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{
"devaluates":{
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"plans to devaluate the peso"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuates",
"breaks",
"cheapens",
"depreciates",
"depresses",
"devalues",
"downgrades",
"lowers",
"marks down",
"reduces",
"sinks",
"writes down",
"writes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debases",
"demonetizes",
"underestimates",
"underprices",
"underrates",
"undervalues",
"abridges",
"compresses",
"contracts",
"de-escalates",
"deflates",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"moderates",
"shrinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloats",
"blows up",
"inflates",
"overestimates",
"overprices",
"overrates",
"overvalues",
"adds",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"balloons",
"boosts",
"compounds",
"dilates",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"heightens",
"increases",
"maximizes",
"multiplies",
"raises",
"swells",
"ups"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciates",
"enhances",
"marks up",
"upgrades"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devalue":{
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"normally, significant damage would devalue an antique"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"break",
"cheapen",
"depreciate",
"depress",
"devaluate",
"downgrade",
"lower",
"mark down",
"reduce",
"sink",
"write down",
"write off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debase",
"demonetize",
"underestimate",
"underprice",
"underrate",
"undervalue",
"abridge",
"compress",
"contract",
"de-escalate",
"deflate",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"moderate",
"shrink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloat",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"overestimate",
"overprice",
"overrate",
"overvalue",
"add",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"balloon",
"boost",
"compound",
"dilate",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"heighten",
"increase",
"maximize",
"multiply",
"raise",
"swell",
"up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"enhance",
"mark up",
"upgrade"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"develops":{
"to gradually become clearer or more detailed":{
"examples":[
"as the story of the bombing developed , the scope of the tragedy became more apparent"
],
"synonyms":[
"elaborates",
"evolves",
"unfolds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advances",
"fares",
"forges",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"marches",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"blossoms",
"grows",
"matures",
"ripens",
"materializes",
"emerges",
"plays out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to have gradually":{
"examples":[
"the youngster developed a taste for green olives"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquires",
"cultivates",
"forms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes in",
"takes on",
"gains",
"gets",
"obtains",
"achieves",
"attains",
"reaches",
"fosters",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"casts",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"flings (off or away)",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"rejects",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"sloughs",
"sluffs",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"unloads"
],
"antonyms":[
"loses"
]
},
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"the wine is developing nicely in the new oak barrels"
],
"synonyms":[
"ages",
"grows",
"grows up",
"matures",
"progresses",
"ripens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellows",
"softens",
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"flourishes",
"flowers",
"opens",
"unfolds",
"advances",
"evolves",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"grays",
"greys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decays",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"sinks",
"worsens",
"dries",
"droops",
"fades",
"flags",
"sags",
"shrivels",
"wanes",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"regresses",
"retrogresses",
"reverts",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
"examples":[
"marketing people developed the initial idea into a complete promotional campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"amplifies",
"dilates (on or upon)",
"elaborates (on)",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands",
"fleshes (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adds (to)",
"complements",
"supplements",
"discourses",
"expatiates",
"rambles",
"runs on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compresses",
"contracts",
"outlines",
"summarizes",
"sums up"
],
"antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"condenses",
"shortens"
]
},
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
"examples":[
"outside consultants helped the company develop an effective marketing strategy"
],
"synonyms":[
"carves (out)",
"forges",
"grinds (out)",
"hammers out",
"thrashes (out)",
"works out",
"works up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churns out",
"cranks out",
"turns out",
"cobbles (together or up)",
"throws up",
"composes",
"constructs",
"crafts",
"creates",
"engineers",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forms",
"frames",
"generates",
"manufactures",
"mints",
"models",
"shapes",
"tailors",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"devises",
"hatches",
"invents",
"originates",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings off",
"carries out",
"effects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"dismantles",
"razes",
"tears down",
"ruins",
"undoes",
"unmakes",
"wrecks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deviate":{
"departing from some accepted standard of what is normal":{
"examples":[
"the mother's deviate response to her child's death aroused suspicions"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrational",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"deviant",
"devious",
"irregular",
"unnatural",
"untypical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unrepresentative",
"extraordinary",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"bizarre",
"curious",
"far-out",
"funny",
"kinky",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"out-of-the-way",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"wild",
"eccentric",
"freakish",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"extraordinary",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"strange"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"ordinary",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"workaday",
"customary",
"usual",
"wonted",
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"average",
"characteristic",
"representative"
],
"antonyms":[
"natural",
"normal",
"regular",
"standard",
"typical"
]
},
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
"examples":[
"a sleazy bar that seemed to be an informal clubhouse for deviates"
],
"synonyms":[
"backslider",
"debauchee",
"debaucher",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"libertine",
"perv",
"pervert",
"profligate",
"rake",
"rakehell",
"rip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"delinquent",
"derelict",
"incorrigible",
"blackguard",
"cad",
"heel",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"lecher",
"playboy",
"playgirl",
"satyr"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change one's course or direction":{
"examples":[
"sailors forced to deviate from their course in order to avoid the storm"
],
"synonyms":[
"detour",
"diverge",
"sheer",
"swerve",
"swing",
"turn",
"turn off",
"veer",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tack",
"zigzag",
"double (back)",
"turn back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"device":{
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"used every device and stratagem he knew to prevent his son's marriage"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"dodge",
"fetch",
"flimflam",
"gambit",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"juggle",
"knack",
"play",
"ploy",
"ruse",
"scheme",
"shenanigan",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluff",
"end run",
"feint",
"cheating",
"chicanery",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deception",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"fraud",
"gaff",
"hoax",
"sham",
"swindle",
"blind",
"front",
"smoke screen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an article intended for use in work":{
"examples":[
"the salesclerk tried to sell me a new device for grooming cats"
],
"synonyms":[
"implement",
"instrument",
"tool",
"utensil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparatus",
"appliance",
"mechanism",
"contraption",
"contrivance",
"gadget",
"gizmo",
"gismo",
"jigger",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accoutrement",
"accouterment",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"attachment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
"examples":[
"left to her own devices she'd eat at a fast-food restaurant every night of the week"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"affinity",
"aptitude",
"bent",
"bias",
"bone",
"disposition",
"genius",
"habitude",
"impulse",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favor",
"one-sidedness",
"partisanship",
"prejudice",
"endowment",
"faculty",
"flair",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"addiction",
"appetite",
"fancy",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"preference",
"taste",
"forte",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"routine",
"trick",
"way",
"wont",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"kink",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quirk",
"singularity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergy",
"averseness",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"disrelish",
"distaste",
"detachment",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"apathy",
"disinterestedness",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devil-may-care":{
"having a relaxed, casual manner":{
"antonyms":[
"high-strung",
"uptight"
],
"examples":[
"a devil-may-care golfer who knows that it's only a game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceremonious",
"decorous",
"formal",
"rigid",
"strict",
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"skittish",
"tense"
],
"related":[
"carefree",
"casual",
"d\u00e9gag\u00e9",
"lackadaisical",
"nonchalant",
"unaffected",
"unconcerned",
"unfussy",
"unperturbed",
"untroubled",
"unworried",
"familiar",
"homey",
"homy",
"informal",
"flexible",
"lax",
"lenient",
"permissive",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"soft",
"accessible",
"approachable",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable",
"amicable",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"genial",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"neighborly",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"synonyms":[
"affable",
"breezy",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"mellow"
]
},
"having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions":{
"antonyms":[
"responsible"
],
"examples":[
"the devil-may-care speed with which he drives his sports car is going to cause a lot of grief someday"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"heedful",
"overcareful",
"overcautious",
"timid"
],
"related":[
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"venturesome",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"precipitate",
"rash",
"wild",
"blithe",
"carefree",
"happy-go-lucky",
"madcap",
"slaphappy",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"unworried",
"careless",
"freewheeling",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"incautious",
"mindless",
"regardless",
"unheeding",
"unmindful",
"feckless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"synonyms":[
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"harum-scarum",
"hell-for-leather",
"irresponsible",
"kamikaze",
"reckless"
]
},
"having or showing freedom from worries or troubles":{
"antonyms":[
"careworn"
],
"examples":[
"the devil-may-care attitude that some people have about needlessly contributing to global warming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"somber",
"sombre",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"wary",
"anxious",
"concerned",
"upset",
"worried",
"long-suffering",
"overburdened",
"sorrowful"
],
"related":[
"blas\u00e9",
"blase",
"breezy",
"cavalier",
"nonchalant",
"casual",
"easygoing",
"informal",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"relaxed",
"unfussy"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"carefree",
"debonair",
"gay",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"slaphappy",
"unconcerned"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"deviling":{
"as in getting , tormenting":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devilled":{
"as in got , tormented":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devilments":{
"playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm":{
"examples":[
"his devilment at school remains the stuff of local legend"
],
"synonyms":[
"devilishness",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"espi\u00e8glerie",
"hob",
