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{
"stygian":{
"being without light or without much light":{
"examples":[
"lost in the stygian reaches of the deep forest"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"dulled",
"lackluster",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"fuliginous",
"misty",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"relucent",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"style":{
"a distinctive way of putting ideas into words":{
"examples":[
"I correctly identified the quotation because I recognized Mark Twain's inimitable style"
],
"synonyms":[
"fashion",
"locution",
"manner",
"mode",
"phraseology",
"tone",
"vein"
],
"near synonyms":[
"address",
"delivery",
"elocution",
"archaism",
"colloquialism",
"regionalism",
"acceptation",
"connotation",
"denotation",
"expression",
"idiom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, the club president's usual style is to make decisions without asking anyone's advice or approval"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"fashion",
"form",
"how",
"manner",
"method",
"methodology",
"recipe",
"strategy",
"system",
"tack",
"tactics",
"technique",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mode",
"modus operandi",
"blueprint",
"design",
"game",
"game plan",
"ground plan",
"intrigue",
"layout",
"line",
"model",
"plan",
"plot",
"program",
"route",
"scheme",
"expedient",
"move",
"shift",
"step",
"practice",
"practise",
"process",
"routine",
"policy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
"examples":[
"parents who were very relieved when the style for having one's nose pierced faded"
],
"synonyms":[
"buzz",
"chic",
"craze",
"dernier cri",
"enthusiasm",
"fad",
"fashion",
"flavor",
"go",
"hot ticket",
"last word",
"latest",
"mode",
"rage",
"sensation",
"ton",
"trend",
"vogue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nine days' wonder",
"nine day wonder",
"new wave",
"crush",
"infatuation",
"fervor",
"passion",
"furor",
"fuss",
"hullabaloo",
"to-do",
"uproar",
"bandwagon",
"crusade",
"cult",
"movement",
"novelty",
"wrinkle",
"caprice",
"fancy",
"whim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"standard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"although nowadays he's often styled a biologist, he's probably better thought of as a classic 19th-century naturalist"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptize",
"call",
"christen",
"clepe",
"denominate",
"designate",
"dub",
"entitle",
"label",
"name",
"nominate",
"term",
"title"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brand",
"stigmatize",
"tag",
"denote",
"specify",
"miscall",
"misname",
"mistitle",
"code-name",
"nickname",
"rechristen",
"relabel",
"rename",
"surname"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"stymie":{
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"the raging blizzard stymied the rescuers' attempts to find the stranded mountain climbers"
],
"synonyms":[
"clog",
"cramp",
"embarrass",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hog-tie",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"short-circuit",
"tie up",
"trammel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balk",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"rein",
"restrain",
"bind",
"chain",
"halter",
"leash",
"tether",
"tie",
"arrest",
"brake",
"delay",
"retain",
"retard",
"barricade",
"block",
"blockade",
"roadblock",
"bog (down)",
"mire",
"choke",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suffocate",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"stump",
"thwart",
"derail",
"disrupt",
"sabotage",
"muzzle",
"repress",
"suppress",
"confine",
"hedge (in)",
"hem (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"make way",
"open",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"untie",
"loosen",
"smooth",
"encourage",
"further",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[
"aid",
"assist",
"facilitate",
"help"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sty":{
"a dirty or messy place":{
"examples":[
"\"That house is such a sty that I'm never setting foot in there again,\" she said with a shudder"
],
"synonyms":[
"dump",
"hellhole",
"hole",
"pigpen",
"pigsty",
"shambles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"disorganization",
"mess",
"muddle",
"muss",
"havoc",
"hell",
"mare's nest",
"snake pit",
"clutter",
"jumble",
"litter",
"mishmash",
"welter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"styles":{
"a distinctive way of putting ideas into words":{
"examples":[
"I correctly identified the quotation because I recognized Mark Twain's inimitable style"
],
"synonyms":[
"fashions",
"locutions",
"manners",
"modes",
"phraseologies",
"tones",
"veins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"addresses",
"deliveries",
"elocution",
"archaisms",
"colloquialisms",
"regionalisms",
"acceptations",
"connotations",
"denotations",
"expressions",
"idioms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, the club president's usual style is to make decisions without asking anyone's advice or approval"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaches",
"fashions",
"forms",
"hows",
"manners",
"methodologies",
"methods",
"recipes",
"strategies",
"systems",
"tacks",
"tactics",
"techniques",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"modes",
"modi operandi",
"blueprints",
"designs",
"game plans",
"games",
"ground plans",
"intrigues",
"layouts",
"lines",
"models",
"plans",
"plots",
"programs",
"routes",
"schemes",
"expedients",
"moves",
"shifts",
"steps",
"practices",
"practises",
"processes",
"routines",
"policies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
"examples":[
"parents who were very relieved when the style for having one's nose pierced faded"
