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{
"back away":{
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"antonyms":[
"advance"
],
"examples":[
"backed away from the snake very slowly and carefully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"brazen",
"breast",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"outbrave"
],
"related":[
"flee",
"fly",
"flinch",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"chicken (out)",
"bow out",
"back down",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"climb down",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"pull away",
"abandon",
"depart",
"evacuate",
"go",
"leave",
"quit",
"vacate"
],
"synonyms":[
"drop back",
"fall back",
"pull out",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"back down":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"follow through (with)",
"comply (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"honor",
"keep",
"satisfy"
],
"related":[
"chicken (out)",
"wimp out",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"disavow",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recall",
"recant",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"beg off",
"cry off"
],
"synonyms":[
"back off",
"back out",
"cop out",
"fink out",
"renege"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"back%20%28up%29":{
"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there was the inevitable backup of travelers trying to pass through airport security"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"tangle",
"gridlock",
"lock",
"congestion",
"traffic",
"crawl",
"delay",
"slowdown",
"stoppage"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottleneck",
"jam",
"jam-up",
"logjam",
"snarl",
"tailback",
"tie-up"
]
},
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you didn't get the lead position, but you can be the backup to the chosen singer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"alternate",
"understudy",
"apology",
"makeshift",
"stopgap",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"surrogate",
"assistant",
"reliever",
"second",
"successor",
"superseder"
],
"synonyms":[
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"fill-in",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"back%20down":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhere (to)",
"follow through (with)",
"comply (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"honor",
"keep",
"satisfy"
],
"related":[
"chicken (out)",
"wimp out",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"disavow",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recall",
"recant",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"beg off",
"cry off"
],
"synonyms":[
"back off",
"back out",
"cop out",
"fink out",
"renege"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"back-and-forths":{
"a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after the usual back-and-forth of official gifts, the two leaders entered into a serious discussion"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"reciprocations",
"recompenses",
"requitals",
"bargains",
"deals",
"horse trades",
"negotiations",
"transactions",
"dealings",
"logrollings"
],
"synonyms":[
"barters",
"commutations",
"dickers",
"exchanges",
"quid pro quos",
"swaps",
"trade-offs",
"trades",
"trucks"
]
},
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the others listened with relish to the back-and-forth between the two noted professors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bull sessions",
"chat rooms",
"forums",
"fora",
"meetings",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"skull sessions",
"skull practices",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"talkathons",
"chats",
"conversations",
"raps",
"words",
"discourses",
"disquisitions",
"consultancies",
"negotiations",
"pourparlers"
],
"synonyms":[
"argumentations",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"colloquies",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"conferences",
"consultations",
"consults",
"councils",
"counsel",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discussions",
"give-and-takes",
"palavers",
"parleys",
"talks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backache":{
"as in headache , stomachache":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backbone":{
"a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"found the backbone of a fish lying on the beach"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"back",
"spinal cord",
"vertebra"
],
"synonyms":[
"chine",
"spinal column",
"spine",
"vertebral column"
]
},
"the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship":{
"antonyms":[
"spinelessness"
],
"examples":[
"it takes backbone to stand up to the kind of suffering that some cancer patients must endure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation",
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"faintheartedness",
"pusillanimity",
"timidity",
"timorousness"
],
"related":[
"determination",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"nerve",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"endurance",
"forbearance",
"stamina",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"heart",
"mettle",
"spirit",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brass",
"cheek",
"chutzpah",
"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"hardihood",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"temerity"
],
"synonyms":[
"constancy",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"grittiness",
"guts",
"intestinal fortitude",
"pluck",
"spunk"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"backboned":{
"as in hard , strong":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"backed down":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhered (to)",
"followed through (with)",
"complied (with)",
"fulfilled",
"honored",
"kept",
"satisfied"
],
"related":[
"chickened (out)",
"wimped out",
"backpedaled",
"backtracked",
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"disavowed",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"begged off",
"cried off"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed off",
"backed out",
"copped out",
"finked out",
"reneged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backed%20%28up%20or%20away%29":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backtrack":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"backward":{
"directed, turned, or done toward the back":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a backward turn on ice skates is hard to learn because you can't see where you're going"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forward"
],
"related":[
"reverse",
"reversed",
"aft",
"after",
"hind",
"posterior",
"rear",
"astern",
"sternforemost"
],
"synonyms":[
"rearward",
"retrograde"
]
},
"not comfortable around people":{
"antonyms":[
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest",
"outgoing"
],
"examples":[
