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{
"purchase":{
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"examples":[
"I need to purchase a new heavy coat"
],
"synonyms":[
"buy",
"cop",
"pick up",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquire",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"obtain",
"procure",
"secure",
"win",
"finance",
"pay (for)",
"spring (for)",
"barter (for)",
"deal (for)",
"dicker (over)",
"exchange (for)",
"haggle (for)",
"negotiate (about)",
"trade (for)",
"bargain (with)",
"chaffer (with)",
"horse-trade (with)",
"palter (with)",
"bid",
"offer",
"rebuy",
"repurchase"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deal (in)",
"market",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"retail",
"sell",
"vend"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in leverage , anchorage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"leverage",
"clasp",
"clench",
"grapple",
"grasp",
"grip",
"handgrip",
"handhold",
"hold",
"grab",
"seizure",
"foothold",
"footing",
"toehold",
"clinch",
"embrace",
"hug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"release",
"relinquishment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sale , deal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deal",
"sale",
"trade",
"transaction",
"bargain",
"buy",
"steal",
"garage sale",
"jumble sale",
"rummage sale",
"tag sale",
"yard sale",
"clearance",
"closeout",
"fire sale",
"auction",
"silent auction",
"haggle",
"horse-trading",
"negotiation",
"fair"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pure":{
"free from added matter":{
"examples":[
"There is a big difference between pure maple syrup and pancake syrup made with other ingredients.",
"the solution must be kept pure for the experiment to work"
],
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"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"fine",
"neat",
"plain",
"purified",
"refined",
"straight",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"undiluted",
"unmixed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"clean",
"fresh",
"taintless",
"uncontaminated",
"uncorrupted",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"rendered",
"tried",
"concentrated",
"full-bodied",
"strong",
"uncombined"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"befouled",
"besmirched",
"contaminated",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"unclarified",
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"commingled",
"compounded",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"conjoined",
"fused",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"cheapened",
"doctored",
"watered-down"
],
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"antonyms":[
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"diluted",
"impure",
"mixed"
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]
},
"free from any trace of the coarse or indecent":{
"examples":[
"the humor in the movie is as pure and wholesome as any parent could wish"
],
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"synonyms":[
"chaste",
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"immaculate",
"modest",
"vestal",
"virgin",
"virginal"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lily-white",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unsoiled",
"unspotted",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"untainted",
"untarnished",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"cultivated",
"refined",
"tasteful",
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defiled",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"tarnished",
"improper",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"ribald",
"unseemly",
"crude",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"unrefined"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"immodest",
"impure",
"indecent",
"obscene",
"smutty",
"unchaste",
"unclean",
"vulgar"
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]
},
"free from sin":{
"examples":[
"in one beatitude those who are pure in heart are promised the sight of God"
],
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"synonyms":[
"impeccable",
"innocent",
"sinless",
"white"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaste",
"moral",
"virgin",
"virtuous",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"unblemished",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"blameless",
"guiltless"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"lickerish",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"unchaste",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"unrighteous",
"virtueless",
"wicked",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"erring",
"fallen",
"lost",
"perverted",
"condemned",
"damned"
],
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"antonyms":[
"impure",
"peccant",
"sinful",
"sinning"
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]
},
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
"examples":[
"that story is pure nonsense"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"surpassing",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"purebred":{
"of unmixed ancestry":{
"examples":[
"that horse is a purebred Arabian"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooded",
"full-blood",
"full-blooded",
"pedigreed",
"pedigree",
"pure-blooded",
"pure-blood",
"thoroughbred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"well-bred",
"inbred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crossbred",
"crossed",
"half-blood",
"half-blooded",
"half-bred",
"hybridized",
"interbred",
"outcrossed"
],
"antonyms":[
"hybrid",
"mixed",
"mongrel"
]
},
"as in thoroughbred , pureblood":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"full-blood",
"pureblood",
"thoroughbred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cross",
"crossbred",
"crossbreed",
"hybrid",
"intercross",
"mongrel",
"mule",
"outcross"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"puree":{
"as in slice , mash":{
"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chip",
"grate",
"grind",
"kibble",
"mash",
"slice",
"chop",
"dice",
"hash",
"mince",
"butcher",
"carve",
"dissect"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purifies":{
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"examples":[
"Catholics go to confession to be purified"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purges",
"sanctifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amends",
"improves",
"refines",
"heals",
"regenerates",
"restores",
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"uplifts",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupts",
"debases",
"debauches",
"defiles",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"depraves",
"perverts",
"stains",
"warps",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"sullies",
"tarnishes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"purify the water by distillation"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarifies",
"clears",
"distills",
"distils",
"filters",
"fines",
"garbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"processes",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"decontaminates",
"elutriates",
"purges",
"washes",
"extracts",
"leaches",
"bolts",
"screens",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouds",
"dulls",
"muddies",
"contaminates",
"dirties",
"soils",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"begrimes",
"besmirches",
"fouls",
"sullies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purifying":{
"as in cathartic , cleansing":{
"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cathartic",
"cleansing",
"purificatory",
"affecting",
"emotional",
"impactful",
"impressive",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching",
"eloquent",
"expressive",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"demonstrative",
"excitable",
"feeling",
"passionate",
"responsive",
"sensitive",
"exciting",
"inspirational",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"stimulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repressive",
"unaffecting",
"unemotional",
"unimpressive"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"examples":[
"Catholics go to confession to be purified"
],
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"synonyms":[
"cleansing",
"purging",
"sanctifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amending",
"improving",
"refining",
"healing",
"regenerating",
"restoring",
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"uplifting",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"corrupting",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"defiling",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"depraving",
"perverting",
"staining",
"warping",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"sullying",
"tarnishing"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"purify the water by distillation"
],
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"synonyms":[
"clarifying",
"clearing",
"distilling",
"filtering",
"fining",
"garbling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"processing",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"decontaminating",
"elutriating",
"purging",
"washing",
"extracting",
"leaching",
"bolting",
"screening",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"clouding",
"dulling",
"muddying",
"contaminating",
"dirtying",
"soiling",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"begriming",
"besmirching",
"fouling",
"sullying"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"purity":{
"the quality or state of being morally pure":{
"examples":[
"struggling to live a life of purity while surrounded by wickedness"
],
"synonyms":[
"chasteness",
"chastity",
"immaculacy",
"innocence",
"modesty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"decency",
"decorum",
"propriety",
"seemliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"badness",
"evil",
"sinfulness",
"unrighteousness",
"wickedness",
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"immodesty",
"impurity",
"unchasteness",
"unchastity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purports":{
"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
"examples":[
"was able to give the purport of the governor's speech in a few words"
],
"synonyms":[
"contents",
"denotations",
"drifts",
"imports",
"intentions",
"intents",
"meanings",
"senses",
"significances",
"significations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connotations",
"clues",
"cues",
"hints",
"implications",
"indications",
"inklings",
"intimations",
"suggestions",
"messages",
"tenors",
"themes",
"bottoms",
"essences",
"essentialities",
"natures",
"souls",
"spirits",
"stuff",
"acceptances",
"acceptations",
"definitions",
"burdens",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"gists",
"cores",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"marrows",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"points",
"quicks",
"matters",
"motifs",
"motives",
"questions",
"subjects",
"topics"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"examples":[
"do you purport to spend the rest of your life on that couch, or do you think you might get a job someday?"
