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{
"envenom":{
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
"examples":[
"thoughtless, self-indulgent antics that only managed to envenom his teammates"
],
"synonyms":[
"antagonize",
"embitter",
"empoison"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"estrange",
"set (against)",
"curdle",
"sour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endear",
"ingratiate",
"appease",
"assuage",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"sweeten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enviable":{
"causing envy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The company is in the enviable position of having no real competitors.",
"She has an enviable reputation for honesty."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"environments":{
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"examples":[
"the joys of growing up in the environment that a small town offers"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambients",
"atmospheres",
"climates",
"climes",
"contexts",
"contextures",
"environs",
"mediums",
"media",
"milieus",
"milieux",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"settings",
"surroundings",
"surrounds",
"terrains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"locations",
"places",
"positions",
"spaces",
"backdrops",
"backgrounds",
"elements",
"situations",
"statuses",
"geographies",
"habitats",
"microenvironments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"envy":{
"a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too":{
"examples":[
"their envy of their neighbor's fancy home threatened to wreck their friendship"
],
"synonyms":[
"covetousness",
"enviousness",
"green-eyed monster",
"invidiousness",
"jealousy",
"resentment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animosity",
"enmity",
"hatred",
"ill will",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"spitefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolence",
"goodwill",
"kindness",
"sympathy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have a resentful awareness of and desire for (another's possessions or advantages) or to feel resentment toward (someone) over possessions or advantages":{
"examples":[
"her coworkers envied her chummy relationship with the senior vice president",
"they envied him because he didn't have to work for a living"
],
"synonyms":[
"begrudge",
"resent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"covet",
"crave",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for or after)",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for or after)",
"pant (after)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)",
"salivate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"envyingly":{
"as in obnoxiously , caustically":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acrimoniously",
"antagonistically",
"caustically",
"hostilely",
"invidiously",
"obnoxiously",
"rancorously",
"venomously",
"vindictively",
"vituperatively",
"contemptuously",
"deprecatingly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"bitterly",
"enviously",
"jealously",
"resentfully",
"bitchily",
"cattily",
"despitefully",
"hatefully",
"malevolently",
"maliciously",
"malignantly",
"meanly",
"nastily",
"spitefully",
"viciously",
"villainously",
"virulently",
"wickedly",
"balefully",
"caddishly",
"callously",
"cruelly",
"evil-mindedly",
"felly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"kindlessly",
"mercilessly",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"soullessly",
"unfeelingly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"ungraciously",
"unkindly",
"ill-naturedly",
"inconsiderately",
"insensitively",
"thoughtlessly",
"diabolically",
"fiendishly",
"misanthropically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"good-heartedly",
"kindheartedly",
"kindly",
"affably",
"agreeably",
"amiably",
"cordially",
"genially",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"nicely",
"pleasantly",
"altruistically",
"humanely",
"considerately",
"feelingly",
"lovingly",
"mercifully",
"sensitively",
"softheartedly",
"solicitously",
"soulfully",
"thoughtfully",
"compassionately",
"sympathetically",
"angelically",
"divinely",
"gently",
"sweetly",
"tenderly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"envious":{
"having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages":{
"examples":[
"a family that is envious of their neighbors' big house"
],
"synonyms":[
"covetous",
"green-eyed",
"invidious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"resentful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begrudging",
"grudging",
"avaricious",
"grasping",
"greedy",
"rapacious",
"distrustful",
"suspicious",
"malicious",
"petty",
"spiteful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"generous",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"altruistic",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"well-meaning"
],
"antonyms":[
"unenvious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"enveloping":{
