4617 lines
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4617 lines
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"directed":{
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"to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway":{
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"examples":[
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"the aqueduct directs the water into an artificial lake"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"canalized",
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"channeled",
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"channelled",
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"channelized",
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"conducted",
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"funneled",
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"funnelled",
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"piped",
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"siphoned",
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"syphoned"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"carried",
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"conveyed",
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"transmitted",
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"concentrated",
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"consolidated",
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"focused",
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"focussed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
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"examples":[
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"our tour guide directed us to wait in front of the building until she could rejoin us"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adjured",
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"bade",
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"bid",
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"bossed (around)",
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"charged",
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"commanded",
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"enjoined",
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"instructed",
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"ordered",
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"told"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"asked",
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"petitioned",
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"requested",
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"begged",
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"beseeched",
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"besought",
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"entreated",
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"advised",
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"counseled",
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"counselled",
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"warned",
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"appointed",
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"assigned",
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"authorized",
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"commissioned",
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"oversaw",
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"superintended",
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"supervised",
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"conducted",
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"controlled",
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"led",
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"managed",
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"coerced",
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"compelled",
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"constrained",
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"forced",
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"obliged",
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"required"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"complied (with)",
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"followed",
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"kept",
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"observed"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"minded",
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"obeyed"
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]
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},
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"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
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"examples":[
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"the caretaker directed that all of the windows be closed before we left"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"called",
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"commanded",
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"decreed",
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"dictated",
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"mandated",
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"ordained",
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"ordered"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"asked",
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"petitioned",
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"requested",
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"demanded",
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"required"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"canceled",
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"cancelled",
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"countermanded",
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"rescinded"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to look after and make decisions about":{
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"examples":[
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"the music teacher directs both the student orchestra and the marching band"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"administered",
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"administrated",
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"carried on",
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"conducted",
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"controlled",
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"governed",
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"guided",
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"handled",
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"kept",
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"managed",
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"operated",
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"overlooked",
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"oversaw",
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"presided (over)",
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"ran",
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"run",
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"regulated",
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"stewarded",
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"superintended",
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"supervised",
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"tended"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cared (for)",
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"minded",
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"watched",
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"led",
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"piloted",
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"steered",
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"guarded",
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"protected",
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"safeguarded",
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"micromanaged",
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"stage-managed",
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"codirected",
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"co-directed",
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"comanaged",
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"co-managed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
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"examples":[
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"we quickly directed our attention toward the noise coming from the rear"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aimed",
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"bent",
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"cast",
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"headed",
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"held",
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"leveled",
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"levelled",
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"pinpointed",
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"set",
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"trained"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"sighted",
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"bore",
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"faced",
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"concentrated",
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"focused",
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"focussed",
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"inclined",
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"oriented",
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"steered"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"averted",
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"curved",
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"deflected",
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"detoured",
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"diverted",
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"rechanneled",
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"rechannelled",
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"shunted",
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"sidetracked"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
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"examples":[
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"the guide directed the tour through the museum with commendable efficiency and expertise"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conducted",
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"guided",
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"led",
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"marshaled",
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"marshalled",
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"piloted",
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"routed",
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"showed",
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"steered",
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"ushered"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"preceded",
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"accompanied",
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"attended",
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"chaperoned",
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"convoyed",
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"escorted",
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"saw",
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"controlled",
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"managed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dogged",
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"hounded",
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"shadowed",
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"tailed",
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"tailgated"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"followed",
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"trailed"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"directness":{
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"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
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"antonyms":[
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"dissembling",
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"dissimulation",
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"indirection"
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],
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"examples":[
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"his directness is much appreciated by his patients"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"circuitousness",
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"evasiveness",
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"secretiveness",
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"inhibition",
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"reserve",
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"restraint",
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"reticence",
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"shyness",
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"diplomacy",
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"tact"
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],
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"related":[
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"earnestness",
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"sincerity",
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"sobriety",
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"artlessness",
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"genuineness",
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"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
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"naivete",
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"naivet\u00e9",
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"simplicity",
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"unsophistication",
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"communicativeness",
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"freedom",
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"license",
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"licence",
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"uninhibitedness",
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"unrestrainedness",
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"unrestraint"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bluntness",
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"candidness",
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"candor",
