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{
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"fodder":{
"material provided to sustain or nourish":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The farmer used grain as fodder for his livestock."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fog":{
"a state of mental confusion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"didn't get enough sleep and now I'm in a fog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alertness",
"levelheadedness"
],
"related":[
"reverie",
"stupor",
"trance",
"befuddlement",
"bewilderment",
"perplexity",
"puzzlement",
"delirium",
"malaise",
"paralysis",
"cloudiness",
"fogginess"
],
"synonyms":[
"daze",
"dazedness",
"haze",
"muddle",
"spin",
"swoon"
]
},
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I wandered around in a fog after the shocking news"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness"
],
"related":[
"abashment",
"discomfiture",
"disconcertment",
"embarrassment",
"mortification",
"agitation",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"perturbation",
"upset",
"bother",
"commotion",
"dither",
"flurry",
"fluster",
"fuss",
"stew",
"turmoil"
],
"synonyms":[
"bafflement",
"bamboozlement",
"befuddlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderedness",
"bewilderment",
"confusedness",
"confusion",
"discombobulation",
"distraction",
"head-scratching",
"maze",
"muddle",
"mystification",
"perplexity",
"puzzlement",
"tangle",
"whirl"
]
},
"an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the fog lifted once the sun was out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bank",
"cloud",
"fume",
"miasma",
"smoke",
"smother",
"steam"
],
"synonyms":[
"brume",
"gauze",
"haze",
"mist",
"murk",
"reek",
"smog",
"soup"
]
},
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
"antonyms":[
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"illuminate"
],
"examples":[
"extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline",
"disentangle",
"straighten (out)",
"undo",
"unravel",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"decipher",
"decode",
"analyze",
"break down"
],
"related":[
"complicate",
"perplex",
"sophisticate",
"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"upset"
],
"synonyms":[
"becloud",
"befog",
"blur",
"cloud",
"confuse",
"muddy",
"obfuscate"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"light (up)",
"lighten"
],
"examples":[
"time will fog memories"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expose",
"reveal",
"uncover",
"unveil"
],
"related":[
"adumbrate",
"blot out",
"conceal",
"eclipse",
"hide",
"obliterate",
"screen",
"shade",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"cover",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"mask",
"veil"
],
"synonyms":[
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"blacken",
"blear",
"blur",
"cloud",
"darken",
"dim",
"dislimn",
"fuzz (up)",
"haze",
"mist",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overcloud",
"overshadow",
"shadow",
"shroud"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"foil":{
"something or someone that is different from another especially in a pleasing way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"This cool, refreshing salad is the perfect foil for spicy foods."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"examples":[
"in popular fiction the hero will always foil the villain's plans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"smooth"
],
"related":[
"bar",
"block",
"clog",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"tie up",
"trammel",
"arrest",
"check",
"halt",
"set back",
"short-circuit",
"stall",
"stop",
"avert",
"forestall",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"negate",
"neutralize",
"nullify",
"counteract",
"offset",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"overcome"
],
"synonyms":[
"baffle",
"balk",
"beat",
"checkmate",
"discomfit",
"frustrate",
"thwart"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foiling":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"examples":[
"in popular fiction the hero will always foil the villain's plans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing"
],
"related":[
"barring",
"blocking",
"clogging",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up",
"arresting",
"checking",
"halting",
"setting back",
"short-circuiting",
"stalling",
"stopping",
"averting",
"forestalling",
"obviating",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"negating",
"neutralizing",
"nullifying",
"counteracting",
"offsetting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"overcoming"
],
"synonyms":[
"baffling",
"balking",
"beating",
"checkmating",
"discomfiting",
"frustrating",
"thwarting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foist":{
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"shopkeepers who foist shoddy souvenirs on unsuspecting tourists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"entail",
"force",
"impose",
"inflict",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forge",
"distort",
"falsify",
"misrepresent"
],
"synonyms":[
"fob off",
"palm",
"palm off",
"pass off",
"wish"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fold":{
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ready to welcome their old Liberal friend back into the fold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loner",
"individualist"
],
"related":[
"charmed circle",
"elite",
"in-group",
"closed shop",
"club",
"college",
"fellowship",
"guild",
"gild",
"league",
"organization",
"society",
"camp",
"faction",
"sect",
"side",
"tribe",
"mess",
"squad",
"brotherhood",
"fraternity",
"order",
"sisterhood",
"sodality",
"sorority",
"commune",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederation",
"congress",
"council",
"federation",
"union"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"community",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"gal\u00e8re",
"gang",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"ring",
"set"
]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"antonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
],
"examples":[
"the business folded after just two months"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cook",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
],
"related":[
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crumble",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"crater",
"fail",
"flame out",
"flop",
"flunk",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"tank",
"wash out"
]
},
"to lay one part over or against another part of":{
"antonyms":[
"extend",
"open",
"spread",
"unfold",
"unroll"
],
"examples":[
"fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"overlap",
"overlay",
"overlie",
"collapse",
"telescope",
"close",
"shut",
"plait",
"pleat"
],
"synonyms":[
"double"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"folks":{
"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her folks have farmed that land for five generations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestry",
"birth",
"descent",
"extraction",
"origin",
"pedigree"
],
"related":[
"blended family",
"nuclear family",
"extended family",
"household",
"kith",
"brood",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"issue",
"offspring",
"progeny",
"scion",
"seed",
"clansman",
"kinsman",
"kinswoman",
"relative",
"dynasty"
