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{
"Pollyanna":{
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"as in optimistic , hopeful":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"Panglossian",
"Pollyannaish",
"Pollyannish",
"rose-colored",
"rosy",
"upbeat",
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"golden",
"heartening",
"likely",
"promising",
"propitious",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"reassuring",
"favorable",
"good",
"positive",
"idealist",
"romantic",
"utopian",
"visionary",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"sunny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearish",
"defeatist",
"despairing",
"downbeat",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"cynical",
"fatalistic",
"nihilist",
"nihilistic",
"desperate",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"inauspicious",
"unlikely",
"unpromising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in optimist , Micawber":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Micawber",
"optimist",
"Don Quixote",
"dreamer",
"fantast",
"idealist",
"idealizer",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"romantic",
"romanticist",
"utopian",
"visionary",
"emotionalist",
"sentimentalist",
"daydreamer",
"fantasizer",
"woolgatherer",
"do-gooder",
"reformer",
"perfectionist",
"doctrinaire",
"theorist",
"thinker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynic",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"empiric",
"empiricist",
"hardnose",
"pragmatist",
"realist"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"polar":{
"being as different as possible":{
"examples":[
"they're friends despite their polar positions on a number of issues"
],
"synonyms":[
"antipodal",
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"opposite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adverse",
"negative",
"unfavorable",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"counter",
"cross",
"hostile",
"converse",
"inverse",
"obverse",
"reverse",
"alien",
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"divergent",
"unalike",
"unlike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alike",
"analogous",
"like",
"similar",
"equivalent",
"identical",
"same",
"synonymous"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncontradictory"
]
},
"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
"examples":[
"a polar air mass seemed to have settled over our area in January"
],
"synonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"numbing",
"shivery",
"snappy",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cryogenic",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"bracing",
"brisk",
"crisp",
"invigorating",
"rigorous",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"frosted",
"frozen",
"iced",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"equatorial",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"glowing",
"hot",
"igneous",
"molten",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"warming",
"white-hot"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"polarizations":{
"as in atomizations , dichotomizations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"atomizations",
"dichotomizations",
"decompositions",
"disassemblies",
"dismemberments",
"segmentations",
"subdivisions",
"diffusions",
"dispersals",
"dispersions",
"scatterings",
"divorces",
"severances",
"administrations",
"apportionments",
"distributions",
"breaches",
"ruptures",
"isolations",
"seclusions",
"segregations",
"sequestrations",
"bifurcations",
"breakups",
"cleavages",
"dissolutions",
"disunions",
"divisions",
"fractionalizations",
"fractionations",
"partitions",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"separations",
"splits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unifications",
"unions",
"assemblages",
"associations",
"attachments",
"conjunctions",
"connections",
"linkages",
"links",
"linkups",
"aggregations",
"combinations",
"consolidations",
"fusions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"police":{
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"the department of government that keeps order, fights crime, and enforces statutes":{
"examples":[
"the appearance of a ransom note meant that the teenager's disappearance was now a matter for the police"
],
"synonyms":[
"law"
],
"near synonyms":[
"judiciary",
"jurisprudence",
"justice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"a body of officers of the law":{
"examples":[
"the National Guard will serve as backup for the metropolitan police in the event of violent protests"
],
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"synonyms":[
"constabulary",
"finest",
"force",
"fuzz",
"heat",
"man",
"police force"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"bluecoat",
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"gendarme",
"officer",
"peeler",
"policeman",
"police officer",
"policewoman",
"shamus",
"trooper"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"as in patrol , conduct":{
"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"administrate",
"conduct",
"control",
"direct",
"govern",
"guide",
"manage",
"operate",
"preside (over)",
"regulate",
"run",
"steward",
"attend",
"care (for)",
"mind",
"oversee",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"tend",
"watch",
"guard",
"patrol",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"baby",
"babysit",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"mother",
"shepherd"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"pass over"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"polish":{
"a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts":{
"examples":[
"acquired a great deal of polish during his year abroad"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"civilization",
"couth",
"cultivation",
"culture",
"refinement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"education",
"erudition",
"intellectualism",
"intellectuality",
"knowledge",
"learning",
"literacy",
"scholarship",
"cosmopolitanism",
"sophistication",
"urbanity",
"breeding",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"manners",
"class",
"elegance",
"grace",
"taste",
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"politeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignorance",
"illiteracy",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"rusticity",
"unsophistication",
"boorishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"barbarianism",
"barbarism",
"philistinism"
]
},
"brightness created by light reflected from a surface":{
"examples":[
"buffed the silver plate to a high polish"
],
"synonyms":[
"burnish",
"gloss",
"luminance",
"luster",
"lustre",
"sheen",
"shine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glare",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glow",
"shimmer",
"blink",
"flicker",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"illumination",
"irradiation",
"iridescence",
"luminescence",
"brilliance",
"luminosity",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"refulgence",
"finish",
"glaze"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimness",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"drabness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"flatness",
"grayness",
"paleness",
"cloudiness",
"gloom",
"murkiness",
"obscureness",
"obscurity",
"somberness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to polish your shoes with a clean rag before the performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"buff",
"burnish",
"dress",
"furbish",
"gloss",
"grind",
"rub",
"shine",
"smooth",
"smoothen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleek",
"slick",
"coat",
"glaze",
"japan",
"lacquer",
"varnish",
"face",
"finish",
"veneer",
"brighten",
"file",
"rasp",
"sand",
"sandblast",
"sandpaper",
"scour",
"scrape",
"scrub",
"bob",
"bone",
"lap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough (up)",
"roughen",
"ruffle",
"scuff (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
"examples":[
"once you polish the article a bit, it'll be ready to submit"
],
"synonyms":[
"complete",
"consummate",
"finalize",
"finish",
"perfect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"follow through (with)",
"stick out",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"effect",
"carry out",
"carry through",
"discharge",
"do",
"execute",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"perform",
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"machine",
"refine",
"round (off or out)",
"shine",
"touch up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"desert",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"forsake",
"quit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"politeness":{
"speech or behavior that is a sign of good breeding":{
"examples":[
"the little girl's politeness greatly impressed her teacher"
],
"synonyms":[
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"mannerliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentiveness",
"consideration",
"thoughtfulness",
"ceremonialness",
"ceremoniousness",
"ceremony",
"formality",
"chivalrousness",
"chivalry",
"courtliness",
"gallantry",
"gentlemanliness",
"knighthood",
"knightliness",
"breeding",
"manners",
"suaveness",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity",
"elegance",
"refinement",
"deference",
"respect",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"gentilesse",
"polish",
"politesse",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"seemliness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"sociability",
"felicitousness",
"gracefulness",
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"shyness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"casualness",
"informality",
"delinquency",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"thoughtlessness",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"presumption",
"pretentiousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"rudeness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness"
]
},
"an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners":{
"examples":[
"inquiring after his wife was a simple politeness"
],
"synonyms":[
"amenity",
"attention",
"civility",
"courtesy",
"formality",
"gesture",
"pleasantry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"honors",
"ceremony",
"observance",
"rite",
"ritual",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"form",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties",
"addresses",
"devoirs",
"greetings",
"regards",
"respects",
"favor",
"grace",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"protocol",
"rules"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poll tax":{
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"as in property tax , income tax":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"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"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poller":{
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"data gathered by nationwide pollers showed the Republicans in the lead"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvasser",
"canvaser",
"interviewer",
"pollster"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asker",
"inquirer",
"querier",
"querist",
"questioner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answerer",
"replier",
"responder",
"attester",
"informant",
"reporter",
"testifier",
"witness"
],
"antonyms":[
"interviewee",
"pollee",
"respondent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polluting":{
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"outmoded factories polluting the air"
],
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"synonyms":[
"befouling",
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"fouling",
"poisoning",
"tainting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"infecting",
"begriming",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"dirtying",
"fouling up",
"griming",
"miring",
"muddying",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"soiling",
"staining",
"sullying",
"corrupting",
"rotting",
"spoiling",
"adulterating",
"doctoring",
"diluting",
"watering down"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"clearing",
"distilling",
"purging",
"filtering",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"sterilizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminating",
"purifying"
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]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polychromatic":{
