"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"wanted a dignified, simple wedding and not the folderol that the wedding planner was trying to foist on them"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fall":{
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
"examples":[
"better sand that walkway before somebody falls on the ice"
],
"synonyms":[
"slip",
"stumble",
"topple",
"trip",
"tumble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapse",
"crumple",
"drop",
"flump",
"keel",
"plop",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"slump (over)",
"crash",
"free-fall",
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"plunge",
"precipitate",
"wipe out",
"skid",
"slide"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"get up",
"rise",
"stand (up)",
"uprise"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"the city fell after weeks of merciless bombardment"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulate",
"give up",
"knuckle under",
"submit",
"succumb",
"surrender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bow",
"buckle",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"give (in)",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"lose",
"concede",
"fail",
"fold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buck",
"defy",
"fight",
"oppose",
"repel",
"resist",
"withstand",
"beat",
"overcome",
"win",
"conquer",
"prevail",
"triumph"
],
"antonyms":[
"endure",
"stand"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"word soon got out that the movie was no good, and box-office receipts fell like a rock"
],
"synonyms":[
"crash",
"crater",
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"dive",
"drop",
"lower",
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"plunge",
"sink",
"skid",
"tumble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"die (down)",
"diminish",
"droop",
"dwindle",
"ebb",
"lessen",
"let up",
"moderate",
"subside",
"taper off",
"wane",
"recede",
"retreat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"lift",
"mount",
"rise",
"soar",
"spike",
"up"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"manufacturing in the area is falling , and closing signs are going up all over"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"die (away or down or out)",
"diminish",
"drain (away)",
"drop (off)",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"ebb",
"fall away",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"moderate",
"pall",
"phase down",
"ratchet (down)",
"rachet (down)",
"recede",
"relent",
"remit",
"shrink",
"subside",
"taper",
"taper off",
"wane"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"evaporate",
"fade (away)",
"fritter (away)",
"give out",
"melt (away)",
"peter (out)",
"tail (off)",
"vanish",
"slacken",
"slow (down)",
"alleviate",
"relax",
"flag",
"sink",
"weaken",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"deflate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appear",
"emerge",
"show up",
"blow up",
"distend",
"elongate",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"examples":[
"the lake bottom falls sharply just a few feet from the shoreline, so be careful"
],
"synonyms":[
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"drop",
"plunge",
"sink"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angle",
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"recline",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"straighten"
],
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"climb",
"mount",
"rise",
"uprise",
"upsweep",
"upturn"
]
},
"to undergo defeat":{
"examples":[
"not surprisingly, the novice player fell to a much stronger opponent"
],
"synonyms":[
"bow out",
"lose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"falter",
"tank",
"throw",
"forfeit",
"bomb",
"collapse",
"crack (up)",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"wash out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flourish",
"prosper",
"succeed",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"conquer",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
]
},
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"even saints can fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"err",
"offend",
"sin",
"stray",
"transgress",
"trespass",
"wander"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"violate",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"mess up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"regret",
"repent",
"rue"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"if their brave leader falls , the men will lose their courage"
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
]
},
"the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
"examples":[
"a bad fall that resulted in several broken bones"
],
"synonyms":[
"slip",
"spill",
"stumble",
"tumble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"header",
"pratfall",
"misstep",
"trip",
"descent",
"dive",
"plunge",
"skid",
"slide",
"free-fall"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a change to a lower state or level":{
"examples":[
"last night's record fall in temperature was a sure sign that winter's coming, like it or not"
],
"synonyms":[
"decadence",
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"d\u00e9gringolade",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"devolution",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"ebb",
"eclipse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dark age",
"nadir",
"sunset",
"decay",
"rotting",
"spoiling",
"breakup",
"crumbling",
"decomposition",
"disintegration",
"dissolution",
"abasement",
"debasement",
"depreciation",
"lessening",
"decimation",
"demolishment",
"demolition",
"desolation",
"destruction",
"havoc",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"abatement",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"de-escalation",
"deflation",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"dip",
"downslide",
"downtrend",
"downturn",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"falloff",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"sag",
"shrinkage",
"slip",
"slump"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancement",
"development",
"evolution",
"growth",
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"renewal",
"restoration",
"revitalization",
"heightening",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"enhancement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"supplement"
],
"antonyms":[
"ascent",
"rise",
"upswing"
]
},
"a loss of status":{
"examples":[
"being sent back to the minor leagues was quite a fall for the once-promising pitcher"
],
"synonyms":[
"comedown",
"decline",
"d\u00e9gringolade",
"demise",
"descent",
"down",
"downfall",
"flameout",
"G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakdown",
"burnout",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"ruin",
"undoing",
"defeat",
"disappointment",
"reversal",
"setback",
"bottom",
"nadir",
"abasement",
"disgrace",
"humiliation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"headway",
"progress",
"flower",
"heyday",
"prime"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ascent",
"exaltation",
"rise",
"up"
]
},
"the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{
"examples":[
"panicked during his first unassisted fall when his parachute's rip cord didn't respond to the first tug"
],
"synonyms":[
"descent",
"dip",
"dive",
"down",
"drop",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comedown",
"decline",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"plummeting",
"sinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"headway",
"progress",
"progression",
"betterment",
"improvement"
],
"antonyms":[
"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising",
"soaring",
"upswing",
"upturn"
]
},
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
"examples":[
"that year the fall in prices was 10 cents for a gallon of regular gas"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"dent",
"depletion",
"depression",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"falloff",
"loss",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction",
"downturn",
"slip",
"slump",
"curtailment",
"cut",
"cutback",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"supplement",
"continuation",
"extension",
"upswing",
"uptrend",
"upturn"
],
"antonyms":[
"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"uptick"
]
},
"a fall of water usually from a great height":{
"examples":[
"tourists were shocked to see a man jump into the water and go over the falls"
],
"synonyms":[
"cascade",
"cataract",
"waterfall"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flume",
"chute",
"shute",
"rapid(s)",
"shoot",
"white water"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a downward slope":{
"examples":[
"the sharp fall of the land sends rivers rushing to the seas"
],
"synonyms":[
"declension",
"decline",
"declivity",
"descent",
"dip",
"downgrade",
"downhill",
"hang",
"hanging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basin",
"depression",
"hollow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glacis",
"grade",
"gradient",
"hill",
"inclination",
"incline",
"lean",
"pitch",
"rake",
"tilt"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclivity",
"ascent",
"rise",
"upgrade",
"uphill",
"uprise"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fall (off)":{
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
"antonyms":[
"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"uptick"
],
"examples":[
"the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"supplement",
"continuation",
"extension",
"upswing",
"uptrend",
"upturn"
],
"related":[
"deduction",
"subtraction",
"downturn",
"slip",
"slump",
"curtailment",
"cut",
"cutback",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"dent",
"depletion",
"depression",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"loss",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
]
},
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
"antonyms":[
"straighten"
],
"examples":[
"the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circle",
"coil",
"curlicue",
"curl",
"loop",
"spiral",
"turn",
"twist",
"wind",
"deviate",
"veer"
],
"synonyms":[
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curve",
"hook",
"round",
"sweep",
"swerve",
"trend",
"wheel"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fall (to)":{
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"after some refreshments, she fell to working with renewed vigor"
],
"synonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"embark (on or upon)",
"enter (into or upon)",
"get off",
"kick off",
"launch",
"lead off",
"open",
"start",
"strike (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"create",
"generate",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"invent",
"originate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"take up",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"pioneer",
"set up",
"spawn",
"get around (to)",
"get down (to)",
"get round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cease",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"quit",
"stop",
"close",
"complete",
"abandon",
"forsake",
"leave",
"abolish",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"phase out"
],
"antonyms":[
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"terminate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fallacies":{
"a false idea or belief":{
"examples":[
"the once-common fallacy that girls just weren't any good at math"
],
"synonyms":[
"delusions",
"errors",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"misbeliefs",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"old wives' tales",
"untruths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"factoids",
"superstitions",
"fictions",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"distortions",
"inaccuracies",
"misapprehensions",
"miscomprehensions",
"misinterpretations",
"misjudgments",
"misperceptions",
"misunderstandings",
"misinformation",
"misknowledges",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"sophisms",
"sophistries",
"fibs",
"half-truths",
"lies",
"stories",
"tales"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"truths",
"verities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"falling (off)":{
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
"antonyms":[
"straightening"
],
"examples":[
"the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circling",
"coiling",
"curlicuing",
"curling",
"looping",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"turning",
"twisting",
"winding",
"deviating",
"veering"
],
"synonyms":[
"arching",
"arcing",
"bending",
"bowing",
"crooking",
"curving",
"hooking",
"rounding",
"sweeping",
"swerving",
"trending",
"wheeling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falling back":{
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"resistance from native forces was greater than expected, and the invading army was forced to fall back"
],
"synonyms":[
"backing away",
"dropping back",
"pulling out",
"receding",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fleeing",
"flying",
"flinching",
"recoiling",
"shrinking",
"chickening (out)",
"bowing out",
"backing down",
"backpedaling",
"backtracking",
"climbing down",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"pulling away",
"abandoning",
"departing",
"evacuating",
"going",
"leaving",
"quitting",
"vacating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"brazening",
"breasting",
"confronting",
"daring",
"defying",
"facing",
"outbraving"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falloff":{
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
"examples":[
"the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"dent",
"depletion",
"depression",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"loss",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction",
"downturn",
"slip",
"slump",
"curtailment",
"cut",
"cutback",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"supplement",
"continuation",
"extension",
"upswing",
"uptrend",
"upturn"
],
"antonyms":[
"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"uptick"
]
},
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
"examples":[
"the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay"
],
"synonyms":[
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curve",
"hook",
"round",
"sweep",
"swerve",
"trend",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circle",
"coil",
"curlicue",
"curl",
"loop",
"spiral",
"turn",
"twist",
"wind",
"deviate",
"veer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"straighten"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"falloffs":{
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
"examples":[
"the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatements",
"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"dents",
"depletions",
"depressions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deductions",
"subtractions",
"downturns",
"slips",
"slumps",
"curtailments",
"cutbacks",
"cuts",
"retrenchments",
"shortenings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretions",
"accruals",
"accumulations",
"additions",
"supplements",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"upswings",
"uptrends",
"upturns"
],
"antonyms":[
"boosts",
"enlargements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"upticks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"falls behind":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"He lost his footing and fell behind in the relay."
