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5620 lines
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"Brussels%20lace":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"brace":{
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"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"wore a brace for the injured knee"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"shoring",
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"column",
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"pedestal",
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"pilaster",
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"pillar",
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"arch",
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"bolster",
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"bracket",
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"cantilever",
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"girder",
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"bearing",
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"crutch",
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"peg",
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"post",
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"stake",
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"stanchion",
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"stand",
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"stilt",
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"strut",
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"truss",
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"base",
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"foundation",
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"frame"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buttress",
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"mount",
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"mounting",
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"prop",
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"reinforcement",
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"shore",
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"spur",
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"stay",
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"support",
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"underpinning"
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]
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},
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"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
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"antonyms":[
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"damp",
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"dampen",
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"deaden",
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"dull",
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"kill"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the pep talk braced the team up for the second half"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"burn out",
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"debilitate",
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"do in",
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"drain",
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"enervate",
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"enfeeble",
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"exhaust",
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"fag",
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"fatigue",
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"harass",
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"kayo",
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"knock out",
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"sap",
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"tucker (out)",
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"undermine",
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"wash out",
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"weaken",
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"wear",
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"wear out",
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"weary",
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"check",
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"curb",
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"inhibit",
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"jade",
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"quell",
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"quench",
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"repress",
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"restrain",
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"slow",
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"still",
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"stunt",
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"suppress",
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"daunt",
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"demoralize",
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"discourage",
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"dishearten",
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"dispirit"
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],
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"related":[
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"arouse",
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"awake",
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"awaken",
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"raise",
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"rouse",
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"stir",
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"wake (up)",
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"activate",
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"actuate",
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"drive",
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"impel",
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"motivate",
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"motive",
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"move",
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"propel",
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"charge",
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"electrify",
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"galvanize",
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"enkindle",
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"excite",
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"ferment",
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"foment",
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"incite",
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"inflame",
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"enflame",
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"instigate",
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"kindle",
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"provoke",
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"set off",
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"spark",
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"trigger",
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"turn on",
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"whip (up)",
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"abet",
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"boost",
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"buoy",
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"cheer",
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"embolden",
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"fortify",
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"hearten",
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"infuse",
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"inspire",
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"lift",
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"rally",
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"steel",
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"strengthen",
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"reactivate",
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"reanimate",
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"reawake",
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"reawaken",
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"recharge",
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"recreate",
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"reenergize",
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"refresh",
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"refreshen",
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"regenerate",
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"reinvigorate",
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"rejuvenate",
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"rekindle",
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"renew",
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"restimulate",
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"resurrect",
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"resuscitate",
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"revitalize",
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"revive"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amp (up)",
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"animate",
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"energize",
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"enliven",
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"fillip",
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"fire",
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"ginger (up)",
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"invigorate",
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"jazz (up)",
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"juice up",
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"jump-start",
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"liven (up)",
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"pep (up)",
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"quicken",
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"spike",
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"stimulate",
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"vitalize",
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"vivify",
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"zip (up)"
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]
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},
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"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"several boards braced the wall"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"steady",
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"truss",
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"underlie"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bear",
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"bolster",
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"buttress",
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"carry",
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"prop (up)",
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"shore (up)",
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"stay",
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"support",
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"sustain",
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"undergird",
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"underpin",
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"uphold"
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]
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},
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"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"she braced herself for the job interview"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"daunt",
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"demoralize",
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"discourage",
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"dishearten",
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"dispirit",
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"psych (out)",
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"shake",
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"unnerve",
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"debilitate",
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"enervate",
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"enfeeble",
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"prostrate",
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"sap",
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"soften",
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"tire",
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"undercut",
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"undermine",
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"weaken"
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],
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"related":[
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"arm",
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"harden",
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"inure",
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"season",
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"toughen",
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"bolster",
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"boost",
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"buoy (up)",
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"buttress",
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"enforce",
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"prop (up)",
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"reinforce",
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"reenforce",
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"support",
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"sustain",
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"cheer (up)",
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"comfort",
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"embolden",
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"encourage",
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"hearten",
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"inspire",
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"rally",
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"rouse",
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"stir"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"forearm",
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"fortify",
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"nerve",
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"poise",
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"psych (up)",
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"ready",
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"steel",
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"strengthen"
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]
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},
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"two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"bagged a brace of pheasants"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"span",