],
"synonyms":[
"blood",
"clan",
"family",
"house",
"kin",
"kindred",
"kinfolk",
"kinfolks",
"kinsfolk",
"line",
"lineage",
"people",
"race",
"stock",
"tribe"
]
},
"human beings in general":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"c'mon, folks , let's get to work"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"community",
"society",
"crowd",
"masses",
"mob",
"populace",
"proletariat",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff"
],
"synonyms":[
"humanity",
"humankind",
"people",
"public",
"species",
"world"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"follow":{
"to act according to the commands of":{
"antonyms":[
"defy",
"disobey",
"rebel (against)"
],
"examples":[
"follow me, and you'll do OK"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"goose-step (to)",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe"
]
},
"to come after in time":{
"antonyms":[
"antedate",
"precede",
"predate"
],
"examples":[
"a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant",
"ensue"
],
"synonyms":[
"postdate",
"succeed",
"supervene"
]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"antonyms":[
"guide",
"lead",
"pilot"
],
"examples":[
"let's follow the boys to their hiding place"
],
"near antonyms":[
"head"
],
"related":[
"accompany",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"escort",
"hunt",
"search (for)",
"seek",
"eye",
"observe",
"watch"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dog",
"chase",
"course",
"dog",
"hound",
"pursue",
"run",
"shadow",
"tag",
"tail",
"trace",
"track",
"trail"
]
},
"to keep one's eyes on":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blink",
"wink"
],
"related":[
"behold",
"look",
"perceive",
"regard",
"see",
"view",
"gape",
"gawk",
"gaze",
"glare",
"goggle",
"look on",
"peer",
"rubberneck",
"stare",
"guard",
"wake",
"ward",
"bird-dog",
"monitor",
"study",
"spy",
"espy",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"peek",
"peep"
],
"synonyms":[
"eye",
"observe",
"watch"
]
},
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"followed the path into the garden"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"hike",
"traipse",
"tramp",
"tread",
"walk",
"ride",
"run",
"crisscross"
],
"synonyms":[
"course",
"cover",
"cross",
"cut (across)",
"go",
"navigate",
"pass (over)",
"perambulate",
"peregrinate",
"proceed (along)",
"track",
"transit",
"travel",
"traverse"
]
},
"to take notice of and be guided by":{
"antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"tune out"
],
"examples":[
"don't follow his advice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"neglect",
"pass over",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"scorn",
"shrug off",
"defy",
"flout",
"slight",
"snub"
],
"related":[
"consider",
"contemplate",
"mull",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"keep",
"obey",
"respect",
"attend (to)",
"hark (to)",
"hear",
"hearken (to)",
"mark",
"notice",
"see"
],
"synonyms":[
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mind",
"note",
"observe",
"regard",
"watch"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"follow through (with)":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[
"fail",
"skimp",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"related":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"implement",
"ace",
"nail",
"engage (in)",
"practice",
"practise",
"work (at)",
"reduplicate",
"reenact",
"repeat",
"actualize",
"attain",
"realize",
"complete",
"end",
"finish",
"wind up"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"commit",
"compass",
"do",
"execute",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"make",
"negotiate",
"perform",
"perpetrate",
"prosecute",
"pull off",
"put through"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"follow up":{
"something that continues or completes a process or activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"A week after the story broke, the newspaper printed a follow-up .",
"As a follow-up to last week's show, tonight we'll show the other side of the story."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to add to or continue (something) with something similar":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She followed up her first book with a sequel."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"followers":{
"a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Brando's Method acting inspired a whole generation of mumbling followers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"parrots",
"apes",
"emulators",
"impersonators",
"impressionists",
"mimics"
],
"synonyms":[
"apers",
"copycats",
"copyists",
"echoes",
"echos",
"imitators",
"rubber stamps",
"wannabes",
"wannabees"
]
},
"one who follows the opinions or teachings of another":{
"antonyms":[
"coryphaei",
"leaders"
],
"examples":[
"the followers of Gandhi have spread his philosophy of nonviolence all over the world"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apostates",
"defectors",
"renegades",
"traitors",
"turncoats"
],
"related":[
"apostles",
"missionaries",
"proselytizers",
"soldiers",
"faithfuls",
"loyalists",
"advocates",
"backers",
"champions",
"supporters",
"prot\u00e9g\u00e9s",
"scholars",
"students",
"ideologists",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"sectarians",
"admirers",
"cultists",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"worshippers",
"worshipers",
"zealots",
"apparatchiks",
"apparatchiki",
"camp followers",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"hangers-on",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"lickspittles",
"minions",
"myrmidons",
"satellites",
"stooges",
"sycophants",
"toadies",
"yes-men"
],
"synonyms":[
"acolytes",
"adherents",
"converts",
"disciples",
"epigones",
"liege men",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"pupils",
"votaries",
"votarists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"following through (with)":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[
"failing",
"skimping",
"slighting",
"slurring"
],
"related":[
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"implementing",
"acing",
"nailing",
"engaging (in)",
"practicing",
"practising",
"working (at)",
"reduplicating",
"reenacting",
"repeating",
"actualizing",
"attaining",
"realizing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finishing",
"winding up"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"committing",
"compassing",
"doing",
"executing",
"fulfilling",
"making",
"negotiating",
"performing",
"perpetrating",
"prosecuting",
"pulling off",
"putting through"
]
},
"type":[]
},
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"folly":{
"a foolish act or idea":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the American purchase of Alaska was originally considered a grand folly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discretion",
"forethought",
"prudence",
"sagacity",
"wisdom",
"brainstorm",
"inspiration"
],
"related":[
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"foolishness",
"inaneness",
"madness",
"senselessness",
"witlessness",
"buffoonery",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"drivel",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"twaddle",
"blunder",
"bungle",
"flub",
"goof",
"howler"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"b\u00eatise",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"foppery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"stupidity"
