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{
"eddy":{
"a circular movement of air or water":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The boat was caught in a powerful eddy ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in swirl , purl":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"edgy":{
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"easy",
"happy-go-lucky",
"nerveless",
"relaxed"
],
"examples":[
"with an edgy voice the spelling-bee contestant started to spell the tongue twister"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"controlled",
"self-controlled"
],
"related":[
"aggrieved",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"disquieted",
"distraught",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"freaked",
"freaked-out",
"shook-up",
"apprehensive",
"foreboding",
"hesitant",
"misgiving",
"fretful",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"vexed",
"qualmish",
"qualmy",
"flustered",
"twittered",
"undone",
"unnerved",
"unstrung",
"obsessed",
"preoccupied",
"restless",
"fidgety",
"flighty",
"fluttery",
"high-strung",
"hypertense",
"skittish",
"spooky"
],
"synonyms":[
"aflutter",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"atwitter",
"dithery",
"goosey",
"het up",
"hinky",
"hung up",
"ill at ease",
"insecure",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"perturbed",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"tense",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"uptight",
"worried"
]
},
"having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something":{
"antonyms":[
"blunt",
"blunted",
"dull",
"dulled",
"obtuse"
],
"examples":[
"be careful as you walk along the beach\u2014those broken clam shells are edgy enough to cut your feet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rounded",
"smooth",
"soft",
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"slick"
],
"related":[
"clawlike",
"daggerlike",
"knifelike",
"jabbing",
"jagged",
"lacerating",
"piercing",
"scratching",
"stabbing",
"pointed",
"pointy",
"spiky",
"spikey"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting",
"edged",
"ground",
"honed",
"keen",
"sharp",
"sharpened",
"stropped",
"trenchant",
"whetted"
]
},
"serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction":{
"antonyms":[
"noninflammatory"
],
"examples":[
"a director known for his edgy , over-the-top satires on modern life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"subduing"
],
"related":[
"explosive",
"fiery",
"incendiary",
"inflammatory",
"triggering",
"inducing",
"inspirational",
"inspiring",
"motivating",
"motivational",
"motivative",
"jeering",
"taunting",
"teasing",
"activating",
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"quickening",
"vitalizing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"maddening",
"upsetting",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"pesky",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"synonyms":[
"charged",
"exciting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"instigative",
"piquing",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"stimulating"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"editorialize":{
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she never misses a chance to editorialize on the issues of the day\u2014even the ones she knows nothing about"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"commentate",
"articulate",
"express",
"say",
"speak",
"state",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize",
"conjecture",
"daresay",
"guess",
"speculate",
"suppose",
"surmise"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"comment",
"note",
"observe",
"opine",
"reflect",
"remark",
"weigh in"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"educated":{
"having or displaying advanced knowledge or education":{
"antonyms":[
"benighted",
"dark",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlearned",
"unlettered",
"unscholarly"
],
"examples":[
"educated people are often more aware and tolerant of cultural and ethnic diversity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncivilized",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"lowbrow",
"semiliterate",
"unintellectual",
"ill-bred",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"uninformed",
"unknowledgeable",
"uninstructed",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untutored",
"semiliterate",
"undereducated"
],
"related":[
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"cerebral",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"polished",
"refined",
"well-bred",
"academic",
"academical",
"bookish",
"didactic",
"didactical",
"inkhorn",
"pedantic",
"professorial",
"informed",
"instructed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"homeschooled",
"self-educated",
"self-instructed",
"self-taught",
"briefed",
"enlightened",
"informed",
"versed",
"overeducated",
"polyhistoric",
"polymath",
"polymathic"
],
"synonyms":[
"erudite",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"lettered",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"well-read"
]
},
"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"unprofessional",
"unseasoned",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"examples":[
"a violinist caressing the instrument with an educated touch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"unable",
"unfit",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"weak",
"artless",
"crude",
"rude",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"talentless",
