"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"Deacon Brodie, thought to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , was publicly hung at the site of the old tolbooth of Edinburgh"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastilles",
"big houses",
"bridewells",
"brigs",
"calabooses",
"cans",
"clinks",
"coolers",
"coops",
"guardrooms",
"hocks",
"holds",
"hoosegows",
"jailhouses",
"jails",
"joints",
"jugs",
"lockups",
"nicks",
"penitentiaries",
"pens",
"pokeys",
"prisons",
"quods",
"slammers",
"slams",
"stirs",
"stockades"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pens",
"cages",
"cells",
"holes",
"tanks",
"blocks",
"wards",
"glasshouses",
"guardhouses",
"hulks",
"concentration camps",
"gulags",
"labor camps",
"prison camps",
"stalags",
"work camps",
"dungeons",
"keeps",
"oubliettes",
"reformatories",
"reform schools",
"training schools"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outsides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tolerance":{
"the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining":{
"examples":[
"showed great tolerance in dealing with the child's tantrums"
"his poor performance in the debate tells of too little preparation"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespoke",
"betokened",
"denoted",
"indicated",
"meant",
"pointed (to)",
"signified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boded",
"foreshowed",
"foretold",
"presaged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tolerate":{
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
"examples":[
"my boss simply doesn't tolerate tardiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"suffer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"shrug off",
"wink (at)",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"brook",
"cater (to)",
"give in (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"curb",
"deter",
"discourage",
"frustrate",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"prevent"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"suffering a terrible headache, the poor woman couldn't tolerate all the noise the neighbors were making"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"absorb",
"accept",
"bear",
"bide",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"go",
"hack",
"handle",
"meet",
"pocket",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"sweat out",
"take",
"wear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allow",
"permit",
"suffer",
"swallow",
"reconcile (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (with or to)",
"assent (to)",
"capitulate",
"consent (to)",
"respect",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"miss",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tolbooth":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"Deacon Brodie, thought to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , was publicly hung at the site of the old tolbooth of Edinburgh"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pen",
"cage",
"cell",
"hole",
"tank",
"block",
"ward",
"glasshouse",
"guardhouse",
"hulk(s)",
"concentration camp",
"gulag",
"labor camp",
"prison camp",
"stalag",
"work camp",
"dungeon",
"keep",
"oubliette",
"reformatory",
"reform school",
"training school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tolerating":{
"receiving or enduring without offering resistance":{
"examples":[
"old pictures of a graciously tolerating father letting his young children climb all over him"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"nonresistant",
"passive",
"resigned",
"tolerant",
"unresistant",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forbearing",
"impassive",
"long-suffering",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"uncomplaining",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"conformable",
"conformist",
"docile",
"guidable",
"law-abiding",
"obedient",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"subordinate",
"tractable",
"willing",
"obeisant",
"submissive",
"surrendering",
"amiable",
"obliging",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"disciplined",
"governable",
"manageable",
"apathetic",
"uncaring",
"unresponsive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiant",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"insurgent",
"intractable",
"mutinous",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"balky",
"perverse",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"headstrong",
"willful",
"wilful",
"indomitable",
"undisciplined",
"unmanageable",
"dissident",
"nonconformist"
],
"antonyms":[
"protesting",
"resistant",
"resisting",
"unyielding"
]
},
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
"examples":[
"my boss simply doesn't tolerate tardiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"suffering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"shrugging off",
"winking (at)",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"pardoning",
"brooking",
"catering (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"curbing",
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"frustrating",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)"
],
"antonyms":[
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"preventing"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"suffering a terrible headache, the poor woman couldn't tolerate all the noise the neighbors were making"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"absorbing",
"accepting",
"bearing",
"biding",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"going",
"hacking",
"handling",
"meeting",
"pocketing",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"sweating out",
"taking",
"wearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowing",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"swallowing",
"reconciling (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (with or to)",
"assenting (to)",
"capitulating",
"consenting (to)",
"respecting",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"missing",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"tolerable":{
"capable of being endured":{
"examples":[
"stubbing your toe is at least a more tolerable pain than breaking your foot"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearable",
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"supportable",
"sustainable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"livable",
"liveable",
"survivable",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"admissible",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"reasonable",
"satisfactory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agonizing",
"appalling",
"awful",
"bad",
"cruel",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"harrowing",
"harsh",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nasty",
"nightmarish",
"painful",
"rotten",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"tormenting",
"torturous",
"unfortunate",
"vicious",
"vile",
"wretched",
"unacceptable",
"acute",
"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing",
"abhorrent",
"deplorable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"abominable",
"evil",
"foul",
"heinous",
"noxious",
"odious",
"unspeakable"
],
"antonyms":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable"
]
},
"of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards":{
"examples":[
"the accommodations are tolerable though not exactly luxurious"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fairish",
"fine",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"serviceable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"average",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"common",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-rate",
"so-so",
"standard",
"unexceptional",
"appropriate",
"correct",
"due",
"fitting",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"disreputable",
"improper",
"indecent",
"objectionable",
"unfit",
"unsuitable",
"unworthy",
"useless",
"wrong",
"bad",
"cheap",
"defective",
"faulty",
"imperfect",
"incomplete",
"lamentable",
"pitiful",
"shoddy",
"dissatisfying",
"insufficient",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"insufferable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"miserable",
"vile",
"wretched",
"exceptional",
"exquisite",
"extreme",
"fancy",
"first-class",
"high-grade",
"matchless",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"optimal",
"optimum",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"premium",
"special",
"supreme",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"classic",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"fabulous",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"prime",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"toll calls":{
"as in messages , cold calls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callbacks",
"cold calls",
"conference calls",
"messages",
"voice mails",
"buzzes",
"calls",
"rings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tolls":{
"as in expenses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"expenses",
"costs",
"prices",
"damages",
"forfeits",
"forfeitures",
"mulcts",
"sacrifices",
"antes",
"risks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tariffs , income taxes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capitations",
"customs",
"excises",
"hidden taxes",
"income taxes",
"poll taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"single taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tariffs",
"tributes",
"value-added taxes",
"withholding taxes",
"assessments",
"duties",
"impositions",
"imposts",
"levies",
"taxes",
"direct taxes",
"personal taxes",
"supertaxes",
"surcharges",
"surtaxes",
"death taxes",
"estate taxes",
"inheritance taxes",
"flat taxes",
"proportional taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
"examples":[
"let the church bells joyously toll on this most happy occasion"
],
"synonyms":[
"bongs",
"chimes",
"knells",
"peals",
"rings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chinks",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"clinks",
"ding-dongs",
"dings",
"gongs",
"jangles",
"jingles",
"pings",
"plinks",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"tangs",
"tingles",
"tinkles",
"echoes",
"resonates",
"resounds",
"reverberates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"toll":{
"as in expense":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"expense",
"cost",
"price",
"damages",
"forfeit",
"forfeiture",
"mulct",
"sacrifice",
"ante",
"risk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tariff , income tax":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy",
"tax",
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"supertax",
"surcharge",
"surtax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
"examples":[
"let the church bells joyously toll on this most happy occasion"