"impishness",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"shenanigan(s)",
"waggery",
"waggishness",
"wickedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diabolicalness",
"misbehavior",
"misconduct",
"naughtiness",
"troublemaking",
"buffoonery",
"friskiness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"chicanery",
"trickery",
"goings-on",
"hanky-panky",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"monkey business",
"monkeying",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"skylarking",
"tomfoolery",
"horseplay",
"roughhousing",
"antic",
"caper",
"dido",
"practical joke",
"trick",
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gravitas",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devised":{
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
"examples":[
"she quickly devised a new scheme when the first one failed"
],
"synonyms":[
"concocted",
"constructed",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"drummed up",
"excogitated",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"thought (up)",
"trumped up",
"vamped (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coined",
"designed",
"hatched",
"produced",
"daydreamed",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"fantasized",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"visioned",
"visualized",
"ad-libbed",
"extemporized",
"improvised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloned",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"duplicated",
"imitated",
"mimicked",
"reduplicated",
"replicated",
"reproduced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devises":{
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
"examples":[
"she quickly devised a new scheme when the first one failed"
],
"synonyms":[
"concocts",
"constructs",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"drums up",
"excogitates",
"fabricates",
"invents",
"makes up",
"manufactures",
"thinks (up)",
"trumps up",
"vamps (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coins",
"designs",
"hatches",
"produces",
"daydreams",
"dreams",
"fantasizes",
"conceives",
"envisages",
"envisions",
"imagines",
"pictures",
"visions",
"visualizes",
"ad-libs",
"extemporizes",
"improvises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clones",
"copies",
"copycats",
"duplicates",
"imitates",
"mimics",
"reduplicates",
"replicates",
"reproduces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devolution":{
"a change to a lower state or level":{
"antonyms":[
"ascent",
"rise",
"upswing"
],
"examples":[
"the gradual devolution of the neighborhood from a thriving community of close-knit families to a drug-ridden slum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancement",
"development",
"evolution",
"growth",
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"renewal",
"restoration",
"revitalization",
"heightening",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"enhancement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"supplement"
],
"related":[
"dark age",
"nadir",
"sunset",
"decay",
"rotting",
"spoiling",
"breakup",
"crumbling",
"decomposition",
"disintegration",
"dissolution",
"abasement",
"debasement",
"depreciation",
"lessening",
"decimation",
"demolishment",
"demolition",
"desolation",
"destruction",
"havoc",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"abatement",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"de-escalation",
"deflation",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"dip",
"downslide",
"downtrend",
"downturn",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"falloff",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"sag",
"shrinkage",
"slip",
"slump"
],
"synonyms":[
"decadence",
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"d\u00e9gringolade",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"ebb",
"eclipse",
"fall"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devolutions":{
"a change to a lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"the gradual devolution of the neighborhood from a thriving community of close-knit families to a drug-ridden slum"
],
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"decadences",
"declensions",
"declinations",
"declines",
"degeneracies",
"degenerations",
"degradations",
"d\u00e9gringolades",
"descents",
"deteriorations",
"downfalls",
"downgrades",
"ebbs",
"eclipses",
"falls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dark ages",
"nadirs",
"sunsets",
"decays",
"breakups",
"decompositions",
"disintegrations",
"dissolutions",
"abasements",
"debasements",
"depreciations",
"decimations",
"demolishments",
"demolitions",
"desolations",
"destructions",
"havoc",
"ruinations",
"ruins",
"abatements",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"de-escalations",
"deflations",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"dips",
"downslides",
"downtrends",
"downturns",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falloffs",
"losses",
"reductions",
"sags",
"shrinkages",
"slips",
"slumps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancements",
"developments",
"evolutions",
"growths",
"flowerings",
"renewals",
"restorations",
"revitalizations",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"enhancements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[
"ascents",
"rises",
"upswings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devote":{
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
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"examples":[
"I conscientiously devote several hours every weekend to playing with my dog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignore",
"neglect",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"related":[
"bless",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"apply",
"bestow",
"employ",
"use"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocate",
"consecrate",
"dedicate",
"earmark",
"give up (to)",
"reserve",
"save",
"set by"
]
},
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"planning a diplomatic career, she's been intensely devoting herself to the study of foreign languages in college"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"idle",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"related":[
"readdress",
"reapply",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)",
"busy",
"commit",
"concern",
"engage",
"involve",
"exert",
"exhaust",
"put out",
"spend",
"strain",
"stress",
"tax",
"trouble",
"wear out",
"carry on",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"grind",
"hump",
"hustle",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug (away)",
"work"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"apply",
"bend",
"buckle",
"give"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devotedness":{
"a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone":{
"examples":[
"the heartwarming devotedness that the newlywed couple felt for each other"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attachment",
"devotion",
"fondness",
"love",
"passion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"favor",
"like",
"liking",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"taste",
"craving",
"crush",
"desire",
"infatuation",
"longing",
"lust",
"yearning",
"ardor",
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"fervor",
"zeal",
"appreciation",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"regard",
"respect",
"adoration",
"adulation",
"deification",
"idolatry",
"idolization",
"worship",
"allegiance",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"steadfastness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergy",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"abhorrence",
"disgust",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"misanthropy"
],
"antonyms":[
"abomination",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"rancor"
]
},
"adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty":{
"examples":[
"the kind of devotedness that only a dog can show for its master"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhesion",
"allegiance",
"attachment",
"commitment",
"constancy",
"dedication",
"devotion",
"faith",
"faithfulness",
"fastness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"piety",
"steadfastness",
"troth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affection",
"fondness",
"determination",
"firmness",
"resolution",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"separation"
],
"antonyms":[
"disloyalty",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"inconstancy",
"infidelity",
"perfidiousness",
"perfidy",
"treachery",
"unfaithfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devotee":{
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
"examples":[
"a devotee of stamp collecting"
],
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"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"fool",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groupie",
"admirer",
"amateur",
"collector",
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"authority",
"expert",
"adherent",
"convert",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"votary",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"exponent",
"friend",
"patron",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadmirer",
"belittler",
"carper",
"critic",
"detractor"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonfan"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devotion":{
"a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone":{
"examples":[
"Albert Schweitzer was world-renowned for his devotion to his fellow man"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attachment",
"devotedness",
"fondness",
"love",
"passion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appetite",
"fancy",
"favor",
"like",
"liking",
"partiality",
"preference",
"relish",
"taste",
"craving",
"crush",
"desire",
"infatuation",
"longing",
"lust",
"yearning",
"ardor",
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"fervor",
"zeal",
"appreciation",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"regard",
"respect",
"adoration",
"adulation",
"deification",
"idolatry",
"idolization",
"worship",
"allegiance",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"steadfastness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergy",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"abhorrence",
"disgust",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"misanthropy"
],
"antonyms":[
"abomination",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"rancor"
]
},
"adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty":{
"examples":[
"the knight's fierce devotion to his lord"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhesion",
"allegiance",
"attachment",
"commitment",
"constancy",
"dedication",
"devotedness",
"faith",
"faithfulness",
"fastness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"piety",
"steadfastness",
"troth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affection",
"fondness",
"determination",
"firmness",
"resolution",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"separation"
],
"antonyms":[
"disloyalty",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"inconstancy",
"infidelity",
"perfidiousness",
"perfidy",
"treachery",
"unfaithfulness"
]
},
"belief and trust in and loyalty to God":{
"examples":[
"a people of deep spirituality and indomitable devotion"
],
"synonyms":[
"faith",
"piety",
"religion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"devoutness",
"piousness",
"religiousness",
"adoration",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"worship",
"profession",
"protestation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disbelief",
"doubt",
"unbelief",
"unfaith",
"agnosticism",
"know-nothingism",
"apostasy",
"lapse",
"tergiversation"
],
"antonyms":[
"atheism",
"godlessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devilishly":{
"beyond a normal or acceptable limit":{
"examples":[
"a devilishly clever scheme to make money"
],
"synonyms":[
"excessively",
"exorbitantly",
"inordinately",
"intolerably",
"monstrously",
"overly",
"overmuch",
"too",
"unacceptably",
"unduly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extravagantly",
"immoderately",
"intemperately",
"extortionately",
"inexcusably",
"obscenely",
"unbearably",
"unconscionably",
"unreasonably",
"improperly",
"inappropriately",
"abnormally",
"extraordinarily",
"freakishly",
"singularly",
"uncommonly",
"uncustomarily",
"unusually",
"astronomically",
"considerably",
"deadly",
"eminently",
"especially",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
"extensively",
"extra",
"extremely",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"incredibly",
"mightily",
"remarkably",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"super",
"terribly",
"very",
"whacking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"moderately",
"modestly",
"reasonably",
"temperately",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"meagerly",
"minimally",
"scantily",
"scarcely",
"slightly"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"deviltries":{
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
"examples":[
"superstitious villagers who were quick to attribute an unexpected occurrence to devilry"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewitcheries",
"bewitchments",
"diableries",
"enchantments",
"ensorcellments",
"magics",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"necromancies",
