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{
"fa%C3%A7ade":{
"a deceptively attractive external appearance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the company's facade of success collapsed when it was revealed that its financial officers had been cooking the books for years"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cotton candy",
"fluff",
"tinsel",
"fig leaf",
"charade",
"front",
"guise",
"masquerade",
"pose",
"semblance",
"show"
],
"synonyms":[
"gloss",
"veneer",
"window dressing"
]
},
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his interest in acting is just a facade \u2014he joined the drama club to meet girls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bluntness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"openheartedness",
"outspokenness",
"plainspokenness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"artlessness",
"genuineness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9"
],
"related":[
"impersonation",
"performance",
"portrayal",
"image",
"persona",
"appearance",
"color",
"gloss",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"affectation",
"deceit",
"deception",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"fraud",
"guile",
"betrayal",
"double cross",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"infidelity",
"perfidy",
"treachery",
"treason",
"unfaithfulness",
"excuse",
"pretext"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"airs",
"charade",
"disguise",
"front",
"guise",
"masquerade",
"playacting",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"put-on",
"semblance",
"show"
]
},
"a forward part or surface":{
"antonyms":[
"back",
"rear",
"rearward",
"reverse"
],
"examples":[
"all of the stores in the mall have facades that are in keeping with the style of a 19th-century American village"
],
"near antonyms":[
"innards",
"inside",
"interior"
],
"related":[
"outside",
"skin",
"surface",
"veneer"
],
"synonyms":[
"face",
"forehead",
"forepart",
"front"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fabricate":{
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with a few inexpensive materials from a craft shop, we were able to fabricate our own holiday wreath"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"take apart",
"break up",
"dismember",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"flatten",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"wreck",
"blow up",
"explode"
],
"related":[
"assemble",
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"make up",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up",
"structure",
"throw up",
"craft",
"handcraft",
"hew",
"forge",
"mold",
"shape",
"cobble (together or up)",
"knock out",
"patch (together)",
"throw up",
"prefabricate",
"create",
"invent",
"mint",
"originate",
"establish",
"father",
"institute",
"organize",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"design",
"devise",
"imagine",
"think (up)",
"conceive",
"envisage",
"picture",
"visualize",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remanufacture"
],
"synonyms":[
"fashion",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"produce"
]
},
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fabricated a daring plan to create an underground explosion that would take the enemy totally by surprise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clone",
"copy",
"copycat",
"duplicate",
"imitate",
"mimic",
"reduplicate",
"replicate",
"reproduce"
],
"related":[
"coin",
"design",
"hatch",
"produce",
"daydream",
"dream",
"fantasize",
"conceive",
"envisage",
"envision",
"imagine",
"picture",
"vision",
"visualize",
"ad-lib",
"extemporize",
"improvise"
],
"synonyms":[
"concoct",
"construct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"devise",
"drum up",
"excogitate",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"think (up)",
"trump up",
"vamp (up)"
]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"antonyms":[
"demount",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"dismember",
"knock down",
"strike",
"take down",
"tear down"
],
"examples":[
"the house was essentially fabricated at the factory and then shipped to the site for assembly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"flatten",
"level",
"pull down",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"ruinate",
"shatter",
"smash",
"wreck",
"blow up",
"explode",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disunite",
"divide",
"separate"
],
"related":[
"carpenter",
"fashion",
"forge",
"frame",
"hammer",
"handcraft",
"manufacture",
"mold",
"produce",
"shape",
"prefabricate",
"begin",
"coin",
"create",
"generate",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"invent",
"originate",
"constitute",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"design",
"devise",
"imagine",
"think (up)",
"reassemble",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"redevelop",
"reedify",
"retrofit",
"jerry-build",
"rig (up)",
"throw up",
"combine",
"unite"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemble",
"build",
"confect",
"construct",
"erect",
"make",
"make up",
"piece",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
]
},
"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"since he didn't have a good excuse for not having done his homework, he would have to fabricate one"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"swear",
"testify",
"authenticate",
"confirm",
"substantiate",
"validate",
"verify"
],
"related":[
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"perjure",
"equivocate",
"fudge",
"palter",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"kid",
"snow",
"take in",
"trick",
"defame",
"libel",
"slander",
"traduce",
"falsify",
"misreport",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"distort",
"garble",
"dissemble",
"dissimulate",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead"
],
"synonyms":[
"fib",
"lie",
"prevaricate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fabrications":{
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
"antonyms":[
"truths"
],
"examples":[
"her claim that she had been a nurse during the war proved to be a total fabrication"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facts",
"truisms",
"verities",
"honesties",
"veracities",
"authentications",
"confirmations",
"substantiations",
"validations",
"verifications"
],
"related":[
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"half-truths",
"ambiguities",
"equivocations",
"obliquities",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"perjuries",
"bluffs",
"fictions",
"poses",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"humbug",
"jives",
"nonsense",
"canards",
"fallacies",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"falsifications",
"misinformation",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"deceits",
"dishonesties",
"duplicities",
"fraudulences"
],
"synonyms":[
"fables",
"fairy tales",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"fibs",
"lies",
"mendacities",
"prevarications",
"stories",
"tales",
"taradiddles",
"tarradiddles",
"untruths",
"whoppers"
]
},
"something that is the product of the imagination":{
"antonyms":[
"facts",
"materialities",
"realities"
],
"examples":[
"the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actualities"
],
"related":[
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"narratives",
"novels",
"stories",
"tales",
"yarns",
"fairy tales",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"fibs",
"lies",
"mendacities",
"misrepresentations",
"prevarications",
"untruths",
"whoppers",
"make-believe"
],
"synonyms":[
"fables",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"fictions",
"figments",
"inventions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"faced":{
"to cover with something that protects":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we decided to face our old frame house with aluminum siding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unswathed"
],
"related":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"clothed",
"clad",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"robed",
"sided",
"skinned",
"embosomed",
"embowered",
"embraced",
"encased",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enshrouded",
"enveloped",
"enwrapped",
"invested",
"lapped",
"mantled",
"shrouded",
"surrounded",
"swathed",
"veiled",
"wrapped",
"blanketed",
"overlaid",
"overspread"
],
"synonyms":[
"clad",
"cladded",
"sheathed"
]
},
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the Boston Red Sox were eager to face their traditional rivals, the Yankees, in the play-offs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"retreated"
],
"related":[
"emulated",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"contended",
"fought",
"opposed"
],
"synonyms":[
"battled",
"encountered",
"engaged",
"met",
"took on"
]
},
"to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{
"antonyms":[
"dodged",
"ducked",
"funked",
"shirked",
"sidestepped"
],
"examples":[
"movie superheroes who are ever ready to face danger without blinking an eye"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"shook"
],
"related":[
"faced up (to)",
"fronted",
"affronted",
"challenged",
"encountered",
"met",
"accosted",
"approached",
"cornered",
"repelled",
"resisted",
"stood",
"withstood",
"battled",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"fought",
"opposed",
"squared (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"brazened",
"breasted",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"outbraved",
"outfaced"
]
},
"to stand or sit with the face or front toward":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the house faces the sparkling blue waters of the Pacific Ocean"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"abutted",
"adjoined",
"bordered",
"bounded",
"fringed",
"margined",
"met",
"neighbored",
"rimmed",
"skirted",
"touched",
"commanded",
"dominated",
"overlooked",
"looked down (on)"
],
"synonyms":[
"fronted",
"looked (toward)",
"pointed (toward)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"facelessness":{
"the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown":{
"antonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"notoriety",
"renown"
],
"examples":[
"the facelessness of those early participants in the American civil rights movement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"character",
"mark",
"name",
"note",
"rep",
"report",
"reputation",
"repute",
"favor",
"popularity",
"importance",
"significance",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness",
"note",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"megastardom",
"superstardom",
"cachet",
"kudos",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"acclaim",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"praise",
"recognition",
"adoration",
"idolization"
],
"related":[
"oblivion",
"inconspicuousness",
"invisibility",
"invisibleness",
"insignificance",
"unpopularity"
],
"synonyms":[
"anonymity",
"namelessness",
"nowhere",
"nowheresville",
"obscurity",
"silence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"facilitated":{
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"antonyms":[
"complicated"
],
"examples":[
"several religious organizations are involved in the effort to facilitate the settlement of the immigrants arriving in the area"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindered",
"impeded",
"retarded",
"aggravated",
"worsened",
"perplexed",
"sophisticated"
],
"related":[
"accelerated",
"expedited",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"sped",
"speeded",
"advanced",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"promoted",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"improved",
"disentangled",
"straightened (out)",
"untangled",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
"synonyms":[
"eased",
"greased",
"loosened (up)",
"smoothed",
"unclogged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"facilitates":{
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