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"delays",
"diddles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"lollygags",
"lallygags",
"mopes",
"pokes",
"shilly-shallies",
"tarries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"ambles",
"eases",
"inches",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)",
"filibusters",
"procrastinates",
"stalls",
"temporizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowls",
"breezes",
"darts",
"humps",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"scrambles",
"stampedes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"runs",
"sprints",
"trots",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"speeds (up)",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrels",
"bolts",
"careers",
"courses",
"dashes",
"flies",
"hastens",
"hotfoots (it)",
"hurries",
"races",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"scoots",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"speeds",
"tears",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"whizzes",
"zips"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"falls on one's face":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"Remembering how she fell on her face giving the speech the first time spurred her to practice it till she had it down."
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"collapses",
"craters",
"fails",
"flames out",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"tanks",
"washes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"crumbles",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooks",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"faltering":{
"a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action":{
"examples":[
"when it's so clear that this is the right thing to do, there's no excuse for faltering"
],
"synonyms":[
"fence-sitting",
"hesitance",
"hesitancy",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"pause",
"shilly-shally",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delay",
"hawing",
"procrastination",
"waiting",
"arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9e",
"misgiving",
"second thought",
"consideration",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"indecisiveness",
"indetermination",
"uncertainness",
"uncertainty",
"avoidance",
"equivocation",
"aversion",
"disinclination",
"indisposition",
"reluctance",
"unwillingness",
"faintheartedness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"firmness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"sureness",
"alacrity",
"eagerness",
"readiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in uncertain , unsure":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doubtful",
"irresolute",
"questioning",
"uncertain",
"undecided",
"unsure",
"vacillating",
"wobbly",
"wabbly",
"ambivalent",
"conflicted",
"equivocal",
"afraid",
"disinclined",
"dubious",
"hesitant",
"indisposed",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unambivalent",
"certain",
"decided",
"resolute",
"sure",
"unquestioning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
"examples":[
"William Lloyd Garrison never once faltered in his demand that slavery be unconditionally abolished"
],
"synonyms":[
"balancing",
"dithering",
"halting",
"hanging back",
"hesitating",
"scrupling",
"shilly-shallying",
"staggering",
"teetering",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hawing",
"hemming",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"delaying",
"lingering",
"pausing",
"procrastinating",
"waiting",
"backing down",
"chickening (out)",
"considering",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"oscillating",
"swaying",
"equivocating",
"hedging",
"pussyfooting",
"waffling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deciding",
"budging",
"stirring",
"advancing",
"continuing"
],
"antonyms":[
"diving (in)",
"plunging (in)"
]
},
"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
"examples":[
"the cut tree seemed to falter for a moment before crashing to the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"rocking",
"teetering",
"tottering",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundering",
"lurching",
"stumbling",
"toddling",
"quaking",
"quavering",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shuddering",
"trembling",
"vibrating",
"careening",
"reeling",
"staggering",
"weaving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fall down":{
"as in go under":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falsity":{
"a false idea or belief":{
"examples":[
"a papal letter condemning secularism and other movements that the church considered to be falsities of the modern age"
],
"synonyms":[
"delusion",
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"misbelief",
"misconception",
"myth",
"old wives' tale",
"untruth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"factoid",
"superstition",
"fiction",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"distortion",
"inaccuracy",
"misapprehension",
"miscomprehension",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misperception",
"misunderstanding",
"misinformation",
"misknowledge",
"misreport",
"misrepresentation",
"misstatement",
"sophism",
"sophistry",
"fib",
"half-truth",
"lie",
"story",
"tale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity"
]
},
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
"examples":[
"when questioned by his parents about his drug use, the teenager told one blatant falsity after another"
],
"synonyms":[
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"fib",
"lie",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"story",
"tale",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"untruth",
"whopper"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distortion",
"exaggeration",
"half-truth",
"ambiguity",
"equivocation",
"obliquity",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"perjury",
"bluff",
"fiction",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"humbug",
"jive",
"nonsense",
"canard",
"fallacy",
"misconception",
"myth",
"falsification",
"misinformation",
"misreport",
"misrepresentation",
"misstatement",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"duplicity",
"fraudulence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fact",
"truism",
"verity",
"honesty",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"authentication",
"confirmation",
"substantiation",
"validation",
"verification"
],
"antonyms":[
"truth"
]
},
"lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife":{
"examples":[
"the falsity of Guinevere usually figures prominently in medieval and modern tellings of the legend of King Arthur"
],
"synonyms":[
"disloyalty",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"inconstancy",
"infidelity",
"perfidiousness",
"perfidy",
"unfaithfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adultery",
"betrayal",
"double cross",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"sellout",
"treachery",
"treason",
"deceit",
"deception",
"lying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"staunchness",
"steadfastness",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"honesty",
"trustworthiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"allegiance",
"constancy",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"faith",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty"
]
},
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
"examples":[
"despite being offered a fortune to spill the president's secrets, the trusted aide declared that he'd sooner die than be guilty of such falsity"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbing",
"betrayal",
"business",
"disloyalty",
"double cross",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"infidelity",
"perfidy",
"sellout",
"treachery",
"treason",
"two-timing",
"unfaithfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandonment",
"desertion",
"deceit",
"deception",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"two-facedness",
"fraud",
"informing",
"lying",
"snitching",
"talebearing",
"trickery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustworthiness",
"defense",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[
"allegiance",
"devotion",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"staunchness",
"steadfastness"
]
},
"the quality or state of being false":{
"examples":[
"the falsity of Columbus's estimate of the earth's circumference was pretty much demonstrated when he made a head-on collision with the western hemisphere"
],
"synonyms":[
"erroneousness",
"fallaciousness",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"falseness",
"untruth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"speciousness",
"spuriousness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"delusion",
"inaccuracy",
"incorrectness",
"dishonesty",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracy",
"actuality",
"correctness",
"factuality",
"factualness",
"genuineness",
"credibility",
"honesty",
"trustworthiness",
"truthfulness",
"veracity"
],
"antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"falsification":{
"as in misinformation , misrepresentation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"misinformation",
"misreport",
"misrepresentation",
"misstatement",
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"lie",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"story",
"tale",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"untruth",
"whopper",
"distortion",
"exaggeration",
"half-truth",
"ambiguity",
"equivocation",
"obliquity",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"perjury",
"bluff",
"fiction",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"humbug",
"jive",
"nonsense",
"canard",
"fallacy",
"misconception",
"myth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fact",
"truism",
"verity",
"honesty",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"authentication",
"confirmation",
"substantiation",
"validation",
"verification",
"truth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"falls back on":{
"to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage":{
"examples":[
"If your teaching career doesn't work out, you always have your baking skills to fall back on ."
],
"synonyms":[
"consults",
"goes (to)",
"refers (to)",
"resorts (to)",
"turns (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"depends (on)",
"relies (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"falling in with":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"She quickly fell in with a group of students at her new school."
],
"synonyms":[
"associating",
"chumming",
"companying",
"consociating",
"consorting",
"fraternizing",
"hanging (around or out)",
"hobnobbing",
"hooking up",
"messing around",
"palling (around)",
"running",
"sorting",
"traveling",
"travelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliating",
"allying",
"attaching",
"banding",
"bonding",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"colluding",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"connecting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"ganging",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"grouping",
"interrelating",
"joining",
"knotting",
"leaguing",
"linking",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"rallying",
"relating",
"siding",
"socializing",
"teaming",
"tying",
"tieing",
"wedding",
"befriending",
"friending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"cold-shouldering",
"shunning",
"snubbing",
"alienating",
"estranging",
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"divorcing",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"The proposal fell right in with our ideas for creating new leadership opportunities."
],
"synonyms":[
"according",
"agreeing",
"answering",
"checking",
"chording",
"cohering",
"coinciding",
"comporting",
"conforming",
"consisting",
"corresponding",
"dovetailing",
"fitting",
"going",
"harmonizing",
"jibing",
"rhyming",
"riming",
"sorting",
"squaring",
"tallying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"paralleling",
"aligning",
"alining",
"lining up",
"registering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicting",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"nullifying",
"clashing",
"conflicting",
"jarring"
],
"antonyms":[
"differing (from)",
"disagreeing (with)"
]
},
"to act according to the commands of":{
"examples":[
"She fell in with the strict new regimen with relative ease."
],
"synonyms":[
"adhering (to)",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"minding",
"obeying",
"observing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deferring (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"taking",
"watching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disobliging",
"challenging",
"daring",
"refusing",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"directing",
"leading",
"brushing (off)",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"winking (at)",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"shrugging off",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"deriding",
"flouting",
"mocking",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"mutinying (against)",
"revolting (against)",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"defying",
"disobeying",
"rebelling (against)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fal-lals":{
"as in ruffles , flourishes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flounces",
"flourishes",
"furbelows",
"ruffles",
"apparels",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonries",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichis",
"emblazonries",
"filigrees",
"fineries",
"foofaraws",
"fripperies",
"frostings",
"froufrous",
"frou-frous",
"enhancements",
"enrichments",
"improvements",
"adornments",
"beautifiers",
"caparisons",
"decorations",
"doodads",
"embellishers",
"embellishments",
"frills",
"garnishes",
"garnishments",
"garnitures",
"ornamentations",
"ornaments",
"setoffs",
"trims",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"embossments",
"embroideries",
"fancyworks",
"bedizenments",
"gilts",
"glitters",
"designs",
"figures",
"patterns",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defacements",
"disfigurements",
"scars",
"blots",
"spots",
"stains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"falls away":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"as the years went by, the public's interest in the murder case fell away"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"ebbs",
"falls",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fall for":{
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
"examples":[
"It's hard not to fall for a woman like that."
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"cherish",
"love",
"worship"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"idealize",
"idolize",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"delight (in)",
"dote (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonize",
"displease",
"disapprove (of)",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"disgust",
"nauseate",
"repel",
"repulse",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fall guy":{
"a person or thing taking the blame for others":{
"examples":[
"the sandlot ball players wanted the littlest kid to be the fall guy for the broken window, figuring that he'd have the best chance of escaping punishment"
],
"synonyms":[
"goat",
"scapegoat",
"whipping boy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"victim",
"butt",
"dupe",
"fool",
"laughingstock",
"mark",
"mockery",
"monkey",
"excuse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"falling for":{
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
"examples":[
"It's hard not to fall for a woman like that."