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"forthrightness",
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"frankness",
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"honesty",
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"openheartedness",
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"openness",
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"outspokenness",
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"plainness",
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"plainspokenness",
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"plumpness",
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"straightforwardness",
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"unguardedness",
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"unreserve",
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"unreservedness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"dirgelike":{
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"as in melancholy , elegiac":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"elegiac",
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"elegiacal",
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"melancholy",
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"aching",
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"agonized",
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"anguished",
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"bemoaning",
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"bewailing",
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"bitter",
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"deploring",
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"doleful",
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"dolesome",
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"dolorous",
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"funeral",
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"grieving",
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"heartbroken",
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"lamentable",
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"lugubrious",
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"mournful",
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"plaintive",
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"plangent",
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"regretful",
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"rueful",
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"sorrowful",
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"sorry",
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"wailing",
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"weeping",
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"woeful",
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"dejected",
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"depressed",
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"despondent",
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"disconsolate",
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"dispirited",
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"downcast",
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"downhearted",
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"heartsick",
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"heartsore",
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"inconsolable",
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"tearful",
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"brokenhearted",
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"careworn",
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"crestfallen",
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"downcast",
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"downhearted",
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"forlorn",
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"gloomy",
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"glum",
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"low-spirited",
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"miserable",
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"sad",
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"triste",
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"unhappy",
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"woebegone",
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"bawling",
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"crying",
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"groaning",
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"howling",
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"keening",
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"moaning",
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"yammering",
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"bleeding",
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"suffering",
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"black",
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"bleak",
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"cheerless",
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"comfortless",
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"dark",
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"darkening",
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"desolate",
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"dismal",
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"dreary",
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"funereal",
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"gloomy",
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"glum",
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"gray",
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"grey",
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"joyless",
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"low",
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"miserable",
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"moody",
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"morbid",
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"morose",
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"pathetic",
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"pessimistic",
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"piteous",
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"saturnine",
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"somber",
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"sombre",
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"sullen",
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"wretched"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"delighted",
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"exulting",
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"glorying",
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"happy",
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"joyful",
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"rejoicing",
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"triumphant",
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"bright",
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"cheerful",
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"cheering",
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"cheery",
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"laughing",
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"smiling",
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"blissful",
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"blithe",
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"blithesome",
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"buoyant",
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"jocund",
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"jolly",
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"joyous",
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"lighthearted",
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"merry",
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"mirthful",
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"encouraging",
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"hopeful",
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"optimistic",
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"ecstatic",
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"elated",
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"euphoric",
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"exhilarated",
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"giddy",
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"heady",
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"rapturous",
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"rhapsodic",
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"rhapsodical"
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"antonyms":[]
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||
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},
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
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"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirty":{
|
||
|
|
"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"admirable",
|
||
|
|
"commendable",
|
||
|
|
"creditable",
|
||
|
|
"laudable",
|
||
|
|
"meritorious",
|
||
|
|
"praiseworthy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"laying off longtime employees was a dirty way for the company to reduce labor costs and save money"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"high-minded",
|
||
|
|
"honest",
|
||
|
|
"honorable",
|
||
|
|
"noble",
|
||
|
|
"principled",
|
||
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
||
|
|
"reputable",
|
||
|
|
"right-minded",
|
||
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
||
|
|
"upright",
|
||
|
|
"ethical",
|
||
|
|
"good",
|
||
|
|
"moral",
|
||
|
|
"right",
|
||
|
|
"righteous",
|
||
|
|
"virtuous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
||
|
|
"abominable",
|
||
|
|
"condemnable",
|
||
|
|
"detestable",
|
||
|
|
"execrable",
|
||
|
|
"hateful",
|
||
|
|
"loathsome",
|
||
|
|
"odious",
|
||
|
|
"disgusting",
|
||
|
|
"reptilian",
|
||
|
|
"repugnant",
|
||
|
|
"repulsive",
|
||
|
|
"revolting",
|
||
|
|
"revulsive",
|
||
|
|
"discreditable",
|
||
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
||
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
||
|
|
"disreputable",
|
||
|
|
"ignominious",
|
||
|
|
"shameful",
|
||
|
|
"base",
|
||
|
|
"ignoble",
|
||
|
|
"low",
|
||
|
|
"shabby",
|
||
|
|
"sordid",
|
||
|
|
"squalid",
|
||
|
|
"vile",
|
||
|
|
"blamable",
|
||
|
|
"censurable",
|
||
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
||
|
|
"reproachable",
|
||
|
|
"cowardly",
|
||
|
|
"craven",
|
||
|
|
"dastardly",
|
||
|
|
"unethical",
|
||
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
||
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cheap",
|
||
|
|
"contemptible",
|
||
|
|
"cruddy",
|
||
|
|
"deplorable",
|
||
|
|
"despicable",
|
||
|
|
"grubby",
|
||
|
|
"lame",
|
||
|
|
"lousy",
|
||
|
|
"mean",
|
||
|
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
|
"paltry",
|
||
|
|
"pitiable",
|
||
|
|
"pitiful",
|
||
|
|
"ratty",
|
||
|
|
"scabby",
|
||
|
|
"scummy",
|
||
|
|
"scurvy",
|
||
|
|
"sneaking",
|
||
|
|
"sorry",
|
||
|
|
"wretched"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clean",
|
||
|
|
"decent",
|
||
|
|
"G-rated",
|
||
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
||
|
|
"wholesome"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"some radio stations refused to play the song because of the dirty lyrics"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"priggish",
|
||
|
|
"prim",
|
||
|
|
"prudish",
|
||
|
|
"puritanical",
|
||
|
|
"staid",
|
||
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
||
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
||
|
|
"Victorian",
|
||
|
|
"correct",
|
||
|
|
"decorous",
|
||
|
|
"genteel",
|
||
|
|
"nice",
|
||
|
|
"polite",
|
||
|
|
"proper",
|
||
|
|
"respectable",
|
||
|
|
"seemly",
|
||
|
|
"innocuous",
|
||
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
||
|
|
"acceptable",
|
||
|
|
"agreeable",
|
||
|
|
"desirable",
|
||
|
|
"pleasant",
|
||
|
|
"pleasing",
|
||
|
|
"welcome",
|
||
|
|
"appropriate",
|
||
|
|
"becoming",
|
||
|
|
"fit",
|
||
|
|
"meet",
|
||
|
|
"suitable",
|
||
|
|
"immaculate",
|
||
|
|
"perfect",
|
||
|
|
"pure",
|
||
|
|
"spotless",
|
||
|
|
"virginal",
|
||
|
|
"approved",
|
||
|
|
"endorsed",
|
||
|
|
"indorsed",
|
||
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"broad",
|
||
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
||
|
|
"gamy",
|
||
|
|
"gamey",
|
||
|
|
"off",
|
||
|
|
"off-color",
|
||
|
|
"off-colored",
|
||
|
|
"racy",
|
||
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
||
|
|
"salacious",
|
||
|
|
"salty",
|
||
|
|
"suggestive",
|
||
|
|
"barnyard",
|
||
|
|
"earthy",
|
||
|
|
"scatological",
|
||
|
|
"immodest",
|
||
|
|
"indecorous",
|
||
|
|
"indelicate",
|
||
|
|
"low",
|
||
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
||
|
|
"depraved",
|
||
|
|
"kinky",
|
||
|
|
"louche",
|
||
|
|
"naughty",
|
||
|
|
"perverse",
|
||
|
|
"perverted",
|
||
|
|
"wicked",
|
||
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
||
|
|
"objectionable",
|
||
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
||
|
|
"undesirable",
|
||
|
|
"unwanted",
|
||
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
||
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
||
|
|
"debasing",
|
||
|
|
"disgusting",
|
||
|
|
"loathsome",
|
||
|
|
"offensive",
|
||
|
|
"repellent",
|
||
|
|
"repellant",
|
||
|
|
"repugnant",
|
||
|
|
"repulsive",
|
||
|
|
"revolting",
|
||
|
|
"distasteful",
|
||
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
||
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
||
|
|
"blamable",
|
||
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
||
|
|
"censurable",
|
||
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
||
|
|
"atrocious",
|
||
|
|
"infamous",
|
||
|
|
"abusive",
|
||
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
||
|
|
"hard-core",
|
||
|
|
"soft",
|
||
|
|
"soft-core"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bawdy",
|
||
|
|
"blue",
|
||
|
|
"coarse",
|
||
|
|
"crude",
|
||
|
|
"filthy",
|
||
|
|
"foul",
|
||
|
|
"gross",
|
||
|
|
"gutter",
|
||
|
|
"impure",
|
||
|
|
"indecent",
|
||
|
|
"lascivious",
|
||
|
|
"lewd",
|
||
|
|
"locker-room",
|
||
|
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
|
"obscene",
|
||
|
|
"pornographic",
|
||
|
|
"porny",
|
||
|
|
"profane",
|
||
|
|
"raunchy",
|
||
|
|
"ribald",
|
||
|
|
"smutty",
|
||
|
|
"stag",
|
||
|
|
"trashy",
|
||
|
|
"unprintable",
|
||
|
|
"vulgar",
|
||
|
|
"wanton",
|
||
|
|
"X-rated"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"marked by wet and windy conditions":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bright",
|
||
|
|
"clear",
|
||
|
|
"clement",
|
||
|
|
"cloudless",
|
||
|
|
"fair",
|
||
|
|
"sunny",
|
||
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
||
|
|