"sorceries",
"thaumaturgies",
"voodooisms",
"witchcrafts",
"witcheries",
"wizardries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abracadabras",
"amulets",
"charms",
"fetishes",
"fetiches",
"mascots",
"periapts",
"phylacteries",
"talismans",
"conjurations",
"glamours",
"glamors",
"incantations",
"spells",
"curses",
"hexes",
"jinxes",
"auguries",
"crystal gazings",
"divinations",
"fortune-tellings",
"soothsayings",
"sortileges",
"hexereis",
"hoodoos",
"occultisms",
"spiritualisms",
"augurs",
"omens",
"exorcisms",
"alchemies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sciences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"developer":{
"one who creates or introduces something new":{
"examples":[
"the developer of software that is used the world over"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriver",
"designer",
"deviser",
"formulator",
"innovator",
"introducer",
"inventor",
"originator"
],
"near synonyms":[
"author",
"begetter",
"creator",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"sire",
"groundbreaker",
"pioneer",
"planner",
"researcher",
"researchist",
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"dreamer",
"codeveloper",
"coinventor",
"coproducer",
"coresearcher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aper",
"copier",
"copycat",
"duplicator",
"imitator",
"mimic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deviled":{
"as in got , tormented":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bedeviled",
"chafed",
"dogged",
"dunned",
"exasperated",
"fretted",
"galled",
"gnawed",
"got",
"grated",
"hassled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"persecuted",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rankled",
"rasped",
"riled",
"roiled",
"tormented",
"vexed",
"vext",
"worried",
"inconvenienced",
"troubled",
"beleaguered",
"beset",
"besieged",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chivied",
"chivvied",
"disturbed",
"intruded (upon)",
"pestered",
"distressed",
"plagued",
"afflicted",
"harassed",
"provoked",
"angered",
"antagonized",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"outraged",
"agitated",
"perturbed",
"butted in",
"cut in (on)",
"obtruded",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"trespassed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"left",
"slighted",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"disarmed",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"placated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"developers":{
"one who creates or introduces something new":{
"examples":[
"the developer of software that is used the world over"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrivers",
"designers",
"devisers",
"formulators",
"innovators",
"introducers",
"inventors",
"originators"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authors",
"begetters",
"creators",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"sires",
"groundbreakers",
"pioneers",
"planners",
"researchers",
"researchists",
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"dreamers",
"codevelopers",
"co-developers",
"coinventors",
"co-inventors",
"coproducers",
"co-producers",
"coresearchers",
"co-researchers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apers",
"copiers",
"copycats",
"duplicators",
"imitators",
"mimics"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devoir":{
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"patient confidentiality has long been an integral part of a physician's professional devoir"
],
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"charge",
"commitment",
"do",
"duty",
"imperative",
"incumbency",
"need",
"obligation",
"office",
"responsibility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oath",
"pledge",
"promise",
"troth",
"vow",
"word",
"arrangement",
"prearrangement",
"setup",
"compact",
"contract",
"covenant",
"pact",
"trust",
"debt",
"payment",
"tribute",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"restraint",
"must",
"requirement",
"coercion",
"duress",
"force",
"appointment",
"engagement",
"reservation",
"onus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grace",
"postponement",
"stay",
"discharge",
"ease",
"exemption",
"release",
"relief",
"waiver",
"loophole",
"alternative",
"choice",
"option",
"pick",
"preference",
"selection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devising":{
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
"examples":[
"she quickly devised a new scheme when the first one failed"
],
"synonyms":[
"concocting",
"constructing",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"drumming up",
"excogitating",
"fabricating",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"thinking (up)",
"trumping up",
"vamping (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coining",
"designing",
"hatching",
"producing",
"daydreaming",
"dreaming",
"fantasizing",
"conceiving",
"envisaging",
"envisioning",
"imagining",
"picturing",
"visioning",
"visualizing",
"ad-libbing",
"extemporizing",
"improvising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloning",
"copycatting",
"copying",
"duplicating",
"imitating",
"mimicking",
"reduplicating",
"replicating",
"reproducing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devoid":{
"utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected":{
"examples":[
"the so-called comedy is totally devoid of intelligence, originality, and even laughs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"bare",
"barren",
"bereft",
"destitute",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blank",
"empty",
"innocent",
"stark",
"vacant",
"wanting",
"deficient",
"fragmental",
"fragmentary",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"partial",
"short",
"absent",
"missing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"brimming",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"saturated",
"stuffed",
"abounding",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thick",
"thronging"
],
"antonyms":[
"filled",
"flush",
"fraught",
"full",
"replete",
"rife"
]
},
"lacking contents that could or should be present":{
"examples":[
"the picnic jug was completely devoid of juice after only a few minutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"clean",
"empty",
"stark",
"toom",
"vacant",
"vacuous",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barren",
"hollow",
"available",
"clear",
"free",
"open",
"unfilled",
"unfurnished",
"unattended",
"uninhabited",
"unoccupied",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"emptied",
"forsaken",
"vacated",
"depleted",
"drained",
"dry",
"exhausted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complete",
"replete",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"filled",
"occupied",
"flush",
"overflowing",
"packed",
"teeming"
],
"antonyms":[
"full"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"devilries":{
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
"examples":[
"superstitious villagers who were quick to attribute an unexpected occurrence to devilry"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewitcheries",
"bewitchments",
"diableries",
"enchantments",
"ensorcellments",
"magics",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"necromancies",
"sorceries",
"thaumaturgies",
"voodooisms",
"witchcrafts",
"witcheries",
"wizardries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abracadabras",
"amulets",
"charms",
"fetishes",
"fetiches",
"mascots",
"periapts",
"phylacteries",
"talismans",
"conjurations",
"glamours",
"glamors",
"incantations",
"spells",
"curses",
"hexes",
"jinxes",
"auguries",
"crystal gazings",
"divinations",
"fortune-tellings",
"soothsayings",
"sortileges",
"hexereis",
"hoodoos",
"occultisms",
"spiritualisms",
"augurs",
"omens",
"exorcisms",
"alchemies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sciences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deviltry":{
"playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm":{
"examples":[
"children always getting into some devilry"
],
"synonyms":[
"devilishness",
"devilment",
"diablerie",
"espi\u00e8glerie",
"hob",
"impishness",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"shenanigan(s)",
"waggery",
"waggishness",
"wickedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diabolicalness",
"misbehavior",
"misconduct",
"naughtiness",
"troublemaking",
"buffoonery",
"friskiness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"chicanery",
"trickery",
"goings-on",
"hanky-panky",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"monkey business",
"monkeying",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"skylarking",
"tomfoolery",
"horseplay",
"roughhousing",
"antic",
"caper",
"dido",
"practical joke",
"trick",
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gravitas",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
"examples":[
"superstitious villagers who were quick to attribute an unexpected occurrence to devilry"
],
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"bewitchery",
"bewitchment",
"conjuring",
"diablerie",
"enchantment",
"ensorcellment",
"magic",
"mojo",
"necromancy",
"sorcery",
"thaumaturgy",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery",
"wizardry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abracadabra",
"amulet",
"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman",
"conjuration",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"incantation",
"spell",
"curse",
"hex",
"jinx",
"augury",
"crystal gazing",
"divination",
"divining",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"fortune-telling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"sortilege",
"hexerei",
"hoodoo",
"occultism",
"spiritualism",
"augur",
"omen",
"exorcism",
"alchemy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"science"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devisees":{
"as in beneficiaries , grantees":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assignees",
"beneficiaries",
"grantees",
"heirs",
"heirs at law",
"inheritors",
"legatees",
"claimants",
"heirs apparent",
"representatives",
"succeeders",
"successors",
"coheiresses",
"co-heiresses",
"coheirs",
"co-heirs",
"heiresses",
"descendants",
"descendents",
"scions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devilish":{
"going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{
"examples":[
"that's a devilish amount of bad luck for any person to have to endure"
],
"synonyms":[
"baroque",
"excessive",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"fancy",
"immoderate",
"inordinate",
"insane",
"intolerable",
"lavish",
"overdue",
"overextravagant",
"overmuch",
"overweening",
"plethoric",
"steep",
"stiff",
"towering",
"unconscionable",
"undue",
"unmerciful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boundless",
"endless",
"immeasurable",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"unbearable",
"unjustifiable",
"unwarranted",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"thick",
"unseemly",
"unrestrained"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"minimal",
"minimum"
],
"antonyms":[
"middling",
"moderate",
"modest",
"reasonable",
"temperate"
]
},
"of, relating to, or worthy of an evil spirit":{
"examples":[
"a devilish plan to sabotage the other party's political convention"
],
"synonyms":[
"cacodemonic",
"demoniac",
"demoniacal",
"demonian",
"demonic",
"demonical",
"diabolical",
"diabolic",
"fiendish",
"Luciferian",
"satanic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hellish",
"infernal",
"baleful",
"evil",
"sinister",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malignant",
"heinous",
"monstrous",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"vicious",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"barbarous",
"cruel",
"ferocious",
"inhuman",
"savage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celestial",
"heavenly",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"benign",
"benignant",
"godly",
"holy",
"sainted",
"saintly",
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"righteous",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"angelic",
"angelical"
]
},
"tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness":{
"examples":[
"a devilish grin that told us he was up to something"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"elvish",
"espi\u00e8gle",
"impish",
"knavish",
"leprechaunish",
"mischievous",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"pixieish",
"prankish",
"puckish",
"rascally",
"roguish",
"scampish",
"sly",
"tricksy",
"waggish",
"wicked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antic",
"coltish",
"coy",
"frisky",
"frolicsome",
"kittenish",
"playful",
"sportful",
"sportive",
"gay",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"whimsical",
"energetic",
"lively",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"artful",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"wily",
"misbehaving",
"naughty",
"troublemaking",
"pestering",
"riling",
"teasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grave",
"grim",
"sedate",
"sober",
"solemn",
"staid",
"stern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"devitalizes":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"overuse has devitalized many a once-striking figure of speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrates",
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"enervates",
"gelds",
"lobotomizes",
"petrifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burns out",
"debilitates",
"does in",
"drains",
"enfeebles",
"exhausts",
"fatigues",
"saps",
"tuckers (out)",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"wears",
"wears out",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouses",
"rouses",
"stirs",
"charges",
"electrifies",
"galvanizes",
"excites",
"ferments",
"fires",
"foments",
"incites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"instigates",
"kindles",
"provokes",
"sparks",
"triggers",
"whips (up)",
"abets",
"boosts",
"buoys",
"cheers",
"emboldens",
"fortifies",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"lifts",
"reactivates",
"reanimates",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"recharges",
"reenergizes",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[
"braces",
"energizes",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"quickens",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes",
"vivifies"
]
},
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
"examples":[
"she was devitalized by the infection"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"etiolates",
"prostrates",
"saps",
"softens",
"tires",
"wastes",
"weakens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cripples",
"disables",
"hamstrings",
"incapacitates",
"depletes",
"depresses",
"exhausts",
"impoverishes",
"unmans",
"washes out",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"invalids",
"lays up",
"breaks down",
"grinds (down)",
"wears down",
"wears out",
"paralyzes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energizes",
"invigorates",
"recruits",
"rejuvenates",
"vitalizes",
"hardens",
"seasons",
"toughens"
],
"antonyms":[
"beefs (up)",
"fortifies",
"strengthens"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devaluation":{
"as in decline , deterioration":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decadence",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"weakening",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"relapse",
"regress",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"development",
"elaboration",
"evolution",
"expansion",
"growth",
"progress",
"progression",
"advancement",
"betterment",
"improvement",
"perfection",
"refinement",
"incubation",
"maturation",
"maturing",
"ripening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devisers":{
"one who creates or introduces something new":{
"examples":[
"Melvil Dewey was the deviser of a new system for organizing books"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrivers",
"designers",
"developers",
"formulators",
"innovators",
"introducers",
"inventors",
"originators"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authors",
"begetters",
"creators",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"sires",
"groundbreakers",
"pioneers",
"planners",
"researchers",
"researchists",
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"dreamers",
"codevelopers",
"co-developers",
"coinventors",
"co-inventors",
"coproducers",
"co-producers",
"coresearchers",
"co-researchers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apers",
"copiers",
"copycats",
"duplicators",
"imitators",
"mimics"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devolved":{
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"the once-lovely neighborhood has devolved into a squalid slum"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophied",
"crumbled",
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"descended",
"deteriorated",
"ebbed",
"regressed",
"retrograded",
"rotted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"worsened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"waned",
"broke down",
"corrupted",
"decomposed",
"degraded",
"dilapidated",
"disintegrated",
"moldered",
"putrefied",
"soured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"debilitated",
"undermined",
"drooped",
"failed",
"fell",
"flagged",
"lagged",
"languished",
"ran down",
"sagged",
"slipped",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bettered",
"upgraded",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"fortified",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"strengthened",
"advanced",
"developed",
"marched",
"proceeded",
"progressed"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"improved",
"meliorated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devolve":{
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"the once-lovely neighborhood has devolved into a squalid slum"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophy",
"crumble",
"decay",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"descend",
"deteriorate",
"ebb",
"regress",
"retrograde",
"rot",
"sink",
"worsen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"recede",
"wane",
"break down",
"corrupt",
"decompose",
"degrade",
"dilapidate",
"disintegrate",
"molder",
"putrefy",
"sour",
"spoil",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"debilitate",
"undermine",
"droop",
"fail",
"fall",
"flag",
"lag",
"languish",
"run down",
"sag",
"slip",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"better",
"upgrade",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"fortify",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"strengthen",
"advance",
"develop",
"march",
"proceed",
"progress"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"improve",
"meliorate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devastating":{
"causing or tending to cause destruction":{
"examples":[
"a devastating blow to our morale"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilatory",
"calamitous",
"cataclysmal",
"cataclysmic",
"destructive",
"devastative",
"disastrous",
"ruinous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antibiotic",
"biocidal",
"baleful",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"fatal",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous",
"pestilent",
"poisonous",
"virulent",
"vital",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"harmful",
"pernicious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preservative",
"protective",
"constructive",
"creative",
"formative",
"productive",
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"ameliorative",
"helpful",
"useful",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"nonfatal",
"nonlethal",
"salubrious",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"nondestructive"
]
},
"to bring destruction to (something) through violent action":{
"examples":[
"the city was devastated , first by the earthquake and then by fires"
],
"synonyms":[
"destroying",
"ravaging",
"ruining",
"scourging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"despoiling",
"foraying",
"harrying",
"looting",
"marauding",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"sacking",
"stripping",
"annihilating",
"desolating",
"eradicating",
"expunging",
"extinguishing",
"extirpating",
"nuking",
"obliterating",
"rubbing out",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"vaporizing",
"wasting",
"wiping out",
"wracking",
"wrecking",
"decimating",
"mowing",
"demolishing",
"razing",
"crushing",
"overpowering",
"overrunning",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reconditioning",
"recovering",
"redeeming",
"rehabilitating",
"restoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"examples":[
"the explosion devastated an entire city block"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"creaming",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"doing in",
"extinguishing",
"nuking",
"pulling down",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"rubbing out",
"ruining",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"vaporizing",
"wasting",
"wracking",
"wrecking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"clobbering",
"conquering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"routing",
"scotching",
"skunking",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"winning (against)",
"blasting",
"blowing up",
"breaking",
"crippling",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"deteriorating",
"disfiguring",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"dynamiting",
"harming",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"mangling",
"marring",
"mutilating",
"spoiling",
"vitiating",
"eroding",
"scouring",
"sweeping (away)",
"washing out",
"wearing (away)",
"dilapidating",
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"gutting",
"taking down",
"unbuilding",
"undoing",
"unmaking",
"blotting out",
"effacing",
"eradicating",
"expunging",
"exterminating",
"extirpating",
"liquidating",
"obliterating",
"removing",
"rooting (out)",
"snuffing (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"wiping out",
"despoiling",
"havocking",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"trampling",
"trashing",
"vandalizing",
"assassinating",
"butchering",
"cutting down",
"dispatching",
"executing",
"felling",
"killing",
"killing off",
"massacring",
"mowing (down)",
"murdering",
"slaughtering",
"slaying",
"taking out",
"zapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"repairing",
"revamping",
"creating",
"inventing",
"assembling",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forging",
"forming",
"framing",
"making",
"manufacturing",
"molding",
"producing",
"shaping",
"bringing about",
"constituting",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"restoring"
],
"antonyms":[
"building",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up"
]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"examples":[
"we were devastated by the awful news of his death"
],
"synonyms":[
"crushing",
"flooring",
"grinding (down)",
"oppressing",
"overcoming",
"overmastering",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"prostrating",
"snowing under",
"swamping",
"whelming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluging",
"drowning",
"sinking",
"confuting",
"defeating",
"refuting",
"breaking",
"demoralizing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"rocking",
"shattering",
"staggering",
"throwing",
"unmanning",
"unnerving",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"deviances":{
"as in deviations , iconoclasms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deviations",
"iconoclasms",
"unconventionalities",
"apostasies",
"defections",
"infidelities",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"sectarianisms",
"separatisms",
"disagreements",
"discords",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"errors",
"fallacies",
"falsehoods",
"misbeliefs",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"dissents",
"dissidences",
"heresies",
"heterodoxies",
"nonconformities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformities",
"orthodoxies",
"agreements",
"conformations",
"conventionalities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devotional":{
"of, relating to, or used in the practice or worship services of a religion":{
"examples":[
"a religious bookstore with an extensive stock of devotional literature"
],
"synonyms":[
"religious",
"sacred",
"spiritual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"solemn",
"liturgical",
"ritual",
"sacramental",
"semireligious",
"semisacred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earthly",
"mundane",
"terrene",
"terrestrial",
"worldly"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonreligious",
"profane",
"secular"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"deviants":{
"a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs":{
"examples":[
"branded as social deviants by a society that did not value self-expression"
],
"synonyms":[
"bohemians",
"bohos",
"counterculturists",
"enfants terribles",
"free spirits",
"heretics",
"iconoclasts",
"individualists",
"lone rangers",
"loners",
"lone wolves",
"mavericks",
"nonconformers",
"nonconformists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"freethinkers",
"characters",
"codgers",
"crackbrains",
"crackpots",
"cranks",
"eccentrics",
"freaks",
"kooks",
"nuts",
"oddballs",
"screwballs",
"weirdos",
"eight balls",
"misfits",
"outsiders",
"aberrants",
"anomalies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherents",
"followers",
"supporters",
"sheep"
],
"antonyms":[
"conformers",
"conformists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devoutness":{
"the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous":{
"examples":[
"a figure of such devoutness that a campaign for her canonization was begun shortly after her death"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessedness",
"godliness",
"holiness",
"piety",
"piousness",
"sainthood",
"saintliness",
"saintship",
"sanctity"
],
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"asceticism",
"devotion",
"morality",
"prayerfulness",
"religiousness",
"spirituality",
"priestliness",
"goodness",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"uprightness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness",
"consecration",
"sacredness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemousness",
"irreverence",
"sacrilegiousness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"hypocrisy",
"sanctimoniousness",
"sanctimony"
],
"antonyms":[
"godlessness",
"impiety",
"ungodliness",
"unholiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"normally, significant damage would devalue an antique"
],
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"attenuating",
"breaking",
"cheapening",
"depreciating",