"antonyms":[
"complicates"
],
"examples":[
"several religious organizations are involved in the effort to facilitate the settlement of the immigrants arriving in the area"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinders",
"impedes",
"retards",
"aggravates",
"worsens",
"perplexes",
"sophisticates"
],
"related":[
"accelerates",
"expedites",
"hastens",
"hurries",
"quickens",
"rushes",
"speeds",
"advances",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"promotes",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"improves",
"disentangles",
"straightens (out)",
"untangles",
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
],
"synonyms":[
"eases",
"greases",
"loosens (up)",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"unclogs"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fact":{
"a collection of factual knowledge about something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after reading the facts on the situation, the president concluded that an outbreak of hostilities was all but certain"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"findings",
"intelligence"
],
"synonyms":[
"data",
"information"
]
},
"a single piece of information":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a book of little-known facts about famous people"
],
"near antonyms":[
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"inaccuracy",
"misconception",
"misstatement",
"myth"
],
"related":[
"article",
"item",
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"ingredient",
"member",
"part",
"aspect",
"circumstance",
"facet",
"factor",
"evidence",
"exhibit",
"database",
"information",
"knowledge"
],
"synonyms":[
"datum",
"detail",
"nicety",
"particular",
"particularity",
"point",
"specific"
]
},
"something that actually exists":{
"antonyms":[
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"fiction",
"illusion"
],
"examples":[
"once considered a wild fantasy, the Internet is now a fact of everyday life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eventuality",
"possibility",
"potentiality",
"probability"
],
"related":[
"certainty",
"inevitability",
"circumstance",
"event",
"occurrence",
"phenomenon",
"element",
"item",
"particular",
"thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"actuality",
"case",
"materiality",
"reality"
]
},
"the quality of being actual":{
"antonyms":[
"irreality",
"unreality"
],
"examples":[
"like other scientists, astronomers deal in the realm of fact , not speculation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"fiction",
"fictitiousness",
"dreaminess",
"surreality"
],
"related":[
"authenticity",
"genuineness",
"truth",
"verity"
],
"synonyms":[
"actuality",
"factuality",
"materiality",
"reality"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"faction":{
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"several factions within the environmental movement have joined forces to save this wilderness area"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"splinter",
"split",
"crew",
"gang",
"pack",
"team",
"denomination",
"persuasion",
"schism",
"scission",
"caucus",
"movement"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloc",
"block",
"body",
"coalition",
"party",
"sect",
"set",
"side",
"wing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fag%20end":{
"an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a patchwork quilt sewn together from the fag ends of many bolts of cloth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"whole"
],
"related":[
"leavings",
"odds and ends",
"pickings",
"refuse",
"remains",
"residual",
"residue",
"scraping(s)",
"stump",
"vestige",
"balance",
"rest",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"piece",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"ribbon(s)",
"shred",
"tatter"
],
"synonyms":[
"end",
"leftover",
"oddment",
"remainder",
"remnant",
"scrap",
"stub"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"faintheartedness":{
"lack of willingness to assert oneself and take risks":{
"antonyms":[
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"cojones",
"guts",
"nerve"
],
"examples":[
"his faintheartedness got the better of him, and he backed off from the ski trail intended for experts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assertiveness",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"composure",
"coolness",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern",
"backbone",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"fiber",
"firmness",
"fortitude",
"gameness",
"grit",
"gumption",
"mettle",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"spunk",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gutsiness",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"valor",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"temerity"
],
"related":[
"bashfulness",
"constraint",
"embarrassment",
"inhibition",
"restraint",
"shyness",
"skittishness",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"apprehension",
"concern",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"fear",
"panic",
"upset",
"worry",
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"spinelessness"
],
"synonyms":[
"timidity",
"timidness",
"timorousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fair":{
"a public showing of objects of interest":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a dazzling array of sleek cabin cruisers at the annual boat fair"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"demonstration",
"performance",
"presentation",
"production",
"extravaganza",
"pageant",
"spectacle",
"auction",
"offering",
"presentment",
"sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"display",
"exhibit",
"exhibition",
"expo",
"exposition",
"show"
]
},
"according to the rules or the law":{
"antonyms":[
"dirty",
"illegally"
],
"examples":[
"we expect everyone on this basketball court to play fair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignobly",
"immorally",
"underhandedly",
"unethically",
"dishonorably"
],
"related":[
"ethically",
"high-mindedly",
"morally",
"nobly",
"honorably"
],
"synonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"fairly",
"legally"
]
},
"being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong":{
"antonyms":[
"undeserved",
"undue",
"unfair",
"unjust",
"unjustified",
"unmerited",
"unwarranted"
],
"examples":[
"most thought his dismissal was fair since he had been given many chances to clean up his act"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incoherent",
"incorrect",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant",
"improper",
"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"indefensible",
"unjustifiable",
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"correct",
"true",
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"due",
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"nasty",
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"unrighteous",
"unscrupulous",
"vicious",
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"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleaned"
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"greasy",
"grimy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
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"tainted",
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"discolored"
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"bleached",
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"purified",
"scrubbed",
"washed",
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"milky",
"snowy",
"white",
"flawless",
"unblemished",
"bright",
"shiny",
"sparkling"
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"chaste",
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"immaculate",
"pristine",
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"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
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"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
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"examples":[
"it would take a fair miracle for that project to be finished on time"
],
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"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
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"real",
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"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"confirmed",
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"inveterate",
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
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"supreme",
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"terrible",
"terrific"
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"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
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"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
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"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
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"dark",
"depressing",
"desperate",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"downbeat",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"pessimistic",
"unencouraging",
"unlikely",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious"
],
"examples":[
"as long as the team keeps playing as hard as they can, they have a fair chance of winning\u2014no matter what the scoreboard says"
],
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"comfortless",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"uncertain",
"bearish",
"grim",
"negative",
"unfavorable",
"funereal",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"miserable",
"wretched"
],
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"comforting",
"reassuring",
"soothing",
"assured",
"confident",
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"doubtless",
"positive",
"sure",
"unhesitating",
"beamish",
"bullish",
"eupeptic",
"favorable",
"good"
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"bright",
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"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"likely",
"optimistic",
"promising",
"propitious",
"rose-colored",
"roseate",
"rosy",
"upbeat"
]
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"ex parte",
"inequitable",
"nonobjective",
"one-sided",
"partial",
"parti pris",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unjust"
],
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],
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"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"arbitrary",
"unconscionable",
"unreasonable",
"jaundiced",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"colored",
"distorted",
"warped"
],
"related":[
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"forthright",
"open",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"balanced",
"rational",
"reasonable"
],
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"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"impartial",
"indifferent",
"just",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"square",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced"
]
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"cloudy",
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"overcast",
"rainy",
"raw",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"sunless",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent"
],
"examples":[
"we prayed for fair weather during our vacation at the beach"
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"inclement",
"severe",
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"soupy"
],
"related":[
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"clement",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"fine",
"pleasant"
],
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"clear",
"cloudless",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"unclouded"
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"examples":[