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"yoke",
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"partnership",
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"team",
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"companion",
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"complement",
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"doublet",
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"fellow",
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"half",
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"match",
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"mate",
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"twin",
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"coordinate",
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"counterpart",
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"equal",
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"equivalent",
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"like",
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"parallel",
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"peer",
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"rival"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"couple",
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"couplet",
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"duo",
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"dyad",
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"pair",
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"twain",
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"twosome"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bracketed":{
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"to describe as similar":{
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"antonyms":[
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"contrasted"
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],
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"examples":[
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"I wouldn't exactly bracket your paintings with those of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"associated",
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"connected",
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"coupled",
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"linked",
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"alluded",
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"referred",
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"related",
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"equaled",
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"equalled",
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"matched",
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"paralleled"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"analogized",
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"assimilated",
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"compared",
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"equated",
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"likened"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"braid":{
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"a length of something formed of three or more strands woven together":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"until she was 15, she had a braid that reached to her knees"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"rickrack",
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"ricrac",
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"stripe",
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"cornrow",
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"dreadlock",
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"pigtail",
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"queue",
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"braiding"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"lace",
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"lacing",
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"plait",
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"plat"
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]
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},
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"to form into a braid":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"they taught each other how to braid yarn into bracelets"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"interlace",
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"interweave",
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"weave"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"plait",
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"plat",
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"pleat"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"brain-dead":{
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"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
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"antonyms":[
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"apt",
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"brainy",
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"bright",
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"brilliant",
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"clever",
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"fast",
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"hyperintelligent",
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"intelligent",
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"keen",
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"nimble",
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"quick",
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"quick-witted",
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"sharp",
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"sharp-witted",
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"smart",
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"supersmart",
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"ultrasmart"
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],
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"examples":[
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"it seems like she's always doing some brain-dead thing or another"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ingenious",
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"resourceful",
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"acute",
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"astute",
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"discerning",
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"insightful",
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"keen",
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"knowing",
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"perceptive",
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"percipient",
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"perspicacious",
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"sagacious",
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"sage",
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"sapient",
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"savvy",
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"wise",
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"cerebral",
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"erudite",
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"highbrow",
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"intellectual",
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"knowledgeable",
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"learned",
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"literate",
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"scholarly",
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"thinking",
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"well-read",
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"educated",
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"informed",
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"schooled",
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"skilled",
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"trained",
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"crafty",
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"cunning",
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"foxy",
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"shrewd",
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"wily",
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"judicious",
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"prudent",
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"sane",
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"sensible",
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"sound",
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"logical",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"valid"
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],
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"related":[
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"cretinous",
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"feebleminded",
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"simpleminded",
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"boobish",
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"foolish",
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"idiotic",
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"idiotical",
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"imbecile",
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"imbecilic",
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"moronic",
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"ignorant",
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"illiterate",
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"lowbrow",
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"uneducated",
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"uninformed",
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"unintellectual",
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"untaught",
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"unthinking",
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"balmy",
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"cockeyed",
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"crackpot",
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"crazy",
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"cuckoo",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"dippy",
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"dotty",
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"featherheaded",
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"fool",
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"half-baked",
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"harebrained",
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"insane",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"lunatic",
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"mad",
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"nonsensical",
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"nutty",
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"preposterous",
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"sappy",
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"screwball",
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"silly",
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"tomfool",
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"unwise",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"zany",
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"fallacious",
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"illogical",
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"invalid",
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"irrational",
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"unreasonable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"airheaded",
|
||
|
"birdbrained",
|
||
|
"bonehead",
|
||
|
"boneheaded",
|
||
|
"brainless",
|
||
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
||
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
||
|
"dense",
|
||
|
"dim",
|
||
|
"dim-witted",
|
||
|
"doltish",
|
||
|
"dopey",
|
||
|
"dopy",
|
||
|
"dorky",
|
||
|
"dull",
|
||
|
"dumb",
|
||
|
"dunderheaded",
|
||
|
"empty-headed",
|
||
|
"fatuous",
|
||
|
"gormless",
|
||
|
"half-witted",
|
||
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
||
|
"lamebrain",
|
||
|
"lamebrained",
|
||
|
"lunkheaded",
|
||
|
"mindless",
|
||
|
"oafish",
|
||
|
"obtuse",
|
||
|
"opaque",
|
||
|
"pinheaded",
|
||
|
"senseless",
|
||
|
"simple",
|
||
|
"slow",
|
||
|
"slow-witted",
|
||
|
"soft",
|
||
|
"softheaded",
|
||
|
"stupid",
|
||
|
"thick",
|
||
|
"thick-witted",
|
||
|
"thickheaded",
|
||
|
"unintelligent",
|
||
|
"unsmart",
|
||
|
"vacuous",
|
||
|
"weak-minded",
|
||
|
"witless"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"brainchild":{
|
||
|
"something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the artificial language Esperanto was the brainchild of L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish oculist"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"carbon copy",
|
||
|
"clone",
|
||
|
"copy",
|
||
|
"dupe",
|
||
|
"duplicate",
|
||
|
"duplication",
|
||
|
"facsimile",
|
||
|
"imitation",
|
||
|
"reduplication",
|
||
|
"replica",
|
||
|
"replication",
|
||
|
"reproduction"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"contraption",
|
||
|
"device",
|
||
|
"gadget",
|
||
|
"gizmo",
|
||
|
"gismo",
|
||
|
"novelty",
|
||
|
"design",
|
||
|
"product",
|
||
|
"work",
|
||
|
"dream",
|
||
|
"fantasy",
|
||
|
"phantasy",
|
||
|
"picture",
|
||
|
"vision",
|
||
|
"conception",
|
||
|
"imagining",
|
||
|
"origination"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"coinage",
|
||
|
"concoction",
|
||
|
"contrivance",
|
||
|
"creation",
|
||
|
"innovation",
|
||
|
"invention",
|
||
|
"wrinkle"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"braininess":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"brainstorm":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to engage in an exchange of information or ideas":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"they brainstormed about ways to raise money for their organization"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"correspond",
|
||
|
"converse",
|
||
|
"talk",
|
||
|
"message",
|
||
|
"bond",
|
||
|
"commune",
|
||
|
"relate",
|
||
|
"accost",
|
||
|
"approach",
|
||
|
"board",
|
||
|
"contact"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"communicate",
|
||
|
"intercommunicate"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"brake":{
|
||
|
"a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"built a small shelter in the brake to watch for deer"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"canebrake",
|
||
|
"brush",
|
||
|
"bush",
|
||
|
"scrub",
|
||
|
"scrubland",
|
||
|
"bramble",
|
||
|
"jungle",
|
||
|
"tangle",
|
||
|
"grove",
|
||
|
"hedge",
|
||
|
"stand",
|
||
|
"woodlot",
|
||
|
"forest",
|
||
|
"greenwood",
|
||
|
"wildwood",
|
||
|
"wood",
|
||
|
"woodland"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"boscage",
|
||
|
"boskage",
|
||
|
"bosk",
|
||
|
"bosque",
|
||
|
"bosquet",
|
||
|
"brushwood",
|
||
|
"chaparral",
|
||
|
"coppice",
|
||
|
"copse",
|
||
|
"covert",
|
||
|
"thicket"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"accelerate",
|
||
|
"hasten",
|
||
|
"hurry",
|
||
|
"quicken",