"unclouded"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"they were unknowingly sailing into dirty weather"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"rainless",
|
||
|
|
"balmy",
|
||
|
|
"calm",
|
||
|
|
"halcyon",
|
||
|
|
"peaceful",
|
||
|
|
"placid",
|
||
|
|
"pleasant",
|
||
|
|
"serene"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"blowy",
|
||
|
|
"blustering",
|
||
|
|
"blustery",
|
||
|
|
"breezy",
|
||
|
|
"gusty",
|
||
|
|
"windblown",
|
||
|
|
"windswept",
|
||
|
|
"cloudy",
|
||
|
|
"overcast",
|
||
|
|
"sunless",
|
||
|
|
"rainy",
|
||
|
|
"snowy",
|
||
|
|
"foggy",
|
||
|
|
"hazy",
|
||
|
|
"misty",
|
||
|
|
"murky",
|
||
|
|
"soupy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bleak",
|
||
|
|
"foul",
|
||
|
|
"inclement",
|
||
|
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
|
"raw",
|
||
|
|
"rough",
|
||
|
|
"squally",
|
||
|
|
"stormy",
|
||
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
||
|
|
"turbulent"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clean",
|
||
|
|
"fair",
|
||
|
|
"legal",
|
||
|
|
"sportsmanlike",
|
||
|
|
"sportsmanly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the school is known for the dirty football it plays"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"just",
|
||
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
||
|
|
"ethical",
|
||
|
|
"moral",
|
||
|
|
"principled",
|
||
|
|
"righteous",
|
||
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
||
|
|
"honorable",
|
||
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
||
|
|
"unimpeachable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
||
|
|
"shabby",
|
||
|
|
"shameful",
|
||
|
|
"ignoble",
|
||
|
|
"low",
|
||
|
|
"mean",
|
||
|
|
"ungentlemanly",
|
||
|
|
"immoral",
|
||
|
|
"rotten",
|
||
|
|
"unchivalrous",
|
||
|
|
"unethical",
|
||
|
|
"unjust",
|
||
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
||
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
||
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"foul",
|
||
|
|
"illegal",
|
||
|
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
|
"unfair",
|
||
|
|
"unsportsmanlike"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"not clean":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clean",
|
||
|
|
"cleanly",
|
||
|
|
"immaculate",
|
||
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
||
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
||
|
|
"spotless",
|
||
|
|
"stainless",
|
||
|
|
"ultraclean",
|
||
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
||
|
|
"unstained",
|
||
|
|
"unsullied"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"after working in the factory all day, his clothes are very dirty"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clear",
|
||
|
|
"limpid",
|
||
|
|
"pure",
|
||
|
|
"cleaned",
|
||
|
|
"cleansed",
|
||
|
|
"combed",
|
||
|
|
"groomed",
|
||
|
|
"neat",
|
||
|
|
"ordered",
|
||
|
|
"orderly",
|
||
|
|
"tidy",
|
||
|
|
"bleached",
|
||
|
|
"purified",
|
||
|
|
"whitened",
|
||
|
|
"bright",
|
||
|
|
"flawless",
|
||
|
|
"perfect",
|
||
|
|
"shiny",
|
||
|
|
"sparkling",
|
||
|
|
"unspotted",
|
||
|
|
"untouched",
|
||
|
|
"taintless",
|
||
|
|
"unblemished",
|
||
|
|
"undefiled",
|
||
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
||
|
|
"untainted",
|
||
|
|
"virgin",
|
||
|
|
"wholesome"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"contaminated",
|
||
|
|
"defiled",
|
||
|
|
"germy",
|
||
|
|
"impure",
|
||
|
|
"polluted",
|
||
|
|
"tainted",
|
||
|
|
"insanitary",
|
||
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
||
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
||
|
|
"unsterile",
|
||
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
||
|
|
"unwashed",
|
||
|
|
"greasy",
|
||
|
|
"gunky",
|
||
|
|
"chaotic",
|
||
|
|
"cluttered",
|
||
|
|
"confused",
|
||
|
|
"disarranged",
|
||
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
||
|
|
"disheveled",
|
||
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
||
|
|
"disordered",
|
||
|
|
"jumbled",
|
||
|
|
"littered",
|
||
|
|
"messed",
|
||
|
|
"messy",
|
||
|
|
"muddled",
|
||
|
|
"mussed",
|
||
|
|
"mussy",
|
||
|
|
"rumpled",
|
||
|
|
"scruffy",
|
||
|
|
"sloppy",
|
||
|
|
"slovenly",
|
||
|
|
"unkempt",
|
||
|
|
"untidy",
|
||
|
|
"raunchy",
|
||
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
||
|
|
"shabby",
|
||
|
|
"skanky",
|
||
|
|
"sleazy",
|
||
|
|
"squalid",
|
||
|
|
"collied",
|
||
|
|
"crocked",
|
||
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
||
|
|
"sooty"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
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||
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"bedraggled",
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"befouled",
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"begrimed",
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"bemired",
|
||
|
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"besmirched",
|
||
|
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"black",
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||
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"blackened",
|
||
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"cruddy",
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||
|
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"dingy",
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||
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"draggled",
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||
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"dusty",
|
||
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"filthy",
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||
|
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"foul",
|
||
|
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"grimy",
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||
|
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"grotty",
|
||
|
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"grubby",
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||
|
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"grungy",
|
||
|
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"mucky",
|
||
|
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"muddy",
|
||
|
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"nasty",
|
||
|
|
"smudged",
|
||
|
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"smutty",
|
||
|
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"soiled",
|
||
|
|
"sordid",
|
||
|
|
"stained",
|
||
|
|
"sullied",
|
||
|
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"unclean",
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||
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|
"uncleanly"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
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},
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||
|
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"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
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||
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"high",
|
||
|
|
"high-minded",
|
||
|
|
"honorable",
|
||
|
|
"lofty",
|
||
|
|
"noble",
|
||
|
|
"straight",
|
||
|
|
"upright",
|
||
|
|
"venerable",
|
||
|
|
"virtuous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"accused the other campaign of playing dirty tricks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ethical",
|
||
|
|
"honest",
|
||
|
|
"just",
|
||
|
|
"principled",
|
||
|
|
"righteous",
|
||
|
|
"right-minded",
|
||
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
||
|
|
"commendable",
|
||
|
|
"excellent",
|
||
|
|
"exemplary",
|
||
|
|
"good",
|
||
|
|
"moral",
|
||
|
|
"right",
|
||
|
|
"decent",
|
||
|
|
"proper",
|
||
|
|
"reputable",
|
||
|
|
"respectable",
|
||
|
|
"seemly",
|
||
|
|
"blameless",
|
||
|
|
"guiltless",
|
||
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
||
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
||
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
||
|
|
"unerring"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"bad",
|
||
|
|
"evil",
|
||
|
|
"foul",
|
||
|
|
"immoral",
|
||
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
||
|
|
"miscreant",
|
||
|
|
"wicked",
|
||
|
|
"wrong",
|
||
|
|
"cruel",
|
||
|
|
"vicious",
|
||
|
|
"blamable",
|
||
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
||
|
|
"censurable",
|
||
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
||
|
|
"corrupt",
|
||
|
|
"debased",
|
||
|
|
"debauched",
|
||
|
|
"degenerate",
|
||
|
|
"depraved",
|
||
|
|
"dissolute",
|
||
|
|
"perverted",
|
||
|
|
"atrocious",
|
||
|
|
"villainous",
|
||
|
|
"unethical",
|
||
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
||
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
||
|
|
"discreditable",
|
||
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
||
|
|
"disreputable",
|
||
|
|
"shameful",
|
||
|
|
"unworthy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"base",
|
||
|
|
"contemptible",
|
||
|
|
"currish",
|
||
|
|
"despicable",
|
||
|
|
"detestable",
|
||
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
||
|
|
"execrable",
|
||
|
|
"ignoble",
|
||
|
|
"ignominious",
|
||
|
|
"low",
|
||
|
|
"low-down",
|
||
|
|
"low-minded",
|
||
|
|
"mean",
|
||
|
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
|
"paltry",
|
||
|
|
"snide",
|
||
|
|
"sordid",
|
||
|
|
"vile",
|
||
|
|
"wretched"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"open to improper influence and especially bribery":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"incorruptible"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a movie about a dirty cop paid to protect a mafioso"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ethical",
|
||
|
|
"honest",
|
||
|
|
"principled",
|
||
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
||
|
|
"good",
|
||
|
|
"moral",
|
||
|
|
"righteous",
|
||
|
|
"upright",
|
||
|
|
"virtuous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"temptable",
|
||
|
|
"hack",
|
||
|
|
"mercenary",
|
||
|
|
"crooked",
|
||
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
||
|
|
"dishonest",
|
||
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
||
|
|
"unethical",
|
||
|
|
"unmoral",
|
||
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
||
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
||
|
|
"corrupt",
|
||
|
|
"corrupted",
|
||
|
|
"debased",
|
||
|
|
"debauched",
|
||
|
|
"defiled",
|
||
|
|
"degenerate",
|
||
|
|
"degraded",
|
||
|
|
"demoralized",
|
||
|
|
"depraved",
|
||
|
|
"dissipated",
|
||
|
|
"dissolute",
|
||
|
|
"perverse",
|
||
|
|
"perverted",
|
||
|
|
"reprobate",
|
||
|
|
"sleazy",
|
||
|
|
"vitiated",
|
||
|
|
"warped",
|
||
|
|
"bad",
|
||
|
|
"evil",
|
||
|
|
"immoral",
|
||
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
||
|
|
"nefarious",
|
||
|
|
"sinful",
|
||
|
|
"vicious",
|
||
|
|
"wicked"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bribable",
|
||
|
|
"corruptible",
|
||
|
|
"purchasable",
|
||
|
|
"venal"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clean",
|
||
|
|
"cleanse"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"she dirtied her new sneakers when she splashed in the puddle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
||
|
|
"purge",
|
||
|
|
"purify",
|
||
|
|
"disinfect",
|
||
|
|
"sanitize",
|
||
|
|
"brush",
|
||
|
|
"dry-clean",
|
||
|
|
"dust",
|
||
|
|
"launder",
|
||
|
|
"mop",
|
||
|
|
"rinse",
|
||
|
|
"scour",
|
||
|
|
"scrub",
|
||
|
|
"sweep",
|
||
|
|
"wash",
|
||
|
|
"wipe",
|
||
|
|
"brighten",
|
||
|
|
"deodorize",
|
||
|
|
"freshen",
|
||
|
|
"renew",
|
||
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
||
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
||
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"contaminate",
|
||
|
|
"defile",
|
||
|
|
"pollute",
|
||
|
|
"taint",
|
||
|
|
"discolor",
|
||
|
|
"confuse",
|
||
|
|
"disarrange",
|
||
|
|
"disarray",
|
||
|
|
"dishevel",
|
||
|
|
"disorder",
|
||
|
|
"draggle",
|
||
|
|
"jumble",
|
||
|
|
"mess",
|
||
|
|
"muddle",
|
||
|
|
"colly",
|
||
|
|
"crock"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"befoul",
|
||
|
|
"begrime",
|
||
|
|
"bemire",
|
||
|
|
"besmirch",
|
||
|
|
"blacken",
|
||
|
|
"daub",
|
||
|
|
"distain",
|
||
|
|
"foul",
|
||
|
|
"gaum",
|
||
|
|
"grime",
|
||
|
|
"mire",
|
||
|
|
"muck",
|
||
|
|
"muddy",
|
||
|
|
"smirch",
|
||
|
|
"smudge",
|
||
|
|
"soil",
|
||
|
|
"stain",
|
||
|
|
"sully"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"directory":{
|
||
|
|
"a book that contains mandates and instructions for actions or conduct":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"directly":{
|
||
|
|
"in a direct line or course":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we went directly to the site without stopping to pick up extra supplies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dead",
|
||
|
|
"direct",
|
||
|
|
"due",
|
||
|
|
"plumb",
|
||
|
|
"plump",
|
||
|
|
"right",
|
||
|
|
"straight",
|
||
|
|
"straightway"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"circuitously",
|
||
|
|
"deviously",
|
||
|
|
"veeringly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"indirectly"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"in an honest and direct manner":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the instructor deals with her art students very directly , always telling them the plain truth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"forthrightly",
|
||
|
|
"foursquare",
|
||
|
|
"plain",
|
||
|
|
"plainly",
|
||
|
|
"straight",
|
||
|
|
"straightforward",
|
||
|
|
"straightforwards",
|
||
|
|
"straightforwardly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"baldly",
|
||
|
|
"bluffly",
|
||
|
|
"candidly",
|
||
|
|
"frankly",
|
||
|
|
"honestly",
|
||
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
||
|
|
"openly",
|
||
|
|
"unguardedly",
|
||
|
|
"unreservedly",
|
||
|
|
"artlessly",
|
||
|
|
"earnestly",
|
||
|
|
"simply",
|
||
|
|
"sincerely",
|
||
|
|
"abruptly",
|
||
|
|
"bluntly",
|
||
|
|
"brusquely",
|
||
|
|
"curtly",
|
||
|
|
"gruffly",
|
||
|
|
"point-blank",
|
||
|
|
"sharply",
|
||
|
|
"impolitely",
|
||
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
||
|
|
"rudely",
|
||
|
|
"tactlessly",
|
||
|
|
"truthfully",
|
||
|
|
"veraciously"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"long-windedly",
|
||
|
|
"verbosely",
|
||
|
|
"wordily",
|
||
|
|
"civilly",
|
||
|
|
"courteously",
|
||
|
|
"diplomatically",
|
||
|
|
"politely",
|
||
|
|
"tactfully",
|
||
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
||
|
|
"mendaciously",
|
||
|
|
"untruthfully",
|
||
|
|
"erroneously",
|
||
|
|
"fallaciously",
|
||
|
|
"falsely",
|
||
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
||
|
|
"insincerely",
|
||
|
|
"ambiguously",
|
||
|
|
"circuitously",
|
||
|
|
"equivocally",
|
||
|
|
"evasively",
|
||
|
|
"indirectly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"in the same words":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"quoted directly from the encyclopedia"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ad verbum",
|
||
|
|
"exactly",
|
||
|
|
"verbatim",
|
||
|
|
"word for word"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accurately",
|
||
|
|
"precisely",
|
||
|
|
"identically",
|
||
|
|
