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{
"arbitrary":{
"exercising power or authority without interference by others":{
"antonyms":[
"limited"
],
"examples":[
"a nation with no tradition of democracy, only a long history of arbitrary rulers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"constitutional",
"lawful",
"democratic",
"republican"
],
"related":[
"authoritarian",
"jackbooted",
"oppressive",
"totalitarian",
"antidemocratic",
"antirepublican",
"high-handed",
"magisterial",
"domineering",
"imperious",
"masterful",
"all-powerful",
"almighty",
"omnipotent",
"autonomous",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"unconditional",
"unlimited"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"czarist",
"tsarist",
"tzarist",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"monocratic",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous"
]
},
"having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an arbitrary piano teacher who makes all her students do the same exercises over and over again"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balanced",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"impartial",
"just",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"understanding",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced",
"ethical",
"honorable",
"irreproachable",
"law-abiding",
"moral",
"principled",
"unimpeachable"
],
"related":[
"arrogant",
"commanding",
"demanding",
"dominant",
"domineering",
"haughty",
"imperative",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overbearing",
"presumptuous",
"authoritarian",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"totalitarian",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous",
"capricious",
"changeable",
"erratic",
"inconsistent",
"mercurial",
"whimsical",
"biased",
"inequitable",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unequal",
"unfair",
"unjust",
"unrealistic",
"unreasonable",
"unconscionable",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"dictatorial",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"peremptory",
"willful",
"wilful"
]
},
"lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern":{
"antonyms":[
"methodical",
"methodic",
"nonrandom",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
],
"examples":[
"the order of the names of the 10 semifinalists is entirely arbitrary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"established",
"fixed",
"regular",
"set",
"stable",
"steady",
"constant",
"continuous",
"even",
"arranged",
"managed",
"orchestrated",
"ordered",
"planned",
"aware",
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"thoughtful",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"related":[
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"chancy",
"contingent",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"inadvertent",
"incidental",
"lucky",
"unconsidered",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"scattershot",
"shotgun",
"irregular",
"odd",
"sporadic",
"spot",
"directionless",
"objectless",
"purposeless",
"indiscriminate",
"unsystematic",
"undirected",
"disorderly",
"disorganized",
"undiscriminating",
"unselective"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimless",
"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"helter-skelter",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"arbitrate":{
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"will arbitrate the dispute between the company and the labor union"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocate",
"hedge",
"pussyfoot",
"skirt"
],
"related":[
"consider",
"deem",
"deliberate",
"hear",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"size up",
"mediate",
"moderate",
"negotiate",
"prosecute",
"try",
"find (for or against)",
"conclude",
"resolve",
"redetermine",
"rejudge"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudge",
"adjudicate",
"decide",
"determine",
"judge",
"referee",
"rule (on)",
"settle",
"umpire"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arbitrator":{
"a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy":{
"examples":[
"the couple finally agreed to let the salesclerk be the final arbitrator and tell them which shirt looked best"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudicator",
"arbiter",
"judge",
"referee",
"umpire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jurist",
"justice",
"magistrate",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"mediator",
"mediatrix",
"moderator",
"negotiator",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"peacemaker",
"reconciler",
"troubleshooter",
"decider"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arbiters":{
"a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy":{
"examples":[
"the dean of student affairs is the proper arbiter when a student disputes a grade"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudicators",
"arbitrators",
"judges",
"referees",
"umpires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jurists",
"justices",
"magistrates",
"intermediaries",
"intermediates",
"mediators",
"mediatrixes",
"moderators",
"negotiators",
"conciliators",
"go-betweens",
"peacemakers",
"reconcilers",
"troubleshooters",
"deciders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arboricultural":{
"as in aquacultural":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aquacultural",
"garden",
"country",
"rural",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"villatic",
"bucolic",
"georgic",
"pastoral",
"pastoralist",
"agronomic",
"arable",
"monocultural",
"agrarian",
"agricultural",
"farming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonagricultural",
"metro",
"metropolitan",
"urban",
"industrial",
"industrialized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"arbitrating":{
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"examples":[