],
"synonyms":[
"aims",
"allows",
"aspires",
"calculates",
"contemplates",
"designs",
"goes",
"intends",
"looks",
"means",
"meditates",
"plans",
"proposes",
"purposes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreams",
"hopes",
"wishes",
"considers",
"debates",
"mulls (over)",
"ponders",
"attempts",
"endeavors",
"strives",
"struggles",
"tries",
"plots",
"schemes",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"effects",
"executes",
"performs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"examples":[
"he purports to be an expert in criminalistics"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirms",
"alleges",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"insists",
"maintains",
"professes",
"protests",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"announces",
"broadcasts",
"proclaims",
"argues",
"rationalizes",
"reasons",
"confirms",
"justifies",
"vindicates",
"defends",
"perseveres",
"supports",
"upholds",
"reaffirms",
"reasserts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"negates",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"challenges",
"disputes",
"questions",
"confutes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"contradicts",
"counters"
],
"antonyms":[
"denies",
"gainsays"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"purposed":{
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"examples":[
"I've been purposing to fix that thing for some time now"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimed",
"allowed",
"aspired",
"calculated",
"contemplated",
"designed",
"intended",
"looked",
"meant",
"meditated",
"planned",
"proposed",
"purported",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"hoped",
"wished",
"considered",
"debated",
"mulled (over)",
"pondered",
"attempted",
"endeavored",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"tried",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"effected",
"executed",
"performed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purposive":{
"made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing":{
"examples":[
"facial tics and other unconscious movements that one would not normally call purposive actions"
],
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"synonyms":[
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional",
"knowing",
"purposeful",
"set",
"voluntary",
"willed",
"willful",
"wilful",
"witting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"designed",
"planned",
"advised",
"calculated",
"considered",
"measured",
"reasoned",
"studied",
"thoughtful",
"weighed",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepense",
"discretionary",
"elective",
"optional",
"volunteer"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"inadvertent",
"unwitting",
"accidental",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"incidental",
"random",
"aimless",
"desultory",
"purposeless",
"abrupt",
"impetuous",
"sudden",
"coerced",
"forced",
"involuntary",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"necessary",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"casual",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"spontaneous",
"unforced",
"unpremeditated"
],
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"antonyms":[
"nondeliberate",
"nonpurposive",
"unintentional"
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]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"purred":{
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"as in whispered , muttered":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breathed",
"chirped",
"drawled",
"gasped",
"intoned",
"mouthed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"shouted",
"spluttered",
"sputtered",
"squeaked",
"whispered",
"articulated",
"enunciated",
"pronounced",
"sonant",
"oral",
"spoken",
"uttered",
"vocal",
"voiced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonvocal",
"inarticulate",
"mute",
"quiet",
"silent",
"unexpressed",
"unsaid",
"unspoken",
"unuttered",
"unvoiced",
"surd",
"voiceless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in whispered , shouted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breathed",
"chirped",
"drawled",
"gasped",
"lipped",
"mouthed",
"murmured",
"shouted",
"spluttered",
"spouted",
"whispered",
"articulated",
"brought out",
"enunciated",
"passed",
"said",
"spoke",
"stated",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized",
"aired",
"discussed",
"gave",
"looked",
"shared",
"sounded",
"vented",
"ventilated",
"voiced",
"blabbered",
"blurted",
"bolted",
"got off",
"shot",
"advertised",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"affirmed",
"alleged",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"clothed",
"clad",
"couched",
"formulated",
"formulized",
"phrased",
"put",
"worded",
"commented",
"piped up (with)",
"remarked",
"ripped (out)",
"snarled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"purses":{
"a container for carrying money and small personal items":{
"examples":[
"I left my purse at home, so I can't buy anything after all"
],
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"synonyms":[
"bags",
"handbags",
"pocketbooks"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"clutch bags",
"clutches",
"minaudi\u00e8res",
"billfolds",
"wallets",
"compacts",
"vanities",
"pokes",
"pouches",
"sacks",
"shoulder bags"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pursued":{
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"the policeman doggedly pursued the pickpocket through the crowded subway station"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dogged",
"chased",
"coursed",
"dogged",
"followed",
"hounded",
"ran",
"run",
"shadowed",
"tagged",
"tailed",
"traced",
"tracked",
"trailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanied",
"chaperoned",
"escorted",
"hunted",
"searched (for)",
"sought",
"eyed",
"observed",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"headed"
],
"antonyms":[
"guided",
"led",
"piloted"
]
},
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"urged the graduates to pursue personal fulfillment instead of financial success"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast about (for)",
"cast around (for)",
"chased (down)",
"foraged (for)",
"hunted",
"looked up",
"quested",
"searched (for or out)",
"shopped (for)",
"sought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferreted (out)",
"rooted (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hid",
"lost",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pursuit":{
"the act of going after or in the tracks of another":{
"examples":[
"the cat ran down the street with a pair of dogs in pursuit"
],
"synonyms":[
"chase",
"chasing",
"dogging",
"following",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tailing",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"hot pursuit",
"tagging along",
"path",
"track",
"trail",
"search",
"seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an activity outside of one's regular occupation that is engaged in primarily for pleasure":{
"examples":[
"a workaholic with few pursuits outside of the office"
],
"synonyms":[
"avocation",
"hobby",
"hobbyhorse",
"recreation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amusement",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"pastime",
"relaxation",
"sport"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purblind":{
"as in gravel-blind":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gravel-blind",
"blinded",
"blindfold",
"blindfolded",
"unsighted",
"blind",
"eyeless",
"sightless",
"stone-blind",
"visionless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sighted",
"observant",
"observing",
"seeing",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"gimlet-eyed",
"lynx-eyed",
"sharp-eyed",
"sharp-sighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in shortsighted , myopic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"myopic",
"nearsighted",
"shortsighted",
"astigmatic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"farsighted",
"hypermetropic",
"hyperopic",
"presbyopic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"purebloods":{
"as in thoroughbreds , purebreds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"full-bloods",
"purebreds",
"thoroughbreds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crossbreds",
"crossbreeds",
"crosses",
"hybrids",
"intercrosses",
"mongrels",
"mules",
"outcrosses"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purlieus":{
"an adjoining region or space":{
"examples":[
"we stopped at one of the several pubs in the purlieus of the stadium"
],
"synonyms":[
"backyard",
"environs",
"neighborhood",
"vicinage",
"vicinity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"environment",
"surround",
"surroundings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the districts adjacent to a city":{
"examples":[
"such gated communities are common among the purlieus of these Midwestern cities"
],
"synonyms":[
"environs",
"outskirts",
"suburbia"
],
"near synonyms":[
"country",
"countryside",
"exurbia"
],
"near antonyms":[
"core city",
"downtown",
"inner city",
"midtown"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"puritanical":{
"given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals":{
"examples":[
"some of the state laws concerning sexual behavior are vestiges of a more puritanical time and are rarely, if ever, enforced"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluenosed",
"nice-nelly",
"prim",
"prudish",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian"
],
"near synonyms":[
"priggish",
"staid",
"stuffy",
"genteel",
"proper",
"refined",
"decent",
"honest",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberated",
"permissive",
"bad",
"immoral",
"improper",
"indecent",
"lax",
"lecherous",
"lickerish",
"loose",
"prurient",
"wicked",
"skanky",
"slatternly",
"sleazy",
"sluttish",
"slutty",
"trampy",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"depraved",
"perverted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"purchaser":{
"as in buyer , vendee":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buyer",
"correspondent",
"vendee",
"consumer",
"end user",
"user",
"browser",
"prospect",
"shopper",
"window-shopper",
"account",
"client",
"customer",
"guest",
"patron",
"punter",
"bargainer",
"haggler",
"regular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broker",
"merchant",
"seller",
"vendor",
"vender",
"shopkeeper",
"tradesman",
"black marketer",
"black marketeer",
"fence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purloined":{
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"the studio stepped up security, fearing that someone might attempt to purloin a copy of the script for the show's season finale"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriated",
"boosted",
"filched",
"heisted",
"hooked",
"lifted",
"misappropriated",
"nicked",
"nipped",
"pilfered",
"pinched",
"pocketed",
"ripped off",
"snitched",
"stole",
"swiped",
"thieved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarized",
"knocked over",
"robbed",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"sacked",
"carjacked",
"hijacked",
"highjacked",
"picked",
"rifled",
"poached",
"rustled",
"shoplifted",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snatched",
"took",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"shanghaied",
"spirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bought",
"purchased",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"handed over",
"presented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purchasers":{
"as in buyers , vendees":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buyers",
"correspondents",
"vendees",
"consumers",
"end users",
"users",
"browsers",
"prospects",
"shoppers",
"window-shoppers",
"accounts",
"clients",
"customers",
"guests",
"patrons",
"punters",
"bargainers",
"hagglers",
"regulars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brokers",
"merchants",
"sellers",
"vendors",
"venders",
"shopkeepers",
"tradesmen",
"black marketers",
