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{
"apathy":{
"a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness":{
"antonyms":[
"emotion",
"feeling",
"sensibility"
],
"examples":[
"the apathy of the people of that war-torn country comes from their having seen too many horrors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassion",
"empathy",
"pity",
"sympathy",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"responsiveness",
"sensitivity",
"solicitude",
"tenderness",
"understanding",
"warmth",
"hand-wringing",
"histrionics",
"hysteria",
"hysterics",
"melodrama",
"vehemence"
],
"related":[
"bloodlessness",
"callosity",
"callousness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"halfheartedness",
"hard-heartedness",
"hardness",
"heartlessness",
"imperturbability",
"insensitivity",
"obduracy",
"blankness",
"deadness",
"emptiness",
"vacancy",
"aloofness",
"detachment",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"stiffness",
"woodenness"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectlessness",
"emotionlessness",
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm"
]
},
"lack of interest or concern":{
"antonyms":[
"concern",
"interest",
"regard"
],
"examples":[
"her poor grades are proof enough of her apathy concerning all matters academic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"conscientiousness",
"curiosity",
"heedfulness",
"keenness",
"sensitivity",
"warmheartedness",
"bias",
"partiality",
"prejudice",
"ardor",
"desire",
"fervency",
"passion",
"vehemence",
"warmth",
"zeal"
],
"related":[
"halfheartedness",
"lukewarmness",
"tepidity",
"tepidness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"recklessness",
"unawareness",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"aloofness",
"coldness",
"cool",
"detachment",
"dispassion",
"callosity",
"callousness",
"hard-heartedness",
"hardness",
"insensitivity",
"bloodlessness",
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"phlegm",
"stoicism",
"stolidity"
],
"synonyms":[
"casualness",
"complacence",
"disinterestedness",
"disregard",
"incuriosity",
"incuriousness",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"torpor",
"unconcern"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appearance":{
"outward and often deceptive indication":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"can't you at least give the appearance of listening to what I say?"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"air",
"effect",
"impression",
"hint",
"implication",
"insinuation",
"resemblance",
"suggestion",
"affectation",
"demonstration",
"display",
"fiction",
"image",
"imitation",
"imposture",
"likeness",
"make-believe",
"make-belief",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"representation",
"simulation",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"exterior",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"front",
"gloss",
"mask",
"masquerade",
"patina",
"Potemkin village",
"shape",
"shell",
"surface",
"veneer"
],
"synonyms":[
"face",
"guise",
"name",
"outward",
"seeming",
"semblance",
"show"
]
},
"the act of coming upon a scene":{
"antonyms":[
"decamping",
"decampment",
"departing",
"departure",
"disappearance",
"exit",
"exiting",
"farewell",
"going",
"leave-taking",
"parting",
"quitting"
],
"examples":[
"his appearance at the party caused considerable speculation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissipation",
"dissolution",
"evaporation",
"fadeaway",
"fading",
"melting",
"passing",
"vanishing",
"clearing out",
"egress",
"leaving",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"withdrawal",
"emigration",
"evacuation",
"exodus"
],
"related":[
"approach",
"entrance",
"ingress",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"genesis",
"inception",
"morning",
"onset",
"start"
],
"synonyms":[
"advent",
"arrival",
"coming",
"incoming"
]
},
"the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the dignified appearance of this church leader",
"the country club's manicured lawns and well-groomed appearance in general"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"air",
"attitude",
"bearing",
"behavior",
"comportment",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"manner",
"poise",
"pose",
"carriage",
"posture",
"stance",
"cast",
"mold",
"shape",
"turn",
"color",
"coloring",
"complexion",
"countenance",
"face",
"features",
"habit",
"habitus",
"person",
"physiognomy",
"superficies",
"visage"
],
"synonyms":[
"aspect",
"dress",
"figure",
"garb",
"look",
"mien",
"outside",
"presence",
"regard"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appeared":{
"to come into existence":{
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"ended",
"stopped"
],
"examples":[
"the benefits of the exercise program should appear almost immediately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluded",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"finished",
"halted",
"quit",
"quitted",
"terminated",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evaporated",
"vanished",
"departed",
"died",
"expired",
"passed away",
"perished"
],
"related":[
"breathed",
"existed",
"lived",
"subsisted",
"was",
"arrived",
"came on",
"emerged",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"shaped (up)",
"continued",
"endured",
"lasted",
"persisted",
"survived"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualized",
"arose",
"began",
"broke",
"commenced",
"dawned",
"engendered",
"formed",
"materialized",
"originated",
"set in",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"started"
]
},
"to come into view":{
"antonyms":[
"cleared",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"faded",
"melted (away)",
"vanished",
"went (away)"
],
"examples":[
"a police car appeared just as I ran a red light"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departed",
"left",
"retired",
"withdrew"
],
"related":[
"reappeared",
"resurfaced",
"bulked",
"loomed",
"arrived",