]
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"soundness",
"wisdom"
],
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"in all my folly , I didn't think about how my actions would hurt my father"
],
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"logicalness",
"rationality",
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"reasonability",
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"validity",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"percipience"
],
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"dumbness",
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"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"kookiness",
"weirdness",
"laughableness",
"ludicrousness",
"ridiculousness"
],
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"asininity",
"balminess",
"brainlessness",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuity",
"fatuousness",
"foolishness",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"unwisdom",
"wackiness",
"witlessness",
"zaniness"
]
},
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"enough of this folly about moving to the Australian outback"
],
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"levelheadedness",
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"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
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"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
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"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
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"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
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"blah-blah",
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"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"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"
]
},
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"noun"
]
},
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"foments":{
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
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"John Adams's wife, Abigail, told him that if women were not remembered by the new American government, they would \" foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation\""
],
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"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"discourages",
"holds",
"inhibits",
"regulates",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"tames",
"allays",
"calms",
"quiets",
"settles",
"soothes",
"stills",
"subdues",
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"tranquillizes"
],
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"rouses",
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"fires",
"invigorates",
"jazzes (up)",
"livens (up)",
"peps (up)",
"quickens",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes"
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"abets",
"brews",
"ferments",
"incites",
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"picks",
"provokes",
"raises",
"stirs (up)",
"whips (up)"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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"fondled":{
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
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"a cat who enjoys being fondled by his loving owners"
],
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"nuzzled",
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"bounced",
"dandled",
"kneaded",
"massaged",
"babied",
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"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
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]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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"fondles":{
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"a cat who enjoys being fondled by his loving owners"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"bills",
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"hugs",
"bounces",
"dandles",
"kneads",
"massages",
"babies",
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"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
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"strokes"
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},
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]
},
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"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a cat who enjoys being fondled by his loving owners"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"billing",
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"kneading",
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"mollycoddling",
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"spoiling"
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"petting",
"stroking"
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"a fascinating, highly readable book that will serve as brain food for those long winter evenings"
],
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"fluff",
"pablum",
"pap",
"trash"
],
"related":[
"refection"
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"aliment",
"nourishment",
"pabulum",
"sustenance"
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"a simple, little restaurant with excellent food"
],
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"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
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"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
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"chuck",
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"edibles",
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"foodstuffs",
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"meat",
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"provisions",
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"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
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"noun"
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"stocked up on candles and foodstuffs before the hurricane"
],
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"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
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"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
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"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
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"bread",
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"eatables",
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"fare",
"food",
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"meat",
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"victuals",
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},
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"plural noun"
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"a king's fool could get away with saying things that others in the palace couldn't"
],
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"comedienne",
"comic",
"cutup",
"droll",
"harlequin",
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"jokester",
"madcap",
"merry-andrew",
"vice",
"wag",
"zany",
"mime",
"mummer"
],
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"jester",