"black marketeers",
"fences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pureeing":{
"as in slicing , mashing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chipping",
"grating",
"grinding",
"kibbling",
"mashing",
"slicing",
"chopping",
"dicing",
"hashing",
"mincing",
"butchering",
"carving",
"dissecting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purple":{
"full of fine words and fancy expressions":{
"examples":[
"an overwritten novel with far too many purple patches"
],
"synonyms":[
"aureate",
"florid",
"flowery",
"grandiloquent",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"magnific",
"ornate",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affected",
"bloated",
"fancy-pants",
"grandiose",
"inflated",
"pompous",
"pretentious",
"stilted",
"excessive",
"flattering",
"fulsome",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"elevated",
"eloquent",
"lofty",
"bookish",
"inkhorn",
"learned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prosaic",
"unpoetic",
"bald",
"direct",
"lean",
"matter-of-fact",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"simple",
"spare",
"stark",
"straightforward",
"unadorned",
"natural",
"unaffected",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pursuer":{
"as in hunter , chaser":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chaser",
"hunter",
"carnivore",
"killer",
"murderer",
"predator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chase",
"prey",
"quarry",
"game",
"kill",
"victim"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pursue":{
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"the policeman doggedly pursued the pickpocket through the crowded subway station"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dog",
"chase",
"course",
"dog",
"follow",
"hound",
"run",
"shadow",
"tag",
"tail",
"trace",
"track",
"trail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompany",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"escort",
"hunt",
"search (for)",
"seek",
"eye",
"observe",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"head"
],
"antonyms":[
"guide",
"lead",
"pilot"
]
},
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"urged the graduates to pursue personal fulfillment instead of financial success"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast about (for)",
"cast around (for)",
"chase (down)",
"forage (for)",
"hunt",
"look up",
"quest",
"search (for or out)",
"seek",
"shop (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferret (out)",
"root (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hide",
"lose",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purgatives":{
"a substance used to induce or speed up the process of defecation":{
"examples":[
"In the past, purgatives were sometimes administered in cases of accidental poisoning."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cathartics",
"cures",
"drugs",
"medicaments",
"medications",
"medicinals",
"medicines",
"pharmaceuticals",
"physics",
"remedies",
"specifics",
"cure-alls",
"nostrums",
"panaceas",
"botanicals",
"patent medicines",
"prescription drugs",
"prescriptions",
"cordials",
"potions",
"tonics",
"miracle drugs",
"wonder drugs",
"caps",
"capsules",
"pills",
"tablets",
"syrups",
"sirups",
"tinctures",
"antibiotics",
"antiseptics",
"sera",
"serums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purr":{
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
"examples":[
"listened to the reassuring purr of the car engine"
],
"synonyms":[
"burr",
"buzz",
"chirr",
"churr",
"drone",
"hum",
"thrum",
"whir",
"whirr",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zoom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babble",
"coo",
"gasp",
"gurgle",
"hiss",
"moan",
"murmur",
"rustle",
"sigh",
"suspiration",
"susurration",
"susurrus",
"whisper",
"whish",
"zing",
"zip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawl",
"howl",
"roar",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"squall",
"squeal",
"yelp",
"yell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in whisper , shout":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breathe",
"chirp",
"drawl",
"gasp",
"lip",
"mouth",
"murmur",
"shout",
"splutter",
"spout",
"whisper",
"articulate",
"bring out",
"enunciate",
"pass",
"say",
"speak",
"state",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize",
"air",
"discuss",
"give",
"look",
"share",
"sound",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice",
"blabber",
"blurt",
"bolt",
"get off",
"shoot",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"affirm",
"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"clothe",
"couch",
"formulate",
"formulize",
"phrase",
"put",
"word",
"comment",
"pipe up (with)",
"remark",
"rip (out)",
"snarl"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"purified":{
"free from added matter":{
"examples":[
"purified water that was now safe to drink"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"fine",
"neat",
"plain",
"pure",
"refined",
"straight",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"undiluted",
"unmixed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"clean",
"fresh",
"taintless",
"uncontaminated",
"uncorrupted",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"rendered",
"tried",
"concentrated",
"full-bodied",
"strong",
"uncombined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befouled",
"besmirched",
"contaminated",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"unclarified",
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"commingled",
"compounded",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"conjoined",
"fused",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"cheapened",
"doctored",
"watered-down"
],
"antonyms":[
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"diluted",
"impure",
"mixed"
]
},
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"examples":[
"Catholics go to confession to be purified"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleansed",
"purged",
"sanctified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amended",
"improved",
"refined",
"healed",
"regenerated",
"restored",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"uplifted",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupted",
"debased",
"debauched",
"defiled",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"depraved",
"perverted",
"stained",
"warped",
"poisoned",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"sullied",
"tarnished"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"purify the water by distillation"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleared",
"distilled",
"filtered",
"fined",
"garbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"processed",
"rectified",
"refined",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"decontaminated",
"elutriated",
"purged",
"washed",
"extracted",
"leached",
"bolted",
"screened",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"disinfected",
"sanitized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouded",
"dulled",
"muddied",
"contaminated",
"dirtied",
"soiled",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"begrimed",
"besmirched",
"fouled",
"sullied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"purposely":{
"with full awareness of what one is doing":{
"examples":[
"the real estate agent purposely withheld information that would have discouraged us from buying the property"
],
"synonyms":[
"advisedly",
"consciously",
"deliberately",
"designedly",
"intentionally",
"knowingly",
"purposefully",
"purposively",
"willfully",
"wittingly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculatedly",
"studiedly",
"voluntarily",
"willingly",
"premeditatedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accidentally",
"incidentally",
"haphazardly",
"randomly",
"involuntarily",
"unwillingly",
"impulsively",
"instinctively",
"spontaneously"
],
"antonyms":[
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unknowingly",
"unwittingly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"purveyors":{
"a person or business that sells or provides something":{
"examples":[
"a purveyor of kitchen supplies",
"a software purveyor"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"distributors",
"providers",
"provisioners",
"suppliers",
"dealers",
"merchandisers",
"merchants",
"traders",
"tradesmen",
"traffickers",
"businessmen",
"enterprisers",
"entrepreneurs",
"buyers",
"marketers",
"purchasers",
"hawkers",
"hucksters",
"hustlers",
"peddlers",
"pedlars",
"retailers",
"sellers",
"shopkeepers",
"storekeepers",
"vendors",
"venders",
"engrossers",
"monopolists",
"jobbers",
"middlemen",
"wholesalers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purpose":{
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
"examples":[
"the purpose of the research is to discover how the virus is transmitted"
],
"synonyms":[
"aim",
"ambition",
"aspiration",
"bourne",
"bourn",
"design",
"dream",
"end",
"goal",
"idea",
"ideal",
"intent",
"intention",
"mark",
"meaning",
"object",
"objective",
"plan",
"point",
"pretension",
"target",
"thing"
],
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"grail",
"holy grail",
"plot",
"project",
"scheme",
"desire",
"hope",
"mind",
"wish",
"nirvana",
"destination",
"terminus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"means",
"method",
"way"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
"examples":[
"still trying to discover her purpose in life"
],
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"business",
"capacity",
"function",
"job",
"part",
"place",
"position",
"role",
"r\u00f4le",
"task",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affair",
"concern",
"hand",
"involvement",
"participation",
"niche",
"office",
"post",
"situation",
"calling",
"occupation",
"pursuit",
"vocation",
"activity",
"assignment",
"charge",
"commission",
"duty",
"employ",
"mission",
"responsibility",
"service",
"use"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"examples":[
"I've been purposing to fix that thing for some time now"
],
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"aim",
"allow",
"aspire",
"calculate",
"contemplate",
"design",
"go",
"intend",
"look",
"mean",
"meditate",
"plan",
"propose",
"purport"
],
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"dream",
"hope",
"wish",
"consider",
"debate",
"mull (over)",
"ponder",
"attempt",
"endeavor",
"strive",
"struggle",
"try",
"plot",
"scheme",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"effect",
"execute",
"perform"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"purse":{
"a container for carrying money and small personal items":{
"examples":[
"I left my purse at home, so I can't buy anything after all"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"handbag",
"pocketbook"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clutch",
"clutch bag",
"minaudi\u00e8re",
"billfold",
"wallet",
"compact",
"vanity",
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack",
"shoulder bag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purport":{
"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
"examples":[
"was able to give the purport of the governor's speech in a few words"
],
"synonyms":[
"content",
"denotation",
"drift",
"import",
"intent",
"intention",
"meaning",
"sense",
"significance",
"signification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connotation",
"clue",
"cue",
"hint",
"implication",
"indication",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"suggestion",
"message",
"tenor",
"theme",
"bottom",
"essence",
"essentiality",
"nature",
"soul",
"spirit",
"stuff",
"acceptance",
"acceptation",
"definition",
"burden",
"crux",
"gist",
"core",
"heart",
"kernel",
"marrow",
"nub",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"point",
"quick",
"matter",
"motif",
"motive",
"question",
"subject",
"topic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"examples":[
"do you purport to spend the rest of your life on that couch, or do you think you might get a job someday?"