"came",
"dawned",
"debuted",
"arose",
"blossomed",
"bobbed (up)",
"broke",
"broke out",
"cropped (up)",
"emerged",
"erupted",
"issued",
"outcropped",
"rose",
"shot (up)",
"sprang (up)",
"sprung (up)",
"surfaced",
"happened",
"occurred",
"reappeared",
"rematerialized"
],
"synonyms":[
"came out",
"materialized",
"showed",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"unfolded"
]
},
"to get to a destination":{
"antonyms":[
"left",
"went"
],
"examples":[
"a friend who daily manages to appear at our door just as dinner is being served"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checked out",
"clocked (out)",
"fled",
"vamoosed"
],
"related":[
"fetched",
"hit",
"made",
"reached",
"pulled in",
"touched down",
"debarked",
"disembarked",
"barged (in)",
"blew in",
"breezed (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"bursted (in or into)",
"waltzed (in)",
"checked in",
"clocked (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"got in",
"got through",
"landed",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"to give the impression of being":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it appears that he doesn't hear you"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dissembled",
"pretended",
"recalled",
"resembled",
"suggested",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"came across (as)",
"came off (as)",
"felt",
"looked",
"made",
"seemed",
"sounded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appeasing":{
"tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility":{
"antonyms":[
"antagonizing"
],
"examples":[
"we had been feuding with the people next door, so inviting them to the party was intended as an appeasing gesture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"chafing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"inflammatory",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nagging",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"offensive",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"rankling",
"riling",
"vexing",
"engaging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"hostile",
"inhospitable",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"aggressive",
"agonistic",
"argumentative",
"assertive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"contentious",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"martial",
"militant",
"militaristic",
"military",
"warlike"
],
"related":[
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"winning",
"winsome",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"nonbelligerent",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"calming",
"comforting",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"obliging",
"satisfying",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"genial",
"gentle",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"kindly",
"passive",
"submissive",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"synonyms":[
"conciliating",
"conciliatory",
"disarming",
"mollifying",
"pacific",
"pacifying",
"peacemaking",
"placating",
"placatory",
"propitiatory"
]
},
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
"antonyms":[
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"iring",
"maddening",
"outraging"
],
"examples":[
"a game often appeases an upset toddler"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"antagonizing",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"persecuting",
"pestering",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending",
"slighting"
],
"related":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"hushing",
"quieting",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"endearing (to)",
"ingratiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"adulating",
"blarneying",
"flattering",
"overpraising",
"soft-soaping",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"satisfying",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"sweet-talking",
"wheedling",
"babying",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"dulcifying",
"sweetening"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuaging",
"conciliating",
"disarming",
"gentling",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"appended":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
"antonyms":[
"abated",
"bated",
"deducted",
"knocked off",
"removed",
"subtracted",
"took off"
],
"examples":[
"append the prefix \"un-\" to each of these words"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"separated",
"unfastened",
"amputated",
"cut",
"excised",
"lopped (off)",
"severed",
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"cut back",
"retrenched"
],
"related":[
"affixed",
"attached",
"fastened",
"fixed",
"grafted",
"hitched",
"tagged",
"tied",
"infused",
"injected",
"inserted",
"interfused",
"introduced",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled (up)",
"elongated",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"supplied",
"enforced",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"maximized"
],
"synonyms":[
"added",
"adjoined",
"annexed",
"subjoined",
"tacked (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"applause":{
"enthusiastic and usually public expression of approval":{
"antonyms":[
"booing",
"hissing"
],
"examples":[
"a design for a memorial for the victims of the attack that has received nothing but applause from officials, commentators, and the general public"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boo",
"hiss",
"hoot",
"jeer",
"raspberry",
"smirk",
"sneer",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"snort",
"whistle",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"put-down",
"taunt"
],
"related":[
"clapping",
"bravo",
"hail",
"hallelujah",
"hurrah",
"hooray",
"hoorah",
"hosanna",
"huzzah",
"huzza",
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"citation",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"homage",