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
"examples":[
"a polychromatic tropical bird"
],
"synonyms":[
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated",
"various"
],
"near synonyms":[
"iridescent",
"opalescent",
"brave",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"gay",
"vibrant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"loud",
"showy",
"splashy",
"checkered",
"dotted",
"patterned",
"plaid",
"plaided",
"striped",
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"parti-color",
"parti-colored",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"flecked",
"specked",
"speckled",
"spotted",
"banded",
"barred",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"streaked",
"striated",
"bichrome",
"bicolored",
"bicolor",
"dichromatic",
"trichromatic",
"tricolor",
"tricolored",
"two-tone",
"two-toned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatic",
"bleached",
"decolorized",
"faded",
"washed-out",
"dull",
"faint",
"gray",
"grey",
"neutral",
"pale",
"pallid",
"unbrilliant"
],
"antonyms":[
"colorless",
"monochromatic",
"monochromic",
"monotone",
"self-colored",
"solid"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"polyhistoric":{
"as in learned , erudite":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"erudite",
"learned",
"literate",
"polymath",
"polymathic",
"scholarly",
"well-read",
"academic",
"academical",
"bookish",
"professorial",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"didactic",
"high-toned",
"hyperintellectual",
"pedantic",
"blue",
"cerebral",
"eggheaded",
"geeky",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"intellectualistic",
"long-haired",
"longhair",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"high-hat",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"educated",
"schooled",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"quick-witted",
"smart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anti-intellectual",
"lowbrow",
"nonintellectual",
"philistine",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlettered",
"unread",
"dumb",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"slow",
"stupid",
"unintelligent",
"benighted",
"unenlightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"polemic":{
"as in diatribe , tirade":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"broadside",
"diatribe",
"harangue",
"tirade",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"criticism",
"excoriation",
"opprobrium",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof",
"aspersion",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittlement",
"disparagement",
"revilement",
"vilification",
"expletive",
"swearword",
"epithet",
"insult",
"put-down",
"slur",
"blasphemy",
"curse",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction",
"profanity",
"blackguardism",
"abuse",
"billingsgate",
"fulmination",
"invective",
"obloquy",
"scurrility",
"vitriol",
"vituperation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"endearments",
"felicitations",
"adulation",
"blarney",
"flattery",
"overpraise",
"soft soap"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polarizing":{
"to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control":{
"examples":[
"we will need to polarize all of the fractious environmental groups into a united front if we hope to win on this issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"centering",
"centralizing",
"compacting",
"concentering",
"concentrating",
"consolidating",
"unifying",
"uniting"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coordinating",
"harmonizing",
"integrating",
"orchestrating",
"blending",
"coalescing",
"combining",
"fusing",
"incorporating",
"merging",
"reducing",
"conjoining",
"joining",
"linking",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"colligating",
"gathering",
"reunifying",
"reuniting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"segregating",
"separating"
],
"antonyms":[
"decentralizing",
"deconcentrating",
"spreading (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"policeman":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"reported the crime to the nearest policeman"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"flatfoot",
"fuzz",
"gendarme",
"lawman",
"officer",
"police officer",
"shamus"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"patrolman",
"policewoman",
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"inspector",
"investigator",
"plainclothesman",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"sheriff",
"trooper",
"peace officer",
"captain",
"lieutenant",
"sergeant",
"constabulary",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poll":{
"the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth":{
"examples":[
"a jaunty cap was perched on his poll"
],
"synonyms":[
"bean",
"block",
"dome",
"head",
"mazard",
"mazzard",
"nob",
"noddle",
"noggin",
"noodle",
"nut",
"pate"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cranium",
"crown",
"scalp",
"skull",
"occiput"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"assigned to poll residents on their views about a program for recycling"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvass",
"canvas",
"interview",
"solicit",
"survey"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"circularize",
"interrogate",
"question",
"feel (out)",
"sound (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"report"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"time to poll the sheep's wool"
],
"synonyms":[
"bob",
"clip",
"crop",
"cut",
"cut back",
"dock",
"lop (off)",
"nip",
"pare",
"prune",
"shave",
"shear",
"snip",
"trim"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"skive",
"whittle",
"manicure",
"mow",
"pinch",
"stump",
"curtail",
"shorten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"poltroon":{
"having or showing a shameful lack of courage":{
"examples":[
"a military commander who was so poltroon that he surrendered without having fired so much as a single shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"chicken-livered",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffident",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"timid",
"timorous",
"afraid",
"frightened",
"scared",
"careful",
"cautious",
"wary",
"bashful",
"coy",
"shy",
"feeble",
"soft",
"unmanly",
"weak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"audacious",
"bold",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"nervy",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"determined",
"resolute"
],
"antonyms":[
"brave",
"courageous",
"daring",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
]
},
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
"examples":[
"those poltroons in the state legislature who have caved in to bigotry on this important issue of basic civil rights"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"coward",
"craven",
"cur",
"dastard",
"funk",
"recreant",
"sissy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatist",
"quitter",
"cream puff",
"milquetoast",
"pushover",
"pussy",
"weakling",
"wimp",
"caitiff",
"snake",
"sneak",
"ostrich",
"scaramouch",
"scaramouche"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daredevil"
],
"antonyms":[
"hero",
"stalwart",
"valiant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Pollyannish":{
"as in optimistic , hopeful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"upbeat",
"dewy-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"sentimental",
"tender-minded",
"doctrinaire",
"ideological",
"ideologic",
"crusading",
"messianic",
"zealous",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"idealist",
"idealistic",
"quixotic",
"quixotical",
"romantic",
"starry",
"starry-eyed",
"utopian",
"visionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"hardheaded",
"hard-nosed",
"tough-minded",
"unsentimental",
"practical",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"realistic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"polluted":{
"containing foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"examples":[
"called in to clean up the polluted stream"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterate",
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"contaminated",
"dilute",
"diluted",
"impure",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"weakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unclarified",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"maculate",
"maculated",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"blended",
"commingled",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"compounded",
"cheapened",
"doctored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"purified",
"refined",
"ultrarefined",
"neat",
"plain",
"straight",
"concentrated",
"strong",
"uncombined",
"pasteurized",
"sterile",
"sterilized",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied"
],
"antonyms":[
"fine",
"pure",
"ultrapure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"uncontaminated",
"uncut",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"unpolluted",
"untainted"
]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"outmoded factories polluting the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouled",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"poisoned",
"tainted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infected",
"begrimed",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"dirtied",
"fouled up",
"grimed",
"mired",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"stained",
"sullied",
"corrupted",
"rotted",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"adulterated",
"doctored",
"diluted",
"watered down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"cleared",
"distilled",
"purged",
"filtered",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"sterilized"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminated",
"purified"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"polling":{
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"assigned to poll residents on their views about a program for recycling"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"interviewing",
"soliciting",
"surveying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularizing",
"interrogating",
"questioning",
"feeling (out)",
"sounding (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reporting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"time to poll the sheep's wool"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbing",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"docking",
"lopping (off)",
"nipping",
"paring",
"pruning",
"shaving",
"shearing",
"snipping",
"trimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skiving",
"whittling",
"manicuring",
"mowing",
"pinching",
"stumping",
"curtailing",
"shortening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"policies":{
"a way of acting or proceeding":{
"examples":[
"it's always been my policy not to spread rumors"
],
"synonyms":[
"courses",
"lines",
"methodologies",
"procedures",
"programs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blueprints",
"designs",
"plans",
"schemes",
"strategies",
"intentions",
"intents",
"purposes",
"approaches",
"directions",
"methods",
"paths",
"pathways",
"tacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polyandry":{
"as in polygamy , polyamory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bigamy",
"polyamory",
"polygamy",
"polygyny",
"conjugality",
"connubiality",
"marriage",
"match",
"matrimony",
"wedlock",
"monogamy",
"intermarriage",
"miscegenation",
"mixed marriage",
"remarriage",
"cohabitation",
"common-law marriage",
"civil union",
"domestic partnership",
"attachment",
"commitment",
"relationship",
"betrothal",
"engagement",
"espousal",
"hand",
"pledge",
"promise",
"proposal",
"troth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulment",
"divorce",
"separation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"police reporters":{
"as in staffers , sportswriters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"muckrakers",
"photojournalists",
"sportswriters",
"staffers",
"stringers",
"correspondents",
"intelligencers",
"journalists",
"newshounds",
"newsmen",
"newspeople",
"pressmen",
"reporters",
"announcers",
"broadcasters",
"newscasters",
"newspapermen",
"newspaperwomen",
"newswomen",
"anchormen",
"anchorpeople",
"anchors",
"anchorwomen",
"byliners",
"columnists",
"commentators",
"copyreaders",
"editors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polite":{
"showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners":{
