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{
"romanticizing":{
"to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant":{
"examples":[
"he romanticized what life in a small town would be like, only to be later disappointed when reality intruded"
],
"synonyms":[
"glamorizing",
"glamourizing",
"glamouring (up)",
"glorifying",
"idealizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heroicizing",
"heroizing",
"euphemizing",
"poeticizing",
"softening",
"sweetening",
"adulating",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"idolizing",
"aggrandizing",
"dignifying",
"ennobling",
"enshrining",
"enthroning",
"magnifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittling",
"decrying",
"denigrating",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"putting down"
],
"antonyms":[
"deglamorizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"romanced":{
"as in sparked , attended":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"gallanted",
"sparked",
"wooed",
"courted",
"dated",
"escorted",
"saw",
"took out",
"stepped out",
"went out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"romanticize":{
"to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant":{
"examples":[
"he romanticized what life in a small town would be like, only to be later disappointed when reality intruded"
],
"synonyms":[
"glamorize",
"glamourize",
"glamour (up)",
"glorify",
"idealize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heroicize",
"heroize",
"euphemize",
"poeticize",
"soften",
"sweeten",
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"idolize",
"aggrandize",
"dignify",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"enthrone",
"magnify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"put down"
],
"antonyms":[
"deglamorize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"romanticist":{
"one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world":{
"examples":[
"those romanticists who seem to be perpetually surprised by mean or criminal behavior"
],
"synonyms":[
"Don Quixote",
"dreamer",
"fantast",
"idealist",
"idealizer",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"romantic",
"utopian",
"visionary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emotionalist",
"sentimentalist",
"daydreamer",
"fantasizer",
"woolgatherer",
"Micawber",
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"do-gooder",
"reformer",
"perfectionist",
"doctrinaire",
"theorist",
"thinker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynic",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"empiric",
"empiricist"
],
"antonyms":[
"hardnose",
"pragmatist",
"realist"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"romanticists":{
"one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world":{
"examples":[
"those romanticists who seem to be perpetually surprised by mean or criminal behavior"
],
"synonyms":[
"Don Quixotes",
"dreamers",
"fantasts",
"idealists",
"idealizers",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"romantics",
"utopians",
"visionaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emotionalists",
"sentimentalists",
"daydreamers",
"fantasizers",
"woolgatherers",
"Micawbers",
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"do-gooders",
"reformers",
"perfectionists",
"doctrinaires",
"theorists",
"thinkers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynics",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"empiricists",
"empirics"
],
"antonyms":[
"hardnoses",
"pragmatists",
"realists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"romances":{
"a brief romantic relationship":{
"examples":[
"an office romance that ended with hurt feelings on both sides"
],
"synonyms":[
"affairs",
"affaires",
"amours",
"flings",
"love affairs",
"loves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intrigues",
"liaisons",
"dalliances",
"hanky-pankies",
"attachments",
"infatuations",
"entanglements",
"flirtations",
"idylls",
"idyls",
"passions",
"calf-loves",
"puppy loves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sparks , attends":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attends",
"gallants",
"sparks",
"woos",
"courts",
"dates",
"escorts",
"sees",
"takes out",
"goes out",
"steps out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"romancing":{
"as in seduction , wooing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charming",
"courting",
"massaging",
"seduction",
"tempting",
"wooing",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise",
"influencing",
"prompting",
"swaying",
"ingratiation",
"smarm",
"lobbying",
"pressuring",
"buttering up",
"fawning",
"sycophancy",
"toadying",
"brainwashing",
"overpersuasion",
"allurement",
"beguilement",
"endearment",
"enticement",
"conversion",
"convincing",
"inducement",
"inducing",
"persuading",
"persuasion",
"suasion",
"adulation",
"blarney",
"butter",
"charm",
"flannel",
"flattery",
"incense",
"overpraise",
"soft soap",
"sweet talk",
"taffy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittlement",
"depreciation",
"detraction",
"disparagement",
"put-down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sparking , attending":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"gallanting",
"sparking",
"wooing",
"courting",
"dating",
"escorting",
"seeing",
"taking out",
"going out",
"stepping out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"romantics":{
"one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world":{
"examples":[
"she's a hopeless romantic who believes that her one true love is somewhere waiting to be found"