"kudo",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"salutation",
"tribute",
"kudos",
"praise"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclamation",
"cheer",
"cheering",
"ovation",
"plaudit(s)",
"rave(s)",
"r\u00e9clame"
]
},
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a heroic effort by the fire department that deserves the applause of everyone in the city"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"renown",
"repute",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"toast",
"tribute",
"acclamation",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"praise",
"rave",
"rhapsody",
"citation",
"commendation",
"kudo",
"note",
"recommendation",
"elevation",
"enshrinement",
"enthronement",
"exaltation",
"glorification"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"bay(s)",
"credit",
"distinction",
"glory",
"homage",
"honor",
"kudos",
"laud",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clame",
"sun"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"applied%20%28oneself%29":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appoint":{
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"at the appointed hour we were in our places"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"adopt",
"assign",
"choose",
"determine",
"establish",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"pin (down)",
"prefer",
"select",
"settle",
"single (out)",
"specify",
"arrange",
"coordinate",
"orchestrate",
"advertise",
"announce",
"declare",
"publish"
],
"synonyms":[
"designate",
"fix",
"name",
"set"
]
},
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
"antonyms":[
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"expel",
"fire"
],
"examples":[
"was appointed to the council on national security"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackball",
"depose",
"dethrone",
"displace",
"eject",
"evict",
"oust",
"overthrow",
"remove",
"throw out",
"uncrown",
"unmake",
"unseat"
],
"related":[
"authorize",
"delegate",
"depute",
"deputize",
"anoint",
"consecrate",
"create",
"inaugurate",
"induct",
"install",
"instate",
"institute",
"invest",
"make",
"ordain",
"crown",
"enthrone",
"throne",
"choose",
"destine",
"draft",
"elect",
"handpick",
"select",
"single (out)",
"vote (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"assign",
"attach",
"commission",
"constitute",
"designate",
"detail",
"name",
"nominate",
"place"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"apportion":{
"to give as a share or portion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"apportioned the profits according to years of service with the company"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudge",
"deny",
"deprive (of)",
"keep",
"retain",
"stint",
"withhold",
"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"confiscate"
],
"related":[
"admeasure",
"administer",
"deal",
"dispense",
"divide",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"measure",
"mete (out)",
"meter",
"parcel (out)",
"part",
"portion",
"prorate",
"share (out)",
"split",
"accord",
"award",
"give",
"grant",
"earmark",
"reserve",
"chip in",
"contribute",
"donate",
"reallocate",
"reapportion",
"reassign",
"redistribute"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocate",
"allot",
"allow",
"assign",
"distribute",
"lot",
"ration"
]
},
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
"antonyms":[
"misallocate"
],
"examples":[
"apportioned the grant money to the winners of the competition"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudge",
"decline",
"deny",
"deprive (of)",
"disallow",
"refuse",
"reject",
"withhold",
"niggle (out)",
"pinch",
"skimp",
"stint"
],
"related":[
"admeasure",
"allot",
"allow",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"dish out",
"divide",
"divvy (up)",
"dollop (out)",
"lot",
"measure (out)",
"part",
"proportion",
"ration",
"redistribute",
"set",
"share (out)",
"split",
"bestow",
"disburse",
"furnish",
"issue",
"provide",
"share",
"supply",
"circulate",
"disperse",
"disseminate",
"scatter",
"spread",
"chip in",
"contribute",
"donate",
"pledge",
"reallocate",
"reapportion"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer",
"allocate",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appraisal":{
"an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"gave us a positive appraisal of his artistic talents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aper\u00e7u",
"feeling",
"impression",
"notion",
"perception",
"confidence",
"faith",
"stock",
"trust",
"belief",
"conviction",
"mind",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"view",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"hunch",
"hypothesis",
"surmise",
"theory"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraisement",
"assessment",
"estimate",
"estimation",
"evaluation",
"fix",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"value judgment"
]
},
"the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the appraisal of the house's value took place yesterday"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"calculation",
"computation",
"measurement",
"mensuration",
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"examination",
"inspection",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutiny",
"survey",
"reassessment",
"transvaluation",
"overestimation",
"overevaluation",
"underestimation"
],
"synonyms":[
"appraisement",
"assessment",
"estimate",
"estimation",
"evaluation",
"reckoning",
"valuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"appreciable":{
"able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind":{
"antonyms":[
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
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"insignificant",
"slight",
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"distinguishable",
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"sensible"
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"wane"
