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{
"ramifications":{
"something that is produced by or necessarily follows an action, decision, etc.":{
"examples":[
"They discussed the possible ramifications of the new treaty.",
"The government's actions in this case could have major political ramifications ."
],
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"denouements",
"d\u00e9nouements",
"echoes",
"echos",
"implications",
"repercussions",
"aftereffects",
"aftermaths",
"backwashes",
"children",
"conclusions",
"consequences",
"corollaries",
"developments",
"effects",
"endings",
"fates",
"fruits",
"issues",
"outcomes",
"outgrowths",
"precipitates",
"products",
"resultants",
"results",
"sequels",
"sequences",
"upshots",
"afterclaps",
"afterglows",
"aftershocks",
"blowbacks",
"by-products",
"byproducts",
"fallouts",
"offshoots",
"ripples",
"side effects",
"side reactions",
"spin-offs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"considerations",
"determinants",
"factors",
"bases",
"bases",
"beginnings",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"stimuli",
"mothers",
"origins",
"roots",
"sources",
"springs",
"starts",
"antecedents",
"causations",
"causes",
"occasions",
"reasons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rammed":{
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the truck suddenly swerved and rammed into the side of a building"
],
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"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"bumped",
"collided",
"crashed",
"hit",
"impacted",
"impinged",
"knocked",
"slammed",
"smashed",
"struck",
"swiped",
"thudded"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"bounced",
"caromed",
"clunked",
"glanced",
"rebounded",
"ricocheted",
"ricochetted",
"skimmed",
"skipped",
"contacted",
"landed",
"touched",
"brushed",
"grazed",
"kissed",
"nudged",
"scraped",
"shaved",
"swept",
"bulldozed",
"jostled",
"muscled",
"pressed",
"pushed"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"missed",
"skirted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
"examples":[
"rammed as many candies into his mouth as he could fit"
],
"synonyms":[
"crammed",
"crowded",
"crushed",
"jammed",
"sandwiched",
"shoehorned",
"squeezed",
"stuffed",
"wedged"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"filled",
"heaped",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"I threw myself out of the way as a car rammed through the crosswalk"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
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],
"near synonyms":[
"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rampage":{
"a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{
"examples":[
"some crazy guy went on a rampage in the public library and started grabbing books off the shelves and tossing them around"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitation",
"deliriousness",
"delirium",
"distraction",
"fever",
"feverishness",
"flap",
"frenzy",
"furor",
"furore",
"fury",
"hysteria",
"rage",
"uproar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disorder",
"havoc",
"pandemonium",
"turmoil",
"bedlam",
"bother",
"brouhaha",
"bustle",
"clamor",
"clatter",
"commotion",
"disturbance",
"fuss",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"tempest",
"to-do",
"tumult"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rant , rave":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bluster",
"carry on",
"fulminate",
"rant",
"rave",
"take on",
"blow up",
"flare (up)",
"flip (out)",
"burn",
"foam",
"seethe",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"steam",
"bristle",
"fume",
"rage",
"storm",
"chafe",
"fret",
"stew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allay",
"appease",
"pacify",
"soothe",
"check",
"choke (back)",
"collect",
"compose",
"contain",
"curb",
"pocket",
"rein",
"repress",
"restrain",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"swallow",
"moderate",
"temper",
"tone (down)",
"ease",
"let up",
"relax",
"calm",
"cool",
"hush",
"quell",
"quiet",
"settle",
"still"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ramblers":{
"a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{
"examples":[
"a rambler her whole life, my aunt is likely to send me a postcard from just about any corner of the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifters",
"gadabouts",
"gypsies",
"knockabouts",
"maunderers",
"nomads",
"roamers",
"rovers",
"strollers",
"vagabonds",
"wanderers",
"wayfarers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laggards",
"stragglers",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"sojourners",
"bums",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"passengers",
"sightseers",
"travelers",
"travellers",
"migrants",
"transients",
"vagrants",
"amblers",
"saunterers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homebodies",
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"residents",
"settlers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who travels by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"a secluded sylvan spot just waiting to be discovered by the adventurous rambler"
],
"synonyms":[
"amblers",
"hikers",
"perambulators",
"trampers",
"walkers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pedestrians",
"roamers",
"rovers",
"trekkers",
"wanderers",
"wayfarers",
"alpinists",
"Alpinists",
"backpackers",
"climbers",
"mountaineers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ramifying":{
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"the rise of cable television ramified the audience, creating ever smaller segments for an ever growing array of programming choices"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking up",
"decoupling",
"disassociating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"resolving",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"decomposing",
"disassembling",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"bifurcating",