"depressing",
"devaluating",
"downgrading",
"lowering",
"marking down",
"reducing",
"sinking",
"writing down",
"writing off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debasing",
"demonetizing",
"underestimating",
"underpricing",
"underrating",
"undervaluing",
"abridging",
"compressing",
"contracting",
"de-escalating",
"deflating",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"moderating",
"shrinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloating",
"blowing up",
"inflating",
"overestimating",
"overpricing",
"overrating",
"overvaluing",
"adding",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"ballooning",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"dilating",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"heightening",
"increasing",
"maximizing",
"multiplying",
"raising",
"swelling",
"upping"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciating",
"enhancing",
"marking up",
"upgrading"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devout":{
"firm in one's allegiance to someone or something":{
"examples":[
"devout Red Sox fans never lost faith during the long World Series drought"
],
"synonyms":[
"constant",
"dedicated",
"devoted",
"down-the-line",
"faithful",
"fast",
"good",
"loyal",
"pious",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"true-blue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dependable",
"dutiful",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"solid",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unwavering",
"determined",
"intent",
"resolute",
"confirmed",
"dyed-in-the-wool",
"inveterate",
"sworn",
"ardent",
"avid",
"enthusiastic",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"gung ho",
"impassioned",
"passionate",
"serious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"irresponsible",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"dubious",
"irresolute",
"shaky",
"uncertain",
"apathetic",
"dispassionate",
"uninterested"
],
"antonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue"
]
},
"showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue":{
"examples":[
"devout monks living a life of prayer and solitude"
],
"synonyms":[
"godly",
"holy",
"pious",
"religious",
"sainted",
"saintly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"prayerful",
"reverent",
"reverential",
"spiritual",
"worshipful",
"pietistic",
"religiose",
"beatified",
"blessed",
"blest",
"canonized",
"venerable",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"cherubic",
"chaste",
"moral",
"pure",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemous",
"desecrating",
"irreverent",
"profanatory",
"profane",
"sacrilegious",
"nonreligious",
"secular",
"unspiritual",
"worldly",
"backsliding",
"unfaithful",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"miscreant",
"sinful",
"sinning",
"unrighteous",
"wicked"
],
"antonyms":[
"antireligious",
"faithless",
"godless",
"impious",
"irreligious",
"ungodly",
"unholy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"deviations":{
"a turning away from a course or standard":{
"examples":[
"a memoir that was discovered to contain numerous deviations from fact"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflections",
"departures",
"detours",
"divagations",
"divergences",
"divergencies",
"diversions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devilry":{
"playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm":{
"examples":[
"children always getting into some devilry"
],
"synonyms":[
"devilishness",
"devilment",
"diablerie",
"espi\u00e8glerie",
"hob",
"impishness",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"shenanigan(s)",
"waggery",
"waggishness",
"wickedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diabolicalness",
"misbehavior",
"misconduct",
"naughtiness",
"troublemaking",
"buffoonery",
"friskiness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"chicanery",
"trickery",
"goings-on",
"hanky-panky",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"monkey business",
"monkeying",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"skylarking",
"tomfoolery",
"horseplay",
"roughhousing",
"antic",
"caper",
"dido",
"practical joke",
"trick",
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gravitas",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
"examples":[
"superstitious villagers who were quick to attribute an unexpected occurrence to devilry"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewitchery",
"bewitchment",
"conjuring",
"diablerie",
"enchantment",
"ensorcellment",
"magic",
"mojo",
"necromancy",
"sorcery",
"thaumaturgy",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery",
"wizardry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abracadabra",
"amulet",
"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman",
"conjuration",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"incantation",
"spell",
"curse",
"hex",
"jinx",
"augury",
"crystal gazing",
"divination",
"divining",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"fortune-telling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"sortilege",
"hexerei",
"hoodoo",
"occultism",
"spiritualism",
"augur",
"omen",
"exorcism",
"alchemy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"science"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devolves":{
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"the once-lovely neighborhood has devolved into a squalid slum"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophies",
"crumbles",
"decays",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"descends",
"deteriorates",
"ebbs",
"regresses",
"retrogrades",
"rots",
"sinks",
"worsens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"wanes",
"breaks down",
"corrupts",
"decomposes",
"degrades",
"dilapidates",
"disintegrates",
"molders",
"putrefies",
"sours",
"spoils",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"debilitates",
"undermines",
"droops",
"fails",
"falls",
"flags",
"lags",
"languishes",
"runs down",
"sags",
"slips",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"betters",
"upgrades",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"fortifies",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"strengthens",
"advances",
"develops",
"marches",
"proceeds",
"progresses"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"improves",
"meliorates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devisee":{
"as in beneficiary , grantee":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assignee",
"beneficiary",
"grantee",
"heir",
"heir at law",
"inheritor",
"legatee",
"claimant",
"heir apparent",
"representative",
"succeeder",
"successor",
"coheir",
"coheiress",
"heiress",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"scion"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devilfish":{
"any of several extremely large rays":{
"examples":[
"they saw a devilfish when they went scuba diving in the Caribbean, but it swam away quickly"
],
"synonyms":[
"manta",
"manta ray",
"sea devil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ray",
"skate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"developmental":{
"made or done as an experiment":{
"examples":[
"developmental weaponry that is classified as top secret by the Pentagon"
],
"synonyms":[
"experimental",
"pilot",
"trial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exploratory",
"investigative",
"probative",
"preliminary",
"preparatory",
"provisional",
"temporary",
"tentative",
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"untested",
"untried",
"unproved",
"unproven"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"established",
"standard",
"tested",
"tried",
"advanced",
"developed",
"proved",
"proven",
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"definitive",
"final",
"permanent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"develop":{
"to gradually become clearer or more detailed":{
"examples":[
"as the story of the bombing developed , the scope of the tragedy became more apparent"
],
"synonyms":[
"elaborate",
"evolve",
"unfold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advance",
"fare",
"forge",
"get along",
"get on",
"march",
"proceed",
"progress",
"blossom",
"grow",
"mature",
"ripen",
"materialize",
"emerge",
"play out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to have gradually":{
"examples":[
"the youngster developed a taste for green olives"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquire",
"cultivate",
"form"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorb",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take in",
"take on",
"gain",
"get",
"obtain",
"achieve",
"attain",
"reach",
"foster",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"cast",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough",
"sluff",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"unload"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose"
]
},
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"the wine is developing nicely in the new oak barrels"
],
"synonyms":[
"age",
"grow",
"grow up",
"mature",
"progress",
"ripen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellow",
"soften",
"bloom",
"blossom",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"flourish",
"flower",
"open",
"unfold",
"advance",
"evolve",
"get along",
"get on",
"gray",
"grey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decay",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"sink",
"worsen",
"droop",
"dry",
"fade",
"flag",
"sag",
"shrivel",
"wane",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"regress",
"retrogress",
"revert",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
"examples":[
"marketing people developed the initial idea into a complete promotional campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"amplify",
"dilate (on or upon)",
"elaborate (on)",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"flesh (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"add (to)",
"complement",
"supplement",
"discourse",
"expatiate",
"ramble",
"run on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compress",
"contract",
"outline",
"summarize",
"sum up"
],
"antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"condense",
"shorten"
]
},
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
"examples":[
"outside consultants helped the company develop an effective marketing strategy"
],
"synonyms":[
"carve (out)",
"forge",
"grind (out)",
"hammer out",
"thrash (out)",
"work out",
"work up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churn out",
"crank out",
"turn out",
"cobble (together or up)",
"throw up",
"compose",
"construct",
"craft",
"create",
"engineer",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"form",
"frame",
"generate",
"manufacture",
"mint",
"model",
"shape",
"tailor",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"devise",
"hatch",
"invent",
"originate",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry out",
"effect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dismantle",
"raze",
"tear down",
"ruin",
"undo",
"unmake",
"wreck"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deviousness":{
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
"examples":[
"his deviousness was almost as awesome as his lack of scruples"
],
"synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"subtlety",
"wiliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculation",
"care",
"design",
"savvy",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"cleverness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"ease",
"facility",
"finesse",
"deceitfulness",
"duplicity",
"shiftiness",
"underhandedness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devaluate":{
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"plans to devaluate the peso"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"break",
"cheapen",
"depreciate",
"depress",
"devalue",
"downgrade",
"lower",
"mark down",
"reduce",
"sink",
"write down",
"write off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debase",
"demonetize",
"underestimate",
"underprice",
"underrate",
"undervalue",
"abridge",
"compress",
"contract",
"de-escalate",
"deflate",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"moderate",
"shrink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloat",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"overestimate",
"overprice",
"overrate",
"overvalue",
"add",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"balloon",
"boost",
"compound",
"dilate",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"heighten",
"increase",
"maximize",
"multiply",
"raise",
"swell",
"up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"enhance",
"mark up",
"upgrade"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"developing":{
"to gradually become clearer or more detailed":{
"examples":[
"as the story of the bombing developed , the scope of the tragedy became more apparent"
],
"synonyms":[
"elaborating",
"evolving",
"unfolding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancing",
"faring",
"forging",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"marching",
"proceeding",
"progressing",
"blossoming",
"growing",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"materializing",
"emerging",
"playing out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to have gradually":{
"examples":[
"the youngster developed a taste for green olives"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"cultivating",