"ungifted",
"untalented",
"ignorant",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"beginning",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"new",
"raw",
"unseasoned",
"untested",
"untried",
"would-be",
"primitive",
"rough",
"unpolished",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"heavy-handed"
],
"related":[
"adroit",
"clever",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"slick",
"sure-handed",
"gifted",
"talented",
"polished",
"refined",
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficient",
"workmanlike",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"employable",
"fit",
"fitted",
"habile",
"qualified",
"knowledgeable",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"well-rounded",
"long-term",
"old",
"multiskilled",
"multitalented"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"ace",
"adept",
"compleat",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crack",
"crackerjack",
"experienced",
"expert",
"good",
"great",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"professed",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"versed",
"veteran",
"virtuoso"
]
},
"to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a revered professor of astronomy who is credited with educating many of today's leading astronomers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"coached",
"mentored",
"drilled",
"fitted",
"fit",
"grounded",
"habilitated",
"prepared",
"primed",
"qualified",
"directed",
"guided",
"led",
"reared",
"catechized",
"lectured",
"moralized",
"preached",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"instilled",
"homeschooled",
"edified",
"enlightened",
"briefed",
"familiarized",
"imparted (to)",
"informed",
"versed",
"initiated",
"introduced",
"showed",
"reeducated",
"reschooled",
"retaught",
"retrained"
],
"synonyms":[
"indoctrinated",
"instructed",
"lessoned",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the belief that parents better educate their children by example than by sending them to Sunday school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"perplexed",
"puzzled",
"beclouded",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"obscured"
],
"related":[
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"enriched",
"ensouled",
"lifted",
"uplifted",
"bettered",
"improved",
"regenerated",
"renewed",
"transformed",
"exalted",
"glorified",
"transfigured"
],
"synonyms":[
"edified",
"enlightened",
"illumed",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"inspired",
"nurtured"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"educates":{
"to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a revered professor of astronomy who is credited with educating many of today's leading astronomers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"coaches",
"mentors",
"drills",
"fits",
"grounds",
"habilitates",
"prepares",
"primes",
"qualifies",
"directs",
"guides",
"leads",
"rears",
"catechizes",
"lectures",
"moralizes",
"preaches",
"implants",
"inculcates",
"instills",
"instils",
"homeschools",
"edifies",
"enlightens",
"briefs",
"familiarizes",
"imparts (to)",
"informs",
"verses",
"initiates",
"introduces",
"shows",
"reeducates",
"reschools",
"reteaches",
"retrains"
],
"synonyms":[
"indoctrinates",
"instructs",
"lessons",
"schools",
"teaches",
"trains",
"tutors"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the belief that parents better educate their children by example than by sending them to Sunday school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"perplexes",
"puzzles",
"beclouds",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"obscures"
],
"related":[
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"enriches",
"ensouls",
"lifts",
"uplifts",
"betters",
"improves",
"regenerates",
"renews",
"transforms",
"exalts",
"glorifies",
"transfigures"
],
"synonyms":[
"edifies",
"enlightens",
"illumes",
"illuminates",
"illumines",
"inspires",
"nurtures"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"educational":{
"of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level":{
"antonyms":[
"nonacademic",
"noneducational",
"unacademic",
"unscholarly"
],
"examples":[
"the community college strives to meet the educational needs of the residents of its urban location"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cocurricular",
"extracurricular",
"noncollegiate"
],
"related":[
"bookish",
"donnish",
"geeky",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"pedagogical",
"pedagogic",
"pedantic",
"professorial",
"tweedy",
"curricular",
"educative",
"instructive",
"collegiate",
"graduate",
"postgraduate"
],
"synonyms":[
"academic",
"academical",
"intellectual",
"scholarly",
"scholastic"
]
},
"providing useful information or knowledge":{
"antonyms":[
"unenlightening",
"unilluminating",
"uninformative",
"uninstructive"
],
"examples":[
"we found the talk on easy ways for families to recycle household products very educational"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impractical",
"unhelpful",
"unusable",
"useless"
],
"related":[
"comprehensive",
"copious",
"detailed",
"full",
"communicatory",
"edifying",
"elucidative",
"explanatory",
"chatty",
"gossipy",
"newsy",
"availing",
"beneficial",
"constructive",
"helpful",
"profitable",
"practical",
"serviceable",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"worthwhile"
],
"synonyms":[
"educative",
"enlightening",
"illuminating",
"informational",
"informative",
"informatory",
"instructional",
"instructive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}