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"cherishing",
"loving",
"worshipping",
"worshiping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulating",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"idealizing",
"idolizing",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"delighting (in)",
"doting (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonizing",
"displeasing",
"disapproving (of)",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"disgusting",
"nauseating",
"repelling",
"repulsing",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"turning off"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"falsified":{
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
"examples":[
"taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not"
],
"synonyms":[
"bent",
"colored",
"cooked",
"distorted",
"fudged",
"garbled",
"misinterpreted",
"misrelated",
"misrepresented",
"misstated",
"perverted",
"slanted",
"twisted",
"warped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdescribed",
"misspoke",
"mistranslated",
"belied",
"camouflaged",
"disguised",
"dissembled",
"glossed (over)",
"masked",
"veiled",
"whitewashed",
"bowdlerized",
"censored",
"complicated",
"confounded",
"confused",
"mistook",
"mixed (up)",
"mystified",
"obscured",
"equivocated",
"fibbed",
"lied",
"paltered",
"prevaricated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"explained",
"illuminated",
"illustrated",
"interpreted",
"spelled out",
"deciphered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prove to be false":{
"examples":[
"telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night"
],
"synonyms":[
"belied",
"confounded",
"confuted",
"debunked",
"disconfirmed",
"discredited",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"shot down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overthrew",
"overturned",
"challenged",
"contested",
"queried",
"questioned",
"doubted",
"mistrusted",
"debated",
"discussed",
"hashed (over)",
"mooted",
"talked over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"documented",
"evidenced",
"evinced",
"recorded",
"showed",
"supported",
"witnessed",
"backed (up)",
"buttressed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"adduced",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"certified",
"identified",
"demonstrated",
"displayed",
"illustrated",
"manifested"
],
"antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"established",
"proved",
"validated",
"verified"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falling apart":{
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"The old house was falling apart before the restoration."
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"corrupting",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"festering",
"fouling",
"moldering",
"molding",
"perishing",
"putrefying",
"rotting",
"spoiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"souring",
"turning",
"turning off",
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"addling",
"curdling",
"fermenting",
"mortifying",
"rusting",
"crumbling",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"descending",
"deteriorating",
"dilapidating",
"sinking",
"withering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"developing",
"growing",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"refreshing",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"assembling",
"composing",
"integrating",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
"examples":[
"He fell apart after his wife left."
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"breaking up",
"cracking",
"flipping (out)",
"freaking (out)",
"melting down",
"wigging (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fall (in)":{
"as in decline (in) , taper off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abate",
"decline (in)",
"diminish (in)",
"dip",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"taper",
"taper off",
"decrease (in)",
"lose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"build up",
"gain",
"gather",
"grow (in)",
"pick up",
"double (in)",
"triple (in)",
"accrue",
"accumulate",
"amass"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falsifying":{
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
"examples":[
"taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not"
],
"synonyms":[
"bending",
"coloring",
"cooking",
"distorting",
"fudging",
"garbling",
"misinterpreting",
"misrelating",
"misrepresenting",
"misstating",
"perverting",
"slanting",
"twisting",
"warping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdescribing",
"misspeaking",
"mistranslating",
"belying",
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"dissembling",
"glossing (over)",
"masking",
"veiling",
"whitewashing",
"bowdlerizing",
"censoring",
"complicating",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mistaking",
"mixing (up)",
"mystifying",
"obscuring",
"equivocating",
"fibbing",
"lying",
"paltering",
"prevaricating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"explaining",
"illuminating",
"illustrating",
"interpreting",
"spelling out",
"deciphering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prove to be false":{
"examples":[
"telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night"
],
"synonyms":[
"belying",
"confounding",
"confuting",
"debunking",
"disconfirming",
"discrediting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"shooting down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overthrowing",
"overturning",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"querying",
"questioning",
"doubting",
"mistrusting",
"debating",
"discussing",
"hashing (over)",
"mooting",
"talking over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"documenting",
"evidencing",
"evincing",
"recording",
"showing",
"supporting",
"witnessing",
"backing (up)",
"buttressing",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"adducing",
"attesting",
"authenticating",
"certifying",
"identifying",
"demonstrating",
"displaying",
"illustrating",
"manifesting"
],
"antonyms":[
"confirming",
"establishing",
"proving",
"validating",
"verifying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falling behind":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"He lost his footing and fell behind in the relay."
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"delaying",
"diddling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"lollygagging",
"lallygagging",
"moping",
"poking",
"shilly-shallying",
"tarrying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"ambling",
"easing",
"inching",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling",
"temporizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowling",
"breezing",
"darting",
"humping",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"scrambling",
"stampeding",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"sprinting",
"trotting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"speeding (up)",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"bolting",
"careering",
"coursing",
"dashing",
"flying",
"hastening",
"hotfooting (it)",
"hurrying",
"racing",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"speeding",
"tearing",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fallaciously":{
"as in falsely , erroneously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"erroneously",
"falsely",
"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"deceitfully",
"mendaciously",
"untruthfully",
"ambiguously",
"circuitously",
"equivocally",
"evasively",
"indirectly",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"diplomatically",
"politely",
"tactfully",
"long-windedly",
"verbosely",
"wordily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"directly",
"forthrightly",
"foursquare",
"plain",
"plainly",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"straightforwards",
"straightforwardly",
"baldly",
"bluffly",
"candidly",
"frankly",
"honestly",
"openheartedly",
"openly",
"unguardedly",
"unreservedly",
"artlessly",
"earnestly",
"simply",
"sincerely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"fallen apart":{
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"The old house was falling apart before the restoration."
],
"synonyms":[
"broken down",
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"disintegrated",
"festered",
"fouled",
"molded",
"moldered",
"perished",
"putrefied",
"rotted",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"soured",
"turned",
"turned off",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"addled",
"curdled",
"fermented",
"mortified",
"rusted",
"crumbled",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"descended",
"deteriorated",
"dilapidated",
"sunk",
"withered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aged",
"developed",
"grown",
"matured",
"ripened",
"refreshed",
"renewed",
"restored",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"assembled",
"composed",
"integrated",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
"examples":[
"He fell apart after his wife left."
],
"synonyms":[
"broken down",
"broken up",
"cracked",
"flipped (out)",
"freaked (out)",
"melted down",
"wigged (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"falling on one's face":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bombing",
"collapsing",
"cratering",
"failing",
"flaming out",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"tanking",
"washing out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"crashing",
"crumbling",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"going under",
"imploding",
"self-destructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooking",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicking",
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"panning out",
"succeeding",
"working out"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"fal-lal":{
"as in ruffle , flourish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flounce",
"flourish",
"furbelow",
"ruffle",
"apparel",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonry",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichi",
"emblazonry",
"filigree",
"finery",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"frosting",
"froufrou",
"enhancement",
"enrichment",
"improvement",
"adornment",
"beautifier",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"doodad",
"embellisher",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"garnishment",
"garniture",
"ornament",
"ornamentation",
"setoff",
"trim",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"embossment",
"embroidery",
"fancywork",
"bedizenment",
"gilt",
"glitter",
"design",
"figure",
"pattern",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"defacement",
"disfigurement",
"scar",
"blot",
"spot",
"stain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fall from grace":{
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"Once a successful entrepreneur, he fell from grace when accounts of his unethical business practices were revealed."
],
"synonyms":[
"err",
"fall",
"offend",
"sin",
"stray",
"transgress",
"trespass",
"wander"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"violate",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"mess up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"regret",
"repent",
"rue"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"faltered":{
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
"examples":[
"William Lloyd Garrison never once faltered in his demand that slavery be unconditionally abolished"
],
"synonyms":[
"balanced",
"dithered",
"halted",
"hesitated",
"hung back",
"scrupled",
"shilly-shallied",
"staggered",
"teetered",
"vacillated",
"wavered",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hawed",
"hemmed",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"delayed",
"lingered",
"paused",
"procrastinated",
"waited",
"backed down",
"chickened (out)",
"considered",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"pondered",
"weighed",
"oscillated",
"swayed",
"equivocated",
"hedged",
"pussyfooted",
"waffled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decided",
"budged",
"stirred",
"advanced",
"continued"
],
"antonyms":[
"dived (in)",
"dove (in)",
"plunged (in)"
]
},
"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
"examples":[
"the cut tree seemed to falter for a moment before crashing to the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"rocked",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"wavered",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundered",
"lurched",
"stumbled",
"toddled",
"quaked",
"quavered",
"quivered",
"shook",
"shuddered",
"trembled",
"vibrated",
"careened",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"weaved"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falsifiers":{
"as in distorters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"distorters",
"perjurers",
"equivocators",
"palterers",
"calumniators",
"defamers",
"libelers",
"libelists",
"slanderers",
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"talebearers",
"exaggerators",
"mythomaniacs",
"charlatans",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"counterfeiters",
"cozeners",
"deceivers",
"defrauders",
"dissemblers",
"dissimulators",
"double-dealers",
"frauds",
"hustlers",
"knaves",
"mountebanks",
"operators",
"pretenders",
"fabricators",
"fabulists",
"fibbers",
"liars",
"prevaricators",
"storytellers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"square shooters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"falling away":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"as the years went by, the public's interest in the murder case fell away"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"declining",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"draining (away)",
"dropping (off)",
"dwindling",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"easing",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"palling",
"phasing down",
"ratcheting (down)",
"racheting (down)",
"receding",
"relenting",
"remitting",
"shrinking",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"petering (out)",
"tailing (off)",
"vanishing",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fallacy":{
"a false idea or belief":{
"examples":[
"the once-common fallacy that girls just weren't any good at math"
],
"synonyms":[
"delusion",
"error",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"misbelief",
"misconception",
"myth",
"old wives' tale",
"untruth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"factoid",
"superstition",
"fiction",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"distortion",
"inaccuracy",
"misapprehension",
"miscomprehension",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misperception",
"misunderstanding",
"misinformation",
"misknowledge",
"misreport",
"misrepresentation",
"misstatement",
"sophism",
"sophistry",
"fib",
"half-truth",
"lie",
"story",
"tale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity"
]
},
"the quality or state of being false":{
"examples":[
"the fallacy of the notion of spontaneous generation was demonstrated by the Dutch naturalist Leeuwenhoek"
],
"synonyms":[
"erroneousness",
"fallaciousness",
"falsehood",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"untruth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"speciousness",
"spuriousness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"delusion",
"inaccuracy",
"incorrectness",
"dishonesty",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracy",
"actuality",
"correctness",
"factuality",
"factualness",
"genuineness",
"credibility",
"honesty",
"trustworthiness",
"truthfulness",
"veracity"
],
"antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"falls (off)":{
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
"examples":[
"the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay"
],
"synonyms":[
"arches",
"arcs",
"bends",
"bows",
"crooks",
"curves",
"hooks",
"rounds",
"sweeps",
"swerves",
"trends",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circles",
"coils",
"curlicues",
"curls",
"loops",
"spirals",
"turns",
"twists",
"winds",
"deviates",
"veers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"straightens"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fall in with":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"She quickly fell in with a group of students at her new school."
