",
"adversities",
"afflictions",
"asperities",
"misadventures",
"mischances",
"misfortunes",
"mishaps",
"privations",
"tragedies",
"tribulations",
"troubles",
"vicissitudes",
"woes",
"acid tests",
"litmus tests",
"challenges",
"complications",
"difficulties",
"griefs",
"grievances",
"hardships",
"rigors",
"annoyances",
"discomforts",
"inconveniences",
"nuisances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ordures":{
"solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{
"examples":[
"polite people do not discuss ordure in public"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirt",
"doo-doo",
"dropping",
"dung",
"excrement",
"excreta",
"feces",
"poop",
"scat",
"slops",
"soil",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"night soil",
"stool",
"dunghill",
"guano",
"manure",
"midden",
"muck",
"spoor",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"coprolite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"ordinations":{
"as in investitures , anointments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anointments",
"inductions",
"installations",
"installments",
"instalments",
"investitures",
"investments",
"authorizations",
"delegations",
"deputations",
"emplacements",
"placements",
"rankings",
"choices",
"destinations",
"elections",
"nominations",
"selections",
"billets",
"gigs",
"jobs",
"offices",
"places",
"positions",
"situations",
"spots",
"stations",
"appointments",
"assignments",
"commissions",
"designations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"dismissions",
"expulsions",
"firings",
"blackballs",
"rejections",
"depositions",
"dethronements",
"ejections",
"evictions",
"ousters",
"overthrows",
"removals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ordaining":{
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
"examples":[
"he is stoic in the face of adversity, bolstered by his faith that everything in life has been ordained by a higher power"
],
"synonyms":[
"destining",
"dooming",
"fating",
"foredooming",
"foreordaining",
"predestining",
"predetermining",
"preordaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predestinating",
"auguring",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"preconceiving",
"prejudging",
"condemning",
"sentencing",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"forboding",
"portending",
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"divining",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing"
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"a new bill that would ordain the funding of public schools through state lottery revenues"
],
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"commanding",
"decreeing",
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"directing",
"mandating",
"ordering"
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"petitioning",
"requesting",
"demanding",
"requiring"
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"canceling",
"cancelling",
"countermanding",
"rescinding"
],
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"the founders of the African republic ordained a form of government that was closely modeled on that of the United States"
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"making",
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"bringing about",
"effecting",
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"sanctioning",
"decreeing",
"dictating",
"proclaiming",
"administering",
"executing",
"approving",
"confirming",
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"abolishing",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"invalidating",
"killing",
"nullifying",
"overturning",
"reversing",
"voiding"
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"antonyms":[
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking"
]
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"type":[
"verb"
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},
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"to determine the fate of in advance":{
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"he is stoic in the face of adversity, bolstered by his faith that everything in life has been ordained by a higher power"
],
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"destines",
"dooms",
"fates",
"foredooms",
"foreordains",
"predestines",
"predetermines",
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"foretells",
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"sentences",
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"forbodes",
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"a new bill that would ordain the funding of public schools through state lottery revenues"
],
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"commands",
"decrees",
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"directs",
"mandates",
"orders"
],
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"petitions",
"requests",
"demands",
"requires"
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"cancels",
"countermands",
"rescinds"
],
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"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
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"the founders of the African republic ordained a form of government that was closely modeled on that of the United States"
],
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"makes",
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"effects",
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"sanctions",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"proclaims",
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"executes",
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"ratifies"
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"abrogates",
"annuls",
"cancels",
"invalidates",
"kills",
"nullifies",
"overturns",
"reverses",
"voids"
],
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"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes"
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"ordinaries":{
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"commonplaces",
"rules",
"runs",
"status quos",
"usuals",
"golden means",
"means",
"medians",
"middles",
"exemplars",
"representatives",
"averages",
"normals",
"norms",
"pars",
"standards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abnormalities",
"anomalies",
"deviations",
"exceptions",
"rarities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"ordinance":{
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"examples":[
"a local ordinance forbids all street parking during snowstorms"
],
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"act",
"bill",
"constitution",
"enactment",
"law",
"statute"
],