"the abundance of people with fair hair in Scandinavia"
],
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"black-a-vised",
"brown",
"brunet",
"brunette",
"dark",
"olive",
"swart",
"swarthy",
"black",
"ebony",
"raven"
],
"related":[
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"ochreous",
"ash-blond",
"ash-blonde",
"blondish",
"strawberry blonde",
"strawberry blond",
"towheaded",
"gold",
"light",
"white"
],
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"blonde",
"flaxen",
"golden",
"sandy",
"straw",
"tawny"
]
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"examples":[
"for what they charged us, the painters should have done better than a fair job of painting the house"
],
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"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"distinguished",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"exquisite",
"fabulous",
"fantastic",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"matchless",
"maximum",
"nifty",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"optimal",
"optimum",
"outstanding",
"par excellence",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"prime",
"sensational",
"special",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
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"adequate",
"all right",
"alright",
"decent",
"OK",
"okay",
"reasonable",
"satisfactory",
"sufficient",
"sufficing",
"tolerable",
"moderate",
"modest",
"presentable",
"respectable",
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"unexceptional",
"fine",
"good",
"nice"
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"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"medium",
"middling",
"ordinary",
"passable",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"so-so"
]
},
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"black",
"brunet",
"brunette",
"dark",
"swart",
"swarthy"
],
"examples":[
"fair people tend to sunburn easily"
],
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"ashy",
"pale",
"paled",
"palish",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"sallow",
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"wan",
"white"
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"light"
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"examples":[
"it fair takes your breath away when you find out what properties in London are going for"
],
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"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"plain",
"plumb",
"quite",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"scarcely"
],
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"by and large",
"chiefly",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"kind of",
"partially",
"partly",
"somewhat"
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"synonyms":[
"about",
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"almost",
"borderline",
"fairly",
"feckly",
"more or less",
"most",
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"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
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"virtually",
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]
},
"very pleasing to look at":{
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"grotesque",
"hideous",
"homely",
"ill-favored",
"plain",
"ugly",
"unaesthetic",
"unattractive",
"unbeautiful",
"uncomely",
"uncute",
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],
"examples":[
"generally considered the fairest girl in town, she had no lack of boyfriends"
],
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"abominable",
"bad",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"horrible",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"terrible",
"vile",
"unappealing",
"unappetizing",
"unimposing",
"unpleasant",
"unprepossessing",
"frumpish",
"frumpy",
"unbecoming",
"unshapely"
],
"related":[
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"appealing",
"charming",
"cunning",
"delightful",
"engaging",
"fascinating",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"prepossessing",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"glorious",
"Junoesque",
"magnificent",
"resplendent",
"splendid",
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"sublime",
"superb",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"radiant",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"personable",
"pleasant",
"presentable",
"chocolate-box",
"prettyish",
"desirable",
"dishy",
"dollish",
"foxy",
"hot",
"luscious",
"nubile",
"pulchritudinous",
"seductive",
"sexy",
"toothsome",
"hunky",
"studly",
"arresting",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"glossy",
"showstopping",
"showy",
"slick",
"snazzy",
"splashy",
"striking",
"zingy",
"photogenic",
"telegenic"
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"esthetic",
"aesthetical",
"esthetical",
"attractive",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fetching",
"good",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"likely",
"lovely",
"lovesome",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"taking",
"well-favored"
]
}
},
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"the practice of giving to others what is their due":{
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"injustice",
"raw deal",
"wrong"
],
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"it's going to be tough to get a fair shake the way this country's legal system is set up"
],
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"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"prejudice",
"unfairness",
"unjustness",
"wrongfulness",
"corruption",
"impropriety",
"crime",
"offense",
"offence",
"wrongdoing",
"disservice",
"harm"
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"equitability",
"equitableness",
"evenhandedness",
"fair-mindedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtue",
"honor",
"integrity",
"uprightness"
],
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"justice",
"right"
]
},
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"noun"
]
},
"fair-haired":{
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"unbeloved"
],
"examples":[
"she had been the teacher's fair-haired pupil\u2014the one who could do no wrong"
],
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"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"disdained",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"unfavorite",
"abandoned",
"forgotten",
"ignored",
"alienated",
"estranged"
],
"related":[
"admired",
"adored",
"appreciated",
"esteemed",
"relished",
"revered",
"prized",
"treasured",
"preferred"
],
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"beloved",
"cherished",
"darling",
"dear",
"favored",
"favorite",
"fond",
"loved",
"pet",
"precious",
"special",
"sweet",
"white-headed"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
},
"fairy tales":{
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
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"truths"
],
"examples":[
"did you really see a bear, or are you telling us another one of your fairy tales ?"
],
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"facts",
"truisms",
"verities",
"honesties",
"veracities",
"authentications",
"confirmations",
"substantiations",
"validations",
"verifications"
],
"related":[
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"half-truths",
"ambiguities",
"equivocations",
"obliquities",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"perjuries",
"bluffs",
"fictions",
"poses",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"humbug",
"jives",
"nonsense",
"canards",
"fallacies",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"falsifications",
"misinformation",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"deceits",
"dishonesties",
"duplicities",
"fraudulences"
],
"synonyms":[
"fables",
"fabrications",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"fibs",
"lies",
"mendacities",
"prevarications",
"stories",
"tales",
"taradiddles",
"tarradiddles",
"untruths",
"whoppers"
]
},
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"noun"
]
},
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"as in fake , phony":{
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},
"to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement":{
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"examples":[
"the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right"
],
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"related":[
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"evaded",
"sidestepped",
"slipped",
"pump-faked",
"stutter-stepped",
"maneuvered (around)"
],
"synonyms":[
"deked",
"faked out",
"juked"
]
},
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot"
],
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"related":[
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"duplicated",
"reduplicated",
"replicated",
"reproduced",
"cribbed",
"plagiarized",
"adulterated",
"doctored",
"fudged",
"juggled",
"manipulated",
"tampered (with)",
"concocted",
"cooked (up)",
"fabricated",
"invented"
],
"synonyms":[
"counterfeited",
"forged",
"phonied"
]
},
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
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"examples":[
"if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech"
],
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"arranged",
"laid",
"prepared",
"readied",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"pondered",
"studied",
"exercised",
"practiced",
"practised",
"rehearsed"
],
"related":[
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"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"devised",
"fabricated",
"hatched",
"invented",
"made up",
"manufactured",
"thought (up)",
"cobbled (together or up)",
"dashed (off)"
],
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"ad-libbed",
"clapped (together or up)",
"clapt (together or up)",
"extemporized",
"improvised"
]
},
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"examples":[
"while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes"
],
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"let on",
"masqueraded",
"playacted",
"played",
"posed",
"forged",
"imitated",
"camouflaged",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"feinted",
"malingered"
],
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"affected",
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"bluffed",
"counterfeited",
"dissembled",
"feigned",
"passed (for)",
"pretended",
"professed",
"put on",
"shammed",
"simulated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"fakeries":{
"an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
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"examples":[
"experts declared that one of the museum's prized paintings was actually a fake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"original"
],
"related":[
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"knockoff",
"copy",
"facsimile",
"replica",
"reproduction",
"dummy",
"mock-up",
"fraud",
"gaff",
"imposture",
"spoof",
"swindle",
"simulation",
"synthetic",
"bastard",
"brummagem",
"duffer",
"shoddy"
],
"synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"forgery",
"hoax",
"humbug",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
]
},
"being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud":{
"antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"genuine",
"real",
"unfaked"
],
"examples":[
"arrested for peddling \"designer\" watches that were fake"
],
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"natural",
"actual",
"true",
"valid"
],
"related":[
"artificial",
"factitious",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic",
"dummy",
"nonfunctioning",
"ornamental",
"cultured",
"fabricated",
"manufactured",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"misleading"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"false",
"forged",
"inauthentic",
"phony",
"phoney",
"queer",
"sham",
