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{
"abase":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"antonyms":[
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"uplift"
],
"examples":[
"was unwilling to abase himself by pleading guilty to a crime that he did not commit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignify",
"exalt",
"honor",
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"refine",
"restore",
"respect"
],
"related":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"dilute",
"dirty",
"pollute",
"taint",
"thin",
"water down",
"weaken",
"descend",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"shame",
"take down",
"blemish",
"damage",
"deface",
"destroy",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"stain",
"tarnish",
"wreck",
"depreciate",
"downgrade"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastardize",
"canker",
"cheapen",
"corrupt",
"debase",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"deteriorate",
"lessen",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"vitiate",
"warp"
]
},
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"elevate",
"exalt"
],
"examples":[
"I certainly don't abase myself when I do good, honest manual labor"
],
"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":[
"chasten",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"foul",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"lower",
"shame",
"sink",
"smirch",
"take down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abated":{
"as in reduced , diminished":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"examples":[
"interest in the author's home abated as her novels waned in popularity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
"related":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"synonyms":[
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
"diminished",
"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fell",
"fell away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"subsided",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"raised"
],
"examples":[
"a couple of aspirin should abate the pain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"swelled",
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"added (to)",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled"
],
"related":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"docked",
"nicked",
"pared",
"pruned",
"retrenched",
"shortened",
"slashed",
"trimmed",
"truncated",
"whittled",
"deflated",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"minimized",
"moderated",
"modified",
"modulated",
"qualified"
],
"synonyms":[
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"dented",
"depleted",
"diminished",
"downscaled",
"downsized",
"dropped",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"knocked down",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"asked the appellate court to abate the lower court's ruling allowing the patient to be removed from life support"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacted",
"laid down",
"legislated",
"established",
"founded",
"instituted",
"formalized",
"legalized",
"legitimated",
"legitimized",
"validated",
"passed",
"ratified",
"allowed",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"commanded",
"decreed",
"mandated",
"ordered",
"prescribed"
],
"related":[
"countermanded",
"overrode",
"overruled",
"overturned",
"vetoed",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"retracted",
"reversed",
"revoked",
"suspended",
"withdrew",
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"disallowed",
"dismissed",
"rejected",
"annihilated",
"broke down",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"liquidated",
"removed",
"threw out",
"wrote off"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolished",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"avoided",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"disannulled",
"dissolved",
"invalidated",
"negated",
"nulled",
"nullified",
"quashed",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"rolled back",
"struck down",
"vacated",
"voided"
]
},
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
"antonyms":[
"added",
"tacked (on)"
],
"examples":[
"I managed to get the used car dealer to abate $200 from the sticker price"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjoined",
"annexed",
"appended",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"raised"
],
"related":[
"decreased",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"knocked down",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"docked",
"pared",
"pruned",
"retrenched",
"shortened",
"slashed",
"trimmed",
"truncated",
"whittled"
],
"synonyms":[
"deducted",
"knocked off",
"subtracted",
"took off"
]
},
"to take something away from":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"recurring problems could not abate her of her enthusiasm for the project"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"denuded",
"cheated",
"cleaned (out)",
"defrauded",
"shortchanged",
"bankrupted",
"disfurnished",
"impoverished"
],
"synonyms":[
"bereaved",
"bereft",
"deprived",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"abatements":{
"something that is or may be subtracted":{
"antonyms":[
"accessions",
"additions"
],
"examples":[
"entitled to a tax abatement for child care expenses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretions",
"accruals",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"rises",
"appreciations"
],
"related":[
"givebacks",
"kickbacks",
"rebates",
"dents",
"depreciations",
"declines",
"decrements",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drops",
"falls",
"losses",
"forfeits",
"forfeitures",
"penalties"
],
"synonyms":[
"deductions",
"discounts",
"reductions"
]
},
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
"antonyms":[
"boosts",
"enlargements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"upticks"
],
"examples":[
"there's been a significant abatement in noise from the floor above since the upstairs neighbors installed carpets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretions",
"accruals",