"motley"
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},
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"examples":[
"he got out of serving in the army by successfully pretending to be a fool"
],
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"abnormal",
"deviant",
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"mythomaniac",
"neurotic",
"obsessive",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoid",
"psychotic",
"schizo",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopath",
"character",
"codger",
"crack",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"fantastic",
"flake",
"kook",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"tyke",
"tike",
"weirdo",
"zany",
"case",
"patient"
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"fruitcake",
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"loony",
"lunatic",
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"nutcase",
"nutter",
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"psychopath",
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"sicko",
"wacko",
"whacko"
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"only a fool would attempt to climb that mountain unprepared"
],
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"sage",
"thinker",
"brain",
"genius"
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"madman",
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"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
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"dolt",
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"dope",
"dork",
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"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"gander",
"goon",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook",
"stock",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"butt",
"dupe",
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"monkey",
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"character",
"codger",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"kook",
"oddball",
"screwball",
"weirdo"
],
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"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"dingbat",
"ding-dong",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
]
},
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"nonfan"
],
"examples":[
"I'm a fool for ice cream"
],
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"nonadmirer",
"belittler",
"carper",
"critic",
"detractor"
],
"related":[
"groupie",
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"amateur",
"collector",
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"authority",
"expert",
"adherent",
"convert",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"votary",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"exponent",
"friend",
"patron",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
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"buff",
"bug",
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"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
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"fiend",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
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"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker"
]
},
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
],
"examples":[
"he's always got some fool plan or other"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"related":[
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"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
],
"examples":[
"I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion"
],
"related":[
"kid",
"put on",
"tease",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
]
},
"to make jokes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience"
],
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"gibe",
"jibe",
"haze",
"jeer",
"mock",
"rag",
"rally",
"razz",
"rib",
"ridicule",
"tease",
"caricature",
"lampoon",
"parody",
"satirize",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain"
],
"synonyms":[
"banter",
"chaff",
"fun",
"gag",
"jape",
"jest",
"jive",
"joke",
"jolly",
"josh",
"kid",
"quip",
"wisecrack",
"yuk",
"yuck"
]
},
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"lack of good sense or judgment":{
"antonyms":[
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sanity",
"sapience",
"sensibleness",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
],
"examples":[
"the foolishness of going off to search for the fountain of youth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"validity",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"percipience"
],
"related":[
"denseness",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"feeblemindedness",
"gormlessness",
"idiocy",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"kookiness",
"weirdness",
"laughableness",
"ludicrousness",
"ridiculousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"brainlessness",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuity",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"simplicity",
"unwisdom",
"wackiness",
"witlessness",
"zaniness"
]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"couldn't listen to another second of their foolishness , so I told them to be quiet"
],
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},
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"forcibly":{
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
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"antonyms":[
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"feebly",
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"the disruptive passenger was forcibly removed from the plane"
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"slight",
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"execute",
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"antonyms":[
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"resents"
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],
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"it is not easy to forgive those who have hurt us"
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],
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"disciplines",
"penalizes",
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],
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],
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"he forgot the pot boiling on the stove"
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"I forgot to call on his birthday"
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"clearing out",
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},
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"moodiness",
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"boredom",
"ennui",
"tedium",
"dismalness",
"drear",
"morbidness",
"moroseness",
"morosity",
"regret",
"rue"
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"desolation",
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"dreariness",
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"gloom",
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"joylessness",
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],
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"sunniness",
"optimism",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
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"joviality",