],
"synonyms":[
"buzzes",
"chics",
"crazes",
"dernier cris",
"enthusiasms",
"fads",
"fashions",
"flavors",
"hot tickets",
"last words",
"modes",
"rages",
"sensations",
"tons",
"trends",
"vogues"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nine days' wonders",
"nine day wonders",
"new waves",
"crushes",
"infatuations",
"fervors",
"passions",
"furors",
"fusses",
"hullabaloos",
"to-dos",
"uproars",
"bandwagons",
"crusades",
"cults",
"movements",
"novelties",
"wrinkles",
"caprices",
"fancies",
"whims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classics",
"standards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"although nowadays he's often styled a biologist, he's probably better thought of as a classic 19th-century naturalist"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptizes",
"calls",
"christens",
"clepes",
"denominates",
"designates",
"dubs",
"entitles",
"labels",
"names",
"nominates",
"terms",
"titles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brands",
"stigmatizes",
"tags",
"denotes",
"specifies",
"miscalls",
"misnames",
"mistitles",
"code-names",
"nicknames",
"rechristens",
"relabels",
"renames",
"surnames"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"stymieing":{
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"the raging blizzard stymied the rescuers' attempts to find the stranded mountain climbers"
],
"synonyms":[
"clogging",
"cramping",
"embarrassing",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"handcuffing",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"hog-tying",
"holding back",
"holding up",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling",
"short-circuiting",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balking",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"reining",
"restraining",
"binding",
"chaining",
"haltering",
"leashing",
"tethering",
"tying",
"tieing",
"arresting",
"braking",
"delaying",
"retaining",
"retarding",
"barricading",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"roadblocking",
"bogging (down)",
"miring",
"choking",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suffocating",
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"stumping",
"thwarting",
"derailing",
"disrupting",
"sabotaging",
"muzzling",
"repressing",
"suppressing",
"confining",
"hedging (in)",
"hemming (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing",
"making way",
"opening",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"untying",
"untieing",
"loosening",
"smoothing",
"encouraging",
"furthering",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[
"aiding",
"assisting",
"facilitating",
"helping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"stylishness":{
"the quality or state of being fashionable":{
"examples":[
"the stylishness of the new coat was questionable"
],
"synonyms":[
"cool",
"coolness",
"fashionableness",
"hip",
"hipness",
"hipsterism",
"modishness",
"trendiness",
"voguishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chic",
"chicness",
"dapperness",
"elegance",
"poshness",
"smartness",
"style",
"swank",
"swankiness",
"class",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"majesty",
"stateliness",
"artfulness",
"polish",
"sophistication",
"taste",
"tastefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"gracelessness",
"grotesqueness",
"tackiness",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness"
],
"antonyms":[
"unfashionableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stylized":{
"as in formal , wooden":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conventional",
"formal",
"impersonal",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"wooden",
"cute",
"cutesy",
"genteel",
"goody-goody",
"mincing",
"overrefined",
"simpering",
"artful",
"calculated",
"conscious",
"cultivated",
"deliberate",
"premeditated",
"studied",
"exaggerated",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"overacted",
"overdone",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"double-dealing",
"empty",
"facile",
"hollow",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"two-faced",
"unctuous",
"automatic",
"canned",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"hokey",
"labored",
"manufactured",
"pat",
"unauthentic",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"affected",
"artificial",
"assumed",
"bogus",
"contrived",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"feigned",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"plastic",
"pretended",
"pseudo",
"put-on",
"sham",
"simulated",
"spurious",
"strained",
"unnatural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artless",
"genuine",
"natural",
"spontaneous",
"unaffected",
"uncontrived",
"unfeigned",
"unforced",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real",
"realistic",
"right",
"true",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"sincere",
"unpretending",
"easy",
"effortless",
"smooth",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"unconscious",
"unprompted",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"stylists":{
"a person who cuts and arranges hair":{
"examples":[
"although she usually dresses her own hair, the bride-to-be decided to go to a professional stylist before the big day"
],
"synonyms":[
"barbers",
"haircutters",
"hairdressers",
"hairstylists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beauticians",
"coiffeurs",
"coiffeuses",
"cosmetologists",
"trichologists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"styling":{
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"although nowadays he's often styled a biologist, he's probably better thought of as a classic 19th-century naturalist"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"calling",