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"a chronic mistrust of outsiders envelops that neighborhood, cutting it off from the rest of the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxing (in)",
"caging",
"closeting",
"cooping (up)",
"corralling",
"encaging",
"encasing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"fencing (in)",
"hedging",
"hemming (in)",
"housing",
"immuring",
"including",
"mewing (up)",
"penning",
"walling (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounding",
"circumscribing",
"confining",
"containing",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"encircling",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enframing",
"enlacing",
"framing",
"ringing",
"surrounding",
"armoring",
"cocooning",
"encapsulating",
"encapsuling",
"encysting",
"ensheathing",
"ensphering",
"enwombing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"the truth of the presidential assassination is enveloped in a dense fog of myths and conspiracy theories"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoming",
"bowering",
"circumfusing",
"cocooning",
"embosoming",
"embowering",
"embracing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enshrouding",
"enswathing",
"enwrapping",
"investing",
"involving",
"lapping",
"mantling",
"muffling",
"shrouding",
"swathing",
"veiling",
"wrapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtaining",
"draping",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"encasing",
"swaddling",
"blanketing",
"overlaying",
"overspreading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"disguising",
"masking",
"circling",
"encircling",
"enlacing",
"enwinding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"envisaged":{
"as in conceived , envisioned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conceived",
"envisioned",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"unbelievable",
"unconvincing",
"unlikely",
"daydreamlike",
"deceptive",
"delusional",
"delusive",
"hallucinatory",
"illusory",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"abstract",
"hypothetical",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"feigned",
"fictive",
"fabled",
"legendary",
"romantic",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent",
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabulous",
"fanciful",
"fantasied",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"ideal",
"imaginal",
"imaginary",
"imagined",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"mythical",
"mythic",
"notional",
"phantasmal",
"phantasmic",
"phantom",
"pretend",
"unreal",
"visionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actual",
"existent",
"existing",
"real",
"authentic",
"genuine",
"true",
"factual",
"verifiable",
"verified",
"believable",
"convincing",
"realistic",
"corporeal",
"material",
"physical",
"solid",
"substantial",
"palpable",
"tangible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a mental picture of":{
"examples":[
"I'm trying to envisage you on a surfboard"
],
"synonyms":[
"conceited",
"conceived",
"conjured (up)",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"envisioned",
"fancied",
"fantasied",
"fantasized",
"featured",
"ideated",
"imaged",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"saw",
"visioned",
"visualized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daydreamed",
"stargazed",
"hallucinated",
"re-created",
"recreated",
"reflected",
"relived",
"reminisced",
"contemplated",
"meditated",
"mused",
"pondered",
"ruminated",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"planned",
"projected",
"foresaw",
"prefigured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"environment":{
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"examples":[
"the joys of growing up in the environment that a small town offers"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambient",
"atmosphere",
"climate",
"clime",
"context",
"contexture",
"environs",
"medium",
"milieu",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"setting",
"surround",
"surroundings",
"terrain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"location",
"place",
"position",
"space",
"backdrop",
"background",
"element",
"situation",
"status",
"geography",
"habitat",
"microenvironment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"envelopments":{
"as in entanglements , entrapments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enmeshments",
"entanglements",
"entrapments",
"ambushes",
"nets",
"snares",
"traps",
"webs",
"booby traps",
"catches",
"hazards",
"land mines",
"pitfalls",
"snags",
"artifices",
"cheats",
"deceptions",
"double-dealings",
"duplicities",
"ploys",
"ruses",
"subterfuges",
"tricks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"envenomed":{
"containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing":{
"examples":[
"the envenomed spines of these tropical fishes make them a particular hazard of coral reefs"
],
"synonyms":[
"poison",
"poisoned",
"poisonous",
"toxic",
"venomous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contagious",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pathogenic",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"virulent",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"calamitous",
"deadly",
"fatal",