|
||
|
"rush",
|
||
|
"speed (up)",
|
||
|
"step up"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"braked the car sharply when someone pulled out in front of us"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"drive",
|
||
|
"encourage",
|
||
|
"goad",
|
||
|
"propel",
|
||
|
"push",
|
||
|
"spur",
|
||
|
"stir",
|
||
|
"urge",
|
||
|
"advance",
|
||
|
"aid",
|
||
|
"dispatch",
|
||
|
"ease",
|
||
|
"expedite",
|
||
|
"facilitate",
|
||
|
"forward",
|
||
|
"further",
|
||
|
"help"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"halt",
|
||
|
"stop",
|
||
|
"encumber",
|
||
|
"hamper",
|
||
|
"handicap",
|
||
|
"hinder",
|
||
|
"hobble",
|
||
|
"hold back",
|
||
|
"hold up",
|
||
|
"impede",
|
||
|
"inhibit",
|
||
|
"obstruct",
|
||
|
"set back",
|
||
|
"tie up",
|
||
|
"bottleneck",
|
||
|
"arrest",
|
||
|
"check",
|
||
|
"constrain",
|
||
|
"curb",
|
||
|
"rein",
|
||
|
"restrain",
|
||
|
"baffle",
|
||
|
"foil",
|
||
|
"frustrate",
|
||
|
"sabotage",
|
||
|
"thwart"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"decelerate",
|
||
|
"retard",
|
||
|
"slacken",
|
||
|
"slow"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"branching%20%28out%29":{
|
||
|
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"converging",
|
||
|
"joining"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the vine branched out as it climbed the trellis"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"assembling",
|
||
|
"gathering",
|
||
|
"meeting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"bestrewing",
|
||
|
"breaking up",
|
||
|
"broadcasting",
|
||
|
"clearing out",
|
||
|
"disbanding",
|
||
|
"dispelling",
|
||
|
"dispersing",
|
||
|
"dissipating",
|
||
|
"distributing",
|
||
|
"scattering",
|
||
|
"sowing",
|
||
|
"distancing",
|
||
|
"receding",
|
||
|
"retreating"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"diverging",
|
||
|
"dividing",
|
||
|
"forking",
|
||
|
"parting",
|
||
|
"separating",
|
||
|
"spreading"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"branded":{
|
||
|
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the exact words my father spoke as he left us are branded in my memory"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"blotted out",
|
||
|
"erased",
|
||
|
"expunged",
|
||
|
"obliterated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"enrooted",
|
||
|
"imbued",
|
||
|
"implanted",
|
||
|
"inculcated",
|
||
|
"infused",
|
||
|
"instilled",
|
||
|
"fixed",
|
||
|
"set",
|
||
|
"stamped"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"engraved",
|
||
|
"etched",
|
||
|
"impressed",
|
||
|
"imprinted",
|
||
|
"infixed",
|
||
|
"ingrained",
|
||
|
"engrained"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"brashness":{
|
||
|
"shameless boldness":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"for sheer brashness it would be hard to beat the customer who wanted a refund on merchandise bought elsewhere"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bashfulness",
|
||
|
"diffidence",
|
||
|
"faintheartedness",
|
||
|
"hesitancy",
|
||
|
"modesty",
|
||
|
"shyness",
|
||
|
"timidity",
|
||
|
"timidness",
|
||
|
"timorousness",
|
||
|
"civility",
|
||
|
"courteousness",
|
||
|
"courtesy",
|
||
|
"gentility",
|
||
|
"graciousness",
|
||
|
"mannerliness",
|
||
|
"manners"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"arrogance",
|
||
|
"assurance",
|
||
|
"cockiness",
|
||
|
"confidence",
|
||
|
"hardihood",
|
||
|
"overconfidence",
|
||
|
"sanguinity",
|
||
|
"self-assurance",
|
||
|
"self-confidence",
|
||
|
"discourteousness",
|
||
|
"disrespect",
|
||
|
"impertinence",
|
||
|
"impoliteness",
|
||
|
"impudence",
|
||
|
"incivility",
|
||
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
||
|
"inconsideration",
|
||
|
"insolence",
|
||
|
"rudeness",
|
||
|
"ungraciousness",
|
||
|
"back talk",
|
||
|
"sass",
|
||
|
"swagger",
|
||
|
"swash"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"audaciousness",
|
||
|
"audacity",
|
||
|
"brass",
|
||
|
"brassiness",
|
||
|
"brazenness",
|
||
|
"cheek",
|
||
|
"cheekiness",
|
||
|
"chutzpah",
|
||
|
"chutzpa",
|
||
|
"hutzpah",
|
||
|
"hutzpa",
|
||
|
"crust",
|
||
|
"effrontery",
|
||
|
"face",
|
||
|
"gall",
|
||
|
"nerve",
|
||
|
"nerviness",
|
||
|
"pertness",
|
||
|
"presumption",
|
||
|
"presumptuousness",
|
||
|
"sauce",
|
||
|
"sauciness",
|
||
|
"temerity"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"brass":{
|
||
|
"shameless boldness":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"had the brass to demand a refund for something they had broken themselves!"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bashfulness",
|
||
|
"diffidence",
|
||
|
"faintheartedness",
|
||
|
"hesitancy",
|
||
|
"modesty",
|
||
|
"shyness",
|
||
|
"timidity",
|
||
|
"timidness",
|
||
|
"timorousness",
|
||
|
"civility",
|
||
|
"courteousness",
|
||
|
"courtesy",
|
||
|
"gentility",
|
||
|
"graciousness",
|
||
|
"mannerliness",
|
||
|
"manners"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"arrogance",
|
||
|
"assurance",
|
||
|
"cockiness",
|
||
|
"confidence",
|
||
|
"hardihood",
|
||
|
"overconfidence",
|
||
|
"sanguinity",
|
||
|
"self-assurance",
|
||
|
"self-confidence",
|
||
|
"discourteousness",
|
||
|
"disrespect",
|
||
|
"impertinence",
|
||
|
"impoliteness",
|
||
|
"impudence",
|
||
|
"incivility",
|
||
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
||
|
"inconsideration",
|
||
|
"insolence",
|
||
|
"rudeness",
|
||
|
"ungraciousness",
|
||
|
"back talk",
|
||
|
"sass",
|
||
|
"swagger",
|
||
|
"swash"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"audaciousness",
|
||
|
"audacity",
|
||
|
"brashness",
|
||
|
"brassiness",
|
||
|
"brazenness",
|
||
|
"cheek",
|
||
|
"cheekiness",
|
||
|
"chutzpah",
|
||
|
"chutzpa",
|
||
|
"hutzpah",
|
||
|
"hutzpa",
|
||
|
"crust",
|
||
|
"effrontery",
|
||
|
"face",
|
||
|
"gall",
|
||
|
"nerve",
|
||
|
"nerviness",
|
||
|
"pertness",
|
||
|
"presumption",
|
||
|
"presumptuousness",
|
||
|
"sauce",
|
||
|
"sauciness",
|
||
|
"temerity"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"brass%20band":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bravos":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"brawl":{
|
||
|
"a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"they were thrown out of the party after starting a brawl"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"battle",
|
||
|
"clash",
|
||
|
"combat",
|
||
|
"conflict",
|
||
|
"contest",
|
||
|
"fisticuffs",
|
||
|
"handgrips",
|
||
|
"hassle",
|
||
|
"scrap",
|
||
|
"scrimmage",
|
||
|
"scuffle",
|
||
|
"skirmish",
|
||
|
"struggle",
|
||
|
"tussle",
|
||
|
"horseplay",
|
||
|
"roughhousing",
|
||
|
"altercation",
|
||
|
"argument",
|
||
|
"dispute",
|
||
|
"kickup",
|
||
|
"quarrel",
|
||
|
"spat",
|
||
|
"squabble",
|
||
|
"tiff",
|
||
|
"wrangle"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"affray",
|
||
|
"broil",
|
||
|
"donnybrook",
|
||
|
"fracas",
|
||
|
"fray",
|
||
|
"free-for-all",
|
||
|
"melee",
|
||
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
||
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
||
|
"row",
|
||
|
"ruckus",
|
||
|
"ruction"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the student drama society's decision to put on the controversial play prompted a brawl at the school board meeting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"clash",
|
||
|
"run-in",
|
||
|
"skirmish",
|
||
|
"tangle",
|
||
|
"tussle",
|
||
|
"logomachy",
|
||
|
"feud",
|
||
|
"vendetta",
|
||
|
"attack",
|
||
|
"contention",
|
||
|
"dissension",
|
||
|
"dissention",
|
||
|
"debate",
|
||
|
"difference",
|
||
|
"disputation",
|
||
|
"fuss",
|
||
|
"objection",
|
||
|
"protest",
|
||
|
"protestation",
|
||
|
"affray",
|
||
|
"fisticuffs",
|
||
|
"fracas",
|
||
|
"fray",
|
||
|
"free-for-all",
|
||
|
"melee",
|
||
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
||
|
"catfight"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"altercation",
|
||
|
"argle-bargle",
|
||
|
"argument",
|
||
|
"argy-bargy",
|
||
|
"battle royal",
|
||
|
"bicker",
|
||
|
"contretemps",
|
||
|
"controversy",
|
||
|
"cross fire",
|
||
|
"disagreement",
|
||
|
"dispute",
|
||
|
"donnybrook",
|
||
|
"falling-out",
|
||
|
"fight",
|
||
|
"hassle",
|
||
|
"imbroglio",
|
||
|
"kickup",
|
||
|
"misunderstanding",
|
||
|
"quarrel",
|
||
|
"rhubarb",
|
||
|
"row",
|
||
|
"scrap",
|
||
|
"set-to",
|
||
|
"spat",
|
||
|
"squabble",
|
||
|
"tiff",
|
||
|
"wrangle"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"silence",
|
||
|
"silentness",
|
||
|
"still",
|
||
|
"stillness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"we could hear the brawl of the river rapids ahead of us before we could actually see them"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"calm",
|
||
|
"hush",
|
||
|
"lull",
|
||
|
"quietude",
|
||
|
"serenity",
|
||
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
"tranquility"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"discord",
|
||
|
"dissonance",
|
||
|
"commotion",
|
||
|
"furor",
|
||
|
"hubbub",
|
||
|
"hullabaloo",
|
||
|
"hurly-burly",
|
||
|
"rumpus",
|
||
|
"tumult",
|
||
|
"uproar",
|
||
|
"clatter",
|
||
|
"jangle",
|
||
|
"bang",
|
||
|
"blast",
|
||
|
"boom",
|
||
|
"clap",
|
||
|
"crack",
|
||
|
"crash"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"babel",
|
||
|
"blare",
|
||
|
"bluster",
|
||
|
"bowwow",
|
||
|
"bruit",
|
||
|
"cacophony",
|
||
|
"chatter",
|
||
|
"clamor",
|
||
|
"clangor",
|
||
|
"decibel(s)",
|
||
|
"din",
|
||
|
"discordance",
|
||
|
"katzenjammer",
|
||
|
"noise",
|
||
|
"racket",
|
||
|
"rattle",
|
||
|
"roar"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the Wilsons were always loudly brawling , and the neighbors were always shutting their windows"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"coexist",
|
||
|
"get along",
|
||
|
"accept",
|
||
|
"agree",
|
||
|
"assent",
|
||
|
"concur",
|
||
|
"consent"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"challenge",
|
||
|
"dare",
|
||
|
"defy",
|
||
|
"clash",
|
||
|
"contend",
|
||
|
"contest",
|
||
|
"tangle",
|
||
|
"cavil",
|
||
|
"fuss",
|
||
|
"nitpick",
|
||
|
"consider",
|
||
|
"debate",
|
||
|
"discuss",
|
||
|
"kick",
|
||
|
"object",
|
||
|
"protest"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"altercate",
|
||
|
"argue",
|
||
|
"argufy",
|
||
|
"bicker",
|
||
|
"brabble",
|
||
|
"controvert",
|
||
|
"dispute",
|
||
|
"fall out",
|
||
|
"fight",
|
||
|
"hassle",
|
||
|
"jar",
|
||
|
"quarrel",
|
||
|
"quibble",
|
||
|
"row",
|
||
|
"scrap",
|
||
|
"spat",
|
||
|
"squabble",
|
||
|
"tiff",
|
||
|
"wrangle"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"braying":{
|
||
|
"to reduce to fine particles":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"bray the seeds using a mortar and pestle"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"grating",
|
||
|
"kibbling",
|
||
|
"crumbling",
|
||
|
"crunching",
|
||
|
"breaking",
|
||
|
"busting",
|
||
|
"dashing",
|
||
|
"fracturing",
|
||
|
"fragmenting",
|
||
|
"shattering",
|
||
|
"smashing",
|
||
|
"splintering",
|
||
|
"micronizing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"atomizing",
|
||
|
"beating",
|
||
|
"comminuting",
|
||
|
"crushing",
|
||
|
"disintegrating",
|
||
|
"grinding",
|
||
|
"milling",
|
||
|
"mulling",
|
||
|
"pounding",
|
||
|
"powdering",
|
||
|
"pulverizing"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"breadth":{
|
||
|
"a wide space or area":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a great breadth of land awaited those who were brave and hardy enough to settle it"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"domain",
|
||
|
"sphere",
|
||
|
"territory",
|
||
|
"compass",
|
||
|
"range",
|
||
|
"scope",
|
||
|
"sweep",
|
||
|
"gamut",
|
||
|
"scale",
|
||
|
"spectrum",
|
||
|
"depth",
|
||
|
"emptiness",
|
||
|
"void",
|
||
|
"extension",
|
||
|
"latitude",
|
||
|
"span",
|
||
|
"amplitude",
|
||
|
"immensity",
|
||
|
"magnitude"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"distance",
|
||
|
"expanse",
|
||
|
"expansion",
|
||
|
"extent",
|
||
|
"field",
|
||
|
"length",
|
||
|
"plain",
|
||
|
"reach",
|
||
|
"sheet",
|
||
|
"spread",
|
||
|
"stretch",
|
||
|
"waste"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the breadth of his knowledge on the subject is awesome"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"gamut",
|
||
|
"spectrum",
|
||
|
"spread",
|
||
|
"bailiwick",
|
||
|
"circle",
|
||
|
"demesne",
|
||
|
"department",
|
||
|
"discipline",
|
||
|
"domain",
|
||
|
"element",
|
||
|
"fief",
|
||
|
"fiefdom",
|
||
|
"field",
|
||
|
"province",
|
||
|
"region",
|
||
|
"specialty",
|
||
|
"sphere",
|
||
|
"terrain",
|
||
|
"frontier",
|
||
|
"horizon",
|
||
|
"panorama"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ambit",
|
||
|
"amplitude",
|
||
|
"compass",
|
||
|
"confines",
|
||
|
"dimension(s)",
|
||
|
"extent",
|
||
|
"range",
|
||
|
"reach",
|
||
|
"realm",
|
||
|
"scope",
|
||
|
"sweep",
|
||
|
"width"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"break off (with)":{
|
||
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"sincerely wants to break off with him without hurting his feelings"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"hook up (with)",
|
||
|
"take",
|
||
|
"befriend",
|
||
|
"latch (on or onto)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
||
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
||
|
"cut",
|
||
|
"high-hat",
|
||
|
"slight",
|
||
|
"snub",
|
||
|
"abandon",
|
||
|
"desert",
|
||
|
"forsake",
|
||
|
"maroon",
|
||
|
"quit"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blow off",
|
||
|
"ditch",
|
||
|
"dump",
|
||
|
"jilt",
|
||
|
"kiss off",
|
||
|
"leave"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"break%20down":{
|
||
|
"a mental or nervous collapse":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"if you don't ease your workload, you're going to have a breakdown"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"aplomb",
|
||
|
"calmness",
|
||
|
"composure",
|
||
|
"coolness",
|
||
|
"imperturbability",
|
||
|
"placidity",
|
||
|
"self-possession",
|
||
|
"sereneness",
|
||
|
"serenity",
|
||
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
"tranquility",
|
||
|
"tranquilness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"frazzle",
|
||
|
"freak-out",
|
||
|
"meltdown",
|
||
|
"alarm",
|
||
|
"alarum",
|
||
|
"anxiety",
|
||
|
"apprehension",
|
||
|
"disquiet",
|
||
|
"excitability",
|
||
|
"nervousness",
|
||
|
"disturbance",
|
||
|
"agitation",
|
||
|
"discomposure",
|
||
|
"perturbation",
|
||
|
"basket case"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"crack-up",
|
||
|
"nervous breakdown",
|
||
|
"tailspin"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the breakdown of the body was arrested by the embalming process"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"growth",
|
||
|
"maturation",
|
||
|
"ripening"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"crumbling",
|
||
|
"disintegration",
|
||
|
"dissolution",
|
||
|
"curdling",
|
||
|
"fermentation",
|
||
|
"moldering",
|
||
|
"souring"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"corruption",
|
||
|
"decay",
|
||
|
"decomposition",
|
||
|
"festering",
|
||
|
"putrefaction",
|
||
|
"putrescence",
|
||
|
"rot",
|
||
|
"spoilage"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the separation and identification of the parts of a whole":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the boss wanted a detailed breakdown of the sales figures"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"agglomeration",
|
||
|
"aggregation",
|
||
|
"amalgamation",
|
||
|
"assimilation",
|
||
|
"coalescence",
|
||
|
"conglomeration",
|
||
|
"consolidation",
|
||
|
"integration",
|
||
|
"synthesis",
|
||
|
"unification"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"assessment",
|
||
|
"diagnosis",
|
||