"examples":[
"it's only polite to hold the door for the person behind you"
],
"synonyms":[
"civil",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"well-bred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentive",
"careful",
"considerate",
"nice",
"solicitous",
"thoughtful",
"chivalrous",
"civilized",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"gentlemanlike",
"gentlemanly",
"ladylike",
"ceremonial",
"ceremonious",
"red-carpet",
"couth",
"formal",
"smooth",
"suave",
"unctuous",
"urbane",
"elegant",
"refined",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"respectful",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"acceptable",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"comme il faut",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"good",
"meet",
"proper",
"respectable",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"affable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"felicitous",
"graceful",
"demure",
"humble",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassertive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassy",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"lippy",
"saucy",
"shameless",
"boorish",
"churlish",
"clodhopping",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"vulgar",
"casual",
"informal",
"unceremonious",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"uncalled-for",
"unrespectable",
"unseemly",
"arrogant",
"conceited",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"discourteous",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"mannerless",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"ungenteel",
"ungracious",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
]
},
"following the established traditions of refined society and good taste":{
"examples":[
"such matters are never mentioned in polite conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"befitting",
"correct",
"de rigueur",
"decent",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"dress",
"dressy",
"formal",
"dignified",
"elegant",
"gracious",
"priggish",
"prim",
"stiff",
"stuffy",
"apt",
"material",
"relevant",
"compatible",
"congenial",
"harmonious",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"kosher",
"permitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"casual",
"grungy",
"informal",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"banned",
"barred",
"disallowed",
"forbidden",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"awkward",
"gauche",
"ungraceful"
],
"antonyms":[
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"unbecoming",
"ungenteel",
"unseemly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"politesse":{
"as in civility , politeness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"gentilesse",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"mannerliness",
"politeness",
"etiquette",
"dignity",
"grace",
"refinement",
"decency",
"decorum",
"form",
"propriety",
"discretion",
"prudence",
"appropriateness",
"correctitude",
"correctness",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"care",
"carefulness",
"character",
"goodness",
"high-mindedness",
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"straightness",
"uprightness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"indecorum",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"gracelessness",
"discourtesy",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"vulgarity",
"imprudence",
"indiscretion",
"badness",
"evil",
"immorality",
"wickedness",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"perversion",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polkas":{
"as in waltzes , twists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boogies",
"boogeys",
"bops",
"fox-trots",
"gavottes",
"jigs",
"jitterbugs",
"jives",
"mambos",
"shags",
"shimmies",
"shuffles",
"tangos",
"tap-dances",
"twists",
"waltzes",
"prances",
"struts",
"trips",
"treads",
"dances",
"foots (it)",
"hoofs (it)",
"steps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"police dogs":{
"as in guide dogs , working dogs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"guide dogs",
"working dogs",
"bandogs",
"bird dogs",
"coonhounds",
"coursers",
"gundogs",
"hunters",
"sheepdogs",
"sled dogs",
"watchdogs",
"wolf dogs",
"wolfhounds",
"lapdogs",
"puppies",
"puppy dogs",
"pups",
"whelps",
"bitches",
"curs",
"mongrels",
"mutts",
"canines",
"doggies",
"dogs",
"hounds",
"pooches",
"tykes",
"tikes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"policemen":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"reported the crime to the nearest policeman"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"flatfeet",
"fuzzes",
"gendarmes",
"lawmen",
"officers",
"police officers",
"shamuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolmen",
"policewomen",
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"inspectors",
"investigators",
"plainclothesmen",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"sheriffs",
"troopers",
"peace officers",
"captains",
"lieutenants",
"sergeants",
"constabularies",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polygyny":{
"as in polygamy , polyamory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bigamy",
"polyamory",
"polyandry",
"polygamy",
"conjugality",
"connubiality",
"marriage",
"match",
"matrimony",
"wedlock",
"monogamy",
"intermarriage",
"miscegenation",
"mixed marriage",
"remarriage",
"cohabitation",
"common-law marriage",
"civil union",
"domestic partnership",
"attachment",
"commitment",
"relationship",
"betrothal",
"engagement",
"espousal",
"hand",
"pledge",
"promise",
"proposal",
"troth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulment",
"divorce",
"separation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"police officer":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"flatfoot",
"fuzz",
"gendarme",
"lawman",
"officer",
"policeman",
"shamus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolman",
"policewoman",
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"inspector",
"investigator",
"plainclothesman",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"sheriff",
"trooper",
"peace officer",
"captain",
"lieutenant",
"sergeant",
"constabulary",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator"
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"civilian"
],
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"harmonic",
"homophonic",
"orchestral",
"tonal",
"cadenced",
"lilting",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"songful",
"songlike",
"agreeable",
"appealing",
"pleasant",
"quavering",
"trilling",
"warbling",
"echoing",
"resonant",
"sonorous",
"dulcet",
"mellow",
"melodic",
"sweet",
"blending",
"chiming",
"flowing",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"canorous",
"euphonic",
"euphonious",
"harmonious",
"harmonizing",
"melodious",
"musical",
"symphonic",
"symphonious",
"tuneful"
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"disharmonious",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"tuneless",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical",
"blaring",
"clanging",
"clashing",
"clattering",
"grating",
"harsh",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"metallic",
"raspy",
"raucous",
"scratching",
"screeching",
"shrill",
"squeaky",
"strident",
"disagreeable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"atonal",
"off-key"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pollsters":{
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"he wouldn't tell the exit pollster whom he'd voted for"
],
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"canvassers",
"canvasers",
"interviewers",
"pollers"
],
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"askers",
"inquirers",
"queriers",
"querists",
"questioners"
],
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"answerers",
"repliers",
"responders",
"attesters",
"informants",
"reporters",
"testifiers",
"witnesses"
],
"antonyms":[
"interviewees",
"pollees",
"respondents"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"police action":{
"as in civil war , world war":{
"examples":[],
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"civil war",
"cold war",
"holy war",
"limited war",
"world war",
"conflagration",
"conflict",
"hostilities",
"hot war",
"war",
"action",
"battle",
"engagement",
"skirmish",
"combat",
"fighting",
"warfare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peace",
"demilitarization",
"demobilization",
"disarmament",
"pacification",
"cease-fire",
"truce",
"calm",
"peacefulness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poling":{
"as in punting":{
"examples":[],
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"punting",
"canoeing",
"kayaking",
"feathering",
"pulling",
"oaring",
"paddling",
"rowing",
"sculling"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polemists":{
"as in polemicists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"polemicists",
"attack dogs",
"mudslingers",
"hatchet men",
"hired guns",
"hit men",
"barracuda",
"barracudas",
"sharks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polkaed":{
"as in waltzed , twisted":{
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"boogied",
"boogeyed",
"bopped",
"fox-trotted",
"gavotted",
"jigged",
"jitterbugged",
"jived",
"mamboed",
"shagged",
"shimmied",
"shuffled",
"tangoed",
"tap-danced",
"twisted",
"waltzed",
"pranced",
"strutted",
"tripped",
"trod",
"treaded",
"danced",
"footed (it)",
"hoofed (it)",
"stepped"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Polyglot":{
"as in Scripture , Bible":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Bible",
"Book",
"Good Book",
"Holy Writ",
"Scripture"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"police (up)":{
"as in turn out , straighten (up)":{
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"clean (off)",
"neaten",
"straighten (up)",
"turn out",
"unclutter",
"houseclean",
"housekeep",
"arrange",
"order",
"clean (up)",
"pick up",
"tidy (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutter",
"disarrange",
"mess (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polyhistor":{
"as in Renaissance man , polymath":{
"examples":[],
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"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"brain",
"brainiac",
"genius",
"intellect",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wiz",
"wizard",
"blue",
"bluestocking",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"savant",
"geek",
"longhair",
"nerd",
"master",
"virtuoso",
"ace",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"natural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"nitwit",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"ignoramus",
"illiterate",
"know-nothing",
"lowbrow",
"anti-intellectual",
"philistine",
"ass",
"donkey",
"fool",
"jackass",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"louse",
"lout",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"policed (up)":{
"as in turned out , straightened (up)":{
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"cleaned (off)",
"neatened",
"straightened (up)",
"turned out",
"uncluttered",
"housecleaned",
"housekept",
"arranged",
"ordered",
"cleaned (up)",
"picked up",
"tidied (up)"
],
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"cluttered",
"disarranged",
"messed (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polemist":{
"as in polemicist":{
"examples":[],
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"polemicist",
"attack dog",
"mudslinger",
"hatchet man",
"hired gun",
"hit man",
"barracuda",
"shark"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poltergeists":{
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
"examples":[
"we thought a poltergeist was knocking dishes off the shelves, but it turned out to just be vibrations from passing trains"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparitions",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"familiar spirits",
"ghosts",
"hants",
"haunts",
"materializations",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"shades",
"shadows",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spirits",
"spooks",
"sprites",
"visions",
"visitants",
"wraiths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angels",
"daimones",
"daimons",
"familiars",
"genies",
"genii",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"jinn",
"jinns",
"djinn",
"djinns",
"shaitans",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"fetches",
"lemures",