"fell",
"lethal",
"murderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficial",
"curative",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"palliative",
"remedial",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"benign",
"harmless",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"nonfatal",
"nonlethal"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
]
},
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
"examples":[
"thoughtless, self-indulgent antics that only managed to envenom his teammates"
],
"synonyms":[
"antagonized",
"embittered",
"empoisoned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"angered",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"alienated",
"disaffected",
"disgruntled",
"estranged",
"set (against)",
"curdled",
"soured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endeared",
"ingratiated",
"appeased",
"assuaged",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"sweetened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"envoy":{
"a person sent on a mission to represent another":{
"examples":[
"the president sent the secretary of state as his personal envoy to gain the support of the country's allies"
],
"synonyms":[
"agent",
"ambassador",
"delegate",
"emissary",
"legate",
"minister",
"representative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassadress",
"attach\u00e9",
"charg\u00e9 d'affaires",
"consul",
"deputy",
"diplomat",
"foreign minister",
"nuncio",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"apostle",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"deputation",
"detachment",
"legation",
"courier",
"messenger",
"mouthpiece",
"spokesperson"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who acts or does business for another":{
"examples":[
"one of the students was chosen as the club's envoy in meetings with the principal"
],
"synonyms":[
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"factor",
"minister",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassador",
"diplomat",
"diplomatist",
"emissary",
"foreign minister",
"legate",
"plenipotentiary",
"alternate",
"backup",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute",
"surrogate",
"understudy",
"informer",
"operative",
"spy",
"broker",
"distributor",
"manager",
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"comprador",
"compradore",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"interposer",
"liaison",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker",
"mouthpiece",
"point man",
"point person",
"prophet",
"speaker",
"spokesman",
"spokesperson"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"envelope":{
"as in package , wrapper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"package",
"wrapper",
"cuticle",
"hide",
"skin",
"backing",
"coating",
"coverture",
"facing",
"carapace",
"house",
"mail",
"panoply",
"plate",
"plating",
"shield",
"bark",
"crust",
"cartridge",
"cassette",
"casette",
"armor",
"capsule",
"case",
"casing",
"cocoon",
"cover",
"covering",
"encasement",
"housing",
"hull",
"husk",
"jacket",
"pod",
"sheath",
"shell"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"envoi":{
"as in postscript":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"postscript",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"aftermath",
"cessation",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"end",
"finale",
"finish",
"stop",
"termination"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exordium",
"foreword",
"intro",
"introduction",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"proem",
"prologue",
"prolog",
"prolusion",
"beginning",
"commencement",
"initiation",
"opening",
"origin",
"origination",
"outset",
"start"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"envelopes":{
"as in packages , wrappers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"packages",
"wrappers",
"cuticles",
"hides",
"skins",
"backings",
"coatings",
"covertures",
"facings",
"carapaces",
"houses",
"mails",
"panoplies",
"plates",
"platings",
"shields",
"barks",
"crusts",
"cartridges",
"cassettes",
"casettes",
"armors",
"capsules",
"cases",
"casings",
"cocoons",
"coverings",
"covers",
"encasements",
"housings",
"hulls",
"husks",
"jackets",
"pods",
"sheaths",
"shells"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"envelops":{
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"a chronic mistrust of outsiders envelops that neighborhood, cutting it off from the rest of the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxes (in)",
"cages",
"closets",
"coops (up)",
"corrals",
"encages",
"encases",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"fences (in)",
"hedges",
"hems (in)",
"houses",
"immures",
"includes",
"mews (up)",
"pens",
"walls (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounds",
"circumscribes",
"confines",
"contains",
"limits",
"restricts",
"encircles",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enframes",
"enlaces",
"frames",
"rings",
"surrounds",
"armors",
"cocoons",
"encapsulates",
"encapsules",
"encysts",
"ensheathes",
"enspheres",