"snide",
"spurious",
"unauthentic"
]
},
"being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{
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"genuine",
"natural",
"real"
],
"examples":[
"opposed to the unnecessary killing of animals, she'll consider wearing only fake furs"
],
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"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
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"pure",
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"misleading",
"phony",
"phoney",
"affected",
"brummagem",
"feigned",
"pinchbeck",
"pseudo",
"spurious"
],
"synonyms":[
"artificial",
"bogus",
"dummy",
"ersatz",
"factitious",
"false",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic"
]
},
"lacking in natural or spontaneous quality":{
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"genuine",
"natural",
"spontaneous",
"unaffected",
"uncontrived",
"unfeigned",
"unforced"
],
"examples":[
"the boss's pitiful attempts at humor were met with fake laughter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real",
"realistic",
"right",
"true",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"sincere",
"unpretending",
"easy",
"effortless",
"smooth",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"unconscious",
"unprompted",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
"related":[
"automatic",
"canned",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"hokey",
"labored",
"manufactured",
"pat",
"unauthentic",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"double-dealing",
"empty",
"facile",
"hollow",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"two-faced",
"unctuous",
"exaggerated",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"overacted",
"overdone",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"cute",
"cutesy",
"genteel",
"goody-goody",
"mincing",
"overrefined",
"simpering",
"conventional",
"formal",
"impersonal",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"stylized",
"wooden",
"artful",
"calculated",
"conscious",
"cultivated",
"deliberate",
"premeditated",
"studied"
],
"synonyms":[
"affected",
"artificial",
"assumed",
"bogus",
"contrived",
"factitious",
"false",
"feigned",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"plastic",
"pretended",
"pseudo",
"put-on",
"sham",
"simulated",
"spurious",
"strained",
"unnatural"
]
},
"not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"candid",
"genuine",
"heartfelt",
"honest",
"sincere",
"undesigning",
"unfeigned"
],
"examples":[
"the fake friendliness of the sales rep made me want to gag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"heart-to-heart",
"open",
"plain",
"straightforward"
],
"related":[
"affected",
"assumed",
"claptrap",
"contrived",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"put-on",
"simulated",
"strained",
"unnatural",
"empty",
"hollow",
"meaningless",
"deceitful",
"devious",
"dishonest",
"false",
"untruthful",
"facile",
"glib",
"superficial",
"bogus",
"sham",
"campy",
"facetious",
"jocular",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"canting",
"pharisaical",
"pious",
"sanctimonious",
"self-righteous",
"simon-pure"
],
"synonyms":[
"artificial",
"backhanded",
"counterfeit",
"double",
"double-dealing",
"double-faced",
"feigned",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"Janus-faced",
"jive",
"left-handed",
"lip",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"Pecksniffian",
"phony",
"phoney",
"phony-baloney",
"phoney-baloney",
"pretended",
"two-faced",
"unctuous"
]
},
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a hidden-camera investigation revealed that the so-called psychic was a fake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"authority",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"expert",
"maestro",
"master",
"past master",
"professional",
"virtuoso",
"whiz",
"wizard"
],
"related":[
"copycat",
"imitator",
"impersonator",
"mimic",
"actor",
"bluffer",
"counterfeiter",
"deceiver",
"dissembler",
"duper",
"feigner",
"misleader",
"operator",
"trickster",
"poseur",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"fraudster",
"scammer",
"scamster",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"skinner",
"swindler"
],
"synonyms":[
"charlatan",
"faker",
"fakir",
"fraud",
"hoaxer",
"humbug",
"impostor",
"imposter",
"mountebank",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretender",
"quack",
"quacksalver",
"ringer",
"sham"
]
},
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
],
"examples":[
"if the product were any good, the company wouldn't have to resort to fakery to get people to buy it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"frankness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"honesty",
"probity",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"truthfulness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"related":[
"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"fraudulence",
"hanky-panky",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"mountebankery",
"obliquity",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"wile",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"untruth",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"sanctimoniousness",
"two-facedness",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"deviousness",
"shrewdness",
"treacherousness",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"covertness",
"furtiveness",
"secrecy",
"shadiness",
"sneakiness",
"stealthiness",
"oiliness",
"shiftiness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
]
},
"to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dodge",
"evade",
"sidestep",
"slip",
"pump-fake",
"stutter-step",
"maneuver (around)"
],
"synonyms":[
"deke",
"fake out",
"juke"
]
},
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"simulate",
"duplicate",
"reduplicate",
"replicate",
"reproduce",
"crib",
"plagiarize",
"adulterate",
"doctor",
"fudge",
"juggle",
"manipulate",
"tamper (with)",
"concoct",
"cook (up)",
"fabricate",
"invent"
],
"synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"forge",
"phony"
]
},
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrange",
"lay",
"prepare",
"ready",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"ponder",
"study",
"exercise",
"practice",
"practise",
"rehearse"
],
"related":[
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"devise",
"fabricate",
"hatch",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"think (up)",
"cobble (together or up)",
"dash (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"ad-lib",
"clap (together or up)",
"extemporize",
"improvise"
]
},
"to present a false appearance of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dissimulate",
"impersonate",
"let on",
"masquerade",
"play",
"playact",
"pose",
"forge",
"imitate",
"camouflage",
"conceal",
"disguise",
"mask",
"feint",
"malinger"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"affect",
"assume",
"bluff",
"counterfeit",
"dissemble",
"feign",
"pass (for)",
"pretend",
"profess",
"put on",
"sham",
"simulate"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fakery":{
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
],
"examples":[
"if the product were any good, the company wouldn't have to resort to fakery to get people to buy it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"frankness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"honesty",
"probity",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"truthfulness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"related":[
"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"fraudulence",
"hanky-panky",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"mountebankery",
"obliquity",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"wile",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"untruth",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"sanctimoniousness",
"two-facedness",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"deviousness",
"shrewdness",
"treacherousness",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"covertness",
"furtiveness",
"secrecy",
"shadiness",
"sneakiness",
"stealthiness",
"oiliness",
"shiftiness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fall":{
"a change to a lower state or level":{
"antonyms":[
"ascent",
"rise",
"upswing"
],
"examples":[
"last night's record fall in temperature was a sure sign that winter's coming, like it or not"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancement",
"development",
"evolution",
"growth",
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"renewal",
"restoration",
"revitalization",
"heightening",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"enhancement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"supplement"
],
"related":[
"dark age",
"nadir",
"sunset",
"decay",
"rotting",
"spoiling",
"breakup",
"crumbling",
"decomposition",
"disintegration",
"dissolution",
"abasement",
"debasement",
"depreciation",
"lessening",
"decimation",
"demolishment",
"demolition",
"desolation",
"destruction",
"havoc",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"abatement",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"de-escalation",
"deflation",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"dip",
"downslide",
"downtrend",
"downturn",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"falloff",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"sag",
"shrinkage",
"slip",
"slump"
],
"synonyms":[
"decadence",
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"d\u00e9gringolade",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"devolution",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"ebb",
"eclipse"
]
},
"a downward slope":{
"antonyms":[
"acclivity",
"ascent",
"rise",
"upgrade",
"uphill",
"uprise"
],
"examples":[
"the sharp fall of the land sends rivers rushing to the seas"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glacis",
"grade",
"gradient",
"hill",
"inclination",
"incline",
"lean",
"pitch",
"rake",
"tilt"
],
"related":[
"basin",
"depression",
"hollow"
],
"synonyms":[
"declension",
"decline",
"declivity",
"descent",
"dip",
"downgrade",
"downhill",
"hang",
"hanging"
]
},
"a fall of water usually from a great height":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tourists were shocked to see a man jump into the water and go over the falls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"flume",
"chute",
"shute",
"rapid(s)",
"shoot",
"white water"
],
"synonyms":[
"cascade",
"cataract",
"waterfall"
]
},
"a loss of status":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ascent",
"exaltation",
"rise",
"up"
],
"examples":[
"being sent back to the minor leagues was quite a fall for the once-promising pitcher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"headway",
"progress",
"flower",
"heyday",
"prime"
],
"related":[
"breakdown",
"burnout",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"ruin",
"undoing",
"defeat",
"disappointment",
"reversal",
"setback",
"bottom",
"nadir",
"abasement",
"disgrace",
"humiliation"
],
"synonyms":[
"comedown",
"decline",
"d\u00e9gringolade",
"demise",
"descent",
"down",
"downfall",
"flameout",
"G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung"
]
},
"the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a bad fall that resulted in several broken bones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"header",
"pratfall",
"misstep",
"trip",
"descent",
"dive",
"plunge",
"skid",
"slide",
"free-fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"slip",
"spill",
"stumble",
"tumble"
]
},
"the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{
"antonyms":[
"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising",
"soaring",
"upswing",
"upturn"
],
"examples":[
"panicked during his first unassisted fall when his parachute's rip cord didn't respond to the first tug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"headway",
"progress",
"progression",
"betterment",
"improvement"
],
"related":[
"comedown",