],
"synonyms":[
"associate",
"chum",
"company",
"consociate",
"consort",
"fraternize",
"hang (around or out)",
"hobnob",
"hook up",
"mess around",
"pal (around)",
"run",
"sort",
"travel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliate",
"ally",
"attach",
"band",
"bond",
"club",
"collaborate",
"collude",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"connect",
"cooperate",
"couple",
"gang",
"get along",
"get on",
"group",
"interrelate",
"join",
"knot",
"league",
"link",
"mingle",
"mix",
"rally",
"relate",
"side",
"socialize",
"team",
"tie",
"wed",
"befriend",
"friend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"cold-shoulder",
"shun",
"snub",
"alienate",
"estrange",
"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)",
"disjoin",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"The proposal fell right in with our ideas for creating new leadership opportunities."
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"agree",
"answer",
"check",
"chord",
"cohere",
"coincide",
"comport",
"conform",
"consist",
"correspond",
"dovetail",
"fit",
"go",
"harmonize",
"jibe",
"rhyme",
"rime",
"sort",
"square",
"tally"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equal",
"match",
"parallel",
"align",
"aline",
"line up",
"register"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradict",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"nullify",
"clash",
"conflict",
"jar"
],
"antonyms":[
"differ (from)",
"disagree (with)"
]
},
"to act according to the commands of":{
"examples":[
"She fell in with the strict new regimen with relative ease."
],
"synonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"goose-step (to)",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defer (to)",
"submit (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"take",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disoblige",
"challenge",
"dare",
"refuse",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"direct",
"lead",
"brush (off)",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"wink (at)",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"shrug off",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"deride",
"flout",
"mock",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"mutiny (against)",
"revolt (against)",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"defy",
"disobey",
"rebel (against)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"falling flat":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"Her performance fell flat despite weeks of rehearsing."
],
"synonyms":[
"bombing",
"collapsing",
"cratering",
"failing",
"flaming out",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"tanking",
"washing out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"crashing",
"crumbling",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"going under",
"imploding",
"self-destructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooking",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicking",
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"panning out",
"succeeding",
"working out"
]
},
"to go wrong":{
"examples":[
"Their game plan fell flat when their star player suffered an injury."
],
"synonyms":[
"miscarrying",
"misfiring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"missing",
"breaking down",
"busting",
"conking (out)",
"crashing",
"dying",
"failing",
"foundering",
"stalling",
"bombing",
"fizzling",
"flaming out",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out",
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"tanking",
"waning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prevailing",
"succeeding",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"falling short (of)":{
"as in missing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"missing",
"failing (at)",
"losing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achieving",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"chalking up",
"clocking (up)",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"logging",
"making",
"notching (up)",
"racking up",
"ringing up",
"scoring",
"winning",
"acquiring",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"drawing",
"garnering",
"getting",
"landing",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"realizing",
"securing",
"amounting (to)",
"approaching",
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"measuring up (to)",
"meeting",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"touching",
"tying",
"tieing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falling (to)":{
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"after some refreshments, she fell to working with renewed vigor"
],
"synonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencing",
"embarking (on or upon)",
"entering (into or upon)",
"getting off",
"kicking off",
"launching",
"leading off",
"opening",
"starting",
"striking (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creating",
"generating",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"inventing",
"originating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"pioneering",
"setting up",
"spawning",
"getting around (to)",
"getting down (to)",
"getting round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"closing",
"completing",
"abandoning",
"forsaking",
"leaving",
"abolishing",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"phasing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing",
"terminating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falteringly":{
"as in tentatively , hesitantly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"haltingly",
"hesitantly",
"hesitatingly",
"tentatively",
"calculatingly",
"circumspectly",
"designedly",
"leisurely",
"slowly",
"deliberately",
"studiedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cursorily",
"hastily",
"headlong",
"hotfoot",
"hurriedly",
"pell-mell",
"precipitately",
"precipitously",
"rashly",
"headfirst",
"headily",
"hotheadedly",
"impatiently",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"automatically",
"glancingly",
"haphazardly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"falconers":{
"as in birders , hawkers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"birders",
"fowlers",
"hawkers",
"archers",
"gunners",
"hunter-gatherers",
"trappers",
"huntresses",
"sportsmen",
"sportswomen",
"poachers",
"hunters",
"huntsmen",
"nimrods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fall on one's face":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"Remembering how she fell on her face giving the speech the first time spurred her to practice it till she had it down."
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"crater",
"fail",
"flame out",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"tank",
"wash out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crumble",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cook",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
],
"antonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fall back on":{
"to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage":{
"examples":[
"If your teaching career doesn't work out, you always have your baking skills to fall back on ."
],
"synonyms":[
"consult",
"go (to)",
"refer (to)",
"resort (to)",
"turn (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"depend (on)",
"rely (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fallen from grace":{
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"Once a successful entrepreneur, he fell from grace when accounts of his unethical business practices were revealed."
],
"synonyms":[
"erred",
"fallen",
"offended",
"sinned",
"strayed",
"transgressed",
"trespassed",
"wandered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breached",
"broken",
"infringed",
"violated",
"backslid",
"backslidden",
"lapsed",
"messed up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgiven",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"regretted",
"repented",
"rued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"falling":{
"as in suspended , dangling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dangling",
"pendent",
"pendant",
"suspended",
"floppy",
"limp",
"dipping",
"sinking",
"slumping",
"bowed",
"bowing",
"declined",
"declining",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"descending",
"drooping",
"droopy",
"hanging",
"hung",
"inclining",
"nodding",
"pendulous",
"sagging",
"stooping",
"weeping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbending",
"upright",
"erect",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"elevated",
"raised",
"upraised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in decline , deterioration":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decadence",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"devaluation",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"ebbing",
"weakening",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"relapse",
"regress",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"development",
"elaboration",
"evolution",
"expansion",
"growth",
"progress",
"progression",
"advancement",
"betterment",
"improvement",
"perfection",
"refinement",
"incubation",
"maturation",
"maturing",
"ripening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
"examples":[
"better sand that walkway before somebody falls on the ice"
],
"synonyms":[
"slipping",
"stumbling",
"toppling",
"tripping",
"tumbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapsing",
"crumpling",
"dropping",
"flumping",
"keeling",
"plopping",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"slumping (over)",
"crashing",
"free-falling",
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"plunging",
"precipitating",
"wiping out",
"skidding",
"sliding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"getting up",
"rising",
"standing (up)",
"uprising"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"the city fell after weeks of merciless bombardment"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulating",
"giving up",
"knuckling under",
"submitting",
"succumbing",
"surrendering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowing",
"buckling",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"giving (in)",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"losing",
"conceding",
"failing",
"folding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucking",
"defying",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"withstanding",
"beating",
"overcoming",
"winning",
"conquering",
"prevailing",
"triumphing"
],
"antonyms":[
"enduring",
"standing"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"word soon got out that the movie was no good, and box-office receipts fell like a rock"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashing",
"cratering",
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"diving",
"dropping",
"lowering",
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"plunging",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"tumbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"drooping",
"dwindling",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"tapering off",
"waning",
"receding",
"retreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"snowballing",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"lifting",
"mounting",
"rising",
"soaring",
"spiking",
"upping"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"manufacturing in the area is falling , and closing signs are going up all over"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"declining",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"draining (away)",
"dropping (off)",
"dwindling",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"easing",
"ebbing",
"falling away",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"palling",
"phasing down",
"ratcheting (down)",
"racheting (down)",
"receding",
"relenting",
"remitting",
"shrinking",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"petering (out)",
"tailing (off)",
"vanishing",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"examples":[
"the lake bottom falls sharply just a few feet from the shoreline, so be careful"
],
"synonyms":[
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"dropping",
"plunging",
"sinking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angling",
"canting",
"cocking",
"heeling",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"reclining",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evening",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"planing",
"smoothing",
"straightening"
],
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"climbing",
"mounting",
"rising",
"uprising",
"upsweeping",
"upturning"
]
},
"to undergo defeat":{
"examples":[
"not surprisingly, the novice player fell to a much stronger opponent"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowing out",
"losing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"faltering",
"tanking",
"throwing",
"forfeiting",
"bombing",
"collapsing",
"cracking (up)",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"washing out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"succeeding",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"conquering",
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning"
]
},
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"even saints can fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"erring",
"offending",
"sinning",
"straying",
"transgressing",
"trespassing",
"wandering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"violating",
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"messing up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"regretting",
"repenting",
"ruing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"if their brave leader falls , the men will lose their courage"
],
"synonyms":[
"checking out",
"conking (out)",
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"demising",
"departing",
"dropping",
"dying",
"ending",
"exiting",
"expiring",
"flatlining",
"going",
"kicking in",
"kicking off",
"parting",
"passing away",
"passing (on)",
"pegging out",
"perishing",
"popping off",
"stepping out",
"succumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceasing",
"consuming",
"disappearing",
"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming to",
"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathing",
"living"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"falsely":{
"as in deceptively , dishonestly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"artfully",
"cannily",
"deceitfully",
"deceptively",
"deviously",
"dishonestly",
"affectedly",
"artificially",
"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"pretentiously",
"unnaturally",
"archly",
"calculatingly",
"craftily",
"cunningly",
"furtively",
"insidiously",
"sharply",
"shiftily",
"slickly",
"slyly",
"slily",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly",
"flatteringly",
"sycophantically",
"unctuously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessly",
"guilelessly",
"ingenuously",
"innocently",
"naively",
"na\u00efvely",
"naturally",
"sincerely",
"unaffectedly",
"unfeignedly",
"unpretentiously",
"genuinely",
"honestly",
"simply",
"truly",
"freely",
"openheartedly",
"openly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"falling from grace":{
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"Once a successful entrepreneur, he fell from grace when accounts of his unethical business practices were revealed."
],
"synonyms":[
"erring",
"falling",
"offending",
"sinning",
"straying",
"transgressing",
"trespassing",
"wandering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"violating",
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"messing up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"regretting",
"repenting",
"ruing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fall behind":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"He lost his footing and fell behind in the relay."