"enwombs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"the truth of the presidential assassination is enveloped in a dense fog of myths and conspiracy theories"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoms",
"bowers",
"circumfuses",
"cocoons",
"embosoms",
"embowers",
"embraces",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enshrouds",
"enswathes",
"enwraps",
"invests",
"involves",
"laps",
"mantles",
"muffles",
"shrouds",
"swathes",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtains",
"drapes",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"encases",
"swaddles",
"blankets",
"overlays",
"overspreads",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"disguises",
"masks",
"circles",
"encircles",
"enlaces",
"enwinds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"strips"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"envisages":{
"to form a mental picture of":{
"examples":[
"I'm trying to envisage you on a surfboard"
],
"synonyms":[
"conceits",
"conceives",
"conjures (up)",
"dreams",
"envisions",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"fantasizes",
"features",
"ideates",
"images",
"imagines",
"pictures",
"sees",
"visions",
"visualizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daydreams",
"stargazes",
"hallucinates",
"re-creates",
"reflects",
"relives",
"reminisces",
"contemplates",
"meditates",
"muses",
"ponders",
"ruminates",
"concocts",
"fabricates",
"invents",
"makes up",
"manufactures",
"plans",
"projects",
"foresees",
"prefigures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"envied":{
"to have a resentful awareness of and desire for (another's possessions or advantages) or to feel resentment toward (someone) over possessions or advantages":{
"examples":[
"her coworkers envied her chummy relationship with the senior vice president",
"they envied him because he didn't have to work for a living"
],
"synonyms":[
"begrudged",
"resented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ached (for)",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desired",
"died (for)",
"hankered (for or after)",
"hungered (for)",
"itched (for)",
"jonesed (for)",
"longed (for)",
"lusted (for or after)",
"panted (after)",
"thirsted (for)",
"wanted",
"wished (for)",
"yearned (for)",
"yenned (for)",
"salivated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"envelopment":{
"as in entanglement , entrapment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enmeshment",
"entanglement",
"entrapment",
"ambush",
"net",
"snare",
"trap",
"web",
"booby trap",
"catch",
"hazard",
"land mine",
"pitfall",
"snag",
"artifice",
"cheat",
"cheating",
"deception",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"ploy",
"ruse",
"subterfuge",
"trick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"envisage":{
"to form a mental picture of":{
"examples":[
"I'm trying to envisage you on a surfboard"
],
"synonyms":[
"conceit",
"conceive",
"conjure (up)",
"dream",
"envision",
"fancy",
"fantasize",
"fantasy",
"feature",
"ideate",
"image",
"imagine",
"picture",
"see",
"vision",
"visualize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daydream",
"stargaze",
"hallucinate",
"re-create",
"reflect",
"relive",
"reminisce",
"contemplate",
"meditate",
"muse",
"ponder",
"ruminate",
"concoct",
"fabricate",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"plan",
"project",
"foresee",
"prefigure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"envisaging":{
"as in imaging , visualization":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"imaging",
"visualization",
"concoction",
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fiction",
"invention",
"cloud-cuckoo-land",
"cloudland",
"Shangri-la",
"utopia",
"brainchild",
"idea",
"daymare",
"nightmare",
"ignis fatuus",
"mirage",
"will-o'-the-wisp",
"chimera",
"conceit",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"nonentity",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"unreality",
"vision"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"fact",
"reality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a mental picture of":{
"examples":[
"I'm trying to envisage you on a surfboard"
],
"synonyms":[
"conceiting",
"conceiving",
"conjuring (up)",
"dreaming",
"envisioning",
"fancying",
"fantasizing",
"fantasying",
"featuring",
"ideating",
"imaging",
"imagining",
"picturing",
"seeing",
"visioning",
"visualizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"stargazing",
"hallucinating",
"re-creating",
"recreating",
"reflecting",
"reliving",
"reminiscing",
"contemplating",
"meditating",
"musing",
"pondering",
"ruminating",
"concocting",
"fabricating",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"planning",
"projecting",
"foreseeing",
"prefiguring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"envying":{
"to have a resentful awareness of and desire for (another's possessions or advantages) or to feel resentment toward (someone) over possessions or advantages":{
"examples":[
"her coworkers envied her chummy relationship with the senior vice president",
"they envied him because he didn't have to work for a living"
],
"synonyms":[
"begrudging",
"resenting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aching (for)",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiring",