"forming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking in",
"taking on",
"gaining",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"achieving",
"attaining",
"reaching",
"fostering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"casting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"rejecting",
"scrapping",
"shedding",
"shucking (off)",
"sloughing",
"sluffing",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"unloading"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing"
]
},
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"the wine is developing nicely in the new oak barrels"
],
"synonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"growing",
"growing up",
"maturing",
"progressing",
"ripening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellowing",
"softening",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"opening",
"unfolding",
"advancing",
"evolving",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"graying",
"greying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decaying",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"sinking",
"worsening",
"drooping",
"drying",
"fading",
"flagging",
"sagging",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"waning",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"regressing",
"retrogressing",
"reverting",
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"returning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
"examples":[
"marketing people developed the initial idea into a complete promotional campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"amplifying",
"dilating (on or upon)",
"elaborating (on)",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding",
"fleshing (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adding (to)",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"discoursing",
"expatiating",
"rambling",
"running on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressing",
"contracting",
"outlining",
"summarizing",
"summing up"
],
"antonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"condensing",
"shortening"
]
},
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
"examples":[
"outside consultants helped the company develop an effective marketing strategy"
],
"synonyms":[
"carving (out)",
"forging",
"grinding (out)",
"hammering out",
"thrashing (out)",
"working out",
"working up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"churning out",
"cranking out",
"turning out",
"cobbling (together or up)",
"throwing up",
"composing",
"constructing",
"crafting",
"creating",
"engineering",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forming",
"framing",
"generating",
"manufacturing",
"minting",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"shaping",
"tailoring",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"devising",
"hatching",
"inventing",
"originating",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying out",
"effecting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"dismantling",
"razing",
"tearing down",
"ruining",
"undoing",
"unmaking",
"wrecking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devouring":{
"as in gobbling , gulping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gobbling",
"gorging",
"gormandizing",
"gulping",
"hearty",
"wolfish",
"insatiable",
"unquenchable",
"unslakable",
"edacious",
"esurient",
"gluttonous",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"piggish",
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"swinish",
"voracious",
"empty",
"famished",
"hungry",
"peckish",
"starved",
"starving",
"malnourished",
"underfed",
"undernourished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"content",
"full",
"glutted",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"stuffed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to destroy all trace of":{
"examples":[
"a series of devastating storms devoured the beach on the south side of the island"
],
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"consuming",
"eating (up)"
],
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"gutting",
"depleting",
"draining",
"exhausting",
"expending",
"spending",
"using up",
"annihilating",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"devastating",
"doing in",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruining",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"wasting",
"wrecking",
"annihilating",
"blotting out",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"extirpating",
"obliterating",
"removing",
"rubbing out",
"stamping (out)",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"building",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"putting up",
"raising"
],
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},
"to make complete use of":{
"examples":[
"a catastrophic medical event that devoured their savings"
],
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"absorbing",
"burning",
"consuming",
"depleting",
"draining",
"drawing down",
"exhausting",
"expending",
"playing out",
"spending",
"using up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"eating",
"using",
"bankrupting",
"cleaning (out)",
"impoverishing",
"crippling",
"debilitating",
"disabling",
"enfeebling",
"sapping",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"drying up",
"emptying",
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"guzzling",
"lavishing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"squandering",
"throwing away",
"wasting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augmenting",
"enlarging",
"increasing",
"bolstering",
"enforcing",
"fortifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"rebuilding",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"reviving",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[
"renewing",
"replacing"
]
},
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
"examples":[
"the starving villagers simply devoured the relief food"
],
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"bolting",
"cramming",
"glutting",
"gobbling",
"gorging",
"gormandizing",
"gulping",
"ingurgitating",
"inhaling",
"ravening",
"scarfing",
"scoffing",
"slopping",
"wolfing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overeating",
"pigging out",
"swilling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nibbling",
"pecking",
"picking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in destroyers":{
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"destroyers",
"leeches",
"spongers",
"sponges",
"exploiters",
"users",
"bloodsuckers",
"buzzards",
"harpies",
"kites",
"predators",
"sharks",
"vampires",
"vultures",
"wolves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prey",
"preys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devitalized":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"overuse has devitalized many a once-striking figure of speech"
],
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"castrated",
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"enervated",
"gelded",
"lobotomized",
"petrified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"debilitated",
"did in",
"drained",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"sapped",
"tuckered (out)",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"wore",
"wore out",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroused",
"roused",
"stirred",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fired",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"whipped (up)",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[
"braced",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"quickened",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified"
]
},
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
"examples":[
"she was devitalized by the infection"
],
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"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"etiolated",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"softened",
"tired",
"wasted",
"weakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crippled",
"disabled",
"hamstrung",
"incapacitated",
"depleted",
"depressed",
"exhausted",
"impoverished",
"unmanned",
"washed out",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"invalided",
"laid up",
"broke down",
"ground (down)",
"wore down",
"wore out",
"paralyzed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energized",
"invigorated",
"recruited",
"rejuvenated",
"vitalized",
"hardened",
"seasoned",
"toughened"
],
"antonyms":[
"beefed (up)",
"fortified",
"strengthened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devour":{
"to destroy all trace of":{
"examples":[
"a series of devastating storms devoured the beach on the south side of the island"
],
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"consume",
"eat (up)"
],
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"gut",
"deplete",
"drain",
"exhaust",
"expend",
"spend",
"use up",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"devastate",
"do in",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"waste",
"wreck",
"annihilate",
"blot out",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"obliterate",
"remove",
"rub out",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"put up",
"raise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make complete use of":{
"examples":[
"a catastrophic medical event that devoured their savings"
],
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"absorb",
"burn",
"consume",
"deplete",
"drain",
"draw down",
"exhaust",
"expend",
"play out",
"spend",
"use up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"eat",
"use",
"bankrupt",
"clean (out)",
"impoverish",
"cripple",
"debilitate",
"disable",
"enfeeble",
"sap",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"dry up",
"empty",
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"guzzle",
"lavish",
"misspend",
"run through",
"squander",
"throw away",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augment",
"enlarge",
"increase",
"bolster",
"enforce",
"fortify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"rebuild",
"repair",
"restore",
"revive",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"save"
],
"antonyms":[
"renew",
"replace"
]
},
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
"examples":[
"the starving villagers simply devoured the relief food"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"cram",
"glut",
"gobble",
"gorge",
"gormandize",
"gulp",
"ingurgitate",
"inhale",
"raven",
"scarf",
"scoff",
"slop",
"wolf"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overeat",
"pig out",
"swill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nibble",
"peck",
"pick"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devaluations":{
"as in declines , deteriorations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decadences",
"decays",
"declensions",
"declinations",
"declines",
"degeneracies",
"degenerations",
"degradations",
"descents",
"deteriorations",
"downfalls",
"downgrades",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"relapses",
"regresses",
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"developments",
"elaborations",
"evolutions",
"expansions",
"growths",
"progresses",
"progressions",
"advancements",
"betterments",
"improvements",
"perfections",
"refinements",
"incubations",
"maturations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devastations":{
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
"examples":[
"the sheer devastation of the housing development by the forest fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilations",
"decimations",
"demolishments",
"demolitions",
"desolations",
"destructions",
"exterminations",
"extinctions",
"havoc",
"losses",
"mincemeats",
"obliterations",
"ruinations",
"ruins",
"wastages",
"wreckages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depredations",
"despoilments",
"despoliations",
"breakups",
"collapses",
"disintegrations",
"dissolutions",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"killings",
"massacres",
"slaughters",
"dismantlements",
"effacements",
"eradications"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rescues",
"salvages",
"salvations",
"savings",
"conservations",
"preservations",
"protections",
"reclamations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"refurbishments",
"regeneracies",
"renovations",
"restorations"
],
"antonyms":[
"buildings",
"constructions",
"erections"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devilishness":{
"playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm":{
"examples":[
"the children always concoct some sort of devilishness on Halloween"
],
"synonyms":[
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"espi\u00e8glerie",
"hob",
"impishness",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"shenanigan(s)",
"waggery",
"waggishness",
"wickedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diabolicalness",
"misbehavior",
"misconduct",
"naughtiness",
"troublemaking",
"buffoonery",
"friskiness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"chicanery",
"trickery",
"goings-on",
"hanky-panky",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"monkey business",
"monkeying",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"skylarking",
"tomfoolery",
"horseplay",
"roughhousing",
"antic",
"caper",
"dido",
"practical joke",
"trick",