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"diddle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"mope",
"poke",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"amble",
"ease",
"inch",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)",
"filibuster",
"procrastinate",
"stall",
"temporize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"dart",
"hump",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"scramble",
"stampede",
"gallop",
"jog",
"run",
"sprint",
"trot",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"speed (up)",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrel",
"bolt",
"career",
"course",
"dash",
"fly",
"hasten",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hurry",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fallen back":{
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"resistance from native forces was greater than expected, and the invading army was forced to fall back"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed away",
"dropped back",
"pulled out",
"receded",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrawn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fled",
"flown",
"flinched",
"recoiled",
"shrunk",
"shrunken",
"chickened (out)",
"bowed out",
"backed down",
"backpedaled",
"backtracked",
"climbed down",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"pulled away",
"abandoned",
"departed",
"evacuated",
"gone",
"left",
"quit",
"quitted",
"vacated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"brazened",
"breasted",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"outbraved"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fall short":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"The movie fell short of its viewers' expectations."
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"crater",
"fail",
"flame out",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"tank",
"wash out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crumble",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cook",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
],
"antonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
]
},
"to go wrong":{
"examples":[
"The biography falls short by neglecting to explore the subject's faults as well as his virtues."
],
"synonyms":[
"miscarry",
"misfire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"miss",
"break down",
"bust",
"conk (out)",
"crash",
"die",
"fail",
"founder",
"stall",
"bomb",
"fizzle",
"flame out",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out",
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"tank",
"wane"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prevail",
"succeed",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fall back":{
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"resistance from native forces was greater than expected, and the invading army was forced to fall back"
],
"synonyms":[
"back away",
"drop back",
"pull out",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flee",
"fly",
"flinch",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"chicken (out)",
"bow out",
"back down",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"climb down",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"pull away",
"abandon",
"depart",
"evacuate",
"go",
"leave",
"quit",
"vacate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"brazen",
"breast",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"outbrave"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falsehood":{
"a false idea or belief":{
"examples":[
"the possibility of a perpetual motion machine is one falsehood that has been disproved by modern physics"
],
"synonyms":[
"delusion",
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsity",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"misbelief",
"misconception",
"myth",
"old wives' tale",
"untruth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"factoid",
"superstition",
"fiction",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"distortion",
"inaccuracy",
"misapprehension",
"miscomprehension",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misperception",
"misunderstanding",
"misinformation",
"misknowledge",
"misreport",
"misrepresentation",
"misstatement",
"sophism",
"sophistry",
"fib",
"half-truth",
"lie",
"story",
"tale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity"
]
},
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
"examples":[
"several falsehoods in the witness's testimony that may be grounds for perjury"
],
"synonyms":[
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fairy tale",
"falsity",
"fib",
"lie",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"story",
"tale",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"untruth",
"whopper"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distortion",
"exaggeration",
"half-truth",
"ambiguity",
"equivocation",
"obliquity",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"perjury",
"bluff",
"fiction",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"humbug",
"jive",
"nonsense",
"canard",
"fallacy",
"misconception",
"myth",
"falsification",
"misinformation",
"misreport",
"misrepresentation",
"misstatement",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"duplicity",
"fraudulence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fact",
"truism",
"verity",
"honesty",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"authentication",
"confirmation",
"substantiation",
"validation",
"verification"
],
"antonyms":[
"truth"
]
},
"the quality or state of being false":{
"examples":[
"scientists eventually demonstrated the falsehood of the claim that prehistoric fish did not evolve lungs and legs"
],
"synonyms":[
"erroneousness",
"fallaciousness",
"fallacy",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"untruth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"speciousness",
"spuriousness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"delusion",
"inaccuracy",
"incorrectness",
"dishonesty",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracy",
"actuality",
"correctness",
"factuality",
"factualness",
"genuineness",
"credibility",
"honesty",
"trustworthiness",
"truthfulness",
"veracity"
],
"antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity"
]
},
"the tendency to tell lies":{
"examples":[
"a cynic who believes that politics are a veritable fount of falsehood"
],
"synonyms":[
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artifice",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"cunning",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"insincerity",
"trickishness",
"wiliness",
"falseness",
"hypocrisy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"honor",
"incorruptibility",
"candidness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"good faith",
"plainspokenness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"trustworthiness",
"accuracy",
"objectivity",
"authenticity",
"correctness",
"genuineness",
"credibility"
],
"antonyms":[
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"truthfulness",
"veraciousness",
"veracity",
"verity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"falters":{
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
"examples":[
"William Lloyd Garrison never once faltered in his demand that slavery be unconditionally abolished"
],
"synonyms":[
"balances",
"dithers",
"halts",
"hangs back",
"hesitates",
"scruples",
"shilly-shallies",
"staggers",
"teeters",
"vacillates",
"wavers",
"wobbles",
"wabbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haws",
"hems",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"delays",
"lingers",
"pauses",
"procrastinates",
"waits",
"backs down",
"chickens (out)",
"considers",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"ponders",
"weighs",
"oscillates",
"sways",
"equivocates",
"hedges",
"pussyfoots",
"waffles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decides",
"budges",
"stirs",
"advances",
"continues"
],
"antonyms":[
"dives (in)",
"plunges (in)"
]
},
"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
"examples":[
"the cut tree seemed to falter for a moment before crashing to the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"rocks",
"teeters",
"totters",
"wavers",
"wobbles",
"wabbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounders",
"lurches",
"stumbles",
"toddles",
"quakes",
"quavers",
"quivers",
"shakes",
"shudders",
"trembles",
"vibrates",
"careens",
"reels",
"staggers",
"weaves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falling back on":{
"to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage":{
"examples":[
"If your teaching career doesn't work out, you always have your baking skills to fall back on ."
],
"synonyms":[
"consulting",
"going (to)",
"referring (to)",
"resorting (to)",
"turning (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"depending (on)",
"relying (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fallen down":{
"as in gone under":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gone under",
"choked",
"cracked up",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"imploded",
"self-destructed",
"crashed",
"cratered",
"crumbled",
"flamed out",
"declined",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"sunk",
"waned",
"floundered",
"struggled",
"languished",
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"stricken out",
"washed out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clicked",
"come off",
"delivered",
"gone",
"gone over",
"panned out",
"succeeded",
"worked out",
"caught on",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"thriven"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falls from grace":{
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"Once a successful entrepreneur, he fell from grace when accounts of his unethical business practices were revealed."
],
"synonyms":[
"errs",
"falls",
"offends",
"sins",
"strays",
"transgresses",
"trespasses",
"wanders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"violates",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"messes up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"regrets",
"repents",
"rues"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"falls apart":{
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"The old house was falling apart before the restoration."
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"corrupts",
"decays",
"decomposes",
"disintegrates",
"festers",
"fouls",
"molders",
"molds",
"perishes",
"putrefies",
"rots",
"spoils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sours",
"turns",
"turns off",
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"addles",
"curdles",
"ferments",
"mortifies",
"rusts",
"crumbles",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"descends",
"deteriorates",
"dilapidates",
"sinks",
"withers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ages",
"develops",
"grows",
"matures",
"ripens",
"refreshes",
"renews",
"restores",
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"assembles",
"composes",
"integrates",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"improves",
"meliorates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
"examples":[
"He fell apart after his wife left."
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"breaks up",
"cracks",
"flips (out)",
"freaks (out)",
"melts down",
"wigs (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chokes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fall out":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"club members were soon falling out about how to spend the money they'd made washing cars"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercate",
"argue",
"argufy",
"bicker",
"brabble",
"brawl",
"controvert",
"dispute",
"fight",
"hassle",
"jar",
"quarrel",
"quibble",
"row",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenge",
"dare",
"defy",
"clash",
"contend",
"contest",
"tangle",
"cavil",
"fuss",
"nitpick",
"consider",
"debate",
"discuss",
"kick",
"object",
"protest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexist",
"get along",
"accept",
"agree",
"assent",
"concur",
"consent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to be":{
"examples":[
"I had planned to have a sports career, but things fell out otherwise"
],
"synonyms":[
"come out",
"pan out",
"prove",
"shake out",
"turn out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"develop",
"emerge",
"evolve",
"germinate",
"play out",
"unfold",
"work out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ripple , blowback":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blowback",
"by-product",
"offshoot",
"ripple",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"spin-off",
"afterclap",
"afterglow",
"aftershock",
"denouement",
"d\u00e9nouement",
"echo",
"implication",
"repercussion",
"ramification",
"aftereffect",
"aftermath",
"backwash",
"child",
"conclusion",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"development",
"effect",
"fate",
"fruit",
"issue",
"outcome",
"outgrowth",
"precipitate",
"product",
"result",
"resultant",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antecedent",
"causation",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason",
"consideration",
"determinant",
"factor",
"base",
"basis",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"stimulus",
"mother",
"origin",
"root",
"source",
"spring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fallen in with":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"She quickly fell in with a group of students at her new school."
],
"synonyms":[
"associated",
"chummed",
"companied",
"consociated",
"consorted",
"fraternized",
"hobnobbed",
"hooked up",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"messed around",
"palled (around)",
"run",
"sorted",
"traveled",
"travelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliated",
"allied",
"attached",
"banded",
"bonded",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"colluded",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"connected",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"ganged",
"got along",
"gotten along",
"got on",
"gotten on",
"grouped",
"interrelated",
"joined",
"knotted",
"leagued",
"linked",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"rallied",
"related",
"sided",
"socialized",
"teamed",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed",
"befriended",
"friended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"cold-shouldered",
"shunned",
"snubbed",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"broken up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"The proposal fell right in with our ideas for creating new leadership opportunities."
],
"synonyms":[
"accorded",
"agreed",
"answered",
"checked",
"chorded",
"cohered",
"coincided",
"comported",
"conformed",
"consisted",
"corresponded",
"dovetailed",
"fitted",
"fit",
"gone",
"harmonized",
"jibed",
"rhymed",
"rimed",
"sorted",
"squared",
"tallied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"paralleled",
"aligned",
"alined",
"lined up",
"registered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicted",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"nullified",
"clashed",
"conflicted",
"jarred"
],
"antonyms":[
"differed (from)",
"disagreed (with)"
]
},
"to act according to the commands of":{
"examples":[
"She fell in with the strict new regimen with relative ease."
],
"synonyms":[
"adhered (to)",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"observed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deferred (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"taken",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disobliged",
"challenged",
"dared",
"refused",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"directed",
"led",
"brushed (off)",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
"winked (at)",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"shrugged off",
"breached",
"broken",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"derided",
"flouted",
"mocked",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"mutinied (against)",
"revolted (against)",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"rebelled (against)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fallen for":{
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
"examples":[
"It's hard not to fall for a woman like that."