"accumulations",
"additions",
"supplements",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"upswings",
"uptrends",
"upturns"
],
"related":[
"deductions",
"subtractions",
"downturns",
"slips",
"slumps",
"curtailments",
"cutbacks",
"cuts",
"retrenchments",
"shortenings"
],
"synonyms":[
"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"dents",
"depletions",
"depressions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs"
]
},
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"sought an abatement of the court proceeding on the grounds that the plaintiff had no legal standing in the case"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enactments",
"legislations",
"establishments",
"institutions",
"formalizations",
"legalizations",
"legitimations",
"legitimizations",
"validations",
"passings",
"ratifications",
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"permissions",
"commandments",
"orderings",
"prescriptions"
],
"related":[
"abortions",
"recalls",
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overturns",
"vetoes",
"retractions",
"reversals",
"revocations",
"suspensions",
"withdrawals",
"forbiddances",
"prohibitions",
"disallowances",
"dismissals",
"rejections",
"eliminations",
"eradications",
"erasures",
"liquidations",
"removals"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"abrogations",
"annulments",
"avoidances",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"defeasances",
"dissolutions",
"invalidations",
"negations",
"nullifications",
"repeals",
"rescindments"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abating":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"examples":[
"interest in the author's home abated as her novels waned in popularity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"related":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"petering (out)",
"tailing (off)",
"vanishing",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"synonyms":[
"declining",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"draining (away)",
"dropping (off)",
"dwindling",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"easing",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"falling away",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"palling",
"phasing down",
"ratcheting (down)",
"racheting (down)",
"receding",
"relenting",
"remitting",
"shrinking",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"increasing",
"raising"
],
"examples":[
"a couple of aspirin should abate the pain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing up",
"dilating",
"distending",
"inflating",
"swelling",
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"adding (to)",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling"
],
"related":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"curtailing",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"cutting down",
"docking",
"nicking",
"paring",
"pruning",
"retrenching",
"shortening",
"slashing",
"trimming",
"truncating",
"whittling",
"deflating",
"shrinking",
"minimizing",
"moderating",
"modifying",
"modulating",
"qualifying"
],
"synonyms":[
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"denting",
"depleting",
"diminishing",
"downscaling",
"downsizing",
"dropping",
"dwindling",
"easing",
"knocking down",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"asked the appellate court to abate the lower court's ruling allowing the patient to be removed from life support"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacting",
"laying down",
"legislating",
"establishing",
"founding",
"instituting",
"formalizing",
"legalizing",
"legitimating",
"legitimizing",
"validating",
"passing",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"permitting",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"commanding",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescribing"
],
"related":[
"countermanding",
"overriding",
"overruling",
"overturning",
"vetoing",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"retracting",
"reversing",
"revoking",
"suspending",
"withdrawing",
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"disallowing",
"dismissing",
"rejecting",
"annihilating",
"breaking down",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"erasing",
"liquidating",
"removing",
"throwing out",
"writing off"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolishing",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"avoiding",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"disannulling",
"dissolving",
"invalidating",
"negating",
"nullifying",
"nulling",
"quashing",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"rolling back",
"striking down",
"vacating",
"voiding"
]
},
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
"antonyms":[
"adding",
"tacking (on)"
],
"examples":[
"I managed to get the used car dealer to abate $200 from the sticker price"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjoining",
"annexing",
"appending",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"raising"
],
"related":[
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"knocking down",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"curtailing",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"cutting down",
"docking",
"paring",
"pruning",
"retrenching",
"shortening",
"slashing",
"trimming",
"truncating",
"whittling"
],
"synonyms":[
"deducting",
"knocking off",
"subtracting",
"taking off"
]
},
"to take something away from":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"recurring problems could not abate her of her enthusiasm for the project"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"denuding",
"cheating",
"cleaning (out)",
"defrauding",
"shortchanging",
"bankrupting",
"disfurnishing",
"impoverishing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bereaving",
"depriving",
"divesting",
"stripping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"abdicated":{
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the revolutionary government forced Nicholas II to abdicate the Russian throne"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"assumed",
"claimed",