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gravitas",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devaluated":{
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"plans to devaluate the peso"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuated",
"broke",
"cheapened",
"depreciated",
"depressed",
"devalued",
"downgraded",
"lowered",
"marked down",
"reduced",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wrote down",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debased",
"demonetized",
"underestimated",
"underpriced",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"abridged",
"compressed",
"contracted",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"moderated",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"bloated",
"inflated",
"overestimated",
"overpriced",
"overrated",
"overvalued",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"dilated",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled",
"upped"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"enhanced",
"marked up",
"upgraded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devalues":{
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"normally, significant damage would devalue an antique"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuates",
"breaks",
"cheapens",
"depreciates",
"depresses",
"devaluates",
"downgrades",
"lowers",
"marks down",
"reduces",
"sinks",
"writes down",
"writes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debases",
"demonetizes",
"underestimates",
"underprices",
"underrates",
"undervalues",
"abridges",
"compresses",
"contracts",
"de-escalates",
"deflates",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"moderates",
"shrinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloats",
"blows up",
"inflates",
"overestimates",
"overprices",
"overrates",
"overvalues",
"adds",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"balloons",
"boosts",
"compounds",
"dilates",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"heightens",
"increases",
"maximizes",
"multiplies",
"raises",
"swells",
"ups"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciates",
"enhances",
"marks up",
"upgrades"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"deviser":{
"one who creates or introduces something new":{
"examples":[
"Melvil Dewey was the deviser of a new system for organizing books"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriver",
"designer",
"developer",
"formulator",
"innovator",
"introducer",
"inventor",
"originator"
],
"near synonyms":[
"author",
"begetter",
"creator",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"sire",
"groundbreaker",
"pioneer",
"planner",
"researcher",
"researchist",
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"dreamer",
"codeveloper",
"coinventor",
"coproducer",
"coresearcher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aper",
"copier",
"copycat",
"duplicator",
"imitator",
"mimic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deviant":{
"departing from some accepted standard of what is normal":{
"examples":[
"some studies show that many violent criminals begin exhibiting deviant behavior in early childhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrational",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"deviate",
"devious",
"irregular",
"unnatural",
"untypical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unrepresentative",
"extraordinary",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"bizarre",
"curious",
"far-out",
"funny",
"kinky",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"out-of-the-way",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"wild",
"eccentric",
"freakish",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"extraordinary",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"strange"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"ordinary",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"workaday",
"customary",
"usual",
"wonted",
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"average",
"characteristic",
"representative"
],
"antonyms":[
"natural",
"normal",
"regular",
"standard",
"typical"
]
},
"a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs":{
"examples":[
"branded as social deviants by a society that did not value self-expression"
],
"synonyms":[
"bohemian",
"boho",
"counterculturist",
"enfant terrible",
"free spirit",
"heretic",
"iconoclast",
"individualist",
"lone ranger",
"lone wolf",
"loner",
"maverick",
"nonconformer",
"nonconformist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"freethinker",
"character",
"codger",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"freak",
"kook",
"nut",
"oddball",
"screwball",
"weirdo",
"eight ball",
"misfit",
"outsider",
"aberrant",
"anomaly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherent",
"follower",
"supporter",
"sheep"
],
"antonyms":[
"conformer",
"conformist"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"devours":{
"to destroy all trace of":{
"examples":[
"a series of devastating storms devoured the beach on the south side of the island"
],
"synonyms":[
"consumes",
"eats (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"guts",
"depletes",
"drains",
"exhausts",
"expends",
"spends",
"uses up",
"annihilates",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"devastates",
"does in",
"pulverizes",
"razes",
"ruins",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"tears down",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"annihilates",
"blots out",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"extirpates",
"obliterates",
"removes",
"rubs out",
"stamps (out)",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserves",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"builds",
"constructs",
"erects",
"puts up",
"raises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make complete use of":{
"examples":[
"a catastrophic medical event that devoured their savings"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"burns",
"consumes",
"depletes",
"drains",
"draws down",
"exhausts",
"expends",
"plays out",
"spends",
"uses up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"eats",
"uses",
"bankrupts",
"cleans (out)",
"impoverishes",
"cripples",
"debilitates",
"disables",
"enfeebles",
"saps",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"dries up",
"empties",
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fritters (away)",
"guzzles",
"lavishes",
"misspends",
"runs through",
"squanders",
"throws away",
"wastes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augments",
"enlarges",
"increases",
"bolsters",
"enforces",
"fortifies",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"rebuilds",
"repairs",
"restores",
"revives",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"saves"
],
"antonyms":[
"renews",
"replaces"
]
},
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
"examples":[
"the starving villagers simply devoured the relief food"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolts",
"crams",
"gluts",
"gobbles",
"gorges",
"gormandizes",
"gulps",
"ingurgitates",
"inhales",
"ravens",
"scarfs",
"scoffs",
"slops",
"wolfs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overeats",
"pigs out",
"swills"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nibbles",
"pecks",
"picks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"developments":{
"the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced":{
"examples":[
"the development of an idea into a marketable product"
],
"synonyms":[
"elaborations",
"evolutions",
"expansions",
"growths",
"progresses",
"progressions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancements",
"betterments",
"improvements",
"perfections",
"refinements",
"incubations",
"maturations",
"flowerings",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"enhancements",
"supplementations",
"emergences",
"evolvements",
"metamorphoses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backslides",
"lapses",
"relapses",
"decadences",
"decays",
"declensions",
"declinations",
"declines",
"degeneracies",
"degenerations",
"degradations",
"descents",
"deteriorations",
"devaluations",
"downfalls",
"downgrades"
],
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"regresses",
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions"
]
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"a development that the writers of the law never anticipated or intended"
],
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"aftereffects",
"aftermaths",
"backwashes",
"children",
"conclusions",
"consequences",
"corollaries",
"effects",
"fates",
"fruits",
"issues",
"outcomes",
"outgrowths",
"precipitates",
"products",
"resultants",
"results",
"sequels",
"sequences",
"upshots"
],
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"ramifications",
"denouements",
"d\u00e9nouements",
"echoes",
"echos",
"implications",
"repercussions",
"afterclaps",
"afterglows",
"aftershocks",
"blowbacks",
"by-products",
"byproducts",
"fallouts",
"offshoots",
"ripples",
"side effects",
"side reactions",
"spin-offs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"considerations",
"determinants",
"factors",
"bases",
"bases",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"stimuli",
"mothers",
"origins",
"roots",
"sources",
"springs"
],
"antonyms":[
"antecedents",
"causations",
"causes",
"occasions",
"reasons"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a turning away from a course or standard":{
"examples":[
"a memoir that was discovered to contain numerous deviations from fact"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflection",
"departure",
"detour",
"divagation",
"divergence",
"divergency",
"diversion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adherence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devastate":{
"to bring destruction to (something) through violent action":{
"examples":[
"the city was devastated , first by the earthquake and then by fires"
],
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"destroy",
"ravage",
"ruin",
"scourge"
],
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"despoil",
"foray",
"harry",
"loot",
"maraud",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"sack",
"strip",
"annihilate",
"desolate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"nuke",
"obliterate",
"rub out",
"shatter",
"smash",
"total",
"vaporize",
"waste",
"wipe out",
"wrack",
"wreck",
"decimate",
"mow",
"demolish",
"raze",
"crush",
"overpower",
"overrun",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recondition",
"recover",
"redeem",
"rehabilitate",
"restore",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"examples":[
"the explosion devastated an entire city block"
],
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"annihilate",
"cream",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"do in",
"extinguish",
"nuke",
"pull down",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"vaporize",
"waste",
"wrack",
"wreck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beat",
"best",
"clobber",
"conquer",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"rout",
"scotch",
"skunk",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"thrash",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"win (against)",
"blast",
"blow up",
"break",
"cripple",
"damage",
"deface",
"deteriorate",
"disfigure",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"dynamite",
"harm",
"impair",
"injure",
"mangle",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"erode",
"scour",
"sweep (away)",
"wash out",
"wear (away)",
"dilapidate",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"gut",
"take down",
"unbuild",
"undo",
"unmake",
"blot out",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out",
"despoil",
"havoc",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"trample",
"trash",
"vandalize",
"assassinate",
"butcher",
"cut down",
"dispatch",
"execute",
"fell",
"kill",
"kill off",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"murder",
"slaughter",
"slay",
"take out",
"zap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"repair",
"revamp",
"create",
"invent",
"assemble",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"mold",
"produce",
"shape",
"bring about",
"constitute",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"restore"
],
"antonyms":[
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"examples":[
"we were devastated by the awful news of his death"
],
"synonyms":[
"crush",
"floor",
"grind (down)",
"oppress",
"overcome",
"overmaster",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"prostrate",
"snow under",
"swamp",
"whelm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"sink",
"confute",
"defeat",
"refute",
"break",
"demoralize",
"distress",
"disturb",
"rock",
"shatter",
"stagger",
"throw",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"upset"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devilment":{
"playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm":{
"examples":[
"his devilment at school remains the stuff of local legend"
],
"synonyms":[
"devilishness",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"espi\u00e8glerie",
"hob",
"impishness",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"shenanigan(s)",
"waggery",
"waggishness",
"wickedness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diabolicalness",
"misbehavior",
"misconduct",
"naughtiness",
"troublemaking",
"buffoonery",