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"merriment",
"mirth",
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"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
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"exuberance",
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"gladness",
"happiness",
"joy",
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"jubilation",
"rapture",
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"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"cynicism",
"pessimism",
"acceptance",
"resignation"
],
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"party",
"reception",
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"real",
"true"
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"virtual",
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"paper",
"titular"
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"freewheeling",
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],
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"unofficial",
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"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"infelicitous",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
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"unsuitable"
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"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
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"formalistic",
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"ritualistic",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"orderly",
"systematic"
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"conventional",
"orthodox",
"regular",
"routine"
]
},
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"informal",
"laid-back",
"unceremonious"
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"indecorous",
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"impolite",
"rude"
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"stately",
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"courtly",
"gallant",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"civil",
"courteous",
"polite",
"red-carpet"
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"decorous",
"nice",
"proper",
"punctilious",
"starchy",
"stiff",
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"stilted"
]
},
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"informal",
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],
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],
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"frowzy",
"grungy",
"sloppy",
"sloven",
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"untidy",
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"dishevelled",
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"mussy",
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"dapper",
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"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"custom-made",
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"tailored",
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"white-tie",
"semiformal"
],
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"dressy"
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"noun"
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],
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"rhetoric",
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"cultured",
"refined",
"classy",
"courtly",
"fine",
"graceful",
"tasteful",
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"patrician",
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"backward",
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"behind",
"rearward",
"rearwards"
],
"related":[
"before",
"fore",
"frontward",
"frontwards"
],
"synonyms":[
"ahead",
"along",
"forth",
"forward",
"on",
"onward",
"onwards"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"verb"
]
},
"fought":{
"to engage in a contest":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"challenged",
"engaged",
"played",
"jockeyed",
"jostled",
"maneuvered",
"tried out",
"went out",
"trained",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"synonyms":[
"battled",
"competed",
"contended",
"faced off",
"raced",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"vied"
]
},
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you kids continue to fight , I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisted",
"got along",
"accepted",
"agreed",
"assented",
"concurred",
"consented"
],
"related":[
"challenged",
"dared",
"defied",
"clashed",
"contended",
"contested",
"tangled",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"fussed",
"nitpicked",
"considered",
"debated",
"discussed",
"kicked",
"objected",
"protested"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercated",
"argued",
"argufied",
"bickered",
"brabbled",
"brawled",
"controverted",
"disputed",
"fell out",
"hassled",
"jarred",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"quibbled",
"rowed",
"scrapped",
"spatted",
"squabbled",
"tiffed",
"wrangled"
]
},
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gave up",
"submitted",
"surrendered"
],
"related":[
"dueled",
"duelled",
"jousted",
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"bopped",
"buffeted",
"clobbered",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"boxed",
"sparred",
"brawled",
"grappled",
"scuffled",
"tussled",
"wrestled",
"bumped",
"collided"
],
"synonyms":[
"battled",
"clashed (with)",
"combated",
"combatted",
"scrimmaged (with)",
"skirmished (with)",
"warred (against)"
]
},
"to refuse to give in to":{
"antonyms":[
"bowed (to)",
"capitulated (to)",
"gave in (to)",
"knuckled under (to)",
"stooped (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"examples":[
"I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie\u2014and lost"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"challenged",
"contested",
"contradicted",
"disputed",
"baffled",
"balked",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"thwarted",
"checked",
"countered",
"hindered",
"obstructed",
"stemmed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucked",
"defied",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"resisted",
"withstood"
]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
"examples":[
"a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"endured",
"suffered",
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"supported",
"upheld"
],
"related":[
"baffled",
"checkmated",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"resisted",
"thwarted",
"withstood",
"confronted",
"defied",
"faced",
"met"
],
"synonyms":[
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"countered",
"opposed",
"oppugned"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"foul":{
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
"antonyms":[
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
],
"examples":[
"a foul taste that made us gag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"desirable",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"inviting",
"likable",
"likeable",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"welcome",
"unexceptionable",
"unobjectionable",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
"related":[
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"brackish",
"disagreeable",
"dislikable",
"dislikeable",