"bisecting",
"cleaving",
"dichotomizing",
"dissecting",
"fractionalizing",
"fractionating",
"halving",
"partitioning",
"quartering",
"segmenting",
"subdividing",
"trisecting",
"fragmentating",
"fragmenting",
"fragmentizing",
"breaking",
"fracturing",
"pulling",
"rending",
"rifting",
"ripping",
"riving",
"rupturing",
"tearing",
"cutting off",
"insulating",
"isolating",
"secluding",
"segregating",
"sequestering",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"unraveling",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembling",
"associating",
"blending",
"combining",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"accumulating",
"agglutinating",
"attaching",
"binding",
"cementing",
"closing",
"fastening",
"fusing",
"knitting",
"sticking",
"welding"
],
"antonyms":[
"joining",
"linking",
"unifying",
"uniting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ramping (up)":{
"as in stepping up , boosting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boosting",
"elevating",
"jacking (up)",
"mounting",
"stepping up",
"enhancing",
"enlarging",
"enriching",
"expanding",
"extending",
"maximizing",
"building up",
"gaining",
"gathering",
"growing (in)",
"picking up",
"doubling (in)",
"tripling (in)",
"accruing",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"collecting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"declining (in)",
"diminishing (in)",
"dipping",
"dwindling",
"falling (in)",
"lessening",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"decreasing (in)",
"losing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rampant":{
"showing no signs of being under control":{
"examples":[
"the mayor promised to put a stop to the rampant crime that plagued the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"intemperate",
"raw",
"runaway",
"unbounded",
"unbridled",
"unchecked",
"uncontrolled",
"unhampered",
"unhindered",
"unrestrained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"barbaric",
"hog wild",
"riotous",
"uninhibited",
"wild"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moderate",
"tempered"
],
"antonyms":[
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"governed",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"restrained",
"temperate"
]
},
"growing thickly and vigorously":{
"examples":[
"try to avoid the patch of rampant poison ivy near the resting spot on the trail"
],
"synonyms":[
"lush",
"luxuriant",
"prosperous",
"rank",
"weedy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lavish",
"profuse",
"overgrown",
"overrun",
"verdant",
"close",
"dense",
"tangled",
"thick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dormant",
"blighted",
"stunted"
],
"antonyms":[
"sparse"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ramshackle":{
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
"examples":[
"She earns her living buying ramshackle homes, restoring them, and selling them at a profit."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decaying",
"deteriorated",
"deteriorating",
"rackety",
"rattletrap",
"rickety",
"tumbledown",
"abandoned",
"unkept",
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"godforsaken",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"tired",
"worn-out",
"bedraggled",
"dingy",
"ragged",
"tattered",
"broken",
"damaged",
"destroyed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"ruined",
"wrecked",
"beat-up",
"bombed-out",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"dumpy",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tacky",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"new",
"cared-for",
"kept-up",
"maintained",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ram":{
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the truck suddenly swerved and rammed into the side of a building"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bump",
"collide",
"crash",
"hit",
"impact",
"impinge",
"knock",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"swipe",
"thud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounce",
"carom",
"clunk",
"glance",
"rebound",
"ricochet",
"skim",
"skip",
"contact",
"land",
"touch",
"brush",
"graze",
"kiss",
"nudge",
"scrape",
"shave",
"sweep",
"bulldoze",
"jostle",
"muscle",
"press",
"push"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"skirt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
"examples":[
"rammed as many candies into his mouth as he could fit"
],
"synonyms":[
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"jam",
"sandwich",
"shoehorn",
"squeeze",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fill",
"heap",
"jam-pack",
"load",
"pack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"I threw myself out of the way as a car rammed through the crosswalk"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rampages":{
"as in rants , raves":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blusters",
"carries on",
"fulminates",
"rants",
"raves",
"takes on",
"blows up",
"flares (up)",
"flips (out)",
"burns",
"foams",
"seethes",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"steams",
"bristles",
"fumes",
"rages",
"storms",
"chafes",
"frets",
"stews"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allays",
"appeases",
"pacifies",
"soothes",
"checks",
"chokes (back)",
"collects",
"composes",
"contains",
"curbs",
"pockets",
"reins",
"represses",
"restrains",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"swallows",
"moderates",
"tempers",
"tones (down)",
"eases",
"lets up",
"relaxes",
"calms",
"cools",
"hushes",
"quells",
"quiets",
"settles",
"stills"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ramp (up)":{
"as in step up , boost":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boost",
"elevate",
"jack (up)",
"mount",
"step up",
"enhance",
"enlarge",
"enrich",
"expand",
"extend",
"maximize",
"build up",
"gain",
"gather",
"grow (in)",
"pick up",
"double (in)",
"triple (in)",