"literally"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"basically",
|
||
|
|
"essentially",
|
||
|
|
"virtually",
|
||
|
|
"carelessly",
|
||
|
|
"freely",
|
||
|
|
"imprecisely",
|
||
|
|
"inaccurately",
|
||
|
|
"loosely"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"inexactly"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"without delay":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"in case of a medical emergency, do not try to contact your doctor but instead go directly to the hospital"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bang",
|
||
|
|
"forthwith",
|
||
|
|
"headlong",
|
||
|
|
"immediately",
|
||
|
|
"incontinently",
|
||
|
|
"instantaneously",
|
||
|
|
"instanter",
|
||
|
|
"instantly",
|
||
|
|
"now",
|
||
|
|
"PDQ",
|
||
|
|
"plumb",
|
||
|
|
"presently",
|
||
|
|
"promptly",
|
||
|
|
"pronto",
|
||
|
|
"right",
|
||
|
|
"right away",
|
||
|
|
"right now",
|
||
|
|
"right off",
|
||
|
|
"straight off",
|
||
|
|
"straightaway",
|
||
|
|
"straightway"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"away",
|
||
|
|
"freely",
|
||
|
|
"anon",
|
||
|
|
"momentarily",
|
||
|
|
"shortly",
|
||
|
|
"soon",
|
||
|
|
"apace",
|
||
|
|
"briskly",
|
||
|
|
"fast",
|
||
|
|
"fleetly",
|
||
|
|
"full tilt",
|
||
|
|
"posthaste",
|
||
|
|
"quick",
|
||
|
|
"quickly",
|
||
|
|
"rapidly",
|
||
|
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"readily",
|
||
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"snappily",
|
||
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"speedily",
|
||
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"swift",
|
||
|
|
"swiftly",
|
||
|
|
"abruptly",
|
||
|
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"presto",
|
||
|
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"suddenly",
|
||
|
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"unexpectedly",
|
||
|
|
"hastily",
|
||
|
|
"impetuously",
|
||
|
|
"impulsively",
|
||
|
|
"rashly",
|
||
|
|
"recklessly",
|
||
|
|
"exactly",
|
||
|
|
"opportunely",
|
||
|
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"punctually",
|
||
|
|
"seasonably"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"slowly",
|
||
|
|
"late",
|
||
|
|
"tardily"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"at or within a short time":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"dinner should be ready directly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"anon",
|
||
|
|
"before long",
|
||
|
|
"by and by",
|
||
|
|
"momentarily",
|
||
|
|
"presently",
|
||
|
|
"shortly",
|
||
|
|
"soon"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"forthwith",
|
||
|
|
"immediately",
|
||
|
|
"incontinently",
|
||
|
|
"instantaneously",
|
||
|
|
"instantly",
|
||
|
|
"now",
|
||
|
|
"promptly",
|
||
|
|
"pronto",
|
||
|
|
"right away",
|
||
|
|
"right now",
|
||
|
|
"right off",
|
||
|
|
"straightaway",
|
||
|
|
"straightway"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"directive":{
|
||
|
|
"a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the company president regularly issues directives intended for all staff members"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"behest",
|
||
|
|
"charge",
|
||
|
|
"command",
|
||
|
|
"commandment",
|
||
|
|
"decree",
|
||
|
|
"dictate",
|
||
|
|
"direction",
|
||
|
|
"do",
|
||
|
|
"edict",
|
||
|
|
"imperative",
|
||
|
|
"injunction",
|
||
|
|
"instruction",
|
||
|
|
"order",
|
||
|
|
"word"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"demand",
|
||
|
|
"requirement",
|
||
|
|
"mandate",
|
||
|
|
"countermand",
|
||
|
|
"counterorder",
|
||
|
|
"law",
|
||
|
|
"precept",
|
||
|
|
"prescript",
|
||
|
|
"prescription",
|
||
|
|
"rule",
|
||
|
|
"ordinance",
|
||
|
|
"regulation",
|
||
|
|
"statute"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"appeal",
|
||
|
|
"entreaty",
|
||
|
|
"petition",
|
||
|
|
"plea",
|
||
|
|
"urging",
|
||
|
|
"proposal",
|
||
|
|
"recommendation",
|
||
|
|
"suggestion"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"an order publicly issued by an authority":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a directive issued by the archbishop that is to be read during Sunday services at every parish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bull",
|
||
|
|
"decree",
|
||
|
|
"diktat",
|
||
|
|
"edict",
|
||
|
|
"fiat",
|
||
|
|
"rescript",
|
||
|
|
"ruling",
|
||
|
|
"ukase"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"call",
|
||
|
|
"conclusion",
|
||
|
|
"decision",
|
||
|
|
"deliverance",
|
||
|
|
"determination",
|
||
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
||
|
|
"judgment",
|
||
|
|
"judgement",
|
||
|
|
"opinion",
|
||
|
|
"resolution",
|
||
|
|
"verdict",
|
||
|
|
"announcement",
|
||
|
|
"declaration",
|
||
|
|
"dictum",
|
||
|
|
"manifesto",
|
||
|
|
"proclamation",
|
||
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
||
|
|
"canon",
|
||
|
|
"encyclical"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"a written communication giving information or directions":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a growing stack of unread directives from the company's senior vice president"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"memo",
|
||
|
|
"memorandum",
|
||
|
|
"notice"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"announcement",
|
||
|
|
"bulletin",
|
||
|
|
"declaration",
|
||
|
|
"notification",
|
||
|
|
"posting",
|
||
|
|
"proclamation",
|
||
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
||
|
|
"release",
|
||
|
|
"dispatch",
|
||
|
|
"report",
|
||
|
|
"edict",
|
||
|
|
"pronunciamento",
|
||
|
|
"rescript",
|
||
|
|
"charge",
|
||
|
|
"command",
|
||
|
|
"dictate",
|
||
|
|
"directions",
|
||
|
|
"instructions",
|
||
|
|
"orders",
|
||
|
|
"word",
|
||
|
|
"encyclical",
|
||
|
|
"epistle",
|
||
|
|
"jotting",
|
||
|
|
"letter",
|
||
|
|
"mail",
|
||
|
|
"message",
|
||
|
|
"missive",
|
||
|
|
"note",
|
||
|
|
"post"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"direful":{
|
||
|
|
"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the stock market crash was the first direful indication of the dark days to come"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"baleful",
|
||
|
|
"dire",
|
||
|
|
"doomy",
|
||
|
|
"foreboding",
|
||
|
|
"ill",
|
||
|
|
"ill-boding",
|
||
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
||
|
|
"menacing",
|
||
|
|
"minatory",
|
||
|
|
"ominous",
|
||
|
|
"portentous",
|
||
|
|
"sinister",
|
||
|
|
"threatening"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"black",
|
||
|
|
"bleak",
|
||
|
|
"cheerless",
|
||
|
|
"chill",
|
||
|
|
"Cimmerian",
|
||
|
|
"cloudy",
|
||
|
|
"cold",
|
||
|
|
"comfortless",
|
||
|
|
"dark",
|
||
|
|
"darkening",
|
||
|
|
"depressing",
|
||
|
|
"depressive",
|
||
|
|
"desolate",
|
||
|
|
"dim",
|
||
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
||
|
|
"dismal",
|
||
|
|
"drear",
|
||
|
|
"dreary",
|
||
|
|
"dreich",
|
||
|
|
"elegiac",
|
||
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
||
|
|
"forlorn",
|
||
|
|
"funereal",
|
||
|
|
"gloomy",
|
||
|
|
"glum",
|
||
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
||
|
|
"gray",
|
||
|
|
"grey",
|
||
|
|
"lonely",
|
||
|
|
"lonesome",
|
||
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
||
|
|
"miserable",
|
||
|
|
"morbid",
|
||
|
|
"morose",
|
||
|
|
"murky",
|
||
|
|
"plutonian",
|
||
|
|
"saturnine",
|
||
|
|
"sepulchral",
|
||
|
|
"somber",
|
||
|
|
"sombre",
|
||
|
|
"sullen",
|
||
|
|
"sunless",
|
||
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
||
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
||
|
|
"wretched",
|
||
|
|
"discouraging",
|
||
|
|
"disheartening",
|
||
|
|
"hopeless",
|
||
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
||
|
|
"unpromising",
|
||
|
|
"unpropitious",
|
||
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
||
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
||
|
|
"star-crossed",
|
||
|
|
"troubled",
|
||
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
||
|
|
"unlucky",
|
||
|
|
"evil",
|
||
|
|
"malign",
|
||
|
|
"malignant"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"auspicious",
|
||
|
|
"benign",
|
||
|
|
"bright",
|
||
|
|
"encouraging",
|
||
|
|
"favorable",
|
||
|
|
"golden",
|
||
|
|
"heartening",
|
||
|
|
"hopeful",
|
||
|
|
"promising",
|
||
|
|
"propitious",
|
||
|
|
"prosperous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"unthreatening"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"causing fear":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"heard the direful howling of the wolves during the night"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"alarming",
|
||
|
|
"dire",
|
||
|
|
"dread",
|
||
|
|
"dreadful",
|
||
|
|
"fearful",
|
||
|
|
"fearsome",
|
||
|
|
"forbidding",
|
||
|
|
"formidable",
|
||
|
|
"frightening",
|
||
|
|
"frightful",
|
||
|
|
"ghastly",
|
||
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
||
|
|
"horrendous",
|
||
|
|
"horrible",
|
||
|
|
"horrifying",
|
||
|
|
"intimidating",
|
||
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
||
|
|
"scary",
|
||
|
|
"shocking",
|
||
|
|
"spine-chilling",
|
||
|
|
"terrible",
|
||
|
|
"terrifying"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"daunting",
|
||
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
||
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
||
|
|
"discouraging",
|
||
|
|
"dismaying",
|
||
|
|
"disquieting",
|
||
|
|
"distressing",
|
||
|
|
"disturbing",
|
||
|
|
"perturbing",
|
||
|
|
"startling",
|
||
|
|
"threatening",
|
||
|
|
"troubling",
|
||
|
|
"trying",
|
||
|
|
"unnerving",
|
||
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
||
|
|
"creepy",
|
||
|
|
"eerie",
|
||
|
|
"eery",
|
||
|
|
"weird",
|
||
|
|
"appalling",
|
||
|
|
"atrocious",
|
||
|
|
"awful",
|
||
|
|
"grisly",
|
||
|
|
"gruesome",
|
||
|
|
"grewsome",
|
||
|
|
"hideous",
|
||
|
|
"horrid",
|
||
|
|
"macabre",
|
||
|
|
"monstrous",
|
||
|
|
"nightmarish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"calming",
|
||
|
|
"comforting",
|
||
|
|
"consoling",
|
||
|
|
"inviting",
|
||
|
|
"lulling",
|
||
|
|
"pacifying",
|
||
|
|
"quieting",
|
||
|
|
"reassuring",
|
||
|
|
"relaxing",
|
||
|
|
"soothing",
|
||
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
||
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
||
|
|
"nonintimidating",
|
||
|
|
"nonthreatening"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirty pool":{
|
||
|
|
"as in dirty tricks":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dirty tricks",
|
||
|
|
"fakery",
|
||
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
||
|
|
"imposture",
|
||
|
|
"quackery",
|
||
|
|
"design",
|
||
|
|
"plotting",
|
||
|
|
"scheming",
|
||
|
|
"secrecy",
|
||
|
|
"stealth",
|
||
|
|
"crookedness",
|
||
|
|
"crookery",
|
||
|
|
"cunning",
|
||
|
|
"deceit",
|
||
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
||
|
|
"deception",
|
||
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
||
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
||
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
||
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
||
|
|
"dupery",
|
||
|
|
"duplicity",
|
||
|
|
"guile",
|
||
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
||
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
||
|
|
"insincerity",
|
||
|
|
"artfulness",
|
||
|
|
"caginess",
|
||
|
|
"cageyness",
|
||
|
|
"craftiness",
|
||
|
|
"cunning",
|
||
|
|
"deviousness",
|
||
|
|
"foxiness",
|
||
|
|
"oiliness",
|
||
|
|
"shadiness",
|
||
|
|
"sharpness",
|
||
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
||
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
||
|
|
"slickness",
|
||
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
||
|
|
"slyness",
|
||
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
||
|
|
"treachery",
|
||
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
||
|
|
"wiliness",
|
||
|
|
"artifice",
|
||
|
|
"chicane",
|
||
|
|
"chicanery",
|
||
|
|
"gamesmanship",
|
||
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
||
|
|
"jiggery-pokery",
|
||
|
|
"jugglery",
|
||
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
||
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
||
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
||
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
||
|
|
"trickery",
|
||
|
|
"wile"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"artlessness",
|
||
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
||
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
||
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
||
|
|
"sincerity",
|
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"candidness",
|
||
|
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"candor",
|
||
|
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"directness",
|
||
|
|
"openness",
|
||
|
|
"plainness",
|
||
|
|
"plainspokenness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"direct":{
|
||
|
|
"to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway":{
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the aqueduct directs the water into an artificial lake"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"canalize",
|
||
|
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"channel",
|
||
|
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"channelize",
|
||
|
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"conduct",
|
||
|
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"funnel",
|
||
|
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"pipe",
|
||
|
|
"siphon",
|
||
|
|
"syphon"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"carry",
|
||
|
|
"convey",
|
||
|
|
"transmit",
|
||
|
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"concentrate",
|
||
|
|
"consolidate",
|
||
|
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"focus"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"our tour guide directed us to wait in front of the building until she could rejoin us"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adjure",
|
||
|
|
"bid",
|
||
|
|
"boss (around)",
|
||
|
|
"charge",
|
||
|
|
"command",
|
||
|
|
"enjoin",
|
||
|
|
"instruct",
|
||
|
|
"order",
|
||
|
|
"tell"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ask",
|
||
|
|
"petition",
|
||
|
|
"request",
|
||
|
|
"beg",
|
||
|
|
"beseech",
|
||
|
|
"entreat",
|
||
|
|
"advise",
|
||
|
|
"counsel",
|
||
|
|
"warn",
|
||
|
|
"appoint",
|
||
|
|
"assign",
|
||
|
|
"authorize",
|
||
|
|
"commission",
|
||
|
|
"oversee",
|
||
|
|
"superintend",
|
||
|
|
"supervise",
|
||
|
|
"conduct",
|
||
|
|
"control",
|
||
|
|
"lead",
|
||
|
|
"manage",
|
||
|
|
"coerce",
|
||
|
|
"compel",
|
||
|
|
"constrain",
|
||
|
|
"force",
|
||
|
|
"oblige",
|
||
|
|
"require"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
||
|
|
"follow",
|
||
|
|
"keep",
|
||
|
|
"observe"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"mind",
|
||
|
|
"obey"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the caretaker directed that all of the windows be closed before we left"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"call",
|
||
|
|
"command",
|
||
|
|
"decree",
|
||
|
|
"dictate",
|
||
|
|
"mandate",
|
||
|
|
"ordain",
|
||
|
|
"order"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ask",
|
||
|
|
"petition",
|
||
|
|
"request",
|
||
|
|
"demand",
|
||
|
|
"require"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cancel",