|
"evaluation",
|
||
|
"examination",
|
||
|
"inspection",
|
||
|
"investigation",
|
||
|
"muster",
|
||
|
"scrutiny",
|
||
|
"arrangement",
|
||
|
"assortment",
|
||
|
"cataloging",
|
||
|
"cataloguing",
|
||
|
"categorization",
|
||
|
"classification",
|
||
|
"codification",
|
||
|
"indexing",
|
||
|
"enumeration",
|
||
|
"inventory",
|
||
|
"itemization",
|
||
|
"tabulation",
|
||
|
"division",
|
||
|
"reduction",
|
||
|
"segmentation",
|
||
|
"separation",
|
||
|
"subdivision"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"analysis",
|
||
|
"anatomizing",
|
||
|
"anatomy",
|
||
|
"assay",
|
||
|
"deconstruction",
|
||
|
"dissection"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"when presented with the pile of files, the first thing he did was to break them down by month, order within the month, and region"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"confuse",
|
||
|
"disarrange",
|
||
|
"jumble",
|
||
|
"lump",
|
||
|
"mix (up)",
|
||
|
"scramble",
|
||
|
"misclassify",
|
||
|
"missort",
|
||
|
"mistype"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"array",
|
||
|
"dispose",
|
||
|
"draw up",
|
||
|
"marshal",
|
||
|
"marshall",
|
||
|
"order",
|
||
|
"organize",
|
||
|
"systematize",
|
||
|
"alphabetize",
|
||
|
"catalog",
|
||
|
"catalogue",
|
||
|
"file",
|
||
|
"index",
|
||
|
"list",
|
||
|
"refer",
|
||
|
"pigeonhole",
|
||
|
"shelve",
|
||
|
"identify",
|
||
|
"recognize",
|
||
|
"cull",
|
||
|
"screen",
|
||
|
"set",
|
||
|
"sieve",
|
||
|
"sift",
|
||
|
"winnow",
|
||
|
"clump",
|
||
|
"cluster",
|
||
|
"colligate",
|
||
|
"recategorize",
|
||
|
"reclassify",
|
||
|
"regroup",
|
||
|
"subcategorize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"assort",
|
||
|
"categorize",
|
||
|
"class",
|
||
|
"classify",
|
||
|
"codify",
|
||
|
"compartment",
|
||
|
"compartmentalize",
|
||
|
"digest",
|
||
|
"distinguish",
|
||
|
"distribute",
|
||
|
"grade",
|
||
|
"group",
|
||
|
"peg",
|
||
|
"place",
|
||
|
"range",
|
||
|
"rank",
|
||
|
"relegate",
|
||
|
"separate",
|
||
|
"sort",
|
||
|
"type"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to cause to break with violence and much noise":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"firefighters had to break down the wall to rescue the kitten"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"bust",
|
||
|
"fracture",
|
||
|
"fragment",
|
||
|
"annihilate",
|
||
|
"bash",
|
||
|
"decimate",
|
||
|
"demolish",
|
||
|
"desolate",
|
||
|
"destroy",
|
||
|
"devastate",
|
||
|
"nuke",
|
||
|
"pulverize",
|
||
|
"ruin",
|
||
|
"tear down",
|
||
|
"total",
|
||
|
"vaporize",
|
||
|
"waste",
|
||
|
"wrack",
|
||
|
"wreck",
|
||
|
"shiver",
|
||
|
"splinter",
|
||
|
"split",
|
||
|
"crack",
|
||
|
"crunch",
|
||
|
"crush",
|
||
|
"snap"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"crash",
|
||
|
"shatter",
|
||
|
"smash"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the enamel of a human tooth will begin to break down when exposed to sugar for too long"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"age",
|
||
|
"develop",
|
||
|
"grow",
|
||
|
"mature",
|
||
|
"ripen",
|
||
|
"refresh",
|
||
|
"renew",
|
||
|
"restore",
|
||
|
"cleanse",
|
||
|
"purify",
|
||
|
"assemble",
|
||
|
"compose",
|
||
|
"integrate",
|
||
|
"ameliorate",
|
||
|
"better",
|
||
|
"improve",
|
||
|
"meliorate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"sour",
|
||
|
"turn",
|
||
|
"turn off",
|
||
|
"contaminate",
|
||
|
"defile",
|
||
|
"pollute",
|
||
|
"taint",
|
||
|
"addle",
|
||
|
"curdle",
|
||
|
"ferment",
|
||
|
"mortify",
|
||
|
"rust",
|
||
|
"crumble",
|
||
|
"decline",
|
||
|
"degenerate",
|
||
|
"descend",
|
||
|
"deteriorate",
|
||
|
"dilapidate",
|
||
|
"sink",
|
||
|
"wither"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"corrupt",
|
||
|
"decay",
|
||
|
"decompose",
|
||
|
"disintegrate",
|
||
|
"fester",
|
||
|
"foul",
|
||
|
"mold",
|
||
|
"molder",
|
||
|
"perish",
|
||
|
"putrefy",
|
||
|
"rot",
|
||
|
"spoil"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"if we break the problem down into what appear to be three aspects of it, we'll have a better chance of solving it"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"agglomerate",
|
||
|
"aggregate",
|
||
|
"amalgamate",
|
||
|
"assimilate",
|
||
|
"coalesce",
|
||
|
"conglomerate",
|
||
|
"consolidate",
|
||
|
"integrate",
|
||
|
"synthesize",
|
||
|
"unify"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"assess",
|
||
|
"diagnose",
|
||
|
"evaluate",
|
||
|
"examine",
|
||
|
"inspect",
|
||
|
"investigate",
|
||
|
"scrutinize",
|
||
|
"arrange",
|
||
|
"assort",
|
||
|
"catalog",
|
||
|
"catalogue",
|
||
|
"categorize",
|
||
|
"classify",
|
||
|
"codify",
|
||
|
"diagram",
|
||
|
"enumerate",
|
||
|
"index",
|
||
|
"order",
|
||
|
"schematize",
|
||
|
"sort",
|
||
|
"tabulate",
|
||
|
"divide",
|
||
|
"reduce",
|
||
|
"segment",
|
||
|
"separate",
|
||
|
"subdivide"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"analyze",
|
||
|
"anatomize",
|
||
|
"assay",
|
||
|
"cut",
|
||
|
"deconstruct",
|
||
|
"dissect"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"start (up)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the computer finally broke down and had to be replaced"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"fizzle",
|
||
|
"sputter",
|
||
|
"wheeze",
|
||
|
"act up",
|
||
|
"malfunction",
|
||
|
"jam"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"break",
|
||
|
"conk (out)",
|
||
|
"crash",
|
||
|
"cut out",
|
||
|
"die",
|
||
|
"fail",
|
||
|
"give out",
|
||
|
"stall"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to take apart":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"assemble",
|
||
|
"construct"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the crew was breaking down the party tent when we arrived"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"build",
|
||
|
"erect",
|
||
|
"pitch",
|
||
|
"combine",
|
||
|
"unite"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"detach",
|
||
|
"disengage",
|
||
|
"break up",
|
||
|
"disaggregate",
|
||
|
"disarticulate",
|
||
|
"disconnect",
|
||
|
"disjoin",
|
||
|
"disjoint",
|
||
|
"dissever",
|
||
|
"disunite",
|
||
|
"divide",
|
||
|
"separate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"demount",
|
||
|
"disassemble",
|
||
|
"dismantle",
|
||
|
"dismember",
|
||
|
"dismount",
|
||
|
"knock down",
|
||
|
"strike",
|
||
|
"take down"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"began to break down when he realized that he was on the verge of bankruptcy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"choke"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"break up",
|
||
|
"crack",
|
||
|
"flip (out)",
|
||
|
"freak (out)",
|
||
|
"melt down",
|
||
|
"wig (out)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"break%20up":{
|
||
|
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"unification",
|
||
|
"union"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the breakup of the Soviet Union and the collapse of communism pretty much signaled the end of the Cold War"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"assemblage",
|
||
|
"association",
|
||
|
"attachment",
|
||
|
"conjunction",
|
||
|
"connection",
|
||
|
"link",
|
||
|
"linkage",
|
||
|
"linkup",
|
||
|
"aggregation",
|
||
|
"combination",
|
||
|
"consolidation",
|
||
|
"fusion"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"breach",
|
||
|
"rupture",
|
||
|
"divorce",
|
||
|
"severance",
|
||
|
"decomposition",
|
||
|
"disassembly",
|
||
|
"dismemberment",
|
||
|
"segmentation",
|
||
|
"subdivision",
|
||
|
"atomization",
|
||
|
"dichotomization",
|
||
|
"polarization",
|
||
|
"diffusion",
|
||
|
"dispersal",
|
||
|
"dispersion",
|
||
|
"scattering",
|
||
|
"administration",
|
||
|
"apportionment",
|
||
|
"distribution",
|
||
|
"isolation",
|
||
|
"seclusion",
|
||
|
"segregation",
|
||
|
"sequestration"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bifurcation",
|
||
|
"cleavage",
|
||
|
"dissolution",
|
||
|
"disunion",
|
||
|
"division",
|
||
|
"fractionalization",
|
||
|
"fractionation",
|
||
|
"partition",
|
||
|
"schism",
|
||
|
"scission",
|
||
|
"separation",
|
||
|
"split",
|
||
|
"sundering"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"police arrived at the scene and immediately broke up the fracas"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"carry on",
|
||
|
"continue",
|
||
|
"follow through (with)",
|
||
|
"keep up",
|
||
|
"run on",
|
||
|
"advance",
|
||
|
"proceed",
|
||
|
"progress",
|
||
|
"actuate",
|
||
|
"drive",
|
||
|
"impel",
|
||
|
"propel",
|
||
|
"stir"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"complete",
|
||
|
"conclude",
|
||
|
"finish",
|
||
|
"close (down)",
|
||
|
"deactivate",
|
||
|
"block",
|
||
|
"blockade",
|
||
|
"dam",
|
||
|
"delay",
|
||
|
"detain",
|
||
|
"hinder",
|
||
|
"hold",
|
||
|
"hold back",
|
||
|
"impede",
|
||
|
"kibosh",
|
||
|
"obstruct",
|
||
|
"stem",
|
||
|
"call",
|
||
|
"suspend",
|
||
|
"arrest",
|
||
|
"brake",
|
||
|
"check",
|
||
|
"clamp down",
|
||
|
"rein (in)",
|
||
|
"squash",
|
||
|
"squelch",
|
||
|
"stamp",
|
||
|
"stanch",
|
||
|
"staunch",
|
||
|
"stunt",
|
||
|
"suppress",
|
||
|
"turn back",
|
||
|
"pause",
|
||
|
"stay",
|
||
|
"suspend",
|
||
|
"abolish",
|
||
|
"abort",
|
||
|
"annul",
|
||
|
"demolish",
|
||
|
"destroy",
|
||
|
"dissolve",
|
||
|
"kill",
|
||
|
"ruin",
|
||
|
"scuttle",
|
||
|
"snuff"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"break",
|
||
|
"break off",
|
||
|
"can",
|
||
|
"cease",
|
||
|
"cut off",
|
||
|
"cut out",
|
||
|
"desist (from)",
|
||
|
"discontinue",
|
||
|
"drop",
|
||
|
"end",
|
||
|
"give over",
|
||
|
"halt",
|
||
|
"knock off",
|
||
|
"lay off",
|
||
|
"leave off",
|
||
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
||
|
"quit",
|
||
|
"shut off",
|
||
|
"stop"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"break up the feta cheese and spread it over the salad"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"doctor",
|
||
|
"fix",
|
||
|
"heal",
|
||
|
"mend",
|
||
|
"patch",
|
||
|
"rebuild",
|
||
|
"recondition",
|
||
|
"reconstruct",
|
||
|
"renovate",
|
||
|
"repair"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"atomize",
|
||
|
"crush",
|
||
|
"grind",
|
||
|
"powder",
|
||
|
"pulverize",
|
||
|
"reduce",
|
||
|
"blast",
|
||
|
"blow up",
|
||
|
"burst",
|
||
|
"detonate",
|
||
|
"explode",
|
||
|
"crack",
|
||
|
"pop",
|
||
|
"shatter",
|
||
|
"shiver",
|
||
|
"smash",
|
||
|
"chip",
|
||
|
"sliver",
|
||
|
"splinter",
|
||
|
"split",
|
||
|
"implode",
|
||
|
"destroy",
|
||
|
"ruin",
|
||
|
"wreck"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"break",
|
||
|
"bust",
|
||
|
"disintegrate",
|
||
|
"dismember",
|
||
|
"disrupt",
|
||
|
"fracture",
|
||
|
"fragment",
|
||
|
"rive"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"band",
|
||
|
"join",
|
||
|
"unite"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the band broke up when their arguments over money grew too stressful"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"incorporate",
|
||
|
"consolidate",
|
||
|
"hang together"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"demobilize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"disband",
|
||
|
"disperse",
|
||
|
"dissolve"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to come to an end":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"continue",
|
||
|
"hang on",
|
||
|
"persist"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the meeting broke up when all the business for the day had been completed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"draw out",
|
||
|
"extend",
|
||
|
"prolong",
|
||
|
"protract"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"desist (from)",
|
||
|
"lay off (of)",
|
||
|
"refrain (from)",
|
||
|
"give over",
|
||
|
"knock off",
|
||
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
||
|
"break down",
|
||
|
"conk (out)",
|
||
|
"cut out",
|
||
|
"stall",
|
||
|
"pause",
|
||
|
"stay",
|
||
|
"suspend",
|
||
|
"abate",
|
||
|
"peter (out)",
|
||
|
"wind down"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"break off",
|
||
|
"cease",
|
||
|
"close",
|
||
|
"conclude",
|
||
|
"dead-end",
|
||
|
"determine",
|
||
|
"die",
|
||
|
"discontinue",
|
||
|
"elapse",
|
||
|
"end",
|
||
|
"expire",
|
||
|
"finish",
|
||
|
"go",
|
||
|
"halt",
|
||
|
"lapse",
|
||
|
"leave off",
|
||
|
"let up",
|
||
|
"pass",
|
||
|
"quit",
|
||
|
"stop",
|
||
|
"terminate",
|
||
|
"wind up",
|
||
|
"wink (out)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"join",
|
||
|
"link",
|
||
|
"unify",
|
||
|
"unite"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"assemble",
|
||
|
"associate",
|
||
|
"blend",
|
||
|
"combine",
|
||
|
"mingle",
|
||
|
"mix",
|
||
|
"connect",
|
||
|
"couple",
|
||
|
"accumulate",
|
||
|
"agglutinate",
|
||
|
"attach",
|
||
|
"bind",
|
||
|
"cement",
|
||
|
"close",
|
||
|
"fasten",
|
||
|
"fuse",
|
||
|
"knit",
|
||
|
"stick",
|
||
|
"weld"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"break down",
|
||
|
"decompose",
|
||
|
"disassemble",
|
||
|
"disintegrate",
|
||
|
"dissolve",
|
||
|
"bifurcate",
|
||
|
"bisect",
|
||
|
"cleave",
|
||
|
"dichotomize",
|
||
|
"dissect",
|
||
|
"fractionalize",
|
||
|
"fractionate",
|
||
|
"halve",
|
||
|
"partition",
|
||
|
"quarter",
|
||
|
"segment",
|
||
|
"subdivide",
|
||
|
"trisect",
|
||
|
"fragment",
|
||
|
"fragmentate",
|
||
|
"fragmentize",
|
||
|
"break",
|
||
|
"fracture",
|
||
|
"pull",
|
||
|
"rend",
|
||
|
"rift",
|
||
|
"rip",
|
||
|
"rive",
|
||
|
"rupture",
|
||
|
"tear",
|
||
|
"cut off",
|
||
|
"insulate",
|
||
|
"isolate",
|
||
|
"seclude",
|
||
|
"segregate",
|
||
|
"sequester",
|
||
|
"detach",
|
||
|
"disengage",
|
||
|
"disentangle",
|
||
|
"unravel",
|
||
|
"untie"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"decouple",
|
||
|
"disassociate",
|
||
|
"disconnect",
|
||
|
"disjoin",
|
||
|
"disjoint",
|
||
|
"dissever",
|
||
|
"dissociate",
|
||
|
"disunite",
|
||
|
"divide",
|
||
|
"divorce",
|
||
|
"part",
|
||
|
"ramify",
|
||
|
"resolve",
|
||
|
"separate",
|
||
|
"sever",
|
||
|
"split",
|
||
|
"sunder",
|
||
|
"uncouple",
|
||
|
"unlink",
|
||
|
"unyoke"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"if you break up during the skit, the audience will know that you're in on the joke"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bawl",
|
||
|
"blubber",
|
||
|
"cry",
|
||
|
"sob",
|
||
|
"weep",
|
||
|
"howl",
|
||
|
"squall",
|
||
|
"wail",
|
||
|
"yowl",
|
||
|
"bleat",
|
||
|
"pule",
|
||
|
"whimper",
|
||
|
"whine",
|
||
|
"sniffle",
|
||
|
"snivel",
|
||
|
"groan",
|
||
|
"moan",
|
||
|
"sigh"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"grin",
|
||
|
"smile"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cackle",
|
||
|
"chortle",
|
||
|
"chuckle",
|
||
|
"crack up",
|
||
|
"giggle",
|
||
|
"hee-haw",
|
||
|
"laugh",
|
||
|
"roar",
|
||
|
"scream",
|
||
|
"snicker",
|
||
|
"titter",
|
||
|
"twitter"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the sort of person who would be among the first to break up in a prisoner of war camp"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"choke"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"break down",
|
||
|
"crack",
|
||
|
"flip (out)",
|
||
|
"freak (out)",
|
||
|
"melt down",
|
||
|
"wig (out)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"break-in":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he rudely broke in to drop the names of several celebrities that he had met"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"barge (in)",
|
||
|
"bother",
|
||
|
"horn in",
|
||
|
"add",
|
||
|
"contribute",
|
||
|
"put in"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"chime in",
|
||
|
"chip in",
|
||
|
"cut in",
|
||
|
"interpose",
|
||
|
"interrupt",
|
||
|
"intrude"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the burglars broke in by smashing a window"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"invade",