],
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"aim",
"allow",
"aspire",
"calculate",
"contemplate",
"design",
"go",
"intend",
"look",
"mean",
"meditate",
"plan",
"propose",
"purpose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dream",
"hope",
"wish",
"consider",
"debate",
"mull (over)",
"ponder",
"attempt",
"endeavor",
"strive",
"struggle",
"try",
"plot",
"scheme",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"effect",
"execute",
"perform"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"examples":[
"he purports to be an expert in criminalistics"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirm",
"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"declare",
"insist",
"maintain",
"profess",
"protest",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"announce",
"broadcast",
"proclaim",
"argue",
"rationalize",
"reason",
"confirm",
"justify",
"vindicate",
"defend",
"persevere",
"support",
"uphold",
"reaffirm",
"reassert"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"negate",
"negative",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"challenge",
"dispute",
"question",
"confute",
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute",
"contradict",
"counter"
],
"antonyms":[
"deny",
"gainsay"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"purported":{
"as in supposed , hypothetical":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"supposed",
"suppositional",
"a priori",
"deducible",
"deductive",
"derivable",
"inferable",
"inferrible",
"inferential",
"reasoned",
"academic",
"academical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"logical",
"rational"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondeductive",
"inducible",
"inductive",
"absolute",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"definite",
"explicit",
"express",
"instinctive",
"intuitive",
"illogical",
"irrational"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"examples":[
"do you purport to spend the rest of your life on that couch, or do you think you might get a job someday?"
],
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"aimed",
"allowed",
"aspired",
"calculated",
"contemplated",
"designed",
"intended",
"looked",
"meant",
"meditated",
"planned",
"proposed",
"purposed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"hoped",
"wished",
"considered",
"debated",
"mulled (over)",
"pondered",
"attempted",
"endeavored",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"tried",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"effected",
"executed",
"performed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"examples":[
"he purports to be an expert in criminalistics"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirmed",
"alleged",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"insisted",
"maintained",
"professed",
"protested",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"announced",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"proclaimed",
"argued",
"rationalized",
"reasoned",
"confirmed",
"justified",
"vindicated",
"defended",
"persevered",
"supported",
"upheld",
"reaffirmed",
"reasserted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"negated",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"challenged",
"disputed",
"questioned",
"confuted",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"contradicted",
"countered"
],
"antonyms":[
"denied",
"gainsaid"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"purposively":{
"with full awareness of what one is doing":{
"examples":[
"the Federal Reserve purposively controls the supply of money in order to keep a lid on inflation"
],
"synonyms":[
"advisedly",
"consciously",
"deliberately",
"designedly",
"intentionally",
"knowingly",
"purposefully",
"purposely",
"willfully",
"wittingly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculatedly",
"studiedly",
"voluntarily",
"willingly",
"premeditatedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accidentally",
"incidentally",
"haphazardly",
"randomly",
"involuntarily",
"unwillingly",
"impulsively",
"instinctively",
"spontaneously"
],
"antonyms":[
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unknowingly",
"unwittingly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"purificatory":{
"as in cathartic , purifying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cathartic",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"affecting",
"emotional",
"impactful",
"impressive",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching",
"eloquent",
"expressive",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"demonstrative",
"excitable",
"feeling",
"passionate",
"responsive",
"sensitive",
"exciting",
"inspirational",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"stimulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repressive",
"unaffecting",
"unemotional",
"unimpressive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"purees":{
"as in slices , mashes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chips",
"grates",
"grinds",
"kibbles",
"mashes",
"slices",
"chops",
"dices",
"hashes",
"minces",
"butchers",
"carves",
"dissects"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purchased":{
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"examples":[
"I need to purchase a new heavy coat"
],
"synonyms":[
"bought",
"copped",
"picked up",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquired",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"obtained",
"procured",
"secured",
"won",
"financed",
"paid (for)",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"bartered (for)",
"dealt (for)",
"dickered (over)",
"exchanged (for)",
"haggled (for)",
"negotiated (about)",
"traded (for)",
"bargained (with)",
"chaffered (with)",
"horse-traded (with)",
"paltered (with)",
"bade",
"bid",
"offered",
"rebought",
"repurchased"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealt (in)",
"marketed",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"retailed",
"sold",
"vended"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purely":{
"with purity of thought and deed":{
"examples":[
"the devout girl vowed to live her life purely and in the service of God"
],
"synonyms":[
"chastely",
"innocently",
"modestly",
"morally",
"righteously",
"virtuously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decently",
"decorously",
"properly",
"priggishly",
"primly",
"prudishly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indecently",
"obscenely",
"vulgarly",
"lasciviously",
"lewdly",
"lustfully"
],
"antonyms":[
"evilly",
"immorally",
"impurely",
"sinfully",
"wickedly"
]
},
"for nothing other than":{
"examples":[
"I fish purely for the fun of it\u2014I don't care if I end up with no fish to fry"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"exclusively",
"just",
"only",
"simply",
"solely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"predominantly",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially"
],
"near antonyms":[
"additionally",
"also",
"besides",
"likewise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"nothing more than":{
"examples":[
"her pleasantries were purely for show and masked her true feelings"
],
"synonyms":[
"but",
"just",
"merely",
"only",
"simply"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"pureness":{
"as in innocence , purity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chastity",
"innocence",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness",
"blamelessness",
"cleanness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness",
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"legitimacy",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness",
"good",
"right",
"morality",
"virtue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corruption",
"debauchery",
"depravity",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"libertinage",
"libertinism",
"licentiousness",
"profligacy",
"sin",
"vice",
"bad",
"badness",
"blackness",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"turpitude",
"villainy",
"wickedness",
"wrong",
"atrociousness",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"sinfulness",
"unscrupulousness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"villainousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"puritan":{
"a person who is greatly concerned with seemly behavior and morality especially regarding sexual matters":{
"examples":[
"some of the town's puritans still maintain that sex education has no place in the schools"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluenose",
"moralist",
"Mrs. Grundy",
"nice nelly",
"prude",
"wowser"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moralizer",
"goody-goody",
"Goody Two-shoes",
"fuddy-duddy",
"old maid",
"prig",
"spoilsport",
"stuffed shirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"libertarian",
"libertine",
"misbehaver"
],
"antonyms":[
"immoralist"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purview":{
"an area of influence, knowledge, or understanding":{
"examples":[
"He readily admitted that the topic was outside of his purview , and anything he said about it would be mere uninformed speculation.",
"As she rose within the company, her purview extended to many new departments."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"horizon",
"ambit",
"amplitude",
"breadth",
"compass",
"confines",
"dimension(s)",
"extent",
"range",
"reach",
"realm",
"scope",
"sweep",
"width",
"frontier",
"panorama",
"bailiwick",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"element",
"fief",
"fiefdom",
"field",
"province",
"region",
"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purloin":{
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"the studio stepped up security, fearing that someone might attempt to purloin a copy of the script for the show's season finale"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"boost",
"filch",
"heist",
"hook",
"lift",
"misappropriate",
"nick",
"nip",
"pilfer",
"pinch",
"pocket",
"rip off",
"snitch",
"steal",
"swipe",
"thieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarize",
"knock over",
"rob",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"sack",
"carjack",
"hijack",
"highjack",
"pick",
"rifle",
"poach",
"rustle",
"shoplift",
"collar",
"grab",
"grasp",
"nail",
"seize",
"snatch",
"take",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"shanghai",
"spirit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buy",
"purchase",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"hand over",
"present"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purgatories":{
"a temporary place or state in which the souls of people who die make amends for their sins":{
"examples":[
"It was a summer job that felt like purgatory to the teen."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blazes",
"infernos",
"netherworlds",
"shades",
"underworlds",
"abysses",
"pits",
"fire and brimstones",
"hellfires",
"Gehennas",
"hells",
"Pandemoniums",
"perditions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glories",
"happy hunting grounds",
"nirvanas",
"promised lands",
"Valhallas",
"blisses",
"elysian fields",
"Elysiums",
"Elysia",
"empyreans",
"heavens",
"kingdom comes",
"New Jerusalems",
"paradises",
"skies",
"Zions",
"Sions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place or state of temporary suffering":{
"examples":[
"We found ourselves trapped in the purgatory of a rush-hour traffic jam."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"afflictions",
"calvaries",
"crosses",
"curses",
"ordeals",
"trials",
"tribulations",
"agonies",
"Gehennas",
"hells",
"horrors",
"miseries",
"murders",
"nightmares",
"torments",
"tortures",
"calamities",
"misfortunes",
"tragedies",
"galls",
"thorns",
"bummers",
"downers",
"drags"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"fun",
"joys",
"pleasures",
"recreations",
"larks",
"picnics",
"riots",
"heavens",
"paradises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purchases":{
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"examples":[
"I need to purchase a new heavy coat"
],
"synonyms":[
"buys",
"cops",
"picks up",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquires",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"obtains",
"procures",
"secures",