"manes",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"lamiae",
"lamias",
"succubi",
"vampires",
"zombies",
"cacodemons",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghouls",
"imps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"police reporter":{
"as in staffer , sportswriter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"muckraker",
"photojournalist",
"sportswriter",
"staffer",
"stringer",
"correspondent",
"intelligencer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"pressman",
"reporter",
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"newscaster",
"newspaperman",
"newspaperwoman",
"newswoman",
"anchor",
"anchorman",
"anchorperson",
"anchorwoman",
"byliner",
"columnist",
"commentator",
"copyreader",
"editor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polestar":{
"a guiding or motivating purpose or principle":{
"examples":[
"under the polestar of progress, urban renewal programs gutted the historic districts of many cities"
],
"synonyms":[
"compass",
"cynosure",
"direction",
"focus",
"lodestar",
"loadstar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"grade",
"mark",
"measure",
"par",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"yardstick",
"aim",
"ambition",
"aspiration",
"dream",
"goal",
"intention",
"object",
"objective",
"purpose",
"target"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polygamies":{
"the state or practice of being married to more than one person at the same time":{
"examples":[
"Some cultures practice polygamy ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bigamies",
"polyamories",
"polyandries",
"polygynies",
"conjugalities",
"connubialities",
"marriages",
"matches",
"matrimonies",
"wedlocks",
"monogamies",
"intermarriages",
"miscegenations",
"mixed marriages",
"remarriages",
"cohabitations",
"common-law marriages",
"civil unions",
"domestic partnerships",
"attachments",
"commitments",
"relationships",
"betrothals",
"engagements",
"espousals",
"hands",
"pledges",
"promises",
"proposals",
"troths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulments",
"divorces",
"separations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polytheists":{
"as in theist , monotheists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deists",
"monotheists",
"theist",
"cultists",
"pietists",
"zealots",
"churchgoers",
"communicants",
"congregants",
"fundamentalists",
"believers",
"religionists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in neo-pagans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"neo-pagans",
"atheists",
"giaours",
"infidels",
"misbelievers",
"miscreants",
"nonbelievers",
"unbelievers",
"gentiles",
"heathens",
"heathen",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"pagans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polestars":{
"a guiding or motivating purpose or principle":{
"examples":[
"under the polestar of progress, urban renewal programs gutted the historic districts of many cities"
],
"synonyms":[
"compasses",
"cynosures",
"directions",
"foci",
"focuses",
"lodestars",
"loadstars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benchmarks",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"grades",
"marks",
"measures",
"pars",
"standards",
"touchstones",
"yardsticks",
"aims",
"ambitions",
"aspirations",
"dreams",
"goals",
"intentions",
"objectives",
"objects",
"purposes",
"targets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polychrome":{
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
"examples":[
"polychrome pottery featuring designs from the American Southwest"
],
"synonyms":[
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated",
"various"
],
"near synonyms":[
"iridescent",
"opalescent",
"brave",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"gay",
"vibrant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"loud",
"showy",
"splashy",
"checkered",
"dotted",
"patterned",
"plaid",
"plaided",
"striped",
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"parti-color",
"parti-colored",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"flecked",
"specked",
"speckled",
"spotted",
"banded",
"barred",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"streaked",
"striated",
"bichrome",
"bicolored",
"bicolor",
"dichromatic",
"trichromatic",
"tricolor",
"tricolored",
"two-tone",
"two-toned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatic",
"bleached",
"decolorized",
"faded",
"washed-out",
"dull",
"faint",
"gray",
"grey",
"neutral",
"pale",
"pallid",
"unbrilliant"
],
"antonyms":[
"colorless",
"monochromatic",
"monochromic",
"monotone",
"self-colored",
"solid"
]
},
"as in stripe , speckle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checker",
"dapple",
"daub",
"fleck",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pattern",
"speck",
"speckle",
"streak",
"striate",
"stripe",
"variegate",
"darken",
"embrown",
"tone (down)",
"brighten",
"lighten",
"bepaint",
"color",
"dye",
"paint",
"pigment",
"stain",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decolorize",
"blanch",
"bleach",
"whiten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"polysyllable":{
"as in word , vernacularism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"archaism",
"coinage",
"colloquialism",
"euphemism",
"loanword",
"modernism",
"neologism",
"vernacularism",
"linguistic form",
"monosyllable",
"morpheme",
"speech form",
"expression",
"term",
"word",
"collocation",
"idiom",
"locution",
"phrase"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polyandries":{
"as in polygamies , polyamories":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bigamies",
"polyamories",
"polygamies",
"polygynies",
"conjugalities",
"connubialities",
"marriages",
"matches",
"matrimonies",
"wedlocks",
"monogamies",
"intermarriages",
"miscegenations",
"mixed marriages",
"remarriages",
"cohabitations",
"common-law marriages",
"civil unions",
"domestic partnerships",
"attachments",
"commitments",
"relationships",
"betrothals",
"engagements",
"espousals",
"hands",
"pledges",
"promises",
"proposals",
"troths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulments",
"divorces",
"separations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polysyllables":{
"as in words , vernacularisms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"archaisms",
"coinages",
"colloquialisms",
"euphemisms",
"loanwords",
"modernisms",
"neologisms",
"vernacularisms",
"linguistic forms",
"monosyllables",
"morphemes",
"speech forms",
"expressions",
"terms",
"words",
"collocations",
"idioms",
"locutions",
"phrases"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pollutes":{
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"outmoded factories polluting the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouls",
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"fouls",
"poisons",
"taints"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infects",
"begrimes",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"dirties",
"fouls up",
"grimes",
"mires",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies",
"corrupts",
"rots",
"spoils",
"adulterates",
"doctors",
"dilutes",
"waters down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"clears",
"distills",
"distils",
"purges",
"filters",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"sterilizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purifies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polishing":{
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to polish your shoes with a clean rag before the performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffing",
"burnishing",
"dressing",
"furbishing",
"glossing",
"grinding",
"rubbing",
"shining",
"smoothening",
"smoothing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeking",
"slicking",
"coating",
"glazing",
"japanning",
"lacquering",
"varnishing",
"facing",
"finishing",
"veneering",
"brightening",
"filing",
"rasping",
"sandblasting",
"sanding",
"sandpapering",
"scouring",
"scraping",
"scrubbing",
"bobbing",
"boning",
"lapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughening",
"roughing (up)",
"ruffling",
"scuffing (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
"examples":[
"once you polish the article a bit, it'll be ready to submit"
],
"synonyms":[
"completing",
"consummating",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"perfecting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"following through (with)",
"sticking out",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"effecting",
"carrying out",
"carrying through",
"discharging",
"doing",
"executing",
"fulfilling",
"performing",
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"machining",
"refining",
"rounding (off or out)",
"shining",
"touching up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"forsaking",
"quitting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"police force":{
"a body of officers of the law":{
"examples":[
"mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal"
],
"synonyms":[
"constabulary",
"finest",
"force",
"fuzz",
"heat",
"man",
"police"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluecoat",
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"gendarme",
"officer",
"peeler",
"policeman",
"police officer",
"policewoman",
"shamus",
"trooper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"police dog":{
"as in guide dog , working dog":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"guide dog",
"working dog",
"bandog",
"bird dog",
"coonhound",
"courser",
"gundog",
"hunter",
"sheepdog",
"sled dog",
"watchdog",
"wolf dog",
"wolfhound",
"lapdog",
"pup",
"puppy",
"puppy dog",
"whelp",
"bitch",
"cur",
"mongrel",
"mutt",
"canine",
"dog",
"doggy",
"doggie",
"hound",
"pooch",
"tyke",
"tike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"policing (up)":{
"as in turning out , straightening (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cleaning (off)",
"neatening",
"straightening (up)",
"turning out",
"uncluttering",
"housecleaning",
"housekeeping",
"arranging",
"ordering",
"cleaning (up)",
"picking up",
"tidying (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cluttering",
"disarranging",
"messing (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polishes off":{
"as in finishes , dispatches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatches",
"finishes",
"chews",
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"pecks (at)",
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"as in polygamy , bigamy":{
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"type":[
"noun"
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"controversial",
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"surly",
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"amicable",
"benevolent",
"cordial",
"easygoing",
"friendly",
"genial",
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"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"ingratiating",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
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"agreeable",
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"compliant",
"complying",
"conciliatory",
"cooperative",
"obliging",
"docile",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
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],
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"argumentative",
"contentious",
"controversial",
"disputatious",
"hot-button"
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"delicate",
"difficult",
"knotty",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"spiny",
"thorny",
"ticklish",
"touchy",
"tough"
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"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"irrefutable",
"uncontested",
"undisputed"
],
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"noncontroversial",
"safe",
"uncontroversial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"as in polygamies , bigamies":{
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"bigamies",
"polyandries",
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"conjugalities",
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"marriages",
"matches",
"matrimonies",
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"annulments",
"divorces",
"separations"
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"noun"
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"someone who knows a lot about many different things":{
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"She is rightly regarded as something of a polymath in her extensive knowledge of all the earth sciences."