"unpleasant",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hard",
"hateful",
"unhealthy",
"unsavory",
"unwholesome",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"atrocious",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grim",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"heinous",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish",
"sick",
"sickish",
"sickly",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"off-putting",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"barbarous",
"unchristian",
"uncivilized",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"evil",
"fulsome",
"gross",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"rancid",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"ugly"
]
},
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"wholesome"
],
"examples":[
"that movie features nonstop foul language"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"desirable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"welcome",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"fit",
"meet",
"suitable",
"immaculate",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"virginal",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"related":[
"broad",
"coarse-grained",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salacious",
"salty",
"suggestive",
"barnyard",
"earthy",
"scatological",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"low",
"unbecoming",
"depraved",
"kinky",
"louche",
"naughty",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"wicked",
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"unacceptable",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"abhorrent",
"debasing",
"disgusting",
"loathsome",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"unpleasant",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"abusive",
"scurrilous",
"hard-core",
"soft",
"soft-core"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"gross",
"gutter",
"impure",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"profane",
"raunchy",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"stag",
"trashy",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"X-rated"
]
},
"having an unpleasant smell":{
"antonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"aromatic",
"fragrant",
"perfumed",
"redolent",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scented",
"sweet"
],
"examples":[
"the foul fumes from the paper mill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flowery",
"fruity",
"spicy",
"woodsy"
],
"related":[
"putrid",
"rancid",
"skunky",
"stale",
"bad",
"disgusting",
"offensive",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"vile",
"decayed",
"decaying",
"decomposed",
"decomposing",
"rotted",
"rotten",
"rotting",
"spoiled",
"spoiling",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"odiferous",
"odoriferous",
"odorous"
],
"synonyms":[
"fetid",
"frowsty",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"funky",
"fusty",
"malodorous",
"musty",
"noisome",
"rank",
"reeking",
"reeky",
"ripe",
"smelly",
"stenchy",
"stinking",
"stinky",
"strong"
]
},
"marked by wet and windy conditions":{
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"clear",
"clement",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"unclouded"
],
"examples":[
"the foul weather brought out the windbreakers and rain slickers as everyone braced for a day of rough sailing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rainless",
"balmy",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"pleasant",
"serene"
],
"related":[
"blowy",
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"windblown",
"windswept",
"cloudy",
"overcast",
"sunless",
"rainy",
"snowy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"soupy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleak",
"dirty",
"inclement",
"nasty",
"raw",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent"
]
},
"not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"fair",
"legal",
"sportsmanlike",
"sportsmanly"
],
"examples":[
"an aggressive hockey player who is known for his foul play and readiness for a fight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"just",
"law-abiding",
"ethical",
"moral",
"principled",
"righteous",
"scrupulous",
"honorable",
"irreproachable",
"unimpeachable"
],
"related":[
"dishonorable",
"shabby",
"shameful",
"ignoble",
"low",
"mean",
"ungentlemanly",
"immoral",
"rotten",
"unchivalrous",
"unethical",
"unjust",
"unprincipled",
"unrighteous",
"unscrupulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirty",
"illegal",
"nasty",
"unfair",
"unsportsmanlike"
]
},
"not clean":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
],
"examples":[
"I wouldn't play in the foul rainwater that's collected in the feeding trough"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"limpid",
"pure",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"combed",
"groomed",
"neat",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"bleached",
"purified",
"whitened",
"bright",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"shiny",
"sparkling",
"unspotted",
"untouched",
"taintless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"virgin",
"wholesome"
],
"related":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"germy",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"insanitary",
"uncleaned",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"unwashed",
"greasy",
"gunky",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"scruffy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"raunchy",
"scuzzy",
"shabby",
"skanky",
"sleazy",
"squalid",
"collied",
"crocked",
"fuliginous",
"sooty"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
]
},
"to go through decomposition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"unless you want to smell the organic refuse as it fouls , locate the compost heap away from the house"
],
"near antonyms":[
"age",
"develop",
"grow",
"mature",
"ripen",
"refresh",
"renew",
"restore",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"assemble",
"compose",
"integrate",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"meliorate"
],
"related":[
"sour",
"turn",
"turn off",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"addle",
"curdle",
"ferment",
"mortify",
"rust",
"crumble",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"descend",
"deteriorate",
"dilapidate",
"sink",
"wither"
],
"synonyms":[
"break down",
"corrupt",
"decay",
"decompose",
"disintegrate",
"fester",
"mold",
"molder",
"perish",
"putrefy",
"rot",
"spoil"
]
},
"to make dirty":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse"
],
"examples":[
"the mechanic fouled the bath towels with axle grease"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brush",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"sweep",
"wash",
"wipe",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"renew",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)"
],
"related":[
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"discolor",
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"draggle",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"colly",
"crock"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"daub",
"dirty",
"distain",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purify"
],
"examples":[
"industrial pollution fouling the water supply"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"clear",