"confiscated",
"seized",
"took over",
"usurped",
"wrested",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"secured"
],
"related":[
"abjured",
"demitted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"waived",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"yielded",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"quit",
"quitted",
"vacated"
],
"synonyms":[
"abnegated",
"ceded",
"relinquished",
"renounced",
"resigned",
"stepped aside (from)",
"stepped down (from)",
"surrendered"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"aberrated":{
"being out of the ordinary":{
"antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unextraordinary",
"usual"
],
"examples":[
"you may have taken an aberrated path to the correct answer, but you got there"
],
"near antonyms":[
"everyday",
"familiar",
"frequent"
],
"related":[
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"salient",
"striking",
"bizarre",
"deviant",
"eccentric",
"freakish",
"monstrous",
"oddball",
"outlandish",
"quaint",
"strange",
"weird",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"especial",
"exceeding",
"exceptional",
"extraordinaire",
"extraordinary",
"freak",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"abhor":{
"to dislike strongly":{
"antonyms":[
"love"
],
"examples":[
"abhors the way people leave their trash at the picnic sites in the park"
],
"near antonyms":[
"desire",
"fancy",
"favor",
"like",
"prefer",
"enjoy",
"relish",
"admire",
"adore",
"approve (of)",
"esteem",
"hallow",
"idolize",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure"
],
"related":[
"deplore",
"deprecate",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disdain",
"disfavor",
"scorn"
],
"synonyms":[
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abjectly":{
"in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion":{
"antonyms":[
"arrogantly",
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"self-importantly",
"superciliously",
"swaggeringly",
"uppishly"
],
"examples":[
"she was so sincerely and abjectly apologetic that he was won over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fearlessly",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"impudently",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously"
],
"related":[
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"subserviently",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly",
"bashfully",
"diffidently",
"self-deprecatingly",
"shyly",
"timorously",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"politely",
"respectfully",
"suppliantly"
],
"synonyms":[
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"abnormal":{
"being out of the ordinary":{
"antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unextraordinary",
"usual"
],
"examples":[
"a completely abnormal school day, because half of the kids were out sick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"everyday",
"familiar",
"frequent"
],
"related":[
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"salient",
"striking",
"bizarre",
"deviant",
"eccentric",
"freakish",
"monstrous",
"oddball",
"outlandish",
"quaint",
"strange",
"weird",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrated",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"especial",
"exceeding",
"exceptional",
"extraordinaire",
"extraordinary",
"freak",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted"
]
},
"departing from some accepted standard of what is normal":{
"antonyms":[
"natural",
"normal",
"regular",
"standard",
"typical"
],
"examples":[
"noticed his abnormal breathing and took him to the emergency room"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"ordinary",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"workaday",
"customary",
"usual",
"wonted",
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"average",
"characteristic",
"representative"
],
"related":[
"unrepresentative",
"extraordinary",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"bizarre",
"curious",
"far-out",
"funny",
"kinky",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"out-of-the-way",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"wild",
"eccentric",
"freakish",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"extraordinary",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"strange"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrational",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"deviant",
"deviate",
"devious",
"irregular",
"unnatural",
"untypical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"aboil":{
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
"antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dead",
"inactive",
"lifeless",
"sleepy"
],
"examples":[
"even in the wee hours of the morning, his mind is aboil with new ideas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"abounding",
"crowded",
"overflowing",
"populous",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thronging"
],
"synonyms":[
"abubble",
"abuzz",
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"brisk",
"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"happening",
"hopping",
"humming",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"thriving",
"vibrant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"abomination":{
"a very strong dislike":{
"antonyms":[
"affection",
"devotion",
"fondness",
"love"
],
"examples":[
"the townspeople have such an abomination of taxes that they have even voted down increases that would have given their schools badly needed funds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appetite",
"inclination",
"liking",
"admiration",
"adoration",
"veneration",
"worship",
"acceptance",
"tolerance",
"passion",
"relish",
"taste"
],
"related":[
"cattiness",
"despite",
"despitefulness",
"hatefulness",
"invidiousness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"odium",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"contempt",
"disdain",
"enmity",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"scorn",
"bile",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"spleen",
"venom",
"virulence",