"accrue",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"collect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"decline (in)",
"diminish (in)",
"dip",
"dwindle",
"fall (in)",
"lessen",
"taper",
"taper off",
"decrease (in)",
"lose"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ramrod":{
"given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint":{
"examples":[
"a ramrod camp director who's been known to send kids home for a minor infraction of the rules"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"authoritarian",
"flinty",
"hard",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"tough"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"exacting",
"uncharitable",
"unforgiving",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"callous",
"hardened",
"hard-hearted",
"hard-line",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"merciless",
"ossified",
"pitiless",
"relentless",
"rock-ribbed",
"stiff",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unsparing",
"unyielding",
"dour",
"gruff",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"monastic",
"monkish",
"browbeating",
"bullying",
"determined",
"firm",
"resolved",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"dogged",
"intractable",
"obstinate",
"relentless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"undemanding",
"charitable",
"kind",
"merciful",
"mild",
"patient",
"soft",
"softhearted",
"accepting",
"compromising",
"yielding",
"responsive",
"willing",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"compliant",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant"
],
"antonyms":[
"clement",
"forbearing",
"gentle",
"indulgent",
"lax",
"lenient",
"tolerant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rambling":{
"passing from one topic to another":{
"examples":[
"I listened patiently to Mrs. Parsifal's rambling reminiscences, though I had no idea who \"Dorothy\" and \"the stepson\" were"
],
"synonyms":[
"desultory",
"digressional",
"digressionary",
"digressive",
"discursive",
"excursive",
"leaping",
"maundering",
"meandering",
"wandering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circuitous",
"deviating",
"devious",
"indirect",
"roundabout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coherent",
"consistent",
"logical",
"direct",
"focused",
"focussed",
"straightforward",
"undeviating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea":{
"examples":[
"the new minister gives rambling sermons that, if they have a point, are lost on the congregation, which invariably falls asleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"circuitous",
"circumlocutory",
"diffuse",
"garrulous",
"logorrheic",
"long-winded",
"pleonastic",
"prolix",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chatty",
"communicative",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"loquacious",
"talkative",
"talky",
"voluble",
"periphrastic",
"redundant",
"repetitious",
"tautological",
"tautologous",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"bombastic",
"gaseous",
"gassy",
"grandiloquent",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brief",
"short",
"aphoristic",
"epigrammatic",
"sententious",
"compendious",
"summary",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"condensed",
"shortened",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"curt",
"laconic",
"snippy"
],
"antonyms":[
"compact",
"concise",
"crisp",
"pithy",
"succinct",
"terse"
]
},
"as in chatter , babble":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babble",
"babbling",
"blab",
"blabbing",
"chatter",
"chattering",
"drivel",
"driveling",
"drivelling",
"gabble",
"gabbling",
"jabber",
"jabbering",
"maundering",
"prattle",
"prattling",
"rumor",
"undertone",
"whisper",
"grunt",
"grunting",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"murmuring",
"mutter",
"muttering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in digression , tangent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circuitousness",
"circularity",
"circumlocution",
"diffuseness",
"prolixity",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness",
"aside",
"digression",
"divagation",
"excursion",
"tangent",
"excursus",
"parenthesis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
"examples":[
"the teenagers sat around the pizza parlor, rambling on about dating, homework, movies, and the local football team"
],
"synonyms":[
"blathering (on)",
"going on",
"maundering",
"rattling",
"running on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deviating",
"digressing",
"straying",
"wandering",
"sidetracking",
"blabbering",
"blabbing",
"blithering",
"bumbling",
"burbling",
"chattering",
"chatting",
"driveling",
"drivelling",
"drooling",
"gabbing",
"gabbling",
"gibbering",
"jabbering",
"pattering",
"prating",
"prattling",
"waffling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"examples":[
"by tirelessly rambling around San Francisco for a week we probably saw more of it than many residents ever have"
],
"synonyms":[
"batting",
"cruising",
"drifting",
"floating",
"gadding (about)",
"gallivanting",
"galavanting",
"kicking around",
"knocking (about)",
"maundering",
"meandering",
"mooching",
"ranging",
"roaming",
"roving",
"traipsing",
"wandering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"dawdling",
"moping",
"gypsying",
"hoboing",
"tramping",
"vagabonding",
"milling (about or around)",
"straggling",
"straying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"we're planning to ramble all over the highland moors when we're in Dartmoor"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambling",
"hiking",
"perambulating",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"tramping",
"tromping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"roaming",
"roving",
"wandering",
"peregrinating",
"traipsing",
"traversing",
"trekking",
"walking",
"marching",
"promenading",
"power walking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rampaged":{
"as in ranted , raved":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blustered",