"curiously, the quiet, backward man opened up when around other introverts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"bold",
"dashing",
"forceful",
"brash",
"forward",
"overbold",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved"
],
"related":[
"antisocial",
"lone",
"lone-wolf",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"awkward",
"embarrassed",
"self-conscious",
"unadventurous",
"unassertive",
"unenterprising",
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"uneasy",
"uptight"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"modest",
"recessive",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish",
"shy",
"withdrawn"
]
},
"toward the opposite direction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the loud noise prompted him to glance backward to see what was happening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clockwise",
"deasil"
],
"related":[
"behind",
"down",
"downward",
"downwards",
"rearward",
"rearwards",
"obversely",
"reversely",
"across",
"athwart",
"counter",
"counterclockwise",
"widdershins",
"withershins"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"around",
"back",
"round"
]
},
"toward the rear":{
"antonyms":[
"ahead",
"along",
"forth",
"forward",
"forwards",
"on",
"onward",
"onwards"
],
"examples":[
"looking backward , we could see the town receding in the distance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"before"
],
"related":[
"astern",
"sternforemost",
"anticlockwise",
"counterclockwise",
"left-handed",
"left-handedly",
"retrograde",
"reversely",
"widdershins",
"withershins"
],
"synonyms":[
"back",
"rearward",
"rearwards"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"bafflement":{
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his complete bafflement as to the point of the joke was in itself funny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness"
],
"related":[
"abashment",
"discomfiture",
"disconcertment",
"embarrassment",
"mortification",
"agitation",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"perturbation",
"upset",
"bother",
"commotion",
"dither",
"flurry",
"fluster",
"fuss",
"stew",
"turmoil"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozlement",
"befuddlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderedness",
"bewilderment",
"confusedness",
"confusion",
"discombobulation",
"distraction",
"fog",
"head-scratching",
"maze",
"muddle",
"mystification",
"perplexity",
"puzzlement",
"tangle",
"whirl"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baggage":{
"as in luggage , bags":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"balloons":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"antonyms":[
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes"
],
"examples":[
"the number of students who stay home sick balloons every winter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"jumps",
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"surges",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"blows up",
"bulks",
"distends",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"crescendoes",
"crests",
"peaks"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"booms",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"climbs",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"snowballs",
"spreads",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the paper bag ballooned and blew away as the wind lifted it skyward"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"shrinks"
],
"related":[
"domes",
"blows up",
"inflates",
"dilates",
"distends",
"expands",
"mushrooms",
"snowballs",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"stretches"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"beetles",
"bellies",
"billows",
"bulges",
"bunches",
"juts",
"overhangs",
"pokes",
"pooches",
"pouches",
"pouts",
"projects",
"protrudes",
"stands out",
"starts",
"sticks out",
"swells"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ballyragging":{
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"anonymous trolls on the website tried to bullyrag him into backing down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"steeling",
"convincing",
"persuading"
],
"related":[
"blustering",
"trash-talking",
"affrighting",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"frightening",
"horrifying",
"scaring",
"shocking",
"spooking",
"startling",
"terrifying",
"menacing",
"terrorizing",
"threatening",
"badgering",
"harassing",
"hounding",
"bludgeoning",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"dragooning",
"forcing",
"making",
"obliging",
"pressing",
"pressuring",
"pushing around",
"demoralizing",
"psyching (out)",
"unmanning",
"unnerving",
"discomposing",
"disconcerting",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjacking",
"bogarting",
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"cowing",
"hectoring",
"intimidating",
"strong-arming"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"band together":{
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband"
],
"examples":[
"small farmers banded together to oppose the interests of the agricultural giants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"dissolve",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"part",
"segregate",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"alienate",
"estrange",
"fall out"
],
"related":[
"cabal",
"collaborate",
"gang up",
"hang together",
"team (up)",
"incorporate",
"organize",
"unionize",
"affiliate",
"amalgamate",
"combine",
"conglomerate",
"consolidate",
"converge",
"group",
"join",
"merge",
"knot",
"link",
"tie",
"wed"
],
"synonyms":[
"ally",
"associate",
"club",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"cooperate",
"federate",
"league",
"unite"
]
},
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we're banding together to oppose the construction of one of those big-box stores in our town"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"connive",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"combine",
"confederate",
"hang together",
"interface"
],
"synonyms":[
"collaborate",
"concert",
"concur",
"conjoin",
"conspire",
"cooperate",
"join",
"league",
"team (up)",
"unite"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banded%20%28together%29":{
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded"
],
"examples":[
"small farmers banded together to oppose the interests of the agricultural giants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"dissolved",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"parted",
"segregated",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"fell out"
],
"related":[
"caballed",
"collaborated",
"ganged up",
"hung together",
"teamed (up)",
"incorporated",
"organized",
"unionized",
"affiliated",
"amalgamated",
"combined",
"conglomerated",
"consolidated",
"converged",
"grouped",
"joined",
"merged",
"knotted",
"linked",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed"
],
"synonyms":[
"allied",
"associated",
"clubbed",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"cooperated",