"christening",
"cleping",
"denominating",
"designating",
"dubbing",
"entitling",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"naming",
"nominating",
"terming",
"titling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"branding",
"stigmatizing",
"tagging",
"denoting",
"specifying",
"miscalling",
"misnaming",
"mistitling",
"code-naming",
"nicknaming",
"rechristening",
"relabeling",
"relabelling",
"renaming",
"surnaming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"styleless":{
"marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste":{
"examples":[
"forced to wear a styleless uniform for her restaurant job, she loves to dress up on weekends"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheesy",
"dowdy",
"inelegant",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"ticky-tacky",
"ticky-tack",
"trashy",
"unfashionable",
"unstylish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"graceless",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"wrong",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9",
"coarse",
"crude",
"unrefined",
"vulgar",
"cheap",
"common",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"tawdry",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"grotesque",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"overdone",
"showy",
"splashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"correct",
"fitting",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"conservative",
"genteel",
"handsome",
"neat",
"quiet",
"refined",
"restrained",
"simple",
"understated",
"contemporary",
"modern",
"up-to-date",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"happening",
"in",
"modish",
"swank",
"swanky"
],
"antonyms":[
"chic",
"classic",
"classy",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"fashionable",
"fine",
"posh",
"ritzy",
"smart",
"sophisticated",
"stylish",
"tasteful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"styled":{
"to give a name to":{
"examples":[
"although nowadays he's often styled a biologist, he's probably better thought of as a classic 19th-century naturalist"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptized",
"baptised",
"called",
"christened",
"cleped",
"denominated",
"designated",
"dubbed",
"entitled",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"named",
"nominated",
"termed",
"titled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"branded",
"stigmatized",
"tagged",
"denoted",
"specified",
"miscalled",
"misnamed",
"mistitled",
"code-named",
"nicknamed",
"rechristened",
"relabeled",
"relabelled",
"renamed",
"surnamed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"stylishly":{
"as in elegantly , fashionably":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"elegantly",
"fashionably",
"modishly",
"swankily",
"neatly",
"orderly",
"tidily",
"trimly",
"carefully",
"fastidiously",
"fussily",
"meticulously",
"dashingly",
"nattily",
"sharply",
"smartly",
"snappily",
"sprucely",
"cleanly",
"immaculately",
"pristinely",
"spotlessly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sloppily",
"slovenly",
"dowdily",
"inelegantly",
"slatternly",
"messily",
"mussily",
"untidily",
"scruffily",
"shabbily",
"sleazily",
"dingily",
"dirtily",
"filthily",
"foully",
"grubbily",
"nastily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"stylist":{
"a person who cuts and arranges hair":{
"examples":[
"although she usually dresses her own hair, the bride-to-be decided to go to a professional stylist before the big day"
],
"synonyms":[
"barber",
"haircutter",
"hairdresser",
"hairstylist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beautician",
"coiffeur",
"coiffeuse",
"cosmetologist",
"trichologist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stylets":{
"as in machetes , daggers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bayonets",
"bodkins",
"bolos",
"bowie knifes",
"bowie knives",
"cutlasses",
"daggers",
"dirks",
"jackknives",
"machetes",
"pocketknives",
"poniards",
"sheath knives",
"stilettos",
"stilettoes",
"switchblades",
"switch knives",
"yataghans",
"cutters",
"knives",
"shanks",
"shivs",
"cleavers",
"hacks",
"rapiers",
"sabers",
"sabres",
"steels",
"swords",
"scalpels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"stymied":{
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"the raging blizzard stymied the rescuers' attempts to find the stranded mountain climbers"
],
"synonyms":[
"clogged",
"cramped",
"embarrassed",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"handcuffed",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"held up",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"hog-tied",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled",
"short-circuited",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balked",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"reined",
"restrained",
"bound",
"chained",
"haltered",
"leashed",
"tethered",
"tied",
"arrested",
"braked",
"delayed",
"retained",
"retarded",
"barricaded",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"roadblocked",
"bogged (down)",
"mired",
"choked",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suffocated",
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"stumped",
"thwarted",
"derailed",
"disrupted",
"sabotaged",
"muzzled",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"confined",
"hedged (in)",
"hemmed (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared",
"made way",
"opened",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"untied",
"loosened",
"smoothed",
"encouraged",
"furthered",
"promoted"
],
"antonyms":[
"aided",
"assisted",
"facilitated",
"helped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}