"decline",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"plummeting",
"sinking"
],
"synonyms":[
"descent",
"dip",
"dive",
"down",
"drop",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
]
},
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
"antonyms":[
"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"uptick"
],
"examples":[
"that year the fall in prices was 10 cents for a gallon of regular gas"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"supplement",
"continuation",
"extension",
"upswing",
"uptrend",
"upturn"
],
"related":[
"deduction",
"subtraction",
"downturn",
"slip",
"slump",
"curtailment",
"cut",
"cutback",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"dent",
"depletion",
"depression",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"falloff",
"loss",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
]
},
"to commit an offense":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"even saints can fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"regret",
"repent",
"rue"
],
"related":[
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"violate",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"mess up"
],
"synonyms":[
"err",
"offend",
"sin",
"stray",
"transgress",
"trespass",
"wander"
]
},
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
"antonyms":[
"get up",
"rise",
"stand (up)",
"uprise"
],
"examples":[
"better sand that walkway before somebody falls on the ice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"collapse",
"crumple",
"drop",
"flump",
"keel",
"plop",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"slump (over)",
"crash",
"free-fall",
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"plunge",
"precipitate",
"wipe out",
"skid",
"slide"
],
"synonyms":[
"slip",
"stumble",
"topple",
"trip",
"tumble"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"lift",
"mount",
"rise",
"soar",
"spike",
"up"
],
"examples":[
"word soon got out that the movie was no good, and box-office receipts fell like a rock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"related":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"die (down)",
"diminish",
"droop",
"dwindle",
"ebb",
"lessen",
"let up",
"moderate",
"subside",
"taper off",
"wane",
"recede",
"retreat"
],
"synonyms":[
"crash",
"crater",
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"dive",
"drop",
"lower",
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"plunge",
"sink",
"skid",
"tumble"
]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"examples":[
"manufacturing in the area is falling , and closing signs are going up all over"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appear",
"emerge",
"show up",
"blow up",
"distend",
"elongate",
"lengthen"
],
"related":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"evaporate",
"fade (away)",
"fritter (away)",
"give out",
"melt (away)",
"peter (out)",
"tail (off)",
"vanish",
"slacken",
"slow (down)",
"alleviate",
"relax",
"flag",
"sink",
"weaken",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"deflate"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"die (away or down or out)",
"diminish",
"drain (away)",
"drop (off)",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"ebb",
"fall away",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"moderate",
"pall",
"phase down",
"ratchet (down)",
"rachet (down)",
"recede",
"relent",
"remit",
"shrink",
"subside",
"taper",
"taper off",
"wane"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"climb",
"mount",
"rise",
"uprise",
"upsweep",
"upturn"
],
"examples":[
"the lake bottom falls sharply just a few feet from the shoreline, so be careful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"straighten"
],
"related":[
"angle",
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"recline",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"synonyms":[
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"drop",
"plunge",
"sink"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
],
"examples":[
"if their brave leader falls , the men will lose their courage"
],
"near antonyms":[
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"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"related":[
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"consume",
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"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
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"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
]
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"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
],
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"not surprisingly, the novice player fell to a much stronger opponent"
],
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"prosper",
"succeed",
"thrive"
],
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"tank",
"throw",
"forfeit",
"bomb",
"collapse",
"crack (up)",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"wash out"
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"bow out",
"lose"
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"stand"
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"the city fell after weeks of merciless bombardment"
],
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"defy",
"fight",
"oppose",
"repel",
"resist",
"withstand",
"beat",
"overcome",
"win",
"conquer",
"prevail",
"triumph"
],
"related":[
"bow",
"buckle",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"give (in)",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"lose",
"concede",
"fail",
"fold"
],
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"give up",
"knuckle under",
"submit",
"succumb",
"surrender"
]
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"the amount by which something is lessened":{
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"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"uptick"
],
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"the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable"
],
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"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"supplement",
"continuation",
"extension",
"upswing",
"uptrend",
"upturn"
],
"related":[
"deduction",
"subtraction",
"downturn",
"slip",
"slump",
"curtailment",
"cut",
"cutback",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
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"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"dent",
"depletion",
"depression",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"loss",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
]
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"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
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"straighten"
],
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"the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay"
],
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"circle",
"coil",
"curlicue",
"curl",
"loop",
"spiral",
"turn",
"twist",
"wind",
"deviate",
"veer"
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"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curve",
"hook",
"round",
"sweep",
"swerve",
"trend",
"wheel"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
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"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"terminate"
],
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"after some refreshments, she fell to working with renewed vigor"
],
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"cease",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"quit",
"stop",
"close",
"complete",
"abandon",
"forsake",
"leave",
"abolish",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"phase out"
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"related":[
"create",
"generate",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"invent",
"originate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"take up",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"pioneer",
"set up",
"spawn",
"get around (to)",
"get down (to)",
"get round (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"embark (on or upon)",
"enter (into or upon)",
"get off",
"kick off",
"launch",
"lead off",
"open",
"start",
"strike (into)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"a false idea or belief":{
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"truths",
"verities"
],
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"the once-common fallacy that girls just weren't any good at math"
],
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"related":[
"factoids",
"superstitions",
"fictions",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"distortions",
"inaccuracies",
"misapprehensions",
"miscomprehensions",
"misinterpretations",
"misjudgments",
"misperceptions",
"misunderstandings",
"misinformation",
"misknowledges",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"sophisms",
"sophistries",
"fibs",
"half-truths",
"lies",
"stories",
"tales"
],
"synonyms":[
"delusions",
"errors",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"misbeliefs",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"old wives' tales",
"untruths"
]
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"noun"
]
},
"falloff":{
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
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"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"uptick"
],
"examples":[
"the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable"
],
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"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"supplement",
"continuation",
"extension",
"upswing",
"uptrend",
"upturn"
],
"related":[
"deduction",
"subtraction",
"downturn",
"slip",
"slump",
"curtailment",
"cut",
"cutback",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
],
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"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"dent",
"depletion",
"depression",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"loss",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
]
},
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
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"straighten"
],
"examples":[
"the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay"
],
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"circle",
"coil",
"curlicue",
"curl",
"loop",
"spiral",
"turn",
"twist",
"wind",
"deviate",
"veer"
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"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curve",
"hook",
"round",
"sweep",
"swerve",
"trend",
"wheel"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"the amount by which something is lessened":{
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"boosts",
"enlargements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"upticks"
],
"examples":[
"the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable"
],
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"accretions",
"accruals",
"accumulations",
"additions",
"supplements",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"upswings",
"uptrends",
"upturns"
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"related":[
"deductions",
"subtractions",
"downturns",
"slips",
"slumps",
"curtailments",
"cutbacks",
"cuts",
"retrenchments",
"shortenings"
],
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"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"dents",
"depletions",
"depressions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"drops",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"bolts",
"careers",
"courses",
"dashes",
"flies",
"hastens",
"hotfoots (it)",
"hurries",
"races",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"scoots",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"speeds",
"tears",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"whizzes",
"zips"
],
"examples":[
"He lost his footing and fell behind in the relay."