"carried on",
"fulminated",
"ranted",
"raved",
"took on",
"blew up",
"flared (up)",
"flipped (out)",
"burned",
"burnt",
"foamed",
"seethed",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"steamed",
"bristled",
"fumed",
"raged",
"stormed",
"chafed",
"fretted",
"stewed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allayed",
"appeased",
"pacified",
"soothed",
"checked",
"choked (back)",
"collected",
"composed",
"contained",
"curbed",
"pocketed",
"reined",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"swallowed",
"moderated",
"tempered",
"toned (down)",
"eased",
"let up",
"relaxed",
"calmed",
"cooled",
"hushed",
"quelled",
"quieted",
"settled",
"stilled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rams":{
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the truck suddenly swerved and rammed into the side of a building"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bumps",
"collides",
"crashes",
"hits",
"impacts",
"impinges",
"knocks",
"slams",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"swipes",
"thuds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounces",
"caroms",
"clunks",
"glances",
"rebounds",
"ricochets",
"skims",
"skips",
"contacts",
"lands",
"touches",
"brushes",
"grazes",
"kisses",
"nudges",
"scrapes",
"shaves",
"sweeps",
"bulldozes",
"jostles",
"muscles",
"presses",
"pushes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"skirts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
"examples":[
"rammed as many candies into his mouth as he could fit"
],
"synonyms":[
"crams",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"jams",
"sandwiches",
"shoehorns",
"squeezes",
"stuffs",
"wedges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fills",
"heaps",
"jam-packs",
"loads",
"packs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"I threw myself out of the way as a car rammed through the crosswalk"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bundles",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careens",
"careers",
"chases",
"courses",
"cracks (on)",
"dashes",
"drives",
"flies",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"highballs",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"jumps",
"motors",
"nips",
"pelts",
"races",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"steps",
"tears",
"travels",
"trots",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetles",
"darts",
"flits",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scuffles",
"stampedes",
"streaks",
"whizzes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"sprints",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"steps out",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes",
"arrows",
"beelines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"hangs (around or out)",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"pokes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rampageous":{
"as in riotous , ruffianly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"callithumpian",
"carnival",
"carnivalesque",
"larrikin",
"raffish",
"riotous",
"rowdyish",
"ruffianly",
"boisterous",
"hell-raising",
"knockabout",
"rambunctious",
"raucous",
"robustious",
"roisterous",
"rollicking",
"rowdy",
"rumbustious",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent",
"violent",
"headstrong",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"recalcitrant",
"uncontrollable",
"uncontrolled",
"undisciplined",
"ungovernable",
"uninhibited",
"unmanageable",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"unruly",
"wild",
"willful",
"wilful",
"bubbly",
"buoyant",
"effervescent",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"impassioned",
"lively",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"clamorous",
"loudmouthed",
"noisy",
"openmouthed",
"rackety",
"strident",
"vociferous",
"howling",
"screaming",
"yelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"orderly",
"sedate",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"decorous",
"dignified",
"proper",
"seemly",
"calm",
"hushed",
"noiseless",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"serene",
"silent",
"soundless",
"tranquil",
"collected",
"composed",
"constrained",
"controlled",
"imperturbable",
"inhibited",
"repressed",
"self-controlled",
"unflappable",
"unruffled",
"moderate",
"reasonable",
"subdued",
"temperate",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"depressed",
"aloof",
"detached",
"indifferent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ramification":{
"something that is produced by or necessarily follows an action, decision, etc.":{
"examples":[
"They discussed the possible ramifications of the new treaty.",
"The government's actions in this case could have major political ramifications ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"denouement",
"d\u00e9nouement",
"echo",
"implication",
"repercussion",
"aftereffect",
"aftermath",
"backwash",
"child",
"conclusion",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"development",
"fate",
"fruit",
"effect",
"ending",
"issue",
"outcome",
"outgrowth",
"precipitate",
"product",
"result",
"resultant",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot",
"afterclap",
"afterglow",
"aftershock",
"blowback",
"by-product",
"fallout",
"offshoot",
"ripple",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"spin-off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consideration",
"determinant",
"factor",
"base",
"basis",
"beginning",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"stimulus",
"mother",
"origin",
"root",
"source",
"spring",
"start",
"antecedent",
"causation",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ramming":{
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the truck suddenly swerved and rammed into the side of a building"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"bumping",
"colliding",
"crashing",
"hitting",
"impacting",
"impinging",
"knocking",
"slamming",