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"whiz",
"wiz",
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"blue",
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"savant",
"geek",
"longhair",
"nerd",
"master",
"virtuoso",
"ace",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"natural"
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"illiterate",
"know-nothing",
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"philistine",
"ass",
"donkey",
"fool",
"jackass",
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"nitwit",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead"
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"erudite",
"learned",
"literate",
"polyhistoric",
"scholarly",
"well-read",
"academic",
"academical",
"bookish",
"professorial",
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"cultured",
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"hyperintellectual",
"pedantic",
"blue",
"cerebral",
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"geeky",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"intellectualistic",
"long-haired",
"longhair",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"high-hat",
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"snobby",
"snooty",
"educated",
"schooled",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"quick-witted",
"smart"
],
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"anti-intellectual",
"lowbrow",
"nonintellectual",
"philistine",
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"uncultured",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlettered",
"unread",
"dumb",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"slow",
"stupid",
"unintelligent",
"benighted",
"unenlightened"
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},
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"adjective",
"noun"
]
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"as in smutch , spot":{
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"dapple",
"dot",
"eyespot",
"fleck",
"mottle",
"patch",
"pip",
"point",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"blob",
"blot",
"mark",
"smear",
"smudge",
"smutch",
"stain",
"birthmark",
"freckle",
"mole",
"spatter",
"splash"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polishes":{
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to polish your shoes with a clean rag before the performance"
],
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"buffs",
"burnishes",
"dresses",
"furbishes",
"glosses",
"grinds",
"rubs",
"shines",
"smoothens",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
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"sleeks",
"slicks",
"coats",
"glazes",
"japans",
"lacquers",
"varnishes",
"faces",
"finishes",
"veneers",
"brightens",
"files",
"rasps",
"sandblasts",
"sandpapers",
"sands",
"scours",
"scrapes",
"scrubs",
"bobs",
"bones",
"laps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughens",
"roughs (up)",
"ruffles",
"scuffs (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"once you polish the article a bit, it'll be ready to submit"
],
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"completes",
"consummates",
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"finishes",
"perfects"
],
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"follows through (with)",
"sticks out",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"effects",
"carries out",
"carries through",
"discharges",
"does",
"executes",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"performs",
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"machines",
"refines",
"rounds (off or out)",
"shines",
"touches up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"deserts",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"forsakes",
"quits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"police actions":{
"as in civil wars , world wars":{
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"civil wars",
"cold wars",
"holy wars",
"limited wars",
"world wars",
"conflagrations",
"conflicts",
"hostilities",
"hot wars",
"wars",
"actions",
"battles",
"engagements",
"skirmishes",
"combats",
"warfares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peaces",
"demilitarizations",
"demobilizations",
"disarmaments",
"pacifications",
"cease-fires",
"truces",
"calms",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"political action committees":{
"as in vested interests":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"vested interests",
"interest groups",
"interests",
"pressure groups",
"special interests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"polygynies":{
"as in polygamies , polyamories":{
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"near synonyms":[
"bigamies",
"polyamories",
"polyandries",
"polygamies",
"conjugalities",
"connubialities",
"marriages",
"matches",
"matrimonies",
"wedlocks",
"monogamies",
"intermarriages",
"miscegenations",
"mixed marriages",
"remarriages",
"cohabitations",
"common-law marriages",
"civil unions",
"domestic partnerships",
"attachments",
"commitments",
"relationships",
"betrothals",
"engagements",
"espousals",
"hands",
"pledges",
"promises",
"proposals",
"troths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulments",
"divorces",
"separations"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"polyhistors":{
"as in Renaissance men , polymaths":{
"examples":[],
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"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"brainiacs",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"intellects",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"wizzes",
"blues",
"bluestockings",
"highbrows",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"savants",
"geeks",
"longhairs",
"nerds",
"masters",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"aces",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"naturals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blockheads",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"knuckleheads",
"morons",
"nitwits",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"illiterates",
"know-nothings",
"lowbrows",
"anti-intellectuals",
"philistines",
"asses",
"donkeys",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"louses",
"louts",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polished off":{
"as in finished , dispatched":{
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"dispatched",
"finished",
"chewed",
"gnawed (at or on)",
"lapped",
"licked",
"munched",
"nibbled (on)",
"pecked (at)",
"ruminated",
"gorged",
"scarfed",
"scoffed",
"wolfed",
"ate",
"consumed",
"mouthed (down)",
"put away",
"supped",
"bolted",
"devoured",
"gobbled (up or down)",
"gulped",
"ingurgitated",
"drank",
"guzzled",
"imbibed",
"knocked back",
"sipped",
"downed",
"got down",
"ingested",
"swallowed"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polarizes":{
"to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control":{
"examples":[
"we will need to polarize all of the fractious environmental groups into a united front if we hope to win on this issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"centers",
"centralizes",
"compacts",
"concenters",
"concentrates",
"consolidates",
"unifies",
"unites"
],
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"coordinates",
"harmonizes",
"integrates",
"orchestrates",
"blends",
"coalesces",
"combines",
"fuses",
"incorporates",
"merges",
"reduces",
"conjoins",
"joins",
"links",
"assembles",
"collects",
"colligates",
"gathers",
"reunifies",
"reunites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"segregates",
"separates"
],
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"decentralizes",
"deconcentrates",
"spreads (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"policy":{
"a way of acting or proceeding":{
"examples":[
"it's always been my policy not to spread rumors"
],
"synonyms":[
"course",
"line",
"methodology",
"procedure",
"program"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blueprint",
"design",
"plan",
"scheme",
"strategy",
"intent",
"intention",
"purpose",
"approach",
"direction",
"method",
"path",
"pathway",
"tack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters":{
"examples":[
"you should have exercised greater policy in your online relationships and not divulged so much personal information"
],
"synonyms":[
"common sense",
"discreetness",
"discretion",
"gumption",
"horse sense",
"levelheadedness",
"nous",
"prudence",
"sense",
"sensibleness",
"wisdom",
"wit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"street smarts",
"farsightedness",
"forehandedness",
"foresight",
"foresightedness",
"forethoughtfulness",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"brains",
"gray matter",
"intelligence",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"practicality",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"discernment",
"discrimination",
"insight",
"sagacity",
"sapience",
"acumen",
"astuteness",
"clearheadedness",
"keenness",
"penetration",
"perspicacity",
"shrewdness",
"care",
"caution",
"circumspection",
"precaution",
"premeditation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"shortsightedness",
"brainlessness",
"foolishness",
"half-wittedness",
"idiocy",
"senselessness",
"stupidity",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"unreasonableness"
],
"antonyms":[
"imprudence",
"indiscretion"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polychromed":{
"as in striped , speckled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checkered",
"dappled",
"daubed",
"flecked",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"patterned",
"specked",
"speckled",
"streaked",
"striated",
"striped",
"variegated",
"darkened",
"embrowned",
"toned (down)",
"brightened",
"lightened",
"bepainted",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decolorized",
"blanched",
"bleached",
"whitened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pole":{
"as in center , capital":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capital",
"center",
"cynosure",
"epicenter",
"mecca",
"polestar",
"attraction",
"draw",
"lodestone",
"loadstone",
"magnet",
"allure",
"allurement",
"bait",
"enticement",
"fascination",
"lure",
"temptation",
"turn-on",
"appeal",
"call",
"incentive",
"inducement",
"persuasion",
"spur",
"stimulus",
"curiosity",
"sight(s)",
"spectacle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in punt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"punt",
"canoe",
"kayak",
"feather",
"pull",
"oar",
"paddle",
"row",
"scull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"police forces":{
"a body of officers of the law":{
"examples":[
"mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal"
],
"synonyms":[
"constabularies",
"forces",
"fuzzes",
"heat",
"men",
"police"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluecoats",
"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"gendarmes",
"officers",
"peelers",
"policemen",
"police officers",
"policewomen",
"shamuses",
"troopers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Pollyannaish":{
"as in optimistic , hopeful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"upbeat",
"dewy-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"sentimental",
"tender-minded",
"doctrinaire",
"ideological",
"ideologic",
"crusading",
"messianic",
"zealous",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"idealist",
"idealistic",
"quixotic",
"quixotical",
"romantic",
"starry",
"starry-eyed",
"utopian",
"visionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"hardheaded",
"hard-nosed",
"tough-minded",
"unsentimental",
"practical",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"realistic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"polymaths":{
"someone who knows a lot about many different things":{
"examples":[
"She is rightly regarded as something of a polymath in her extensive knowledge of all the earth sciences."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polyhistors",
"Renaissance men",
"Renaissance women",
"brainiacs",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"intellects",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"wizzes",
"blues",
"bluestockings",
"highbrows",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"savants",
"geeks",
"longhairs",
"nerds",
"masters",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"aces",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"naturals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"illiterates",
"know-nothings",
"lowbrows",
"anti-intellectuals",
"philistines",
"asses",
"donkeys",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"blockheads",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"knuckleheads",
"morons",
"nitwits",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pollutant":{
"something that is or that makes impure":{
"examples":[
"filtered the pollutants out of the water"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterant",
"contaminant",
"contamination",
"defilement",
"impurity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blot",
"blotch",
"spot",
"stain",
"taint",
"dirt",
"filth",
"grime",
"muck",
"scum",
"sludge",
"smut",
"soil",
"blemish",