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"the value of that antique should appreciate over time"
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"skyrocket",
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"peak"
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"build up",
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"increase",
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"rise",
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"snowball",
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"wax"
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"I hope you appreciate just how much that collector's CD costs"
],
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"misread",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
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"catch on (to)",
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"compass",
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"conceive",
"cotton (to or on to)",
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"decode",
"dig",
"discern",
"get",
"grasp",
"grok",
"intuit",
"know",
"make",
"make out",
"perceive",
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"register",
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"see",
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"sense",
"tumble (to)",
"twig",
"understand"
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"I appreciate my parents more than I can express"
],
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"despise",
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"loathe",
"disdain",
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"scorn",
"scout",
"slight",
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"bad-mouth",
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"cry down",
"decry",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
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"neglect"
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"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
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"relish",
"revel (in)",
"admire",
"apprize",
"esteem",
"regard",
"respect",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"enshrine",
"memorialize",
"adore",
"caress",
"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"worship"
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"love",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
]
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"many great artists and musicians have not been appreciated in their own lifetimes"
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"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"decry",
"deplore",
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"discount",
"discountenance",
"disdain",
"disfavor",
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"dismiss",
"disregard",
"frown (on or upon)",
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"scorn",
"vilify"
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"applaud",
"approve",
"commend",
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"praise",
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"relish",
"revel (in)",
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"dig",
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"favor",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
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"canonize",
"deify",
"dote (on)",
"hallow",
"idolize",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"worship",
"cherish",
"love",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
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"consider",
"esteem",
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"respect"
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"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"waning"
],
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"the value of that antique should appreciate over time"
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"rocketing",
"skyrocketing",
"surging",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"blowing up",
"bulking",
"distending",
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"puffing (up)",
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"cresting",
"peaking"
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"ballooning",
"booming",
"building up",
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"bourgeoning",
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"increasing",
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"multiplying",
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"proliferating",
"rising",
"rolling up",
"snowballing",
"spreading",
"swelling",
"waxing"
]
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"missing"
],
"examples":[
"I hope you appreciate just how much that collector's CD costs"
],
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"misapprehending",
"misconceiving",
"misconstruing",
"misinterpreting",
"misperceiving",
"misreading",
"mistaking",
"misunderstanding"
],
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"digesting",
"taking in",
"realizing",
"fathoming",
"penetrating",
"piercing"
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"assimilating",
"beholding",
"catching",
"catching on (to)",
"cognizing",
"compassing",
"comprehending",
"conceiving",
"cottoning (to or on to)",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"digging",
"discerning",
"getting",
"grasping",
"grokking",
"intuiting",
"knowing",
"making",
"making out",
"perceiving",
"recognizing",
"registering",
"savvying",
"seeing",
"seizing",
"sensing",
"tumbling (to)",
"twigging",
"understanding"
]
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"disvaluing"
],
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"I appreciate my parents more than I can express"
],