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowls",
"breezes",
"darts",
"humps",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"scrambles",
"stampedes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"runs",
"sprints",
"trots",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"speeds (up)",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes"
],
"related":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"ambles",
"eases",
"inches",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)",
"filibusters",
"procrastinates",
"stalls",
"temporizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"delays",
"diddles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"lollygags",
"lallygags",
"mopes",
"pokes",
"shilly-shallies",
"tarries"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"familiarity":{
"a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark":{
"antonyms":[
"amenity",
"attention",
"civility",
"courtesy",
"formality",
"gesture",
"pleasantry"
],
"examples":[
"placing his hand on my shoulder was just one familiarity by the car salesman that I did not appreciate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"form",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties"
],
"related":[
"blunder",
"error",
"flub",
"fumble",
"goof",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"discourtesy",
"incivility",
"offense",
"offence",
"boner",
"howler",
"foul-up",
"muff",
"misapprehension",
"miscalculation",
"misconception",
"misjudgment",
"misstatement",
"misunderstanding"
],
"synonyms":[
"faux pas",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"impropriety",
"indiscretion",
"solecism"
]
},
"knowledge gained by personal experience":{
"antonyms":[
"unfamiliarity"
],
"examples":[
"the restaurant critic's considerable familiarity with restaurant kitchens should stand her in good stead"
],
"near antonyms":[
"callowness",
"greenness",
"ignorance",
"inexperience"
],
"related":[
"association",
"experience",
"exposure",
"intimacy",
"involvement",
"initiation",
"introduction",
"awareness",
"comprehension",
"conception",
"inkling",
"notion",
"understanding",
"education",
"enlightenment",
"grounding",
"information",
"instruction",
"learning",
"schooling",
"training"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquaintance",
"cognizance"
]
},
"the state of being in a very personal or private relationship":{
"antonyms":[
"distance"
],
"examples":[
"the elderly couple enjoys a familiarity that is the result of many years of happy marriage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloofness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"remoteness",
"reserve"
],
"related":[
"immediacy",
"affinity",
"kinship",
"commitment",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"affection",
"attachment",
"fondness",
"love",
"passion",
"constancy",
"faithfulness",
"fidelity",
"amity",
"fellowship",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"affability",
"conviviality",
"cordiality",
"geniality",
"mutuality",
"cliquishness",
"clubbiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"belonging",
"chumminess",
"closeness",
"inseparability",
"intimacy",
"nearness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"famished":{
"feeling a desire or need for food":{
"antonyms":[
"full",
"sated",
"satiate",
"satiated",
"satisfied"
],
"examples":[
"after a full day of skiing, I was feeling absolutely famished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engorged",
"glutted",
"gorged",
"overfed",
"overfull",
"overstuffed",
"replete",
"stuffed",
"surfeited"
],
"related":[
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"voracious",
"wolfish",
"malnourished",
"underfed",
"undernourished",
"gluttonous",
"gormandizing",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"insatiable",
"piggish",
"piggy"
],
"synonyms":[
"empty",
"hungry",
"peckish",
"starved",
"starving"
]
},
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"examples":[
"a group of local citizens working to ease the plight of the famished families in their community"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"related":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fanatically":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"fancier":{
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
"antonyms":[
"nonfan"
],
"examples":[
"many chocolate fanciers like their favorite confection without the addition of milk or a lot of sugar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadmirer",
"belittler",
"carper",
"critic",
"detractor"
],
"related":[
"groupie",
"admirer",
"amateur",
"collector",
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"authority",
"expert",
"adherent",
"convert",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"votary",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"exponent",
"friend",
"patron",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
"synonyms":[
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
"fiend",
"fool",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fanciful":{
"conceived or made without regard for reason or reality":{
"antonyms":[
"realistic",
"reasonable"
],
"examples":[
"she harbors the fanciful notion that she has a talent for singing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"extravagant",
"grotesque",
"bizarro",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"far-out",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"out-of-the-way",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"Alice-in-Wonderland",
"Kafkaesque",
"nightmarish",
"dreamlike",
"surreal"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"bizarre",
"crazy",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"foolish",
"insane",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"unreal",
"wild"
]
},
"not real and existing only in the imagination":{
"antonyms":[
"actual",
"existent",
"existing",
"real"
],
"examples":[
"the fanciful creatures that J.R.R. Tolkien created for his Middle Earth novels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"genuine",
"true",
"factual",
"verifiable",
"verified",
"believable",
"convincing",
"realistic",
"corporeal",
"material",
"physical",
"solid",
"substantial",
"palpable",
"tangible"
],
"related":[
"fabled",
"legendary",
"romantic",
"abstract",
"hypothetical",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"unbelievable",
"unconvincing",
"unlikely",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"daydreamlike",
"deceptive",
"delusional",
"delusive",
"hallucinatory",
"illusory",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"feigned",
"fictive",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent"
],
"synonyms":[
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabulous",
"fantasied",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"ideal",
"imaginal",
"imaginary",
"imagined",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"mythical",
"mythic",
"notional",
"phantasmal",
"phantasmic",
"phantom",
"pretend",
"unreal",
"visionary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fancy-pants":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fancying":{
"to form a mental picture of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"try to fancy , if you can, our mother on an elephant when she was touring India"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"daydreaming",
"stargazing",
"hallucinating",
"re-creating",
"recreating",
"reflecting",
"reliving",
"reminiscing",
"contemplating",
"meditating",
"musing",
"pondering",
"ruminating",
"concocting",
"fabricating",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"planning",
"projecting",
"foreseeing",
"prefiguring"
],
"synonyms":[
"conceiting",
"conceiving",
"conjuring (up)",
"dreaming",
"envisaging",
"envisioning",
"fantasizing",
"fantasying",
"featuring",
"ideating",
"imaging",
"imagining",
"picturing",
"seeing",
"visioning",
"visualizing"
]
},
"to take pleasure in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the teacher didn't fancy the idea of failing the student, even if he was the class clown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"related":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fantast":{
"one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world":{
"antonyms":[
"hardnose",
"pragmatist",
"realist"
],
"examples":[
"yet another short-lived utopian community that was the brainchild of a naive fantast"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynic",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"empiric",
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"surfing conditions were simply fantastic"
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"substandard",
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"middling",
"second-class",
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"good",
"OK",
"okay",
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"exceptional",
"fancy",
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"high-test",
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"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
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"A1",
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"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
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"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
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"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
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"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
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"gilt-edge",
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"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
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"jim-dandy",
"keen",
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"marvellous",
"mean",
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"noble",
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"No. 1",
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"out-of-sight",
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"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
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"primo",
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"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
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"superior",
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"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
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"topflight",
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"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
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"thinkable"
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"indubitable",
"questionless",
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"all-night",
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"isolated",
"lonesome",
"nowhere",
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"odd",
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"retired",
"secluded",
"secret",
"sequestered"
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"deep",
"distant",
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"far-off",
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"remote",
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"nominally",
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"somewhat"
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"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
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"completely",
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"flat-out",
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"totally",
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"plainly",
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"plentifully",
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"grandly",
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"almighty",
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"adverb"
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"toxin",
"venom"
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"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
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"chow",
"chuck",
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"meat",
"provender",
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"residents of the flood-ravaged town are faring much better than one might have expected"
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"fail",
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"eke out",
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"wring",
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"swing"
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"do",
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"balk",
"block",
"check",
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"hinder",
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"impede",
"nip",