"federated",
"leagued",
"united"
]
},
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we're banding together to oppose the construction of one of those big-box stores in our town"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"connived",
"affiliated",
"allied",
"associated",
"combined",
"confederated",
"hung together",
"interfaced"
],
"synonyms":[
"collaborated",
"concerted",
"concurred",
"conjoined",
"conspired",
"cooperated",
"joined",
"leagued",
"teamed (up)",
"united"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bandwagons":{
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tried to get everyone on the bandwagon about forming a neighborhood cleanup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assaults",
"attacks",
"maneuvers",
"marches",
"offensives",
"actions",
"bids",
"enterprises",
"initiatives",
"missions",
"projects",
"undertakings"
],
"synonyms":[
"blitzes",
"campaigns",
"causes",
"crusades",
"drives",
"juggernauts",
"movements",
"pushes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandy":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bandied around the idea of going out to dinner for their anniversary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"review",
"speak (about)",
"talk (about)",
"broach",
"introduce",
"propound",
"raise",
"stir up",
"forge",
"hammer out",
"talk out",
"thrash (out)",
"wrestle (with)",
"chew over",
"consider",
"deliberate",
"weigh"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"argue",
"bat (around or back and forth)",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over or out)",
"moot",
"talk over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banging":{
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the toy car banged into the wall and stopped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"skirting"
],
"related":[
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"clunking",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skimming",
"skipping",
"contacting",
"landing",
"touching",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"kissing",
"nudging",
"scraping",
"shaving",
"sweeping",
"bulldozing",
"jostling",
"muscling",
"pressing",
"pushing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"bumping",
"colliding",
"crashing",
"hitting",
"impacting",
"impinging",
"knocking",
"ramming",
"slamming",
"smashing",
"striking",
"swiping",
"thudding"
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"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
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"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
]
},
"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
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"examples":[
"stomped off to his room and banged the door"
],
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"opening",
"unbarring",
"unbolting",
"unfastening",
"unlatching",
"unlocking",
"unsealing"
],
"related":[
"closing",
"shutting",
"stopping",
"barring",
"battening (down)",
"bolting",
"chaining",
"fastening",
"latching",
"locking",
"sealing",
"securing"
],
"synonyms":[
"slamming"
]
},
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"verb"
]
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"examples":[
"permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center"
],
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"accept",
"admit",
"receive",
"take",
"take in",
"welcome",
"entertain",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"shelter"
],
"related":[
"deforce",
"deport",
"displace",
"dispossess",
"evict",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"ostracize",
"read out",
"shut out",
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"cashier",
"defenestrate",
"discharge",
"fire",
"muster out",
"pink-slip",
"release",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"terminate"
],
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"boot (out)",
"bounce",
"cast out",
"chase",
"dismiss",
"drum (out)",
"eject",
"expel",
"extrude",
"kick out",
"oust",
"out",
"rout",
"run off",
"throw out",
"turf (out)",
"turn out"
]
},
"to force to leave a country":{
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"examples":[
"in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands"
],
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"naturalize",
"repatriate",
"accept",
"admit",
"receive",
"take in",
"entertain",
"harbor",
"house",
"shelter"
],
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"cast out",
"dismiss",
"eject",
"eliminate",
"evict",
"exclude",
"expel",
"expulse",
"kick out",
"oust",
"run out",
"throw out",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"dispossess"
],
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"displace",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"relegate",
"transport"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to drive or force out":{
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"examples":[
"permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center"
],
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"accepting",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"taking",
"taking in",
"welcoming",
"entertaining",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"sheltering"
],
"related":[
"deforcing",
"deporting",
"displacing",
"dispossessing",
"evicting",
"exiling",
"expatriating",
"ostracizing",
"reading out",
"shutting out",
"axing",
"canning",
"cashiering",
"defenestrating",
"discharging",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"pink-slipping",
"releasing",
"removing",
"retiring",
"sacking",
"terminating"
],
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"bouncing",
"casting out",
"chasing",
"dismissing",
"drumming (out)",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"extruding",
"kicking out",
"ousting",
"outing",
"routing",
"running off",
"throwing out",
"turfing (out)",
"turning out"
]
},
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"examples":[
"in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands"
],
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"naturalizing",
"repatriating",
"accepting",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"entertaining",
"harboring",
"housing",
"sheltering"
],
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"dismissing",
"ejecting",
"eliminating",
"evicting",
"excluding",
"expelling",
"expulsing",
"kicking out",
"ousting",
"running out",
"throwing out",
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"dispossessing"
],
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"displacing",
"exiling",
"expatriating",
"relegating",
"transporting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bank":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
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"examples":[
"a bank of telephones set up for the telethon"
],
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"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"related":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