|
||
|
"trespass",
|
||
|
"hold up",
|
||
|
"loot",
|
||
|
"plunder",
|
||
|
"rip off",
|
||
|
"rob",
|
||
|
"stick up",
|
||
|
"ransack",
|
||
|
"rifle",
|
||
|
"despoil",
|
||
|
"devastate",
|
||
|
"maraud",
|
||
|
"pillage",
|
||
|
"ravage",
|
||
|
"sack"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"burglarize",
|
||
|
"burgle"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"breakup":{
|
||
|
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"unification",
|
||
|
"union"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the breakup of the Soviet Union and the collapse of communism pretty much signaled the end of the Cold War"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"assemblage",
|
||
|
"association",
|
||
|
"attachment",
|
||
|
"conjunction",
|
||
|
"connection",
|
||
|
"link",
|
||
|
"linkage",
|
||
|
"linkup",
|
||
|
"aggregation",
|
||
|
"combination",
|
||
|
"consolidation",
|
||
|
"fusion"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"breach",
|
||
|
"rupture",
|
||
|
"divorce",
|
||
|
"severance",
|
||
|
"decomposition",
|
||
|
"disassembly",
|
||
|
"dismemberment",
|
||
|
"segmentation",
|
||
|
"subdivision",
|
||
|
"atomization",
|
||
|
"dichotomization",
|
||
|
"polarization",
|
||
|
"diffusion",
|
||
|
"dispersal",
|
||
|
"dispersion",
|
||
|
"scattering",
|
||
|
"administration",
|
||
|
"apportionment",
|
||
|
"distribution",
|
||
|
"isolation",
|
||
|
"seclusion",
|
||
|
"segregation",
|
||
|
"sequestration"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bifurcation",
|
||
|
"cleavage",
|
||
|
"dissolution",
|
||
|
"disunion",
|
||
|
"division",
|
||
|
"fractionalization",
|
||
|
"fractionation",
|
||
|
"partition",
|
||
|
"schism",
|
||
|
"scission",
|
||
|
"separation",
|
||
|
"split",
|
||
|
"sundering"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"police arrived at the scene and immediately broke up the fracas"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"carry on",
|
||
|
"continue",
|
||
|
"follow through (with)",
|
||
|
"keep up",
|
||
|
"run on",
|
||
|
"advance",
|
||
|
"proceed",
|
||
|
"progress",
|
||
|
"actuate",
|
||
|
"drive",
|
||
|
"impel",
|
||
|
"propel",
|
||
|
"stir"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"complete",
|
||
|
"conclude",
|
||
|
"finish",
|
||
|
"close (down)",
|
||
|
"deactivate",
|
||
|
"block",
|
||
|
"blockade",
|
||
|
"dam",
|
||
|
"delay",
|
||
|
"detain",
|
||
|
"hinder",
|
||
|
"hold",
|
||
|
"hold back",
|
||
|
"impede",
|
||
|
"kibosh",
|
||
|
"obstruct",
|
||
|
"stem",
|
||
|
"call",
|
||
|
"suspend",
|
||
|
"arrest",
|
||
|
"brake",
|
||
|
"check",
|
||
|
"clamp down",
|
||
|
"rein (in)",
|
||
|
"squash",
|
||
|
"squelch",
|
||
|
"stamp",
|
||
|
"stanch",
|
||
|
"staunch",
|
||
|
"stunt",
|
||
|
"suppress",
|
||
|
"turn back",
|
||
|
"pause",
|
||
|
"stay",
|
||
|
"suspend",
|
||
|
"abolish",
|
||
|
"abort",
|
||
|
"annul",
|
||
|
"demolish",
|
||
|
"destroy",
|
||
|
"dissolve",
|
||
|
"kill",
|
||
|
"ruin",
|
||
|
"scuttle",
|
||
|
"snuff"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"break",
|
||
|
"break off",
|
||
|
"can",
|
||
|
"cease",
|
||
|
"cut off",
|
||
|
"cut out",
|
||
|
"desist (from)",
|
||
|
"discontinue",
|
||
|
"drop",
|
||
|
"end",
|
||
|
"give over",
|
||
|
"halt",
|
||
|
"knock off",
|
||
|
"lay off",
|
||
|
"leave off",
|
||
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
||
|
"quit",
|
||
|
"shut off",
|
||
|
"stop"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"break up the feta cheese and spread it over the salad"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"doctor",
|
||
|
"fix",
|
||
|
"heal",
|
||
|
"mend",
|
||
|
"patch",
|
||
|
"rebuild",
|
||
|
"recondition",
|
||
|
"reconstruct",
|
||
|
"renovate",
|
||
|
"repair"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"atomize",
|
||
|
"crush",
|
||
|
"grind",
|
||
|
"powder",
|
||
|
"pulverize",
|
||
|
"reduce",
|
||
|
"blast",
|
||
|
"blow up",
|
||
|
"burst",
|
||
|
"detonate",
|
||
|
"explode",
|
||
|
"crack",
|
||
|
"pop",
|
||
|
"shatter",
|
||
|
"shiver",
|
||
|
"smash",
|
||
|
"chip",
|
||
|
"sliver",
|
||
|
"splinter",
|
||
|
"split",
|
||
|
"implode",
|
||
|
"destroy",
|
||
|
"ruin",
|
||
|
"wreck"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"break",
|
||
|
"bust",
|
||
|
"disintegrate",
|
||
|
"dismember",
|
||
|
"disrupt",
|
||
|
"fracture",
|
||
|
"fragment",
|
||
|
"rive"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"band",
|
||
|
"join",
|
||
|
"unite"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the band broke up when their arguments over money grew too stressful"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"incorporate",
|
||
|
"consolidate",
|
||
|
"hang together"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"demobilize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"disband",
|
||
|
"disperse",
|
||
|
"dissolve"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to come to an end":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"continue",
|
||
|
"hang on",
|
||
|
"persist"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the meeting broke up when all the business for the day had been completed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"draw out",
|
||
|
"extend",
|
||
|
"prolong",
|
||
|
"protract"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"desist (from)",
|
||
|
"lay off (of)",
|
||
|
"refrain (from)",
|
||
|
"give over",
|
||
|
"knock off",
|
||
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
||
|
"break down",
|
||
|
"conk (out)",
|
||
|
"cut out",
|
||
|
"stall",
|
||
|
"pause",
|
||
|
"stay",
|
||
|
"suspend",
|
||
|
"abate",
|
||
|
"peter (out)",
|
||
|
"wind down"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"break off",
|
||
|
"cease",
|
||
|
"close",
|
||
|
"conclude",
|
||
|
"dead-end",
|
||
|
"determine",
|
||
|
"die",
|
||
|
"discontinue",
|
||
|
"elapse",
|
||
|
"end",
|
||
|
"expire",
|
||
|
"finish",
|
||
|
"go",
|
||
|
"halt",
|
||
|
"lapse",
|
||
|
"leave off",
|
||
|
"let up",
|
||
|
"pass",
|
||
|
"quit",
|
||
|
"stop",
|
||
|
"terminate",
|
||
|
"wind up",
|
||
|
"wink (out)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"join",
|
||
|
"link",
|
||
|
"unify",
|
||
|
"unite"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"assemble",
|
||
|
"associate",
|
||
|
"blend",
|
||
|
"combine",
|
||
|
"mingle",
|
||
|
"mix",
|
||
|
"connect",
|
||
|
"couple",
|
||
|
"accumulate",
|
||
|
"agglutinate",
|
||
|
"attach",
|
||
|
"bind",
|
||
|
"cement",
|
||
|
"close",
|
||
|
"fasten",
|
||
|
"fuse",
|
||
|
"knit",
|
||
|
"stick",
|
||
|
"weld"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"break down",
|
||
|
"decompose",
|
||
|
"disassemble",
|
||
|
"disintegrate",
|
||
|
"dissolve",
|
||
|
"bifurcate",
|
||
|
"bisect",
|
||
|
"cleave",
|
||
|
"dichotomize",
|
||
|
"dissect",
|
||
|
"fractionalize",
|
||
|
"fractionate",
|
||
|
"halve",
|
||
|
"partition",
|
||
|
"quarter",
|
||
|
"segment",
|
||
|
"subdivide",
|
||
|
"trisect",
|
||
|
"fragment",
|
||
|
"fragmentate",
|
||
|
"fragmentize",
|
||
|
"break",
|
||
|
"fracture",
|
||
|
"pull",
|
||
|
"rend",
|
||
|
"rift",
|
||
|
"rip",
|
||
|
"rive",
|
||
|
"rupture",
|
||
|
"tear",
|
||
|
"cut off",
|
||
|
"insulate",
|
||
|
"isolate",
|
||
|
"seclude",
|
||
|
"segregate",
|
||
|
"sequester",
|
||
|
"detach",
|
||
|
"disengage",
|
||
|
"disentangle",
|
||
|
"unravel",
|
||
|
"untie"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"decouple",
|
||
|
"disassociate",
|
||
|
"disconnect",
|
||
|
"disjoin",
|
||
|
"disjoint",
|
||
|
"dissever",
|
||
|
"dissociate",
|
||
|
"disunite",
|
||
|
"divide",
|
||
|
"divorce",
|
||
|
"part",
|
||
|
"ramify",
|
||
|
"resolve",
|
||
|
"separate",
|
||
|
"sever",
|
||
|
"split",
|
||
|
"sunder",
|
||
|
"uncouple",
|
||
|
"unlink",
|
||
|
"unyoke"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"if you break up during the skit, the audience will know that you're in on the joke"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bawl",
|
||
|
"blubber",
|
||
|
"cry",
|
||
|
"sob",
|
||
|
"weep",
|
||
|
"howl",
|
||
|
"squall",
|
||
|
"wail",
|
||
|
"yowl",
|
||
|
"bleat",
|
||
|
"pule",
|
||
|
"whimper",
|
||
|
"whine",
|
||
|
"sniffle",
|
||
|
"snivel",
|
||
|
"groan",
|
||
|
"moan",
|
||
|
"sigh"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"grin",
|
||
|
"smile"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cackle",
|
||
|
"chortle",
|
||
|
"chuckle",
|
||
|
"crack up",
|
||
|
"giggle",
|
||
|
"hee-haw",
|
||
|
"laugh",
|
||
|
"roar",
|
||
|
"scream",
|
||
|
"snicker",
|
||
|
"titter",
|
||
|
"twitter"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the sort of person who would be among the first to break up in a prisoner of war camp"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"choke"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"break down",
|
||
|
"crack",
|
||
|
"flip (out)",
|
||
|
"freak (out)",
|
||
|
"melt down",
|
||
|
"wig (out)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"breathe":{
|
||
|
"to have life":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"depart",
|
||
|
"die",
|
||
|
"expire",
|
||
|
"pass away",
|
||
|
"perish",
|
||
|
"succumb"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"as long as I breathe , you will have a place to stay"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"disappear",
|
||
|
"evaporate",
|
||
|
"vanish",
|
||
|
"cease",
|
||
|
"desist",
|
||
|
"discontinue",
|
||
|
"end",
|
||
|
"quit",
|
||
|
"stop",
|
||
|
"abate",
|
||
|
"die (down)",
|
||
|
"ebb",
|
||
|
"let up",
|
||
|
"moderate",
|
||
|
"subside",
|
||
|
"wane"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"abide",
|
||
|
"continue",
|
||
|
"endure",
|
||
|
"hold on",
|
||
|
"hold up",
|
||
|
"keep (on)",
|
||
|
"kick",
|
||
|
"last",
|
||
|
"lead",
|
||
|
"persist",
|
||
|
"rule",
|
||
|
"run on",
|
||
|
"survive",
|
||
|
"move",
|
||
|
"flourish",
|
||
|
"prosper",
|
||
|
"thrive"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"be",
|
||
|
"exist",
|
||
|
"live",
|
||
|
"subsist"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to inhale and exhale air":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"sometimes it gets so hot in here that it's hard to even breathe"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"asphyxiate",
|
||
|
"choke",
|
||
|
"gag",
|
||
|
"smother",
|
||
|
"suffocate",
|
||
|
"garrote",
|
||
|
"garotte",
|
||
|
"stifle",
|
||
|
"strangle",
|
||
|
"throttle"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"blow (out)",
|
||
|
"draw",
|
||
|
"expire",
|
||
|
"inbreathe",
|
||
|
"inspire",
|
||
|
"gasp",
|
||
|
"huff",
|
||
|
"pant",
|
||
|
"puff",
|
||
|
"suspire",
|
||
|
"wheeze",
|
||
|
"sniff",
|
||
|
"snore",
|
||
|
"snort",
|
||
|
"snuff",
|
||
|
"snuffle",
|
||
|
"whiff",
|
||
|
"yawn"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"respire"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"breathing":{
|
||
|
"having or showing life":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"asleep",
|
||
|
"breathless",
|
||
|
"cold",
|
||
|
"dead",
|
||
|
"deceased",
|
||
|
"defunct",
|
||
|
"departed",
|
||
|
"expired",
|
||
|
"inanimate",
|
||
|
"lifeless",
|
||
|
"nonliving"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"realized that he didn't need a comic-book superhero, since he had a real, breathing hero in his father"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"dying",
|
||
|
"fading",
|
||
|
"moribund",
|
||
|
"stillborn",
|
||
|
"reposing",
|
||
|
"resting",
|
||
|
"ghostlike",
|
||
|
"ghostly",
|
||
|
"ghosty",
|
||
|
"zombielike",
|
||
|
"absent",
|
||
|
"extinct",
|
||
|
"fallen",
|
||
|
"finished",
|
||
|
"gone",
|
||
|
"lapsed",
|
||
|
"lost",
|
||
|
"nonexistent",
|
||
|
"perished",
|
||
|
"terminated",
|
||
|
"vanished",
|
||
|
"wiped out",
|
||
|
"barren",
|
||
|
"desert"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"active",
|
||
|
"animated",
|
||
|
"dynamic",
|
||
|
"lively",
|
||
|
"thriving",
|
||
|
"vibrant",
|
||
|
"vigorous",
|
||
|
"vital",
|
||
|
"vivacious",
|
||
|
"current",
|
||
|
"existent",
|
||
|
"existing",
|
||
|
"extant",
|
||
|
"going",
|
||
|
"prevailing",
|
||
|
"surviving",
|
||
|
"resurrected"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"alive",
|
||
|
"animate",
|
||
|
"live",
|
||
|
"living",
|
||
|
"quick"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to have life":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"departing",
|
||
|
"dying",
|
||
|
"expiring",
|
||
|
"passing away",
|
||
|
"perishing",
|
||
|
"succumbing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"as long as I breathe , you will have a place to stay"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"disappearing",
|
||
|
"evaporating",
|
||
|
"vanishing",
|
||
|
"ceasing",
|
||
|
"desisting",
|
||
|
"discontinuing",
|
||
|
"ending",
|
||
|
"quitting",
|
||
|
"stopping",
|
||
|
"abating",
|
||
|
"dying (down)",
|
||
|
"ebbing",
|
||
|
"letting up",
|
||
|
"moderating",
|
||
|
"subsiding",
|
||
|
"waning"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"abiding",
|
||
|
"continuing",
|
||
|
"enduring",
|
||
|
"holding on",
|
||
|
"holding up",
|
||
|
"keeping (on)",
|
||
|
"kicking",
|
||
|
"lasting",
|
||
|
"leading",
|
||
|
"persisting",
|
||
|
"ruling",
|
||
|
"running on",
|
||
|
"surviving",
|
||
|
"moving",
|
||
|
"flourishing",
|
||
|
"prospering",
|
||
|
"thriving"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"being",
|
||
|
"existing",
|
||
|
"living",
|
||
|
"subsisting"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to inhale and exhale air":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"sometimes it gets so hot in here that it's hard to even breathe"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"asphyxiating",
|
||
|
"choking",
|
||
|
"gagging",
|
||
|
"smothering",
|
||
|
"suffocating",
|
||
|
"garroting",
|
||
|
"garotting",
|
||
|
"stifling",
|
||
|
"strangling",
|
||
|
"throttling"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"blowing (out)",
|
||
|
"drawing",
|
||
|
"expiring",
|
||
|
"inbreathing",
|
||
|
"inspiring",
|
||
|
"gasping",
|
||
|
"huffing",
|
||
|
"panting",
|
||
|
"puffing",
|
||
|
"suspiring",
|
||
|
"wheezing",
|
||
|
"sniffing",
|
||
|
"snoring",
|
||
|
"snorting",
|
||
|
"snuffing",
|
||
|
"snuffling",
|
||
|
"whiffing",
|
||
|
"yawning"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"respiring"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"brewed":{
|
||
|
"to be about to happen":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"there's trouble brewing in the department"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abated",
|
||
|
"declined",
|
||
|
"de-escalated",
|
||
|
"died down",
|
||
|
"diminished",
|
||
|
"disappeared",
|
||
|
"dwindled",
|
||
|
"ebbed",
|
||
|
"faded",
|
||
|
"fell",
|
||
|
"lessened",
|
||
|
"let up",
|
||
|
"lowered",
|
||
|
"moderated",
|
||
|
"receded",
|
||
|
"relented",
|
||
|
"remitted",
|
||
|
"shrank",
|
||
|
"shrunk",
|
||
|
"subsided",
|
||
|
"tapered",
|
||
|
"tapered off",
|
||
|
"vanished",
|
||
|
"waned",
|
||
|
"fell back",
|
||
|
"passed",
|
||
|
"receded",
|
||
|
"retreated",
|
||
|
"withdrew"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"advanced",
|
||
|
"approached",
|
||
|
"closed in",
|
||
|
"drew on",
|
||
|
"gathered",
|
||
|
"neared",
|
||
|
"hovered",
|
||
|
"hung",
|
||
|
"hanged",
|
||
|
"lowered",
|
||
|
"loured",
|
||
|
"menaced",
|
||
|
"overhung",
|
||
|
"threatened"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"impended",
|
||
|
"loomed"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"they accused her of deliberately trying to brew dissension within the rank and file"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bridled",
|
||
|
"checked",
|
||
|
"constrained",
|
||
|
"curbed",
|
||
|
"discouraged",
|
||
|
"held",
|
||
|
"inhibited",
|
||
|
"regulated",
|
||