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"undervaluing",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"disdaining",
"high-hatting",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"slighting",
"sniffing (at)",
"snubbing",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"putting down",
"writing off",
"abandoning",
"forgetting",
"neglecting"
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"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"admiring",
"apprizing",
"esteeming",
"regarding",
"respecting",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"enshrining",
"memorializing",
"adoring",
"caressing",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping"
],
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"cherishing",
"loving",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
]
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"many great artists and musicians have not been appreciated in their own lifetimes"
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"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"decrying",
"deploring",
"disapproving",
"discountenancing",
"discounting",
"disdaining",
"disfavoring",
"disliking",
"dismissing",
"disregarding",
"frowning (on or upon)",
"kissing off",
"scorning",
"vilifying"
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"accrediting",
"applauding",
"approving",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"crediting",
"praising",
"delighting (in)",
"drinking (in)",
"enjoying",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"digging",
"fancying",
"favoring",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"adoring",
"adulating",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"doting (on)",
"hallowing",
"idolizing",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"cherishing",
"loving",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
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"considering",
"esteeming",
"regarding",
"respecting"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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"a feeling of great approval and liking":{
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"disfavors"
],
"examples":[
"my appreciation of her great contributions to women's sports"
],
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"condemnations",
"disapprovals",
"disdains",
"opprobriums",
"scorns",
"disappointments",
"discontents",
"disenchantments",
"disgruntlements",
"disillusionments",
"displeasures",
"indignations",
"aversions",
"contempts",
"disfavors",
"disgusts",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"disregards",
"distastes",
"hates",
"hatreds",
"loathings",
"nauseas",
"repugnances",
"repulsions",
"revulsions",
"abominations",
"antipathies",
"detestations",
"deprecations",
"displeasures",
"dissatisfactions"
],
"related":[
"appetites",
"fancies",
"likes",
"loves",
"partialities",
"preferences",
"relishes",
"shines",
"tastes",
"uses",
"acclamations",
"adorations",
"adulations",
"approbations",
"deferences",
"hero worships",
"homages",
"honors",
"idolatries",
"infatuations",
"lionizations",
"praises",
"props",
"reverences",
"venerations",
"worships",
"delights",
"enjoyments",
"amazements",
"awes",
"wonderments",
"wonders",
"enthusiasms",
"interests",
"passions",
"biases",
"prejudices",
"affections",
"attachments",
"devotions",
"passions"
],
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"accounts",
"admirations",
"esteems",
"estimations",
"favors",
"regards",
"respects"
]
},
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
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"incomprehensions"
],
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"a course intended to give students an appreciation of abstract art"
],
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"misapprehensions",
"miscomprehensions",
"misinterpretations",
"misperceptions",
"misunderstandings"
],
"related":[
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"assimilations",
"digestions",
"uptakes",
"conceptions",
"visualizations",
"enlightenments",
"realizations"
],
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"apprehensions",
"comprehensions",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"perceptions",
"percipiences",
"understandings"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"expressing approval":{
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"adverse",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disapproving",
"inappreciative",
"negative",
"unappreciative",
"uncomplimentary",
"unfavorable",
"unflattering",
"unfriendly"
],
"examples":[
"his latest novel has received a number of appreciative reviews"
],
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"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"censuring",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"scornful",
"slighting"
],
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"accepting",
"warm",
"encomiastic",
"eulogistic",
"flattering",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"laudative",
"laudatory",
"panegyrical",
"praiseful",
"respectful",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"adoring",
"adulatory",
"idolizing",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"advisory",
"recommendatory"
],
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"admiring",
"applauding",
"approbatory",
"approving",
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"good",
"positive"
]
},
"feeling or expressing gratitude":{
"antonyms":[
"inappreciative",
"thankless",
"unappreciative",
"ungrateful"
],
"examples":[
"very appreciative after we helped him change his flat tire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhospitable",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"ungracious"
],
"related":[
"beholden",
"indebted",
"contented",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"tickled",
"thanking"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciatory",