],
"synonyms":[
"Don Quixotes",
"dreamers",
"fantasts",
"idealists",
"idealizers",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"romanticists",
"utopians",
"visionaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emotionalists",
"sentimentalists",
"daydreamers",
"fantasizers",
"woolgatherers",
"Micawbers",
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"do-gooders",
"reformers",
"perfectionists",
"doctrinaires",
"theorists",
"thinkers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynics",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"empiricists",
"empirics"
],
"antonyms":[
"hardnoses",
"pragmatists",
"realists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"romanticizations":{
"as in idealizations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"idealizations",
"adorations",
"deferences",
"glorifications",
"reverences",
"venerations",
"affections",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"likings",
"loves",
"adulations",
"deifications",
"hero worships",
"idolatries",
"idolizations",
"worships",
"appreciations",
"esteems",
"regards",
"respects",
"approvals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemnations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"dismissals",
"disregards",
"hatreds",
"loathings",
"scorns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"romp":{
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
"examples":[
"one last romp before starting their new life as parents"
],
"synonyms":[
"binge",
"fling",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"lark",
"ploy",
"revel",
"rollick",
"spree"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caper",
"escapade",
"prank",
"bender",
"brannigan",
"bum",
"bust",
"carouse",
"souse",
"splore",
"toot",
"antic",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"field day",
"festivity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"enjoyment",
"indulgence",
"pleasure",
"self-indulgence",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"recreation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to play and run about happily":{
"examples":[
"the kids romped on the lawn until dinner was ready"
],
"synonyms":[
"caper",
"cavort",
"disport",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"rollick",
"sport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"hop",
"leap",
"lope",
"skip",
"spring",
"trip",
"tumble",
"curvet",
"dance",
"prance",
"carouse",
"revel",
"roister",
"carry on",
"fool around",
"horse around",
"clown",
"cut up",
"joyride",
"roughhouse",
"skylark",
"kite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mope",
"pout",
"stew",
"sulk"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"Romeo":{
"as in lover , amorist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amorist",
"gallant",
"ladies' man",
"lady's man",
"lady-killer",
"lover",
"paramour",
"Casanova",
"Don Juan",
"lecher",
"lothario",
"lounge lizard",
"masher",
"philanderer",
"satyr",
"wolf",
"womanizer",
"debaucher",
"romancer",
"seducer",
"whoremaster",
"whoremonger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"romping":{
"as in raucous , boisterous":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blustery",
"boisterous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"roaring",
"roistering",
"rowdy",
"buzzing",
"humming",
"murmuring",
"tumultuous",
"woolly",
"wooly",
"resonant",
"sonorous",
"obstreperous",
"vociferous",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"clattering",
"clattery",
"noisy",
"rackety",
"resounding",
"uproarious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hushed",
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"silent",
"soundless",
"stilled",
"stilly",
"calm",
"peaceful",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in gamboling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"dalliance",
"frolic",
"frolicking",
"fun",
"fun and games",
"play",
"recreation",
"relaxation",
"rollicking",
"sport",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"hobby",
"hobbyhorse",
"pastime",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"pleasance",
"pleasure",
"friskiness",
"playfulness",
"sportiveness",
"wantonness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"hanky-panky",
"hob",
"impishness",
"jinks",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"waggery",
"binge",
"fling",
"kick",
"lark",
"revel",
"rollick",
"spree",
"hilarity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"revelry",
"whoopee",
"buffoonery",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"tomfoolery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudgery",
"labor",
"work",
"duty",
"obligation",
"responsibility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to play and run about happily":{
"examples":[
"the kids romped on the lawn until dinner was ready"
],
"synonyms":[
"capering",
"cavorting",
"disporting",
"frisking",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"larking",
"rollicking",
"sporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounding",
"hopping",
"leaping",
"loping",
"skipping",
"springing",
"tripping",
"tumbling",
"curvetting",
"curveting",
"dancing",
"prancing",
"carousing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"roistering",
"carrying on",
"fooling around",
"horsing around",
"clowning",
"cutting up",
"joyriding",
"roughhousing",
"skylarking",
"kiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moping",
"pouting",
"stewing",
"sulking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}