"vitriol"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"detestation",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing"
]
},
"something or someone that is hated":{
"antonyms":[
"love"
],
"examples":[
"most critics decried the remake of the classic film as an abomination"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beloved",
"darling",
"dear",
"honey",
"sweetheart",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"felicity",
"joy",
"pleasure",
"favorite",
"like",
"preference",
"treasure"
],
"related":[
"dread",
"hang-up",
"horror",
"phobia",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugaboo",
"bugbear",
"adversary",
"enemy",
"annoyance",
"grievance",
"hassle",
"nuisance",
"peeve"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"anathema",
"antipathy",
"aversion",
"b\u00eate noire",
"detestation",
"execration",
"hate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abort":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"keep"
],
"examples":[
"had to abort the mission to Mars when they lost contact with the satellite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engage",
"pledge",
"promise",
"begin",
"commence",
"initiate",
"start",
"take on",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"related":[
"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"void",
"write off",
"recant",
"retract",
"take back",
"withdraw",
"countermand",
"reverse",
"roll back",
"break off",
"discontinue",
"end",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"hold back",
"interrupt",
"suspend",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandon",
"call",
"call off",
"cancel",
"cry off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"scrap",
"scrub"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abounding":{
"possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a city abounding with inviting parks",
"it's a new field abounding in job opportunities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"barren",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"deficient",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"short"
],
"related":[
"brimming",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"saturated",
"stuffed",
"clogged",
"congested",
"overcrowded",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overladen",
"overloaded",
"overstuffed",
"surfeited",
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"humming",
"lively"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundant",
"awash",
"flush",
"fraught",
"lousy",
"replete",
"rife",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thick",
"thronging"
]
},
"to be copiously supplied":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a city that abounds with art museums and private galleries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lacking",
"needing",
"wanting"
],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"brimming",
"bristling",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"crawling",
"humming",
"overflowing",
"pullulating",
"swarming",
"teeming"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"abrasive":{
"causing annoyance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an abrasive display of rude behavior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delightful",
"pleasing"
],
"related":[
"burdensome",
"discomforting",
"displeasing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"importunate",
"importune",
"inconveniencing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"infuriating",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"mischievous",
"offensive",
"troublesome",
"upsetting",
"distractive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"worrisome",
"biting",
"grating",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"spiny",
"thorny"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"abridged":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make less in extent or duration":{
"antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted"
],
"examples":[
"the library's hours have been drastically abridged to cut costs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"supplemented",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"dilated",
"escalated",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"pumped up",
"raised",
"blew up",
"distended",
"inflated",
"swelled"
],
"related":[
"abstracted",
"digested",
"encapsulated",
"epitomized",
"recapitulated",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"abated",
"compressed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"cut",
"cut down",
"pared",
"pruned",
"trimmed",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"modified",
"reduced",
"retrenched",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"slashed",
"subtracted (from)",
"tapered"
],
"synonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"curtailed",
"cut back",
"docked",
"elided",
"shortened",
"syncopated",
"truncated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"abridgment":{
"a shortened version of a written work":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this Italian-English pocket dictionary is an abridgment of the hardback edition"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplification",
"elaboration",
"enlargement",
"expansion"
],
"related":[
"abstract",
"aper\u00e7u",
"brief",
"capsule",
"outline",
"overview",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
"resume",
"resum\u00e9",
"review",
"sketch",
"sum",
"summarization",
"summary",
"summation",
"survey",
"syllabus",
"synopsis",
"tabloid",
"wrap-up"
],
"synonyms":[
"abbreviation",
"bowdlerization",
"condensation",
"digest"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"absoluteness":{
"the quality or state of being without restriction, exception, or qualification":{
"antonyms":[
"imperfection",
"imperfectness",
"incompleteness",
"unsoundness"
],
"examples":[
"the absoluteness of my belief in God should be apparent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"limitedness",
"narrowness",
"patchiness",
"sketchiness"
],
"related":[
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"indefectibility",
"perfection",
"all-inclusiveness",
"comprehensiveness",