"glad",
"grateful",
"obliged",
"thankful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"apprentices":{
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
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"examples":[
"decided to be an apprentice to an electrician after he graduated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"attendants",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"scullions",
"servants",
"auxiliaries",
"legmen",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"help",
"hirelings",
"laborers",
"swampers",
"workers",
"gal Fridays",
"girl Fridays",
"man Fridays",
"right hands",
"aides-de-camp"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuncts",
"adjutants",
"aides",
"aids",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"deputies",
"helpers",
"helpmates",
"helpmeets",
"lieutenants",
"mates",
"sidekicks"
]
},
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"antonyms":[
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"veterans",
"vets"
],
"examples":[
"aware that she's only an apprentice in the medical field, she readily defers to her more experienced colleagues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"experts",
"masters",
"professionals",
"pros"
],
"related":[
"boots",
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"learners",
"students",
"trainees",
"candidates",
"entrants",
"probationers"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarians",
"babes",
"beginners",
"colts",
"cubs",
"fledglings",
"freshmen",
"greenhorns",
"neophytes",
"newbies",
"newcomers",
"novices",
"novitiates",
"punks",
"recruits",
"rookies",
"rooks",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"tyros",
"virgins"
]
},
"as in":{
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"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"approachable":{
"easily reached, accessed, or used":{
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"examples":[
"It seemed like an approachable goal.",
"The professor taught the class in a way that made the material approachable for the students."
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"having or showing kind, helpful, or supportive feelings or actions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Having an approachable boss made the job much more enjoyable."
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"reject",
"turn down",
"veto"
],
"examples":[
"Congress must approbate the President's nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"illegalize",
"interdict",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"rebuff",
"rebut",
"refuse",
"spurn"
],
"related":[
"accept",
"acknowledge",
"affirm",
"certify",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"validate",
"bless",
"canonize",
"sanctify",
"initial",
"rubber-stamp",
"sign",
"sign off (on)",
"allow",
"enable",
"legalize",
"license",
"licence",
"pass",
"permit",
"reapprove"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"finalize",
"formalize",
"homologate",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"sanction",
"warrant"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"appropriated":{
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you can't just appropriate somebody's term paper and put your name on it!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bought",
"purchased",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"handed over",
"presented"
],
"related":[
"burglarized",
"knocked over",
"robbed",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"sacked",
"carjacked",
"hijacked",
"highjacked",
"picked",
"rifled",
"poached",
"rustled",
"shoplifted",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snatched",
"took",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"shanghaied",
"spirited"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosted",
"filched",
"heisted",
"hooked",
"lifted",
"misappropriated",
"nicked",
"nipped",
"pilfered",
"pinched",
"pocketed",
"purloined",
"ripped off",
"snitched",
"stole",
"swiped",
"thieved"
]
},
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"archaeologists wrongfully appropriated artifacts excavated at ancient sites for their museums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"annexed",
"attached",
"claimed",
"confiscated",
"impounded",
"repossessed",
"sequestered",
"assumed",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"snatched",
"stole",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"occupied",
"preoccupied",
"trespassed",
"embezzled",
"misapplied",
"misappropriated",
"misused",
"peculated"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogated",
"commandeered",
"converted",
"expropriated",
"pirated",
"preempted",
"pressed",
"seized",
"took over",
"usurped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"approval":{
"an acceptance of something as satisfactory":{
"antonyms":[
"disapprobation",
"disapproval",
"disfavor"
],
"examples":[
"does this poster I made for the recital meet with your approval ?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"refusal",
"rejection",
"repudiation",
"dislike",
"dissatisfaction",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denunciation",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"opprobrium",
"reprehension",
"reproach",
"reprobation"
],
"related":[
"backing",
"cachet",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"finalization",
"formalization",
"homologation",
"nod",
"ratification",
"rubber stamp",
"sanction",
"support",
"thumbs-up",
"vote",
"benediction",
"goodwill",
"acceptation",
"accession",
"agreement",
"assent",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"countenance",
"liking",
"satisfaction"
],
"synonyms":[
"approbation",
"blessing",
"favor",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"approve":{
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"reject",
"turn down",
"veto"
],
"examples":[