],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"cherished",
"loved",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulated",
"canonized",
"deified",
"idealized",
"idolized",
"revered",
"reverenced",
"venerated",
"delighted (in)",
"doted (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonized",
"displeased",
"disapproved (of)",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"disgusted",
"nauseated",
"repelled",
"repulsed",
"revolted",
"sickened",
"turned off"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"falls short":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"The movie fell short of its viewers' expectations."
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"collapses",
"craters",
"fails",
"flames out",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"tanks",
"washes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"crumbles",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooks",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out"
]
},
"to go wrong":{
"examples":[
"The biography falls short by neglecting to explore the subject's faults as well as his virtues."
],
"synonyms":[
"miscarries",
"misfires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misses",
"breaks down",
"busts",
"conks (out)",
"crashes",
"dies",
"fails",
"founders",
"stalls",
"bombs",
"fizzles",
"flames out",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out",
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"tanks",
"wanes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prevails",
"succeeds",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fallen (off)":{
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
"examples":[
"the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay"
],
"synonyms":[
"arced",
"arched",
"bent",
"bowed",
"crooked",
"curved",
"hooked",
"rounded",
"swept",
"swerved",
"trended",
"wheeled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circled",
"coiled",
"curled",
"curlicued",
"looped",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"turned",
"twisted",
"wound",
"winded",
"deviated",
"veered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"straightened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falls back":{
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"examples":[
"resistance from native forces was greater than expected, and the invading army was forced to fall back"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs away",
"drops back",
"pulls out",
"recedes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flees",
"flies",
"flinches",
"recoils",
"shrinks",
"chickens (out)",
"bows out",
"backpedals",
"backs down",
"backtracks",
"climbs down",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"pulls away",
"abandons",
"departs",
"evacuates",
"goes",
"leaves",
"quits",
"vacates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beards",
"braves",
"brazens",
"breasts",
"confronts",
"dares",
"defies",
"faces",
"outbraves"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fallibly":{
"as in imperfectly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"imperfectly",
"misguidedly",
"extraneously",
"irrelevantly",
"meaninglessly",
"pointlessly",
"senselessly",
"amiss",
"erroneously",
"faultily",
"improperly",
"inaccurately",
"inappropriately",
"inaptly",
"incorrectly",
"mistakenly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"undesirably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"foolishly",
"unwisely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"correctly",
"fittingly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably",
"well",
"infallibly",
"perfectly",
"germanely",
"meaningfully",
"pertinently",
"relevantly",
"sensibly",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"satisfactorily",
"sufficiently",
"prudently",
"sagely",
"wisely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"falseness":{
"lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife":{
"examples":[
"so that their love would never know a moment of falseness , Thomas Jefferson promised his dying wife that he would never remarry"
],
"synonyms":[
"disloyalty",
"faithlessness",
"falsity",
"inconstancy",
"infidelity",
"perfidiousness",
"perfidy",
"unfaithfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adultery",
"betrayal",
"double cross",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"sellout",
"treachery",
"treason",
"deceit",
"deception",
"lying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"staunchness",
"steadfastness",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"honesty",
"trustworthiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"allegiance",
"constancy",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"faith",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty"
]
},
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
"examples":[
"she could not believe that her so-called best friend could ever be guilty of such falseness"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbing",
"betrayal",
"business",
"disloyalty",
"double cross",
"faithlessness",
"falsity",
"infidelity",
"perfidy",
"sellout",
"treachery",
"treason",
"two-timing",
"unfaithfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandonment",
"desertion",
"deceit",
"deception",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"two-facedness",
"fraud",
"informing",
"lying",
"snitching",
"talebearing",
"trickery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustworthiness",
"defense",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[
"allegiance",
"devotion",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"staunchness",
"steadfastness"
]
},
"the quality or state of being false":{
"examples":[
"the falseness of your reasoning is so blatant that it's no wonder you reached that absurd conclusion"
],
"synonyms":[
"erroneousness",
"fallaciousness",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"untruth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"speciousness",
"spuriousness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"delusion",
"inaccuracy",
"incorrectness",
"dishonesty",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracy",
"actuality",
"correctness",
"factuality",
"factualness",
"genuineness",
"credibility",
"honesty",
"trustworthiness",
"truthfulness",
"veracity"
],
"antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fallen":{
"no longer living":{
"examples":[
"let's take a moment to remember our fallen comrades"
],
"synonyms":[
"asleep",
"breathless",
"cold",
"dead",
"deceased",
"defunct",
"demised",
"departed",
"gone",
"late",
"lifeless",
"low"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extinct",
"dying",
"fading",
"moribund",
"stillborn",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"terminated",
"inanimate",
"insensate",
"nonliving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"dynamic",
"lively",
"thriving",
"vibrant",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"active",
"functioning",
"operative",
"running"
],
"antonyms":[
"alive",
"animate",
"breathing",
"going",
"live",
"living",
"quick"
]
},
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
"examples":[
"better sand that walkway before somebody falls on the ice"
],
"synonyms":[
"slipped",
"stumbled",
"toppled",
"tripped",
"tumbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapsed",
"crumpled",
"dropped",
"flumped",
"keeled",
"plopped",
"plunked",
"plonked",
"slumped (over)",
"crashed",
"free-fell",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"plunged",
"precipitated",
"wiped out",
"skidded",
"slid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"got up",
"gotten up",
"risen",
"stood (up)",
"uprisen"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"the city fell after weeks of merciless bombardment"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulated",
"given up",
"knuckled under",
"submitted",
"succumbed",
"surrendered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowed",
"buckled",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"given (in)",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"lost",
"conceded",
"failed",
"folded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucked",
"defied",
"fought",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"beaten",
"beat",
"overcome",
"won",
"conquered",
"prevailed",
"triumphed"
],
"antonyms":[
"endured",
"stood"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"word soon got out that the movie was no good, and box-office receipts fell like a rock"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashed",
"cratered",
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dived",
"dove",
"dropped",
"lowered",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"plunged",
"skidded",
"sunk",
"tumbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (down)",
"diminished",
"drooped",
"dwindled",
"ebbed",
"lessened",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"tapered off",
"waned",
"receded",
"retreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grown",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"swollen",
"waxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"arisen",
"ascended",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"risen",
"soared",
"spiked",
"upped"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"manufacturing in the area is falling , and closing signs are going up all over"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fallen away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrunk",
"shrunken",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"given out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"blown up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grown",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"risen",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"swollen",
"waxed"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"examples":[
"the lake bottom falls sharply just a few feet from the shoreline, so be careful"
],
"synonyms":[
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"plunged",
"sunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angled",
"canted",
"cocked",
"heeled",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evened",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"planed",
"smoothed",
"straightened"
],
"antonyms":[
"arisen",
"ascended",
"climbed",
"mounted",
"risen",
"uprisen",
"upswept",
"upturned"
]
},
"to undergo defeat":{
"examples":[
"not surprisingly, the novice player fell to a much stronger opponent"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowed out",
"lost"
],
"near synonyms":[
"faltered",
"tanked",
"thrown",
"forfeited",
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"cracked (up)",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"stricken out",
"washed out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flourished",
"prospered",
"succeeded",
"thrived",
"thriven"
],
"antonyms":[
"conquered",
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won"
]
},
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"even saints can fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"erred",
"offended",
"sinned",
"strayed",
"transgressed",
"trespassed",
"wandered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breached",
"broken",
"infringed",
"violated",
"backslid",
"backslidden",
"lapsed",
"messed up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgiven",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"regretted",
"repented",
"rued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"if their brave leader falls , the men will lose their courage"
],
"synonyms":[
"checked out",
"conked (out)",
"croaked",
"deceased",
"demised",
"departed",
"died",
"dropped",
"ended",
"exited",
"expired",
"flatlined",
"gone",
"kicked in",
"kicked off",
"parted",
"passed away",
"passed (on)",
"pegged out",
"perished",
"popped off",
"stepped out",
"succumbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceased",
"consumed",
"disappeared",
"dried up",
"faded",
"failed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revived",
"lingered",
"been",
"existed",
"subsisted",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"thriven"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathed",
"lived"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"fallaciousness":{
"the quality or state of being false":{
"examples":[
"the fallaciousness of that argument will be apparent as soon as we examine it"
],
"synonyms":[
"erroneousness",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"untruth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"speciousness",
"spuriousness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"delusion",
"inaccuracy",
"incorrectness",
"dishonesty",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracy",
"actuality",
"correctness",
"factuality",
"factualness",
"genuineness",
"credibility",
"honesty",
"trustworthiness",
"truthfulness",
"veracity"
],
"antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"falling (in)":{
"as in declining (in) , tapering off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"declining (in)",
"diminishing (in)",
"dipping",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"decreasing (in)",
"losing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"building up",
"gaining",
"gathering",
"growing (in)",
"picking up",
"doubling (in)",
"tripling (in)",
"accruing",
"accumulating",
"amassing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falls (to)":{
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"after some refreshments, she fell to working with renewed vigor"
],
"synonyms":[
"begins",
"commences",
"embarks (on or upon)",
"enters (into or upon)",
"gets off",
"kicks off",
"launches",
"leads off",
"opens",
"starts",
"strikes (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creates",
"generates",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"invents",
"originates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes on",
"takes up",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"pioneers",
"sets up",
"spawns",
"gets around (to)",
"gets down (to)",
"gets round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceases",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"quits",
"stops",
"closes",
"completes",
"abandons",
"forsakes",
"leaves",
"abolishes",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"phases out"
],
"antonyms":[
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"terminates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falls flat":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"Her performance fell flat despite weeks of rehearsing."
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"collapses",
"craters",
"fails",
"flames out",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"tanks",
"washes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"crumbles",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooks",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out"
]
},
"to go wrong":{
"examples":[
"Their game plan fell flat when their star player suffered an injury."