]
},
"a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)":{
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"examples":[
"a bank of dirt that the construction workers left behind"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"snowbank",
"snowdrift",
"embankment",
"sandbar",
"heap",
"hill",
"mass",
"mountain",
"stack",
"tuft"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"drift",
"mound"
]
},
"a series of people or things arranged side by side":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a bank of elevators"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chain",
"column",
"cue",
"file",
"line",
"procession",
"queue",
"range",
"string",
"train",
"echelon",
"tier",
"array",
"concatenation",
"sequence"
],
"synonyms":[
"rank",
"row"
]
},
"to form into a pile or ridge of earth":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"banked sand into little mounds on the beach"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"heap",
"pile",
"pyramid",
"stack",
"embank",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"clump",
"lump",
"mass",
"wad",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"assemble",
"collect",
"conglomerate",
"gather",
"group"
],
"synonyms":[
"hill",
"mound"
]
},
"to put in an account":{
"antonyms":[
"withdraw"
],
"examples":[
"she always banks half of her paycheck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"remove",
"take out",
"disburse",
"expend",
"give",
"lay out",
"pay",
"spend"
],
"related":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay away",
"reserve",
"salt away",
"save",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"store",
"stow",
"invest"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposit"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banker":{
"as in trawler , hooker":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banned":{
"that may not be permitted":{
"antonyms":[
"allowable",
"permissible",
"permissive",
"sufferable"
],
"examples":[
"at one time books, movies, and plays could use \" banned in Boston\" as a selling point"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"accepted",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"appropriate",
"approved",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"granted",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"brooked",
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"commanded",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"proper",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"tolerated",
"unobjectionable"
],
"related":[
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"unauthorized",
"unlawful",
"unlicensed",
"ineffable",
"unmentionable",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"objectionable",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"discouraged",
"refused",
"rejected",
"revoked",
"unsanctioned",
"vetoed",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"synonyms":[
"barred",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"verboten"
]
},
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"antonyms":[
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"suffered"
],
"examples":[
"the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"authorized",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"warranted",
"abetted",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"supported",
"bade",
"bid",
"commanded",
"ordered",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated"
],
"related":[
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"dissuaded",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"halted",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"embargoed",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"debarred",
"deprived",
"disallowed",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"vetoed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"synonyms":[
"barred",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"antonyms":[
"admitted",
"included"
],
"examples":[
"the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"embraced",
"entertained",
"received",
"took in",
"welcomed",
"unbanned"
],
"related":[
"blackballed",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"threw out",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"ceased",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"suspended",
"deterred",
"staved off",
"warded (off)",
"checked off",
"disregarded",
"combed (out)",
"weeded (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"barred",
"closed out",
"counted (out)",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"froze out",
"ruled out",
"shut out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bans":{
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
"antonyms":[
"benedictions",
"benisons",
"blessings"
],
"examples":[
"a father's ban upon his ungrateful son"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements"
],
"related":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"damnations",
"denunciations",
"excommunications",
"hexes",
"hoodoos",
"jinxes",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"spells",
"voodoos",
"whammies",
"pox",
"poxes"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathemas",
"curses",
"execrations",
"imprecations",
"maledictions",
"malisons",
"winzes"
]
},
"an order that something not be done or used":{
"antonyms":[
"prescriptions"
],
"examples":[
"a quiet seaside resort with a ban on the drinking of alcohol in public places"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sufferances",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"consents",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"imprimaturs",
"OKs",
"okays",
"encouragements",
"facilitations",
"promotions",
"supports",
"compliances",
"obediences",
"submissions",
"accessions",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents"
],
"related":[
"no-no's",
"no-nos",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"constraints",
"inhibitions",
"limitations",
"restraints",
"restrictions",
"deterrents",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"preventions",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"negations",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"objections",
"protests",
"caveats",
"warnings",
"commandments",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"edicts",
"injunctions",
"mandates"
],
"synonyms":[
"embargoes",
"interdictions",
"interdicts",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions",
"vetoes"
]
},
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"antonyms":[
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"suffers"
],
"examples":[
"the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"authorizes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"warrants",
"abets",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"supports",
"bids",
"commands",
"orders",
"abides",
"bears",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"tolerates"
],
"related":[
"deters",