"as soon as the pond project was approved , the bulldozers were at the site"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"illegalize",
"interdict",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"rebuff",
"rebut",
"refuse",
"spurn"
],
"related":[
"accept",
"acknowledge",
"affirm",
"certify",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"validate",
"bless",
"canonize",
"sanctify",
"initial",
"rubber-stamp",
"sign",
"sign off (on)",
"allow",
"enable",
"legalize",
"license",
"licence",
"pass",
"permit",
"reapprove"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"approbate",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"finalize",
"formalize",
"homologate",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"sanction",
"warrant"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"approve (of)":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
],
"examples":[
"we don't approve of people who stand in the \"12 items or less\" lane with 13 items"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklist",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"dislike",
"mind",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"dissent (from)",
"object (to)",
"oppose"
],
"related":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"back (up)",
"concur (in)",
"stand by",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"bear",
"endure",
"tolerate",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"commend",
"recommend",
"enjoy",
"like"
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"approximate":{
"being such only when compared to something else":{
"antonyms":[
"absolute",
"complete",
"downright",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"pure",
"unqualified"
],
"examples":[
"the movie's an approximate success, if you can overlook the overblown publicity that preceded it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"genuine",
"real",
"true"
],
"related":[
"alike",
"comparable",
"similar",
"equal",
"equivalent"
],
"synonyms":[
"almost",
"comparative",
"near",
"relative"
]
},
"not precisely correct":{
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"dead",
"dead-on",
"exact",
"precise",
"ultraprecise",
"veracious"
],
"examples":[
"police could only give us an approximate count of the number of people who attended the air show"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certain",
"incontestable",
"indubitable",
"positive",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"correct",
"errorless",
"factual",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"clear-cut",
"decisive",
"definable",
"defined",
"definite",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"irrefutable",
"absolute",
"unqualified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"determined",
"established",
"substantiated",
"supported",
"validated"
],
"related":[
"erroneous",
"false",
"incorrect",
"off",
"wrong",
"general",
"indefinable",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"indistinct",
"mushy",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"unsettled",
"vague",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"mistaken",
"specious",
"distorted",
"fallacious",
"misleading",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"uncertain",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"invalidated",
"unconfirmed",
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported"
],
"synonyms":[
"approximative",
"ballpark",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"loose",
"squishy"
]
},
"to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Rob's violin performance last night didn't even approximate what he's really capable of when he's not feeling sick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"add up (to)",
"amount (to)",
"come (to)",
"duplicate",
"equal",
"match",
"mirror",
"parallel",
"reflect",
"border (on)",
"touch (on)",
"verge (on)"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"compare (with)",
"measure up (to)",
"stack up (against or with)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"aptitude":{
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bored teenagers with an aptitude for getting into trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergy",
"averseness",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"disrelish",
"distaste",
"detachment",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"apathy",
"disinterestedness",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"related":[
"favor",
"one-sidedness",
"partisanship",
"prejudice",
"endowment",
"faculty",
"flair",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"addiction",
"appetite",
"fancy",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"preference",
"taste",
"forte",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"routine",
"trick",
"way",
"wont",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"kink",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quirk",
"singularity"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"affinity",
"bent",
"bias",
"bone",
"devices",
"disposition",
"genius",
"habitude",
"impulse",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn"
]
},
"a special and usually inborn ability":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"has an aptitude for math"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disability",
"handicap",
"inability",
"incapacity",
"shortcoming",
"weakness"
],
"related":[
"affinity",
"bias",
"disposition",
"habitude",
"impulse",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn",
"ear",
"eye",
"mind",
"nose",
"feel",
"hang",
"instinct",
"touch",
"way",
"capability",
"competence",
"facility",
"proficiency",
"skill",
"capacity",
"potential",
"power",
"forte",
"specialism",
"speciality",
"specialty"
],
"synonyms":[
"bent",
"endowment",
"faculty",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"head",
"knack",
"talent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}