"smashing",
"striking",
"swiping",
"thudding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"clunking",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skimming",
"skipping",
"contacting",
"landing",
"touching",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"kissing",
"nudging",
"scraping",
"shaving",
"sweeping",
"bulldozing",
"jostling",
"muscling",
"pressing",
"pushing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"skirting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
"examples":[
"rammed as many candies into his mouth as he could fit"
],
"synonyms":[
"cramming",
"crowding",
"crushing",
"jamming",
"sandwiching",
"shoehorning",
"squeezing",
"stuffing",
"wedging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"filling",
"heaping",
"jam-packing",
"loading",
"packing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"I threw myself out of the way as a car rammed through the crosswalk"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bolting",
"bombing",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bundling",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"cannonballing",
"careening",
"careering",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"cracking (on)",
"dashing",
"driving",
"flying",
"haring",
"hastening",
"highballing",
"hotfooting (it)",
"humping",
"hurling",
"hurrying",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"hying",
"hieing",
"jetting",
"jumping",
"motoring",
"nipping",
"pelting",
"racing",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"rustling",
"scooting",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"stepping",
"tearing",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"trotting",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetling",
"darting",
"flitting",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scuffling",
"stampeding",
"streaking",
"whizzing",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"sprinting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"stepping out",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking",
"arrowing",
"beelining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"hanging (around or out)",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"poking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ramparts":{
"a tall, thick stone or dirt structure that is built around a castle, town, etc., to protect it from attacks":{
"examples":[
"The city's ramparts crumbled long ago."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buffers",
"bulwarks",
"bumpers",
"cushions",
"dams",
"fenders",
"pads",
"barricades",
"barriers",
"fences",
"hedges",
"walls",
"bars",
"pales",
"palings",
"blocks",
"chains",
"clogs",
"crimps",
"deterrents",
"drags",
"embarrassments",
"encumbrances",
"handicaps",
"hindrances",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"lets",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"roadblocks",
"stops",
"stumbling blocks",
"trammels",
"fetters",
"hobbles",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"constraints",
"curbs",
"restraints",
"snags"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doors",
"doorways",
"entrances",
"entranceways",
"entries",
"entryways",
"gates",
"portals",
"breaks",
"gaps",
"passes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ramps (up)":{
"as in steps up , boosts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boosts",
"elevates",
"jacks (up)",
"mounts",
"steps up",
"enhances",
"enlarges",
"enriches",
"expands",
"extends",
"maximizes",
"builds up",
"gains",
"gathers",
"grows (in)",
"picks up",
"doubles (in)",
"triples (in)",
"accrues",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"collects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abates",
"declines (in)",
"diminishes (in)",
"dips",
"dwindles",
"falls (in)",
"lessens",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"decreases (in)",
"loses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ramifies":{
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"the rise of cable television ramified the audience, creating ever smaller segments for an ever growing array of programming choices"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks up",
"decouples",
"disassociates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissevers",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"parts",
"resolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"uncouples",
"unlinks",
"unyokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"decomposes",
"disassembles",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"bifurcates",
"bisects",
"cleaves",
"dichotomizes",
"dissects",
"fractionalizes",
"fractionates",
"halves",
"partitions",
"quarters",
"segments",
"subdivides",
"trisects",
"fragmentates",
"fragmentizes",
"fragments",
"breaks",
"fractures",
"pulls",
"rends",
"rifts",
"rips",
"rives",
"ruptures",
"tears",
"cuts off",
"insulates",
"isolates",
"secludes",
"segregates",
"sequesters",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"unravels",
"unties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembles",
"associates",
"blends",
"combines",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"connects",
"couples",
"accumulates",
"agglutinates",
"attaches",
"binds",
"cements",
"closes",
"fastens",
"fuses",
"knits",
"sticks",
"welds"
],
"antonyms":[
"joins",
"links",
"unifies",
"unites"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rampaging":{
"as in ranting , raving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blustering",
"carrying on",
"fulminating",
"ranting",
"raving",
"taking on",
"blowing up",
"flaring (up)",
"flipping (out)",
"burning",
"foaming",
"seething",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"steaming",
"bristling",
"fuming",
"raging",
"storming",
"chafing",
"fretting",
"stewing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allaying",
"appeasing",
"pacifying",
"soothing",
"checking",
"choking (back)",
"collecting",