|
"reined (in)",
|
||
|
"restrained",
|
||
|
"tamed",
|
||
|
"allayed",
|
||
|
"calmed",
|
||
|
"quieted",
|
||
|
"settled",
|
||
|
"soothed",
|
||
|
"stilled",
|
||
|
"subdued",
|
||
|
"tranquilized",
|
||
|
"tranquillized"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"advanced",
|
||
|
"cultivated",
|
||
|
"encouraged",
|
||
|
"forwarded",
|
||
|
"fostered",
|
||
|
"furthered",
|
||
|
"nourished",
|
||
|
"nurtured",
|
||
|
"promoted",
|
||
|
"sowed",
|
||
|
"stimulated",
|
||
|
"detonated",
|
||
|
"set",
|
||
|
"set off",
|
||
|
"triggered",
|
||
|
"excited",
|
||
|
"galvanized",
|
||
|
"inflamed",
|
||
|
"enflamed",
|
||
|
"inspired",
|
||
|
"motivated",
|
||
|
"roused",
|
||
|
"activated",
|
||
|
"energized",
|
||
|
"enlivened",
|
||
|
"fired",
|
||
|
"invigorated",
|
||
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
||
|
"livened (up)",
|
||
|
"pepped (up)",
|
||
|
"quickened",
|
||
|
"stimulated",
|
||
|
"vitalized"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abetted",
|
||
|
"fermented",
|
||
|
"fomented",
|
||
|
"incited",
|
||
|
"instigated",
|
||
|
"picked",
|
||
|
"provoked",
|
||
|
"raised",
|
||
|
"stirred (up)",
|
||
|
"whipped (up)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"brewpubs":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"brewski":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bric-a-brac":{
|
||
|
"small objects that are used for decoration and are not usually valuable":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"shelves full of bric-a-brac"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bridewells":{
|
||
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the citadel was later converted into a bridewell to house the city's growing criminal population"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"outsides"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"bull pens",
|
||
|
"cages",
|
||
|
"cells",
|
||
|
"holes",
|
||
|
"tanks",
|
||
|
"blocks",
|
||
|
"wards",
|
||
|
"glasshouses",
|
||
|
"guardhouses",
|
||
|
"hulks",
|
||
|
"concentration camps",
|
||
|
"gulags",
|
||
|
"labor camps",
|
||
|
"prison camps",
|
||
|
"stalags",
|
||
|
"work camps",
|
||
|
"dungeons",
|
||
|
"keeps",
|
||
|
"oubliettes",
|
||
|
"reformatories",
|
||
|
"reform schools",
|
||
|
"training schools"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bastilles",
|
||
|
"big houses",
|
||
|
"brigs",
|
||
|
"calabooses",
|
||
|
"cans",
|
||
|
"clinks",
|
||
|
"coolers",
|
||
|
"coops",
|
||
|
"guardrooms",
|
||
|
"hocks",
|
||
|
"holds",
|
||
|
"hoosegows",
|
||
|
"jailhouses",
|
||
|
"jails",
|
||
|
"joints",
|
||
|
"jugs",
|
||
|
"lockups",
|
||
|
"nicks",
|
||
|
"penitentiaries",
|
||
|
"pens",
|
||
|
"pokeys",
|
||
|
"prisons",
|
||
|
"quods",
|
||
|
"slammers",
|
||
|
"slams",
|
||
|
"stirs",
|
||
|
"stockades",
|
||
|
"tolbooths"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bridled":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"lost"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"try to bridle your criticism next time so that it is helpful and not hurtful"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"liberated",
|
||
|
"loosed",
|
||
|
"loosened",
|
||
|
"unleashed",
|
||
|
"aired",
|
||
|
"expressed",
|
||
|
"took out",
|
||
|
"vented"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"bottled (up)",
|
||
|
"choked (back)",
|
||
|
"held back",
|
||
|
"minced",
|
||
|
"muffled",
|
||
|
"pocketed",
|
||
|
"repressed",
|
||
|
"sank",
|
||
|
"sunk",
|
||
|
"smothered",
|
||
|
"squelched",
|
||
|
"stifled",
|
||
|
"strangled",
|
||
|
"suppressed",
|
||
|
"swallowed",
|
||
|
"arrested",
|
||
|
"interrupted",
|
||
|
"stopped",
|
||
|
"blocked",
|
||
|
"hampered",
|
||
|
"handcuffed",
|
||
|
"hindered",
|
||
|
"impeded",
|
||
|
"obstructed",
|
||
|
"gagged",
|
||
|
"muzzled",
|
||
|
"silenced"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"checked",
|
||
|
"constrained",
|
||
|
"contained",
|
||
|
"controlled",
|
||
|
"curbed",
|
||
|
"governed",
|
||
|
"held",
|
||
|
"inhibited",
|
||
|
"kept",
|
||
|
"measured",
|
||
|
"pulled in",
|
||
|
"regulated",
|
||
|
"reined (in)",
|
||
|
"restrained",
|
||
|
"ruled",
|
||
|
"tamed"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"brigand":{
|
||
|
"a person who commits robbery usually as part of a group":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bring about":{
|
||
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I promise: making one mistake will not bring about the apocalypse"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"impede",
|
||
|
"limit",
|
||
|
"restrict",
|
||
|
"clamp down (on)",
|
||
|
"crack down (on)",
|
||
|
"crush",
|
||
|
"dampen",
|
||
|
"put down",
|
||
|
"quash",
|
||
|
"quell",
|
||
|
"repress",
|
||
|
"smother",
|
||
|
"squash",
|
||
|
"squelch",
|
||
|
"stifle",
|
||
|
"subdue",
|
||
|
"suppress",
|
||
|
"arrest",
|
||
|
"check",
|
||
|
"control",
|
||
|
"curb",
|
||
|
"inhibit",
|
||
|
"rein (in)",
|
||
|
"restrain",
|
||
|
"retard",
|
||
|
"can",
|
||
|
"kill",
|
||
|
"snuff (out)",
|
||
|
"still",
|
||
|
"abolish",
|
||
|
"demolish",
|
||
|
"destroy",
|
||
|
"extinguish",
|
||
|
"liquidate",
|
||
|
"quench"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"conduce (to)",
|
||
|
"contribute (to)",
|
||
|
"decide",
|
||
|
"determine",
|
||
|
"begin",
|
||
|
"establish",
|
||
|
"father",
|
||
|
"found",
|
||
|
"inaugurate",
|
||
|
"initiate",
|
||
|
"innovate",
|
||
|
"institute",
|
||
|
"introduce",
|
||
|
"launch",
|
||
|
"pioneer",
|
||
|
"set",
|
||
|
"set up",
|
||
|
"start",
|
||
|
"advance",
|
||
|
"cultivate",
|
||
|
"develop",
|
||
|
"encourage",
|
||
|
"forward",
|
||
|
"foster",
|
||
|
"further",
|
||
|
"nourish",
|
||
|
"nurture",
|
||
|
"promote",
|
||
|
"enact",
|
||
|
"render",
|
||
|
"turn out"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beget",
|
||
|
"breed",
|
||
|
"bring",
|
||
|
"bring on",
|
||
|
"catalyze",
|
||
|
"cause",
|
||
|
"create",
|
||
|
"do",
|
||
|
"draw on",
|
||
|
"effect",
|
||
|
"effectuate",
|
||
|
"engender",
|
||
|
"generate",
|
||
|
"induce",
|
||
|
"invoke",
|
||
|
"make",
|
||
|
"occasion",
|
||
|
"produce",
|
||
|
"prompt",
|
||
|
"result (in)",
|
||
|
"spawn",
|
||
|
"translate (into)",
|
||
|
"work",
|
||
|
"yield"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bring%20to%20bear":{
|
||
|
"to put into action or service":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"The group brought all their strength to bear in trying to remove the car from the mud."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ignore",
|
||
|
"neglect",
|
||
|
"misapply",
|
||
|
"misuse"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"handle",
|
||
|
"manipulate",
|
||
|
"wield",
|
||
|
"direct",
|
||
|
"run",
|
||
|
"work",
|
||
|
"cannibalize",
|
||
|
"recycle",
|
||
|
"reuse"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"apply",
|
||
|
"employ",
|
||
|
"exercise",
|
||
|
"exploit",
|
||
|
"harness",
|
||
|
"operate",
|
||
|
"use",
|
||
|
"utilize"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bringing%20to%20account":{
|
||
|
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"citing",
|
||
|
"commending",
|
||
|
"endorsing",
|
||
|
"indorsing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"The treasurer was brought to account in front of the whole town."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"acclaiming",
|
||
|
"applauding",
|
||
|
"hailing",
|
||
|
"honoring",
|
||
|
"eulogizing",
|
||
|
"lauding",
|
||
|
"praising",
|
||
|
"approving",
|
||
|
"blessing",
|
||
|
"sanctioning"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"admonishing",
|
||
|
"chastising",
|
||
|
"castigating",
|
||
|
"punishing",
|
||
|
"bawling out",
|
||
|
"berating",
|
||
|
"chewing out",
|
||
|
"cutting up",
|
||
|
"dressing down",
|
||
|
"flaying",
|
||
|
"gibbeting",
|
||
|
"jawing",
|
||
|
"keelhauling",
|
||
|
"lambasting",
|
||
|
"lecturing",
|
||
|
"ragging",
|
||
|
"railing (at or against)",
|
||
|
"rating",
|
||
|
"scolding",
|
||
|
"scoring",
|
||
|
"telling off",
|
||
|
"upbraiding",
|
||
|
"belittling",
|
||
|
"criticizing",
|
||
|
"deprecating",
|
||
|
"depreciating",
|
||
|
"disparaging"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"censuring",
|
||
|
"condemning",
|
||
|
"denouncing",
|
||
|
"objurgating",
|
||
|
"rebuking",
|
||
|
"reprimanding",
|
||
|
"reproaching",
|
||
|
"reproving"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"broach":{
|
||
|
"to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the immense whales broaching was a magnificent sight"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"dive",
|
||
|
"drop",
|
||
|
"drown",
|
||
|
"founder",
|
||
|
"plunge",
|
||
|
"sink",
|
||
|
"submerge",
|
||
|
"submerse"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"emerge",
|
||
|
"rise"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"break",
|
||
|
"surface"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to present or bring forward for discussion":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"broached the topic of plans for next year's parade"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"censor",
|
||
|
"hush (up)",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"silence",
|
||
|
"suppress"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"allude (to)",
|
||
|
"cite",
|
||
|
"mention",
|
||
|
"name",
|
||
|
"refer (to)",
|
||
|
"offer",
|
||
|
"propose",
|
||
|
"suggest",
|
||
|
"air",
|
||
|
"express",
|
||
|
"speak (of)",
|
||
|
"talk (about)",
|
||
|
"vent",
|
||
|
"ventilate",
|
||
|
"interject",
|
||
|
"interrupt",
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"debate",
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"discuss",
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"thrash (out or over)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bring up",
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"introduce",
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"moot",
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"place",
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"raise"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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]
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},
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"broad":{
|
||
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||
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"antonyms":[
|
||
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"hairline",
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||
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"narrow",
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"paper-thin",
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"skinny",
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"slender",
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"slim",
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"slim-jim",
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"thin"
|
||
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],
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||
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"examples":[
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"an unusually broad expanse of water in the island-dotted lake"
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||
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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||
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"fine",
|
||
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"hairlike",
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||
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"reedlike",
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||
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"elongate",
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||
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"elongated",
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||
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"needlelike",
|
||
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"bottleneck",
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||
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"close",
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||
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"compressed",
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||
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"condensed",
|
||
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"constricted",
|
||
|
"contracted",
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||
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"squeezed",
|
||
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"tight",
|
||
|
"tightened",
|
||
|
"attenuate",
|
||
|
"attenuated",
|
||
|
"small",
|
||
|
"smallish",
|
||
|
"undersized",
|
||
|
"undersize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"expansive",
|
||
|
"extensive",
|
||
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"sweeping",
|
||
|
"commodious",
|
||
|
"roomy",
|
||
|
"spacious",
|
||
|
"outsize",
|
||
|
"outsized",
|
||
|
"oversize",
|
||
|
"oversized",
|
||
|
"sizable",
|
||
|
"sizeable",
|
||
|
"substantial",
|
||
|
"tidy",
|
||
|
"voluminous"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"fat",
|
||
|
"thick",
|
||
|
"wide"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"having considerable extent":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"narrow"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"her broad knowledge of American politics makes her a much-sought-after guest on talk shows"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"circumscribed",
|
||
|
"limited",
|
||
|
"restricted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"comprehensive",
|
||
|
"general",
|
||
|
"global",
|
||
|
"inclusive",
|
||
|
"boundless",
|
||
|
"endless",
|
||
|
"infinite",
|
||
|
"limitless",
|
||
|
"unlimited",
|
||
|
"capacious",
|
||
|
"commodious",
|
||
|
"roomy",
|
||
|
"spacious"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"deep",
|
||
|
"expansive",
|
||
|
"extended",
|
||
|
"extensive",
|
||
|
"far-flung",
|
||
|
"far-reaching",
|
||
|
"rangy",
|
||
|
"sweeping",
|
||
|
"wide",
|
||
|
"wide-ranging",
|
||
|
"widespread"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ambiguous",
|
||
|
"clouded",
|
||
|
"cryptic",
|
||
|
"dark",
|
||
|
"enigmatic",
|
||
|
"enigmatical",
|
||
|
"equivocal",
|
||
|
"indistinct",
|
||
|
"mysterious",
|
||
|
"nonobvious",
|
||
|
"obfuscated",
|
||
|
"obscure",
|
||
|
"unapparent",
|
||
|
"unclarified",
|
||
|
"unclear"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"gave them a broad hint that it was time to leave"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"incomprehensible",
|
||
|
"indecipherable",
|
||
|
"unfathomable",
|
||
|
"unintelligible",
|
||
|
"unknowable",
|
||
|
"impalpable",
|
||
|
"imperceptible",
|
||
|
"inappreciable",
|
||
|
"indiscernible",
|
||
|
"insensible",
|
||
|
"cloudy",
|
||
|
"gauzy",
|
||
|
"gray",
|
||
|
"grey",
|
||
|
"hazy",
|
||
|
"imprecise",
|
||
|
"indefinite",
|
||
|
"indeterminate",
|
||
|
"misty",
|
||
|
"murky",
|
||
|
"nebulous",
|
||
|
"noncommittal",
|
||
|
"sketchy",
|
||
|
"slippery",
|
||
|
"subtle",
|
||
|
"vague",
|
||
|
"illegible",
|
||
|
"undecipherable",
|
||
|
"unreadable"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"cognizable",
|
||
|
"cognoscible",
|
||
|
"comprehendible",
|
||
|
"comprehensible",
|
||
|
"digestible",
|
||
|
"fathomable",
|
||
|
"graspable",
|
||
|
"intelligible",
|
||
|
"knowable",
|
||
|
"understandable",
|
||
|
"self-evident",
|
||
|
"self-explanatory",
|
||
|
"clean-cut",
|
||
|
"simple",
|
||
|
"tidy",
|
||
|
"uncomplicated",
|
||
|
"overt",
|
||
|
"undisguised",
|
||
|
"appreciable",
|
||
|
"perceptible",
|
||
|
"recognizable",
|
||
|
"sensible",
|
||
|
"tangible",
|
||