"dying (for)",
"hankering (for or after)",
"hungering (for)",
"itching (for)",
"jonesing (for)",
"longing (for)",
"lusting (for or after)",
"panting (after)",
"thirsting (for)",
"wanting",
"wishing (for)",
"yearning (for)",
"yenning (for)",
"salivating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"envisioned":{
"as in conceived , envisaged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"unbelievable",
"unconvincing",
"unlikely",
"daydreamlike",
"deceptive",
"delusional",
"delusive",
"hallucinatory",
"illusory",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"abstract",
"hypothetical",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"feigned",
"fictive",
"fabled",
"legendary",
"romantic",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent",
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabulous",
"fanciful",
"fantasied",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"ideal",
"imaginal",
"imaginary",
"imagined",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"mythical",
"mythic",
"notional",
"phantasmal",
"phantasmic",
"phantom",
"pretend",
"unreal",
"visionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actual",
"existent",
"existing",
"real",
"authentic",
"genuine",
"true",
"factual",
"verifiable",
"verified",
"believable",
"convincing",
"realistic",
"corporeal",
"material",
"physical",
"solid",
"substantial",
"palpable",
"tangible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form a mental picture of":{
"examples":[
"challenged the voters to envision a nation in which no child was ever allowed to go hungry"
],
"synonyms":[
"conceited",
"conceived",
"conjured (up)",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"envisaged",
"fancied",
"fantasied",
"fantasized",
"featured",
"ideated",
"imaged",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"saw",
"visioned",
"visualized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daydreamed",
"stargazed",
"hallucinated",
"re-created",
"recreated",
"reflected",
"relived",
"reminisced",
"contemplated",
"meditated",
"mused",
"pondered",
"ruminated",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"planned",
"projected",
"foresaw",
"prefigured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"environ":{
"to form a circle around":{
"examples":[
"a decaying, impoverished city environed by affluent suburbs"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"compass",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"gird",
"girdle",
"ring",
"surround",
"wreathe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumscribe",
"close in",
"cordon (off)",
"fence (in)",
"hem (in)",
"wall",
"beset",
"besiege",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"invest",
"swarm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enveloped":{
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"a chronic mistrust of outsiders envelops that neighborhood, cutting it off from the rest of the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxed (in)",
"caged",
"closeted",
"cooped (up)",
"corralled",
"encaged",
"encased",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"fenced (in)",
"hedged",
"hemmed (in)",
"housed",
"immured",
"included",
"mewed (up)",
"penned",
"walled (in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"contained",
"limited",
"restricted",
"encircled",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enframed",
"enlaced",
"framed",
"ringed",
"surrounded",
"armored",
"cocooned",
"encapsulated",
"encapsuled",
"encysted",
"ensheathed",
"ensphered",
"enwombed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"the truth of the presidential assassination is enveloped in a dense fog of myths and conspiracy theories"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosomed",
"bowered",
"circumfused",
"cocooned",
"embosomed",
"embowered",
"embraced",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enshrouded",
"enswathed",
"enwrapped",
"invested",
"involved",
"lapped",
"mantled",
"muffled",
"shrouded",
"swathed",
"veiled",
"wrapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtained",
"draped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"encased",
"swaddled",
"blanketed",
"overlaid",
"overspread",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"disguised",
"masked",
"circled",
"encircled",
"enlaced",
"enwound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"envisioning":{
"to form a mental picture of":{
"examples":[
"challenged the voters to envision a nation in which no child was ever allowed to go hungry"
],
"synonyms":[
"conceiting",
"conceiving",
"conjuring (up)",
"dreaming",
"envisaging",
"fancying",
"fantasizing",
"fantasying",
"featuring",
"ideating",
"imaging",
"imagining",
"picturing",
"seeing",
"visioning",
"visualizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"stargazing",
"hallucinating",
"re-creating",
"recreating",
"reflecting",
"reliving",
"reminiscing",
"contemplating",
"meditating",
"musing",
"pondering",
"ruminating",
"concocting",
"fabricating",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"planning",
"projecting",
"foreseeing",
"prefiguring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}