"discourages",
"dissuades",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"halts",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"stops",
"embargoes",
"excludes",
"rules out",
"shuts out",
"debars",
"deprives",
"disallows",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"vetoes",
"bridles",
"checks",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"antonyms":[
"admits",
"includes"
],
"examples":[
"the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"embraces",
"entertains",
"receives",
"takes in",
"welcomes",
"unbans"
],
"related":[
"blackballs",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"banishes",
"deports",
"exiles",
"expels",
"ousts",
"throws out",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"ceases",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"suspends",
"deters",
"staves off",
"wards (off)",
"checks off",
"disregards",
"combs (out)",
"weeds (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"closes out",
"counts (out)",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"freezes out",
"rules out",
"shuts out"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"baptism":{
"the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the baptism of the new members of the college fraternity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"removal"
],
"related":[
"enlistment",
"enrollment",
"enrolment",
"promotion"
],
"synonyms":[
"inaugural",
"inauguration",
"induction",
"initiation",
"installation",
"installment",
"instalment",
"investiture",
"investment"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"barbed":{
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"barbed satire on American academia"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"related":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bare-knuckled":{
"as in in-your-face , take-no-prisoners":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"barge":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"antonyms":[
"breeze",
"coast",
"glide",
"slide",
"waltz",
"whisk"
],
"examples":[
"the big man barged into the room"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drift",
"float",
"hang",
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"caravel",
"catamaran",
"catboat",
"cat rig",
"clipper",
"corvette",
"cutter",
"frigate",
"galleon",
"galley",
"junk",
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"lugger",
"outrigger",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"sailer",
"schooner",
"shallop",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"ship",
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"square-rigger",
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"shriek",
"yell",
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"storm",
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"underling",
"nobody",
"nothing",
"zero"
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"biggie",
"big gun",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"figure",
"heavy",
"heavyweight",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"main man",
"mover and shaker",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"notable",
"personage",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"supremo",
"VIP",
"celebrity",
"personality",
"star",
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"deity",
"demigod",
"god"
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"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"lord",
"magnate",
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"Napoleon",
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"ordinary",
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"second-rate",
"abject",
"mean",
"meretricious",
"shabby",
"sordid",
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"measly",
"paltry",
"petty",
"puny",
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"trivial"
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"awful",
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"redoubtable",
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"marvellous",
"superb",
"terrific",
"wonderful",
"extravagant",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"palatial",
"palatine",
"sumptuous",
"gorgeous",
"resplendent",
"splendiferous",
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"killer",
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"striking",
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"magnificent",
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"monumental",
"noble",
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"trickle"
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"avalanche",
"burst",
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"discharge",
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"flood tide",
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"surge",
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"current",
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"flurry",
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"hail",
"salvo",
"shower",
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"volley"
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"grill",
"interrogate",
"pump",
"query",
"question",
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"annoy",
"harass",
"hound",
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"flood",
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"verb"
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"streaked",
"striped"
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"permissible",
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"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"accepted",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"appropriate",
"approved",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
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"warranted",
"accorded",
"granted",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"brooked",
"condoned",
"countenanced",
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"promoted",
"supported",
"commanded",
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"ordered",
"required",
"proper",
"seemly",
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"tolerated",
"unobjectionable"
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"related":[
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"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"unauthorized",
"unlawful",
"unlicensed",
"ineffable",
"unmentionable",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"objectionable",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"discouraged",
"refused",
"rejected",
"revoked",
"unsanctioned",
"vetoed",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"blocked",
"hindered",
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"obstructed"
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"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"verboten"
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"unbarred"