|
"discernible",
|
||
|
"discernable",
|
||
|
"noticeable",
|
||
|
"observable",
|
||
|
"visible",
|
||
|
"black-and-white",
|
||
|
"explicit",
|
||
|
"trenchant",
|
||
|
"well-defined",
|
||
|
"clean",
|
||
|
"decipherable",
|
||
|
"fair",
|
||
|
"legible",
|
||
|
"readable"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"apparent",
|
||
|
"bald",
|
||
|
"bald-faced",
|
||
|
"barefaced",
|
||
|
"bright-line",
|
||
|
"clear",
|
||
|
"clear-cut",
|
||
|
"crystal clear",
|
||
|
"decided",
|
||
|
"distinct",
|
||
|
"evident",
|
||
|
"lucid",
|
||
|
"luculent",
|
||
|
"luminous",
|
||
|
"manifest",
|
||
|
"nonambiguous",
|
||
|
"obvious",
|
||
|
"open-and-shut",
|
||
|
"palpable",
|
||
|
"patent",
|
||
|
"pellucid",
|
||
|
"perspicuous",
|
||
|
"plain",
|
||
|
"ringing",
|
||
|
"straightforward",
|
||
|
"transparent",
|
||
|
"unambiguous",
|
||
|
"unambivalent",
|
||
|
"unequivocal",
|
||
|
"unmistakable"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"relating to the main elements and not to specific details":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"close-up",
|
||
|
"delineated",
|
||
|
"detailed",
|
||
|
"molecular",
|
||
|
"particularized",
|
||
|
"specific"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a broad overview of the topic"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"limited",
|
||
|
"restricted",
|
||
|
"specified",
|
||
|
"distinct",
|
||
|
"explicit",
|
||
|
"precise",
|
||
|
"sharp",
|
||
|
"comprehensive",
|
||
|
"elaborate",
|
||
|
"full",
|
||
|
"mapped (out)",
|
||
|
"thorough",
|
||
|
"enumerated",
|
||
|
"inventoried",
|
||
|
"itemized",
|
||
|
"listed",
|
||
|
"individual",
|
||
|
"singular",
|
||
|
"particular",
|
||
|
"peculiar"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"comprehensive",
|
||
|
"inclusive",
|
||
|
"absolute",
|
||
|
"boundless",
|
||
|
"expansive",
|
||
|
"extensive",
|
||
|
"infinite",
|
||
|
"panoramic",
|
||
|
"sweeping",
|
||
|
"vast",
|
||
|
"wide",
|
||
|
"indeterminate",
|
||
|
"nebulous",
|
||
|
"nondescript",
|
||
|
"vague",
|
||
|
"unlimited",
|
||
|
"unrestricted",
|
||
|
"unspecified"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"all-around",
|
||
|
"all-round",
|
||
|
"bird's-eye",
|
||
|
"general",
|
||
|
"nonspecific",
|
||
|
"overall"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"broadcasting":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"broadcast the information only to people who needed to know"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"cloaking",
|
||
|
"concealing",
|
||
|
"enshrouding",
|
||
|
"hiding",
|
||
|
"holding (in)",
|
||
|
"masking",
|
||
|
"obscuring",
|
||
|
"secreting",
|
||
|
"shrouding",
|
||
|
"veiling",
|
||
|
"containing",
|
||
|
"limiting",
|
||
|
"restricting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"radiating",
|
||
|
"sprawling",
|
||
|
"diffusing",
|
||
|
"dispensing",
|
||
|
"dispersing",
|
||
|
"dissipating",
|
||
|
"scattering",
|
||
|
"sowing",
|
||
|
"communicating",
|
||
|
"conveying",
|
||
|
"imparting",
|
||
|
"passing (on)",
|
||
|
"transmitting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"circulating",
|
||
|
"disseminating",
|
||
|
"propagating",
|
||
|
"spreading"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"please don't broadcast this news, as it's not being publicly announced yet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"concealing",
|
||
|
"hushing (up)",
|
||
|
"silencing",
|
||
|
"suppressing",
|
||
|
"withholding",
|
||
|
"recalling",
|
||
|
"recanting",
|
||
|
"retracting",
|
||
|
"revoking"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"barking",
|
||
|
"calling (off or out)",
|
||
|
"crying",
|
||
|
"billboarding",
|
||
|
"billing",
|
||
|
"bulletining",
|
||
|
"gazetting",
|
||
|
"knelling",
|
||
|
"ringing",
|
||
|
"tolling",
|
||
|
"blurbing",
|
||
|
"featuring",
|
||
|
"pitching",
|
||
|
"plugging",
|
||
|
"promoting",
|
||
|
"puffing",
|
||
|
"disseminating",
|
||
|
"spreading",
|
||
|
"disclosing",
|
||
|
"divulging",
|
||
|
"introducing",
|
||
|
"kithing",
|
||
|
"kything",
|
||
|
"manifesting",
|
||
|
"reporting",
|
||
|
"revealing",
|
||
|
"showing",
|
||
|
"advising",
|
||
|
"apprising",
|
||
|
"handing down",
|
||
|
"informing",
|
||
|
"notifying",
|
||
|
"communicating",
|
||
|
"imparting",
|
||
|
"intimating"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advertising",
|
||
|
"announcing",
|
||
|
"annunciating",
|
||
|
"blaring",
|
||
|
"blazing",
|
||
|
"blazoning",
|
||
|
"declaring",
|
||
|
"enunciating",
|
||
|
"flashing",
|
||
|
"giving out",
|
||
|
"heralding",
|
||
|
"placarding",
|
||
|
"posting",
|
||
|
"proclaiming",
|
||
|
"promulgating",
|
||
|
"publicizing",
|
||
|
"publishing",
|
||
|
"releasing",
|
||
|
"sounding",
|
||
|
"trumpeting"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"broadcasts":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"broadcast the information only to people who needed to know"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"cloaks",
|
||
|
"conceals",
|
||
|
"enshrouds",
|
||
|
"hides",
|
||
|
"holds (in)",
|
||
|
"masks",
|
||
|
"obscures",
|
||
|
"secretes",
|
||
|
"shrouds",
|
||
|
"veils",
|
||
|
"contains",
|
||
|
"limits",
|
||
|
"restricts"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"radiates",
|
||
|
"sprawls",
|
||
|
"diffuses",
|
||
|
"dispenses",
|
||
|
"disperses",
|
||
|
"dissipates",
|
||
|
"scatters",
|
||
|
"sows",
|
||
|
"communicates",
|
||
|
"conveys",
|
||
|
"imparts",
|
||
|
"passes (on)",
|
||
|
"transmits"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"circulates",
|
||
|
"disseminates",
|
||
|
"propagates",
|
||
|
"spreads"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"please don't broadcast this news, as it's not being publicly announced yet"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"conceals",
|
||
|
"hushes (up)",
|
||
|
"silences",
|
||
|
"suppresses",
|
||
|
"withholds",
|
||
|
"recalls",
|
||
|
"recants",
|
||
|
"retracts",
|
||
|
"revokes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"barks",
|
||
|
"calls (off or out)",
|
||
|
"cries",
|
||
|
"billboards",
|
||
|
"bills",
|
||
|
"bulletins",
|
||
|
"gazettes",
|
||
|
"knells",
|
||
|
"rings",
|
||
|
"tolls",
|
||
|
"blurbs",
|
||
|
"features",
|
||
|
"pitches",
|
||
|
"plugs",
|
||
|
"promotes",
|
||
|
"puffs",
|
||
|
"disseminates",
|
||
|
"spreads",
|
||
|
"discloses",
|
||
|
"divulges",
|
||
|
"introduces",
|
||
|
"kithes",
|
||
|
"manifests",
|
||
|
"reports",
|
||
|
"reveals",
|
||
|
"shows",
|
||
|
"advises",
|
||
|
"apprises",
|
||
|
"hands down",
|
||
|
"informs",
|
||
|
"notifies",
|
||
|
"communicates",
|
||
|
"imparts",
|
||
|
"intimates"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advertises",
|
||
|
"announces",
|
||
|
"annunciates",
|
||
|
"blares",
|
||
|
"blazes",
|
||
|
"blazons",
|
||
|
"declares",
|
||
|
"enunciates",
|
||
|
"flashes",
|
||
|
"gives out",
|
||
|
"heralds",
|
||
|
"placards",
|
||
|
"posts",
|
||
|
"proclaims",
|
||
|
"promulgates",
|
||
|
"publicizes",
|
||
|
"publishes",
|
||
|
"releases",
|
||
|
"sounds",
|
||
|
"trumpets"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"broadside":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"with one side faced forward":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"one car hit the other broadside and crushed the passenger door"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"dead",
|
||
|
"direct",
|
||
|
"right",
|
||
|
"straight"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"aslant",
|
||
|
"indirectly",
|
||
|
"obliquely",
|
||
|
"laterally",
|
||
|
"sideward",
|
||
|
"sidewards"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"crabwise",
|
||
|
"edgeways",
|
||
|
"edgewise",
|
||
|
"sideways",
|
||
|
"sidewise"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
}
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"broil":{
|
||
|
"a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a noisy broil broke out at the bar"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"battle",
|
||
|
"clash",
|
||
|
"combat",
|
||
|
"conflict",
|
||
|
"contest",
|
||
|
"fisticuffs",
|
||
|
"handgrips",
|
||
|
"hassle",
|
||
|
"scrap",
|
||
|
"scrimmage",
|
||
|
"scuffle",
|
||
|
"skirmish",
|
||
|
"struggle",
|
||
|
"tussle",
|
||
|
"horseplay",
|
||
|
"roughhousing",
|
||
|
"altercation",
|
||
|
"argument",
|
||
|
"dispute",
|
||
|
"kickup",
|
||
|
"quarrel",
|
||
|
"spat",
|
||
|
"squabble",
|
||
|
"tiff",
|
||
|
"wrangle"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"affray",
|
||
|
"brawl",
|
||
|
"donnybrook",
|
||
|
"fracas",
|
||
|
"fray",
|
||
|
"free-for-all",
|
||
|
"melee",
|
||
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
||
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
||
|
"row",
|
||
|
"ruckus",
|
||
|
"ruction"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"instead of broiling themselves in internal strife, they should band together against the common enemy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"emancipate",
|
||
|
"free",
|
||
|
"liberate",
|
||
|
"release"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"enmesh",
|
||
|
"immesh",
|
||
|
"ensnare",
|
||
|
"ensnarl",
|
||
|
"entangle",
|
||
|
"entrap",
|
||
|
"snare",
|
||
|
"tangle",
|
||
|
"trap"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bog (down)",
|
||
|
"embrangle",
|
||
|
"embroil",
|
||
|
"mire"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"broke%20up":{
|
||
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"police arrived at the scene and immediately broke up the fracas"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"carried on",
|
||
|
"continued",
|
||
|
"followed through (with)",
|
||
|
"kept up",
|
||
|
"ran on",
|
||
|
"advanced",
|
||
|
"proceeded",
|
||
|
"progressed",
|
||
|
"actuated",
|
||
|
"drove",
|
||
|
"impelled",
|
||
|
"propelled",
|
||
|
"stirred"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"completed",
|
||
|
"concluded",
|
||
|
"finished",
|
||
|
"closed (down)",
|
||
|
"deactivated",
|
||
|
"blockaded",
|
||
|
"blocked",
|
||
|
"dammed",
|
||
|
"delayed",
|
||
|
"detained",
|
||
|
"held",
|
||
|
"held back",
|
||
|
"hindered",
|
||
|
"impeded",
|
||
|
"kiboshed",
|
||
|
"obstructed",
|
||
|
"stemmed",
|
||
|
"called",
|
||
|
"suspended",
|
||
|
"arrested",
|
||
|
"braked",
|
||
|
"checked",
|
||
|
"clamped down",
|
||
|
"reined (in)",
|
||
|
"squashed",
|
||
|
"squelched",
|
||
|
"stamped",
|
||
|
"stanched",
|
||
|
"staunched",
|
||
|
"stunted",
|
||
|
"suppressed",
|
||
|
"turned back",
|
||
|
"paused",
|
||
|
"stayed",
|
||
|
"suspended",
|
||
|
"abolished",
|
||
|
"aborted",
|
||
|
"annulled",
|
||
|
"demolished",
|
||
|
"destroyed",
|
||
|
"dissolved",
|
||
|
"killed",
|
||
|
"ruined",
|
||
|
"scuttled",
|
||
|
"snuffed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"broke",
|
||
|
"broke off",
|
||
|
"canned",
|
||
|
"ceased",
|
||
|
"cut off",
|
||
|
"cut out",
|
||
|
"desisted (from)",
|
||
|
"discontinued",
|
||
|
"dropped",
|
||
|
"ended",
|
||
|
"gave over",
|
||
|
"halted",
|
||
|
"knocked off",
|
||
|
"laid off",
|
||
|
"left off",
|
||
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
||
|
"quit",
|
||
|
"quitted",
|
||
|
"shut off",
|
||
|
"stopped"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"break up the feta cheese and spread it over the salad"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"doctored",
|
||
|
"fixed",
|
||
|
"healed",
|
||
|
"mended",
|
||
|
"patched",
|
||
|
"rebuilt",
|
||
|
"reconditioned",
|
||
|
"reconstructed",
|
||
|
"renovated",
|
||
|
"repaired"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"atomized",
|
||
|
"crushed",
|
||
|
"ground",
|
||
|
"powdered",
|
||
|
"pulverized",
|
||
|
"reduced",
|
||
|
"blasted",
|
||
|
"blew up",
|
||
|
"burst",
|
||
|
"bursted",
|
||
|
"detonated",
|
||
|
"exploded",
|
||
|
"cracked",
|
||
|
"popped",
|
||
|
"shattered",
|
||
|
"shivered",
|
||
|
"smashed",
|
||
|
"chipped",
|
||
|
"slivered",
|
||
|
"splintered",
|
||
|
"split",
|
||
|
"imploded",
|
||
|
"destroyed",
|
||
|
"ruined",
|
||
|
"wrecked"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"broke",
|
||
|
"busted",
|
||
|
"bust",
|
||
|
"disintegrated",
|
||
|
"dismembered",
|
||
|
"disrupted",
|
||
|
"fractured",
|
||
|
"fragmented",
|
||
|
"rived"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"banded",
|
||
|
"joined",
|
||
|
"united"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the band broke up when their arguments over money grew too stressful"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"incorporated",
|
||
|
"consolidated",
|
||
|
"hung together"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"demobilized"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"disbanded",
|
||
|
"dispersed",
|
||
|
"dissolved"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to come to an end":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"continued",
|
||
|
"hung on",
|
||
|
"persisted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the meeting broke up when all the business for the day had been completed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"drew out",
|
||
|
"extended",
|
||
|
"prolonged",
|
||
|
"protracted"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"desisted (from)",
|
||
|
"laid off (of)",
|
||
|
"refrained (from)",
|
||
|
"gave over",
|
||
|
"knocked off",
|
||
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
||
|
"broke down",
|
||
|
"conked (out)",
|
||
|
"cut out",
|
||
|
"stalled",
|
||
|
"paused",
|
||
|
"stayed",
|
||
|
"suspended",
|
||
|
"abated",
|
||
|
"petered (out)",
|
||
|
"wound down",
|
||
|
"winded down"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"broke off",
|
||
|
"ceased",
|
||
|
"closed",
|
||
|
"concluded",
|
||
|
"dead-ended",
|
||
|
"determined",
|
||
|
"died",
|
||
|
"discontinued",
|
||
|
"elapsed",
|
||
|
"ended",
|
||
|
"expired",
|
||
|
"finished",
|
||
|
"halted",
|
||
|
"lapsed",
|
||
|
"left off",
|
||
|
"let up",
|
||
|
"passed",
|
||
|
"quit",
|
||
|
"quitted",
|
||
|
"stopped",
|
||
|
"terminated",
|
||
|
"went",
|
||
|
"winked (out)",
|
||
|
"wound up",
|
||
|
"winded up"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"joined",
|
||
|
"linked",
|
||
|
"unified",
|
||
|
"united"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"assembled",
|
||
|
"associated",
|
||
|
"blended",
|
||
|
"blent",
|
||
|
"combined",
|
||
|
"mingled",
|
||
|
"mixed",
|
||
|
"connected",
|
||
|
"coupled",
|
||
|
"accumulated",
|
||
|
"agglutinated",
|
||
|
"attached",
|
||
|
"bound",
|
||
|
"cemented",
|
||
|
"closed",
|
||
|
"fastened",
|
||
|
"fused",
|
||
|
"knit",
|
||
|
"knitted",
|
||
|
"stuck",
|
||
|
"welded"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"broke down",
|
||
|
"decomposed",
|
||
|
"disassembled",
|
||
|
"disintegrated",
|
||
|
"dissolved",
|
||
|
"bifurcated",
|
||
|
"bisected",
|
||
|
"cleaved",
|
||
|
"cleft",
|
||
|
"dichotomized",
|
||
|
"dissected",
|
||
|
"fractionalized",
|
||
|
"fractionated",
|
||
|
"halved",
|
||
|
"partitioned",
|
||
|
"quartered",
|
||
|
"segmented",
|
||
|
"subdivided",
|
||
|
"trisected",
|
||
|
"fragmentated",
|
||
|
"fragmented",
|
||
|
"fragmentized",
|
||
|
"broke",
|
||
|
"fractured",
|
||
|
"pulled",
|
||
|
"rent",
|
||
|
"rended",
|
||
|
"rifted",
|
||
|
"ripped",
|
||
|
"rived",
|
||
|
"ruptured",
|
||
|
"tore",
|
||
|
"cut off",
|
||
|
"insulated",
|
||
|
"isolated",
|
||
|
"secluded",
|
||
|
"segregated",
|
||
|
"sequestered",
|
||
|
"detached",
|
||
|
"disengaged",
|
||
|
"disentangled",
|
||
|
"unraveled",
|
||
|
"untied"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"decoupled",
|
||
|
"disassociated",
|
||
|
"disconnected",
|
||
|
"disjoined",
|
||
|
"disjointed",
|
||
|
"dissevered",
|
||
|
"dissociated",
|
||
|
"disunited",
|
||
|
"divided",
|
||
|
"divorced",
|
||
|
"parted",
|
||
|
"ramified",
|
||
|
"resolved",
|
||
|
"separated",
|
||
|
"severed",
|
||
|
"split",
|
||
|
"sundered",
|
||
|
"uncoupled",