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"disfigurement",
"fault",
"flaw",
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"imperfection",
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"purifier",
"refiner",
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"purity"
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"noun"
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"hidden taxes",
"income taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"single taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tariffs",
"tolls",
"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"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"bluecoat",
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"gendarme",
"officer",
"peeler",
"policeman",
"police officer",
"shamus",
"trooper",
"constabulary",
"finest",
"force",
"fuzz",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pollster":{
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"he wouldn't tell the exit pollster whom he'd voted for"
],
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"canvasser",
"canvaser",
"interviewer",
"poller"
],
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"asker",
"inquirer",
"querier",
"querist",
"questioner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answerer",
"replier",
"responder",
"attester",
"informant",
"reporter",
"testifier",
"witness"
],
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"interviewee",
"pollee",
"respondent"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"inelegant",
"unsophisticated",
"backwoods",
"provincial",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"boorish",
"churlish",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"crude",
"uncouth",
"vulgar",
"coarse",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"lowbrow",
"unintelligent",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlettered",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"philistine",
"uncivilized",
"uncultured",
"ungenteel",
"unpolished",
"unrefined"
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"accomplished",
"civilized",
"couth",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"cerebral",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"high-toned",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"intellectualistic",
"bourgeois"
],
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"adjective"
]
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"as in diatribes , tirades":{
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"broadsides",
"diatribes",
"harangues",
"tirades",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"criticisms",
"excoriations",
"opprobriums",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs",
"aspersions",
"belittlements",
"disparagements",
"revilements",
"vilifications",
"expletives",
"swearwords",
"epithets",
"insults",
"put-downs",
"slurs",
"blasphemies",
"curses",
"execrations",
"imprecations",
"maledictions",
"profanities",
"blackguardisms",
"abuses",
"billingsgates",
"fulminations",
"invectives",
"obloquies",
"scurrilities",
"vitriols",
"vituperations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"commendations",
"praises",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"endearments",
"felicitations",
"adulations",
"blarneys",
"flatteries",
"overpraises",
"soft soaps"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in waltzing , twisting":{
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"boogying",
"boogeying",
"bopping",
"fox-trotting",
"gavotting",
"jigging",
"jitterbugging",
"jiving",
"mamboing",
"shagging",
"shimmying",
"shuffling",
"tangoing",
"tap-dancing",
"twisting",
"waltzing",
"prancing",
"strutting",
"tripping",
"treading",
"dancing",
"footing (it)",
"hoofing (it)",
"stepping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poliomyelitis":{
"as in cerebral palsy , multiple sclerosis":{
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"near synonyms":[
"cerebral palsy",
"multiple sclerosis",
"palsy",
"paralysis",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"decrepitude",
"enfeeblement",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"weakness",
"infirmity",
"lameness",
"disability",
"impairment",
"diplegia",
"hemiplegia",
"paraplegia",
"paresis",
"quadriplegia",
"spastic paralysis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mobility",
"motility",
"sensation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control":{
"examples":[
"we will need to polarize all of the fractious environmental groups into a united front if we hope to win on this issue"
],
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"centered",
"centralized",
"compacted",
"concentered",
"concentrated",
"consolidated",
"unified",
"united"
],
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"coordinated",
"harmonized",
"integrated",
"orchestrated",
"blended",
"blent",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"fused",
"incorporated",
"merged",
"reduced",
"conjoined",
"joined",
"linked",
"assembled",
"collected",
"colligated",
"gathered",
"reunified",
"reunited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"segregated",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[
"decentralized",
"deconcentrated",
"spread (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"an instrument for detecting physical signs of the tension that goes with lying":{
"examples":[
"intelligence agents were trained to fool the polygraph"
],
"synonyms":[
"lie detectors"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polemicist":{
"as in polemist":{
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"near synonyms":[
"polemist",
"attack dog",
"mudslinger",
"hatchet man",
"hired gun",
"hit man",
"barracuda",
"shark"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in waltz , twist":{
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"boogie",
"boogy",
"boogey",
"bop",
"fox-trot",
"gavotte",
"jig",
"jitterbug",
"jive",
"mambo",
"shag",
"shimmy",
"shuffle",
"tango",
"tap-dance",
"twist",
"waltz",
"prance",
"strut",
"trip",
"tread",
"dance",
"foot (it)",
"hoof (it)",
"step"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pollees":{
"as in respondents , interviewees":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"interviewees",
"respondents",
"answerers",
"repliers",
"responders",
"attesters",
"informants",
"reporters",
"testifiers",
"witnesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canvassers",
"canvasers",
"interviewers",
"pollers",
"pollsters",
"askers",
"inquirers",
"queriers",
"querists",
"questioners"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in smutches , spots":{
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"blotches",
"dapples",
"dots",
"eyespots",
"flecks",
"mottles",
"patches",
"pips",
"points",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots",
"blobs",
"blots",
"marks",
"smears",
"smudges",
"smutches",
"stains",
"birthmarks",
"freckles",
"moles",
"spatters",
"splashes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poled":{
"as in punted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"punted",
"canoed",
"kayaked",
"feathered",
"pulled",
"oared",
"paddled",
"rowed",
"sculled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pollutions":{
"something that makes (someone) less pure, honest, or moral":{
"examples":[
"They refused to let their children play violent video games, believing that they caused pollution in a developing mind."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminations",
"corruptions",
"debasements",
"profanities",
"affronts",
"insults",
"violations",
"sins",
"trespasses",
"blasphemies",
"defilements",
"desecrations",
"impieties",
"irreverences",
"profanations",
"sacrileges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poltroons":{
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
"examples":[
"those poltroons in the state legislature who have caved in to bigotry on this important issue of basic civil rights"
],
"synonyms":[
"chickens",
"cowards",
"cravens",
"curs",
"dastards",
"funks",
"recreants",
"sissies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatists",
"quitters",
"cream puffs",
"milquetoasts",
"pushovers",
"pussies",
"weaklings",
"wimps",
"caitiffs",
"snakes",
"sneaks",
"ostriches",
"scaramouches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daredevils"
],
"antonyms":[
"heroes",
"stalwarts",
"valiants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polices":{
"as in patrols , conducts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"administrates",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"manages",
"operates",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"oversees",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"tends",
"watches",
"guards",
"patrols",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"babies",
"babysits",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"mothers",
"shepherds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"passes over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polyps":{
"as in cancers , carcinomas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cancers",
"carcinomas",
"carcinomata",
"lymphomas",
"lymphomata",
"malignancies",
"melanomas",
"melanomata",
"outgrowths",
"cysts",
"tubercles",
"warts",
"excrescences",
"excrescencies",
"growths",
"lumps",
"neoplasms",
"tumors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polices (up)":{
"as in turns out , straightens (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cleans (off)",
"neatens",
"straightens (up)",
"turns out",
"unclutters",
"housecleans",
"housekeeps",
"arranges",
"orders",
"cleans (up)",
"picks up",
"tidies (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutters",
"disarranges",
"messes (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polygraph":{
"an instrument for detecting physical signs of the tension that goes with lying":{
"examples":[
"intelligence agents were trained to fool the polygraph"
],
"synonyms":[
"lie detector"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"polytheisms":{
"as in paganisms , monotheisms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deisms",
"heathenisms",
"monotheisms",
"paganisms",
"pantheisms",
"theisms",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"theologies",
"churches",
"communions",
"denominations",
"sects",
"credos",
"creeds",
"cults",
"faiths",
"persuasions",
"religions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingisms",
"atheisms",
"nonbeliefs",
"secularisms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"policewomen":{
"as in officers , policemen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bluecoats",
"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"gendarmes",
"officers",
"peelers",
"policemen",
"police officers",
"shamuses",
"troopers",
"constabularies",
"forces",
"fuzzes",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polymath":{
"someone who knows a lot about many different things":{
"examples":[
"She is rightly regarded as something of a polymath in her extensive knowledge of all the earth sciences."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polyhistor",
"Renaissance man",
"Renaissance woman",
"brain",
"brainiac",
"genius",
"intellect",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wiz",
"wizard",
"blue",
"bluestocking",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"savant",
"geek",
"longhair",
"nerd",
"master",
"virtuoso",
"ace",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"natural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignoramus",
"illiterate",
"know-nothing",
"lowbrow",
"anti-intellectual",
"philistine",
"ass",
"donkey",
"fool",
"jackass",
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"nitwit",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in erudite , well-read":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"erudite",
"learned",
"literate",
"polyhistoric",
"scholarly",
"well-read",
"academic",
"academical",
"bookish",
"professorial",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"didactic",
"high-toned",
"hyperintellectual",
"pedantic",
"blue",
"cerebral",
"eggheaded",
"geeky",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"intellectualistic",
"long-haired",
"longhair",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"high-hat",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"educated",
"schooled",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"quick-witted",
"smart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anti-intellectual",
"lowbrow",
"nonintellectual",
"philistine",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlettered",
"unread",
"dumb",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"slow",
"stupid",
"unintelligent",
"benighted",
"unenlightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"polls":{
"the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth":{
"examples":[
"a jaunty cap was perched on his poll"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"blocks",
"domes",
"heads",
"mazards",
"mazzards",
"nobs",
"noddles",
"noggins",
"noodles",
"nuts",
"pates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"craniums",
"crania",
"crowns",
"scalps",
"skulls",
"occiputs",