"obstruct",
"slow (down or up)",
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"retard",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"delay",
"interrupt",
"stall",
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"inhibit",
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"repair",
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"impel",
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"diners at this charming country inn will fare sumptuously in an authentic colonial atmosphere"
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"diet",
"fast"
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"repast",
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"glut",
"gorge",
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"overeat",
"overfeed",
"pig out",
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"nibble",
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"pick",
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"board",
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"refresh",
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"verb"
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"the two girls soon became fast and inseparable friends"
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"wavering",
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"irresolute",
"shaky",
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"unhesitating",
"unwavering",
"determined",
"intent",
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"sworn",
"ardent",
"avid",
"enthusiastic",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"gung ho",
"impassioned",
"passionate",
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"pious",
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"stanch",
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"true",
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"the rusty, old screws are so fast in the fitting that there's no hope of getting them out"
],
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"dislodged",
"freed",
"loosened",
"unattached",
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"undone",
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"unsecured",
"movable",
"moveable",
"yielding"
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"bonded",
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"anchored",
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"imbedded",
"entrenched",
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"honest",
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"rolling back odometers was just one of the fast practices that the used-car dealer was guilty of"
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"decent",
"ethical",
"honorable",
"just",
"scrupulous",
"upright",
"forthright",
"straightforward"
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"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"deceitful",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"false",
"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"wily",
"defrauding",
"devious",
"furtive",
"slippery",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"insidious",
"perfidious",
"treacherous"
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"synonyms":[
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"crooked",
"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"double-dealing",
"duplicitous",
"fraudulent",
"guileful",
"rogue",
"shady",
"sharp",
"shifty",
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"birdbrained",
"boneheaded",
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"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",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"thick-witted",
"unbrilliant",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
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"witless"
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"I don't know how to operate this machine, but I'm a fast learner"
],
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"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"silly",
"ignorant",
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"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany"
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"knowing",
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"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"genial",
"highbrow",
"knowledgeable",
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"quick",
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"smart",
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"unstable",
"unsteady"
],
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],
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"weak",
"shaky",
"tottering",
"tottery",
"unbalanced",
"wobbly",
"wabbly",
"unsubstantial"
],
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"durable",
"reliable",
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"irrefragable",
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"beefy",
"solid",
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"tough"
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"strong",
"sturdy"
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"the fast pace of construction resulted in our new house being done ahead of schedule"
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"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
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"laggard",
"languid",
"lingering",
"plodding",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slowish",
"sluggish",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"leisurely",
"measured",
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"late",
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"rush",
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"brisk",
"dizzy",
"fleet",
"fleet-footed",
"flying",
"galloping",
"hasty",
"hot",
"lightning",
"nippy",
"quick",
"rapid",
"rapid-fire",
"rattling",
"snappy",
"speedy",
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"swift",
"whirlwind",
"zippy"
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"far",
"great",
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"long-lived"
],
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],
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"interminable",
"persistent",
"unending",
"longish",
"overlong",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"permanent",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"supplemented",
"long-range",
"long-term"
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"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"cut-back",
"shortened",
"syncopated",
"compact",
"condensed",
"abrupt",
"sudden",
"ephemeral",
"fleeting",
"momentary",
"short-lived",
"transient",
"transitory",
"impermanent",
"compendious",
"concise",
"crisp",
"epigrammatic",
"laconic",
"pithy",
"succinct",
"summary",
"terse",
"short-range",
"short-term"
],
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"brief",
"little",
"short"
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"half",
"halfway",
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"part",
"partially",
"partly"
],
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"everyone in camp was fast asleep within minutes of hitting the sack"
],
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"hardly",
"just",
"kind of",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"slightly",
"superficially",
"approximately",
"roughly",
"somewhat"
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"downright",
"hands down",
"plain",
"stone",
"stone-cold",
"unqualifiedly",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"more or less",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"predominately",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially",
"abundantly",
"copiously",
"generously",
"greatly"
],
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"all of",
"all over",
"altogether",
"clean",
"completely",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"entirely",
"even",
"exactly",
"flat",
"full",
"fully",
"heartily",
"out",
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"plumb",
"quite",
"soundly",
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"through and through",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"wide"
]
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"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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"slow",
"slowly"
],
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"run as fast as you can to get help"
],
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"lingeringly",
"ploddingly",
"sluggishly",
"deliberately",
"leisurely",
"belatedly",
"delinquently",
"tardily"
],
"related":[
"immediately",
"promptly",
"readily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"energetically",
"vigorously"
],
"synonyms":[
"apace",
"briskly",
"chop-chop",
"double-quick",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"hastily",
"hell-for-leather",
"hot",
"lickety-split",
"posthaste",
"presto",
"pronto",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"snappily",
"soon",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly"
]
}
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"verb"
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"a wealthy person":{
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"have-not",
"pauper"
],
"examples":[
"that last recession was particularly hard on the poor, but the fat cats barely noticed a dip in their bank accounts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"beggar"
],
"related":[
"moneymaker",
"money-spinner",
"magnate",
"nabob",
"tycoon",
"billionaire",
"gazillionaire",
"millionaire",
"multibillionaire",
"multimillionaire",
"multimillionairess",
"zillionaire",
"heir",
"heiress",
"jet-setter",
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalist",
"Croesus",
"deep pocket",
"have",
"money",
"moneybags",
"plutocrat",
"silk stocking"
]
},
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
],
"examples":[
"the economy was in recession, but the fat-cat financiers on Wall Street didn't seem to be suffering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unaffluent",
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"hand-to-mouth",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"beggared",
"broke",
"indebted",
"insolvent",
"pauperized",
"ruined",
"skint",
"depressed",
"pinched",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"low",
"short"
],
"related":[
"better-off",
"comfortable",
"propertied",
"prosperous",
"substantial",
"successful",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"advantaged",
"blessed",
"blest",
"privileged"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
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"one of high position or importance within a group":{
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"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
],
"examples":[
"a candidate that has the backing of most of the party's fat cats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"related":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"wheel"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"fated":{
"as in destined , predestined":{
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"examples":[],
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"to determine the fate of in advance":{
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"examples":[
"the warning that the lack of an advanced education will fate a person to a lifetime of below-average earnings"
],
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"related":[
"predestinated",
"augured",
"forecast",
"forecasted",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"presaged",
"prognosticated",
"prophesied",
"preconceived",
"prejudged",
"condemned",
"sentenced",
"boded",
"foreboded",
"forboded",
"portended",
"anticipated",
"divined",
"foreknew",
"foresaw"
],
"synonyms":[
"destined",
"doomed",
"foredoomed",
"foreordained",
"ordained",
"predestined",
"predetermined",
"preordained"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
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},
"fathered":{
"to become the father of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"procreated",
"propagated",
"reproduced",
"spawned",
"bore",
"engendered",
"gendered",
"generated",
"produced"
],
"synonyms":[
"begot",
"begat",
"got",
"sired"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
"fathoming":{
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gauging",
"gaging",
"scaling",
"spanning",
"remeasuring",
"replumbing"
],
"synonyms":[
"plumbing",
"sounding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fatty":{
"containing animal fat especially in unusual amounts":{
"antonyms":[
"defatted",
"lean"
],
"examples":[
"fatty ground beef that was the cheapest available"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fibrous",
"gristly",
"stringy",
"tough",
"nonfat"
],
"related":[