"exhaustiveness",
"extensiveness",
"inclusiveness",
"soundness",
"thoroughness"
],
"synonyms":[
"completeness",
"entireness",
"entirety",
"fullness",
"perfectness",
"wholeness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"absorbs":{
"to hold the attention of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"chatting on the phone doesn't absorb me so much that I can't do something else at the same time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies"
],
"related":[
"allures",
"attracts",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"obsesses",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"distracts",
"preoccupies",
"hogs",
"monopolizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bemuses",
"busies",
"catches up",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"enwraps",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"immerses",
"interests",
"intrigues",
"involves",
"occupies"
]
},
"to make a part of a body or system":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"local schools will seek to absorb the new immigrants into the regular curriculum as quickly as possible"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"amalgamates",
"blends",
"combines",
"commingles",
"fuses",
"intermingles",
"merges",
"mingles",
"acculturates",
"accustoms",
"conditions",
"enculturates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"assimilates",
"co-opts",
"embodies",
"incorporates",
"integrates"
]
},
"to make complete use of":{
"antonyms":[
"renews",
"replaces"
],
"examples":[
"cleaning the house absorbed the rest of his energy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augments",
"enlarges",
"increases",
"bolsters",
"enforces",
"fortifies",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"rebuilds",
"repairs",
"restores",
"revives",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"saves"
],
"related":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"eats",
"uses",
"bankrupts",
"cleans (out)",
"impoverishes",
"cripples",
"debilitates",
"disables",
"enfeebles",
"saps",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"dries up",
"empties",
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fritters (away)",
"guzzles",
"lavishes",
"misspends",
"runs through",
"squanders",
"throws away",
"wastes"
],
"synonyms":[
"burns",
"consumes",
"depletes",
"devours",
"drains",
"draws down",
"exhausts",
"expends",
"plays out",
"spends",
"uses up"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"somehow she managed to absorb whatever hardships life offered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"misses",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)"
],
"related":[
"allows",
"permits",
"suffers",
"swallows",
"reconciles (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (with or to)",
"assents (to)",
"capitulates",
"consents (to)",
"respects",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"accepts",
"bears",
"bides",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"goes",
"hacks",
"handles",
"meets",
"pockets",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"sweats out",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"wears"
]
},
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"most of the spilled water was absorbed by the tablecloth"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gulps",
"guzzles",
"quaffs",
"sips",
"slurps",
"swallows",
"swigs",
"swills"
],
"synonyms":[
"drinks",
"imbibes",
"soaks (up)",
"sponges",
"sucks (up)",
"takes up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abstain (from)":{
"to resist the temptation of":{
"antonyms":[
"bow (to)",
"give in (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"examples":[
"had to abstain from solid food before her surgery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiesce (to)",
"capitulate",
"concede (to)",
"knuckle under (to)"
],
"related":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"deny",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"buck",
"combat",
"fight"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"forbear",
"forgo",
"forego",
"keep (from)",
"refrain (from)",
"withhold (from)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abstract":{
"a short statement of the main points":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the scientist wrote a bare-bones abstract of his research and conclusions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplification",
"enlargement",
"expansion",
"addendum",
"supplement"
],
"related":[
"abbreviation",
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"compend",
"compendium",
"condensation",
"curtailment",
"shortening",
"simplification",
"streamlining",
"rehash",
"reprise",
"conclusion",
"epilogue",
"epilog"
],
"synonyms":[
"breviary",
"brief",
"capsule",
"conspectus",
"digest",
"encapsulation",
"epitome",
"inventory",
"outline",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
"resume",
"resum\u00e9",
"roundup",
"run-through",
"rundown",
"sum",
"sum-up",
"summa",
"summarization",
"summary",
"summing-up",
"synopsis",
"wrap-up"
]
},
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a recent college valedictorian who's been hailed as the very abstract of what's right with today's young people"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"actualization",
"concretization",
"exemplification",
"personalization",
"realization",
"substantiation",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"archetype",
"exemplar",
"model",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"reincarnation"
],
"synonyms":[
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"externalization",
"genius",
"icon",
"ikon",
"image",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"instantiation",
"manifestation",
"objectification",
"personification",
"personifier"
]
},
"dealing with or expressing a quality or idea":{
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"concrete",
"nonabstract"
],
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"the book deals with abstract matters such as honesty and integrity on the job as well as practical subjects such as asking for a raise"
],