"occipita"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"assigned to poll residents on their views about a program for recycling"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"interviews",
"solicits",
"surveys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularizes",
"interrogates",
"questions",
"feels (out)",
"sounds (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reports"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"time to poll the sheep's wool"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobs",
"clips",
"crops",
"cuts",
"cuts back",
"docks",
"lops (off)",
"nips",
"pares",
"prunes",
"shaves",
"shears",
"snips",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skives",
"whittles",
"manicures",
"mows",
"pinches",
"stumps",
"curtails",
"shortens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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},
"poles":{
"as in centers , capitals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capitals",
"centers",
"cynosures",
"epicenters",
"meccas",
"polestars",
"attractions",
"draws",
"lodestones",
"loadstones",
"magnets",
"allurements",
"allures",
"baits",
"enticements",
"fascinations",
"lures",
"temptations",
"turn-ons",
"appeals",
"calls",
"incentives",
"inducements",
"persuasions",
"spurs",
"stimuli",
"curiosities",
"sights",
"spectacles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in punts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"punts",
"canoes",
"kayaks",
"feathers",
"pulls",
"oars",
"paddles",
"rows",
"sculls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
yay
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},
"polyphonous":{
"as in orchestral , harmonic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chordal",
"harmonic",
"homophonic",
"orchestral",
"tonal",
"cadenced",
"lilting",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"songful",
"songlike",
"agreeable",
"appealing",
"pleasant",
"quavering",
"trilling",
"warbling",
"echoing",
"resonant",
"sonorous",
"dulcet",
"mellow",
"melodic",
"sweet",
"blending",
"chiming",
"flowing",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"canorous",
"euphonic",
"euphonious",
"harmonious",
"harmonizing",
"melodious",
"musical",
"symphonic",
"symphonious",
"tuneful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discordant",
"disharmonious",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"tuneless",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical",
"blaring",
"clanging",
"clashing",
"clattering",
"grating",
"harsh",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"metallic",
"raspy",
"raucous",
"scratching",
"screeching",
"shrill",
"squeaky",
"strident",
"disagreeable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"atonal",
"off-key"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"poltroonery":{
"a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
"examples":[
"decried the poltroonery of those politicians who caved into pressure from the special interests"
],
"synonyms":[
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"gutlessness",
"pusillanimity",
"spinelessness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffidence",
"faintheartedness",
"fearfulness",
"timidity",
"timorousness",
"carefulness",
"cautiousness",
"wariness",
"bashfulness",
"shyness",
"feebleness",
"softness",
"weakness"
],
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"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"backbone",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"gumption",
"mettle",
"pluck",
"spunk",
"determination",
"perseverance",
"resolution",
"endurance",
"stamina",
"tenacity"
],
"antonyms":[
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"guts",
"hardihood",
"heart",
"heroism",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"nerve",
"stoutness",
"valiance",
"valor",
"virtue"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pollee":{
"as in respondent , interviewee":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"interviewee",
"respondent",
"answerer",
"replier",
"responder",
"attester",
"informant",
"reporter",
"testifier",
"witness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canvasser",
"canvaser",
"interviewer",
"poller",
"pollster",
"asker",
"inquirer",
"querier",
"querist",
"questioner"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polish off":{
"as in finish , dispatch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatch",
"finish",
"chew",
"gnaw (at or on)",
"lap",
"lick",
"munch",
"nibble (on)",
"peck (at)",
"ruminate",
"gorge",
"scarf",
"scoff",
"wolf",
"consume",
"eat",
"mouth (down)",
"put away",
"sup",
"bolt",
"devour",
"gobble (up or down)",
"gulp",
"ingurgitate",
"drink",
"guzzle",
"imbibe",
"knock back",
"sip",
"down",
"get down",
"ingest",
"swallow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pollutants":{
"something that is or that makes impure":{
"examples":[
"filtered the pollutants out of the water"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterants",
"contaminants",
"contaminations",
"defilements",
"impurities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blotches",
"blots",
"spots",
"stains",
"taints",
"dirt",
"filth",
"grime",
"muck",
"scums",
"sludges",
"smut",
"soil",
"blemishes",
"defects",
"disfigurements",
"faults",
"flaws",
"abnormalities",
"imperfections",
"irregularities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifiers",
"filters",
"purifiers",
"refiners",
"purities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"policed":{
"as in patrolled , conducted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"administrated",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"directed",
"governed",
"guided",
"managed",
"operated",
"presided (over)",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"stewarded",
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"minded",
"oversaw",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"tended",
"watched",
"guarded",
"patrolled",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"shielded",
"babied",
"babysat",
"chaperoned",
"mothered",
"shepherded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"passed over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polarity":{
"the quality or state of being as different as possible":{
"examples":[
"the polarity of the candidates' views on the issue means that the voters have a clear choice to make"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrariety",
"contrariness",
"oppositeness",
"opposition"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradictoriness",
"antipode",
"antithesis",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"divergence",
"unlikeness",
"inequality",
"conflict",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"variance",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreement",
"alikeness",
"conformity",
"congruity",
"correspondence",
"likeness",
"parallelism",
"resemblance",
"similarity",
"similitude",
"analogousness",
"correlation",
"relationship"
],
"antonyms":[
"identicalness",
"sameness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"politic":{
"having or showing tact":{
"examples":[
"the actor is politic in discussing the aborted film project, being content to say that there were \"creative differences\""
],
"synonyms":[
"diplomatic",
"tactful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considerate",
"courteous",
"delicate",
"graceful",
"gracious",
"thoughtful",
"civil",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"charming",
"gallant",
"genteel",
"suave",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"regardful",
"respectful",
"affable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"kind",
"kindhearted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discourteous",
"inconsiderate",
"indelicate",
"thoughtless",
"ungracious",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"uncalled-for",
"uncivil",
"unhandsome",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly",
"boorish",
"brash",
"brassy",
"caddish",
"churlish",
"clodhopping",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"disregardful",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude"
],
"antonyms":[
"gauche",
"impolitic",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"untactful"
]
},
"suitable for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances":{
"examples":[
"it probably would not be politic to tell your boss that his latest idea is the worst thing you've ever heard"
],
"synonyms":[
"advisable",
"desirable",
"expedient",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"tactical",
"wise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"profitable",
"useful",
"utilitarian",
"feasible",
"possible",
"practicable",
"practical",
"opportune",
"seasonable",
"timely",
"opportunistic",
"self-seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impractical",
"profitless",
"unfeasible",
"unprofitable",
"inopportune",
"unseasonable",
"untimely"
],
"antonyms":[
"impolitic",
"imprudent",
"inadvisable",
"inexpedient",
"injudicious",
"unwise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"polemicists":{
"as in polemists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polemists",
"attack dogs",
"mudslingers",
"hatchet men",
"hired guns",
"hit men",
"barracuda",
"barracudas",
"sharks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poltergeist":{
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
"examples":[
"we thought a poltergeist was knocking dishes off the shelves, but it turned out to just be vibrations from passing trains"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparition",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"familiar spirit",
"ghost",
"hant",
"haunt",
"materialization",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"sprite",
"vision",
"visitant",
"wraith"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angel",
"daimon",
"familiar",
"genie",
"genius",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"shaitan",
"double",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"fetch",
"lemures",
"manes",
"incubus",
"lamia",
"succubus",
"vampire",
"zombie",
"zombi",
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghoul",
"imp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"politically correct":{
"as in indisputable , unquestionable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hands-down",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"certain",
"definite",
"positive",
"sure",
"noncontroversial",
"safe",
"uncontroversial",
"uncontested",
"undisputed",
"irrefutable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controversial",
"hot-button",
"arguable",
"contestable",
"controvertible",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"moot",
"questionable",
"debated",
"disputed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"polychromes":{
"as in stripes , speckles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checkers",
"dapples",
"daubs",
"flecks",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"patterns",
"speckles",
"specks",
"streaks",
"striates",
"stripes",
"variegates",
"darkens",
"embrowns",
"tones (down)",
"brightens",
"lightens",
"bepaints",
"colors",
"dyes",
"paints",
"pigments",
"stains",
"tinctures",
"tinges",
"tints"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decolorizes",
"blanches",
"bleaches",
"whitens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"policing":{
"as in monitoring , observation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"monitoring",
"observance",
"observation",
"observing",
"care",
"charge",
"guidance",
"headship",
"oversight",
"regulation",
"stewardship",
"superintendence",
"superintendency",
"supervision",
"surveillance",
"administration",
"control",
"direction",
"generalship",
"hand(s)",
"management",
"running",
"leadership",
"piloting",
"shepherding",
"steering",
"government",
"reign",
"rule",
"aegis",
"egis",
"auspices",
"guardianship",
"protection",
"trusteeship",
"tutelage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in patrolling , conducting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"administrating",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"managing",
"operating",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"minding",
"overseeing",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"tending",
"watching",
"guarding",
"patrolling",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"shielding",
"babying",
"babysitting",
"chaperoning",
"mothering",
"shepherding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"passing over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"polled":{
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"assigned to poll residents on their views about a program for recycling"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"interviewed",
"solicited",
"surveyed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularized",
"interrogated",
"questioned",
"felt (out)",
"sounded (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reported"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"time to poll the sheep's wool"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbed",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"cut",
"cut back",
"docked",
"lopped (off)",
"nipped",
"pared",
"pruned",
