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{
"cinch":{
"one that is certain to succeed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after that hole in one, she's a cinch to make the cut for the next round of the tournament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark horse",
"long shot"
],
"related":[
"certainty",
"inevitability",
"eventuality",
"foregone conclusion"
],
"synonyms":[
"lock",
"shoo-in",
"slam dunk",
"sure thing"
]
},
"something that is easy to do":{
"antonyms":[
"bear",
"beast",
"chore",
"headache",
"horror show",
"killer",
"labor",
"murder",
"pain",
"sticky wicket",
"stinker"
],
"examples":[
"the clear instructions made setting up the audiovisual system a cinch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainteaser",
"poser",
"stumper",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"bother",
"nuisance",
"trouble"
],
"related":[
"no-brainer",
"nothing",
"sitting duck",
"gimme",
"laugher",
"walkaway"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeze",
"cake",
"cakewalk",
"child's play",
"cream puff",
"duck soup",
"kid stuff",
"picnic",
"pushover",
"roses",
"snap"
]
},
"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the team's latest victory cinches a trip to the play-offs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enfeeble",
"undermine",
"weaken"
],
"related":[
"attest",
"certify",
"vouch",
"warrant",
"witness",
"pledge",
"promise",
"swear"
],
"synonyms":[
"assure",
"ensure",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"ice",
"insure",
"secure"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"circuit":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to travel completely around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after circuiting the exterior of the church, the procession headed inside"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circumambulate",
"cross",
"perambulate",
"traverse"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"circumnavigate",
"circumvent",
"compass",
"encircle",
"girdle",
"orbit",
"ring",
"round"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"circulate":{
"to become known":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the prince denies the story about an extramarital affair that's been circulating in the tabloids"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hush (up)",
"suppress",
"conceal",
"disguise",
"hide",
"mask",
"secrete"
],
"related":[
"develop",
"transpire",
"unfold",
"disclose",
"reveal",
"spill",
"tell"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"come out",
"get about",
"get around",
"get out",
"get round",
"leak (out)",
"out",
"spread"
]
},
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"circulate the plans for the new stadium around town to get people's reaction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloak",
"conceal",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"hold (in)",
"mask",
"obscure",
"secrete",
"shroud",
"veil",
"contain",
"limit",
"restrict"
],
"related":[
"radiate",
"sprawl",
"diffuse",
"dispense",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter",
"sow",
"communicate",
"convey",
"impart",
"pass (on)",
"transmit"
],
"synonyms":[
"broadcast",
"disseminate",
"propagate",
"spread"
]
},
"to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"circulated a rumor that someone was about to be fired"
],
"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":[
"bruit (about)",
"noise (about or abroad)",
"rumor",
"whisper"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"circumfused":{
"to surround or cover closely":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"circumfused in darkness, the isolated house seemed the perfect spot for a clandestine meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"related":[
"curtained",
"draped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"encased",
"swaddled",
"blanketed",
"overlaid",
"overspread",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"disguised",
"masked",
"circled",
"encircled",
"enlaced",
"enwound"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosomed",
"bowered",
"cocooned",
"embosomed",
"embowered",
"embraced",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enshrouded",
"enswathed",
"enveloped",
"enwrapped",
"invested",
"involved",
"lapped",
"mantled",
"muffled",
"shrouded",
"swathed",
"veiled",
"wrapped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"circumlocution":{
"deliberate evasion in speech":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"rather than answering the question directly, he resorted to circumlocution , which made her suspect that he was hiding something"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"openheartedness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plumpness",
"straightforwardness"
],
"related":[
"quibbling",
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"equivocalness",
"murkiness",
"nebulousness",
"obscureness",
"obscurity",
"opacity"
],
"synonyms":[
"equivocation",
"shuffle",
"tergiversation"
]
},
"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"your papers have to be five pages long, but that's five pages of substance, not circumlocution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brevity",
"briefness",
"compactness",
"conciseness",
"concision",
"crispness",
"pithiness",
"succinctness",
"terseness"
],
"related":[
"circuitousness",
"circularity",
"digressiveness",
"pleonasm",
"tautology",
"reiteration",
"repetition",
"repetitiousness",
"repetitiveness",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"overstatement"
],
"synonyms":[
"diffuseness",
"diffusion",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"logorrhea",
"long-windedness",
"periphrasis",
"prolixity",
"redundancy",
"verbalism",
"verbiage",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordage",
"wordiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"circumscribing":{
"to mark the limits of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Lake Michigan circumscribes the city of Chicago on the east"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"controlling",
"determining",
"governing",
"delineating",
"describing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounding",
"defining",
"delimiting",
"demarcating",
"demarking",
"limiting",
"marking (off)",
"terminating"
]
},
"to set bounds or an upper limit for":{
"antonyms":[
"exceeding"
],
"examples":[
"circumscribed his enthusiasm so as not to make the losing side feel worse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broadening",