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"command",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"directive",
"edict",
"fiat",
"ruling",
"bylaw",
"ground rule",
"regulation",
"rule",
"amendment",
"legislation",
"common law",
"martial law",
"blue law",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"restriction",
"canon",
"capitulary",
"encyclical"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events":{
"examples":[
"it was a perfectly ordinary and undistinguished shirt"
],
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"average",
"common",
"commonplace",
"cut-and-dried",
"cut-and-dry",
"everyday",
"garden-variety",
"normal",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"standard-issue",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regular",
"typical",
"unextraordinary",
"familiar",
"homely",
"plain",
"plain-Jane",
"popular",
"vulgar",
"natural",
"customary",
"wonted",
"insignificant",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"expected",
"predictable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curious",
"funny",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"aberrant",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"irregular",
"untypical",
"rare",
"recherch\u00e9",
"scarce",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"phenomenal",
"bizarre",
"far-out",
"Kafkaesque",
"outrageous",
"outr\u00e9",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"wild",
"eccentric",
"idiosyncratic",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"nonconformist",
"oddball",
"offbeat",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"freak",
"freakish",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"novel",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"signal",
"striking",
"unexampled",
"unprecedented",
"singular",
"unique",
"unparalleled"
],
"antonyms":[
"abnormal",
"exceptional",
"extraordinary",
"odd",
"out-of-the-way",
"strange",
"unusual"
]
},
"of average to below average quality":{
"examples":[
"the pizza at that restaurant is just ordinary \u2014it's nothing to write home about"
],
"synonyms":[
"common",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"medium",
"middling",
"passable",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"so-so"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"alright",
"decent",
"OK",
"okay",
"reasonable",
"satisfactory",
"sufficient",
"sufficing",
"tolerable",
"moderate",
"modest",
"presentable",
"respectable",
"minimal",
"unexceptional",
"fine",
"good",
"nice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"A1",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"distinguished",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"exquisite",
"fabulous",
"fantastic",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"matchless",
"maximum",
"nifty",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"optimal",
"optimum",
"outstanding",
"par excellence",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"prime",
"sensational",
"special",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"often observed or encountered":{
"examples":[
"an ordinary hairstyle for boys of that age"
],
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"common",
"common or garden",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"frequent",
"garden-variety",
"household",
"quotidian",
"routine",
"ubiquitous",
"usual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"normal",
"regular",
"standard",
"de rigueur",
"mandatory",
"obligatory",
"general",
"universal",
"ceaseless",
"constant",
"continual",
"continuous",
"incessant",
"unceasing",
"endemic",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"prevalent",
"rampant",
"perennial",
"recurrent",
"repeated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"irregular",
"unnatural",
"intermittent",
"occasional",
"sporadic"
],
"antonyms":[
"extraordinary",
"infrequent",
"rare",
"seldom",
"uncommon",
"unfamiliar",
"unusual"
]
},
"as in rule , run":{
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"commonplace",
"rule",
"run",
"status quo",
"usual",
"golden mean",
"mean",
"median",
"middle",
"exemplar",
"representative",
"average",
"norm",
"normal",
"par",
"standard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abnormality",
"anomaly",
"deviation",
"exception",
"rarity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"orderings":{
"a scheme of rank or order":{
"examples":[
"in the ordering of crimes, ripping the tags off upholstered furniture should rank fairly low"
],
"synonyms":[
"graduations",
"hierarchies",
"ladders",
"rankings",
"scales"
],
"near synonyms":[
"food chains",
"pecking orders",
"peck orders",
"arrangements",
"arrays",
"disposals",
"dispositions",
"distributions",
"sequences",
"series",
"setups",
"degrees",
"echelons",
"footings",
"levels",
"places",
"positions",
"reaches",
"rungs",
"situations",
"spots",
"standings",
"stations",
"statuses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
"examples":[
"the ordering of the children in the procession was according to height"
],
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"arrangements",
"arrays",
"disposals",
"dispositions",
"distributions",
"orders",
"sequences",
"setups"
],
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"continuities",
"precedences",
"priorities",
"chains",
"processions",
"progressions",
"successions",
"series",
"alignments",
"alinements",
"designs",
"layouts",
"patterns",
"structures",
"systems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusions",
"disorders",
"disorganizations",
"disruptions",
"upsets",
"disconnections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ordinances":{
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
"examples":[
"a local ordinance forbids all street parking during snowstorms"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"bills",
"constitutions",
"enactments",
"laws",
"statutes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commandments",
"commands",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"directives",
"edicts",
"fiats",
"rulings",
"bylaws",
"ground rules",
"regulations",
"rules",
"amendments",
"legislations",
"common law",
"blue laws",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions",
"restrictions",
"canons",
"capitularies",
"encyclicals"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ordonnances":{
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"examples":[
"the novel's intricate ordonnance might not be apparent to the casual reader"
],
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"arrangements",
"compositions",
"configurations",
"constellations",
"designs",
"formats",
"forms",
"getups",
"layouts",
"makeups",
"patterns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"motifs",
"themes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}