"wins",
"finances",
"pays (for)",
"springs (for)",
"barters (for)",
"deals (for)",
"dickers (over)",
"exchanges (for)",
"haggles (for)",
"negotiates (about)",
"trades (for)",
"bargains (with)",
"chaffers (with)",
"horse-trades (with)",
"palters (with)",
"bids",
"offers",
"rebuys",
"repurchases"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deals (in)",
"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"retails",
"sells",
"vends"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in leverages , anchorages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorages",
"leverages",
"clasps",
"clenches",
"grapples",
"grasps",
"grips",
"handgrips",
"handholds",
"holds",
"grabs",
"seizures",
"footholds",
"footings",
"toeholds",
"clinches",
"embraces",
"hugs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"releases",
"relinquishments"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sales , deals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deals",
"sales",
"trades",
"transactions",
"garage sales",
"jumble sales",
"rummage sales",
"tag sales",
"yard sales",
"bargains",
"buys",
"steals",
"clearances",
"closeouts",
"fire sales",
"auctions",
"silent auctions",
"haggles",
"negotiations",
"fairs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"purebreds":{
"as in thoroughbreds , purebloods":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"full-bloods",
"purebloods",
"thoroughbreds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crossbreds",
"crossbreeds",
"crosses",
"hybrids",
"intercrosses",
"mongrels",
"mules",
"outcrosses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purportedly":{
"as in allegedly , reportedly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"allegedly",
"reportedly",
"reputedly",
"apparently",
"evidently",
"ostensibly",
"ostensively",
"presumably",
"putatively",
"seemingly",
"supposedly",
"externally",
"outwardly",
"visibly",
"believably",
"credibly",
"assumably",
"likely",
"presumedly",
"probably",
"conceivably",
"maybe",
"mayhap",
"perchance",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"professedly",
"supposably",
"clearly",
"distinctly",
"manifestly",
"obviously",
"plainly",
"self-evidently",
"assuredly",
"positively",
"surely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"implausibly",
"impossibly",
"improbably",
"incredibly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"purify":{
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"examples":[
"Catholics go to confession to be purified"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleanse",
"purge",
"sanctify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amend",
"improve",
"refine",
"heal",
"regenerate",
"restore",
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"uplift",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
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"corrupt",
"debase",
"debauch",
"defile",
"degrade",
"demean",
"deprave",
"pervert",
"stain",
"warp",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"sully",
"tarnish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"examples":[
"purify the water by distillation"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarify",
"clear",
"distill",
"distil",
"filter",
"fine",
"garble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"process",
"rectify",
"refine",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"decontaminate",
"elutriate",
"purge",
"wash",
"extract",
"leach",
"bolt",
"screen",
"sieve",
"sift",
"disinfect",
"sanitize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloud",
"dull",
"muddy",
"contaminate",
"dirty",
"soil",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"begrime",
"besmirch",
"foul",
"sully"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pure-blood":{
"as in thoroughbred , purebred":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"full-blood",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cross",
"crossbred",
"crossbreed",
"hybrid",
"intercross",
"mongrel",
"mule",
"outcross"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purloining":{
"as in shoplifting , pilfering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filching",
"pilferage",
"pilfering",
"shoplifting",
"petit larceny",
"petty larceny",
"abduction",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"embezzlement",
"embezzling",
"graft",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"peculation",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"pillage",
"plundering",
"rapine",
"spoliation",
"burglary",
"housebreaking",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"larceny",
"robbery",
"stealing",
"theft",
"thievery",
"black marketeering",
"smuggling",
"banditry",
"piracy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"the studio stepped up security, fearing that someone might attempt to purloin a copy of the script for the show's season finale"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriating",
"boosting",
"filching",
"heisting",
"hooking",
"lifting",
"misappropriating",
"nicking",
"nipping",
"pilfering",
"pinching",
"pocketing",
"ripping off",
"snitching",
"stealing",
"swiping",
"thieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarizing",
"knocking over",
"robbing",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"sacking",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"picking",
"rifling",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"shoplifting",
"collaring",
"grabbing",
"grasping",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snatching",
"taking",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"spiriting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buying",
"purchasing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"handing over",
"presenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"purging":{
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"examples":[
"a day on which the faithful are expected to purge themselves of their sins through prayer and fasting"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"sanctifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amending",
"improving",
"refining",
"healing",
"regenerating",
"restoring",
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"uplifting",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupting",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"defiling",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"depraving",
"perverting",
"staining",
"warping",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"sullying",
"tarnishing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purling":{
"as in swirling , eddying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eddying",
"swirling",
"bubbling",
"dribbling",
"guggling",
"gurgling",
"lapping",
"plashing",
"rippling",
"splashing",
"trickling",
"washing",
"swashing",
"swishing",
"swooshing",
"whishing",
"dripping",
"dropping",
"gushing",
"jetting",
"rushing",
"spewing",
"spouting",
"spurting",
"squirting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pouring",
"rolling",
"streaming",
"running"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purple passages":{
"as in longueurs , loci classici":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"loci classici",
"longueurs",
"citations",
"quotations",
"contexts",
"clips",
"snippets",
"sound bites",
"samples",
"selections",
"excerpts",
"extracts",
"passages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pureblood":{
"as in thoroughbred , purebred":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"full-blood",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cross",
"crossbred",
"crossbreed",
"hybrid",
"intercross",
"mongrel",
"mule",
"outcross"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purge":{
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"examples":[
"a day on which the faithful are expected to purge themselves of their sins through prayer and fasting"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleanse",
"purify",
"sanctify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amend",
"improve",
"refine",
"heal",
"regenerate",
"restore",
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"uplift",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupt",
"debase",
"debauch",
"defile",
"degrade",
"demean",
"deprave",
"pervert",
"stain",
"warp",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"sully",
"tarnish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purrs":{
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
"examples":[
"listened to the reassuring purr of the car engine"
],
"synonyms":[
"burrs",
"buzzes",
"chirrs",
"churrs",
"drones",
"hums",
"thrums",
"whirs",
"whirrs",
"whizzes",
"zooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babbles",
"coos",
"gasps",
"gurgles",
"hisses",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"rustles",
"sighs",
"suspirations",
"susurrations",
"susurruses",
"whispers",
"whishes",
"zings",
"zips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawls",
"howls",
"roars",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"squeals",
"yells",
"yelps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in whispers , shouts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breathes",
"chirps",
"drawls",
"gasps",
"lips",
"mouths",
"murmurs",
"shouts",
"splutters",
"spouts",
"whispers",
"articulates",
"brings out",
"enunciates",
"passes",
"says",
"speaks",
"states",
"talks",
"tells",
"utters",
"verbalizes",
"vocalizes",
"airs",
"discusses",
"gives",
"looks",
"shares",
"sounds",
"ventilates",
"vents",
"voices",
"blabbers",
"blurts",
"bolts",
"gets off",
"shoots",
"advertises",
"announces",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"affirms",
"alleges",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"clothes",
"couches",
"formulates",
"formulizes",
"phrases",
"puts",
"words",
"comments",
"pipes up (with)",
"remarks",
"rips (out)",
"snarls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"purist":{
"a person who has very strong ideas about what is correct or acceptable and who usually opposes changes to traditional methods and practices":{
"examples":[
"a new style of play that offended the sport's purists",
"a language purist who is always looking to correct the speech of others"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doctrinaire",
"fanatic",
"stickler",
"bigot",
"dogmatist",
"dogmatizer",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"sectarian",
"jingoist",
"nationalist",
"chauvinist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freethinker",
"latitudinarian",
"liberal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purposing":{
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"examples":[
"I've been purposing to fix that thing for some time now"
],
"synonyms":[
"aiming",
"allowing",
"aspiring",
"calculating",
"contemplating",
"designing",
"going",
"intending",
"looking",
"meaning",
"meditating",
"planning",
"proposing",
"purporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreaming",
"hoping",
"wishing",
"considering",
"debating",
"mulling (over)",
"pondering",
"attempting",
"endeavoring",
"striving",
"struggling",
"trying",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"effecting",
"executing",
"performing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purloiners":{
"one who steals":{
"examples":[
"she demanded that the pusillanimous purloiner of her chocolates step forward"
],
"synonyms":[
"larcenists",
"pinchers",
"robbers",
"stealers",
"thieves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglars",
"cat burglars",
"cracksmen",
"housebreakers",
"picklocks",
"safecrackers",
"embezzlers",
"grafters",
"kleptomaniacs",
"kleptos",
"sneak thiefs",
"cutpurses",
"dips",
"pickpockets",
"pilferers",
"shoplifters",
"abductors",
"carjackers",
"hijackers",
"kidnappers",
"kidnapers",
"skyjackers",
"despoilers",
"looters",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"ransackers",
"ravishers",
"poachers",
"rustlers",
"smugglers",
"bandits",
"footpads",
"highwaymen",
"pirates",
"muggers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purporting":{
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"examples":[
"do you purport to spend the rest of your life on that couch, or do you think you might get a job someday?"