"shaved",
"sheared",
"snipped",
"trimmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skived",
"whittled",
"manicured",
"mowed",
"pinched",
"stumped",
"curtailed",
"shortened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polishing off":{
"as in finishing , dispatching":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatching",
"finishing",
"chewing",
"gnawing (at or on)",
"lapping",
"licking",
"munching",
"nibbling (on)",
"pecking (at)",
"ruminating",
"gorging",
"scarfing",
"scoffing",
"wolfing",
"consuming",
"eating",
"mouthing (down)",
"putting away",
"supping",
"bolting",
"devouring",
"gobbling (up or down)",
"gulping",
"ingurgitating",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"imbibing",
"knocking back",
"sipping",
"downing",
"getting down",
"ingesting",
"swallowing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polytheist":{
"as in theist , monotheist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deist",
"monotheist",
"theist",
"cultist",
"pietist",
"zealot",
"churchgoer",
"communicant",
"congregant",
"fundamentalist",
"believer",
"religionist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in neo-pagan":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"neo-pagan",
"atheist",
"giaour",
"infidel",
"misbeliever",
"miscreant",
"nonbeliever",
"unbeliever",
"gentile",
"heathen",
"idolater",
"idolator",
"pagan"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pollers":{
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"data gathered by nationwide pollers showed the Republicans in the lead"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvassers",
"canvasers",
"interviewers",
"pollsters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"askers",
"inquirers",
"queriers",
"querists",
"questioners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answerers",
"repliers",
"responders",
"attesters",
"informants",
"reporters",
"testifiers",
"witnesses"
],
"antonyms":[
"interviewees",
"pollees",
"respondents"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"political action committee":{
"as in vested interest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"vested interest",
"interest",
"interest group",
"pressure group",
"special interest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"polychroming":{
"as in striping , speckling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"patterning",
"specking",
"speckling",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"variegating",
"darkening",
"embrowning",
"toning (down)",
"brightening",
"lightening",
"bepainting",
"coloring",
"dyeing",
"painting",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tincturing",
"tingeing",
"tinging",
"tinting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decolorizing",
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"whitening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"politely":{
"as in respectfully , courteously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"civilly",
"courteously",
"respectfully",
"suppliantly",
"bashfully",
"diffidently",
"self-deprecatingly",
"shyly",
"timorously",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly",
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"subserviently",
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrogantly",
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"self-importantly",
"superciliously",
"swaggeringly",
"uppishly",
"fearlessly",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"impudently",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"pollution":{
"the action or process of making the environment dirty or harmful":{
"examples":[
"The company designed devices to reduce the pollution of the world's oceans."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adulteration",
"contamination",
"defilement",
"dirtiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"soilage",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness",
"adulterant",
"contaminant",
"impurity",
"pollutant",
"poison",
"toxin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that makes (someone) less pure, honest, or moral":{
"examples":[
"They refused to let their children play violent video games, believing that they caused pollution in a developing mind."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contamination",
"corruption",
"debasement",
"cursing",
"profanity",
"swearing",
"affront",
"insult",
"violation",
"sin",
"trespass",
"blasphemy",
"defilement",
"desecration",
"impiety",
"irreverence",
"profanation",
"sacrilege"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pollute":{
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"outmoded factories polluting the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"foul",
"poison",
"taint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infect",
"begrime",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"dirty",
"foul up",
"grime",
"mire",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully",
"corrupt",
"rot",
"spoil",
"adulterate",
"doctor",
"dilute",
"water down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"clear",
"distill",
"distil",
"purge",
"filter",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"sterilize"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purify"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"police officers":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"flatfeet",
"fuzzes",
"gendarmes",
"lawmen",
"officers",
"policemen",
"shamuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolmen",
"policewomen",
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"inspectors",
"investigators",
"plainclothesmen",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"sheriffs",
"troopers",
"peace officers",
"captains",
"lieutenants",
"sergeants",
"constabularies",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polarization":{
"as in atomization , dichotomization":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"atomization",
"dichotomization",
"decomposition",
"disassembly",
"dismemberment",
"segmentation",
"subdivision",
"diffusion",
"dispersal",
"dispersion",
"scattering",
"divorce",
"severance",
"administration",
"apportionment",
"distribution",
"breach",
"rupture",
"isolation",
"seclusion",
"segregation",
"sequestration",
"bifurcation",
"breakup",
"cleavage",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"fractionalization",
"fractionation",
"partition",
"schism",
"scission",
"separation",
"split",
"sundering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unification",
"union",
"assemblage",
"association",
"attachment",
"conjunction",
"connection",
"link",
"linkage",
"linkup",
"aggregation",
"combination",
"consolidation",
"fusion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polytheism":{
"as in paganism , monotheism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deism",
"heathenism",
"monotheism",
"paganism",
"pantheism",
"theism",
"doctrine",
"dogma",
"theology",
"church",
"communion",
"denomination",
"sect",
"credo",
"creed",
"cult",
"faith",
"persuasion",
"religion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingism",
"atheism",
"godlessness",
"nonbelief",
"secularism",
"unbelief"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polygamy":{
"the state or practice of being married to more than one person at the same time":{
"examples":[
"Some cultures practice polygamy ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bigamy",
"polyandry",
"polyamory",
"polygyny",
"conjugality",
"connubiality",
"marriage",
"match",
"matrimony",
"wedlock",
"monogamy",
"intermarriage",
"miscegenation",
"mixed marriage",
"remarriage",
"cohabitation",
"common-law marriage",
"civil union",
"domestic partnership",
"attachment",
"commitment",
"relationship",
"betrothal",
"engagement",
"espousal",
"hand",
"pledge",
"promise",
"proposal",
"troth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulment",
"divorce",
"separation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Pollyannas":{
"as in optimists , Micawbers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Micawbers",
"optimists",
"Don Quixotes",
"dreamers",
"fantasts",
"idealists",
"idealizers",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"romanticists",
"romantics",
"utopians",
"visionaries",
"emotionalists",
"sentimentalists",
"daydreamers",
"fantasizers",
"woolgatherers",
"do-gooders",
"reformers",
"perfectionists",
"doctrinaires",
"theorists",
"thinkers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynics",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"empiricists",
"empirics",
"hardnoses",
"pragmatists",
"realists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polished":{
"having a shiny surface or finish":{
"examples":[
"she could see her face reflected in the polished hood of the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffed",
"burnished",
"glistening",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"rubbed",
"satin",
"satiny",
"sleek"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed",
"eggshell",
"semigloss",
"semilustrous",
"silken",
"silky",
"slick",
"slippery",
"glassy",
"glazed",
"lacquered",
"shellacked",
"varnished",
"gleaming",
"glittering",
"reflective",
"shining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lackluster",
"unvarnished"
],
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"flat",
"lusterless",
"matte",
"mat",
"matt"
]
},
"having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living":{
"examples":[
"showing the polished manners of a cosmopolitan woman"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"civilized",
"couth",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"refined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cerebral",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"high-toned",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"intellectualistic",
"bourgeois",
"educated",
"erudite",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"well-read",
"civil",
"courteous",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"well-bred",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"urbane",
"hypercivilized",
"overcivilized",
"oversophisticated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlettered",
"lowbrow",
"unintelligent",
"coarse",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"backwoods",
"provincial",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"inelegant",
"polyester",
"unsophisticated",
"boorish",
"churlish",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"crude",
"uncouth",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"philistine",
"uncivilized",
"uncultured",
"ungenteel",
"unpolished",
"unrefined"
]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to polish your shoes with a clean rag before the performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffed",
"burnished",
"dressed",
"furbished",
"glossed",
"ground",
"rubbed",
"shone",
"shined",
"smoothed",
"smoothened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeked",
"slicked",
"coated",
"glazed",
"japanned",
"lacquered",
"varnished",
"faced",
"finished",
"veneered",
"brightened",
"filed",
"rasped",
"sandblasted",
"sanded",
"sandpapered",
"scoured",
"scraped",
"scrubbed",
"bobbed",
"boned",
"lapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughed (up)",
"roughened",
"ruffled",
"scuffed (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
"examples":[
"once you polish the article a bit, it'll be ready to submit"
],
"synonyms":[
"completed",
"consummated",
"finalized",
"finished",
"perfected"
],
"near synonyms":[
"followed through (with)",
"stuck out",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"effected",
"carried out",
"carried through",
"did",
"discharged",
"executed",
"fulfilled",
"performed",
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"machined",
"refined",
"rounded (off or out)",
"shone",
"shined",
"touched up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discontinued",
"dropped",
"forsook",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"polarize":{
"to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control":{
"examples":[
"we will need to polarize all of the fractious environmental groups into a united front if we hope to win on this issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"center",
"centralize",
"compact",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"unify",
"unite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coordinate",
"harmonize",
"integrate",
"orchestrate",
"blend",
"coalesce",
"combine",
"fuse",
"incorporate",
"merge",
"reduce",
"conjoin",
"join",
"link",
"assemble",
"collect",
"colligate",
"gather",
"reunify",
"reunite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"segregate",
"separate"
],
"antonyms":[
"decentralize",
"deconcentrate",
"spread (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polyp":{
"as in cancer , carcinoma":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cancer",
"carcinoma",
"lymphoma",
"malignancy",
"melanoma",
"outgrowth",
"cyst",
"tubercle",
"wart",
"excrescence",
"excrescency",
"growth",
"lump",
"neoplasm",
"tumor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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}
}
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