"expanding",
"widening",
"overextending",
"overreaching"
],
"related":[
"barring",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"lessening",
"narrowing",
"pinching",
"squeezing",
"tightening",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"suppressing",
"numbering",
"modifying",
"qualifying"
],
"synonyms":[
"capping",
"confining",
"holding down",
"limiting",
"restricting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"circumspect":{
"having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble":{
"antonyms":[
"careless",
"heedless",
"incautious",
"unguarded",
"unmindful",
"unsafe",
"unwary"
],
"examples":[
"she has a reputation for being quiet and circumspect in investigating charges of child abuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bold",
"brash",
"impetuous",
"rash",
"reckless",
"venturesome",
"asleep",
"inattentive",
"regardless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"lax",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"imprudent",
"indiscreet",
"injudicious",
"absentminded",
"forgetful",
"inadvertent",
"unintentional",
"unplanned"
],
"related":[
"advertent",
"attentive",
"awake",
"observant",
"regardful",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"hypercautious",
"foresighted",
"foresightful",
"forethoughtful",
"provident",
"thoughtful",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"calculating",
"canny",
"shrewd",
"deliberate",
"slow",
"ultracareful",
"ultracautious"
],
"synonyms":[
"alert",
"careful",
"cautious",
"chary",
"conservative",
"considerate",
"gingerly",
"guarded",
"heedful",
"safe",
"wary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"circumventing":{
"to avoid by going around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"circumvented the traffic jam by taking an alternate route"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confronting",
"facing",
"meeting",
"accepting",
"courting",
"embracing",
"pursuing",
"seeking",
"welcoming"
],
"related":[
"leapfrogging",
"avoiding",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"fleeing",
"shaking",
"shunning"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypassing",
"circumnavigating",
"detouring",
"skirting"
]
},
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
"antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"following",
"keeping",
"obeying",
"observing"
],
"examples":[
"employees who try to circumvent the company's dress code"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"accepting",
"courting",
"embracing",
"pursuing",
"seeking",
"welcoming",
"catching",
"contracting",
"incurring"
],
"related":[
"avoiding",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"end-running",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"outflanking",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shunning",
"disobeying",
"disregarding",
"flouting",
"ignoring",
"averting",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"obviating",
"parrying",
"preventing",
"warding (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bypassing",
"dodging",
"getting around",
"shortcutting",
"sidestepping",
"skirting"
]
},
"to travel completely around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"most casual joggers will be able to circumvent the reservoir without too much of a strain"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circumambulating",
"crossing",
"perambulating",
"traversing"
],
"synonyms":[
"circling",
"circuiting",
"circumnavigating",
"compassing",
"encircling",
"girdling",
"orbiting",
"ringing",
"rounding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"citations":{
"a formal expression of praise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the citation for the Nobel Prize winner noted his major contributions to quantum theory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"indictments",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs",
"admonitions",
"corrections",
"harangues",
"lectures",
"sermons"
],
"related":[
"awards",
"decorations",
"dedications",
"honors",
"prizes",
"acclaim",
"acclamations",
"laudations",
"applauses",
"plaudits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hallelujahs",
"kudos",
"approvals",
"cachets",
"compliments",
"recommendations"
],
"synonyms":[
"accolades",
"commendations",
"dithyrambs",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogia",
"eulogiums",
"eulogies",
"homages",
"hymns",
"paeans",
"panegyrics",
"salutations",
"tributes"
]
},
"a formal recognition of an achievement or praiseworthy deed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a police officer who has received several citations for his work with troubled youths in the city"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"decorations",
"medals",
"ribbons",
"accolades",
"awards",
"honors",
"kudos",
"prizes",
"tributes",
"dedications"
],
"synonyms":[
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"commendations",
"mentions"
]
},
"a passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in your paper be sure to include citations to back up any points you make about the play"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"allusions",
"references",
"excerpts",
"extracts",
"lines",
"parts",
"sections",
"snippets"
],
"synonyms":[
"quotations",
"quotes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"citizen":{
"a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis":{
"antonyms":[
"noncitizen"
],
"examples":[
"claimed that the good citizens of the town were sick of high property taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alien",
"foreigner",
"guest",
"nonnative",
"tourist",
"transient",
"visitor",
"gownsman"
],
"related":[
"townswoman",
"cliff dweller",
"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"national",
"native",
"occupant",
"resident",
"resider",
"subject",
"town",
"townsfolk",
"townspeople",
"suburbanite",
"urbanite"
],
"synonyms":[
"burgher",
"townie",
"towny",
"townsman",
"villager"
]
},
"a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it":{
"antonyms":[
"alien",
"noncitizen"
],
"examples":[
"conscientious citizens who regard voting as a duty as well as a right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreigner",
"stranger",
"immigrant",
"nonnative"
],
"related":[
"compatriot",
"countryman",
"inhabitant",
"native",
"nonimmigrant",
"resident"
],
"synonyms":[
"freeman",
"national",
"subject"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"civies":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
}
}