],
"synonyms":[
"aiming",
"allowing",
"aspiring",
"calculating",
"contemplating",
"designing",
"going",
"intending",
"looking",
"meaning",
"meditating",
"planning",
"proposing",
"purposing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreaming",
"hoping",
"wishing",
"considering",
"debating",
"mulling (over)",
"pondering",
"attempting",
"endeavoring",
"striving",
"struggling",
"trying",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"effecting",
"executing",
"performing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"examples":[
"he purports to be an expert in criminalistics"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirming",
"alleging",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"declaring",
"insisting",
"maintaining",
"professing",
"protesting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"proclaiming",
"arguing",
"rationalizing",
"reasoning",
"confirming",
"justifying",
"vindicating",
"defending",
"persevering",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"reaffirming",
"reasserting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"negating",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"challenging",
"disputing",
"questioning",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"contradicting",
"countering"
],
"antonyms":[
"denying",
"gainsaying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pursuances":{
"the doing of an action":{
"examples":[
"until recently he has been fully engaged in pursuance of his duties as governor"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"commissions",
"discharges",
"enactments",
"executions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"implementations",
"performances",
"perpetrations",
"prosecutions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatches",
"expeditions",
"administrations",
"directions",
"handlings",
"managements",
"applications",
"operations",
"practices",
"practises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonfulfillments",
"nonperformances"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purposeful":{
"fully committed to achieving a goal":{
"examples":[
"a soft-spoken but purposeful criminal investigator"
],
"synonyms":[
"bent (on or upon)",
"bound",
"decisive",
"determined",
"do-or-die",
"firm",
"hell-bent (on or upon)",
"intent",
"out",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"set",
"single-minded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bitter",
"vehement",
"certain",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"earnest",
"serious",
"steady",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unswerving",
"unwavering",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"persistent",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"tenacious",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrustful",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"disinclined",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant"
],
"antonyms":[
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"irresolute",
"undetermined",
"unresolved",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"weak-kneed"
]
},
"made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing":{
"examples":[
"there's a difference between a purposeful lie and an accidental untruth"
],
"synonyms":[
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional",
"knowing",
"purposive",
"set",
"voluntary",
"willed",
"willful",
"wilful",
"witting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"designed",
"planned",
"advised",
"calculated",
"considered",
"measured",
"reasoned",
"studied",
"thoughtful",
"weighed",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepense",
"discretionary",
"elective",
"optional",
"volunteer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadvertent",
"unwitting",
"accidental",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"incidental",
"random",
"aimless",
"desultory",
"purposeless",
"abrupt",
"impetuous",
"sudden",
"coerced",
"forced",
"involuntary",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"necessary",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"casual",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"spontaneous",
"unforced",
"unpremeditated"
],
"antonyms":[
"nondeliberate",
"nonpurposive",
"unintentional"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"purges":{
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"examples":[
"a day on which the faithful are expected to purge themselves of their sins through prayer and fasting"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"sanctifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amends",
"improves",
"refines",
"heals",
"regenerates",
"restores",
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"uplifts",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupts",
"debases",
"debauches",
"defiles",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"depraves",
"perverts",
"stains",
"warps",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"sullies",
"tarnishes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purgatory":{
"a temporary place or state in which the souls of people who die make amends for their sins":{
"examples":[
"It was a summer job that felt like purgatory to the teen."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blazes",
"inferno",
"hades",
"netherworld",
"shades",
"Tartarus",
"underworld",
"Sheol",
"abyss",
"pit",
"fire and brimstone",
"hellfire",
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"Pandemonium",
"perdition",
"Tophet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glory",
"happy hunting ground",
"nirvana",
"promised land",
"Valhalla",
"bliss",
"elysian fields",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"heaven",
"kingdom come",
"New Jerusalem",
"paradise",
"sky",
"Zion",
"Sion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place or state of temporary suffering":{
"examples":[
"We found ourselves trapped in the purgatory of a rush-hour traffic jam."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affliction",
"calvary",
"cross",
"curse",
"ordeal",
"trial",
"tribulation",
"agony",
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"horror",
"misery",
"murder",
"nightmare",
"torment",
"torture",
"calamity",
"misfortune",
"tragedy",
"gall",
"thorn",
"bummer",
"downer",
"drag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"joy",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"lark",
"picnic",
"riot",
"heaven",
"paradise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purposes":{
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
"examples":[
"the purpose of the research is to discover how the virus is transmitted"
],
"synonyms":[
"aims",
"ambitions",
"aspirations",
"bournes",
"bourns",
"designs",
"dreams",
"ends",
"goals",
"ideals",
"ideas",
"intentions",
"intents",
"marks",
"meanings",
"objectives",
"objects",
"plans",
"points",
"pretensions",
"targets",
"things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grails",
"holy grails",
"plots",
"projects",
"schemes",
"desires",
"hopes",
"minds",
"wishes",
"nirvanas",
"destinations",
"termini",
"terminuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"means",
"methods",
"ways"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
"examples":[
"still trying to discover her purpose in life"
],
"synonyms":[
"businesses",
"capacities",
"functions",
"jobs",
"parts",
"places",
"positions",
"roles",
"r\u00f4les",
"tasks",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affairs",
"concerns",
"hands",
"involvements",
"participations",
"niches",
"offices",
"posts",
"situations",
"callings",
"occupations",
"pursuits",
"vocations",
"activities",
"assignments",
"charges",
"commissions",
"duties",
"employs",
"missions",
"responsibilities",
"services",
"uses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"examples":[
"I've been purposing to fix that thing for some time now"
],
"synonyms":[
"aims",
"allows",
"aspires",
"calculates",
"contemplates",
"designs",
"goes",
"intends",
"looks",
"means",
"meditates",
"plans",
"proposes",
"purports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreams",
"hopes",
"wishes",
"considers",
"debates",
"mulls (over)",
"ponders",
"attempts",
"endeavors",
"strives",
"struggles",
"tries",
"plots",
"schemes",
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"achieves",
"effects",
"executes",
"performs"
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"verb"
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},
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"a person or business that sells or provides something":{
"examples":[
"a purveyor of kitchen supplies",
"a software purveyor"
],
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"provider",
"provisioner",
"supplier",
"dealer",
"merchandiser",
"merchant",
"trader",
"tradesman",
"trafficker",
"businessman",
"enterpriser",
"entrepreneur",
"buyer",
"marketer",
"purchaser",
"hawker",
"huckster",
"hustler",
"peddler",
"pedlar",
"retailer",
"seller",
"shopkeeper",
"storekeeper",
"vendor",
"vender",
"engrosser",
"monopolist",
"jobber",
"middleman",
"wholesaler"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"an activity outside of one's regular occupation that is engaged in primarily for pleasure":{
"examples":[
"a workaholic with few pursuits outside of the office"
],
"synonyms":[
"avocations",
"hobbies",
"hobbyhorses",
"recreations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amusements",
"distractions",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"pastimes",
"relaxations",
"sports"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pureed":{
"as in sliced , mashed":{
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"chipped",
"grated",
"ground",
"kibbled",
"mashed",
"sliced",
"chopped",
"diced",
"hashed",
"minced",
"butchered",
"carved",
"dissected"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purged":{
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"examples":[
"a day on which the faithful are expected to purge themselves of their sins through prayer and fasting"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleansed",
"purified",
"sanctified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amended",
"improved",
"refined",
"healed",
"regenerated",
"restored",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"uplifted",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupted",
"debased",
"debauched",
"defiled",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"depraved",
"perverted",
"stained",
"warped",
"poisoned",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"sullied",
"tarnished"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"with full awareness of what one is doing":{
"examples":[
"he purposefully chose the more difficult route to the mountain summit"
],
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"advisedly",
"consciously",
"deliberately",
"designedly",
"intentionally",
"knowingly",
"purposely",
"purposively",
"willfully",
"wittingly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculatedly",
"studiedly",
"voluntarily",
"willingly",
"premeditatedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accidentally",
"incidentally",
"haphazardly",
"randomly",
"involuntarily",
"unwillingly",
"impulsively",
"instinctively",
"spontaneously"
],
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"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unknowingly",
"unwittingly"
]
},
"with great effort or determination":{
"examples":[