],
"synonyms":[
"miscarries",
"misfires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misses",
"breaks down",
"busts",
"conks (out)",
"crashes",
"dies",
"fails",
"founders",
"stalls",
"bombs",
"fizzles",
"flames out",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out",
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"tanks",
"wanes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prevails",
"succeeds",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"falsifies":{
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
"examples":[
"taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not"
],
"synonyms":[
"bends",
"colors",
"cooks",
"distorts",
"fudges",
"garbles",
"misinterprets",
"misrelates",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"perverts",
"slants",
"twists",
"warps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdescribes",
"misspeaks",
"mistranslates",
"belies",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"dissembles",
"glosses (over)",
"masks",
"veils",
"whitewashes",
"bowdlerizes",
"censors",
"complicates",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"mistakes",
"mixes (up)",
"mystifies",
"obscures",
"equivocates",
"fibs",
"lies",
"palters",
"prevaricates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifies",
"clears (up)",
"explains",
"illuminates",
"illustrates",
"interprets",
"spells out",
"deciphers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prove to be false":{
"examples":[
"telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night"
],
"synonyms":[
"belies",
"confounds",
"confutes",
"debunks",
"disconfirms",
"discredits",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"shoots down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overthrows",
"overturns",
"challenges",
"contests",
"queries",
"questions",
"doubts",
"mistrusts",
"debates",
"discusses",
"hashes (over)",
"moots",
"talks over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"documents",
"evidences",
"evinces",
"records",
"shows",
"supports",
"witnesses",
"backs (up)",
"buttresses",
"corroborates",
"substantiates",
"adduces",
"attests",
"authenticates",
"certifies",
"identifies",
"demonstrates",
"displays",
"illustrates",
"manifests"
],
"antonyms":[
"confirms",
"establishes",
"proves",
"validates",
"verifies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fallows":{
"as in plows , breaks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"harrows",
"hoes",
"lists",
"rakes",
"rototills",
"breaks",
"furrows",
"plows",
"cultivates",
"tills"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falter":{
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
"examples":[
"William Lloyd Garrison never once faltered in his demand that slavery be unconditionally abolished"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"dither",
"halt",
"hang back",
"hesitate",
"scruple",
"shilly-shally",
"stagger",
"teeter",
"vacillate",
"waver",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haw",
"hem",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"linger",
"pause",
"procrastinate",
"wait",
"back down",
"chicken (out)",
"consider",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"oscillate",
"sway",
"equivocate",
"hedge",
"pussyfoot",
"waffle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decide",
"budge",
"stir",
"advance",
"continue"
],
"antonyms":[
"dive (in)",
"plunge (in)"
]
},
"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
"examples":[
"the cut tree seemed to falter for a moment before crashing to the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"rock",
"teeter",
"totter",
"waver",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounder",
"lurch",
"stumble",
"toddle",
"quake",
"quaver",
"quiver",
"shake",
"shudder",
"tremble",
"vibrate",
"careen",
"reel",
"stagger",
"weave"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falling-out":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"the two friends have been lonely and miserable since they had a falling-out"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"battle royal",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"donnybrook",
"fight",
"hassle",
"imbroglio",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"rhubarb",
"row",
"scrap",
"set-to",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clash",
"run-in",
"skirmish",
"tangle",
"tussle",
"logomachy",
"feud",
"vendetta",
"attack",
"contention",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"debate",
"difference",
"disputation",
"fuss",
"objection",
"protest",
"protestation",
"affray",
"fisticuffs",
"fracas",
"fray",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"catfight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"club members were soon falling out about how to spend the money they'd made washing cars"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercating",
"argufying",
"arguing",
"bickering",
"brabbling",
"brawling",
"controverting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"hassling",
"jarring",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"quibbling",
"rowing",
"scrapping",
"spatting",
"squabbling",
"tiffing",
"wrangling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenging",
"daring",
"defying",
"clashing",
"contending",
"contesting",
"tangling",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"fussing",
"nitpicking",
"considering",
"debating",
"discussing",
"kicking",
"objecting",
"protesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisting",
"getting along",
"accepting",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"concurring",
"consenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to be":{
"examples":[
"I had planned to have a sports career, but things fell out otherwise"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming out",
"panning out",
"proving",
"shaking out",
"turning out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"developing",
"emerging",
"evolving",
"germinating",
"playing out",
"unfolding",
"working out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"false":{
"not being in agreement with what is true":{
"examples":[
"early reports about the explosion contained much false information"
],
"synonyms":[
"erroneous",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"untruthful",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfactual",
"specious",
"spurious",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"distorted",
"fallacious",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"misleading",
"amiss",
"askew",
"awry",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"fraudulent",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"unconfirmed",
"unproven",
"untested",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made-up",
"trumped-up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"tested",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect"
],
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"correct",
"errorless",
"exact",
"factual",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"veracious"
]
},
"being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{
"examples":[
"George Washington's false teeth were not made of wood but of elephant ivory and cow's teeth"
],
"synonyms":[
"artificial",
"bogus",
"dummy",
"ersatz",
"factitious",
"fake",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cultured",
"manufactured",
"process",
"unauthentic",
"adulterated",
"designer",
"doctored",
"engineered",
"fudged",
"juggled",
"manipulated",
"tampered (with)",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"phony",
"phoney",
"affected",
"brummagem",
"feigned",
"pinchbeck",
"pseudo",
"spurious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"premium",
"quality",
"valuable",
"pure",
"unadulterated"
],
"antonyms":[
"genuine",
"natural",
"real"
]
},
"being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud":{
"examples":[
"arrested for selling false ID cards to teenagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forged",
"inauthentic",
"phony",
"phoney",
"queer",
"sham",
"snide",
"spurious",
"unauthentic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artificial",
"factitious",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic",
"dummy",
"nonfunctioning",
"ornamental",
"cultured",
"fabricated",
"manufactured",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"misleading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"natural",
"actual",
"true",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"genuine",
"real",
"unfaked"
]
},
"lacking in natural or spontaneous quality":{
"examples":[
"so much of the sympathy that the widow received was false and hypocritical, since it came from people who never liked her husband in the first place"
],
"synonyms":[
"affected",
"artificial",
"assumed",
"bogus",
"contrived",
"factitious",
"fake",
"feigned",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"plastic",
"pretended",
"pseudo",
"put-on",
"sham",
"simulated",
"spurious",
"strained",
"unnatural"
],
"near synonyms":[
"automatic",
"canned",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"hokey",
"labored",
"manufactured",
"pat",
"unauthentic",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"double-dealing",
"empty",
"facile",
"hollow",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"two-faced",
"unctuous",
"exaggerated",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"overacted",
"overdone",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"cute",
"cutesy",
"genteel",
"goody-goody",
"mincing",
"overrefined",
"simpering",
"conventional",
"formal",
"impersonal",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"stylized",
"wooden",
"artful",
"calculated",
"conscious",
"cultivated",
"deliberate",
"premeditated",
"studied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real",
"realistic",
"right",
"true",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"sincere",
"unpretending",
"easy",
"effortless",
"smooth",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"unconscious",
"unprompted",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"genuine",
"natural",
"spontaneous",
"unaffected",
"uncontrived",
"unfeigned",
"unforced"
]
},
"marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
"examples":[
"false advertising that claimed that the vegetables were organically grown when they weren't"
],
"synonyms":[
"crooked",
"deceitful",
"defrauding",
"dishonest",
"double-dealing",
"fraudulent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beguiling",
"deceiving",
"deceptive",
"deluding",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"duplicitous",
"fallacious",
"misleading",
"specious",
"spurious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"legitimate",
"true",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[
"aboveboard",
"honest",
"truthful"
]
},
"not true in one's allegiance to someone or something":{
"examples":[
"false friends who deserted the prizefighter when all his money was gone"
],
"synonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"irresponsible",
"trustless",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"untrustworthy",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"dubious",
"irresolute",
"uncertain",
"apathetic",
"dispassionate",
"uninterested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependable",
"dutiful",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"solid",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unwavering",
"determined",
"intent",
"resolute",
"confirmed",
"dyed-in-the-wool",
"inveterate",
"sworn",
"ardent",
"avid",
"enthusiastic",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"impassioned",
"passionate"
],
"antonyms":[
"constant",
"dedicated",
"devoted",
"devout",
"down-the-line",
"faithful",
"fast",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true"
]
},
"tending or having power to deceive":{
"examples":[
"it turned out that the con man had made false promises of marriage to a dozen women"
],
"synonyms":[
"beguiling",
"deceitful",
"deceiving",
"deceptive",
"deluding",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"fallacious",
"misleading",
"specious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artful",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"devious",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"shady",
"shifty",
"slick",
"sly",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"subtile",
"subtle",
"trick",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"wily",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"wrong",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"distracting",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"ambidextrous",
"crooked",
"defrauding",
"dishonest",
"dissembling",
"double-dealing",
"duplicitous",
"faithless",
"fast",
"fraudulent",
"knavish",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untrustworthy",
"untruthful",
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"feigned",
"forged",
"jive",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham",
"spurious",
"insidious",
"perfidious",
"treacherous",
"ambiguous",
"circuitous",
"equivocal",
"evasive",
"artificial",
"backhanded",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"two-faced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candid",
"direct",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"free-spoken",
"open",
"openhearted",
"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"straight",
"clarifying",
"elucidative",
"explanatory",
"illuminating",
"revealing",
"revelatory",
"honest",
"trustworthy",
"truthful"
],
"antonyms":[
"aboveboard",
"forthright",
"nondeceptive",
"straightforward"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fall(s)":{
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
"examples":[
"better sand that walkway before somebody falls on the ice"
],
"synonyms":[
"slips",
"stumbles",
"topples",
"trips",
"tumbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapses",
"crumples",
"drops",
"flumps",
"keels",
"plops",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"slumps (over)",
"crashes",
"free-falls",
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"plunges",
"precipitates",
"wipes out",
"skids",
"slides"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"gets up",
"rises",
"stands (up)",
"uprises"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"the city fell after weeks of merciless bombardment"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulates",
"gives up",
"knuckles under",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"surrenders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bows",
"buckles",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"gives (in)",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"loses",
"concedes",
"fails",
"folds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucks",
"defies",
"fights",
"opposes",
"repels",
"resists",
"withstands",
"beats",
"overcomes",
"wins",
"conquers",
"prevails",
"triumphs"
],
"antonyms":[
"endures",
"stands"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"word soon got out that the movie was no good, and box-office receipts fell like a rock"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashes",
"craters",
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"dives",
"drops",
"lowers",
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"plunges",
"sinks",
"skids",
"tumbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (down)",
"diminishes",
"droops",
"dwindles",
"ebbs",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"tapers off",
"wanes",
"recedes",
"retreats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"lifts",
"mounts",
"rises",
"soars",
"spikes",
"ups"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"manufacturing in the area is falling , and closing signs are going up all over"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"ebbs",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"examples":[
"the lake bottom falls sharply just a few feet from the shoreline, so be careful"
],
"synonyms":[
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"drops",
"plunges",
"sinks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angles",
"cants",
"cocks",
"heels",
"inclines",
"leans",
"lists",
"reclines",
"slants",
"slopes",
"tilts",
"tips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evens",
"flattens",
"levels",
"planes",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"straightens"
],
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"climbs",
"mounts",
"rises",
"uprises",
"upsweeps",
"upturns"
]
},
"to undergo defeat":{
"examples":[
"not surprisingly, the novice player fell to a much stronger opponent"
],
"synonyms":[
"bows out",
"loses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"falters",
"tanks",
"throws",
"forfeits",
"bombs",
"collapses",
"cracks (up)",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"washes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"succeeds",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"conquers",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
]
},
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"even saints can fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"errs",
"offends",
"sins",
"strays",
"transgresses",
"trespasses",
"wanders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"violates",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"messes up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"regrets",
"repents",
"rues"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"if their brave leader falls , the men will lose their courage"
],
"synonyms":[
"checks out",
"conks (out)",
"croaks",
"deceases",
"demises",
"departs",
"dies",
"drops",
"ends",
"exits",
"expires",
"flatlines",
"goes",
"kicks in",
"kicks off",
"parts",
"passes away",
"passes (on)",
"pegs out",
"perishes",
"pops off",
"steps out",
"succumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceases",
"consumes",
"disappears",
"dries up",
"fades",
"fails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes to",
"revives",
"lingers",
"exists",
"is",
"subsists",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathes",
"lives"
]
},
"a fall of water usually from a great height":{
"examples":[
"tourists were shocked to see a man jump into the water and go over the falls"
],
"synonyms":[
"cascade",
"cataract",
"waterfall"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flume",
"chute",
"shute",
"rapid(s)",
"shoot",
"white water"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"falls for":{
"to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{
"examples":[
"It's hard not to fall for a woman like that."