"distill",
"distil",
"purge",
"filter",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"sterilize"
],
"related":[
"infect",
"begrime",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"dirty",
"foul up",
"grime",
"mire",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully",
"corrupt",
"rot",
"spoil",
"adulterate",
"doctor",
"dilute",
"water down"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"poison",
"pollute",
"taint"
]
},
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"elevate",
"exalt"
],
"examples":[
"the minister was irreparably fouled by baseless rumors and allegations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"boast",
"celebrate",
"cheer",
"cite",
"commend",
"compliment",
"congratulate",
"decorate",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"hail",
"honor",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout",
"acknowledge",
"recognize",
"highlight",
"play up",
"spotlight",
"dignify",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"ensky",
"enthrone",
"glorify",
"magnify",
"advance",
"boost",
"lift",
"promote",
"raise",
"upgrade",
"uplift",
"idealize",
"romanticize"
],
"related":[
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"belittle",
"castigate",
"criticize",
"cry down",
"decry",
"depreciate",
"detract",
"diminish",
"discount",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"write off",
"bad-mouth",
"defame",
"defile",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"affront",
"insult",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"denounce",
"execrate",
"reprehend",
"reprobate"
],
"synonyms":[
"abase",
"chasten",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"lower",
"shame",
"sink",
"smirch",
"take down"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"foul up":{
"an instance of confusion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there was a foul-up with our mail order, and not one item arrived as ordered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"fumble",
"blunder",
"error",
"fault",
"flub",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"disorganization",
"hash",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles"
],
"synonyms":[
"mix-up"
]
},
"to make a mistake":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"nod",
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"foozle",
"mangle",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"murder",
"miscalculate",
"misconceive",
"miscount",
"miscue",
"misdeem",
"misgauge",
"misjudge",
"mistake",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misunderstand"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"boob",
"err",
"flub",
"fluff",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"screw up",
"slip up",
"stumble",
"trip"
]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tried not to foul up the football play"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"related":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
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],
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"fluffs",
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},
"fogged":{
"suffering from mental confusion":{
"examples":[
"a discussion that did little more than leave the participants hopelessly fogged"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"addled",
"addlepated",
"bedeviled",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"bushed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dizzy",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"mixed-up",
"muddleheaded",
"muzzy",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"punch-drunk",
"punchy",
"raddled",
"shell-shocked",
"silly",
"slaphappy",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"spacey",
"spacy",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
],
"related":[
"senseless",
"unconscious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"conscious"
],
"antonyms":[
"clearheaded"
]
},
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
"examples":[
"extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"confused",
"muddied",
"obfuscated"
],
"related":[
"complicated",
"perplexed",
"sophisticated",
"entangled",
"snarled",
"tangled",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"discomposed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disrupted",
"disturbed",
"jumbled",
"messed (up)",
"mixed (up)",
"muddled",
"scrambled",
"shuffled",
"tousled",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"disentangled",
"straightened (out)",
"undid",
"unraveled",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"analyzed",
"broke down"
],
"antonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"illuminated"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"time will fog memories"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blackened",
"bleared",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dislimned",
"fuzzed (up)",
"hazed",
"misted",
"obscured",
"overcast",
"overclouded",
"overshadowed",
"shadowed",
"shrouded"
],
"related":[
"adumbrated",
"blotted out",
"concealed",
"eclipsed",
"hid",
"obliterated",
"screened",
"shaded",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"masked",
"veiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposed",
"revealed",
"uncovered",
"unveiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"lightened",
"lit (up)",
"lighted (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"form":{
"the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance":{
"examples":[
"the wood-carver carved the block of wood into the form of a duck"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"fashion",
"figure",
"geometry",
"shape"
],
"related":[
"contour",
"outline",
"profile",
"silhouette",
"frame",
"framework",
"shell",
"skeleton",
"arrangement",
"design",
"format",
"layout",
"makeup",
"organization",
"pattern",
"plan",
"setup"
],
"near antonyms":[
"composition",
"material",
"matter",
"raw material",
"stuff",
"substance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it":{
"examples":[
"I filled out all the forms for applying to the school"
],
"synonyms":[
"blank",
"document",
"paper"
],
"related":[
"instrument",
"writ",
"filing",
"sheet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"personal conduct or behavior as evaluated by an accepted standard of appropriateness for a social or professional setting":{
"examples":[
"it's bad form to throw a tantrum on the court just because you lost a tennis match"
],
"synonyms":[
"etiquette",
"manner",
"mores",
"proprieties"
],
"related":[
"amenities",
"civilities",
"pleasantries",
"bearing",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"mien",
"courtesy",
"decorum",
"mannerliness",
"politeness",
"formalities",
"protocol",
"rules",
"air",
"attitude",
"carriage",
"poise",
"polish",
"pose",
"posture",
"presence",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"trick",
"way",
"wont",
"convention",
"fashion",
"mode",
"style"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of being or fitness":{
"examples":[
"after a long season off, the football team is back in good form"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"estate",
"fettle",
"health",
"keeping",
"kilter",
"nick",
"order",
"repair",
"shape",
"trim"
],
"related":[
"practice",
"practise",
"pass",
"phase",
"stage",
"footing",
"picture",
"posture",
"scene",
"situation",
"status",
"rank",