|
||
|
|
"countermand",
|
||
|
|
"rescind"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to look after and make decisions about":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the music teacher directs both the student orchestra and the marching band"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"administer",
|
||
|
|
"administrate",
|
||
|
|
"carry on",
|
||
|
|
"conduct",
|
||
|
|
"control",
|
||
|
|
"govern",
|
||
|
|
"guide",
|
||
|
|
"handle",
|
||
|
|
"keep",
|
||
|
|
"manage",
|
||
|
|
"operate",
|
||
|
|
"overlook",
|
||
|
|
"oversee",
|
||
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
||
|
|
"regulate",
|
||
|
|
"run",
|
||
|
|
"steward",
|
||
|
|
"superintend",
|
||
|
|
"supervise",
|
||
|
|
"tend"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"care (for)",
|
||
|
|
"mind",
|
||
|
|
"watch",
|
||
|
|
"lead",
|
||
|
|
"pilot",
|
||
|
|
"steer",
|
||
|
|
"guard",
|
||
|
|
"protect",
|
||
|
|
"safeguard",
|
||
|
|
"micromanage",
|
||
|
|
"stage-manage",
|
||
|
|
"codirect",
|
||
|
|
"comanage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we quickly directed our attention toward the noise coming from the rear"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aim",
|
||
|
|
"bend",
|
||
|
|
"cast",
|
||
|
|
"head",
|
||
|
|
"hold",
|
||
|
|
"level",
|
||
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
||
|
|
"set",
|
||
|
|
"train"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"sight",
|
||
|
|
"bear",
|
||
|
|
"face",
|
||
|
|
"concentrate",
|
||
|
|
"focus",
|
||
|
|
"incline",
|
||
|
|
"orient",
|
||
|
|
"steer"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"avert",
|
||
|
|
"curve",
|
||
|
|
"deflect",
|
||
|
|
"detour",
|
||
|
|
"divert",
|
||
|
|
"rechannel",
|
||
|
|
"shunt",
|
||
|
|
"sidetrack"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the guide directed the tour through the museum with commendable efficiency and expertise"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"conduct",
|
||
|
|
"guide",
|
||
|
|
"lead",
|
||
|
|
"marshal",
|
||
|
|
"marshall",
|
||
|
|
"pilot",
|
||
|
|
"route",
|
||
|
|
"show",
|
||
|
|
"steer",
|
||
|
|
"usher"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"precede",
|
||
|
|
"accompany",
|
||
|
|
"attend",
|
||
|
|
"chaperone",
|
||
|
|
"chaperon",
|
||
|
|
"convoy",
|
||
|
|
"escort",
|
||
|
|
"see",
|
||
|
|
"control",
|
||
|
|
"manage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dog",
|
||
|
|
"hound",
|
||
|
|
"shadow",
|
||
|
|
"tail",
|
||
|
|
"tailgate"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"follow",
|
||
|
|
"trail"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"done or working without something else coming in between":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a zoologist whose works are based entirely on her direct observation of animals in the wild",
|
||
|
|
"the virus was the direct cause of the disease"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"firsthand",
|
||
|
|
"immediate",
|
||
|
|
"primary",
|
||
|
|
"unmediated"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clinical",
|
||
|
|
"empirical",
|
||
|
|
"empiric",
|
||
|
|
"efficient",
|
||
|
|
"proximate",
|
||
|
|
"hands-on"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"indirect",
|
||
|
|
"secondhand"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"our coach is very direct , never hesitating for a moment to tell a player whenever he isn't performing up to snuff"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"candid",
|
||
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
||
|
|
"forthright",
|
||
|
|
"foursquare",
|
||
|
|
"frank",
|
||
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
||
|
|
"freehearted",
|
||
|
|
"honest",
|
||
|
|
"open",
|
||
|
|
"openhearted",
|
||
|
|
"out-front",
|
||
|
|
"outspoken",
|
||
|
|
"plain",
|
||
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
||
|
|
"straight",
|
||
|
|
"straightforward",
|
||
|
|
"unguarded",
|
||
|
|
"unreserved",
|
||
|
|
"up-front"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"artless",
|
||
|
|
"earnest",
|
||
|
|
"guileless",
|
||
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
||
|
|
"innocent",
|
||
|
|
"naive",
|
||
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
||
|
|
"natural",
|
||
|
|
"real",
|
||
|
|
"sincere",
|
||
|
|
"unaffected",
|
||
|
|
"undesigning",
|
||
|
|
"unpretending",
|
||
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
||
|
|
"outgoing",
|
||
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
||
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
||
|
|
"vocal",
|
||
|
|
"vociferous",
|
||
|
|
"abrupt",
|
||
|
|
"bluff",
|
||
|
|
"blunt",
|
||
|
|
"brusque",
|
||
|
|
"brusk",
|
||
|
|
"crusty",
|
||
|
|
"curt",
|
||
|
|
"gruff",
|
||
|
|
"sharp",
|
||
|
|
"impertinent",
|
||
|
|
"impolite",
|
||
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
||
|
|
"rude",
|
||
|
|
"tactless",
|
||
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
||
|
|
"uncivil",
|
||
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
||
|
|
"ungracious",
|
||
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
||
|
|
"unsubtle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"inhibited",
|
||
|
|
"reserved",
|
||
|
|
"restrained",
|
||
|
|
"close-mouthed",
|
||
|
|
"laconic",
|
||
|
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
|
"reticent",
|
||
|
|
"taciturn",
|
||
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
||
|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
||
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
||
|
|
"circuitous",
|
||
|
|
"equivocal",
|
||
|
|
"evasive",
|
||
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
||
|
|
"politic",
|
||
|
|
"tactful",
|
||
|
|
"civil",
|
||
|
|
"considerate",
|
||
|
|
"courteous",
|
||
|
|
"polite"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dissembling",
|
||
|
|
"uncandid",
|
||
|
|
"unforthcoming"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"going straight to the point clearly and firmly":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"clear and direct instructions that left no room for misinterpretation"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"forthright",
|
||
|
|
"foursquare",
|
||
|
|
"plain",
|
||
|
|
"straight",
|
||
|
|
"straightforward"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
||
|
|
"candid",
|
||
|
|
"frank",
|
||
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
||
|
|
"honest",
|
||
|
|
"open",
|
||
|
|
"openhearted",
|
||
|
|
"outspoken",
|
||
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
||
|
|
"unguarded",
|
||
|
|
"unreserved",
|
||
|
|
"artless",
|
||
|
|
"earnest",
|
||
|
|
"sincere",
|
||
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
||
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
||
|
|
"abrupt",
|
||
|
|
"bluff",
|
||
|
|
"blunt",
|
||
|
|
"brusque",
|
||
|
|
"brusk",
|
||
|
|
"curt",
|
||
|
|
"gruff",
|
||
|
|
"point-blank",
|
||
|
|
"sharp",
|
||
|
|
"impolite",
|
||
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
||
|
|
"rude",
|
||
|
|
"tactless",
|
||
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
||
|
|
"true",
|
||
|
|
"truthful",
|
||
|
|
"veracious"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"circumlocutory",
|
||
|
|
"long-winded",
|
||
|
|
"prolix",
|
||
|
|
"verbose",
|
||
|
|
"wordy",
|
||
|
|
"inhibited",
|
||
|
|
"reserved",
|
||
|
|
"restrained",
|
||
|
|
"civil",
|
||
|
|
"courteous",
|
||
|
|
"polite",
|
||
|
|
"tactful",
|
||
|
|
"deceitful",
|
||
|
|
"lying",
|
||
|
|
"mendacious",
|
||
|
|
"untruthful",
|
||
|
|
"erroneous",
|
||
|
|
"fallacious",
|
||
|
|
"false",
|
||
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
||
|
|
"equivocal",
|
||
|
|
"evasive",
|
||
|
|
"misleading",
|
||
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
||
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
||
|
|
"two-faced"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"circuitous",
|
||
|
|
"indirect",
|
||
|
|
"roundabout"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"free from irregularities or digressions in course":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"this road provides the most direct route to your destination"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
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"unswerving"
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"weaving",
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"devious",
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"serpentine",
|
||
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"sinuous",
|
||
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"crooked",
|
||
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"zigzag",
|
||
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"zigzagging"
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
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"due",
|
||
|
|
"plumb",
|
||
|
|
"plump",
|
||
|
|
"right",
|
||
|
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"straight",
|
||
|
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"straightway"
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
"circuitously",
|
||
|
|
"deviously",
|
||
|
|
"veeringly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"indirectly"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"direction":{
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we were given very specific directions for the first part of the exam"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"behest",
|
||
|
|
"charge",
|
||
|
|
"command",
|
||
|
|
"commandment",
|
||
|
|
"decree",
|
||
|
|
"dictate",
|
||
|
|
"directive",
|
||
|
|
"do",
|
||
|
|
"edict",
|
||
|
|
"imperative",
|
||
|
|
"injunction",
|
||
|
|
"instruction",
|
||
|
|
"order",
|
||
|
|
"word"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"demand",
|
||
|
|
"requirement",
|
||
|
|
"mandate",
|
||
|
|
"countermand",
|
||
|
|
"counterorder",
|
||
|
|
"law",
|
||
|
|
"precept",
|
||
|
|
"prescript",
|
||
|
|
"prescription",
|
||
|
|
"rule",
|
||
|
|
"ordinance",
|
||
|
|
"regulation",
|
||
|
|
"statute"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"appeal",
|
||
|
|
"entreaty",
|
||
|
|
"petition",
|
||
|
|
"plea",
|
||
|
|
"urging",
|
||
|
|
"proposal",
|
||
|
|
"recommendation",
|
||
|
|
"suggestion"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"working under the close direction of the engineering supervisor"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"administration",
|
||
|
|
"care",
|
||
|
|
"charge",
|
||
|
|
"conduct",
|
||
|
|
"control",
|
||
|
|
"governance",
|
||
|
|
"government",
|
||
|
|
"guidance",
|
||
|
|
"handling",
|
||
|
|
"intendance",
|
||
|
|
"management",
|
||
|
|
"operation",
|
||
|
|
"oversight",
|
||
|
|
"presidency",
|
||
|
|
"regulation",
|
||
|
|
"running",
|
||
|
|
"stewardship",
|
||
|
|
"superintendence",
|
||
|
|
"superintendency",
|
||
|
|
"supervision"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"generalship",
|
||
|
|
"leadership",
|
||
|
|
"rulership",
|
||
|
|
"agency",
|
||
|
|
"aegis",
|
||
|
|
"egis",
|
||
|
|
"custody",
|
||
|
|
"guardianship",
|
||
|
|
"keeping",
|
||
|
|
"lap",
|
||
|
|
"protection",
|
||
|
|
"safekeeping",
|
||
|
|
"trust",
|
||
|
|
"tutelage",
|
||
|
|
"ward",
|
||
|
|
"engineering",
|
||
|
|
"logistics",
|
||
|
|
"machination",
|
||
|
|
"manipulation",
|
||
|
|
"coadministration",
|
||
|
|
"codirection",
|
||
|
|
"comanagement"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"a guiding or motivating purpose or principle":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a life that seemed to lack any direction other than the mindless pursuit of empty pleasures"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"compass",
|
||
|
|
"cynosure",
|
||
|
|
"focus",
|
||
|
|
"lodestar",
|
||
|
|
"loadstar",
|
||
|
|
"polestar"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"benchmark",
|
||
|
|
"criterion",
|
||
|
|
"grade",
|
||
|
|
"mark",
|
||
|
|
"measure",
|
||
|
|
"par",
|
||
|
|
"standard",
|
||
|
|
"touchstone",
|
||
|
|
"yardstick",
|
||
|
|
"aim",
|
||
|
|
"ambition",
|
||
|
|
"aspiration",
|
||
|
|
"dream",
|
||
|
|
"goal",
|
||
|
|
"intention",
|
||
|
|
"object",
|
||
|
|
"objective",
|
||
|
|
"purpose",
|
||
|
|
"target"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"some older people worry about the overall direction that political discourse has taken lately"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"current",
|
||
|
|
"drift",
|
||
|
|
"leaning",
|
||
|
|
"run",
|
||
|
|
"tendency",
|
||
|
|
"tide",
|
||
|
|
"trend",
|
||
|
|
"wind"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"curve",
|
||
|
|
"downside",
|
||
|
|
"shift",
|
||
|
|
"swing",
|
||
|
|
"turn",
|
||
|
|
"turnabout",
|
||
|
|
"upside",
|
||
|
|
"custom",
|
||
|
|
"habit",
|
||
|
|
"propensity",
|
||
|
|
"tenor",
|
||
|
|
"way",
|
||
|
|
"countercurrent",
|
||
|
|
"countertrend",
|
||
|
|
"undercurrent",
|
||
|
|
"undertow"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirked":{
|
||
|
|
"as in bayoneted , piked":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bayoneted",
|
||
|
|
"bayonetted",
|
||
|
|
"gimleted",
|
||
|
|
"piked",
|
||
|
|
"poniarded",
|
||
|
|
"pronged",
|
||
|
|
"quilled",
|
||
|
|
"perforated",
|
||
|
|
"riddled",
|
||
|
|
"pinpricked",
|
||
|
|
"poked",
|
||
|
|
"pricked",
|
||
|
|
"punched",
|
||
|
|
"thrust",
|
||
|
|
"spindled",
|
||
|
|
"cut",
|
||
|
|
"knifed",
|
||
|
|
"sliced",
|
||
|
|
"gored",
|
||
|
|
"harpooned",
|
||
|
|
"impaled",
|
||
|
|
"jabbed",
|
||
|
|
"lanced",
|
||
|
|
"pecked",
|
||
|
|
"picked",
|
||
|
|
"pierced",
|
||
|
|
"pinked",
|
||
|
|
"punctured",
|
||
|
|
"ran through",
|
||
|
|
"skewered",
|
||
|
|
"speared",
|
||
|
|
"spiked",
|
||
|
|
"spitted",
|
||
|
|
"stabbed",
|
||
|
|
"stuck",
|
||
|
|
"transfixed",
|
||
|
|
"transpierced"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirks":{
|
||
|
|
"as in daggers , machetes":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bayonets",
|
||
|
|
"bodkins",
|
||
|
|
"bolos",
|
||
|
|
"bowie knifes",
|
||
|
|
"bowie knives",
|
||
|
|
"cutlasses",
|
||
|
|
"daggers",
|
||
|
|
"jackknives",
|
||
|
|
"machetes",
|
||
|
|
"pocketknives",
|
||
|
|
"poniards",
|
||
|
|
"sheath knives",
|
||
|
|
"stilettos",
|
||
|
|
"stilettoes",
|
||
|
|
"stylets",
|
||
|
|
"switchblades",
|
||
|
|
"switch knives",
|
||
|
|
"yataghans",
|
||
|
|
"cutters",
|
||
|
|
"knives",
|
||
|
|
"shanks",
|
||
|
|
"shivs",
|
||
|
|
"cleavers",
|
||
|
|
"hacks",
|
||
|
|
"rapiers",
|
||
|
|
"sabers",
|
||
|
|
"sabres",
|
||
|
|
"steels",
|
||
|
|
"swords",
|
||
|
|
"scalpels"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in bayonets , pikes":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bayonets",
|
||
|
|
"gimlets",
|
||
|
|
"pikes",
|
||
|
|
"poniards",
|
||
|
|
"prongs",
|
||
|
|
"quills",
|
||
|
|
"perforates",
|
||
|
|
"riddles",
|
||
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
||
|
|
"pokes",
|
||
|
|
"pricks",
|
||
|
|
"punches",
|
||
|
|
"thrusts",
|
||
|
|
"spindles",
|
||
|
|
"cuts",
|
||
|
|
"knifes",
|
||
|
|
"slices",
|
||
|
|
"gores",
|
||
|
|
"harpoons",
|
||
|
|
"impales",
|
||
|
|
"jabs",
|
||
|
|
"lances",
|
||
|
|
"pecks",
|
||
|
|
"picks",
|
||
|
|
"pierces",
|
||
|
|
"pinks",
|
||
|
|
"punctures",
|
||
|
|
"runs through",
|
||
|
|
"skewers",
|
||
|
|
"spears",
|
||
|
|
"spikes",
|
||
|
|