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"the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree"
],
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"unblocked",
"unbolted"
],
"related":[
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"screened (off)",
"diked",
"fenced",
"gated",
"hedged",
"bolted",
"locked",
"obstructed"
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"blockaded",
"blocked (off)",
"closed (off)",
"guarded",
"walled (off)"
]
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"to make stripes on":{
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"examples":[
"barred the fence with white strips"
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"related":[
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"banded",
"streaked",
"striped"
]
},
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
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"let",
"permitted",
"suffered"
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"examples":[
"corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools"
],
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"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"authorized",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"warranted",
"abetted",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"supported",
"bade",
"bid",
"commanded",
"ordered",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated"
],
"related":[
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"dissuaded",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"snuffed (out)",
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"squelched",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"halted",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"embargoed",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"debarred",
"deprived",
"disallowed",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"vetoed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
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"synonyms":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
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"prohibited",
"proscribed"
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},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
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"included"
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"examples":[
"beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds"
],
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"embraced",
"entertained",
"received",
"took in",
"welcomed",
"unbanned"
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"related":[
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"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"threw out",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"ceased",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"suspended",
"deterred",
"staved off",
"warded (off)",
"checked off",
"disregarded",
"combed (out)",
"weeded (out)"
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"closed out",
"counted (out)",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"froze out",
"ruled out",
"shut out"
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"adjective",
"verb"
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"to proceed or move quickly":{
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"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
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"examples":[
"faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace"
],
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"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
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"related":[
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"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
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"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
]
},
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"bars":{
"a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background":{
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"examples":[
"the cat had a bar of white down her throat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"crossbars",
"pinstripes"
],
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"bands",
"streaks",
"stripes"
]
},
"a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)":{
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"examples":[
"more than one boater has run aground on that treacherous bar of sand in the river"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"snowbanks",
"snowdrifts",
"embankments",
"sandbars",
"heaps",
"hills",
"masses",
"mountains",
"stacks",
"tufts"
],
"synonyms":[
"banks",
"drifts",
"mounds"
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},
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
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"examples":[
"a bar that serves meals as well as drinks"
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"related":[
"alehouses",
"barrelhouses",
"bistros",
"bottle clubs",
"brewpubs",
"cabarets",
"dives",
"joints",
"nightclubs",
"roadhouses",
"speakeasies",
"sports bars",
"wineshops",
"package stores"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrooms",
"caf\u00e9s",
"cafes",
"cantinas",
"dramshops",
"gin mills",
"grogshops",
"public houses",
"pubs",
"saloons",
"taprooms",
"taverns",
"watering holes",
"watering places"
]
},
"a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide":{
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"examples":[
"all of the prison's windows are partially covered with steel bars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"arbors",
"beams",
"boards",
"crossbars",
"crossbeams",
"girders",
"bands",
"strips",
"blooms",
"ingots",
"slabs",
"sticks"
],
"synonyms":[
"billets",
"rods"
]
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"an assembly of persons for the administration of justice":{
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"examples":[
"rather than try and convict the alleged murderer in the mass media, let justice be done at the bar"
],
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"related":[
"criminal courts",
"judicatories",
"judicatures",
"judiciaries",
"high courts",
"supreme courts",
"courts-martial",
"court-martials",
"drumhead court-martials",
"inquisitions",
"kangaroo courts"
],
"synonyms":[
"benches",
"courts",
"forums",
"fora",
"tribunals"
]
},
"something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we need to raise the bar for what is acceptable behavior in this situation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aberrations",
"abnormalities",
"deviations"
],
"related":[
"cases",
"examples",
"instances",
"averages",
"norms",
"rules",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"zeniths"
],
"synonyms":[
"barometers",
"benchmarks",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"gold standards",
"grades",
"marks",