"composing",
"containing",
"curbing",
"pocketing",
"reining",
"repressing",
"restraining",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"swallowing",
"moderating",
"tempering",
"toning (down)",
"easing",
"letting up",
"relaxing",
"calming",
"cooling",
"hushing",
"quelling",
"quieting",
"settling",
"stilling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rambled":{
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
"examples":[
"the teenagers sat around the pizza parlor, rambling on about dating, homework, movies, and the local football team"
],
"synonyms":[
"blathered (on)",
"maundered",
"ran on",
"rattled",
"went on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deviated",
"digressed",
"strayed",
"wandered",
"sidetracked",
"blabbed",
"blabbered",
"blithered",
"bumbled",
"burbled",
"chatted",
"chattered",
"driveled",
"drivelled",
"drooled",
"gabbed",
"gabbled",
"gibbered",
"jabbered",
"pattered",
"prated",
"prattled",
"waffled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"examples":[
"by tirelessly rambling around San Francisco for a week we probably saw more of it than many residents ever have"
],
"synonyms":[
"batted",
"cruised",
"drifted",
"floated",
"gadded (about)",
"gallivanted",
"galavanted",
"kicked around",
"knocked (about)",
"maundered",
"meandered",
"mooched",
"ranged",
"roamed",
"roved",
"traipsed",
"wandered"
],
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"ambled",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"dawdled",
"moped",
"gypsied",
"hoboed",
"tramped",
"vagabonded",
"milled (about or around)",
"straggled",
"strayed"
],
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},
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"we're planning to ramble all over the highland moors when we're in Dartmoor"
],
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"ambled",
"hiked",
"perambulated",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"tramped",
"tromped"
],
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"roamed",
"roved",
"wandered",
"peregrinated",
"traipsed",
"traversed",
"trekked",
"walked",
"marched",
"promenaded",
"power walked"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ramped (up)":{
"as in stepped up , boosted":{
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"boosted",
"elevated",
"jacked (up)",
"mounted",
"stepped up",
"enhanced",
"enlarged",
"enriched",
"expanded",
"extended",
"maximized",
"built up",
"gained",
"gathered",
"grew (in)",
"picked up",
"doubled (in)",
"tripled (in)",
"accrued",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"collected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"declined (in)",
"diminished (in)",
"dipped",
"dwindled",
"fell (in)",
"lessened",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"decreased (in)",
"lost"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
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"rambles":{
"a short trip for pleasure":{
"examples":[
"the couple's weekend rambles up and down the valley in search of interesting antiques"
],
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"excursions",
"jaunts",
"junkets",
"outings",
"sallies",
"sashays",
"sorties",
"spins"
],
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"journeys",
"travels",
"voyages",
"circuits",
"tours",
"expeditions",
"odysseys",
"safaris",
"detours",
"hikes",
"peregrinations",
"treks",
"walks",
"pilgrimages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"our usual practice is to take a ramble around the neighborhood after dinner"
],
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"ambles",
"constitutionals",
"perambulations",
"ranges",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"turns",
"walks",
"wanders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parades",
"paseos",
"promenades",
"expeditions",
"hikes",
"marches",
"peregrinations",
"traipses",
"tramps",
"travels",
"traversals",
"traverses",
"treks",
"trips",
"walkabouts",
"excursions",
"jaunts",
"junkets",
"outings",
"sallies",
"sashays",
"spins",
"tours",
"pilgrimages",
"progresses",
"safaris"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
"examples":[
"the teenagers sat around the pizza parlor, rambling on about dating, homework, movies, and the local football team"
],
"synonyms":[
"blathers (on)",
"goes on",
"maunders",
"rattles",
"runs on"
],
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"deviates",
"digresses",
"strays",
"wanders",
"sidetracks",
"blabbers",
"blabs",
"blithers",
"bumbles",
"burbles",
"chats",
"chatters",
"drivels",
"drools",
"gabbles",
"gabs",
"gibbers",
"jabbers",
"patters",
"prates",
"prattles",
"waffles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"examples":[
"by tirelessly rambling around San Francisco for a week we probably saw more of it than many residents ever have"
],
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"bats",
"cruises",
"drifts",
"floats",
"gads (about)",
"gallivants",
"galavants",
"kicks around",
"knocks (about)",
"maunders",
"meanders",
"mooches",
"ranges",
"roams",
"roves",
"traipses",
"wanders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"dawdles",
"mopes",
"gypsies",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"mills (about or around)",
"straggles",
"strays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"we're planning to ramble all over the highland moors when we're in Dartmoor"
],
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"ambles",
"hikes",
"perambulates",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"tramps",
"tromps"
],
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"roams",
"roves",
"wanders",
"peregrinates",
"traipses",
"traverses",
"treks",
"walks",
"marches",
"promenades",
"power walks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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},
"ramble":{
"a short trip for pleasure":{
"examples":[
"the couple's weekend rambles up and down the valley in search of interesting antiques"
