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{
"agent":{
"a person sent on a mission to represent another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an undercover agent of the Crown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ambassadress",
"attach\u00e9",
"charg\u00e9 d'affaires",
"consul",
"deputy",
"diplomat",
"foreign minister",
"nuncio",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"apostle",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"deputation",
"detachment",
"legation",
"courier",
"messenger",
"mouthpiece",
"spokesperson"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambassador",
"delegate",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"legate",
"minister",
"representative"
]
},
"a person who acts or does business for another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the sports agent negotiated a record-breaking contract for the baseball player"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ambassador",
"diplomat",
"diplomatist",
"emissary",
"foreign minister",
"legate",
"plenipotentiary",
"alternate",
"backup",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute",
"surrogate",
"understudy",
"informer",
"operative",
"spy",
"broker",
"distributor",
"manager",
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"comprador",
"compradore",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"interposer",
"liaison",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker",
"mouthpiece",
"point man",
"point person",
"prophet",
"speaker",
"spokesman",
"spokesperson"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"minister",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative"
]
},
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an agent feeding information about enemy troop movements"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"courier",
"counterspy",
"double agent",
"sleeper",
"infiltrator",
"informer",
"stool pigeon",
"spymaster",
"superspy"
],
"synonyms":[
"asset",
"emissary",
"intelligencer",
"mole",
"operative",
"spook",
"spy",
"undercover"
]
},
"something used to achieve an end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the whitening agent in the detergent is chlorine bleach",
"the Church has been the traditional agent for social justice in impoverished countries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"determinant",
"expedient",
"factor",
"influence",
"ingredient",
"mechanism",
"tool",
"weapon",
"activator",
"animator",
"catalyst",
"driver",
"energizer",
"executor",
"generator",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"instigator",
"launcher",
"mover",
"power",
"stimulus",
"trigger",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason",
"subagency",
"subagent"
],
"synonyms":[
"agency",
"instrument",
"instrumentality",
"machinery",
"means",
"medium",
"ministry",
"organ",
"vehicle"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aggravation":{
"something that is a source of irritation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a reminder designed to prevent the aggravation of phones ringing during movies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
"related":[
"discomfort",
"fleabite",
"pinprick",
"affront",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"upset",
"worry",
"affliction",
"albatross",
"burden",
"cross",
"curse",
"menace",
"millstone",
"plague",
"sore",
"anxiety",
"plight",
"predicament",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"hang-up",
"pet peeve",
"problem",
"annoyer",
"disturber",
"harasser",
"mischief",
"offender",
"pandora's box"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"bugbear",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"hair shirt",
"hassle",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"irk",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"peeve",
"pest",
"rub",
"ruffle",
"thorn",
"trial",
"vexation"
]
},
"the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the neighbors' constant aggravations prompted us to move out of town"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aggro",
"molestation",
"offense",
"offence",
"persecution",
"provocation",
"torment",
"torture",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"mischief"
],
"synonyms":[
"annoyance",
"bedevilment",
"botheration",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"disturbance",
"harassment",
"harrying",
"importunity",
"pestering",
"teasing",
"vexation"
]
},
"the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"informed her children that she didn't need the extra aggravation of hearing them fight in the back seat while they were stuck in traffic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"pleasure"
],
"related":[
"agitation",
"discomfort",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"upset",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peeve",
"perturbation",
"pet",
"pique",
"resentment",
"snappishness",
"trouble",
"anger",
"angriness",
"chafe",
"dander",
"dudgeon",
"gall",
"huff",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"umbrage"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"grief",
"irritation",
"pip",
"vexation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aggregates":{
"a complete amount of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"numerous episodes of pilferage, taken in the aggregate , can really add up to a significant sum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nets"
],
"related":[
"grosses",
"entireties",
"bulks",
"masses",