"standing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disorder",
"disrepair"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes":{
"examples":[
"put the dress on the form to finish pinning it together"
],
"synonyms":[
"dummy",
"figure",
"manikin",
"mannikin",
"mannequin"
],
"related":[
"doll"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules":{
"examples":[
"we'll use the second form in our church missals for today's Lenten service"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceremonial",
"ceremony",
"formality",
"observance",
"rite",
"ritual",
"solemnity"
],
"related":[
"amenities",
"civility",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"graces",
"proprieties",
"protocol",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"manners",
"mores",
"practice",
"practise",
"standard",
"tradition",
"way",
"celebration",
"service"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"socially acceptable behavior":{
"examples":[
"displayed good form throughout the formal dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"decency",
"decorum",
"propriety"
],
"related":[
"etiquette",
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"gentilesse",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"mannerliness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"dignity",
"grace",
"refinement",
"discretion",
"prudence",
"appropriateness",
"correctitude",
"correctness",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"care",
"carefulness",
"character",
"goodness",
"high-mindedness",
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"straightness",
"uprightness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"gracelessness",
"discourtesy",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"vulgarity",
"imprudence",
"indiscretion",
"badness",
"evil",
"immorality",
"wickedness",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"perversion",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"indecorum"
]
},
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
"examples":[
"there are established forms for voting on motions and amendments at meetings"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"fashion",
"how",
"manner",
"method",
"methodology",
"recipe",
"strategy",
"style",
"system",
"tack",
"tactics",
"technique",
"way"
],
"related":[
"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":[]
},
"the type of body that a person has":{
"examples":[
"he has the big-boned form of a linebacker"
],
"synonyms":[
"build",
"constitution",
"figure",
"frame",
"habit",
"physique",
"shape"
],
"related":[
"anatomy",
"structure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"examples":[
"museumgoers liked the asymmetrical form of the mobile"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"composition",
"configuration",
"constellation",
"design",
"format",
"getup",
"layout",
"makeup",
"ordonnance",
"pattern"
],
"related":[
"motif",
"theme"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"my ideas on the subject are just starting to form"
],
"synonyms":[
"crystallize",
"crystalize",
"jell",
"shape (up)",
"solidify"
],
"related":[
"associate",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"fuse",
"combine",
"conjoin",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"join",
"link (up)",
"unify",
"unite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break down",
"decay",
"decompose",
"disintegrate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be all the substance of":{
"examples":[
"this one sentence really forms the basis of your argument"
],
"synonyms":[
"compose",
"comprise",
"constitute",
"make up"
],
"related":[
"embody",
"epitomize",
"incarnate",
"incorporate",
"integrate",
"materialize",
"personify",
"substantiate",
"complement",
"complete",
"supplement",
"fill (out)",
"flesh (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
"examples":[
"formed the pot out of the clay"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"produce"
],
"related":[
"assemble",
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"make up",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up",
"structure",
"throw up",
"craft",
"handcraft",
"hew",
"forge",
"mold",
"shape",
"cobble (together or up)",
"knock out",
"patch (together)",
"throw up",
"prefabricate",
"create",
"invent",
"mint",
"originate",
"establish",
"father",
"institute",
"organize",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"design",
"devise",
"imagine",
"think (up)",
"conceive",
"envisage",
"picture",
"visualize",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remanufacture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"take apart",
"break up",
"dismember",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"flatten",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"wreck",
"blow up",
"explode"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"the new company formed from two smaller ones"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualize",
"appear",
"arise",
"begin",
"break",
"commence",
"dawn",
"engender",
"materialize",
"originate",
"set in",
"spring",
"start"
],
"related":[
"be",
"breathe",
"exist",
"live",
"subsist",
"arrive",
"come on",
"emerge",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"shape (up)",
"continue",
"endure",
"last",
"persist",
"survive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conclude",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"finish",
"halt",
"quit",
"terminate",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evaporate",
"vanish",
"depart",
"die",
"expire",
"pass away",
"perish"
],
"antonyms":[
"cease",
"end",
"stop"
]
},
"to come to have gradually":{
"examples":[
"I don't want you beginning skiers to form any bad habits"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquire",
"cultivate",
"develop"
],
"related":[
"absorb",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take in",
"take on",
"gain",
"get",
"obtain",
"achieve",
"attain",
"reach",
"foster",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"cast",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough",
"sluff",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"unload"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"forayed (into)":{
"to enter for conquest or plunder":{
"examples":[
"Vikings foraying into the village"
],
"synonyms":[
"invaded",
"overran",
"raided"
],
"related":[
"despoiled",
"looted",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ransacked",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"stripped",
"stript",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"dominated",
"overcame",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"subdued",
"subjected",
"subjugated",
"vanquished",
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"charged",
"rushed",
"stormed",
"struck",
"battled",
"clashed (with)",
"combated",
"combatted",
"fought",
"warred (with)",
"encroached",
"harassed",
"infringed",
"trespassed",
"beleaguered",
"besieged",
"blockaded",
"invested",
"garrisoned",
"occupied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"shielded",
"warded",
"defied",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"capitulated (to)",
"ceded (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fortune-tellings":{
"as in divinations , soothsayings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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}
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