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"material",
"physical",
"appreciable",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"sensible",
"substantial",
"tangible",
"visible",
"defined",
"definite",
"distinct",
"actual",
"factual",
"real"
],
"related":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"intellectual",
"mental",
"spiritual",
"ethereal",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical",
"unsubstantial",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"insensible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"impractical",
"romantic",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unreal",
"utopian",
"visionary"
],
"synonyms":[
"conceptual",
"ideal",
"ideational",
"metaphysical",
"notional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
]
},
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
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"examples":[
"personal problems abstracted him so persistently that he struggled to keep his mind on his work"
],
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"concentrate",
"focus"
],
"related":[
"amuse",
"beguile",
"entertain",
"stray",
"wander"
],
"synonyms":[
"call off",
"detract",
"distract",
"divert",
"throw off"
]
},
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
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"examples":[
"took the 135-page report and abstracted it in three short paragraphs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"amplify",
"elaborate (on or upon)",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"supplement"
],
"related":[
"abridge",
"condense",
"curtail",
"cut back",
"shorten",
"downsize",
"shrink",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"decoct",
"essentialize",
"simplify",
"streamline"
],
"synonyms":[
"boil down",
"brief",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recap",
"recapitulate",
"reprise",
"sum up",
"summarize",
"synopsize",
"wrap up"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"using elements of form (as color, line, or texture) with little or no attempt at creating a realistic picture":{
"antonyms":[
"figurative",
"naturalistic",
"naturalist",
"nonabstract",
"objective",
"realistic",
"representational"
],
"examples":[
"Cubism is a style of abstract art in which natural forms are broken up into geometric shapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lifelike",
"natural"
],
"related":[
"expressionist",
"expressionistic",
"impressionist",
"impressionistic",
"symbolist",
"symbolistic"
],
"synonyms":[
"nonfigurative",
"nonobjective",
"nonrealistic",
"nonrepresentational"
]
}
},
"abstruse":{
"difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand":{
"antonyms":[
"shallow",
"superficial"
],
"examples":[
"you're not the only one who finds Einstein's theory of relativity abstruse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"facile",
"simple",
"straightforward",
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"understandable",
"apparent",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"transparent"
],
"related":[
"erudite",
"learned",
"scholarly",
"academic",
"academical",
"pedantic",
"complex",
"complicated",
"hard",
"darkling",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"mystical",
"orphic",
"uncanny",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"ambiguous",
"cryptic",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"disorienting",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"synonyms":[
"arcane",
"deep",
"esoteric",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"profound",
"recondite"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"abundance":{
"a considerable amount":{
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"handful",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
"pittance",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"examples":[
"an abundance of flowers for the wedding",
"grew up with an abundance of cousins"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atom",
"crumb",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"fragment",
"grain",
"granule",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"molecule",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scrap",
"shred",
"tittle",
"whit",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dash",
"drop",
"morsel",
"shot",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"absence",
"dearth",
"famine",
"lack",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"meagerness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"skimpiness"
],
"related":[
"epidemic",
"plague",
"rash",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"deluge",
"flood",
"overflow",
"army",
"bevy",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"score",
"sea",
"swarm",
"throng",
"gazillion",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillion",
"zillion"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
"myriad",
"oodles",
"pack",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
"slew",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
]
},
"an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs":{
"antonyms":[
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"undersupply"
],
"examples":[
"we have an abundance of food, so eat as much as you want"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarcity",
"barrenness",
"infertility",
"sterility"
],
"related":[
"adequacy",
"competence",
"competency",
"sufficiency",
"ampleness",
"amplitude",
"liberality",
"excess",
"overdose",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"oversupply",
"redundancy",
"superfluity",
"superfluousness",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"copiousness",
"fecundity",
"fertility",
"fruitfulness",
"opulence",
"richness",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance"
],
"synonyms":[
"cornucopia",
"feast",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"plethora",
"superabundance",
"wealth"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abutment":{
"as in attachment , articulation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in juxtaposition":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}