"enchiladas",
"schmears"
],
"synonyms":[
"fulls",
"summations",
"sums",
"sum totals",
"totalities",
"totals",
"wholes"
]
},
"to have a total of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"over time, her petty thefts aggregated a significant shortfall in the company's books"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"averages",
"equals",
"measures",
"reaches",
"composes",
"comprises",
"constitutes",
"makes up"
],
"synonyms":[
"adds up (to)",
"amounts (to)",
"comes (to)",
"counts (up to)",
"numbers",
"sums (to or into)",
"totals"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"aggressiveness":{
"an inclination to fight or quarrel":{
"antonyms":[
"nonaggression",
"pacifism"
],
"examples":[
"male bettas, known for their aggressiveness , are best raised alone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiaggression",
"anti-imperialism",
"antimilitarism",
"affability",
"amiability",
"amicability",
"benevolence",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"pleasantness",
"sociability",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness",
"amenability",
"complaisance",
"placability"
],
"related":[
"antagonism",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"hyperaggressiveness",
"unfriendliness",
"imperialism",
"jingoism",
"militarism",
"acidity",
"biliousness",
"captiousness",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"disagreeableness",
"fractiousness",
"fretfulness",
"grouchiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"orneriness",
"peevishness",
"pettishness",
"petulance",
"querulousness",
"rudeness",
"surliness",
"testiness",
"waspishness"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggression",
"assaultiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"defiance",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"fight",
"militance",
"militancy",
"militantness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence"
]
},
"readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"because of the mayor's aggressiveness in tackling problems, there have been significant changes for the better"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inactivity",
"inertia",
"passivity",
"diffidence",
"faintheartedness",
"timidity",
"hesitation",
"reluctance",
"indolence",
"laziness",
"lethargy"
],
"related":[
"grit",
"gumption",
"pluck",
"snap",
"spirit",
"spunk",
"starch",
"ambitiousness",
"killer instinct",
"overambitiousness",
"assertiveness",
"self-reliance",
"energy",
"hardihood",
"pep",
"vigor",
"vitality"
],
"synonyms":[
"action",
"ambition",
"drive",
"enterprise",
"go",
"hustle",
"initiative"
]
},
"the quality or state of being forceful (as in expression)":{
"antonyms":[
"feebleness",
"mildness",
"weakness"
],
"examples":[
"has the aggressiveness one needs to pursue a career in show business"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambiguity",
"equivocation",
"delicacy",
"lightness",
"subtlety"
],
"related":[
"potency",
"power",
"strength",
"eloquence",
"ardency",
"ardor",
"fervency",
"fervidness",
"fervor",
"insistence",
"passion",
"warmth",
"stridency",
"vociferousness",
"absoluteness",
"clearness",
"directness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"plainness",
"straightforwardness",
"vividness"
],
"synonyms":[
"assertiveness",
"emphasis",
"fierceness",
"forcefulness",
"intenseness",
"intensity",
"vehemence",
"vigorousness",
"violence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aghast":{
"filled with fear or dread":{
"antonyms":[
"fearless",
"unafraid"
],
"examples":[
"I stood there, aghast , as the vile monster made its way toward me"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daredevil",
"daring",
"dashing",
"gutsy",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"brave",
"courageous",
"gallant",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"assured",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"sanguine",
"sure",
"unperturbed",
"dauntless",
"resolute",
"undaunted"
],
"related":[
"chicken",
"fainthearted",
"fearsome",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"tremulant",
"tremulous",
"agitated",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"funky",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"panicked",
"panicky",
"panic-stricken",
"perturbed",
"skittish",
"uneasy",
"upset",
"worried",
"phobic",
"appalled",
"dismayed",
"startled",
"cowed",
"daunted",
"intimidated",
"unnerved",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"pusillanimous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"wary"
],
"synonyms":[
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"alarmed",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"horror-struck",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"scared",
"scary",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"terrified",
"terrorized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"agin":{
"opposed to; not for":{
"antonyms":[
"for",
"pro"
],
"examples":[
"Grandpa was generally agin any music created after the Second World War"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"athwart",
"contrary to",
"versus",
"with"
],
"synonyms":[
"against",
"anti",
"contra"
]
},
"type":[
"preposition"
]
},
"aglow":{
"having or being an outward sign of good feelings (as of love, confidence, or happiness)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"all aglow as she was awarded first place in the spelling bee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blank",
"flat",