|
||
|
"unlinked",
|
||
|
"unyoked"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"if you break up during the skit, the audience will know that you're in on the joke"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bawled",
|
||
|
"blubbered",
|
||
|
"cried",
|
||
|
"sobbed",
|
||
|
"wept",
|
||
|
"howled",
|
||
|
"squalled",
|
||
|
"wailed",
|
||
|
"yowled",
|
||
|
"bleated",
|
||
|
"puled",
|
||
|
"whimpered",
|
||
|
"whined",
|
||
|
"sniffled",
|
||
|
"sniveled",
|
||
|
"snivelled",
|
||
|
"groaned",
|
||
|
"moaned",
|
||
|
"sighed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"grinned",
|
||
|
"smiled"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cackled",
|
||
|
"chortled",
|
||
|
"chuckled",
|
||
|
"cracked up",
|
||
|
"giggled",
|
||
|
"hee-hawed",
|
||
|
"laughed",
|
||
|
"roared",
|
||
|
"screamed",
|
||
|
"snickered",
|
||
|
"tittered",
|
||
|
"twittered"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the sort of person who would be among the first to break up in a prisoner of war camp"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"choked"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"broke down",
|
||
|
"cracked",
|
||
|
"flipped (out)",
|
||
|
"freaked (out)",
|
||
|
"melted down",
|
||
|
"wigged (out)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"broods":{
|
||
|
"as in bevies":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in houses , kins":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"don't disturb the hen while she's brooding"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"lays",
|
||
|
"spawns"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"hatches",
|
||
|
"incubates",
|
||
|
"sets",
|
||
|
"sits"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"broods%20%28about%20or%20over%29":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"brotherhood":{
|
||
|
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"they're a brotherhood of retired war veterans"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"collective",
|
||
|
"commune",
|
||
|
"community",
|
||
|
"cooperative",
|
||
|
"alliance",
|
||
|
"bloc",
|
||
|
"camp",
|
||
|
"coalition",
|
||
|
"partnership",
|
||
|
"body",
|
||
|
"cadre",
|
||
|
"group",
|
||
|
"circle",
|
||
|
"clan",
|
||
|
"clique",
|
||
|
"coterie",
|
||
|
"junta",
|
||
|
"junto",
|
||
|
"klatch",
|
||
|
"klatsch",
|
||
|
"lot",
|
||
|
"set",
|
||
|
"crew",
|
||
|
"outfit",
|
||
|
"party",
|
||
|
"squad",
|
||
|
"team",
|
||
|
"branch",
|
||
|
"chapter",
|
||
|
"local",
|
||
|
"faithful",
|
||
|
"fold",
|
||
|
"membership",
|
||
|
"sisterhood",
|
||
|
"sorority",
|
||
|
"cabal",
|
||
|
"camarilla",
|
||
|
"camorra",
|
||
|
"confederacy",
|
||
|
"conspiracy",
|
||
|
"band",
|
||
|
"gang",
|
||
|
"ring",
|
||
|
"cartel",
|
||
|
"combine",
|
||
|
"syndicate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"association",
|
||
|
"board",
|
||
|
"chamber",
|
||
|
"club",
|
||
|
"college",
|
||
|
"congress",
|
||
|
"consortium",
|
||
|
"council",
|
||
|
"fellowship",
|
||
|
"fraternity",
|
||
|
"guild",
|
||
|
"gild",
|
||
|
"institute",
|
||
|
"institution",
|
||
|
"league",
|
||
|
"order",
|
||
|
"organization",
|
||
|
"society",
|
||
|
"sodality"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"kindly concern, interest, or support":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ill will",
|
||
|
"malevolence",
|
||
|
"venom"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"in a display of brotherhood , other writers rushed to the defense of the jailed journalist"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"disfavor",
|
||
|
"intolerance",
|
||
|
"animosity",
|
||
|
"antagonism",
|
||
|
"antipathy",
|
||
|
"enmity",
|
||
|
"hate",
|
||
|
"hatred",
|
||
|
"hostility",
|
||
|
"incivility",
|
||
|
"malice",
|
||
|
"rancor",
|
||
|
"belligerency",
|
||
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
||
|
"querulousness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"bonhomie",
|
||
|
"camaraderie",
|
||
|
"collegiality",
|
||
|
"community",
|
||
|
"companionship",
|
||
|
"company",
|
||
|
"comradeship",
|
||
|
"civility",
|
||
|
"comity",
|
||
|
"concord",
|
||
|
"harmony",
|
||
|
"rapport",
|
||
|
"rapprochement",
|
||
|
"generosity",
|
||
|
"affinity",
|
||
|
"communion",
|
||
|
"empathy",
|
||
|
"kindness",
|
||
|
"sympathy",
|
||
|
"tolerance",
|
||
|
"altruism",
|
||
|
"philanthropy",
|
||
|
"selflessness",
|
||
|
"unselfishness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"amity",
|
||
|
"benevolence",
|
||
|
"charity",
|
||
|
"cordiality",
|
||
|
"cordialness",
|
||
|
"fellowship",
|
||
|
"friendliness",
|
||
|
"friendship",
|
||
|
"gem\u00fctlichkeit",
|
||
|
"good-fellowship",
|
||
|
"goodwill",
|
||
|
"kindliness",
|
||
|
"neighborliness"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the body of people in a profession or field of activity":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a family that has been part of the brotherhood of police officers for four generations"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"calling",
|
||
|
"profession",
|
||
|
"association",
|
||
|
"club",
|
||
|
"federation",
|
||
|
"guild",
|
||
|
"gild",
|
||
|
"organization",
|
||
|
"society"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"community",
|
||
|
"corps",
|
||
|
"fellowship",
|
||
|
"fraternity",
|
||
|
"sodality",
|
||
|
"vocation"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the feeling of closeness and friendship that exists between companions":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the brotherhood that existed between the medical missionaries and the villagers they served"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"forlornness",
|
||
|
"loneliness",
|
||
|
"lonesomeness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"amity",
|
||
|
"benevolence",
|
||
|
"cordiality",
|
||
|
"friendliness",
|
||
|
"friendship",
|
||
|
"goodwill",
|
||
|
"kindliness",
|
||
|
"civility",
|
||
|
"comity",
|
||
|
"concord",
|
||
|
"harmony",
|
||
|
"rapport",
|
||
|
"charity",
|
||
|
"generosity",
|
||
|
"affinity",
|
||
|
"compassion",
|
||
|
"empathy",
|
||
|
"sympathy",
|
||
|
"chumminess",
|
||
|
"familiarity",
|
||
|
"inseparability",
|
||
|
"intimacy",
|
||
|
"nearness",
|
||
|
"affection",
|
||
|
"devotion",
|
||
|
"fondness",
|
||
|
"love"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"camaraderie",
|
||
|
"community",
|
||
|
"companionship",
|
||
|
"company",
|
||
|
"comradery",
|
||
|
"comradeship",
|
||
|
"fellowship",
|
||
|
"society"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"browbeat":{
|
||
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"they would often browbeat the younger child until he cried"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"cheer",
|
||
|
"comfort",
|
||
|
"console",
|
||
|
"reassure",
|
||
|
"solace",
|
||
|
"soothe",
|
||
|
"embolden",
|
||
|
"encourage",
|
||
|
"hearten",
|
||
|
"steel",
|
||
|
"convince",
|
||
|
"persuade"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"bluster",
|
||
|
"trash-talk",
|
||
|
"affright",
|
||
|
"alarm",
|
||
|
"alarum",
|
||
|
"frighten",
|
||
|
"horrify",
|
||
|
"scare",
|
||
|
"shock",
|
||
|
"spook",
|
||
|
"startle",
|
||
|
"terrify",
|
||
|
"menace",
|
||
|
"terrorize",
|
||
|
"threaten",
|
||
|
"badger",
|
||
|
"harass",
|
||
|
"hound",
|
||
|
"bludgeon",
|
||
|
"coerce",
|
||
|
"compel",
|
||
|
"constrain",
|
||
|
"dragoon",
|
||
|
"force",
|
||
|
"make",
|
||
|
"oblige",
|
||
|
"press",
|
||
|
"pressure",
|
||
|
"push around",
|
||
|
"demoralize",
|
||
|
"psych (out)",
|
||
|
"unman",
|
||
|
"unnerve",
|
||
|
"discompose",
|
||
|
"disconcert",
|
||
|
"disquiet",
|
||
|
"distress",
|
||
|
"disturb",
|
||
|
"perturb",
|
||
|
"upset"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blackjack",
|
||
|
"bogart",
|
||
|
"bulldoze",
|
||
|
"bully",
|
||
|
"bullyrag",
|
||
|
"cow",
|
||
|
"hector",
|
||
|
"intimidate",
|
||
|
"strong-arm"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"browbeaten":{
|
||
|
"as in intimidated , bullied":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"they would often browbeat the younger child until he cried"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"cheered",
|
||
|
"comforted",
|
||
|
"consoled",
|
||
|
"reassured",
|
||
|
"solaced",
|
||
|
"soothed",
|
||
|
"emboldened",
|
||
|
"encouraged",
|
||
|
"heartened",
|
||
|
"steeled",
|
||
|
"convinced",
|
||
|
"persuaded"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"blustered",
|
||
|
"trash-talked",
|
||
|
"affrighted",
|
||
|
"alarmed",
|
||
|
"alarumed",
|
||
|
"frightened",
|
||
|
"horrified",
|
||
|
"scared",
|
||
|
"shocked",
|
||
|
"spooked",
|
||
|
"startled",
|
||
|
"terrified",
|
||
|
"menaced",
|
||
|
"terrorized",
|
||
|
"threatened",
|
||
|
"badgered",
|
||
|
"harassed",
|
||
|
"hounded",
|
||
|
"bludgeoned",
|
||
|
"coerced",
|
||
|
"compelled",
|
||
|
"constrained",
|
||
|
"dragooned",
|
||
|
"forced",
|
||
|
"made",
|
||
|
"obliged",
|
||
|
"pressed",
|
||
|
"pressured",
|
||
|
"pushed around",
|
||
|
"demoralized",
|
||
|
"psyched (out)",
|
||
|
"unmanned",
|
||
|
"unnerved",
|
||
|
"discomposed",
|
||
|
"disconcerted",
|
||
|
"disquieted",
|
||
|
"distressed",
|
||
|
"disturbed",
|
||
|
"perturbed",
|
||
|
"upset"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blackjacked",
|
||
|
"bogarted",
|
||
|
"bulldozed",
|
||
|
"bullied",
|
||
|
"bullyragged",
|
||
|
"ballyragged",
|
||
|
"cowed",
|
||
|
"hectored",
|
||
|
"intimidated",
|
||
|
"strong-armed"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"browbeating":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"they would often browbeat the younger child until he cried"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"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"
|
||
|
],
|
||
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"synonyms":[
|
||
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"blackjacking",
|
||
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"bogarting",
|
||
|
"bulldozing",
|
||
|
"bullying",
|
||
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"bullyragging",
|
||
|
"ballyragging",
|
||
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"cowing",
|
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"hectoring",
|
||
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"intimidating",
|
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"strong-arming"
|
||
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]
|
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},
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
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"noun",
|
||
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"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
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"brownie":{
|
||
|
"an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers":{
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"some people believe that brownies will clean your house if you leave them milk"
|
||
|
],
|
||
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"near antonyms":[],
|
||
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"related":[
|
||
|
"little people",
|
||
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"kelpie",
|
||
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"nixie",
|
||
|
"changeling",
|
||
|
"imp",
|
||
|
"banshee",
|
||
|
"ghoul",
|
||
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"hag",
|
||
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"ogre"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dwarf",
|
||
|
"elf",
|
||
|
"faerie",
|
||
|
"faery",
|
||
|
"fairy",
|
||
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"fay",
|
||
|
"gnome",
|
||
|
"goblin",
|
||
|
"gremlin",
|
||
|
"hobgoblin",
|
||
|
"kobold",
|
||
|
"leprechaun",
|
||
|
"pixie",
|
||
|
"pixy",
|
||
|
"puck",
|
||
|
"sprite",
|
||
|
"troll"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"bruit (about)":{
|
||
|
"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"please don't bruit accusations about without confirming them first"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"bandy (about)",
|
||
|
"blab",
|
||
|
"dish",
|
||
|
"gossip",
|
||
|
"tattle",
|
||
|
"bare",
|
||
|
"disclose",
|
||
|
"divulge",
|
||
|
"expose",
|
||
|
"let on (about)",
|
||
|
"report",
|
||
|
"reveal",
|
||
|
"spill",
|
||
|
"tell",
|
||
|
"hint",
|
||
|
"imply",
|
||
|
"insinuate",
|
||
|
"intimate",
|
||
|
"suggest",
|
||
|
"blaze",
|
||
|
"broadcast",
|
||
|
"proclaim",
|
||
|
"promulgate",
|
||
|
"propagate",
|
||
|
"publicize",
|
||
|
"spread"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"circulate",
|
||
|
"noise (about or abroad)",
|
||
|
"rumor",
|
||
|
"whisper"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"brushing%20%28aside%20or%20off%29":{
|
||
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"brushed off their complaints as the whining of people who were never satisfied"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"heeding",
|
||
|
"marking",
|
||
|
"minding",
|
||
|
"noting",
|
||
|
"objecting (to)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"explaining",
|
||
|
"justifying",
|
||
|
"rationalizing",
|
||
|
"absolving",
|
||
|
"acquitting",
|
||
|
"clearing",
|
||
|
"exculpating",
|
||
|
"exonerating",
|
||
|
"vindicating",
|
||
|
"waiving",
|
||
|
"waving (aside or off)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"blinking (at)",
|
||
|
"condoning",
|
||
|
"discounting",
|
||
|
"disregarding",
|
||
|
"excusing",
|
||
|
"forgiving",
|
||
|
"glossing (over)",
|
||
|
"glozing (over)",
|
||
|
"ignoring",
|
||
|
"overlooking",
|
||
|
"overpassing",
|
||
|
"papering over",
|
||
|
"pardoning",
|
||
|
"passing over",
|
||
|
"remitting",
|
||
|
"shrugging off",
|
||
|
"whitewashing",
|
||
|
"winking (at)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"brutalizes":{
|
||
|
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"Red Cross workers reported that prisoners had been brutalized"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"cares (for)",
|
||
|
"cherishes",
|
||
|
"fosters",
|
||
|
"nurtures",
|
||
|
"babies",
|
||
|
"caters (to)",
|
||
|
"coddles",
|
||
|
"favors",
|
||
|
"gratifies",
|
||
|
"humors",
|
||
|
"indulges",
|
||
|
"mollycoddles",
|
||
|
"pampers",
|
||
|
"spoils"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"molests",
|
||
|
"outrages",
|
||
|
"violates",
|
||
|
"harasses",
|
||
|
"harms",
|
||
|
"hurts",
|
||
|
"injures",
|
||
|
"oppresses",
|
||
|
"persecutes",
|
||
|
"torments",
|
||
|
"tortures",
|
||
|
"burns",
|
||
|
"sandbags",
|
||
|
"victimizes",
|
||
|
"wrongs",
|
||
|
"beats (up)",
|
||
|
"messes (up)",
|
||
|
"roughs (up)",
|
||
|
"works (over)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abuses",
|
||
|
"bullies",
|
||
|
"ill-treats",
|
||
|
"ill-uses",
|
||
|
"kicks around",
|
||
|
"maltreats",
|
||
|
"manhandles",
|
||
|
"messes over",
|
||
|
"mishandles",
|
||
|
"mistreats",
|
||
|
"misuses"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"even three years in a prison camp did not brutalize him"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"dignifies",
|
||
|
"exalts",
|
||
|
"honors",
|
||
|
"amends",
|
||
|
"improves",
|
||
|
"cleanses",
|
||
|
"purifies",
|
||
|
"restores",
|
||
|
"respects",
|
||
|
"elevates",
|
||
|
"ennobles",
|
||
|
"uplifts"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"abases",
|
||
|
"corrupts",
|
||
|
"debauches",
|
||
|
"degrades",
|
||
|
"demeans",
|
||
|
"depraves",
|
||
|
"perverts",
|
||
|
"poisons",
|
||
|
"profanes",
|
||
|
"prostitutes",
|
||
|
"subverts",
|
||
|
"warps",
|
||
|
"contaminates",
|
||
|
"pollutes",
|
||
|
"taints",
|
||
|
"disgraces",
|
||
|
"humbles",
|
||
|
"humiliates"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"animalizes",
|
||
|
"bestializes",
|
||
|
"dehumanizes"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
}
|
||
|
}
|