"strode purposefully into the boss's office, determined to ask for a raise"
],
"synonyms":[
"amain",
"arduously",
"assiduously",
"determinedly",
"diligently",
"doggedly",
"hard",
"hardly",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intensively",
"intently",
"laboriously",
"mightily",
"resolutely",
"sedulously",
"slavishly",
"strenuously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"busily",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"feverishly",
"spiritedly",
"vehemently",
"vigorously",
"zealously",
"continuously",
"ploddingly",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"unabatedly",
"unrelentingly",
"unremittingly",
"ardently",
"attentively",
"conscientiously",
"earnestly",
"exhaustively",
"meticulously",
"painstakingly",
"seriously",
"thoroughly",
"indefatigably",
"tirelessly",
"unflaggingly",
"untiringly",
"wearilessly",
"obstinately",
"stubbornly",
"willfully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casually",
"desultorily",
"halfheartedly",
"indolently",
"lackadaisically",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"shiftlessly",
"sluggishly",
"spiritlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"purification":{
"the act or fact of freeing from sin or moral guilt":{
"examples":[
"some people must undergo a ritual purification after certain activities"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleansing",
"sanctification"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"restoration",
"grace",
"redemption",
"salvation",
"absolution",
"forgiveness",
"remission",
"acquittal",
"clearance",
"clearing",
"exoneration",
"vindication",
"atonement",
"expiation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemy",
"defilement",
"desecration",
"profanation",
"violation",
"corruption",
"debasement",
"perversion",
"contamination",
"pollution",
"sullying",
"tarnishing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pursues":{
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"the policeman doggedly pursued the pickpocket through the crowded subway station"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dogs",
"chases",
"courses",
"dogs",
"follows",
"hounds",
"runs",
"shadows",
"tags",
"tails",
"traces",
"tracks",
"trails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanies",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"escorts",
"hunts",
"searches (for)",
"seeks",
"eyes",
"observes",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heads"
],
"antonyms":[
"guides",
"leads",
"pilots"
]
},
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"urged the graduates to pursue personal fulfillment instead of financial success"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts about (for)",
"casts around (for)",
"chases (down)",
"forages (for)",
"hunts",
"looks up",
"quests",
"searches (for or out)",
"seeks",
"shops (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferrets (out)",
"roots (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hides",
"loses",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purloiner":{
"one who steals":{
"examples":[
"she demanded that the pusillanimous purloiner of her chocolates step forward"
],
"synonyms":[
"larcenist",
"pincher",
"robber",
"stealer",
"thief"
],
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"burglar",
"cat burglar",
"cracksman",
"housebreaker",
"picklock",
"safecracker",
"embezzler",
"grafter",
"klepto",
"kleptomaniac",
"sneak thief",
"cutpurse",
"dip",
"pickpocket",
"pilferer",
"shoplifter",
"abductor",
"carjacker",
"hijacker",
"kidnapper",
"kidnaper",
"skyjacker",
"despoiler",
"looter",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"ransacker",
"ravisher",
"poacher",
"rustler",
"smuggler",
"bandit",
"footpad",
"highwayman",
"pirate",
"mugger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purring":{
"as in whispering , shouting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breathing",
"chirping",
"drawling",
"gasping",
"lipping",
"mouthing",
"murmuring",
"shouting",
"spluttering",
"spouting",
"whispering",
"articulating",
"bringing out",
"enunciating",
"passing",
"saying",
"speaking",
"stating",
"talking",
"telling",
"uttering",
"verbalizing",
"vocalizing",
"airing",
"discussing",
"giving",
"looking",
"sharing",
"sounding",
"ventilating",
"venting",
"voicing",
"blabbering",
"blurting",
"bolting",
"getting off",
"shooting",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"affirming",
"alleging",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"clothing",
"couching",
"formulating",
"formulizing",
"phrasing",
"putting",
"wording",
"commenting",
"piping up (with)",
"remarking",
"ripping (out)",
"snarling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pur\u00e9e":{
"as in slice , mash":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chip",
"grate",
"grind",
"kibble",
"mash",
"slice",
"chop",
"dice",
"hash",
"mince",
"butcher",
"carve",
"dissect"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purposeless":{
"having or seeming to have no purpose or reason":{
"examples":[
"I have to go to another purposeless meeting tonight.",
"purposeless suffering"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aimless",
"haphazard",
"empty",
"inane",
"meaningless",
"pointless",
"senseless",
"useless",
"frivolous",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"mindless",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"silly",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eloquent",
"expressive",
"pregnant",
"revealing",
"suggestive",
"telling",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"key",
"major",
"momentous",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"meaningful",
"significant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"purifier":{
"as in disinfectant , solvent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disinfectant",
"solvent",
"cleaner",
"cleanser",
"detergent",
"soap",
"scrub",
"shampoo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purviews":{
"an area of influence, knowledge, or understanding":{
"examples":[
"He readily admitted that the topic was outside of his purview , and anything he said about it would be mere uninformed speculation.",
"As she rose within the company, her purview extended to many new departments."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"horizons",
"ambits",
"amplitudes",
"breadths",
"compasses",
"confines",
"dimensions",
"extents",
"ranges",
"reaches",
"realms",
"scopes",
"sweeps",
"widths",
"frontiers",
"panoramas",
"bailiwicks",
"circles",
"demesnes",
"departments",
"disciplines",
"domains",
"elements",
"fiefdoms",
"fiefs",
"fields",
"provinces",
"regions",
"specialties",
"spheres",
"terrains"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purchasable":{
"open to improper influence and especially bribery":{
"examples":[
"purchasable members of the state legislature whose votes could be bought, and at surprisingly cheap prices"
],
"synonyms":[
"bribable",
"corruptible",
"dirty",
"venal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"temptable",
"hack",
"mercenary",
"crooked",
"cutthroat",
"dishonest",
"Machiavellian",
"unethical",
"unmoral",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"corrupt",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"debauched",
"defiled",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"sleazy",
"vitiated",
"warped",
"bad",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"sinful",
"vicious",
"wicked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"honest",
"principled",
"scrupulous",
"good",
"moral",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"incorruptible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pur\u00e9eing":{
"as in slicing , mashing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chipping",
"grating",
"grinding",
"kibbling",
"mashing",
"slicing",
"chopping",
"dicing",
"hashing",
"mincing",
"butchering",
"carving",
"dissecting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"purloins":{
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"the studio stepped up security, fearing that someone might attempt to purloin a copy of the script for the show's season finale"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriates",
"boosts",
"filches",
"heists",
"hooks",
"lifts",
"misappropriates",
"nicks",
"nips",
"pilfers",
"pinches",
"pockets",
"rips off",
"snitches",
"steals",
"swipes",
"thieves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarizes",
"knocks over",
"robs",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"sacks",
"carjacks",
"hijacks",
"highjacks",
"picks",
"rifles",
"poaches",
"rustles",
"shoplifts",
"collars",
"grabs",
"grasps",
"nails",
"seizes",
"snatches",
"takes",
"mooches",
"sponges",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"shanghais",
"spirits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buys",
"purchases",
"bestows",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"hands over",
"presents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pure-blooded":{
"of unmixed ancestry":{
"examples":[
"both dogs are pure-blooded Chesapeake Bay retrievers"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooded",
"full-blood",
"full-blooded",
"pedigreed",
"pedigree",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"well-bred",
"inbred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crossbred",
"crossed",
"half-blood",
"half-blooded",
"half-bred",
"hybridized",
"interbred",
"outcrossed"
],
"antonyms":[
"hybrid",
"mixed",
"mongrel"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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},
"purifications":{
"the act or fact of freeing from sin or moral guilt":{
"examples":[
"some people must undergo a ritual purification after certain activities"
],
"synonyms":[
"sanctifications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebirths",
"regenerations",
"restorations",
"graces",
"redemptions",
"salvations",
"absolutions",
"remissions",
"acquittals",
"clearances",
"clearings",
"exonerations",
"vindications",
"atonements",
"expiations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemies",
"defilements",
"desecrations",
"profanations",
"violations",
"corruptions",
"debasements",
"perversions",
"contaminations",
"pollutions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purple passage":{
"as in longueur , locus classicus":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"locus classicus",
"longueur",
"citation",
"quotation",
"context",
"clip",
"snippet",
"sound bite",
"sample",
"selection",
"excerpt",
"extract",
"passage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purled":{
"as in swirled , eddied":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eddied",
"swirled",
"bubbled",
"dribbled",
"guggled",
"gurgled",
"lapped",
"plashed",
"rippled",
"splashed",
"trickled",
"washed",
"swashed",
"swished",
"swooshed",
"whished",
"dripped",
"dropped",
"gushed",
"jetted",
"rushed",
"spewed",
"spouted",
"spurted",
"squirted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"poured",
"rolled",
"streamed",
"ran",
"run"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purifiers":{
"as in disinfectants , solvents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disinfectants",
"solvents",
"cleaners",
"cleansers",
"detergents",
"soaps",
"scrubs",
"shampoos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purl":{
"as in swirl , eddy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eddy",
"swirl",
"bubble",
"dribble",
"guggle",
"gurgle",
"lap",
"plash",
"ripple",
"splash",
"trickle",