"measures",
"metrics",
"pars",
"standards",
"touchstones",
"yardsticks"
]
},
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the complication of the molecule is the biggest bar to reproducing it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalysts",
"goads",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimuli",
"advantages",
"breaks",
"edges",
"aids",
"assistances",
"benefits",
"boosts",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"help"
],
"related":[
"catches",
"hitches",
"rubs",
"snags",
"barriers",
"blockades",
"blockages",
"brick walls",
"stone walls",
"arrests",
"bits",
"brakes",
"checks",
"constraints",
"curbs",
"hobbles",
"reins",
"restraints",
"embargoes",
"stoppages",
"delays",
"holdups",
"stalls",
"burdens",
"cumbers",
"loads",
"dangers",
"hazards",
"perils",
"reefs",
"adversities",
"difficulties",
"disadvantages",
"drawbacks",
"hardships"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks",
"blocks",
"chains",
"clogs",
"cramps",
"crimps",
"deterrents",
"drags",
"embarrassments",
"encumbrances",
"fetters",
"handicaps",
"hindrances",
"holdbacks",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"lets",
"manacles",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"shackles",
"stops",
"stumbling blocks",
"trammels"
]
},
"to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point":{
"antonyms":[
"opens",
"unbars"
],
"examples":[
"the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reopens",
"unblocks",
"unbolts"
],
"related":[
"curtains (off)",
"screens (off)",
"dikes",
"fences",
"gates",
"hedges",
"bolts",
"locks",
"obstructs"
],
"synonyms":[
"barricades",
"blockades",
"blocks (off)",
"closes (off)",
"guards",
"walls (off)"
]
},
"to make stripes on":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"barred the fence with white strips"
],
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"labor camps",
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"jails",
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"nicks",
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"wet",
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"related":[
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"standing armies",
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"regulars",
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"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
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"detractors",
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the two teams, which have long been archrivals, will battle on the court for the state championship"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"challenging",
"engaging",
"playing",
"jockeying",
"jostling",
"maneuvering",
"going out",
"trying out",
"training",
"working"
],
"synonyms":[
"competing",
"contending",
"facing off",
"fighting",
"racing",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"vying"
]
},
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the two top-seeded tennis players battled each other for almost three hours"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"retreating"
],
"related":[
"emulating",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"contending",
"fighting",
"opposing"
],
"synonyms":[
"encountering",
"engaging",
"facing",
"meeting",
"taking on"
]
},
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the two armies battled each other for control of the bridge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"giving up",
"submitting",
"surrendering"
],
"related":[
"dueling",
"duelling",
"jousting",
"banging",
"bashing",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"bopping",
"buffeting",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"boxing",
"sparring",
"brawling",
"grappling",
"scuffling",
"tussling",
"wrestling",
"bumping",
"colliding"
],
"synonyms":[
"clashing (with)",
"combating",
"combatting",
"fighting",
"scrimmaging (with)",
"skirmishing (with)",
"warring (against)"
]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"examples":[
"we must battle hunger and poverty wherever they exist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"bearing",
"enduring",
"suffering",
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"supporting",
"upholding"
],
"related":[
"baffling",
"checkmating",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"resisting",
"thwarting",
"withstanding",
"confronting",
"defying",
"facing",
"meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"countering",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"oppugning"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bawled":{
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he bawled for days after his dog died"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"greeted",
"grieved",
"keened",
"lamented",
"mourned",
"howled",
"screamed",
"squalled",
"wailed",
"yowled",
"bleated",
"mewled",
"puled",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"sniffled",
"sniveled",
"snivelled",
"groaned",
"moaned",
"sighed"
],
"synonyms":[
"blubbed",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"wept"
]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the mover was bawling for help as the refrigerator was about to slip out of his hands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"whispered"
],
"related":[
"crowed",
"whooped",
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrieked",
"shrilled",
"squeaked",
"squealed",
"caterwauled",
"howled",
"ululated",
"wailed",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled",
"hailed",
"spoke out",
"spoke up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bayed",
"bellowed",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"holloed",
"hallooed",
"roared",
"shouted",
"sounded off",
"thundered",
"vociferated",
"yelled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bayed":{
"to make a long loud mournful sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the lonesome beagle bayed whenever someone walked by"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bawled",
"caterwauled",
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrieked",
"shrilled",
"squalled",
"squealed",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yelled",
"yelped"
],
"synonyms":[
"howled",
"keened",
"ululated",
"wailed",
"yowled"
]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the mob was baying for revenge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"whispered"
],
"related":[
"crowed",
"whooped",
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrieked",
"shrilled",
"squeaked",
"squealed",
"caterwauled",
"howled",
"ululated",
"wailed",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled",
"hailed",
"spoke out",
"spoke up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawled",
"bellowed",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"holloed",
"hallooed",
"roared",
"shouted",
"sounded off",
"thundered",
"vociferated",
"yelled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}
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