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"cherishes",
"loves",
"worships"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulates",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"idealizes",
"idolizes",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"delights (in)",
"dotes (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonizes",
"displeases",
"disapproves (of)",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"disgusts",
"nauseates",
"repels",
"repulses",
"revolts",
"sickens",
"turns off"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fallen behind":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"He lost his footing and fell behind in the relay."
],
"synonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"delayed",
"diddled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"lollygagged",
"lallygagged",
"moped",
"poked",
"shilly-shallied",
"tarried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled around",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"ambled",
"eased",
"inched",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"staggered",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)",
"filibustered",
"procrastinated",
"stalled",
"temporized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowled",
"breezed",
"darted",
"humped",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"scrambled",
"stampeded",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"run",
"sprinted",
"trotted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outrun",
"outstripped",
"overtaken"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"bolted",
"careered",
"coursed",
"dashed",
"flown",
"hastened",
"hotfooted (it)",
"hurried",
"raced",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"run",
"rushed",
"scooted",
"scudded",
"scurried",
"sped",
"speeded",
"torn",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"whizzed",
"zipped"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fall guys":{
"a person or thing taking the blame for others":{
"examples":[
"the sandlot ball players wanted the littlest kid to be the fall guy for the broken window, figuring that he'd have the best chance of escaping punishment"
],
"synonyms":[
"goats",
"scapegoats",
"whipping boys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"victims",
"butts",
"dupes",
"fools",
"laughingstocks",
"marks",
"mockeries",
"monkeys",
"excuses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"falsehoods":{
"a false idea or belief":{
"examples":[
"the possibility of a perpetual motion machine is one falsehood that has been disproved by modern physics"
],
"synonyms":[
"delusions",
"errors",
"fallacies",
"falsities",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"misbeliefs",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"old wives' tales",
"untruths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"factoids",
"superstitions",
"fictions",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"distortions",
"inaccuracies",
"misapprehensions",
"miscomprehensions",
"misinterpretations",
"misjudgments",
"misperceptions",
"misunderstandings",
"misinformation",
"misknowledges",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"sophisms",
"sophistries",
"fibs",
"half-truths",
"lies",
"stories",
"tales"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"truths",
"verities"
]
},
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
"examples":[
"several falsehoods in the witness's testimony that may be grounds for perjury"
],
"synonyms":[
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fairy tales",
"falsities",
"fibs",
"lies",
"mendacities",
"prevarications",
"stories",
"tales",
"taradiddles",
"tarradiddles",
"untruths",
"whoppers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"half-truths",
"ambiguities",
"equivocations",
"obliquities",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"perjuries",
"bluffs",
"fictions",
"poses",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"humbug",
"jives",
"nonsense",
"canards",
"fallacies",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"falsifications",
"misinformation",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"deceits",
"dishonesties",
"duplicities",
"fraudulences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facts",
"truisms",
"verities",
"honesties",
"veracities",
"authentications",
"confirmations",
"substantiations",
"validations",
"verifications"
],
"antonyms":[
"truths"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fall off":{
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
"examples":[
"the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"dent",
"depletion",
"depression",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"loss",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction",
"downturn",
"slip",
"slump",
"curtailment",
"cut",
"cutback",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"supplement",
"continuation",
"extension",
"upswing",
"uptrend",
"upturn"
],
"antonyms":[
"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"uptick"
]
},
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
"examples":[
"the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay"
],
"synonyms":[
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curve",
"hook",
"round",
"sweep",
"swerve",
"trend",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circle",
"coil",
"curlicue",
"curl",
"loop",
"spiral",
"turn",
"twist",
"wind",
"deviate",
"veer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"straighten"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"falls":{
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
"examples":[
"better sand that walkway before somebody falls on the ice"
],
"synonyms":[
"slips",
"stumbles",
"topples",
"trips",
"tumbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapses",
"crumples",
"drops",
"flumps",
"keels",
"plops",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"slumps (over)",
"crashes",
"free-falls",
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"plunges",
"precipitates",
"wipes out",
"skids",
"slides"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"gets up",
"rises",
"stands (up)",
"uprises"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"the city fell after weeks of merciless bombardment"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulates",
"gives up",
"knuckles under",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"surrenders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bows",
"buckles",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"gives (in)",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"loses",
"concedes",
"fails",
"folds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucks",
"defies",
"fights",
"opposes",
"repels",
"resists",
"withstands",
"beats",
"overcomes",
"wins",
"conquers",
"prevails",
"triumphs"
],
"antonyms":[
"endures",
"stands"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"word soon got out that the movie was no good, and box-office receipts fell like a rock"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashes",
"craters",
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"dives",
"drops",
"lowers",
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"plunges",
"sinks",
"skids",
"tumbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (down)",
"diminishes",
"droops",
"dwindles",
"ebbs",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"tapers off",
"wanes",
"recedes",
"retreats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"lifts",
"mounts",
"rises",
"soars",
"spikes",
"ups"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"manufacturing in the area is falling , and closing signs are going up all over"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"ebbs",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"examples":[
"the lake bottom falls sharply just a few feet from the shoreline, so be careful"
],
"synonyms":[
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"drops",
"plunges",
"sinks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angles",
"cants",
"cocks",
"heels",
"inclines",
"leans",
"lists",
"reclines",
"slants",
"slopes",
"tilts",
"tips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evens",
"flattens",
"levels",
"planes",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"straightens"
],
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"climbs",
"mounts",
"rises",
"uprises",
"upsweeps",
"upturns"
]
},
"to undergo defeat":{
"examples":[
"not surprisingly, the novice player fell to a much stronger opponent"
],
"synonyms":[
"bows out",
"loses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"falters",
"tanks",
"throws",
"forfeits",
"bombs",
"collapses",
"cracks (up)",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"washes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"succeeds",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"conquers",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
]
},
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"even saints can fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"errs",
"offends",
"sins",
"strays",
"transgresses",
"trespasses",
"wanders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"violates",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"messes up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"regrets",
"repents",
"rues"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"if their brave leader falls , the men will lose their courage"
],
"synonyms":[
"checks out",
"conks (out)",
"croaks",
"deceases",
"demises",
"departs",
"dies",
"drops",
"ends",
"exits",
"expires",
"flatlines",
"goes",
"kicks in",
"kicks off",
"parts",
"passes away",
"passes (on)",
"pegs out",
"perishes",
"pops off",
"steps out",
"succumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceases",
"consumes",
"disappears",
"dries up",
"fades",
"fails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes to",
"revives",
"lingers",
"exists",
"is",
"subsists",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathes",
"lives"
]
},
"a fall of water usually from a great height":{
"examples":[
"tourists were shocked to see a man jump into the water and go over the falls"
],
"synonyms":[
"cascade",
"cataract",
"waterfall"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flume",
"chute",
"shute",
"rapid(s)",
"shoot",
"white water"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fallen away":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"as the years went by, the public's interest in the murder case fell away"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fallen",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrunk",
"shrunken",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"given out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"blown up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grown",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"risen",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"swollen",
"waxed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fallen off":{
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
"examples":[
"the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay"
],
"synonyms":[
"arced",
"arched",
"bent",
"bowed",
"crooked",
"curved",
"hooked",
"rounded",
"swept",
"swerved",
"trended",
"wheeled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circled",
"coiled",
"curled",
"curlicued",
"looped",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"turned",
"twisted",
"wound",
"winded",
"deviated",
"veered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"straightened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falls (in)":{
"as in declines (in) , tapers off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"declines (in)",
"diminishes (in)",
"dips",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"decreases (in)",
"loses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"builds up",
"gains",
"gathers",
"grows (in)",
"picks up",
"doubles (in)",
"triples (in)",
"accrues",
"accumulates",
"amasses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fallen (in)":{
"as in declined (in) , tapered off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"declined (in)",
"diminished (in)",
"dipped",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"decreased (in)",
"lost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built up",
"gained",
"gathered",
"grown (in)",
"picked up",
"doubled (in)",
"tripled (in)",
"accrued",
"accumulated",
"amassed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"falsify":{
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
"examples":[
"taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not"
],
"synonyms":[
"bend",
"color",
"cook",
"distort",
"fudge",
"garble",
"misinterpret",
"misrelate",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"slant",
"twist",
"warp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdescribe",
"misspeak",
"mistranslate",
"belie",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"dissemble",
"gloss (over)",
"mask",
"veil",
"whitewash",
"bowdlerize",
"censor",
"complicate",
"confound",
"confuse",
"mistake",
"mix (up)",
"mystify",
"obscure",
"equivocate",
"fib",
"lie",
"palter",
"prevaricate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"explain",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"spell out",
"decipher"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prove to be false":{
"examples":[
"telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night"