],
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"excursion",
"jaunt",
"junket",
"outing",
"sally",
"sashay",
"sortie",
"spin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"journey",
"travel(s)",
"voyage",
"circuit",
"tour",
"expedition",
"odyssey",
"safari",
"detour",
"hike",
"peregrination",
"trek",
"walk",
"pilgrimage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"our usual practice is to take a ramble around the neighborhood after dinner"
],
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"amble",
"constitutional",
"perambulation",
"range",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"turn",
"walk",
"wander"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parade",
"paseo",
"promenade",
"expedition",
"hike",
"march",
"peregrination",
"traipse",
"tramp",
"travel",
"traversal",
"traverse",
"trek",
"trip",
"walkabout",
"excursion",
"jaunt",
"junket",
"outing",
"sally",
"sashay",
"spin",
"tour",
"pilgrimage",
"progress",
"safari"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
"examples":[
"the teenagers sat around the pizza parlor, rambling on about dating, homework, movies, and the local football team"
],
"synonyms":[
"blather (on)",
"go on",
"maunder",
"rattle",
"run on"
],
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"deviate",
"digress",
"stray",
"wander",
"sidetrack",
"blab",
"blabber",
"blither",
"bumble",
"burble",
"chat",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"drool",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"jabber",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"waffle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"examples":[
"by tirelessly rambling around San Francisco for a week we probably saw more of it than many residents ever have"
],
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"bat",
"cruise",
"drift",
"float",
"gad (about)",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"mooch",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"dawdle",
"mope",
"gypsy",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"mill (about or around)",
"straggle",
"stray"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"we're planning to ramble all over the highland moors when we're in Dartmoor"
],
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"amble",
"hike",
"perambulate",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"tramp",
"tromp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"roam",
"rove",
"wander",
"peregrinate",
"traipse",
"traverse",
"trek",
"walk",
"march",
"promenade",
"power walk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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},
"ramify":{
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"the rise of cable television ramified the audience, creating ever smaller segments for an ever growing array of programming choices"
],
"synonyms":[
"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"resolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break down",
"decompose",
"disassemble",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"bifurcate",
"bisect",
"cleave",
"dichotomize",
"dissect",
"fractionalize",
"fractionate",
"halve",
"partition",
"quarter",
"segment",
"subdivide",
"trisect",
"fragment",
"fragmentate",
"fragmentize",
"break",
"fracture",
"pull",
"rend",
"rift",
"rip",
"rive",
"rupture",
"tear",
"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"sequester",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"untie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemble",
"associate",
"blend",
"combine",
"mingle",
"mix",
"connect",
"couple",
"accumulate",
"agglutinate",
"attach",
"bind",
"cement",
"close",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"knit",
"stick",
"weld"
],
"antonyms":[
"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rambunctiousness":{
"as in rowdiness , boisterousness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boisterousness",
"rowdiness",
"rowdyism",
"rumbustiousness",
"childishness",
"clownishness",
"foolishness",
"funning",
"jesting",
"joking",
"nonsense",
"silliness",
"waggery",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"impishness",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"prankishness",
"rascality",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"trickery",
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clowning",
"foolery",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"horsing around",
"monkey business",
"monkeying",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"roughhouse",
"roughhousing",
"shenanigan(s)",
"skylarking",
"slapstick",
"tomfoolery",
"cavorting",
"frivolity",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"merrymaking",
"playfulness",
"revelry",
"roistering",
"romping",
"sporting",
"sportiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rambler":{
"a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{
"examples":[
"a rambler her whole life, my aunt is likely to send me a postcard from just about any corner of the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifter",
"gadabout",
"gypsy",
"knockabout",
"maunderer",
"nomad",
"roamer",
"rover",
"stroller",
"vagabond",
"wanderer",
"wayfarer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laggard",
"straggler",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"sojourner",
"bum",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"passenger",
"sightseer",
"traveler",
"traveller",
"migrant",
"transient",
"vagrant",
"ambler",
"saunterer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homebody",
"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"resident",
"settler"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who travels by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"a secluded sylvan spot just waiting to be discovered by the adventurous rambler"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambler",
"hiker",
"perambulator",
"tramper",