"spits",
|
||
|
|
"stabs",
|
||
|
|
"sticks",
|
||
|
|
"transfixes",
|
||
|
|
"transpierces"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"directions":{
|
||
|
|
"a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we were given very specific directions for the first part of the exam"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"behests",
|
||
|
|
"charges",
|
||
|
|
"commandments",
|
||
|
|
"commands",
|
||
|
|
"decrees",
|
||
|
|
"dictates",
|
||
|
|
"directives",
|
||
|
|
"dos",
|
||
|
|
"do's",
|
||
|
|
"edicts",
|
||
|
|
"imperatives",
|
||
|
|
"injunctions",
|
||
|
|
"instructions",
|
||
|
|
"orders",
|
||
|
|
"words"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"demands",
|
||
|
|
"requirements",
|
||
|
|
"mandates",
|
||
|
|
"countermands",
|
||
|
|
"counterorders",
|
||
|
|
"counter-orders",
|
||
|
|
"laws",
|
||
|
|
"precepts",
|
||
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
||
|
|
"prescripts",
|
||
|
|
"rules",
|
||
|
|
"ordinances",
|
||
|
|
"regulations",
|
||
|
|
"statutes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"appeals",
|
||
|
|
"entreaties",
|
||
|
|
"petitions",
|
||
|
|
"pleas",
|
||
|
|
"urgings",
|
||
|
|
"proposals",
|
||
|
|
"recommendations",
|
||
|
|
"suggestions"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"working under the close direction of the engineering supervisor"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"administrations",
|
||
|
|
"care",
|
||
|
|
"charges",
|
||
|
|
"conducts",
|
||
|
|
"controls",
|
||
|
|
"governances",
|
||
|
|
"governments",
|
||
|
|
"guidance",
|
||
|
|
"handlings",
|
||
|
|
"intendances",
|
||
|
|
"managements",
|
||
|
|
"operations",
|
||
|
|
"oversights",
|
||
|
|
"presidencies",
|
||
|
|
"regulations",
|
||
|
|
"stewardships",
|
||
|
|
"superintendences",
|
||
|
|
"superintendencies",
|
||
|
|
"supervisions"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"generalships",
|
||
|
|
"leaderships",
|
||
|
|
"rulerships",
|
||
|
|
"agencies",
|
||
|
|
"aegises",
|
||
|
|
"egises",
|
||
|
|
"custodies",
|
||
|
|
"guardianships",
|
||
|
|
"laps",
|
||
|
|
"protections",
|
||
|
|
"trusts",
|
||
|
|
"tutelages",
|
||
|
|
"wards",
|
||
|
|
"logistics",
|
||
|
|
"machinations",
|
||
|
|
"manipulations",
|
||
|
|
"coadministrations",
|
||
|
|
"codirections",
|
||
|
|
"co-directions"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"a guiding or motivating purpose or principle":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a life that seemed to lack any direction other than the mindless pursuit of empty pleasures"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"compasses",
|
||
|
|
"cynosures",
|
||
|
|
"foci",
|
||
|
|
"focuses",
|
||
|
|
"lodestars",
|
||
|
|
"loadstars",
|
||
|
|
"polestars"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"benchmarks",
|
||
|
|
"criteria",
|
||
|
|
"criterions",
|
||
|
|
"grades",
|
||
|
|
"marks",
|
||
|
|
"measures",
|
||
|
|
"pars",
|
||
|
|
"standards",
|
||
|
|
"touchstones",
|
||
|
|
"yardsticks",
|
||
|
|
"aims",
|
||
|
|
"ambitions",
|
||
|
|
"aspirations",
|
||
|
|
"dreams",
|
||
|
|
"goals",
|
||
|
|
"intentions",
|
||
|
|
"objectives",
|
||
|
|
"objects",
|
||
|
|
"purposes",
|
||
|
|
"targets"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"some older people worry about the overall direction that political discourse has taken lately"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"currents",
|
||
|
|
"drifts",
|
||
|
|
"leanings",
|
||
|
|
"runs",
|
||
|
|
"tendencies",
|
||
|
|
"tides",
|
||
|
|
"trends",
|
||
|
|
"winds"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"curves",
|
||
|
|
"downsides",
|
||
|
|
"shifts",
|
||
|
|
"swings",
|
||
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
||
|
|
"turns",
|
||
|
|
"upsides",
|
||
|
|
"customs",
|
||
|
|
"habits",
|
||
|
|
"propensities",
|
||
|
|
"tenors",
|
||
|
|
"ways",
|
||
|
|
"countercurrents",
|
||
|
|
"countertrends",
|
||
|
|
"counter-trends",
|
||
|
|
"undercurrents",
|
||
|
|
"undertows"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"directorial":{
|
||
|
|
"suited for or relating to the directing of things":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"an applicant with a number of directorial positions on his r\u00e9sum\u00e9"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"administrative",
|
||
|
|
"executive",
|
||
|
|
"managerial",
|
||
|
|
"supervisory"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bureaucratic",
|
||
|
|
"governmental",
|
||
|
|
"ministerial",
|
||
|
|
"official",
|
||
|
|
"parliamentary",
|
||
|
|
"regulatory",
|
||
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
||
|
|
"despotic",
|
||
|
|
"dictatorial"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"nonmanagerial",
|
||
|
|
"nonsupervisory"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirges":{
|
||
|
|
"a composition expressing one's grief over a loss":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"bagpipes played a haunting dirge at the funeral for the fallen leader"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"elegies",
|
||
|
|
"laments",
|
||
|
|
"requiems",
|
||
|
|
"threnodies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"taps",
|
||
|
|
"elegiacs",
|
||
|
|
"monodies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"encomiums",
|
||
|
|
"encomia",
|
||
|
|
"eulogies",
|
||
|
|
"paeans",
|
||
|
|
"panegyrics"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"directorship":{
|
||
|
|
"as in chieftainship , commandership":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"chieftainship",
|
||
|
|
"commandership",
|
||
|
|
"chair",
|
||
|
|
"driver's seat",
|
||
|
|
"head",
|
||
|
|
"headship",
|
||
|
|
"helm",
|
||
|
|
"rein(s)",
|
||
|
|
"forefront",
|
||
|
|
"lead",
|
||
|
|
"vanguard",
|
||
|
|
"captainship",
|
||
|
|
"chairmanship",
|
||
|
|
"deanship",
|
||
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
||
|
|
"generalship",
|
||
|
|
"governorship",
|
||
|
|
"kingship",
|
||
|
|
"mastership",
|
||
|
|
"mastery",
|
||
|
|
"premiership",
|
||
|
|
"presidency",
|
||
|
|
"presidentship",
|
||
|
|
"superintendency",
|
||
|
|
"dominance",
|
||
|
|
"dominion",
|
||
|
|
"jurisdiction",
|
||
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
||
|
|
"sovranty",
|
||
|
|
"sway",
|
||
|
|
"upper hand",
|
||
|
|
"eminence",
|
||
|
|
"height",
|
||
|
|
"pedestal",
|
||
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
||
|
|
"seat",
|
||
|
|
"throne",
|
||
|
|
"top"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ranks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirty words":{
|
||
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"I'm afraid I won't be much help on the trip\u2014the only Spanish I know is a handful of dirty words"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"curses",
|
||
|
|
"cusses",
|
||
|
|
"cusswords",
|
||
|
|
"expletives",
|
||
|
|
"four-letter words",
|
||
|
|
"obscenities",
|
||
|
|
"profanities",
|
||
|
|
"swears",
|
||
|
|
"swearwords",
|
||
|
|
"vulgarisms"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bawdries",
|
||
|
|
"languages",
|
||
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
||
|
|
"execrations",
|
||
|
|
"imprecations",
|
||
|
|
"maledictions",
|
||
|
|
"epithets",
|
||
|
|
"names",
|
||
|
|
"oaths"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirtbags":{
|
||
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"forgetting my birthday was the final straw\u2014I had to dump the dirtbag"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bastards",
|
||
|
|
"beasts",
|
||
|
|
"bleeders",
|
||
|
|
"blighters",
|
||
|
|
"boors",
|
||
|
|
"bounders",
|
||
|
|
"buggers",
|
||
|
|
"buzzards",
|
||
|
|
"cads",
|
||
|
|
"chuffs",
|
||
|
|
"churls",
|
||
|
|
"clowns",
|
||
|
|
"creeps",
|
||
|
|
"cretins",
|
||
|
|
"cruds",
|
||
|
|
"crumbs",
|
||
|
|
"curs",
|
||
|
|
"dogs",
|
||
|
|
"finks",
|
||
|
|
"heels",
|
||
|
|
"hounds",
|
||
|
|
"jerks",
|
||
|
|
"jokers",
|
||
|
|
"louses",
|
||
|
|
"louts",
|
||
|
|
"pills",
|
||
|
|
"rat finks",
|
||
|
|
"rats",
|
||
|
|
"reptiles",
|
||
|
|
"rotters",
|
||
|
|
"schmucks",
|
||
|
|
"scumbags",
|
||
|
|
"scums",
|
||
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
||
|
|
"skunks",
|
||
|
|
"skunk",
|
||
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
||
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
||
|
|
"sleazes",
|
||
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
||
|
|
"slimes",
|
||
|
|
"slobs",
|
||
|
|
"snakes",
|
||
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
||
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
||
|
|
"sods",
|
||
|
|
"stinkards",
|
||
|
|
"stinkers",
|
||
|
|
"swine",
|
||
|
|
"toads",
|
||
|
|
"varmints",
|
||
|
|
"vermin"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"barbarians",
|
||
|
|
"brutes",
|
||
|
|
"cavemen",
|
||
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
||
|
|
"savages",
|
||
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
||
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
||
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
||
|
|
"lowlives",
|
||
|
|
"miscreants",
|
||
|
|
"rascals",
|
||
|
|
"rogues",
|
||
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
||
|
|
"scabs",
|
||
|
|
"scamps",
|
||
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
||
|
|
"villains",
|
||
|
|
"wretches",
|
||
|
|
"boobies",
|
||
|
|
"doofuses",
|
||
|
|
"dufuses",
|
||
|
|
"fools",
|
||
|
|
"jackasses",
|
||
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
||
|
|
"ninnies",
|
||
|
|
"nits",
|
||
|
|
"nitwits",
|
||
|
|
"nuts",
|
||
|
|
"schmoes",
|
||
|
|
"airheads",
|
||
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
||
|
|
"blockheads",
|
||
|
|
"dinks",
|
||
|
|
"dolts",
|
||
|
|
"dopes",
|
||
|
|
"dorks",
|
||
|
|
"goons",
|
||
|
|
"half-wits",
|
||
|
|
"idiots",
|
||
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
||
|
|
"morons",
|
||
|
|
"turkeys",
|
||
|
|
"brats",
|
||
|
|
"insolents",
|
||
|
|
"nuisances",
|
||
|
|
"pests",
|
||
|
|
"snips",
|
||
|
|
"snobs",
|
||
|
|
"snoots",
|
||
|
|
"snots",
|
||
|
|
"dweebs",
|
||
|
|
"nerds"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"heroes",
|
||
|
|
"heroines",
|
||
|
|
"idols",
|
||
|
|
"role models",
|
||
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
||
|
|
"ladies",
|
||
|
|
"angels",
|
||
|
|
"saints"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"directorships":{
|
||
|
|
"as in chieftainships , commanderships":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"chieftainships",
|
||
|
|
"commanderships",
|
||
|
|
"chairs",
|
||
|
|
"driver's seats",
|
||
|
|
"heads",
|
||
|
|
"headships",
|
||
|
|
"helms",
|
||
|
|
"reins",
|
||
|
|
"forefronts",
|
||
|
|
"leads",
|
||
|
|
"vanguards",
|
||
|
|
"captainships",
|
||
|
|
"chairmanships",
|
||
|
|
"deanships",
|
||
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
||
|
|
"generalships",
|
||
|
|
"governorships",
|
||
|
|
"kingships",
|
||
|
|
"masteries",
|
||
|
|
"masterships",
|
||
|
|
"premierships",
|
||
|
|
"presidencies",
|
||
|
|
"presidentships",
|
||
|
|
"superintendencies",
|
||
|
|
"dominances",
|
||
|
|
"dominions",
|
||
|
|
"jurisdictions",
|
||
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
||
|
|
"sovranties",
|
||
|
|
"sways",
|
||
|
|
"upper hands",
|
||
|
|
"eminences",
|
||
|
|
"heights",
|
||
|
|
"pedestals",
|
||
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
||
|
|
"seats",
|
||
|
|
"thrones",
|
||
|
|
"tops"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ranks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirty linen":{
|
||
|
|
"as in dirty laundry":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dirty laundry",
|
||
|
|
"dirt",
|
||
|
|
"gossip",
|
||
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
||
|
|
"talebearing",
|
||
|
|
"talk",
|
||
|
|
"tattle",
|
||
|
|
"defamation",
|
||
|
|
"libel",
|
||
|
|
"slander",
|
||
|
|
"canard",
|
||
|
|
"story",
|
||
|
|
"tale",
|
||
|
|
"whisper",
|
||
|
|
"hearsay",
|
||
|
|
"fable",
|
||
|
|
"fabrication",
|
||
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
||
|
|
"falsehood",
|
||
|
|
"falsity",
|
||
|
|
"fib",
|
||
|
|
"lie",
|
||
|
|
"mendacity",
|
||
|
|
"prevarication",
|
||
|
|
"untruth",
|
||
|
|
"whopper"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"directionless":{
|
||
|
|
"as in purposeless , objectless":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"objectless",
|
||
|
|
"purposeless",
|
||
|
|
"charitable",
|
||
|
|
"forgiving",
|
||
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
||
|
|
"unsystematic",
|
||
|
|
"aimless",
|
||
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
||
|
|
"catch-as-catch-can",
|
||
|
|
"desultory",
|
||
|
|
"erratic",
|
||
|
|
"haphazard",
|
||
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
||
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
||
|
|
"random",
|
||
|
|
"scattered",
|
||
|
|
"slapdash",
|
||
|
|
"stray",
|
||
|
|
"indiscriminating",
|
||
|
|
"uncritical",
|
||
|
|
"undemanding",
|
||
|
|
"undiscriminating",
|
||
|
|
"unfussy",
|
||
|
|
"unselective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"discerning",
|
||
|
|
"discriminating",
|
||
|
|
"judicious",
|
||
|
|
"demanding",
|
||
|
|
"exacting",
|
||
|
|
"fastidious",
|
||
|
|
"finical",
|
||
|
|
"finicky",
|
||
|
|
"fussy",
|
||
|
|
"nitpicky",
|
||
|
|
"particular",
|
||
|
|
"picky",
|
||
|
|
"captious",
|
||
|
|
"carping",
|
||
|
|
"caviling",
|
||
|
|
"cavilling",
|
||
|
|
"critical",
|
||
|
|
"faultfinding",
|
||
|
|
"hypercritical",
|
||
|
|
"judgmental",
|
||
|
|
"overcritical",
|
||
|
|
"rejective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"directresses":{
|
||
|
|
"as in directors , managers":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"conductors",
|
||
|
|
"directors",
|
||
|
|
"heads",
|
||
|
|
"leaders",
|
||
|
|
"managers",
|
||
|
|
"regisseurs",
|
||
|
|
"r\u00e9gisseurs",
|
||
|
|
"stage directors",
|
||
|
|
"auteurs",
|
||
|
|
"impresarios",
|
||
|
|
"producers",
|
||
|
|
"stage managers",
|
||
|
|
"composers",
|
||
|
|
"melodists",
|
||
|
|
"musicians",
|
||
|
|
"cocomposers",
|
||
|
|
"co-composers",
|
||
|
|
"songsmiths",
|
||
|
|
"songwriters",
|
||
|
|
"tunesmiths",
|
||
|
|
"symphonists",
|
||
|
|
"arrangers",
|
||
|
|
"orchestrators",
|
||
|
|
"orchestraters",
|
||
|
|
"scorers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"artists",
|
||
|
|
"instrumentalists",
|
||
|
|
"musicians",
|
||
|
|
"performers",
|
||
|
|
"players",
|
||
|
|
"actors",
|
||
|
|
"actresses",
|
||
|
|
"thespians",
|
||
|
|
"thesps",
|
||
|
|
"troupers",
|
||
|
|
"entertainers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirtiness":{
|
||
|
|
"the state or quality of being dirty":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the health inspector took the manager to task over the general dirtiness of the restaurant"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blackness",
|
||
|
|
"dinge",
|
||
|
|
"dinginess",
|
||
|
|
"dustiness",
|
||
|
|
"filthiness",
|
||
|
|
"foulness",
|
||
|
|
"griminess",
|
||
|
|
"grubbiness",
|
||
|
|
"nastiness",
|
||
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
||
|
|
"soilage",
|
||
|
|
"sordidness",
|
||
|
|
"squalidness",
|
||
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
||
|
|
"uncleanness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"discoloration",
|
||
|
|
"staining",
|
||
|
|
"impureness",
|
||
|