"will arbitrate the dispute between the company and the labor union"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudging",
"adjudicating",
"deciding",
"determining",
"judging",
"refereeing",
"ruling (on)",
"settling",
"umpiring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considering",
"deeming",
"deliberating",
"hearing",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"sizing up",
"mediating",
"moderating",
"negotiating",
"prosecuting",
"trying",
"finding (for or against)",
"concluding",
"resolving",
"redetermining",
"rejudging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocating",
"hedging",
"pussyfooting",
"skirting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arboretum":{
"as in plantation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plantation",
"woodlot",
"greenwood",
"wildwood",
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"grove",
"scrubland",
"stand",
"thicket",
"forest",
"forestland",
"timber",
"timberland",
"wood(s)",
"woodland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arbor":{
"a wooden shelter in a garden that is shaped like an arch and that plants grow over":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bower",
"pergola",
"awning",
"canopy",
"ceiling",
"cover",
"roof",
"tent",
"dome",
"marquee",
"pavilion",
"screen",
"shade",
"shelter",
"shield",
"sunshade",
"umbrella",
"canvas",
"canvass",
"fly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arbitrates":{
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"examples":[
"will arbitrate the dispute between the company and the labor union"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudges",
"adjudicates",
"decides",
"determines",
"judges",
"referees",
"rules (on)",
"settles",
"umpires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considers",
"deems",
"deliberates",
"hears",
"ponders",
"weighs",
"sizes up",
"mediates",
"moderates",
"negotiates",
"prosecutes",
"tries",
"finds (for or against)",
"concludes",
"resolves",
"redetermines",
"rejudges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocates",
"hedges",
"pussyfoots",
"skirts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arboriculture":{
"as in agroforestry , pomology":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agroforestry",
"pomology",
"agribusiness",
"agroecology",
"agronomy",
"aquaculture",
"aquiculture",
"hydroponics",
"cultivation",
"culture",
"farmwork",
"gardening",
"horticulture",
"tillage",
"animal husbandry",
"mixed farming",
"monoculture",
"pastoralism",
"agriculture",
"farming",
"husbandry",
"sharecropping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arbitrarily":{
"as in casually , indiscriminately":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capriciously",
"carelessly",
"casually",
"indiscriminately",
"informally",
"offhand",
"offhandedly",
"promiscuously",
"whimsically",
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"anywise",
"desultorily",
"erratically",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"helter-skelter",
"hit or miss",
"irregularly",
"randomly",
"willy-nilly",
"accidentally",
"fortuitously",
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unwittingly",
"disconnectedly",
"disjointedly",
"fitfully",
"intermittently",
"spottily",
"unpredictably",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"methodically",
"systematically",
"carefully",
"formally",
"gingerly",
"meticulously",
"orderly",
"punctiliously",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"purposefully",
"purposely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"arbitrament":{
"as in pronouncement , dictum":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"award",
"declaration",
"deliverance",
"dictum",
"pronouncement",
"decree",
"edict",
"injunction",
"order",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"determination",
"opinion",
"resolution",
"authority",
"discipline",
"penalty",
"punishment",
"inquest",
"verdict",
"doom",
"finding",
"holding",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"ruling",
"sentence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arboretums":{
"as in plantations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plantations",
"woodlots",
"greenwoods",
"wildwoods",
"brakes",
"brushwoods",
"chaparrals",
"coppices",
"copses",
"coverts",
"groves",
"scrublands",
"stands",
"thickets",
"forestlands",
"forests",
"timberlands",
"timbers",
"woodlands",
"woods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arbitrated":{
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"examples":[
"will arbitrate the dispute between the company and the labor union"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudged",
"adjudicated",
"decided",
"determined",
"judged",
"refereed",
"ruled (on)",
"settled",
"umpired"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considered",
"deemed",
"deliberated",
"heard",
"pondered",
"weighed",
"sized up",
"mediated",
"moderated",
"negotiated",
"prosecuted",
"tried",
"found (for or against)",
"concluded",
"resolved",
"redetermined",
"rejudged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocated",
"hedged",
"pussyfooted",
"skirted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arbiter":{
"a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy":{
"examples":[
"the dean of student affairs is the proper arbiter when a student disputes a grade"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudicator",
"arbitrator",
"judge",
"referee",
"umpire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jurist",
"justice",
"magistrate",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"mediator",
"mediatrix",
"moderator",
"negotiator",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"peacemaker",
"reconciler",
"troubleshooter",
"decider"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}