"walker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pedestrian",
"roamer",
"rover",
"trekker",
"wanderer",
"wayfarer",
"alpinist",
"backpacker",
"climber",
"mountaineer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ramblings":{
"as in chatter , babbles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babbles",
"babblings",
"blabs",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"gabbles",
"jabberings",
"jabbers",
"prattles",
"rumors",
"undertones",
"whispers",
"grunts",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in digressions , excursions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"asides",
"digressions",
"divagations",
"excursions",
"tangents",
"circularities",
"circumlocutions",
"prolixities",
"verbosities",
"excursuses",
"excursus",
"parentheses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rambunctious":{
"being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way":{
"examples":[
"that beach is often taken over by packs of rambunctious young people, so don't go there expecting peace and quiet"
],
"synonyms":[
"boisterous",
"hell-raising",
"knockabout",
"raucous",
"robustious",
"roisterous",
"rollicking",
"rowdy",
"rumbustious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"callithumpian",
"carnival",
"carnivalesque",
"larrikin",
"raffish",
"rampageous",
"riotous",
"rowdyish",
"ruffianly",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent",
"violent",
"headstrong",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"recalcitrant",
"uncontrollable",
"uncontrolled",
"undisciplined",
"ungovernable",
"uninhibited",
"unmanageable",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"unruly",
"wild",
"willful",
"wilful",
"bubbly",
"buoyant",
"effervescent",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"impassioned",
"lively",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"clamorous",
"loudmouthed",
"noisy",
"openmouthed",
"rackety",
"strident",
"vociferous",
"howling",
"screaming",
"yelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sedate",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"decorous",
"dignified",
"proper",
"seemly",
"calm",
"hushed",
"noiseless",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"serene",
"silent",
"soundless",
"tranquil",
"collected",
"composed",
"constrained",
"controlled",
"imperturbable",
"inhibited",
"repressed",
"self-controlled",
"unflappable",
"unruffled",
"moderate",
"reasonable",
"subdued",
"temperate",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"depressed",
"aloof",
"detached",
"indifferent"
],
"antonyms":[
"orderly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ramified":{
"as in disunited , disjoined":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broken up",
"disjoined",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"resolved",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked",
"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous",
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"farthest",
"remote",
"apart",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"discrete",
"free-standing",
"isolate",
"isolated",
"removed",
"separate",
"single",
"unattached",
"unconnected",
"unlinked",
"nonadjacent",
"noncontiguous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"conterminous",
"contiguous",
"flanking",
"flush",
"fringing",
"joining",
"juxtaposed",
"neighboring",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging",
"approximate",
"close",
"closest",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"nearest",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"attached",
"communicating",
"connected",
"connecting",
"interconnecting",
"joined",
"linked",
"united"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"the rise of cable television ramified the audience, creating ever smaller segments for an ever growing array of programming choices"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke up",
"decoupled",
"disassociated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"resolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unlinked",
"unyoked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke down",
"decomposed",
"disassembled",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"bifurcated",
"bisected",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"dichotomized",
"dissected",
"fractionalized",
"fractionated",
"halved",
"partitioned",
"quartered",
"segmented",
"subdivided",
"trisected",
"fragmentated",
"fragmented",
"fragmentized",
"broke",
"fractured",
"pulled",
"rent",
"rended",
"rifted",
"ripped",
"rived",
"ruptured",
"tore",
"cut off",
"insulated",
"isolated",
"secluded",
"segregated",
"sequestered",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"unraveled",
"untied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembled",
"associated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"connected",
"coupled",
"accumulated",
"agglutinated",
"attached",
"bound",
"cemented",
"closed",
"fastened",
"fused",
"knit",
"knitted",
"stuck",
"welded"
],
"antonyms":[
"joined",
"linked",
"unified",
"united"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"rampart":{
"a tall, thick stone or dirt structure that is built around a castle, town, etc., to protect it from attacks \u2014 usually plural":{
"examples":[
"The city's ramparts crumbled long ago."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buffer",
"bulwark",
"bumper",
"cushion",
"dam",
"fender",
"pad",
"barricade",
"barrier",
"fence",
"hedge",
"wall",
"bar",
"pale",
"paling",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"roadblock",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel",
"fetter",
"hobble",
"manacle",
"shackle(s)",
"constraint",
"curb",
"restraint",
"snag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"door",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"entranceway",
"entry",
"entryway",
"gate",
"portal",
"break",
"gap",
"pass"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}