"listless",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"unemotional",
"black",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"dismal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"melancholy",
"sullen",
"frowning",
"glaring",
"glowering",
"lowering",
"louring",
"scowling"
],
"related":[
"brilliant",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"gleaming",
"luminous",
"refulgent",
"shining",
"starry",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"optimistic",
"upbeat",
"jocund",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blooming",
"rosy",
"blissful",
"chuffed",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"thankful",
"tickled"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaming",
"bright",
"glowing",
"radiant",
"sunny"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"agonizing":{
"as in hesitation , indecision":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in suffering , mourning":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"hard to accept or bear especially emotionally":{
"antonyms":[
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"sweet"
],
"examples":[
"agonizing cries rose up from the dungeon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearable",
"endurable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable",
"livable",
"liveable",
"sufferable",
"survivable",
"acceptable",
"allowable",
"reasonable"
],
"related":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"bad",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"ghastly",
"horrible",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"severe",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched",
"acute",
"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"bitter",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"galling",
"grievous",
"harrowing",
"harsh",
"heartrending",
"hurtful",
"painful",
"tormenting",
"torturous"
]
},
"intensely or unbearably painful":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"died an agonizing death"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"acute",
"exquisite",
"extreme",
"fierce",
"intense",
"vehement",
"violent",
"biting",
"cutting",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"shooting",
"smarting",
"stabbing",
"stinging",
"tearing",
"tingling"
],
"synonyms":[
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"racking",
"raging",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"torturous",
"wrenching"
]
},
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"got into more trouble, further agonizing her poor mother"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"delivering",
"releasing",
"relieving",
"reprieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"succoring"
],
"related":[
"assailing",
"attacking",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"riding",
"aggravating",
"agitating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"molesting",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"vexing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"flustering",
"grieving",
"perturbing",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"crushing",
"oppressing",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"smiting",
"striking",
"tyrannizing",
"victimizing",
"hurting",
"paining",
"panging",
"pricking",
"smarting",
"stabbing",
"stinging",
"wringing",
"martyring"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"anguishing",
"bedeviling",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"cursing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"persecuting",
"plaguing",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"agonized for days over whether she'd done the right thing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"cheering",
"crowing",
"delighting",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"joying",
"laughing",
"ravishing",
"rejoicing",
"triumphing",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"commiserating",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"sympathizing"
],
"related":[
"aching",
"longing (for)",
"pining (away)",
"sighing",
"smarting",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting",
"ruing",
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"sobbing",
"taking on",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"yammering",
"yowling",
"languishing",
"regretting"
],
"synonyms":[
"anguishing",
"bleeding",
"grieving",
"hurting",
"mourning",
"sorrowing",
"suffering"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"agree (on)":{
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'm sure we can all agree on what to do next"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"differ (over)",
"disagree (with)",
"counter",
"debate",
"object",
"oppose",
"protest",
"resist",
"contest",
"dispute"
],
"related":[
"contract",
"pledge",
"promise",
"blueprint",
"calculate",
"chart",
"concert",
"design",
"draft",
"frame",
"hammer out",
"intrigue",
"lay out",
"maneuver",
"map (out)",
"plan",
"program",
"programme",
"schematize",
"scheme",
"shape",
"square away",
"work out",
"choose",
"conclude",
"determine",
"figure",
"opt",
"resolve",
"affirm",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"close",
"complete",
"end",
"finalize",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"wind up",
"wrap up",
"bargain",
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"negotiate"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrange",
"decide",
"fix",
"set",
"settle"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}