"friskiness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"chicanery",
"trickery",
"goings-on",
"hanky-panky",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"monkey business",
"monkeying",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"skylarking",
"tomfoolery",
"horseplay",
"roughhousing",
"antic",
"caper",
"dido",
"practical joke",
"trick",
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gravitas",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devices":{
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
"examples":[
"left to her own devices she'd eat at a fast-food restaurant every night of the week"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"affinity",
"aptitude",
"bent",
"bias",
"bone",
"disposition",
"genius",
"habitude",
"impulse",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favor",
"one-sidedness",
"partisanship",
"prejudice",
"endowment",
"faculty",
"flair",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"addiction",
"appetite",
"fancy",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"preference",
"taste",
"forte",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"routine",
"trick",
"way",
"wont",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"kink",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quirk",
"singularity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergy",
"averseness",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"disrelish",
"distaste",
"detachment",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"apathy",
"disinterestedness",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"devastative":{
"causing or tending to cause destruction":{
"examples":[
"that kind of devastative tornado can tear the roof off of a house in a matter of seconds"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilatory",
"calamitous",
"cataclysmal",
"cataclysmic",
"destructive",
"devastating",
"disastrous",
"ruinous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antibiotic",
"biocidal",
"baleful",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"fatal",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous",
"pestilent",
"poisonous",
"virulent",
"vital",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"harmful",
"pernicious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preservative",
"protective",
"constructive",
"creative",
"formative",
"productive",
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"ameliorative",
"helpful",
"useful",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"nonfatal",
"nonlethal",
"salubrious",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"nondestructive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"deviating":{
"as in circuitous , indirect":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circuitous",
"devious",
"indirect",
"roundabout",
"desultory",
"digressional",
"digressionary",
"digressive",
"discursive",
"excursive",
"leaping",
"maundering",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"wandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coherent",
"consistent",
"logical",
"direct",
"focused",
"focussed",
"straightforward",
"undeviating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change one's course or direction":{
"examples":[
"sailors forced to deviate from their course in order to avoid the storm"
],
"synonyms":[
"detouring",
"diverging",
"sheering",
"swerving",
"swinging",
"turning",
"turning off",
"veering",
"wheeling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tacking",
"zigzagging",
"doubling (back)",
"turning back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"devotions":{
"a feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone":{
"examples":[
"Albert Schweitzer was world-renowned for his devotion to his fellow man"
],
"synonyms":[
"affections",
"attachments",
"loves",
"passions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appetites",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"likings",
"partialities",
"preferences",
"relishes",
"tastes",
"cravings",
"crushes",
"desires",
"infatuations",
"longings",
"lusts",
"yearnings",
"ardors",
"enthusiasms",
"fervors",
"zeals",
"appreciations",
"esteems",
"estimations",
"regards",
"respects",
"adorations",
"adulations",
"deifications",
"idolatries",
"idolizations",
"worships",
"allegiances",
"fealties",
"fidelities",
"loyalties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergies",
"animosities",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"aversions",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"enmities",
"hostilities",
"abhorrences",
"disgusts",
"repugnances",
"repulsions",
"revulsions",
"misanthropies"
],
"antonyms":[
"abominations",
"hates",
"hatreds",
"loathings",
"rancors"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deviously":{
"as in circuitously , veeringly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circuitously",
"veeringly",
"indirectly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dead",
"direct",
"directly",
"due",
"plumb",
"plump",
"right",
"straight",
"straightway",
"as the crow flies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in falsely , deceptively":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"artfully",
"cannily",
"deceitfully",
"deceptively",
"dishonestly",
"falsely",
"affectedly",
"artificially",
"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"pretentiously",
"unnaturally",
"archly",
"calculatingly",
"craftily",
"cunningly",
"furtively",
"insidiously",
"sharply",
"shiftily",
"slickly",
"slyly",
"slily",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly",
"flatteringly",
"sycophantically",
"unctuously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessly",
"guilelessly",
"ingenuously",
"innocently",
"naively",
"na\u00efvely",
"naturally",
"sincerely",
"unaffectedly",
"unfeignedly",
"unpretentiously",
"genuinely",
"honestly",
"simply",
"truly",
"freely",
"openheartedly",
"openly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"devoting":{
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"examples":[
"I conscientiously devote several hours every weekend to playing with my dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocating",
"consecrating",
"dedicating",
"earmarking",
"giving up (to)",
"reserving",
"saving",
"setting by"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessing",
"hallowing",
"sanctifying",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"applying",
"bestowing",
"employing",
"using"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"examples":[
"planning a diplomatic career, she's been intensely devoting herself to the study of foreign languages in college"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"applying",
"bending",
"buckling",
"giving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readdressing",
"reapplying",
"knuckling down",
"setting (to)",
"settling (down)",
"busying",
"committing",
"concerning",
"engaging",
"involving",
"exerting",
"exhausting",
"putting out",
"spending",
"straining",
"stressing",
"taxing",
"troubling",
"wearing out",
"carrying on",
"pitching in",
"plunging (in)",
"grinding",
"humping",
"hustling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging (away)",
"working"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"idling",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"devastation":{
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
"examples":[
"the sheer devastation of the housing development by the forest fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilation",
"decimation",
"demolishment",
"demolition",
"desolation",
"destruction",
"extermination",
"extinction",
"havoc",
"loss",
"mincemeat",
"obliteration",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"wastage",
"wreckage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depredation",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"breakup",
"collapse",
"disintegration",
"dissolution",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"dismantlement",
"effacement",
"eradication"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rescue",
"salvage",
"salvation",
"saving",
"conservation",
"preservation",
"protection",
"reclamation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"refurbishment",
"regeneracy",
"remodeling",
"renovation",
"restoration"
],
"antonyms":[
"building",
"construction",
"erection",
"raising"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"development":{
"the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced":{
"examples":[
"the development of an idea into a marketable product"
],
"synonyms":[
"elaboration",
"evolution",
"expansion",
"growth",
"progress",
"progression"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancement",
"betterment",
"improvement",
"perfection",
"refinement",
"incubation",
"maturation",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"enhancement",
"supplementation",
"emergence",
"evolvement",
"metamorphosis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backslide",
"lapse",
"relapse",
"decadence",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"devaluation",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[
"regress",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
]
},
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
"examples":[
"a development that the writers of the law never anticipated or intended"
],
"synonyms":[
"aftereffect",
"aftermath",
"backwash",
"child",
"conclusion",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"effect",
"fate",
"fruit",
"issue",
"outcome",
"outgrowth",
"precipitate",
"product",
"result",
"resultant",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ramification",
"denouement",
"d\u00e9nouement",
"echo",
"implication",
"repercussion",
"afterclap",
"afterglow",
"aftershock",
"blowback",
"by-product",
"fallout",
"offshoot",
"ripple",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"spin-off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consideration",
"determinant",
"factor",
"base",
"basis",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"stimulus",
"mother",
"origin",
"root",
"source",
"spring"
],
"antonyms":[
"antecedent",
"causation",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason"
]
},
"the process of becoming mature":{
"examples":[
"a tulip's development from a bulb into a flower"
],
"synonyms":[
"growth",
"maturation",
"maturing",
"ripening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"mellowing",
"softening",
"evolution",
"evolvement",
"expansion",
"progression",
"coming-of-age",
"maturity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decadence",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"decline",
"declining",
"degeneration",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"ebbing",
"fading",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"waning",
"wilting",
"withering",
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dying",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiring",
"expiry",
"perishing",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"deviated":{
"to change one's course or direction":{
"examples":[
"sailors forced to deviate from their course in order to avoid the storm"
],
"synonyms":[
"detoured",
"diverged",
"sheered",
"swerved",
"swung",
"turned",
"turned off",
"veered",
"wheeled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tacked",
"zigzagged",
"doubled (back)",
"turned back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"devitalize":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"overuse has devitalized many a once-striking figure of speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrate",
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"enervate",
"geld",
"lobotomize",
"petrify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burn out",
"debilitate",
"do in",
"drain",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"fatigue",
"sap",
"tucker (out)",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"wear",
"wear out",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouse",
"rouse",
"stir",
"charge",
"electrify",
"galvanize",
"excite",
"ferment",
"fire",
"foment",
"incite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"instigate",
"kindle",
"provoke",
"spark",
"trigger",
"whip (up)",
"abet",
"boost",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"fortify",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"lift",
"reactivate",
"reanimate",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"recharge",
"reenergize",
"refresh",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify"
]
},
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
"examples":[
"she was devitalized by the infection"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"etiolate",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"soften",
"tire",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cripple",
"disable",
"hamstring",
"incapacitate",
"deplete",
"depress",
"exhaust",
"impoverish",
"unman",
"wash out",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"invalid",
"lay up",
"break down",
"grind (down)",
"wear down",
"wear out",
"paralyze"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energize",
"invigorate",
"recruit",
"rejuvenate",
"vitalize",
"harden",
"season",
"toughen"
],
"antonyms":[
"beef (up)",
"fortify",
"strengthen"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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}
}
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