|
"impurity",
|
||
|
|
"messiness",
|
||
|
|
"mussiness",
|
||
|
|
"sloppiness",
|
||
|
|
"untidiness",
|
||
|
|
"insanitation",
|
||
|
|
"squalor",
|
||
|
|
"muddiness",
|
||
|
|
"sootiness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"purity"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
||
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the incontestable dirtiness of the film demands an adult rating"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bawdiness",
|
||
|
|
"blueness",
|
||
|
|
"coarseness",
|
||
|
|
"crudeness",
|
||
|
|
"crudity",
|
||
|
|
"dirt",
|
||
|
|
"filth",
|
||
|
|
"filthiness",
|
||
|
|
"foulness",
|
||
|
|
"grossness",
|
||
|
|
"impureness",
|
||
|
|
"impurity",
|
||
|
|
"indecency",
|
||
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
||
|
|
"lewdness",
|
||
|
|
"nastiness",
|
||
|
|
"obscenity",
|
||
|
|
"profanity",
|
||
|
|
"raunch",
|
||
|
|
"raunchiness",
|
||
|
|
"ribaldry",
|
||
|
|
"smut",
|
||
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
||
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
||
|
|
"wantonness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"broadness",
|
||
|
|
"earthiness",
|
||
|
|
"gaminess",
|
||
|
|
"raciness",
|
||
|
|
"saltiness",
|
||
|
|
"suggestiveness",
|
||
|
|
"immodesty",
|
||
|
|
"indecorousness",
|
||
|
|
"indelicacy",
|
||
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
||
|
|
"lowness",
|
||
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
||
|
|
"lechery",
|
||
|
|
"depravedness",
|
||
|
|
"depravity",
|
||
|
|
"kinkiness",
|
||
|
|
"naughtiness",
|
||
|
|
"perverseness",
|
||
|
|
"perversion",
|
||
|
|
"perversity",
|
||
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
||
|
|
"wickedness",
|
||
|
|
"exceptionability",
|
||
|
|
"objectionableness",
|
||
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
||
|
|
"undesirability",
|
||
|
|
"reprehensibility",
|
||
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
||
|
|
"abusiveness",
|
||
|
|
"scurrilousness",
|
||
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
||
|
|
"atrocity",
|
||
|
|
"infamy",
|
||
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
||
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
||
|
|
"repellency",
|
||
|
|
"repugnance",
|
||
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
||
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
||
|
|
"obnoxiousness",
|
||
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"priggery",
|
||
|
|
"priggishness",
|
||
|
|
"primness",
|
||
|
|
"prudery",
|
||
|
|
"prudishness",
|
||
|
|
"puritanism",
|
||
|
|
"correctness",
|
||
|
|
"decency",
|
||
|
|
"decorousness",
|
||
|
|
"decorum",
|
||
|
|
"seemliness",
|
||
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
||
|
|
"fitness",
|
||
|
|
"suitability",
|
||
|
|
"suitableness",
|
||
|
|
"perfection",
|
||
|
|
"purity",
|
||
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"direct tax":{
|
||
|
|
"as in personal tax":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"personal tax",
|
||
|
|
"assessment",
|
||
|
|
"duty",
|
||
|
|
"imposition",
|
||
|
|
"impost",
|
||
|
|
"levy",
|
||
|
|
"tax",
|
||
|
|
"capitation",
|
||
|
|
"custom(s)",
|
||
|
|
"excise",
|
||
|
|
"hidden tax",
|
||
|
|
"income tax",
|
||
|
|
"poll tax",
|
||
|
|
"property tax",
|
||
|
|
"sales tax",
|
||
|
|
"single tax",
|
||
|
|
"sin tax",
|
||
|
|
"tariff",
|
||
|
|
"toll",
|
||
|
|
"tribute",
|
||
|
|
"value-added tax",
|
||
|
|
"withholding tax",
|
||
|
|
"supertax",
|
||
|
|
"surcharge",
|
||
|
|
"surtax",
|
||
|
|
"death tax",
|
||
|
|
"estate tax",
|
||
|
|
"inheritance tax",
|
||
|
|
"flat tax",
|
||
|
|
"proportional tax"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirtied":{
|
||
|
|
"as in sullied , soiled":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"befouled",
|
||
|
|
"begrimed",
|
||
|
|
"bemired",
|
||
|
|
"besmirched",
|
||
|
|
"corrupted",
|
||
|
|
"debased",
|
||
|
|
"defiled",
|
||
|
|
"fouled",
|
||
|
|
"maculate",
|
||
|
|
"maculated",
|
||
|
|
"soiled",
|
||
|
|
"spoiled",
|
||
|
|
"sullied",
|
||
|
|
"unclarified",
|
||
|
|
"unfiltered",
|
||
|
|
"unrefined",
|
||
|
|
"blended",
|
||
|
|
"commingled",
|
||
|
|
"incorporated",
|
||
|
|
"intermingled",
|
||
|
|
"intermixed",
|
||
|
|
"merged",
|
||
|
|
"mingled",
|
||
|
|
"mixed",
|
||
|
|
"adulterate",
|
||
|
|
"adulterated",
|
||
|
|
"alloyed",
|
||
|
|
"contaminated",
|
||
|
|
"dilute",
|
||
|
|
"diluted",
|
||
|
|
"impure",
|
||
|
|
"polluted",
|
||
|
|
"tainted",
|
||
|
|
"thinned",
|
||
|
|
"weakened",
|
||
|
|
"coalesced",
|
||
|
|
"combined",
|
||
|
|
"compounded",
|
||
|
|
"cheapened",
|
||
|
|
"doctored"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"fine",
|
||
|
|
"pure",
|
||
|
|
"ultrapure",
|
||
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
||
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
||
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
||
|
|
"uncut",
|
||
|
|
"undiluted",
|
||
|
|
"unmixed",
|
||
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
||
|
|
"untainted",
|
||
|
|
"clarified",
|
||
|
|
"filtered",
|
||
|
|
"purified",
|
||
|
|
"refined",
|
||
|
|
"ultrarefined",
|
||
|
|
"neat",
|
||
|
|
"plain",
|
||
|
|
"straight",
|
||
|
|
"concentrated",
|
||
|
|
"strong",
|
||
|
|
"uncombined",
|
||
|
|
"pasteurized",
|
||
|
|
"sterile",
|
||
|
|
"sterilized",
|
||
|
|
"clean",
|
||
|
|
"immaculate",
|
||
|
|
"spotless",
|
||
|
|
"stainless",
|
||
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
||
|
|
"unsullied"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"she dirtied her new sneakers when she splashed in the puddle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"befouled",
|
||
|
|
"begrimed",
|
||
|
|
"bemired",
|
||
|
|
"besmirched",
|
||
|
|
"blackened",
|
||
|
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"daubed",
|
||
|
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"distained",
|
||
|
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"fouled",
|
||
|
|
"gaumed",
|
||
|
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"grimed",
|
||
|
|
"mired",
|
||
|
|
"mucked",
|
||
|
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"muddied",
|
||
|
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"smirched",
|
||
|
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"smudged",
|
||
|
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"soiled",
|
||
|
|
"stained",
|
||
|
|
"sullied"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contaminated",
|
||
|
|
"defiled",
|
||
|
|
"polluted",
|
||
|
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"tainted",
|
||
|
|
"discolored",
|
||
|
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"confused",
|
||
|
|
"disarranged",
|
||
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
||
|
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"disheveled",
|
||
|
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"dishevelled",
|
||
|
|
"disordered",
|
||
|
|
"draggled",
|
||
|
|
"jumbled",
|
||
|
|
"messed",
|
||
|
|
"muddled",
|
||
|
|
"collied",
|
||
|
|
"crocked"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
||
|
|
"purged",
|
||
|
|
"purified",
|
||
|
|
"disinfected",
|
||
|
|
"sanitized",
|
||
|
|
"brushed",
|
||
|
|
"dry-cleaned",
|
||
|
|
"dusted",
|
||
|
|
"laundered",
|
||
|
|
"mopped",
|
||
|
|
"rinsed",
|
||
|
|
"scoured",
|
||
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
||
|
|
"swept",
|
||
|
|
"washed",
|
||
|
|
"wiped",
|
||
|
|
"brightened",
|
||
|
|
"deodorized",
|
||
|
|
"freshened",
|
||
|
|
"renewed",
|
||
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
||
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
||
|
|
"tidied (up)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cleaned",
|
||
|
|
"cleansed"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirties":{
|
||
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"she dirtied her new sneakers when she splashed in the puddle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"befouls",
|
||
|
|
"begrimes",
|
||
|
|
"bemires",
|
||
|
|
"besmirches",
|
||
|
|
"blackens",
|
||
|
|
"daubs",
|
||
|
|
"distains",
|
||
|
|
"fouls",
|
||
|
|
"gaums",
|
||
|
|
"grimes",
|
||
|
|
"mires",
|
||
|
|
"mucks",
|
||
|
|
"muddies",
|
||
|
|
"smirches",
|
||
|
|
"smudges",
|
||
|
|
"soils",
|
||
|
|
"stains",
|
||
|
|
"sullies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contaminates",
|
||
|
|
"defiles",
|
||
|
|
"pollutes",
|
||
|
|
"taints",
|
||
|
|
"discolors",
|
||
|
|
"confuses",
|
||
|
|
"disarranges",
|
||
|
|
"disarrays",
|
||
|
|
"dishevels",
|
||
|
|
"disorders",
|
||
|
|
"draggles",
|
||
|
|
"jumbles",
|
||
|
|
"messes",
|
||
|
|
"muddles",
|
||
|
|
"collies",
|
||
|
|
"crocks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
||
|
|
"purges",
|
||
|
|
"purifies",
|
||
|
|
"disinfects",
|
||
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
||
|
|
"brushes",
|
||
|
|
"dry-cleans",
|
||
|
|
"dusts",
|
||
|
|
"launders",
|
||
|
|
"mops",
|
||
|
|
"rinses",
|
||
|
|
"scours",
|
||
|
|
"scrubs",
|
||
|
|
"sweeps",
|
||
|
|
"washes",
|
||
|
|
"wipes",
|
||
|
|
"brightens",
|
||
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
||
|
|
"freshens",
|
||
|
|
"renews",
|
||
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
||
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
||
|
|
"tidies (up)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cleans",
|
||
|
|
"cleanses"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"directs":{
|
||
|
|
"to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the aqueduct directs the water into an artificial lake"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"canalizes",
|
||
|
|
"channelizes",
|
||
|
|
"channels",
|
||
|
|
"conducts",
|
||
|
|
"funnels",
|
||
|
|
"pipes",
|
||
|
|
"siphons",
|
||
|
|
"syphons"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"carries",
|
||
|
|
"conveys",
|
||
|
|
"transmits",
|
||
|
|
"concentrates",
|
||
|
|
"consolidates",
|
||
|
|
"focuses",
|
||
|
|
"focusses"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"our tour guide directed us to wait in front of the building until she could rejoin us"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adjures",
|
||
|
|
"bids",
|
||
|
|
"bosses (around)",
|
||
|
|
"charges",
|
||
|
|
"commands",
|
||
|
|
"enjoins",
|
||
|
|
"instructs",
|
||
|
|
"orders",
|
||
|
|
"tells"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"asks",
|
||
|
|
"petitions",
|
||
|
|
"requests",
|
||
|
|
"begs",
|
||
|
|
"beseeches",
|
||
|
|
"entreats",
|
||
|
|
"advises",
|
||
|
|
"counsels",
|
||
|
|
"warns",
|
||
|
|
"appoints",
|
||
|
|
"assigns",
|
||
|
|
"authorizes",
|
||
|
|
"commissions",
|
||
|
|
"oversees",
|
||
|
|
"superintends",
|
||
|
|
"supervises",
|
||
|
|
"conducts",
|
||
|
|
"controls",
|
||
|
|
"leads",
|
||
|
|
"manages",
|
||
|
|
"coerces",
|
||
|
|
"compels",
|
||
|
|
"constrains",
|
||
|
|
"forces",
|
||
|
|
"obliges",
|
||
|
|
"requires"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
||
|
|
"follows",
|
||
|
|
"keeps",
|
||
|
|
"observes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"minds",
|
||
|
|
"obeys"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the caretaker directed that all of the windows be closed before we left"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"calls",
|
||
|
|
"commands",
|
||
|
|
"decrees",
|
||
|
|
"dictates",
|
||
|
|
"mandates",
|
||
|
|
"ordains",
|
||
|
|
"orders"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"asks",
|
||
|
|
"petitions",
|
||
|
|
"requests",
|
||
|
|
"demands",
|
||
|
|
"requires"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cancels",
|
||
|
|
"countermands",
|
||
|
|
"rescinds"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to look after and make decisions about":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the music teacher directs both the student orchestra and the marching band"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"administers",
|
||
|
|
"administrates",
|
||
|
|
"carries on",
|
||
|
|
"conducts",
|
||
|
|
"controls",
|
||
|
|
"governs",
|
||
|
|
"guides",
|
||
|
|
"handles",
|
||
|
|
"keeps",
|
||
|
|
"manages",
|
||
|
|
"operates",
|
||
|
|
"overlooks",
|
||
|
|
"oversees",
|
||
|
|
"presides (over)",
|
||
|
|
"regulates",
|
||
|
|
"runs",
|
||
|
|
"stewards",
|
||
|
|
"superintends",
|
||
|
|
"supervises",
|
||
|
|
"tends"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
||
|
|
"minds",
|
||
|
|
"watches",
|
||
|
|
"leads",
|
||
|
|
"pilots",
|
||
|
|
"steers",
|
||
|
|
"guards",
|
||
|
|
"protects",
|
||
|
|
"safeguards",
|
||
|
|
"micromanages",
|
||
|
|
"stage-manages",
|
||
|
|
"codirects",
|
||
|
|
"comanages"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we quickly directed our attention toward the noise coming from the rear"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aims",
|
||
|
|
"bends",
|
||
|
|
"casts",
|
||
|
|
"heads",
|
||
|
|
"holds",
|
||
|
|
"levels",
|
||
|
|
"pinpoints",
|
||
|
|
"sets",
|
||
|
|
"trains"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"sights",
|
||
|
|
"bears",
|
||
|
|
"faces",
|
||
|
|
"concentrates",
|
||
|
|
"focuses",
|
||
|
|
"focusses",
|
||
|
|
"inclines",
|
||
|
|
"orients",
|
||
|
|
"steers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"averts",
|
||
|
|
"curves",
|
||
|
|
"deflects",
|
||
|
|
"detours",
|
||
|
|
"diverts",
|
||
|
|
"rechannels",
|
||
|
|
"shunts",
|
||
|
|
"sidetracks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the guide directed the tour through the museum with commendable efficiency and expertise"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"conducts",
|
||
|
|
"guides",
|
||
|
|
"leads",
|
||
|
|
"marshals",
|
||
|
|
"marshalls",
|
||
|
|
"pilots",
|
||
|
|
"routes",
|
||
|
|
"shows",
|
||
|
|
"steers",
|
||
|
|
"ushers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"precedes",
|
||
|
|
"accompanies",
|
||
|
|
"attends",
|
||
|
|
"chaperones",
|
||
|
|
"chaperons",
|
||
|
|
"convoys",
|
||
|
|
"escorts",
|
||
|
|
"sees",
|
||
|
|
"controls",
|
||
|
|
"manages"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dogs",
|
||
|
|
"hounds",
|
||
|
|
"shadows",
|
||
|
|
"tailgates",
|
||
|
|
"tails"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"follows",
|
||
|
|
"trails"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirty laundry":{
|
||
|
|
"as in dirty linen":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dirty linen",
|
||
|
|
"dirt",
|
||
|
|
"gossip",
|
||
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
||
|
|
"talebearing",
|
||
|
|
"talk",
|
||
|
|
"tattle",
|
||
|
|
"defamation",
|
||
|
|
"libel",
|
||
|
|
"slander",
|
||
|
|
"canard",
|
||
|
|
"story",
|
||
|
|
"tale",
|
||
|
|
"whisper",
|
||
|
|
"hearsay",
|
||
|
|
"fable",
|
||
|
|
"fabrication",
|
||
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
||
|
|
"falsehood",
|
||
|
|
"falsity",
|
||
|
|
"fib",
|
||
|
|
"lie",
|
||
|
|
"mendacity",
|
||
|
|
"prevarication",
|
||
|
|
"untruth",
|
||
|
|
"whopper"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirking":{
|
||
|
|
"as in bayoneting , piking":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bayoneting",
|
||
|
|
"bayonetting",
|
||
|
|
"gimleting",
|
||
|
|
"piking",
|
||
|
|
"poniarding",
|
||
|
|
"pronging",
|
||
|
|
"quilling",
|
||
|
|
"perforating",
|
||
|
|
"riddling",
|
||
|
|
"pinpricking",
|
||
|
|
"poking",
|
||
|
|
"pricking",
|
||
|
|
"punching",
|
||
|
|
"thrusting",