"blubbery",
"greasy",
"oily",
"lardy",
"rich"
],
"synonyms":[
"adipose"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"faulted":{
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"antonyms":[
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"examples":[
"you should look at your own work before faulting what others have done"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"recommended",
"sanctioned"
],
"related":[
"skewered",
"tweaked",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"blasted",
"clobbered",
"slammed",
"slashed",
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"bellyached",
"bitched",
"carped",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"niggled",
"quibbled",
"whined",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"drubbed",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"berated",
"castigated",
"crucified",
"excoriated",
"flayed",
"gibbeted",
"hammered",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"pilloried",
"scolded",
"upbraided",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"derided",
"discommended",
"disparaged",
"put down"
],
"synonyms":[
"blamed",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"dispraised",
"dissed",
"knocked",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"slagged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"faulty":{
"having a fault":{
"antonyms":[
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"perfect"
],
"examples":[
"the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complete",
"entire",
"intact",
"whole",
"unblemished",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"unspoiled"
],
"related":[
"fallible",
"blemished",
"broken",
"crippled",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"vitiated",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"wanting"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"bad",
"defective",
"flawed",
"imperfect"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"favorably":{
"in a pleasing way":{
"antonyms":[
"badly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"unpleasantly"
],
"examples":[
"her violin teacher has been favorably impressed with her progress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominably",
"appallingly",
"awfully",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"shockingly",
"sickeningly",
"terribly",
"vilely",
"annoyingly",
"disgustingly",
"distressingly",
"irritatingly",
"vexingly"
],
"related":[
"finely",
"grandly",
"magnificently",
"advantageously",
"helpfully",
"blessedly",
"fortunately",
"happily",
"luckily",
"excellently",
"superbly",
"marvelously",
"sensationally",
"wonderfully",
"attractively",
"beautifully",
"handsomely",
"appealingly",
"appetizingly",
"enticingly",
"invitingly",
"temptingly"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeably",
"charmingly",
"delectably",
"deliciously",
"delightfully",
"dreamily",
"enchantingly",
"enjoyably",
"felicitously",
"fetchingly",
"gloriously",
"gratifyingly",
"great",
"nicely",
"palatably",
"pleasantly",
"pleasingly",
"pleasurably",
"prettily",
"satisfyingly",
"splendidly",
"sweetly",
"swimmingly",
"welcomely",
"well",
"winningly"
]
},
"in an approving manner":{
"antonyms":[
"adversely",
"disapprovingly",
"negatively",
"unfavorably"
],
"examples":[
"most critics reviewed the movie favorably"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captiously",
"hypercritically",
"deploringly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"unflatteringly"
],
"related":[
"lovingly",
"regardfully",
"respectfully",
"reverently",
"worshipfully"
],
"synonyms":[
"admiringly",
"appreciatively",
"approvingly",
"complimentarily",
"positively"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"favorite":{
"a person or thing that is preferred over others":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the youngest child was always Mother's favorite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abomination",
"anathema",
"b\u00eate noire",
"bugbear"
],
"related":[
"beloved",
"dear",
"sweetheart",
"jewel",
"prize",
"treasure"
],
"synonyms":[
"darling",
"fave",
"minion",
"pet",
"preference",
"speed"
]
},
"enjoying widespread favor or approval":{
"antonyms":[
"out",
"unfashionable",
"unpopular"
],
"examples":[
"a radio station that mostly plays favorite songs from the 1960s and 1970s"
],
"near antonyms":[
"washed-up",
"despised",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"rejected",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"indistinguished",
"unexceptional",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"unknown",
"inconspicuous"
],
"related":[
"semipopular",
"preferred",
"selected",
"desirable",
"liked",
"wanted",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"noted",
"notorious",
"prominent",
"renowned",
"well-known",
"fabled",
"fabulous",
"legendary",
"leading",
"notable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"important",
"significant"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"crowd-pleasing",
"du jour",
"faddish",
"faddy",
"fashionable",
"happening",
"hot",
"in",
"large",
"modish",
"pop",
"popular",
"popularized",
"red-hot",
"vogue",
"voguish"
]
},
"granted special treatment or attention":{
"antonyms":[
"unbeloved"
],
"examples":[
"that teacher claims not to have any favorite students, although many in the class would disagree"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"disdained",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"unfavorite",
"abandoned",
"forgotten",
"ignored",
"alienated",
"estranged"
],
"related":[
"admired",
"adored",
"appreciated",
"esteemed",
"relished",
"revered",
"prized",
"treasured",
"preferred"
],
"synonyms":[
"beloved",
"cherished",
"darling",
"dear",
"fair-haired",
"favored",
"fond",
"loved",
"pet",
"precious",
"special",
"sweet",
"white-headed"
]
},
"singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"mint chocolate chip is my favorite flavor of ice cream"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill"
],
"related":[
"fashionable",
"exclusive",
"culled",
"picked over",
"screened",
"weeded (out)",
"winnowed (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"choice",
"chosen",
"elect",
"favored",
"first-line",
"handpicked",
"picked",
"preferred",
"select",
"selected"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"favors":{
"a feeling of great approval and liking":{
"antonyms":[
"disfavors"
],
"examples":[
"entertainers often learn that the favor of the public can be fickle indeed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemnations",
"disapprovals",
"disdains",
"opprobriums",
"scorns",
"disappointments",
"discontents",
"disenchantments",
"disgruntlements",
"disillusionments",
"displeasures",
"indignations",
"aversions",
"contempts",
"disfavors",
"disgusts",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"disregards",
"distastes",
"hates",
"hatreds",
"loathings",
"nauseas",
"repugnances",
"repulsions",
"revulsions",
"abominations",
"antipathies",
"detestations",
"deprecations",
"displeasures",
"dissatisfactions"
],
"related":[
"appetites",
"fancies",
"likes",
"loves",
"partialities",
"preferences",
"relishes",
"shines",
"tastes",
"uses",
"acclamations",
"adorations",
"adulations",
"approbations",
"deferences",
"hero worships",
"homages",
"honors",
"idolatries",
"infatuations",
"lionizations",
"praises",
"props",
"reverences",
"venerations",
"worships",
"delights",
"enjoyments",
"amazements",
"awes",
"wonderments",
"wonders",
"enthusiasms",
"interests",
"passions",
"biases",
"prejudices",
"affections",
"attachments",
"devotions",
"passions"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"admirations",
"appreciations",
"esteems",
"estimations",
"regards",
"respects"
]
},
"an acceptance of something as satisfactory":{
"antonyms":[
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors"
],
"examples":[
"over the years that kind of movie fell out of favor with the mass audience"
],
"near antonyms":[
"refusals",
"rejections",
"repudiations",
"dislikes",
"dissatisfactions",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denunciations",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"opprobriums",
"reprehensions",
"reproaches",
"reprobations"
],
"related":[
"backings",
"cachets",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"finalizations",
"formalizations",
"homologations",
"nods",
"ratifications",
"rubber stamps",
"sanctions",
"supports",
"thumbs-ups",
"votes",
"benedictions",
"goodwills",
"acceptations",
"accessions",
"agreements",
"assents",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"countenances",
"likings",
"satisfactions"
],
"synonyms":[
"approbations",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"imprimaturs",
"OKs",
"okays"
]
},
"an act of kind assistance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a good and generous friend who is always doing favors for others"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindrances",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"interferences",
"obstacles"
],
"related":[
"dispensations",
"waivers",
"advantages",
"benefits",
"blessings",
"godsends",
"mannas",
"liberties",
"licenses",
"licences",
"privileges"
],
"synonyms":[
"benevolences",
"boons",
"courtesies",
"graces",
"indulgences",
"mercies",
"services",
"turns"
]
},
"positive regard for something":{
"antonyms":[
"aversions",
"disfavors",
"disgusts",
"dislikes",
"distastes",
"hatreds",
"loathings",
"mislikes"
],
"examples":[
"was willing to do just about anything to keep the boss's favor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathies",
"disinclinations",
"indifferences"
],
"related":[
"cravings",
"desires",
"longings",
"thirsts",
"yens",
"enthusiasms",
"gustoes",
"interests",
"passions",
"biases",
"prejudices",
"bents",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"teeth",
"palates",
"weaknesses"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetites",
"fancies",
"likes",
"likings",
"love affairs",
"loves",
"partialities",
"preferences",
"relishes",
"shines",
"tastes",
"uses"
]
},
"to do a service or favor for":{
"antonyms":[
"disobliges"
],
"examples":[
"although she was at the party as a guest, the singer favored us with a song"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bothers",
"discommodes",
"disturbs",
"incommodes",
"inconveniences",
"troubles",
"burdens",
"encumbers",
"saddles",
"weighs",
"deserts",
"disappoints",
"fails",
"lets down",
"constrains",
"hampers",
"hamstrings",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"restrains",
"frustrates",
"opposes",
"sabotages",
"thwarts"
],
"related":[
"humors",
"indulges",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"supports",
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"comforts",
"ministers (to)",
"relieves",
"succors"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"obliges"
]
},
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"favored with good looks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossesses",
"divests",
"strips",
"depletes",
"drains",
"exhausts",
"skimps",
"stints"
],
"related":[
"equips",
"provides",
"supplies",
"bestows (on or upon)",
"clothes",
"confers (on)",
"covers",
"accords",
"awards",
"grants",
"empowers",
"enables",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"heightens",
"bequeaths",
"wills"
],
"synonyms":[
"blesses",
"endows",
"endues",
"indues",
"gifts",
"invests"
]
},
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"frowns (on or upon)"
],
"examples":[
"if this measure will reduce our property taxes, then I favor it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklists",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"dislikes",
"minds",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"dissents (from)",
"objects (to)",
"opposes"
],
"related":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"backs (up)",
"concurs (in)",
"stands by",
"supports",
"sustains",
"upholds",
"bears",
"endures",
"tolerates",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"commends",
"recommends",
"enjoys",
"likes"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"approves (of)",
"cares (for)",
"countenances",
"OKs",
"okays",
"subscribes (to)"
]
},
"to show partiality toward":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"older moviegoers tend to favor films that have certain extras\u2014like a plot and developed characters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"mislikes",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"discards",
"jettisons",
"throws away",
"throws out"
],
"related":[
"adores",
"cottons (to)",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"chooses",
"culls",
"handpicks",
"names",
"picks",
"selects",
"singles (out)",
"takes",
"covets",
"craves",
"desires",
"hankers (for or after)",
"wants",
"wishes (for)",
"biases",
"biasses",
"prejudices",
"inclines (toward)",
"tends (to)",
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values"
],
"synonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"leans (toward or towards)",
"likes",
"prefers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}
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