"wash",
"swash",
"swish",
"swoosh",
"whish",
"drip",
"drop",
"gush",
"jet",
"rush",
"spew",
"spout",
"spurt",
"squirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pour",
"roll",
"stream",
"run"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purchasing":{
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"examples":[
"I need to purchase a new heavy coat"
],
"synonyms":[
"buying",
"copping",
"picking up",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing",
"winning",
"financing",
"paying (for)",
"springing (for)",
"bartering (for)",
"dealing (for)",
"dickering (over)",
"exchanging (for)",
"haggling (for)",
"negotiating (about)",
"trading (for)",
"bargaining (with)",
"chaffering (with)",
"horse-trading (with)",
"paltering (with)",
"bidding",
"offering",
"rebuying",
"repurchasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealing (in)",
"marketing",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"retailing",
"selling",
"vending"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pursuing":{
"the act of going after or in the tracks of another":{
"examples":[
"the controversy concerning the pursuing of criminals in speeding vehicles along busy highways"
],
"synonyms":[
"chase",
"chasing",
"dogging",
"following",
"hounding",
"pursuit",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tailing",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hot pursuit",
"tagging along",
"path",
"track",
"trail",
"search",
"seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"the policeman doggedly pursued the pickpocket through the crowded subway station"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dogging",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"dogging",
"following",
"hounding",
"running",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tailing",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"chaperoning",
"escorting",
"hunting",
"searching (for)",
"seeking",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"observing",
"watching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heading"
],
"antonyms":[
"guiding",
"leading",
"piloting"
]
},
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"urged the graduates to pursue personal fulfillment instead of financial success"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting about (for)",
"casting around (for)",
"chasing (down)",
"foraging (for)",
"hunting",
"looking up",
"questing",
"searching (for or out)",
"seeking",
"shopping (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferreting (out)",
"rooting (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hiding",
"losing",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"purlieu":{
"a place for spending time or for socializing":{
"examples":[
"the restaurant, the preferred purlieu of the theatergoing crowd, is always packed an hour or two before showtime"
],
"synonyms":[
"hangout",
"haunt",
"rendezvous",
"resort",
"stamping ground",
"stomping ground"
],
"near synonyms":[
"camp",
"canteen",
"club",
"clubhouse",
"country club",
"key club",
"service club",
"union",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven",
"nest",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"sanctuary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adjoining region or space":{
"examples":[
"we stopped at one of the several pubs in the purlieus of the stadium"
],
"synonyms":[
"backyard",
"environs",
"neighborhood",
"vicinage",
"vicinity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"environment",
"surround",
"surroundings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the districts adjacent to a city":{
"examples":[
"such gated communities are common among the purlieus of these Midwestern cities"
],
"synonyms":[
"environs",
"outskirts",
"suburbia"
],
"near synonyms":[
"country",
"countryside",
"exurbia"
],
"near antonyms":[
"core city",
"downtown",
"inner city",
"midtown"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pursuance":{
"the doing of an action":{
"examples":[
"until recently he has been fully engaged in pursuance of his duties as governor"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"commission",
"discharge",
"enactment",
"execution",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"implementation",
"performance",
"perpetration",
"prosecution"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"administration",
"direction",
"handling",
"management",
"application",
"operation",
"practice",
"practise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonfulfillment",
"nonperformance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"puritans":{
"a person who is greatly concerned with seemly behavior and morality especially regarding sexual matters":{
"examples":[
"some of the town's puritans still maintain that sex education has no place in the schools"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluenoses",
"moralists",
"Mrs. Grundys",
"nice nellies",
"prudes",
"wowsers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moralizers",
"goody-goodies",
"fuddy-duddies",
"old maids",
"prigs",
"spoilsports",
"stuffed shirts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"libertarians",
"libertines",
"misbehavers"
],
"antonyms":[
"immoralists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pursuers":{
"as in hunters , chasers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chasers",
"hunters",
"carnivores",
"killers",
"murderers",
"predators"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chases",
"prey",
"preys",
"quarries",
"games",
"kills",
"victims"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purists":{
"a person who has very strong ideas about what is correct or acceptable and who usually opposes changes to traditional methods and practices":{
"examples":[
"a new style of play that offended the sport's purists",
"a language purist who is always looking to correct the speech of others"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doctrinaires",
"fanatics",
"sticklers",
"bigots",
"dogmatists",
"dogmatizers",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"sectarians",
"jingoists",
"nationalists",
"chauvinists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freethinkers",
"latitudinarians",
"liberals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purls":{
"as in swirls , eddies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eddies",
"swirls",
"bubbles",
"dribbles",
"guggles",
"gurgles",
"laps",
"plashes",
"ripples",
"splashes",
"trickles",
"washes",
"swashes",
"swishes",
"swooshes",
"whishes",
"drips",
"drops",
"gushes",
"jets",
"rushes",
"spews",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"squirts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pours",
"rolls",
"streams",
"runs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pure democracy":{
"as in democracy , autonomy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"democracy",
"republic",
"self-government",
"self-rule",
"autonomy",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"home rule",
"self-determination"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despotism",
"dictatorship",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"totalitarianism",
"tyranny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purposefulness":{
"firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose":{
"examples":[
"approached the challenge with grim purposefulness"
],
"synonyms":[
"decidedness",
"decision",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"determinedness",
"firmness",
"granite",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"resolve",
"stick-to-itiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doggedness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"sureness",
"alacrity",
"eagerness",
"gameness",
"readiness",
"backbone",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"iron",
"pluck",
"sand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"indetermination",
"uncertainty",
"aversion",
"disinclination",
"indisposition",
"reluctance",
"unwillingness"
],
"antonyms":[
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purgative":{
"a substance used to induce or speed up the process of defecation":{
"examples":[
"In the past, purgatives were sometimes administered in cases of accidental poisoning."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cathartic",
"cure",
"drug",
"medicament",
"medication",
"medicinal",
"medicine",
"pharmaceutical",
"physic",
"remedy",
"specific",
"cure-all",
"nostrum",
"panacea",
"botanical",
"patent medicine",
"prescription",
"prescription drug",
"cordial",
"potion",
"tonic",
"miracle drug",
"wonder drug",
"cap",
"capsule",
"pill",
"tablet",
"syrup",
"sirup",
"tincture",
"antibiotic",
"antiseptic",
"serum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purities":{
"the quality or state of being morally pure":{
"examples":[
"struggling to live a life of purity while surrounded by wickedness"
],
"synonyms":[
"chasteness",
"chastity",
"immaculacy",
"innocence",
"modesty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"decency",
"decorum",
"propriety",
"seemliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"badness",
"evil",
"sinfulness",
"unrighteousness",
"wickedness",
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"immodesty",
"impurity",
"unchasteness",
"unchastity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"puritanism":{
"a tendency to care a great deal about seemly behavior and morals especially in sexual matters":{
"examples":[
"the Victorian era was often characterized by a hypocritical puritanism"
],
"synonyms":[
"moralism",
"nice-nellyism",
"prudery",
"prudishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Comstockery",
"old-maidishness",
"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"morality",
"virtue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lechery",
"prurience",
"pruriency",
"libertinage",
"libertinism",
"libertarianism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pur\u00e9es":{
"as in slices , mashes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chips",
"grates",
"grinds",
"kibbles",
"mashes",
"slices",
"chops",
"dices",
"hashes",
"minces",
"butchers",
"carves",
"dissects"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pur\u00e9ed":{
"as in sliced , mashed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chipped",
"grated",
"ground",
"kibbled",
"mashed",
"sliced",
"chopped",
"diced",
"hashed",
"minced",
"butchered",
"carved",
"dissected"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pursiness":{
"the condition of having an excess of body fat":{
"examples":[
"doctors and nutritionists have warned that a pandemic of pursiness poses a major threat to the health of the American public"
],
"synonyms":[
"adiposity",
"chubbiness",
"corpulence",
"corpulency",
"embonpoint",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fattiness",
"fleshiness",
"grossness",
"obesity",
"plumpness",
"portliness",
"pudginess",
"rotundity",
"weight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bulkiness",
"heaviness",
"huskiness",
"stoutness",
"brawniness",
"burliness",
"endomorphy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fitness",
"trimness",
"gauntness",
"scrawniness",
"skinniness",
"weediness"
],
"antonyms":[
"leanness",
"reediness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"svelteness",
"thinness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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}
}
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