|
||
|
|
"spindling",
|
||
|
|
"cutting",
|
||
|
|
"knifing",
|
||
|
|
"slicing",
|
||
|
|
"goring",
|
||
|
|
"harpooning",
|
||
|
|
"impaling",
|
||
|
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"jabbing",
|
||
|
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"lancing",
|
||
|
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"pecking",
|
||
|
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"picking",
|
||
|
|
"piercing",
|
||
|
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"pinking",
|
||
|
|
"puncturing",
|
||
|
|
"running through",
|
||
|
|
"skewering",
|
||
|
|
"spearing",
|
||
|
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"spiking",
|
||
|
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"spitting",
|
||
|
|
"stabbing",
|
||
|
|
"sticking",
|
||
|
|
"transfixing",
|
||
|
|
"transpiercing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirty word":{
|
||
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"I'm afraid I won't be much help on the trip\u2014the only Spanish I know is a handful of dirty words"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"curse",
|
||
|
|
"cuss",
|
||
|
|
"cussword",
|
||
|
|
"expletive",
|
||
|
|
"four-letter word",
|
||
|
|
"obscenity",
|
||
|
|
"profanity",
|
||
|
|
"swear",
|
||
|
|
"swearword",
|
||
|
|
"vulgarism"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bawdry",
|
||
|
|
"language",
|
||
|
|
"scurrility",
|
||
|
|
"execration",
|
||
|
|
"imprecation",
|
||
|
|
"malediction",
|
||
|
|
"epithet",
|
||
|
|
"name",
|
||
|
|
"oath"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirt cheap":{
|
||
|
|
"costing little":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a dirt cheap little house that was the proverbial fixer-upper"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"affordable",
|
||
|
|
"bargain-basement",
|
||
|
|
"budget",
|
||
|
|
"cheap",
|
||
|
|
"cheapie",
|
||
|
|
"cheapo",
|
||
|
|
"chintzy",
|
||
|
|
"cut-price",
|
||
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
||
|
|
"dime-store",
|
||
|
|
"el cheapo",
|
||
|
|
"inexpensive",
|
||
|
|
"low",
|
||
|
|
"low-end",
|
||
|
|
"popular",
|
||
|
|
"reasonable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cheapish",
|
||
|
|
"moderate",
|
||
|
|
"discount",
|
||
|
|
"discounted",
|
||
|
|
"fire-sale",
|
||
|
|
"lowered",
|
||
|
|
"reduced",
|
||
|
|
"wholesale",
|
||
|
|
"valueless",
|
||
|
|
"worthless",
|
||
|
|
"supercheap",
|
||
|
|
"ultracheap"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"increased",
|
||
|
|
"inflated",
|
||
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
||
|
|
"extravagant",
|
||
|
|
"overpriced",
|
||
|
|
"prohibitive",
|
||
|
|
"prohibitory",
|
||
|
|
"steep",
|
||
|
|
"stiff",
|
||
|
|
"superexpensive",
|
||
|
|
"ultraexpensive",
|
||
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
||
|
|
"invaluable",
|
||
|
|
"priceless",
|
||
|
|
"luxurious"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"costly",
|
||
|
|
"dear",
|
||
|
|
"deluxe",
|
||
|
|
"expensive",
|
||
|
|
"high",
|
||
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
||
|
|
"precious",
|
||
|
|
"premium",
|
||
|
|
"pricey",
|
||
|
|
"pricy",
|
||
|
|
"spendy",
|
||
|
|
"valuable"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"directing":{
|
||
|
|
"as in managing , overseeing":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"controlling",
|
||
|
|
"managing",
|
||
|
|
"officiating",
|
||
|
|
"overseeing",
|
||
|
|
"regnant",
|
||
|
|
"reigning",
|
||
|
|
"ruling",
|
||
|
|
"supervisory",
|
||
|
|
"high-level",
|
||
|
|
"senior",
|
||
|
|
"main",
|
||
|
|
"major",
|
||
|
|
"paramount",
|
||
|
|
"predominant",
|
||
|
|
"predominate",
|
||
|
|
"sovereign",
|
||
|
|
"sovran",
|
||
|
|
"chief",
|
||
|
|
"commanding",
|
||
|
|
"first",
|
||
|
|
"foremost",
|
||
|
|
"head",
|
||
|
|
"high",
|
||
|
|
"lead",
|
||
|
|
"leading",
|
||
|
|
"preeminent",
|
||
|
|
"premier",
|
||
|
|
"presiding",
|
||
|
|
"primary",
|
||
|
|
"prime",
|
||
|
|
"principal",
|
||
|
|
"supereminent",
|
||
|
|
"supreme",
|
||
|
|
"top",
|
||
|
|
"ascendant",
|
||
|
|
"ascendent",
|
||
|
|
"dominant",
|
||
|
|
"grand",
|
||
|
|
"superior",
|
||
|
|
"topmost",
|
||
|
|
"upmost",
|
||
|
|
"upper",
|
||
|
|
"uppermost"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ancillary",
|
||
|
|
"inferior",
|
||
|
|
"last",
|
||
|
|
"less",
|
||
|
|
"lesser",
|
||
|
|
"lower",
|
||
|
|
"lowly",
|
||
|
|
"second",
|
||
|
|
"secondary",
|
||
|
|
"subordinate",
|
||
|
|
"subsidiary",
|
||
|
|
"assistant",
|
||
|
|
"assisting",
|
||
|
|
"coadjutor",
|
||
|
|
"deputy",
|
||
|
|
"junior",
|
||
|
|
"under"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in ordering , commanding":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"commanding",
|
||
|
|
"ordering",
|
||
|
|
"facilitation",
|
||
|
|
"fostering",
|
||
|
|
"promotion",
|
||
|
|
"commendation",
|
||
|
|
"consignment",
|
||
|
|
"entrustment",
|
||
|
|
"accreditation",
|
||
|
|
"authorization",
|
||
|
|
"commission",
|
||
|
|
"delegation",
|
||
|
|
"empowerment",
|
||
|
|
"license",
|
||
|
|
"licence",
|
||
|
|
"mandate"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the aqueduct directs the water into an artificial lake"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"canalizing",
|
||
|
|
"channeling",
|
||
|
|
"channelling",
|
||
|
|
"channelizing",
|
||
|
|
"conducting",
|
||
|
|
"funneling",
|
||
|
|
"funnelling",
|
||
|
|
"piping",
|
||
|
|
"siphoning",
|
||
|
|
"syphoning"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"carrying",
|
||
|
|
"conveying",
|
||
|
|
"transmitting",
|
||
|
|
"concentrating",
|
||
|
|
"consolidating",
|
||
|
|
"focusing",
|
||
|
|
"focussing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"our tour guide directed us to wait in front of the building until she could rejoin us"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adjuring",
|
||
|
|
"bidding",
|
||
|
|
"bossing (around)",
|
||
|
|
"charging",
|
||
|
|
"commanding",
|
||
|
|
"enjoining",
|
||
|
|
"instructing",
|
||
|
|
"ordering",
|
||
|
|
"telling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"asking",
|
||
|
|
"petitioning",
|
||
|
|
"requesting",
|
||
|
|
"begging",
|
||
|
|
"beseeching",
|
||
|
|
"entreating",
|
||
|
|
"advising",
|
||
|
|
"counseling",
|
||
|
|
"counselling",
|
||
|
|
"warning",
|
||
|
|
"appointing",
|
||
|
|
"assigning",
|
||
|
|
"authorizing",
|
||
|
|
"commissioning",
|
||
|
|
"overseeing",
|
||
|
|
"superintending",
|
||
|
|
"supervising",
|
||
|
|
"conducting",
|
||
|
|
"controlling",
|
||
|
|
"leading",
|
||
|
|
"managing",
|
||
|
|
"coercing",
|
||
|
|
"compelling",
|
||
|
|
"constraining",
|
||
|
|
"forcing",
|
||
|
|
"obliging",
|
||
|
|
"requiring"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
||
|
|
"following",
|
||
|
|
"keeping",
|
||
|
|
"observing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"minding",
|
||
|
|
"obeying"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the caretaker directed that all of the windows be closed before we left"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"calling",
|
||
|
|
"commanding",
|
||
|
|
"decreeing",
|
||
|
|
"dictating",
|
||
|
|
"mandating",
|
||
|
|
"ordaining",
|
||
|
|
"ordering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"asking",
|
||
|
|
"petitioning",
|
||
|
|
"requesting",
|
||
|
|
"demanding",
|
||
|
|
"requiring"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"canceling",
|
||
|
|
"cancelling",
|
||
|
|
"countermanding",
|
||
|
|
"rescinding"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to look after and make decisions about":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the music teacher directs both the student orchestra and the marching band"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"administering",
|
||
|
|
"administrating",
|
||
|
|
"carrying on",
|
||
|
|
"conducting",
|
||
|
|
"controlling",
|
||
|
|
"governing",
|
||
|
|
"guiding",
|
||
|
|
"handling",
|
||
|
|
"keeping",
|
||
|
|
"managing",
|
||
|
|
"operating",
|
||
|
|
"overlooking",
|
||
|
|
"overseeing",
|
||
|
|
"presiding (over)",
|
||
|
|
"regulating",
|
||
|
|
"running",
|
||
|
|
"stewarding",
|
||
|
|
"superintending",
|
||
|
|
"supervising",
|
||
|
|
"tending"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
||
|
|
"minding",
|
||
|
|
"watching",
|
||
|
|
"leading",
|
||
|
|
"piloting",
|
||
|
|
"steering",
|
||
|
|
"guarding",
|
||
|
|
"protecting",
|
||
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
||
|
|
"micromanaging",
|
||
|
|
"stage-managing",
|
||
|
|
"codirecting",
|
||
|
|
"co-directing",
|
||
|
|
"comanaging",
|
||
|
|
"co-managing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we quickly directed our attention toward the noise coming from the rear"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aiming",
|
||
|
|
"bending",
|
||
|
|
"casting",
|
||
|
|
"heading",
|
||
|
|
"holding",
|
||
|
|
"leveling",
|
||
|
|
"levelling",
|
||
|
|
"pinpointing",
|
||
|
|
"setting",
|
||
|
|
"training"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"sighting",
|
||
|
|
"bearing",
|
||
|
|
"facing",
|
||
|
|
"concentrating",
|
||
|
|
"focusing",
|
||
|
|
"focussing",
|
||
|
|
"inclining",
|
||
|
|
"orienting",
|
||
|
|
"steering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"averting",
|
||
|
|
"curving",
|
||
|
|
"deflecting",
|
||
|
|
"detouring",
|
||
|
|
"diverting",
|
||
|
|
"rechanneling",
|
||
|
|
"shunting",
|
||
|
|
"sidetracking"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the guide directed the tour through the museum with commendable efficiency and expertise"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"conducting",
|
||
|
|
"guiding",
|
||
|
|
"leading",
|
||
|
|
"marshaling",
|
||
|
|
"marshalling",
|
||
|
|
"piloting",
|
||
|
|
"routing",
|
||
|
|
"showing",
|
||
|
|
"steering",
|
||
|
|
"ushering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"preceding",
|
||
|
|
"accompanying",
|
||
|
|
"attending",
|
||
|
|
"chaperoning",
|
||
|
|
"convoying",
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"escorting",
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"seeing",
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"controlling",
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|
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"managing"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"near antonyms":[
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||
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"dogging",
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"hounding",
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||
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"shadowing",
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|
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"tailgating",
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||
|
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"tailing"
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||
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
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||
|
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"following",
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"trailing"
|
||
|
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]
|
||
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},
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||
|
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
|
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|
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"verb"
|
||
|
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]
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"dirt-poor":{
|
||
|
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"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"growing up dirt-poor in the rural South"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"beggared",
|
||
|
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"beggarly",
|
||
|
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"broke",
|
||
|
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"destitute",
|
||
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
||
|
|
"famished",
|
||
|
|
"hard up",
|
||
|
|
"impecunious",
|
||
|
|
"impoverished",
|
||
|
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"indigent",
|
||
|
|
"necessitous",
|
||
|
|
"needful",
|
||
|
|
"needy",
|
||
|
|
"pauperized",
|
||
|
|
"penniless",
|
||
|
|
"penurious",
|
||
|
|
"poor",
|
||
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
||
|
|
"skint",
|
||
|
|
"threadbare"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"deprived",
|
||
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
||
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
||
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
||
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
||
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
||
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
||
|
|
"bust",
|
||
|
|
"busted",
|
||
|
|
"insolvent",
|
||
|
|
"possessionless",
|
||
|
|
"ruined",
|
||
|
|
"depressed",
|
||
|
|
"distressed",
|
||
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
||
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
||
|
|
"pinched",
|
||
|
|
"poorish",
|
||
|
|
"reduced",
|
||
|
|
"straitened",
|
||
|
|
"cash-strapped",
|
||
|
|
"low",
|
||
|
|
"short",
|
||
|
|
"tapped out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"comfortable",
|
||
|
|
"prosperous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"affluent",
|
||
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
||
|
|
"fat",
|
||
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
||
|
|
"flush",
|
||
|
|
"moneyed",
|
||
|
|
"monied",
|
||
|
|
"opulent",
|
||
|
|
"rich",
|
||
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
||
|
|
"wealthy",
|
||
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
||
|
|
"well-off",
|
||
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirtily":{
|
||
|
|
"as in nastily , filthily":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dingily",
|
||
|
|
"filthily",
|
||
|
|
"foully",
|
||
|
|
"grubbily",
|
||
|
|
"nastily",
|
||
|
|
"shabbily",
|
||
|
|
"sleazily",
|
||
|
|
"chaotically",
|
||
|
|
"messily",
|
||
|
|
"untidily",
|
||
|
|
"slatternly",
|
||
|
|
"dowdily",
|
||
|
|
"sloppily",
|
||
|
|
"slovenly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"nattily",
|
||
|
|
"sharply",
|
||
|
|
"smart",
|
||
|
|
"smartly",
|
||
|
|
"sprucely",
|
||
|
|
"neatly",
|
||
|
|
"orderly",
|
||
|
|
"tidily",
|
||
|
|
"fashionably",
|
||
|
|
"modishly",
|
||
|
|
"carefully",
|
||
|
|
"fastidiously",
|
||
|
|
"fussily",
|
||
|
|
"meticulously",
|
||
|
|
"cleanly",
|
||
|
|
"immaculately",
|
||
|
|
"spotlessly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"dirge":{
|
||
|
|
"a composition expressing one's grief over a loss":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"bagpipes played a haunting dirge at the funeral for the fallen leader"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"elegy",
|
||
|
|
"lament",
|
||
|
|
"requiem",
|
||
|
|
"threnody"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"taps",
|
||
|
|
"elegiac",
|
||
|
|
"monody"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"encomium",
|
||
|
|
"eulogy",
|
||
|
|
"paean",
|
||
|
|
"panegyric"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
}
|
||
|
|
}
|